Street Disciple Aged Perfectly for this Timeline

[Sean7]

I need to get this out again. I remember loving Thieves Theme, Nazareth Savage and Message To The Feds, those three songs I used to have in rotation back in 04. If you put all your fave songs on one CD you can make a NICE CD out of this IMO (Or playlist). Album is not as bad as I originally though and aged well.

 

[TheNig]

TBF, some of those tracks didn't mesh well with the overall theme of the album (Suicide Bounce), also Remi's production kinda was getting overplayed with Nas. Like I remember heads groaning at the production notes because his name popped up, and not so much somebody like Premo or etc.

This was also the year when the south held it down, so yawkers had to put in overtime to get heads to listen to the Big Apple raps.

I remember picking it up off the strength of Thief's Theme.

Album was too all over the place.

And as great as he is in the mic, his ear for production is awful.

 

[Mike the Executioner]

It shouldn't have been a double album, but I get it because Nas was in a creative zone at the time and he had to make it happen after I Am... was bootlegged. At one point, it was going to be a triple album.

There are six or seven songs that I think should have been left off and the album would have been perfect. Most of them are in the second half because the first half is almost flawless. I think this is the album where Nas officially gave the industry the finger and said that he was going to do whatever he wanted. It was the first time he went left and people didn't know what to make of it. Something I love about this album is how grimy it sounds. It just feels like an underground album that we weren't supposed to hear. It's the beginning of Nas' ambitious, conceptual period and it's his most overlooked period.

Also, I've said this before, but from a technical standpoint, it's Nas' best album. At least on par with It Was Written if not better. The last verse of "Street's Disciple" is one of his finest moments on the mic.

 

[SunZoo]

A little bloated but I always went to bat for SD.

 

[neomerge]

Still one of his best albums ever. Highly underrated

 

[Pegasus Jackson]

Was trash then. Is trash now. That song where he changed the pitch in his voice to rap about being a whore with aids.

 

[Pegasus Jackson]

wrong thread.

 

[ADP]

This suffered from the same ill as other albums of his up to until forever maybe. Tracks that were worked for the album were left off or didnt make it. Talk of NY and Good morning are dope as fukk to me, if i remember correctly from that creative era.

Personally still like the album but i know im a bit of an anomally as ive aleays enjoyed Salaam Remi's production and for example dont love IWW as much a the general consensus

Might have to spin this today cause i love winter beef, cow products in general

 

[spliz]

I made my list off the top of my head. Sure, I missed two songs. How is my list dirt, but most of the songs I listed are also on your list.

I was exaggerating Brodie. My fault. lol.

 

[spliz]

Also this album got a lot of favorable critical reviews back then. I remember clearly.

 

[Tres Leches]

the flow on streets disciple


the maxwell joint



the intro



nazareth savage

 

[Cladyclad]

then now

2.5/5 mics

 

[Figaro]

Good album when it dropped, was just too mature for his supporters at the time.

 

[TheJet]

His most underrated album to me.

Never understood the hate it got.

I damn near thought it was a masterpiece when it dropped, but I haven’t really listened in 20 years.

One of the few times I let the opinion of the masses make me question my own judgment.

If he trimmed the fat, it could been a Top 5 EsCo album contender

 

[DJ Paul's Arm]

Intro following message to the feds is up there with stillmatic intro