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Review: Nas is riding high on a renewed wave of recognition and relevance in the rap game through these collaborations with Hit-Boy, which have been flying out at a rate of knots since King's Disease in 2020. If the pair sometimes revert to classic boom-bap in the style Was originally found fame with, on Magic 2 they're also testing limits with some Atlanta and Memphis-inspired rhythms that show the NYC veteran to be hungry for new challenges and more than able to step up to them. Just sit for a minute with 'Abracadabra' and you'll hear everything you need to know about the new tricks Nas can fold into his inimitable flow.

Review: On Magic 2, the mighty Nas continues his renaissance alongside current studio sparring partner Hit-Boy with a new album that proves exactly why he's being hailed as riding a third wave in his career. Since the pair first linked up, there's been plenty of callbacks to the classic 90s sound he first came up on, but on this album especially there's a sense of pushing things forwards and proving he's more than just a legacy act dining out on former glories. Nas sounds urgent and exploratory as he switches up his flows and rhythms, taking cues from Southern rap and hammering out triplets as much as throwing down his classic, punchy East Coast style, and the results are incendiary. Collectors note, this is the limited black ice edition with an obi-strip.

Review: He will probably always be best known for laying down one of hip-hop's greatest ever albums with Illmatic, but right now he is certainly back in some fine form. He is prolific, too, with three new albums dropping in quick succession, all of them proving he has tapped into some new and rewarding creative reserves. He explores it all here form classic boom bap to Atlanta and Memphis-inspired rhythms with guests like Lil Wayne hoeing him get back to something like his best - not bad given this landed on September 14, 2023 through Mass Appeal Records, on his 50th birthday.

Review: ***B-STOCK: Sleeve damaged but otherwise in excellent condition***


Nas is riding high on a renewed wave of recognition and relevance in the rap game through these collaborations with Hit-Boy, which have been flying out at a rate of knots since King's Disease in 2020. If the pair sometimes revert to classic boom-bap in the style Was originally found fame with, on Magic 2 they're also testing limits with some Atlanta and Memphis-inspired rhythms that show the NYC veteran to be hungry for new challenges and more than able to step up to them. Just sit for a minute with 'Abracadabra' and you'll hear everything you need to know about the new tricks Nas can fold into his inimitable flow.