Nas - "God's Son"

[Doggystylin]

so is this still comin out on nov 19th?

[Smooth]

This sux.  I want "Stillmatic" material.  No Murder INC crap.

Exactly... none of this Murder INC nonsense... that shit just isn't Nas

[JaViDaNeah]

why can't you guys just wait till the CD comes out and then criticize it. "this just isnt nas" wtf u guys havent even heard one track from this CD.

[Murrow]

Nas' next dose of reality, God's Son, has been pushed back to December 17. Many of the tracks were recorded from late September to mid-October in Miami while Ja Rule was also down at the studio working on The Last Temptation.

According to Nas' spokesperson, God's Son is still being recorded with "Made You Look" soundscape provider Salaam Remi, Large Professor and the Alchemist contributing most of the beats. No lyrical guests have made it on the LP as of yet. - mtv.com

[Murrow]

I was just listening to Paul Rosenberg on Tim Westwoods radio1 rap show and he was saying that Em is recording with nas TODAY on a track which Em has produced for Nas' Gods Son album!!!

Paul Rosenberg only said it TODAY! That Em was actually in the studio with Nas recording this track TODAY! So it is real fresh news! I was under the impression that Gods Son was ready for release but obviously not if this track they've been working on today is gonna be on it! It should be tight though! U will be able to listen to the show at

[Kamal]

Tracklisting:

01. Book Of Rhymes
02. Crabs In The Barrel
03. My Will
04. Fuck Hot
05. P**** Kills
06. Grimey Ways (feat. Nashawn)
07. Made You Look
08. Heaven
09. I Can
10. Hey Nas (feat. Kelis, Claudette Ortiz of City High & Xo)
11. Last Real Nigga Alive
12. Ridin' Broke
13. Revolutionary Warfare (feat. Lake)
14. Warrior Song (feat. Alicia Keys)

[Murrow]

This may change since the release date was moved from this month to December.  Plus he is supposed to be in the studio doing new tracks...including with Eminem.

[bez]

Cant wait for this album I will deof be picking it up.  

[Kamal]

This may change since the release date was moved from this month to December.  Plus he is supposed to be in the studio doing new tracks...including with Eminem.

Amazon.com confirmed the tracklisting, I read somewhere that the track with Eminem is called "The Cross"  

[Murrow]

"After all the talk of allegiances and collaborations, many will be as surprised by who Nas did not work with on God's Son as who he did work with.

There's no mention of Murder Inc. anywhere on the album, set for December 17 release, and no tracks produced by Irv Gotti.

Nas' longtime production aces-in the-hole, DJ Premier and L.E.S., also didn't make it on the LP. Instead, the rapper relied on beats by the criminally slept-on Salaam Remi, newcomers including Saukrates and Agile, and fellow acclaimed mic masters Alicia Keys and Eminem.

"I carry the cross," Nas rhymes over Shady's plodding piano rhythms on "The Cross." "If Virgin Mary had an abortion/ I still would be carried in a white chariot by stampeding horses .../ I'm happy the streets is back in New York."

Em doesn't rhyme on the last-minute addition to the album, but provides the musical forum for Nas to vent about R&B rappers who "f ---ed the game up" and explain that he can't keep a girl because he won't hold any of them in higher regard than this daughter. He also describes how reinventing himself helped him regain the title of hip-hop king.

Nas goes from throne to the battlefield, collaborating with Alicia Keys on "Warrior." Keys, who plays the piano on the song and incorporates an African drum sampled from Fela Kuti's catalog, also sings the chorus.

"This is a song for my warriors, brave hearted and strong/ Definition of a warrior/ Gonna keep marching on to the sound of our own beating drum."

Nas also rhymes about trying to stay strong while realizing his mother was dying. "Mother is the closest thing to God ... Wishing death on other n---as' mothers ain't right/ But why mine?" he asked aloud, before revealing his mom's last words to him: "Never give up."

Coping with the loss of his mother since her April passing is a recurring theme throughout God's Son, surfacing on tracks such as "Dance," where he wishes he could dance one last time with his parent; "Heaven," where he poses the question, "What would you do if heaven was one mile away?"; and "Thugz Mansion," which features vocals by Tupac.

"This whole year's been crazy/ Asked the Holy Spirit to save me/ ... I feel like my eyes saw too much suffering/ I'm only 20-some-odd years, I done lost my mother/ I cry tears of joy/ I know she smiles on the boy/ I dream of you more/ My love goes to Afeni Shakur."

A similar version of the song appears on Tupac's upcoming LP Better Dayz. While God's Son has two Nas verses and one Pac verse, the duo's mic time is reversed for the Tupac album. A spokesperson for Nas says Interscope has asked the rapper to appear in the video for Pac's version in the next two weeks.

Lighter in subject matter is the bass-heavy "Hey Nas," which features a hook sung by Kelis and City High's Claudette Ortiz.

"Someone that's into me but won't f--- all my enemies," Nas says, describing his version of a perfect woman. In response, Ortiz promises, "I can be all that."

Outside of the studio, it seems that the wild-haired protégé of the Neptunes is Nas' real down chick. On "Mastermind," one of three tracks produced by the Alchemist, he raps about his apparent girlfriend. "Gave the keys to Kelis/ Whispered in her earlobe, 'Drive home.'/ 'Cause she the wife and they the freaks/ They underneath my girl's caliber."

Nas' caliber of rhyme garnered him props among hip-hop's top line-throwers in the mid-'90s. On "Real N---as," he tells of how the competition level had many of the biggest names bumping heads at the time.

"Y'all don't know about my Biggie wars/ Who you thought 'Kick in the Door' was for?/ But that was my heart/ Y'all still trippin' off that Jigga sh--."

Throughout the song, Nas gives an insider's look at what was going on at that time, from P. Diddy dreaming of starting Bad Boy, RZA — whom he refers to by his former moniker Prince Rakeem — forming a new group called Wu-Tang Clan and Clan members Raekwon and Ghostface Killah subsequently beefing with Notorious B.I.G. over biting. He addresses his baby's mother's alleged infidelities with other rappers and reveals how he and current advisor Steve Stoute had problems trusting each other.

Of course, Jay-Z isn't left untouched (see "Jay-Z Speaks On Beef With Nas, Links With 'Austin Powers' "). The Queensbridge rhyme slayer raps, "The Gift and the Curse, f--- that/ The first shall be last ... I was like Scarface, Jay was Manolo/ It hurt me when I had to kill his whole squad for dolo."

(mtv.com)



Wow...no Murder Inc & Irv Gotti!  Maybe they are mad that Em worked with him?

[.:Hercy Buggz:.]

this album doesnt sound like a Murder Inc Release anymore

[Murrow]

Anyone got a bigger pic of the cover?

[Kamal]

Anyone got a bigger pic of the cover?

Sorry but I can't find bigger pic than this

[Murrow]

Anyone got a bigger pic of the cover?

Sorry but I can't find bigger pic than this

Cool...one will show up soon tho.

[Murrow]

Well, i know most people that have listened to the leaked version of Gods SOn dig the album (except for ZOne out)......well, unfortunately it looks like NAs is pissed that the album got bootleged and has changed the tracklisting!  And besides taking off Zone out, he has also taken off the following songs:

Get Down
The Cross
Last Real Nicca Alive
Thug Manzions
Dance
Mastermind

THis better be bullshit, cuz those are likely the best 6 songs on the album!  WHatever the case, SOMETHING is up cuz  CDUNIVERSE.com have a new tracklisting then they did yesterday, they had the other tracklisting up and now they have this one........

1. My Book Of Rhymes
2. Crabs In A Barrel
3. Grimey
4. You Wanna Be
5. My Will
6. Have Fun
7. Made You Look
8. Hey Nas
9. Warrior
10. If Heaven Was A Mile Away
11. Me & You
12. I Can

Any Nas fans remember what happened when I Am was supposed to be a double album but it got heavily bootlegged (it was one of the first real victims of this in music)?  He realized it as a single album without most of the tightest songs, and added some rushed new songs.  Some of the ones that never made the album ended up being released on Lost Tapes, and we all know how dope that album is.  Damn, i dont want NAs to make the same mistake again, this could be a disaster..........guess we will see!  peace






 - Tecee