From Rolling Stone:
“It’s like I gave myself a 40th birthday present 20 years ago.”
Nas has been in a reflective mood of late, performing an extended victory lap to commemorate the 20th anniversary of his landmark debut album Illmatic. The Queens rapper is hardly one to exploit nostalgia2012’s candid, stunning Life Is Good mainly eschewed reminiscence for a snapshot of the rapper’s life as he neared 40but with most MCs’ shelf lives measured in months, two decades is a feat worth celebrating.