The way he paints the pictures with his lyrics almost makes you feel as if you are experiencing a summer blockbuster. The vivid storytelling is definitely present especially on Blaze 50 where Nas tells a story of living the glamorous life, infidelity, and murder all in a widescreen format. Street tales, creative concepts, storytelling and of course social commentary, all told in stunning detail. It definitely maintains the feeling and vibe Nas is best suited for. Considering all the tracks were recorded in a two year time frame they all come together nicely so the album doesn't have a schizo feeling to it. While many would expect the album to have a disjointed feel because of the fact that this is a "put together" album that is hardly the case. For those hardcore Nas fans most of you have already heard quite a few tracks like Fetus, Drunk By myself, Blaze a 50 off of the now classic I Am that was scrapped do to heavy bootlegging and newer tracks such as No Ideas Original and Doo Rags which were included on some Stillmatic releases. First of all this is not a greatest hits album and shouldn't be referred to as such since most of the material has never been officially released. Whatever the case it's here and I'll tell you off the top it surpasses the highly underrated It Was Written as Nas best work since Illmatic. Sure the title may have changed few times but there has always rumblings that unreleased Nas tracks would finally make their way to the light of day. Ironically despite what the promotional advertisement is saying this album has been hyped to death on the internet for years. But let's worry about that later and deal with the present shall we? The Lost Tapes NO CAMEOS, NO HYPE, NO BULL****. In addition his beef with Jay-Z is still looming, even the most die-hard Nas fan has some doubts about Nas' creative future. (Can you say Ja and Ashanti collabos) Not to mention that this album is coming out less than one year after his last release(the same time frame he took when he delivered the disastrous Nastradamas). With his newfound alliance with Ja Rule and Irv Gotti's, Murder INC (after going on the radio and criticizing uncreative rappers no less.) news that Irv Gotti is handling some production on his new album God's Son. However despite dropping the solid Stillmatic last winter resurrecting his almost dead career, unexpectedly defeating the longtime "king" of NY Jay-Z and tearing up almost every guest spot he's been on lately, Nas finds himself the target of questions and doubts once more. Such is to be expected when the immortal Illmatic is your debut, a blessing and a curse all in one.
Nas has showed flashes of his expected brilliance but inconsistency has been his calling card. Alas it was not to be as every other release has been met with disappointment by fans. The second coming of the mic god Rakim Allah. With street tales painted vividly over hypnotic production the street poet gave us a glimpse of what was surely to be an amazing career. Young Nasir did not disappoint on his debut, barely a man he dropped perhaps the best hip-hop album ever heard. Nasir Jones made a debut like no other on Main Source's Live at the BBQ in 1991 and ever since then expectations have been high (sometimes unreasonably) for the Queensbridge native.
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