Number one, I got a daughter. Nas’ “Daughters” was a leak off the album that caught me early on. "Oh, Nas. He’s back on his Nas shit." His real Nasty Nas shit. You know, talking to his daughter and then talking to her boyfriend. It’s just that conceptual shit. When I heard “Daughters,” I felt the same respect that I felt when I had first heard “Rewind.” Of course, it’s nothing like “Rewind” but it made me feel that Nas was on his shit when I heard “Daughters.”Then I heard another leaked track and it was “Accident Murderers.” I was like, "Damn, how genius is that for him to say niggas is accident murderers." You don’t really want to kill nobody, but everybody out here saying they killing, they shooting. That concept was dope and putting Ross on it was like Nas showing homage to the nigga doing it now like B.I.G. was doing it. Ross—no matter what you say—Ross is the big, black, fat nigga that’s getting it in and he’s reminiscent to Biggie. He’s wearing that fly shit and doing that. I thought that was dope.
Sitting on front of the album cover with Kelis’ wedding dress. We all know Nas and his album covers be on some other shit, but that just took the cake, man. That shit was ill. And just the title. After all of that. Going through a divorce and exposing that to the world. Then sitting on the couch with the wedding dress and with his lap with no woman in it is just ill in itself. So before I heard anything else, I was like, "Oh, this shit gotta be ill." He's on his Nas shit.
Then when Nas was in L.A., I kicked it with him for about a day. We chopped it up. He let me know where his mind is. When I heard the album—as a friend and a fan—I was taken back. It’s lyrically insane. It’s dope. It’s the Nas of the old and I think it’s a good listen for everybody. Especially, if you appreciate true hip-hop.
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