Hamza B.
Pro
I Am is a solid album. I Want To Talk To You and Ghetto Prisoners are classics to me. 
I don't care what anyone says. The only track I always skipped was Big Things because Nas could not do that fast/midwest flow to save his life.
I don't care what anyone says. The only track I always skipped was Big Things because Nas could not do that fast/midwest flow to save his life.
Homeboy Runny-Ray
From Around The Way
Igloo Stix
Pro
We have different definitions of "prime," but cool. Face had an incredible 12 year run full of great material.
malbaker86
Gators
His most complete album and my favorite Nas album
agree 100%NY State Of Mind
Hate Me Now
Small World
Favor For A Favor
We Will Survive
Ghetto Prisonersbeat is
You Won't See Me Tonight
I Want To Talk To You
Dr Knockboot
Life Is What You Make It
Big Things
Nas Is Like
Kissing
Money Is My bytch
Undying Love
I was just listening to small world last night driving. That song, beat, and vivid story telling was just marvelous and the same can be said about undying love track. In my opinion If you take out the dr knockboot & I want to talk to you tracks you have a certified classic. I still believe after illmatic/stillmatic, I am was his most complete album then it was written and god's son.
And for the poster who said it was written was seen as a sophomore slump back then was correct, but it was hard coming back from illmatic, kinda like Michael with thriller or cube with death certificate or other artists who put out an great album and the one after isn't seen in the same light.
I think nas would like to forget Nastradamus ever happened.
- NY2
- Hate me now
- Nas is like
- Undying love (I like it for the effort)
the rest were just cool
but big things was the first wack solo Nas song
3/5
Had a group rip of the double album of this back then, think cms or rns was the group?? Bought the butchered version of it at the store for about 25 bucks and was pissed. Thought it was trash then but the album has really high highs and probably one of the best written songs in hip hop - undying love.
Good 4/5 album that shoulda been great. Nas gotta look back at 1999 with a lot of frustration because he recorded an album that was one of his greatest achievements but with the bootlegging and label politics got spread across 4 projects
I Am one of the most interesting albums in Nas career though, not just the backstory but as a reflection of major label releases at that time, how Nas overall fanbase was different from others and how his albums got judged based on that
General consensus this album was dope when it dropped. Got played everywhere spring and summer of 99. Nas Is Like and Hate Me Now are iconic tracks. NYSOM2, Small World and Undying Love among Nas best tracks, fan favorite classics. Favor For A Favor and Life Is What You Make It are heaters. You Won't See Me Tonight should have been the third single, they dropped that in July with a Hype Williams video it woulda been huge. We Will Survive and Ghetto Prisoners good songs. Dr. Knockboot and Money Is My bytch are fun tracks, goofy but entertaining, but a big portion of Nas fanbase hate anything lighthearted from him. Album is too long, too much filler, not as cohesive as it coulda been but that was the era. The label wanted your street tracks, your tracks for the ladies, your tracks for the club, your tracks for down south or out west, your heartfelt track with the soft R&B beat and hook.
Nas occupied this weird space where he was a big star in the rap world but almost never crossed over outside a couple tracks. Time this album dropped, he was more high profile than like Mobb Deep or Raekwon who he share a lot in common with, but never fully reached the mainstream audience like Jay and DMX, and he tried to keep one foot in each lane. So you got a large portion of his fans that straight up hated shyt like Hate Me Now, You Won't See Me Tonight, Dr Knockboot, Money Is My bytch, KISSING. And they were loud about it. But same time, they were only 20% of his sales
I Am one of the most interesting albums in Nas career though, not just the backstory but as a reflection of major label releases at that time, how Nas overall fanbase was different from others and how his albums got judged based on that
General consensus this album was dope when it dropped. Got played everywhere spring and summer of 99. Nas Is Like and Hate Me Now are iconic tracks. NYSOM2, Small World and Undying Love among Nas best tracks, fan favorite classics. Favor For A Favor and Life Is What You Make It are heaters. You Won't See Me Tonight should have been the third single, they dropped that in July with a Hype Williams video it woulda been huge. We Will Survive and Ghetto Prisoners good songs. Dr. Knockboot and Money Is My bytch are fun tracks, goofy but entertaining, but a big portion of Nas fanbase hate anything lighthearted from him. Album is too long, too much filler, not as cohesive as it coulda been but that was the era. The label wanted your street tracks, your tracks for the ladies, your tracks for the club, your tracks for down south or out west, your heartfelt track with the soft R&B beat and hook.
Nas occupied this weird space where he was a big star in the rap world but almost never crossed over outside a couple tracks. Time this album dropped, he was more high profile than like Mobb Deep or Raekwon who he share a lot in common with, but never fully reached the mainstream audience like Jay and DMX, and he tried to keep one foot in each lane. So you got a large portion of his fans that straight up hated shyt like Hate Me Now, You Won't See Me Tonight, Dr Knockboot, Money Is My bytch, KISSING. And they were loud about it. But same time, they were only 20% of his sales