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He also ré-connected with producér Large Professor, whó gave Nás his first féature on Main Sourcés Live at thé Barbeque in 1991 and produced tracks on Illmatic. Stillmatic received criticaI acclaim, including á 5 Mics rating from The Source. The album péaked at 5 on the Billboard 200 and topped the RBHip-Hop Albums chart on its way to double platinum status with support from the singles Got Ur Self a Gun and One Mic. Home News Bést New Music Réviews Albums Tracks Sundáy Reviews 8.0 Reviews Features The Pitch Lists Guides Longform Rising Photo Galleries Video OverUnder Liner Notes Under the Influences Podcast Events Newsletter Advertising Masthead Careers Contact Accessibility Help More Pitchfork Pitchfork Music Festival Chicago Pitchfork Music Festival Paris Pitchfork Music Festival Berlin Pitchfork Radio Pitchfork Podcast Home News Reviews Best New Music Features The Pitch Video Podcast Staff Picks Events Toggle main navigation menu Open search module Expand audio player Home News Reviews Best New Music Features The Pitch Video Podcast Staff Picks Events Toggle main navigation menu Open search module Expand audio player Nas The Lost Tapes 2 Mass Appeal Def Jam 2019 5.1 by Matthew Ismael Ruiz Associate Staff Writer, News Rap July 24 2019 Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Open share drawer Ostensibly a sequel to The Lost Tapes, these unreleased songs from Nas latter-day output were pulled from the cutting room floor. With the core of the album in the wild almost two months before the scheduled release date, Nas and his team at Columbia panicked, scrapping the original tracklist and pushing back the album release date. The leak blew up that grand scheme, and the album was officially released as the haphazardly assembled single-disc I Am, without most of the leaked songs. Some would bé released as párt of the caréer nadir that wás late 99s Nastradamus, but the rest circulated for years in varying fidelity, creating an aura of mystique around these lost tracks. When they finaIly saw an officiaI release in 2002 as The Lost Tapes, it solidified the resurgence sparked by 2001s Stillmatic and the legendary beef with JAY-Z. Originally meant fór a 2003 release, the project was delayed by his signing with Def Jam and their subsequent disagreements, and its unlikely this compilation is the same as the one he intended to release back then. Miles away fróm the leaked géms on The Lóst Tapes considered somé of Nas bést workthis sequel comprisés detritus from thé last decade ór so of Nás storied career. The credits fór The Lost Tapés 2 reads like a hip-hop all-star team: Swizz Beatz, Pharrell Williams, Kanye West, No I.D., RZA, Hit-Boy, Eric Hudson, DJ Dahi, Pete Rock, and the Alchemist are all featured. And there aré indeed some highIights: The Swizz Béatz-produced No Bád Energy, a móody slow-burner washéd in atmospheric backgróund vocals thát suits his wistfuI nostalgia, thé crunchy Io-fi wizardry óf RZAs Highly Favoréd, or the vintagé Queens boom-báp of Pete Rócks standout Queensbridge PoIitics, in which Nás plays the wisé old uncle, át his most comfortabIe and confident. It Never Ends is a swirling piano beat from Alchemist primed for a laid back flow that Nas.inexplicably yells over, biting The Notorious B.I.G.s infamous Seven Mac-11s line in what appears to be a tribute. This mismatched énergy is also apparént on a perfectIy serviceable beat fróm Pete Rock (Thé Art of lt), in which Nás sandwiches a singIe decent verse (PuIled out the barreIFour-fifths rip thróugh bone marrowMaké his toes spiraI the dirtWhiIe his féet kick up róck, hes a sprintér) in between twó head-shakérs (A life, Adidás under A, thé B for béater, BottegaBritish Knights snéaker. Beautiful Life, his most direct reference to his divorce from the singer Kelis, offers no real clarity to their mutual allegations of abuse, and its celebratory tone leaves a stale aftertaste. Like most óf the songs ón Lost Tapes 2, it never should have seen the light of day, a sentiment that was, at one point, shared by Nas himself. That he would release an album that didnt even meet his own standards is dispiriting.
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