Or maybe we just aren’t automatically biased to old s*** being better than new s*** like you seem to be and we are actually a***yzing the projects on merit

Like I asked, what is Nas saying on King’s Disease and Magic that is so great? What merit?

And of course there is bias, I’ve met Nas before and been to a bunch of his concerts post 2008. He is a top 2 artist and one of my favorites ever.

Nasty Esco Nasir is a great song idea. Lots of fun concepts on this Album

If you truly have respect for Nas pen and he’s one of your favorites you should know he’s saying something on EVERY project

The KD projects and Magic have as much wisdom and insight as some of his best projects and if we wanna talk actual style/skill he’s doing the most high level rapping he’s done since his prime on those sooo….. keep hating hitboy I guess, idk what to tell you

I Am is THE album people point to when making the Nas picks bad beats argument

Bro all Drake stans on Twitter do is cry about Kendrick and disrespect the legends who co-sign him.

These people are not fans of hip-hop. They're chart watching Drake groupies. A legit plague on the genre and culture.

I am had so much potential before the album leaked. It was one of the first major album leaks ever and they scrambled to change the tracklist at the last minute some key Nas songs on the album but man oh man what could’ve been

Bro he’s a griselda Stan that loves cosplay dust, don’t even bother

Nas hasn't even disrespected Drake either lmao Drake fans will never get over the beef and will force any topic to be about it

And all of his 2020s albums have done similar, they're literally only picking out this one because it's the one post beef era - and idk why they're acting like they would listen neither even if Nas did glaze Drake or sumn, they had 6 other albums to listen too

Also is hilarious the few copers are still harping on the Bots s*** when it never had real merit, literally made up by Akademiks and a random stream caller, and it was found in court its also false - yet there is more of a papertrail now that Drake might be botting with his last few songs if you really care enough (plus the bot social promos n price slashes of SS4U) 💀

But yeah, you can find these type of weirdos in any of the major fan bases in their own lil ignored corner

I Am is literally thee Nas album pointed at his career low lol along with Nastradamus, and it's the two albums that created the "Nas picks terrible beats" narrative dawg what are you talm bout

NY State of Mind Pt 2 is amazing tho n one of my fav Nas songs

So the album with NY State of Mind II and Hate Me Now was Nas’ career low?

It was Nastradamus, not I Am. Beat-wise there were only 3 or 4 questionable ones.

i’m still afraid to listen to this

Do it

if you're saying this cause you had big expectations due to their classic collabs from the 90's, then yeah maybe you shouldn't listen to it. I was excited when they first announced it....but idk there's something about nas' rapping voice or cadence that just don't hit the same as it once did. but I shouldn't complain, he still got elite lyricism at 50+ but I can't expect him to sound like 94-01 nas forever lol

so I gave this a listen and right off the bat, production is not so good throughout the entire album. the only 2 songs that stood out to me are writers and junkie. those beats are nice to me.

not a fan of him doing a THIRD ny state of mind, the 1st two were perfect and shoulda left them to rest. and same with 3rd childhood. 2nd childhood is a beautiful and timeless song (stillmatic premo version and 9th wonder version) and them running this back didn't do it justice.

nas is still my all time fav rapper and his discography is extremely solid. but sadly this one just didn't do it for me

IN awe at this album. Second listen. Yk the music's good when you want to start an amateur blog

Man sucks this is so slept on, it’s so hard to subvert expectations these days without people immediately dog pilling on it for not being what they wanted

I was guilty of it too. Thought the Preem beats would be more like the first Pryhme album and when it wasn’t I thought it was wack but man…. This is so goood

The Hip Hop Is Dead - The Real N - Untitled run is Nas’ most underrated run

good album imo, i enjoyed it. i think that if people lowered their expectations and didn't hype themselves up on the fantasy/idea of what a nas & premo album is supposed to sound like (which is basically illmatic pt 2 in their eyes) it would've been better received. premo ain't been at that level he was in the 90s for a good minute but the beats were good for what they were for the most part. nas still flowing and rapping his ass off. nas is my favorite oat so i might be a lil biased but idc

Am I crazy, or does the beat for Welcome To The Underground sound like it shouldn't even be here? Nas is killing his verses on it, but the beat is lifeless. It doesn't even sound like it was mixed and mastered with the rest of the album. I really dig the album, but to me this beat needs a redo.

if the album started at track 5 it wouldve been so much better

Nah, I love the first 4 tracks

this is really good