Nas - King's Disease III (Discussion Thread)

[Ziggiy]

Dropped to 88 with Pitchfork being factored in. Ziggiy what other publications are missing? Are these the final numbers?

Exclaim and Rap Reviews have yet to review the album.

Rolling Stone hasn’t reviewed the last two Nas albums so we shouldn’t expect them to review KD3 (thankfully)

Rap Reviews gave KD2 an 8.5 and Magic a 9. If they give KD3 anything above an 8 that should bump him up to 90.

 

[T.he I.nformant]

Just played this front to back after a couple days of not listening to it. It might really be the one. I’ve enjoyed all the Nas and Hit-Boy collabs but this might be the hardest.

 

[kes929]

Exclaim and Rap Reviews have yet to review the album.

Rolling Stone hasn’t reviewed the last two Nas albums so we shouldn’t expect them to review KD3 (thankfully)

Rap Reviews gave KD2 an 8.5 and Magic a 9. If they give KD3 anything above an 8 that should bump him up to 90.

Pitch fork wasn’t going to allow Nas to remain in the 90s

 

[Ziggiy]

Pitch fork wasn’t going to allow Nas to remain in the 90s

Yep. Can’t have a Nas album beating out precious Illmatic…

But if Rap Reviews comes through like I THINK they will it’ll bump him back into the low 90’s.

 

[Mike Wins]

Nasir doesn’t sound like anything Nas has made either, for example the Adam and Eve instrumental.

You may be right, album just seemed so stale and nondescript compared to everything else he done

Along with Nastradamus it's the only one that felt like he phoned it in. But at least Nastradamus had a few great tracks and for better or worse got some different approaches on it

Nasir ain't terrible, easy enough listen but it's uninspired

 

[Mike Wins]

Just played this front to back after a couple days of not listening to it. It might really be the one. I’ve enjoyed all the Nas and Hit-Boy collabs but this might be the hardest.

I still got Magic #1. That's a legit masterpiece to me. But KD3 feel special too

 

[winb83]

thats a jewel breh...one of the highs off this album

That track has one of the best lines on the album
“This is not a rap song why you callin' it that?
This is a audiobook, I'm an author on tracks”

 

[Mega]

"Believe who you are. The sun doesn’t even know it’s a star”

 

[Nostalgic]

Would love to hear Nas perform THUN with a live orchestra.

 

[Nostalgic]

Outside of the KD run.......What is some of HitBoy's work?

 

[Mike Wins]

Outside of the KD run.......What is some of HitBoy's work?

Burden of Proof was great

Really felt the project he did with Dom Kennedy right before KD1, production was

 

[JustCKing]

Exclaim and Rap Reviews have yet to review the album.

Rolling Stone hasn’t reviewed the last two Nas albums so we shouldn’t expect them to review KD3 (thankfully)

Rap Reviews gave KD2 an 8.5 and Magic a 9. If they give KD3 anything above an 8 that should bump him up to 90.

There's also Allmusic.

 

[PIFF101]

We in here! This video is piff.



Shamon

PIFF

 

[Fctftl]

We in here! This video is piff.



Shamon

loved the beat switch on this one

 

[Wild self]

I don't even know who that Louis guy is, but he apparently has a huge fanbase

To be up with four other pop icons is fukkin wild man. With little to no promo, no video, nothing. I don't know how you can hate on that

Its not the top hits you currently have, its how long you last.

Every Nas hater or critic ends up bending the knee, and finally giving him their props after they fall off. Every. Single. Last. One.