Away from the very political, very black power-moderate-inspired lyrics, manages this album namely musically the handset completely to cast a spell, which is partly due to the diversity of emerging here varieties of hip-hop, on the other hand to extremely clever, atmospherically dense sampling. Nas manages the balance between catchy and blatantly to keep between emotional and pathetic. , Hero 'the mood moderately to Beyonce's Crazy In Love, with its almost schhon overwhelming Sample' recalls, is the best example: where is Beyonce's song takes the platitudes for good beginning, is at Nas a stylish, addictive hip hop track from the Sample carved.
The song titles reveal even where it's at lyrically: 'You Can not Stop Us Now', 'America', 'Ni ** ger' (The Slave And The Master) ',' Black President '... Nas makes the Hip Hop again politically - similar to the roots on their latest album, and he wants to African Americans initiate new self-confidence on the basis of promising black presidential candidate Obama. Would 2Pac still alive, who would probably two a black hip-hop community - strictly political, of course - raise, but Nas is anyway the only legitimate heir 2Pacs - especially musically - and he leaves, Stars' such as Timbaland, Jay-Z, etc. look like with this album as bubblegum music, because what he does on this album really is, he lets the story of rap / hip-hop the last - let's say 20 Years - reminisce (see eg. Ex, Sly Fox '-. Run DMC only contemporary) and updated and adapted smart and clever for his own hip-hop sound, and is always irresistible. Actually, are among the 15 songs, only two fall off a bit, but the highest level.
Here writes one of the was an ardent hip-hop and rap fan until the mid-90s, but then realized that rap became increasingly recognized in a parody of himself, from the music industry and complacent, that gangsta 'posturing only marketing strategy and was called, street credibility 'de facto, did not exist at the successful acts. Nas and The Streets make it possible to convince me of a strengthening, a rebirth of the US hip-hop's, I hope many others will follow their way ...
