![]() This is some black power superhero music. The Puffy interlude with Shake’s vocals is a Sunday morning service. I really have to sit with this one to digest everything, but the production is excellent. This is the Nas that people have waited for. I hope Nas never publishes a history book. She really was a great pick up by G.O.O.D. EXPLOSIVE DRUMS! HARD! 070 Shake is snatching another strong feature. ![]() This production is open enough for his wordy but enthralling style. Puffy! Thank God this isn’t “Hate Me Now.” Decent drums with a great sample. The strings and choir are far more daunting than soulful. In usual 1-Listen fashion, the rules here are the same: no skipping, no fast-forwarding, no rewinding and no stopping. Each song will receive my gut reaction from start to finish. A hip-hop dream in the midst of a moralistic nightmare. Nas album is done, executive produced by Kanye West. How will he confront the allegations? Will he apologize? Will he deny them? Does he even owe us an answer? Once again we stand at a crossroads between a man and an artist, and how it’s impossible to separate the two. In 2018, it means the end of silence surrounded by a loud controversy. In 2016, Nas releasing an album was simply the end of a long hiatus. ![]() Kelis' eye-witness account of their marriage didn’t alter hip-hop's universal desire for a new album, but there were whispers of wonder regarding whether or not Nas would address her claims on the album. The interview went viral, rippling across social media. The accusations made by Kelis paint Nas as a violent alcoholic who regularly attacked her. “I felt like, 'Do I jump in? Do I say it?' Cause I had bruises all over my body at that time," she confessed. ![]() It’s chilling to hear Kelis describe how she felt after the picture of Rihanna’s badly beaten face surfaced following her physical altercation with Chris Brown.
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