Antonio

i'll probably get a good amount of flack for this, but i've listened to this album multiple times and i could never really get into it. maybe because i was never too big on 90s hip hop, but every time i listened to this album i just felt like i was meandering and nothing really grabbed me. i would agree that it's overrated.

really, in terms of describing urban inner city life, i think Cannibal Ox's The Cold Vein expressed it with much more of a visceral way that hits right where you feel. compared to that, Nas' way of descriptive rapping falls short.

even so, i do respect its influence and i can understand why people at the time and even now can see it as greatness. it's just that it didn't grab me, is all.

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I don't know how you can listen to Vast Aire and then criticize Nas for not providing good description.

Vast Aire has always been saved by really good production, but his rapping has been simple and dull.

Antonio

on the contrary, i think the raw bluntness in how he does his raps, on songs like Iron Galaxy and A B-Boy's Alpha, are great moments on the album. if anything i think that Vordul Mega is less interesting at times.

Vast's style is simple, yes, but it's how he works with it that makes it great. (aka-it's not what you have, it's how you use it)

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