Never understood the hate for "Nas is Coming"

[H. Selassie]

Aside from the cheesy hook I never understood why cats front on this song so hard. The beat is dope (prototypical 95-96 Dre beat.) And needless to say, Nas killed it.



"The Golden Child shot that ass up cause you was holdin out
Let the streets be the court, the corners hold the trial
Fatal not fictitious, I rock the cable 86 shyt
Foreign cars young with crazy bytches
Mad smoke makes me able to quote
Solicitin, ill editions of that Murder I Wrote
A provocative plan, can bring a knot to my hand
As the pyramids that stand on top of the sand
In the heat of the moment
Like Farrakhan said, we need atonement"


"In the black limo, Jack Daniels through the cracked window
I spot the fake, red dot his face like a Hindu"


"Rap hero, black DeNiro
Federal Bureau, tapped my line and got zero"

 

[Inspect Her Deck]

My guess is one or all of the following:

a) sonically inconsistent from the rest of the album (obviously)
b) salty that it isn't one of Dre's better beats
c) the hook (as you said)

But song is pretty good tbh. It's just the standout weak track the same way a Mamacita or Ain't No nikka are on Aquemini and RD respectively. Doesn't detract from them as individually dope tracks.

 

[DMGAINGREEN]

Not that the song was mediocre but it just kinda fukked up the atmosphere of the album

 

[seemorecizzy]

song had no hope after "SUPPPP NASSSS"
lyrics were tight but easily worst song on the album

 

[big_controversy]

It was supposed to be an epic moment in hip hop

Below avg track for Nas standards at the time

Dre eventually recovered in terms of quality of his production...but he was in a grey area when he first left The Row

 

[CHAIN]

I hate this track.
1. The intro
2. The Sam Sneed beat...ghead and try to nod your head to it. Its soulless, grooveless.
3. Its title
4. The hook

It's a disaster.

 

[mr. smoke weed]

gay ass intro breh

 

[Farrinto]

The song was just weak, the lyrics were on point but the hook and beat weren't easy on my ears. It's not the worst song I ever heard but it's definitely not stand out.

 

[AJaRuleStan]

>NASTY NAS IS COMIN



seriously though, the song was okay.

 

[THE 101]

Yeah the song has always been underrated.

Nas' flow is so smooth. In fact his flow throughout IWW is

And I like the spacey, hypnotic beat.

No doubt it could've been better but Dre wasn't really putting out much heat around this time anyway so it's about as good as can be expected.

 

[H. Selassie]

Put up against his Deathrow and later Aftermath productions, Dre was definitely in creative purgatory during this time period and something was definitely missing but even then, his beats were still dope for the most part.

 

[DrHackenbush]

I always liked this song too

 

[mr.africa]

the song that birthed @intilectual recipricol's nas obsession!!!!

 

[H. Selassie]

I always liked this song too

When I first listened to IWW some years ago, it was easily one of my favorite songs on the album.

Go online and see that most fans generally hate it. I was shocked.

 

[H.S.]

I love it Nas is just one of those artists that fans like to nitpick. Comes with the territory.