T.he I.nformant
1st Ballot HOF Teller
Uneven. Some super highs with Nas is Like, NY State of Mind, Hate Me Now, and Undying Love. Maybe a few more good to great songs. And a bunch of ok to meh/ehh to forgettable to bad.
NAS I AM appreciation
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Mike the Executioner
What went on up there? Poppers and weird sex!
Half the album is some of the best music Nas has produced in his entire career (NYSOM 2, Nas is Like, Hate Me Now, Undying Love). And then the other half has shyt like "Dr. Knockboot" and "Big Things." 
It's a fukking shame how much bootleggers destroyed the potential of this album. I Am... is like an athlete that was on track to become one of the GOATs, but suffered an injury that almost ended their career. They're able to play again, but they're not the same athlete they were before the injury. You can almost hear what songs were made to replace the ones that leaked.
The sequencing doesn't help either because the album is top-heavy. It starts off hot, but after "Ghetto Prisoners," it falls off. Then "Nas is Like" is awkwardly placed, and "Undying Love" closes it out strongly, but this is one of the biggest examples of an album that has classic songs while not being classic itself.
It's a fukking shame how much bootleggers destroyed the potential of this album. I Am... is like an athlete that was on track to become one of the GOATs, but suffered an injury that almost ended their career. They're able to play again, but they're not the same athlete they were before the injury. You can almost hear what songs were made to replace the ones that leaked.
The sequencing doesn't help either because the album is top-heavy. It starts off hot, but after "Ghetto Prisoners," it falls off. Then "Nas is Like" is awkwardly placed, and "Undying Love" closes it out strongly, but this is one of the biggest examples of an album that has classic songs while not being classic itself.
I Am is the first album I ever fell in love with, I'll give it that. But it's certainly not Nas's best album or even top five, possibly not even top eight (no order - Stillmatic, It Was Written, Life Is Good, Illmatic, Lost Tapes, King's Disease 2, God's Son, Distant Relatives).
I Am is Derrick Rose basically.Half the album is some of the best music Nas has produced in his entire career (NYSOM 2, Nas is Like, Hate Me Now, Undying Love). And then the other half has shyt like "Dr. Knockboot" and "Big Things."
It's a fukking shame how much bootleggers destroyed the potential of this album. I Am... is like an athlete that was on track to become one of the GOATs, but suffered an injury that almost ended their career. They're able to play again, but they're not the same athlete they were before the injury. You can almost hear what songs were made to replace the ones that leaked.
The sequencing doesn't help either because the album is top-heavy. It starts off hot, but after "Ghetto Prisoners," it falls off. Then "Nas is Like" is awkwardly placed, and "Undying Love" closes it out strongly, but this is one of the biggest examples of an album that has classic songs while not being classic itself.
Solid album but not his best. I personally like It Was Written the best and then probably Illmatic. This album was solid though, just had some filler on it. Some of his best songs were on here like you said though.
You Won't See Me Tonight has gotten the most burn on that album from me.
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T.he I.nformant
1st Ballot HOF Teller
Damn
I actually downloaded the bootleg version here, on this site, a couple years ago.
It's on my ipad... i'll send it this weekend.
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Perfectly put, salute.Half the album is some of the best music Nas has produced in his entire career (NYSOM 2, Nas is Like, Hate Me Now, Undying Love). And then the other half has shyt like "Dr. Knockboot" and "Big Things."
It's a fukking shame how much bootleggers destroyed the potential of this album. I Am... is like an athlete that was on track to become one of the GOATs, but suffered an injury that almost ended their career. They're able to play again, but they're not the same athlete they were before the injury. You can almost hear what songs were made to replace the ones that leaked.
The sequencing doesn't help either because the album is top-heavy. It starts off hot, but after "Ghetto Prisoners," it falls off. Then "Nas is Like" is awkwardly placed, and "Undying Love" closes it out strongly, but this is one of the biggest examples of an album that has classic songs while not being classic itself.
I think this was one of the rumored tracklist...got it from Wikipedia
- 01. Fetus
- 02. Small World
- 03. Money Is My bytch
- 04. Project Windows
- 05. Poppa Was a Player
- 06. Dr. Knockboots
- 07. Day Dreamin' Stay Schemin'
- 08. Sometimes I Wonder
- 09. The Hardest Thing to Do Is Stay Alive
- 10. Drunk by Myself
- 11. Wanna Play
- 12. Blaze a 50
- 13. We Will Survive
Half the album is some of the best music Nas has produced in his entire career (NYSOM 2, Nas is Like, Hate Me Now, Undying Love). And then the other half has shyt like "Dr. Knockboot" and "Big Things."
It's a fukking shame how much bootleggers destroyed the potential of this album. I Am... is like an athlete that was on track to become one of the GOATs, but suffered an injury that almost ended their career. They're able to play again, but they're not the same athlete they were before the injury. You can almost hear what songs were made to replace the ones that leaked.
The sequencing doesn't help either because the album is top-heavy. It starts off hot, but after "Ghetto Prisoners," it falls off. Then "Nas is Like" is awkwardly placed, and "Undying Love" closes it out strongly, but this is one of the biggest examples of an album that has classic songs while not being classic itself.
The "real" I Am... featuring the best tracks from the released album plus the outtakes that ended up on Nastradamus, QB Finest and Lost Tapes would be one of the GOAT albums
As is we still heard all the tracks and the final product was still solid so long run it all evened out
