{"id":2868,"date":"2020-08-30T01:00:45","date_gmt":"2020-08-30T06:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/read.streamapse.com\/?p=2868"},"modified":"2020-08-30T01:00:45","modified_gmt":"2020-08-30T06:00:45","slug":"one-of-hip-hops-finest-painters-walks-us-through-a-gallery-of-his-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/?p=2868","title":{"rendered":"One Of Hip-Hop\u2019s Finest Painters Walks Us Through A Gallery Of His Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Traditionally, the \u201cking\u2019s disease\u201d refers to gout, a form of inflammatory arthritis commonly associated with excessive consumption of rich foods and alcohol. For Nas, an MC whose catalog would lead us to believe he&#8217;s been eating and drinking well for decades, King\u2019s Disease the album is a chance for him to relive that sort of voracious glory verse by verse, if not bar by bar.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2869\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2869\" style=\"width: 497px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2869\" src=\"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/NAS-300x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"497\" height=\"497\" srcset=\"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/NAS-300x300.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/NAS-150x150.jpeg 150w, http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/NAS.jpeg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 497px) 100vw, 497px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2869\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/top-albums-to-watch\/stream-nas-kings-disease\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stream King&#8217;s Disease by Nas<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The follow-up to 2018\u2019s seven-song Kanye West collaboration NASIR\u2014again helmed by a single producer, Fontana, California\u2019s own Hit-Boy\u2014finds the MC wistfully recounting the days when he and his associates were the gold standard of ill, detailing the ways they\u2019d receive preferential treatment at legendary NYC nightspot the Tunnel (\u201cBlue Benz\u201d), the specific and calculated ways he would hustle (\u201cCar #85\u201d), and the surplus of fly women who yearned to spend time with him (\u201cAll Bad\u201d).<\/p>\n<p>Touchtones of the era will strike a chord with those who lived or even admired it\u2014(\u201cSince Guess was spotted on my denim pockets\/And my wave grease would amaze geeks and freeze fly chicks\u201d)\u2014while a reunion of \u201990s supergroup The Firm (minus beloved Queensbridge spitter Nature, who replaced a reportedly incarcerated Cormega at the time of The Album\u2019s release in 1997) speaks directly to the school of thought that real MCing is truely timeless. To that very point, Nasty (as he was once known) allows newcomers like Don Toliver (\u201cReplace Me\u201d) and Fivio Foreign (\u201cSpicy\u201d), among others, to bask in the deftness of a voice their own parents likely idolized. He plays educator on songs like \u201cTil the War Is Won\u201d and \u201cThe Definition,\u201d but ultimately leaves his legacy in the hands of the people\u2014as any great king should\u2014asking humbly on \u201c10 Points\u201d: \u201cIs there love for a Queens dude in Supreme shoes?\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Traditionally, the \u201cking\u2019s disease\u201d refers to gout, a form of inflammatory arthritis commonly associated with excessive consumption of rich foods and alcohol. 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