stillmatic arc, but nas sounds positively energized on “blue benz,” rapping about jersey city madams and excursions to the tunnel with chris lighty. he delivers an inspired opening verse on “the cure,” keeping time without a snare until the song’s second-act beat switch. nas tends to ...
“Stillmatic” brings the career of Nas’ full circle back to where it all started, so the title is no coincidence. Whether it was being dissed by Jay-Z that got him charged, or the doubts of too many naysayers who said he had sold out or fell off, the verbal attack of his raps h...
Nas swiftly responds with a scathing freestyle over Eric B & Rakim's "Paid in Full." On the freestyle later dubbed "Stillmatic", Nas runs through a list of charges against Jay. According to Nas, Jay is a fake hustler, a liar, a phony. Nas questions Jay-Z's sexuality, dubs him t...
In 2001, Nas came out with Stillmatic, and the album addressed the roiling rivalry head-on by using lyrical responses to and attacks on Jay Z’s The Blueprint. The feud was eventually resolved, but along the way Nas was embroiled in others with the likes of 50 Cent and G-Unit, none...
even if it will eventually prove to be a little bit too lightweight and forgettable to be mentioned in the same breath as Nas’ best works such asIllmatic,It Was Written(1996),Stillmatic(2001),The Lost Tapes(2002),God’s Son(2002),Distant Relatives(with Damian Marley,2010), andLife Is...
“One Mic” was the second single of Nas’ rebirth album, Stillmatic, behind “Got Yourself A.” The stirring track peaked at 42 on Billboard’s Top 100 chart, making it Nasir’s third biggest song at the time. Not only was the song a bonafide hit, it was an unorthodox one, earnin...
Album: StillmaticLabel: Ill Will/ColumbiaRight or wrong, the subliminal dis is a major tool in a rapper's arsenal. The secretive language in which MCs can speak to each other drives rap fans to spend hours decoding lyrics, trying to find the hidden meaning. The Nas vs. Jay-Z fued was...
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Nas swiftly responds with a scathing freestyle over Eric B & Rakim's "Paid in Full." On the freestyle later dubbed "Stillmatic" (aka "H to the Omo"), Nas runs through a list of charges against Jay. According to Nas, Jay is a fake hustler, a liar, a phony. Nas questions Jay-...
. The album was purely New York in its subject matter, detailing the desperation of life in the projects and the rapper's struggles to escape them; there are also moments of upbeat escape. His verbal acuity earned comparisons to everyone from Rakim to Bob Dylan, and the album's multi-...