Ain't it crazy that only a White dude (MC Serch), and a Woman (Faith Newman) believed in Nas when.. - RRT

UrusMu · 07-06-2008, 09:36 PM

Ain't it crazy that only a White dude (MC Serch), and a Woman (Faith Newman) believed in Nas when No one wanted to sign him?

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llmatic's origins lie in Nas' ties with Large Professor. At fifteen, Nas met the seventeen-year old producer from Flushing, Queens, and was introduced to Main Source, a hip hop group of which Large Professor was a member. Nas made his recorded debut with Main Source, recording a verse on "Live at the Barbeque", from Main Source's 1991 album Breaking Atoms. Nas later made his solo debut in the 1992 single "Halftime" from MC Serch's soundtrack for the film Zebrahead. The single added to the buzz surrounding Nas, earning him comparisons to Rakim, an influential trendsetter in golden age hip hop. Despite the substantial buzz this collaboration generated for Nas in the underground scene, the rapper struggled to gain a record contract, and was rejected by major rap labels such as Cold Chillin' Records and Def Jam Recordings.

Meanwhile, the group 3rd Bass had dissolved, and MC Serch, a former member of the group, began working on a solo project. In mid-1992, Serch approached Nas. At the suggestion of producer T-Ray, Serch collaborated with Nas for "Back to the Grill", the lead single for Serch's solo album, Return of the Product. At the recording session of this song, Serch discovered that Nas did not have a recording contract and, as a result, he contacted Faith Newman, an A&R executive at Sony Music Entertainment. As Serch recounted,

Nas was in a position where his demo had been sittin' around, "Live at the Barbeque" was already a classic, and he was just tryin' to find a decent deal. And I think Nas didn't know who to trust, and it seemed that no one was teaching him the ropes. So when he gave me his demo, I shopped it around. I took it to Russell first, Russell said it sounded like G Rap, he wasn't wit' it. So I took it to Faith. Faith loved it, she said she'd been looking for Nas for a year and a half. They wouldn't let me leave the office without a deal on the table.

MJA773 · 07-06-2008, 09:47 PM

no its not crazy madd white people love and support hip hop and mc serch was just that a mc at the time nas was ill its just sum people prolly had they own boys to put on

**Ill Al Kush** · 07-06-2008, 09:51 PM

worddd.

UrusMu · 07-06-2008, 09:52 PM

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Originally Posted by MJA773

no its not crazy madd white people love and support hip hop and mc serch was just that a mc at the time nas was ill its just sum people prolly had they own boys to put on

That's not what I meant.

It was pretty cool of Serch to do what he did.