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Komentáře • 204

  • @djb.8507
    @djb.8507 Před rokem +33

    Both Stic Man and Jay Electronica came out and said whilst they gave ideas to Nas they did not write any of Nas lyrics

  • @ProfessorCDO
    @ProfessorCDO Před rokem +36

    Arguably his most underrated album for me even by Nas fans

  • @lmcfigs4874
    @lmcfigs4874 Před rokem +17

    Breathe is one of his most underrated songs

  • @American_Khalifa
    @American_Khalifa Před 11 měsíci +5

    I just listened to the untitled album last week after years. I still love it

  • @hoc1992
    @hoc1992 Před rokem +39

    I feel like Life Is Good is slept on a little. no one talks about it much. But that one also is great

    • @SHOTBYNOLAN
      @SHOTBYNOLAN Před rokem +1

      Really?! I thought LIG was considered one of his best albums

    • @hoc1992
      @hoc1992 Před rokem +1

      @@SHOTBYNOLAN yeah but how many people bring it up? DEHH dont lol. Its Great! but its like, no one really brings it up a lot anymore

    • @FlamencoOz
      @FlamencoOz Před rokem +3

      Life is Good is either 2nd or 3rd of the best Nas albums from my point of view. It was a grown man’s albums and i’m around Nas age so I really connected with it. I think that’s why it’s slept on. The lyrics are mature. Ranking 1. Illmatic 2. Life Is Good or It Was Written

    • @easy-jay
      @easy-jay Před rokem +2

      Life's it's good it's one of my favourites of his discography

  • @joseaguilera6355
    @joseaguilera6355 Před rokem +14

    Rod still salty Nas won the beef

  • @mistahmst
    @mistahmst Před rokem +70

    Myke’s trippin. It Was Written, Lost Tapes, and about half of Stillmatic and God’s Son had phenomenal beats. His beat selection wasn’t always consistent, but when you take a step back and look at his catalog as a whole, he’s rhymed over a lot of amazing beats.

    • @topbackpodcast2615
      @topbackpodcast2615 Před rokem +12

      I think that’s what they mean tho. A rapper like Nas should never be rhyming over mediocre beats. Up until he teamed up with Hit Boy, almost every album he released with the exception of Illmatic, Distant Relatives and Life is Good imo, had half of the albums filled with mediocre production. Nastradamus and I Am… particularly had terrible beats even for the times.
      If you break it down that’s over 100 songs with bad beats. In his career

    • @mistahmst
      @mistahmst Před rokem +4

      ⁠@@topbackpodcast2615none of those Hit-Boy albums would crack the top 5 in Nas’s discography. Plus, all the albums I named have way better beats than Life Is Good and Distant Relatives. Nas has been putting out music for 30 years and his hit ratio is higher than most rappers who have been around as long as he has. He has rhymed over a lot of wack beats, but I could also name 100 or more dope beats that he picked.

    • @idolgray
      @idolgray Před rokem +1

      ​@@mistahmstthe production on life is good is great...he has one album with majority "bad" beats that was 1999...nastradamus.

    • @mistahmst
      @mistahmst Před rokem +1

      @@idolgray I’d say he has some more albums with weak beats, but mostly later in his career. Life is Good had some decent beats and overall, I feel that there are way worse offenders as far as not picking the right beats.

    • @romaretaylor9953
      @romaretaylor9953 Před rokem +5

      @@mistahmst Magic can TOTALLY crack the top 5! same with KD3! KD3 and Kd2 are better than every nas album after Gods Son besides Life is Good

  • @TheLWebb100
    @TheLWebb100 Před rokem +13

    Nas's most underrated album!!

  • @EricTheYoungGawd
    @EricTheYoungGawd Před rokem +5

    Myke is hilarious man lmaoooooo

  • @dot98
    @dot98 Před rokem +9

    "trynna erase me from yall memory to late im engraved in history"

  • @rouge939
    @rouge939 Před rokem +41

    Always liked this album. I actually listened to it yesterday what a coincidence. Really underrated and never talked about. It’s like TPAB before TPAB

    • @bossaint6798
      @bossaint6798 Před rokem +8

      Perfect summary of it. I love it. The only flaw is world go round with Chris. The album is great and really under appreciated

    • @ArmLegLegArmHead47
      @ArmLegLegArmHead47 Před rokem +2

      TPAB washed this album. It didn’t age well AT ALL.

    • @BrianJr_
      @BrianJr_ Před 11 měsíci

      @@ArmLegLegArmHead47it aged perfectly

  • @EddyReyes_MN
    @EddyReyes_MN Před rokem +17

    Queens Get The Money, Testify, N****r, Fried Chicken, Sly Fox. This album has so much gems, with the exception of Hero, and Make the World Go Round.. this was overall a solid body of work.

  • @Hunterese123
    @Hunterese123 Před rokem +22

    This is one of my favorite Nas albums too, you aint alone Myke. Back in 2008, I remember going to an event to meet Nas, had the album signed by him and everything, so it holds a special place in my heart, as I was a sophomore in High School. I even used one of the tracks for a history project years later, I think it was the Untitled track about Louis Farrakhan

  • @TheSneakerDome
    @TheSneakerDome Před rokem +22

    I was in middle school when this dropped, and I remember vividly hitting play and hearing "Queens Get The Money" open the album.
    My mind was blown, and I just played it over and over again trying to catch everything he was saying

  • @psychokitty444
    @psychokitty444 Před rokem +11

    This is a great choice to revisit, honestly. I've wanted to hear Myke and Beezy go in-depth on Untitled for awhile.

  • @KLegyyn
    @KLegyyn Před rokem +3

    This was one of those top-tier NaS albums.
    .
    I place this with Illmatic, It Was Written, and King's Disease.
    .
    I love all those songs off of the albums.
    .
    .

  • @VocabuLarry85
    @VocabuLarry85 Před rokem +7

    Rod really a Jay-Z fan and it shows!

    • @robertfoster6940
      @robertfoster6940 Před rokem

      Lol facts

    • @SoulOfTheSouth
      @SoulOfTheSouth Před rokem +1

      I mean he is the telling the truth. The album wasn’t all that good and I have majority of his albums and Im a Jay fan also.

  • @tylerhackner9731
    @tylerhackner9731 Před rokem +9

    I always liked this one

  • @darkmatterra7
    @darkmatterra7 Před rokem +3

    Proclamation, Be a Naga too, Fear of The Black Mans Dick & Cops keep firing. Another Amazing Era of Nasir Jones
    Maat Hotep

  • @beezy430
    @beezy430 Před rokem +26

    First

  • @alexwerner548
    @alexwerner548 Před 7 měsíci +2

    Like so Many Nas albums that don’t get the props the deserve. This is a amazing album and so well put together.

  • @Nicolasmondragon707
    @Nicolasmondragon707 Před rokem +4

    Myke the Kid C Town back in da building!!!

  • @TheLee267
    @TheLee267 Před rokem +3

    Myke funny AF

  • @tropojay1
    @tropojay1 Před rokem +45

    The album perfectly reflects Nas’s career, some incredible highs and head scratching lows.

    • @c.lvr2602
      @c.lvr2602 Před rokem +6

      Out of interest, what are the lows? I know people criticise this album for Hero and Make The World Go Round but I think Hero is a banger and MTWGR isn't awful. I think this is his most underrated album personally, some of his best stuff is on here

    • @jasonpierre6108
      @jasonpierre6108 Před rokem

      Agreed to me illmatic and it was written are his only perfect albums not including the run he’s on with hitboy. The rest of his albums are good to very good but flawed.

    • @bobt9705
      @bobt9705 Před rokem +3

      Way more incredible highs to his head scratching lows.

    • @tropojay1
      @tropojay1 Před rokem +1

      @@c.lvr2602 Those two are definitely lows, but I did enjoy them both when I was in middle school which was shortly after this album’s release. I think the production on “Black President” is incredibly weak and I think “Project Roach” and “Fried Chicken” are fine, but this album really would’ve benefited from a shorter track list.

    • @romaretaylor9953
      @romaretaylor9953 Před rokem +4

      @@jasonpierre6108stillmatic? that shit a classic

  • @georgethompsonjr6082
    @georgethompsonjr6082 Před rokem +5

    This is still my favorite Nas album to this day. Fried Chicken, Project Roach, Hero, We're not alone, Sly Fox, Can't stop us now..... I don't skip a song personally it's unquestionably a classic in my opinion.

    • @t-4579
      @t-4579 Před rokem

      Were not alone is amazing (so are those others except hero to me i just never hear any love for were not alone)

    • @NDGOmusic
      @NDGOmusic Před rokem

      That whole album was slept on.

    • @terrymorgan5304
      @terrymorgan5304 Před 7 měsíci

      The only song I would skip is the one with Chris Brown on it. Game should have just kept that song on his LAX album instead.

  • @veksone77
    @veksone77 Před rokem +8

    Heavily slept on album...

  • @TheBeans410
    @TheBeans410 Před rokem +3

    It's not surprising that the 2 HOVengers weren't really into celebrating the album 😂

  • @Fortune31Studios
    @Fortune31Studios Před rokem +14

    This is a quality from nas. The only thing that hurts this album is that nas has made better albums lol. The Catalog is so deep this ends up in the bottom half unintentionally. Never understood the hate this one & hip hop is dead gets. Two of the stronger projects of that era.

    • @SoulOfTheSouth
      @SoulOfTheSouth Před rokem

      This album was ok. Some production was alright except for the N*****r (The Slave & The Master) produced by DJ Toomp. That was the hardest beat on there.

  • @foreaginal
    @foreaginal Před 2 měsíci

    Slept so much on this piece feels like I wasn't born yet, yet taping in this album is a gold mine

  • @maroonkennedy6213
    @maroonkennedy6213 Před rokem +10

    Cant wait for the Magic 2 review!

    • @parrishthomas92
      @parrishthomas92 Před rokem +2

      I saw the notification pop up earlier today and thought it was the review for that album 🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @directedbysunny
      @directedbysunny Před rokem +4

      Recording it tonight. It’s dropping this coming Monday @2PM

  • @gemsound
    @gemsound Před rokem +7

    This album definitely dropped in the Summer during the recession. I still think it’s one of Nas’s best. He spoke on a lot of dope & deep things. Feefo & Rod are trippin’, but I get it. Lol.

  • @JerroudiYassine
    @JerroudiYassine Před rokem +5

    Ranking Nas albums is the hardest thing ever.

  • @idolgray
    @idolgray Před rokem +7

    His rapping performance on "hero"...is strong. The chris brown song is really the only bad song imo..

  • @thaspydaman21
    @thaspydaman21 Před rokem +6

    This album is my favorite Nas album. B

  • @zavozavo1663
    @zavozavo1663 Před měsícem

    Listened to it today. My Nas greatest

  • @xMindInfliction718x
    @xMindInfliction718x Před rokem +2

    In my top 5 of his discog along with It was Written, illmatic, kd3 and magic

  • @sibusisokhosa8127
    @sibusisokhosa8127 Před rokem +8

    This is a exceIIent album, it is underrated. This album aged weII because the themes covered regarding race relations are stiII relevant.

  • @DavidLee-qh9kk
    @DavidLee-qh9kk Před rokem +1

    You do realize he has a new album magic

  • @TbroBleet
    @TbroBleet Před rokem +1

    Rod and Feefo are still mad about Ether

  • @blueface9348
    @blueface9348 Před rokem

    13:27 "Shoutout Jay Elect" lmaooo

  • @DFMusic811
    @DFMusic811 Před rokem +10

    This is one of those Nas albums where I can confidently say the people who critique him for "weak production" have a point. Not every beat is bad (some are even fairly good), but so many are really mediocre and bland.
    Content wise it's very strong though. Have to give it credit for that.

    • @souvikdeb808
      @souvikdeb808 Před rokem

      This is the reason why I failed to get in mid 2000s Nas. The production was so bland. Nas is my favorite rapper but these albums are very forgettable.

    • @luddman77
      @luddman77 Před rokem

      I thought the production on this album was dope:
      Testify
      Hero beat was fire
      You can't stop us now
      N.i$.$.E.R
      Fried Chicken
      Ya'll My Ni$$as
      We're Not Alone
      were all fire

    • @JADTO
      @JADTO Před rokem

      The production on Untitled goes with the content. The instruments the samples the tone used are very fitting. The heavy subject matter on this album doesn't need the production you want

    • @JADTO
      @JADTO Před rokem

      ​@@souvikdeb808insane

  • @mikemr..3602
    @mikemr..3602 Před rokem +6

    I'm rolling wit Myke+Beezy iDk WtF Feefo & Rod on.. this iSh still Nasty !! Beatz + BARS ...Vlad started that Nas beatz wack 💩 & these mofos ran wit it ...Sly Fox so cold 🥶

    • @TheRealLeonardWashington
      @TheRealLeonardWashington Před rokem +6

      Ima just call a spade a spade. They’re Jay fans spewing narratives as usual lol. That’s what they’re on. No way did this album age badly. Feefo didn’t even know when Illmatic was released. That should tell you everything you need to know

    • @romaretaylor9953
      @romaretaylor9953 Před rokem +1

      @@TheRealLeonardWashingtonFeefo didn’t give magna carta or watch the throne great reviews exactly. idk how you say everybody that criticizes anything by nas are jay Stans foh 😂

    • @TheRealLeonardWashington
      @TheRealLeonardWashington Před rokem +1

      @@romaretaylor9953 said what I said

    • @romaretaylor9953
      @romaretaylor9953 Před rokem +1

      @@TheRealLeonardWashingtonand i said what i said 🤷🏾‍♂️ my statements are based on what they said you going off emotion

  • @Doriiaan
    @Doriiaan Před rokem

    Thanks for your thoughts on the album! I’m a longtime fan of yall , appreciate the work!
    I’ve got a lot of love for this album and I think it’s severely underrated. I can’t say out the gate that I would place it in my top 3 bc Nas has so many great albums. I saw him and Wu live recently and what struck me is how many bangers he got throughout like 5 different eras of hip hop.

  • @luyolomify
    @luyolomify Před rokem +2

    Listened couldn’t even finish.

  • @ptreznov240
    @ptreznov240 Před rokem +1

    I like this album but this is the first time I’ve heard anyone praise it like this, like honestly idek if this is a top 10 Nas album

  • @kes9298
    @kes9298 Před rokem +1

    Nas Untitled is super dope

  • @coxie0319
    @coxie0319 Před rokem +1

    Really looking forward to what y’all think of Magic 2

  • @deanriches143
    @deanriches143 Před rokem +6

    Dream Hampton said Stic Man and Jay Elect wrote it. They never said it themselves. Jay Elect told MTV News "He has never needed a ghostwriter and never will". Do ya fact checks old niggas. Salute to DEHH's continuous growth regardless. Keep up the great content.

  • @xanderkush674
    @xanderkush674 Před rokem

    You’re not Alone is amazing. Def one of my fav Nas albums

  • @dealowmorgan885
    @dealowmorgan885 Před rokem +1

    Stic & Jay Elect did not write for NaS. If you produce a record you get a writers credit folks should know this.

  • @MrKing8050
    @MrKing8050 Před rokem +5

    This album is at the top of Nas's discography

  • @qthe6thman
    @qthe6thman Před rokem +1

    Queens Get The Money!!!

  • @jayjayohone1986
    @jayjayohone1986 Před rokem +1

    Any surprise the 2 camel warriors dont like this? Stay throwing shade on that man.

  • @antoine1486
    @antoine1486 Před rokem +1

    Other than “Make the World Go Round” and “Project Roach”, I don’t see why y’all don’t love this album. I was in college when this came out. I was bumping then and I still think it’s quality now. It’s bumped out of my Top 10 now but I still think it’s good. The unofficial Bonus Track “Like Me” was super dope, too.

  • @BiebermynameBiebermynametoo

    I love make the world go round because of Chris Brown

  • @d_lightnin8108
    @d_lightnin8108 Před rokem +1

    I don’t wanna be mean, but this is the epitome of a “typical Nas album”

  • @Damphouse
    @Damphouse Před rokem +3

    Queens Get the Money is arguably one my top 5 favorite Nas songs of all time. What an amazing start to a somewhat disappointing album.

  • @Justoone2
    @Justoone2 Před rokem

    I saw Nas perform when this album was out, i still love this album

  • @TheDopestOfShit
    @TheDopestOfShit Před rokem

    Illmatic, It Was Written, King's Disease III, Life Is Good, Magic, God's Son, Lost Tapes, Untitled, Magic 2, and King's Disease II. My top 10 Nas projects

  • @othelliusmaximus
    @othelliusmaximus Před rokem

    7:48 I feel the exact same way about some Canibus albums tbh. Great lyricist whack beats.

  • @anthonycelestin3559
    @anthonycelestin3559 Před rokem +1

    When it’s 2025, do the 30 year anniversary of Tupac Me Against the World, that’s my GOAT album

  • @robertfoster6940
    @robertfoster6940 Před rokem

    Lol Rod is making himself hate the album off the strength of Jay-Z lol

  • @laurencematthews6907
    @laurencematthews6907 Před rokem

    I knew something was off when they said untitled anniversary. And there it is putting dirt on Nas name I’ve never heard this bullshit rumour before

  • @Iamageniusru1982
    @Iamageniusru1982 Před rokem

    Rod is such a flaky dude man

  • @jahleelflecha
    @jahleelflecha Před rokem +1

    I’m sure if Nas stopped releasing albums after NASIR I think they might’ve had a change of though but the KD’s and Magic series I’m like man those albums Lowkey drown those out

  • @OGNICKMARSH
    @OGNICKMARSH Před rokem +1

    love this album. top 6 nas for me.

  • @nickjagger6351
    @nickjagger6351 Před rokem

    One of my favorite Nas albums too

  • @mattgardiner8854
    @mattgardiner8854 Před rokem

    My fav Nas album

  • @jmckenzie1099
    @jmckenzie1099 Před rokem +1

    One of my favorite nas projects

  • @alcidesambriz6665
    @alcidesambriz6665 Před rokem

    Very top by Nas .✌🏿✌🏿

  • @OGNICKMARSH
    @OGNICKMARSH Před rokem

    Also I agree with Beezy. I like the beats Nas raps over.

  • @JADTO
    @JADTO Před rokem

    They did write on the album. Stit and Jay both denied the claims. They did however lend ideas and production

  • @wavonbarksdale3771
    @wavonbarksdale3771 Před rokem +2

    This is a 4.5/5 album in my opinion.

  • @jonjup8600
    @jonjup8600 Před rokem +1

    Im always going to enjoy a nas album, definitely misses out on my top 3 tho. I got 1. It was written, 2. Illmatic, 3. I am

  • @JADTO
    @JADTO Před rokem

    The album I found y'all channel on. Very underrated album imo and ahead of it's time for the content and the social political climate

  • @EenMagnetron
    @EenMagnetron Před rokem

    Volume is really quiet for some reason, cant hear Beezy

  • @eddiewilliams1260
    @eddiewilliams1260 Před rokem +3

    The chris brown song isnt bad at all. It just doesn't quite fit with the theme of the album. Otherwise this is a classic album

  • @othelliusmaximus
    @othelliusmaximus Před rokem +1

    I kinda feel Rod. I still like this album but some of the beats are a lil questionable.

  • @themadhatter7690
    @themadhatter7690 Před rokem

    This is in my top 5 Nas albums.

  • @d.k.borelli8267
    @d.k.borelli8267 Před rokem

    itunes has it wrong. Nas Untitled was released July 15th, 2008

  • @SoulOfTheSouth
    @SoulOfTheSouth Před rokem +1

    It was a ok album.

  • @bassaholic9182
    @bassaholic9182 Před 5 měsíci

    As far as this Era of nas goes, I'll always defend hip hop is dead, but I only grabbed a few tracks from this album over the last decade or so

  • @nikhilkrishnakumar
    @nikhilkrishnakumar Před rokem

    What's funny as hell is Rap Critic said the exact same thing about the beats on Hip Hop is Dead when they collabed and got pushback from everyone.

  • @Looplabss
    @Looplabss Před rokem

    Sound like a 50 album(sonically)

  • @veksone77
    @veksone77 Před rokem +2

    We really still going with this bs about bad beats after the last 5 bangers he just dropped!?

  • @vincentwilliams5271
    @vincentwilliams5271 Před rokem +3

    I'm a fan of Nas but I don't like the album either. It's not wack but it really doesn't do anything for me and I agree that the production is lackluster.

  • @nicholasdalby5178
    @nicholasdalby5178 Před rokem

    July 15th 2008 0:40

  • @Noirlore
    @Noirlore Před rokem +2

    50% bad, 30% solid, 20% amazing. Similar to blueprint 2, had a strong first half but second half is a mess

  • @mphenomenal
    @mphenomenal Před rokem +1

    No magic 2 reaction yet?😢

    • @dame2526
      @dame2526 Před rokem

      I can't wait, hopefully they take there time and give it lots of spins because it's 1 of them albums that gets better and better.

    • @directedbysunny
      @directedbysunny Před rokem +3

      Recording for it tonight. Dropping this coming Monday @2PM

  • @uncensored6177
    @uncensored6177 Před rokem +2

    I say this album is one of his best showings lyrically. Beat wise it didnt age well other than a few songs. Not a classic but not super wack either. But its that good lyrically to where i give it a strong 3.5 or maybe a light 4

    • @c.lvr2602
      @c.lvr2602 Před rokem +1

      To be fair, most beats from around this era haven't aged well. Album still slaps though for me

    • @uncensored6177
      @uncensored6177 Před rokem

      @@c.lvr2602 I really don't know what else came out around 2008 to agree with that. I just think over time the musical ear changes. When I heard Untitled at its initial drop, I thought it was great. Then I heard it again years later, and still thought it was lyrically great. But my musical ear changed drastically by then. I should hear it again since it's years after & see what I think now. But I know QGTM, Sly Fox, Fried Chicken, Project Roach & Slave and the Master are pretty much timeless. So it's the remaining tracks I have to see about

    • @thelastdon9000
      @thelastdon9000 Před rokem

      If the albums has a 15 year anniversary that means it aged well including the production

    • @c.lvr2602
      @c.lvr2602 Před rokem

      @uncensored6177 I don't mean just 2008, more 2000-2009 in general. Some albums aged really well but a lot of that bling era production hasn't. Although I never liked that style anyway, the vice grip that Pharrell and Timbaland had on Hip Hop at the time did nothing for me cuz I don't care for their production styles.

    • @c.lvr2602
      @c.lvr2602 Před rokem +1

      @thelastdon9000 Every album that came out in 2008 is on its 15 year anniversary this year...doesn't mean they've all aged well

  • @JPK169
    @JPK169 Před rokem

    Classic

  • @roup123
    @roup123 Před rokem

    Nas is top 3 forever

  • @Okkotsu86275
    @Okkotsu86275 Před rokem

    This was a cool Nas album

  • @bricew8448
    @bricew8448 Před rokem

    Ummmm wheres Magic 2 album review lol?

  • @alexwerner548
    @alexwerner548 Před 7 měsíci

    Hip hop is dead,distant relatives, streets disciple,life is good and untitled to me are all better albums than still matic, god son and I am

  • @vegansportsbar7453
    @vegansportsbar7453 Před rokem +1

    Would you teeestiiifyyyyy foooorr meeeeeee

  • @samc5018
    @samc5018 Před rokem

    This album is still amazing. The only song I really don’t like is the Chris Brown one. But this has some of Nas’s best songs ever on it. Also I think Nas’s discography is unfairly treated, way more good than bad.

  • @Deycallme_kayy
    @Deycallme_kayy Před rokem

    Where’s magic 2 review?

  • @B4dafam
    @B4dafam Před rokem +2

    As a nas fan I think his album with the worst beats was streets disciple. I liked and still like the untitled album. It had a few beats I wasn't rocking with but that's every nas album. I always just assumed it's because I'm southern cuz there were even 2 beats on illmatic that i didn't much like.

  • @idolgray
    @idolgray Před rokem

    Random...even though I like this album. And defended it for years.