Exciting day today as Nas drops his latest,
Life Is Good. After "Nasty" was released last year, as well as Nas' appearance on Common's "Ghetto Dreams", the excitement for a new Nas disc was through the roof. From the sound of things, Nas wanted to take his time to put out a new classic disc as everything I've heard off
Life Is Good thus far has been been vintage Nas.
"Daughters" is one of my favorite songs of 2012, and "Loco-Motive" with Large Professor sounds like it could've been a left over from
Illmatic, which is a good thing. "Accident Murders" with Rick Ross is another banger, as it sounds nothing like the MMG sound, but more like some classic N.Y. hip-hop with a guest verse from Rosay.
Oh, and then there's "The Don" and "Cherry Wine" which both feature posthumous contributions. Heavy D. provided the beat for "The Don" and it's an absolute banger, while Amy Winehouse lends her vocals to "Cherry Wine" for terrific results.
The album cover finds Nas holding Kelis' wedding dress, which would make you think the opposite of
Life Is Good, but it appears Nas took the time to really mold his latest and deliver one of his finest efforts. Will it be as good as
Illmatic? Probably not. But to be fair, what is as good as
Illmatic? Will it be a serious Album of the Year contender? Most certainly.
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