Top 10 Best Nas Songs of 2021
Nobody in rap music had a bigger or better year in 2021 than Nasty' Nas. He blessed the world with a surprise album on August 6, King's Disease II, and then with another on Christmas Eve, 'Magic'. Renowned Hip-Hop producer, Hit-boy, teams up with Nas for both these releases and the kings create magic. Let's just take a moment to appreciate how Nas is still killing it in the 2020's. He will always be an undeniable legend to Hip-Hop music.
'In 'Death Row East' Esco touches on the Death Row Record Label and 2Pac's relationship with it and himself. Nas speaks about his connection with Pac, their beef and, eventually Pac's death. All is described over beautiful flowing rhyming over upbeat, bitter-sweet production. The song finishes with a chilling outro of official audio of when 2Pac was announced dead at a Nas concert.
Nas and Eminem FINALLY have their collab together and it is refreshingly amazing! It's also Nas' first collab with NJ giants, EPMD, and is the sequel to his song named after them. The song's beat is almost identical to the one Hit-Boy produced for the original.
Nas raps about his longevity in the game and that he's done what he's done despite the obstacles of the hood.
"I'm twenty-one years past the 27 Club
It's like I went back into my past and then I sped it up".
A song with a funky beat and a incredibly soothing vibe. One that isn't too specific about its plot but proves once again that Nas' ain'nn t here to mess around and he is in fact, rare.
Escobar blissfully speaks about his successes and his legacy in the game. This is Nas in his hungriest form in 'Magic'.
A beautiful peaceful song where Nas raps as if he is speaking the gospel. He raps for all the women who had to bury their sons and his appreciation for women and how they are necessary in a man's life. The songs three verses are rapped as if they are three chapters, (of Nas' bible that is his life.),
Nas shows heart for the '40 Side' project in Queensbridge and gives first-hand knowledge and advice to the young generation in the hood.
The truth is a song about the new rappers of today being fake and making money out of lies and showing off. Nas compares them to himself and claims that kept it legit and 100 since the start.