Talk:Untitled Nas album

message: Nas was on a radio show and within the last two minutes, was asked when the album would come out.  The response was, April 22nd. 
Here's the link to go to:
http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/audio/id.4293/title.nas-foxxhole-radio-interview
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thread_title: April 22, 2008: Date of CD Release

message: Def Jam said that title will not be allowed and that Nas is not even releasing an album on December....I will go with the record label for the source.--Sosa 14:33, 17 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: non-sense edits? thats subjective--Sosa 16:24, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: A New York Assemblyman has called on Universal Music Group to change the title of Nas’ upcoming album, Nigger, or lose $84 million in investments.
As reported earlier, Nas announced his album’s controversial title at a concert two weeks ago, and the news was met with stern disapproval from Reverend Jesse Jackson and The NAACP (The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People).
Despite the uproar caused by his announcement, Nas said he would not be changing the album’s title and claimed that his label Def Jam, a subsidiary of Universal, had not offered any resistance to the title.
According to The Brooklyn Paper, Fort Greene assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries has requested New York’s Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli ‘to withdraw the $84 million that the state pension fund has invested in Universal and its parent company, Vivendi’.
“[They are] profiting from a racial slur that has been used to dehumanize people of color for centuries,” said Jeffries. “It is time for Nas and other hip-hop artists to clean up their act and stop flooding the airwaves with the N-word.”
The Brooklyn Paper reports that a recent report showed that ‘the New York State Pension Fund has $2.8 billion invested in 16 major entertainment companies, including Time Warner and Disney. That number does not include the state’s investment in Vivendi.’
“It’s a staggering amount of money, which at least justifies a review of the appropriateness o f the content that is flooding the public,” said Jeffries, who formerly worked as an assistant general counsel at CBS and a lawyer at Viacom before he was elected last year.
A spokesperson for DiNapoli, who manages the pension fund, said that the comptroller “is concerned about this issue and is intending to contact [Universal] and urge them to halt the release of the album.
Earlier this year, The New York City Council voted to ban the use of the word “nigger”.
“The [Council made] an important symbolic step, but I’m more interested in the substantive approach of reviewing the multi-billion-dollar investment that the New York State pension fund makes in the entertainment industry,” said Jeffries.
Universal did not repsond to a request for comment.
Nigger is slated for release on December 11th. --KarmaLoop 06:00, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Universal Told To Change The Title Of Nas’ ‘N-Word’ Album Or Lose $84 Mil

message: Who on earth removed the references template and the Nas template? Also the categories. Woop-Woop That's the sound of da Police 15:12, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Ref

message: a snippet was released today on hiphopgame.com entitled what it is. possible track for new album though not confirmed.snippet may have to look down a lttle. just posting it if anyone wants to hear it--Bren202 (talk) 04:23, 21 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: What It Is

message: Uhhh, anyone know the title that will be used on the album because nas said the short title is "the fear" but the long title is "the fear of the black man's dick.--Bren202 00:57, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It's mentioned of course on the source. It should be said but differently. --Esanchez(Talk 2 me or Sign here) 01:05, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: The Fear

message: Source?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.248.173.137 (talk) 08:16, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I found a source http://www.hiphopgame.com/news.php3?id=2134, however i doubt it's the real cover.--Rebel Without a Pause (talk) 02:53, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Maybe it's just a "draft", for an official one would be released later on. --Esanchez(Talk 2 me or Sign here) 03:06, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Cover?

message: I removed the track listing because i didn't see it on XXL or any other reliable websites and i thought the source it had wasnt reliable enough.--Rebel Without a Pause (talk) 06:20, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The ref should be ok. The author of the ref has posted tracks of past albums (like The Cool) which were correct. Spellcast (talk) 06:02, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I just find it hard to believe they would have a track listing two months before the album is scheduled to come out and I would think I would see something on XXL, HipHopDX or other notable hip-hop websites.--Rebel Without a Pause (talk) 06:22, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I'd think so too, but looking at the author's past posts, it seems to be reliable. Anyway, there's no rush to add it. You can wait for a more mainstream source if you want. Spellcast (talk) 06:35, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

text: Def Sounds posts a lot of rumored track listing most of them are false--Rebel Without a Pause (talk) 02:05, 6 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Track listing

message: The upcoming album won't be called "Nigger", instead it's going to remain untitled till it hits the stores:
http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1587737/20080519/nas.jhtml
:It's already been mentioned. DiverseMentality (Talk) (Contribs) 00:24, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: So, how about we change the album's name to Untitled instead of just Nas? Ideal4real (talk) 14:29, 15 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Album title changed 

message: what about war is necessary??  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tanv91 (talk • contribs) 21:38, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: War Is Necessary is an exclusive track just for GTA IV Ideal4real (talk) 14:23, 15 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Tracks

message: http://content.onsmash.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/nas_green-cover2.jpg SE KinG (talk) 07:57, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Nigger Tape cover 

message: The track listing posted doesn't seem like it's the real deal. First of all:
-"Be A Nigger Too" was left off and I highly doubt that's going to happen.
-"Nigger Hatred", which leaked today, will most likely be on the album, or so I think.
-Guests D-Block, Dead Prez, Jay Electronica & Rick Ross are nowhere to be found & I believe that at least one or two of them would be included.
-Chances are the track featuring The Game & Chris Brown would not be titled as it is here, with there being a similar sounding one to be featured on L.A.X.
This is all my opinion, however. Any thoughts on this matter?
:It is on iTunes now. And Be a Nigger to has been leaked for a while, and was found out not to be official and Jay Electronica produced a track. So I think this is legit.
--Piazzajordan2 (Talk.) 11:08, 1 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Yea its def legit as of now. i know the original producer of "be a nigger too" and he said there were sample clearance issues. i presume that "nigger hatred" will simply be more material for The Lost Tapes 2 and yea, dead prez and jay electronica produced some beats on the current track listing. i hope rick ross isn't on this album.
With all this said, about 8 tracks have already been leaked so there is a chance that the album's release date gets pushed up or pushed back again. if it gets pushed back again, then songs like "nigger hatred" and other material might be included.Noahdabomb3 (talk) 22:51, 2 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Track listing 

message: People need to stop posting that the CD leaked on the page.  It has no place on the site, especially when the link people are posting to confirm it are to direct dl links.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dfnj123 (talk • contribs) 07:46, 3 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Leak

message: The Album was fully leaked on the night of July 1st, not 5th.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.38.14.178 (talk) 17:36, 5 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Leak 

message: The album is available to listen to, for free, on last.fm at http://www.last.fm/music/Nas/Untitled?autostart . I added this to the intro. If it's not considered a "stream", then someone can change the wording. I think it deserves being mentionned in the intro with the release date information. Additionally, if anyone can find the date that it was added to last.fm, that'd be nice to have. M.Nelson (talk) 03:20, 9 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Stream available on last.fm 

message: i removed this part because the link was dead and there was no prove if its right or wrong  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.86.127.244 (talk) 09:27, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: review

message: Track 10 is misleadingly titled "Louis Farrakhan"when on the album it is simply "Untitled". 
Although Louis Farrakhan is consistantly mentioned in the chorus, he is not at all mentioned by nas himself, and i think this has an implication on the title choice. If you listent to the introductory words, about discipline and the "QUALITIES" of Farrakhan, i think you will get the gist of what nas is getting at, being, i think, about nas himself, nas as a revolutionist who inspires and inculcates discipline in others, and who leads others. i think he added the Farrakhan part in order to offer a comparison and a reference point. But essentially, the lyrical content is about nas himself.
So i suggest the title of the track  should be changed to "untitled".  
195.194.75.209 (talk) 13:23, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Done. Dillon90 (talk) 19:12, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Louis Farrakhan

message: Debatable, but I think the review should be kept under the ratings of the album. Honestly, as much as I praise Nas' music, the review is notable and has the same right as any other review to have their rating put up. It may be low than the other reviews but it's still notable. --Esanchez(Talk 2 me or Sign here) 20:10, 19 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Disputing reviews only because they are negative is entirely WP:POVPUSH. A better reason would be needed to exclude it. Many great albums and artists were initially were slagged by critics, and quite a few weak albums now accepted as "classics" received reasonable poor reviews before the party line had been established. I think superfans who delete bad reviews may be lacking perspective on this. / edg ☺ ☭ 07:17, 20 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Pitchfork Media]] review 

message: Rolling Stone and All Music 4 Stars
http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/21747730/review/21883814/nas
http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:fxfexqe5ldde~T2
Rapreviews gave the album 8.5 stars.  I think all three should be included since all are credible review sources just like pitchfork should remain posted.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ballistic08 (talk • contribs) 16:50, 22 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: . DiverseMentality(Discuss it) 18:58, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

text: That's not a justified reason for removing the review. DiverseMentality 22:19, 23 November 2008 (UTC)

text: I'm afraid not. This was also argued with the Pitchfork Media review, as it got 3.8 out of 10. A notable professional review is still a notable professional review. I also read the review; it does in fact review the album, vaguely, but does its job. DiverseMentality 00:03, 24 November 2008 (UTC)

text: This review always seems to be removed for its low rating. It can be restored by undoing the edit via the history. — ξxplicit 21:42, 1 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reviews 

message: I'm not 100% positive, but I think the next single is gonna be Make The World Go Round. Main reason why is because it's been recieving airplay on 105.1 in NY.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.107.38.2 (talk) 01:00, 6 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Well until a source is provided it stays as one single. SE KinG (talk) 01:11, 6 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Next Single? 

message: Game confirmed on BET's 106 & Park Live on August 26, 2008, that this is the second single, as he co-produced it.
--Piazzajordan2 (Talk.) 22:30, 26 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Make the World Go Round

message: Untitled Nas album sounds okay, but wouldn't it make more sense to call it "Nas' untitled studio album" or "Nas' untitled ninth studio album".
Discuss. SE KinG (talk) 22:53, 26 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Wasn't that pretty much what I proposed two sections above (and you opposed by the way)? Nonetheless, support for "Nas' untitled studio album", with either the "ninth" or "Untitled". No need for both.Do U(knome)? yes...or no 01:09, 27 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: At that time I thought the album name was actually called "Untitled". SE KinG (talk) 22:35, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

text: Untitled Nas album works just fine. This is the same situation as Untitled Korn album, where there is no title whatsoever. --Pwnage8 (talk) 15:10, 31 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Many (most?) sources, including the Def Jam website itself, do indeed call the album Untitled. The article only has the name it has now because someone moved it acting on their own view without discussion or presentation of reasoning. Don't confuse what Wikipedia chooses to call its article with correctness or definitive truth. 86.44.25.191 (talk) 05:17, 24 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Another move? 

message: The video to Make The World Go Round is being made.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlboKLxu-pU  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Thugondarel (talk • contribs) 00:59, 16 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Making the video 

message: I've changed the sources from the official charts to αCharts due to the fact that the previous sources are updated on a weekly basis, thus failing to cite the peak of the album. DiverseMentality(Discuss it) 18:24, 23 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Chart sources 

message: Is ANYONE going to make a page for this? Arjoccolenty (talk) 10:43, 15 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Make the World Go Round 

message: On iTunes the called the album "Nas" so shouldn't it be that and not untitled? 98.221.153.118 (talk) 21:44, 24 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Retail websites call the album "Nas" because they can't sell an album without a title. —Preceding unsigned comment added by SE KinG (talk • contribs)  22:03, 24 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: The Title

message: Are we ever going to make an article for it? 96.238.63.170 (talk) 00:08, 11 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Make the World Go Round 

message: I noticed that on my version of the album, the name is 'Louis Farrakhan'. I also see that above, it was decided that it should be determined 'Untitled' because there was no official name. Shouldn't that be noted somewhere in the track listing? I mean, it makes sense. Just wanted to know what you think before I did it myself.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Yoshison (talk • contribs) 03:34, 18 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Untitled Track Note 

message: This YouTube video has been removed. Someone should find a different version of it. -- SatanicSanta 18:38, 28 January 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reference 8 

message: Substituted at 09:41, 30 April 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Assessment comment