God's Son - Nas
  • Band Name: Nas
  • Record Label: Sony
  • Release Date: Dec 17, 2002
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81 out of 100

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9.2 out of 10

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  • Summary: Jay-Z's mortal enemy returns with his third (!) release of 2002, which includes collaborations with Alicia Keys and 2Pac (yes, that 2Pac, who, as you may recall, died several years ago).

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 18
  3. Negative: 0 out of 18
  1. New York Magazine (Vulture)
    100
    Here, Nas is so fierce, so plainspoken, so lean with words, that he demolishes not just the oeuvre of our ruling rappers (yes, including Eminem's) and recalls the music's lyrical champs like Rakim, he even brings to mind hip-hop progenitors like Muhammad Ali in the "Rumble in the Jungle" era.
  2. Blender
    80
    Nas, it seems, wants his crown back. [#13, p.95]
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  3. New Musical Express (NME)
    80
    Mostly this is Nas going back to his former role as a keen street observer, ready to dispense wisdom to up-and-coming youngbloods.
  4. Rolling Stone
    60
    A welcome return to form.

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  1. Positive: 34 out of 35
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 35
  3. Negative: 1 out of 35
  1. emceefan
    10
    And Nasty Nas strikes again with another platinum WORTHY album, which many artists never are WORTHY but go platinum anyway. Nas tells little ghetto children to follow their dreams, dedicated songs to his mother who recently died, and had a song with Pac. Pac who died six years before, beefed with Nas and Mobb Deep, and Nas forgives and forgets it all, to feature 2Pac & J. Phoenix in Thugz Mansion N.Y. And all of this in the midst of the Nas - Jigga feud that Nas won and Jigga the fake ass n**** had to hope for forgiveness for sucking ****. Nas followed Stillmatic with his 4th instant classic album that won the feud. At this point, Nasir Bin Olu Dara Jones should be a household name everywhere.… Expand
  2. lovemusic
    8
    this is what rapping is all about. nas pours out his heart in this record. great comeback album. the lyrics was superb. he had maybe a few bad songs other than that it was very decent.… Expand
  3. BrannonM
    7
    Very listenable, not on Stillmatics level, but a very good album.
  4. bADcd
    1
    baD CD

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