Nas' ninth arrives unsurprisingly with its share of hoopla. Originally threatening to title the album Nigger, the emcee continues to goad peers, fans and even himself in a similar manner as 2006' Hip Hop Is Dead. However, perhaps growing comfortable with his entrenched celebrity, the perennial Top 5 Dead or Alive finalist seems to have learned how to translate controversy into creative agency. Turning to a new generation of producers (notably stic.man of dead prez, mixtape impresario Green Lantern and left-wing Jay Electronica), in addition to the commercially dependable (Polow da Don, Cool & Dre, DJ Toomp), Nas confidently strolls to the stage shining with that uzi-lining flow that you know so well.
Nas
Nas
Release Date:
July 15, 2008
Label: Def Jam
Label: Def Jam
Table of Contents
Disc 1
| 1 | Queens Get The Money |
| 2 | You Can't Stop Us Now featuring Eban Thomas of the Stylistics and The Last Poets |
| 3 | Breathe |
| 4 | Make The World Go Round featuring Chris Brown and The Game |
| 5 | Hero featuring Keri Hilson |
| 6 | America |
| 7 | Sly Fox |
| 8 | Testify |
| 9 | N.I.*.*.E.R. (The Slave and the Master) |
| 10 | Untitled |
| 11 | Fried Chicken featuring Busta Rhymes |
| 12 | Project Roach featuring The Last Poets |
| 13 | Y'all My Ni**as |
| 14 | We're Not Alone featuring Mykel |
| 15 | Black President |
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4 Responses
July 19, 2008 at 9:13 p.m.
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9.5 out of 10
heard it 2 weeks early and bought 3 copies the day it came out |
July 26, 2008 at 7:54 p.m.
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8.0 out of 10
I bought it. Breathe and Make The World Go Round take away from the concept too much and their are too many great songs that weren't on the album that were on The N-word Tape. Best Song: Sly Fox |
September 1, 2009 at 6:16 a.m.
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9.0 out of 10
I think it was one of his Best albums in the 2000's Personally it's considered a classic in my book, and not even because of the rhyme schemes and clever hooks, but because of the album's Sound. Which was co-existent to this day and age. I'll give it a 9.2 & 1/2 |
Haven't heard the whole thing yet, but looking forward to listening!