I stop short of saying that it is a ‘bad’ album, but by the time it’s finished, you can see why it’s not very great. Nasir, unfortunately, is also not the album that will reach that level of near-perfection. One could say that Nas has, more or less, been riding on the goodwill of his auspicious 1994 debut, Illmatic, and that since then, his career has been one of diminishing returns-sure he’s had some popular singles here and there, and involved himself in a rap beef with Jay-Z, but overall, Nas peaked right out of the gate, and has been unable to reach that level of near-perfection a second time. So it’s difficult to reconcile any sliver of excitement about Nasir, because even before I pressed play, it already had that weighing heavily on its shoulders. To begin with, while West has had to publicly, on many occasions, try to explain and defend his support of Donald Drumpf and his belief that slavery was a choice, among other things, Nas, born Nasir bin Ola Dara Jones, has yet to even comment on the recent allegations brought forward by his ex-wife, Kelis Rogers-in a recent interview, Rogers implied that, during their relationship, outside of mental abuse, Nas would become blackout drunk, and would proceed to become physically abusive with her. For an album that is 26 minutes in length, and comprised of seven songs, there are a surprising number of things to unpack on Nasir, the 11 th album from Nas, and the fourth out of five in a series of albums hastily produced in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, all by Kanye West.
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