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A great opening statement for the next 55 minutes. It’s a classic Nas, roll-the-windows-down type vibe that takes us right back to how it felt back in the days of this artists first glory. The title and lyrics both allude to the message all haters should step away from the album immediately – Nas is here to play. The tape begins with ‘No Bad Energy’, produced by Swizz Beatz and araabMUZIK. In the end, it’s for you to decide how you digest. Of course there’d be a natural comparison to the undeniable gold we were given with the original ‘The Lost Tapes’ so we thought we’d take a look at some of the fire tracks on this album. The album boasts special guests including Al Jarreau, Kenyon Harrold, Swizz Beatz, J.
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We’ve got the Alchemist on the production credits again, plus an added Kanye, Swizz Beatz, RZA, Pete Rock Eddie Cole, Pharell Williams, DJ Khalil, Eric Hudson, Hit-Boy, No.I.D,DJ Dahi, and Statik Selektah. Now, at 45, Nas released the long-awaited ‘The Lost Tapes 2’ on July 19th. If you’re a Nas fan you’ll know, no other rapper rhymes it better.Ī post shared by Nasir Jones on at 9:31pm PDT ‘The Lost Tapes’ was 43 minutes of beautiful storytelling.
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The idea that we were getting an inside scoop, like a movie may do ‘deleted’ scenes on a film’s disk, of Nas’s albums ‘I Am’ (1991) and ‘Stillmatic’ (2001) aired a sense that Nas would always fearlessly provide his art. The whole concept went down a treat with his fans.
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It was a mix of Nas’s work that hadn’t quite made his albums the tracks that he or is producers may have deemed not good enough for release at the time of recording. ‘The Lost Tapes’ came through in September 2002 and was nothing short of phenomenal. Nas soon landed in all the top charts – and you’ll find many respected hip-hop artists rank him in their top 5 today. Like wildfire, poetic truth about daily life in Queens began to spread through the rap community and spill out from rolled down windows. Typically, you’ll know Nas from the one and only ‘ Illmatic’, the 1994 debut album that had fans and critics praising his lyricism. His words are made for the stereo, and he’s just released a whole album of lyrics made for volume we’ve been waiting years for – ‘The Lost Tapes 2’ Headphones don’t do our OG American hip-hop mastermind justice.