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| n/a by Pitchfork Media |
Yes, it's "sprawling," "massive," "has lots of filler," "should have been one disc," etc.-- but guess what: It's cocksure and it works. |
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| 3.5 by Rolling Stone |
No rapper is more conflicted than Nas, the prodigal son of hip-hop's early-Nineties golden age. For the better part of the decade since his perfect debut, 1994's Illmatic, he has openly struggled with... |
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| 3.5 by Rolling Stone |
No rapper is more conflicted than Nas, the prodigal son of hip-hop's early-Nineties golden age. For the better part of the decade since his perfect debut, 1994's Illmatic, he has openly struggled with... |
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| n/a by www.stylusmagazine.com |
Street’s Disciple reveals Nas at a new peak, finally comfortable in the post-millennial hip-hop world. |
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| n/a by www.guardian.co.uk |
Although Nasir Jones can't match arch-enemy Jay-Z's commercial firepower, he has accomplished one thing even Beyoncé's beau couldn't: a persuasive double album. |
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| n/a by uk.launch.yahoo.com |
Older rap fans will probably feel the album's subtler pulsings more, but anyone will be able to appreciate the raw talent required to keep such an epic and sprawling project buoyant, without resorting to boring braggadocio and bawdy bling. |
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| n/a by www.eonline.com |
Somewhere in here there's a really good album just fighting to get out. |
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| n/a by www.playlouder.com |
There's a lot of tracks on this album that go a lot deeper than anything Jigga's ever done, but so what? They ain't gonna cut it as party jams. Well, except the party jams. |
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| n/a by www.rapreviews.com |
There's just enough to be cut that this could have been one outstanding album instead of two discs that overall make a pretty damn good release. |
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| n/a by www.theonionavclub.com |
Suffice to say, Nas' latest plus-sized, two-disc opus Street's Disciple isn't too big on economy or cohesion, but its passion and intensity are hard to deny. |
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| n/a by www.cokemachineglow.com |
If reduced to a single disc, Street's Disciple could well be one of the more exciting albums of the year. As is it's a solid, if not brilliant album from an artist we've come to not expect too much from. |
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