EXCERPT FROM NAS INTERVIEW (1999)
Taken from an interview right before the time I Am… was released. A-Haaaa I’m gonna need some clarity for this shit. Obviously whatever tension between Q-Tip and Nas has been deaded years ago being that they been seen sharing the same stage together on various occasions, but I was never aware of this. I never liked ATCQ to begin with that shit was always corny to me (it’s my opinion fuck it). ATCQ for them whole foods shoppin 100% natural orange juice drinkin ass niggas. Much love to my gangstas with costcos cards. Despite everybody pointing the fingers and faulting publications, the East-West shit wasn’t just a figment of the media’s imagination. ATCQ had a reputation for sneak dissin’ West Coast rappers at Hip Hop forums and conventions; blaming them for the politicians and middle America coming down on Hip Hop for it’s violent content. This why that boy O’Shea was infuriated throwing all types of haymakers on that Bow Down album.
“Soft niggas hatin’ on the hard niggas” and vice versa is never any good. And it will never go away, unfortunately. Nas was listening to some real good shit at the time. Juvenile? Face? Devin? Good tastes.
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