Redwood
Superstar
Wasn't his mom sick during that time period?
98-01 Era Nas
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Mike the Executioner
What went on up there? Poppers and weird sex!
I know that I Am... was originally going to be released in 1998 before the leak, then it got pushed back. I don't think the track list was finalized, so that explains why some leaked tracks made the album and others didn't. Also, Columbia wanted Nas to put out another album with the leaked tracks that didn't make I Am..., but he decided to make a new album instead (even though there are leftover songs like "Project Windows").
Nas said he was going through a lot around that time and it explains why that era was full of frustration and darkness in his lyrics. I think @Awesome Wells said that Nas didn't want to pay for high-end beats after the leak, which explains why some of the production in this era wasn't the best. Then there's the stuff that he recorded like Death of Escobar that was never actually released.
I feel like Nas was overflowing with ideas during this period, but they just weren't coming together into anything cohesive. It wasn't until Stillmatic that he was able to focus again and channel his ideas into another cohesive album like Illmatic and It Was Written.
Nas said he was going through a lot around that time and it explains why that era was full of frustration and darkness in his lyrics. I think @Awesome Wells said that Nas didn't want to pay for high-end beats after the leak, which explains why some of the production in this era wasn't the best. Then there's the stuff that he recorded like Death of Escobar that was never actually released.
I feel like Nas was overflowing with ideas during this period, but they just weren't coming together into anything cohesive. It wasn't until Stillmatic that he was able to focus again and channel his ideas into another cohesive album like Illmatic and It Was Written.
Rasille
All Star
An interesting era for Nas, he balanced the flossy braggadocio raps with the conscious raps pretty well.
This era of Nas produced the most classic material out of any era, probably because this is the era he recorded the most material altogether.
There were some bad songs that made albums, but no other era of Nas had more classic material released or unreleased, than the 1998-pre Stillmatic period.
He had about 2 or 3 Illmatic/IWW level albums worth of material on hand
There were some bad songs that made albums, but no other era of Nas had more classic material released or unreleased, than the 1998-pre Stillmatic period.
He had about 2 or 3 Illmatic/IWW level albums worth of material on hand
GUCCI C0ND0MS
Pro
Unpopular opinion, but this is my favorite Nas era. You could tell he was kind of in a dark place and it gave his writing an edge imo.
Can y’all stop with the damn Nas threads.
Devil Plisken…CMS
Veteran
This is ironic considering 01 Nas was entirely than 98-00
JayBaldacci
All Star
Controversy
Superstar
99 Nas on Your Mouth Got You In It
Don't be concerned what I'm eating cause what I eat you ain't shyttin
01 Jigga on Heart of the City
What you eat don't make me shyt
Don't be concerned what I'm eating cause what I eat you ain't shyttin
01 Jigga on Heart of the City
What you eat don't make me shyt
Also, It's Mine is from this era
so obvious this was just era's moving very quickly, Nas embracing and even setting some of the trends of late 90's, and also people being very influenced by singles and videos
because he clearly never lost a step.
so obvious this was just era's moving very quickly, Nas embracing and even setting some of the trends of late 90's, and also people being very influenced by singles and videos
because he clearly never lost a step.