Nas - Magic (Discussion Thread)

[Kliq_Souf]

Nas is Magic


turned 32 a couple weeks ago, it’s Magic

 

[Mortal1]

First four songs in
Brehs Nas JUST DROPPED KD2 and he got more HEAT

 

[jaguar paw]

We are lucky because we get to see the first wave of hip hop legends age gracefully in real time.

 

[H.S.]

A lot of the hooks on here are dope. Speechless, Joe Black, Dedicated etc.

 

[RAW_SPK]

“40-16” needed those primo scratches in the beginning

 

[Slim Charles]

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. Again it was very well received when it dropped

it’s funny. I find the albums of Nas’ that hip hop heads aren’t fans of get better ratings from critics. As you say SD and HHID were fairly well praised by critics while Stillmatic was seen as average but hip hop heads loved it.

to me SD and HHID are solid albums but only have a handful of tracks I go back to now. While Stillmatic, Life Is Good, Untitled and God’s Son aged better.

Of all Nas’ albums since I got into hip hop heavy in 2001 HHID and Nasir the ones which disappointed me the most. HHID good but with that title I hoped for something more. Nasir I don’t think you can blame Nas beyond saying he shouldn’t have done a rushed project

 

[Doin2Much Williams]

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

a fan... that's not a stan?



I'm trying to make sense out of that.



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[Artfull Dodger]

KD2 is #12 on iTunes hip hop album chart

KD1, Stillmatic, Illmatic also in top 100

 

[Ziggiy]

Such an incredible project. Nasir blessing us fans

 

[re'up]

I know the sample on "Meet Joe Black", it's from last 10 years, something I used to listen to a lot. Like 2009 or so.

Need help! Drake, or J. Cole or something like that

 

[TheDarceKnight]

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

Just throwing this out there, but for better or worse I've never found it to be the case that hip-hop heads' opinions align with publications reviews or receptions of albums.

 

[Brian O'Conner]

This is my favorite Nas album. Personally, I'm putting it above stillmatic

 

[Kliq_Souf]

I was tripping last night feeling iffy.
I’m wide awake now and this is flames.

 

[TheDarceKnight]

This is my favorite Nas album. Personally, I'm putting it above stillmatic

We doing this after 16 hours?

I love this and can easily see it being in my #5 Nas album slot, but I still wanna let it breathe for a second

 

[Tetris v2.0]

I love that this record is pure beats and rhymes. No girl joints or forced trap stuff.