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Nas - Loco-Motive
Artist: Nas
Featuring: Large Professor
Producer: No I.D.
Album: Life is Good
Label: Ill Will/Def Jam
In the hands of nearly anyone else, a track titled Loco-Motive featuring some very locomotive-ish production would have come off corny, but in the hands of God’s Son, it’s nothing short of pure dopeness. As he continues to impress in the lead up to his Life Is Good album, Nas releases Loco-Motive, a kinetic cut fueled in large part by a No I.D. beat that manages to convey the propulsive feel of life on the rails without every deviating into that aforementioned corniness. For his part, I don’t know what’s fueling this late career resurgence, but Nasir is as nasty as ever on the mic, delivering sharply constructed lines in an unshakable flow: “I was a crook by the train with that iron thing, concealed, reach it / soon as I heard those iron wheels screechin.” Add in some hype man work from Large Professor and there’s only one word for Loco-Motive: goddamn. I know I’m not alone in saying the July 17 release of Life is Good is circled in red on my calendar. And frankly, if you love hip-hop, you should be feeling the same way.
This song first appeared on the
Rap Chart
on July 9, 2012
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Oh, Nas. You are good.
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| Posted on Jul 03, 2012 |
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Nas KILLED this, but the production is still pretty weak to me...
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| Posted on Jul 03, 2012 |
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dope,ths guy is bringing hip hop back,it had that real hard core new york stae of mind feel,nyce track
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I knew this was dope before I pressed play.
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This should be call New God Flow, not Yeezy's track, not disrespect to Yeezy though
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| Posted on Jul 03, 2012 |
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Raw. Very keen to her Life is Good. Could possibly be the best album of 2012.
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Nas is killing it with this track! The beat is very minimal but it works well. I bow down to you Nas
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| Posted on Jul 03, 2012 |
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"Nas must have naked pictures of God" hahaha
..not Nas's best work, but certainly worthy of his impeccable canon |
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This is dope
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This is Nas at his best, this album will be fire.
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Wow, take it back to the early 90's!
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this is crack.
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The Best to ever Do it
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| Posted on Jul 04, 2012 |
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Tastemaker  Total Ratings: 1142 |
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Nasir Jones still has it.
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| Posted on Jul 04, 2012 |
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Yeah!!!
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| Posted on Jul 10, 2012 |
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Nasty!
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| Posted on Jul 10, 2012 |
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Reminds me of NY State of Mind Pt1
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Damn, this is raw as hell!
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I'll always respect Nas and a lot of his music, but as soon as he said "My religion is reefer", it went downhill from there for me. The production isn't very good for me, it doesn't really sound catchy.
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