• Nas It Was Written Released 25 Years Ago Today
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    Nas It Was Written Released 25 Years Ago Today

    Nas is my favorite rapper alive and one of the best to ever do it. Illmatic is viewed as one of the greatest hip hop albums of all-time. Two years later, Nas returned with his second album with high expectations. 25 years ago It Was Written dropped and it was every bit as good as his debut. It Was Written debuted at the top of the charts and it went on to sell over 3 million copies. It Was Written remained his best-selling album and one of my personal favorites. While Illmatic didn’t have any major features, this one packed some dopes ones. Lauryn Hill, Dr. Dre, Mobb Deep, The…

  • Kool G. Rap Fast Life Featuring Nas for Throwback Thursday
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    Kool G. Rap Fast Life Featuring Nas for Throwback Thursday

    Welcome to another Thursday, which means we are closer to the weekend. Once again, I’ve been stuck home due to COVID protocols. My playlist this week consisted of only four albums. Quik is the Name from DJ Quik, The Lost Tapes 2 by Nas and the Call Me D-Nice project. The final album was from the legendary Kool G. Rap and his 4,5,6 joint. Kool G. Rap is one of the illest MCs to ever touch the mic. Earlier in his career, Kool G. Rap was a part of the legendary Juice Crew. Kool G. Rap went on to influence the likes of the Notorious Big, Nas, Jay-Z and many…

  • Nas Affirmative Action Featuring the Firm for Throwback Thursday
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    Nas Affirmative Action Featuring the Firm for Throwback Thursday

    Welcome to another Thursday, which means we’re closer to the weekend. For many of us, this was a short week seeing that Labor Day was on Monday. My playlist this week consisted of the King’s Disease album, NWA Greatest Hits and the Released Therapy album from Ludacris. 8Ball & MJG, Big Boi’s debut album and a 2Pac mixtape was also played this week. For this Throwback Thursday, there’s a lot to choose from when it comes to these artists. With Nas celebrating his 47th birthday in 5 days, we have to go with him. On his new album, the Firm reunited on the track called Full Circle which is one…

  • Fat Joe John Blaze for Throwback Thursday
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    Fat Joe John Blaze for Throwback Thursday

    Once again, we have arrived at another Thursday which means it’s closer to the weekend. My playlist this week consisted Common’s Like Water for Chocolate, a Jadakiss and Raekwon mixtape. Bizzy Bone’s Thug Revenge and Styles P Master of Ceremonies also were played. One joint off some of Jadakiss’s collaborations mixtape caught my attention.  John Blaze is the track and it’s my Throwback Thursday track of the week, John Blaze is off Fat Joe’s Don Cartagena album and it features four of New York’s coldest spitters. When you have Raekwon, Nas, Jadakiss, Fat Joe and the late, great Big Pun on one track, you already know. I’ll go as far…

  • Nas Street’s Disciple Released 15 Years Ago
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    Nas Street’s Disciple Released 15 Years Ago

    15 years ago was a nice day if you’re a fan of hip hop. We already covered that T.I. dropped his Urban Legend project on this day. My favorite rapper alive, Nas released his seventh album Street’s Disciple. Street’s Disciple was a double album dropped by Nas and it received mixed reviews. While Street’s Disciple isn’t one of my top 5 Nas albums it’s still a solid effort. Street’s Disciple was the follow-up to his incredibly dope God’s Son album. Thief’s Theme was the first official single from Street’s Disciple, and it was released about five months before the album dropped. Thief’s Theme was a nice track and remember it…

  • Listen to My Top 5 Albums from Nas
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    Listen to My Top 5 Albums from Nas

    We kicked things off last week with the late, great 2Pac. This week, we’ll move to my favorite rapper alive and that’s Nas. Nas has been in the game over 25 years as he made his first appearance on a record in 1991. Live at the Barbeque by Main Source was the introduction to Nas. The verse on the track garnered so much attention for Nas and it landed him a record deal. In 1994, Nas dropped his debut album, Illmatic and it has been called one of the best hip hop records of all-time. Nas have released 11 albums, which include a double disc, 2 collaboration and 3 compilations…

  • Nas Stillmatic
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    Stillmatic Released 15 Years Ago by Nas

    Think back to the year of 2001, which was a pretty eventful year. Of course, we had the tragedy of 9/11 and if you’re a hip hop fan like me, then you remember the Nas/Jay-Z beef. When Jay-Z released the Blueprint on 9/11, Takeover was on the album, which was a track he took aim at Mobb Deep and most notably, Nas. There was a buzz about how Nas would respond to Jay-Z as he kept things under wraps. With Nas prepping a new album, he released a response to Jay-Z with Ether and it has become one of the hardest diss tracks EVER. The track would appear on his…

  • Major Key
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    Nas Album Done Off Major Key Album for Music Monday

    I know I’m really, really late on this one, but I just started my Music Monday again. This week I went to the Major Key album by DJ Khaled and got the joint by Nasir Jones. Just to let you all know again, Nas is my favorite rapper alive. Since Nas released his last album, Life is Good, he’s been on his business stuff and haven’t released any brand-new music. Finally, Nas hooked up with DJ Khaled for this new track called Nas Album Done. I remember hearing the snippet before it was released and was ready for this to drop immediately. When I first heard the entire track, I…

  • Nas It Was Written
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    It Was Written Released by Nas 20 Years Ago

    My favorite rapper alive released his second album, It Was Written on July 2, 1996. The album was definitely different from his debut album, Illmatic, which is an album that many considered one of, if not the greatest hip hop album of all-time. I’ve never considered it, but this album right here, It Was Written is a different story because this is probably my favorite Nas joint. It Was Written opened with one of my favorite intros to an album where he portrays a slave that’s about to escape. While he boasted on the track, Got Urself A Gun on his Stillmatic album that Illmatic didn’t have any famous guest…

  • Nas Illmatic
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    Nas Dropped Illmatic 22 Years Ago Today

    On April 19, 1994, hip hop history was made when Nas aka Nasir Jones dropped his debut album, Illmatic. It has been called by some, the greatest hip hop album of all-time and if you don’t consider it, this album is always mentioned with Ready to Die, All Eyez On Me, Death Certificate, It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back, Reasonable Doubt and many more classic albums. Nas got his start when he featured on a track called Live at the Barbeque from the hip hop group, Main Source off their Breaking Atoms album. As soon as Nas dropped Illmatic, many people anointed him as the next…

  • The Carter IV
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    Lil Wayne The Carter IV Album Review

      Well before getting started I’ve listened to Wayne since the Hot Boys dropped Get It How U Live album along with B.G, Juvenile and Turk. So I’ve followed him a long time so I’m not going to bore you anymore and get straight to the review. The first Carter album made me become more of a Wayne fan. The Carter 2 felt like a continuation of the first one as it was a dope album also. The Carter 3 wasn’t as nice as the first two, but it still was a good album though.   1. Intro- He just spitting a few bars, nice intro where he just spitting…