 Life Is Good , Nas ' eleventh studio album , was released by Def Jam Recordings ; it was also his last album for the label . It was first released on July 13 , 2012 , in Germany , where it reached number 24 on the Media Control Charts . In the United Kingdom , it debuted at number 8 on the Official Albums Chart , on which it spent three weeks . The album also debuted at number 2 in Canada and sold 5 @,@ 700 copies in its first week there . In the United States , the album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 and sold 149 @,@ 000 copies in its first week . It was his sixth number @-@ one album in the United States . In its second week on the Billboard 200 , the album sold 45 @,@ 000 copies . By February 10 , 2013 , the album had sold 354 @,@ 000 copies , according to Nielsen SoundScan . The album charted for 16 weeks on the Billboard 200 . 
