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

[The Dust King]

After letting this shyt marinate for a few days I have to say a lot of beats on this shyt ain’t hitting and it pains me to say that the hit boy albums hit way harder than this shyt

im sayin tho

WHERES THE SAMPLES

 

[Prolific_1011]

Smh at anyone critiquing the Crypto/investment talk. "Git Ready" is so dope because it pretty much reflects what the concept of "Light Years" is. Like Nas said in the Budden interview, it's about how far Hip Hop has come along. So for him to flip the drug talk into the tech talk is perfect. Lol at that type of talk making any grown man's skin crawl. Pathetic.

Some weird comments in this thread. Some dude actually thought it was weak that Nas dedicated a song to female rappers. Only an insecure, incel weirdo would say something like that.

This is why I don't even take a lot of opinions on here seriously.

Album is flames.

 

[New Jeruzalem Journalist]

probably wouldnt have a ngga who talks sh!t interview him

ill leave that up to jersey tho, yall down bad

Hey! There will be no Blaq Poet slander NOR any Jersey slander round here.

 

[Wepa Man]

It’s probably been said but Nasty Esco Nasir is

Just…wow

My Favorite song

 

[Ziggiy]

Smh at anyone critiquing the Cryto/investment talk. "Git Ready" is so dope because it pretty much reflects what the concept of "Light Years" is. Like Nas said in the Budden interview, it's about how far Hip Hop has come along. So for him to flip the drug talk into the tech talk is perfect. Lol at that type of talk making any grown man's skin crawl. Pathetic.

Some weird comments in this thread. Some dude actually thought it was weak that Nas dedicated a song to female rappers. Only an insecure, incel weirdo would say something like that.

This is why I don't even take a lot of opinions on here seriously.

Album is flames.

Bu bu but…He didn’t shoutout Princess Loko!!!

 

[Cladyclad]

@Cladyclad this shyt >>>>>>> Magna Carta Holy shyt. Lol. Least this shyt ain’t got gay runway music.

3 million plus vs 12k

Im following the crowd with this one

Bill Parcel

 

[qnsfinest]

3 million plus vs 12k

Im following the crowd with this one

Bill Parcel

I would never disrespect another person’s personal opinion on music and their taste. if you think nas is wack or has been for yrs that’s your opinion and doesn’t bother me at all.

The only question i have is, do you always form your opinion on the quality of an album by how many records is sells?

 

[HNIC973]

I would never disrespect another person’s personal opinion on music and their taste. if you think nas is wack or has been for yrs that’s your opinion and doesn’t bother me at all.

The only question i have is, do you always form your opinion on the quality of an album by how many records is sells?

fam he is a Jay stan of course he does. The best Jay album by a mile the last 18 years is AG actually sold the least. Jay has released nothing but mid since that album

 

[qnsfinest]

fam he is a Jay stan of course he does. The best Jay album by a mile the last 18 years is AG actually sold the least. Jay has released nothing but mid since that album

I know his shtick, he’s been doing it for years. I just wanna know from him, is the quality of an album soley based off record sales or not.

 

[LevelUp]

 

[Cladyclad]

I would never disrespect another person’s personal opinion on music and their taste. if you think nas is wack or has been for yrs that’s your opinion and doesn’t bother me at all.

The only question i have is, do you always form your opinion on the quality of an album by how many records is sells?

Anyone with ears is picking that Jay album over this weak ass albun

 

[Cladyclad]

Wtf do jay z has to do with this thread

Talk about how amazing Git Ready is brothers

 

[qnsfinest]

Anyone with ears is picking that Jay album over this weak ass albun

You can pick magna carter over light years or any recent Nas album. Im fine with that.

But you never answered. And I didn’t bring Jay up in this thread, I was only responding to your post about magna selling 3 mil over 10k for this album

 

[2ATMsYouSteppinOrWhat]

i really need to listen to this album that way i can properly trash this project

 

[brianwuzhere]

Keep seeing the lack of Define My Name being brought up. I think the coming soon outro shows it clearly has no place in the tracklist other than as a bonus, but Nas was laying the foundation for the nostalgic vision of what they would eventually create in those early verses.

"From a time when weed was stronger, today's streets are calmer
They used to kill for shades, sneaks and bombers
Uh, my name existed forever
Before Christians came in America, even better
When click sounds of they mouths was language for humans
With stick figures in caves, my name's written fluent
Nasty like way before even Rome had a sewage
For fifty thousand years ago if I could choose this origin"

"The definition of my name probably started where
I rode the E train, fingers covered in ink stains
Writin' was like an escape, excitedly leave the beat flamed
It was Ra, Kane, Kool G and Kris
Few names like Cool James, 'Face, Cube and Rick
That was musically sick, successful and unnatural
I throw they songs in a cyanide capsule"