Nas - King’s Disease (Discussion Thread)

[Mike the Executioner]

I don't know why, but "No rap in my playlist" is one of the best lines on the whole album.

Like, if it was a lesser artist, it would be offensive, but it ends up having power.

 

[the cool]

Wow thank you!

Lost Tapes is the "album" I played daily for the longest period in my life with Doggystyle maybe. Must've played it daily for over a year easy.
To me it's the release that cemented Nas' discog as the GOAT. Just coming out from Stillmatic and being punched in the face but this was just too much.

1999-2001 to me is the best Nas period, because it has the introspective sad Nas, the Death of Escobar Nas who wrote incredible pieces that separate him from the other GOATs like Rise & Fall, Worst Enemy, My Way, Drunk by myself, Fetus, Sometimes I wonder, Sinful living etc...

U gotta love it is my fav track

 

[Pop123]

Pac saw the chain, got his medallion, I won't
Insinuate imitation 'cause I copied his stomach

The way he said "won't" to make it sound like "want it" to ryhme with "stomach", but the won't also connects to "insinuate".

Incredible.

I never knew what he said there, the "insinuate" part, because he broke it up, I thought he was saying 2 words. That's why I keep coming back to this place, there be jewels hidden beneath the shyt sometimes, haha. Salute to you

 

[Arithmetic]

I don't know why, but "No rap in my playlist" is one of the best lines on the whole album.

Like, if it was a lesser artist, it would be offensive, but it ends up having power.

Nas is really Hip Hop's renaissance man. The life he has lived, the ups and downs, a well-rounded individual. I imagine he has blues or soul playing at all times. And then out of nowhere he grabs a pen and pad and starts writing his rhymes.

 

[Big Mark]

1999-2001 to me is the best Nas period, because it has the introspective sad Nas, the Death of Escobar Nas who wrote incredible pieces that separate him from the other GOATs like Rise & Fall, Worst Enemy, My Way, Drunk by myself, Fetus, Sometimes I wonder, Sinful living etc...

Mine too! I am a huge fan of the entire catalog release and unreleased but the introspective Nas on that street shyt is my favorite era.

 

[Prolific_1011]

The replay value is incredible. It's amazing to me that it's his first true LP in 8 years and dude drops a classic recorded in a span of 4-5 months of this year.

 

[Figaro]

Single parent home, came up, now the man is grown
Mom's gone, pop's here, wish God reversed the roles (Sometimes)

Olu must've been when he heard that...

 

[Arithmetic]

I can't believe Nas blessed us with this. Salute to Hit-boy for doing it again!

 

[Frida Giezman]

explain?

albums?

songs?

you just had to be there beloved

the qb aura gods were running the game as far as I was concerned and it was

shyt like this had me like as a youngin





“The tunnel bangin come and get me, the first 500 bytches free, the kid wit the god jewel let all my gods come through”



“to the kid who made my man ill will blood spill (on the real) when I catch up to your ass u know the deal!”

who remember the “who the fukk is Capone and noreaga?” stickers that were everywhere back in summer 96 if I’m not mistaken

them qb nikkas were like super heroes to up as shorties lol

 

[Piff Perkins]

Final verdict: 4/5.

Great album, lots of replay value. I'm still bumping it weeks after release. I haven't lingered with too many rap albums this year. There's only one album I've been listening to consistently since it came out, and King's Disease is going to be the second. Nas sounds energized and completely in the zone on this album, to the point that even the one or two tracks that are just "ok" to me are still worth listening to. Lyrically Nas is on point. You know your shyt is dope when out of a 14 track album there may be one line that is kinda "nah" ("you can't replace me like a battery" lol). From slick talk to street talk to reminiscing and introspection, every facet that makes Nas a great lyricist is on display here. Tracks like Blue Benz, Car 85, 10 Points, and especially The Cure really stand out lyrically.

A lot of people may have felt thrown off when Hit Boy was announced as the production co-pilot for the album. Personally I was excited for a pretty simple reason. While Hit Boy is a modern producer who mainly does trap, his drums knock and he doesn't use paper-thin snares like many rap producers. Trophies, Backseat Freestyle, and especially his recent work pointed to a style that would work for Nas - who IMO sounds best over up tempo, hard snares. There's not a bad beat on this album. And even the straight up trap records fit Nas. 27 Summers sounds like NWTS-era Drake yet Nas still floats. He sounds better on Spicy than on any trap remix he did over the last decade.

While the features looked troubling on paper, mos work. The only one I wasn't impressed by was Big Sean, but I've never been a Sean fan. That track, Replace Me, is one of my favorite Nas ladies tracks now. I wish he had two verses. Who would have guessed that Nas and Dirk would sound perfect together, or that Nas and Fivio would work?

Overall...great album. Great hearing and seeing Nas so excited. You can tell he's on a creative high right now. I look forward to hearing what this "secret project" is. Dre? Premo? Who knows. Can't wait.

 

[Ball]

The cure man. That’s Nas in his bag. That song could be 8 minutes long and I’d still have it on repeat

 

[Ball]

People can argue about who’s the greatest of all time based on sales, hits etc.

But artistically...lyrically... poetically, flow wise, there’s no one greater.

And I’m a huge pac and big fan too.

I think Alicia keys said it in an interview one time. Someone asked her who’s better Jay or Nas. She talked about how like the subject matter/places Nas can take you to is why she chooses him.

 

[HHID]

Mine too! I am a huge fan of the entire catalog release and unreleased but the introspective Nas on that street shyt is my favorite era.

Hadn't been on the coli for years but I remember you and I often had the same tastes about Nas discog

Final verdict: 4/5.

Great album, lots of replay value. I'm still bumping it weeks after release. I haven't lingered with too many rap albums this year. There's only one album I've been listening to consistently since it came out, and King's Disease is going to be the second. Nas sounds energized and completely in the zone on this album, to the point that even the one or two tracks that are just "ok" to me are still worth listening to. Lyrically Nas is on point. You know your shyt is dope when out of a 14 track album there may be one line that is kinda "nah" ("you can't replace me like a battery" lol). From slick talk to street talk to reminiscing and introspection, every facet that makes Nas a great lyricist is on display here. Tracks like Blue Benz, Car 85, 10 Points, and especially The Cure really stand out lyrically.

A lot of people may have felt thrown off when Hit Boy was announced as the production co-pilot for the album. Personally I was excited for a pretty simple reason. While Hit Boy is a modern producer who mainly does trap, his drums knock and he doesn't use paper-thin snares like many rap producers. Trophies, Backseat Freestyle, and especially his recent work pointed to a style that would work for Nas - who IMO sounds best over up tempo, hard snares. There's not a bad beat on this album. And even the straight up trap records fit Nas. 27 Summers sounds like NWTS-era Drake yet Nas still floats. He sounds better on Spicy than on any trap remix he did over the last decade.

While the features looked troubling on paper, mos work. The only one I wasn't impressed by was Big Sean, but I've never been a Sean fan. That track, Replace Me, is one of my favorite Nas ladies tracks now. I wish he had two verses. Who would have guessed that Nas and Dirk would sound perfect together, or that Nas and Fivio would work?

Overall...great album. Great hearing and seeing Nas so excited. You can tell he's on a creative high right now. I look forward to hearing what this "secret project" is. Dre? Premo? Who knows. Can't wait.

Great review

 

[Prolific_1011]

People can argue about who’s the greatest of all time based on sales, hits etc.

But artistically...lyrically... poetically, flow wise, there’s no one greater.

And I’m a huge pac and big fan too.

I think Alicia keys said it in an interview one time. Someone asked her who’s better Jay or Nas. She talked about how like the subject matter/places Nas can take you to is why she chooses him.

Peter Rosenberg once said: "Jay Z is the greatest, Eminem is the biggest, but Nas is the best".

 

[kes929]

2nd week numbers :

39. NAS | KING'S DISEASE MASS APPEAL 14,758 total 2,703 pure sales
HITS Daily Double

So 65 k after 2 weeks. Not too bad. I've heard he is doing even better overseas.