Nas- Magic 3 Discussion Thread

[kes929]

I love this feeling

 

[bigdaddy88]

Whoever said speechless 2 sounds like book of rhyme u damn right..fire

 

[Alexander Wiggin]

Exactly. Most of hitboy's beats are the definition of "stuck in the 90's"....which is my exact problem with em. They don't sound modern at all. Even the trap beats feel like trap beats from 10 years ago. Tell me why the blackstar albums beats from 25 years ago sound more polished than hitboy's shyt.

There's plenty of great boom bap today that actually sounds modern. With great mixing and hard drums. Even a lot of producers doing trap/boom bap fusion beats that are top tier. Hitboy is just not on that level.

Give some examples please

 

[CarltonJunior]

Nas just *sounds* better on this one.

This was either engineered better than the last 2 albums or he recorded it in a different place

 

[spliz]

Real talk. Remember how crazy NY rappers went when Biggie rapped like Bone on Notorious thugs and that made Nas and Jay drop similar songs later on. An old school 90s rapper dropped multiple albums the way new artists drop multiple mixtapes in a short span but with that quality us old heads are used to. I wasnt even finished vibing to Magic 2 and Nas brought out the lobster before we finished the steak.

I hope he really did inspire his peers because i was at the yankee stadium hip hop 50 show and a lot of those artists got mad love and should continue to tour and get that money. White old music acts were touring all summer selling out shows we need to support ours the same

Biggie didn’t rap like Bone at all. lol. But I feel u.

 

[spliz]

Wayne got Nas stans in their feelings

Wayne went crazy. nikkas need to get over it. lol

 

[kes929]

Speechless pt 2

 

[Danie84]

Walk thru the Haze like Isaac

...this is how you close out two trilogies

The self-reflecting and realization sounds like My GOAT MC send off to the game

 

[Danie84]

Didn't know where Base On A True Events was going, then Half-A-Mil name drop and I got chills. We perform on Keenen Ivory Waynes; remember staying up late just to catch that live

 

[T.he I.nformant]

First thing I learned when I was comin' up in age
When they stumble in your space, is to punch 'em in the face
The second thing I learned, I was in thе second grade
Slidin' onto second basе, I can orchestrate this game
The third I heard was, if it quacks, it's a duck
The fourth, of course, just be upfront what you want
The fifth was this, keep somethin' crisp on your wrist
Now we on album six, the top team on your list

 

[Danie84]

I geeked out too when I heard Esco over that Hooverphonic New Stereophonic Sound Spectacular sample:

 

[Funcrusher]

Exactly. Most of hitboy's beats are the definition of "stuck in the 90's"....which is my exact problem with em. They don't sound modern at all. Even the trap beats feel like trap beats from 10 years ago. Tell me why the blackstar albums beats from 25 years ago sound more polished than hitboy's shyt.

There's plenty of great boom bap today that actually sounds modern. With great mixing and hard drums. Even a lot of producers doing trap/boom bap fusion beats that are top tier. Hitboy is just not on that level.

His early work like Clique, Goldie and that song G-Unit remixed were alot more 'modern', actual bangers too, clean sound. I think a big difference is that there wasn't a team of producers/engineers around him while producing these Nas albums, as opposed to his G.o.o.d. music days.

 

[Figaro]

This might be the 2nd best produced album out the run.

KD 2 being number 1.

A lot of these beats on this joint just randomly play through my mind during the day.

Hit Boy got in his soul bag on this 1.

 

[Danie84]

Dudes from Spain set him up. Straight flattened
On Flatbush Avenue. A restaurant in the backroom
They took the money and drugs and shot him in his halfmoon

Blaze a 50 2023, vintage Esco story-telling

 

[((ReFleXioN)) EteRNaL]

Give some examples please

Perfect examples of chill trap and modern boom bap that actually sounds modern. Pristine sound. Hard drums. Clear bass. Layered instruments. Hitboy cannot make shyt like this. Musically he's just not on that level. There's much more talented guys in the boombap/trap scene right now. Bump these in the ride then bump this album and tell me you don't hear a massive difference sonically.