Nas - King’s Disease (Discussion Thread)

[HHID]

Some off top
2nd verse Memory lane
3rd verse One love
2nd verse NYSOM
Verbal Intercourse
3rd verse World is Yours
2nd verse Deja Vu
2nd Verse Nas is like
Last Words
3rd Verse Suspect
2nd verse Every Ghetto
3rd verse IGYP
3rd verse book of rhymes
No Ideas original
Rewind
2nd verse Purple
3rd verse take it in blood
Live at BBQ
1st verse IAHTT
Life's a bytch
Triple Beam dreams

I could easily keep going GOAT

Fire list

Tried to do one a few days ago too, tho it can change any day... And without any verse from Illmatic or else it's just impossible....

No particular order :

Eye for an eye
Life is mine
Worst enemy 2nd
Rise & Fall 3rd
Fast life
Victory
No idea's original
Verbal Intercourse
Take it in blood 2nd
Silent Murder 3rd
Purple 2nd
I gave you power 3rd
Life We Chose 2nd
My way 3rd
Triple Beam Dreams
Self Conscience
Star wars 2nd
Let my nikkaz live
Analyze this
Rewind
Doo Rags 1st
Queens Get the money
The Message 1st
Suspect 2nd
NYSOM II 1st


And seeing your list, can't believe I forgot Last words, Nas is like... BBQ.. Book of Rhymes

 

[mson]

"could miss your kids" is what he says but "commission" would of been dope too lol

I also thought he said "commission". Commison kids will hit your grandkids.

 

[H.S.]

My way 3rd

When "My Way" made its rounds on the mixtapes there were only two verses. When Lost Tapes came out it was kinda shocking to hear that third verse added on. To this day its still like a pleasant surprise whenever I hear it, cause in my mind the song is supposed to end after the 2nd verse.

 

[kes929]

what the hell is folks liking about that Don Tolliver shyt?

It's great vibes. Modern dope record.

 

[Dylmatic]

2nd week numbers :

39. NAS | KING'S DISEASE MASS APPEAL 14,758 total 2,703 pure sales
HITS Daily Double

 

[Kogami]

Since I'm here, I wonder how y'all rank this album within his catalogue?

1. It Was Written
2. Illmatic
3. Lost Tapes
4. Stillmatic
5. Life is Good
6. Lost Tapes 2
7. King's Disease
8. God's Son
9. I Am
10. Untitled
11. Nasir
12. Hip Hop is Dead
13. Nastradamus
14. Street's Disciple

 

[Kliq_Souf]

Since I'm here, I wonder how y'all rank this album within his catalogue?

Here's my very personal take :

1. Illmatic & Lost Tapes
3. IWW
4. Stillmatic

5. God's Son
6. I Am
7. King's Disease
8. Life Is Good

8. Untitled
9. HHID
10. Lost Tapes 2
11. Nasir
12. Nastradamus
13. Streets Disciple

And tbh I don't really know where to rank Nastradamus. I probably like more tracks on there than on any other album of that 3rd tier. It's just that the bad tracks are really bad. But I rank it 12th like I could rank it 8th..

1. Stillmatic
2. Illmatic
3. It Was Written
4. God's Son
5. Life is Good
6. Street's Disciple
7. I Am
8.Untitled
9. King's Disease
10. Nasir
11. HHID
12.Nastradamus

im not counting the Lost Tapes'

 

[ChiTownGuevera]

1. It Was Written
2. Illmatic
3. Lost Tapes
4. Stillmatic
5. Life is Good
6. Lost Tapes 2
7. King's Disease
8. God's Son
9. I Am
10. Untitled
11. Nasir
12. Hip Hop is Dead
13. Nastradamus
14. Street's Disciple

Honestly i always felt like that...but its not politically correct thing to say it tho lol..
It Was Written as a whole is so surreal to me, felt like a movie to me instead of collections of amazing songs(illmatic). Nas was at his peak on IT WAS WRITTEN, his cadence, flow, rhyme schemes was on a whole another level...96 Nas was the perfect emcee to ever rhymed on a wax

 

[Mike Wins]

Since I'm here, I wonder how y'all rank this album within his catalogue?

Here's my very personal take :

1. Illmatic & Lost Tapes
3. IWW
4. Stillmatic

5. God's Son
6. I Am
7. King's Disease
8. Life Is Good

8. Untitled
9. HHID
10. Lost Tapes 2
11. Nasir
12. Nastradamus
13. Streets Disciple

And tbh I don't really know where to rank Nastradamus. I probably like more tracks on there than on any other album of that 3rd tier. It's just that the bad tracks are really bad. But I rank it 12th like I could rank it 8th..

Quick take, no thought

Illmatic 5/5
IWW 5/5
I Am 4/5
Nastradamus 2.5/5
Stillmatic 5/5
Lost Tapes 4.5/5
God's Son 4.5/5
Streets Disciple 3.5/5
HHID 4/5
Untitled 4/5
LIG 5/5
Nasir 3/5
Lost Tapes 2 4/5
King's Disease 4.5/5

Collaborations
Firm 3.5/5
QB Finest 3/5
Distant Relatives 4.5/5

 

[Family Man]

I tried listening to the album again, and to keep it 100, it's a dud. Especially since there is so much good music being put out now. The last good album Nas put out is Life Is Good.
My GOAT is all the way up Mount Olympus and is completely now completely out of touch with HipHop. Very little growth in his music.

My man is leisurely coasting down the highway on cruise control at 65MPH in a 4cylinder.

 

[mathematik]

Nas verse off Triple Threat is one of his illest and most slept on

“Sex and money go together like techs and nine shells
Swiss cheese you and cover it up like Roswell
Cartel, you ain't seen no iller regime
The Celestine prophecy, project warrior, owns property
Crackers hate it, cops get jealous cause I stay with
The '98 temporary plates on my whip
The system think its not right
A rich thug could fukk a cop's wife
Cause I'm on television and live the pop life
I rock mics, make mills, sound scan sales
One point whateva records, professional skills
Money's the root of evil but it'll make you happy
Don't wanna shoot my people but still they might clap me
Cause I talk like Dr. Malachi york, played the sidewalk
Hold fort, diamond plate chain, gold fork
Get in tune, rich life Ricky for silver spoon
Frank Lopez's crib, elevators and living room”

So much in this verse. Ending is incredible
Dr. Malachi York was a spiritual leader whose teachings were heavy in NYC in the 80’s & 90’s
Nuwabian Moors. Prodigy,MF DOOM,Jaz-O,Black Thought & Pos from De La Soul were influenced by his teachings.

Diamond “Plate”
Gold “Fork”
Silver “Spoon”

get in tune(pitch fork) Silver Spoon was the name of show in the early 80’s about a rich kid Ricky. Carlton from Fresh Prince was his best friend.

Frank Lopez was the boss from Scarface who famously had the elevator in his Living room.

peace

 

[Ty-Fife]

I tried listening to the album again, and to keep it 100, it's a dud. Especially since there is so much good music being put out now. The last good album Nas put out is Life Is Good.
My GOAT is all the way up Mount Olympus and is completely now completely out of touch with HipHop. Very little growth in his music.

My man is leisurely coasting down the highway on cruise control at 65MPH in a 4cylinder.

 

[Big Mark]

1. It Was Written
2. Illmatic
3. Lost Tapes
4. Stillmatic
5. Life is Good
6. Lost Tapes 2
7. King's Disease
8. God's Son
9. I Am
10. Untitled
11. Nasir
12. Hip Hop is Dead
13. Nastradamus
14. Street's Disciple

I have a very similar list.

1. Illmatic
2. It Was Written
3. Lost Tapes
4. Life is Good
5. Stillmatic
6. Lost Tapes 2
7. King's Disease
8. I Am
9. God's Son
10. Untitled
11. Nasir
12. Hip Hop is Dead
13. Nastradamus
14. Street's Disciple

 

[spliz]

Quick take, no thought

Illmatic 5/5
IWW 5/5
I Am 4/5
Nastradamus 2.5/5
Stillmatic 5/5
Lost Tapes 4.5/5
God's Son 4.5/5
Streets Disciple 3.5/5
HHID 4/5
Untitled 4/5
LIG 5/5
Nasir 3/5
Lost Tapes 2 4/5
King's Disease 4.5/5

Collaborations
Firm 3.5/5
QB Finest 3/5
Distant Relatives 4.5/5

Lost Tapes >>> Stillmatic.

 

[Pop123]

I tried listening to the album again, and to keep it 100, it's a dud. Especially since there is so much good music being put out now. The last good album Nas put out is Life Is Good.
My GOAT is all the way up Mount Olympus and is completely now completely out of touch with HipHop. Very little growth in his music.

My man is leisurely coasting down the highway on cruise control at 65MPH in a 4cylinder.

Yall crazy, lol.

After two weeks, my only complaints are the same as they were the first day...

This album is probably his most commercial sounding album (idk if that's actually even a bad thing to me now that I think about. There's a reason some of his die hard fans have some critical things to say but to the masses this album is straight fire! I think he made this for the masses, not for "us" necessarily, not this time. Probably the "secret" one is for us specifically, that more creative content, more gritty sound).

And he seems so "safe" now, not just musically but even in his interviews, he is a polished 47 year old veteran and an established business man at this point, he doesn't have that "rebel to America", aggressive lion type of approach that he used to have, like he would never name an album "N!gger" again, lol, he is a totally different human now it seems like...and it shows in the music.

Outside of them things, this album is fire. I only, sometimes, skip the 10 points jawn and the Firm jawn...everything else is at least a B, imo.