Nas - Life Is Good LP thread (Covers, singles, etc)

Tired & Broke · Post by **Tired & Broke** » Fri Jul 13, 2012 5:41 pm

album starts extremely strong and is pretty much all over the place after that. Pretty much what I expect from Nas nowadays. Its A Good Listen.

YouTube · Post by **Philaflava** » Fri Jul 13, 2012 5:42 pm

Req wrote:No rapper aged over 35 has made an album as good as this.

GOAT

I could probably add a few more pages to this thread but I'll just leave this here

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Fri Jul 13, 2012 5:45 pm

is this album better than killer mike's? cause he's 37

EMCEE DARTH MALEK · Post by **EMCEE DARTH MALEK** » Fri Jul 13, 2012 5:49 pm

Divorce + daughter using twitter have given nas something to talk about again. But not just those few joints, on accident murderers he's saying something (last verse in particular). World's an addiction, back when, all over.

Yo philaflava nas shouted you out on locomotive did you catch that?

YouTube · Post by **Philaflava** » Fri Jul 13, 2012 6:05 pm

EMCEE DARTH MALEK wrote: Yo philaflava nas shouted you out on locomotive did you catch that?

90s >

stype_ones · Post by **stype_ones** » Sat Jul 14, 2012 1:44 am

Album is exactly what I want to hear from Nas in 2012. He's appeased all his fans and is a beast on the mic. What could we want from him? Guys damn near rapping better than everyone. He is held to such a high standard it's crazy at this point. If you think about it, he touched every style he has rocked throughout his career, and added the 2012 Nas to the mix. Not sure I understand what people want from him.. He's raw, nostalgic, honest, and contemporary. Everyone has different tastes so I don't expect everone to like everything, but this album is very good. Is it illmatic or a classic? Of course not. But the dude just released an ill album. Take it for what it it is and stop the fuckin hate already. Album is dope. Bottom line.

Kalistoga · Post by **Kalistoga** » Sat Jul 14, 2012 2:45 am

there's really nothing wrong with "Summer on Smash." There, I've said it.

grass · Post by **grass** » Sat Jul 14, 2012 7:56 am

pradadon wrote:Album is exactly what I want to hear from Nas in 2012. He's appeased all his fans and is a beast on the mic. What could we want from him? Guys damn near rapping better than everyone. He is held to such a high standard it's crazy at this point. If you think about it, he touched every style he has rocked throughout his career, and added the 2012 Nas to the mix. Not sure I understand what people want from him.. He's raw, nostalgic, honest, and contemporary. Everyone has different tastes so I don't expect everone to like everything, but this album is very good. Is it illmatic or a classic? Of course not. But the dude just released an ill album. Take it for what it it is and stop the fuckin hate already. Album is dope. Bottom line.

What he said

A Kid · Post by **A Kid** » Sat Jul 14, 2012 12:05 pm

Album changed my life. I may go adopt a highway or help an old lady with her groceries today.
My nigga Nas did it again

Life is Great.

KITFUNK · Post by **KITFUNK** » Sat Jul 14, 2012 12:26 pm

Haven't listened yet but I jus downloaded. For some reason in red next to the song titles it says "Explicit". All my shit is explicit, but these the only files that say it in red next to the title. Anyone know how I get that shit off?

Gyangsta 4 Life · Post by **Gyangsta 4 Life** » Sat Jul 14, 2012 1:32 pm

KITFUNK wrote:Haven't listened yet but I jus downloaded. For some reason in red next to the song titles it says "Explicit". All my shit is explicit, but these the only files that say it in red next to the title. Anyone know how I get that shit off?

Those are the Itunes encoded versions, I believe. It means you won't be able to burn them to CD as data files.

YouTube · Post by **Philaflava** » Sat Jul 14, 2012 3:39 pm

Regardless of what anyone thinks about this album, can we just agree the sequencing is horrendous?

KITFUNK · Post by **KITFUNK** » Sat Jul 14, 2012 3:52 pm

Gyangsta 4 Life wrote:
KITFUNK wrote:Haven't listened yet but I jus downloaded. For some reason in red next to the song titles it says "Explicit". All my shit is explicit, but these the only files that say it in red next to the title. Anyone know how I get that shit off?
Those are the Itunes encoded versions, I believe. It means you won't be able to burn them to CD as data files.

Hmmm, thx for the info.

Req · Post by **Req** » Sun Jul 15, 2012 1:18 am

http://hypetrak.com/2012/07/nas-trust-bonus-track/

dope as fuck, this is like some Drunk by Myself pt2 shit.

B. Ware tha Siniq · Post by **B. Ware tha Siniq** » Sun Jul 15, 2012 3:12 am

Philaflava wrote:My EP

1. Loco-Motive
2. Back When
3. Nasty
4. The Don
5. A Queens Story
6. Daughters
7. Reach Out

yup. That's it basically

LMAO at this being the best album by a 35 year old. I mean maybe you can come close to making that argument if you're talking a 35 year old rapper on a major... but this year alone:

Ka
El-P
Aesop Rock
Killer Mike

All made better albums, all over 35 years old. Even if you're not into Aesop or El, there's no denying R.A.P. Music or Grief Pedigree are better on multiple levels than this. The only real counter to this argument is some type of "broader cultural relevancy" argument.

ALASKA · Post by **ALASKA** » Sun Jul 15, 2012 9:31 am

there are some really good tracks and some painfully bland tracks and a few awful ones.

it is a typical nas album.

daughters
reach out
Back WHen
The Don
Stay
Cherry Wine
Bye Baby
Nasty

Versive · Post by **Versive** » Sun Jul 15, 2012 10:12 am

I haven't listened yet, just saw the album cover.
Is this Nas' Here My Dear?

Req · Post by **Req** » Sun Jul 15, 2012 12:06 pm

B. Ware tha Siniq wrote: El-P
Aesop Rock

All made better albums,

HHI rides again!!!!!!!

Smitty · Post by **Smitty** » Sun Jul 15, 2012 2:05 pm

The intro and the joint with Anthony Hamilton are eye rollingly atrocious.

This bar made me LOL, "I don't get the credit I deserve that's why I hate interviews". Dude's been living off extended credit for a decade plus.

YouTube · Post by **Philaflava** » Sun Jul 15, 2012 8:14 pm

Listened with my wife in the car and she goes "Nas raps like shit these days." I love her.

starks · Post by **starks** » Sun Jul 15, 2012 10:25 pm

album is great

chiefbombpro · Post by **chiefbombpro** » Sun Jul 15, 2012 10:37 pm

Album is not terrible but, it's not great either. It's in that middle ground that Nas albums are so accustomed to. Being on a major label will do that to you though. Trying to make the fans & the suits happy simultaneously must be tough.

seagrams hotsauce · Post by **seagrams hotsauce** » Sun Jul 15, 2012 11:17 pm

Versive wrote:I haven't listened yet, just saw the album cover.
Is this Nas' Here My Dear?

Let's not get carried away.

AXEWOUNDFISTER · Post by **AXEWOUNDFISTER** » Mon Jul 16, 2012 12:35 pm

chiefbombpro wrote:Album is not terrible but, it's not great either.

pretty much.

Comedy Quaddafi · Post by **Comedy Quaddafi** » Mon Jul 16, 2012 1:07 pm

Only songs I don't care to hear again are Daughters, Bye Baby, World's An Addiction, Back When, Roses and Where's The Love. Think this might be his best album since Stillmatic.

Versive · Post by **Versive** » Mon Jul 16, 2012 2:00 pm

Kony Montana wrote:
Versive wrote:I haven't listened yet, just saw the album cover.
Is this Nas' Here My Dear?
Let's not get carried away.

Having listened, I can tell the answer is no. Don't think that it would be giving Nas too much credit to think that he would borrow from Marvin's album concept, seeing as how he's in the same circumstance ... all the money he makes off this will be going toward the divorce settlement or covering moneys lost therin, no?

B. Ware tha Siniq · Post by **B. Ware tha Siniq** » Mon Jul 16, 2012 2:03 pm

Req wrote:
B. Ware tha Siniq wrote: El-P
Aesop Rock

All made better albums,
HHI rides again!!!!!!!

Well for balance, Future also made a better album. And Meek Mill made a mixtape that's better than this album - but they're not over 35.

Req · Post by **Req** » Mon Jul 16, 2012 2:06 pm

B. Ware tha Siniq wrote:
Req wrote:
B. Ware tha Siniq wrote: El-P
Aesop Rock

All made better albums,
HHI rides again!!!!!!!
Well for balance, Future also made a better album. And Meek Mill made a mixtape that's better than this album - but they're not over 35.

I've been on this board and its precursor for over 10 years.

this might be the single worst opinion I've ever read.

Take a bow son, take a bow.

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Mon Jul 16, 2012 2:06 pm

funny to see the here my dear comparison in this context, just because i've also seen it brought up for the Frank Ocean album

step one · Post by **step one** » Mon Jul 16, 2012 2:13 pm

B. Ware tha Siniq wrote: Meek Mill made a mixtape that's better than this album .