Nas - The Lost Tapes Appreciation

[HNIC973]

Imagine creating a classic from leaks &throways . That is GOAT shyt

 

[Dizzle]

Imagine creating a classic from leaks &throways . That is GOAT shyt

Was just listening to Purple. You truly have to be a god to listen to that and say...nah I can do better.

 

[Sad Bunny]

This was his last great album

 

[Long Live The Kane]

Appreciate this thread bump because it’s been legit a couple years since I ran this back front to back…streaming era shyt…ima listen to this heavy the next week or so

Anybody remember that Fact: Nas is the Greatest of All Time compilation someone put together on n either here or SOHH? It had Nas freestyles, feature verses and unreleased jawns …shyt was masterful…dont even remember what hard drive I had it on…we need a re up

 

[L $ C]

This was his last great album

Untitled
DR
Life is good (near classic)
KD2


These are not good albums they are Great

 

[HNIC973]

Was just listening to Purple. You truly have to be a god to listen to that and say...nah I can do better.

Y'all just wanna deal with drama
Talk about nikkas who got things, y'all ready to kill his mama
Everything you into is underworld related
You sell your man out, not even your girl is sacred
You don't trust a soul, hold up, you moldin' soldiers
To pull guns quick and always look behind the shoulder
Think of how many dudes died tryin' to be down with you
Everybody's under six feet of ground but you
Still standin', still roamin' through the streets, that's real
You a survivor, knowin' all the beef is ill
You got a bunch of thugs with you even now that's ready
Trustin' your judgment, quick to put it down, they deadly
The hood love you but behind your back they pray for the day
A bullet hit your heart and ambulances take you away
That ain't love, it's hate, think of all the mothers at wakes
Whose sons you killed, and you ain't got a cut on your face?
Unmarked police cars roam the streets hard, the heat is God
Somebody tell these shorties reach for the stars
Instead, they tell 'em how to reach through the bars, holdin' a mirror
Lookin' down a tear in jail, makin' weapons to kill ya
Weed smoke three tokes nikka pour more Henny
He sighs with eyes that seen a war too many
Cold-blooded murderers, universal
Hood to hood, blowin' smoke, state of mind is purple

 

[Soymuscle Mike]

Illmatic, It Was Written, Lost Tapes.

All three dolo would make a rapper applicable for GOATness, imagine one person being responsible for all three of these

 

[HNIC973]

Illmatic, It Was Written, Lost Tapes.

All three dolo would make a rapper applicable for GOATness, imagine one person being responsible for all three of these

the crazy thing Illmatic & LT have 1 feature between both (unless you count PR& Tip doing hooks).

 

[Ukbrotha]

I still have this CD.

 

[Ziggiy]

This was his last great album

Kill yourself

 

[Nabs]

Kill yourself

 

[HNIC973]

LT1 really showcases Nas at what does at his apex storytelling introspective street poetry just a flawless album

 

[criminology]

This is my favorite Nas album and probably my favorite rap album of all time. there’s better albums, but it’s my favorite.

I never heard the leaks so it was new to me at the time. It defined my life when it came out and has been there ever since.

 

[spliz]

this album did something to me in 2020… pause…

CRAZZZY TIMES

2020 or 2002? Either way real shyt was going on. Lol. 2002 we was still dealing with 9/11 aftermath. 2020 the pandemic.

 

[spliz]

Y'all just wanna deal with drama
Talk about nikkas who got things, y'all ready to kill his mama
Everything you into is underworld related
You sell your man out, not even your girl is sacred
You don't trust a soul, hold up, you moldin' soldiers
To pull guns quick and always look behind the shoulder
Think of how many dudes died tryin' to be down with you
Everybody's under six feet of ground but you
Still standin', still roamin' through the streets, that's real
You a survivor, knowin' all the beef is ill
You got a bunch of thugs with you even now that's ready
Trustin' your judgment, quick to put it down, they deadly
The hood love you but behind your back they pray for the day
A bullet hit your heart and ambulances take you away
That ain't love, it's hate, think of all the mothers at wakes
Whose sons you killed, and you ain't got a cut on your face?
Unmarked police cars roam the streets hard, the heat is God
Somebody tell these shorties reach for the stars
Instead, they tell 'em how to reach through the bars, holdin' a mirror
Lookin' down a tear in jail, makin' weapons to kill ya
Weed smoke three tokes nikka pour more Henny
He sighs with eyes that seen a war too many
Cold-blooded murderers, universal
Hood to hood, blowin' smoke, state of mind is purple

I remember that kid who does the reactions King GVAP. When he listened to this song he officially crowned Nas the GOAT. And this was after like 2 years of reactions to everybody shyt.