Nas - King's Disease III (Discussion Thread)

[HNIC973]

these dudes show more love than NY so called #1 station is

 

[Nostalgic]

In all honesty how has it been for y'all copin merch off of Nas' website.

Mainly for me I'll wait till the album hits Amazon cop it there so I won't have to wait months till I get the CD. Its November, on Nas' website it says the albums won't be shipped out to late February 2023.

 

[Family Man]

Nas and Primo is a cultural milestone...that's why people will never not ask about it

I'm gonna listen to this new nas tonight with the cell phone/tv off...can't wait

Both Nas and especially Primo are stale. Primo been recycling the same three beats for almost 20 years now.

 

[Rapmastermind]

3 days later........and it's getting better and better. This is definitely one of Hip Hop's Best Trilogies. I just saw the MSG news. I haven't been to a NaS show since "The Lost Tapes II" Tour when he was out with Mary. Then the Pandemic hit so I haven't really been to any shows since. I wanted to go to the Wu Show but it didn't happen. But him performing the whole Trilogy is definitely a good show to consider going to.

 

[kes929]

Let’s keep streaming and buying KD3 to show 21 savage how relevant Nas is.

 

[TV]

Serious Interlude isnt gettin talked about enough

Funny you say that cause I feel the same way about Ghetto Reporter. I have reshuffled the album so each song is randomly played instead of the correct order and it makes me appreciate every song even more. I'm not getting any work done today lol

 

[C-Styles]

I'm shocked that no one really talking about the bonus joint "Last breath" it goes hard in the whip and has that "new new york" sound that could work for a club banger. I been bumping it non stop besides the rest of the album He need to get Fab on it

 

[L. Deezy]

Nas "hook game" on WTF SMH is fly shyt


Not a big fan of features, but that was the Drake or Jay feature right there. That was the one.


He should consider a remix

 

[feelosofer]

Nas still out here dropping Jewels you love to see it

 

[Artfull Dodger]

Legit
Thun
Michael & Quincy
30
Serious Interlude
I'm on Fire
WTF SMH
Once a Man, Twice a Child
Beef
Don't Shoot

each of these tracks has been my fav track at various times
since the album dropped.
The bolded are the highs of this album.

 

[Digital Omen]

I think there's kind of a recurring theme going on with the three covers of King's Disease

KD: The worst of the disease represented by the decaying food
KDII: Nas looking a little tired but slowly healing
KDIII: Pure gold, the disease has been cured

Maybe I'm reaching lol, what y'all think?

I can see that, and to add on from what we're all saying about how he sounds hungry and in his prime again
I think he's going extra hard on KD and Magic because he owns those masters
He doesn't own Illmatic, IWW, etc etc
And unlike when he was on a major, he doesn't have to worry about numbers and charts and all that bullshyt now
He doesn't *need* to make music anymore, he's doing it for the love of the art
Now that he's free from the business side of it, and at the same time is about his business
He can just make beautiful music and later for all the other shyt
This is America: ownership is everything

 

[spliz]

 

[Artfull Dodger]

If you feel that way play the music

 

[Amestafuu (Emeritus)]

Nasir Jones is definitely relevant my guy. We can agree to disagree.

Shaderoom and other urban blogs have made a lot of Z list personalities "relevant"

These days that's how relevancy is judged. Doing numbers on social media.

A lot of rappers that's considered more relevant than Nas (just because their audience is younger) cannot outsell him or do bigger venues.

So talk of him not being relevant is pure nonsensical.

24 n under ain't no damn shot callers to use them as gauge for what's relevant.
Their whole existence is social media based. If it ain't hot/popping on sm it doesn't register

thats a young dude saying what he feels is relevant to people his age and the old heads told him Nas was relevant. he has an entitlement to his opinion

i think old heads could do better to listen sometimes than be moved to outrage all the time.. I maintain the discussion was decently respectable about music and opinions. it's nothing to make headlines and arguments over. Nas topped the itunes charts with a release 30 years in. Yes he is relevant. Doesn't mean that young people have to agree. Taking that conversation, sound biting and click baiting it for controversy is corny and discourages people from open dialogue. As an old head I don't agree with how people reacting plain and simple. They took the bait... let's stop pitting generations against each other, that shyt corny. The debate should be allowed without feelings getting caught. It wont change the reality of things.

 

[spliz]

thats a young dude saying what he feels is relevant to people his age and the old heads told him Nas was relevant. he has an entitlement to his opinion

i think old heads could do better to listen sometimes than be moved to outrage all the time.. I maintain the discussion was decently respectable about music and opinions. it's nothing to make headlines and arguments over. Nas topped the itunes charts with a release 30 years in. Yes he is relevant. Doesn't mean that young people have to agree. Taking that conversation, sound biting and click baiting it for controversy is corny and discourages people from open dialogue. As an old head I don't agree with how people reacted plain and simple. They took the bait, let's stop pitting generations against each other, that shyt corny.

Young people are calling him out for it too. Even Akademiks disagreed with him.