After hearing the other offerings from GOOD including the shite Ye however, you may think to yourself is Kanye’s GOOD Music putting out any good music? This has to be the most ironic label name in Hip-Hop history. The overall feeling is underwhelming to say the least, and with Nas’ strangely tame and stagnant flow, you wonder why this turd wasn’t polished a little more before it was flushed out into the world.īefore it was finally released on Mass Appeal Records, it was reported that Nasir would be part of the recent GOOD Music release schedule. This LP is not only short, it’s also mediocre, almost sounding like it was created in the space of a few hours with some left-over production from Kanye West.
Nas’ latest album Nasir is out today and unfortunately it’s a disappointment. In a world where too many rappers and personalities are dying early due to health issues, he reflects on being “21 years past the ’27 Club,’” finding a way to survive the streets that raised him and keep his rep as a premier lyricist intact.By What Went Wrong Or Right With.? on J He leads off the album with “Speechless,” his testament to his longevity as an emcee. He began to embrace his role as a hip-hop elder statesman on King’s Disease II and continues on that path throughout Magic.
Nas plays to his strengths as an artist, sounding as confident and self-assured as he’s ever been and every bit of the verbal assassin he was in the mid-1990s.Īs Nas’ career has progressed, he has spoken more about his shifting position in the hip-hop landscape. There are no cheesy hooks by R&B/pop singers. There are no forced attempts at pop appeal. It’s a logical extension of the first two installments of King’s Disease, touching on many similar themes as explored on those albums, but with a sharper focus.Įven though Magic is not Illmatic (1994) by any stretch of the imagination, of all of his projects released in the past quarter-century, his approach here is similar to his seminal debut. The project, released with little warning on Christmas Eve, is their finest collaboration to date.
There must be something about Hit-Boy’s beats that really inspires Nas, as Magic comes sixteen months after King’s Disease (2020) and a mere five months post- King’s Disease II.
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