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

[JoelB]

You can def feel NaS sounds like hes warming up on this record

On Light---Years, the rapping is top shelf for 2025

I made the fade famous, the chain famous
QB on my chest match the stainless
Amazing Grace, I'm gracefully aging
Without masonry, I made more paper to play with
No rap in my playlist, sold dimes on my day shift (King)
So, can I breathe? Can I walk? Can I speak? Can I talk?
Can I floss without you wanting me outlined in chalk?
Family gossiping, pocket watching him
Jealousy keeps blossoming, ain't let it box me in (King)
'Cause you are not a king if you can't come out a thing
That you got yourself in, claiming nobody helping

 

[ADP]

For everyone curious about sales

https://www.hitsdailydouble.com/news/chart-final-republic-and-savage-2025-12-19

#46 debut. 21k

Higher first week than Magic 2 and 3. On par with Magic 1.

They WON against Perry Como, KDot and Drake & his bf.

NOW I can safely bump the album...

 

[I'm Blackman]

I just put KD1 on. That shyt got

Kings Disease
Blue Benz
Car #85
Ultra Black
27 Summers
All Bad
Full Circle ft The Firm
10 Points
The Cure (That beat switch )


Yall really got Light Years over this?

Bro....people seriously underrate KD 1.......the 2nd verse on Blue Benz alone.....

 

[bigdaddy88]

music taste is definitely subjective idk how this album ranks in the same atmosphere as illmatic, ITW, GS, Stillmatic, KD3 ,2 and 1 never mind magic...this shyt too me is middle of the pack not trash but neither nas nor premos best. the fact i only like half the album says it all

 

[JoelB]

Bro....people seriously underrate KD 1.......the 2nd verse on Blue Benz alone.....

Breh even the "weaker" nas albums got so much fire on them, its skews the way people rate them.

 

[I'm Blackman]

Breh even the "weaker" nas albums got so much fire on them, its skews the way people rate them.

it does. we grade him on a crazy curve.

 

[Soymuscle Mike]

music taste is definitely subjective idk how this album ranks in the same atmosphere as illmatic, ITW, GS, Stillmatic, KD3 ,2 and 1 never mind magic...this shyt too me is middle of the pack not trash but neither nas nor premos best. the fact i only like half the album says it all

For me it doesn't either.

There's the elite Nas albums, pretty much what you just named and I would add Untitled, Distant Relatives, Life is Good and Lost Tapes.

Then there's the great to good albums, which is where I would add I Am, Streets Disciple, Lost Tapes II, Magic II and Light---Years. A lot of heat but some low points as well which cannot be ignored.

Then there's the mid ones, some standout songs but some not so much. Nastradamus, The Firm Album, HipHop Is Dead & Nasir. Individually I like a lot of those songs, LIFE WE CHOSE is one of my favorite songs ever - those albums are mostly just poorly sequenced and feel like they were thrown together. Very messy and I don't enjoy listening to them as a whole.

I don't think he's ever dropped front to back wack album, not even close to it

 

[Alexander Wiggin]

Where can we see this in full ?

 

[bigdaddy88]

For me it doesn't either.

There's the elite Nas albums, pretty much what you just named and I would add Untitled, Distant Relatives, Life is Good and Lost Tapes.

Then there's the great to good albums, which is where I would add I Am, Streets Disciple, Lost Tapes II, Magic II and Light---Years. A lot of heat but some low points as well which cannot be ignored.

Then there's the mid ones, some standout songs but some not so much. Nastradamus, The Firm Album, HipHop Is Dead & Nasir. Individually I like a lot of those songs, LIFE WE CHOSE is one of my favorite songs ever - those albums are mostly just poorly sequenced and feel like they were thrown together. Very messy and I don't enjoy listening to them as a whole.

I don't think he's ever dropped front to back wack album, not even close to it

Exactly this is far from wack but does not deserve to be mentioned with those..here and on x nikkas wilding...

P.s how did I forget untitled that's a personal classic

 

[kes929]

21 K first week.

 

[Lonj]

For everyone curious about sales

https://www.hitsdailydouble.com/news/chart-final-republic-and-savage-2025-12-19

#46 debut. 21k

Higher first week than Magic 2 and 3. On par with Magic 1.

I saw that 5k thread when it was at 0 replies. I knew it was blatant misinformation but I felt like even replying to it was feeding the troll.

 

[JYoung24]

Lupe made one of my favorite songs ever. Kick Push

I dont give a damn about skateboarding

Nas dont have that flair anymore to make shyt sound dope is the issue

Your bugging he made that shyt dope as fukk

 

[Budda]

He would have easily done 60k with the right promo and features maybe even 80

Nas has always been his own biggest enemy when it comes to fully getting the most out of his commercial appeal, not popping to studio sessions with Big and Lauryn Hill on blockbuster albums because he was too high, not doing promo runs, interviews and collaborating with the right people who were popping at the time….

He just hasn’t cared for that side of things as much as some rappers, and that is something that is commendable at the same time, a true artist.

 

[JYoung24]

This is fine. It catches some pretty big wind in the middle with Pause Tapes and lasts for quite a bit. But this is very much a passion project/legacy act from a legacy artist, even if its my favorite artist. Not a big fan of repurposing NYSOM, but not opposed to the Billy Joel flip, felt like it could have gone to a different idea.

Its comfort food, which is better than what I can say for Magic 2 and 3.

Magic 2 was fire and magic 3 is classic its too early me to compare light years to any of those hit boy albums there too different

 

[Bigblackted4]

I enjoy it with each listen. I still can’t get into Welcome to the Underground though.

Funny enough, that song sounds better when he’s performing it live.

Beat was horrible