Nas.
There, I've got it out of the way immediately. No matter what review you read on an AZ record, Nas is mentioned in the first few sentences. If "Illmat... Read More...
A Legend is defined as someone one who is extremely well known, famous, renowned, a prodigy, and a star. That is what AZ is anointing himself on his album "Leg... Read More...
The very idea of "N.4.L." (shorthand for "Niggaz for Life") has to be enough to make any AZ fan cringe. Most famous for crafting a guest verse on Nas' "Life's ... Read More...
"You love to hear the story how the thugs live and worry"
(Nas, "If I Ruled the World (Imagine That)" '96)
Truer words have rarely been spoken by a rapper. Thi... Read More...
As the 1990's dawned, rap slowly but surely began to lose its carefree spirit. It hadn't been without a care since "The Message," but there was now a serious u... Read More...
The first question anyone approaching this release should have, after determining that it indeed is being released in the summer of 2006, is: why? Making a str... Read More...