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Originally Posted by Seymore CAKE
Originally Posted by seasoned vet
when this video came out everyone took it that Nas was signing with Murder INC., i think they may have even had some sort of unofficial announcement through some media outlet by Irv.......streets was buzzing about for a few days, the video dropped the streets went CRAZY.
.....keep in mind this was in 2002 and right in the height of the Jay vs Nas beef.
Furthermore Irv and Jay were both heavy in the industry, not to mention Irv was there with Jay and helped lay the frame work / build the Roc from RD so it was really likeOh %++% !!!
Irv is that man, people don't realize, want to give him his just due and its sad.
.....hiphop heads have such a short memory
....personally? ive NEVER messed with Murder INC., never purchased a Ja album in my life much less supported any of their artists ever, and even i couldnt escape the !#@* storm this video started.
....the alliance of Nas and Murder INC., people thought, was going to make the Nas/Jay beef go nuclear. i guess Nas got cold feet and pulled on the deal. to add, Jay accused Nas of laying more than a few bricks in his career, and some saw the alliance as a positive that would help Nas make better music (i wasnt one of them).
....funny thing though, this was like the last event that was taken seriously. it was like Nas' finger was on that Big Red Button, and then nothing. this was pretty much the last we heard about the beef until Nas signed to Def Jam and their sit down with Sway on MTV. i mean, there were rumbling on BP2 and other avenues but no where near on the scale as before.
- if you search ("murder inc" Nas) on Google, the first 4 pages are full of articles and or message boards talking about it back then. i even found a current article from October 2011 where Irv talks about how that potential signing caused problems between him and Jay:
[h2]Irv Gotti’s Attempts To Sign Nas Damaged Jay-Z Relationship[/h2]
This past Wednesday (October 5) on ?RapFix Live,? Wu-Tang Clan swordsman Method Man and Murder Inc. honcho Irv Gotti graced the infamous red couch alongside host Sway Calloway. As always on the ?cornerstone of hip-hop,? Sway got his subjects to open up about their storied pasts and showed true journalistic grit in keeping the interviews fresh as possible.
During Irv Gotti?s portion of the show, the Queens native spoke of his potential signing of legendary rapper Nas and how their nearly inked deal soured the relationship between Irv and former Nas foe Jay-Z.
?It ruined me and Jay a lot,? said Irv Gotti of Nas potentially signing to the Murder Inc. imprint. During the time of the reported deal, Nas and Jay-Z were embroiled in a heated war of words culminating in Nas? blistering dis track ?Ether? and Jay-Z?s ?Super Ugly? response. However, Irv Gotti revealed that his interest in Nas was deeper than the Queens borough they both proudly represented.
?I messed with Nas because Hov kept turning me down,? shared Irv of his reasons for going with Nas. Irv explained later in the interview that his frustrations that Jay-Z didn?t immediately latch on to a failed Murder Inc. tour plan fueled his pursuit of Nas with Steve Stoute?s introduction linking the pair ? but the Queensbridge lyricist wasn?t moved by Irv?s promise of rap riches. ?If you know Nas, the last thing he wants [is that attention],? said Gotti.
Since then Jay-Z and Gotti have patched up their differences after an hours-long discussion in Central Park along with Irv’s children, as the mogul told it.