Did Nas really take his Illmatic cover idea from this album?

[Kwan Dai]

The way I see it this isn't biting. This is Hip Hop. Hip Hop has drawn inspiration from Jazz, Blues, R&B, Dance Hall and other forms of Music from the get go. So, all Nas did was dig in the crates and find a Gem. What we should do now is actually listen to the original album.

 

[king hassan]

The way I see it this isn't biting. This is Hip Hop. Hip Hop has drawn inspiration from Jazz, Blues, R&B, Dance Hall and other forms of Music from the get go. So, all Nas did was dig in the crates and find a Gem. What we should do now is actually listen to the original album.

You know I'm already on it, as soon as I get to the crib lol

 

[HYPER_VERBAL]

The way I see it this isn't biting. This is Hip Hop. Hip Hop has drawn inspiration from Jazz, Blues, R&B, Dance Hall and other forms of Music from the get go. So, all Nas did was dig in the crates and find a Gem. What we should do now is actually listen to the original album.

You know I'm already on it, as soon as I get to the crib lol

Brother Hassan

The Crib is Crazy right now

 

[D_Rap_Scholar]

The way I see it this isn't biting. This is Hip Hop. Hip Hop has drawn inspiration from Jazz, Blues, R&B, Dance Hall and other forms of Music from the get go. So, all Nas did was dig in the crates and find a Gem. What we should do now is actually listen to the original album.

Cosign^^
http://grooveshark.com/#!/album/A+Child+Is+Born/6572010

The way I see it this isn't biting. This is Hip Hop. Hip Hop has drawn inspiration from Jazz, Blues, R&B, Dance Hall and other forms of Music from the get go. So, all Nas did was dig in the crates and find a Gem. What we should do now is actually listen to the original album.

You know I'm already on it, as soon as I get to the crib lol

Oh word, you might have the vinyl? Shit's pretty rare lol

 

[Kwan Dai]

The way I see it this isn't biting. This is Hip Hop. Hip Hop has drawn inspiration from Jazz, Blues, R&B, Dance Hall and other forms of Music from the get go. So, all Nas did was dig in the crates and find a Gem. What we should do now is actually listen to the original album.

Cosign^^
http://grooveshark.com/#!/album/A+Child+Is+Born/6572010

The way I see it this isn't biting. This is Hip Hop. Hip Hop has drawn inspiration from Jazz, Blues, R&B, Dance Hall and other forms of Music from the get go. So, all Nas did was dig in the crates and find a Gem. What we should do now is actually listen to the original album.

You know I'm already on it, as soon as I get to the crib lol

Oh word, you might have the vinyl? Shit's pretty rare lol

Thanks for the link. Fly ish going down right now.

 

[illedout]

Howard Hanger Trio..

 

[LUClEN]

In a genre so filled with homages, parodies, remixes, remakes, covers, sampling and more it makes sense that he got his idea from somewhere else

 

[CirocObama]

Wtf, how ya niggas gon' call this biting?

To me this is a clear example of not biting at all. Plus, when did Nas say he created the album cover or that he was the first with one like that?

Artist do that all the time to draw a particular point to the audience, homage to the album/artist or whatever. Some of you can't be serious..

 

[king hassan]

The way I see it this isn't biting. This is Hip Hop. Hip Hop has drawn inspiration from Jazz, Blues, R&B, Dance Hall and other forms of Music from the get go. So, all Nas did was dig in the crates and find a Gem. What we should do now is actually listen to the original album.

Cosign^^
http://grooveshark.com/#!/album/A+Child+Is+Born/6572010

The way I see it this isn't biting. This is Hip Hop. Hip Hop has drawn inspiration from Jazz, Blues, R&B, Dance Hall and other forms of Music from the get go. So, all Nas did was dig in the crates and find a Gem. What we should do now is actually listen to the original album.

You know I'm already on it, as soon as I get to the crib lol

Oh word, you might have the vinyl? Shit's pretty rare lol

Nah, I don't have the vinyl to this, I already know I don't. But I will take that journey homie.

 

[BobOblah]

dope find. doesn't take anything away from the Illmatic cover. and yea, biting doesn't seem like the right word for this.

It's unclear whether young Nasir was even aware of where he drew the inspiration from. He's usually pretty open about his influences and homage he pays and I never heard him mention this. Coulda done it subconsciously after seeing this record lying around his parents apartment.

 

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[shareef242]

Wtf, how ya niggas gon' call this biting?

To me this is a clear example of not biting at all. Plus, when did Nas say he created the album cover or that he was the first with one like that?

Artist do that all the time to draw a particular point to the audience, homage to the album/artist or whatever. Some of you can't be serious..

Exactly! Now if he took it from another rapper then that is biting. This is no different then sampling but with photography! It's a jazz group from the 70's! Redman's Dare is a Darkside does the same thing with Parliment-Funkadelic I believe!