I want to start listening to Nas.

by **Coulter** » Jan 23rd, '13, 00:46

I'm pretty clueless when it comes to him. All I know from him is Illmatic, and I still haven't listened to all of it yet. I know everyone has different opinions on his discography, but what are his 'must-listens', 1-5?

by **EminemBase** » Jan 23rd, '13, 00:47

I'd say everything is a must listen, in order; if not then you won't know the artist completely, and if you're not interested in knowing them completely, why at all? I dunno, maybe I'm a bit extreme but that's how I feel about it when listening to rappers... I'd say listen to everything he's done, in order.

by **King Lance** » Jan 23rd, '13, 00:48

Listen to One Mic and come back here :flutter:

by **Trimss** » Jan 23rd, '13, 00:49

As weird as it sounds, what really got me into Nas is his album Distant Relatives with Damian Marley. Such an amazing piece of work.

by **Coulter** » Jan 23rd, '13, 00:54

What was his prime though? Just for the knowledge of it?

by **Coulter** » Jan 23rd, '13, 01:04

Lance5 wrote:Listen to One Mic and come back here

Just listened.. Jesus Christ. :y:

by **Coulter** » Jan 23rd, '13, 01:15

bigray wrote:
Coulter wrote:
Lance5 wrote:Listen to One Mic and come back here

Just listened.. Jesus Christ.

Please listen to the song I posted... believe me...1 of the best rap songs of all time..

Let me know what u think?

Holy shit to the second verse.. :worship:

by **Blu** » Jan 23rd, '13, 01:34

Illmatic, It Was Written, Stillmatic, and Life Is Good.

All great albums from the Don.

by **Robbie G** » Jan 23rd, '13, 01:58

Gods Son, New York State of Mind, Dance, It Ain't hard to Tell

See what you think of those. :y:

by **classthe_king** » Jan 23rd, '13, 03:16

Illmatic, It Was Written, The Lost Tapes, Stillmatic, God's Son

by **Spyder** » Jan 23rd, '13, 03:23

It Aint Hard to Tell
Rewind
Moment of Silence
Desperadoes (hes not in it but its his group/dope song) :shifty:

those are four greats all with a different feel, should give you a touch of who he is and what he can do

by **Nvgt** » Jan 23rd, '13, 04:17

Did anyone mention "I can"?

by **KaZer** » Jan 23rd, '13, 07:03

classthe_king wrote:Illmatic, It Was Written, The Lost Tapes, Stillmatic, God's Son

by **OMEGA** » Jan 23rd, '13, 08:03

Get Life is Good. Is his best produced and pretty easy to get into. If you like that, then also try Hip Hop is Dead, God's Son, Illmatic and It Was Written. Stillmatic and Distant Relatives are also great.

Forget about his other albums.

by **Slim Fiasco** » Jan 23rd, '13, 09:28

One of Nas' strengths is storytelling and concept songs. You can check these out:

Undying Love - a very detailed story about his girl cheating on him
I Gave You Power - raps from the perspective of a gun
Rewind - he tells the story backwards
Fetus - he raps from the perspective of being in his mother's womb
One Love - the story is about him writing letters to his friends in jail

Some of the golden gems from his albums also include:

Nas Is Like
One Mic
Got Ur Self A...
The Message
Queens Get The Money
Thief's Theme
Loco-Motive
Hate Me Now
Hip-Hop Is Dead
Made You Look

And of course, you have Illmatic which is a masterpiece and a greatest hits collection by itself.

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