Jones discusses Nas’ influence in rap
Jim Jones shares his opinion regarding Nas’ contribution to Hip Hop in general, claiming that the rapper “changed everything.” Toward the end of October, he was a guest on The GAUDS Show hosted by Ray Daniels where he also mentioned how Nas has shaped the present-day rap scene.
He explained: “In the ’90s, the arrows was starting to switch. And the person that made the switch for the arrows was Nas. Nobody ever understands how this shit works. Nas came in with a different aesthetic, a different rhyme pattern, a different cadence that could not be touched. The topics that he was talking about were topics that were very dear to the younger generation that was actually living and coming in at the time.
“This was my high school years, and he was talking about shit that we was just loving to do. But the way that he was rhyming put a whole different speed on it. He was futuristic with that shit. When he did that, a lot of the older rappers couldn’t switch they flows and that axed ’em out, and then became a whole new generation of rap music that we hear today.”
