Mike D & Coop Give Their Opinion About KD3 Being A Top 5 Nas Album All-time.

[@sabalipeaceandpatience9264]

Don't compare Nas to other hip hop artists. Compare him to his own discography. Class of his own.

[@Kadence-187]

Indeed

[@jamaaldavis7907]

@@Kadence-187 yesss......scarface n ghostface as well top 3 catalogs n storytellers period

[@csiistandard]

1) Illmatic (out of respect! Lyrics, stories, street yet an intelligent young man. Most pure show case of Nas talent and life before stardom!) 2) Stillmatic (no weak spots.. it show cases his range of talent to produce meaningful track.. lyrically deep, streets vs conscious themes, radio friendly included, and story telling) 3) IWW (pure heroin! Mostly one sided however bc of the street/mafia themes) 4) Lost Tapes #1 (pure gems. lyrically deep, conscious, introspection, street touches, story telling, & battle content) 5) KD3 (lyrically and flow is at top in older age. Conscious & wisdom, touch of street introspection. Excellent album)

[@brianlarkins4250]

Great breakdown

[@csiistandard]

@Rasuke11 I explain it all above lol..u can't comprehend though 😄

[@SoundMind.]

Solid 👍🏾

[@jamaaldavis7907]

No way stillmatic is ova I.W.W....laughable

[@derekjwilliams007]

I just came here to post...disclaimer! I'm on this KD3 right now and the Michael and Quincy second part of the song with the beat switch is letting Jay Z know if he bit this is what your gonna get. Trust me I know, I have been watching these 2 legends for years!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@AFO_AnalyRics]

KD III is totally a top five Nas album for me. I'm not stuck in the past.

[@csiistandard]

But you can't disregard his past work ..that's reason his older works still rank high

[@jamaaldavis7907]

@@csiistandard kd 3 is #3 in his catalog

[@daveylewis816]

KD3 is 🔥 I 🖤how he flipped the 5 heartbeats 💓 sample. Hitboy🐐💎 is Dat Guy & Nastradamas 🐐💎 is foresee getting into The Inductee🏆next yr 2023🙅🏿‍♂️👨🏿‍🎨

[@custardingtoncringleworthy1646]

In my opinion if you combine the best of Magic and KD3, you have an album that tops Illmatic. Thats the best compliment i can give these albums. This isnt a slight on any of the songs i left out as i believe theyre great too but im strictly talking about an album that beats Illmatic. If you take out -Ugly, Hollywood Gangsta, Dedicated and keep the rest from Magic and from KD3 add Thun, Legit, Im on Fire, First Time and Get Light i think you would have the greatest rap album ever made. People are free to disagree but lyrically and sonically to me thats absolute perfection.(it was a very difficult decision cutting Dedicated tbh). So the album would have: Speechless, Meet Joe Black, 40-16 Building, Wu 4 the Children, Wave Gods, The Truth, Legit, Thun, Im on Fire, Get Light, First Time

[@johnsondailysports1341]

1. Illmatic 2. IWW 3. LOST TAPES 4. STILLMATIC 5. KD3

[@tedhill2095]

Kd3 my favorite nas album so for me it has jumped to number 1 spot

[@billybarz8724]

Thats wild to me. But i really cant argue with you lol.

[@JTrel]

@@billybarz8724 lol that’s to wild brah in the hype.

[@djortiz3884]

Illmatic, the KD3

[@TheRealLeonardWashington]

For me this is for sure a top 5 Nas album. I got it ranked like this 1) Illmatic 2) It was written 3) Lost Tapes 1 (it’s an album idc) 4) Stillmatic 5) KD3 Honorable mention: Magic. I used to have KD2 over Magic but the more I’ve listened to Magic, it’s aging better than KD2. KD2 has a couple songs I could’ve done without (40 side, the Em EPMD feature, and No Phony Love). I still love KD2 but Magic has no skips or glaring flaws. I remember being super annoyed with that Em feature. But yea man, greatest catalog ever by a landslide

[@jamaaldavis7907]

Scarface catalog is there wit nas...

[@mansamusa9465]

Great review!🔥

[@demetriusbryson1706]

This Entire Album Plays so’Damn Billie D Williams Smooth…Before you know it, it’s time to restart KD3 again….I think I Skipped to a track for the 1st Time Yesterday….I Love Streets Disciple as well, I’ve never had any problems with Nas Production Choices…Brother Salaam Remi had a Dark Apocalyptic Vibe to his Production, He Flipped That Streets Disciple Beat on 2 Different Albums…That Shit’ Was I’ll…..HIPHOPISDEAD but Nas & Other Greats and New Talents Resurrected Our HIPHOP Culture….Naahhh’Cee…!!!

[@danieltenkorang9519]

Stillmatic intro, rewind, 2nd childhood, one mic, ether, flyest, every ghetto, what goes around, you’re da man. Stillmatic is a classic. Kd3 plays smoother and is a bit more cohesive. That’s all. Lyrically is not even close. Creatively it’s not close, not to say kd3 isn’t creative. But stillmatic is next level.

[@koolkai4299]

KD3 is superior sonically, has more replay value, you mention creatively yet Nas personifies Beef on KD3, is a far more versatile album with a bounce track "Hood2Hood" DJ in the park track "Get Light" and introspective track "Once a man Twice a Child" a storytelling track "Beef" multiple references to historical music figures such as Pete Rock, Quincy, Jones and Michael Jackson, and Jay-Z, and he has rapped more new words according to Hip Hop By the Numbers 843 than on any album he has ever released in his career. So I respectfully disagree.

[@csiistandard]

Yes i agree. Stillmatic is ranked higher than KD3! STILLMATICs verses are highly concentrated lyrics (ex: Stillmatic Intro, One Mic, with each song have minimum 3 verses) and his artistic form is highly evident (One Mic, Rewind, What Goes Around)

[@codyle9567]

1. Illmatic - 5+ (better then most other 5s) 2. It Was Written - 5 3. KD3 - 5 4. Magic - 4.75 to 5 5. KD2 - 4.5 to 4.75 (gets better on each listen and has high replay value) 6. Lost Tapes - 4.5 7. Stillmatic - 4.5 (has some of Nas best songs but is top heavy) 8. Distant Relatives - 4.5 9. Life Is Good - 4.5 (interchangeable with Distant Relatives) 10. Hip Hop Is Dead - 4.25 (overlooked album) 11. Untitled - 4.25 12. God's Son - 4 ( has couple of Nas best songs but sort of top heavy) Still great overall 13. KD1 - 4 14. I Am... 3.75 (has "Nas Is Like" which is one of the greatest songs but is very top heavy.) 15. Lost Tapes 2 - 3.5 (Good but not Great) 16. Nasir - 2.75 to 3 17. Streets Disicple- 2.75 to 3 18. Nastradamus - 2.5 Only 3 mid projects out of 18. (Not counting The Firm album) Nas has one of the greatest catalogs in Hip Hop.

[@Mic-100]

Yea streets diciple and Nastradumas are a bit too low. 3.75. These albums would be 4.5 if other rappers spit the verses on these same beats.

[@csiistandard]

I rank Nastradamus higher than I AM ... I Am was filled with tracks that seemed POP and out of Nas' self

[@Mic-100]

@@csiistandard I can't agree with that one... it was only 2-3 commercial records but all wasn't bad. It fitt the climate... I bet in 99 you was saying that

[@codyle9567]

@@Mic-100 I'm just generally not a fan of either of those albums. On Nastradamus I only liked two songs, "Project Windows" & "Last Wordz" which still wouldn't even make the cut if I made a Top 50 Nas songs list. On Streets Discple I only liked 5 or 6 songs and only go back to "Just A Moment" with Quan which is not a good ratio for a double album. Wouldn't rate it any higher even for other rappers. Nasir I didn't care for either but atleast it's short. Everything else in Nas catalog is good, great to amazing to me.

[@codyle9567]

@@csiistandard I Am... has "Nas Is Like" (One of his best songs), "Undying Love" (one of his best storytelling songs), Small Word, Favor For A Favor & NY State Of Mind 2. It has filler like you said but I can't pull anything from Nastradamus with that kind of quality. I never even go back to that album at all.

[@kamau506]

Magic 2 & 3 up next?

[@mr.carlosnyc9433]

illmatic, i am, magic, kd3, and it was written

[@dfwherbie8814]

I actually think Nas is a better rapper than Black Thought. He’s covered more, been tasted, has more flows, etc. I used to think the other way. But a few years ago (probably 2019), I heard Nas and Pharoahe Monch on that DJ Shadow track, “Drone Warfare,” and Nas SPANKED Monch up and down that track. I used to think Monch was the better rapper before that point lol but man, what Nas did to Monch on that track, I was like “Nevermind. He the goat.” Lol

[@jamaaldavis7907]

Wait black thought bar 4 bar ova nas....black thought has outrappwd monch himself...neva monch was ova no nas...no sirr😂😂

[@jamaaldavis7907]

Outrapped

[@rolandnedd4012]

The message

[@v1deo.hunter.d317]

KD1 is my favorite of the Nas + Hit Boy albums

[@ndujamz]

Been saying that for a while too. KD3 is an instant classic for sure, but KD1 is very dear to me and very diversed out of all the 3.

[@codyle9567]

Hmmm... Intresting take. I like KD1 but all the other Hit-Boy collabs blow it out the water to me. Espically with songs like Speechless, Store Run, Beef, etc. What are your favorite songs off KD1? Mine are 10 Points and Car 85.

[@ndujamz]

@@codyle9567 Definitely the Car85, All Bad, 27 Summers, The Cure and my personal fav. The Definition.

[@v1deo.hunter.d317]

@@codyle9567 The Cure and Car 85 are probably my favorites, it has my favorite album cover too, like id love to have a vinyl of KD1

[@v1deo.hunter.d317]

@@codyle9567 y'know what, let's be honest here, I like Spicy!

[@murdockparker1274]

How yall don't Holla out "my way" on lost tapes?! Lol love the show big fan. My top 5 (no order) stillmatic,it was written,kd 3,illmatic,lost tapes 2!

[@victorhampton3452]

Jayz needs to drop at least 3 solid albums to catch nas

[@csiistandard]

Technically 4 bc of the KD Trilogy + Magic. ... he won't tho 😄.. he'll release 4 verses that are 4min each thinking he's better than Nas😆

[@victorhampton3452]

@@csiistandard if you no nas he's just heating up

[@Maal7432]

He’ll never catch him if he tries. And he’s tried since ‘96. Lol

[@Mic-100]

@@jonathancoleman6482 what passion? Jay never rapped with that. He goal on beating Nas only came on popularity and sales.. He did things, had the crew, married the right female to win that race. Hoping the sheep (people) be dumb enough to confuse the two. And he did! But today the casuals are waking up.

[@jamaaldavis7907]

​@@Mic-100 lol.......Jay was neva the #1 all time great emcee....

[@kamelody2330]

Nas the Goat bro . And is not even close

[@2cents2]

My favorite tracks are Michael and Quincy,30, Recession Proof, Reminisce and Serious Interlude. The only thing I wish Nas could've done was made some of these tracks I mentioned with 3 verses that would've made the tracks so complete but overall it's a great album. There's a few tiny complaints I have like some beats changing to something not so good imo and on Legit that sample of the guy in the beginning is super annoying where I have to fast forward because it literally brothers my ears and as I said 2 verse tracks it just feels lazy as if he made it just to throw it in the album but they sound good. If I had to rate it would be about a 4.8 out of 5 Best album from Nas since Life Is Good imo.

[@omariking6850]

Three bar verses are in the past drake change it

[@derekjwilliams007]

Mike "let me get to the super chat" coop thinking that means talk more lol

[@codyle9567]

Stillmatic has 5 undeniable songs. Outside of those 5 songs, KD3 blows the reminding 9 songs off Stillmatic out the water. I'm sorry.... I say this as someone who owned a copy of Stillmatic and played it non stop. People living in the past and letting nostalgia dictate thier decisions. The album drops off after track 8. Still good but not as amazing as the first half.

[@koolkai4299]

Fair assessment and I assume those 5 songs you are referring to are, You're Da Man, Ether, Rewind, 2nd Childhood, and One Mic?

[@codyle9567]

@@koolkai4299 Yup. One Mic, 2nd Childhood, Ether, Rewind and Stillmatic (The Intro). You're the Man and The Flyest are the honorable 6th and 7th picks but I think KD3 has songs that can compete with those.

[@jefriefultonii3666]

I Am is a classic

[@Mic-100]

To me personally because it was my real introduction to him...

[@jamaaldavis7907]

​@@Mic-100a good album..imo

[@Mic-100]

@jamaaldavis7907 for the times. It's just that he made so much more music, it's hard to rank this album. I got I am round 10-12 in his catalog

[@jamaaldavis7907]

@@Mic-100 k.......I get it in '99 it's his 3rd solo ..but I was 16 in '99 ...knowing bout the orig ..double disc autobiography album that got bootlegged took alot of luster off..4 me

[@Mic-100]

@@jamaaldavis7907 I'm with u on the bootleg. I ain't gone lie, I'm from tampa, and when we got our hands pm the bootleg , we was blown away

[@geeandy8918]

It was written kd3 illmatic kd2 life is good

[@The-Enigma-S7]

Joe Budden played that same stunt when he mentioned Method Man falling off. Raekwon’s crew shut that down

[@benoplasm]

I see someone saying stillmatic is lyrically superior to kd3? How? Do u see the depth of vocabulary on kd3?

[@errolholmes3838]

REal hip hop question?. What’s better liquid swords or ol dirties first album

[@antoine1486]

Liquid Swords

[@csiistandard]

Ob4cl is the best solo wu album

[@errolholmes3838]

@@csiistandard of course that why I asked out of those two

[@errolholmes3838]

Liquid is better but in the middle of return to 36 that album go crazy

[@benoplasm]

Did you guys see how mc shan went ham on that useless 21 savage? Epic!!!!

[@Maal7432]

Hmmm, let’s see: Illmatic It Was Written Life Is Good Lost Tapes KD3 Yeah. It’s top 5. That just shows you how great his catalogue is.

[@jamesngene3218]

Kd3 better than stillmatic? Naw! Everbody should calm down and let the hype die down. Kd3 is not half dope of stillmatic, what y'all taking about??

[@jamesngene3218]

@Aaron9 every new shoe wears out then you realize which one really felt better. Yes I'm a hip hop head not a bandwagon fan.

[@codyle3709]

The quality of Stillmatic drops off at track 9. Destroy & Rebuild, Rule, My Country, What Goes Around, Every Ghetto are still good songs but are not comparable to the first half and get blown out the water by almost every song off KD3. Smokin, Got Ur Self a Gun and You're da Man (as much as I love that song) are beatable songs as well. That's more then half of the Stillmatic album that's eaten alive by KD3. Stillmatic has Stillmatic (The Intro), Ether, Rewind, One Mic and 2nd Childhood (some of Nas greatest songs) which are undeniable though. 5 out of 14. So while Stillmatic has the greater highlights, KD3 is still technically better overall. 17 tracks no features and straight elite level lyricism. I say this as someone who owned Stillmatic CD as a kid and played it nonstop.

[@jamesngene3218]

@@codyle3709 you said everything about stillmatic, the titles and the qualities but nothing about Kd3. Not one single Kd3 title, not one single track reference, you just generalized it to make it look better. There is no such thing as perfect album except Illmatic. Calm down, that new shoe will one day wear out and then we'll know. BTW, I bought stillmatic as an adult.

[@codyle3709]

@@jamesngene3218 Why do I have generalize it, when all 17 songs on the album are better then more then half of Stillmatic? I was just replying to your comment because you made it sound blasphemous to pick KD3 over Stillmatic. Nas verse on Once a Man, Twice a Child is my verse of the entire year. The reason I like KD3 over Stillmatic is because it is more consistent, with mostly better lyrics (asides from the highlights) and the production. But you're entitled to your opinion.

[@jamaaldavis7907]

Kd 3 > stillmatic

[@therealist218]

Whyyyy is this even a topic of discussion- NAS IS IN A CLASS THAT ISN'T COMPARABLE!! Shit why am I even commenting ✌🏿

[@bundydachosen1]

Kd3 not better than life is good maybe I’m being nostalgic

[@jamaaldavis7907]

Dats hysterical 🤣😂

[@boycottactivision]

1. Illmactic 2. Stillmatic 3. God's Son 4. Nastradamus 5. Street's Disciple

[@boycottactivision]

If Lost Tapes is not considered an Album.

[@csiistandard]

Thank you for putting Nastradamus higher than I AM!! I AM was terrible as a whole body of work.. Definitely had some great tracks but as a album project it was terrible bc it was confusing and forcing Nas to do pop tracks..but I wouldn't place it in the top 5 however

[@jamaaldavis7907]

​@@boycottactivisionit's not....collection of records during diff..studio sessions..corrected..not close studio album

[@bigzizzo]

Life Is Good is better than KD3. Too much recency bias. The Lost Tapes is better than all of those Nas/Hit Boy albums.

[@jamaaldavis7907]

U buggin.lost tps isn't betta den all the hitboy produced cds😂😂

[@bigzizzo]

@@jamaaldavis7907 that’s your opinion and you’re entitled to it.

[@jamaaldavis7907]

@@bigzizzo smell hit boy hate🤣🤣..hysterical

[@jamaaldavis7907]

@@bigzizzo kd 3 ..magic 3 n magic >> lost tps...def...k.d 2 debateable....list tos ain't no studio album..collection on records..

[@jamaaldavis7907]

@@bigzizzo of diff studio sessions