“I never sleep, cause sleep is the cousin of death”
N.Y. State of Mind
On Albums, Illmatic (1994)
Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones , known professionally as Nas , is an American rapper, songwriter, entrepreneur, and investor. The son of jazz musician Olu Dara, Nas has released eight consecutive platinum and multi-platinum albums and has sold over 30 million records worldwide. He is also an entrepreneur through his own record label; he serves as associate publisher of Mass Appeal magazine and the co-founder of Mass Appeal Records.
His musical career began in 1991, as a featured artist on Main Source's "Live at the Barbeque". His debut album Illmatic received universal acclaim from both critics and the hip hop community and is frequently ranked as one of the greatest hip hop albums of all time. Nas's follow-up It Was Written debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200, stayed on top for four consecutive weeks, went Double Platinum in two months, and made Nas internationally known. From 2001 to 2005, Nas was involved in a highly publicized feud with Jay-Z, popularized by the diss track "Ether". Nas signed to Def Jam in 2006. In 2010, he released Distant Relatives, a collaboration album with Damian Marley, donating all royalties to charities active in Africa. His 11th studio album, Life Is Good was nominated for Best Rap Album at the 55th Annual Grammy Awards.
In 2006, MTV ranked Nas at #5 on their list of "The Greatest MCs of All Time". In 2012, The Source ranked him #2 on their list of the "Top 50 Lyricists of All Time". In 2013, Nas was ranked 4th on MTV's "Hottest MCs in the Game" list. About.com ranked him first on their list of the "50 Greatest MCs of All Time" in 2014, and a year later, Nas was featured on "The 10 Best Rappers of All Time" list by Billboard. Nas has released eight consecutive platinum albums and has sold over 30 million records worldwide.
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“I never sleep, cause sleep is the cousin of death”
N.Y. State of Mind
On Albums, Illmatic (1994)
“A thug changes, and love changes
and best friends become strangers, word up”
The Message
On Albums, It Was Written (1996)
“I set it off with my own rhyme
cause I'm as ill as a convict who kills for phone time”
Halftime
On Albums, Illmatic (1994)
“Beyond the walls of intelligence, life is defined”
N.Y. State of Mind
On Albums, Illmatic (1994)
“I never brag, how real I keep it, cause it's the best secret.”
Take It In The Blood
On Albums, It Was Written (1996)
“We in chronic need of a second look of the law books, And the whole race dichotomy”
America
On Albums, Untitled (2008)
“Don't say the car is topless, say the titties are out”
Made You Look
On Albums, God's Son (2002)
“What really did I escape from, thought I saw Gods face on the design in my vintage Claiborne”
In His Own Words
On Albums, Distant Relatives (2010)
Drunk By Myself
On Albums, The Lost Tapes (2002)
“I'm capable of anything, my imagination can give me wings”
Thugz Mansion (N.Y.)
On Albums, God's Son (2002)
"Nas Is Like"
On Albums, I Am... (1999)
"N.Y. State of Mind Pt. II"
On Albums, I Am... (1999)
America
On Albums, Untitled (2008)
Project Windows
On Albums, Nastradamus (1999)
Memory Lane (Sittin' in Da Park)
On Albums, Illmatic (1994)
America
On Albums, Untitled (2008)
N.I.G.G.E.R. (The Slave And The Master)
On Albums, Untitled (2008)
“Live amongst no roses, only the drama, for real
A nickel-plate is my fate, my medicine is the ganja”
Memory Lane (Sittin' in Da Park)
On Albums, Illmatic (1994)
“Mad smoke makes me able to quote
Soliciting ill editions of that murder I wrote.”
Nas Is Coming
On Albums, It Was Written (1996)
“Born alone, die alone, no crew to keep my crown or throne”
The World Is Yours
On Albums, Illmatic (1994)
Carry on Tradition
On Albums, Hip Hop Is Dead (2006)
One Time 4 Your Mind
On Albums, Illmatic (1994)
It Ain't Hard to Tell
On Albums, Illmatic (1994)
“From child births to hearses, flow like the Nile covered surface
Bit the fruit from the serpent.”
Nas Is Coming
On Albums, It Was Written (1996)
I Gave You Power
On Albums, It Was Written (1996)
“Slave food turned to soul food, collards to neck bones”
You can't stop us now
On Albums, Untitled (2008)
“Some things are forever, some things are not
It's the things we remember that gave the world shock”
Can't Forget About You
On Albums, Hip Hop Is Dead (2006)
“No idea is original, there's nothing new under the sun, it's never what you do, but how it's done”
No Idea's Original
On Albums, The Lost Tapes (2002)
“It's suicidal, high smokin' so much la', I saw a dead bird flyin through a broken sky”
You're Da Man
On Albums, Stillmatic (2001)