.Magic
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.Magic
Magic is the fourteenth studio album by American rapper Nas. It was released on December 24, 2021, through Mass Appeal Records. It serves as the third consecutive Nas album that is produced by Hit-Boy, following King's Disease and King's Disease II. The album features guest appearances from ASAP Rocky and DJ Premier. -Wikipedia
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Magnetic Magazine
It must be said that this could be some of hit-boy’s best work yet. The beats are simply fire like the fluttering guitars on “The Truth” or the work with Premo on “Wave Gods.” The beat switch on “Dedicated” drives home just how flexible he is, setting the gold-plated floor for Nas to flow over.
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Meaww
Rap icon’s surprise album dubbed an ‘instant classic’.
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Finest of EDM
Magic finds Nas appreciating the good things in life, but taking a wide view of the world around him. He flexes the various checks he is getting, whether it is starting companies or getting checks from ASAP and Viacom. This is above street level, though he makes it clear he is still welcome in the streets on “Hollywood Gangsta.” He can travel between many different worlds without any issues.
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Beats Per Minute
Through it all, Hit-Boy is his flawlessly reliable partner, provides production that crackles and snaps in all the right moments, knowing just when to flourish and just when to leave Nas’ voice itself center stage. Some bits here are the starkest and most direct compositions of the producer’s career to date, and that’s more than saying something. Suffice to say, as corny as it may be to declare, the project is perfectly named, Magic, because it provides just that.
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Clash Magazine
With a solid foundation of beats, introspective lyricism and a sharp pen at his disposal, Nas might be the only rapper to have two releases in the best albums of the 2021 conversation. Magic.
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