The Sad Letdown Of Nas (And His Awful Beats)

[jl_]

“you kill the ego, make it about the music”

profound statement for success that can apply to anything you focus on

[JashJhaveri]

I think Nas picks unique beats, I've always loved how he flows over stripped down, deconstructed beats, like "queens get the money"

[FalloutskyyBeats]

Nas career is just amazing. The way he still managed to be relevant 30 years in is so crazy. GOING ON 30 SUMMERS!!! And of course Hit-Boy NEVER MISSES

[alchemistrpm]

The problem with popular narratives is that people tend to run with them long after their expiration date. Nas had a 2-album low in the late 90s - and even that was partially due to the infamous leak. Here’s what the part-time fans missed: Stillmatic, God’s Son, The Lost Tapes (some artists never match the quality of *that* 3 album run, nevermind Illmatic and IWW), Street’s Disciple, Hip Hop is Dead…. And all before 2012 when he released another one of his best: Life is Good. All well before the KD. I’m a big fan of yours Navie, but you’re talking about my boy here. Had to say something!

[vinnyhaddad]

There was constant talk about Nas & DJ Premier doing a joint album together which likely would’ve been one of the greatest hip-hop albums of all time. Such a shame that it never transpired.

[MPPharaoh]

The beats on “Life Is Good” was dope. He picked well on that album.

[papertiger]

I mean, hes also one of the best beat pickers. 2 classic albums back to back, then stillmatics beats are insane. This “bad beat picker” narrative is insane

[davidleeroth]

That "Nas picks bad beats" narrative is perpetuated by people like vlad and peter rosenberg. Sadly, that narrative gets repeated over and over again, and people who know nothing about real hip hop start believing that crap. Hip hop goes through phases. If anything, I'd say he maybe didn't arrange his songs to flow a certain way on certain albums. Hell, when you go back and listen to Jay-Z's Vol. 3 "Life & And Times of S.Carter", you could say a lot of those songs didn't age well. People get caught up in the popularity contest and buy into foolishness. Check the rhyme.

[HealthyGuitarPlayer]

Kings disease was a crazy drop and honestly reversed his aging by up to 10 years lmao not really but really seemed like a career startijg album but it was a career revising album!

[JewelzFin]

Nas' beats have been on point since his 2010 "Life Is Good" album. Probably my 2nd or 3rd favorite album of his.

[gutaninblanco]

i love simple beats nas picked, they are still better then generic trap beats this days

[Chicken-]

Nas really remembered why he is so great with Hitboy's beats, so much uniqueness and even if I don't like the beat on its own Nas always kills it

[TheRealDahli]

Love these breakdowns. People probably don’t realize the amount of energy that you put into these reconstructions.

[AmbiguousAnthony]

Great video, I’m sure if you shared this with Hit-Boy he would reply back, he loves his fans and people that support him. I hope he sees this.

[Gatsby]

Huge fan of your videos! Really helping and inspiring me. I would love to see you do something on Statik Selektah. I think he is an amazing producer we could learn a lot from. Thanks for all your videos and hard work!

[kidv]

So glad I found your channel, not that I'm planning to become a hip hop producer anyday but it gives me new appreciation of all these classics. Great stuff

[YassinBannari-pcky]

love that you talked about Thun, I was actually doing really shit and I decided to listen to KD3 and fell in love with the sampling on Thun. I hadn't touch FL in months and it got me back in trying to learn

[Yuhyeauhuhsurebuddy]

Idk why people give shit to Nas for his choice of beats when theres so many other rappers who stick to one style and usually almost never change from it, but you guys arent ready to talk about that

[farraribeats]

My favorite rapper of all time got to see him perform live. I know he had a rough streak of bad beats but his Life is Good album is actually a good Nas album with pretty good beats imo.

[terrine]

Love the tiltle ! Watching the video now.

Edit : Great video ! I thought it was going to be something totally different lol. I went from never listening to Nas, to listen to him daily since I discovered his recent albums 2 years ago. Hit-boy has become one of my favorite producers, I love how he brings new ideas to boombap.