Nas - It Aint Hard To Tell (reconstructed o.g. version)

vaporized · Post by **vaporized** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 1:35 pm

This is an attempt to merge the o.g. version of It Aint Hard To Tell (which I've only ever heard on a J-Love mixtape in poor sound quality and J-Love talking over it) with the Illmatic version. I've seen a lot of people say they prefer the beat on the o.g. version where you can actually hear the Michael Jackson 'Human 'Nature' sample, whereas on the Illmatic version it's virtually lost in the mix, so this is kind of an experiment to combine both versions...

http://www.zshare.net/audio/5478311927528bba/

Thun · Post by **Thun** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 1:44 pm

HAHA, I'm loving this,

In the near future I'm going to write up a piece on all of the pre-Illmatic tertiary Nas material. This'll make a nice lil' easter egg for the readers.

somebody cool · Post by **somebody cool** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 2:17 pm

wow, this is great. props...

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 3:25 pm

vaporized you're currently my favoritest blender/mashuper dude

jazztomovethatass · Post by **jazztomovethatass** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 3:40 pm

awesome.

vaporized · Post by **vaporized** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 3:50 pm

thanks appreciate the feedback on this...

Lyrical Gymnastics · Post by **Lyrical Gymnastics** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 3:59 pm

Damn, dope blend right there. Sounds a bit weird but it's dope

chillhood · Post by **chillhood** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 5:50 pm

common now dawg use divshare. I can't open zshare pages anymore...

Thun · Post by **Thun** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 5:56 pm

chillhood wrote:common now dawg use divshare. I can't open zshare pages anymore...

Any particular reason why?

chillhood · Post by **chillhood** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 5:57 pm

Thun wrote:
chillhood wrote:common now dawg use divshare. I can't open zshare pages anymore...
Any particular reason why?

exotic web browser

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 6:03 pm

chillhood wrote:
Thun wrote:
chillhood wrote:common now dawg use divshare. I can't open zshare pages anymore...
Any particular reason why?
exotic web browser

that black people browser?

vaporized · Post by **vaporized** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 6:09 pm

divshare's asking me to sign in, do you need an account just to upload stuff?

Lyrical Gymnastics · Post by **Lyrical Gymnastics** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 6:12 pm

vaporized wrote:divshare's asking me to sign in, do you need an account just to upload stuff?

yeah, pretty annoying in the beginning but after registering it's pretty comfortable.

chillhood · Post by **chillhood** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 6:14 pm

vaporized wrote:divshare's asking me to sign in, do you need an account just to upload stuff?

since I already have an account I can't tell you...you can use this: http://drop.io/

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 6:14 pm

having a divshare account is worth it, you can make streaming playlists and whatnot, cool shit you can't do with zshare

vaporized · Post by **vaporized** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 7:29 pm

ok, signed up. hopefully this works

http://www.divshare.com/download/6427429-928

RAZAH CUTZ · Post by **RAZAH CUTZ** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 7:49 pm

pretty dope.....

chillhood · Post by **chillhood** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 8:08 pm

vaporized wrote:ok, signed up. hopefully this works

http://www.divshare.com/download/6427429-928

thx

chillhood · Post by **chillhood** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 8:11 pm

yeah that's what I'm talking about. like this it's a lot less radio friendly than what ended up on illmatic . always been my less favorite beat on that album

Drastik · Post by **Drastik** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 8:47 pm

damn, this is hard. this shit would sound serious at the club around the beginning of the night.

FatFaceFreddy · Post by **FatFaceFreddy** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 10:37 pm

smooth, respect due for this.

drizzle: how do I make streaming playlists wit divshare? I got mad tracks I uploaded that would be ill to stream in playlist form instead of individually to some of my people.

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 10:45 pm

i'm not fully familar with all the intricacies, but here's what i've done in the past....

when you upload there's an option to upload to a certain folder

you can up several songs at once using the multiple files option

when all the files are in the same folder, the embedding code you get actually lets you play all the songs in there. there's still an option to embed individual files too i believe

there's variations and options of how you can do this i think, just play around with making a folder and you'll find one that works

i think thun knows much more about this stuff than i do, maybe hit him up for more detailed suggestions

Thun · Post by **Thun** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 11:37 pm

drizzle wrote:i'm not fully familar with all the intricacies, but here's what i've done in the past....

when you upload there's an option to upload to a certain folder

you can up several songs at once using the multiple files option

when all the files are in the same folder, the embedding code you get actually lets you play all the songs in there. there's still an option to embed individual files too i believe

there's variations and options of how you can do this i think, just play around with making a folder and you'll find one that works

i think thun knows much more about this stuff than i do, maybe hit him up for more detailed suggestions

You basically covered it. The UI of DivShare is a bit screwy but if you tinker around enough you'll figure it out.

thebridgeisover · Post by **thebridgeisover** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 12:10 am

I dig this mix. yknow, back in 94 nobody was getting MJ samples (Nas and MJ were both on Sony, so I always assumed it was a little easy to clear...). Here's the question though, the sample is moved waaaaay back into the mix. that SWV joint had been hot back a few months before the album dropped. And the MJ sample in that track got more talk than the actual song.

You think the producer consciously moved it back just because?

Maybe that was the way the final mix was intended?

Maybe MJ's people asked that it not be "direct and center" is they cleared the sample?

Thun · Post by **Thun** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 12:18 am

thebridgeisover wrote:I dig this mix. yknow, back in 94 nobody was getting MJ samples (Nas and MJ were both on Sony, so I always assumed it was a little easy to clear...). Here's the question though, the sample is moved waaaaay back into the mix. that SWV had been hot back a few months before.

You think the producer consciously moved it back just because?

Maybe that was the way the final mix was intended?

Maybe MJ's people asked that it not be "direct and center" is they cleared the sample?

Could have been any of those reasons but honestly the songs sounds damned near like some new age meditation shit when the sample is in front of the vocals. Dope, but I can see how in 1994 that shit would've been laughed off the face of the earth.

FatFaceFreddy · Post by **FatFaceFreddy** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 12:25 am

moved to: http://www.philaflava.com/forum/viewtop ... 6&start=30

thebridgeisover · Post by **thebridgeisover** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 3:35 am

Good thoughts. Good post.

Moolah · Post by **Moolah** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 3:38 am

This is relaxing.

Money Daniels · Post by **Money Daniels** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 10:39 am

You're killing it Vaporized. Keep it up.

vaporized · Post by **vaporized** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 11:00 am

thanks again for all the feedback.