Nas - Magic 2 (Discussion thread)

[Ziggiy]

I’m CONVINCED Nas set 50 up on Office Hours lmao. LISTEN to the way he immediately came in attacking after 50 finished talking his shyt. shyt just was NOT FAIR

 

[HHID]

Yea bro I'm hurt about this one
but they went 4/4 before this so I'm appreciative, but yea this ain't it.

Yah will forever remember the KD2/Magic/KD3 run in just a few months. Will always love Hit-Boy for that.

But I wonder what kinda yes-men coulda listen to this in the studio and tell them with a straight face "yeah this is a good sequel to Magic bro"

 

[Ziggiy]

 

[HNIC973]

@spliz your opinion you usually the voice of reason

 

[Soymuscle Mike]

Halfway through this is flames, I'm actually happy I read Y'all shyts first because I was expecting way worse from 50 - I fukked with it.

@Ziggiy how many times we gotta tell them to trust Hit.

Wheher yall like these albums or not, NONE of them sound alike.

 

[Supa]

fukk I feel like throwing my phone at the wall or something... Can I erase this listening experience from my memory and pretend this album never existed??

If somebody told me I'd wake up to One Mic One Gun being the track I'd enjoyed the most on this album, knowing it was one of the weakest amongst 55 Nas/Hit tracks, I wouldn't never believed them... Yet that's exactly how I felt..

They got too confident and dropped some uninspired tired shyt, that's TO ME at the very bottom of Nas' discography. The beats are almost all ass, some playskool cheap ass SoundCloud shyt. But really Nas is even worse, shyt feels like listening to him on Summer on Smash for a full album, uncomfortable and uninspired...

Motion could've been a dope joint but WTF is this chorus? Bokeem is a good track, but nothing groundbreaking either. Ah fukk it, don't even feel like going thru songs... Will never listen to that shyt again

I'm in the same boat. I'd almost rather move on and not spin it again.

I'm wondering if they recorded this album during Nas' tour. I always felt like when an artist is touring and they have the studio on the bus they're about to drop some lazy, half hearted shyt. There's a huge drop off in quality with this album.

I been checking other sites to make sure I'm not bugging but I'm seeing people saying it's near or it is at the bottom of their 5 albums. Even the Nas reddit is mostly down on it.

 

[JayBaldacci]

We're like 5 hours away from Nas stans labeling this a classic



Hitboy's production is elevator music. Cheap Casio keyboard sounding shyt. The beat on Lupe's new track shyts on everything on here.

Yeah, don't agree that hit has no good beats... but the Lupe track is better than anything on this.

 

[Ziggiy]

Halfway through this is flames, I'm actually happy I read Y'all shyts first because I was expecting way worse from 50 - I fukked with it.

@Ziggiy how many times we gotta tell them to trust Hit.

Wheher yall like these albums or not, NONE of them sound alike.

I’m LOVING THIS!

 

[up in here]

KD2 is my absolute FAVORITE of the run. I didn’t put KD3 above it and i don’t know yet if I can put Magic 2 above it.

But Magic 2 might be the most AMBITIOUS Nas album ever, and thats saying something. The flows, the production choices, the creativity. I fukking LOVE experimental Nas. I also the pure unadulterated confidence Hit Boy and Nas inspire within each other. I thought Magic 1 was the pinnacle of modern day Nas aggression but on here he almost ALMOST takes it to Stillmatic levels with the aggression and just not giving a fukk. I think what separates this from Stillmatic is on Stillmatic Nas was truly angry and looking to take nikkas heads off. Here Nas’s only competition is himself

You got KD2 over 3? That’s crazy KD3 is stellar start to finish, KD2 had that wack ass Eminem verse and KDTV joint.

I got KD3 is 5 mic to me.

We're like 5 hours away from Nas stans labeling this a classic



Hitboy's production is elevator music. Cheap Casio keyboard sounding shyt. The beat on Lupe's new track shyts on everything on here.

What?, Della Humphrey and Marvin Gaye samples ain’t cheap Casio shyt.

 

[Stick Up Kid]

I’ll give you Nobody, Composure, Store Run, Rare (beat switch part)

Death Row East & 40 Side were ok by Nas standards, nothing to write home about. The Pressure was insane sonically, but again lyrically, flow, and energy wise very pedestrian by Nas standards

He free flowed quite a bit on Magic as well, but he also blacked out on more tracks. I respect if you find Magic overrated tho

But KD3 clearly is Nas lyrically not fukking around at all

I’m just saying as an overall cohesive album.. KD2 is Nas best work since the early 2000 days

 

[JayBaldacci]

I’m CONVINCED Nas set 50 up on Office Hours lmao. LISTEN to the way he immediately came in attacking after 50 finished talking his shyt. shyt just was NOT FAIR

That terrible feature hurts the song... worst feature of the whole KD series. I don't know how that's a plus.

 

[kes929]

People saying Nas shouldn’t have called if Magic. Where did Nas say all the Magics would have the same vibe? A lot of fans just assumed. That’s on y’all not Nas. If y’all haven’t noticed Nas doesn’t want to do that old ish anymore. He wants different beats, differnt flows, stadium vibes, lady vibes and a mix of music that can’t be played for every group. I’m glad hit boy gave him more modern records on this album.

 

[Ziggiy]

You got KD2 over 3? That’s crazy KD3 is stellar start to finish, KD2 had that wack ass Eminem verse and KDTV joint.

I got KD3 is 5 mic to me.

What?, Della Humphrey and Marvin Gaye samples ain’t cheap Casio shyt.

I like YKTV and I can listen to EPMD 2 up to when Em starts that lazy ass speed rapping robotic white boy flow he’s been doing the last decade.


Me putting KD2 over KD3 is NO slight to KD3’s quality, I love KD3 it just comes down to preference. KD2 is Nas at his most inspirational AND aspirational, plus he’s got Lauryn Hill rapping. I repeat Nas got LAURYN HILL RAPPING AGAIN! The muthafukking FUGEES couldn’t even get her to rap again and Nas got her rapping.

Plus like I said before I like Nas when he experiments and I also like Nas when his production is “musical” and diverse. So songs like No Phony Love and Brunch On Sundays are right up my alley. KD2 is a like a “greatest hits” blend of all of Nas’s personas and styles.

 

[Ball]

The Goat

fukking Fredos

 

[waynep]

Yah will forever remember the KD2/Magic/KD3 run in just a few months. Will always love Hit-Boy for that.

But I wonder what kinda yes-men coulda listen to this in the studio and tell them with a straight face "yeah this is a good sequel to Magic bro"

It feels like they got too comfortable...
It's like Steph Curry hitting 4 straight 3s and on the 5th shot he attempts an half court shot lol