Nas - King's Disease II (Discussion Thread)

[ThirdAct]

ironically in some ways Nas was born in the wrong era. Kendrick and Cole cut from the same cloth as Nas i(inferior MCs though they may be) in terms of subject matter and heavily influenced by him and yet they get praised like crazy and do big numbers because this is the woke era. Nas had to play ball with the mainstream as he was at his peak in the 90s/ 2000s, and now he's 47 so naturally younger dudes don't check for him like they would Kendrick

As Nas said:

Now y'all woke, I'm laughing at nikkas
Y'all used to say "Nas talking that anti-establishment business"

If Kendrick dropped I Gave You Power as a single now people would go crazy for it. But for Nas in the 90s that really had to be an album cut

Well said.

This is an interesting thing to think about, if Nas had been in his 20's and came out in the 10's instead of the 90's. I think IWW and I Am.. would have definitely been a bit more critically appreciated.

 

[ThirdAct]

Yoooooooooooo...is Nas hinting that he's gonna do a masterclass?

 

[Ball]

It’s in my blood to drive these cars and live this large

 

[Ironman]

Musically I'm on mars, walking over the beat putting my feet up on the stars

 

[S.W.A.G.]

Pitchfork should be banned from reviewing hip hop. They used to be the go-to platform, now it's a bunch of incel kids writing who have no basis for what is good music. Absolutely shocking review for anyone who saw it. 6.1 - no point even posting, not worth our time. Only annoying thing is it will drop his Metacritic score

 

[John Mexico]

ironically in some ways Nas was born in the wrong era. Kendrick and Cole cut from the same cloth as Nas i(inferior MCs though they may be) in terms of subject matter and heavily influenced by him and yet they get praised like crazy and do big numbers because this is the woke era. Nas had to play ball with the mainstream as he was at his peak in the 90s/ 2000s, and now he's 47 so naturally younger dudes don't check for him like they would Kendrick

As Nas said:

Now y'all woke, I'm laughing at nikkas
Y'all used to say "Nas talking that anti-establishment business"

If Kendrick dropped I Gave You Power as a single now people would go crazy for it. But for Nas in the 90s that really had to be an album cut

Looking back Cole never reached critical heights of even God''s Son. Cole was just more popular at his peak than Nas at his peak. The 26-34 circuit is Coles entire hive

Now TPIB on a commercial and mainstream level is a very, very special album. I dont think KDII was that or ever was supposed to be that, but even with the first one's 73 metascore enough people ACTUALLY enjoyed it where it could win a grammy.

 

[spliz]

Pitchfork should be banned from reviewing hip hop. They used to be the go-to platform, now it's a bunch of incel kids writing who have no basis for what is good music. Absolutely shocking review for anyone who saw it. 6.1 - no point even posting, not worth our time. Only annoying thing is it will drop his Metacritic score

Wanna know the most insulting part. They double back and give Lauryn props on her verse in another tweet. After completely shytting on Nas and the album. Pieces of shyt.

 

[spliz]

Looking back Cole never reached critical heights of even God''s Son. Cole was just more popular at his peak than Nas at his peak. The 26-34 circuit is Coles entire hive

Now TPIB on a commercial and mainstream level is a very, very special album. I dont think KDII was that or ever was supposed to be that, but even with its 73 metascore enough people ACTUALLY enjoyed it where it could win a grammy.

I didn’t even fukking LIKE TPAB like that and yet it’s the highest rated hip hop album of all time. Kendrick is a media darling. That’s all that’s about.

 

[RAW_SPK]

 

[Mastamimd]

Pitchfork should be banned from reviewing hip hop. They used to be the go-to platform, now it's a bunch of incel kids writing who have no basis for what is good music. Absolutely shocking review for anyone who saw it. 6.1 - no point even posting, not worth our time. Only annoying thing is it will drop his Metacritic score

Bro I hate to reach for low hanging fruit, but Megan thee Stallion's Good News got a 7.8

That tells me all I need to know.

 

[Mastamimd]

I didn’t even fukking LIKE TPAB like that and yet it’s the highest rated hip hop album of all time. Kendrick is a media darling. That’s all that’s about.

I'm a huge Kendrick fan and I love that album but this is facts

 

[spliz]

I'm a huge Kendrick fan and I love that album but this is facts

Bro till this day I don’t know many people in real life who fukk wit that album like that. And I’m talkin bout day one Kendrick fans who was hype as fukk for it when it dropped. Not saying there isn’t any. But that shyt is the highest rated album in all hip hop history. That’s insane to me.

 

[ThirdAct]

BTW that Pitchfork reviewer gave the last Aesop Rock album an 8, tells you everything you need to know.

 

[Toe Jay Simpson]

BTW that Pitchfork reviewer gave the last Aesop Rock album an 8, tells you everything you need to know.

Pitchforks likes nikkas to know their place basically

 

[John Mexico]

I didn’t even fukking LIKE TPAB like that. Kendrick is a media darling. That’s all that’s about.

I can tell you the appeal:

1. It perfectly appeals to white guilt without being overtly threatening
2. A lot of these suburbanites and younger people haven't had an introduction real traditional black elements in contemporary mainstream music until then.

Looking back it was a lot better than DAMN, which I still do like and an album I seen on tour