Albums Nas - The Lost Tapes 2 (Discussion Thread)

[The Dust King]

either wallow in your ignorance or open yourself to knowledge provided by melanated minds

the ideas presented are basic and not mysterious and definitely not made up

TANASIA = The Tan Asian

your from queens but lack knowledge of self.

therefore you arent melanated enough to use the term "ngga please"

you south american? you central american?

he talkin to you little brown boy

wake the fck up

 

[RAW_SPK]

nikkas cant stand the fact that their favorite MC said Lupe reminds him of hisself lmao the hate is too much

 

[NoHalfWay]

Lupe stans y’all

Don’t believe me ask Nas & Hov

But y’all the nikkas that’ll tell us Dave East is the truth

 

[mobbinfms]

@mobbinfms

its basically a modern day version of i used to love her

the personification of hiphop

now on nas first album he says

"nas is like your afrocentric asian"

TAN ASIA = afrocentric asian

this is a reference to original man

the name tanasia means = good news/a gift/blessing

as in i am (nas) giving yall a gift wen i rap and your welcome

if she not from Queensbridge (juice crew, nas, mobb deep) then she must be from asia (wutang)

the term asia on the song has multiple meanings and one of those is a nod to wutang without saying the groups name

its a nod to the LOUD days where wu and QB first met (1995)

the song is easy to follow. girls make duck faces online; tansia wears tims and eats duck.

he walks you through the different eras of hiphops exsistence and his struggle with it until now where he is legal and rich

Every man originated in Asia
One continent, Africa was a part of Asia

Don’t know if I buy it, but that’s an interesting perspective.

 

[ISO]

Don’t believe me ask Nas & Hov

But y’all the nikkas that’ll tell us Dave East is the truth

Nas thinks Dave East is the truth

 

[NoHalfWay]

Nas thinks Dave East is the truth

Yeah & when Nore asked Nas if East was the next Nas, he said he was just Dave East. Which means he ain’t shyt

That nikka don’t wanna give him the torch, he ain’t worthy

 

[ISO]

I been saying since the Cool that Lupe Fiasco
Is the closest MC to Nas we’ll ever see in the Mainstream

That try hard is nothing but wasted lyrical talent his voice is fukking trash and he is way too swaggerless to ever compare to Nas

 

[mobbinfms]

Thought it was interesting that he said the
person that reminds him of himself was
Lupe Fiasco. I didn't think he would answer that
question,the fact he answered it he thinks pretty highly
of him.

Only five possible explanations:

1. He misunderstood the question
2. He’s never heard a Lupe Fiasco album
3. There’s a set up to the question (I haven’t listened) “when you were making your albums that people consider the low points of your career....who reminds you of you”
4. Nas has low self esteem.
5. They are doing that show so Nas threw him a bone.

 

[ISO]

Yeah & when Nore asked Nas if East was the next Nas, he said he was just Dave East. Which means he ain’t shyt

That nikka don’t wanna give him the torch, he ain’t worthy

Nah he ain’t wanna put that type of expectation on the “young king” he learned from nikkas comparing him to Rakim in ‘92

 

[NoHalfWay]

Nah he ain’t wanna put that type of expectation on the “young king” he learned from nikkas comparing him to Rakin in ‘92

Well played

 

[Frida Giezman]

either wallow in your ignorance or open yourself to knowledge provided by melanated minds

the ideas presented are basic and not mysterious and definitely not made up

TANASIA = The Tan Asian

your from queens but lack knowledge of self.

therefore you arent melanated enough to use the term "ngga please"

you south american? you central american?

he talkin to you little brown boy

wake the fck up

Yeah you definitely the dust king lol

And yeah I’m the mixed race don

Stop the war against love

 

[Sinister]

Yeah & when Nore asked Nas if East was the next Nas, he said he was just Dave East. Which means he ain’t shyt

That nikka don’t wanna give him the torch, he ain’t worthy

I think you misunderstood why Nas said he's the first Dave East.

Same way Papoose said he's the first Papoose when compared to Big L.

 

[NoHalfWay]

I think you misunderstood why Nas said he's the first Dave East.

Same way Papoose said he's the first Papoose when compared to Big L.

I know what he meant, I’m just being spiteful

 

[Doin2Much Williams]

so...i was never into Nas like that

i respect him and he got a few verses that are god tier to me...i just never really cared for his albums

ive actually bumped this joint a few times and im fukking with it

but that could be because im not a fan and dont really have a standard when it comes to him

so im gonna go back and really dive into the discog.. i feel like ive heard those albums but i aint really sat with them like ive done ones that have become my favorites

i might really fukk with dude and dont know it

I'm a nas stan since 96 and even with my standard for his projects (been let down for most of his albums in the 2 thousands, sans Lost Tapes and Stillmatic)… but I still ride hard for him based off what he did in the 90's.



Given the fact that you aren't familiar with his LP's... you're in for a fukkin' treat.




Shiit… you may even enjoy, Nastradamus, God's Son and Streets Disciple.



:shrugslikeYe:



p.s.


Nas releasing this LT2 project really makes me proud being a hip hop head.



Good shiit Esco.




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[Ziggiy]

Don't care if Jesus said Lupe reminded him of him. Lupe trash.