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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.
Awards & Rankings
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