Albums Nas & DJ Premier - Light-Years (Discussion Thread)

[Tribal Outkast]

I had to preview the comments and they didn’t disappoint

People be doing the most to say they don’t like some shyt Nas did. It’s hilarious at this point

 

[Stick Up Kid]

Illmatic wasn’t a commercial success. It took 7 years to go platinum. So you had to really like and appreciate Nas to even KNOW about his album outside of New York back then. I grew up in New Orleans. No one was checking for Nas down there.

You can get up off the floor now.



Mad at my opinion?

You sound emotionally hurt.. nikka talkin about being in line buying a Nas album in 1994…

It’s just music fam… log off

 

[HiiiPower]

to each his own Nas actually rapping his ass on here. I actually feel the album is solid but this what I expected from Preemo at this stage. If you haven't fukked with his production the last 5 years this does nothing to change the opinion

Nas is Nas, of course hes great here, but I really can’t get past the flat production all throughout this

 

[Jigganaut]

I had to preview the comments and they didn’t disappoint

People be doing the most to say they don’t like some shyt Nas did. It’s hilarious at this point

The fact that you care is even worse in my opinion.

 

[Tribal Outkast]

The fact that you care is even worse in my opinion.

Don’t have to care to call it out.

 

[Wig Twistin Season]

You sound emotionally hurt.. nikka talkin about being in line buying a Nas album in 1994…

It’s just music fam… log off

You quoted me. I didn’t know you existed 30 minutes ago. If you took my opinion as emotional…



Ok..



Now what?

While you continue to master typing with a dikk down your throat, I’m gonna get my day started.

 

[King Poetic]

Source Mic Rating

3 mics

A few good tracks but overall not feeling Preme production, still has those 90s sound and Nas sound just feel like he just wanted to do anything without that much effort

 

[Tribal Outkast]

To quote AZ, “y’all wanted this this what y’all wanted”

There was no way you didn’t know what you were walking into with this album. Not possible.

That’s my thing. These guys are doing what they do on this album… these fact that you got an album like this from them 30 plus years in the game is saying a lot. I’m just going to appreciate what I got from these guys.

 

[Alexander Wiggin]

Source Mic Rating

3 mics

A few good tracks but overall not feeling Preme production, still has those 90s sound and Nas sound just feel like he just wanted to do anything without that much effort

That's the problem, this is not 90's sound. This is 2025 beats trying to sound 90ish. I knew Premo for his ego wouldn't dig into his unreleased catalog to give old beats but would craft new beats to prove he still got it. He tried to produce an album rather than give Nas a collection of beats, and I give him credits for that, but considering the anticipation for this project it was a bad call. He needed slappers and they barely came

 

[Tetris v2.0]

Will give more thoughts later, but I like the album

Some of the concerns around production are valid, but also overblown

This is the most backpacker 5 elements album Nas has made and that's a good thing

A lot of fan service on the album too

Some of the beats don't do it for me, maybe 3-4 but I mostly like everything else on here

I like the NYSOM beat

 

[Al Simmons]

Passes the whip test. I change my stance on the Preme beats. It's what we asked for. Straight 90s grimey shyt. Nas pen game is just above everything else. 4.8 outta 5 for me.

 

[Peter Popoff]

I'm sorry but can someone reproduce this album?

6/10 - lyrics on point

Beats are

 

[Ellen Degeneres]

Writers is an unreal song to come into existence. NYSOM Pt 3 to me is like a Manhattan tyc00n type flip on the originals, but it's still grimy and paranoid. That's dope how he's relating that part of NY to his own growth. I wouldn't be surprised if they made that shortly after the casino deal went through. The lyrical and musical perspective shifts on this album are CRAZY. Also, when listening to Bouquet you gotta realize how hard it is to write a song like that without coming off corny. This shyt is a masterpiece of lyricism. To me this has far more depth than the Hit Boy projects.

 

[Animal House]

As usual nikkas in here speaking on Premos production

This shyt is dope I’ll be play this and the Conway for the rest of the year. And absolutely killed this

 

[Peter Popoff]

Passes the whip test. I change my stance on the Preme beats. It's what we asked for. Straight 90s grimey shyt. Nas pen game is just above everything else. 4.8 outta 5 for me.

Bet, I'll give it a whip test. Probably sounds better if I was back home. They gotta grow on me.