Albums Nas - The Lost Tapes 2 (Discussion Thread)

[waynep]

Man it's 4am and I'm still trying to make sense of this..
I mean with the success of Old Town Road did
they think the world was ready for something
like this LOL Smh

 

[tremonthustler1]

Nas fans' reactions collectively to hearing this

 

[Fortunate Lee]

That was a dope ass track

Y’all just got used to trash ass hip hop..keep
Listening!

5/5

 

[~Styles~]

This shyt is getting rightfully meme 'd to fukk


Terrible, terrible look...people looking for you to bounce back after Nasir and you drop something somehow trashier than the worst song on the last joint

 

[CHAIN]

The fact that Nas can flow his ASS off to such an....unorthodox beat such as this speaks to his overall talent as an MC.

90% of todays rappers wouldn’t know how to properly flow on a beat like this if you literally put a gun to their Mother’s heads and told them rap for her freedom...


From what Nas is saying on the track this is DEFINITELY A Hip Hop Is Dead leftover. I halfway expected this to be produced by Will I Am upon hearing the opening beat. And Nas was in super experimental mode trying to get his point across on that album.

Also people have to remember that Nas is the son of a Jazz Legend (Olu Dara) and has stated numerous times the influence that had on him as a child. I can imagine young Nas listening to Al Jarreau as a youngin.


All that said. The production is a little too “busy”’ so its very jarring off of first listen. Its one of those tracks that might’ve benefited from not being sampled so close to the original and reworked a bit, but then that probably wouldn’t have inspired him. Nas is one of those artists that is heavily inspired by nostalgia.

If this is the “worst” track on a 16 track album I can live with it. Nas has experimented on every single one of his albums since IWW and some of those tracks are classics (I Gave You Power, Undying Love, Rewind, Book Of Rhymes) while some are controversial (Live Now, Makings Of A Perfect bytch, Who Killed It)

You don’t get songs like Black Bond without Jarreau Of Rap. They all come from the same creative pool.


Also this should prove without a DOUBT that Nas writes his own shyt. Who else is going to write to and flow off something like THIS

You're a dope poster. But you look crazy right now.

Please stop.

 

[Dolo]

shyt is Who Killed It level

Hope this the only bad song on the album

 

[King Ming]

He on that Lil Nas lane! Respek to the GOAT!

 

[FreedS[ohh]lave]

Nas’ beat selection is one of more infuriating things in life

 

[Yaddam Yussein]

He don’t care lol. Nas was talking to Benny (on an IG live recording... ) and was like “I’ll get motivated and come out and dance for you. I like ya shyt..” and started spitting bars from a random Benny freestyle... Nas comfortable lol

Griselda Benny?

 

[The Ruler 09]

His flow was good on the joint, I liked the flow when he was rapping. The thing he repeats that acts somewhat as a hook seems to be there too much and isn't that good. It sounds a bit out of place, may be the tone. I fukk with it when he's actually rapping, the hook not so much, cause it breaks it up a little too much, if he just spit through could have iller, would have fukked with it more. Rapping is dope though, I see where he's going with it and am not mad at that kind of experimentation at all, it just wasn't done perfectly, good points and some flaws. This would work better as a bonus track than on the project probably but I understand it's on the project.

 

[Figaro]

lol, shyt is weak...

Spoiler

Still though..he's 2 out of 3 for me..Who Are You & The World To Me are great...

 

[King Ming]

 

[Metal Face]

why can't he just finish this song and release it

 

[wire28]

Good thing this big krit dropped so we can pretend like we never knew about this

 

[Primetime21]

Great way to build up anticipation for the album. I mean wtf was that