


Illmatic was his first album, Stillmatic was his comeback album.Cover Version: "If I Ruled the World (Imagine That)" is actually a cover of Kurtis Blow's own hit single "If I Ruled the World".Both the fans and Nas have ignored this song's existence. Canon Discontinuity: The track " Braveheart Party " was removed from Stillmatic, apparently at Mary J.The song also generally takes a more relaxed and optimistic tone than the bittersweet lament of "Life's a Bitch". In addition to reuniting Nas with AZ, both tracks share the same producer (L.E.S.), and "The Flyest" contains several reflections on how both the rap scene and Nas and AZ's place in it have changed since "Life's a Bitch". "The Flyest" from Stillmatic is a musical callback to "Life's a Bitch" to Illmatic."Accident Murderers" from his later album Life Is Good is addressed to someone who did not take heed at this advice: "Accident murderer, act like you killed on purpose, liars brag, you put work in you ain't mean to murk him, your guns are virgin". One of his earliest tracks, "One Love", from Illmatic, has a few lines in the third verse addressed to ghetto ne'er-do-wells, telling them to at least try to avoid catching innocents in the crossfire: "tough luck when n***as are struck, families fucked up, could've caught your man, but didn't look when you bucked up mistakes happen, so take heed: never bust up at the crowd, catch him solo, make the right man bleed".

Blatant Lies: The video for "Hate Me Now" begins with a disclaimer stating it does not depict the death of Jesus.God's Son across the belly, I prove you lost already.
