The man who shook the world by claiming Hip-Hop is dead, also made a point to ask a question: Where are they now? Through rhymes, the man gave love to some forgotten rhymin’ heroes.
What caused Nas to do this?
“The first and second VH1 Hip-Hop Honors was mind-blowing. The last one, it could have been tighter. When it comes to awards, we never get the love. All of us new artists — new compared to them — it never gets shown in the right light,” Nas told MTV. “I love the ’80s, especially because I’m a ’80s baby. Them dudes made the ’90s n—as wanna do it. Especially Shan, he was reppin’ my ‘hood before I could even stay out past 8 p.m. When I heard Sha Rock, I was blown out my socks. I love Sha Rock. I saw her in ‘Beat Street’ and started loving her. Then I found out about the Funky 4 + 1.”
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Nas also noted the importance of remembering those who paved the way, but are no longer in the spotlight.
“The people we hear from, we know where they at. The KRS Ones, people like that will pop up here and there. That wasn’t the point of my song,”Nas added. “The point of my song was about people who have not been talked about, that some people don’t even know about, but were real serious on the scene. My team contacted them. I heard the verse of Redhead Kingpin, I was blown away. Das EFX? Blown away!”
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Could this be something more than just a song?
“First we wanted to get it out to people and just enjoy it…Now we’re thinking about going in on a TV show to find out where them n—as was at. I wanna see. These muthaf—-s ain’t old to me. And if they are old, that’s nothing to take away from them. Man, these muthaf—s are interesting people. They’re part of the whole foundation. They are the blocks, them big boulders underneath the pretty surfaces. They need to be looked at like that. Even if it’s for a second, let’s be real, you can’t expect all these n—as to drop new albums, but it’s good to see that they still here. They ain’t gotta come out and go platinum, they can do different sh–. It’s just good to show love.”
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Will he take the show on the road?
“So far it’s tentatively titled ‘Nas: One Man, One Mic, One Night.’ It’s in every city and every country in the world.”
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