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2020's King's Disease and its 2021 sequel King's Disease II represented a return to form for New York rap legend Nas, teaming with Hit-Boy for a steady drip of excellently crafted new material that took inspiration from early-'90s hip-hop classics but pushed beyond mere nostalgia. Both albums were received with more fan enthusiasm and critical regard than much of Nas' 2010s output. The nine-track album Magic is cut from a similar cloth as the King's Disease installments that preceded it, but works as more of a stopgap release to tide over listeners as King's Disease III is being finalized. Hit-Boy's thick, straightforward, and somewhat retro-stylized production again offers as much of a voice here as Nas' fluid rhyming and wizened lyricism. Summery beats and glitched-out soul samples make tracks like "Ugly" and "Hollywood Gangsta," and the huge fun of "Wave Gods" finds A$AP Rocky dropping in for a guest verse while DJ Premier scratches in some familiar hooks from the archives of golden-era rap.
© Fred Thomas /TiVo
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Nasir Jones, Composer - Mark "Exit" Goodchild, AAndRCoordinator - Mike Bozzi, MasteringEngineer - Nas, MainArtist - David Kim, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - Hit-Boy, Producer, RecordingEngineer - Chauncey Hollis Jr, Composer - (Sun Shining, LLC/Universal Music Publishing Inc, BMI), MusicPublisher - (Hit-Boy Music/U Can't Teach Being the Shhh/Songs of Universal, BMI), MusicPublisher
(C) 2021 Mass Appeal (P) 2021 Mass Appeal
Nasir Jones, Composer - Mark "Exit" Goodchild, AAndRCoordinator - Mike Bozzi, MasteringEngineer - Nas, MainArtist - David Kim, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - Hit-Boy, Producer, RecordingEngineer - Chauncey Hollis Jr, Composer - (Sun Shining, LLC/Universal Music Publishing Inc, BMI), MusicPublisher - (Hit-Boy Music/U Can't Teach Being the Shhh/Songs of Universal, BMI), MusicPublisher
(C) 2021 Mass Appeal (P) 2021 Mass Appeal
Nasir Jones, Composer - Corbett, Producer - Mark "Exit" Goodchild, AAndRCoordinator - Mike Bozzi, MasteringEngineer - Nas, MainArtist - David Kim, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - Hit-Boy, Producer, RecordingEngineer - Dustin James Corbett, Composer - Chauncey Hollis Jr, Composer - (Sun Shining, LLC/Universal Music Publishing Inc, BMI), MusicPublisher - (Hit-Boy Music/U Can't Teach Being the Shhh/Songs of Universal, BMI), MusicPublisher - New Black Light Music Publishing LLC, MusicPublisher
(C) 2021 Mass Appeal (P) 2021 Mass Appeal
Nasir Jones, Composer - Mark "Exit" Goodchild, AAndRCoordinator - Mike Bozzi, MasteringEngineer - Nas, MainArtist - David Kim, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - Hit-Boy, Producer, RecordingEngineer - Chauncey Hollis Jr, Composer - (Sun Shining, LLC/Universal Music Publishing Inc, BMI), MusicPublisher - (Hit-Boy Music/U Can't Teach Being the Shhh/Songs of Universal, BMI), MusicPublisher
(C) 2021 Mass Appeal (P) 2021 Mass Appeal
Nasir Jones, Composer - Mark "Exit" Goodchild, AAndRCoordinator - Mike Bozzi, MasteringEngineer - Nas, MainArtist - David Kim, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - Hit-Boy, Producer, RecordingEngineer - Chauncey Hollis Jr, Composer - (Sun Shining, LLC/Universal Music Publishing Inc, BMI), MusicPublisher - (Hit-Boy Music/U Can't Teach Being the Shhh/Songs of Universal, BMI), MusicPublisher
(C) 2021 Mass Appeal (P) 2021 Mass Appeal
Nasir Jones, Composer - Mark "Exit" Goodchild, AAndRCoordinator - Mike Bozzi, MasteringEngineer - Nas, MainArtist - David Kim, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - Hit-Boy, Producer, RecordingEngineer - Chauncey Hollis Jr, Composer - (Sun Shining, LLC/Universal Music Publishing Inc, BMI), MusicPublisher - (Hit-Boy Music/U Can't Teach Being the Shhh/Songs of Universal, BMI), MusicPublisher
(C) 2021 Mass Appeal (P) 2021 Mass Appeal
Nasir Jones, Composer - Chris Martin, Composer - DJ Premier, MainArtist - Mark "Exit" Goodchild, AAndRCoordinator - Mike Bozzi, MasteringEngineer - Nas, MainArtist - A$AP Rocky, MainArtist - Rakim Mayers, Composer - David Kim, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - Hit-Boy, Producer, RecordingEngineer - Corey Penn, Composer - Chauncey Hollis Jr, Composer - (Sun Shining, LLC/Universal Music Publishing Inc, BMI), MusicPublisher - (Hit-Boy Music/U Can't Teach Being the Shhh/Songs of Universal, BMI), MusicPublisher - (A$AP ROCKY MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC/Universal Music Publishing), MusicPublisher - (Gifted Pearl Music (ASCAP), MusicPublisher
(C) 2021 Mass Appeal (P) 2021 Mass Appeal
Nasir Jones, Composer - Mark "Exit" Goodchild, AAndRCoordinator - Mike Bozzi, MasteringEngineer - Nas, MainArtist - David Kim, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - Hit-Boy, Producer, RecordingEngineer - Chauncey Hollis Jr, Composer - (Sun Shining, LLC/Universal Music Publishing Inc, BMI), MusicPublisher - (Hit-Boy Music/U Can't Teach Being the Shhh/Songs of Universal, BMI), MusicPublisher
(C) 2021 Mass Appeal (P) 2021 Mass Appeal
Nasir Jones, Composer - Mark "Exit" Goodchild, AAndRCoordinator - Mike Bozzi, MasteringEngineer - Nas, MainArtist - David Kim, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - Hit-Boy, Producer, RecordingEngineer - Chauncey Hollis Jr, Composer - (Sun Shining, LLC/Universal Music Publishing Inc, BMI), MusicPublisher - (Hit-Boy Music/U Can't Teach Being the Shhh/Songs of Universal, BMI), MusicPublisher
(C) 2021 Mass Appeal (P) 2021 Mass Appeal
Album review
2020's King's Disease and its 2021 sequel King's Disease II represented a return to form for New York rap legend Nas, teaming with Hit-Boy for a steady drip of excellently crafted new material that took inspiration from early-'90s hip-hop classics but pushed beyond mere nostalgia. Both albums were received with more fan enthusiasm and critical regard than much of Nas' 2010s output. The nine-track album Magic is cut from a similar cloth as the King's Disease installments that preceded it, but works as more of a stopgap release to tide over listeners as King's Disease III is being finalized. Hit-Boy's thick, straightforward, and somewhat retro-stylized production again offers as much of a voice here as Nas' fluid rhyming and wizened lyricism. Summery beats and glitched-out soul samples make tracks like "Ugly" and "Hollywood Gangsta," and the huge fun of "Wave Gods" finds A$AP Rocky dropping in for a guest verse while DJ Premier scratches in some familiar hooks from the archives of golden-era rap.
© Fred Thomas /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 9 track(s)
- Total length: 00:29:12
- Main artists: Nas
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Mass Appeal
- Genre: Hip-Hop/Rap
(C) 2021 Mass Appeal (P) 2021 Mass Appeal
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