You may recall us putting you on to the original version a while back. Here's the remix featuring Nas, Jadakiss, Rick Ross, and former Badboy whiteboy Kain. Amerie's Love & War album is scheduled to release August 11th via Def Jam. Props to Sav.

DOWNLOAD: Amerie - Why R U (Remix) (Feat. Nas, Jadakiss, Kain & Rick Ross)

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The people need someone to believe in, so in God's Son we trust

Mack: People will have a hard time admitting it but Nas is the best active rapper in the game right now
Mello: oh yea
Mack: and people won't like some of his music because it's the truth...
Mello: I saw the comment that someone left and I agree
Mack: yeah, Sane
Mello: he's the only one that aint out here wanting to make it rain
Mack: he's better than Weezy, and he's always been 10 levels above 50 cent
Mello: he's a real lyricist and I love this album
Mack: and he has something to say... this whole album is a history lesson and a wake up call all rolled into one. Hero was the perfect lead single; lyrically it just gives way to everything else on the album... it's a story of his own rise and maturity. He put in a nice catchy hook to grab the attentions of the masses and say "Hey look over here!" then when you get the album, he inundates you with the truth
Mello: exactly
Mack: Sly Fox is definitely gonna turn some heads... he's takin on the major media outlets
Mello: which is why I love it
Mack: and Fried Chicken is some real talk!! Busta’s like "I'mma eat some shit until what I’m eatin kills me. And I choose to do that. Why? Because that's just what niggas do..."
Mello: exactly... I love it!
Mack: I'm pretty sure he won't do as well as Weezy in sales, but as far as the quality of music, Nas has got it by a long shot. So let Weezy have the Billboard awards... Nas deserves the Grammy!
Mello: yea, wit this album, its a public service announcement: “Niggas exist in all nationalities!” That's a classic line. We Make the World Go Round wit Chris Brown is a nice piece
Mack: yeah, another lil somethin to attract the younger listeners... make them sit down and listen
Mello: "in america you'll never be free, middle fingers up, fuck the police"
Mack: I really believe this dude is hip hop's hero… he's a teacher… and hip-hop is his classroom
Mello:the fundamentals of hip-hop have been resurrected with this album. As I stated in my is hip hop dead post it didn't die, its been put in a time capsule 2 be resurrected
Mack: and the good thing is, it speaks to EVERYONE... a lot of people would listen on the surface and think he's pro-black but he's pro-American, pro-earth, pro-Obama, pro-equality.
Mello: “Wake up America...its not what you think it is”
Mack: He uses his music wisely too. There's a lot of emotion in some of the tracks that Nas can't convey in his voice so he lets the music do it for him. Like the anger you can tell he feels in Sly Fox… the guitar on the track does justice to convey how he feels
Mack: or the sadness he feels for the ignorance of our whole country on America; the strings, the background singer... everything around him conveys his emotion while he delivers the message
Mello: we welcome the rebirth of hip-hop
Mack: it's a REAL album... Nas has a lot to say
Mello: and sad 2 say..becuz of folks' ignorance they won't listen. He will capture @ least ONE persons attention… he definately caught mine
Mack: "No matter what the CD called I'm unbeatable y'all" Let’s GO ESCO!!!

MackN2U: I like Nas' new song, ‘Be A Nigger Too’; It's different... he presents a different perspective of a controversial term
Mello: yea that's why Nas is a great rapper - he gets very deep. But when he thinks outside the box and goes way extreme it hurts him
MackN2U: yeah but only because people don't pay attention...
Mello: yea, which is sad… I'd support his ‘Nigger’ album 300% because based on the title of the album I’m intrigued to wanna know more
MackN2U: Nigger is used as a term to describe blacks, but whichever way you flip it, SOMEBODY feels it's cool to be a "nigger" - thats what the song is sayin... so it's like why even fight over the word?
Mello: every ethnic group has pretty much adopted the word
MackN2U: exactly... that’s because there are “niggers” in every race. And regardless of what connotation you give it, people will still use it
Mello: pretty much, and blacks take offense to it but he’s sayin, “what's the difference between us calling folks spics, kikes and crackers?”
MackN2U: but beyond that, he's also sayin that a simple word like nigger cannot dictate the actions of a group of people
Mello: UNLESS of course you give just cause and display those type of actions
MackN2U: And I applaud Nas, for opposing the majority. He's gotten to a point in his career where people's opinions won't make or break him... he's already a made man
Mello: yea, ur right. Honestly...I believe any artist...who thinks outside the box, and goes way left field with their content, people shun. We live in a shitty society where people are afraid to truly express themselves, and so they conform to what everyone else is doing
MackN2U: and musicians feel they HAVE to do that, to develop a following first... even Nas did it. That ‘Nastradamus’ album was total conformity... but now that he's built a platform he can say what he wants
Mello: yea. Like some people still don't like the Erykah Badu album, but...you gotta appreciate what these artists do
MackN2U: right... cause even if the mainstream doesn't appreciate it, it's ART so there's someone who does. That's what separates true artists from everyone else. A true artist doesn't care about appealing to the mainstream as long as they appeal to someone.

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