Albums Nas - The Lost Tapes 2 (Discussion Thread)
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Columbo
Lieutenant
When will this leak? Do albums still leak early? Im finna call out of work whatever day this leaks and smoke some piff to this for old times sake 
Coli nikkas love shyt like this, then turn around and try to shyt on da gawd's Nas and Jarreau
I'm pretty sure most of the Nas fans in here aren't fans of shyt like that.
mathematik
Pro
Good thing we are in the streaming and playlists era! This song will not exist to me after the album drops and i create my playlist.
Surprisingly the song is getting good reviews on YouTube
I bought the album already too!!
Peace
Surprisingly the song is getting good reviews on YouTube
I bought the album already too!!
Peace
New Jeruz Jewelz
Wavey Vertigo Veteran
So in one breath your saying Nas did all these things right, lasted 3 decades, own a label but yet he screwed up by releasing a song that is being talked about every where
, your right this is Nas and ppl don't react the same way to him Nasir was great and nothing but whining. This song is doing exactly what they want, Nas even said it on Nasir"I know the consumer behavior, I target that"
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Cuz its a good fukkin song
The Coli dont speak for the WORLD these posters think just cuz they get a lot daps they opinion is the consensus. Mental Illness smh
King A.D 7
Pro
I’m just gonna add how Fried Chicken is such an underrated banger.
I strongly agree but it shouldn't have been a single. Not even trying to be funny, I think it would be perfect for a children's movie OST. I personally like it and laughed my ass off at it being memed to the backyardigansThe 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
New Jeruz Jewelz
Wavey Vertigo Veteran
You rather some clean white rapper tap into a market outside of grimey street tales? This man writes children books now! Music is expression of self and that's what we forget to tune in for, it's not truly to please the listeners; it's for ones personal expression at that time. Nas is now big enough where he can be an artist and most true artists break out of any perceived mold placed upon them. It's natural that Nas would release this now and be proud that he did the unexpected.
Pinyapplesuckas
He's A Good Man
new song reminds me of a happy version of Shoot Em Up
he is flowin on the track but its def not his best.....
the one thing this song proves is that Lost Tapes 2 will not be as good as the first because that album didnt even have a debatable bad song on it...and i can tell this new track is a divider.
he is flowin on the track but its def not his best.....
the one thing this song proves is that Lost Tapes 2 will not be as good as the first because that album didnt even have a debatable bad song on it...and i can tell this new track is a divider.
I Kno I didn't feel like typing anymore lol
Chapter_BLK
Pro
I like Jarreau of Rap. It's not like experimentation of this kind is foreign to Nas, and I'm feeling the Blue Rondo a la Turk melody being used here.