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Article: New Releases
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- New Nation
- Article date:
- July 28, 2008
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New Releases
Record of the week
Nas
Def Jam
Album: Untitled
NAS IS back with an album that sees him make a welcomed return back to form. There was a danger that the controversy surrounding the now untitled album would eclipse the music, but thankfully the tracks speak for themselves.
In what could be referred to as a concept album, the illmatic one is back to his lyrical best rhyming seemingly effortlessly over beats supplied by Mark Ronson, Polow Da Don and DJ Green Lantern to name but a few. On tracks like America, Nas reflects on the paradox that is his homeland: 'Killed indigenous people, built a new nation, America, this is not what you think it is.' Fried Chicken offers clever ...