Official Nas Thread
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You make some good points, however, the original Lost Tapes, despite having 90% of the track heard before still garnered critical acclaim and is an undisputed classic. Therefore, the fact that the tracks have or have not been heard before doesn't make. What matters is the quality of each of the tracks and the compilation as a whole. No one has heard White Man's Paper. No one has heard No Such Thing as a White Jesus. No one has heard the full version of Colors nor the Pete Rock track for Lost Tapes 2. There is 4. Statik said he had tracks done with Nas and we know of one from Swizz Beats, plus there is a rumoured track called Life is Good. I am certain there is more. now, we are talking about 7-8 unheard tracks. Package that with Snitch Alibi, Who Are You, What It Is and Top Down. There is definitely enough material for a Lost Tapes 2 from Def Jam.
The only questions would be the strength and quality of the tracks.
JuvenileHell
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Nice to see Nas getting all this love 
Illmatic's greatness can'g be denied
Illmatic's greatness can'g be denied
Rapmastermind
Superstar
"They thought I'd make another ILLmatic, but it's always forward I'm moving never backwards stupid here's another CLASSIC" - NaS STILLmatic Intro
The biggest thing I love most about this 20th anniversary celebration besides the fact it completely shows this generation they haven't made Classic Material is the fact NaS is finally embracing "ILLmatic's" legacy. I think for a long time he wanted to move on from the album and didn't like the fact people overlooked his follow up albums and always brought up "ILLmatic". But I think this anniversary has opened his eyes to how much impact the album truly had even though it under performed when it came out. It's amazing it's back on the charts and is up to 1.6 Million sold. "ILLmatic" is headed to Double Platinum and that's amazing. But Props to NaS and everyone involved.
This was an amazing week of celebration and they did "ILLmatic" and us trapped in the 90's negros proud. I hope this generation sees and understands what Classic material is cause I'm struggling to see an album from this era getting this kind of role out 20 years later but we will see. I wasn't happy with Lupe doing a 5th Anniversary "Food and Liquor" album cause I felt it was premature and he needed to let the album grow more. "College Dropout" got a nice reception for it's 10th Anniversary, Hopefully Ye does a 20 year celebration cause that's the only album I feel has had lasting impact on Hip Hop in the last 10 years.
The biggest thing I love most about this 20th anniversary celebration besides the fact it completely shows this generation they haven't made Classic Material is the fact NaS is finally embracing "ILLmatic's" legacy. I think for a long time he wanted to move on from the album and didn't like the fact people overlooked his follow up albums and always brought up "ILLmatic". But I think this anniversary has opened his eyes to how much impact the album truly had even though it under performed when it came out. It's amazing it's back on the charts and is up to 1.6 Million sold. "ILLmatic" is headed to Double Platinum and that's amazing. But Props to NaS and everyone involved.
This was an amazing week of celebration and they did "ILLmatic" and us trapped in the 90's negros proud. I hope this generation sees and understands what Classic material is cause I'm struggling to see an album from this era getting this kind of role out 20 years later but we will see. I wasn't happy with Lupe doing a 5th Anniversary "Food and Liquor" album cause I felt it was premature and he needed to let the album grow more. "College Dropout" got a nice reception for it's 10th Anniversary, Hopefully Ye does a 20 year celebration cause that's the only album I feel has had lasting impact on Hip Hop in the last 10 years.
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Been a minute since I've posted in here, but thought I'd come in here to pay homage to the GOAT after this came on in the shuffle:
I rewound his verse at least 10 times in the car - the smoothest, most effortless display of skill that I've ever heard from an emcee
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I rewound his verse at least 10 times in the car - the smoothest, most effortless display of skill that I've ever heard from an emcee
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MustafaSTL
Achievement In Every Field of Human Endeavor
Been a minute since I've posted in here, but thought I'd come in here to pay homage to the GOAT after this came on in the shuffle:
I rewound his verse at least 10 times in the car - the smoothest, most effortless display of skill that I've ever heard from an emcee
I play this shyt every so often. Got damn that flow was so smooth.
I hope Nas does a track on this Clippers owner. At least a few rhymes or tweet. I love when Nas stands up for Hip Hop and makes his presence felt. Lol, Nastradamus predicted this too.
Athletes today is scared to make Muhammad Ali statements. NaS- My Generation
Athletes today is scared to make Muhammad Ali statements. NaS- My Generation
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I'm curious to see what direction Nas will go with his next album sonically. He seems super focused and I have a feeling we have another classic on the way.
Yall gonna kill me for this but I want a song by him addressing his stupid comments about Gwen Paltrow....
as for sonically...honestly im hoping for another "Untitled" but this time with production that resonates more
Possibly tie it in to the clippers situation and just be a man and own up to the mistake and how statements like that make us look ignorant...
as for it being a "minute ago" so what...