 | Nas The Lost Tapes
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| 4.0 excellent | jmzbrdlybird | December 8th 08 |
any fans of Illmatic should get this.
imo one of his best releases. better than street's diciple and God's son. not as good as illmatic, or maybe stillmatic either,but thts probably just because its underproduced id assume, seeing as this is just a collection of unreleased tracks.
anyways, look out for this one
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| 3.0 good | Apocalyptic Raids | October 20th 07 |
Decent compilation. The Lost Tapes starts off quite well, with Doo Rags through to Nothing Lasts Forever all being pretty nice songs, and then it takes a serious dive until the utterly fantastic Poppa Was A Playa. How that song didn't make it onto any of Nas' albums is mystifying, as it's easily one of the best post-Illmatic songs I've from him. Anyway, The Lost Tapes is worth picking up for any big Nas fans.
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| 4.0 excellent | MusicMang | February 4th 19 |
Top Class production, start to finish. The only truly bad elements over the 11 tracks is that it was never allowed to improve Nastradamus, the weakest link in a solid and consistent career
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| 4.0 excellent | Alabaster Jones | February 25th 17 |
Album leaks suck and the people who leak them suck even harder (refer to one Lil Ugly Mane for more information on the morality of album leakers); this is an inscrutable fact. If that kind of stuff didn't happen, then the material from The Lost Tapes would've found their way onto I Am..., making it a much better album than it ended up being. However, at least this material did eventually end up seeing the light of day because it was far too good to rot in a storage facility somewhere. It's somewhat of a samey affair with regard to the production, with piano lines and boom-bap beats dominating the entire comp, however it's a pretty solid formula that works well for the style. The real draw is Nas himself, who effortlessly spins tales of street dealings, childhood stories, and some of the shadier aspects of fame and those who crave it. Every song has a great story, and there's a few halfway-decent hooks here to boot. It shows that Nas had so much better lined up than he was able to give, thus resulting in a stretch that he and many others would probably like to forget.
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| 5.0 classic | Perplexion | July 14th 12 |
Nas has a collection of outtakes that can overpower any normal discography. (says something about the artist, doesn't it?)
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| 3.5 great | Em1994 | August 23rd 22 |
| 5.0 classic | meto | October 2nd 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Phate72 | August 9th 21 |
| 4.5 superb | BankZZ | September 6th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Gillie | June 2nd 20 |
| 3.5 great | jmh886 | April 23rd 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Yeagyu | August 22nd 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | NateMa | March 16th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | YungZGP | August 24th 17 |
| 5.0 classic | Cmm95 | July 31st 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Nights | August 25th 16 |
| 5.0 classic | xxm | July 15th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | teeawgo | January 19th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | YodaCaKe | September 22nd 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Fozzie | August 13th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Nigtwig | January 17th 15 |
| 3.5 great | ethos | April 28th 14 |
| 3.0 good | pxdash | March 24th 14 |
| 3.5 great | adr | January 25th 14 |
| 5.0 classic | Ringo00 | December 21st 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | akimbo | December 16th 13 |
| 4.5 superb | jaama94 | October 12th 13 |
| 5.0 classic | cmilli | September 4th 13 |
| 3.0 good | tlhk | August 31st 13 |
| 4.5 superb | illogic | February 2nd 13 |
| 4.5 superb | ZoneOut | December 12th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Dask | December 5th 12 |
| 4.5 superb | JBott | October 6th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | aldburg | July 22nd 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Tupik | March 5th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | measel44 | February 22nd 12 |
| 4.5 superb | TheKing | December 13th 11 |
| 4.5 superb | Cadda | September 15th 11 |
| 3.5 great | Riano | June 4th 11 |
| 5.0 classic | Shlub | April 9th 11 |
| 4.5 superb | Manic_ | April 5th 11 |
| 3.5 great | WooHa | February 19th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Timon87 | October 29th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | Funko | August 18th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | IAJP | August 14th 10 |
| 4.5 superb | A28 | August 8th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | Caveman | August 2nd 10 |
| 3.5 great | HeavyB | April 30th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | Ramos29 | April 3rd 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | Brayden | November 7th 09 |
| 3.5 great | Iai EMERITUS | September 25th 09 |
| 5.0 classic | mooacow | December 11th 08 |
| 4.5 superb | wojodta | October 31st 08 |
| 4.0 excellent | gafel | September 26th 08 |
| 4.0 excellent | Pointro | September 13th 08 |
| 4.0 excellent | DsRaMoS | April 11th 08 |
| 3.0 good | C.O.A. | February 16th 08 |
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