I got one word for this album: CLASSIC.
Track List:
1. No Introduction
2. Loco-Motive ft. Large Professor
3. A Queens Story
4. Accident Murderers ft. Rick Ross
5. Daughters
6. Reach Out ft. Mary J. Blige
7. World's An Addiction ft. Anthony Hamilton
8. Summer On Smash ft. Miguel & Swizz Beatz
9. You Wouldn't Understand ft. Victoria Monet
10. Back When
11. The Don
12. Stay
13. Cherry Wine ft. Amy Winehouse
14. Bye Baby
Deluxe Edition:
15. Nasty
16. The Black Bond
17. Roses ft. Nikki Flores
18. Where's the Love ft. Cocaine 80s
iTunes Store Bonus Track:
19. Trust
Japan Bonus Track:
20. The Don (Don Dada Remix)
This album is craaaazy! It contains classic samples from Kirk Franklin's "Don't Cry," MC Shan's "The Bridge," Run DMC's "Peter Piper," Isaac Hayes' "Ike's Mood," New Edition's "Once In A Lifetime," Eric B & Rakim's "Eric B for President," Guy's "Bye Baby" and many more. Nas put his soul into this album, as he holds his ex-wife's wedding dress on the cover. He touches on topics of raising his daughter in the respectfully titled track, "Daughters," the topic of a once in a lifetime love with the song "Reach Out" featuring the Queen of Hip Hop/Soul, Mary J. Blige. The production in this album is very in dept and emotional. If you're looking for those catchy rap records that are flooding the airwaves these days then this album is not for you. But if you are looking for some classic hip hop joints with great production and lyrical flow to match that touches on serious topics then you should definitely add Nas' Life Is Good to your music playlist. It's for the mature, experienced listener who craves authentic hip-hop music. It's a perfect summer release, "80's summer NY days" release to be exact as Nas states in his song, "Back When." He also touches on his relationship with Kelis in the song titled "Bye Baby" with the iconic Aaron Hall vocal samples. And I'm going to just go ahead and say that "The Don" is NYC's newest anthem. Definitely cop this one.
Nas got #TheJuice !
-J.Couture
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