NaS...
A lyrical genius. From Illmatic to Hip Hop is Dead. Constantly creating ill metaphors, and mad imagery, taking his fans and haters on journeys through the streets of New York, through the slums and projects, apartments-liquor stores-shoot outs-steak outs, and through his Dreams of ruling the world-getting married-dancing with his mother. NaS raps over history and legend as his father plays trumpet as he ties together Hip Hop & Jazz & Blues. NaS
A story teller...spittin the history of one of Hip Hops greatest Rakim Allah; spittin one of hip hops greatest track One Mic- and exposing the cause of its Death through an animated-illusion..where he tells us the course of actions that led to Who Killed It?.....right after collabing with one of his once enemies Jay-Z on one of the best collabo-Oxymor-onic- tracks of the year...Black Republican
Nigger...a word that holds the emotions of an entire race of people in every crack-corner-loop-and circle of its letters...a word that denounced the African race as a whole and today remains on of the most unspoken talked about words.
This word has been used and abused just as the people it insults-degrades-tears down. This word has been band-abandoned-burried........and now resurfaced in one of the african american cultures most prized possession...music-hip hop music-rap music-spoken word-lyrics.
why?
