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Michael Namikas
@Mikeaveli2682
😷 Author of The Tupac Encyclopedia - Volume 1 (the book speaks for itself). Attorney in a former life. Misanthrope. RTs are not endorsements.
Jul 19, 2019 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
First Impressions THREAD for NaS' The Lost Tapes II No Bad Energy. Good introductory track; Pretty fuckin' dope spiritual / religious beat by Swizz. You can hear DMX shouting out "What! What!" in the background. Lyrics are cool. Hook could be better but doesn't ruin the song.
Jul 11, 2019 • 18 tweets • 7 min read
Time for a mercifully brief THREAD about NaS' compilation, The Lost Tapes, released by Columbia Records on September 23, 2002 Forget Jay-Z’s Black Album. The Lost Tapes was a real black album. No singles, no videos, no radio reaches, no real promo campaign to speak of. It’s not really a NaS album, it’s a compilation, but I’ve included it in my overview anyway.
Jul 10, 2019 • 27 tweets • 11 min read
It's time for that THREAD about STILLMATIC, one of NaS' most beloved albums. Peep the bonus tracks on the copy I picked up in Tokyo. Japanese CDs nearly always have the lyrics. The CD's design lets you know what time is it NaS was getting it from all sides between the releases of NaStradamus’ in Nov. 99 and Stillmatic, his fifth solo album, in Dec. 2001. NaStradamus was hated, Queens rap crews were falling apart, Jay-Z dropped Takeover in Aug. 2001, and NaS’ beloved mom, Ann, was dying of cancer.
Jul 9, 2019 • 22 tweets • 8 min read
THREAD about NaS' fourth solo album, NaStradamus, released by Columbia Records during Thanksgiving week, November 23, 1999 When the I Am... double album was shelved, Columbia / NaS decided to put out two albums, the second titled NaStradamus, just months apart from each other. Advertised in the single disc I Am as coming out in late October ‘99, NaStradamus arrived a month later than expected
Jul 8, 2019 • 27 tweets • 10 min read
THREAD about NaS' third solo album, I AM..., released by Columbia Records on April 6, 1999 Coming 3 years after the popular but arguably disappointing It Was Written, I Am… was touted as a return to form. Peep the message suggested by this 'toon published by The Source. I Am… was promoted as a musical autobiography and was rumored to be two discs long
Jul 8, 2019 • 24 tweets • 9 min read
Alright, let's do this THREAD for NaS' IT WAS WRITTEN . I've got nothing else going on right now. Illmatic was a critical darling but not a commercial smash. Now double-platinum, it sold slowly and didn’t make a big impact outside NY. At the Source Awards in August '95, Biggie’s Ready to Die cleaned up, inspiring NaS to go in a different direction.
Jul 5, 2019 • 22 tweets • 8 min read
THREAD: With The Lost Tapes 2 coming on July 19th, I thought I would go through NaS' album catalogue with you. Feel free to reply with any thoughts you have about my opinions or the albums themselves. The first and arguably best NaS album is Illmatic (1994). I'll begin with some general thoughts. This is the "Boy" chapter in NaS tetralogy and that makes sense given his youth, the iconic album cover, and the cliche that you spend your whole life writing your first album