Nas - King’s Disease (Discussion Thread)

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Nas is good is still the best song on the album to me , shyt make me want to take a trip to Cairo ! The beat , the message , swimming in the Red Sea :mjcry:

I love this fukking album man
 
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Listened to this album last night for the first time in a while. For some reason, it felt like I was hearing it for the first time all over again. :wow:

It's perfect. There were always some tracks I didn't listen to much ("'Til the War is Won," "The Definition"), but those sounded great, too. I think as time goes by, this will be looked at as one of Nas' most important albums. On the same level as Illmatic or It Was Written or Stillmatic. It's similar to Life is Good in that Nas is reminding people of his greatness and acknowledging his status as an older man in the rap game, after years of people forgetting and downplaying his previous work. King's Disease feels like a triumphant return, a revival. It sounds modern without catering to trends. And it has that classic, old-school sound that longtime Nas fans can appreciate.

It's also where the Hit-Boy relationship started, which is the best thing that could have happened to Nas at this point in his career. Someone that has this unmistakable chemistry with him like DJ Premier or Salaam Remi or L.E.S. And they got better with each project, instead of just giving us the same thing over and over. I think it's fitting that this is the album that won Nas his first Grammy.

And we got this album in the middle of the pandemic, when everything was slowed down and it felt like the world was never going to be the same. We needed King's Disease when we got it. And I'm looking forward to this summer to see how KD3 adds to the legacy.
 
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Mike the Executioner said:
Listened to this album last night for the first time in a while. For some reason, it felt like I was hearing it for the first time all over again. :wow:

It's perfect. There were always some tracks I didn't listen to much ("'Til the War is Won," "The Definition"), but those sounded great, too. I think as time goes by, this will be looked at as one of Nas' most important albums. On the same level as Illmatic or It Was Written or Stillmatic. It's similar to Life is Good in that Nas is reminding people of his greatness and acknowledging his status as an older man in the rap game, after years of people forgetting and downplaying his previous work. King's Disease feels like a triumphant return, a revival. It sounds modern without catering to trends. And it has that classic, old-school sound that longtime Nas fans can appreciate.

It's also where the Hit-Boy relationship started, which is the best thing that could have happened to Nas at this point in his career. Someone that has this unmistakable chemistry with him like DJ Premier or Salaam Remi or L.E.S. And they got better with each project, instead of just giving us the same thing over and over. I think it's fitting that this is the album that won Nas his first Grammy.

And we got this album in the middle of the pandemic, when everything was slowed down and it felt like the world was never going to be the same. We needed King's Disease when we got it. And I'm looking forward to this summer to see how KD3 adds to the legacy.
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It’s a great album. It just sounds good all around. Till the war is won was always one of my favorites on the album. Nas and durk actually sounded really good together. They both were great and hit boy killed that beat in my opinion. I can play kd1, kd2 and Magic straight through with no skips. There is not one bad song they have released on any album in my opinion.
 
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kes929 said:
It’s a great album. It just sounds good all around. Till the war is won was always one of my favorites on the album. Nas and durk actually sounded really good together. They both were great and hit boy killed that beat in my opinion. I can play kd1, kd2 and Magic straight through with no skips. There is not one bad song they have released on any album in my opinion.
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The KD1 - Magic run has been phenomenal. Pretty insane that a 4th album that’s likely to be 🔥🔥🔥 is coming from them soon.
 
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Mike the Executioner said:
Listened to this album last night for the first time in a while. For some reason, it felt like I was hearing it for the first time all over again. :wow:

It's perfect. There were always some tracks I didn't listen to much ("'Til the War is Won," "The Definition"), but those sounded great, too. I think as time goes by, this will be looked at as one of Nas' most important albums. On the same level as Illmatic or It Was Written or Stillmatic. It's similar to Life is Good in that Nas is reminding people of his greatness and acknowledging his status as an older man in the rap game, after years of people forgetting and downplaying his previous work. King's Disease feels like a triumphant return, a revival. It sounds modern without catering to trends. And it has that classic, old-school sound that longtime Nas fans can appreciate.

It's also where the Hit-Boy relationship started, which is the best thing that could have happened to Nas at this point in his career. Someone that has this unmistakable chemistry with him like DJ Premier or Salaam Remi or L.E.S. And they got better with each project, instead of just giving us the same thing over and over. I think it's fitting that this is the album that won Nas his first Grammy.

And we got this album in the middle of the pandemic, when everything was slowed down and it felt like the world was never going to be the same. We needed King's Disease when we got it. And I'm looking forward to this summer to see how KD3 adds to the legacy.
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Same level as Illmatic? Nah, the second half of this album is very mid.
 
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Same level as Illmatic? Nah, the second half of this album is very mid.
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The quality of the album is subjective, but I feel like King's Disease is going to be looked at as important in Nas' career because of the moment it created. The context is important. Life is Good was like a Renaissance for Nas, after years of his work being questioned and scrutinized. He put together an album that was nostalgic and forward-thinking, getting praised for its maturity in a genre where many older artists don't know how to move anymore. It was almost like a retirement album, but you knew more was coming.

Six years pass, first studio album in a long time. It's an EP with Kanye that gets mixed to negative reactions and now, people think Nas has lost it. He's finished out here. The Lost Tapes II comes out after 17 years of waiting, and it mostly gets ignored. Everyone seems to be questioning Nas' track record at this point.

King's Disease was like a breath of fresh air. It was released in the heat of the pandemic, giving people a treat to distract them from all the pain and suffering going on. It saw Nas working with only one producer for a full-length project, something he had never done before. And it felt like the follow-up to Life is Good that everyone had been waiting for. It started this brand new era for Nas, one where he's reinvigorated by music and gave him a newfound confidence with someone he trusts probably more than any producer he's ever worked with.

When I see things like @Piff Perkins saying that "Car #85" is one of Nas' best songs, it lets me know that this album had a genuine effect on people. At 48 years old, Nas is still finding ways to surprise us, to do things with his music that many rappers his age were unable to do. The run that he's on right now started here, and it's important to remember that.
 
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