Advantages: finally put his lyrics to good beats Disadvantages: songs should have made proper retail albums
...ever. Well this one, 'the lost tapes vol.1' is just a collection of unreleased songs that he didnt think worthy of albums before it, and that fact right there just makes me laugh because nas came out with two great albums , 'illmatic' and 'it was written', then he went and completely flopped trying to go commercial with 'nastradamus' and 'i am' both of which were seriously wack (crap) with the exception of 1 or 2 tracks. So this all begs the question, ... ...so why the hell did they not make any of these albums??????
Even though this album (though shouldnt be considered a proper album so maybe mixtape) is just a collection of songs that don't really match any real theme that you may think an album will have this is due to the songs just being thrown together, but this album is still NICE, and could be considered classic in its own rights.
Lets begin with the tracks:
Fetus - well this is just one of ...
habmaster 29.07.2007 (30.07.2007)
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Advantages: Lots of big tunes Disadvantages: Takes a while for the bangers to come in
...out more material as “The Lost Tapes”, in which he was seen to (rather than come out with a brand new album) compile a collection of all the best tunes which hadn’t made their way onto “...I Am”, “Nastradamus” and the 2001 album which reminded people why he created such a buzz with his 1994 debut release. 1. “Doo Rags” He gets the album going with a fresh tune to guide listeners in. It is a calm one and features some gentle production to ease people ... ...enjoy life with a feel-good recording here. It is a tune which reflects the fact that here he was just messing around this material and came up with a light tune to escape what you typically get in a rhyme set from the Queensbridge native. **Four Stars** 2. “My Way” The Alchemist takes over the beats and leads things towards a straight banger of a track and one which really should never have been dismissed by the artist as you have him jumping on ...
XICripZ 17.09.2009
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