Albums Nas - The Lost Tapes 2 (Discussion Thread)

[mathematik]

I think we all owe Swizz an apology lol

He came through twice!! Plus Bathsalts & Echo would of been on the album they did together.

 

[Zero]

It Never Ends

 

[Ball]

Y'all post some twitter reactions from athletes, other rappers, celebrities etc if you come across anything. I'm curious to see the perception of the album from a different standpoint

 

[Bobhoward]

There are at least 5 tracks on here that are classic status

I would have cut a few songs and rearranged a bit. On first listen felt too much like the sound want from vintage to modern then back to vintage

It Never Ends (PROD. BY THE ALCHEMIST)
Tanasia (PROD. BY RZA)
Highly Favored (PROD. BY RZA)
The Art of It feat. J. Myers (PROD. BY PETE ROCK)
Lost Freestyle (PROD. BY STATIK SELEKTAH)
Queens Bridge Politics (PROD. BY PETE ROCK)
Who Are You feat. David Ranier (PROD. BY ERIC HUDSON)
War Against Love (PROD. BY DJ DAHI & DJ KHALIL)
No Bad Energy (PROD. BY SWIZZ BEATZ)
Queens Wolf (PROD. BY DJ TOOMP)
Adult Film feat. Swizz Beatz (PROD. BY SWIZZ BEATZ)

The rest of the songs I would have left in the vault.

2. Vernon Family (PROD. BY PHARRELL WILLIAMS) - I like this beat but the song as a whole is pretty meh to me
3. Jarreau of Rap (Skatt Attack) feat. Al Jarreau, Keyon Harrold (PROD. BY EDDIE COLE) - I actually kind of like the song but not really for this project. Far from Nas worst song
14. You Mean The World to Me (PROD. BY KANYE WEST) - Was hoping the beat would be mixed better and actually sound finished. Fade out of the sample sounds rough
16. Beautiful Life feat. RaVaughn (PROD. BY NO I.D.) - Not feeling this one too much
6. Royalty feat. RaVaughn (PROD. BY HIT-BOY) - wack

 

[NYtymes]

War against Love is dope

The flow at the end of the 2nd verse reminds me of P flow on this joint



And Queensbridge politics is as real as it gets
RIP P

 

[Arithmetic]

Tell me Nas was listening to Nipsey and decided to sample Dynamic Superiors himself

 

[the cool]

This might be on par with the first lost tapes

please stop

 

[Cadillac]

Nas PAAGing on tanasia

Nah but srsly , do far it's dope as a Nas fan I'm breathing a sigh of relief

Jay fans hoping this was trash

 

[Dylmatic]

I think we all owe Swizz an apology lol

He came through twice!! Plus Bathsalts & Echo would of been on the album they did together.

I mean a song titled Adult Film produced by and featuring Swizz Beatz had no right to be this good.

 

[2CT]

Highly Favored

Masta Killa, Roc, or Ka would've floated all over this

they all woulda floated over It Never Ends too

actually more rap features woulda did this project well i think, shyt had too many stuggle singing features instead of other people bringing bars

 

[NoHalfWay]

This might be on par with the first lost tapes

Hell nah but it’s a great project in its own right

The Lost Tapes was Nas at his absolute peak. No BS, no experimentation, not a single hook or line questionable. Wasn’t even really any light hearted tracks either, shyt was strictly business

But this is great on its own

 

[Jamaro85]

Pharrell did Vernon Family? WTF! He surprised me with this one.

 

[DaveyDave]

How anyone could shyt on 95% of this album is beyond me. Fire fukkin vintage sounding RZA beats, amazing production from Swizzy. I wouldn’t say it’s better than the first Lost Tapes but it’s up there. And once again, a Nas joint with unreleased songs sounds more like a real album than most of these cats out here these days

 

[Zero]

QB Politics

 

[2CT]

these ain't nothing but a bunch of Jay stans anyway

Beyonce's Lion King album is what they should be peeping