Official Nas Thread

[CHERUB]

I remember ripping Lost Tapes off Limewire and remembering how drunk by myself made me feel. If there is anything CLOSE to that on II i dont need another project from the God. Go invest in intergalactic planatarian exploration next my boy

 

[mson]

 

[Soymuscle Mike]

War gets deep, some beef is everlasting:

 

[ThirdAct]

If he stays strictly with the Sony/Columbia vaults then we might be looking at songs that were recorded but never released (Small World Pt 2, I am Somebody, Get Up) If he dips into the Def Jam sessions then you’ve got tracks from HHID (White Man’s Paper) Untitled (Colors, tracks produced by Jermaine Dupri) Life Is Good (title track) and the original Lost Tapes 2 that was supposed to drop (Pete Rock produced track, Statik, Primo)

Either way, Nas has T O N S of tracks from both era’s of his career that we’ve never heard, to the point where I wouldn’t be surprised if its an entire compilation of never before heard tracks.m

Hell I didn’t even mention the work he was doing with Timbaland (Sinatra In The Sands) DJ Khalil, Justice League, Hit Boy, and the no doubt HUNDREDS of joints he has with Salaam Remi

Small World is a top 3 Nas song for me, I'm salivating for a sequel

 

[kes929]

Small World is a top 3 Nas song for me, I'm salivating for a sequel

Love small world. I was listening this morning. I am has some gems man. New York state of mind part 2 is crazy as well

 

[Big Mark]

Nas’ story telling was amazing during that time. Small World, Blaze A 50 and Undying Love is crazy

 

[L. Deezy]

War gets deep, some beef is everlasting:

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[Alexander Wiggin]

my only concern is that part of what made lost tapes a classic is the cohessiveness of the tracks. it felt like an album because the traks meshed well together, they were in the same tone. no chorus, just simple piano loop and straight bars with a melanconic tone. I don't know if you can recapture that. Especially when the tracks on the first one where recorded between 99 and 01. (not to mention nas got nothing to do with the selection, columbia did all the work)

If this time they takes tracks from different eras, you might get different nas', different vibes and it will felt like a compilation rather than an album. It's either they keep it short with a very tight selection of tracks from the same era and that mesh together. Or they do a compilation of tracks that don't necessarily blend together but they do a 20 some traklist with everything they got. And it will be more of a mixape rather than an album

 

[Figaro]

my only concern is that part of what made lost tapes a classic is the cohessiveness of the tracks. it felt like an album because the traks meshed well together, they were in the same tone. no chorus, just simple piano loop and straight bars with a melanconic tone. I don't know if you can recapture that. Especially when the tracks on the first one where recorded between 99 and 01. (not to mention nas got nothing to do with the selection, columbia did all the work)

If this time they takes tracks from different eras, you might get different nas', different vibes and it will felt like a compilation rather than an album. It's either they keep it short with a very tight selection of tracks from the same era and that mesh together. Or they do a compilation of tracks that don't necessarily blend together but they do a 20 some traklist with everything they got. And it will be more of a mixape rather than an album

I'm not expecting this to be good as LT1 & not going in to LT2 with the expectations of it...

Low key..LT1 is Nas second best album...listening to that album just takes you to outer space, especially if you going through some shyt in real life

I'm not expecting him to recapture that on this & won't even compare it to the predecessor, just want a good solid product

 

[IllmaticDelta]

my only concern is that part of what made lost tapes a classic is the cohessiveness of the tracks. it felt like an album because the traks meshed well together, they were in the same tone. no chorus, just simple piano loop and straight bars with a melanconic tone. I don't know if you can recapture that. Especially when the tracks on the first one where recorded between 99 and 01. (not to mention nas got nothing to do with the selection, columbia did all the work)

If this time they takes tracks from different eras, you might get different nas', different vibes and it will felt like a compilation rather than an album. It's either they keep it short with a very tight selection of tracks from the same era and that mesh together. Or they do a compilation of tracks that don't necessarily blend together but they do a 20 some traklist with everything they got. And it will be more of a mixape rather than an album

that's because those songs were all basically made to fit a concept (I am) and the ones for Stillmatic had a similar vibe. I don' think LT2 can be that cohesive in a way that it sounds like an official album but it can be more like a mixtape with great stand alone tracks.

 

[prophecypro]

I got no proof of this, but for some reason I feel like the bulk of the Lost Tapes 2 is gonna be the 2013-2016 sessions

 

[Big Mark]

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I got no proof of this, but for some reason I feel like the bulk of the Lost Tapes 2 is gonna be the 2013-2016 sessions

I agree and as much as I want High and Rise and Fall from the Sony days, if you want cohesion and something that sonically sounds aligned, then you have to stay within the same era.

 

[mathematik]

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I agree and as much as I want High and Rise and Fall from the Sony days, if you want cohesion and something that sonically sounds aligned, then you have to stay within the same era.

Was thinking the same thing!! Deja Vu,The Scientist and The World are some of my favorites but wouldnt sound right together on a album sonically.

My Own Worst Enemy & Rise and Fall would of fit LT1 perfectly though. We will never know why those didnt make the cut.

peace

 

[Big Mark]

Was thinking the same thing!! Deja Vu,The Scientist and The World are some of my favorites but wouldnt sound right together on a album sonically.

My Own Worst Enemy & Rise and Fall would of fit LT1 perfectly though. We will never know why those didnt make the cut.

peace

I agree. I shared it here before but there was an old Tower record track list for the original lost tapes. That was when records stores would get different track lists to throw off bootleggers. It had 15 tracks which included My Worst Enemy Is Me, You Don't Know Me and Your Mouth got You In It. I think Rise and Fall should've been on their too and I would've loved to trade Everybody's Crazy for Star Wars since Everybody Crazy was on my version of Stillmatic. Whether Star Wars was on their or not, I don't think the other 3-4 would've hurt The lost Tapes. I doubt if we ever get those officially released now.

 

[Danie84]

35, and been patiently waiting since senior year of college