10 Years Ago Today Brehs

[Tetris v2.0]

His best album after Illmatic and IWW to me

I still remember exactly where I was when I first heard it. I remember it leaking about one month early too, which was unusual. Nas had been toying with idea of signing to Murder Inc and everyone was quite worried the album would like a Ja project. Nas was also beefing heavily, yet this album is the most peaceful, serene and spiritual album he ever made

 

[Black Magisterialness]

"Get-get.. get down!" - [James Brown]

[Nas]
Uh.. uh.. uh..
New York streets where killers'll walk like Pistol Pete
And Pappy Mason, gave the young boys admiration
Prince from Queens and Fritz from Harlem
Street legends, the drugs kept the hood from starvin
Pushin cars, Nicky Barnes was the 70's
But there's a long list of high-profile celebrities
Worldwide on the thorough side of things
Livest kings, some died, one guy, one time
one day grabs me, as I'm about to blast heat
40-side of Vernon, I turned well he asked me
"Whatchu up to, the cops gon' bust you"
I was a teen drunk off brew, stumbled I wondered
if God sent him, cause two squad cars entered the block
and looked at us, I ain't flinch when they watched
I took it upstairs, the bathroom mirror, brushed my hair
Starin at a young disciple, I almost gave my life to what the dice do
Yeah man, throwin them bones
Hopin my ace get his case thrown
His girl ain't wait for him, she in the world straight hoein
While he lookin at centerfolds of pretty girls
showin they little cooch, gangstas don't die he's livin proof
The D.A. who tried him was lyin
A white dude, killed his mother durin the case
Hung jury, now the D.A. is bein replaced
Pre-trial hearin is over, it's real for the soldier
Walks in the courtroom, the look in his eyes is wild
Triple-homicide, I sit in the back aisle
I wanna crack a smile when I see him
Throw up a fist for black power, cause all we want is his freedom
He grabbed a court officer's gun and started squeezin
Then he grabbed the judge, screams out -- nobody leavin everybody

I used to wake up to that song everyday on the drive to school

 

[Gotright]

Last nas album I heard

 

[Danie84]

I loved this album, because it was Nas spitting crazy random subjects on sick production.

I loved how he subliminally dissed Ja on Carry The Cross, after the whole Murder Inc fiasco

 

[The 2020 New Member]

revolutionary warfare. now there was an instrumental that gave me many a nocturnal emission.

These were my first daps

 

[mobbinfms]

My post compared Stillmatic to GS and stated that while it was a great album, it was a letdown AFTER Stillmatic. You've listed songs from GS that you like. This is not responsive to my post. Also, "Thug Angel" wasn't a song on the copy of GS that I had. Are you referring to Thugs Mirror? Do you disagree that Stillmatic was a better album? IMO, Stillmatic was more artistic and adventurous. GS had great songs, but didn't break new ground the way Stillmatic did. Also, GS was more uneven.

@EducatedBrothaFromTheBank I been patiently waiting for 2 and a half years for a response to this post.