What's ur favorite Nas album???
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IllmaticIt's a no brainer for me.
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Imo all of Nas.He definitely has killing tracks in every single piece of his album. Its hard to choose only one so I did not vote.
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IllmaticIt's gotta be Illmatic BUT ? 's Son is my second favorite and is really a beautiful album. Lost Tapes is up there as well and I Am... is a bit underrated and is pretty solid save for a few weak beats.
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StillmaticFor me its between Stillmatic and Untitled....I think Untitled is Nas' most slept on record.
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UntitledIf lost tapes was on the list it would've got my vote tho
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It Was Writteniww was his best all around effort flow was murder, lyrics was on point and it was a commercial success ? is sleepin on silent murder,suspect ? ,shootouts...
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It Was Writteniww was his best all around effort flow was murder, lyrics was on point and it was a commercial success ? is sleepin on silent murder,suspect ? ,shootouts...
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Street's DisciplePersonally I loved streets disciple, so many styles n flows. The songs with maxwell, busta rhymes and the tiger woods/ Kobe diss song, but if I'm ranking it's 1) illmatic 2) lost tapes 3) stillmatic
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IllmaticNas has the GOAT album titles
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It Was WrittenIt Was Written for me, I always felt it was the perfect blend of concepts, rugged raps and radio ready joints.
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umm...
Lost Tapes? -
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Actually now that I think about it...walk wit a ? .
I remember back in college, "I Am" was the first real "leaked" album I had ever heard (meaning I was hearing an actual album before it hit stores...not just tracks off a yet-to-be-released album on some ? 's mixtape). Prior to this, everyone was talking about how Nas was about to drop a double album...remember, Biggie's 2x album had dropped just two years prior. The leak ? everything up and he had to rush something to the stores to capitalize on whatever buzz was still left. I had Fetus, Poppa Was a Playa, Hardest Thing to Do Is Stay Alive, Wanna Play, Sometimes I Wonder and ? By Myself LONG before the official "Lost Tapes" came out. Nastradamus was a rush as well (I think it also came out in 1999) but there were a couple gems on it as well (Last Words, Shoot Em Up). I think that were the originally planned double album to have dropped (in the absence of the leak) or even a single album pared down to the best tracks from I Am, Nastradamus and Lost Tapes, that would have been discussed with the same vauntedness that yall give illmatic and IWW.
That's why I give Lost Tapes the props cause I think most of the best songs from that album were from there. -
UntitledIts deep and went over ? heads
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Hmmmm...
Not really sure I can pick one. Probably between IWW or HID. But I don't understand why people ? on Nastradamus so much. It's not a bad album at all. -
IllmaticIt was written is a close contender but illmatic still takes it.
It's everything a hip hop album should be.
Great wordplay (lyrics in general), great production, pure, also it ain't too long.
A lot of hip hop albums/mixtapes are too long and because of that their quality diminishes.
Illmatic doesn't have that problem, it's great from beginning to end.
It's a masterpiece and it's easily in my top 5. -
My favorite is IWW. Still his best all around effort to me even with the step into the mafioso genre. But I'm partial to that genre cuz I think the sum of the goats dropped their best work within it. So it may that bias cuz I do agree illmatic is nas's best lp overall. Illmatic nas was ahead of his time. IWW nas was at his lyrical peak and his flows were dope every track
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Illmaticmryounggun wrote: »Hmmmm...
Not really sure I can pick one. Probably between IWW or HID. But I don't understand why people ? on Nastradamus so much. It's not a bad album at all.
I agree, i mean i get the criticism and it definitely ain't one of his best works.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGVHc7rBpO4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qWYjmkZOK4
They're kind of poppy/kitsch sounding but for some reason i really like 'em, especially "New World".
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I cant decide, but I can give you my 3 favorites:
Illmatic
It was written
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IllmaticLol @ people who think a superficial mafia album being better than the album that revived his career.
Stillmatic > It Was Written -
It Was WrittenLysolJenkins wrote: »Lol @ people who think a superficial mafia album being better than the album that revived his career.
Stillmatic > It Was Written
IWW is one of the top 3 mafioso influenced pieces to come out but he also was teaching the kids w ? like i gave u power and black girl lost.
Hiphop is about partying AND disseminating information. Who else is doing that w help from Dre.....?
The other homie u love....k dot
Dont forget that last verse on watch dem n*ggas was goat - "them old timers advised you to them problems thats ahead,drama wit the feds,not listening just bobbing your head"
And that shootouts line "she do be looking weaker now,her teeth are foul,speaking loud,peep her style, in and out of every ? cloud" was one of my favorite lines off the album
Im trying to tell ya I cant reiterate this enough nobody was f***ing with that IWW/ESCO FLOW. He could rhyme small and big words together numerous times within one line or verse making it sound so effortless, whereas some rappers rhymes sound forced. BIG PUN R.I.P is one of the few who could do that but not many....
I always said that IWW flow was like water, as corny as that may sound it came across so natural it flowed like water.
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clairascanbe wrote: »LysolJenkins wrote: »Lol @ people who think a superficial mafia album being better than the album that revived his career.
Stillmatic > It Was Written
IWW is one of the top 3 mafioso influenced pieces to come out but he also was teaching the kids w ? like i gave u power and black girl lost.
Hiphop is about partying AND disseminating information. Who else is doing that w help from Dre.....?
The other homie u love....k dot
Dont forget that last verse on watch dem n*ggas was goat - "them old timers advised you to them problems thats ahead,drama wit the feds,not listening just bobbing your head"
And that shootouts line "she do be looking weaker now,her teeth are foul,speaking loud,peep her style, in and out of every ? cloud" was one of my favorite lines off the album
Im trying to tell ya I cant reiterate this enough nobody was f***ing with that IWW/ESCO FLOW. He could rhyme small and big words together numerous times within one line or verse making it sound so effortless, whereas some rappers rhymes sound forced. BIG PUN R.I.P is one of the few who could do that but not many....
I always said that IWW flow was like water, as corny as that may sound it came across so natural it flowed like water.
when I was younger, I ended up getting the edited version.. and for some reason the 3rd verse was completely different.. maybe even better.
@ 2:35
http://youtu.be/M2niwOc5ae4 -
It Was Writtenclairascanbe wrote: »LysolJenkins wrote: »Lol @ people who think a superficial mafia album being better than the album that revived his career.
Stillmatic > It Was Written
IWW is one of the top 3 mafioso influenced pieces to come out but he also was teaching the kids w ? like i gave u power and black girl lost.
Hiphop is about partying AND disseminating information. Who else is doing that w help from Dre.....?
The other homie u love....k dot
Dont forget that last verse on watch dem n*ggas was goat - "them old timers advised you to them problems thats ahead,drama wit the feds,not listening just bobbing your head"
And that shootouts line "she do be looking weaker now,her teeth are foul,speaking loud,peep her style, in and out of every ? cloud" was one of my favorite lines off the album
Im trying to tell ya I cant reiterate this enough nobody was f***ing with that IWW/ESCO FLOW. He could rhyme small and big words together numerous times within one line or verse making it sound so effortless, whereas some rappers rhymes sound forced. BIG PUN R.I.P is one of the few who could do that but not many....
I always said that IWW flow was like water, as corny as that may sound it came across so natural it flowed like water.
when I was younger, I ended up getting the edited version.. and for some reason the 3rd verse was completely different.. maybe even better.
@ 2:35http://youtu.be/M2niwOc5ae4
That was dope theres a couple of extended/alternate versions songs from that album street dreams and take it in blood come to mind. Imma look into that kiana donald goines saga line on this song cause I read a couple of his books, see which one he was referring to.
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rap mysterio wrote: »Personally I loved streets disciple, so many styles n flows. The songs with maxwell, busta rhymes and the tiger woods/ Kobe diss song, but if I'm ranking it's 1) illmatic 2) lost tapes 3) stillmatic
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IllmaticI always liked "Fiends get skinny as if queens was a Craig Jenny"
it was written had mad quotables
