Nas - King's Disease II (Discussion Thread)

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prophecypro said:
I wouldnt put too much emphasis on monthly listeners on spotify cause they fluctuate up and down for certain artists. Its just a snapshot of whos listenning to your music at one time. Its not necessairly whos following you or anything.

Last month Nas had 12.3 million listeners (Mostly cause of KD 1 and The Weeknd/Belly jonint ) At the time I noticed he was ahead of big current Afrobeat and international mainstream rappers like Stormzy who have been massive the past 5 years


I do agree though hes got a unique hard to explain place in the rap scene. Just look at how he s brought up in Verzuz discussion. Some think he has a deep catalogue which he does, others think he only has 3 tracks and cant compete with nobody.

I just think because the sound of hip hop has changed past 15-17 years and the era that was Nas peak (NY radio R&B/Rap collabo) started fading and he couldnt find a mainstream place. Yet he kinda has
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True. If anything the Snoop and Jay numbers are more consistent in the sense that they haven't released albums recently - that's what happens when you have smash hits across multiple eras. But Nas being where he is, ranging from 9mil to 12mil right now without an ounce of radio play/hits/etc...is stunning to me. And shout outs to @HNIC973 you right, Busta is in that convo (and at 9mil monthly streams on spotify). I know it's not a complete snapshot but it's the biggest stream platform. Interesting to look at, and impressive as hell.

I don't think Nas/Hit Boy set out to set the internet on fire with the KD2 features but it happened. I know we talked about this already but it def makes you wonder what comes next. Weeknd? Kendrick? Rihanna lol? Seems like anything is possible, given Nas' clout and Hit Boy working with so many major artists.
 
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Piff Perkins said:
True. If anything the Snoop and Jay numbers are more consistent in the sense that they haven't released albums recently - that's what happens when you have smash hits across multiple eras. But Nas being where he is, ranging from 9mil to 12mil right now without an ounce of radio play/hits/etc...is stunning to me. And shout outs to @HNIC973 you right, Busta is in that convo (and at 9mil monthly streams on spotify). I know it's not a complete snapshot but it's the biggest stream platform. Interesting to look at, and impressive as hell.

I don't think Nas/Hit Boy set out to set the internet on fire with the KD2 features but it happened. I know we talked about this already but it def makes you wonder what comes next. Weeknd? Kendrick? Rihanna lol? Seems like anything is possible, given Nas' clout and Hit Boy working with so many major artists.
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I could definitely see Kendrick and Nas doing a track soon. A Rihanna and Nas track would be crazy. Weeknd and Nas mesh well too.
 
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Piff Perkins said:
True. If anything the Snoop and Jay numbers are more consistent in the sense that they haven't released albums recently - that's what happens when you have smash hits across multiple eras. But Nas being where he is, ranging from 9mil to 12mil right now without an ounce of radio play/hits/etc...is stunning to me. And shout outs to @HNIC973 you right, Busta is in that convo (and at 9mil monthly streams on spotify). I know it's not a complete snapshot but it's the biggest stream platform. Interesting to look at, and impressive as hell.

I don't think Nas/Hit Boy set out to set the internet on fire with the KD2 features but it happened. I know we talked about this already but it def makes you wonder what comes next. Weeknd? Kendrick? Rihanna lol? Seems like anything is possible, given Nas' clout and Hit Boy working with so many major artists.
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Steve Stoute said you can tell who really has power in the industry when they don't have the machine behind them anymore. (I think he was being interviewed about the hiphop power 30 or something like that.) He wasn't referring to Nas at the time but I definitely think there's truth to this.

I remember Rick Ross was releasing some of his best music around the time of that Black Dollar mixtape. That should have been considered a return to form but by then the game had kinda moved on and there was no real acclaim outside message boards like this. So to see Nas making all these moves and winning grammys on Mass Appeal is real dope.
 
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Anyway to watch Masterclass without the full year subscription? Is there a month-by-month?
 
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I didn't know there were so many Sweetchick locations. So the one they filmed at is near Queensbridge?

I've been saying next time I'm in New York I wanna check out this and Styles P's juice bar.
 
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I didn't know there were so many Sweetchick locations. So the one they filmed at is near Queensbridge?

I've been saying next time I'm in New York I wanna chick out this and Styles P's juice bar.
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One in Manhattan, two in Brooklyn, one in LIC, one outpost at citifield, one in LA, and one in London.
 
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The one in London closed down. I went once but then Covid hit and new place opened once lock down ended

which surprised me. Seemed popular
 
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