It's storytelling, sociopolitical Nas (even more so than Stillmatic). The Lost Tapes, however, is the album Stillmatic could've been. Now, I love One Mic, since I connect to it personally-I'm sure you all know the story of Nas' mom's death around the time he worked on Stillmatic-but there aren't as many songs of that caliber, to me, on Stillmatic. With songs such as the singles from that album, you get the sense that Nas was in his room with his notepad, thinking of ways to crossover. In some ways, it still felt like Nas was striving to get that commercial appeal that some artists damn near die over. While Stillmatic was a decent sequel/continuation to Illmatic, it still felt.forced at some points. Overall I loved the reflective, vulnerability, and retrospective feel of Lost Tapes. A critique of problems affecting the black community including dependency. One of the tracks, "Black Zombie" could be highly relevant today. The second verse in particular starts off like, "So many kids I knew, never knew what Pop was.That's why I show my Pop love." really shows gratitude for to have a father in my eyes. I can definitely relate to one of the tracks on Lost Tapes as well, Poppa Was A Playa. Great storytelling as well in tracks like Blaze a 50 and moody "fuck the world" tracks like Drunk By Myself served as a great balance of Nas' skill on the album. A complete 180 from the defiant feel of Stillmatic. I also saw Nas becoming vulnerable on the tracks. From "do your body right and it loves you back" to "Nothing Lasts Forever" to "it's not what you do but how it's done". A lot of lines and even the title of tracks are lessons to me. It reminded me of that observant Nas rather than the "thug Nas". Stillmatic has more impactful tracks like Ether and One Mic, but I loved the nostalgic and retrospective feel of Lost Tapes. I remember Pops STRESSING ME to listen to the Lost Tapes. Is a classic comeback album, but it's Lost Tapes, the album composed of unreleased tracks from 98 to 2001, that is a greater album to me.
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