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Pick your favorite track (Primo Version)

Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 12:29 am
by Philaflava
Random Primo joints. Pick your favorite from the list...

Song, not beat.

Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 12:38 am
by Thun
Voted Jeru, that song to this day makes me want to smash someone like Symantik's cranium through a concrete wall.

Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 12:45 am
by blastmaster
Right now...

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

Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 1:01 am
by CHANCE RANDOM
nas is like.. half man half amazing.

Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 1:35 am
by Mansfield Status
tragically I put my affinity for M.O.P. aside because Nas is Like is a better song.

Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 2:09 am
by marinville
gave it to o.c. over nas and krs.

Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 4:18 am
by mud
Outta Here.

Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 5:37 am
by jamrage
"y'all play it in your system every night"

Nas

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

Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 6:54 am
by Chance
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.

Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 9:09 am
by Y@k Bollocks
"Kickin' the Bobby bullshit, too smart for Willie Bobo".

Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 9:10 am
by RacquetballGangsta
boom followed by nas is like

Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 9:52 am
by admiral
outta here

Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 9:58 am
by Raphael De La Ghetto
Nas Is Like, just over My World

Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 11:39 am
by Terrorwrist
Paragraph President wrote:Voted Jeru, that song to this day makes me want to smash someone like Symantik's cranium through a concrete wall.

Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 11:48 am
by B. Ware tha Siniq
Dea' Gawwwd I wonda can ya save me?

Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 11:51 am
by Funk Docta Bombay
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.

Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 1:41 pm
by bringinoutbangerz
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

Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 2:56 pm
by The ILLatino
"D'Evils" followed by Nas, OC, Fat Joe, and KRS, Royce...

Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 3:49 pm
by Mo Cheeks
Nas followed by Jeru

Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 3:54 pm
by arlene
anyone that votes for jlive needs to be banned

Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 3:58 pm
by Career Over Like Mike(NJJ)
I never got Nas Is Like. 'Twas average to me.

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

Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 4:09 pm
by Zeed Stun
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.

Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 4:31 pm
by Thun
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.

Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 12:09 am
by Funk Docta Bombay
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)

Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 12:45 pm
by B. Ware tha Siniq
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).

Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 12:58 pm
by Funk Docta Bombay
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.

Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 1:42 pm
by Zeed Stun
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

Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 3:44 pm
by The Frankest
It's Been A Long Time, probably followed by My World, or Boom.

Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 3:51 pm
by B. Ware tha Siniq
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.

Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 3:53 pm
by okkid
d'evils is jay's best song ever so i most definately had to go wit that