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Feb 5, 2024While not all of Magic 2 is this strong, there are several moments like this one ["One Mic, One Gun"] that can contend with the best of the King's Disease material.
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Sep 14, 2023Sure, there are a few things that could be improved (that golden scrotum line for one – not even Roc Marciano could pull that one off), but I can’t imagine many Nas fans are upset with more of the same, when both Nas and Hit-Boy are on such a hot streak.
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Jul 28, 2023Succinct, tightly wound, and often explosive, ‘Magic 2’ adds further ammunition to his remarkable late career high.
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Jul 28, 2023Magic 2 has a high floor as a rehashing of a proverbial tried and true formula of a Nas and Hit-Boy collaboration. It can still be magical, but you’re left with the sense that Hit could use a few new tricks.
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Jul 28, 2023The streaming era may have killed mixtape culture, but it’s best to come into Magic 2 expecting a more casual affair – Nas is mostly just flexing, surveying his legacy while adding to it.
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Jul 28, 2023It’s the textbook definition of a low-stakes mid-career rap album, a place for one of the genre’s icons to show he’s still in decent fighting shape.
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The WireAug 8, 2023If Magic 2 reveals that Nas can definitely still rap, it also continues his unfortunate run of uninspiring production choices. There are enjoyable moments, like the 50 Cent assisted “Office Hours”, the ominous string driven force of “Motion”, and the mesmerizing penmanship on “Slow It Down”, but overall the album falls short for an artist of Nas’s stature. [Sep 2023, p.68]
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User score distribution:
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Positive: 14 out of 16
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Mixed: 0 out of 16
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Negative: 2 out of 16
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Aug 24, 2023
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Aug 7, 2023“Motion, Abracadabra, Office Hours, Slow it Down, Black Magic, Pistols on your Album Cover. Album is Fire
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Aug 5, 2023Great run Nas and Hit-Boy are on. It’s been a pleasure to watch and listen to these great pieces of work