Nas - King’s Disease (Discussion Thread)
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I’ll be saying it until the cows come home.
Ultra Black is a fukking GEM
Ultra Black is a fukking GEM
Hit Boy laced this shyt perfectly for Nas. His price went up. Nas proving in 2020 that he's still got it and showing the world why he's arguably the greatest rhymer of all time. Every feature shined. You love to see it
Burger King
Beefin
Dre sounds weird these days both in Compton and this he does not sound anything like he used to
this shyt is flames!!
Nas phoned it in and was off beat and lazy lyrically the whole time
Cudi and Pusher was able to drop critically acclaimed albums with crazy Ye
He put a lot more effort on here
cudi album included tracks he did with plain oat that were previously recorded. Kanye just hopped on. Pusha worked on Daytona for weeks. Nasir was rushed and forced. There was no work out into that project and you can tell.
Waa listening driving to Castle Hill.
Got thru most of it.
I like it!
Im really feeling that Dave East shyt tho!
Gotta get on that Ran shyt too.
I still be playing that, "more money to count... more cheese amounts!"
Got thru most of it.
I like it!
Im really feeling that Dave East shyt tho!
Gotta get on that Ran shyt too.
I still be playing that, "more money to count... more cheese amounts!"
i love Nas as much as the next (logical) Nas fan, and he's always going to be my #1 favorite rapper
however, this album does not move me at all. seems blah, incomplete and with a lack of passion.
also disappointed in Hit Boy's beats. given his track record, thought he'd come with some diff sounding bangers.
i'll give it another couple spins, but not crazy about the sound or content.
it's fine because, in my mind, Nas' career truly closed with Life Is Good...all of this after that is just blah.
however, this album does not move me at all. seems blah, incomplete and with a lack of passion.
also disappointed in Hit Boy's beats. given his track record, thought he'd come with some diff sounding bangers.
i'll give it another couple spins, but not crazy about the sound or content.
it's fine because, in my mind, Nas' career truly closed with Life Is Good...all of this after that is just blah.
I just gave Nas - King's Disease a first listen. It's scary good.
Here are my notes
King's Disease -
talks Responsibility
those wasting time
Blue Benz -
Beat is perfect raw but clean
Chris Lighty reference -
story of female pimp friend
Car 85
Hip Hop
back in the day cars
wondering if Car 85 was some new York slang about dope cars?
Ultra Black
sounds better now - as part of the album
Nas is Hip Hop. Some big rappers went to Instagram and T.V - they are so far away
from what Nas is doing. How focused he is on the culture
Hit Boy - is killing it on the beats - incredible
27 Summers - JESUS CHRIST!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I had to pause it.
The beat is crazy dope. I never heard Hit Boy's beats before - he's fukking great.
I don't want to un-pause this....okay back
This is so good it's scary. Holy fukk! The samples used
Replace Me
I want to stop playing this album at this point. It's that good.
Till the War is won
Nas does good collabs with the youth
All Bad
All this relationship talk is actually intense - It's kinda hard to digest. No one is really
doing this in rap.
Talking about love and family and the fukkery. This makes this part of the album
Challenging to listen to. It's actually a tough listen. A Challenge.
The Definition
cool. Smooth - part of me wants more hardcore songs to balance it out.
I kill the shyt with my art
By the end of the song - it's great
Full Circle
Dope
Foxy Brown - killed it
Very dope - how they talk women - then Foxy comes in with the love in the end to balance it - crazy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Foxy killed it!
10 points - incredible
Cure - dope verse - Cappadonna lengthy Winter Warz verse style
Spicy Cool
Fivio - I hear he's big time, but his verse wasn't for me - talking about fukking other
dudes wives not caring - that's like a 1990s frame of mind. Still it's young rapper style.
The fact Nas can have a popular young rapper on his album is dope.
Dope - very dope - Hip Hop I love
Nas - King's Disease to me could be his second best album next to Illmatic. I don't
know. At this point his discography is so strong. He could be the true Goat.
Consistent, true to the craft. I don't know - it's just powerful long term music.
Nas is beyond a legend at this point. He is rare.
Drake, Fivio, French Montana, 50 - they can all do their thing.
Nas is something else though. He is very close to the core essence of rap.
2020 is shaping to be the greatest year for rap ever. It's like when a year is supposedly
hard - rap comes through with the soundtrack music to empower us.
This is such a major win for Nas. Another Big huge Win for Nas' legacy and Career. Jesus Christ Nas you did it!
Here are my notes
King's Disease -
talks Responsibility
those wasting time
Blue Benz -
Beat is perfect raw but clean
Chris Lighty reference -
story of female pimp friend
Car 85
Hip Hop
back in the day cars
wondering if Car 85 was some new York slang about dope cars?
Ultra Black
sounds better now - as part of the album
Nas is Hip Hop. Some big rappers went to Instagram and T.V - they are so far away
from what Nas is doing. How focused he is on the culture
Hit Boy - is killing it on the beats - incredible
27 Summers - JESUS CHRIST!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I had to pause it.
The beat is crazy dope. I never heard Hit Boy's beats before - he's fukking great.
I don't want to un-pause this....okay back
This is so good it's scary. Holy fukk! The samples used
Replace Me
I want to stop playing this album at this point. It's that good.
Till the War is won
Nas does good collabs with the youth
All Bad
All this relationship talk is actually intense - It's kinda hard to digest. No one is really
doing this in rap.
Talking about love and family and the fukkery. This makes this part of the album
Challenging to listen to. It's actually a tough listen. A Challenge.
The Definition
cool. Smooth - part of me wants more hardcore songs to balance it out.
I kill the shyt with my art
By the end of the song - it's great
Full Circle
Dope
Foxy Brown - killed it
Very dope - how they talk women - then Foxy comes in with the love in the end to balance it - crazy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Foxy killed it!
10 points - incredible
Cure - dope verse - Cappadonna lengthy Winter Warz verse style
Spicy Cool
Fivio - I hear he's big time, but his verse wasn't for me - talking about fukking other
dudes wives not caring - that's like a 1990s frame of mind. Still it's young rapper style.
The fact Nas can have a popular young rapper on his album is dope.
Dope - very dope - Hip Hop I love
Nas - King's Disease to me could be his second best album next to Illmatic. I don't
know. At this point his discography is so strong. He could be the true Goat.
Consistent, true to the craft. I don't know - it's just powerful long term music.
Nas is beyond a legend at this point. He is rare.
Drake, Fivio, French Montana, 50 - they can all do their thing.
Nas is something else though. He is very close to the core essence of rap.
2020 is shaping to be the greatest year for rap ever. It's like when a year is supposedly
hard - rap comes through with the soundtrack music to empower us.
This is such a major win for Nas. Another Big huge Win for Nas' legacy and Career. Jesus Christ Nas you did it!
I said it three years ago and nikkas doubted me but I was right.
I KNEW that Nas would come out swinging on his first album that dropped fully on Mass Appeal. He’s setting up the third chapter of his career with this album.
Chapter 1: Columbia era Illmatic-Streets Disciple
Chapter 2: Def Jam era Hip Hop Is Dead- Nasir
Chapter 3: Mass Appeal era King’s Disease
If you notice every Nas era begins and ends with a controversial album that also comes full circle within that era’s timeline. Illmatic To Streets Disciple marked Nas as the wise but fierce street poet turned Don and culminated in a merging of the two. Hip Is Dead to Nasir marked a conceptual and experimental stage where every album metaphorically stood for something greater than himself and culminated in a wild freewheeling undertaking between himself and the “mad scientist” Kanye West.
I’m EXTREMELY interested to see what King’s Disease ultimately unlocks within Nas for this third chapter.
I KNEW that Nas would come out swinging on his first album that dropped fully on Mass Appeal. He’s setting up the third chapter of his career with this album.
Chapter 1: Columbia era Illmatic-Streets Disciple
Chapter 2: Def Jam era Hip Hop Is Dead- Nasir
Chapter 3: Mass Appeal era King’s Disease
If you notice every Nas era begins and ends with a controversial album that also comes full circle within that era’s timeline. Illmatic To Streets Disciple marked Nas as the wise but fierce street poet turned Don and culminated in a merging of the two. Hip Is Dead to Nasir marked a conceptual and experimental stage where every album metaphorically stood for something greater than himself and culminated in a wild freewheeling undertaking between himself and the “mad scientist” Kanye West.
I’m EXTREMELY interested to see what King’s Disease ultimately unlocks within Nas for this third chapter.