Nas - Magic (Discussion Thread)

[Ball]

Hear some nikkas talkin' nonsense, call up Nasty Nastradamus

 

[FlyRy]

I despise his stans and the've been a bit much with 3 albums in a year and a half, but this shyt is filthy

i already had KD2 in my top 2 this year, and this might be better

 

[No1]

Streets Disciple, HHID, and Untitled are amongst Nas’s most acclaimed albums. People definitely loved them when they first dropped I don’t know where the revisionist history comes from that people didn’t fukk with those albums.

Ziggiy we were all alive when those albums dropped. I was literally in high school and a Nas stan. I watched people fall asleep literally when I played Street’s Disciple. Unless you’re referring to his core fan base like us. I would say Common’s Be album was more popular and resonated more than any of those 3 albums.

 

[spliz]

They were not acclaimed when they first came out, especially the first two . Untitled got some love at first but it dried up after a while

Street’s Disciple was definitely getting ALOT of high praise by media when it dropped.

 

[ryderldb]

I wish they didn't switch up the beat on Dedicated.

 

[Cuban Pete]

He gave the trees up

Nah tell me you lying. If this is true it might be the sign from God that I did the right thing cutting back on the ganja

 

[HNIC973]

1. Nas





Everybody else.

I'm on track four. Nas is my favorite rapper, but haven't heard anyone be THIS good for THIS long. How is he this deep in the game and still showing growth?

He's the standard as an MC in this hip hop shyt. Other nikkaz sold more records awards whatever ect.. as MC's they've never been on Nasir Jones level. Never have never will be

 

[H.S.]

Man, ya'll know drumless beats aren't my favorite, but Ugly is the one I've got on repeat right now. I've ran it back 5 times in a row now. It's just so moody and hypnotic.

The keys sound to me like a more somber version fo The World Is Yours.

Both of those beats (The World Is Yours and Ugly) sound like a rainy day to me. So its dope how he flipped the concept about it being ugly outside.

 

[RAW_SPK]

He gave the trees up

nikka no he didnt

 

[TheDarceKnight]

Ziggiy we were all alive when those albums dropped. I was literally in high school and a Nas stan. I watched people fall asleep literally when I played Street’s Disciple. Unless you’re referring to his core fan base like us. I would say Common’s Be album was more popular and resonated more than any of those 3 albums.

No doubt. I love this Nas run as much as anyone, and those Nas albums in the 2000's were most certainly not hates or disliked or anything like that. I seem to remember most people thinking they were good and respectable, but not quite being blown away or floored by them. They were a bit cooler than Stillmatic and God's Son.

I don't think anyone was trying to say they were trash. HHID is my favorite of those 3, and I do think the years have been kind to them.

 

[Ziggiy]

They were not acclaimed when they first came out, especially the first two . Untitled got some love at first but it dried up after a while

Streets Disciple has a score of 80 on Metacritic. Thats higher than Stillmatic. Its also Nas’s last album to date to reach Platinum. It was definitely critically acclaimed when it first dropped.

Even Rolling Stone and Pitchfork, who typically shyt on Nas, praised the album.

Street's Disciple

Nas: Street's Disciple

Hip Hop Is Dead has a Metacritic score of 79 and is to date Nas’s second highest selling album in the first week. It also earned Nas his first Grammy nomination in 7 years. Again it was very well received when it dropped

 

[bigbadbossup2012]

You sound like a bitter bytch.

Lemme smack you.

I just responded to something that warranted a response

 

[Artfull Dodger]

ok vlad.

 

[bigbadbossup2012]

Compare the energy Nas has on this to that Rick Ross snoozefest he just dropped.

There is no comparison. Gotta stay hungry because the music will let everyone know when you letting up

Ross new album is weak, but damn ya'll disrespectful. Ross fed us for years.

 

[bigbadbossup2012]

Jigga better stick to No i.d or kanye when he drops cuzz this nikka nas drop 3 straight bangers...

We can argue nas has the best discogrophy among the goat tier mcs.....its crazy so much for bad beats but dude has very few garbage albums...average yea but straight basura..like maybe one lol

No he does not. And at this point, he's no threat to Hov (catalog wise) , he gotta go waaaaay harder