![]() 1994 was a very competitive year in hip-hop. It’s produced by the now-legendary Gang Starr member DJ Premier. At the age of 23, with a hunger for turning your creative mindset into a living, why would you want to sleep? It’s a track that samples Rakim’s ‘Mahogany’, and with the complex lyricism and picturesque nature of the words, sets him up to be the heir to the hip-hop throne. State of Mind’, the breakout track from his classic debut album Illmatic. “I never sleep, ‘cause sleep is the cousin of death,” Nas raps on ‘N.Y. Life is weird right now, but for Nasir Jones, life is better.Ĭheck out the list below and stream King’s Disease here. To celebrate its release, we’ve picked some of Nas’ biggest singles to compare with his current mindset on King’s Disease. This isn’t an ordinary Nas album, but a collection of necessary reflections, learnings, and appreciation. Where’s the normality? Well, a part of it lies in the new Nas album King’s Disease, which is a triumphant return to the rap game, as he enlists legendary producer Hit-Boy and proves he doesn’t have the word ceiling in his dictionary. Here in 2020, a global pandemic has altered the music industry to the point that music festivals are taking place on Minecraft. From three decades of rap-pioneering, with classic albums like Illmatic, starring in cult classic films like Belly, or striving to create a platform for creatives with the launch of Mass Appeal. There are so many things you have to think about when painting the legacy of the always innovative Nasir Jones it’s a dense masterpiece. Nas was rapping with his chipped tooth, as seen in the "Hate Me Now" video, so a lot of "th-" and "f-" sounds similar.There is a long list of accolades that cement Nas’ legendary status. Did the '99 version of Nas use the same word (in this case, fear) redundantly in the same verse? He's usually known for choosing different words when setting up his bars and rhymes. Nas did say "blind fury" on "affirmative action" (Or becoming a monster is a totally different idea separate from the lines above and is more related to the next bar of talking about himself being a 'monster' and 'being on top.' If these are separate clauses, then 'fury' and 'monster' does not have to link). "inferior" or "theory" of man would not make people become monsters, but "the fury of man" would. ![]() "Guess it's just the fury of man" sounds in-pocket with the lyrics and overall message, because the "fury of man" would make sense when man become a monster on the next line. Nas did say "inferior" on "no idea's original" u/GaryBettmanSucks in the comments said there could be a comma or period between 'inferior' and 'man', making it: "Guess it's just inferior, man" Why would it be "inferior man" if "inferior men" would be more correct given there's more than one person who is inferior? Then, "men" and "understand" would not rhyme as much. "Guess it's just inferior man" is what the CD insert said, even though it's stated with weird poetic grammar, but weirdly-stated poetic grammar is commonplace for hip hop. Nas quoted Andrew Smith in his lyrics about fear and hate and it is indeed a theory, which would make sense, if only if it sounded definitively that Nas said that. When replaying the lyrics, some people still hear "theory". ![]() "Guess it's just the theory of man" is transcribed on a dozen websites, printed as digital posters, creating a psuedo-Mandela effect when people during dial-up days used to print off Nas lyrics like J Cole and read them from bad transcription sites. ![]()
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