Epistolary Songs (Nas, "One Love", AZ "Fan Ma

Thun · Post by **Thun** » Tue Dec 21, 2010 5:48 pm

Freeway and Jake One "Fan Mail" (Stimulus Outro)

Any others? I feel like this concept was probably done before by someone obvious that I'm forgetting.

Icesickle · Post by **Icesickle** » Tue Dec 21, 2010 5:54 pm

Eminem - "Stan"

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Tue Dec 21, 2010 5:58 pm

what about all these 'a letter to ...' songs

Thun · Post by **Thun** » Tue Dec 21, 2010 6:10 pm

Icesickle wrote:Eminem - "Stan"

It was implied that I had no interest in this song.

Thun · Post by **Thun** » Tue Dec 21, 2010 6:11 pm

drizzle wrote:what about all these 'a letter to ...' songs

Some of those are a little more abstract than I care for, meaning that the recipient is not always a person, sometimes just an institution or a symbol...

Icesickle · Post by **Icesickle** » Tue Dec 21, 2010 6:42 pm

So no "Black Steel"?

Thun · Post by **Thun** » Tue Dec 21, 2010 6:50 pm

Icesickle wrote:So no "Black Steel"?

Only partly an epistolary song, right?

Thun · Post by **Thun** » Tue Dec 21, 2010 6:50 pm

Cormega had a song that was supposed to be answering Nas's inquiry from "One Love" right?

step one · Post by **step one** » Tue Dec 21, 2010 6:52 pm

Jadakiss 'Letter To BIG' (and the 653 blog rapper spin-offs) ?

Thun · Post by **Thun** » Tue Dec 21, 2010 6:54 pm

Okay, on second thought let's narrow this down.

Are there songs of the "Fan Mail" type prior to AZ?

EMCEE DARTH MALEK · Post by **EMCEE DARTH MALEK** » Tue Dec 21, 2010 9:09 pm

mega's one love response is dope

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the first verse is a little contrived with its references to the nas song otherwise great track

i guess something like game & nas - letter to the king is not what you're looking for here? i don't know anything similar to the AZ song except stan

TheBigSleep · Post by **TheBigSleep** » Wed Dec 22, 2010 4:20 am

Off the top of my head I can't think of anything that hasn't been mentioned already but Mobb Deep's Temperature's Rising almost fits the bill, for whatever that's worth (probably nothing).