The Firm: The Albumīest songs on the album: “Phone Tap”, “Executive Decision”, “Desperados”, “Firm Biz” But like most rap double albums, Nas’ seventh album suffered from too much filler and a bloated track listing with not enough memorable moments. “Thief’s Theme” is one of Nas’ best songs of all time, and “Bridging the Gap” finds him linking back up with his dad on a musical note, just like they did for “Life’s a Bitch” back in ’94. The first two singles off Street’s Disciple were incredibly promising. Street’s Discipleīest songs on the album: “Just a Moment”, “Bridging the Gap”, “Thief’s Theme” Save for a few shining moments, though, Nasir was a disappointment and proved that Kanye’s sweeping, overproduction didn’t suit well with the Queensbridge legend’s rhyme style. As his first album since 2012’s Life Is Good, and featuring production exclusively from Kanye, expectations were understandably high. Off the momentum of the Wyoming sessions, which had Pusha, Kanye, Kid Cudi and Teyana Taylor all dropping albums within a week of each other, Nas had his own release squeezed in between. Nasirīest songs on the album: “Cops Shot the Kid”, “White Label”, “Adam and Eve” Unfortunately, like many hyped-up rap albums, The Lost Tapes 2 failed to meet expectations, and has been relegated to the Nas archives. From RZA, Kanye and Pete Rock to DJ Toomp, The Alchemist and No I.D., it was the who’s who of greatest rap producers of all time. The original Lost Tapes remains one of the most beloved Nas projects of all time, and when you saw the producer line-up for the sequel, it was a hip hop head’s dream. You can’t blame fans for being hyped about this album. The Lost Tapes 2īest songs on the album: “No Bad Energy”, “Vernon Family”, “The Art of It”
But I have nothing against that album.” 17. It was personal stuff that I’d rather not elaborate on. “And it was a gray area in my life and that album represents that gray area. “On that album, there’s a couple of songs that have a certain sound to it that doesn’t sound like anything else I’ve done,” Nas told Rolling Stone in 2014. The result was a bland, forgettable album that not even a DJ Premier beat could save. The original plan was to have Nastradamus as part of a double album, called I Am… The Autobiography, but heavy bootlegging led to Nas rushing out a new release under a different title. The single, lowest point of Nas’ legendary 30-year career. Nastradamusīest songs on the album: “Project Windows”, “Come Get Me” So, in honour of the great Queensbridge rhyme-slinger, we’re going to rank every Nas album ever released, from worst to best. In the past two years, Nas has dropped, not one, but three great albums, and in the process, destroyed any notion of his inconsistency and knack for rapping over bad production. When we’re talking about rapper catalogues, there are very few names that can stack up against Nasir Jones.Įver since his groundbreaking 1994 debut, Illmatic, Nas has experienced plenty of ups and downs in his career he’s copped a lot of hate and been compared endlessly to Jay-Z, but he’s always come back and proven the doubters wrong. Fourteen solo albums, three compilation projects, two collaboration albums seven of which have gone platinum, five number one debuts.
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