Nas - Magic (Discussion Thread)

[Asicz]

As the coli's foremost 'Nastradamus' LP apologist/ evangelist I take issue with it's ranking on some of these list...

 

[H.S.]

Man props to the guy that engineered all these Nas albums with Hitboy. Magic in particular sounds incredible in the car.

 

[MoneyBags]

I don’t want it sound like I’m nitpicking because Wave Gods is dope as hell but I feel that Premo’s scratches were lazy and could’ve been better…he was the weakest link on the song imo

i feel the same, he could have did much better and chose better songs to scratch from. Not really feeling that song, not getting the hype for it. shyt sounds outdated and lazy. Only weak track on the album IMO

 

[Dylmatic]

#28, 22k.
HITS Daily Double

 

[HNIC973]

Illmatic-5
IWW-5
Lost Tapes-5
Stillmatic-5
LIG-4.5
Magic-4.5
Distant Relatives-4.5
KD2-4.5
God Son-4
I Am-4
LT2-4
KD1-4
Untitled-4
Nastradamus-3
Street Disciple-3
HHID-3
Nasir-2

Everything outside the top 4 is interchangeable. His bottom 4 is also solidified imo

 

[spliz]

#28, 22k.
HITS Daily Double

Damn pretty low.

 

[spliz]

1. ILLMATIC
2. It Was Written
3. Stillmatic
4. MAGIC
5. Lost Tapes
6. KD2
7. KD1
8. GODS SON
9. I AM
10. LIFE IS GOOD
11. Street's Disciple
12. NASTRADAMUS
13. Hip Hop Is Dead
14. UNTITLED
15. NASIR

Damn y’all really don’t like Untitled?

 

[Dylmatic]

Damn pretty low.

It's an holiday release with barely 24 hours notice and no promo so we shouldnt have expected much.

 

[The Dust King]

Damn pretty low.

makes me happy to see nas on charts amongst roddy rich, summer walker, billie eilish, youngboy

difference is nas got no single straight up surprise album no singing hooks no radio songs no promo

the real black album shotout to BIG

 

[Dylmatic]

KD 3 will probably land in the top 5 with approximately 50k units like the first two volumes.

 

[HHID]

Yo I was wondering, all 3 tapes with Hitboy been solid as fukk, but if any, how many songs they did together belong in the Nas top 25 tracks OAT?

 

[HHID]

Sidenote : can't believe I didn't have Hollywood Gangsta in Magic's top 5 when we were all dropping our top 5 of the 3 projects. That joint crazy, shyt's so hard to pick 5 joints from there..

 

[The Dust King]

my top 5 favorites

1. i am
2. lost tapes
3. it was written
4. illmatic
5. nastradamus

 

[HNIC973]

Yo I was wondering, all 3 tapes with Hitboy been solid as fukk, but if any, how many songs they did together belong in the Nas top 25 tracks OAT?

I think an argument can be made for songs like Store Run Nobody ect... but I'll say none. Nas got too many classics it's difficult to rank his songs up until God Son damn near impossible

 

[Prolific_1011]

5
Illmatic
IWW
Lost Tapes
Stillmatic
Life is Good
KD2
Magic

4.5
I Am...
God's Son
KD1

4
HHID
Untitled
Lost Tapes 2

3.5
Nastradamus
Street's Disciple

3
NASIR