King’s Disease is the thirteenth solo project from Nasir Jones, not counting group efforts or compilations of so-called “lost” recordings, but, surprisingly, it doesn’t really feel like a product coming from an artist who has spent more than half his life in the rap game. There’s an strange feeling I have after having listened to it in its entirely (after multiple false starts, sue me) prior to writing this paragraph. It… feels kind of optimistic? I know, I can’t explain it either, and yet I’m about to do so thoroughly right after you click through to read this write-up.
