Nas - God'S Son on CD

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Despite its grandiose title, God's Son features a semi-repentant Nas. After his stunning debut, many moons ago, it's been downhill ever since for the New York MC. Embroiled in petty spats, overblown productions, large paydays and a huge case of ego-itus, his original brilliance seemed lost forever. However the two-disc God's Son is a return to form. The first single, "Made You Look" is a barnstorming collaboration with Fat Joe. "The Book of Rhymes" is Nas back to his lyrical best, once again showing himself as the real inheritor to Rakim's MC crown. Nas goes deep into the funk on "Get Down", which features a heavy chunk of James Brown, another echo of Rakim's work to which Nas has openly aspired to. There are unsavoury moments. Nas's referral to sleeping with hookers on "Pussy Killz" veers between a sexual-health warning and a tongue lashing of women in general. He also advocates the creationist theory on "Dance". Perhaps he's trying to get the Texas Christian vote? However, such lyrical theorising will probably pass most by--those who just want to hear the beats. On this, God's Son delivers particularly well, especially with the Alicia Keys-enhanced tribalist "Warrior's Song". God's Son suffered heavy bootlegging prior to release and the track listing changed radically. Plenty of (good) material wasn't officially released--undoubtedly there's another Lost Tapes album on the way. Tupac's appearance on "Thugz Mansion" is proof positive that the Tupac impersonator out there is doing very good business. Why didn't they work the same trick with Elvis? --Jake Barnes Product description About this ItemThe item format is a CDeurope, 2002The Artist Name is NasThe Title is God's SonThe Catalog Number is 509811 2Condition UsedOther CommentsDisc has a couple of hairlines and a couple of light marks but plays without any problems. Booklet is immaculate.The Media Condition is Very Good PlusVisually this disk may have light-visible wear, marks, and or hairlines. When playing some surface noise may be evident, especially in the quiet soft passages and during the intro and fade, but the surface noise will not overpower the sound. The label on the disk is likely to have minor wear and possibly writing on the label. The Sleeve Condition is Near MintThis sleeve has almost no defects, with only very slight signs of handling. It has no creases, no folds, no seam splits, no cut-out holes, or other noticeable or similar defects, it will look almost new. The Tracks of this item include:1. Get Down (4:04)2. The Cross (3:47)3. Made You Look (3:22)4. Last Real Nigga Alive (5:04)5. Zone Out (3:48)6. Hey Nas (4:05)7. I Can (4:13)8. Book Of Rhymes (3:54)9. Thugz Mansion (N.Y.) (4:07)10. Mastermind (4:07)11. Warrior Song (4:42)12. Revolutionary Warfare (3:29)13. Dance (3:34)14. Heaven (4:41)We Use Stock ImagesBecause we have over 2 million items for sale we have to use stock images, this listing does not include the actual image of the item for sale. The purchase of this specific item is made with the understanding that the image shown in this listing is a stock image and not the actual item for sale. For example: some of our stock images include stickers, labels, price tags, hyper stickers, obi's, promotional messages, signatures and or writing which may not be available in the actual item. The Sleeve When we describe the sleeve we are describing the printed paper cover or booklet that is included inside the case. The case is not part of the sleeve. CD Version CD's are released in many editions and variations, such as standard editio Review To say that Nasir Jones is back, would imply a distinct absence from the game, but with 3 albums released in little more than a year this is, undoubtedly, not the case. Following Stillmatic and The Lost Tapes (an album made up of previously un-released B side tracks) the 'King of New York'now brings his 6th studio album to the hip-hop table and it certainly doesn't disappoint. The first single from the