sayyestothis
Free the guys
Oh it's not me. I dont mess with Nas like that. I could put his whole discography down to a 18 track record probably
Nas "I Am" got 4.5 Mic when it came out. WHY DOES THE COLI&the internet HATE IT?!
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Oh it's not me. I dont mess with Nas like that. I could put his whole discography down to a 18 track record probably
Yeah I think when Takeover came out it contributed to a narrative that resurfaced in the late 2000s that that Nas released a "one hot album every 10 year avg." But also I think it drove Illmatic to finally go platinum by 2002.
Because the shyt has 4 dope songs at best
Yea keep lying to the people who ain't live it.
I did.
The Source was STILL the voice of hip hop at this time
Part of the reason I started this thread, and I may make a separate thread is that there are projects that were considered great when they were released but were unfairly shytted on over a decade later to fit a internet narrative. Or even just because of bad taste in Hip Hop music, or current listeners weren't old enough to consume said album in its original context properly.
Listening to an album is influenced by the context the time it is released and the time a consumer hears it.
Listening to an album is influenced by the context the time it is released and the time a consumer hears it.
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Takeover did nothing for illmatic. What the fukk are you talking about.
Jay stans ran with the line. Not actual hip hop heads that know their shyt.
Shawn "takeover was all facts" Carter. Yea for the gullible n easily bamboozled
reserved_one
#Ambivertgang
Dr Knockboot
Money Is My bytch
Big Things
Ghetto Prisoners
Those are the only songs i skip everytime I listen to it. Otherwise, I Am is really good album and was my first introduction to Nas. It was one of the first albums my mom bought me. I didn't know until years later that there were 2 versions. I see why people were highly disappointed but I think it's still dope.
The way the intro leads into NY State of mind II is just
I actually prefer pt.2 over the original
Small World is one of Nas's most underrated storytelling songs. I wanna Talk To You is one of his best political songs. Undying Love is one of the best rap songs ever written and closers to an album.
Nas Is Like is a classic of course.
You Want See Me Tonight is a banger.
Nas did his thing. Too bad the original version leaked.
Money Is My bytch
Big Things
Ghetto Prisoners
Those are the only songs i skip everytime I listen to it. Otherwise, I Am is really good album and was my first introduction to Nas. It was one of the first albums my mom bought me. I didn't know until years later that there were 2 versions. I see why people were highly disappointed but I think it's still dope.
The way the intro leads into NY State of mind II is just
I actually prefer pt.2 over the original
Small World is one of Nas's most underrated storytelling songs. I wanna Talk To You is one of his best political songs. Undying Love is one of the best rap songs ever written and closers to an album.
Nas Is Like is a classic of course.
You Want See Me Tonight is a banger.
Nas did his thing. Too bad the original version leaked.
Homeboy Runny-Ray
From Around The Way
it was Nas' answer to jay's volume two.
and this site hates vol 2 as well.
It deserved 4 mics tho, instead of 4.5, but people are saying they reviewed the bootleg. I never heard it.
and this site hates vol 2 as well.
It deserved 4 mics tho, instead of 4.5, but people are saying they reviewed the bootleg. I never heard it.
Kyle C. Barker
Migos VERZUZ Mahalia Jackson
People that worked in the cd pressing factories were the main culprits that were leaking the albums.
Now they're no longer part of the equation.
spliz
SplizThaDon
nikkas on here be lying. Because I been telling people for YEARS how praised I Am was. It's the very reason Nas was even able to go multiplat twice in one year when he dropped Nastradamus.
spliz
SplizThaDon
Made some corrections for u.The album was critically acclaimed and one of the most commercially successful albums of 99.
The anticipation for it was huge. Nas is Like. The Bootleg.
I desperately tried to like the retail album. I gave it months. Ultimately I had to accept the fact that it wasn't anywhere near a 4.5 mic album.
Ghetto Prisoners(CLASSIC) :PHandsup:
You Won't See Me Tonight(CLASSIC) :Pgtfoh:
I Wanna Talk To You(DOPE) :PHandsup:
Dr. Knockboot (HILARIOUS):PHandsup:
Life Is What you Make it (DOPE Classic X Verse):PHandsup:
Big Things(WACK) :PPicard:
:PPicard::PPicard::PPicard::PPicard:
KISSING(AIGHT):Pgtfoh:
Money is My bytch(DOPE. THE HOOD fukkED WIT THIS SONG HEAVY) :PHandsup:
spliz
SplizThaDon
So u didnt like Nas Is Like, Hate Me Now or Undying Love?
spliz
SplizThaDon
The Coli and a bunch of nikkas who never heard it but payed attention to the narrative change and rewritten history over the years.Who hates I Am?
my favorite nas album. rarely say since ppl always feel entitled to some type of explanation...but it is