Nas - NASIR (Discussion Thread)

[Ziggiy]

Nasir made sure Tidal got first dibs

Nah.

Each album besides Daytona hit Tidal first. This ain’t a Nas/Jay thing and people need to put that shyt to rest right next to “Salaam Remi sucks” and “I only want on Premo/Rock/Pro beats in 2018”

 

[head shots101]

It's out on Google play

 

[jbrad]

This album is so boring

 

[Primetime21]

My initial thoughts after one spin.

I played it side by side with the version from yesterday just to hear the improvements. Obviously much crisper, 4-7 were the standout tracks, Adam & Eve/Simple Things he was really in his element, I wish there would've been another verse on Simple Things.

I had to modify the start and end time on Everything I actually dont mind Kanye's singing but I changed it to start around 1:50 and end with a 1:25 left or about that much. Puff's adlibs during Nas verse on the intro . Those were my only complaints

 

[Fctftl]

X3's

the jaybirds?

 

[Tommy Sheppard]

Adam and even is just

 

[head shots101]

You dudes are some fiends man

Lol yo I was checking this all day bro

 

[chiefdogg]

the jaybirds?

 

[Guvnor]

Swiss will fukk a song up quick

Facts! I feel Kanye did the same thing here jumping on two of the songs but not as bad as Swizz, I at least give him that

Swizz come on a dope beat saying show time and all that shyt and it's like nah, the show is over dawg.

 

[Guvnor]

Bonjour is that yacht music!

 

[Yecht]

I'm sorry breh

Nas is my GOAT, but I'm just not a fan of the beats, or any of the singing (although Nas only has a few songs where the singing hooks work)

Second half is much better than the first though.

I hope he still has another album coming soon, cos otherwise this would be a huge disappointment.

Sorry bruh, that's the Ciroq talking. I hope for a quick recovery for the young Godzilla

 

[Woodrow]

Cops Shot The Kid sounds waaaaay better on the official release

You can hear Children’s Story more on it. Beyond just the vocal. The background thump from the sample almost bleeds into the extra voices on the hook.



You aiight Mike Dean.
You aiight.

 

[Hammer]

wtf this shyt still not on Spotify?

where can I listen to this?

 

[Hiphoplives4eva]

The Cops Shot the Kid track is so ill.

I love how the hook gets demonic towards the end. Really great production...

 

[Piff Perkins]

Dunno. In the middle of my second listen...there are dope spots throughout and none of the tracks are "bad" but this just feels sloppy. The mixing is all over the place (beat too loud on White Label for instance), the flows are spotty throughout, and there is way too much melodramatic singing. Daytona is straight up gutter, hardcore shyt. I wouldn't call a single beat on this album gutter or hardcore (Cops Shot The Kid just sounds chaotic to me, tho I like it). The drums are uneven too but I won't go into that yet.

Production overall is good but nothing really blows me away like Daytona. Rhymes...I'm re-listening to Everything right now, this shyt is dope...but that anti-vaxx shyt makes me cringe. And yea I get the concept. Flow wise I think the drums lead to a slower flow that feels...off at times. Nas sounds great on the upper tempo shyt tho. Especially Adam And Eve which is fire.


But the standout might be Simple Things.


I love the last bar and the way it abruptly ends.

 

[InstantKlassik]

It’s On Spotify