Untitled
- 艺人
- Nas
- 语种
- 英语
- 厂牌
- Def Jam Recordings
- 发行时间
- 2008年07月01日
- 专辑类别
- 录音室专辑
专辑介绍
来自纽约皇后区的“街头诗人”Nas这次却出乎意料地以“Nigger”这个词作为自己专辑的标题，就像14年前他那张书写历史的处子专辑《Illmatic》一样，那个想做什么便做什么的Nas又回来了。但出于各方压力，Def Jam唱片公司不得不逼迫Nas将专辑更名，Nas非常聪明地将专辑的名字改为了“未命名”《Untitled》（按照Def Jam官方站的确是叫Untitled），也就是没有名字，而这个名字虽然没有原来那六个字母那么抢眼，可它却为整张专辑的概念作了更好的铺垫。黑人在文化方面对美国主流白人社会作出的贡献不言而喻，但就像这张专辑的名字一样，许多人做出的努力都被”untitled”了， 许多人做出的贡献也被”untitled”了，而更多人自生下来就已经被”untitled”了。
Never averse to getting the pants of others in a twist, Nas said in 2006 that what developed into this self-titled album was, at the time, titled the six-letter version of the "N" word. The following year, the NAACP buried the five-letter version (along with each variant, as the obituary states) at a Detroit ceremony, replete with a horse-drawn carriage, a casket, and the presence of "hip-hop legend Curtis Blow" [sic], according to the NAACP press release. Whether it is believed that the word was truly placed six feet deep or merely swept beneath the proverbial rug, the word, regardless of its last syllable or the context in which it is placed, still carries a lot of power. Millions of Def Jam marketing dollars could not have ensured as bright a spotlight on their artist. All he had to do was mention the one word as an album title. And from that moment until the album's release, through each leaked track, mixtape, and article tracking the status of the album, more attention was paid to the MC's moves than in the recent past. An album with a proposed title of, say, East Coasta Nastra, would not have been anticipated with nearly as much scrutiny or speculation.
Nas uses the "N" word as a mere jumping-off point for his self-titled album, its initial title and final content even more closely related than the title and content of Hip Hop Is Dead. It's his most purposeful album; nearly every verse goes beyond talking trash and recalling exploits to address the change of title, the "N" word, race relations, stereotypes, the long arms and legs of Fox, love for his people and country, and the United States from slave ships through the possibility of a black president. It carries a stern lyrical focus all the way through, including the radio-aimed/Polow-produced anthem "Hero" ("If Nas can't say it, think about these talented kids with new ideas being told what they can and can't spit"), the gleaming "Make the World Go Round" (where a proud Nas, clearly reaching out to a younger crowd, refers to the featured Chris Brown as "the young Mike Jackson"), and the appropriately greasy "Fried Chicken" (a cunning track in which Nas and Busta Rhymes seem to embrace and parody dietary and sexual stereotypes at once). There is as much content here to absorb, to think about, discuss, and debate, as there is within Ice Cube's Death Certificate or anything by Public Enemy or BDP. While it is not a feast from a production standpoint — the album is not bound to silence those who contend that Nas is not the best selector of beats — it doesn't have the hastily slapped-together flow of Street's Disciple or Hip Hop Is Dead. A couple tracks might sonically resemble inferior versions of years-old tracks that helped make Nas a hip-hop deity and, nearly ten years after Nas was first accused of selling out, he might still sound a little awkward over radio-friendly productions. But the MC has never made an album as engrossing or as necessary as this one.
最新简评（共23条）
- @AlmightySoph(ins@almighty...)：
- @鱼远扬(Fencaoinc)：diggin it
- @蘑蘑蘑(可爱又迷人的正派角色IG...)：#
- @D(我还没想好要写什么...)：
- @44i(Voracity / ✝...)：
- @人咬情未了(肄业后进西线游曳，急切的...)：如果没主题可写了，欢迎来中国住几年，思如泉涌
- @Questlove(Do or Die)：专辑原名N.I.G.G.E.R，虽然妥协换成Untitled还是一样屌
- @sebrabbit(indierockmag)：Sadly underrated.
- @chiccs：Untitled——对美国黑人历史的精确概括。纯熟的批判现实主义艺术。
- @楼主还我盐汽水：不愧是街头诗人