Nas - King's Disease II (Discussion Thread)

[MikeStamina]

I think the only record I would cut is Brunch on Sundays, doesn't feel necessary. Not a bad record either but I like YKTV and EPMD 2 which everyone seems say are the weaker ones

Good thing you're not in charge

If any of you coli cats was guiding Nas career, that shyt would have been crashed n burned

All y'all seem to focus on is WHAT I LIKE

Well guess what spongebob, the world doesn't revolve around YOU

 

[spliz]

We need to have a serious conversation about where The Pressure stands amongst Nas’s greatest intro tracks.


This shyt bangs SO HARD and sets the album off SO RIGHT it’s ridiculous. Its gotta be up there in the realm with Stillmatic Intro and Get Down.


You can’t touch The Genesis , even though its not a “song” its an iconic introduction to the Hip Hop canon that is Illmatic.


I’d put it over Money Over Bullshyt, Not For Radio, and Kings Disease. The debate is does it get the nod over No Introduction & Queens Get The Money (and Doo Rags if you count Lost Tapes) to be in the same class with Stillmatic Intro and Get Down?

It AINT better than Doo Rags. Lol. I MAY accept it over QGTM and No Introduction tho.

 

[Slim Charles]

The Pressure is hard!
Real ones still around release the confetti
God Son across the Belly
Those 2 lines sound so hard over that beat for some reason.

I love the echo hit boy adds when he says god’s son across the belly

 

[Kliq_Souf]

Here I was content and ready to accept that LIG would be his last great album


that My Bible mannnnn
That beat would be perfect for a Nipsey feature or a Scarface verse

 

[G-Zeus]

4.5/5 i aint like an album like this in years......years..

 

[MikeStamina]

Btw, shame on anyone that has multiple glowing posts in here but ain't gave the man a dime.

YOU sir/madam, you're a cheap b*stard

$8??? We all spend more than that on lunch

 

[mson]

I think the only record I would cut is Brunch on Sundays, doesn't feel necessary. Not a bad record either but I like YKTV and EPMD 2 which everyone seems say are the weaker ones

That's also my least favorite record.

 

[AAKing23]

This would’ve been a dope album cover too. Like the evolution from LIG to now

Him sitting on a King’s throne now and not the black couch

Man Nas maturing into who he is now has been a beautiful thing to watch as far as showing us how to age gracefully in rap

 

[T.he I.nformant]

I think the only record I would cut is Brunch on Sundays, doesn't feel necessary. Not a bad record either but I like YKTV and EPMD 2 which everyone seems say are the weaker ones

You buggin, that’s a great record. Gives some diversity and range to the album. It’s a vibe for me.

 

[spliz]

fukk is wrong with Brunch On Sundays? Plus it would’ve been dumb for him to remove that. Women loving that shyt.

 

[KillKenny]

Can't believe I thought for a sec KD was Nas last peak, never question the goat

 

[ApolloStark]

Was gonna review the whole album after I was done with my first listen. But I keep hitting the refresh on the last track

"Nas Is Good" is just.............

couldn't get past a refresh on "store run" for the longest...

"nikkas would not survive in my hood, pull up with all of my jewels on and nas is good, nas is good, my nikka NAS IS GOOD"

 

[chopchop702]

the Lauryn hill track has me hypnotized. i haven't given the rest of the album a fair shot yet. hit boy REALLY impressed me with the production on that one.

 

[thekidfromqueens]

We need to have a serious conversation about where The Pressure stands amongst Nas’s greatest intro tracks.


This shyt bangs SO HARD and sets the album off SO RIGHT it’s ridiculous. Its gotta be up there in the realm with Stillmatic Intro and Get Down.


You can’t touch The Genesis , even though its not a “song” its an iconic introduction to the Hip Hop canon that is Illmatic.


I’d put it over Money Over Bullshyt, Not For Radio, and Kings Disease. The debate is does it get the nod over No Introduction & Queens Get The Money (and Doo Rags if you count Lost Tapes) to be in the same class with Stillmatic Intro and Get Down?

Message to the feds underrated as hell

 

[CarltonJunior]

I gotta disagree for the simple fact that when the album dropped we called it immediately grown man music. That's say it all. It wasn't the featuring but the production. Even nas said "for my nikkas trapped in the 90's". locomotive and nasty sounds respectively like nysom and halftime. Reach out was a straight overused loop by 90's rnb and rappers. It worked well because that style suits nas very well. But it was not sounding like anything else that was dominating the charts. But yeah that album was needed and a bol of fresh air. Totally influenced 4:44

That was only 2 songs. (Back When is the other throwback track)

The rest of it was pretty up to date. Summer on Smash and World's An Addiction was very current. We called it grown man music because 1. It was Nas, 2. He was rapping about having a daughter and shyt, 3. No young nikkas was on the album except Miguel.