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"The Message" is a bad ass tune.
I like this album even more than Illmatic. Live Nigga Rap is tha dopest track on this album. Nas Is Coming is wack as fuck..... Street Dreams,I Gave you Power, Affirmativa Action etc. are classics too. I'd give this album a 8,5 or 9 /10
Personally, this is one of my favorite albums of all-time and I feel as though it is Nas's best album. My favorite joint on it is "Watch Them Niggaz" which is my favorite Nas joint period. The only song I didn't like on this album was "Nas is coming" but everything else was heat.
This album is an enigma because for whatever reason, as a collective, people could never get a good baseline on it pertaining to if they liked it or they didn't. I like it that way though. Again, classic!
It was good but i don't think is as great as alot of people say (and definetly not better than Illmatic, not even close). I don't know, i'm just not really a fan f Nas' mafioso raps; Album had some very nice tracks and all, but the only standout track to me was "I Gave You Power".
I just don't like you, thats all.
This album is better than Illmatic. My favorite album ever. The Message, I Gave You Power, Nas is Coming, Afirmitive Action, If I ruled The World are all amazing.
This is my favorite Nas album.
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Actually Stray Bullet by Organized Konfusion was the first song to rap from the perspective of a gun...or the first one that I know of, but Nas certainly wasn't the first to do it, although his version was real ill.nothing ground-breaking? i gave you power is absolutely revolutionary. i mean that dude was a gun, straight up, he was a gun on that track. ain't nobody ever did shit like that in the game before
As for the album, I'd rate it 9/10, an excellent follow up to Illmatic, possibly one of the best follow up albums in hip hop. To me this is a very well thought out album, which is listenable from start to end.
^^ My thoughts.
Anyways, I'll give this a 9.5/10... best Nas album. The Message, I Gave You Power+++ straight up classic joints!
Originally Posted by CharlesJones
Yep, tha best album Nas ever released. 9.5/10
lyrics 10/10 beats 9/10
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