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Eclectic said

Damn....



R.I.P. to Nip!

Crazy this album gets so much disrespect because of how it stands up next to his first two projects. But judging this as a standalone, it's still a great album

Ghostface k*lla said Crazy this album gets so much disrespect because of how it stands up next to his first two projects. But judging this as a standalone, it's still a great album

I love it.

If we’re being honest NY State of Mind Pt 2 > the OG.

Slap away, people!

Ghostface k*lla said Crazy this album gets so much disrespect because of how it stands up next to his first two projects. But judging this as a standalone, it's still a great album

It would have probably been a classic if not for songs leaking...those classics ended up on the Lost Tapes.

If this album would of been DOE, the double disc, there'd be no dispute Nas is the goat. NONE.

Columbia dropped the ball on that. I'am is a good album, one of my favorites from Nas, but the bootleg version of D.O.E. is literally the best album that never came out officially. All Columbia had to do was add new records (ie. "hate me now", "you won't see me tonight", "life is what you make it", "nas is like", etc.) and master it. Sorta like how Loud did Murda Muzik.

Would've been a classic if it wasn't for bootleggers

Probably my overall most favorite Nas album

LYTE said Probably my overall most favorite Nas album

A couple of receipts to let y'all know I'm not capping

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It should still happen! I AM (The intended double disc) is one of the biggest "what ifs" ever.

Then he followed with Nastradamus in the same year. I think Columbia caught wind of DMX doing 2 albums in one year and said fu*k it, wanted to capilize in that way. That's the only way he got that part of his contract fulfilled apparently.

I know it gets said to ad nauseam but the original double disc I Am would have been among one of the best hip hop albums ever. And undoubtedly the best double disc rap album next to Life After death. In the same tier as It Was Written and Illmatic

Ant McQueen said I love it. If we’re being honest NY State of Mind Pt 2 > the OG. Slap away, people!

Naw I’ve always said this. The feel is different and he spitting darts

Lool n*ggaz saying i am not a classic, Man fu*k that I am is a classic album, it's better than a lot of the so called classics last decade.

Illmatic, IWW and I Am are the best 1-2-3 hip-hop runs of all time

Y'all should go back and listen to Streets Disciple

Easy Doesit said Y'all should go back and listen to Streets Disciple

YES! bar none, nas most underrated album. Yes it could have been cut down to a single disc but easily some of nas very best work

Nazreth Savage
Disciple
Thief's Theme
A message to the feds
These are our heroes

Life's a bi*ch is my all-time favorite song of his

My fav Nas sh*t

Never heard the leak, copped the tape first day

Maybe 4 years ago I heard the leak

WHich even solidified it being my fav tape even more

Easy Doesit said Y'all should go back and listen to Streets Disciple

JarlesBronson said YES! bar none, nas most underrated album. Yes it could have been cut down to a single disc but easily some of nas very best work Nazreth Savage Disciple Thief's Theme A message to the feds These are our heroes

Ever since this album fu*king dropped I thought I was the only one who realized how dope it really was. Never understood the hate Streets Disciple got.

Saw this post earlier. Would've been dope.

Also, it's a damn crime Nas hasn't released the original double I Am on vinyl
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Almighty HA said If this album would of been DOE, the double disc, there'd be no dispute Nas is the goat. NONE. Columbia dropped the ball on that. I'am is a good album, one of my favorites from Nas, but the bootleg version of D.O.E. is literally the best album that never came out officially. All Columbia had to do was add new records (ie. "hate me now", "you won't see me tonight", "life is what you make it") and master it. Sorta like how Loud did Murda Muzik.

facts!

Easy Doesit said Y'all should go back and listen to Streets Disciple

underrated too

JarlesBronson said YES! bar none, nas most underrated album. Yes it could have been cut down to a single disc but easily some of nas very best work Nazreth Savage Disciple Thief's Theme A message to the feds These are our heroes

You forgot about tell me what's the reason he could drop that track today and it would still resonate the story telling on that song is amazing

Ghostface k*lla said Crazy this album gets so much disrespect because of how it stands up next to his first two projects. But judging this as a standalone, it's still a great album

To me all of Nas Projects are. You can't get better raps on any other tape for my money.