Nas - Lost Tapes - 20 year anniversary

[criminology]

Listened to this nonstop for over a year when it came out. Still speaks to me when I put it on. always happy to hear the first few notes on doo rags.

Whole thing just a perfect blend of skills, flow, soul, pain, strength, introspection, braggadocio, beats, accessibility, depth, subject matter, story telling, nostalgia. It doesn’t really have any anthems but I’d still put it up against pretty much any other album bc it’s just that strong.

 

[Easy-E]

Word to Will

Buried in his Fila Suit and heavy chain

 

[Deltron]

okay so I'm not crazy. I remember seeing these ads in the source.

 

[CHAIN]

This album changed my life and was far more important to me than Illmatic. Personal classic.
The rhymes on 'Doo Rags, My Way, Everybody's Crazy' were so technically advanced, they changed my whole perspective on bar structure.

Amazing project.

 

[Budda]

Word to Will

Buried in his Fila Suit and heavy chain

I want be iced up nikka bury me the same!

 

[Slim Charles]

Classic. The whole album just flows perfectly. Comfortable 5/5 album. Whole joint 20 years on still got unbelievable replay value

 

[Mag Wheel]

Excellent album. Everybody Crazy is stupid vulgar. “fukk you with a fist in yo ass, you p*ssy with yeast. You a Sisqo faq”. Good lawd!!!

 

[Alexander Wiggin]

The nas project that made me a fan of his. The lyrics are so poignant, you can feel his love for black people on this. The way he's flowing so smooth yet commanding just grabs you . I can't imagine someone listening to the Lost Tapes and then say Nas can't pick beats. It's just that this type of production don't work for everyone because it's letting the space for the mc to shine. So if your lyrics garbage of course you will not choose that type of beats
Nas is really the king of nostalgia, when I listen to these songs I got reminiscence of a glorious past. For some reason I love listening that album when on a stormy/rainy day.
Even the cover is ill. Doo rags, u gotta love my way and nothing last forever are my favorites
To me this plus illmatic iww and Stillmatic alone makes him the goat

 

[Avisible Man]

No idea's original, there's nothing new under the sun

It's never what you do, but how it's done

What you base your happiness around? Material women and large paper

That means you inferior, not major

Then he heard the We Major beat and he ain't know what to write. First line, should it be about the hos or the ice? Four four's or Black Christ? Both flows would be nice. Rap about big paper or the black man's plight?

Nasir brought it all back around (what goes around comes around, my nikka) Yeah, homie, he major.

 

[Ziggiy]

This man put this out and Gods Son in the SAME YEAR!!

 

[JustCKing]

This man put this out and Gods Son in the SAME YEAR!!

Breh, we got Stillmatic, Lost Tapes, and God's Son within the span of 365 days.

 

[melraH]

Goat was on a Crazy run they woke up a sleeping giant and he dropped stillmatic, Godson , lost tapes I listened to this by accident even had the track order wrong had fetus coming up first was smoking in da whip and I had to put the blunt down and rewind the shyt when he was rhyming from the perspective of a fetus talking about hearing his parents arguing I was like whoa did this dude just say what bring that back.

 

[TheMailMan]

Drunk by myself is my favorite song from that album. .. had many nights riding around the 7cities in the same state of mind. Probably my favorite Nas album or a close second to illmatic

 

[Izanami]

My favorite Nas album and the album that made me believe he was the goat.

 

[Alexander Wiggin]

Drunk by myself is my favorite song from that album. .. had many nights riding around the 7cities in the same state of mind. Probably my favorite Nas album or a close second to illmatic

the 3rd verse is absolutely brilliant