Music For Life
The feel good track of the year? Well, maybe . . .
From Hi-Tek's forthcoming Hi-Teknology 2, the Cincinnati producer and Nas celebrate the sounds they've each been a part of since early on. Doing his job both in front of the mic and behind the boards, Hi-Tek's trance-like, flute-laced beat offers a nostalgic nod factor, an appropriate setting for this trip back to past days.
[NAS]
It started with rhythms I heard listening to the wall
The bouncing of basketballs on playgrounds and all
The empty bottles that's hollow, wind blowing inside 'em
The flow and the rhyming got my alignment to a science
Mixing with my moms in the kitchen, them spoons rattling
Pots and pans, faucet water pouring, tunes managing
To come from all the fussing and rambling
What I noticed was -- pure music, untampered with
By things show biz does; older thugs showed us stuff
Like how to hold a plug, juice from the street light
It almost could have blowed us up
Crates of records, great sessions had the whole hood jamming
Large speakers, fresh made, smell the wood sanding
Father did his blues smooth, legendary jazz man
Saw his wife secondary to his true passion
Started with my crew rapping, new jacks in '82
Never looked back, now look what it changed me to . . . music
Hi-Tek f/ Nas: Music For Life
posted by Fletch at 10:16 PM
7 Comments:
The tracklistings that I've seen passed around thus far say that the full lineup for this song is, "Music For Life f/J Dilla, Nas, Common, Busta Rhymes & Marsha of Floetry." So make sure you check for the official version when the 17th rolls around.
and leave any thoughts you might otherwise have . . .
RIDICULOUS.
seriously. I can't even begin to imagine how insane the full track will be. I will be picking this up when it drops, definitely.
Peace
DAMN!!! STRAIGHT HEAT FROM HI TEK!
THIS IS TRACK IS SO ILL ON SO MANY LEVELS...werd...
BTW, Hip Hop is Dead got pushed back to DEC. 19 Fletch.
thanks nice
So it has been brought to my attention that this beat (intro, sample, hook, etc.) was used on a Jin song and album that, according to Amazon.com, came out last month. Um . . . okay. Maybe that'll make you rethink the production side of things, but I'm well into double-digits on this Nas-version and don't see myself switching anytime soon. This is pretty much the best verse Nas has spit, on a commercial release, since Road To Zion -- so all year at least. It taps into his knack for the "reminisce" type songs, but also manages to effectively carry over the theme that "music is your environment". Plus, his vocab and rhyme scheme (!) are really on point. . . . and no cussing . . .
The Jin song: sendspace.com/file/y95g9f
Song provided by Sentenza from soulbrothernumberone.blogspot.com
As always Nas paints a narrative so vivid only he with his signature unique flair can capture..
I jeard it today via AHH.com
song is flames... nas' verse is 10 out of 10... especially liked the "The empty bottles that's hollow, wind blowing inside 'em" line... even Hi-Tek comes nice on the rap side...
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