Nas - Magic (Discussion Thread)

[qnsfinest]

Absolute 5 mic masterpiece classic. My favorite album out of the whole run

Ugly my favorite joint out of the 6 albums as well. Vivid Queens street tales.

 

[904]

The best of the Hit Boy run..

 

[TGainz]

Nas took OFF on The Truth

 

[kchin1977]

While KD2 & KD3 built upon the chemistry of KD1, both Magic 2 & 3 didn't match Magic 1.

I rank the top 3 as:

Magic 1
KD3
KD2

 

[Soymuscle Mike]

Video for that new HIT, 3rd verse entirely about Esco

 

[prophecypro]

Video for that new HIT, 3rd verse entirely about Esco

Thats whats up

Regardless of how people stack up the run or feel about Hit Boy, there was such good energy between them and it was pretty enjoyable seeing two different generations and regions connect that werent that far off from each other

 

[True Blue Moon]

I don’t work this hard to be around people I don’t like

 

[bigde09]

Magic KD2 and KD3 were special

 

[JA_Carter]

Magic KD2 and KD3 were special

Those were the 3 I consider classics

 

[Piff Perkins]

Greatest Christmas hip hop moment for me. Came out of nowhere and knocked it out the park.

BTW the worst Christmas hip hop moment to me was that year Jay Elec and Just Blaze said Act II was gonna come out on Christmas Eve and then it didn't lmao. By the time I got back home late on Christmas day and saw nothing dropped I was heated lmao.

 

[Ziggiy]

Greatest Christmas hip hop moment for me. Came out of nowhere and knocked it out the park.

BTW the worst Christmas hip hop moment to me was that year Jay Elec and Just Blaze said Act II was gonna come out on Christmas Eve and then it didn't lmao. By the time I got back home late on Christmas day and saw nothing dropped I was heated lmao.

And the fact they blamed Nas was ultra lame

 

[Piff Perkins]

And the fact they blamed Nas was ultra lame

Yup lmao, that shyt was wild. If it was just one verse it would have come out at some point haha. Plus after the album leaked a couple years ago I'm not even sure which track Nas could have possibly been on. It's a dope album but nothing really screamed "this is Nas."

 

[Abstract83]

First 2 are classic. The next 2 are 4.5 to me and their interchangeable. The last 2 are my least favorite but amazing albums. Nas catalog is crazy.

Magic
KD3
Magic 3
KD2
Magic 2
KD1

 

[TGainz]

fukk these fukk ass nikkas

 

[Woodrow]

Top 5 Nas album. MIGHT even be Top 3 or Top 4. Which might invite some FOH’s, but aside from his first two albums I don’t think there’s anything in his catalogue that is no-questions-asked-better top to bottom… with the possible exception of Lost Tapes.

There are definitely MULTIPLE albums on the level. So not mad at anyone who disagrees. But Magic 1 is special. Speechless (), Ugly (), 40-16 () Hollywood Gangstas () Wave Gods (), The Truth (THE TRUTH… ), Dedicated ()… if you were hating on hating on Hit Boy producing for Nas after this it just meant you prioritized your bias over the music. And the thing that stands out is that there is not a single miss on the project, which is why I rank it so high. I love Life Is Good (and it definitely has better standout moments, like Stay)… God’s Son might be the Nas album I go back to the most, and Stillmatic is up there too. But they all have a miss or two (or three). This album is flawless.