Nas - The Poet, The Artist - Unhinged Reviews

  Nasir Jones a.k.a Nas is one of the illlest MCs to ever touch the mic.  He's been hitting the masses with thought-provoking lyrics over commercial glory on just about every track you can find.

  Nas is one of the cornerstones in today's face of hiphop, but it didn't come easy and it didn't happen overnight.

  All you have to do is take one look at his long list of certified albums spanning over 20 years to know he is serious about his craft.

  So that's why, we feel it's only right to give "Nasty Nas" his props and talk about a few of our faves from his notable history.

                      "Let's Go, Esco"

---

  Do you remember when Nas dropped, "If I Ruled The World" with Lauryn Hill?  Talk about What!

  The moment you heard Lauryn Hill doing her little doo-wop on the intro already let you know the song was a banger.  Then when Trackmasters dropped the drums, it was a W-R-A-P!  

  There are songs in an artist's career that define the moment when they have arrived.  We don't know about you, but the world felt Nas when he unleashed, It Was Written.

  Truly a classic album that still blows the doors off of a lot of these up and coming rappers faking that they lyricists.  You see, Nas is the real deal, a true poet.  But...
  

---

If I Ruled The World 

  No poet's ascent is complete without trails and tribulations.  Nas spent the next few years continuing to drop fire, as well as, duck fire from the haters.  But he never stopped writing and never stopped perfecting his craft.  

  It's like a diamond getting shaped by movements within the earth.  You can't have perfection in a moment and you can't become Nas overnight.  To have a career as fruitful and solid as Nas, battles must be won and even more must be fought.

  Which brings us to a time when Nas was embroiled in what some call the greatest hiphop beef ever.  True fans know about it, that moment when Jay'Z dropped "The Takeover" and Nas came back with Ether!  \m/

---

Ether 

    Nas came out with Guns Blazing..Lyrical Barrels locked on a target that was big enough to take the hit and skilled enough to make it a fair fight.  Both artists pulled some heavy lyrics from the depths and gave the world a battle for the ages.  

  But Ether..Ether was a game changer.  You know a lot of folks had thought that Nas fell off and he lost his touch, but when this came out, the game got Ugly.  This song had rappers burning their notebooks and dumping ink out of their pens.  (We like to think this is how things played out..lol)

  Who would even step to the kid after this awesome display of lyrical firepower?  But of course, his opponent came back with another diss record, but by then..the battle was over.

    Nas and Jay have since reconciled their differences and the legend of Nas continues... 

                                                                                                               -Unhinged Reviews-

     If you enjoyed this Unhinged Review, let us know by sharing it with true fans of hiphop

---