Who hates I Am?
Nas "I Am" got 4.5 Mic when it came out. WHY DOES THE COLI&the internet HATE IT?!
- Thread starter Asicz
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Of course, but it mentions songs that weren't on the bootleg. Additionally, it lists Timbaland as a producer and if I'm not mistaken "You Won't See Me Tonight" wasn't on the bootleg either.
JayBaldacci
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Who hates I Am?
People who like his first 2 albums... basically I Am... is a more polarizing version of IWW.
Brad Piff
The Money & The Miles
So you think there was only 1 version of the bootleg?
I like all of his albums. I don't get why you can't like both.
Favor for a favor and the Timbo joint weren’t on the bootleg.
The bootleg didn’t even have Nas is Like although it had already been released.
DaveyDave
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Does the review mention Dr Knockboots? I can’t remember which songs were added but it’s a FACT that magazines would get albums months in advance to do reviews and it’s KNOWN that the versions of I Am and Murda Muzik were heavily bootlegged and the reviews were based on the originals sent to the magazines not the retail albums.
I don’t think Money is My bytch was on the bootleg either.
The MM bootleg was reviewed and given 4.5. Then they reviewed the retail and also gave it 4.5.
Dr Knockboots was the b side to Nas is Like
DaveyDave
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All I’m saying is the magazine rarely reviewed a finalised album, they usually had industry advance/promo/sampler type versions from what I’ve read in the past. So based on whatever they were given they could have been justified in giving it 4.5. Or maybe they were just a bit too gung ho with it because it was a Nas album and gave it the extra half. These days, I think the album deserves a 4 but back then I was a bit disappointed, would have said 3.5 if you asked me.