Nas - King’s Disease (Discussion Thread)

[Ball]

 

[Alexander Wiggin]

They take it serious and we benefit.

If Nas don't win I'll know who to blame

 

[Rapmastermind]

Wow....I just saw the Best Rap Album list. That was one of the more "Lyrical" Rap Grammy Nomination list in a long time. It also seems they didn't focus on "Sales" but body of work. Also those aren't bad albums at all. Jay Elect and Jay's (Low Key was a collaboration album, lol) was good. Royce did his thing. Gibbs and ALC was dope too. D Smoke actually has been coming up for a while now. Haven't heard all the album but a few tracks. But I don't see how NaS isn't the best choice on this. NaS was nominated for 4 Grammy's with "Life Is Good" and didn't get a single one. I was sure "Daughters" was a lock and it got 2 nods. Grammy's do love giving out a "Lifetime Achievement" type of Grammy and this is the perfect spot to do it for NaS. "King's Disease" hasn't left rotation in 3 months. Happy to have a NaS album for the winter too. NaS, Snoop and Busta are the most snubbed Rappers in Grammy History:

Snoop - 17 Nominations (Most Nominations without a Win)
NaS - 14 Nominations
Busta - 12 Nominations

Though the "Non-Grammy" Hip Hop List is filled with Legends like Run DMC, Biggie, Tupac etc I think it's time for NaS to finally get his due. The fact his 1st Grammy would be for "Best Rap Album" is right. I'm shocked nothing else got nominated like "Car #85" shoot I think "Full Circle" Deserved a nod but all those other rap single nods went to all the "Streaming" songs. I've said from the beginning NaS's body of work is what sells more than his singles. This might finally be it. Amazing to get this Nod all these years later. Here's his nomination history

Year Nominee / work Award Result
1997 "If I Ruled the World (Imagine That)" Best Rap Solo Performance Nominated (Lost to LL Cool J "Hey Lover" ) (LL's song had Boyz II Men not shocked)

2000 I Am... Best Rap Album Nominated (Lost to Eminem "Slim Shady LP") (BS, "I am" was WAY Better)

2003 "One Mic" Best Music Video Nominated (Lost to Eminem "Without Me" Video) (Nope "One Mic" was a way better video)

"The Essence" (with AZ) Best Rap Performance by a Duo or a Group Nominated (Lost to Outkast "The Whole World") (Just glad AZ and NaS got nominated together, I like "The Essense" more than "The Whole World" but Outkast was a grammy fav)

2008 "Better Than I've Ever Been" (with Kanye West & KRS-One) Nominated (Lost to Common's "Southside") (Sorry "Classic" was better and would of been a great chance to give all those guys a Grammy)

Hip Hop Is Dead Best Rap Album Nominated (Lost to "Graduation") (Not beating Ye during that run)

2009 Nas Nominated (Lost to Tha Carter III) (Wayne was on fire at that time)

"N.I.G.G.E.R. (The Slave and the Master)" Best Rap Solo Performance Nominated (Lost to Wayne "A Milli") (The Fact this track was even nominated was dope)

2010 "Too Many Rappers" (with Beastie Boys) Best Rap Performance by a Duo or a Group Nominated (Lost to Eminem "Crack a Bottle") (Damn even a Beastie Boy's feature couldn't get it done. Eminem was getting Grammy's for so many average tracks, smh)

2013 "Daughters" Best Rap Performance Nominated (Lost to Hov and Ye "N!ggas in Paris) (Well Daughters should of came away with one of the two nods)
Best Rap Song Nominated
"Cherry Wine" (featuring Amy Winehouse) Best Rap/Sung Collaboration Nominated (Lost to Hov and Ye "No Church in the Wild) (Again Hov and Ye are hard to beat)

Life Is Good Best Rap Album Nominated (Lost to Drake's "Take Care") (BS, NaS should of taken that)

2021 King's Disease Best Rap Album Pending (14th time The Charm???)

 

[Formerly known as...]

I honestly wouldn't be surprised if Jay and Jay take it.

I don't see Gibbs winning. But this is probably the best chance Esco has since LIG especially with a popular modern day producer like Hit attached to the project. Fingers crossed, though.

If they do then there's some hard push by Roc Nation behind the scenes because the album did not hit like Kings disease on any level

 

[HNIC973]

“Bu bu but... Nas should work with Premo!”

“Bu bu but... Nas should have Griselda and Kendrick Lamar on his album!”


“Bu bu but....Nas is indie now!”

Bu bu but... Hit Boy doesn’t know what to do with Nas!”


“Bu bu but...where are the Large Professor beats!”

“Bu bu but.... Why would Nas work with Lil Durk!”


“Bu bu but...Nas don’t play the game!”


“Bu bu but... where’s the 90’s flow!”



Yea ALL ya’ll nikkas can shut the fukk up forever

chill its okay for nikkaz to have different opinions

 

[waynep]

Y'all man 9th Wonder is something else go to his twitter page smh

 

[Piff Perkins]

Y'all man 9th Wonder is something else go to his twitter page smh

Pathetic and disappointing. smh

 

[Ziggiy]

chill its okay for nikkaz to have different opinions

Those opinions were bullshyt and attempts to Pigeonhole Nas.

 

[Ziggiy]

Pathetic and disappointing. smh

fukk 9th Wonder



@TheDarceKnight get ya man’s

 

[waynep]

Pathetic and disappointing. smh

This has to be something deeper than Nas not using his beats right?

 

[Piff Perkins]

This has to be something deeper than Nas not using his beats right?

Gotta be but there's no excuse for this nonsense. It's such a weird, blatant slight.

 

[T.he I.nformant]

Pathetic and disappointing. smh

Probably got told to keep Nas’s name out his mouth so he just following orders

 

[3Rivers]

Pathetic and disappointing. smh

Hoe behavior

 

[RAW_SPK]

Pathetic and disappointing. smh

To be fair one could say he’s highlighting guys that have never been nominated before let alone recognized. But I get it

 

[Surreal]

And y'all wonder why Phonte and Pooh don't fool with him