LOST IN THE SAUCE
The Sauce Apostle
I like about half the album. It's not trash, but it's not great. Nas is still at his post KDII rhyme level, but the inspiration seems lacking and the style of production doesn't match his energy because of it. Like others said, he fukked up naming the album Magic 2. It's cool that "Magic" is a running theme for him to build around, but he had to have understood that after the vintage sound of the first Magic people were going to go in with certain expectations. Blame whoever you want for the disappointment, but it was the obvious thing that was going to happen with the name Magic 2, regardless of their intentions.
This is easily one of the worst produced albums in Nas' discography. Black Magic might be one of the worst beats he's ever been on. What are those drums?? I fukk with Memphis shyt, but Project Pat would never be caught dead rapping over that fukking reversed snare. Office Hours was okay, and Motion was dope, but it took until Slow It Down to get my head nodding. Even that joint has the snare sitting way on the right in the mix for no reason at all though. Pistols On Your Album Cover is my favorite track after 2 listens, but Nas is missing the aggressionon it that he had on the last two albums. He seems like he's back on the laid back, feeling it out, not trying to impress anyone tip, like back on KD1 and some of KD2. There's just a lot of regression here that I didn't expect after the growth of the last 3 albums.
Hitboy really showed his limitations here, and frankly he let Nas down bad. This is really just proof that the entire HB vs AL discussion before the drop was completely warranted. The same people who were offended at the notion that people would want to hear Nas work with other producers are going to be the same ones going crazy over the album and trying to shyt on people who have a different opinion than them about it. You KNOW who you ARE and the way you POST is EXHAUSTING to READ so you can just keep your opinion to yourself. I'm not arguing with goofies about my personal opinion tonight.
I'm a Nas stan, but I don't think he's infallible. This album is a huge step back from the last 3, and I hope they take some time to reassess and figure things out before they put another one out. Even more, I hope that Nas is listening to what Alchemist has been working on for the last decade and really takes the time to consider combining their talents again.
My 2 cents
This is easily one of the worst produced albums in Nas' discography. Black Magic might be one of the worst beats he's ever been on. What are those drums?? I fukk with Memphis shyt, but Project Pat would never be caught dead rapping over that fukking reversed snare. Office Hours was okay, and Motion was dope, but it took until Slow It Down to get my head nodding. Even that joint has the snare sitting way on the right in the mix for no reason at all though. Pistols On Your Album Cover is my favorite track after 2 listens, but Nas is missing the aggressionon it that he had on the last two albums. He seems like he's back on the laid back, feeling it out, not trying to impress anyone tip, like back on KD1 and some of KD2. There's just a lot of regression here that I didn't expect after the growth of the last 3 albums.
Hitboy really showed his limitations here, and frankly he let Nas down bad. This is really just proof that the entire HB vs AL discussion before the drop was completely warranted. The same people who were offended at the notion that people would want to hear Nas work with other producers are going to be the same ones going crazy over the album and trying to shyt on people who have a different opinion than them about it. You KNOW who you ARE and the way you POST is EXHAUSTING to READ so you can just keep your opinion to yourself. I'm not arguing with goofies about my personal opinion tonight.
I'm a Nas stan, but I don't think he's infallible. This album is a huge step back from the last 3, and I hope they take some time to reassess and figure things out before they put another one out. Even more, I hope that Nas is listening to what Alchemist has been working on for the last decade and really takes the time to consider combining their talents again.
My 2 cents
