finetune artist: Nas

With charged poetic lyrics spit in a preternaturally smooth flow, Nas turned the rap world on its ear in 1994 when the Queens MC unleashed the instantly immortal ILLMATIC. The immaculate record contained few frills, no skits, no celebrity cameos, just the rapper's deceptively complex rhymes, words which lounged in the listener's psyche for days after, layered over beats by some of the best producers of the day. While the following years would find Nas hard-pressed to live up to his supernova debut, he quietly released solid records. In 2001, his spirit revived by a beef with Jay-Z (they would reunite on stage years later), he released the acerbic STILLMATIC, which was followed by a string of critically praised records, but no shortage of controversy.

Listen to Nas at Finetune.

(2008) Hero
(2008) Hero
(2008) Hero
(2008) Hero
(2008) Nas
(2008) Nas
(2007) Greatest Hits
(2007) Greatest Hits
(2007) God's Son
(2007) God's Son
(2007) Less Than An Hour (Theme From Rush Hour 3)
(2007) Shine On
(2007) Shine On
(2007) Hip Hop Is Dead
(2007) Hip Hop Is Dead
(2006) Hip Hop Is Dead
(2006) Hip Hop Is Dead
(2006) Hip Hop Is Dead
(2004) Street's Disciple
(2004) Street's Disciple
(2002) The Lost Tapes
(2002) The Lost Tapes
(2002) From Illmatic To Stillmatic The Remixes
(2001) Stillmatic
(2001) Stillmatic
(1999) I Am...
(1999) Nastradamus
(1996) It Was Written
(1996) It Was Written
(1994) Illmatic
(1994) 10 Year Anniversary Illmatic Platinum Series

If I Ruled the World (Imagine That)
Ether
Street Dreams
N.Y. State of Mind
Can't Forget About You

tenwlms on 2007-09-05 20:08:37.357:
this is a motivational song for me and my fiance'
tenwlms on 2007-09-05 19:03:44.090:
this is a motivational song for me and my fiance'
sweernsour4453 on 2007-04-29 19:56:57.500:
Nas is a "gangster gone good." A political speecker for those without a voice. He got my vote