Nas fans love to debate which producer works best with him. He’s collaborated with some of the greatest producers in an illustrious 25 year career that spans 15 solo albums. Depending on the era of when you discovered Nas, you could argue either Large Professor, L.E.S., Trackmasters, Salaam Remi, No I.D., DJ Premier or Dr. Dre maximized the producer-rapper synergy. But in the 2020s, maybe Hit-Boy is his best fit for keeping him relevant in a changing rap landscape with an unrivaled run of releasing four projects.
Nas and Hit-Boy have compared their creative output to Shaq and Penny and Michael and Quincy, paying homage to duos with undeniable success and chemistry. While the Grammy-winning super producer has synced up with artists before, there’s something special about Hit-Boy modernizing Nas’ sound, heightening his stories with subtle, elegant beats.
King’s Disease 3 is the third iteration and the first of the series with no features. Continuing where the Grammy-nominated predecessor left off, King’s Disease 3 shows Nas has more to say about career longevity, legal hustling, the Queens borough that raised him, and the wealth he’s accumulated as a rap mogul. The song ideas and themes are coherent, showing Nas is improving as he approaches 50.
Early responses have drawn collective smirks over his fabled rivalry with Jay-Z. “No beef or rivals/they playin’ ‘Ether’ on TIDAL/Brothers can do anythin’ when they decide to/In a Range Rover, dissectin’ bars from ‘Takeover’/Sometimes I text Hova, like ‘N***a, this ain’t over,’ laughin,’” he raps on “Thun” over a sample of Boogie Down Productions’ “The Bridge Is Over.”
Other shout-outs on the album include the late Drakeo the Ruler (“Just like Drakeo The Ruler, my n***a, we know the truth”), Kendrick Lamar (“Since Kendrick entered the atmosphere, ’09, I was there”), and Young Thug (“The crosswalk lady walkin’ with the kids to school/There’s a place in heaven for her, as is you/And if you don’t believe in that, then SLATT”). Compared to other legacy rappers, Nas is aware of their influence and what they’re doing for hip-hop. Acknowledging the younger generation like he’s done with his features on previous King’s Disease installments shows he’s giving them an equal platform and their due respect.
If KD1 is well-rounded Nas, KD2 is Nas at his most motivated and high spirited, and Magic is Nas channeling his ‘90s output, then KD3 is his most personal project of his recent run. “30” finds him reflecting on doing this Hip Hop thing for almost 30 summers, speaking on his longevity and even teasing that the DJ Premier album might still happen while checking Pete Rock in the process. “I’m On Fire” opens with a line just for the core Nasir fans (“Still got the same flame behind me from the ‘Hate Me Now’ video/It’s continual”). Nas even gets sentimental on “First Time,” flipping the track to describe the first time he heard legends like Slick Rick, Biggie, 2Pac, N.W.A., and more.
Once again, it’s Hit-Boy who’s energized Nas past rare form and into God mode. He’s established a format of letting Nas revisit his gospels like a wise elder statesman, giving him an alley-oop with production that allows him to be relaxed and confident. Hit-Boy’s beats aren’t busy at all, creating an atmosphere that’s rich with nostalgia. He gets creative with his samples, and “Legit” is the best example, flipping a classic scene with Eddie King, Jr. from the 1991 film The Five Heartbeats to create a clean banger.
KD3’s final two tracks are important reminders of Nas’ ingenuity when it comes to speaking on violence in the Black community. “Beef” takes on the personification of conflict, detailing why “beef” is always taking souls and joins his other perspective tracks like “I Gave You Power.” On “Don’t Shoot,” Nas makes a case for finding a way to save lives. He raps, “Am I snitching when the police commissioner my friend?/Am I a player when me and the mayor hangin’ and tap in?/Just a grown man tryna see how to change the community/’Cause all I see is mamas crying, reading eulogies.” He then notes, “Imagine no man shot for the next 10 years, no man killed for the next 30 years.” It’s an unfortunate reality that history continues to repeat itself, but the ever-conscious Nas believes there’s a better future ahead. The kind of awareness that only comes from a street disciple, using his influence and knowledge to do more good.
KD3 keeps Nas in the relevancy conversation because his voice is still impactful, calling to action when some might say he doesn’t need to do this anymore. It’s a lesson in purposeful storytelling and aging with grace.
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🎤 🎤 🎤 🎤 🎤 Album!
🎤 🎤 🎤 🎤 🎤 Album! Straight 🔥!!!
Best hip-hop album in last 10+ years! 5 mics easy!
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If Jay Z dropped this y’all would’ve gave it a 10/5.
Thank you brother…. The favoritism is so damn clear.. Thanks to the internet, we can see all of these ourselves… This is getting annoying.. 80% of the OG rappers now are under rocanation one way or the other and none of them are seeing the greatness of this album.. WOAH!!!!… NAS IS THE GOAT NO DOUBT!!!
So true
Esco the greatest
More heat from nas
This is a classic, even the reviewer doesn’t know why it isn’t. The Nas hate is real!!!
Album is an instant classic
Arguably the best of the KD series, AOTY contender. Nas had no features for 17 tracks and kept it fire the entire time.
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Easy album of the year. One of the best in an already incredible Catalog 5/5
Easily Album of the Year. Another incredible album to go with an already incredible catalog
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No way this is less than a 5
This album go super hard I’m glad Nas finally
found the producer that makes sense for him!
Album Fire🔥🔥🔥
Album is fire. This album is a 5
another Nas classic
This is a 5 mic album, instant classic.. He controls his stuff now, he is very much comfortable in the booth.. We will get more of this from him.. This is just the beginning … HipHopDX don’t come out straight.. This is a 5Star NO DOUBT!!!
Just when you think Nas can’t top the last 3 he does it emphatically. 🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤 way better than 21’s part on Her Loss and drakes for that matter
Just when you think Nas can’t top the last 3 he does it emphatically. 🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤 way better than 21’s part on Her Loss and drakes for that matter
This is a 5 mic album, instant classic.. He controls his stuff now, he is very much comfortable in the booth.. We will get more of this from him.. This is just the beginning … HipHopDX don’t come out straight.. This is a 5Star NO DOUBT!!!
How tf would you give it a 4.1 rating. We get that nothing can be said perfect but this album is a minimum 4.5
Straight classic no doubt.. Why HHDX giving it 4.1??? I see, all Hip Hop media are under rocanation one way or the other.. Breakfast club, Allhiphop, hot97, Angie Martinez, Dj envy and that his short partner friend… But why?? Isn’t this so clear to you people.. It is very annoying and disgusting at this point.. I am falling out of hiphop TBH!!!
Everyone gave this review a 5 mic.. What’s going on with the rating here? I don’t understand
5 mic
Esco let’s go
5 out of 5
Love this album. Not only is it no skips, but all the songs are fire and the project is cohesive all the way thru. This might top Magic. 🔥
Classic album !!!!
Incredible album from the GOAT!!!
Something wrong with the community rating
🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤 Beginning to end ! No skips ! Even the less potent songs are still very good and the lyrics are unmatched.
🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤 Beginning to end ! No skips ! Even the less potent songs are still very good and the lyrics are unmatched.
No complaints about the album but yet it gets a 4.1. You couldn’t at least give it a 4.7 or higher because it’s definitely better than Cheat codes and roc and Alchemist album by far. This is AOTY.
interesting. I have those two in the lead so far.
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Modern classic
Modern classic
Modern day classic
Modern day classic 5/5
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How can we / america move forward when black are doing this to ourselves.. It’s clear and transparent that our votes doesn’t count.. Every one rating this album gave it a 5/5 but we are seeing a different result which transparent..Our votes doesn’t count.. Charity they say begins at home.. We just have to accept whatever they are showing us this so called Hip Hop site ( RocNation) site. Go check other bigger website and rate there,the album has been 100% on every other website.. I am highly disappointed. Hip Hop is not for us, there are alot of people behind the scene pulling strings.. I have been listening to Nas’s lyrics closely in the Album, even Magic too.. I’m starting to put things together and it’s making sense .. MAD SENSE!!!!
17 tracks of pure 🔥 and no features by a man that has been doing this for nearly 30 summers. Did I mention he is nearly 50 years old and it’s the AOTY? I could have accepted a 4.5 rating but a 4.1? This album is a banger!
17 tracks of pure 🔥 and no features by a man that has been doing this for nearly 30 summers. Did I mention he is nearly 50 years old and it’s the AOTY? I could have accepted a 4.5 rating but a 4.1? This album is a banger!
4.1 are yall crazy. the Nas hate wtf smh
This a 5, it Judt is. Great work with no skips or snt blunders…. oh and everybody rating it a 5. Only reason I can think that it’s at 3.77 community is cause no rating counts as a 0? Cause sint no way badef off the comments that community rating is less than a 4.8.
4.1 are yall crazy. the Nas hate wtf smh
This a 5, it Judt is. Great work with no skips or snt blunders…. oh and everybody rating it a 5. Only reason I can think that it’s at 3.77 community is cause no rating counts as a 0? Cause sint no way badef off the comments that community rating is less than a 4.8.
Something is wrong. The only way that be the rating is literally if people are arting it zero …all other 33 voters. Otherwise the community rating is mathematically impossible.
Amazing project!!!! It’s unfortunate Dx botched the rating. This album has hit a nerve with the people and that’s why there is such an overwhelming positive response from the people. Ironically, the unfair reviews is going to be the catalyst that further cements this project as a classic because for every unfair review the people are going to unify, call it out, and rebel. As evident by the comments section. So good job Dx👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿
5/5 Just an incredible body of work. Wordplay, cadence, content ALL solo.
5/5 Just an incredible body of work. Wordplay, cadence, content ALL solo.
This album is AMAZING! Front to end player and no skips. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
This album is AMAZING! Front to end player and no skips. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
This album is AMAZING from front to end, no skips. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Pitchfork will rate this like a 6.2.
I say I need more time to digest the album. No rush to rate it. My first impression is like mine with “Magic”: instant classic. Let’s see in a few weeks when my brain starts to do other shit.
Pitchfork will rate this like a 6.2.
I say I need more time to digest the album. No rush to rate it. My first impression is like mine with “Magic”: instant classic. Let’s see in a few weeks when my brain starts to do other shit.
If this isn’t a 5 to you guys. I don’t know what is. you have no evidence of a weakness of this album. You’ll be coming back to change this real quick.
This is 5/5 . Classic material from the GOAT .
Impressive album
AOTY 5/5
AOTY 5/5
You guys are a disgrace! I’m not visiting this site anymore. I thought this platform was one of the ones holding our culture down. I was wrong. Tell Jay Z to stop fucking with our Culture. And let true Hip Hop be appreciated. WTf !!!. Everyone gave this album 5/5 . How is this 3.7 ?????????????????????????
Classic
This site is rigged. It claims there is like 70 comments but there is only 45 in comments . The community of people on the comments rated it 5/5 but the community rating shows 3.7 . Make it make sense. Nas dropped a great album arguably classic ( to me classic). HiphopDx rate this album lesser than albums that it’s obviously better than. This album is about black empowerment something that is needed in our community. Nas and Hitboy just went 4/4 with their king’s disease 1-3 and Magic. This should be celebrated. HiphopDx get it together . You use to be respectable but now y’all look like a gossip site. What happen to appreciating the music . Nas don’t have to do this . But , he do it for the love of music. Quit that foolishness and give that man the praise he deserves. Not a bad review . But ,if there is no complaints why you rate it like has a skip. A 4.1 is not what album like this should be rated . Nas congratulations on another classic and with this run you are the undisputed GOAT.
4.1 is a high rating…
What makes this album a 4.1 ? That needed to be explained . Like was there a song that was bad or stuck out . Like say it with your chest and stand on it . There no complaints but it’s a 4.1 make it make sense.
Album of the year and the best in the series!
Classic
“My first album had no famous guest appearances/ the outcome, I’m crowned the best lyricist” – Nas from the classic Stillmatic Album. Speaking of classic albums… There’s no way this album is less than 5/5. The hate on the GOAT is real.
AOTY, end of discussion
Bogus rating as usual… Then again, we expected less from DX. Ones a snake, always a snake. 5/5
Bogus rating as usual… Then again, we expected less from DX. Ones a snake, always a snake. 5/5
Bogus rating as usual… Then again, we expected less from DX. Ones a snake, always a snake. KD3 is gets a 5/5
5/5 Instant classic and rap album of the year
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FuckQueensBridge probably give it 1 with all his alts cmmunity rating weird
MASTERPIECE!!!!!! ALBUM OF THE PAST FEW YEARS EASY A CLASSIC IN MY OPINION JUST FRESH AND FIRE ALL THE WAY THE CONTENT STRUCTURE STORYTELLING BARS LYRICS TALENTED DISPLAY THE GOAT NAS U MADE IT AGAIN HAPPY NEEDED THIS TIMELESS MUSIC AND ARTIST. BTW U BUGGIN IF U DON’T LIKE THIS ALBUM OR HATING ON IT CUZ IT’S OBJECTIVELY 1 OF HIS BEST EVER NOT FAR FROM ILLMATIC AND IT WAS WRITTEN THE GREATEST NAS KEEP SPITTING BROTHER AND THANKS.
MASTERPIECE!!!!!! ALBUM OF THE PAST FEW YEARS EASY A CLASSIC IN MY OPINION JUST FRESH AND FIRE ALL THE WAY THE CONTENT STRUCTURE STORYTELLING BARS LYRICS TALENTED DISPLAY THE GOAT NAS U MADE IT AGAIN HAPPY NEEDED THIS TIMELESS MUSIC AND ARTIST. BTW U BUGGIN IF U DON’T LIKE THIS ALBUM OR HATING ON IT CUZ IT’S OBJECTIVELY 1 OF HIS BEST EVER NOT FAR FROM ILLMATIC AND IT WAS WRITTEN THE GREATEST NAS KEEP SPITTING BROTHER AND THANKS.
Lets boyscott this dirty HipHopDX.. They are not for the people.. HipHop is about black empowerment not bringing ourselves down.. Nas KD3 had a very positive review and all ratings are 5mics and they have decided to give him 4.1 / of 5… SHAME on them. How can America be great when we can’t be good to ourselves? It’s transparent out there and they acting blind. Nas clearly said so many things concerning issues like this in this new album. 90% of the Hip Hop rappers are Rocnation payroll.. SO DAMN CLEAR!!! They couldn’t say a damn thing about that little boy disrespecting .. NONE of them talked about the classic album.. Aren’t things very clear now????? I have always had respect for Raekwon, he is the only one that reposted.. Go listen to Legit properly in KD3 , I think you would understand a whole lots of things.. my opinion, so many references of Jay’s insecurities. People thought Jay’s Mom was the one that called him after super ugly Ahahahahah… It was Beyonce because she didn’t come out clean that Nas also got a piece of the puss before Jay, think about it, Jay could just tell his mom that he would apologize later when he sees Nas and just let go and leave it that way.. He’s damn insecure.. Soon it;s going to be the masses against those people… A snitch Desiree and her drug dealer husband OG juan are chiefs in the RocNation board.. Nas recognizes his insecurities in Daily Show with Trevor Noah and addressed it in 10 seconds.. When last have you seen Beyonce really outside??? She’s tired of that life style and despise OG juan and his wife… Imagine his house was successfully burglarized in CA,, immediately after he dropped.. that’s some foul thing.. Nas is what Jay Z was back then, in terms of freedom with record label, Nas is FREE NOW and can release anytime.. It doesn’t need to go through sony or columbia ANYMORE!!! Get in the booth and just deliver… Jay Z can’t do nothing now on the Mic, I bet you!!! The term Nas “Loyal fans” that boy used is exactly what Jay’s camp uses when talking about Nas.. I can’t believe people still fall for this corny rapper.! Angie Martinez, Funk Flex, breakfast club and the whole media claiming they got Hip Hop but they refuse to acknowledge this master piece, lets cast our votes here.. metacritic or other websites because HipHipDX is not for us. Charity begins at home .. Soon we will know what is going on.. NO LOVE FOR THE GREAT!!!
4.1? Really? KD3 is waaaay better than that! Definitely incorrect imo.
4.1? Really? KD3 is waaaay better than that! Definitely incorrect imo.
5/5 Clearly the AOTY. CLEARLY THE GREATEST RAPPER OF ALL TIME. IM SORRY BUT NOT SORRY.
4.1? Really? KD3 is waaaay better than that! Definitely incorrect imo.
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Album of the year
Hip Hop at its finest
Hip Hop at its finest
KD3 is AMAZING in every way from beginning to end. FLAWLESS!! In my era this would definitely get 5 Mics in The Source. Production, Lyrics, Flows, etc. Nas and Hit-Boy is the Snoop and Dre of the 2020’s.
Top tier album right here. Been on repeat since release date. Giving me those winter time Nas vibes, like stillmatic 🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤
Nas is such a beast
The only reason I’m going to call a name is because the GOAT addressed this in a way on the dailyshow with Trevor Noah. How much does Jay Z pay you people for your obvious foolishness ? For exactly does he want again? If you know you truly don’t worth something, and you do anything on earth to earn or get that thing and you’re not happy at yourself because that same thing came to the next person naturally, you become distasteful of yourself and despise yourself which will definitely lead to self destruct. I’m tired of all the industry most especially in our race ( Hip Hop ).. Isn’t there an editor on standby ? We shouldn’t just pay attention to somethings sometimes. It would hurt you to nothing. Nas knows the politics already.. Y’all are giving us every reason to HATE jay z. Once a man twice a child and Nas got that from previous Magic when he said the man in him is bringing out the child in you now. SMH
Phenomenal front to back.🔥 🐐
As a grown man..who has been rocking with Nas from day 1…I’m a Nas supporter…Not a fan..there’s a difference. With that said, Nas is dawning 50. This is the best mature content of HIPHOP to date! He pays respect to the old and new legends of HIPHOP. Nas delivery is still astonishing! Hitboy’s production matches Nas’s flow. There are a few (2) tracks I can pass on..but over all…An amazing album. CLASSIC album..The growth of Nas is unmatch (Not to say unexpected)
Hitboy deserves more props.
As a grown man..who has been rocking with Nas from day 1…I’m a Nas supporter…Not a fan..there’s a difference. With that said, Nas is dawning 50. This is the best mature content of HIPHOP to date! He pays respect to the old and new legends of HIPHOP. Nas delivery is still astonishing! Hitboy’s production matches Nas’s flow. There are a few (2) tracks I can pass on..but over all…An amazing album. CLASSIC album..The growth of Nas is unmatch (Not to say unexpected)
Hitboy deserves more props.
Phenomenal front to back.
Phenomenal front to back. 🔥🐐
As a grown man..who has been rocking with Nas from day 1…I’m a Nas supporter…Not a fan..there’s a difference. With that said, Nas is dawning 50. This is the best mature content of HIPHOP to date! He pays respect to the old and new legends of HIPHOP. Nas delivery is still astonishing! Hitboy’s production matches Nas’s flow. There are a few (2) tracks I can pass on..but over all…An amazing album. CLASSIC album..The growth of Nas is unmatch (Not to say unexpected)
Hitboy deserves more props.
This is a 4.7+ album. 100% fire.
Every track is noticeable and worth listening to several times. I’ve already played the entire album 3x through with ZERO skips. AOTY potential on this.
This is a 4.7+ album. 100% fire.
Every track is noticeable and worth listening to several times. I’ve already played the entire album 3x through with ZERO skips. AOTY potential on this.
This is a easily a 4.7+ album. 100% fire. (5/5 for me, personally)
Every track is noticeable and worth listening to several times. I’ve played the entire album 3x through with ZERO skips. AOTY potential on this.
This is a easily a 4.7+ album. 100% fire. (5/5 for me, personally)
Every track is noticeable and worth listening to several times. I’ve played the entire album 3x through with ZERO skips. AOTY potential on this.
Instant classic🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
In my opinion it’s really a great album.
And I think that it’s impressive, in this period, to see a rapper that drops an album of 17 songs without featuring.
Solid project without a doubt
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Nas Album Supreme 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
A classic album, i don’t know who you think you are speaking for cos it’s not us. 5 /5
A classic album, i don’t know who you think you are speaking for cos it’s not us. 5 /5
Yall are truly bugging man this album is a 5 for sure. I could have seen if yall gave it a 4.5. SMH….The NaS hate is really real.
Yall are truly bugging man this album is a 5 for sure. I could have seen if yall gave it a 4.5. SMH….The NaS hate is really real.
*****
Come on HHDX !! There’s no way this album would be under 4.5 | 5
Long lives the K.I.N.G
Best Nas album in a while, well rounded album…not forgetting no features in this.
Best Nas album in a while, well rounded album…not forgetting no features in this.
17 songs of pure Nas, no features, no skips. Best of the series and album of the year, overtaking Cheat Codes.
KD3 is a great closing to an amazing trilogy with powerful lyrics and storytelling. He did some reflecting on his past while making more space for his legacy in the present. Legit, Once a Man Twice a Child, Beef, Hood2Hood, 30, First Time, Recession Proof, Serious Interlude and Reminisce stood out to me on my first listen. Everything else fell in place after I took time to dissect it. The production is dope as well.
KD3 is a great closing to an amazing trilogy with powerful lyrics and storytelling. He did some reflecting on his past while making more space for his legacy in the present. Legit, Once a Man Twice a Child, Beef, Hood2Hood, 30, First Time, Recession Proof, Serious Interlude and Reminisce stood out to me on my first listen. Everything else fell in place after I took time to dissect it. The production is dope as well.
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Awards are political and industry influenced however when Nas drops Hiphop culture and community get rewarded with Art, We dont deserve Nas his the greatest Hiphop Artist 30 years in hiphop thats 50 years, he pays homage to past present and future. He is the Greatest EVER!!!
Top 5 Nas
Can we end the Nas GOAT debate please….
Illmatic
It was written
I am
Still….
God’s son
Life is good
Lost tapes
Life is good
KD 1
KD 2
Magic
KD 3……. Super tight and classics
But I like or love
Nastradumis
Hip hop is dead
Untitled
Distance Relatives
Nasir
Streets D…
No one is close…. No one
Can we end the Nas GOAT debate please….
Illmatic
It was written
I am
Still….
God’s son
Life is good
Lost tapes
Life is good
KD 1
KD 2
Magic
KD 3……. Super tight and classics
But I like or love
Nastradumis
Hip hop is dead
Untitled
Distance Relatives
Nasir
Streets D…
No one is close…. No one
Can we end the Nas GOAT debate please….
Illmatic
It was written
I am
Still….
God’s son
Life is good
Lost tapes
Life is good
KD 1
KD 2
Magic
KD 3……. Super tight and classics
But I like or love
Nastradumis
Hip hop is dead
Untitled
Distance Relatives
Nasir
Streets D…
No one is close…. No one
Can we end the Nas GOAT debate please….
Illmatic
It was written
I am
Still….
God’s son
Life is good
Lost tapes
Life is good
KD 1
KD 2
Magic
KD 3……. Super tight and classics
But I like or love
Nastradumis
Hip hop is dead
Untitled
Distance Relatives
Nasir
Streets D…
No one is close…. No one
Something I’d definitely up with the rating. If 97 out of 130 gave the album 5, all the other 33 voters would have to give the album 0 for the rating to be 3.73.
(97/130)*5. The above rating means 33 ppl gave the album zero. I’m not one for conspiracy theories but this is weird.
They lost me at 25 year career
They lost me at 25 year career
Album is an Instant Classic! 🔥🔥 5 mics🎤 🎤 🎤 🎤 🎤
Album is an Instant Classic!! 🔥🔥 5 mics🎤 🎤 🎤 🎤 🎤
Album is an Instant Classic!! 🔥🔥 5 mics🎤 🎤 🎤 🎤 🎤
Album is an Instant Classic!! 🔥🔥 5 mics🎤 🎤 🎤 🎤 🎤
This album deserves a five XL lyricism not missing a beat and the fact of him being 49 years old this album was artwork
DX misses the mark again.
Just came to see how hiphopdx gonna hate on Nas.
Absolute Classic.
Absolute Classic album. Rap album of the decade so far.
ELE 2 IS BETTER
4.1??? This is 5 mics.
If you don’t vote this album 5 mics . You’re a hater ! This is by far one of the best Nas album ever .
If you don’t vote this album 5 mics . You’re a hater ! This is by far one of the best Nas album ever .
Your rating of 4.1 is inconsistent to your description of the KD3. The author of this review found no fault in the delivery of Nas and the production of Hitboy. In fact he lavishes great praise for the two. Yet it is rated 4.1.
I highly doubt if the site has an qualified editor because if you do, then you are clearly undermining the intelligence of your readers and hip hop community. I am not the one to pursue conspiracy theories, but I am starting to lean towards individuals who suspects there are nefarious forces behind your work. Perhaps I am naive because in a sense media is used to direct the thoughts of the masses, the question is who is using you?
From now on, I will read your your reviews, opinion pieces with a pinch of salt. I am in South Africa, and this site was to go to medium with regard to US hip hop, but now things have changed
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Nas is still relevant and I don’t agree with 21 Savage. This generation can’t even appreciate decent rap artist from the 80s & 90s who have paved the way for the current rap and hip hop artists. This album is definitely a “5 mic” classic. This goes down of one of Nasir Jones best work. All the tracks are great…this should definitely get him a nice Grammy nod…
This is was a classic album and the best out of the trilogy.
This is was a classic album and the best out of the trilogy.
Great album, no skips
Great album, no skips.
AOFTY.
4.95/5 AOTY
4.95/5
Illmatic
It was…
I am
Still….
God son
Life is good
KD 1
KD 2
Magic
KD 3
Lost tapes….classics
Nastradumas
Hip hop is dead
Streets D…
Distant relatives
Nasir
Untitled …dope/ concepts
Can we please stop the debate…. No one comes close
A collection of great songs. You can shuffle the album and still recognize each track. There aren’t any weak songs, however, with that said the album never really peaks either, but that’s not an issue when all the songs hit.
Outstanding album
Outstanding album!
GOAT
This is 5mics without a doubt.
Another nas classic album king disease 3 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥💯💯💯💯!!!! Da god still spitting propane!!!!!
Another nas classic album king disease 3 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥💯💯💯💯!!!! Da god still spitting propane!!!!!
Nas rap is beyond comprehension to light headed humans. This man should be protected at all cost
Classic
This is a five mic album, easily.
All the written reviews are positive, yet somehow the user score is only 3.7. Who tf is review bombing a Nas review on Hiphopdx, that’s a genuinely sad existence.
You guys at HipHopDx don’t know shit about shit and i think its high time you stop reviewing Nas albums period.
The hate from the likes of you, pitchfork, rolling stone and complex is really pitiful.
You give zero coverage to the actual album then you turn around and give some half assed review that clearly reflects you idiots did not listen to this album. It’s almost like you wrote this trash review before the album came out, the only thing missing is the usual stupid comparison to illmatic.
The jig is up, and we know what is going on here with you fools and we are not moved. Keep up the hatchet job.
You guys at HipHopDx don’t know shit about shit and i think its high time you stop reviewing Nas albums period.
The hate from the likes of you, pitchfork, rolling stone and complex is really pitiful.
You give zero coverage to the actual album then you turn around and give some half assed review that clearly reflects you idiots did not listen to this album. It’s almost like you wrote this trash review before the album came out, the only thing missing is the usual stupid comparison to illmatic.
The jig is up, and we know what is going on here with you fools and we are not moved. Keep up the hatchet job.
The album is strictly fire 🔥 Nas Deserves respect
This run with Hitboy is ridiculous.
This Album is straight flames!!! Nas is a lyrical Genius! Top 5 in my eyes🔥
King of Kings!
Wonderfully put together by all means necessary!!!!💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💯
Wonderfully put together by all means necessary!!!!💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💯
Great album this is the best from the series.
What so every time a positive review comes in, Ya’ll give a negative so there’s always a 3.7 ratio??? Hugging Hov’s nuts for what he not gonna make you a billionaire
What so every time a positive review comes in, Ya’ll give a negative so there’s always a 3.7 ratio??? Hugging Hov’s nuts for what he not gonna make you a billionaire
Without A Doubt, Some Of His Best Work. Nas Always Lyrically Inclined Hands Down. That Pen 🖊️ Is His Gift. The HB Production Is 💯% On Point And Amazing. Can’t Deny The Fact Nas & Hitboy Together Is Deadly!
5/5 no doubt. The bars, lyrical content and flow make this a masterpiece.
Best of the KD series!
This albums sits right behind Illmatic, It Was Written and Stillmatic. 5 mics easy
This albums sits right behind Illmatic, It Was Written and Stillmatic. 5 mics easy
Super dope album!!! How the fuck can y’all giving a rating under 4?? This is how rap music should sound like! This ain’t drake, takeoff, migos, future, travis scott, kanye or any bitch ass nigga that y’all listening today. This is real rap music.
Bring back the source magazine please!!! give this man 5 MICS as he deserves!!! you guys can’t judge album’s worth a shit The Real G.O.A.T. OF THIS HIP HOP SHIT!!!!
Bring back the source magazine please!!! give this man 5 MICS as he deserves!!! you guys can’t judge album’s worth a shit The Real G.O.A.T. OF THIS HIP HOP SHIT!!!!
Bring back the source magazine please!!! give this man 5 MICS as he deserves!!! you guys can’t judge album’s worth a sh** The Real G.O.A.T. OF THIS HIP HOP SH*T!!!!
To do an album in the style of Eric B and Rakim, one person delivering the beats and one person spitting, and to do it this well is an accomplishment. Congrats to both of these men to release a pure Hop-Hop album.
Classic…. This was absolute flames 🔥
This is a 5
Album is flawless
Pleasantly surprised. This is an instant classic
Amazing. Gonna have this on repeat
No skips on this on. 5 mic classic
The hate is real from these platforms.
It is sad how these so-called reputable hiphop platforms are just sell-outs who cop to a certain artist whilst slaying another particular artiste.
The joke is on you guys really, the fans know what’s up.
This is a great body of work. Thanks, Nas.
Nas the GOAT
🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤
Nas is just at his best.
5 Mics, 5 Stars
The best of the trilogy… No less than 4.5 stars
Where the 5 mics at?
Where the 5 mics at?
KD3 is a Classic album. Dispense with the ass reviewers already.
KD3 is a Classic album. Dispense with the ass reviewers already.
5.
Don’t waste your m
KD2 edges this project out. It’s still lyrically and conceptually pretty strong. I like what HB and Nas are doing with this project.
Illmatic, next is KD 3!! Another classic from the Legend O.G.👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
I listen to this about two times a day
I’m a younger rap fan, and while I’ve listened to Illmatic and the other legendary tapes of Nas, this is one that feels like I can personally sit and learn from a legend. That feeling Nas talked about in “First Time”? I felt that. With amazing lyricism and production, this seals Nas in my top 5 for sure
I’m a younger rap fan, and while I’ve listened to Illmatic and the other legendary tapes of Nas, this is one that feels like I can personally sit and learn from a legend. That feeling Nas talked about in “First Time”? I felt that. With amazing lyricism and production, this seals Nas in my top 5 for sure
this album is a classic
Very well done album can’t stop listening to it
Nas is the truth. Esco has been hated on for too long. Thirty years in the game and yesterdays rappers ike 21 savage cant pay respect to Nas. Cant believe 21 problems said Nas is not relevant. In my eyes Nas is the best Rapper alive!!! savage im sure u have teenage followers who u trying to impress; the Rap community knows best.
“…his best fit for keeping him relevant” and “..modernizing Nas sound” Huh you lost me there playa. Review is so biased and tailored along the same old cliche Nas vs Jay talking points online. Only thing that I wish Nas did is not reminisce so much on this album, wanted a fresh new approach like SD but it was still a very well produced and bar heavy album!
“…his best fit for keeping him relevant” and “..modernizing Nas sound” Huh you lost me there playa. Review is so biased and tailored along the same old cliche Nas vs Jay talking points online. Only thing that I wish Nas did is not reminisce so much on this album, wanted a fresh new approach like SD but it was still a very well produced and bar heavy album!
“…his best fit for keeping him relevant” and “..modernizing Nas sound” Huh you lost me there playa. Review is so biased and tailored along the same old cliche Nas vs Jay talking points online. Only thing that I wish Nas did is not reminisce so much on this album, wanted a fresh new approach like SD but it was still a very well produced and bar heavy album!
Top five Nas album shoutout to hitboy
Top five Nas album shoutout to hitboy
Where do yall get this community rating ??? I scrolled every single comment n rating they r 5 . There was 1 4 and 1 1 (clearly knows nothing about music Erica) so your numbers don’t make sense FUNNY HOW YALL PUSH TRASH N EVERY 1S FAVOURITE LIAR MTS . DAYSTAR GETS NO LOVE CAUSE YOUR BIAS AND NOW NAS . WHERE DO U END AND ROCNATION BEGIN . CLOWN STUFF .NAS HAS DONE SOMETHING AMAZING BUT NAS WILL ADVANCE THE CULTURE AND MAKE THEM THINK WHICH IS NOT WHAT THEY WANT ..SPEAK REAL ISH AND DO YOUR OWN THING AND THEY SILENCE AND BLACK BALL YOU . DX DO BETTER
Where do yall get this community rating ??? I scrolled every single comment n rating they r 5 . There was 1 4 and 1 1 (clearly knows nothing about music Erica) so your numbers don’t make sense FUNNY HOW YALL PUSH TRASH N EVERY 1S FAVOURITE LIAR MTS . DAYSTAR GETS NO LOVE CAUSE YOUR BIAS AND NOW NAS . WHERE DO U END AND ROCNATION BEGIN . CLOWN STUFF .NAS HAS DONE SOMETHING AMAZING BUT NAS WILL ADVANCE THE CULTURE AND MAKE THEM THINK WHICH IS NOT WHAT THEY WANT ..SPEAK REAL ISH AND DO YOUR OWN THING AND THEY SILENCE AND BLACK BALL YOU . DX DO BETTER
In my humblest of opinion, KD3 is more relevant than any body of work I’ve heard in 2020. Nas takes the road less traveled approach as he gives his perspective on current world views & life as it relates to him. I’m some what of a comic person & In a strange way Nas reminds me of “The Dark Knight Returns” where a more seasoned, grizzled less tolerable Batman of 55 years old, comes out of retirement & it’s almost as if he’s in his prime again, if not better than before. Nas is like that in a way as he’d never retired but their use to be this running joke about old rappers needing to retire because hip hop has been said to be a young man’s game by a small minority. I’d argue that it depends on what your perspective on hip hop is, because if you consider hip hop as merely being summed up to a dope beat, with a repetitive hook & cadence then you’d not at all understand nor would you appreciate someone like Nasir Jones. Nas offers so much more than repetition. Back when Nas & Hitboy dropped KD2 I felt that Nas was in rare form and it reigned true except Nas wouldn’t stop rapping like that for the next to albums which were Magic & now KD3. Aside from the fact that Nas can rap he now accompanied by what I would like to call his Robin, in Hitboy, whom is simply brilliant in his choice of nostalgic sample selections matches with sonics that reflect the best albums of Nas’s previous works such as Illmatic amongst a few other albums. The soul samples on KD3 feel like the perfect backdrops to Nas’s storytelling. The beats aren’t extremely overcooked nor should they be because that’s what Nas is there for to add depth, flavor & layers to the track and boy does he deliver. Nas has a way of making you feel warm & welcome to his worldly views and perspectives. He offers logic in a world where logic is often over shadowed by dysfunction and sometimes ridiculed for being too preachy. Nas comes across for the first time in a decade like a man of 30, with whom is still very relatable, vulnerable, honest & most importantly human. I honestly feel like the KD trilogy is Nas’s Blueprint (w/magic included). KD3 is Nas rapping from the perspective of a wise older man of experience it he doesn’t feel old in any of his deliveries. In the same since that Jay -z brought substance from an older perspective in 4:44 Nas offers that here, but over “Blueprint” worthy beats & Nas delivery is as energetic with a flow that’s in the pocket of the beats like Nas of yesteryears. Getting old is often frowned upon and looked down on, by many people in hip hop culture but people like Nas prove that this only applies to people whom don’t take care of themselves because Nas is 49 and he doesn’t look a day over 26 years old. While Nas is continuously aware of the ugliness that the world can offer he chooses to speak of his efforts in taking the roads less traveled to be successful. He lives a luxurious life as he should do to the work to which he has put in over the years and his lyrics reflect that. Nas comes across not too braggadocious but instead like a well rounded down to earth kinda guy. He’s seen the ends and outs of carrying bad energy, beefing, having jealousy & envy and Nas takes no part in these types of behavioral patterns. This is the type of substance, reflection and art that we should be offering to our young leaders of the future generations.
This ablum its incredibly good. This should definitely ein a grammy
Incredible album. A classic 5 mics!!!
Def a 5 as it delivers on every category. Beats, Bars, delivery, message, and replayability. I’m not surprised the G.O.A.T is doing his thing.
Excellent album overall. Not perfect but probably top 5 of 2022.
Seeing that we’re in November, this is hands down album of the year, if not one of has best projects.
Seeing that we’re in November, this is hands down album of the year, if not one of Nas best projects.
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FIVE ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
FIVE ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The GOAT
Goat
🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤
Obviously tastes differ. What some people consider a classic album with no skips has skips to me, even if I can agree that it’s a classic with phenomenal tracks. There are some albums that have no skips but the highest heights of that album don’t make me consider it a classic. This album genuinely has both of those for me, and not many truly do. This is an Utterly Fantastic Album!
🔥 5 mics
Classic, perfected the “KD” Trilogy with this one. Sonically sounds current, yet has a classic feel to it and the rhyming is so effortless… My son even felt the vibes of this one, like “Dad you playing that new Big Nas…
🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤Classic, perfected the “KD” Trilogy with this one. Sonically sounds current, yet has a classic feel to it and the rhyming is so effortless… My son even felt the vibes of this one, like “Dad you playing that new Big Nas…
🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤Classic, perfected the “KD” Trilogy with this one. Sonically sounds current, yet has a classic feel to it and the rhyming is so effortless… My son even felt the vibes of this one, like “Dad you playing that new Big Nas…
Classic, perfected the “KD” Trilogy with this one. Sonically sounds current, yet has a classic feel to it and the rhyming is so effortless… My son even felt the vibes of this one, like “Dad you playing that new Big Nas…
Fire album. 4.5.
to me one of the best albums of 2022. Nas never let us down as people. Spitting so much knowledge on this Album, puh. Thank you Nasir Jones
Classic 5 mics
Classic 🔥 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Good album but not many memorable songs on it, just like the first two Kings Disease albums.
Well put together, true hip hop music!
Well put together, true hip hop music!
Well put together, should have been a Grammy winner for best hiphop album of the year!
Classic! I don’t throw that word around too often. Nas and HB are a winning combination. I’m motivated by Nas still being able to drop meaningful tracks 30+ years into his rap career.
In my opinion, these past 4 albums cement his name as the greatest rapper ever because nobody is doing what he’s just done! His concert at MSG was dope as well!