Official Nas Thread
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Nas confirmed a Lost Tapes 3 and 4 at the listening party for Lost Tapes 2. I could see a finale if he announced that a Lost Tapes 3 would be the last of the Lost Tapes series. It would make sense as we're not likely getting anything pre- Def Jam. The last one dropped in conjunction with Def Jam and Mass Appeal, so this could put a cap on everything Def Jam as well as a way to clear those vaults. It also serves as bookend to this era of his career as Lost Tapes 2 bridged the gap between his last era and this one. It was the first time we had a Hit Boy track on a Nas album and then we got the Nas/Hit Boy era.
Last, it falls in line with rumors that the next Nas album wouldn't feature HitBoy production. And although it probably doesn't mean anything, it's kind of crazy of how that three year old footage of Nas and Dre just resurfaced again and people reacting to it like it was new.
This is all just me speculating.
spliz
SplizThaDon
His son kind of lame for not wanting to do ANY songs from Nastradamus based on media hype and narrative and shyt.
You know those aren’t bad points at all but I feel like if we were getting Lost Tapes 3 the marketing angle would be a bit different, and I also don’t think Nas would officially “end” the Lost Tapes series BUT your right, it would technically be a loophole to release some fresh non-Hit Boy songs for all of the whiners out there while he keeps cooking official releases with Hit. My take is i’m not sure there’s enough leftover material thats NOT Def Jam vaulted to release a LT3 at THIS juncture. I don’t get the feeling Nas would want to work with Def Jam again after experiencing the freedom that comes with doing whatever he wants (and reaping the majority of the royalties) on Mass Appeal. I know Nas said himself that Lost Tapes 3 would come sooner, and that it would have lots of features, but that was well before the Hit Boy run.
I’ve been watching their reactions for a min (and Bridging The Gap, which is way better) and he’s actually a fan of Nas and has said many times before (mostly in the comments) that he simply doesn’t like Nastradamus and that he’s listened to it several times front to back to see of his mind would change and it never has
spliz
SplizThaDon
How convenient. lol. To not wanna cover ANY song off it bro? Nah. lol.
I mean its not the craziest take in the world. I’m the biggest Nas fan on earth and I only listen to 2, maybe three songs off Nastradamus.
Life We Chose
Project Windows
Last Words
Objectively speaking Family is a good song, I just don’t listen to it often and I only rock U Owe Me if I got a chick in the whip lol. It goes hard at his concerts though
How many off of I Am? I was going through some of his albums this past week (it Was Written, gods son, streets disciple, hhid, I Am). I’ve only listened to I Am and Nastradamus once in full.
spliz
SplizThaDon
Those are all time Nas songs tho. I think the take is goofy imo. Even his take on I Am was off base. I’m kinda tired of the revisionist history when it comes to that shyt. And in reality. People were hype as fukk off Hate Me Now. Nas Is Like was considered amazing but Hate Me Now is the first song Flex ever dropped bombs on.
I am is dope as fukk
NY State Of Mind Part 2
Hate Me Now
Small World
Favor For A Favor
Ghetto Prisoners
You Won’t See Me Tonight
Big Things
Nas Is Like
Undying Love
Sometimes I fukk with Dr Knockboot and We Will Survive depending on my mood
spliz
SplizThaDon
Like. Seeing what his father likes. How could he not think his father would like Project Windows or Last Words? That’s insane.
spliz
SplizThaDon
I dead ass know people who had I Am as their fav Nas album.
Oh me too trust
Icewatermetallik
TheEastisintheHouse
I mean, they def arent bad points as Nas did mention I think either at the LT2 release or maybe the KD3 release party that an LT3 is in the works, etc.
My question is, why are the Sony/ Columbia vaults staying closed? That period between like 1996-2001 is the era of some of Nas' best work. It would be cool to hear more lost joints from the It Was Written/ I Am/ Stillmatic/ Gods Son era.
I know we prob won't hear much from his Def Jam days (around the HHID era like 2006-2012) because a few joints from LT2 were all joints that were supposed to likely be on Life Is Good and Untitled.
And i agree with you because you're right about there probably not being much on the cutting room floor of Nas and Hit's work. 5 albums in 3 years there's probably not much stuff they have sitting around.