[Phade]

I think it boils down to Nas having bad taste in music. That's gotta be the only reason he gets such mediocre beats on his albums. I read an interview with the guy who produced Life's A bitch sayin how Nas would go through tons of beats before he found one he wanted to rock.
He did so well with Illmatic beats too, I really don't know what happened. I still bump 2nd Childhood and think of how many classics he could have dropped if it wasn't for his beat taste. kinda bumming me out now

Havent heard the new album yet, but I'm guessin it'll have a couple real nice tracks and a lot that are ok with dope lyrics.