Monday, 2 October 2017

Another mystery solved!


Ah, so it was Easy Mo Bee who produced Nas' Life Is Like A Dice Game. Surprised to find out it was recorded in 1995, though, because I always thought it was a pre-Illmatic demo. If I was a real Nas Stan I woulda known that already - he mentions his daughter Destiny being born on the song and Google tells me her year of birth was 1994.
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12 comments:

  1. d2 October 2017 at 12:32

    Ah no way, cool. He had his kid in one of the videos for singles from 94 too iirc. This was the one song that I thought shoulda been included on Illmatic too.

    I need to step my demo tape game up, feel like I missed a window on the internet where they were dropping all over the place.

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  2. Kelvin Mack10zie2 October 2017 at 12:58

    I need to know if Understanding was pre or post Illmatic.

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  3. d2 October 2017 at 13:26

    Yeh good call. Biz got the short shrift in the 90s, his De La, Beasties n tribe unreleaseds were flamo n all.

    Deja Vus the one ppl always went mad for but idk, plus half the verses got used.

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  4. L.A2 October 2017 at 13:58

    Mo Bee is underrated

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  5. step one2 October 2017 at 17:51

    I think first heard Understanding on an S&S tape in 96 so would assume it's post Illmatic

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  6. Kelvin Mack10zie2 October 2017 at 18:22

    The promo 12" with both songs on dropped in 1996, but I reckon Understanding was definitely recorded years earlier. Nas mentions Ill Will in the present tense on there and he was killed in 1992.

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  7. Andrew Barber2 October 2017 at 18:52

    easily one of nas' best records. outstanding song + beat.

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  8. THE GUY2 October 2017 at 19:25

    DRIFTIN, REALITY KICKS IN, I NEED THE PAPES TO START CLICKIN, GOT A CONNECT OUT IN RICHMOND, EVERY NIGGAS IN THE FAM'LL PITCH IN

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  9. N.Brown5 October 2017 at 07:54

    Thoughts on that plum Fantano getting murked in the media right now for his edgy meme channel? He's actually friends with that human garbage Sam Hyde so have no sympathy

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  10. Kelvin Mack10zie5 October 2017 at 09:26

    I didn't really understand most of that piece, but Fantano been #problematic.

    That said, the main reasons to loathe Fantano are still his annoying face, his terrible dress sense, and his ranking of Operation Doomsday as the 4th best DOOM album.

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  11. Fulci Lives5 October 2017 at 11:43

    Not sure what's worse: Fantano or his sycophantic fans, who hang on to his every word?

    BTW: Could you tell Gloss to reactive my account, blud?

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  12. Kelvin Mack10zie5 October 2017 at 12:35

    Will do it right now.

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