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* \'\'Nastradamus\'\', by {{Nas}}. While Nas is widely considered one of the greatest rappers to ever live, even his most die-hard fans have a hard time defending this one. The rapping was lazy and uninspired, the beats were lackluster, most of the hooks involved Nas singing horribly off-key, and nearly all of the songs just plain sucked. \
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* \\\'\\\'Nastradamus\\\'\\\', by {{Nas}}. While Nas is widely considered one of the greatest rappers to ever live, even his most die-hard fans have a hard time defending this one. The rapping was lazy and uninspired, the beats were lackluster, most of the hooks involved Nas singing horribly off-key, and nearly all of the songs just plain sucked. \\\"Shoot \\\'Em Up\\\" was \\\'\\\'sung in the style of Christmas carols\\\'\\\', and \\\"You Owe Me\\\" and \\\"Big Girl\\\" were equally atrocious, especially coming from the guy who made \\\"Black Girl Lost\\\": The former involved Nas demanding head from a girl for buying her jewelry (and in one lyric in Geniune\\\'s hook, compared her \\\'\\\'to a slave\\\'\\\'), and the latter featured Nas [[JailBaitWait expressing his excitement that his underage girlfriend was \\\"all grown up\\\", so he could legally bang her]]. Only one song - \\\"Project Windows\\\" with Ron Isley - was widely considered good, and it took \\\'\\\'[[WinBackTheCrowd Stillmatic]]\\\'\\\'\\\'s release two years later for Nas to wash the bad taste out of peoples\\\' mouths.
For several reasons:
1) As noted by The Other Wiki, this CD reached #7 on the Billboard Top 100 and #2 on the list of Top U.S. Hip-Hop/Rap albums - considerable commercial success.
2) It has two singles (\\\"Nastradamus\\\" and \\\"You Owe Me\\\") that charted on Billboard and did fairly well. Coupled with the posters claim that \\\"Project Windows\\\" was universally loved, that\\\'s a third of the album that was a critical success. Nowhere near the total failure it\\\'s made out to be.
3) Reviews for the CD are generally mixed. PopMatters gave it a faintly good review, while Metacritic responses are mixed (at 59 percent).
For several reasons:
1) As noted by The Other Wiki, this CD reached #7 on the Billboard Top 100 and #2 on the list of Top U.S. Hip-Hop/Rap albums - considerable commercial success.
2) It has two singles (\\\"Nastradamus\\\" and \\\"You Owe Me\\\") that charted on Billboard and did fairly well. Coupled with the posters claim that \\\"Project Windows\\\" was universally loved, that\\\'s a third of the album that was a critical success. Nowhere near the total failure it\\\'s made out to be.
3) Reviews for the CD are generally mixed. PopMatters gave it a faintly good review, while Metacritic responses are mixed (at 59 percent).
