Nas - Magic 2 (Discussion thread)

[T.H.E.GOD]

If "Nasir" is the worst I cant respect your opinion. "Nasir" is a great piece of work. Only song I skip is "Cops Shot The Kid". Everything else go.

This is what bugs me out. But makes me appreciate nas even more. The differences of flavors his fan base enjoy.

I shot the kid still gets heavy rotation. That’s my favorite song on Nasir. Magic and kd3 are my favorite of the series. My favorite songs on magic 2 is office hours and motivation. We all got our different type of flavors and he makes music for all of us….

 

[Peruvian Connect]

Its a good 3.5 mic album. I wanna hear your opinion in which is his “worst”.

It definitely isn’t nastradumus

IMO it's "Streets Disciple" or "Nas". I'm leaning more towards "Nas".

 

[Primetime21]

I Am better than IWW??? Yikes. Lol

I don't want to derail the Magic 2 discussion so I'll just leave it at this, for someone that wasn't of age to take those albums in real-time and thus had to revisit later in life - yes I prefer I Am

 

[Life is Good]

MAGIC 2

 

[New Jeruz Jewelz]

I went into this album expecting a similar sound as magic 1 but as I settled into what the album “actually” is, it’s truly a great album. The only song I could remove is Earvin Magic Johnson and truthfully it’s not a bad song.

This album is better and better on every spin.

 

[HNIC973]

The thing with Nas none of his albums really sound the same or follow a certain approach. Depending when you became a fan of his you might hold projects higher.

 

[MikeStamina]

Hit fed up

Boom.......
He got the attention he was seeking. That's wonderful

Thanks Hit! That was insanely fulfilling

 

[nyknick]

I have no idea what this means but decent #s I guess

That's 1500 album sales.

 

[Piff Perkins]

BTW Pete Rock is weird, how you gonna be suing Nas but still lowkey be jealous of his current producer. Big "Some say hating is confused admiration" energy...

BTW has there been any update on that lawsuit? Wonder if it was dropped, or if it's being slow walked. Based on how Pete operates he prob wants a settlement but I can't imagine Nas spending a dime on that. Go to court and take the L bro, and watch the judge have Pete pay Nas' lawyer fees lol.

 

[HNIC973]

That's 1500 album sales.

Millions in streams but 1500 in sales? this era is just

 

[nyknick]

Millions in streams but 1500 in sales? this era is just

Here's How Many Streams It Takes to Equal an Album Sale

Are you helping or hurting your favorite musician by streaming on Spotify?

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How many streams equals one album sale?​

There needs to be some standard in order to account for all the different ways people consume music today, and that standard is the album-equivalent unit. The standard as the RIAA (Record Industry Association of America) defines it is as follows: One album sale equals 10 song downloads or 1,500 song streams. That’s the formula they use to determine when albums reach Gold (500,000 units), Platinum (1,000,000 units), multi-Platinum (2,000,000 units) and Diamond (10,000,000 units).

While RIAA wasn’t alone in using this standard for years, times have changed. Billboard and Nielsen now consider the difference between paid streaming services, like Spotify and Apple Music, and ad-supported tiers like Spotify free or YouTube. They then break down the streaming services like this: 1,250 premium audio streams, 3,750 ad-supported streams, or 3,750 video streams equals one album sale.

So, the next time you watch a music video for an artist on YouTube, you “bought” 1/3,750 of an album for them. When you stream a track on Apple Music, that’s 1/1,250 or 1/1,500 album units, depending on who’s counting.

 

[Lucky_Lefty]

I don’t hear anything that blows me away.

 

[MikeStamina]

Mans are gonna go back and check this album a month later and realise how wack this project actually was

once the new nas project gloss rolls off

70% of KD series was wack trap shyt

I just see a dude rambling with yellow teeth

Everytime you speak, one more bytch leave the party

 

[Mike the Executioner]

I Am better than IWW??? Yikes. Lol

A lot of people hold I Am... in high regard, but I never have. It has really high highs ("Nas is Like," "Small World," "N.Y. State of Mind II"), but it also has songs that are just.....there. The double album being bootlegged is one of the lowest moments in hip hop history.

And now that Nipsey's dead, we're never going to find out the truth.

 

[Ziggiy]

BTW has there been any update on that lawsuit? Wonder if it was dropped, or if it's being slow walked. Based on how Pete operates he prob wants a settlement but I can't imagine Nas spending a dime on that. Go to court and take the L bro, and watch the judge have Pete pay Nas' lawyer fees lol.

I thought I read that the lawsuit was never actually filed, just that Pete Rock was threatening to do so