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IrishNinja
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oh wait, the whole thing dropped? damn i thought ya'll were on about another single and kams was still just extrapolating or something. my bad!
the leanest burger in the world...could be the meeeeeeanest burger in the world
if you cook it that waaaaay~
the leanest burger in the world...could be the meeeeeeanest burger in the world
if you cook it that waaaaay~
toastyToast
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Life is Good is good?
Really?
I feel like this is some sort of elaborate mass fuckery going on right now
The cycle can't be broken
Really?
I feel like this is some sort of elaborate mass fuckery going on right now
The cycle can't be broken
Don't show your balls to underage female GAF members?
theignoramus
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what?
Err, i meant 2nd.
Halfway through Life Is Good and it's okay, nothing too impressive, but better than I expected Nas could do in 2012.
Still, the production could be much better, it's like the producers are trolling Nas by giving him mediocre beats. For example, how can I listen to Stay after hearing how Kanye masterfully flipped that same sample and then gave it to motherfucking Cyhi.
Still, the production could be much better, it's like the producers are trolling Nas by giving him mediocre beats. For example, how can I listen to Stay after hearing how Kanye masterfully flipped that same sample and then gave it to motherfucking Cyhi.
IrishNinja
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7 tracks in so far...believe, fam. aint even gotten to the No ID stuff or Nasty yet...the % of hits to misses is so much higher than you expect from a post-stillmatic album. really hoping the rest of it holds up.
IrishNinja
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No ID, swizz, large professor & co...again im not through it yet but isn't this a great deal better than the beats he had for Streets Disciple & unnamed?
yeah, again not done yet but there's some good tracks here so im talking averages. highs though...stillmatic has classics and i love the highs of gods son so i'm gonna need a few listens through to address this, you could be right though.
IrishNinja
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oh i agree, but don't tell blackace.... just blaze > swizz whole life
related: nas shouldnt be left to do hooks on is own, they range from almost passable to game on a bad day level
IrishNinja
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damn, listening to "Stay"...i knew it, i could get with an entire LP-produced nas album. i don't even know what Primo's doing these days, but he could get on it too. there's a laundry list of top-tier producers who were said to have done or wanted to do shit for this album according to wiki, hopefully we get a mixtape or something out of that. speaking of wiki:
alright, i'm curious.
alright, i'm curious.
give it two weeks and it will be shit again. I see this happen everytime a Nas album is released, hype and excitement and then a few weeks later it's back to Nas lost again. It's been like that ever since the good old allhiphop.com days. But I have no doubt I'll love it..hell I even like Nastradamus (Shoot 'em up, just shoot 'em up, what..Kill kill kill, murder murder murder)
Yeah, I agree.
That's like saying Joe Montana > Ryan Leaf
worlds an additction -> summer on smash could possibly be the WORST transition from one song to another in the history of music. how the fuck do you go from something as good and powerful sounding to a wack ass swizz beats track? at least i have the power to delete that shit and never hear it again. fuck you swizz beats
theignoramus
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i like this guy.
Nas album is great and as a huge Nas fan definitely worth the wait, much more than I would have expected from a Nas LP in 2012, so yeah I'm happy, not a classic or anything but better than good enough
Loco-Motive, Accident Murderers, Queens Story and Worlds an Addiction are my personal favorites on first listen, and he finally got the 'softer' songs right this time, Stay and Cherry Wine are great
Loco-Motive, Accident Murderers, Queens Story and Worlds an Addiction are my personal favorites on first listen, and he finally got the 'softer' songs right this time, Stay and Cherry Wine are great
Jo Shishido's Cheeks
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Reach Out and Summer On Smash aside, the Nas album is very good.
Completely blew my expectations out of the water.
I've got a problem with the sequencing and would've liked a couple of the bonus tracks weaved in to bolster the second half of the album, which falls short after the masterful transitions between the first few tracks, but damn.
I hate to bring up Jay but this is what I've wanted Jay to do for a while, and what he tried to do with Kingdom Come I guess, and just make some 'real' shit.
Anyway, the Nas cycle is over, he does have an ear for beats and I think this fits comfortably as a concluding chapter to the three act Illmatic - IWW - Life Is Good story.
Completely blew my expectations out of the water.
I've got a problem with the sequencing and would've liked a couple of the bonus tracks weaved in to bolster the second half of the album, which falls short after the masterful transitions between the first few tracks, but damn.
I hate to bring up Jay but this is what I've wanted Jay to do for a while, and what he tried to do with Kingdom Come I guess, and just make some 'real' shit.
Anyway, the Nas cycle is over, he does have an ear for beats and I think this fits comfortably as a concluding chapter to the three act Illmatic - IWW - Life Is Good story.
He fits better than Stalley and Wale at least, but anyone that doesn't know that sour-diesel is a variant of Kush shouldn't try to transform themselves into a weed-rapper overnight.
I just feel that I don't want smooth jams from MMG- I want bangers.
HRD I see you are back. Thank god.
I have been out of the country for a week so I wasn't sure what happened to you.
The Return of
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I kinda liked driving 88
I did too- but it's kinda random no?
Nas made another 6/10 album, what a shocker. And ever since distant relatives, I find it harder and harder to listen to Nas without a little voice in my head screaming "shut the fuck up nas you sound like an idiot".
Reach out is one of the most generic pieces of shit he's ever done. Generic beat, generic hook, generic verses, generic guest. He should be ashamed of that shit. Even the handful of good songs on their can't hold up the flood up average shit throughout.
Reach out is one of the most generic pieces of shit he's ever done. Generic beat, generic hook, generic verses, generic guest. He should be ashamed of that shit. Even the handful of good songs on their can't hold up the flood up average shit throughout.
The Return of
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I suppose, but it's more random to me since I never heard of dude before driving 88 haha, but I guess Ross sees something in him.
See- I hateeeed distant relatives but I think this is pretty great still. You gonna listen to skelethon?
Hhahaha damn. I really liked the otherside but his music doesn't match up with what I hear coming out of that camp.
Did Ryhmesayers publish it?
Complex Shadow
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man i "meh'd" out so hard on that album. i actually went back to frank ocean. #crackrock
PhoenixDark
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Seriously keep Swizz off good albums, that shit is pathetic. And why is Miguel even on the track? I'd replace that with Roses
I do agree the album needs another banger like the first three tracks, but it's still a great album
I do agree the album needs another banger like the first three tracks, but it's still a great album
Jo Shishido's Cheeks
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There are bangers beginning, middle (The Don) and end (Nasty) you really think it needed more?
Yeah man, just delete that, Reach Out and You Wouldn't Understand.
Replace them with the bonus tracks and the album is straight.
Yeah man, just delete that, Reach Out and You Wouldn't Understand.
Replace them with the bonus tracks and the album is straight.
I dont delete tracks like that for some reason. maybe if its the polar opposite: a shittastic album with a couple exceptional cuts ill delete everything else to save space+ make playlists but i just feel weird doing it. Like I'm editing an artist's project.
Life is Good is a top 5 2012 release no matter how you cut it tbh
Life is Good is a top 5 2012 release no matter how you cut it tbh
PhoenixDark
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Looking more and more like a disaster every day
Yeah, this is hot.
Side note: Anybody else get an invite to 'The next Soundcloud' beta? Thing's pretty slick.
runlikehell
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Nothing on Life is Good is as good as One Mic.
I just finished listened to Nas - Life Is Good. Where do I start? The album is ok but I was expecting more, especially after hearing Accident Murderers. And I can see I wasn't the only one a little disappointed. Overall I would give the album a 7/10.
Talk to 'em.
Me too but Channel Orange is fire. Sometimes I wonder if you guys have any game with women.
After all those delays and Ross having a seizure, I lost hope in the album. Good shit for Gunplay keeping it real. SALT ALL IN MY WOUNDS!
Talk to 'em.
Me too but Channel Orange is fire. Sometimes I wonder if you guys have any game with women.
Who didn't see it coming with the reviews they gave Pyramids and Sweet Life? lol.
Vampire On Titus
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Diggin "Life Is Good" at the moment. Couldn't make it through "Summer On Smash" though, that song is bullshit. Queens Story and Loco-Motive are great, and You Wouldn't Understand is sounding pretty nice right now too.
Got Skelethon coming up after, want another Labor Days tier album, here's hoping.
Got Skelethon coming up after, want another Labor Days tier album, here's hoping.
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