Nas - King's Disease III (Discussion Thread)

[Dylmatic]

 

[TheDarceKnight]

Illmatic - 10
It Was Written - 9
Lost Tapes - 9
Life Is Good - 8.5
God's Son - 8.5
Stillmatic - 8.25
KD3 - 8.25
Magic - 8
KD2 - 8
I Am (Steeper Lows than KD1 but the highs are HIGH) - 7
KD1 - 7
Untitled - 7
Street's Disciple - 6.5
HHID
Lost Tapes 2
Nasir
Nastradamus

Our lists are crazy similar, but I just have Stillmatic just a little higher than you at an 8.5 or even 8.75. But yeah this is a very solid ranking.

 

[Big Mark]

Illmatic
It Was Written
Lost Tapes
Life Is Good
Stillmatic
Magic
KD3
KD2
I Am
Lost Tapes 2
God's Son
KD1
Untitled
Nasir
HHID
Nastradamus
Street's Disciple

 

[Figaro]

Those beat switches on Michael & Quincy still has me

Pure filth.

 

[Surreal]

Not the "Nannnng" part man

 

[IllmaticDelta]

 

[kes929]

They have incredible replay value exactly because they didn't do what you said which is standard. The rapid variation of the music is why this album is a fluid listen. Instead of your typical construct of 3.5 minutes of one beat and one particular flow you are getting variations but yet the narrative of the song is the same. So it's almost like different approaches. Works especially well on Michale and Quincy.

Albums strong point is it's fluidity. A feat at 17 songs. That's the last thing I'd give critical notes on.

This is 100% spot on. And on top of that. Long songs don’t work the way they used to.

 

[Artfull Dodger]

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.

Rap Reviews update reviews weekly so the next batch gonna be on 29th.

 

[TheDarceKnight]

They have incredible replay value exactly because they didn't do what you said which is standard. The rapid variation of the music is why this album is a fluid listen. Instead of your typical construct of 3.5 minutes of one beat and one particular flow you are getting variations but yet the narrative of the song is the same. So it's almost like different approaches. Works especially well on Michale and Quincy.

Albums strong point is it's fluidity. A feat at 17 songs. That's the last thing I'd give critical notes on.

Exactly right. And this is extra critical on an album that has no features. You've got the keep the pace sharp and moving along. Every track on this album ends before you can get tired of it, and that's why a big reason why it works so well.

 

[Ziggiy]

Rap Reviews update reviews weekly so the next batch gonna be on 29th.

Yea I thought they’d have a review ready by this week but I guess because of the holiday it’ll be next week. It’ll still go towards Metacritic whenever its published.

All Music and Exclaim should have reviews coming as well

 

[CrushedGroove]

ive been bumping this since it came out. ive gotten to the point where i take no pleasure in ranking his projects. this another amazing album that i will bump forever. i love it. im grateful for the hours of entertainment.

Breh, I'm the same. I've tried to rank them but I just can't. I'm happy I'm at the age where I can immerse myself in the music and actually appreciate it.

 

[kes929]

Exactly right. And this is extra critical on an album that has no features. You've got the keep the pace sharp and moving along. Every track on this album ends before you can get tired of it, and that's why a big reason why it works so well.

A very easy listen and Nas still kept it lyrical

 

[Alexander Wiggin]

This is 100% spot on. And on top of that. Long songs don’t work the way they used to.

Yeah the album is 17 songs but it's just 12 minutes longer than illmatic. So you don't feel like the album is dragging out

 

[JoelB]

 

[JustCKing]

As someone who absolutely loves beat switches, that's my favorite aspect of the album. It adds replay value and the element of surprise. There are several instances listening to the album that I thought I was listening to a different song. The transitions from song to song are seamless as well.

I found myself going back to Bink's remix of "Echo" and how crazy it sounded and then going back listening to KD3 and Nas has that level of production throughout this album. It's layers of instruments and sounds that don't drown Nas out, but amplify his words.