...it's receiving. It takes a while to get going, and "Jarreau of Rap" sounds like a joke, but the second half is solid. I'm cool with everything after "Adult Film." And "Highly Flavored" is as good as anything he's done in the '00s.

I think the key difference between this and the first Lost Tapes is that part was filled with completed songs intended for an album that got leaked, whereas this one has lots of material that's incomplete and Nas wanted to flesh out more, but didn't.