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Def Jam Stands Behind Nas' Decision To Title His New Album ******
While reports by FoxNews.com have claimed that Def Jam is not supporting Nas' forthcoming ****** album, Def Jam Chairman, L.A. Reid, says differently.
While appearing at the Manhattan premiere of "American Gangster" on Friday (October 19), Reid responded to the report by Fox, claiming he had no knowledge of the reported comments.
Fox reported last week that a Def Jam rep, close to Reid, said that Nas' album would not be coming out. "There is no album release by Nas on the release schedule at this point," a source told FoxNews.com. "And they would be unlikely to release an album with that title. How would that look at Wal-Mart?"
Reid however, says that is not true and that they stand by Nas' decision to title his album with the controversial word.
"We support everything our artists do, everything!" Reid told MTV. "We stand firmly behind and beside our artists with pride and with pleasure. Anything Nas wants to do, I completely stand beside him. Nas is prolific, he's prophetic, he's a genius, an amazing artist of respect. So, while I'm not sure exactly all that [the title] entails, I know it's smart, so I stand behind him. That's real."
Nas also responded to the claims a few days after they surfaced. He even changed the title from ***** to ******.
"None of us knows where that came from," said the rapper to MTV last week, then defended his choice of title. "If Cornell West was making an album called ******, they would know he's got something intellectual to say. To think I'm gonna say something that's not intellectual is calling me a ******, and to be called a ****** by Jesse Jackson and the NAACP is counterproductive, counter-revolutionary."
So far, Nas says he's worked with producers Salaam Remi, Diddy, Jermaine Dupri and DJ Toomp on the album and it is almost complete.
****** is slated for release in December, following the release of a Greatest Hits album in November.
Source: ballerstatus.net
While appearing at the Manhattan premiere of "American Gangster" on Friday (October 19), Reid responded to the report by Fox, claiming he had no knowledge of the reported comments.
Fox reported last week that a Def Jam rep, close to Reid, said that Nas' album would not be coming out. "There is no album release by Nas on the release schedule at this point," a source told FoxNews.com. "And they would be unlikely to release an album with that title. How would that look at Wal-Mart?"
Reid however, says that is not true and that they stand by Nas' decision to title his album with the controversial word.
"We support everything our artists do, everything!" Reid told MTV. "We stand firmly behind and beside our artists with pride and with pleasure. Anything Nas wants to do, I completely stand beside him. Nas is prolific, he's prophetic, he's a genius, an amazing artist of respect. So, while I'm not sure exactly all that [the title] entails, I know it's smart, so I stand behind him. That's real."
Nas also responded to the claims a few days after they surfaced. He even changed the title from ***** to ******.
"None of us knows where that came from," said the rapper to MTV last week, then defended his choice of title. "If Cornell West was making an album called ******, they would know he's got something intellectual to say. To think I'm gonna say something that's not intellectual is calling me a ******, and to be called a ****** by Jesse Jackson and the NAACP is counterproductive, counter-revolutionary."
So far, Nas says he's worked with producers Salaam Remi, Diddy, Jermaine Dupri and DJ Toomp on the album and it is almost complete.
****** is slated for release in December, following the release of a Greatest Hits album in November.
Source: ballerstatus.net
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