Nas "Life Is Good" Anticipation Thread

[RaininTwos]

Nas- Life Is Good
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/5c/Nas_-_Life_is_Good.jpg

Tracklist:
1. No Introduction (Produced by J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League)
2. Loco-Motive feat. Large Professor (Produced by No I.D.)
3. A Queens Story (Produced by Salaam Remi)
4. Accident Murderers feat. Rick Ross (Produced by No I.D.) (http://youtu.be/YuSQ-gyOm1g)
5. Daughters (Produced by No I.D.) (http://youtu.be/xP4_0z2M85Q)
6. Reach Out feat. Mary J. Blige (Produced by Salaam Remi, Rodney Jerkins, DJ Hot Day & Nas)
7. World’s An Addiction feat. Anthony Hamilton (Produced by Salaam Remi)
8. Summer On Smash feat. Miguel & Swizz Beatz (Produced by Swizz Beatz)
9. You Wouldn’t Understand feat. Victoria Monet (Produced by Buckwild)
10. Back When (Produced by No I.D.)
11. The Don (Produced by Salaam Remi, Heavy D & Da Internz) (http://youtu.be/E3wIJ774gJs)
12. Stay (Produced by No I.D.)
13. Cherry Wine feat. Amy Winehouse (Produced by Salaam Remi)
14. Bye Baby (Produced by Salaam Remi & 40)

Bonus Tracks(Deluxe Edition):
15. Nasty (Produced by Salaam Remi) (http://youtu.be/wo97R0ib1CE)
16. The Black Bond (Produced by Salaam Remi)
17. Roses (Produced by Al Shux)
18. Where’s The Love feat. Cocaine 80s (Produced by No I.D.)
19. Trust (Produced by Boi 1da) (iTunes Bonus Track)
20. The Don (Don Dada Remix) (Produced by Salaam Remi & Heavy D) (Japan Bonus Track)


Release Date: July 17,2012

I have a feeling this will be the best album of the summer and one of Nas' best efforts. The production on this album looks incredible. No I.D., fresh off producing Common's eargasm called "The Dreamer, The Believer" is all over this album producing six of the twenty songs. It looks as if Nas has regained his sense of hearing because dude has had one of the most haphazard beat selection histories in history. That's been the number one knock on him his whole career. Other hot producers on this are Boi-1da, 40(two Toronto producers who are some of the best up and coming in the game) and J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League. I'm really hyped to see what those three do. Justice League has created some of my all-time favorite beats like "Maybach Music III" and "Rich off Cocaine". My favorite Boi-1da beat has to be Big Sean's "My House (http://youtu.be/dMjGQVN8Weg)". 40 produced a lot of Drake's Take Care album, which was in fact a production masterpiece imo. He out did himself on ""Cameras/Good Ones Go" (http://youtu.be/vsqUQmuoGXs).

Outside of the production, I'm interested to see how "Summer on Smash" featuring Miguel and Swizz Beatz works out. Usually whenever Swizz is featured on a track, it goes downhill really, really, really fast. (http://youtu.be/88uc-_nifAU) No one wants to hear his anteater looking ass screaming all over album cuts like it's a shitty mixtape song. His production is nice though. I'm a huge Miguel fan and he collaborates with rappers really well as we've seen with "All I Want is You(feat J.Cole) (http://youtu.be/191rnyn1qUQ)" and the Wale track he was featured on "Lotus Flower Bomb (http://youtu.be/JlYYeA5Zhaw)". I think this will be the radio friendly album cut, hope it's a banger.

ISH, are you guys as amped as I am for this album?

[alwaysunny]

What a shit album cover. I was hoping for a nighttime skyline of Manhattan or something. Should've just stuck with the Daughters cover instead.

http://cdn.nahright.com/news/m.php/2012/04/daughters-450x450.jpg

[RaininTwos]

I actually like the cover. It's clean and has a message.

[J-Futuristic]

I expect another classic album by Nas, he's been on fire this past year.

[LockoutOver11]

:D

[niko]

the only thing i don't like about his single Don Dadda is he talks about NY like it's 1980. The rikers island references and such, he makes it sound like we have THE CARTER on ever corner or something. NY is yuppie paradise now. It comes off so fake to me.

[Scholar]

I might actually cop this. Nas has been releasing fire tracks recently.

[Knicks101]

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[SevereUpInHere]

http://arts.nationalpost.com/2012/07/04/listen-cherry-wine-by-nas-feat-amy-winehouse/

New track. Can't wait for this album, sheeeit man.

[ArbitraryWater]

Yeah, I'm late, since I've just recently got into all this, before that I was just a (Em) stan lol...

but listening to all Nas' albums, man, Life Is Good is really where it all came together for him IMO... would be a nice end to his Discography.

No Introduction
Loco-Motive
Daughters
Back When
The Don
Stay
Cherry Wine
Nasty
Roses
Where's The Love
The Don - Don Dada Remix

The Don Dada of the Rap game :bowdown:

[L.Kizzle]

Good record. Will play it today.

[dh144498]

cherry wine is my favorite track on this album.

[NBAplayoffs2001]

Been rocking the Nas's God Son album for awhile this past weekend. The first two songs are songs I like to listen to while shooting around.

[That_Admiral]

I feel this is album is a top 3 discography of Nas' if the albums entirety is taken into consideration. Really showing that Nas still has it. Can't wait for his last def jam album and the collab with Premier !