Nas - The Lost Tapes Appreciation

[mathematik]

I got LT1 3rd. If somebody said it's better then IWW I wouldn't argue shyt is flawless. The real debate is Stillmatic vs LT all time highs or all around consistency

Stillmatic gets the edge over LT1 cuz it has some of the best songs and biggest moments in hip hop history & definitely Nas career!
Stillmatic Intro
Ether
Your Da Man
Rewind
One Mic
2nd Childhood
What Goes Around (Poison)

LT1 is flawless and plays smoother but obviously doesn’t have the same impact!

Peace

 

[Stuckinthe90s]

Stillmatic gets the edge over LT1 cuz it has some of the best songs and biggest moments in hip hop history & definitely Nas career!
Stillmatic Intro
Ether
Your Da Man
Rewind
One Mic
2nd Childhood
What Goes Around (Poison)

LT1 is flawless and plays smoother but obviously doesn’t have the same impact!

Peace

NIce top 6...

How about....

My Way
No Ideas Original
Blaze A 50
Drunk By Myself
Fetus
U Gotta Love It


To be honest...the other 6 tracks kill your list too.

No shame in that though because Lost Tapes is the GOAT hip hop disc,

 

[HNIC973]

Lost Tapes has both all time highs and consistency, Purple might be top 10 Nas songs of all time.

All these off Stillmatic could contend for top 10-20 as well
Stillmatic Intro
Ether obviously
You're Da man
Rewind
One Mic
2nd Childhood
What Goes Around

To me there isn't really a wrong answer imo all preference

 

[Budda]

All these off Stillmatic could contend for top 10-20 as well
Stillmatic Intro
Ether obviously
You're Da man
Rewind
One Mic
2nd Childhood
What Goes Around

To me there isn't really a wrong answer imo all preference

You are right, to be honest that statement can be made about a few Nas albums including Gods Son.

But saying that i like Lost Tapes more, there is just something ethereal about it and i think its the best album when touching on one of Nas strong points, his ability to conjure nostalgia.

 

[Mike the Executioner]

You are fukking insane.

I agree that The Lost Tapes is better than those albums, but they're all great projects. Life is Good is one song away from being a perfect album, the worst thing about KD2 is Eminem's feature, and KD3........honestly, KD3 is a perfect album.

 

[Big Mark]

I have it 2nd overall, slightly over IWW. I think IWW is better lyrically but LT has little to no low points. IWW's a couple of low points and they are lower than that of the LTs

 

[BulletProof]

Its S-class Hip Hop by one of if not the greatest rapper of all time.

Somehow makes you pissed and confused these songs didnt make the cut for the albums they were intended for yet grateful they saw the light of day with a propee released.

Stillmatic - Gods Son - Lost Tapes.

The passing of Ann Jones inspired a four alarm fire in Nas's belly.

R.I.P.

 

[Solomon Lurke]

Wild that this got upped, had a random urge to play the album earlier today. Didn’t know anything about it being 19 year anniversary.

 

[HNIC973]

You should live, there's only one life, that's the physical
Rich or poor or in jail, why the fukk should you be miserable?
Things happen for reasons, the clock keeps tickin'
Love could have your heartbeat skippin', thugs turn to religion
The bytch you love could start to hate you
The shyt you used to do escape you
Things that make you laugh represent the past
Reminisce the block, gamble Gs on the floor
nikkas use to be the man, you don't see 'em no more
Your favorite restaurants and favorite stores, they tore 'em down
Turned 'em into shopping malls, the hood is like a ghost town
Haunted by souls who thought that time stood still
Just live your life to the fullest, never look back, it's real

Still till this day one of my personal favorite Nas songs quite possibly his most underrated. When this dropped I must've played it like 50 straight times

 

[Izanami]

You should live, there's only one life, that's the physical
Rich or poor or in jail, why the fukk should you be miserable?
Things happen for reasons, the clock keeps tickin'
Love could have your heartbeat skippin', thugs turn to religion
The bytch you love could start to hate you
The shyt you used to do escape you
Things that make you laugh represent the past
Reminisce the block, gamble Gs on the floor
nikkas use to be the man, you don't see 'em no more
Your favorite restaurants and favorite stores, they tore 'em down
Turned 'em into shopping malls, the hood is like a ghost town
Haunted by souls who thought that time stood still
Just live your life to the fullest, never look back, it's real

Still till this day one of my personal favorite Nas songs quite possibly his most underrated. When this dropped I must've played it like 50 straight times

When we talk instances of elite rap performances throughout an album this is up there

 

[HNIC973]

When we talk instances of elite rap performances throughout an album this is up there

Yep it's personal for me because the city demolished our projects 3 years before this came out stores tore em down to. It's one of those Nas songs if you grew up in the projects shyt hits you different reality rap

Reminisce the block, gamble Gs on the floor
nikkas use to be the man, you don't see 'em no more
Your favorite restaurants and favorite stores, they tore 'em down
Turned 'em into shopping malls, the hood is like a ghost town
Haunted by souls who thought that time stood still
Just live your life to the fullest, never look back, it's real

 

[Mike the Executioner]

Yep it's personal for me because the city demolished our projects 3 years before this came out stores tore em down to. It's one of those Nas songs if you grew up in the projects shyt hits you different reality rap

Reminisce the block, gamble Gs on the floor
nikkas use to be the man, you don't see 'em no more
Your favorite restaurants and favorite stores, they tore 'em down
Turned 'em into shopping malls, the hood is like a ghost town
Haunted by souls who thought that time stood still
Just live your life to the fullest, never look back, it's real

That line about restaurants getting torn down hits hard. There was a Little Caesars near my house and I used to go there all the time, for about six years. One day in 2018, I went there for lunch and it was closed. I figured it was temporary, but it never opened again and to this day, that spot is still vacant.

 

[Budda]

You should live, there's only one life, that's the physical
Rich or poor or in jail, why the fukk should you be miserable?
Things happen for reasons, the clock keeps tickin'
Love could have your heartbeat skippin', thugs turn to religion
The bytch you love could start to hate you
The shyt you used to do escape you
Things that make you laugh represent the past
Reminisce the block, gamble Gs on the floor
nikkas use to be the man, you don't see 'em no more
Your favorite restaurants and favorite stores, they tore 'em down
Turned 'em into shopping malls, the hood is like a ghost town
Haunted by souls who thought that time stood still
Just live your life to the fullest, never look back, it's real

Still till this day one of my personal favorite Nas songs quite possibly his most underrated. When this dropped I must've played it like 50 straight times

These bars hit your soul

 

[Greenhornet]

arguing stillmatic or lost tapes is a L
both smashing on any given day

 

[HNIC973]

These bars hit your soul

That's what makes the LT special bars like that are all over the album

Never knew murder till I seen my man get popped
No blood soaking, laying there, eyes still open
I got a little closer, put my hand in his palm
He was looking right through me, Yo staring beyond
I wonder what he saw, the limos, movies and tours
Did he die in vain and represent for the cause
Now I put his name on everything I'm involved
And that's the game, Ya'll can't relate, fukk ya'll (Ill Will)

The reason that I want to be alone
Tired of all the things that went wrong
That would have went right
If I would have did it on my own

The hood love you but behind your back they pray for the day
A bullet hit your heart and ambulances take you away
That ain't love, it's hate, think of all the mothers at wakes
Whose sons you killed, and you ain't got a cut on your face?
Unmarked police cars roam the streets hard, the heat is God
Somebody tell these shorties reach for the stars
Instead, they tell 'em how to reach through the bars, holdin' a mirror
Lookin' down a tear in jail, makin' weapons to kill ya

LT is classic IDGAF how people want to classify it album or not 5