New Big L - “u aint gotta chance” ft. Nas (Visualizer)

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Its not just his voice its his flow.

He's the GOAT but father time is undefeated.

He needs to buy his masters from Colombia and release Lost Tapes vol. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. 9. 10..

My main thing is just the effort of the bars. Nas used to be able to say some shyt you never heard in your life. He had a way of coloring detail into his rhymes that could be poetic, vulgar or offkilter. sometimes at the same time. He would pull from references that were atypical. I don't hear that anymore. People talking about he killed this verse. What are the quotables? He's saying a whole of nothing in the plainest possible way. The rhymes just don't have that seasoning any more.
 

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My main thing is just the effort of the bars. Nas used to be able to say some shyt you never heard in your life. soning any more.
That's right, at his age it's somewhat understandable, but the introspect, the knack for descriptive, thought provoking, multi syllabic, effortless bars, its only in fits and spurts these days.

More often than not his verses sound like he's trying to just get through it, get out the studio, and get on the jet to Monaco.

Not hating, just being real.
 
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My main thing is just the effort of the bars. Nas used to be able to say some shyt you never heard in your life. He had a way of coloring detail into his rhymes that could be poetic, vulgar or offkilter. sometimes at the same time. He would pull from references that were atypical. I don't hear that anymore. People talking about he killed this verse. What are the quotables? He's saying a whole of nothing in the plainest possible way. The rhymes just don't have that seasoning any more.
Ok
 

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I love Nas and he is my favorite rapper of all time but I really can't listen to any of his newer music... Mainly because of the change in his voice. Pains me to say this but I thought the song was super dope untill Nas's verse came on.
"Ladies love the voice, brothers dig the lyrics":dame:
 

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shyt gets even better with every listen. L was an assassin on the Mic Damn. Even an old Big L verse is hard to outshine but Esco held his own though he's much older now. Big L kills it on his verses old or not. I like how NaS got in his vulgar bag with this.
 
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