‘Stay Honest. Stay Focussed. Stay a Leader’ – Nas Nas is Evergreen. He still looks 19. He still carries a crowd like he was born to do nothing else. He’s still living in 1994. And that’s no bad thing. Edit: I didn’t realise that part rhymed when I wrote it. Life is Good is just what is says on the tin: an ode to a life well-lived and the pitches and rises that come with being one of the best-loved ...
I thought I’d pay tribute to ‘Nasty Nas‘ turning the ripe old age of 38, we had to commemorate the g.r.o.a.t’s (greatest rapper of all time) birthday here at VY-NLY, because let’s be ‘On The Real’, ‘Nas is Like‘ the greatest emcee ever. I wasn’t sure how to pay tribute, I thought I could ‘Ether‘ review his iconic discography and share ‘The Message’ of Nas by discussing nuances of how great records like ‘Illmatic‘ and ‘The Lost Tapes‘ are. Or ...