NAS - WHAT IT IS

[mickill]

The rapping is nothing special, but the beat is almost up there with Made You Look.

DJ Khalil playing the song and talking about how he did the beat.

[roosta]

great beat.

[adam_f]

The fact the headline says "Nas- First Listen New Track off Nigger!!" made me laugh.

[Kid Presentable]

*Folds arms*

*nods*

[checkyourprez]

i really like that. hopefully the rest of the album sounds something like that.


but im pretty sure there will be a couple bangers and a bunch of garbage, like always.

[Auton]

hahaha he made it on reason. hahahaha. reason. haha.
but hey it sounds good, so that's what counts.

that sounds pretentious as hell of me- you can do some really cool things on reason, but 90% of the time you can tell was made on it. so i find it all the more impressive that his shit sounds that great coming from it.

[Kid Presentable]

There's some corny motherfuckers nodding in that crowd. I sometimes nod, but not like that. Even the old dude off to the side is having a wee go. Baby steps, though.

Auton, there's a Reason logo on the top of the screen. Is it a big deal in producing circles? I'm not familiar with this shit. Did the Beastie Boys make
good use of it? Is it the joke software? If you answer, I'll be careful to nod.

[Miho]

Cool song. This would be Nas' tenth studio album. That's a lot of music, looking back.

[Auton]

reason is a little synthesizer/sampling/sequencing program that runs about $400. it's kind of a toy program. when i was in high school and around that general age everybody who made beats and stuff or thought they were hot shit were all like "yeah man, i use reason" acting like it was what the pros use, like a pro version of fruityloops or something. i bought it a couple of years ago, and i still use it when i'm making demos and stuff, basically for the midi, but the fact of the matter is it's really like a toy. it even sounds like plastic, literally. 95% of the times you can spot something made on reason about 1,000 miles away, because it has this instantly identifiable, somewhat (read: extremely) cheesy sort of sound. now, i won't say professionals don't use it- obviously they do, but again, as kind of a toy. kind of like using a karaoke machine for vocals or something. again, alot of people use reason, but its a really silly little program. i heard that To The 5 Burroughs was produced mostly on it. sounds like it. we make fun of it at the recording school alot, even though we all have owned a copy at some point, and most of us, including me, still use it every once in awhile. though i refuse to use midi on any of my real stuff.

point is, you can use retarded little programs like reason to do amazing thing- it isn't the program that matters, it's the person using it. i mean, i'm on protools, but i still use acid 5.0, which is a low-grade program, but i'm comfortable on it, and i can make things that sound good on it. so, more power to people who can do shit like that on reason- i just kind of LOL pompously to myself whenever some kid acts like they're the shit because they use REEASSONNNN.

and fruityloops is still better.

[Lex Diamonds]

This beat sounds average and besides, the quality is far too poor to make a judgment.


mickill = the dude in the blue fitted

[mickill]

I'll be sure to adjust my opinion of the song to better match your valued input.

The Padster = the dude in the back offering free handjobs.

[Lex Diamonds]

Wow, criticising the person instead of the opinion.

You're just like a retarded child.

[mickill]

No need to get all angry and emotional about it.

We're all entitled to our opinions. Especially you.

[Lex Diamonds]

Sorry bub, I can't tell what you're saying with your mouth all full of crayons.