Our family over at Complex compiled a list of the 50 worst album fails in hip hop history. Check what they had to say about Nas’ Nastradamus below, then head over to their site for the complete list.
Any albums, the dopeboyz/girlz want to add to the list?
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Cinsere said this on August 26th, 2011 at 1:24 pm
WTT
GAME said this on August 26th, 2011 at 1:29 pm
that new lil wayne album is so bad he sounds like a monster or something. people say about banks voice all the time. plus he a bad role model for the kids that think his cool. he aint a blood or a gangster or a real nigga he FAKE been living the good life since a teenager
bhw\NB said this on August 26th, 2011 at 1:40 pm
this list is horrible…i stopped takin it serious after they said the firms album had a pop oriented sound…really?!…these are da same people dat would say WTT is a classic
NeSS said this on August 26th, 2011 at 1:42 pm
man I cant fuck with complex, garbage asses
CJmagic900 said this on August 26th, 2011 at 1:44 pm
complex sucks ass. only reason you published it is because they have there hand up your ass like a puppet. you post what they tell u to post. look at bottom of your site it says they own you
suckmyballz said this on August 26th, 2011 at 1:50 pm
These albums should NOT have been on this list:
46. Leaders Of The New School, T.I.M.E. (The Inner Mind’s Eye) (1993)
42. Das EFX, Straight Up Sewaside (1993)
16. Common, Electric Circus (2002)
YoungCosby said this on August 26th, 2011 at 2:03 pm
substitute The New Danger, Electric Circus, and Beats Rhymes & Life with 808′s & Heartbreak, Blueprint 3, and 808′s & Heartbreak again
boogie smith said this on August 26th, 2011 at 2:04 pm
^Umm, 808′s & Heartbreak wasn’t a rap album
Byaahman said this on August 26th, 2011 at 2:09 pm
Theyre smoking some serious crack at complex.
40oz.Prophet said this on August 26th, 2011 at 2:11 pm
Wtf brand nubain shouldn’t be on there
Jayelec said this on August 26th, 2011 at 2:12 pm
and 808s was fucking sick, if you have any musical ear at all you would have appreciated it
theBroKing said this on August 26th, 2011 at 2:20 pm
3 Words … WATCH THE THRONE
Stop said this on August 26th, 2011 at 2:21 pm
i haven’t even read the list yet, and im already saying its B.S., becasue nastradamus is in my top 3 for nas’ catalog
GQue said this on August 26th, 2011 at 2:23 pm
I agree with #1. That Nas album sucked.
Errol Beats said this on August 26th, 2011 at 2:27 pm
I actually like the Can-I-Bus album… And the Firm and Nastradamus aren’t THAT bad. Its probably just the inner-Stan in me though.
TheJET said this on August 26th, 2011 at 2:28 pm
How the fuck was beats life and rhymes a fail WTF?!!
A$tro said this on August 26th, 2011 at 2:36 pm
The fact they put The New Danger & A Tribe Called Quest album on this list shows how bad they were at making this list. & Yes, Kingdom Come was a bad album, but top 50 worst rap albums? No way.
Nard said this on August 26th, 2011 at 2:37 pm
Watch the throne.
Yo wife said this on August 26th, 2011 at 2:46 pm
Doggystyle
Regulate G Funk Era
All Eyez On Me
Chronic
Craaazy man said this on August 26th, 2011 at 2:48 pm
Tha Carter IV
Hova said this on August 26th, 2011 at 2:50 pm
@Nard its worst album FAILS not worst albums..meaning albums that didnt live up to its hype
Fourth eat said this on August 26th, 2011 at 2:52 pm
They forgot Eminem’s “Encore”. Shit sounded like somebody farted in a box for 76 minutes and 40 seconds.
Ben Piffy Jr said this on August 26th, 2011 at 3:00 pm
i honestly never thought Nastradamus and the Firm were such bad albums lol… I liked them
doublex said this on August 26th, 2011 at 3:00 pm
ceaaazy man
u take ur suggestions back u punk bitch
Warren G said this on August 26th, 2011 at 3:02 pm
co-sign @Fourth eat… they aren’t listing the worst albums of all time… they’re listing albums that severely underwhelmed…do I bump Nastradamus? from time to time… Shoot Em Up used to be my fucking anthem, but stacked against Nas’ catalogue, that album was garbage
postman said this on August 26th, 2011 at 3:07 pm
all these people dissing in the comments and disliking the post dont understand what this actually is lol
(l,k) said this on August 26th, 2011 at 3:09 pm
I usual never comment nor dislike a post, but this list is BULLSHIT..complex got no idea what the fuck they talking about..
CALiPH said this on August 26th, 2011 at 3:13 pm
@ (i,K) i think they know its a fail compared to their classic body of work i mean i agree with some of the albums they but puttin the firm, Unplugged,BTL, electric circus and doggfather there com’on IMO those ar classics nastrudamus wasn’t even that bad project windows was the best song on there tho
A$tro said this on August 26th, 2011 at 3:21 pm
@A$tro
i agree some of the picks may be off but so far from what ive heard or seen on the list it isnt crazy to put them on there
(l,k) said this on August 26th, 2011 at 3:26 pm
The New Danger isn’t even a rap album!
Beats Rhymes and Life has no place on this list haha. The darkness of the beats on that album alone makes it dope.
ear2ear said this on August 26th, 2011 at 3:42 pm
Any Das Efx after Dead Serious What a huge let down.
DJ Daz-One said this on August 26th, 2011 at 3:55 pm
I know exactly what this list is: garbage.
Also, making it so you have to click through the gallery 50 times is bullshit. Just put up the list in one or a few pages; it is a “list” isnt it?
yup said this on August 26th, 2011 at 4:02 pm
Tha Carter 4!
Robocop/Abraham5g said this on August 26th, 2011 at 4:10 pm
if you think about it “Worst Rap Album Fails” actually means the albums which were the most successful. Syntax fail
diente_de_oro said this on August 26th, 2011 at 4:39 pm
Why was Kingdom Come on there??? it was a good album… and Beats Rhymes and Life was a damn good album… This list sucks..
xyz123 said this on August 26th, 2011 at 4:44 pm
Eazy-E, It’s On (Dr. Dre) 187um Killa… HOW THE FUCK DID THIS MAKE THE LIST???
Ryan G said this on August 26th, 2011 at 4:48 pm
…i can no longer take them seriously. no words
Tee Max said this on August 26th, 2011 at 6:54 pm
Raekwon- Immobilarity, did they even listen to it? Looks like they went on Wikipedia, didn’t see much wu features and no rza production so labelled it a fail, it wasn’t as good as ob4cl but when you compare an artist’s best album with another of their albums the majority of the time you won’t be impressed, i know too many raekwon/wu fans who haven’t checked out immobilarity or the lex diamond story, if you havent either you should atleast d/l them and listen properly
david said this on August 26th, 2011 at 7:41 pm
Cosign david that shit was so wack i tried to return because of that I was like nah its the right guy the albums just wack and RIP Tower Records bc they took it back, but didnt nastradomas have Nas Is Like that song alone is worth the album people just =point to the puff song
OG Greg said this on August 26th, 2011 at 7:51 pm
Lupe Fiasco – Lasers
F&L II said this on August 26th, 2011 at 8:42 pm
Real talk.. Nastradamus was that shit. You either wasnt a real Nas fan or you couldnt feel it. Nastradamus was telling you everything that Nas was going through at the time. in that period of time..Nas was telling you everything that wasnt happening before it happened. Its references to jay and carmen and everythign that happened during the battle afterwards. If you were high and going through shit at that time…then you felt Nas. At that time in his life he was going through it and it shows in his music. Trust me.. Nastradamus was that shit!! go back and listen to the shit he was kicking. PLUS.. he still sold like 400,000 the first week. back then Nas and Jay were moving mad units.
D. said this on August 26th, 2011 at 9:16 pm
ATCQ “Stressed Out” was a great song, one there wrong for putting the album on the list and two there wrong for naming that the worst song on the album
JersonP said this on August 26th, 2011 at 10:53 pm
they really put quest on that list, complex is run by some wack as fucking niggas. and to think i wanted to work there some day…
mayowa said this on August 26th, 2011 at 11:37 pm
wtf is beats, rhymes, and life doing on this fucking list?!?!? i love that album, probably 1st or 2nd favorite tribe album
pillsbury dopeboy said this on August 27th, 2011 at 12:31 am
Lol also that mos def album was the ish they should’ve put encore there
A$tro said this on August 27th, 2011 at 1:16 am
ILL PUT IT PLAINLY!! NAS HAS THE WORST RAP LP EVER…………………………………………..
HE ALSO HAS THE BEST!!! NEED I SAY MORE!!
str8jckn said this on August 27th, 2011 at 2:22 am
Nastradamous ain’t that bad… might be Nas’ weakest, but coming from Nas that’s still tight. Shit knocks harder than some of Jay’s worst for sure.
Spike said this on August 27th, 2011 at 11:40 am
i don’t get the relapse hate. Relapse was WAAAY better than Recovery. Relapse was just too dark for the mainstream. Recovery is hands down Em’s worst album.
bebe zeva said this on August 27th, 2011 at 12:10 pm
^^^
Yeah hearing Em rap in that screaming baby voice is just what people wanted to hear. Aaaah Stans, what wont they say?
Ryuk said this on August 27th, 2011 at 12:15 pm
Blood Money is a dope album even if it is polished. Dope beats. Just came out at the wrong time.
JWIII said this on August 27th, 2011 at 12:23 pm
i stopped after don’t sweat the technique and walkin’ with a panther. this list is kind of a joke.
hize said this on August 27th, 2011 at 4:13 pm
List is kind of a joke, but props for having Beats Rhymes and Life on there. I always used to say “Jay Dee?? The guy responsible for ruining the Tribe sound?” Everyone was too busy riding the dead man’s dick to remember he helped turn the Tribe into mush.
yup said this on August 28th, 2011 at 10:25 am
….C4?
JacE said this on August 29th, 2011 at 8:01 am