Nas - Life Is Good

[who killin it?]

Cherry wine. Amy really loved him.

shyt was smooth as fukk too

 

[Cladyclad]

7.5

 

[KravenMorehead™]

Glad to come in here and see everybody mention Stay to Cherry Wine to Bye Baby

Most of the time i start from Back when, if it's itunes i skip The Don and replace it w/ "Still Dreaming" from hiphop is dead. That smooth transition from cold ass quiet "still dreaming" to warm golden quiet "stay" is

and on the deluxe there's nasty, black bond, roses and where's the love

where's the love is the perfect cap to the album. The whole album had nas "nostalgic w/ the state of mind", and the production and singing reflect that.

 

[Arithmetic]

3:45AM can't sleep, can't dream
I'm stuck, money problems pop up
How will I survive?
Guess it's best to decide not to decide
So that's my decision
Whatever happens happens
I keep making my millions
Can see myself in Presidential campaign dinners
But I'm passing blunts around a bunch of gang members
When you're too hood to be in them Hollywood circles
And you're too rich to be in that hood that birthed you
And you become better than legends you thought were the greatest
And outgrow women you loved and thought you could stay with
Life become clearer when you wipe down your mirror
And leave notes around for yourself to remember
I like to teach and build
With brothers about how easy it is to reach a mil
All you need is some skill, then it’s grind time
Imagination better than knowledge, says Einstein
It’s all in the mind
Nasty the nicest, I'm somewhat of a psychic
Just one minute after it's heard
You all'll recite it, you all'll repeat it
You'll call me a genius, if you didn't
Now that I said it I forced you to think it
Write in my little vignettes, sipping Moët
bytch when you vision me, you vision the best
When I was young they called me Olu’s son
Now he's Nas' father, I was the good seed
He was the wise gardener

 

[Serious]

These old heads got stories, the days they was kings
I pray secret indictments don't take away their dreams
You 16, you could do 20, come home young
Catch 20 years when you 40? Holmes, you're done

Maybe just a typical thug nikka was my rank
'Cept I had a vision above nikkas, what I think
It's crazy how many brothers come where I come from
Some made it out big, some dead, some unsung
Shots for soldiers on 23 hours lock-up
Younger generation, they want to mimic and mock us
Laughing, separating themselves like they not us, like
"Cops'll look at you like they look at me? That's preposterous"
Ain't it gangsta how your man made it? I'm humble
One gun, one crazy ass nikka, that's Jungle
Now we having babies, cause growing up it was just us
No uncles or cousins to fight with us, we was fukked up

No matter what they do, you just stay a man of honor
I'm a street corner nikka, New York Knicks loyalist
Corona sipper, pass it, I'ma blow it with you
It ain't the Truman show; it's the human show
As the F.B.I. agent at his cubicle
Chews on his pencil eraser with intents to erase you
Young brother go and get your paper, I got love

Where's the love


too many quotables

@Illeye buckmatic

 

[Take It In Blood]

i dont mind Nas taking 6 years between LPs


I'm just mad that he didn't put out a AZ/NAS, NAS/COMMON, NAS/PRIMO, NAS/JAY-Z album during that time period while we were waiting for a new solo

 

[Soymuscle Mike]

One song shy of being perfect.

I didn't even hate SOS until that Miguel part kicked in, that turned a mediocre song into an awful one.

The version with the extra tracks is piff too.

Nasty
Black Bond
Trust
Roses
Where's the Love

All 5/5, which makes SOS even more flagrant.

 

[head shots101]

The bonus tracks too

Trust

 

[Illeye buckmatic]

Where's the love


too many quotables

@Illeye buckmatic

Goat:naswon:

 

[Majestic]

One of nas best albums. Top 5 nas album.

 

[Majestic]

Pac left me in a world with rappers that wink

 

[XannyWarbucks]

Perfect for those late night drives, when you're on some, "i hate people, so Imma do me" shyt.

 

[madness]

the self-reflection and introspection on Where's The Love