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- Summary: the 13th full-length solo release for the rapper features guest appearances from Anderson Paak, ASAP Ferg, AZ, Big Sean, Brucie B, Cormega, Dr. Dre, The Firm, Fivio Foreign, Foxy Brown, Hit-Boy, Lil Durk, Don Toliver, and Charlie Wilson.
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- Record Label: Mass Appeal
- Genre(s): Rap
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Positive: 8 out of 9
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Mixed: 1 out of 9
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Negative: 0 out of 9
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Aug 26, 2020From start to finish, this album ceases to stray from its main concept, and Nas doesn’t have to sacrifice the quality of his music to do so. Primarily produced by Hit-Boy, King’s Disease delivers a feel appropriate for the times and hits the mark as being one of the better rap albums of the year.
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Aug 31, 2020The creative process seems more organized and thought out, allowing Nas to do all the things he’s good at, without embellishing any of them.
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Aug 26, 2020‘The King’s Disease’ finds Nas grappling with a raft of contradictions, contrasting the opulence of his lifestyle with the need for vitality in his message. It’s not perfect, but it’s less an end product, and more the search for creative process – by the end, you become convinced the Queens rapper has found his throne.
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Aug 31, 2020King's Disease is a record that's occasionally swollen with too many ideas, backed up by lazy rhymes and unsavoury politics. Thankfully, with impeccable production overseen by executive producer Hit-Boy and bolstered by a slew of excellent guest features, Nas overcomes these pain points to pull together his most satisfying project in close to a decade.
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Sep 18, 2020Nas is more ruminative and measured, like he's found his stride again, even as he flagrantly contradicts himself and waylays men and women with relationship advice that rings hollow. Going strictly by the conviction and feeling in each line, King's Disease is the MC's best work since 2008.
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Aug 26, 2020The biggest missed opportunity lies in Nas’ inability to reach beyond the ambitious presentation found in everything surrounding the lyrics. He’s entertaining in spurts, but much like his “godly” contemporary Jay-Z, one has to wonder if what he says ever really matters on “King’s Disease” any more.
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Aug 27, 2020At its best, King’s Disease is a slick Illmatic redux, a fresh portrait of Nas’ now-mythical hustler years that expands his Queensbridge universe with new characters and anecdotes and finds him in vintage form as a rapper and storyteller. At its worst, it is a misguided attempt to paper over abuse allegations and a stark showcase of his increasingly questionable politics when it comes to women. 26 years after Illmatic, Nas still has room to grow.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 20 out of 28
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Mixed: 0 out of 28
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Negative: 8 out of 28
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Aug 29, 2020
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Aug 27, 2020
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Aug 31, 2020Easily his best album since life is good, pleasantly surprised with this one
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Aug 28, 2020Nas delivered his best project since "Life is Good"... Rap Album of the year
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Nov 29, 2022considering Nas discography and his recent standards, this is pretty good. 2/10 for me.
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Aug 31, 2020
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