Video: Nas & Damian Marley Interview w/ DJ Semtex
I caught up with Nas and Damian Marley at Rock the Bells in L.A. They talk about their forth-coming ‘Distant Relatives’ project.
*The concept of Distant Relatives.
*How they hooked up.
*Working in the studio.
*K’naan gets the ultimate co-sign.The Nas footage isn’t the best, but that’s how it goes when you get 10 minutes with one of the hottest rappers in the game in his tour bus, 12 minutes before he hits the stage. There wasn’t enough room on the tour bus for my camera crew.
Sidebar: this was shot before the Blueprint tracklist leaked.
August 24th, 2009 at 8:35 am
Canaan > K’naan
August 24th, 2009 at 8:36 am
hey mane > k’naan
August 24th, 2009 at 8:36 am
Don Draper >>>>>
nh
August 24th, 2009 at 8:37 am
wtf is a don draper (no google).
August 24th, 2009 at 8:39 am
looking forward 2 this…
August 24th, 2009 at 8:39 am
Ease give it to me straight (pause) wack concept or, potential?
August 24th, 2009 at 8:39 am
You think it’s love, it’s hate
look at all the mothers at wakes
of sons you’ve killed
and you aint even got a cut on yo face (c) God Son
Smoking purple while listening to NaS “purple” >
August 24th, 2009 at 8:39 am
@ cold
dude from Mad Men. Smokes cigarettes and drinks in the office (everbody does), and bags the baddest snow bunnies the 1960′s had to offer. He’s admirable. nh
August 24th, 2009 at 8:41 am
Ease give it to me straight (pause) wack concept or, potential?
^^
Funny you asked, cause I literally just opened my email in another window and clicked the script idea…I’ll let you know in a minute…
August 24th, 2009 at 8:41 am
Smoking purple while listening to NaS “purple” >
^^
Lost Tapes > Stillmatic
August 24th, 2009 at 8:43 am
leaks we off that
comments we off that
nah right we off that
August 24th, 2009 at 8:44 am
Aww shit. My favorite MC has stepped in the room!
Broadway Joe!
AHHHHHHH!
*faints*
August 24th, 2009 at 8:44 am
Tried avoiding the morning Newport in an attempt to quit, but I’m just not ready…
*goes downstairs to grab cigarettes*
August 24th, 2009 at 8:46 am
Lost Tapes > Stillmatic
^I doooooon’t know, that’s a very very close one, when I first hear the lost tapes, I was blown away (no white girl oral) when I stayed with a family member I had no TV & went to sleep to that album every night, it has hella bangers on there, but stillmatic gets better every couple of months I break it out the stash, and I think i’ve ran the lost tapes into the hole. I can’t even listen to some of the songs I use to jam to (c) Doo ragz
I hate that song so fucking much, lol. But FTR
Nas “my way” > Jay-Z “my way”
August 24th, 2009 at 8:46 am
Funny you asked, cause I literally just opened my email in another window and clicked the script idea…I’ll let you know in a minute
^ if you have trouble understaning I have a different description that might be easier overstanding.
August 24th, 2009 at 8:47 am
James Caan >>> K’Naan
August 24th, 2009 at 8:48 am
CiCi The Intern Says:
August 24th, 2009 at 8:44 am
Aww shit. My favorite MC has stepped in the room!
Broadway Joe!
AHHHHHHH!
*faints*
lol
*hugs CiCi*
Is that blue ocean essence of beauty I smell on you this morning CiCi?
August 24th, 2009 at 8:50 am
is it true you’re featured on Jay-z’s empire state of mind
Nas: whats that?
^Ether boy.
August 24th, 2009 at 8:50 am
*hugs CiCi*
Is that blue ocean essence of beauty I smell on you this morning CiCi?
^^^
Nah, just Henny and homemade breakfast…
August 24th, 2009 at 8:50 am
R.I.P to my Ipod
December 25th 2007 > Some rainy ass day in August 2009
*starts crying a lil bit*
August 24th, 2009 at 8:51 am
K’naan is better than your favorite rapper. U dumb ass niggas probably think gucci man is better than k,naan
August 24th, 2009 at 8:52 am
Good morning all
August 24th, 2009 at 8:52 am
stomach fat > off that
August 24th, 2009 at 8:55 am
cOLD Says:
August 24th, 2009 at 8:50 am
is it true you’re featured on Jay-z’s empire state of mind
Nas: whats that?
^Ether boy.
^^^
Hell, I’d act like it didn’t exist too if I knew that I would be relegated to doing just the hook …
August 24th, 2009 at 8:55 am
88, cici, billz, sleep,eastern, beezy, good morning
August 24th, 2009 at 8:56 am
Hell, I’d act like it didn’t exist too if I knew that I would be relegated to doing just the hook …
^^
I’m not sure if you’re making an implication on what happened to Drake, but according to Benhameen Drake was supposed to drop verse, but couldnt find his “mojo”.
August 24th, 2009 at 8:57 am
*daps all in vicinity*
August 24th, 2009 at 8:57 am
so today marks the begining of the new dress code, I left the yankee fitted in the whip. These people are in awe that I actually have a head of hair on my dome.
August 24th, 2009 at 8:57 am
mmmm I wish don draper would hold me :)
August 24th, 2009 at 8:58 am
didnt Rakim have a NY state of mind too?
August 24th, 2009 at 8:58 am
Homo Says:
^^
Amp quit playin
August 24th, 2009 at 8:59 am
Inglorious Basterds was dope. Not exactly what I was expecting, which is a good thing. With that said, I’m not sure if its in Tarantino’s upper echelon.
Pulp Fiction > Resovoir Dogs > Kill Bill (full length) > Jackie Brown > Kill Bill Vol. 2 > Inglorious > Kill Bill Vol. 1 > Death Proof
All of the above films are dope tho, real dope.
August 24th, 2009 at 8:59 am
Cormega >
August 24th, 2009 at 9:00 am
I’m submitting a contract to a home today. Wish me luck
August 24th, 2009 at 9:00 am
rappers I monkey flip em, with the funky rhythm I be kicking.
^ this was ’92 my friends.
August 24th, 2009 at 9:00 am
December 25th 2007 > Some rainy ass day in August 2009
^^
If its any consolation, he had a good life. Two years for an Ipod is like a black man in America reaching 80.
August 24th, 2009 at 9:00 am
Good luck on that contract Paul.
August 24th, 2009 at 9:00 am
Brad pitt was sooooooooo fucking sexy in inglorious
August 24th, 2009 at 9:01 am
edit 94
August 24th, 2009 at 9:01 am
i twist ‘em, baby mama beef victim
chronic leaf hittin’, all kinds of heat with him, wisdom
from pot to piss in to high position
intense hustle, it’s pain like a pinched muscle
’til it rains and my timbs stain my socks
’til I dodge enough shots, and the presiding judge slams a mallet an say “life” ima guap/then i co
then I yacht/then I dock
island hopping away from nightmare holders
or cowboy slingers who shoot up any club
to see they names ring loud on some FBI poster
must be on x or he coked up, suggesting I post a
bail I’m like yes, ’cause we soldiers
we just getting older, in time/ we still in our prime
i can’t afford a new arrest on my folder
nigga breathe
^^^
dead realness. shit speaks volumes
August 24th, 2009 at 9:01 am
My pens addicted to men that been convicted
every housing project I rep the realness (c) Mega
The True meaning > The Realness > Legal hustle > Rapper/hustler
August 24th, 2009 at 9:01 am
Good luck on that contract Paul.
^ thanks and fuck you Bernard
August 24th, 2009 at 9:01 am
*daps and hugs the people*
@ b-ease
“find his mojo”? You’re about to do a record with Hov, you better find something. What type of punk ass thing is that …? If I get handed a big project and I turn it in saying some variant of “can’t find my mojo”, my ass would be fired.
August 24th, 2009 at 9:03 am
I really wouldn’t mind seeing this clip. Rats.
August 24th, 2009 at 9:03 am
Seriously tho, Run This Town is pretty fucking epic.
August 24th, 2009 at 9:04 am
*Listens to Ghost writer “run this town” freestyle again*
August 24th, 2009 at 9:04 am
District 9 was unimpressive to me, just blah.
August 24th, 2009 at 9:04 am
who is this homo character
August 24th, 2009 at 9:05 am
*turns up mojo*
*writes a $5,000 check for my realator*
Yo “Penitentiary” w/ Ghost and “Broken Safety” w/ Styles & Jada is sounding tough. Can’t wait for OB4CL2
August 24th, 2009 at 9:06 am
b-ease Says:
August 24th, 2009 at 9:03 am
Seriously tho, Run This Town is pretty fucking epic.
^This.
I wish I was in my 2006/2007 club mode, I would prolly blackout, die & come back to life of the dance floor by time kanye verse comes on.
August 24th, 2009 at 9:06 am
What type of punk ass thing is that …? If I get handed a big project and I turn it in saying some variant of “can’t find my mojo”, my ass would be fired.
^^
Yo, I feel you 110%. The concept of not being able to come up with a verse for a Hov record is like not being able to get it up for Keri Hilson. There’s something deeply wrong with you.
August 24th, 2009 at 9:06 am
Whats the gospel Nahright
August 24th, 2009 at 9:06 am
D_Block_4_Life aka heat the track up Like Adobo/Sazon/SOFRITO Says:
August 24th, 2009 at 9:04 am
District 9 was unimpressive to me, just blah.
^^
Word? What didnt work for you?
August 24th, 2009 at 9:07 am
Seriously tho, Run This Town is pretty fucking epic.
^
Wow, I’ve been saying this for the last 2 weeks and been receiving nothing but blank stares on Nah.
August 24th, 2009 at 9:07 am
Yall can’t tell me Nah Right isn’t getting paid to post that body spray post. Shit has been on the front page for like 3 days…
New shit from Jay & Rae slides back to the 2nd page, body spray remains..I’m not trying to call yall out but it’s pretty damn obvious.
August 24th, 2009 at 9:07 am
My pens addicted to men that been convicted
every housing project I rep the realness (c) Mega
^ I rap for listeners blunt heads fly ladies and prisoners >
August 24th, 2009 at 9:08 am
Can’t wait for OB4CL2
^^
I mean…those snippets were fucking disgusting. Rae might actually pull off the impossible…
August 24th, 2009 at 9:09 am
Wow, I’ve been saying this for the last 2 weeks and been receiving nothing but blank stares on Nah.
^^
This is true.
August 24th, 2009 at 9:09 am
a nickle plate is my fate, the medicine is the ganja.
August 24th, 2009 at 9:09 am
smh @ the cuban snippets disappearing…wtf is this…
August 24th, 2009 at 9:10 am
I mean…those snippets were fucking disgusting. Rae might actually pull off the impossible…
^ Cosign…been rockin those snippets hard
August 24th, 2009 at 9:10 am
Word? What didnt work for you?
^
I was drunk though but i lost interest in the movie. In all fairness i have to see it again to give a fair assessment.
August 24th, 2009 at 9:10 am
I would prolly blackout, die & come back to life of the dance floor by time kanye verse comes on.
^^
My cousin, who hasnt listened to a Jay album since Blueprint, only bumps Gucci in his whip, and still steals Mobb Deep CDs, called me yesterday at 11am, like “yo, Kanye KILLED that shit son”.
I’m almost positive that he’s never heard a Kanye album in his life.
August 24th, 2009 at 9:10 am
smh @ the cuban snippets disappearing…wtf is this
^ I know right. Tried to pull them up earlier but they weren’t there. I thought it was my computer at work just not downloading the page.
August 24th, 2009 at 9:11 am
smh @ the cuban snippets disappearing…wtf is this…
^
I’ll find them, one sec.
August 24th, 2009 at 9:11 am
I mean…those snippets were fucking disgusting. Rae might actually pull off the impossible…
^ I’m assuming by impossible, you mean out doing part 1.
August 24th, 2009 at 9:11 am
Seriously tho, Run This Town is pretty fucking epic.
^^^
I agree.
August 24th, 2009 at 9:12 am
Rigz: But they got the snippets up on Youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tz8U5PJeNtQ
August 24th, 2009 at 9:12 am
Oh shit Rigz is right, wTF!
August 24th, 2009 at 9:12 am
Rigz: But they got the snippets up on Youtube
youtube.com/watch?v=Tz8U5PJeNtQ
August 24th, 2009 at 9:13 am
youtube.com/watch?v=Tz8U5PJeNtQ
^
Can’t see Yube, rats.
Rae’s album will leak this week.
August 24th, 2009 at 9:13 am
Seriously tho, Run This Town is pretty fucking epic.
^^^
I agree.
^
*heckles cosigners*
August 24th, 2009 at 9:13 am
My boyfriend loved district 9, it was okay but I would have preferred to go see something on broadway
August 24th, 2009 at 9:14 am
^ I’m assuming by impossible, you mean out doing part 1.
^^
Not even outdoing, just getting it in or around the same vicinity of quality would be pretty fucking incredible to me.
August 24th, 2009 at 9:14 am
more people need to holla at Marly Marl for beats
that Pyrex Vision loop >>>>>>>>>
August 24th, 2009 at 9:14 am
*daps the lady, the Nahdees and the rest*
August 24th, 2009 at 9:15 am
RIGZ Says:
August 24th, 2009 at 9:14 am
more people need to holla at Marly Marl for beats
that Pyrex Vision loop >>>>>>>>>
^^
Marley did that?!? Holy shit…that mightve been my favorite snippet.
August 24th, 2009 at 9:15 am
what is it with niggas bumping gucci in the wheels? Can’t front tho, he does make that four wheel drive music, and FTR The movie pt2 is growing on me (pause) I didn’t like it at first, but soon as I heard it in my mans car that shit got 10x better instantly, swearta’gawd
pressure, pressure, these boys under pressure, I know he a college boy, I heard he a stepper, hydro, eyes lo, gucci mane & whoo da kid ooooh no!
August 24th, 2009 at 9:15 am
Bob Sagat stole the entire Entourage season with his one scene this last episode.
August 24th, 2009 at 9:15 am
That Rae, Jada and Styles P jawn = erection
August 24th, 2009 at 9:16 am
Jay-z sayin peace gawd gives us all a glimpse of hope.
its the return of thee god peace gawd.
August 24th, 2009 at 9:16 am
Cuban Revolution>>>>
August 24th, 2009 at 9:16 am
I didn’t like it at first, but soon as I heard it in my mans car that shit got 10x better instantly, swearta’gawd
^
welcome
*hands Joe a stanley fill out form*
August 24th, 2009 at 9:17 am
yo D_Block what you think about the Hov/Drake joint?
August 24th, 2009 at 9:17 am
CiCi The Intern Says:
August 24th, 2009 at 9:15 am
That Rae, Jada and Styles P jawn = erection
^roffs.
August 24th, 2009 at 9:17 am
pressure, pressure, these boys under pressure, I know he a college boy, I heard he a stepper, hydro, eyes lo, gucci mane & whoo da kid ooooh no!
^^
Yea, he played that joint about 5 times back to back in the car the other nite. It was horrible when I first heard it, by the fifth play I was ready to label Gucci the second coming (ll).
I mean, “I know he a college boy, I know he a stepper”?!? Thats just hilarious.
August 24th, 2009 at 9:17 am
That Rae, Jada and Styles P jawn = erection
^ yup
August 24th, 2009 at 9:18 am
Nobody makes better strip club music than gucci mane, the last song that really blew me away when it came was lollipop.
August 24th, 2009 at 9:18 am
Beezy Says:
August 24th, 2009 at 9:17 am
yo D_Block what you think about the Hov/Drake joint?
^Linkage? (pause)
August 24th, 2009 at 9:18 am
whasarp!
August 24th, 2009 at 9:18 am
That Rae, Jada and Styles P jawn = erection
^ yup
^ catalina ftw.
August 24th, 2009 at 9:18 am
My fav snippets of the top:
Kiss The Ring
Aason something
Surgical Gloves
Gihad
Catalina
Pyrex Vision
Fat Lady Sings
Broken Safety
Have Mercy
New Wu
Cold Outside
Sonny Missing
Basically the whole fucking thing..
August 24th, 2009 at 9:19 am
that new jay is aight…i just get the feeling he shouldnt have called this album “Blueprint”
Just that title alone is gonna make people judge the album differently…
August 24th, 2009 at 9:19 am
overdraft fees FTL.
August 24th, 2009 at 9:20 am
overdraft fees FTL.
what you get hit with 25 or 35?
August 24th, 2009 at 9:20 am
Yea, he played that joint about 5 times back to back in the car the other nite. It was horrible when I first heard it, by the fifth play I was ready to label Gucci the second coming (ll).
I mean, “I know he a college boy, I know he a stepper”?!? Thats just hilarious.
*dead*
*turns up gucci mane “my kitchen”*
And he kinda killed the joint with mariah too.
August 24th, 2009 at 9:21 am
If I couldn’t get it up for Keri Hilson, i’d join the piresthood off GP. I’d be a waste of good testosterone
August 24th, 2009 at 9:21 am
yo D_Block what you think about the Hov/Drake joint?
^
Like i told Cici, i don’t particularly care for it. He put out the street record, then the R&B joint with the conscious hook and now the commercial joint, niggas know the drill. But no thanks I’ll pass.
Butttt, given the right setting and set of speakers that assessment is subject to change, stay tuned.
August 24th, 2009 at 9:25 am
yeah, after listening twice, the new Jay is aight…just aight
but it will grab all the people he may have shunned away with DOA, but then again, I thought Run This Town already did that lol
maybe he wants to convince the youngers that he’s still “Young!”, who knows
song seems political though. Jay is a politician lol. Obama-esque
August 24th, 2009 at 9:29 am
None of the new Jay shit is really worth all the excitement
American Gangster might just be homie’s last good album
August 24th, 2009 at 9:33 am
Seriously tho, Run This Town is pretty fucking epic.
^^^^^^^
its shit pure shit get soooo boring and repetitive fucking shiiiiiiiiiiiiit
its for teeny boppers basically.
August 24th, 2009 at 9:47 am
Chief Ali aKa Stop the Bitchassness Says:
August 24th, 2009 at 9:29 am
None of the new Jay shit is really worth all the excitement
American Gangster might just be homie’s last good album
^^^^
Jay got the number 3 single in the country and ninjas still want to give hova advice……
August 24th, 2009 at 9:49 am
RIGZ Says:
August 24th, 2009 at 9:25 am
yeah, after listening twice, the new Jay is aight…just aight
but it will grab all the people he may have shunned away with DOA, but then again, I thought Run This Town already did that lol
maybe he wants to convince the youngers that he’s still “Young!”, who knows
song seems political though. Jay is a politician lol. Obama-esque
^^^
They only know what the single is, and singled that out
to be the meaning of what he is about
And bein I’m about my business, not minglin much
runnin my mouth, that shit kept lingerin
But no dummy, that’s the shit I’m sprinklin
The album width to keep the registers ringin
In real life, I’m much more distinguished
I’m like a bloke from London, England
August 24th, 2009 at 11:20 am
Enough with the TAG body spray ads…no one cares