Yeah I predict he'll show us the real goods one day (maybe when attention really dries up) but right now, no. He clearly loves to tease.
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it’s been posted and it’s obviously a fake let’s put our brain cells to use
I wondered if there were any lip lick moments, and then I watched the 'He Knows' video and there's a good one.
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Thank you for posting the original and the fake side-by-side,
so that everybody can compare and see the differences.
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He’s probably the only flamboyant dude I would dick down until he begged me to stop. Sexy lil bastid.
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honestly, he leaned too much into his sexuality. Especially since he didnt read the room as the world turned a bit more right. its not his fault per se, but if he "adjusted" accordingly with his antics i dont think he'd have had aa huge fall off.It's wild just on page 77 or so of this thread (2021 at the time) some were saying Nas would be relevant in 10 years.
I don't think you can blame Nas' downfall on queerness at least much. Almost no younger pop or pop-rap artists of any demographic are lasting very long or crossing over to multiple generations. I think that's 'cause of the purely social media-based marketing of all new pop music. Not everybody gets their music that way. I'm not a heavy SM user, but it's there I heard a snippet of the jam that's "Bed Chem" by Sabrina Carpenter. Never would've otherwise.
Also, I'm not a hater, more indifferent musically, but objectively Nas isn't that hugely talented? Lol. Even on 'Old Town Road' the chorus he didn't perform is the part people most remember I'd say. He lacks much vocal distinction (he both raps and sings but does neither outstandingly), and he also relies heavily on non-musical image, visual etc. stuff to draw attention to his music. I know every pop artist does that, but Nas leans far more heavily into that side than most.
It's a generation back now, but Lady Gaga's top flight world-dominating pop career only lasted about 3-4 years (2009-2013 or so) because no matter how vocally-talented she was (more than Nas) or even when she showed 'serious' sides here and there, people just saw her as an oversaturated gimmick who wore meat dresses.
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Basically I don't know if he was ever set up for long term relevance musically speaking. But Nas is still so so hot. Although I'm not musically interested, sometimes I get in the mood just to come here and look at his latest thirst traps.
That may be part of it. I've been waiting for a chance to say this but although he clearly loves doing the fem thing often, he pulls off masc just as well. He presents as equally comfortable doing both. That's why I don't think to say he should lean into being sexy in a masc way more often would be 'making him play a role,' because clearly he's more than fine to do that. His vocal style, gym-built body and cockiness (all choices of his) is very masc. In that way I'd agree, him leaning so far into his sexuality (at least the fem side) was more of a branding thing, which maybe hasn't paid off long term.
People can express themselves without it being a gimmick.
He’s rich. He’s being who he wants to be and presenting that to the world.
Whether it’s marketable shouldn’t be the focus. It’s real.
He’s rich. He’s being who he wants to be and presenting that to the world.
Whether it’s marketable shouldn’t be the focus. It’s real.
I agree in a way. He can absolutely do that. But I think he clearly also wants to be popular. Artists who stay stuck on being 'out there' forever don't seem to last that long. Look what happened to Katy Perry, or the very short longevity of Gaga's reign at the top. But I agree, it's his choice (or funeral, however you want to look at it
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