Nas's Dad is Olu Dara. Olu Dara is a percussionist who played on alot of Bill Lasell's Celluloid recordings. I could check but I think he plays on those 5 okey-doke early Rap 12"s that Laswell put out (you know, the one by Fab 5 Freddy, who wasnt a rapper but a graffiti artist).
Nas is quite like the second George Bush. And hip-hop is a dynasty. I'd have to look in the AvantYob Manual but I suppose this makes him a Beatnik as well. Nas's early records were all "Great Mid-Period Hip-Hop" like "NY State of Mind". He's survived, like Busta Rhymes, as a platinum wrapper. See him duet with Jennifer, givng props to her street shtick. I don't really like him, neither does Jay-Z so I'm not exactly in good company. Luke, Hackney's rusty radio, the fopp on crack, thinks he's a great poet.
Posted by Woebot at March 21, 2003 01:01 PM