Straight jacked from www.nahright.com

Nas to Jesse Jackson: “Fall Back”

 
Keep quiet when young folks are talking… 

"I love it. MTV News caught up with the Little Homey and spoke with him about his proposed album title. He explained in the most detail I’ve heard yet what exactly he hopes to accomplish by naming his album "Nigger."  He also takes the opportunity to speak on the knee jerk condemnation he’s gotten from our so called black leaders.

"I’m talking to the streets. Stay out of our business. You ain’t got no business worrying about what the word ‘nigger’ is or acting like you know what my album is about without talking to me. Whether you in the NAACP or you Jesse Jackson. I respect all of them … I just want them to know: Never fall victim to Fox. Never fall victim to the shit they do. What they do is try to hurry up and get you on the phone and try to get you to talk about something you might not know about yet.

"If Cornell West was making an album called Nigger, they would know he’s got something intellectual to say," Nas continued. "To think I’m gonna say something that’s not intellectual is calling me a nigger, and to be called a nigger by Jesse Jackson and the NAACP is counterproductive, counter-revolutionary."

Yes! What he said! In my opinion the disconnect between my generation and my father’s will never allow us to see eye to eye on subjects such as these. Nasir is so on point when he says that Jesse and company are betraying him, and us, by assuming that a rap album with that title can only contain negativity."

"Nigger was the title of Dick Gregory’s autobiography, it’s sad that this is even a conversation." - Jay Smooth