Albums Nas - The Lost Tapes 2 (Discussion Thread)

[ℒℴѵℯJay ELECTUA]

Tanasia is average for a RZA beat..this comes no close to anything on SUPREME CLIENTELE!

 

[ThreeOneTwo]

Unnecessary misogyny on this second track from someone accused of beating women

 

[Ziggiy]

Nas really channeled being the Hip Hop Marvin Gaye On Beautiful Life. I’m fukking obsessed with this song

 

[Deltron]

if the songs we ain't hear before really are vault songs,

when the GOAT truly drops truly new album...


been had Beautiful Life, No Bad Engery, QB Politics, Tanasia on repeat for the last few hours

 

[Edub]

not what he was saying.

he's talking about people that grow disconnected from their roots get distant and look down on their own folk.

how could you miss the whole point

Exactly he starts out congratulating him for makin it out in the beginning.....brehs light on the listening comprehension

 

[T.H.E.GOD]

Tanasia is average for a RZA beat..this comes no close to anything on SUPREME CLIENTELE!

Of course not. If it would have, it would have made one of his album cuts.

 

[Ball]

I'm telling y'all man, a lot of these songs sound like they could've released in the 90s with how exquisite his flow is.

Listening to this in 2019 is like finding gold. I'm so disgusted at the current trend of rap being catchy mumble rap. Songs just aren't the same anymore. They used to be stories/lessons. Now there just about who can be the most catchy.

 

[ShaDynasty]

I dunno you only breh struggling with it. Pretty straight forward

he's attacking character flaws not the act of progression.

song gives several examples and isn't about one person or scenario.

first verse old neighbourhood acquaintance.

later on he's talking about an older head civil rights era dude.

concepts... we've all met these types

Yeah I get it. I just thought he could have made his point clearer. The first verse sounds petty, and overall it just sounds vague so his references to college degrees and somebody suggesting black people vote don't sit very well.

I think this is an ongoing problem with Nas making social commentary/political songs, he's usually not good at it. Most of the album is great though, so a few songs I don't like doesn't bother me.

 

[TheJet]

Yolanda's House. The Hilton. And countless other ghost tracks. Great stories/concepts. He's a GOAT contender

You believing Nas is a better storyteller than Ghost is fine. They're both great storytellers...two of the best storytellers to ever do it. It's up to preference. My issue is you saying that Ghost would've jumped on that track and been all over the place, which sounds stupid and makes me know that you're not too familiar with his music. I can post a litany of Ghost concept tracks where he not only adheres to the concept but he gets as creative as anybody could wish a MC to get on a storytelling track. But I won't derail the thread.

And East definitely better than Lupe. It is what it is.

 

[Ziggiy]

Lost Tapes 2 is currently the number 2 charting album on itunes

 

[ManBearPig]

Tanasia is average for a RZA beat..this comes no close to anything on SUPREME CLIENTELE!

For a RZA thats 2 decades out his prime, it's good

 

[ShaDynasty]

now you trolling... good day sir

I'm not. Explain to me where the honor in death is? Maybe if you die on the battlefield or rescuing kids from a burning building. Other than that, you just died because you died.

 

[Billy Ocean]

Yeah I get it. I just thought he could have made his point clearer. The first verse sounds petty, and overall it just sounds vague so his references to college degrees and somebody suggesting black people vote don't sit very well.

I think this is an ongoing problem with Nas making social commentary/political songs, he's usually not good at it. Most of the album is great though, so a few songs I don't like doesn't bother me.

Are you even Black?

 

[Worl Boss 1Don]

had no bad energy on repeat to and from the stop n shop . .shyt had me feeling like its 96 made me take the loooong way home rolled all the windows down opened the sun roof even broke out my neon 95s

 

[re'up]

I don't like every track, and I won't listen to every track, but it's perfect for Nas in his career right now. I would love some of the 90's stuff too, but lol @ us thinking Nas would be stuck in 98, when he has always moved forward quicker than everyone of his peers. Also, interesting for me, that the ones I thought would be whatever, "No Bad Energy" are my favorites, while some of the more anticipated ones, aren't nearly as compelling for me. That's a beauty here though, everyone already has different favorite tracks and moments.

*I like his little nods to BIG, crazy thinking how long it has been, since we first heard those bars, I was 12 in 1997

*Curious as to the recording of some tracks, No Bad Energy has that early 2000's Nas feel, almost like Every Ghetto, but it's way more recent than that, just due to the title, and hook. No one was saying "Bad Energy" in 2002.