Nas - King's Disease III (Discussion Thread)

[I'm Blackman]

I read Jesus's diary and I ran and told the streets

before I pulled up they tried to park me.

them bars about chain Allah, you God body allah, crosses

I ain't feel a way about it, told her pray about it

I ain't been on the train in decades and I can still hear the wheels on the track

2 crosses like a hashtag

jeepers creepers America's a baby teething, shytting on itsself waiting for its next feeding...its not even a toddler yet. Gang members got nothing on these congressmen...

Album full of lines that stay in my head.

 

[Soymuscle Mike]

You got Gods Son over Stillmatic?

My top 5 right now would be

Illmatic
IWW
stillmatic
Lost Tapes
KD3

Yeah for me it always hit harder.

Full disclosure though I just realized that I've been listening to GS without The Cross on it for years now, for some albums I just make playlists and take out shyt. I might have to give KD3 that #4 spot after all because as much as Nas kills that shyt... I cannot ignore that weak ass beat and it kills my argument for ranking KD3 over all the other excellent Nas albums.

 

[T.H.E.GOD]

I read Jesus's diary and I ran and told the streets

before I pulled up they tried to park me.

them bars about chain Allah, you God body allah, crosses

I ain't feel a way about it, told her pray about it

I ain't been on the train in decades and I can still hear the wheels on the track

2 crosses like a hashtag

jeepers creepers America's a baby teething, shytting on itsself waiting for its next feeding...its not even a toddler yet. Gang members got nothing on these congressmen...

Album full of lines that stay in my head.

No lie. Exact lines that stay in my head too!

 

[I'm Blackman]

My jewelry is disgusting but let's discuss the taste.


Knicks game up in the seats, i barely hit thr floor, aint trying to see somebody lady i hit before.




I'm trying to expand the pineal gland, the world ain't our home just temporary please understand


I was just trying to juggle Columbia records, while dealing with what the country Columbia jungles had left us.





shyt is crazy

 

[DraymondT]

Nas: King’s Disease III

Read Paul A. Thompson’s review of the album.

pitchfork.com

Actually positive! Since those guys grade everything on a seemingly negative curve a 7.1 is pretty strong from them

He gave DaBaby and Aesop Cack better ratings

DaBaby: Baby On Baby

The irreverent and charismatic Charlotte rapper's Interscope debut is just as wild as his mixtapes.

pitchfork.com

Aesop Rock / Blockhead: Garbology

Read Paul A. Thompson’s review of the album.

pitchfork.com

Where do they find these cacs



He def one of those cacs that rate everything Nas do base on how much it sound like Illmatic "eh it's good but no Illmatic. Illmatic is so gnarly dudes what an awesome album it totally changed my life dude hip hop pinnacle"

 

[Primetime21]

You got Gods Son over Stillmatic?

My top 5 right now would be

Illmatic
IWW
stillmatic
Lost Tapes
KD3

Its not a popular opinion here but the way a lot of people feel about IWW is what I feel about I Am, for me its his second best album. I got Stillmatic and KD2 at 3 and 4. Coin flip between God’s Son, LIG and DR for 5.

 

[spliz]

Cory Hardrict was sitting in the dark listening to Nas' Reminisce after this Tia Mowry breakup.

Tia Mowry’s Ex May Have Responded to Her Describing the ‘Aha’ Moment She Left Their Marriage

On October 4, Tia Mowry officially filed for divorce from Cory Hardrict, her husband of 14 years with whom she shares son Cree, 11, and daughter Cairo, 4. The Sister, Sister actress said she had an “awakening” after the passing of her grandmother and her sister’s niece that made her realize that...

www.yahoo.com

 

[Nabs]

He gave DaBaby and Aesop Cack better ratings

DaBaby: Baby On Baby

The irreverent and charismatic Charlotte rapper's Interscope debut is just as wild as his mixtapes.

pitchfork.com

Aesop Rock / Blockhead: Garbology

Read Paul A. Thompson’s review of the album.

pitchfork.com

Where do they find these cacs



He def one of those cacs that rate everything Nas do base on how much it sound like Illmatic "eh it's good but no Illmatic. Illmatic is so gnarly dudes what an awesome album it totally changed my life dude hip hop pinnacle"

I think Pitchfork ratings are done by committee, so it's not just that writer, but their cacs of the roundtable. So no matter what, anything that we might find good or worthy will get shytted on. Anything that's dumb and easy listening will get a bump in the score. 7.1 is actually great when you consider how they come up with it.

 

[Piff Perkins]

It's still early and my lists often change but right now...

Illmatic
IWW
Lost Tapes
Stillmatic
Life Is Good
God's Son
Magic
KD2
KD3
I Am
KD1
SD
HHID
Nastradamus
Untitled
Lost Tapes 2
Nasir

I had Magic above God's Son earlier this year but reverted back.

 

[JoelB]

screenshot of their final scores. Good listen, pretty much mirrors the same sentiment of this thread

 

[Spidey Man]

screenshot of their final scores. Good listen, pretty much mirrors the same sentiment of this thread

I would rank till my last breath higher, but I'm a biased Mets fan, and I can see why people feel the way they feel about that beat.

That song is also better than spicy and yltv

 

[xiceman191]

Cory Hardrict was sitting in the dark listening to Nas' Reminisce after this Tia Mowry breakup.

Tia Mowry’s Ex May Have Responded to Her Describing the ‘Aha’ Moment She Left Their Marriage

On October 4, Tia Mowry officially filed for divorce from Cory Hardrict, her husband of 14 years with whom she shares son Cree, 11, and daughter Cairo, 4. The Sister, Sister actress said she had an “awakening” after the passing of her grandmother and her sister’s niece that made her realize that...

www.yahoo.com

Damn

 

[T.H.E.GOD]

He gave DaBaby and Aesop Cack better ratings

DaBaby: Baby On Baby

The irreverent and charismatic Charlotte rapper's Interscope debut is just as wild as his mixtapes.

pitchfork.com

Aesop Rock / Blockhead: Garbology

Read Paul A. Thompson’s review of the album.

pitchfork.com

Where do they find these cacs



He def one of those cacs that rate everything Nas do base on how much it sound like Illmatic "eh it's good but no Illmatic. Illmatic is so gnarly dudes what an awesome album it totally changed my life dude hip hop pinnacle"

Illmatic could come out now and they would have rated it the same. It don’t matter what he drop with them.

 

[kes929]

I wanted to let this album sit with me for at least a week before I commented in this thread.

This album is incredible. This is exactly what I want as a Nas fan.

And for this to follow Magic?! Insane.

This elevates what already was the best discography in hip hop.

You ain’t lying. I’m glad you sat with it

 

[kes929]

I swear I hate beat switches with a passion. ‘Don’t Shoot’ has all the making of a classic somber Nas track …but it switches to uptempo after 1 minute


Like imagine if Purple, or Durags, or you’re da man had a beat switch after 1 verse

I thought the beat switch was complete fire