![]() ![]() It’s, also, impressive the last track dedicated to Nipsey Hu$$le, a good friend of Dave East. street anthems, with Dj Premier, Max B or Rick Ross, for example, We have also smoother songs with the feats of hot artists as Lil Baby and R’n’B singers as Jacquees or the wonderful Teyana Taylor. Sometimes this couldn’t be enough or something can go wrong … but that’ s not the case ! Survival is a solid, mature and complete album with many great peaks, as “ Godfather 4” (track with Nas) and very few weakness. If the executive producer of your debut is Nasir Jones, a.k.a Nas, It means that the potential is great. ![]() Finally the long-awaited album, released under Def Jam/Mass Appeal, is out! Nas was never the second coming of Rakim he was simply the first coming of a new rap king, the heir apparent.Thanks to several dope projects and mixtapes that Dave East dropped in these years, the hype for the Harlem rapper debut album, Survival, was very high. ![]() 59 on our greatest albums of all time list, stands alone as a timeless exhibition of his skill and established him as a truly exceptional lyrical technician without parallel. ![]() Nas, a product of Queens, has often been hailed as the second coming of the God MC himself, Rakim, but it’s safe to say, given the lifespan of his career and his subsequent impact on the culture, that he tapped into something completely singular and objective. Over two decades later, he remains one of the preeminent voices setting the gold standard for the genre. Long before he was a household name, he was comparing himself to Spielberg and going to hell for snuffing Jesus, both proof of the grandiose nature of his vision. Once upon a time, Nasir Jones was just a young kid stealing the show on Main Source’s “Live at the Barbeque,” self-aware enough to foresee that he’d be a force to be reckoned with in rap’s packed New York scene. This article was originally published in 2014, but we’re dusting it off for Nas’ birthday on September 14th. ![]()
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