Albums Nas - The Lost Tapes 2 (Discussion Thread)

[TheDarceKnight]

It's the drums. I keep saying it, Nas raps to the drums. Give him slow or weak drums like on Nasir and you get slower flows that may be off beat depending on the production. Hard fast drums and you get classic Nas.

That snippet has hard drums that are up tempo, almost a breakbeat. Of course Nas was gonna float on that. It's god's plan.

 

[Malik1time]

I’m ready for it

 

[Big Mark]

I'm am happy AF that Jay Z is nowhere near this project. The Lost Tapes is Nas' movement and its another feather in his cap, second in his career only to Illmatic. I'm sure Nas would prefer that it be all about him. The first Lost Tapes was all about Nas with no features I think and hope and all of them should be. Deep down inside, I'm sure there is a least a part of Nas that ain't happy that Jay dropped the day after NASIR. So, in the immortal words of Ether, "fukk Jay Z"! LOL

On the real though, if they work together, put it on a Jay Z album next time.

 

[ThirdAct]

Use to love tinkering with his album track list and using b-sides, leaks to replace the tracks I thought were wack or didn't fit the his initial concept. Should be fun to go back and see if these new tracks would fit or not.

Lol I do that all the time too.

 

[ThirdAct]

I'm am happy AF that Jay Z is nowhere near this project. The Lost Tapes is Nas' movement and its another feather in his cap, second in his career only to Illmatic. I'm sure Nas would prefer that it be all about him. The first Lost Tapes was all about Nas with no features I think and hope and all of them should be. Deep down inside, I'm sure there is a least a part of Nas that ain't happy that Jay dropped the day after NASIR. So, in the immortal words of Ether, "fukk Jay Z"! LOL

On the real though, if they work together, put it on a Jay Z album next time.

Yup yup. This is Escobar season, not Camel season.

 

[Big Mark]

Yup yup. This is Escobar season, not Camel season.

LMAO

 

[Sinister]

I'm am happy AF that Jay Z is nowhere near this project. The Lost Tapes is Nas' movement and its another feather in his cap, second in his career only to Illmatic. I'm sure Nas would prefer that it be all about him. The first Lost Tapes was all about Nas with no features I think and hope and all of them should be. Deep down inside, I'm sure there is a least a part of Nas that ain't happy that Jay dropped the day after NASIR. So, in the immortal words of Ether, "fukk Jay Z"! LOL

On the real though, if they work together, put it on a Jay Z album next time.

Yup yup. This is Escobar season, not Camel season.

How about liking Jay and Nas both?

 

[RAW_SPK]

I'm am happy AF that Jay Z is nowhere near this project. The Lost Tapes is Nas' movement and its another feather in his cap, second in his career only to Illmatic. I'm sure Nas would prefer that it be all about him. The first Lost Tapes was all about Nas with no features I think and hope and all of them should be. Deep down inside, I'm sure there is a least a part of Nas that ain't happy that Jay dropped the day after NASIR. So, in the immortal words of Ether, "fukk Jay Z"! LOL

On the real though, if they work together, put it on a Jay Z album next time.

You sure Nas still feels away about jay and beyonce dropping at the same time or its just yall...cuz yall made it seem likes its beef and yet Nas comes out to Hov show like its all good. Plus hov and them had that release date planned since he and beyonce went on tour. They times it with their last european show date

 

[RAW_SPK]

How about liking Jay and Nas both?

Act like you know where you are. Thats a foreign concept on here

 

[spliz]

Jennifer Lopez and Mariah are on record saying that Nas is the GOAT.

Jessica Alba posted a picture with her, Nas, and some random white woman at a restaurant years ago calling him “Queens Finest”

I know. I thought they posted something about The Lost Tapes. Or made a comment.

 

[RAW_SPK]

QB Politics produced by Pete Rock has to be a masterpiece. It just has to be. With all the shyt that happened involving Nas & his associates and other QB rappers...shyt that he’s never spoken on....yea...im hoping he addresses alladat

 

[spliz]

Act like you know where you are. Thats a foreign concept on here

nikkas need to appreciate that we have 2 living GOATs that still put out quality music and rhymes.

 

[Big Mark]

How about liking Jay and Nas both?

For me, Jay has his place. I have most of his early albums (somewhere around here). He says some catchy and some clever lines and some tight beats, don't get me wrong, but he never spoke to me with the same type of realism and relevance as Nas did and still does. In almost every song from Illmatic to now, there is something that Nas spits that I swear I been through or can relate to. Nas shyt speaks to me. I always say it about Jay, but ain't nobody ballin like him. Nobody. "yellow wrist watch, Gucci flip flops, 20 top model chicks..." vs "planted in the ghetto where my nikkas can't read, multiple, subtract, only knowin how to count stacks..." Big difference.

Anyway, this is a Lost Tapes thread and I order my download and hoping I can get a CD for my collection.

 

[JustCKing]

Unless Jay and Nas have a personal issue on the low and this is why shyt like Tru Life and Swizz Beatz have songs with both of them on it but they won't come out.

Nas wasn't there when Jay got added to the respective Swizz and Just songs. They only songs they've released are the ones they were BOTH actually in the studio for. "Sinatra In The Sands" is the last confirmed real Jay Z and Nas collaboration.

"The Scientist" is a joint Nas never finished and the Swizz song was also a solo that didn't have a feature.

 

[ThirdAct]

I'm clownin mostly. I respect Jay.

But that being said Lost Tapes is an intimate special thing for Nas fans and it doesn't really need a Jay feature (or any other rapper features for that matter).