Notmyfirst

5y

the god has spoken

Notmyfirst

5y

the god has spoken

Vox

5y

What this MF actually like?

Goo

5y

That writer said EPMD and Eminem had more standout lines on the album than Nas the ignorance

Called Nas' rhymes "clumsy"

yungkulfii

5y

No skips

Smacked Voodoo

5y

Like I'm reading this review and it seems like the reviewer has beef that Nas keeps rapping about his current lifestyle...as if Nas has not always done this kinda thing on his albums. He also seems to not understand New York niggas based off this bit alone:

“Correctional facilities never do it correctly,” he says on “The Pressure.” “Only island that my niggas knew was Rikers or Staten,” he says on “40 Side,” a line that’s neither clever nor true—his native Queensbridge neighborhood is just across Roosevelt Island from an island called Manhattan.

Motherfucker, yes Manhattan is technically an island, but niggas from the hood ain't calling it an island. They just know it as a city. Also how many niggas from the hood know about or go to f***in Roosevelt Island? Nas made it very clear in the line "Only island my niggas knew was Rikers or Staten" Rikers is a jail. Staten Island was considered another ghetto where a lot of hood niggas would go to to do their s***. Hence why Nas said "The only islands my niggas knew". That's literally the only s*** they know due to their lifestyles.

Also him bigging up that dragged out ass verse from Eminem should also tell you everything about this cornball. All I'm getting from this review is that he doesn't like Nas rapping about his life...which just means he probably doesn't like Nas period cause that's literally all Nas has ever done on his albums. That's the s*** Nas has prided himself on. Rapping about his life and bringing people into his world, while also being a voice for the streets that raised him. Something this nerd clearly knows nothing about.

What a s*** review. Hardly even talks about the music, and is mostly personal shots at Nas

Notmyfirst

5y

the god has spoken

Goo

5y

"King’s Disease II isn’t the worst legacy-obsessed rap album in recent memory. But it’s a reminder of the emptiness of rap as monument, the way fetishizing posterity reduces the genre."

Yeah they hate rap

This is basically a pretentious way to make a Youtube type comment about hip hop

ryuH

5y

I’m all for freedom of speech and all that but some people shouldn’t be allowed to review rap albums man...

This pitchfork s*** is getting out of hand. Garuntee the reviewer is some suburban kid whose main genre is indie rock but he has a thing for trap and “experimental” rap so he thinks he knows something about hip-hop smh.

People be talking about boycotting the Grammys but we really need to boycotting these bullshit ass critics for misrepresenting and appropriating our culture.

I’ve considered starting a petition for a re-review of one of the many great rap records they’ve snubbed to see if it gains any traction. Somebody has to show these clowns how real hip-hop fans feel about their s***ty takes...

FreddieKaneTop5

5y

I don’t f***ing understand the gripe at all. Struggling to even relate or find a grain of significance in the reviewers comments.

Why can’t rap be a monument? Why can’t legacy be subject matter? What’s the underlying point here?

Goo

5y

They really reduce a person's achievements and real life experiences and memories to some surface level bs as "criticism"

Goo

5y

Same thing I said about KD1 reviews.. it sucks most of those critics don't know how to break down rapping on a technical level

Wish we still had The Source

Goo

5y

@FreddieKaneTop5

FreddieKaneTop5

5y

Surely there is a viable rap review source out there that actually understands the culture and its history.

Unacceptable and unfair review. If his points were fair and balanced, fine, but he has shown a fundamental misunderstanding for the dynamics and mechanics of rap as a whole. It’s like me criticising a guitar solo on a rock song or something (poor a***ogy but it’s al I got atm lol).

Kr0niic

5y

8/10