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** ''Nasir'''s release was marred by accusations from his ex-wife Kelis that he had physically abused her repeatedly during their marriage.
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*** "You Owe Me", the second single from the album, is probably Nas's most divisive track - it's an unabashed Timbaland club banger, and whether or not you enjoy it depends on if you can look past the sheer concept of street poet Nas doing such a song, and its frankly misogynist lyrics.
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*** "You Owe Me", the second single from the album, is probably Nas's most divisive track - it's an unabashed Timbaland Music/{{Timbaland}} club banger, and whether or not you enjoy it depends on if you can look past the sheer concept of street poet Nas doing such a song, and its frankly misogynist lyrics.
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UI is now Flame Bait. Example is valid and has been moved to the item's page. Also removed Values Resonance that is actually an already-dated potshot.
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** ''Nastradamus,'' to an extent: While widely considered to be his weakest album, fan opinion tends to divided on whether [[SoOkayItsAverage it's a mostly decent album]] marred by unusually bad singles, or a [[NeverLiveItDown mostly-terrible album]] with only a few decent tracks.
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** ''Nastradamus,'' to an extent: While widely considered to be his weakest album, fan opinion tends to divided on whether [[SoOkayItsAverage it's a mostly decent album]] marred by unusually bad singles, or a [[NeverLiveItDown mostly-terrible album]] album with only a few decent tracks.
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* ValuesDissonance: Some of the homophobic insults in "Ether" are criticized more often nowadays, although the rest of the song maintains its legendary status.
** In fact, Nas used so many homophobic insults during his beef with Jay-Z that [[LampshadeHanging even Jay pointed out it was getting kind of weird]].
* ValuesResonance: The term ''Hip Hop Is Dead'' is definitely relevant as of today thanks to the rise of mumble rap as of late.
** In fact, Nas used so many homophobic insults during his beef with Jay-Z that [[LampshadeHanging even Jay pointed out it was getting kind of weird]].
* ValuesResonance: The term ''Hip Hop Is Dead'' is definitely relevant as of today thanks to the rise of mumble rap as of late.
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* ValuesDissonance: Some of the homophobic insults in "Ether" are criticized more often nowadays, although the rest of the song maintains its legendary status.
**status. In fact, general, Nas used so many homophobic insults during his beef with Jay-Z that [[LampshadeHanging even Jay pointed out it was getting kind of weird]].
* ValuesResonance: The term ''Hip Hop Is Dead'' is definitely relevant as of today thanks to the rise of mumble rap as of late.weird]].
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* ValuesResonance: The term ''Hip Hop Is Dead'' is definitely relevant as of today thanks to the rise of mumble rap as of late.
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** Nas's decision to title his 2006 album ''Hip Hop is Dead'' is thought to have remained prescient in retrospect; while it had its bright spots[[note]]the rise of major players like Music/FiftyCent, Music/LilWayne, and alternative hip hop artists like Music/KanyeWest and Music/KidCudi; the internet and [=MP3=] age officially starting to hit the mainstream[[/note]], the 2000s is more widely agreed to have been [[DorkAge a weaker era for hip hop]] than the 90s and 2010s[[note]]The rise of crunk, glam-style bling and ringtone rap remain controversial among fans, and the hip hop world in general reached full steam on its path to greater commercialization[[/note]].
* UnfortunateImplications: Though Nas has never directly commented on the matter, thus leaving them ambiguous, a few lyrics in "Everything" from ''Nasir'' and "What Goes Around" on ''Stillmatic'' have been interpreted as being antivax. The latter's lyrics in context seem moreso about how black children in particular tend to be deliberate victims of medical malpractice, and the first seems to focus moreso on the literal pain of the needle from a baby's perspective, but the ambiguity has made [[https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/5-takeaways-from-nas-new-kanye-produced-album-nasir/ more than]] [[https://hiphopdx.com/editorials/id.4101/title.those-nasir-anti-vaxx-hot-lines-murk-up-a-hot-song a few]] [[https://www.okayplayer.com/music/anti-vaccine-rappers-hip-hop.html listeners]] uncomfortable.
* UnfortunateImplications: Though Nas has never directly commented on the matter, thus leaving them ambiguous, a few lyrics in "Everything" from ''Nasir'' and "What Goes Around" on ''Stillmatic'' have been interpreted as being antivax. The latter's lyrics in context seem moreso about how black children in particular tend to be deliberate victims of medical malpractice, and the first seems to focus moreso on the literal pain of the needle from a baby's perspective, but the ambiguity has made [[https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/5-takeaways-from-nas-new-kanye-produced-album-nasir/ more than]] [[https://hiphopdx.com/editorials/id.4101/title.those-nasir-anti-vaxx-hot-lines-murk-up-a-hot-song a few]] [[https://www.okayplayer.com/music/anti-vaccine-rappers-hip-hop.html listeners]] uncomfortable.
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** Nas's decision to title his 2006 album ''Hip Hop is Dead'' is thought to have remained prescient in retrospect; while it had its bright spots[[note]]the rise of major players like Music/FiftyCent, Music/LilWayne, and alternative hip hop artists like Music/KanyeWest and Music/KidCudi; the internet and [=MP3=] age officially starting to hit the mainstream[[/note]], the 2000s is more widely agreed to have been [[DorkAge a weaker era for hip hop]] hop than the 90s and 2010s[[note]]The rise of crunk, glam-style bling and ringtone rap remain controversial among fans, and the hip hop world in general reached full steam on its path to greater commercialization[[/note]].
* UnfortunateImplications: Though Nas has never directly commented on the matter, thus leaving them ambiguous, a few lyrics in "Everything" from ''Nasir'' and "What Goes Around" on ''Stillmatic'' have been interpreted as being antivax. The latter's lyrics in context seem moreso about how black children in particular tend to be deliberate victims of medical malpractice, and the first seems to focus moreso on the literal pain of the needle from a baby's perspective, but the ambiguity has made [[https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/5-takeaways-from-nas-new-kanye-produced-album-nasir/ more than]] [[https://hiphopdx.com/editorials/id.4101/title.those-nasir-anti-vaxx-hot-lines-murk-up-a-hot-song a few]] [[https://www.okayplayer.com/music/anti-vaccine-rappers-hip-hop.html listeners]] uncomfortable.commercialization[[/note]].
* UnfortunateImplications: Though Nas has never directly commented on the matter, thus leaving them ambiguous, a few lyrics in "Everything" from ''Nasir'' and "What Goes Around" on ''Stillmatic'' have been interpreted as being antivax. The latter's lyrics in context seem moreso about how black children in particular tend to be deliberate victims of medical malpractice, and the first seems to focus moreso on the literal pain of the needle from a baby's perspective, but the ambiguity has made [[https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/5-takeaways-from-nas-new-kanye-produced-album-nasir/ more than]] [[https://hiphopdx.com/editorials/id.4101/title.those-nasir-anti-vaxx-hot-lines-murk-up-a-hot-song a few]] [[https://www.okayplayer.com/music/anti-vaccine-rappers-hip-hop.html listeners]] uncomfortable.
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* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Let's start with ''Illmatic'' and go from there.
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