Nas - King’s Disease (Discussion Thread)

[mobbinfms]

Nastradamus was Nas’ worst album up until that point. It wasn’t unlistenable tho. It had some joints. What I will say is it sounds better now than when it came out.

It undoubtedly sounds better now than in 99. That album was heartbreaking to me when it dropped though

 

[L $ C]

Illmatic
Stillmatic
It Was Written
Lost Tapes
God's Son
Life Is Good/King's Disease

I Am
Untitled

Street's Disciple
Nasir
Nastradamus

this is pretty accurate tho I would but untitled over I am because its a really good album and put DR right below Gods son....yes its that good of an album,....thats nas most underrated album most replay value with damien

 

[Formerly known as...]

Illmatic
Stillmatic
It Was Written
Lost Tapes
God's Son
Life Is Good/King's Disease

I Am
Untitled

Street's Disciple
Nasir
Nastradamus

Hip hop is dead?

 

[T.he I.nformant]

Don't forget the media's constant comparisons to an album Nas made almost 30 years ago because that's their only frame of reference.

 

[Mike the Executioner]

I may be in the minority but I am is criminally underrated and isnt mentioned high enough in peoples albums. I may be bias though, because that was my introduction to Nas and I used to play it every day.

I am is like what vol 1 is to jay-z. Some of the worst nas joints are in there but some of his best of his career too. People put life's good and king desease ahead of iam because they are cohesive from beginning to end and have little to no flaws, you don't skip tracks.

But it's difficult to put these 2 albums ahead of an album who got nysom 2, hate me now, small world nas is like and undying love to name of few. Theses are not just good songs. They are iconic songs

I Am is a really hard album to listen to because it was supposed to be a lot better than what it was. You hear glimpses of it, but when you're done, you realize that Nas was robbed of a third straight classic and a GOAT contender.

The only album that could have topped Illmatic.

 

[JustCKing]

Hip hop is dead?

It goes after Untitled.

 

[Formerly known as...]

I Am is a really hard album to listen to because it was supposed to be a lot better than what it was. You hear glimpses of it, but when you're done, you realize that Nas was robbed of a third straight classic and a GOAT contender.

The only album that could have topped Illmatic.

True. I Am has some great tracks on it. Some poor ones but the highlights are incredible.

 

[Ziggiy]

Its better than every Nas album post 2002.

 

[Stuckinthe90s]

How is that funny?

Few if any songs off any of them albums is better than any of the top 5 Nastradamus tracks.

Life We Chose
Project Windows
Last Words
Come Get Me
Family

Nas is the GOAT, I respect his entire catalogue but this is a fact.

 

[Stuckinthe90s]

Hell, "Shoot Em Up" is better than anything on Untitled and Nasir.

 

[Alexander Wiggin]

I Am is a really hard album to listen to because it was supposed to be a lot better than what it was. You hear glimpses of it, but when you're done, you realize that Nas was robbed of a third straight classic and a GOAT contender.

The only album that could have topped Illmatic.

that period 98 99 was probably nas at his best pen wise, he was already impressive before that, on illmatic it was his rhyming skills, on iww it was his storytelling ability, on iam/nastradamus it was his introspective skills that stood out the most

 

[Stuckinthe90s]

Nas recorded some of his best stuff in 1999, hence why the Lost Tapes is such a masterpiece,

Its a pity I Am and Nastradamus had to be half garbage as well as half amazing to appease the record label.

 

[Stuckinthe90s]

that period 98 99 was probably nas at his best pen wise, he was already impressive before that, on illmatic it was his rhyming skills, on iww it was his storytelling ability, on iam/nastradamus it was his introspective skills that stood out the most

 

[Alexander Wiggin]

Here's how Nas discography works:

Consensus Classics:
Illmatic
It Was Written
Stillmatic
The Lost Tapes

Great Albums
God'Son
Life Is Good
I AM

Good Albums
Untitled

Had Some Good Songs, but fairly mediocre
Hip Hop is Dead
Street's Disciple
Nastradamus

Not Good...
NASIR.
Lost Tapes 2

I would put hhid and lost tapes 2 next to untitled thought. and to me there's no such thing as not good category with nas. I always had something to eat on any of his albums

 

[Stuckinthe90s]

You like "Big Things".

Nothing else to say man Nature moved to Marcy.