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Nas - Hero ft. Keri Hilson
Artist: Nas
Featuring: Keri Hilson
Producer: Polow da Don
Album: Untitled
Label: Ill Will/Def Jam
Nas is all about controversy. After “Baracking” the mic on his mixtape jam, Black President, the Brooklyn lyricist is back with Hero, the first official single off his Untitled album. As can be expected, Nas is his typical brutally honest self, cramming a handful of provocative rhymes into every bar with a furious intensity. His three verses are backed by the unlikely production of Polow Da Don, who provides an energetic beat laced with a music box synth dancing above epic drums. While nobody really knows what to expect from Untitled, which drops July 15, songs like Hero indicate that Nasir Jones is once again out for blood. Let’s just hope that the album lives up to all its hype, because the man is already angry enough as it is.
Note: The streaming of “Hero” has temporarily been suspended.
This song first appeared on the
Rap Chart
on June 16, 2008
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CLASSIC! NASIR IS BACK
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| Posted on Jun 09, 2008 |
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 OH SNAP! Never thought I would see this collab....Nas & Keri Hilson? I actually like the production by Polow da Don. WOW. This is definitely a different type of feel for a Nas track, but I can dig it! I was afraid for a second...I thought he might have messed around and sold out on us. Phew! This is straight. This is the first single though? IDK if this is the best choice, but I like the track. It needs to go back to the mixing boards and Keri Hilson's vocals need to be cleaned up and equalized better.
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| Posted on Jun 09, 2008 |
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Straight FIRE!!!!! Polow da don is da man and nas just murked it
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| Posted on Jun 09, 2008 |
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this is it, ppl have been complainin bout not listen to nas bcuz of his borin beats so now it your time to listen to a great rapper....this song is banger, but if i had to rate it compare to the other songs release by nasir i rate it lower, but this is CLASSIC
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| Posted on Jun 09, 2008 |
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hiz flow iz nice in DIS but i dont like keri @ all, plus i dont like da beat...
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| Posted on Jun 09, 2008 |
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Not one of Polow Da Don's best, sounds a lot like that Fantasia - When I see you.
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| Posted on Jun 09, 2008 |
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First i will start by saying i am in no way objective when it comes to Nas after all illmatic and it was written literally changed my life but this here is really well done and is definately a "nas" single that is well done not clubby but something you will enjoy listening so i will sit back and listen to it again and again and again 5 stars
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| Posted on Jun 09, 2008 |
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Super star.
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| Posted on Jun 09, 2008 |
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good flow, beat is different but it's pretty good. Should be a great album after he decides what to name it.
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| Posted on Jun 09, 2008 |
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everything about this song on point nas flow, rhyme, & deliver(check) a banga a$$ beat from polow (check) and keri hilson backup nas in the hook (check) i love this track,,4real 4real!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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| Posted on Jun 09, 2008 |
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Lately i have not been feelin Nas...but i kinda feel this song
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| Posted on Jun 09, 2008 |
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LUViN' iT..CAN'T WAiT TiLL dA ALbUM
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| Posted on Jun 09, 2008 |
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Classic!!!!!! The Beats a banger!
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| Posted on Jun 09, 2008 |
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mtv released a list of the ten dopest rappers NOW late 07 and i remember the "panel" had an argument over who to have on 10...nas or jim jones and eventually settled on jones....and tossed nas! i was sick to my guts
well mtv, nas has been top mc for YEARS and is still one of the dopest mc NOW!!! listen to the lyrics |
| Posted on Jun 09, 2008 |
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been waitin
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| Posted on Jun 09, 2008 |
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Nas Is coming! You know what to expect from him lyrically, but the production is what impresses us most, Esco. You too great to be rhyming over "ok" beats. Finally we see some real beats 4 the BEST Rapper Alive. (Don't be fooled. yall) This song is triumphant. All we need is God Son to help deliver us from the Voice Box era and challenge the minds of the jaded and faded.
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| Posted on Jun 09, 2008 |
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Dubby1, are you serious? Somebody chose the wrong Jones! Thats ridiculous! I know Jim Jones is Ballin, But Nas was giving us coaching at "halftime" since most of Jimmy's fans were crawling. MTV owes Nas and all of Hip Hop an apology for that Bullshit.
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| Posted on Jun 09, 2008 |
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It's a banger! The beat is super! I'd like Keri to sing more, though
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| Posted on Jun 09, 2008 |
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Now, If you gone take the time to lay a track, shouldn't it have worth/value...He just set the bar high...rappers, gone head make mindless music for the radio...Lyricist, take over the radio..
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| Posted on Jun 09, 2008 |
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went and found dis yesterday afta sumbody asked da booth to put it up...gud job booth!! lol i like dis and im not a nas fan(plz keep ya comments to ya self bout dat statement thanks!)...plus i luv keri!
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| Posted on Jun 09, 2008 |
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the beat's sick, not rlly a huge fan of nas but i can dig this :]
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| Posted on Jun 09, 2008 |
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I am sick and tired of comparisons being made between Nas and Wayne. Do you all know what Wayne was doing when Nas was releasing Illmatic (possibly the dopest collection of lyrics ever)? Wayne was probably watching Saturday morning cartoons and eating Apple Jacks. C'mon people, enough is enough. You don't need to include Weezy's name if you compliment Nas for being exactly what he always has been... a GREAT lyrical emcee.
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| Posted on Jun 09, 2008 |
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this track is an absolute banger.
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| Posted on Jun 09, 2008 |
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This track is a classic - enuff said.
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| Posted on Jun 09, 2008 |
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First of all Charlie E., Nas is from Queens not Brooklyn. Nas is about to hit em in the head with this. definitely a crossover track that will hit top 40 and all hip hop stations heavy.
ONE OF THE GREATEST RAPPERS ALIVE!!! |
| Posted on Jun 09, 2008 |
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Nas Always got that sick flow....and the Polow Da Don production just kills da track
Can Wait for his Cd to come out.... |
| Posted on Jun 09, 2008 |
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If you don't uy this album, ur just stupid. This is gonna be one of the greatest hip hop albums of all time. This is classic. and always will be. Unreal flow, unreal production, and a hook that will tear up the radio. This is BAngin Classic. NaS IS Hip Hop!
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| Posted on Jun 09, 2008 |
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nice song this might be comeback alumb so i wish goodluck
to nas bro cause he did it agian. 3 |
| Posted on Jun 09, 2008 |
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Straight BANGER, like i mentioned it on ''balck president'' NAS, best rapper alive!!! this ALBUM is guna b sik.
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| Posted on Jun 09, 2008 |
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DJ Z always speaks the truth (most of the time). No comparison with Wayne, perhaps with BIG, TUPAC, and JAY-Z. Nas is one of the greatest to ever bless the mic. He is still going strong. His longevity as an artist has gone thru the test of time. Not many artists have accomplished that feat. Beat is scrumptious, flow is well-preserved, and Keri is magnificent. This track was ORGANIC!!!
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i aint seen nas like this for a long time. This slap is straight classic and the beat go perfect with nas lyrics.
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| Posted on Jun 09, 2008 |
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man y yall erase my question bout keri and polow?..(pouts)
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| Posted on Jun 09, 2008 |
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Fire!
If Nas can't say it, think about these talented kids With new ideas being told what they can and can't spit I can't sit and watch it So, sh!t, I'ma drop it Like it or not You ain't gotta cop it I'm a hustler in the studio Cups of Don Julio No matter what the CD called I'm unbeatable, y'all |
| Posted on Jun 09, 2008 |
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The artist I've been waiting all day today. He never seems to disappoint me that much...
I wouldn't give it a 5 cause the beat during the chorus over powers his voice... Still a great song... |
| Posted on Jun 09, 2008 |
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Nas brings on the lyrics for sure. But I'm just not feeling this one. Must be the beat and possible the chorus. Either way a 3 for his TIGHT lyrics on this one
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| Posted on Jun 09, 2008 |
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that's how Nas should sound in 2008
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| Posted on Jun 09, 2008 |
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this is nas year. '08
this is hot shit. |
| Posted on Jun 09, 2008 |
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damn this is hot! 4.5
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| Posted on Jun 09, 2008 |
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da beat is bangin. I like da song. Keri sounded nice, n so did Nas. NIce track!
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| Posted on Jun 09, 2008 |
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im diggin da beat. its SICKK ! NAS destroyed it ! lol. he is one of the best in da game. true definition of hip hop
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| Posted on Jun 09, 2008 |
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DJ Booth Member  Total Ratings: 181 |
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lyrics flawless, delivery awsome, beats tight, overdose of cords spoils it for me
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| Posted on Jun 09, 2008 |
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I'm liking this for sure. The beat is sick, Nas is sick, everything is sick about this song.
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| Posted on Jun 09, 2008 |
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Instant CLASSIC!! That synth sample is from a snes game!!!! I dont remember wich one though... Thank you NAS for giving me hope in HipHop
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| Posted on Jun 09, 2008 |
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You know what I dislike is they say Nas has only had three (some say two) good albums. Illmatic, Stillmatic, God's Son. It's like they don't even listen to his stuff. Those were the classics and career peaks, but the rest of his stuff was dope too. TheGreatest knows it! Z is right too. I don't how people are comparing the two. Nas is in the dream team of Pac and Big. I think Nas' next classic is coming. BTW, SOMEONE GET THE "BE A N*GGER TOO" VID UP! Just watched it, you can tell how much time was taken into making that. "Chain gleamin', switchin' lanes, two-seatin', hate him or love him, for the same reason/Can't leave it, the game needs, plus the people need someone to believe in/So in Nasir Jones we trust, 'cause they know he's gonna give us what we want, they lookin' for a...."
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| Posted on Jun 09, 2008 |
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HELL YEA! ALL TIMER .. NICE PROD. POLOW AND WAT CAN U SAY - NAS JUS BRINGS IT ON DIS .. WILL BE ROCKIN DIS IN YEARS TO COME!
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| Posted on Jun 10, 2008 |
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Nas hasn't made much of anything i've been impressed wit since Stillmatic. But this track here... Now i'm really anticipatin this album
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| Posted on Jun 10, 2008 |
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DJ Booth Member Total Ratings: 205 |
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JUS LUVIN IT! "I CAN SEE THINGS MORE CLEARLY THATS Y THEY FEAR ME"
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| Posted on Jun 10, 2008 |
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