Nameless Nas album

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unnamed
Studio album by Nas

Publication
(s)

July 11, 2008 ( Germany )

July 15, 2008 ( USA )

Label (s) Def Jam Records
Columbia Records
The Jones Experience

Genre (s)

Eastcoast hip-hop

running time

54 min 04 sec

production

chronology
Hip Hop Is Dead
(2006) 		unnamed Life's Good
(2012)

Nas ' album, which was released in July 2008, is the ninth official studio album by the New York- born rapper and has no official name.

History of origin

Originally this album was supposed to be titled "Nigger"; At least this was announced by Nas at a performance in New York on October 12, 2007. However, on May 19, 2008 it was confirmed that Nas changed the title of the album to "Untitled". It was noted that people will always know what the actual title of this album is and will call it that. The album's cover features the bare back of Nas, with whip scars forming the letter N, a reference to racial discrimination and the torture of slaves.

Reviews

The reviews of the album were generally positive. However, websites such as laut.de or rap.de described the album as extremely difficult to understand, as countless cross-references, allusions and word games make it very difficult for a non-American to understand the album 100 percent. The controversies that were already hinted at when the album was made and the title selected are only continued in the work itself. “The long player,” writes laut.de, “is politicizing and furious. The lyrical perfection of Nas', which has always been praised since Illmatic from 1994, cannot be ignored in this album either ”. The not always appropriately chosen beats and the temporary lack of display of the flow of Nas as the actual rapper are often mentioned as negative points.

At the Grammy Awards 2009 , the album was nominated in the Best Rap Album category, but was defeated by Lil Wayne's Tha Carter III .

The nigger tape

On June 9, 2008, Nas released a mixtape with DJ Green Lantern called The Nigger Tape . The mixtape was published by nasindependenceday . The mixtape contains three songs that were later taken over to Untitled , as well as various unreleased tracks.

Track list

  1. Queens Get the Money (produced by Jay Electronica)
  2. You Can't Stop Us Now feat. Eban Thomas of The Stylistics & The Last Poets (produced by Salaam Remi)
  3. Breathe (produced by J. Myers & Dustin Moore)
  4. Make The World Go Round feat. Chris Brown & The Game (produced by Cool & Dre & The Game)
  5. Hero feat. Keri Hilson (produced by Polow Da Don)
  6. America (produced by Stargate)
  7. Sly Fox (produced by stic.man of dead prez )
  8. Testify (produced by Mark Batson)
  9. NI *. *. ER (The Slave And The Master) (produced by DJ Toomp)
  10. Untitled (produced by stic.man of dead prez)
  11. Fried Chicken feat. Busta Rhymes (produced by Marc Ronson)
  12. Project Roach feat. The Last Poets (produced by Eric Hudson)
  13. Y'all My Ni ** as (produced by J. Myers)
  14. We're Not Alone feat. Mykel (produced by stic.man of dead prez)
  15. Black President (produced by DJ Green Lantern )
  16. Be A Ni ** er Too (Bonus Track)
  17. Proclamation (bonus track)
  18. War Is Necessary (Bonus Track)
  19. Middle Finger feat David Banner (bonus track)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Review on laut.de
  2. ↑ Review on rap.de ( Memento of the original from February 22, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / rap.de

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