July 4, 2008  

“1st date” vs “a word from our sponsors”

when it comes to people knowing/pretending to know who i am, if they dont know me from tanya morgan they know a) von sees b) 1st date or c) a word from our sponsors.

i always get comments about the song “1st date” that i did with nicolay, but in my opinion the best “oh okay, i heard of you…whatever…” song is c, a word from our sponsors. i dont really get comments about that but a lot of people seem to like 1st date, especially women for some reason.

so im asking you, whats better? 1st date or word from our sponsors? IF YOURE READING THIS PLEASE LEAVE A COMMENT.

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39 Responses to ““1st date” vs “a word from our sponsors””

  1. Dynamiks says :

    1st Date wins.

    Word From Our Sponsors is dope, but I like your storytelling joints better.

  2. angie says :

    Yup. “1st Date”. I agree 100 % with Dynamiks. However, flow on “Word from our sponsors” was sick!

  3. jamiechigh says :

    word from our sponsors!!!

  4. jermiside says :

    1st Date!

  5. Eric Wargin says :

    1st Date. First time i heard this i was blown away. The end gave me the chills.

  6. CMD says :

    Honestly, I have not really heard all of 1st Date, even though I’m fans of both the producer and the lyricist on the song… So the default has gotta be “A Word from Our Sponsors”

  7. randy says :

    i gotta go with 1st date cuz nicolay is the man, and along with von sees and the mama joint on custom fitted (nic produced right?) makes me want you 2 to do an album together, but thats just me.

  8. Geezie F Baby... says :

    Von Sees…

    It just hit me a few months ago (when Time:Line come out) how dope that joint was…

    The whole album really…

  9. bananaclipse(3.0) says :

    a word from our sponsors. 1st date is dope but “a word…” thats my ish… what about that one about the paper and pink exchange

  10. dnyree says :

    first date is definitely the first pick!

  11. Luca says :

    thats the mhbs joint bc… thats more a freestyle wudnt it?

    i mite go wit Von Sees… 1st Date is cool. i’ve rocked to A Word From Our Sponsers a lot, but 1st Date shows ur versatility

  12. mr. ratburn says :

    the first track i heard you on was “a word…” and that was tight enough to have me start searching for “this guy” and “his team called tanya” so personally i have to go with that. (taking absolutely nothing away from the dopeness of 1st date and von sees). You couldnt go wrong with any of them though.

  13. william says :

    all of ur shit is hot but my shit a word from our sponsors. u and phonte work well w/ each other. idk if u guys ever talked about it but u two should do a whole album together. that shit would be dope. 1st date was crazy tho w/ the narrative. that shit was crazy how u ended ur rhyme. what’s up w/ that baked beans and that jawn u did on the v day episode of vpnd? can we get those tracks? those were some hot jawns.

  14. pea says :

    yall wanna hear something funny though? this whole entry came about because donwill doesnt believe people like 1st date like that, so i was trying to prove that people like that one a lot….well yesterday as i was walking with che, don, and a bunch of our homies, 2 girls stopped me like “hey…are you…youre von pea!! I LOVE 1ST DATE!!”

    and i looked at don like “i told you!” lol…

  15. FGT says :

    LMAO @ the reason you posted this.. Man.. “1st Date” rocks my socks..!! The 1st time I heard it… I did a triple take.. ‘wait. what?!?’ REEEEEWIND!

    Heard it again… Oh snap!!!!! I did hear that right. haha.

    Just another reason why I love you guys… Art of story telling is definitely strong w/ you… and I enjoy it.

  16. Iman Stevenson says :

    lmaooo @ me bumping into you in Park Slope on July 4th.
    You one cool nigga.

    Nice choice of cologne too.

  17. Iman Stevenson says :

    oh shit i aint even read that post
    that was me and my best friend

  18. Ty. says :

    HEY, that was me and my bestfriend.

    !!!!

    hi von!

  19. biditch says :

    I like the lyrics and concept on 1st Date but Word From Our Sponsors is a BANGER

    some heads that i kno got put on to you from Grand Vonye so to them ur “the dude who was rhymin over dem Kanye beats”

  20. Luca says :

    ^^ lmao

  21. Bananaclipse(3.0) says :

    u shoulda called him a hater

  22. young h says :

    your literature…is killin em, bruh

    (nothing against 1st Date, but that’s “old school” to me. plus phonte is on AWFOS haha)

  23. bitty says :

    i might’ve heard “a word from our sponsors” like once, so it’s automatically “1st date” for me.

  24. ElBoogie619 says :

    No knock on Nic, but first date was monster (short but a monster none-the-less). Imagine Von on a fastbreak, tossing a, Jason Kidd like, behind the back alley oop to Phonte, who does his best Josh Smith impression, who shatters the last backboard in my eardrum. Yea something like that.

  25. BLuHaZe says :

    1st Date is dope, but “a word from our sponsors” is my shit, i gotta go with that one.

  26. logicmarsalis says :

    man i dont even know because they both are heatrocks. that 1st Date went hard on that mixtape yall dropped before Moonlighting BUT i have to go with A Word From Our Sponsors. Here’s why… you simply went in. With Phonte on a track the bar goes way up, and you just hopped over it.

  27. hopps83 says :

    All the way from the uk, everyone i put you on to hears me bumpin a word from our sponsors, then the first question is, who the fuck is tanya? The funniest thing is when they ask if shes on some erykah baduh type shit. I then tell em to hit up moonlighting and all the tanya morgan catalogue. First thing they hit me with is how deep she moved outta cincy is, I call this the Experience.

  28. dj harvey dent says :

    1st date

  29. Khalid says :

    A word from ur sponsors, you ripped that one, I always play it back after your verse ends…

  30. johnson! says :

    I heard 1st Date first and it’s damn near impossible to front on it. But A Word From Our Sponsors is the better of the two, hands down.

  31. UltraMag says :

    They way you open on ‘Word’ is sooo in the pocket on that track.

    I’m gonna have to choose the LB joint.

  32. Geezie F Baby... says :

    Since I lack basic reading comprehension skills….lol

    Put me down for “A Word From Our Sponsors”

  33. kryptonKnight says :

    “A Word From Our Sponsers” I won’t lie I actually googled “A Tribe Called Tanya” to find out who you were cuz I didn’t know and the flow was so ill…

  34. dojo. says :

    1st date, yo.

  35. wisco kid says :

    Forget both of those, i knew you was the sh-t when i heard ” Buy the Bar ” with you and Phonte.

  36. naya says :

    first date! one of my fave songs. the song blew me away!

  37. taay says :

    first date hands down! the song was fire and the story was dope! MY FAVE SONH REAL TALK!

  38. brittany says :

    i thnk first date is better hands down!
    nicolay ripped the beat, and i love the calm feel of it.
    the are of storytelling is amazingggggg! i replayed the song bout 5 times!
    SICK SKILLZ.

  39. senseiscommon says :

    “A Word” is so nasty right off the jump. whole diff. level von.