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Anyone got Nas - Untitled?

Cropduster84Cropduster84 Posts: 1,283
edited July 2008 in Other Music
Havent had a chance to pick it up, what's it like?

I've heard Hero and think its pretty cool.....
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  • Shawn Smith CollectiveShawn Smith Collective Posts: 986
    Extremely politically charged. I've only had a chance to give it one and a half listens...a few songs I just don't care for, but Nas is pretty much on fire for this record. His response to/rant about Fox news is incredible, except that nobody told him that NY's local "Fox 5" isn't the same as "Fox News Channel."
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  • Cropduster84Cropduster84 Posts: 1,283
    bump
    'The more I studied religions the more I am convinced that man never worshipped anything but himself.' - Sir Richard Francis Burton
  • SVRDhand13SVRDhand13 Posts: 26,152
    Dont expect it to be as good as Illmatic, but this is definitly his best in a long time. Its nice to hear some political stuff from him. I hope other big name rappers follow him and discuss more real issues.

    The beats arent as flashy as usual which leaves the focus on his rhymes- which is what I think rap is all about.
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  • clark_kentclark_kent Posts: 166
    hero is far and away the best song on there and overshadows the entire rest of the album. the rest is ok. not bad, but not great. the production and beats are a little overly slick. nas's lyrics are definitely politically charged, but some of them become absurdly preachy or heavy-handed. it's an ok album. but then, i rather liked hip hop is dead and street's disciple, which seem to be pretty unpopular albums, so maybe i'm way off base.
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  • Jeremy1012Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    SVRDhand13 wrote:
    The beats arent as flashy as usual which leaves the focus on his rhymes- which is what I think rap is all about.
    The best rhymes can fall flat with shitty beats. A fact highlighted by most of Nas' post-Illmatic work really :o
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  • Shawn Smith CollectiveShawn Smith Collective Posts: 986
    clark_kent wrote:
    hero is far and away the best song on there and overshadows the entire rest of the album. the rest is ok. not bad, but not great. the production and beats are a little overly slick.

    I don't know man...Breathe and Make the World Go Round are "overly slick" like you said, but that's it. I'd say Hero borders on being overly slick, and is by far NOT the best song on this record.

    Queens Get the Money - Very sparse piano, no drums

    You Can't Stop Us Now - Dirty as fuck

    America - Track is a pretty weak

    Sly Fox - This is hard as hell

    Testify - Almost ballad like

    N.I.*.*.E.R - He's going for a real big sound on this...it should have built to something more

    Untitled - This could have been very subdued and atmospheric, but a neck snapping drum track makes it very interesting

    Fried Chicken - Something about it doesn't work for me overall, but the live instrumentation is great throughout

    Project Roach - Very jazzy, very unslick

    Y'all My Ni**as - This borders on being too slick

    We're Not Alone - Very chill with live keys and an r&b hook, but again not very slick

    Black President - Lots of layers going on here...the piano, the hard hitting bass and drums, a great Tupac vocal sample...and again nothing like the slick production on the tracks at the top of the album.

    There really are only 3-4 out of the 15 tracks that can be considered slick production, and because 3 of them appear in the first 5 tracks, it can give a bad first impression and overshadow how you listen to the album.
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  • clark_kentclark_kent Posts: 166
    Shawn Smith Collective wrote:
    I don't know man...Breathe and Make the World Go Round are "overly slick" like you said, but that's it. I'd say Hero borders on being overly slick, and is by far NOT the best song on this record.

    Queens Get the Money - Very sparse piano, no drums

    You Can't Stop Us Now - Dirty as fuck

    America - Track is a pretty weak

    Sly Fox - This is hard as hell

    Testify - Almost ballad like

    N.I.*.*.E.R - He's going for a real big sound on this...it should have built to something more

    Untitled - This could have been very subdued and atmospheric, but a neck snapping drum track makes it very interesting

    Fried Chicken - Something about it doesn't work for me overall, but the live instrumentation is great throughout

    Project Roach - Very jazzy, very unslick

    Y'all My Ni**as - This borders on being too slick

    We're Not Alone - Very chill with live keys and an r&b hook, but again not very slick

    Black President - Lots of layers going on here...the piano, the hard hitting bass and drums, a great Tupac vocal sample...and again nothing like the slick production on the tracks at the top of the album.

    There really are only 3-4 out of the 15 tracks that can be considered slick production, and because 3 of them appear in the first 5 tracks, it can give a bad first impression and overshadow how you listen to the album.

    i suppose that's possible. it might be a bit front-loaded with weak r&b type crossover tracks. that america song kinda sucks. i do find myself getting kind of addicted to it, and usually that's a good sign. if i have the initial "i dont know about this" but then keep going back for more, i usually end up really liking it.
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