Nas Album: “God's Son (Edited)”

...Stop comparing all of Nas' other albums to Illmatic. When someone makes an album as great as Illmatic, its hard to live up to that again... Anyway, Nas has never made a wack album. NEVER!!! Even Nastradamus had it's high points (ignore the commercial songs "Nastradamus" and "You Owe Me"). God's Son is an exceptional album. It starts off very strong with "Get Down", which is a sample from an old James Brown song. The Eminem-produced "The Cross" doesn't have the nicest beat you will ever hear, but REAL hip-hop listeners look past the beat and actually listen to the lyrics (woulda been nice if Em had added a verse on there himself though). "Made You Look" was a good single to start out with. "Last Real N---- Alive" may be the best track on the album. At first I didn't like "Zone Out", but after listening to it a few times, it wasn't that bad (quit dissin G-wiz & Jungle, they aint that bad). "Hey Nas" was decent. I never thought I would hear Kelis sing on anything other than a Neptune track but theres a 1st time for everything.

"I Can" is good for the kids. Nas always manages to put one real creative song on each of his albums, and "Book of Rhymes" is the newest edition. I don't need to say anything about "Thugs Mansion" as it speaks for itself. "Mastermind"... good stuff. Alicia Keys... "Warrior Song"... Who knew? "Revolutionary Warfare"... amazing. I won't comment on "Dance". It's a dedication song. Everyone needs those. And finally... "Heaven"... didn't really like the singing in it. But the flow is nice. Overall. Very good album.

This is Nas' best after "Illmatic" and "Lost Tapes". I ranked all the tracks on the album, out of 5.

1. "Get Down" 5/5 (Amazing song, great sampling (James Brown), great hook, amazing concept, probably my favourite song on cd)

2. "The Cross"4.5/5 (Great beat from Eminem, even better rhymes)

3. "Made You Look" 5/5 (Amazing street burner, great old school sound, good choice for first single)

4. "Last Real N***a Alive" 3.5/5 (Admits beef with Big, a few disses to Jay, but a slightly weak hook, and average beat)

5. "Zone Out" feat. Bravehearts 2.5/5 (Worst song on cd, beat is wack and to cluttered, average rhymes by Nas and Jungle, below average by Wiz)

6. "Hey Nas" feat. Claudette Ortez & Kelis 4/5 (Nice, yet simple beat, good rhymes by Nasir, nice vocals by the ladies)

7. "I Can" 4.5/5 (Don't think this is a 'Hard Knock Life' rip off, It has a great positive message by Nas, and some of the sharpest lyrics on the cd)

8. "Book of Rhymes" 5/5 (My 2nd fav song, amazing beat courtesy of The Alchemist, great concept for the song, great lyrics)

9. "Thugz Mansion" feat 2Pac 4.5/5 (Some think this is a lil to 'pop' for Nas, but it has a great guitar in the backround, and Nas and 'Pac tear up the track lyrically)

10. "Mastermind" 4/5 (Amazing song, not great hook, but has great lyrics

11. "Warrior Song" feat. Alicia Keys 5/5 (Great production, great editing, amazing vocals by Alicia, amazing lyrics by Nas)

12. "Revloutionary Warfare" feat. Lake 4.5/5 (Nice children choral sounds in backround, has a bit of politcal content, great lyrics by Nas and his boy Lake (who just got outta prison)

13. "Dance" 4/5 (A dedication to his mom who passed, nice beat, very touching song)

14. "Heaven" 5/5(The final track, crazy lyrics by Nas, amazing vocals by Toronto-newcomer Jully Black, nice beat, and a more concious side of Nas on this one)

Best Tracks: "Get down", "The Cross", "Made You Look", "Book of Rhymes" and "Warrior Song" and 'Heaven".

Conclusion: If you love great hip hop, and want more of Nas' great lyrical skills similar to 'Illmatic', 'Stillmatic' and 'Lost Tapes', I guarantee this album will not dissapoint.

God's Son is the best work done by Nas in his career. Tracks like "Made You Look" and "I Can" are the best songs recorded by the artist. The album is more street than hip hop, but is still good listening. Nas also focuses more on his music than his beef with Jay-Z and the Roc-A-Fella family. All tracks on the album live up to the name God's Son. Nas features artists on his album such as Alicia Keys, Kelis, and the late Tupac (2Pac) Shakur. The second bonus CD is also great even though it only contains three songs. This album is definitly worth buying and it's worth all 5 stars that have been given.

This is one of Nas' best albums ever made. Great beats, and great lyrics.

1)Get Down: 5/5 = The beginning song is one of the best songs. Nice beat

So as you can see, every song (except track 5) is what make the album worth your money. So if you're a true hip-hop head like me, go ahead and add this to your collection

What kind of a hater is the CDNOW reviewer who wrote the above review of Nas's GOD's Son?

FIRST OF ALL, YOU DO MAKE REFERENCE TO JAY-Z, which is stupid, because first of all Jay-z's blueprint is just an amalgomy of all the commercialized rap cliche's he's ever been able to think of this year. SECOND, Nas has finally come back to us with songs that are about something like "heaven" and dance" and you completely ignore those tracks in your review. TO ALL THE PEOPLE OUT THERE READING THIS, DO NOT PAY ATTENTION TO THE REVIEW GIVEN BY THIS SITE, TRUST ME, I'VE BEEN LISTENING TO HIPHOP AND FOLLOWING NAS'S CAREER FOR A WHILE, AND THIS IS A CD WORTH BUYING. THIRD, THIS IS BETTER THAN STILLMATIC, AND CLOSER TO NAS'S TRUE ALBUM ILLMATIC, SO FOR EVERY RAP LOVER OUT THERE WHO KNOWS WHAT REAL HIPHOP IS, DON'T DEPRIVE YOURSELF OF THE LYRICAL NAS. THIS ALBUM IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE ONLY RAP ALBUMS OUT THERE THAT IS "about something"