During an interview with Angie Martinez for Power 105, Nas was a little irritated when a fan called and suggested Angie to play “Ether” during the radio show. When asked about it he replied by simply saying the song is “old.”
“It’s just old…I mean, I don’t feel anything from it,” Nas said. “I just—It’s old. It’s so old. It’s another chapter. It’s old. Classic for sure. History even. I haven’t heard that thing in [awhile]. I don’t listen to that. That or the other thing…He knows that. I told him ‘I can’t listen to this.’ I mean, it’s great. It’s great times, but that was then…But that’s my dog. So, that was a different time. That’s my dog. It’s too good right now. Everything is right…History is history. Can’t change history. It is what it is, but it’s love.”
“Ether” is the 2001 diss record he recorded during his feud with fellow rapper Jay Z and is also a response to Hova’s “Takeover.” Also, he explained that he and Jay are now good friends, so why bring up the past.
