Nas - Magic (Discussion Thread)

[Tasha And]

These dudes do good work

Dude with the glasses is a stan, stan.

I could only stomach like 15 minutes of the Magic review because of him.

 

[Ty-Fife]

Lost Tapes 2 were not a collection of “throw Aways”. Many of those songs (Beautiful Life, Lost Freestyle, Royalty) were VERY close to making the respective albums they were recorded for (Life Is Good) and some were actually recorded specifically for LT2 (The Art Of It and It Never Ends) now regardless on if you actually LIKE the songs or not, Lost Tapes 2 is no more a collection of throw Aways than the first Lost Tapes is.


Also link the interview where Nas shytted on Lost Tapes 2. I’ve NEVER seen nor heard Nas shytting on his own albums, even Nasir he’s said publicly he has no regrets about.

100% True. I guess all the songs from the first Lost Tapes gotta be considered throwaways too, right?

 

[filial_piety]

album is fukking grade A....Wu is for the Kids

 

[HNIC973]

Least listened to track on here?

 

[kes929]

Dude with the glasses is a stan, stan.

I could only stomach like 15 minutes of the Magic review because of him.

Honestly nas has never truly gotten the love he deserves in the media. It's a breath of fresh air for Nas to get love. YouTube channels showing nas love like this in 2022 is beautiful.

 

[JQ Legend]

I been listening to this heavy lately

This album so fukkin fire

KD1
KD2
Magic

One of the best 3 album runs prolly ever

 

[Ziggiy]

Honestly nas has never truly gotten the love he deserves in the media. It's a breath of fresh air for Nas to get love. YouTube channels showing nas love like this in 2022 is beautiful.

The most universal praise he ever got was during Life Is Good. Both fans and the media were astonishingly on one accord when it came to that album.

 

[Pop123]

Least listened to track on here?

Hollywood Gangsta. It's dope tho no doubt.

 

[T.H.E.GOD]

I been listening to this heavy lately

This album so fukkin fire

KD1
KD2
Magic

One of the best 3 album runs prolly ever

One of the best or the best? What else fukking with them three back to back? I can’t think of any

 

[JustCKing]

One of the best or the best? What else fukking with them three back to back? I can’t think of any

Southernplayalistic
ATLiens
Aquemini

People's Instinctive
Low End Theory
Midnight Marauders

In terms of solo artists:

Me Against The World
All Eyez On Me
7 Day Theory


Stillmatic
Lost Tapes
God's Son

^^^ Nas competing with himself

 

[ArchStanton]

Southernplayalistic
ATLiens
Aquemini

People's Instinctive
Low End Theory
Midnight Marauders

In terms of solo artists:

Me Against The World
All Eyez On Me
7 Day Theory


Stillmatic
Lost Tapes
God's Son

^^^ Nas competing with himself

I know I Am... is not quite up to par, but Illmatic, It Was Written, and I Am was still quite a fukking run.

 

[kes929]

I know I Am... is not quite up to par, but Illmatic, It Was Written, and I Am was still quite a fukking run.

Dont let people fool you into thinking I am wasn't dope. That album was applauded and everyone was banging that album when it dropped. Illmatic, it was written and I am is crazy run.

 

[GeeEffKay]

havent stopped playing since release

 

[FunkDoc1112]

100% True. I guess all the songs from the first Lost Tapes gotta be considered throwaways too, right?

Lost Tapes 1 were songs that were supposed to be on I Am but leaked and loosies that were leaked to mixtapes and the streets were dying to hear in CDQ. Lost Tapes 2 were songs that Nas left on the cutting room floor and would've NEVER seen the light of day if Nas' team didn't finally talk him down and convince him to drop LT2. They were throwaways, sounded like throwaways, and the project was mid as a result.

 

[up in here]

They set the bar very high with this. With every release it’s like they level up. KD3 is gonna have to be impeccable.