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Originally Posted by Fluffy Kittens
@Manky I agree IWW is his 2nd best, it is let down by Nas is Coming and If I Ruled the World but the rest of the tracks are all very good. 12/14 very good tracks from any other artist and you'd have people calling it a classic but cos it was post-Illmatic it's just "average". The Lost Tapes is great too. The thing with Nastradamus... didn't his label want two albums from him instead of one so he had to rush it out? I'm sure I read something similar.
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What's wrong with "If I Ruled the World"?
In terms of Nas best albums after Illmatic, I'd rank them:
1. God's Son
2. Lost Tapes
3. Stillmatic
With Nastradamus and I Am..., there weren't supposed to be both of them. Originally, "I Am..." was going to be a double-album, but they scratched that idea after all of the leaks. After seeing DMX being successful with two albums in one year, the label decided that Nas could do the same thing, and that's how we got "I Am..." and "Nastradamus"
Personally, I think "I Am..." is actually really underrated and only has a few missteps. Even "Nastradamus" has a couple REAL good tracks.