Nas - Magic (Discussion Thread)

[chiefdogg]

All bullshyt aside, there's nothing really wrong with this album. These really might be the hardest beats Nas has rapped over in a long time. Only skip on here is Ugly. Just doesn't work for me.

Not sure if it's gonna knock off anything above the bottom of my top 10 list this year but it's pretty good. Definitely better than KD1 which was decent but didn't move the needle for me. KD2 I just never got around to listening to....maybe I still won't lmao

 

[Artfull Dodger]

man the flow on Meet Joe Black is Victory level status

 

[up in here]

man the flow on Meet Joe Black is Victory level status

That shyt sound like some old school Wild Style/The Warriors gutter NY shyt. That beat is vicious

 

[Artfull Dodger]

I got speechless, meet joe black, 40-16, Hollywood, wave god, truth, and dedication getting the same amount of spins for me. Ugly starting to pick up for me too.

thats 8 tracks breh just say u lettin the album spin

 

[up in here]

Talk to them!


Nas intro game = Best in rap.


Money over bullshyt madd underrated, might be in the Top 5 of his intros. When you think about all the classic intros he has it's really a feat to get into the Top 5.


"Dreams of falling in the elevator, passing floors /
suddenly stop, the doors open up to a brick wall"

, shyt sounds like a nightmare, lol.

Not just the intros but the opening songs. If you made a playlist just from Nas opening songs it would be a dope list

NYSOM
The Message
NYSOM 2
Life We Choose
Stillmatic
Get Down
Message to the feds
Money Over Bullshyt
QGTM
No Introduction
Not for radio
Kings Disease
The Pressure
Speechless

that’s a fire list


You could even add Firm Fiasco, Doo Rags, As We Enter and No Bad Energy

 

[Artfull Dodger]

Dedicated on repeat

the last verse man

 

[Tres Leches]

Nas eats, sleeps, and breathes Hip-Hop. He's always thinking about how he can outdo his last track.

A real practitioner of the art.

A real student of the game.

It's been a joy to see.

the golden child , nasty knives

 

[mr.africa]

I don’t work this hard to be around people I don’t like

Love this line
That one and the 'buying acres.adjusting each other's crowns' bars are just incredible.

 

[Piff Perkins]

Cole's manager/Dreamville president.

 

[Artfull Dodger]

New wave gods......
great collabo, dope verses n chorus...ddnt know i msd premo scratches so much

 

[Chip Skylark]

Cole's manager/Dreamville president.

Dang he never felt like this with Cole smh

 

[Hood Critic]

G.O.A.T and he just keeps reminding you.

 

[Fortunate Lee]

Dang he never felt like this with Cole smh

That's his boy, tho. Both are fans like you and I; they probably copped
I Am and Stillmatic in their teenage years. It's a different feeling breh.

 

[DaveyDave]

I don't think there's any Hit-Boy drops on this unless I missed it...I'm glad cuz this got the 90's vibes and producer drops a real modern thing

I didn’t think of it but now you mention it I can’t remember any off top. It’s fukking GREAT because I HATE when a producer does the whole album or the bulk of it and there’s fukking drops all over the start of every damn song. Breh, we already know you did the album G, we don’t need “hit boy” or whatever on every song. It makes the album sound 100x better just not having drops.

 

[waynep]

Man this album is so crazy that the haters will use this as it's new benchmark. It went from that album is cool but it's no Illmatic to it's about to be that album is cool but it's no Magic lol