Best Posts: How did Nas f--- this album up so bad?

  1. Worm
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    Aug 4, 2016
    He released I Am and Nastradamus within 7 months of each other. I Am was supposed to be a double disc but because of leaks they hurried the release and he recorded the Nastradamus tracks in 7 months along with some tracks that were supposed to be on I Am...he was trying to go more commercial on those albums
     
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  2. Soldier
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    Soldier big cuntry's alias

    Aug 4, 2016
    What are you even talking about lmfao

    All of those songs were on Untitled
     
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  3. Soldier
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    Soldier big cuntry's alias

    Aug 4, 2016
    No the album was f---ing awful
     
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  4. theg
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    theg got that pma

    Aug 4, 2016
    that guy with the nas avy in shambles rn
     
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  5. Fire Squad
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    Fire Squad Boss Don Biggavel

    Aug 5, 2016
    Haha considering how dope Lost Tapes came out I would be pissed as h--- too. Try being a J.Cole fan like me tho, I bought his first 2 albums smh :camby2:
     
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  6. lunyguist
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    Aug 4, 2016
    You're right lmao, I need to listen to his catalog again, I'm mixing everything :dead:
     
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  7. Fitzy
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    Fitzy BeliGOAT

    Aug 5, 2016
    @Soldier a few reasons for the awful album by the GOAT.

    He was becoming commercialized at the time. I Am, although IMO a great album, started the process.

    Also, as @Worm said, I Am and Nastradamus were made within 7 months of each other too..

    Plus, a HUGE reason that the album was bad was because Nas was focused on his dying mother at the time. He mentioned it in a few songs and interviews. He barely could focus on it. Granted, she didn't die until 2002, but he raps about it in Last Real n----- Alive.

    Jay Z really jolted his career though. Without Takeover, Nas probably would've continued a downward spiral.

    In saying all of that, Nastradamus still remains one of the biggest disappointments ever for me. I remember buying it as a CD (I used to buy tapes, but Nastradamus was one of the first albums I bought as a CD), all excited and just stood with a vacant expression listening to it.

    Awful.
     
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  8. Soldier
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    Soldier big cuntry's alias

    Aug 4, 2016
    Nastradamus was an awful album but he somehow managed to make this song for the album. Granted, the beat still kinda sucks on this song but Life We Chose is arguably a top 10 Nas track.



    They never know we enemies til they hear me say it, til their kids on the phone saying, "please Daddy pay it"
     
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  9. Fire Squad
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    Fire Squad Boss Don Biggavel

    Aug 5, 2016
    Stillmatic is one of my most treasured possessions, first CD I ever got when I was a kid. Nas will always be my all-time favorite rapper because of that album.
     
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  10. Fitzy
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    Fitzy BeliGOAT

    Aug 5, 2016
    I was the biggest Nas Stan ever, but after Nastradamus and Takeover, I was like LOL f--- NAS, JAY Z WON.

    I wasn't even the biggest fan of Ether, but hearing Stillmatic was one of the greatest listening experiences of my Stanhood. It's why it's my favorite Nas album. The intro still gives me chills.
     
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  11. Fitzy
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    Fitzy BeliGOAT

    Aug 9, 2016
    Maybe Untitled, but it's not even close to God's Son.

    Get Down, Dance, Heaven, Last Real n----- Alive, Book Of Rhymes, I Can, Warrior's Song, Thugz Mansion, Made U Look, Cross.

    I even like Nas' verse on Zone Out (even though I f---ing HATE Bravehearts)

    Plus, the bonus disc was amazing. p---- Killz should've been on the album, it was a standout track, and I think G.O.D should've been the single instead of Made U Look.

    God's Son is such an underrated album. Don't compare that piece of s--- album, Nastradamus, to it. It offends me.
     
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  12. lunyguist
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    Aug 4, 2016
    ya'll making it seems like it's as trash as Encore or Rebirth...there's a bunch of really good songs on this album;
     
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