What other great MC/producer combos have arisen later in their careers?ģ6:53 Nas is in the second prime of his career.
Nas new album review series#
The timestamps for the What’s The Headline Episode #57 are as follows:Ģ:05 The Hip-Hop community is still buzzing about The LOX Verzuz Dipsetĥ:10 Kanye West’s second listening party for DONDA included new music featuring The LOX, Griselda and Jay Electronicaġ6:30 Nas owned the weekend in Hip-Hop with the release of his King’s Disease II albumġ8:00 Overall reactions to Nas King’s Disease II albumĢ1:30 Comparing Nas’ King’s Disease II and Life Is Good albumsĢ4:55 Is the King’s Disease series Nas’ best 1-2 album punch since Stillmatic and God’s Son?Ģ9:30 Nas released King’s Disease II with no hype and let the music speak for itselfģ0:43 Nas and Hit-Boy have found a special chemistry. Snoop Dogg Provides New Details About 1996 Meeting Between Tupac & Nas (Video) Run The Jewels’ Killer Mike and El-P, Freddie Gibbs and Madlib, LL Cool J and Marley Marl, PRhyme’s Royce 5’9 and DJ Premier, and JAY-Z and No I.D. Specifically, this looks at artists who create a chemistry mid-career. In doing so, we also spotlight other MC/producer tandems that have accomplished this quality in Hip-Hop.
The Los Angeles veteran once known for producing Drake, Kendrick Lamar, and Kanye West is earning his greatest recognition for alongside N-A-S.Īt 36:45, What’s The Headline examines the chemistry between Nas and Hit in creating this new life. KD2 features several songs with multiple beats and major in-track adjustments to the mix. While the tandem of the MC and producer may not have had the fanfare that surrounded reports of albums made with RZA and Swizz Beatz or a DJ Premier-produced LP, Hit-Boy allowed Nas to turn the page in many ways. In discussing Nas’ second prime, credit is due to Hit-Boy. Nas Names His Top 5 MCs Of This Generation & Lists His 3 Favorite Songs (Video) This puts Nas in the company of MCs such as LL Cool J, Royce 5’9, Black Thought, JAY-Z, Evidence, Phonte, Masta Ace, and Lil Wayne. After a prime that ran approximately from ’94 to 2001, the creator of “2nd Childhood” is in his second prime-one worthy of celebration. Nas has found a new stride, especially after creating his best one-two-punch of albums since 2001’s Stillmatic and 2002’s God’s Son ( 24:55). Nas addresses health, wealth, valuing oneself, and seeking anonymity on his latest LP-while still talking rap royalty, surviving the times, and calling out evil political forces. But many Heads have awaited the kind of growth and evolution that listeners can hear in the pair of King’s Disease albums. 2012’s Life Is Good was celebrated for its vulnerability and themes surrounding divorce and family. However, Nas finding his voice beyond that run has been a process. Nas was a Hip-Hop teenage prodigy first heard on Main Source’s “Live At The Barbeque.” He made much of Illmatic while in his teens and maintained a legendary stride throughout much of his twenties. In discussing the album, an agreement is made that Nas has reached the second prime of his career ( 36:53). The Ambrosia For Heads team reviews King’s Disease II, track-by-track ( 42:30) on the latest episode of the What’s The Headline podcast (embedded below in audio and video). The moment finds Nas revisiting some key moments from his past but comfortably embracing his present-personally and artistically. Lauryn Hill, Eminem, and EPMD, among others, across 15 tracks. Nas and Hit-Boy maintain their battery for the second installment but open the space to feature Ms. Entirely produced by Hit-Boy, KD1 included reuniting the founding members of The Firm (along with the group’s album producer, Dr. King’s Disease II follows 2020’s campaign, which landed Nas his first Grammy award, taking home “Best Rap Album” honors in early ’21. For the second time in less than a year, Nas has released an album.
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