Nas - King's Disease III (Discussion Thread)

[spliz]

This is sort of the other side of the precieved freedom Nas has with being independent. All through the recent months that fan account did go on spaces and stress that just because Nas has enough money to never record again, doesnt mean its not expensive for him to drop an album especially with Mass Appeal being carried by him (at least the US division not India). So while he might be saving money with less and less promo each album, it also hurts visibility and perception

Yea it’s crazy he’s carrying that whole label.

 

[Prolific_1011]

Dude dropped a stone-cold classic and his fans, the industry, and his peers know this. That's what matters.

Years from now, it will still be considered a classic. No one goes around caring how many units a previous album sold (for any artist).

 

[Dzali OG]

Just listened to it and as a grown man, I get the album. Same time I can see how someone in their teens or 20s may be like naw.

I think it shows the danger of having one producer for the entire project. It can get monotonous and monotone.

Tell the truth I think for a good percentage of the album, HB carried the Lyricist.

But don't get me wrong...it's a good album.

 

[yesiambowling]

I'd buy a digital copy myself, but I do want lossless quality. No point in getting iTunes 256kbps.

Looks like it's up on HD tracks. If you're looking to buy a lossless version, here it is: HDtracks | You can hear the difference. Listen on the go in master studio quality.

 

[waynep]

Damn man.. I wasn't expecting KD2 numbers because that had a Em and Lauryn feature. I was hoping atleast 40k tho.

 

[Ziggiy]

This is sort of the other side of the precieved freedom Nas has with being independent. All through the recent months that fan account did go on spaces and stress that just because Nas has enough money to never record again, doesnt mean its not expensive for him to drop an album especially with Mass Appeal being carried by him (at least the US division not India). So while he might be saving money with less and less promo each album, it also hurts visibility and perception

I mean the freedom isn’t “perceived” its no coincidence that as SOON as Nas moves to his own label he goes on the most prolific and productive run of his career. 4 albums in TWO YEARS is insane for Nas and nobody could have foreseen it except Nas himself and maybe Hit-Boy.

I wanna see what a Hit-Boy produced Lost Tapes sounds like. Hit said there are some features that didn’t make KD1 and KD2 and I wonder if there are any joints that didn’t make Magic they could throw on there

 

[T.H.E.GOD]

“Annie are you ok, watching me transforming… watch out ma”…..

 

[spliz]

I mean the freedom isn’t “perceived” its no coincidence that as SOON as Nas moves to his own label he goes on the most prolific and productive run of his career. 4 albums in TWO YEARS is insane for Nas and nobody could have foreseen it except Nas himself and maybe Hit-Boy.

I wanna see what a Hit-Boy produced Lost Tapes sounds like. Hit said there are some features that didn’t make KD1 and KD2 and I wonder if there are any joints that didn’t make Magic they could throw on there

What he’s saying is with his freedom there’s also a trade off for being independent. I agree with him. It cost more money to drop music and promote independently. It really does seem like them Eminem and Lauryn features on that last joint helped his sales.

 

[Ziggiy]

That second half of WTF SMH is fukking GODLY

 

[prophecypro]

What he’s saying is with his freedom there’s also a trade off for being independent. I agree with him. It cost more money to drop music and promote independently. It really does seem like them Eminem and Lauryn features on that last joint helped his sales.

And in general when you look at this Nas/Hit Boy run, its really helped a lot by features with artist with respect Nas but also have their own fanbase (Eminem, the ASAP guys) in terms of numbers it did with the video vieews or streams.

Maybe that Cole or Drake call probably should have happen, hell this is a fire album but I still dont know what would be a single on it.

That all said, fukk it still a good album

 

[prophecypro]

I mean the freedom isn’t “perceived” its no coincidence that as SOON as Nas moves to his own label he goes on the most prolific and productive run of his career. 4 albums in TWO YEARS is insane for Nas and nobody could have foreseen it except Nas himself and maybe Hit-Boy.

I wanna see what a Hit-Boy produced Lost Tapes sounds like. Hit said there are some features that didn’t make KD1 and KD2 and I wonder if there are any joints that didn’t make Magic they could throw on there

Saying percieved freedom is a mistake on my part, but I do think we forget that an artist going independent even with a fanbase still needs to raise awarnesss and they are high costs

 

[Piff Perkins]

I think they got too confident with no promo cause they did that with KD 2 and it beat KD 1 first week (But I always felt like maybe the Eminem stimulus had something to do with it). Magic's numbers I sorta disregarded cause it was surprise over christmas wasnt gonna stream high and had no physical purchase until 4 months later.

I was looking at this year and people similar to Nas (and really everyone other than Drake and Future) had underperformed, but yeah crushing result.

Oh well, at least album is good

I can't call it crushing because they didn't do promo. No single, no pre-order, no videos, no interviews (on Friday), no features. I don't get the impression Nas is worried about numbers at all, he's just releasing dope shyt and building his catalog. Personally I think KD3 deserved more, approach wise. The third in a trilogy is often the biggest one, and a victory lap. Music wise you'd think that would mean going all out with a single, big features, Breakfast Club interview on Friday, etc. Maybe a behind the scenes mini doc/feature on the music, the relationship between Nas and Hit Boy, etc. Alas, they went another way.

I just don't want to hear that chick talking shyt about what is is disappointing, who is selling xyz more, telling fans to stream music etc. Lot of Nas fans bought the album, salute them and keep it moving.

 

[HNIC973]

I can't call it crushing because they didn't do promo. No single, no pre-order, no videos, no interviews (on Friday), no features. I don't get the impression Nas is worried about numbers at all, he's just releasing dope shyt and building his catalog. Personally I think KD3 deserved more, approach wise. The third in a trilogy is often the biggest one, and a victory lap. Music wise you'd think that would mean going all out with a single, big features, Breakfast Club interview on Friday, etc. Maybe a behind the scenes mini doc/feature on the music, the relationship between Nas and Hit Boy, etc. Alas, they went another way.

I just don't want to hear that chick talking shyt about what is is disappointing, who is selling xyz more, telling fans to stream music etc. Lot of Nas fans bought the album, salute them and keep it moving.

Yep the way Nas moves he doesn't give a fukk about sales especially these last 2 albums. She doesn't live in reality said before Nas base isn't going to be doing stream parties all that other nonsense. Me & you said it was stupid of her to criticize us

 

[L. Deezy]

I’ve never truly understood how “sales” work nowadays either. Nas has the number 1 album over Taylor Swift, Drake & 21 London, Bruce Sprinsteen, and The Black Panther Soundtrack. Physicals available on his website. Number 2 on Amazon. And yet he’s only projected to 8K in “pure” sales?

Number 4 on Apple Music. Top 5 on Spotify. And that translates to only 28k?

Just weird.

The other artists get radio play. I learned from Magic not to get hyped off Itunes numbers. Radio plays a big part. Is Nas gonna spend 200,000 to get a record on radio? Doub it. He dont care like that

 

[kej718]

I hope Nas do atleast what the last album did.

This should be available on Amazon. They only got the digital so far. Waiting to get the CD from there.