Nas - King's Disease II (Discussion Thread)

[Sankofa Alwayz]

People like to categorize others with the title “GROUPIE” when their posts read like the actual definition of the word. People try to pass their idea or expectation of an album onto others. People use words like “safe” or “surface” as if these words are edgy. When in reality an artist produces works to be appreciated primarily for their beauty or emotional power. Has it ever cross the mind of those who feel Nas made a “safe” album with KD that Nas is in a safe place & his iuppermost layer of emotion (surface) was feeling light, free and happy so therefor his creation reflected that. Everything doesn’t have to be “deep” sometimes people want to cruise and just relax.

I never seen another artist be analyzed as harshly as Nas. It’s as if KD made some upset bc it truly is an album that was created for everyone to enjoy. Isn’t that the meaning of “replay value.” Besides it’s an album not a damn video game. Relax and let the music soothe you.

EGGS fukkING ZACTLY

 

[InstantKlassik]

Nas should have dropped this after Kanye

Umm no. fukk a Kanye this is Nas we talking about.

 

[NoHalfWay]

I learned over the years that nikkas that get hyped over Kanye’s newer shyt get caught up in grandiose overproduced instrumentation and eccentricity of Kanye’s approach.

Even Dark Fantasy era songs were grandiose but still had a structural simplicity to the songs that made it accessible to hip hop and music heads alike

It’s like after a certain point Kanye started trying to be different than everybody else when he was already different without having to try

 

[ThirdAct]

Nas should have dropped this after Kanye

Let the mainstreamers have Kanye and we can have Nas

 

[ThirdAct]

So y'all gonna watch the Rare video first or y'all jumping right into the album? I can't decide

 

[Fctftl]

17 minutes till it drops n this aint stickied?

 

[Formerly known as...]

Lupe 1:27 freestyle gets a sticky...but this still isn't

 

[ISO]

Umm no. fukk a Kanye this is Nas we talking about.

It’s gonna affect his sales but whatever

 

[SwizzLake]

So y'all gonna watch the Rare video first or y'all jumping right into the album? I can't decide

Huge decision I think I'll watch the rare video first.

 

[Sankofa Alwayz]

I only thing I’ll agree with him with is the first half of The Cure and that’s only because I absolutely hate drumless beats in Hip Hop. The second half of the song (despite being within the remaining two mins of it) was the song’s saving grace for me from a production standpoint.

 

[mson]

Got work in the morning. But fukk it!

 

[SwizzLake]

17 minutes till it drops n this aint stickied?

I thought they already sticked it? They took it down? Wtf?

 

[ThirdAct]

Huge decision I think I'll watch the rare video first.

Yeah I think I'm gonna check the video first too

 

[Primetime21]

So y'all gonna watch the Rare video first or y'all jumping right into the album? I can't decide

Im going to play the album first just so I can hear everything in sequence then I’ll watch the video

 

[ThirdAct]

Got work in the morning. But fukk it!