HNIC973
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The 2nd verse on there is crazy
Nas - Magic 2 (Discussion thread)
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HNIC973
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Still streaming it he still has 7 albums charting on rap charts currently iTunes
Life is Good
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I like some of the Nastradamus songs way more than any HHID songs, it's just that the lows of this album...sheesh. There's legit only a few Nas ALBUM songs I just can't stand to ever listen to, straight skip - and Nastradamus has two of them back to back.
Nas songs I skip and don't ever wanna hear again in my life time on this Earf:
Big Girl (worst Nas song ever)
New World
Dr. Knockboots
There's others I don't necessarily love or even like but I can usually tolerate (Big Things, Nastradamus, Money Makes the World Go Round...).
HNIC973
R.I.P Bandana P
I get it the Nastradamus criticisms similar to I Am. I just hold those songs higher than the HHID. Let me not hijack this thread though
DeuceZ
Li pitit gason
Avoided the thread so i could let the album sit with me 
Off first listen i was not too impressed, not because the rapping or beats weren't good.. it didn't follow the sound/spirit of the first Magic...hard hitting beats and rhymes.
Once i got over that fact, the album is pretty good.. the intro is annoying as fck though
The 50 feature track wasn't what I expected either.
3.5/5 imo. It falls short of the bar set by the KD and Magic series...which is a high bar so i aint mad it.
Off first listen i was not too impressed, not because the rapping or beats weren't good.. it didn't follow the sound/spirit of the first Magic...hard hitting beats and rhymes.
Once i got over that fact, the album is pretty good.. the intro is annoying as fck though
The 50 feature track wasn't what I expected either.
3.5/5 imo. It falls short of the bar set by the KD and Magic series...which is a high bar so i aint mad it.
Digital Omen
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co-sign all of this. Heard it first on AirPods (wack) then bumped in the ride (doper)Avoided the thread so i could let the album sit with me
Off first listen i was not too impressed, not because the rapping or beats weren't good.. it didn't follow the sound/spirit of the first Magic...hard hitting beats and rhymes.
Once i got over that fact, the album is pretty good.. the intro is annoying as fck though
The 50 feature track wasn't what I expected either.
3.5/5 imo. It falls short of the bar set by the KD and Magic series...which is a high bar so i aint mad it.
Found it uneven. Hate the stilted trap flow on Abracadabra. That flow is easily his worst. Picks up from Bokeem on. What it really means and Pistols are the pinnacle and the ones I go back to. The 50 joint was whatever, phoned in shyt.
3/5. When it's on it's
but when it's not it's
HNIC973
R.I.P Bandana P
right where I have it those last 3 relases set the bar so highAvoided the thread so i could let the album sit with me
Off first listen i was not too impressed, not because the rapping or beats weren't good.. it didn't follow the sound/spirit of the first Magic...hard hitting beats and rhymes.
Once i got over that fact, the album is pretty good.. the intro is annoying as fck though
The 50 feature track wasn't what I expected either.
3.5/5 imo. It falls short of the bar set by the KD and Magic series...which is a high bar so i aint mad it.
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Been a week of constant listening..
I like this better than Magic 1 but NOT better than KD2, which remains my favorite of the Hit Boy albums. His rapping and lyricism are a notch above KD3 but musically KD3 is better.
I think as of right now it goes
KD2
KD3
Magic 2
Magic 1
KD1
I love that Nas and Hit have given me as a fan, different albums for different listening experiences. Magic 2 is an AMAZING album for the whip. My favorite “car driving” Nas albums so far have been KD1 and Nasir but Magic 2 blows BOTH of those out of the water. I’ll be bumping Magic 2 ALL summer. KD1 is a great nighttime listening album. Car or house doesn’t matter. Magic is for the winter when I wanna hear straight BARS. KD3 is for cleaning up the house/running errands at the store. KD2 can be for any of the above but its my favorite “headphones” type of album to really to and zone out on the lyrics and themes.
I like this better than Magic 1 but NOT better than KD2, which remains my favorite of the Hit Boy albums. His rapping and lyricism are a notch above KD3 but musically KD3 is better.
I think as of right now it goes
KD2
KD3
Magic 2
Magic 1
KD1
I love that Nas and Hit have given me as a fan, different albums for different listening experiences. Magic 2 is an AMAZING album for the whip. My favorite “car driving” Nas albums so far have been KD1 and Nasir but Magic 2 blows BOTH of those out of the water. I’ll be bumping Magic 2 ALL summer. KD1 is a great nighttime listening album. Car or house doesn’t matter. Magic is for the winter when I wanna hear straight BARS. KD3 is for cleaning up the house/running errands at the store. KD2 can be for any of the above but its my favorite “headphones” type of album to really to and zone out on the lyrics and themes.
How do y’all not like abracadabra??? That song is sonically crazyy. Nas floated on that jointco-sign all of this. Heard it first on AirPods (wack) then bumped in the ride (doper)
Found it uneven. Hate the stilted trap flow on Abracadabra. That flow is easily his worst. Picks up from Bokeem on. What it really means and Pistols are the pinnacle and the ones I go back to. The 50 joint was whatever, phoned in shyt.
3/5. When it's on it's
Prolific_1011
All Star
Agree. The flow was sharp.
Digital Omen
All Star
Not feeling the flow. That start-stop-start shyt is grating to my ears.
Now Pistols, that's where he's flowing smooth like
This. Plus game level name drops of rappers actors and products and 3 word hooks
Motion is the first song on the album for me that is on the level of the last releases. The intro and abracadabra are not getting play over here. Black magic is cool. Overall the misteps on this album stop it from being as solid as the other releases. The first magic is not an album you play without playing through. This one a lot of people are not doing that