Nas' "Zone Out" chat box conversation...

Here is a conversation me and Shaun had in the chat box today.

[18:08:28 22/04/11] @ Justin Linker : Illmatic>>>>>>>>>>>

[18:08:51 22/04/11] @ Justin Linker : To expand on that, Halftime>>>>>>>>>>>>

[18:08:57 22/04/11] @ Justin Linker : Represent>>>>>>>>

[18:09:03 22/04/11] @ Justin Linker : It Ain't Hard To Tell>>>>>>>>>>

[18:10:55 22/04/11] @ Shaun : It Aint Hard To Tell >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> All

[18:11:11 22/04/11] @ Justin Linker : Indeed

[18:11:22 22/04/11] @ Justin Linker : But Halftime is right behind it

[18:11:23 22/04/11] @ Shaun : Royce >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Illmatic

[18:11:29 22/04/11] @ Justin Linker : Nah. You're just a stan.

[18:12:08 22/04/11] @ Shaun : As of this week I have a new favorite Nas song

[18:12:11 22/04/11] @ Shaun : From God's Son

[18:12:13 22/04/11] @ Shaun : Called Zone Out

[18:12:21 22/04/11] @ Justin Linker : smh

[18:12:26 22/04/11] @ Justin Linker : SMH

[18:12:42 22/04/11] @ Justin Linker : Zone Out is one of Nas' WORST songs!

[18:13:00 22/04/11] @ Justin Linker : But it's not the worst song I've ever heard, so that makes it better somehow

[18:13:17 22/04/11] @ Shaun : Lyrically, I think it's his best song

[18:13:32 22/04/11] @ Shaun : Better than most of Illmatic

[18:13:34 22/04/11] @ Justin Linker : lol

[18:13:38 22/04/11] @ Justin Linker : lol

[18:13:39 22/04/11] @ Justin Linker : lol

[18:14:10 22/04/11] @ Shaun : How you gonna hate on Zone out?

[18:15:08 22/04/11] @ Justin Linker : smh

[18:15:13 22/04/11] @ Justin Linker : I can't tell if you're serious

[18:15:28 22/04/11] @ Shaun : Why wouldn't I be?

[18:15:34 22/04/11] @ Shaun : The song is a true masterpiece.

[18:15:45 22/04/11] @ Shaun : Easily his best song post 2000

Wow. You have way too much time on your hands. smh

Nah. I can multitask.

Co-Sign Linker, Zone Out SUCKS and kept God's Son from achieving classic status.

But Braveheart Party didn't do shit to bring down Stillmatic...

Wayne wrote:

Zone Out>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Oochie Wally

I disagree entirely. Oochie Wally wasn't a lyrical masterpiece but it wasn't intended to be. It's a party song and an entertaining one at that. Zone Out just completely misses the mark.

Southern Rap Pro wrote:

But Braveheart Party didn't do shit to bring down Stillmatic...

Maybe if they re-issued God's Son without Zone Out like they did with Stillmatic sans Braveheart Party then it'd be a different story.

I "reissue" cds all the time with my CD burner... I guess I can own nothing but classics one day... good to know.

KJ Styles wrote:

Southern Rap Pro wrote:

But Braveheart Party didn't do shit to bring down Stillmatic...

Maybe if they re-issued God's Son without Zone Out like they did with Stillmatic sans Braveheart Party then it'd be a different story.

That's not a bad idea, actually.

Justin Linker wrote:

KJ Styles wrote:

Southern Rap Pro wrote:

But Braveheart Party didn't do shit to bring down Stillmatic...

Maybe if they re-issued God's Son without Zone Out like they did with Stillmatic sans Braveheart Party then it'd be a different story.

That's not a bad idea, actually.

Exactly, it's good to know that some people here are objective unlike others.

KJ Styles wrote:

Justin Linker wrote:

KJ Styles wrote:

Southern Rap Pro wrote:

But Braveheart Party didn't do shit to bring down Stillmatic...

Maybe if they re-issued God's Son without Zone Out like they did with Stillmatic sans Braveheart Party then it'd be a different story.

That's not a bad idea, actually.

Exactly, it's good to know that some people here are objective unlike others.

I'm not even going to discuss the misuse of "objective" here (oops...)

This thread has me wanting to spin God's Son again, I haven't done so in years. As for reissuing albums without tracks though, I don't agree that that erases the mark of the original. Stillmatic had Braveheart Party and that track definitely brought down the album a bit (it wasn't a classic without it, but that's just my opinion) and even though they re-released it without the track I think people still need to evaluate it based on the original album. You can't take an exam, turn it in, get feedback on it, then re-do it and expect to get a better grade on it. The same should apply to albums.

I think we can all objectively say that

Zone Out brings down God's Son and Braveheart Party brings down Stillmatic. This is why I have neither album at 5 stars. Zone Out and Braveheart Party suck.