Nas - King's Disease II (Discussion Thread)

[Mike the Executioner]

RD and BP1 have average songs but when the HELL did Hola Hovito become one of them?!!? That song SLAPS

I always liked that song, but the third verse kinda brings it down (a little lazy plus that Biggie line).

The only songs on Blueprint that I don’t like are "Jigga That nikka" and the remix to "Girls, Girls, Girls."

 

[Ziggiy]

isn't this the budden-connected, hova stan?

Yep.


The white boy I believe that begged Hov to be allowed to propose to his girl at the Roc Nation Brunch lol

 

[Sankofa Alwayz]

Kings Disease 3 The Final Chapter..
Featuring Outkast.. The Juice Crew...Sade and some young rapper who's poppin at the time.

Would be dope to hear MC Shan, Roxanne Shante, G Rap, Marley Marl, and BDK spit some cold verses in 2021, especially if Hit-Boy got the perfect beat formula for them to ride

 

[HNIC973]

isn't this the budden-connected, hova stan?

yeah

 

[prophecypro]

FWIW Kings Disease 2 will debut at 13 on the UK album chart this week which is his 3rd Top 20 album in the UK (which is kinda crazy given how popular hes always been in the UK even SD Went Plat here)
For some perspective, KD 1 debuted at Number 24

 

[Soymuscle Mike]

Man too much Jay talk in here, he cool but fukk him

Top 3 for now

Death Row East
Store Run
Nobody

DRE as my #1.

YKTV and No Brunch were songs I was just cool with on first listens, but they're growing on me the rest is excellence.

 

[Ziggiy]

FWIW Kings Disease 2 will debut at 13 on the UK album chart this week which is his 3rd Top 20 album in the UK (which is kinda crazy given how popular hes always been in the UK even SD Went Plat here)
For some perspective, KD 1 debuted at Number 24

UK loves Nas and hip hop in general. I know a bunch of legacy acts tour over there and eat GOOD.


Didn’t Jeru The Damaja move there permanently?

 

[Ziggiy]

@spliz how did the conversation between you and Banks evolve into him telling you that he never wanted to diss Nas? Did 50 basically mandate it?

 

[HHID]

Hey, while it might be too early to rank KD2 amongst Nas' discography, i believe it will be almost impossible for him to drop now something that can compete with the memories we have from Illmatic/IWW/Stillmatic/Lost Tapes. Those were genre defining moments in Hip-hop and it's not an easy thing to achieve again 30 years deep in your career.

But something I've noticed, while their highs cannot match the highs of his best work ever, aren't KD and especially KD2 among the albums with the less skip tracks in his whole career?

I mean, if i had to rank his albums from less skips to most, i'd have both KD's real high

Maybe Like :

Lost Tapes
Illmatic
IWW
KD2
Godson
KD
Stillmatic
Life is Good

And then the rest in no order, haven't thought about it that far, maybe
I AM
HHID
Untitled
Nastradamus
SD


counting off Nasir as it has only 7 tracks

 

[Mastamimd]

I have NEVER heard anyone say that. That song dope as fukk and got some of Hov’s best braggadocio bars.


The glaring black eye of BP1 has always been Jigga That nikka. I’ve never met a single person even Hov stans who like that song

The common consensus was that and JTN were the skips. I hated those songs

 

[HHID]

Kings Disease 3 The Final Chapter..
Featuring Outkast.. The Juice Crew...Sade and some young rapper who's poppin at the time.

Woooow that's a dope idea

 

[prophecypro]

UK loves Nas and hip hop in general. I know a bunch of legacy acts tour over there and eat GOOD.


Didn’t Jeru The Damaja move there permanently?

Not sure but I know Doom did and a few other cats

Just to add regarding his UK chart placement this would be seond highest debut since Life is Good at 8

 

[Mastamimd]

These old dudes grumbling about beats really looking funny in the light. The reaction to this album has been incredibly positive, this is the shyt a lot of people wanted from Nas. Even the Hovavengers (Budden, Rory, Mal, Elliot Wilson) have heaped praise on this album; all them loved the first one too. Pete Rock and these other dudes sounding real old and corny right now. I’m not gonna expect a 50yo+ dude to like a trap beat but…you can’t appreciate the beat on Nobody?

Dream Hampton prob fukks with this album lmao. If you hating because it’s not “the essence” you look crazy.

Bro these boom bap/UGHH tribalists are hilarious...I had a dude try to say RJ Payne dropped a better album than this

 

[Ziggiy]

Not sure but I know Doom did and a few other cats

Just to add regarding his UK chart placement this would be seond highest debut since Life is Good at 8

Wow!


Does that include his 90’s run as well when
He was at his peak popularity wise?

 

[Stick Up Kid]

Starting to be my 5th favorite Nas album behind Illmatic, IWW, Stillmatic and I AM