Nas - Magic 2 (Discussion thread)

[TheDarceKnight]

Had to be trolling, Apollo is better than he used to be, but come on, I can hear the snares and reused samples already

I like Apollo Brown but the big one for me is the articifical "vinyl popping" sound that he plugs into a lot of his beats.

 

[Black White Sox Hat]

1st play through shyt sucks

 

[TheDarceKnight]

Only thing worse would be nikkas throwing out Nicholas Craven’s name

Yeah Craven's one of the most overhyped producers on earth. He seems like a really cool dude so I feel bad saying that but whatever

 

[NormanConnors]

Don’t w/ fif, and bookeem woodbine are solid. The rest sound like he’s trying too hard to be “modern.”

<b>Why doesn’t Nas work w/ Griselda’s production teams<b> and Alc? Tired of this faux-ATL sounding ish, I want it to sound NYC

Not a fan of hit-boy with legacy NYC artist

It’s not bad, just doesn’t interest me

 

[DontEemTry]

I guarantee some of these little dudes don’t..

Yeah but little dudes ain't listenin to no Nas, lets keep it a buck. That line was for us old heads.

 

[mson]

Nas and Mega just had a collaboration over an Alchemist beat. Considering all the fan fare Alchemist has here. Ya'll don't even talk about "Glorious".

I hate when people say this. I love Glorious. Same shyt with the Premo joint he did recently. Both good songs. You want people to build monuments for all the tracks they like. Just because we don't talk about them ad nauseam doesn't mean we didn't like them

 

[NormanConnors]

Don’t w/ fif, and bookeem woodbine are solid. The rest sound like he’s trying too hard to be “modern.”

Why doesn’t Nas work w/ Griselda’s production teams and Alc? Tired of this faux-ATL sounding ish, I want it to sound NYC

Not a fan of hit-boy with legacy NYC artist

It’s not bad, just doesn’t interest me

@ the Griselda production

 

[Prolific_1011]

Dope, 4 mics.

What else could we ask for after he just delivered incredible albums (Magic and KD3) within the last 2 years?

GOAT. He killed this album.

The last verse on "Pistols on your Album Cover"...

 

[JustCKing]

I hate when people say this. I love Glorious. Same shyt with the Premo joint he did recently. Both good songs. You want people to build monuments for all the tracks they like. Just because we don't talk about them adnauseum doesn't mean we didn't like them

No. I'm not saying that. Instead of saying, "well Nas was just on an Alc beat and that was dope", you got people referencing Alc production for artists with nothing to do with Nas.

 

[yesiambowling]

Black Magic is such a damn vibe. Some of y’all need to get outside more haha. Go lay by a damn pool and play the song or something.

Nas def asked for that sample. Picking an obscure 95 horrorcore song from Memphis. One that didn't even receive a CD pressing, lmao.

 

[TheDarceKnight]

Nas needs a Westside Gunn approach production. I still go back to their past songs they made while blowing up.

I'd be on board with this a couple years ago but I think West has fallen off a little bit in terms of his curation skills. Pray For Haiti, Kiss The Ring, 10, and Nacksaw Jim Duggan all sound pretty much the same to me on production. West is spamming Conductor, Monk, and Denny LaFlare at this point, and beat after beat have the wobble sound effect and stretched out sample pack sounds. I really fukk with all 3 of those producers too, don't get me wrong. I just think he did a better job putting together production on stuff like Supreme Blientelle, and Hermes 6 and 7. He was in the zone at that time.

 

[I'm Blackman]

First 2 runs through. I Iike it a lot
Nas snapping....beats knocking in the spaceship. Goat feeling inspired...what's not to like?

 

[Whips-n-Chains]

I wanna hear some NYC ish. I don’t need bass & trap drum patterns from Nas.

I ain’t mad at him expanding his sound, seems like a lot of ppl like what he’s been doing. Just isn’t really for me.

 

[Metal Face]

50 is so washed

when you hear shyt like that it makes you appreciate how Nas still maintained good vocals this far in his career

 

[AAKing23]

Slow it Down is GOAT level shyt