Nas's discography had the potential to be so much better...

[wingstop]

thats not the actual tracklist for the I am double album. Its fan made

 

[MidnightMercenary]

Lmao I still remeber when you did this:

Why Nasir Jones (NAS) is the most overrated rapper of all-time | Genius

I remember when I was watching the Nas Is Like video for the first time I started laughing so hard when I saw that part

 

[productofrakim]

Really? Whats your sources @outbackbread

 

[productofrakim]

I remember when I was watching the Nas Is Like video for the first time I started laughing so hard when I saw that part

Duck's comment tho:

What the actual fukk? Somebody explain this. Why does Nas look like he’s lubricating his hands so he can give a double-handed hand job?

 

[Inspect Her Deck]

@productofrakim @MidnightMercenary

RG was so trash it legit made me a 24/7 troll lmao

 

[Diondon]

Could do with better production here and there but Esco still GOATy.

 

[The Ruler 09]

I personally think he's got 1 of the best discographies, that's probably the most important thing I judge on, only have 3 people above him I believe.

Guess it comes down to taste...

I got Illmatic, Stillmatic, God's Son and Distant Relatives as classics and feel he has a bunch of other really dope albums too. There's not an album he had I thought was complete trash. Weakest probably Nastradamus and Street's Disciple to me and even they have dope shyt.

 

[wingstop]

Really? Whats your sources @outbackbread

nas never released a tracklist for the double album and a tracklist for a double album never "leaked". Instead all people got is a bunch a leaks that came out before I am was released . For example a 13 track bootlegged leaked and some other songs like amongst kings, find ya wealth, rise & fall and come get me leaked as well.

1. Fetus
2. Small World
3. Money Is My bytch
4. Poppa Was A Player
5. Project Windows
6. Dr. Knockboot
7. Day Dreamin Stay Schemin
8. Sometimes I Wonder
9. Hardest Thing To Do Is Stay Alive
10. Drunk By Myself
11. Wanna PLay Rough
12. Blaze A 50
13. We Will Survive

 

[eerieBell]

If nas’s discography went like this then it wouldve been so much more GOATer, and less of a criticism of his career. However, nas- if you want to admit it or not- tried to sell out and go mainstream and it failed. Miserably, costing him alot of criticis to his discography and legacy…

This is true. If he just stuck with havoc/premo/large pro type beats his disco would be way better no doubt. He just feels out the place on more "non boom bap" oriented production, he's not in his element there. He DID try to go mainstream but he never quite managed it, only hardcore stans will deny, but those are facts.

 

[MidnightMercenary]

@productofrakim @MidnightMercenary

RG was so trash it legit made me a 24/7 troll lmao

RG is still so boring lmao

I saw people saying that Nicki Minaj was better than Lauryn Hill today

I also make a thread on Breaking Atoms not long ago and it only got like 5 responses

 

[productofrakim]

RG has been so dead and WOAT lately

 

[BO BARON]

If nas never released illmatic his discography would be just as solid as anybody's

Like nobody sits around bytching or having round table discussions about scarface's, jay's, em's or raekwon's discography & those guys got a ton of misses amongst uber classics & really good albums

Illmatic made it impossible for nas to live up to the expectations set just from that album

None of his weakest album's are really that bad & is basically better than alot of your favorite rappers best albums

People actually still consider "it was written" a let down

 

[tuckgod]

Sure it could have been better.

That's the whole point of the thread

 

[The_Third_Man]

Nas’s discography rightfully gets alot of shyt , since he has had so many slip ups, however his discography had so much potential.

We can all agree that his first two albums are fukking incredible and GOAT level. However, it was on I Am where he started to make slip ups. I am is a decent to great album no doubt, but with songs like dr.Knockboot and Big things it was really all over the place. The album however had a handful of FANTASTIC songs, and the first and last track are so GOAT. After I am, he had nastradamous, which apart from a couple of tracks was a trainwreck. Then you had lost tapes which is honestly an amazing album, being probably his 3rd best album for me. However, few people know that the original track list of I am, was much different and was actually a double CD concept album…

Here it is

I Am… The Autobiography:

Disk 1

Fetus (Belly Button Window) (from Lost Tapes)
NY State Of Mind Pt. II (I Am)
Life Is What You Make It (I Am)
Small World (I Am)
Hardest Thing To Do Is Stay Alive (unreleased)
Poppa Was a Playa (Lost Tapes)
Nas Is Like (I Am)
Blaze A 50 (Lost Tapes)
Favor For A Favor (I Am)
We Will Survive (I Am)
Some Of Us Have Angels (Nastradamous)
Project Windows (Nastradamous)
Day Dreaming, Stay Scheming (Unreleased)
Sometimes I Wonder (Unreleased)
Undying Love (I Am)
Disk 2

After Life (Intro) (Unreleased)
Amongst Kings (Unreleased)
Life We Chose (Nastradamous)
Drunk By Myself (Lost Tapes)
Pray (I Am)
God Love Us (Nastradamous)
Ghetto Prisoners (I Am)
Last Words (Nastradamous)
Family (Nastradamous)
Come Get Me (NAstradamous)
Find Your Wealth (QB’s Finest)
U Gotta Love It (Lost tapes)
Wanna Play Rough (Unreleased)
The Rise And Fall (Unreleased)
My Worst Enemy (Unreleased)

It is a mixture of a handful of the GOAT tracks on I Am, a handful of the best tracks on Lost Tapes, a handful of some of the good tracks on Nastradamous, and a handful of great to alright unreleased tracks. If he wouldve released this album, and sacrificed the release of nastradamous and only 5 songs from lost tapes, his discography would've been alot better. His first 3 albums would've been one of the best 3 album runs in hip hop, especially since it hold a concept.

Illmatic to It Was Written to I Am to Nastradamus would mirror the progression of a “boy” to “man” to “king” to “prophet”. Nas is growing, as a man and as an artist… he started as a young dude on the corners of QB observing, dreaming and writing poetry. Then he became the man, living a Scarface/Pablo Escobar type life of excess… then the king, the seasoned lyricist, the post-BIG king of NYC… and finally we had the prophet. If you eliminate nastradmous and keep I am in its original from as a double CD (the 2nd disk is the “afterlife” part or prohet stage), then the concept would've remained and the albums would've been better.

Then after that he would've had Lost tapes (missing only 5 of the 12 songs, which can be replaced) which we all agree is dope, then stillmatic (which we can all agree was great), then gods son (which we can all agree was fantastic). It would be one of the greatest 6 album runs in history containing 3 albums following a concpet ending in a GOAT double disk.

If nas’s discography went like this then it wouldve been so much more GOATer, and less of a criticism of his career. However, nas- if you want to admit it or not- tried to sell out and go mainstream and it failed. Miserably, costing him alot of criticis to his discography and legacy…

Thats not the real "I am" track list. "Life what you make it", "ghetto prisoners" and "Favor for a favor" were last minute additions after the bootleg got leaked. The only song on Nastradamus that was supposed to be on the original "I am" was "project window" (but with slightly different beat).

Nas has one of the best discographies ever anyway.

 

[productofrakim]

Like nobody sits around bytching or having round table discussions about scarface's, jay's, em's or raekwon's discography & those guys got a ton of misses amongst uber classics & really good albums

Actually, Jay and Em's disocgraphy is criticized alot on rap forums, and raekwons disocg needs more criticism.

None of his weakest album's are really that bad & is basically better than alot of your favorite rappers best albums

Streets Disciple, Nastradamous, Hip Hop is Dead?!??!?!

People actually still consider "it was written" a let down

Obviously thats retarted, I put IWW and illmatic almost on level playing fields with IWW getting an edge on occasions tbh in certain aspects.