13 years ago today...Lost Tapes was released

[Figaro]

Appreciate the science of this album

In the name of our God, it'll be blasphemy not to bump this today


Thou shalt not take the name of Nasty Nas thy God in vain

Y'all just wanna deal with drama
Talk about nikkaz who got things, y'all ready to kill his momma
Everything you went to is underworld related
You sell your man out, not even your girl is sacred
You don't trust a soul, hold up, you moldin soldiers
to pull guns quick and always look behind the shoulder
Think of how many dudes died tryin to be down with you
Everybody's under six feet of ground but you
Still standin, still roamin through the streets, that's real
You a survivor, knowin all the beef is ill
You got a bunch of thugs witchu even now that's ready
Trustin your judgment, quick to put it down, they deadly
The hood love you but behind your back they pray for the day
A bullet hit your heart and ambulances take you away
That ain't love it's hate, think of all the mothers at wakes
whose sons you killed, and you ain't got a cut on your face?
Unmarked police cars roam the streets hard, the heat is God
Somebody tell these shorties reach for the stars
Instead they tell 'em how to reach through the bars, holdin a mirror
Lookin down a tear in jail, makin weapons to kill ya
We smoke three tokes nikka pour more Henny
He sighs with eyes that seen a war too many
Cold-blooded murderers, universal
Hood to hood, blowin smoke, state of mind is purple

 

[mr.africa]

CLASSIC!!!

BEAUTIFUL!!

 

[THE 101]

If you treat this as a studio album I think it's his second best and in some ways I think it encapsulates Nas as an artist better than Illmatic.

It's a greatvkix of the political and the personal, some songs are just like stream of conscious reflections of life. Others songs are tightly wound concept and story tracks. It has a bit of everything, sometimes within the same sing.

And for people who say Nas doesn't use dope beats...how can you listen to lush productions like Doorags and Nothing Lasts Forever and say that.

 

[WickedSkengman]

doo rags

 

[Soymuscle Mike]

Possibly my favorite album of all time.

That DRUNK BY MYSELF

 

[tybo]

I remember when this dropped the camel jockeys were trying to say that it isn't a classic because it's a collection of songs previously made...like every other album is made in one studio session






























GTFOH