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[Courage]

Nothing's worse than Nastradamus breh

I mean, they're both pretty ba-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OMwF-oo7Pw

 

[Detox]

Some of Nas' best bars are on untitled / nigger tape.

Doug Morris censoring his name on hero tho

 

[Storm Chamber]

I mean, they're both pretty ba-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OMwF-oo7Pw

 

[Nibel]

I mean, they're both pretty ba-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OMwF-oo7Pw

Dammit Courage, hahaha

 

[Esch]

Nothing's worse than Nastradamus breh

oh i don't know, occasionally you hit shuffle and then all of a sudden

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ng-0dG41pJ4

 

[enzo_gt]

Untitled might be a Nas project but there are quite a few songs I like from it.

Hero, Sly Fox, Fried Chicken, untitled, etc.

 

[Koozek]

Nothing's worse than Nastradamus breh

Okay, I revised it:
Nastradamus = Untitled < It Was Written = I Am... = God's Son = Stillmatic = Hip Hop Is Dead (< The Lost Tapes) < Street's Disciple (COME AT ME, BREHS) < Illmatic.
Never really listened to Life Is Good, so no judgement.

Untitled might be a Nas project but there are quite a few songs I like from it.

Hero, Sly Fox, Fried Chicken, untitled, etc.

Well, there are some good tracks on any Nas album, but, as much as I loved his albums in my youth, I still have to admit that overall he has an extremely mixed discography.

 

[HiResDes]

About to check out the new J.Davey - http://n.pr/1bB1cn7

 

[Courage]

It Was Written < Street's Disciple

 

[PhoenixDark]

First I have to start this post by giving myself an L for engaging in this discussion.

With that out the way, I contemplate Nastradamus v Untitled. I'll use the Esch scale.

Nastradamus:
Dope:
-Life We Chose
-Project Windows
-Come Get Me

Aite:
-Last Words

Recycle Bin Status:
-Nastradamus
-Some Of Us Have Angels (MF DOOM remix is dope tho)
-Shoot Em Up
-Family
-God Love Us
-Quiet Niggas
-Big Girl
-New World
-You Owe Me
-The Outcome

-----------------------------

Untitled:
Dope:
-Queens Get The Money (Nigger Hatred should have been the intro IMO, and Queens Get The Money should have been an interlude)
-Testify
-Fried Chicken

Aite:
-Hero
-Untitled
-Sly Fox
-Project Roach
-Yall My Niggas

Recycle Bin Status:
-You Can't Stop Us Now
-Breathe
-Money Make The World Go Around
-America
-N.I.G.G.E.R.
-We're Not Alone
-Black President

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Honestly both are pretty bad. The best tracks on Nastradamus are better than anything on Untitled though. I'm surprised Nas doesn't really play Come Get Me live, that song is dope as fuck. But I think I'll say Untitled is better simply because most of the recycle bin tracks aren't as bad as those on Nastradamus...

 

[wenis]

you guys and Nas ¯\_(&#12484_/¯

 

[Enter The 36 Chambers]

If we getting 12 Reasons to Die 2 and we don't get an Apollo Brown version of the album Ghost is wasting his time

 

[Fjordson]

These last two pages. Whew.

If we getting 12 Reasons to Die 2 and we don't get an Apollo Brown version of the album Ghost is wasting his time

Yeah, I definitely prefered Brown's version over the Adrian Younge one.

I like the original too, but I dunno. I don't really love Adrian Younge's production. Kinda bored me after a while.

 

[Storm Chamber]

oh i don't know, occasionally you hit shuffle and then all of a sudden

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ng-0dG41pJ4

Ruin a decent concept with a godawful voice brehs

 

[Detox]

Who is ghostwriting for Ghost?

 

[Syph Medwes]

Convo reminding me of the funniest post in this thread thus far, brehs. is anyone even debating we should take a bar from this for our next OT?

shit still has me dying

It's open and shut
goddamn hilarious post


Edit: it was written second lol what in the

 

[Storm Chamber]

God that beat is terrible too

Revisions may be considered

 

[Glass Rebel]

Days with Yen Lo still seems so far away. Only 3 days brehs.

 

[MuddyDonut]

Days with Yen Lo still seems so far away. Only 3 days brehs.

Hype

 

[Storm Chamber]

Days with Yen Lo still seems so far away. Only 3 days brehs.

I've got my $13 ready

 

[Fjordson]

Days with Yen Lo still seems so far away. Only 3 days brehs.

I almost forgot. Love a weekend album release

Is it getting a digital release? All I saw on twitter is that he's selling the album in person in NYC lol.

 

[Esch]

Who is ghostwriting for Ghost?

Superb
Trife
Method Man

 

[Dereck]

We need a GAF-HOP representative for the NYC release.

 

[Glass Rebel]

I almost forgot. Love a weekend album release

Is it getting a digital release? All I saw on twitter is that he's selling the album in person in NYC lol.

His old stuff is on iTunes so I assume Yen Lo will be as well. I was really hoping for a bandcamp release but oh well.

 

[Koozek]

It Was Written < Street's Disciple

Rest Of My Life, Just A Moment, Reason, Remember The Times, War and Me & You are smooth as hell. Lots of good memories of that album. Came at the right time for me.

 

[PhoenixDark]

Rest Of My Life, Just A Moment, Reason, Remember The Times, War and Me & You are smooth as hell. Lots of good memories of that album. Came at the right time for me.

...but none of those tracks are better than The Message, Street Dreams, I Gave You Power, Take It In Blood, Affirmative Action, Suspect, If I Ruled The World....

 

[Esch]

I'm no big fan of Stillmatic (wack production) but just off the strength of it's song concepts / technical proficiency it's above everything but Lost Tapes/Illmatic/IWW.

 

[HiResDes]

Also your abusal of the equal sign is like a way of pussy footing way around truly ranking his albums. I wouldn't even be mad at someone putting The Lost Tapes or Stillmatic over IWW, but equating it to Hip is Dead and I Am LMFAO.

 

[Fjordson]

Superb
Trife
Method Man

lol. Speaking of Trife, Theodore Unit needs to make a comeback. Especially Shawn Wigs.

 

[Syph Medwes]

I'm no big fan of Stillmatic (wack production) but just off the strength of it's song concepts / technical proficiency it's above everything but Lost Tapes/Illmatic/IWW.

Dat 2nd childhood beat tho

 

[Storm Chamber]

lol. Speaking of Trife, Theodore Unit needs to make a comeback. Especially Shawn Wigs.

718 was a banger.

The redone Gorilla Hood is worth the price of admission alone

 

[PhoenixDark]

Dat 2nd childhood beat tho

dat flow tho

whew

I'd LOVE to hear Hov do a freestyle over that just because I know he'd kill it too. Not just anyone can rap on that effectively.

 

[Nibel]

Rest Of My Life, Just A Moment, Reason, Remember The Times, War and Me & You are smooth as hell. Lots of good memories of that album. Came at the right time for me.

Was Street's Disciple that double album? I loved that thing

Suicide Bounce :whew

 

[Fjordson]

718 was a banger.

The redone Gorilla Hood is worth the price of admission alone

I liked The Drummer also with Method Man. There were a few nice tracks.

 

[Esch]

Dat 2nd childhood beat tho

Yeah that and the Intro beat are good, the rest are really "why?" even if you happen to still actually like 1997-2000 production (I do). There's some ok stuff on there like One Mic and Rule but overall it's pretty crap.

Like most of his stuff post IWW the beat choices are just confusingly bad picks, not just in terms of quality but also style. Borderline jiggy beats interspersed with these serious social commentaries

 

[enzo_gt]

What It's Like To Fly Across The Atlantic Three Feet From Kanye West.

 

[spindashing]

Recycle Bin Status:
-You Owe Me

You know what? I'm not even sure what it is but over the years I began to like You Owe Me more and more. I'm thinking it's the beat... It's a dumb as fuck song and embarrassing as fuck to say the least but whenever it ever plays on the radio it got me feeling like

 

[wenis]

What It's Like To Fly Across The Atlantic Three Feet From Kanye West.

Original Trilogy?

what a fucking nerd.

 

[Courage]

What It's Like To Fly Across The Atlantic Three Feet From Kanye West.

That article makes me not wanna be a Kanye stan.

 

[Esch]

I like You Owe Me

 

[Storm Chamber]

Suicide Bounce :whew

 

[Koozek]

Was Street's Disciple that double album? I loved that thing

Suicide Bounce :whew

My man.

EDIT: It also had The Makings Of A Perfect B**** whose beat Kool Savas & Azad also officially rapped on: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_DH3oy3IeQ

 

[Fjordson]

I like You Owe Me also tbh. What a stupid song.

 

[Jay Sosa]

Ruin a decent concept with a godawful voice brehs

Reminds me of how to pimp a butterfly.

 

[spindashing]

When Ginuwine comes on the vocals with the I put the shackles on your feet, shit gets crazy

Sitting up drunk, shuffling thoughts,
Got paper but I'm lost.
Losing focus, what a nigga still hustling for?
My seed is straight, the family's settled,
Idle time get the man in trouble.

 

[Storm Chamber]

Reminds me of how to pimp a butterfly.

They're coming breh

 

[PhoenixDark]

I can just imagine people in the club singing along, "owe me back like you owe your tax, owe me back like 40 acres to blacks!"

 

[Nibel]

That track goes hard as if it were a boss theme of Donkey Kong Country: Magna Magnum Wreck-your-shit Island; dunno what you don't like about it

My man.

One day they'll recognize

 

[Storm Chamber]

That track goes hard as if it were a boss theme of Donkey Kong Country: Magna Magnum Wreck-your-shit Island;

 

[Esch]

I was about to say this is the first time i've seen the tone deafness of Nas and Sonic fans combined, but then I remembered IrishNinja.