Talk:AZ (rapper)

Five Percenter?
He stated in an interview he isn't religious. Five Percenter is a belief and that he's just a knowledgable person seeking information

Birthday
I heard on the radio that AZ's birthday is March 9, though I'm not sure of the year.--Tainted Drifter 07:53, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

Cult following?
I know he's got a few intense fans, but does cult following really make sense here? Read the definition of a cult... Fans of AZ's music hardly qualify as cult leaders.

I think the phrase "cult following" is generally used in a way that's distinct from the meaning of "cult." Like various campy B-movies are said to have "cult followings" but that doesn't mean there's an actual cult based around the movie; just that they have a small but highly dedicated (maybe obsessive) fanbase that sticks around over time.

--69.134.218.218 01:02, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

removed this paragraph...
"Well, The Format album has leaked and i must say.. It is a fantastic album. AZ comes to the plate as one of the most consistent artists in hiphop and he delivers.. YET AGAIN. Undoubtedly though, this cd will be slept on by the masses who don't appreciate hiphop in its purest forms. Standout tracks on the album are: 'I Am The Truth', 'Sit Em Back Slow' ft. M.O.P, 'This Is What I Do', 'The Format' and 'Game of Life'. The only problem with the album is that AZ has a habit of dropping particularly short albums and this is no exception.. It comes in at just over 42 minutes, which is his shortest album to date". Read up on WP:NPOV

Bigdottawa 20:14, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

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Year of Birth
So, who changed his birth year to 1973? On the album "Pieces of a Man" he stated that he's 26; this album came out early 1998, therefore, there's no way that he was born in '73. What, just because Nas was born '73 that means AZ had to be born the same year? People will never stop so closely associating those two despite them not even collaborating much in recent years.--Tainted Drifter 21:47, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

2009 mixtapes
According to the interview on allhiphop.com, published Dec 1/09, the last two projects of AZ are not his studio albums.

ahh: "(...) you released “Legendary” early June of this year…..tell me about that project."

AZ: "That was just a mixtape, as you can see I didn’t promote, no videos…..it was just a mixtape I put out. The last album that I put out was “Undeniable” in 08. Right now I’m working on Do or Die 2."

That's why I think both "Legendary" and "G.O.D." should be put in the OTHER ALBUMS section. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.145.129.116 (talk) 22:14, 12 December 2009 (UTC)

His Twitter
Does anyone actually know what AZ's twitter is? The article referring to it fails to reference it and I couldn't find anything by searching. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 116.14.53.80 (talk) 07:17, 7 March 2010 (UTC)
 * It is currently @quietAZmoney. James (talk) 19:26, 29 December 2013 (UTC)

Editor assistance request
The following was posted to the WP:EAR board. Since the editor who made the request appears MIA, I'm reposting the request here for your perusal.

''The best guest appearance ever made by AZ is not listed, yet you have it in your album info- Wu Chronicles, song 13 "Whatever Happened" aka The Rebirth with the RZA, 1999- just thought it should be on his list of appearances- thanks http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wu-Chronicles 72.47.127.223 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 00:43, 1 March 2011 (UTC). ''

Danger (talk) 12:37, 4 March 2011 (UTC)

Citation Sources
I'd like to contribute to this article, especially bumping it up a notch on the Wikipedia Quality scale if possible but if not, at least add some sources to possibly be used and cited. The main one I had in mind is this XXL commentary he gives, specifically on each of 15 songs which I thought would be a great resource: http://www.xxlmag.com/news/2013/09/az-shares-stories-behind-15-best-verses/ He mentions the recurring theme, so for example in describing AZ's genre and how he popularized a "mafioso" style, at least some background or something to possibly cite in the sense that he said it himself, etc. Hip-hop in general can be very direct, explicit and often not very necessary to interpret much of the literal meanings but his approach can be abstract, or have good double-entendres like "clocks never stop; It's all a race to the top tryina freeze time, that's why I ice the face on my watch".

Some other comments he gave: http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.25425/title.az-says-he-nas-started-a-trend-on-illmatic-

Talks about how he met Nas: http://rapstarpromo.com/az-talks-meeting-nas-cameo-in-jay-zs-dead-presidents-introducing-foxy-brown-to-nas/ DavidBoudreau (talk) 16:19, 21 March 2014 (UTC)