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Track Listing
1. Get Down
2. Cross, The
3. Made You Look
4. Last Real N**** Alive
5. Zone Out - (featuring Bravehearts)
6. Hey Nas - (featuring Kelis/Claudette Ortiz)
7. I Can
8. Book of Rhymes
9. Thugz Mansion (N.Y.) - (remix, featuring 2Pac/J Phoenix)
10. Mastermind
11. Warrior Song - (featuring Alicia Keys)
12. Revolutionary Warfare - (featuring Lake)
13. Dance
14. Heaven
Album Notes
Personnel includes: Nas, Bravehearts, Kelis, Claudett Ortiz, 2Pac,
J. Phoenix, Alicia Keys, Lake, Jully Black.
Producers include: Nas, Eminem, Salaam "The Chameleon", Ron Browz, The Alchemist.
In the tradition of its predecessor STILLMATIC, GOD'S SON seeks to erase the memory of Nas's commercial pop-crossover albums, instead hearkening back to the poetic glory days of STILLMATIC. The New York hip-hop legend returns to the thoughtful, introspective philosophy that turned heads early in his recording career. There are no attempts at fancy, hook-laden production here--quite the opposite in fact, as the tracks almost seem to go out of their way to be workaday, subservient frameworks to the lyrics. Sampling records (James Brown's "Funky Drummer," Incredible Bongo Band's "Apache") that have already been used by a jillion other rappers, Nas makes it clear that his focus here is strictly on the message. Nas's mother died during the making of this album, and the experience moved him to address such weighty topics as mortality, religion, family, and personal responsibility. Those themes might seem far from the thug-life reveries of many of his contemporaries, but for Nas it's business as usual.
Industry Reviews
...Nas...returns to his introspective roots... - Rating: B
Entertainment Weekly (12/13/2002)
4 discs out of 5 - ...With grim determination, Nas sets out to give the currently vacuous genre of hip hop a swift kick in the ass...
Vibe (02/01/2003)
3 stars out of 5 - ...A welcome return to form....Nas is deft with sorrow-tinged details--about everything from drug addiction to the rap game to failed love...
Rolling Stone (01/23/2003)
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