Pick your favorite track (Primo Version)

YouTube · Post by **Philaflava** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 12:29 am

Random Primo joints. Pick your favorite from the list...

Song, not beat.

Thun · Post by **Thun** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 12:38 am

Voted Jeru, that song to this day makes me want to smash someone like Symantik's cranium through a concrete wall.

blastmaster · Post by **blastmaster** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 12:45 am

Right now...

1. My World
2. Outta Here
3. Nas is Like

CHANCE RANDOM · Post by **CHANCE RANDOM** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 1:01 am

nas is like.. half man half amazing.

Mansfield Status · Post by **Mansfield Status** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 1:35 am

tragically I put my affinity for M.O.P. aside because Nas is Like is a better song.

marinville · Post by **marinville** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 2:09 am

gave it to o.c. over nas and krs.

mud · Post by **mud** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 4:18 am

Outta Here.

jamrage · Post by **jamrage** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 5:37 am

"y'all play it in your system every night"

Nas

Rakim - "It's Been a Long Time" is one of my favorites as well.

Chance · Post by **Chance** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 6:54 am

It was between Nas Is Like and D'Evils for me although I really like New Jack City and that J Live joint. Went with D'Evils.

Y@k Bollocks · Post by **Y@k Bollocks** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 9:09 am

"Kickin' the Bobby bullshit, too smart for Willie Bobo".

RacquetballGangsta · Post by **RacquetballGangsta** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 9:10 am

boom followed by nas is like

admiral · Post by **admiral** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 9:52 am

outta here

Raphael De La Ghetto · Mon Feb 12, 2007 9:58 am

Nas Is Like, just over My World

Terrorwrist · Post by **Terrorwrist** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 11:39 am

Paragraph President wrote:Voted Jeru, that song to this day makes me want to smash someone like Symantik's cranium through a concrete wall.

B. Ware tha Siniq · Post by **B. Ware tha Siniq** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 11:48 am

Dea' Gawwwd I wonda can ya save me?

Funk Docta Bombay · Post by **Funk Docta Bombay** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 11:51 am

I love the dramatic vibe in "D'Evils", Premo was a beast at combining mood and boom-bap.

Take It Personal, D Original, Boom, Nas is Like and Outta Here could have won out on any given day though.

bringinoutbangerz · Post by **bringinoutbangerz** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 1:41 pm

Nas is Like. For making the rest of "I am" completely unlistenable. Biggest.letdown.evar

Nas sounds fucking legendary on that track. Word to Ron Artest thuggin in the video too

The ILLatino · Post by **The ILLatino** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 2:56 pm

"D'Evils" followed by Nas, OC, Fat Joe, and KRS, Royce...

Mo Cheeks · Post by **Mo Cheeks** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 3:49 pm

Nas followed by Jeru

arlene · Post by **arlene** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 3:54 pm

anyone that votes for jlive needs to be banned

Career Over Like Mike(NJJ) · Mon Feb 12, 2007 3:58 pm

I never got Nas Is Like. 'Twas average to me.

1. Outta here
2. D'evils
3. Take it personal

Zeed Stun · Post by **Zeed Stun** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 4:09 pm

ARGHLENE wrote:anyone that votes for jlive needs to be banned

ya right that song is one of his best. classic primo beat too. your trippin.

Thun · Post by **Thun** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 4:31 pm

Zeed Stun wrote:
ARGHLENE wrote:anyone that votes for jlive needs to be banned
ya right that song is one of his best. classic primo beat too. your trippin.

That song is average bith for J-Live and for Primo.

Funk Docta Bombay · Post by **Funk Docta Bombay** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 12:09 am

Nas is like is great, the problem is that every third song Premo produced after that had exactly the same formula (Bragging battle-ish verse over a chopped and re-aranged sample where an overly flossy emcee shows token love to "real Hiphop", scratched chorus, repeat). That model was there before obviously but Nas is like really codified it to the point where everyone knows what "A Premo banger" sounds like. He used to be more unpredictable.

Takes nothing away from Nas' shit mind you, he did it first and arguably best. It'd be an interesting poll to line songs solely in that style up though (Nas is Like, Boom, So Ghetto, etc)

B. Ware tha Siniq · Post by **B. Ware tha Siniq** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 12:45 pm

Funk Docta Bombay wrote:Nas is like is great, the problem is that every third song Premo produced after that had exactly the same formula (Bragging battle-ish verse over a chopped and re-aranged sample where an overly flossy emcee shows token love to "real Hiphop", scratched chorus, repeat). That model was there before obviously but Nas is like really codified it to the point where everyone knows what "A Premo banger" sounds like. He used to be more unpredictable.

Takes nothing away from Nas' shit mind you, he did it first and arguably best. It'd be an interesting poll to line songs solely in that style up though (Nas is Like, Boom, So Ghetto, etc)

I disagree. "Nas Is Like" has a ridiculous beat and a semi-decent concept - things Nas is Like. But ultimately it doesn't hold the weight of a lot of songs on this list do. For a Nas/Primo collabo I prefer "NY State of Mind" anyday. "Nas Is Like" may be one of the best beats (arguably the best) on this list, but it is not the best song (IMO of course).

Funk Docta Bombay · Post by **Funk Docta Bombay** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 12:58 pm

B. Ware tha Siniq wrote:
Funk Docta Bombay wrote:Nas is like is great, the problem is that every third song Premo produced after that had exactly the same formula (Bragging battle-ish verse over a chopped and re-aranged sample where an overly flossy emcee shows token love to "real Hiphop", scratched chorus, repeat). That model was there before obviously but Nas is like really codified it to the point where everyone knows what "A Premo banger" sounds like. He used to be more unpredictable.

Takes nothing away from Nas' shit mind you, he did it first and arguably best. It'd be an interesting poll to line songs solely in that style up though (Nas is Like, Boom, So Ghetto, etc)

I disagree. "Nas Is Like" has a ridiculous beat and a semi-decent concept - things Nas is Like. But ultimately it doesn't hold the weight of a lot of songs on this list do. For a Nas/Primo collabo I prefer "NY State of Mind" anyday. "Nas Is Like" may be one of the best beats (arguably the best) on this list, but it is not the best song (IMO of course).

I'm not saying it's best on the list, I'm saying it's arguably the best in that style of Premo song.

Zeed Stun · Post by **Zeed Stun** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 1:42 pm

Paragraph President wrote:
Zeed Stun wrote:
ARGHLENE wrote:anyone that votes for jlive needs to be banned
ya right that song is one of his best. classic primo beat too. your trippin.
That song is average bith for J-Live and for Primo.

o ok

The Frankest · Post by **The Frankest** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 3:44 pm

It's Been A Long Time, probably followed by My World, or Boom.

B. Ware tha Siniq · Post by **B. Ware tha Siniq** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 3:51 pm

Funk Docta Bombay wrote:
B. Ware tha Siniq wrote:
Funk Docta Bombay wrote:Nas is like is great, the problem is that every third song Premo produced after that had exactly the same formula (Bragging battle-ish verse over a chopped and re-aranged sample where an overly flossy emcee shows token love to "real Hiphop", scratched chorus, repeat). That model was there before obviously but Nas is like really codified it to the point where everyone knows what "A Premo banger" sounds like. He used to be more unpredictable.

Takes nothing away from Nas' shit mind you, he did it first and arguably best. It'd be an interesting poll to line songs solely in that style up though (Nas is Like, Boom, So Ghetto, etc)

I disagree. "Nas Is Like" has a ridiculous beat and a semi-decent concept - things Nas is Like. But ultimately it doesn't hold the weight of a lot of songs on this list do. For a Nas/Primo collabo I prefer "NY State of Mind" anyday. "Nas Is Like" may be one of the best beats (arguably the best) on this list, but it is not the best song (IMO of course).
I'm not saying it's best on the list, I'm saying it's arguably the best in that style of Premo song.

I got you... you're just sayin' it's "great" and I'm sayin' it's good (if a little formulaic) and not one of my favorite Nas/Primo joints. But for that formula I'll agree with you that it is one of the best joints.

okkid · Post by **okkid** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 3:53 pm

d'evils is jay's best song ever so i most definately had to go wit that