Probably not. This is his final album under Def Jam.
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Probably not. This is his final album under Def Jam.
JoelB
All Praise To TMH
A reviewer that actually sounds like he heard the albumTypical Nas album review. Make it obvious you skimmed thru the album. Talk about how he hasn't lived up to Illmatic. Mention something about his personal life. Wait 3 years to do it again.
20 years and the formula still works...Life Is Good.
GETTINIT23
Rookie
re-tweeting the hell out of any nas tweet on my timeline..some of my non hip hop head followers prolly gunna be heated at me but ...this album deserves it
...this album deserves itseemorecizzy
Superstar
Is da deluxe version avaliable in stores or just online? (amazon, itunes etc)
GETTINIT23
Rookie
both hot 97 and power 105 got some real dope nas mixes going on right now...must be a cool experience for anyone whippin thru new york listening to this right now
LogicFirst
Banned
LogicFirst
Banned
Lunch cant come soon enough 
prophecypro
Hollywood North
Just to let y'all know that CNN review is the just the EW review re-published. It even says so at the top.
Only negative to mediocre reviews I've read are New York Post (no surprise), Popmatters (they're bugging) The Atlantic and a couple of Canadian papers giving him 3 out of 5.
Metacritic has him at a 72 after 7 reviews but 4 out of those 7 gave him a 4 stars (or in this case an 80% score and there's one review where meta judged it at a 60 but it didnt seem like the reviewer was downing him that bad).
So overall not bad. But this is the thing, if you look at Nas' recent albums he mostly gets good reviews (3-4 out of 5, somewhere in the 75% average). That's not really a bad critical score, its just we as Hip-Hop heads view anything with 3.5 or less as wack (Call it growing up reading the Source maybe?). Heck, when Metacritic listed their top 10 reviews of the 2000s, Nas had a higher score than Jay-Z. So like I've said, he's never really fallen off or been considered wack when you compare him to OTHER hip-hop artists. Its just he gets harshly judged and its comes with a bit more scrutiny. But overall he does alright.
I know it'll be a shame if the reviews come out and give him 7 out of 10's, but at some point gotta give this dude credit for sounding still good 10 albums in. I would say compare him to KRS, LL or one of those dudes 10 albums in. Honestly I feel like only Jigga has been that consistent for 10 albums deep and then Nas too.
Both of these dudes are only cementing their top 5 status not falling off. I dont understand how people can say that about both dudes for years. They wont give you Reasonable Doubt or Illmatic, they dont need to.
Only negative to mediocre reviews I've read are New York Post (no surprise), Popmatters (they're bugging) The Atlantic and a couple of Canadian papers giving him 3 out of 5.
Metacritic has him at a 72 after 7 reviews but 4 out of those 7 gave him a 4 stars (or in this case an 80% score and there's one review where meta judged it at a 60 but it didnt seem like the reviewer was downing him that bad).
So overall not bad. But this is the thing, if you look at Nas' recent albums he mostly gets good reviews (3-4 out of 5, somewhere in the 75% average). That's not really a bad critical score, its just we as Hip-Hop heads view anything with 3.5 or less as wack (Call it growing up reading the Source maybe?). Heck, when Metacritic listed their top 10 reviews of the 2000s, Nas had a higher score than Jay-Z. So like I've said, he's never really fallen off or been considered wack when you compare him to OTHER hip-hop artists. Its just he gets harshly judged and its comes with a bit more scrutiny. But overall he does alright.
I know it'll be a shame if the reviews come out and give him 7 out of 10's, but at some point gotta give this dude credit for sounding still good 10 albums in. I would say compare him to KRS, LL or one of those dudes 10 albums in. Honestly I feel like only Jigga has been that consistent for 10 albums deep and then Nas too.
Both of these dudes are only cementing their top 5 status not falling off. I dont understand how people can say that about both dudes for years. They wont give you Reasonable Doubt or Illmatic, they dont need to.
Whitty Hutton
these posters are TRASH
Rap reviews gave HHID a 10 but only gave LIG a 9?
Rapreviews hasnt meant jack ever since the site owner got exposed on SOHH as a hick from Nebraska. That thread was classic
prophecypro
Hollywood North
9/10 is good though right?
prophecypro
Hollywood North
For my trapped in the 90's nikkas....
My all time fav rapper is meeting my all time fav athlete for an interview
Nas to Appear on Bottom Line Sports Show with Penny Hardaway | AllHipHop.com
My all time fav rapper is meeting my all time fav athlete for an interview
Nas to Appear on Bottom Line Sports Show with Penny Hardaway | AllHipHop.com
100 daps. Its crazy. I even stopped checking OHHLA after that thread. The wolves ended his career...Rapreviews hasnt meant jack ever since the site owner got exposed on SOHH as a hick from Nebraska. That thread was classic
Matter fact, the wolves bodied Allhiphop, SOHH and RapReviews
Whitty Hutton
these posters are TRASH
100 daps. Its crazy. I even stopped checking OHHLA after that thread. The wolves ended his career...
Matter fact, the wolves bodied Allhiphop, SOHH and RapReviews
I used to be on OHHLA looking at some of the lyrics like
. Then it made sense why so many of them were butchered