This is definitely not what I was expecting, and that's a good thing. I like how they keep switching it up. I don't think this one is my favorite, but I appreciate it not sounding like a bunch of extras
Nas - Magic 2 (Discussion thread)
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Slim Charles
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The polarity on the reception of this album is INSANE
I've seen stans hate it, hardcore critics love it, and a hell of a lot in the middle. Some say it's better than the first one, lol I just saw someone say it's better than LT()
Was about to write same thing.it’s interesting to hear how polarising this album is.
My current view after playing it since it dropped is same as before. It’s a solid album but no song is making me want to rush back and listen. I don’t think the sequencing helps. I think it needed a stronger first track to pull you into the album better. Off the bat with last 4, Nas and Hit got you hooked in.
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Black Magic is a vibe
Tribal Outkast
Veteran
No lies toldbe careful listening to Motion while driving. You will speed.
Showing love. People really fukking with Office Hours which is surprising and also Motion
He should have had Juicy J or Pat on Black Magic. Which is probably the dudes he was hanging with in Memphis back in God Son era.
Motion just started and this shyt is hard.
LOST IN THE SAUCE
The Sauce Apostle
From what I've seen sample packs started off with sound designers selling loops for a quick buck because it was an easy way to make some money by taking advantage of the millions of gullible beginners trying to become producers with 0 knowledge on some amateur hour shyt. Then after a while these same amateur producers started getting on with their shytty sample pack beats when the shytty amateur rappers they were working with started blowing up from soundcloud and youtube. When trap became the defacto production style sample packs became pretty mainstream because it was an easy way for these rappers to pump out a million songs that sound the same without having pay for sample clearance or find a producer with the talent to play something out. Now it's just every where.
If you hear 50 trap beats that all sound like the same hollow bullshyt, 99% chance it's just a sample pack melody with trap drums on top. It's one of the reason production has fallen off so hard in the last 5-10 years IMO.
They need to bring back beheadings 
prophecypro
Hollywood North
Regarding the beat on Pistols that was a west coast 2pac sound which made sense since he’s rapping bout him. Felt like a death row east 2
Didn't realize how fast I was going until I hit a curve in the road I was going 80 miles an hour and my SUV started sliding off the road.
Motion needs a single and video with cars in it.
They missed a good opportunity should've been on that Gran Turismo movie OST or Fast X
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shyt trash bro n im biggest day 1 nas fan..its worst than nasir
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The GOAT shouted out our Eastside brethren Trouble
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This shyt trashAnd here we go with the nas stans who can't take any type of criticism towards their hero.....I'm sorry but this shyt is light. It is what it is. Nas and hitboy's chemistry just getting stale.
It's not even really a Nas thing. Cause these same rhymes over some alchemist and madlib could prolly be a classic. But Nas got a love affair with Hitboy for some reason. I gaurantee you somebody like 9th wonder could make a better album with Nas. Hitboy's shyt has no type of soul. Every beat sounds flat and he's not even improving. It almost feels like he's actually getting worse
You Nas stans accuse people of not being sincere. But yall are the ones not being sincere. Calling every single album Nas drops a classic is not being sincere. I'm not about to lower my standards of what greatness is just because y'all can't admit this shyt is average
Black Magic really could have been elevated with a high energy feature. I’m not sure why they’ve been so averse to working with other artists.