Nas- Magic 3 Discussion Thread
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EastsideRio
You Can’t Stop The Rain ☔️
Kings Magic
ArchStanton
All Star
Maybe he's trying to let the mystery hang in the air for a little longer. If he posted it, would basically confirm it's a new album. But who knows?
BK The Great
Veteran
Edit: wrong thread
prophecypro
Hollywood North
prophecypro
Hollywood North
If he’s just rapping on it for rapping and it sounds less grandiose in production and more him just going in it’s probably Magic
KD series has a more grandiose feel to it. Its Nas the artist. We get storytelling joints, big features, more conceptual lyricism, a few joints for the females, R&B hooks, etc.
Magic series is more straight to the point, its Nas the spitter. There aren’t a lot of guest appearances, no singing hooks, just meat & potatoes. There’s less risk taking with the production, the drum programming is harder and more in line with the Boom Bap sound of the mid 90’s.
Where KD is celebratory, Magic is subdued. Where KD is smooth, Magic is sharp. Where KD caters to a little bit of what every Nas fan loves, Magic doesn’t give a fukk. Where KD is the work of a Poet Laureate, Magic is the righteous orations of a street prophet. Where KD shoots for the sky, Magic digs into the gutter. They are opposite sides of the same coin. They are both reflections and refractions of one another. They tell different stories whilst being written from the same quill. They represent a duality that Nas has been attempting to convey for some time now and within the past 3 years finally found the producer to help him get it across
I was really shocked when he went featureless on KD3 and he killed it straight through. I don’t think he gets enough credit for doing that album solo. Magic 2 kinda gave more of a modern bounce (some nas fans hate anything modern), so that is why it got mixed reviews even though the songs were fire.
LOST IN THE SAUCE
The Sauce Apostle
He did the same thing leading up to Magic 2. During the build up to the announcement he was pretty quiet.
He never does until Nas announces the title.
Once Nas announces the title then Hit promotes on his IG and socials.
I'm intrigued because the "N" was once used in an album title, but was removed before the release date: Hip Hop Is Dead... The N. So the combination of "N" and "Finale" is definitely hinting at the end of something.
There's also that rumor that the next album wouldn't have any HitBoy tracks on it.
I don't know. Lost Tapes is the only Nas project that could drop that wouldn't have a Hitboy track. If this is something that's dropping in Septemeber, Lost Tapes is the ONLY Nas project to have dropped in September. Nas definitely confirmed more installments of Lost Tapes specifically a third one that would be feature heavy. A Lost Tapes also gives us another Nas project, but also feeds the portion of the base whining about too much Hit Boy.
Now Nas just gave us a KD3 in November 2022 that had NO features. He just dropped Magic 2 nearly two months ago. Could he and Hit already be dropping another so soon? Yes, there was confirmation of being half way done with the next one on Magic 2.
There's also that rumor that the next album wouldn't have any HitBoy tracks on it.
I don't know. Lost Tapes is the only Nas project that could drop that wouldn't have a Hitboy track. If this is something that's dropping in Septemeber, Lost Tapes is the ONLY Nas project to have dropped in September. Nas definitely confirmed more installments of Lost Tapes specifically a third one that would be feature heavy. A Lost Tapes also gives us another Nas project, but also feeds the portion of the base whining about too much Hit Boy.
Now Nas just gave us a KD3 in November 2022 that had NO features. He just dropped Magic 2 nearly two months ago. Could he and Hit already be dropping another so soon? Yes, there was confirmation of being half way done with the next one on Magic 2.
prophecypro
Hollywood North
I’m presuming this is dropping this week but anyone heard anything from that person on Reddit ?
