Albums Nas - The Lost Tapes 2 (Discussion Thread)

[TheDarceKnight]

nah breh thas you and nostalgia talking.

the original lost tapes was curated by ameries husband lenny nicholson. he picked the tracks and he picked the order.

he said doo rags felt like the first track hence thas why it starts it off

but i dont kno to this be true nor realistic because the last song on the album is fetus

fetus should be the first track, it makes sense from so many diff angles.

as far as sequencing, lost tapes 1 is infinitely better by starting with fetus and ending on doo rags.

doo rags was the last track on stillmatic as well just like fetus wouldve been track 1 on I AM.

i suspect the album was mastered/sequenced in reverse and lenny created this narrative years later to explain this anomaly

so listening to lost tapes 2 i found the sequencing to be non conductive toward the middle.

the layering of 3 tracks with singing hooks is one issue and the other is tanasia plays after royalty which doesnt mesh well sonically.

bad energy sounds like an opener but i disagree and say it sounds like a closer

beautiful life with its extra long intro and dedication to his fans plays out like an extension of the life is good experience

essentially picking up where you left off

on top of which nas has a laundry list of problems/issues he speaks on that hes dealth with the last few years

that is album opening material.

so listen to this album in reverse as well and you will hear the flow.

I feel you re: the fetus and doo rags thing. But for the most part I do think the list tapes sequencing is good. I like to think it’s noy nostalgia. I used to help sequence albums for little brother and sone Justus league cats. Maybe I do just have a trash ear, but I like 90% of the lost tapes sequencing, especially considering they’re tracks from a 3-4 year time span. And track sequencing I listen for more than most people, I think.

Fetus could be dope as the first track though. So I see what you mean.

 

[The Dust King]

I feel you re: the fetus and doo rags thing. But for the most part I do think the list tapes sequencing is good. I like to think it’s noy nostalgia. I used to help sequence albums for little brother and sone Justus league cats. Maybe I do just have a trash ear, but I like 90% of the lost tapes sequencing, especially considering they’re tracks from a 3-4 year time span. And track sequencing I listen for more than most people, I think.

Fetus could be dope as the first track though. So I see what you mean.

sequencing is underrated and wish i had that job you had

you have a good ear ive herd your music and im familiar w ya tastes.

and i agree the lost tapes is good but im telling you give the reverse thing a try and your mind will be blown

 

[Cladyclad]

Saw him in Michigan tonight. He attempted to perform Tanasia, Highly Favored, The Art of It, & No Bad Energy.
He struggled with the lyrics, but it showed which songs he thought would translate best with an audience.

I chose going to the WNBA all star game over this show. I wanted to see Mary J so bad too

 

[The Dust King]

He did do ******. Thats the one of 4 that made the album

ok i see you on some passive agressive shyt gotcha

Queens house of detention closed in 2002 so queens wolf could possibly be at least that old

Or maybe nas wrote the song back in the days and recorded years later but never changed the lyrics

Or maybe he wrote it and recorded it after queens house closed but wasn’t aware it closed

funny you mock me for breaking down tanasia when you type this asinine explanation

the song is prod by toomp which dates it to untitled and the song is a teen wolf flip

wtf that gotta do wit detention? SMHX2

 

[Cladyclad]

ok i see you on some passive agressive shyt gotcha



funny you mock me for breaking down tanasia when you type this asinine explanation

the song is prod by toomp which dates it to untitled and the song is a teen wolf flip

wtf that gotta do wit detention? SMHX2

But I did choose the WNBA game lol couldn’t be in two places at once lol

 

[Frida Giezman]

ok i see you on some passive agressive shyt gotcha



funny you mock me for breaking down tanasia when you type this asinine explanation

the song is prod by toomp which dates it to untitled and the song is a teen wolf flip

wtf that gotta do wit detention? SMHX2

Lol ur such a bozo

“No telling might wake up in QUEENS HOUSE or rikers island”

I said the queens house of detention closed in 2002 dikk head

So the song could possibly have been recorded or at least written prior to 2002

How was that hard to understand

Wow u really are a crack head

U and the retard who dapped that dumb ass post

Kill ya self

 

[HNIC973]

Going Wednesday to see the goat&MJB in St. Louis.Might fly back home go to that show as well

 

[Pop123]

Anyone else think Queens Wolf is the best song on this album

Just a creative smooth song with vivid storytelling only Nas can do.
And the hook is

Imagine a thriller type video to it

The first verse on there is the cleanest verse on the album. Only wish the song had a 3rd verse.

 

[Pop123]

Saw him in Michigan tonight. He attempted to perform Tanasia, Highly Favored, The Art of It, & No Bad Energy.
He struggled with the lyrics, but it showed which songs he thought would translate best with an audience.

What's up with Nas constantly and always forgetting and messing up madd lyrics on stage? Like why hasn't this been addressed by Jungle or Steve Stoute or somebody else close to him who can bring it up without getting fired, lol. When I saw him in Virginia on the 14th he literally forgot lyrics on EVERY SINGLE SONG he performed, I'm not exaggerating. And not just like a slight misstep, like he botched whole half a bars. On "One Mic" he messed up more lyrics than he remembered. I think they just run the original song in his in-ears while he's performing, like he's just doing karaoke to his own shyt so when he messes up he can pick it back up shortly after. The weird thing is it didn't fukk up the energy, lol, us in the crowd knew his lyrics way better than him.

 

[kes929]

Is anyone even more excited about Nas next new album? Seeing that he has high grade material sitting around in the stash and he has been getting top quality production on his last 4-6 projects. I am.

That's why I wish somebody that interviews him will ask him about his album but nobody ever does smh

 

[head shots101]

 

[Ziggiy]

PLOTTTTT TWWIISSSSTTTT


Nas said that Royalty is from the UNTITLED sessions and goes back to at least 2007

Bu bu but!!! Royalty at one point was No Such Thing As White Jesus featuring Frank Ocean and was from the Life Is Good sessions


Hit Boy even has a 12 second snippet of Frank singing the hook on Youtube

 

[Amestafuu (Emeritus)]

What's up with Nas constantly and always forgetting and messing up madd lyrics on stage? Like why hasn't this been addressed by Jungle or Steve Stoute or somebody else close to him who can bring it up without getting fired, lol. When I saw him in Virginia on the 14th he literally forgot lyrics on EVERY SINGLE SONG he performed, I'm not exaggerating. And not just like a slight misstep, like he botched whole half a bars. On "One Mic" he messed up more lyrics than he remembered. I think they just run the original song in his in-ears while he's performing, like he's just doing karaoke to his own shyt so when he messes up he can pick it back up shortly after. The weird thing is it didn't fukk up the energy, lol, us in the crowd knew his lyrics way better than him.

I seen him live many times never had this experience. you stay getting drunk Nas or something.

 

[dizzel]

I chose going to the WNBA all star game over this show. I wanted to see Mary J so bad too

This was just him. She wasn’t apart of this show. I can imagine it would be hard to spit LT2 songs when you recorded them years ago and just now revisiting the lyrics, but the voice track playing in the background, got more words in than him on those tracks.

 

[Cladyclad]

This was just him. She wasn’t apart of this show. I can imagine it would be hard to spit LT2 songs when you recorded them years ago and just now revisiting the lyrics, but the voice track playing in the background, got more words in than him on those tracks.

Word she wasn’t there. I dodged a bullet then