Nas "I Am" got 4.5 Mic when it came out. WHY DOES THE COLI&the internet HATE IT?!

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I always liked I want to talk to you , nobody every talks about that track ever but I always thought it was nice :manny: still relevant today :manny:

Lyrically and content wise its dope. The hook and the production bring it down though. Sounds like it would've been more at home on Nastradamus though given its more prophetic than anything else that made that album.
 

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very good album not in his top 5 but not bad as some of u nikkas make it out to be....nastradamus was wayyy worse
 

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“Nas is like” is one of my favorite songs of all time. I loved the first half of the album but a big chunk of the last half felt empty (not the entire thing). After a strong beginning it starts to feel like a bunch of songs thrown together, and I’ve never been a fan of that. I think it was a solid album but disappointing since the. First time I heard it, until now. It’s not as easy to listen straight through, and why listen to an album if I don’t feel it from front to back through. I can just grab the songs I like and throw them on a playlist. Same as “nastradamus”
 

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“Nas is like” is one of my favorite songs of all time. I loved the first half of the album but a big chunk of the last half felt empty (not the entire thing). After a strong beginning it starts to feel like a bunch of songs thrown together, and I’ve never been a fan of that. I think it was a solid album but disappointing since the. First time I heard it, until now. It’s not as easy to listen straight through, and why listen to an album if I don’t feel it from front to back through. I can just grab the songs I like and throw them on a playlist. Same as “nastradamus”

I Am fell off after "You Won't See Me Tonight" and didn't pick up again until "Nas Is Like" (which is classic). Thankfully, it ends on a high note with "Undying Love". The first 8 songs had I Am sounding like a 4.5/5 then by track 9, it's like what happened.
 

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I Am fell off after "You Won't See Me Tonight" and didn't pick up again until "Nas Is Like" (which is classic). Thankfully, it ends on a high note with "Undying Love". The first 8 songs had I Am sounding like a 4.5/5 then by track 9, it's like what happened.

That’s exactly how I feel, playing it.
 

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Favorite rapper but its not a 4.5. I'd give it a 4.

I think this album is lowkey more polarizing than It Was Written.

I think the Source realized they short changed It Was Written and gave this album a little extra credit.
 
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