I said it three years ago and nikkas doubted me but I was right.
I KNEW that Nas would come out swinging on his first album that dropped fully on Mass Appeal. He’s setting up the third chapter of his career with this album.
Chapter 1: Columbia era Illmatic-Streets Disciple
Chapter 2: Def Jam era Hip Hop Is Dead- Nasir
Chapter 3: Mass Appeal era King’s Disease
If you notice every Nas era begins and ends with a controversial album that also comes full circle within that era’s timeline. Illmatic To Streets Disciple marked Nas as the wise but fierce street poet turned Don and culminated in a merging of the two. Hip Is Dead to Nasir marked a conceptual and experimental stage where every album metaphorically stood for something greater than himself and culminated in a wild freewheeling undertaking between himself and the “mad scientist” Kanye West.
I’m EXTREMELY interested to see what King’s Disease ultimately unlocks within Nas for this third chapter.