>I didn't enjoy it very much. but I also think this
>perspective/experience is what influences our ideas/opinion of
>who has and hasn't fallen off. it goes back to your post about
>Souls, Del and the Pharcyde where you asked folks about the
>post-classic releases... we as listeners/fans tend to abandon
>artist after one "flop"

(flop no in terms of money, but our
>own critical admiration or what not. how can we really say so
>and so fell off when they've released material and we choose
>to ignore it.

^^This is a great point. Probably deserving a post of its own.
I feel guilty about this in terms of a lot of artists, Krs-1 comes to mind immediately.

>interestingly enough with NAS not matter what he does, we
>ALWAYS check for it because of his ability to pull a "Nasty"
>out his ass EVERY record, and it proves he's still great
>lyrically.

I don't want to go down this road, but I agree, he always has the potential to do some epic shit, much like Ras and Eminem. In my opinion, he often does not, either by poor topic selection, but more often from poor beat selection.

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