Title: A Lackluster Effort
Review: I give Nas two obligatory stars simply because he is Nas. . . Other than that this album fails to show any evolution in the artist's development or hip hop. I bought strictly on the belief that the first single "Nastradamus" was a foreshadowing of the other potential hits. Was I mistaken! Except for the Isley collaboration, the album is downright painful to listen to. Wack beats paired to trite lyrics. For an MC who wishes to be compared to the greatest rappers of all time like Rakim, KRS, JayZ, and Biggie this is a POOR effort which mandated that I call my fellow collectors and STRONGLY advise that they do not buy it and either purchase the Method Man/Redman project or wait for Q-Tip's release next week. The only saving grace is that my local music store has a policy whereby on Tuesdays I can return Nastradamus and Aaron Hall's "Inside of You" (don't get me started with that one) for something worth listening to.
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