Nas - Magic (Discussion Thread)

[TezMilli]

The funny thing is if Nas did an entire premo album it would be the most scrutinized album in Hip Hop history

“Why didn’t he put AZ on 6 of the 10 songs!??!”


“Why didn’t they resurrect Guru for a feature?!?!”


“Why didn’t they get Q-Tip and Large Professor to fart at the end of track 3?!?!”


“Why didn’t they sample Ozone’s speech from Breakin’?!?”


“Why doesn’t this sound like the 90’s?!?!”


“Why doesn’t this sound like modern day?!?”


“Why didn’t Nas just work with Hit-Boy again?!?!”






I can hear all of that bullshyt now.

"This album is 20 years too late. Preem is past his prime"

 

[spliz]

Not big on Gibbs.. but the Alch one was cool. But that works for Gibbs.

This is a forever classic to me. Lol.

 

[kes929]

Man I meant to see if somebody could have recorded this entire joint. Spaces doesnt record i dont think.

 

[kes929]

I just had a discussion with my homie just now & he asked me when do you think Nas (in my opinion) had the best album of the year last?

It actually had me thinking...

Much as I'm a Nas fan & he's GOAT status, i actually had to go back to Lost Tapes

But he's probably got both 1 & 2 this year though

Had it in 2012. I like it better than the Kendrick album.

 

[Cadillac]

really dope short project

Nas strengthening his catalog. on some lebron longevity type of play

 

[ThirdAct]

Nas and Hit-Boy just works...and if it isn't broke, don't try to fix it.

 

[Jim Cornette]

shyts not bad .. probably got about 3 tracks I'll keep in my playlists

shyts definitely not a classic tho lmaoo..


Edit: maybe 5 songs imma keep.. 3.5 mics

 

[HNIC973]

Best thing about this shyt is just like KD2 there isn't a definitive best song on here. I been stuck on different song since it dropped

 

[Izanami]

There's an actual YouTube video titled is Nas ruining his legacy with these Hitboy albums? one of the reviewers said he hates Gangstarr yeah cut that bullshyt off immediately. If anything these albums further separating him from everyone else

I think it’s putting them on to young rap fans who started listening to rap in the blog era. Who experienced their first Nas release in 2018 with Nasir. These hit boy releases really spreading Nas over multiple generations

 

[DaveyDave]

There's an actual YouTube video titled is Nas ruining his legacy with these Hitboy albums? one of the reviewers said he hates Gangstarr yeah cut that bullshyt off immediately. If anything these albums further separating him from everyone else

whwre is this video I have to see it for pure fukkery/bullshyt value

 

[HNIC973]

whwre is this video I have to see it for pure fukkery/bullshyt value

I shouldn't post it but I wished youtube didn't disable the dislike feature they got shytted on in the comment section

 

[Artfull Dodger]

Wave Gods needs a video, I think it could potentially be the biggest song out of Nas three releases, has the Asap Rocky feature who goes crazy in, while sticking to the old school formula which everyone wants from Nas, throw in a few DJ Promo scratches and it’s a go, would outperform every video he’s released in the last 7 years on views alone.

what i have come to be content with is that Nas never does the simingly popular view. Since LIG or even prio he never did videos for tracks people deemed as popular or would get more attention to his albums. It seems that is never his focus or drive.
On LIG you would think You Wouldn't Understand or Accident Murderer with an inform n popular Rick Ross were more logical choices than nas Bye Babe
KD1 most pple thought he should go for Car85 or Full Circle ft The Firm but he made vid for Replace Me
KD2 most wished to get vids for Death Row East/ EPMD or Nobody, he came with Brunch on Sundays.

 

[Artfull Dodger]

no matter who Nas works with they complain

He had all the producers they keep asking him to work with besides Premo on the last lost tapes

True LT2 had Pharrel, Alchemist, Kanye, No ID, Swiss, Pete Rock, Static Selektah, DJ Toomp n RZA and they still mourned

 

[Ziggiy]

what i have come to be content with is that Nas never does the simingly popular view. Since LIG or even prio he never did videos for tracks people deemed as popular or would get more attention to his albums. It seems that is never his focus or drive.
On LIG you would think You Wouldn't Understand or Accident Murderer with an inform n popular Rick Ross were more logical choices than nas Bye Babe
KD1 most pple thought he should go for Car85 or Full Circle ft The Firm but he made vid for Replace Me
KD2 most wished to get vids for Death Row East/ EPMD or Nobody, he came with Brunch on Sundays.

The LIG videos made perfect sense.


Nasty was the street single in the same vein as Made You Look, released almost a year prior to the album’s completion was a dope video.


Daughters was the official single, a single that ended up earning Nas a Grammy nom. Of course it would get a video.


The Don was the single for New York and its video was an ode to the city.


Bye Baby was speaking to core theme of the album. Nas had said numerous times before that the album was meant to be his “Here, My Dear”. So it made sense to make a video about the dissolution of his marriage.


Cherry Wine also earned Nas a Grammy nomination and is considered amongst Nas’s best “love” songs. After two street edged singles, an ode to his daughter, and a song about divorce and heartbreak, it made sense for Nas to show a little love to the ladies.

 

[Artfull Dodger]

But anyway...back to the album. Second verse on The Truth my verse of the year man. First verse is stunning too.

that verse caught me off guard.was trying hard to go through the album on 1st listen no replay..... but Truth was juss had break the loop