Boomin’ From The Stoop: Nas’ Second Single
I remember when Nas used be called possibly the greatest MC of all time: Illmatic was classic, It Was Written was classic, Stillmatic was classic, and God’s Son was nearly there. Then he dropped Hip Hop Is Dead and that debate STILL goes on 2 years after the fact. I’m not going to lie, Nas [...]
Rewind Review: AZ|Doe or Die [1995]
Succeeding Nas’ classic album Illmatic in 1994, AZ released his debut album that would go on to be deemed classic material upon its release. In being released in 1995 along with Raekwon’s classic debut album Only Built 4 Cuban Linx, many say that these were the two premier albums that introduced Mafioso rap to [...]
Nas|Illmatic [1994]
Nas first came into the rap game on his debut single, “Halftime”, which lyrically still blows me away with lines like: “I drop jewels, wear jewels, hope to never run it/With more kicks than a baby in a mother’s stomach.” It’s still hard to believe that Nas can keep up the same kind of consistency [...]
