Music : Life is Good

The newest album from Nas.

The same man that declared that hip hop was dead is the same man breathing life back into the art.  With his newest studio album release Life is Good, Nas brings back the sounds and styles reminiscent of a golden era that made the east coast a power house.  With guest appearances by Mary J. Blidge and Rick Ross coupled with production by Swiss Beats and Large Professor, Life is Good recaptures an era of history in hip hop that now seems lost in todays' modern trend of ass slapping, money tossing, non conscience rap music.  Nas has always been well known for his gritty street intellectual lyrics with a delivery that can only be matched by few.  Tracks such as Loco Motive, Accident Murderer, and Daughters almost sound as if they could be lost tracks from Illmatic, It was Written, or I am.  For those of the older generation this will be a welcomed breath of fresh air and for the younger cats it'll serve as a lesson and tribute to the true soul of hip hop.