HNIC973
R.I.P Bandana P
Nasir still is his worst album by far just all around
spliz
SplizThaDon
Great breakdown.Nasir was always dope to me, but like you said, nobody was willing to give it a chance. Kanye spoke to Obama about how it was his dream to produce a Nas album. You made a promise to the president about doing this, so you think Kanye would treat this album like the project of his life. Whatever work he put into DAYTONA, he should have put twice that into Nasir. This was Nas' first album in six years. He put his other project (Nas Album Done) on hold just to go to Wyoming and engage Kanye in his little experiment. And then he gets repaid by only having a week to work on this.
"Not for Radio" was a fantastic opener. "Everything" was beautiful, especially the last verse. Remove about a minute and a half of singing, and people appreciate it a lot more. "Adam & Eve" was Nas snapping like only he could, and that was the level of quality the album deserved. Then you have a really nice chill joint like "Bonjour," along with "White Label" and "Simple Things." The only song that didn't work for me was "Cops Shot the Kid." Bad production and I didn't want to hear Kanye rap in 2018. Especially a verse he didn't write and didn't believe in.
As a side project, Nasir would have gotten better reception. Instead, Kanye and Mike Dean didn't have this highly important album ready on time. People thought Nas was lazy and off-beat. Beats and cover art were stolen. Critics wondered why Nas didn't address the Kelis allegations, trying to get him cancelled as an abuser. The album had no chance past the initial announcement. Nas deserved a better Kanye, but luck wasn't on his side.
Regardless, I'll always associate Nasir with the summer of 2018. I listened to it a lot at the time. And it started a streak of Nas feeding us for four summers. I listened to it weeks ago and it still holds up.
Waterproof
Warrior Lifestyle
dumbest fukking post in this thread there's songs on each Nas album b4 Nasir that lyrically piss on every song on it
bytch nikka what the fukk you want, do your bytch know you be acting like a bytch online, go show her and I bet she call you a bytch ass nikka
And you stupid fukk Cohesively as a whole album you dumb bytch, dumbass talking about songs
HNIC973
R.I.P Bandana P
bytch nikka what the fukk you want, do your bytch know you be acting like a bytch online, go show her and I bet she call you a bytch ass nikka
And you stupid fukk Cohesively as a whole album you dumb bytch, dumbass talking about songs
the first 7 songs on each of his albums b4 all better than Nasir lyrically
Waterproof
Warrior Lifestyle
It was quite painful to sit through two minutes plus of Kanye and the dream crooning just to hear Nas rap. Potentially a great track but classically overproduced by Kanye. Not For Radio initially was dope but that weak hook and “Hate Me Now” rendition aged poorly for me. Still loved Adam&Eve and the last track.
FunkDoc1112
Heavily Armed
Nasir was a fukkin weedplate, let's not get anything twisted
I’d rather listen to Nastradamus front to back.Nasir was a fukkin weedplate, let's not get anything twisted
It wasn’t a classic but I really liked KD. It grew on me.
I’m 41 so I like the newer more mature Nas that started on LIG.
As far as someone saying they weren’t impressed lyrically on the cure?
Dude flowed beautifully over that track.
I’m 41 so I like the newer more mature Nas that started on LIG.
As far as someone saying they weren’t impressed lyrically on the cure?
Dude flowed beautifully over that track.
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HNIC973
R.I.P Bandana P
Nastradamus has classic songs plus classic verses Nasir has neither
Is this for real? 
