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

[HiiiPower]

Saying it’s worse than Nasir is egregious

respectfully disagree

 

[Cladyclad]

Kind of reminds me of Royce's & Preem's Prhyme album which i did enjoy. It's a mature album which is cool for Nas at the moment. I don't know why people shytting on it. I just wish there was some more features.

Prhyme is a 8/10

This is 5/10
After the release week i will never listen again. That song about female rappers is embarrassing

 

[HiiiPower]

Preemo is getting absolutely cooked on twitter

 

[Ziggiy]

This is my ranking so far, might change latter

Untitled deserves more respect

 

[HiiiPower]

Kind of reminds me of Royce's & Preem's Prhyme album which i did enjoy. It's a mature album which is cool for Nas at the moment. I don't know why people shytting on it. I just wish there was some more features.

Pryme (the first one) was waay better, now Nas on those beats??

 

[NormanConnors]

I retired from writing album reviews but this project is really giving me the itch to cook something up one more time.

This is truly truly an incredible piece of work. I didn’t think Nas could possibly top what he did lyrically and flow-wise on Magic, Kings Disease 3, Magic 2 and Magic 3. All of those albums he was rapping his absolute ASS off but its crazy listening to Light-Years its clear he still had another to reach. I also think its for certain now that he used, at the very least the last three Hit-Boy projects as warm ups for this right here. The flows he’s able to pull off so effortlessly, the precision of the writing, the pockets with which he’s rapping, are all God Tier. There are no wasted bars, which is why the minimalist production on some of the tracks works in Nas favor. Premier understood that Nas’s lyricism is always going to be the star of the show, so he doesn’t try to compete with Nas, rather he gives him a sonic landscape with which to craft his vignettes that serve as the ultimate love letter to an era that many consider the very backbone of Hip Hop.

I’ve got to give it more spins & the whip test before I could possibly rank it within Nas discography. But I can safely say this is my Album of The Year. There’s not a single human being living on planet earth who could have done what Nas did on this album. And DJ Premier did NOT disappoint. This batch of beats are some of his best work since 2019’s One Of The Best Yet. He came to show and he indeed PROVE.


But NAS man. The only thing more I can say is that the following is exactly how I feel about Nas over the last five years.

Excellent piece, and I'm glad you understand the bold print. Preem has always done that in regard to working with Nas.

 

[BK The Great]

Prhyme is a 8/10

This is 5/10
After the release week i will never listen again. That song about female rappers is embarrassing

Way too early to even put a score on this album, i'm gonna have to sit with this and then figure out if it has staying power. I mean this is what i expected from Nas & Premier in 2025

 

[dj-method-x]

As disjointed as the first half is, I really really love My Life is Real.

 

[Tetris v2.0]

That PRhyme/Adrian Yonge shyt was NOT better than this, stop it lol

PRhyme 2 is actually terrible

 

[Cladyclad]

Way too early to even put a score on this album, i'm gonna have to sit with this and then figure out if it has staying power. I mean this is what i expected from Nas & Premier in 2025

shyt it may be lower if i keep listening

Nas has only on subject

Queens in the 80s and 90s

Moved the fukk on lol

 

[Pop123]

We back to the “Nas has weak beats” thing again? . Bout to run thru this on the treadmill later. Glad to see most saying Nas was smokin shhit tho, . I was never the biggest Premier person anyway so , my expectations weren’t high production wise from the door so should be fun to listen to, not expecting “Illmatic”

 

[Rekkapryde]

Preme how many times we gotta tell em !!!

 

[Lil Bape the PostGod]

production sounds like a 13 year old producer trying to make 1992 dj premier type beats for YouTube

Yikes

 

[BK The Great]

Pryme (the first one) was waay better, now Nas on those beats??

Nas was definitely looking for a balanced mature approach with this, not many dark beats on here but it would've been nice to have some stuff where he totally spazzes out on. Something like this would've been cool.

 

[Artfull Dodger]

Untitled deserves more respect

i knew you wouldnt take Untitled's placement when i saw that post