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

[ArchStanton]

I might be the only that fukks with Welcome To The Underground

I like it! I tend to have weird taste though. And I do think there was another level to that song that never happened but I still like it.

 

[Cladyclad]

Who do u listen to? Why are u in every Nas thread? This is mental illness kid. lol.

we went through this before

We had ban bet. Which was proven false. You should be perm banned but i let you live. Dont rehash that brother

 

[ArchStanton]

I finally had a chance to play this alone in the car last night and I felt some kind of way because it wasn't thumping at all...and I was like shyt, the detractors are right, this isn't knocking at all. WTF.

Then I went to settings and noticed one of my kids had messed with the bass setting and set it to negative 2. God damn.

 

[KingsOfKings]

 

[KingsOfKings]

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[((ReFleXioN)) EteRNaL]

nikkas tryna tell me Kendrick did THAT lyrically on GNX aren’t serious people. lol.

I truly don't understand what's so special about these raps. I must be missing something cause there's definitely nothing mind blowing here. especially compared to Nas in his prime. What exactly stands out here?....I mean it's definitely good. But nothing to be going crazy over. I've heard better from Benny and Conway to be honest. Much better.


I moved the dial to improve the sound
Years later got a Sony stereo-system
No comparison with the boombox, my livin' room knocks
My nikka Mayo next door, he bangin' on the wall, told us to stop
Take me back, drugs and money, we crudie, lungs smoky
Fiends in the hallway, bummy, just finished the Old E
Music savin' our lives, just listen and gettin' fried to underrated MC's
Sprayin' somethin' to hide the aroma
Still in my mom's cribs, was young and lazy
Quit school 'cause I needed fly shyt, the fiends would page me
Not tryin' to be locked on a big Queen's crazy
Guess jeans and Polo jacket, just in the crib causing all this racket
Always knew I was the verbal assassin



There's absolutely no way you can honestly say these raps are better than this. It's not even possible.


I did past life regression last year and it fukked me up
Reincarnated on this earth for a hundred plus
Body after body, lesson after lesson
Let's take it back to Michigan 1947
My father kicked me out the house 'cause I wouldn't listen to him
I didn't care about his influence, only loved what I was doin'
Gifted as a musician, I played guitar on a grand level
The most talented where I'm from, but I had to rebel
And so I'm off in the sunset, searchin' for my place in the world
With my guitar up on my hip as the story unfurled
I found myself with a pocket full of money
And a whole lot of respect, while the record business loved me
I was head of rhythm and blues
The women that fell to they feet, so many to choose
But I manipulated power, as I lied to the masses
Died with my money, gluttony was too attractive
Another life had placed me as a black woman in a Chitlin' Circuit
Seductive vocalist as the promoter hit the curtains
My voice was angelic, straight from heaven, the crowd sobbed
A musical genius what the articles emphasized
Had everything I wanted, but I couldn't escape addiction
Heroin needles had me in fetal position, restricted
Turned on my family, I went wherever cameras be
Cocaine, no private planes for my insanity
Self-indulged, discipline never been my sentiments
I needed drugs, to me, an 8-ball was like penicillin
fukk love, my happiness was in that brown sugar
Sex and melodies gave me hope when nobody's lookin'
My first assistant was a small-town scholar
Never did a Quaalude 'til I got myself around her
My daddy looked the other way, he saw sin in me
I died with syringes pinched in me
Reincarnated


You can actually see the clear difference in their writing now. Kendrick's writing is much more fleshed out where Nas is more focused on singular tight fitting bars. Kendricks writing is more similar to how Nas used to write back in the day. You can tell Kendrick just hits the pad and starts writing freely like an actual author would. His writing flows seamlessly from one line to the next. And GNX actually wasn't even Kendrick trying to go crazy lyrically. He came with a commercial album after the success of the battle and was more focused on creating commercial hits. He was really only focused on rapping for like 4 songs. But it's very obvious that when Kendrick goes crazy he's a better writer and rapper than Nas today.

 

[I'm Blackman]

Really enjoying the album. I gotta live with it some more before my final rating.

Pause tapes brings back childhood memories. Madman beat. nasty/Nasir/Escobar concept.



Nas the goat.....the man is so far ahead of everybody. Damn. Whole verses of hip-hop quotables. One thing that makes him special as an artist (groups like OutKast, etc.) is the same thing that made Prince special....they do what they want to do and really don't care how people feel. That's how you get polarizing daring art.



That said Im enjoying the album-played it like 5 times now-but if others don't like it or think its mid-thats cool. All art isn't for everybody.

 

[HNIC973]

Since yesterday was God's Son anniversary just 1 post about Nas elite concepts creative writing

Look how we treat pregnancy, women in the hood
Our values so low, our values are no good
Things our mothers told us we should've heeded
'Cause now we need it, we older, almost able t—
I'm jealous of you, how come you so beautiful?
Smellin' fresh, youthful, intelligent, while I'm stressin' and shyt
Ayo, I envy you 'cause all you do is smile
And things come your way
Such a innocent child is what some say
I get upset 'cause I just want to be treated the way you are
Like a star, not a worry in this world thus far
But wait a minute, we both need your mother's attention
I must be crazy, jealous of my own baby infant (Kinda crazy)

Stop playing with this dude. He was doing that creative writing shyt when your fav was still on training wheels

 

[ArchStanton]

A few random thoughts--I'm a Kendrick fan but we just saw Kendrick try to basically redo One Mic and I think One Mic stands as a much better record. I don't agree at all that Nas can't put together songs. In fact he's one of the best at it. So is Kendrick.

Da Brat didn't get a mention on Bouquet unless I missed it. Which is interesting just because of how deep he went on a lot of the names.

Anyone mad at Premier for the beats has to be mad at Nas as well, they did this together. Premier didn't fly the beats in and say these are the 15 you get, good luck, deal with it and make a record.

 

[2ATMsYouSteppinOrWhat]

nikkas tryna tell me Kendrick did THAT lyrically on GNX aren’t serious people. lol.

Reincarnated>Pause Tapes

 

[Budda]

I'm sorry but treating Welcome To The Underground like a single to sell your album is insane. Not exactly Al Jarreau Of Rap status but what are we doing man. What is going on. Nothing about this makes sense. The rollout, the single, multiple things being steered to Ian's clients. I feel like I'm being trolled.

Mass Appeal sometimes, smh lol

 

[2ATMsYouSteppinOrWhat]

A few random thoughts--I'm a Kendrick fan but we just saw Kendrick try to basically redo One Mic and I think One Mic stands as a much better record. I don't agree at all that Nas can't put together songs. In fact he's one of the best at it. So is Kendrick.

Da Brat didn't get a mention on Bouquet unless I missed it. Which is interesting just because of how deep he went on a lot of the names.

Anyone mad at Premier for the beats has to be mad at Nas as well, they did this together. Premier didn't fly the beats in and say these are the 15 you get, good luck, deal with it and make a record.

Only thing One Mic got over Man At The Garden is energy/delivery

Thats where it edges it out

 

[spliz]

Reincarnated>Pause Tapes

Nasty Esco Nasir >>>> Reincarnated lyrically.

 

[spliz]

Only thing One Mic got over Man At The Garden is energy/delivery

Thats where it edges it out

It’s better in every single fukking way. Energy, beat. Lyrics. Concept. Everything. There is literally NOTHING about Man At The Garden that’s better than One Mic.

 

[spliz]

I truly don't understand what's so special about these raps. I must be missing something cause there's definitely nothing mind blowing here. especially compared to Nas in his prime. What exactly stands out here?....I mean it's definitely good. But nothing to be going crazy over. I've heard better from Benny and Conway to be honest. Much better.


I moved the dial to improve the sound
Years later got a Sony stereo-system
No comparison with the boombox, my livin' room knocks
My nikka Mayo next door, he bangin' on the wall, told us to stop
Take me back, drugs and money, we crudie, lungs smoky
Fiends in the hallway, bummy, just finished the Old E
Music savin' our lives, just listen and gettin' fried to underrated MC's
Sprayin' somethin' to hide the aroma
Still in my mom's cribs, was young and lazy
Quit school 'cause I needed fly shyt, the fiends would page me
Not tryin' to be locked on a big Queen's crazy
Guess jeans and Polo jacket, just in the crib causing all this racket
Always knew I was the verbal assassin



There's absolutely no way you can honestly say these raps are better than this. It's not even possible.


I did past life regression last year and it fukked me up
Reincarnated on this earth for a hundred plus
Body after body, lesson after lesson
Let's take it back to Michigan 1947
My father kicked me out the house 'cause I wouldn't listen to him
I didn't care about his influence, only loved what I was doin'
Gifted as a musician, I played guitar on a grand level
The most talented where I'm from, but I had to rebel
And so I'm off in the sunset, searchin' for my place in the world
With my guitar up on my hip as the story unfurled
I found myself with a pocket full of money
And a whole lot of respect, while the record business loved me
I was head of rhythm and blues
The women that fell to they feet, so many to choose
But I manipulated power, as I lied to the masses
Died with my money, gluttony was too attractive
Another life had placed me as a black woman in a Chitlin' Circuit
Seductive vocalist as the promoter hit the curtains
My voice was angelic, straight from heaven, the crowd sobbed
A musical genius what the articles emphasized
Had everything I wanted, but I couldn't escape addiction
Heroin needles had me in fetal position, restricted
Turned on my family, I went wherever cameras be
Cocaine, no private planes for my insanity
Self-indulged, discipline never been my sentiments
I needed drugs, to me, an 8-ball was like penicillin
fukk love, my happiness was in that brown sugar
Sex and melodies gave me hope when nobody's lookin'
My first assistant was a small-town scholar
Never did a Quaalude 'til I got myself around her
My daddy looked the other way, he saw sin in me
I died with syringes pinched in me
Reincarnated


You can actually see the clear difference in their writing now. Kendrick's writing is much more fleshed out where Nas is more focused on singular tight fitting bars. Kendricks writing is more similar to how Nas used to write back in the day. You can tell Kendrick just hits the pad and starts writing freely like an actual author would. His writing flows seamlessly from one line to the next. And GNX actually wasn't even Kendrick trying to go crazy lyrically. He came with a commercial album after the success of the battle and was more focused on creating commercial hits. He was really only focused on rapping for like 4 songs. But it's very obvious that when Kendrick goes crazy he's a better writer and rapper than Nas today.

Yo bytch ass aint even post the whole verse. U a fukkin cornball don’t quote me no more.