Xbox One is getting a biographical show about Nas, of course

Naturally -- between a Halo project involving Steven Spielberg, a documentary on the terrible E.T. video game for Atari 2600 and a series on street soccer -- the next project from Xbox Entertainment Studios is a show based on hip-hop artist Nas' youth. Deadline reports that "a half-hour series project loosely based on his life as a hip-hop artist in the 1990s" is on the way, titled "Street Dreams." Presumably it heavily features him having dreams of being a gangster, drinking Moet and holding Tecs, making sure the cash came correct? Kind of!

[My_Name_BTW_Is_Dante]

I don't really want a Xbox One anymore now...

[TheForwardUnto]

And nobody wants you........

[abzdine]

it'll probably land on YouTube soon after release anyway just like Halo and others

[Whiskeyjacked87]

I do!

[hellzsupernova]

lol good call!

[XiSasukeUchiha]

I don't know why they would do this?

[TheForwardUnto]

Because they want to. Nobody is forcing you to watch it.

[BX81]

NAS!!!!!!!

[KingDadXVI]

I could really care less as I have never even heard of the guy (I am more of a metal fan myself) but I am sure that there are lots of other people who do like him and will want to watch this. MS is shooting for lots of diversity from their entertainment studio.

Not everything that is on a console has to be of interest to you.

[Red]

Most intelligent comment from someone who isn't a fan of a particular thing I have read in a long while. Thank You.

[memots]

couldn't

[MrSwankSinatra]

Nas, Best Rapper Alive....

[mhunterjr]

i'm a bigger Jay-z fan, but i'll admit, while jay is falling off... Nas has still got it!

[maniacmayhem]

Really? Jay-Z is at least consistent where as Nas hasn't made anything as remarkable as his first album.

[mhunterjr]

@maniacmayhem

Like I said. I'm a bigger jay-z fan. 1) because despite his subject matter differing from my personal experiences, he somehow manages to make his story resonate with me. I don't feel that when I listen to Nas. 2) I feel like jay-z is , overall, more entertaining.

Now when you talk about consistency . I'm not sure what you are speaking to. Sure jay-z is more consistent at making hits, but In terms of raw lyricism, Nas has been far more consistent than Jay-z in recent years. That's what I'm talking about when I say Jay is falling off. Maybe you just haven't heard his more recent verses, but Nas is still a lyrical monster. Listen to his remix to J. Coles "let Nas down" . Damn near brought a tear to my eye.

Nas is a horrible song writer though... Great rapper, horrible song writer. And he's not really good at picking beats. I think that's why you don't here anything as 'remarkable' as his first album.

[MajorMayhem70]

Illmatic and Stillmatic are definite classics. Nas doesn't hold the weight that he used to in the hip hop community, but he'll always be an icon to the culture.

[mhunterjr]

@maniacmayhem

i gotta disagree. Nas hold plenty of weight in the hiphop community. Maybe not as much in this modern day hip-Pop community, but when it comes to hip hop, he still holds plently of clout.

[Redrum059]

Jayz sucks and has gone mainstream. Nas on the other hand has always been willing to step into subject matters that most rappers won't dare touch. Nas has my respect , now jay-z or jay-hova -__-
Is now no different then any other rapper that sticks to pure materialism... Mainstream media puppet punk

[SageShinigami]

@manicmayhem: Consistent with what? I wouldn't put Magna Carta Holy Grail up against Life is Good.

Nas' output is generally only bad...when compared to earlier output.

[maniacmayhem]

Jay-Z has had way more hit albums and way better songs than Nas. This is what I mean by consistent.

Nas hasn't had a good album or song since Illmatic. And Nas has tried many times to go mainstream and cross over with no success.

And I personally think Jay is a better lyricist thank Nas. Nas is great at telling stories but Jay-Z is better at delivery and presentation.

Remember:
"you made it a hot line, I made it a hot song"

[mhunterjr]

@maniacmayhem

Real hiphop heads don't judge a rapper/album on sales and radio play. That's a very hip-pop mentality, and completely undermines all the talent on the independent and underground scene, and gives to much credit to garbage like 2 chains or lil Wayne.

You just listed the reasons jay-z is my favorite rapper. He IS more entertaining than Nas. He IS a better songwriter than Nas. He IS better at presentation. THAT'S why he has more sales and spins. He has a lot more talent at packaging his material in a way that people find fun to listen to, even if they aren't true rap fans. That's why the "hot line/ hot song" bar rigs true. He'll tell you himself he "took pop across the road, let em walk through the hood". Nas on the other hand has made no attempts to broaden his audience.

But lyrically, Nas is on a level that Jay-z hasn't been on consistently since "the life and times of S. carter Vol 3." When it comes to lyrics, Nas is just as potent as he was when he dropped illmatic. And he has had several good albums since, they just didn't have any legitamate radio singles, which puts a damper on sales. You can't tell me 'life is good" "hip hop is dead" or "untitled" aren't good albums.

[BlackTar187]

Nas is dope.

My Favorite rapper alive right now is Tech N9ne

[iceman06]

Tech is dope too. IMO, underrated and under appreciated, but really unique...which is what the game needs at this point. NAS, on the other hand, is classic.

[Majin-vegeta]

Lol nope Bone thugs still slap this guy around. s

OT: Ehh thats nice i guess

[Infernostew]

P.O.S and Doomtree are killer. You should check them out.

[TheGreatAndPowerful]

No that honor goes to Jeru The Damaja

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

[Ziriux]

I see you guys trying to make it hot in here :p and you know exactly what I mean by that.

I love NAS music, not sure how a biography about NAS will do on Xbox One since i'm sure BET did it.

[JsonHenry]

Who?

[Hicken]

Nas. Nasir. Google him. Considerably better than most rappers in the past decade. Which is one of the reasons you won't hear him on the radio.

This is extremely random. Frankly, I feel like I should be a little offended by that "dreams of being a gangster, drinking Moet and holding Tecs, making sure the cash came correct" business. Prevents me from reading further, though I admit I'm a little interested in what the series could reveal.

[mhunterjr]

Hey look, I'm agreeing with you!! I really didn't like the way the author crapped on his catalogue... he's much deeper than that.I know it's one of his line, but without the context, it sounds gratuitous.

PS, it's been about 2 decades since his first album dropped!

[WrAiTh Sp3cTr3]

I'm not really offended but I would think the song this girl is referring too would've been the one that was quoted...
http://www.complex.com/musi...

[JsonHenry]

I looked him up, listened to some of music, read some of the recent stuff on him.

Not my style of music but I didn't immediately turn it off either so I can see where you say he is better than other because I normally here 2 seconds then turn it off.

[Cherchez La Ghost]

Well, at least they didn't pick a bubblegum rapper. Because 90% of these dudes on the radio sound the same. Beats and everything. Now I see why my man Sean Price is walking away from the game. SMDH.....

[JokesOnYou]

Yeah I understand they are weak nowadays or all sound alike but why walk away?.....do better.

[D-riders]

ok ...ok ... yeah ive talked tons of shit on the xbox one. but having a nas bio and it being the only place. I might shovel out 500 for that

[King Nezz]

I'll admit, I'm not a big fan of rap as I was when I was in my teens (Late 90's by the way), but one of the few people I still listen to is Nas. One of the only ones to give a crap about.

[DJustinUNCHAIND]

People smoke, chill, party and die on the same corner.

[webeblazing]

its funny the article they cited didnt say anything about moet tec9 and stuff. its either a fanboy agenda or straight up racism. im not surprise that people that dont know about rap or about black people would go straight to this instead of just informing people about the show.

"Presumably it heavily features him having dreams of being a gangster, drinking Moet and holding Tecs, making sure the cash came correct? Kind of!"

Seriously

now heres the site he use for his resource
http://www.deadline.com/201...

it no surprise that alot of black live in poverty in the us. and most rappers come from the harshest parts of the country, but nas is a positive rapper. most of his song are positive and have a message in it. its a lot of positive rappers that people dont notice because the dont listen to rap.

so with that said in responds to this guy article. White america? ignorance

[memots]

Dude calm your fried chicken tits, What you thought was racist or fanboy driven was actually quoted from one of Nas songs.

[PS4isKing_82]

Umm who?

[NarooN]

Only one of the greatest and most intelligent rappers in the past few decades, that's all.

No one can call themselves an actual hip-hop fan if they don't know of Nas. If you don't dabble in non-commercial hip-hop, you probably never heard of him.

[PS4isKing_82]

Sorry I don't really do the whole rap/r&b scene. I'm more of a classic rock kinda guy. Not trying to be disrespectful to the ppl who like this kind of music. Just not for me.

[NarooN]

No need to apologize man, lol. I listen lots of music (mostly alt. rock and the 50 billion sub-genres of that) but when I do listen to rap, it's only stuff that has good beats and intelligent lyrics. I can't stand all the commercial garbage they have today...

[WrAiTh Sp3cTr3]

This makes me want to go watch Belly.

[maniacmayhem]

Nothing would make me want to watch that train wreck.

[XabiDaChosenOne]

Nasty Nas in the area! Causing mass hysteria! Just might get an X1 for this lol.

[Master-H]

Cool, Nas is dope, his first album Illmatic is my favorite album of all time, still not getting a bone tho

[Ashunderfire86]

Nas is the Greatest Rapper Alive! And also my favorite rapper. Eminem is my second favorite for the runner up.

[ground_beef]

I am a huge Sony fan since the psx, since psx I always stuck with Sony, played about 5 minutes once on x360, and 30 min on a Wii, used to have sega, ninty, and Atari before the psx.

But seriously, even I have to admit that a nas bio is freakin awesome to be honest.

Nas to me is one of the four rap acts that put rap on the map and helped with making it an international genre, I know there are rap legends that came before like Eric b and rakim, easy e, kool g, big L and others. But in reality these 4 rap acts elevated rap to incredible heights. These 4 are:- 2pac, biggie, nas, and wutang clan. Some people would say dmx, jayz, and Emienem, I agree but remember j,eminem, and dmx came a bit after these four, or rather started getting recognition after these 4. No one did what these 4 did for rap. No matter who you mention, or how many sales some rappers did.

Again I think it's a pretty cool move. Hats off to Microsoft on that.

[Cherchez La Ghost]

What you know about Big L?!! LoL!! He was an amazing lyricist. Gone way before his time. He could have been in the Top 10 Greatest Lyricist. But I have to give DMX some credit also. With Big Pun also.

[BX81]

Big L... Hells yeah. You should check out journalist. Also one of my favorite rappers is styles p.

[Cherchez La Ghost]

I'm sorry.... MS do want to break out in the entertainment world. But at least they did it right with a true hip-hop artist.

[ha8eraid]

This is cool Illmatic and Stillmatic are among the top hip hop albums in history and let's not forget Ether his diss single towards Jay Z I will definitely keep an eye on this

[PrinceOfAllSaiyans]

Nas is probably the greatest rapper of all time. Its debatable. Lyrically I think he's better than Tupac, Notorious BIG, Jay-Z, and Eminem. But Tupac just had something about him in his voice that makes him impact more.

And all you people that are like "Who ?" I bet y'all all know who Eminem is but don't know Nas. Smh.

[Brugal]

Most hip hop fans won't disagree agree with that sentiment. As a matter of fact, CNN lists Nas as the greatest rapper of all time. There are a handful of MC's who belong in the upper pantheon of rap music, while some like Jay Z and Eminem might be more popular artists than Nas, lyrically it's hard for anyone ever in the genre to surpass what he's done throughout the course of his catalogue.

Slick Rick and Ghostface are superb storytellers. Kool G Rap and Eminem are aggressive lyricists. Common and Mos Def are conscious rappers. Biggie and Jay Z are a reflection of 90's east coast hip hop. Nasty Nas does all of this marginally better than all of the aforementioned MC's.

I don't have an Xbox One, but much credit to Microsoft for displaying a documentary on the youth of this lyrical genius.

[Outside_ofthe_Box]

Lupe is a better lyricist than Nas. I know most people don't like to admit that because "nobody can surpass the greatness of the 90's", I mean I struggled at first to admit it myself, but I eventually came around to acknowledging his lyrical genius.

But yeah, kudos to MS for doing a show about Nas. Could have easily done one of the more popular hip-hop artists of today like Drake or Macklemore, but instead elected to do it on one of the greats. Props to MS for that.

[Brugal]

@Outside of the box. I respect your opinion. While Lupe is immensely talented in his own right, Nas has been superb for a lot longer than Lupe has. Nas is not just a nod to the "nobody can surprass the greatness of the 90's" era, his work is timeless and has influenced a lot more MC's than Lupe has. In addition, Stillmatic, Godson, the Lost Tapes and Life is Good were all released after 2000, and they are all incredible albums. This is just my opinion.

I'll endorse your statement that they could've done it on a more popular artist but chose to do it with Nas. I respect that.