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Never averse to getting the pants of others in a twist, Nas said in 2006 that what developed into this self-titled album was, at the time, titled the six-letter version of the "N" word. The following year, the NAACP buried the five-letter version (along with each variant, as the obituary states) at a Detroit ceremony, replete with a horse-drawn carriage, a casket, and the presence of "hip-hop legend Curtis Blow" [sic], according to the NAACP press release. Whether it is believed that the word was truly placed six feet deep or merely swept beneath the proverbial rug, the word, regardless of its last syllable or the context in which it is placed, still carries a lot of power. Millions of Def Jam marketing dollars could not have ensured as bright a spotlight on their artist. All he had to do was mention the one word as an album title. And from that moment until the album's release, through each leaked track, mixtape, and article tracking the status of the album, more attention was paid to the MC's moves than in the recent past. An album with a proposed title of, say, East Coasta Nastra, would not have been anticipated with nearly as much scrutiny or speculation.
Nas uses the "N" word as a mere jumping-off point for his self-titled album, its initial title and final content even more closely related than the title and content of Hip Hop Is Dead. It's his most purposeful album; nearly every verse goes beyond talking trash and recalling exploits to address the change of title, the "N" word, race relations, stereotypes, the long arms and legs of Fox, love for his people and country, and the United States from slave ships through the possibility of a black president. It carries a stern lyrical focus all the way through, including the radio-aimed/Polow-produced anthem "Hero" ("If Nas can't say it, think about these talented kids with new ideas being told what they can and can't spit"), the gleaming "Make the World Go Round" (where a proud Nas, clearly reaching out to a younger crowd, refers to the featured Chris Brown as "the young Mike Jackson"), and the appropriately greasy "Fried Chicken" (a cunning track in which Nas and Busta Rhymes seem to embrace and parody dietary and sexual stereotypes at once). There is as much content here to absorb, to think about, discuss, and debate, as there is within Ice Cube's Death Certificate or anything by Public Enemy or BDP. While it is not a feast from a production standpoint -- the album is not bound to silence those who contend that Nas is not the best selector of beats -- it doesn't have the hastily slapped-together flow of Street's Disciple or Hip Hop Is Dead. A couple tracks might sonically resemble inferior versions of years-old tracks that helped make Nas a hip-hop deity and, nearly ten years after Nas was first accused of selling out, he might still sound a little awkward over radio-friendly productions. But the MC has never made an album as engrossing or as necessary as this one.
© Andy Kellman /TiVo
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Nasir Jones, ComposerLyricist - John Powell, ComposerLyricist - Noah Goldstein, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Nas, MainArtist - KEVIN CROUSE, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Timothy Thedford, ComposerLyricist - Jay Electronica, Producer
℗ 2008 The Island Def Jam Music Group and Columbia Records
Nasir Jones, ComposerLyricist - Abiodun Oyewole, ComposerLyricist - SALAAM REMI, ComposerLyricist - Barrett Strong, ComposerLyricist - Norman Whitfield, ComposerLyricist - Vincent Henry, Horn, AssociatedPerformer - Noah Goldstein, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - KEVIN CROUSE, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Franklin Socorro, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Last Poets, MainArtist, FeaturedArtist - SalaamRemi.com, Producer - Eban Thomas, FeaturedArtist - Seamus Tyson, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bruce Clayton Purse, Horn, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2008 The Island Def Jam Music Group and Columbia Records
Nasir Jones, ComposerLyricist - Noah Goldstein, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Nas, MainArtist - KEVIN CROUSE, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jamaal Sublett, ComposerLyricist - J. Myers, Producer, Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Dustin Moore, Producer, Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2008 The Island Def Jam Music Group and Columbia Records
Chris Brown, FeaturedArtist - Nasir Jones, ComposerLyricist - Andre Lyon, ComposerLyricist - Eddie Montilla, Strings, AssociatedPerformer - Marcello Valenzano, ComposerLyricist - Jayceon Taylor, ComposerLyricist - Brian Sumner, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Geoff Gibbs, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Cool & Dre, Producer, Unknown, Other - The Game, Producer, MainArtist, FeaturedArtist - Noah Goldstein, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gina Victoria, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - KEVIN CROUSE, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Edward Montilla, ComposerLyricist - Kevin Mayer, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Thomas Hatcher, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Daniel Baughman, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2008 The Island Def Jam Music Group and Columbia Records
Jason Perry, Additional Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Nasir Jones, ComposerLyricist - Cornell Haynes, Jr., ComposerLyricist - Brian Kennedy, Additional Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Jamal Jones, ComposerLyricist - Polow Da Don, Producer - Keri Hilson, FeaturedArtist - Noah Goldstein, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nas, MainArtist - KEVIN CROUSE, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Billy Hume, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jamaal Sublett, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2008 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Nasir Jones, ComposerLyricist - Tor Erik Hermansen, Unknown, Other, ComposerLyricist - Mikkel S. Eriksen, Recording Engineer, Unknown, Other, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Josh Houghkirk, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - PHIL TAN, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - StarGate, Producer - Nas, MainArtist - Flo Simpson, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2008 The Island Def Jam Music Group and Columbia Records
Nasir Jones, ComposerLyricist - Clayton Gavin, ComposerLyricist - Brian Sumner, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Noah Goldstein, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Nas, MainArtist - KEVIN CROUSE, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Stic.man, Producer - 01, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2008 The Island Def Jam Music Group and Columbia Records
Mark Batson, Producer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Nasir Jones, ComposerLyricist - Nas, MainArtist - KEVIN CROUSE, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Seamus Tyson, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2008 The Island Def Jam Music Group and Columbia Records
Nasir Jones, ComposerLyricist - Aldrin Davis, ComposerLyricist - Phil Hurtt, ComposerLyricist - John Frye, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mike Wilson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Anthony Bell, ComposerLyricist - Derrick Selby, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Toomp, Producer, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Nas, MainArtist - KEVIN CROUSE, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Seamus Tyson, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - J-Mac, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Denny Ogla, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Idalia String Ensemble, Strings, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2008 The Island Def Jam Music Group and Columbia Records
Nasir Jones, ComposerLyricist - Clayton Gavin, ComposerLyricist - Nas, MainArtist - KEVIN CROUSE, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Stic.man, Producer, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Seamus Tyson, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2008 The Island Def Jam Music Group and Columbia Records
Nasir Jones, ComposerLyricist - Trevor Smith, ComposerLyricist - Mark Ronson, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Gabriel Roth, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Homer Steinweiss, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Thomas Brenneck, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Busta Rhymes, MainArtist, FeaturedArtist - Nick Movshon, Bass Viol, AssociatedPerformer - Neal Sugarman, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Ian Hendrickson-Smith, Baritone Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Guy, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Binky Griptite, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Victor Axelrod, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Noah Goldstein, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - KEVIN CROUSE, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2008 The Island Def Jam Music Group and Columbia Records
Eric Hudson, Producer, Recording Engineer, Unknown, Other, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Nasir Jones, ComposerLyricist - Abiodun Oyewole, ComposerLyricist - Noah Goldstein, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - KEVIN CROUSE, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Last Poets, MainArtist, FeaturedArtist
℗ 2008 The Island Def Jam Music Group and Columbia Records
Nasir Jones, ComposerLyricist - Brian Sumner, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Noah Goldstein, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Nas, MainArtist - KEVIN CROUSE, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jamaal Sublett, ComposerLyricist - J. Myers, Producer, Unknown, Other - Todd Steinhauer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2008 The Island Def Jam Music Group and Columbia Records
Nasir Jones, ComposerLyricist - Clayton Gavin, ComposerLyricist - Brian Sumner, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Noah Goldstein, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - KEVIN CROUSE, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mykel, MainArtist, FeaturedArtist - Stic.man, Producer - Brian Naught, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mikuak Rai, Additional Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2008 The Island Def Jam Music Group and Columbia Records
Nasir Jones, ComposerLyricist - Larry Troutman, ComposerLyricist - Larry Goodman, ComposerLyricist - Derrick McDowell, ComposerLyricist - ROGER TROUTMAN, ComposerLyricist - Noah Goldstein, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tupac Shakur, ComposerLyricist - Nas, MainArtist - KEVIN CROUSE, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - James D'Agostino, ComposerLyricist - John Armour, ComposerLyricist - DJ Green Lantern, Producer - Rich Leissler, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Johnny Polygon, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2008 The Island Def Jam Music Group and Columbia Records
Nasir Jones, ComposerLyricist - Anthony Wilson, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Noah Goldstein, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nas, MainArtist - KEVIN CROUSE, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - James D'Agostino, ComposerLyricist - Larry White, Unknown, Other - DJ Green Lantern, Producer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Wade Martin, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dwayne Collins, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2008 The Island Def Jam Music Group and Columbia Records
Chronique
Never averse to getting the pants of others in a twist, Nas said in 2006 that what developed into this self-titled album was, at the time, titled the six-letter version of the "N" word. The following year, the NAACP buried the five-letter version (along with each variant, as the obituary states) at a Detroit ceremony, replete with a horse-drawn carriage, a casket, and the presence of "hip-hop legend Curtis Blow" [sic], according to the NAACP press release. Whether it is believed that the word was truly placed six feet deep or merely swept beneath the proverbial rug, the word, regardless of its last syllable or the context in which it is placed, still carries a lot of power. Millions of Def Jam marketing dollars could not have ensured as bright a spotlight on their artist. All he had to do was mention the one word as an album title. And from that moment until the album's release, through each leaked track, mixtape, and article tracking the status of the album, more attention was paid to the MC's moves than in the recent past. An album with a proposed title of, say, East Coasta Nastra, would not have been anticipated with nearly as much scrutiny or speculation.
Nas uses the "N" word as a mere jumping-off point for his self-titled album, its initial title and final content even more closely related than the title and content of Hip Hop Is Dead. It's his most purposeful album; nearly every verse goes beyond talking trash and recalling exploits to address the change of title, the "N" word, race relations, stereotypes, the long arms and legs of Fox, love for his people and country, and the United States from slave ships through the possibility of a black president. It carries a stern lyrical focus all the way through, including the radio-aimed/Polow-produced anthem "Hero" ("If Nas can't say it, think about these talented kids with new ideas being told what they can and can't spit"), the gleaming "Make the World Go Round" (where a proud Nas, clearly reaching out to a younger crowd, refers to the featured Chris Brown as "the young Mike Jackson"), and the appropriately greasy "Fried Chicken" (a cunning track in which Nas and Busta Rhymes seem to embrace and parody dietary and sexual stereotypes at once). There is as much content here to absorb, to think about, discuss, and debate, as there is within Ice Cube's Death Certificate or anything by Public Enemy or BDP. While it is not a feast from a production standpoint -- the album is not bound to silence those who contend that Nas is not the best selector of beats -- it doesn't have the hastily slapped-together flow of Street's Disciple or Hip Hop Is Dead. A couple tracks might sonically resemble inferior versions of years-old tracks that helped make Nas a hip-hop deity and, nearly ten years after Nas was first accused of selling out, he might still sound a little awkward over radio-friendly productions. But the MC has never made an album as engrossing or as necessary as this one.
© Andy Kellman /TiVo
À propos
- 1 disque(s) - 16 piste(s)
- Durée totale : 00:57:50
- 1 Livret Numérique
- Artistes principaux : Nas
- Compositeur : Various Composers
- Label : Def Jam
- Genre : Hip-Hop/Rap
© 2008 The Island Def Jam Music Group and Columbia Records ℗ 2008 The Island Def Jam Music Group and Columbia Records
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