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Almost 20 years in the business, and creativity is still flowing through Nasir Jones. We've heard him rap from the perspective of a gun that has been used in several homicides. He's rapped from the perspective of a kid on a project bench. And on his upcoming album, Nigger, he's at it again, reciting lyrics from the viewpoint of an insect. One of the standout cuts he previewed for MTV News on ... [link]

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Nas Previews, “Nigger,” To MTV
Published 5/14/2008 by Nigel D at RealTalkNY
... world, instead of looking at us as beauty. Inside poverty, inside the street, inside the ghettos and the gutters and the slums, we aren’t looked at as beauty out there. We were looked at as the worst pest, and because of that, because of that treatment, some of us started to believe we were a pest, started to believe what we were told, and started to act like it, and started to reproduce my people, bring kids in the world that were f—ed up in the head. Full Story @ MTV ShareThis

girl, you know nas crazy...
Published 5/15/2008 at OH NO!!
... can't forget it. America still got a lot of growing up to do. America has so much great potential. You know, I love this country, but at the same time, we have to fix up a lot of things. And it's just a reminder." favorite nas song, bbs? what do we think about the title? is anybody excited for this to be released? talk to me...and btw, i was going to highlight for the tl;dr crowd but i think the whole thing is pretty interesting, tbh source

‘Terminate on Sight’ vs. ‘Nigger’
Published 5/15/2008 by Rizoh at The Rap Up
T.O.S. vs. Nigger July 1st ShareThis

Way 2 Major
Published 5/15/2008 by Beware at The Smoking Section
... , he talks about working with Jay Electronica, stic.man and MF DOOM. While, in this MTV interview, he speaks on collabs with Rick Ross, The Lox and a new song through the P.O.V. of a roach. ...

News: Nas Shares Some New Album Details, Tours
Published 5/15/2008 by Matthew Solarski at Pitchfork Media - Today
... Nas recently sat down with MTV.com to preview and discuss his latest opus. Addressing the delay, he told the website, "Somebody asked me, what's your inspiration for this album? Everything that's happening every day. I can't really turn an album in when, like, next week it will be something else that will come to light and make me want to write about something. It's hard to finally wrap it up, but I finally got there. I'm finally there now...This year looks like it's going to be amazing." ...

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