Nas- Untitled Appreciation Thread

[criminology]

Untitled has a lot of sleeper joints. Testify, Y'all My nikkas, Louis Farrakhan, Project Roach all great. I just wish it was pulled together a little better. Could live with out fox news diss (its like dissing hitler, kinda stupid), we are not alone, etc. I think it will age well though.

 

[prophecypro]

Got bumped a lot that summer and well into the winter.

Of course some of the best joints were also left off the album but still a good album nonetheless.

 

[MMM]

Still surprised at how much nikkas slept on "Louis Farrakan" shyt was so dope to me

"No revolutionary gets old or so I'm told
Your left full of bullet holes when you tell the people go free
Oh, it's a matter of days before they try to take me"

his flow on that is

cause I stood in the face of damnation/
satan, spat at him, flat out disgraced him

 

[Squirtle]

What about We're Not Alone where Nas gave his thoughts on Aliens and Conspiracy theories? I always thought that was a great song.

 

[Dat Migo]

Left too many classic songs off (Be a Ni99er too, Association, Cops keep firing...)

 

[Danie84]

Nas made a profound album about our history in a climate that couldn't comprehend the complexity of such a polarizing word.



Although, Letter To The King should have replaced Make The World Go Round.

 

[Heelish]

Mods please sticky this powerful thread

This was an album that got better with time. I couldnt fully appreciate when it first dropped.

Illmatic
Lost Tapes
IWW
Untitled

The mixtape was

you can add Street's Disciple to that list

I'd include Hip Hop Is Dead but I always liked it

 

[Ruby'sRevolver]

Important album and one of my favorites from Nas, although I don't fukk with the retail anymore its strictly the 1.5 version for me.

 

[TrueEpic08]

Good write-up, OP. You should edit it up and put this on the blog.

I'm not sure I believe that it was a classic album or anything (I'm a concept guy, but the album still has to be robust all the way through ALONG WITH having a great concept, and this flagged a little at times), but it is one that's destined to be underrated in his catalogue, even though it doesn't deserve to be. Very intelligent and penetrating stuff regarding the Black experience, with a broad perspective as well (Note: People get on Nas for being "contradictory" regarding his persona. Maybe he's just not forsaking one aspect of himself for another, which is a form of lying to oneself. At least, that's what I believe).

I actually remember writing a paper in a rhetoric class that analyzed "Queens Gets The Money" when it came out. I got some great praise for it as well.

 

[the cool]

Album has no replay value

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[CapFromMCU]

"america" with the original david bowie sample =

 

[Olu Dara]

This was Nas on some revolutionary shyt, I always loved Untitled.. I never understood the hate this album got

 

[JulesWinfield]

How many of y'all renamed the album ******?

This thread may make me revisit the album. Never really gave the album a genuine listen and I'm a huge NaS fan. at myself. I always felt mixed about what I heard, though. My expectations were too high and I was on my A&R bullshyt so I was ultimately disappointed with the album.

Loved Queens Get the Money, You Can't Stop Us Now, Hero, America (unreleased version), Sly Fox, and Testify.


No matter what, I'll probably always think he left some gold off this album. Should've been a blend with The ****** Tape. Cops Keep Firing >>>

the ****** tape was haven't listened to it since that year though. gotta find that.

 

[JulesWinfield]

"america" with the original david bowie sample =

i don't think i ever heard this version. hook it up breh.

 

[CapFromMCU]

cause I stood in the face of damnation/
satan, spat at him, flat out disgraced him

now that i think back, that album had some f*ckin gems. when i first heard "Sly Fox" I almost crashed the whip