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Nas "I Am" got 4.5 Mic when it came out. WHY DOES THE COLI&the internet HATE IT?!
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I think you’re overstating how often this happened though. They did always get an advance reviewer copy, but I think it was rare that the retail version of the album was any different.
Obviously it became more frequent once the internet hit and albums started leaking months before retail.
DeuceZ
Li pitit gason
Music is subjective, "they" even shytted on IWW when it came out.
I fcks with IAM
To me (i reiterate ME) the worst Nas albums are Nastradamus, Streets Disciple and Nasir
And I ain't going back n forth with you nukkas
I fcks with IAM
To me (i reiterate ME) the worst Nas albums are Nastradamus, Streets Disciple and Nasir
And I ain't going back n forth with you nukkas
Devil Plisken…CMS
Veteran
Vol 1 was 75% highs tho
This is absolute bullshyt. There was way more criticism of it was written when it came out then it was for I AM. People looked at I Am as a nice balance between nasty and esco. There may have been some people who heard the bootleg and were disappointed that certain songs didn't make it but only a small minority of people heard those songs. When Jay mentioned on Takeover that nas had two albums that was doo and was ahhhh, I immediately thought he was speaking of it was written because that album received far more critique than I Am did. Since then, because so much of nas' fanbase came from It Was Written and people appreciate it more now, people make it seem like I Am was like this universally panned album when it really kept him with the heavyweights in the business at the time.
Yes but if you remember the I Am double album was supposed to drop in 98 so there was plenty of time for the retail version of the album to be finalized and circulated prior to its release.
You asked a nice question, i think this is the best answer:
Few years later, after Ether, there was a pretty solid narrative: Nas was pretty washed, not good enough albums and the beef brought the beast out of him again. Now as time passed they realized the more they say Nas was underdog in the beef - the better the story gets. This album paid the price for the beef legacy.
Few years later, after Ether, there was a pretty solid narrative: Nas was pretty washed, not good enough albums and the beef brought the beast out of him again. Now as time passed they realized the more they say Nas was underdog in the beef - the better the story gets. This album paid the price for the beef legacy.
Sounds like almost EVERY Nas album.
No it's not. Y'all just like saying the same shyt over n over as if listening to nas is by force.
What's that ol saying about insanity?
What nas album can you not say this about???
Thank God he doesn't listen. That's how he lasted a quarter century. Doing him.
Metal Face
Superstar
Because the shyt has 4 dope songs at best
ALL YALL NEED TO fukkIN REP THIS MAN.Like I said before, the revision is real. The Source did not review the bootleg. It was the retail version:
I found this using the search on this site. Props to @FreshAIG for posting this years ago.
Talking rubbish
Undying Love is in the running for the greatest WRITTEN hip hop track EVER. If the rest of the tracks was fart noises, that track alone makes the album 3 mics