Nas - Magic 2 (Discussion thread)

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We don't even have to wait.

Benny got a ton of material with Alc and a lot of it is his best work. The album Hit Boy did with Benny came and went. Nothing on there is touching a song like Broken bottles or anything Alc did on Tana Talk 4.

Alc's status as one of the GOATs is solidified. Don't make it a competition when there isn't any.
Benny’s best selling album and most successful is with Hit Boy. Stop the lies.
 

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Benny’s best selling album and most successful is with Hit Boy. Stop the lies.
Burden of proof is definitely Bennys most commercial attempt. Unless he wants to be another mixtape rapper he’ll need to go even further down the commercial path. Being compared to 90s rappers can only take you so far in 2023
 

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You could argue Carmelo is better than Lebron.


In both cases you’d be wrong however
I'd love to hear someone try to argue that Melo is better than Lebron, lol.

To dude's point tho, I never seen Nas trending and getting as much attention and all that type of stuff like when Kanye did his joint and they was dropping it...then there was a delay or sumn and everybody was in an uproar, etc... I don't know if "revived" his career is the right word but he definitely got him the most attention he's had in a wild long time. I just wish my guy capitalized off of it and that album was fire, smh...all eyes were on him in that moment.
 

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Burden of proof is definitely Bennys most commercial attempt. Unless he wants to be another mixtape rapper he’ll need to go even further down the commercial path. Being compared to 90s rappers can only take you so far in 2023
Yup and that’s why he has hit boy doing his next album along with Alc. good mix of both sounds
 
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I'd love to hear someone try to argue that Melo is better than Lebron, lol.

To dude's point tho, I never seen Nas trending and getting as much attention and all that type of stuff like when Kanye did his joint and they was dropping it...then there was a delay or sumn and everybody was in an uproar, etc... I don't know if "revived" his career is the right word but he definitely got him the most attention he's had in a wild long time. I just wish my guy capitalized off of it and that album was fire, smh...all eyes were on him in that moment.

Hip Hop Is Dead and Untitled both got massive amounts of hype and attention during they’re respective years of release. Hell Hip Hop Is Dead was “trending” before that was even a thing for months based off the title alone.

To say Kanye “revived” Nas career would be like saying Michael Jordan playing for the Wizards “Revived” his career. Michael Jordan would have made waves wherever he signed to come back. The COME BACK was the story not the Wizards themselves. Before Kanye Nas was working with Timbaland, and then he worked on an album A&R’d by Hip Hop Since 1978, both of those had anticipation. Nas Album Done wasn’t included on Khaled’s album WITH a video release just for shyts and giggles. It was because there was actual anticipation for a new Nas project.

All Kanye did was have a public meltdown, outwardly tap dance on TMZ, and throw Nas some beats at the 11th hour that Nas was still able to turn into a decent album, not the classic Kanye promised the world because he was too busy praising Hitler and running for President to lock in and put in some real work.
 
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