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

[VegetasHairline]

You’re a weirdo. And it’s not cause of this. I know ur post history.

He is. Son weird af. And he’s wrong about the sales anyway.

Of course he’s known him for 30 years just like plenty of other rappers. Still doesn’t explain why YOUR weird tho.

Just ignore his bozo babble. He's a junkie.

 

[mson]

I think it's weird nas has so many videos with Diddy

There's a lot more .


Let me know if your interested in seeing them

Post them. I've seen him hang with Puff many times. Here's another one.



Guess what? I don't give a fukk!

 

[IllmaticDelta]

You good? You seem desperate for attention.

 

[ROFL_GUY]

Of course he’s known him for 30 years just like plenty of other rappers. Still doesn’t explain why YOUR weird tho.

I'm not on video booed up with a convicted rapists

 

[ROFL_GUY]

 

[Izanami]

People who like this album, is there a memorable moment on here?

Last verse on Sons
Last verse on Its Time
Nasty Esco Nasir: vintage creative style Nas on this. Great beat by Preem
Nas & AZ going back and forth. They killed it
The beat on Writers and Madman
I really like Junky

 

[T.he I.nformant]

Premier, you my nikka because we became the men our mothers prayed for
Maybe even exceeded they expectations or maybe they always knew
While tyin' up our baby shoes, what was waitin' that brewed
In the souls of a chosen few, this ain't just talk, it's true

 

[waynep]

This album is 4 mics. A strong 4 mics. Nas just walk away they don't appreciate you anymore unfortunately. I literally disagree with every single popular critique about this album. The only thing it's missing is one universal undeniable banger. Giving Nysom 3 another title and maybe taking off Git Ready. album.

 

[waynep]

Where does Nasty Esco Nasir rank in terms of Alter Ego songs in Hip-Hop history?? Has to be pretty high.

 

[Prolific_1011]

This album is 4 mics. A strong 4 mics. Nas just walk away they don't appreciate you anymore unfortunately. I literally disagree with every single popular critique about this album. The only thing it's missing is one universal undeniable banger. Giving Nysom 3 another title and maybe taking off Git Ready. album.

Agree (album is 4.5 mics to me). However, I wouldn't take off Git Ready (dope rhymes over a nice "old school" beat). I do wish the beat on Your Story, My Story would've incorporated a more melodic piano loop, though.

 

[spliz]

This album is 4 mics. A strong 4 mics. Nas just walk away they don't appreciate you anymore unfortunately. I literally disagree with every single popular critique about this album. The only thing it's missing is one universal undeniable banger. Giving Nysom 3 another title and maybe taking off Git Ready. album.

Git Ready is fire.

 

[REdefinition]

 

[CrossBones]

Album is crazy. I love this shyt. I listened to Marci's and Ransom's collaborative albums with Primo before this one so I knew what to expect. I couldn't put my finger on it at first, but I thought the beats he's doing now sound the way they do because Premier using the new MPCs or something. A different high end and mids to em. We're used to a lot of thump from Premier. That's part of what's throwing people off. Then someone said that he's using sample packs and shyt from Marci Polo (and others I'm sure) and it all clicked. That's what it is. The samples are new loops and replayed shyt. It all makes sense. Even Hit Boy does this. It's a new industry standard to have "beat makers" send in compositions and the producer to loop or chop em. It's not the same as what were used to because they're not sending whole songs. No breaks, no bridge, no outro. Parts that are notorious for being chopped up and put in.

All in all, I enjoyed this more than any new Nas shyt besides Magic 1. Dj Premier still has ideas and vision to make an album into art, but the source he's flipping from isn't what we're used to. The sample pool feels sort of shallow compared to the greats he sampled from before. It bumps but it's not the same. Still my favorite album of the year next to Ghost and Mobb's. These all feel like complete albums, and have songs that blend together track to track without being generic and repetitive. Nas was on something and this album lyrically is the best I've heard in years from anyone. Dj Premier still held it down but we know it's not what could have been. Sample loop packs ain't the same.

 

[Ziggiy]

Nas & DJ Premier "Light-Years" Album Review

Nas’s enduring lyrical skill shines over DJ Premier’s production in a way that serves as a fitting conclusion to the Legend Has It series.

www.hotnewhiphop.com

 

[Figaro]

“It’s Time” is getting serious play from me recently.