Product Description

'Stillmatic' is the fifth album from hard hitting rap artist Nas and follows on from his 1999 release 'Nastrodamus'. Includes the single 'Got Ur Self A...' which uses the chorus from Alabama 3's 'Woke Up This Morning'. Features guest appearances from DJ Premier and the Large Professor.

Track Listing

1. Stillmatic (The Intro)
2. Ether
3. Got Ur Self A...
4. Smokin'
5. You're Da Man
6. Rewind
7. One Mic
8. 2nd Childhood
9. Destroy And Rebuild
10. Flyest - Nas & AZ
11. Braveheart Party - Nas & Mary J. Blige
12. Rule - Nas & Amerie
13. My Country
14. What Goes Around

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #15358 in Music
• Released on: 2002-01-02
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Explicit Lyrics

Amazon.co.uk Review
Nas comes 16th in Ego Trip's Book of Rap Lists's "Greatest Emcees of All-Time" so it's no surprise that his albums are always greeted with the maximum of fuss. Stillmatic should be no exception. Will it be as good as Illmatic, Nas' phenomenal debut--the album that announced a revolutionary literate rapping talent? Five albums down the line, he's survived the second album doldrums, a spat with a crucified Puffy and a battling Jay Z. The press will always crow that this isn't Illmatic but the fans know that Nas has lyrical skills that most MCs would cry blood for. Stillmatic is super-league hip-hop. No messing... just upper cut Muhammed Ali shaolin class with guests like Mary J Blige helping him bash all-comers. Nas ain't never gonna make another Illmatic so revel in his rhymes on "Every Ghetto" bop your head as the music weaves through freaky hypercharged funk on "Braveheart Party" warm, soul on "D.O.E" and marvel. Nas is a maverick, that's why we love him--Reuben Dessay

Customer Reviews

still wacky
compared to i am and nastradamus, this is a step ahead- compared to illmatic and some moments of it was written, still wack.

STILLMATIC
Back on the hardcore block and with plenty to prove after two years without a record under his own name, Nas designed Stillmatic as a response: to the rap cognoscenti who thought he'd become a relic, and most of all to Jay-Z, the East Coast kingpin who wounded his pride and largely replaced him as the best rapper in hip-hop. The saga started back in the summer of 2001 with the mixtape "Stillmatic," Nas' answer track to an on-stage dis by Jay-Z. A few months after Jay-Z countered with the devastating "Takeover," Nas dropped the comeback single "Ether" and the full album Stillmatic; tellingly, Jay-Z had already released his response to "Ether" (titled "Super Ugly") before Stillmatic even came out. Dropping many of the mainstream hooks and featured performers in order to focus his rapping, Nas proves he's still a world-class rhymer, but he does sound out of touch in the process of defending his honor. "Ether" relies on a deep-throat vocal repeating the phrase, "F*ck Jay-Z," while "You're da Man" hits the heights of arrogance with a looped vocal sample repeating the title over and over. "Destroy & Rebuild" is a solid defense of his Queensbridge home, and "Got Ur Self A..." is an outstanding track, the best here, complete with chant-along chorus. Despite the many highlights, a few of these tracks (most were produced by either Large Professor or Nas himself) just end up weighing him down: "Smokin'," one of the worst, is an odd G-funk track that would've sounded dated years before its release. Stillmatic certainly isn't as commercial as past Nas output, but it places him squarely behind the times. Facts are facts: He's not the best rapper in the business anymore

illmatic it aint ever gonna be.......


complete pants it is..
he says he don't wanna do another illmatic...
but listen to stillmatic then go back and listen to his debut.... this has nothin on it.... unless you don't mind listenin to cheesey beats that some high paid producer has laided out while brushing his teeth that very morning. yes i have to say that some of the lyrics are some of his best. well apart from his illmatic..............
sorry NAS, you fell of and bumped your head somewhere along the line..