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AZ, DJ Absolut
N4l
Genres: Pop, Rap & Hip-Hop

Track Listings (16) - Disc #1
1. Introduction
2. Knowledge Freedom
3. The Secret
4. Heaven and Hell
5. 12 Jewels
6. Murder
7. The Teks On Deck
8. Negro Spiritual
9. Never Gonna Stop
10. Conspiracy
11. Runaway Slave
12. N***a Games
13. I'm That N***a
14. Originals
15. I Just Wanna
16. Self Savior

CD Details

All Artists: AZ, DJ Absolut
Title: N4l
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Iceman Music Group
Original Release Date: 1/1/2008
Re-Release Date: 8/5/2008
Genres: Pop, Rap & Hip-Hop
Styles: East Coast, Gangsta & Hardcore, Pop Rap
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 094922982940

Synopsis

Album Description

Explicit Version. Features DJ Absolut and artists Raekwon; Charlie Rock; Starkim; KC; Max B; Sheek Louch; Trey Songz. Rapper AZ is Anthony Cruz of Brooklyn, NYC who made his debut on Nas` acclaimed 1994 debut, Illmatic, guesting on the track `Life`s A Bitch`. Raised in the same Queensbridge housing project that spawned Mobb Deep, Mic Geronimo and Nas, he instantly made headway in the Billboard R&B, Rap and Pop charts in 1995 with `Sugar Hill`. The single referred to the suburban district so beloved of the black middle-class which had given its name to Rap`s first proper record label. Like Nas before him, AZ`s concerns were firmly rooted in the ghetto life and his attempts to break free from it (`No more cuttin` grams or wrapping grands up in rubber bands`).

CD Reviews

4.5 - az is one of the best of all time

kinopku | NYNY | 09/26/2008

(4 out of 5 stars)

"although, i am not quite sure why az chose to drop this "mixtape" at the same time as nas' album of similar theme. was it because he wants always to be associated with nas? was it because he really came up with the idea first and didnt want nas to one-up him? was it because nas' n***** album was so incredibly wack and soft that az saw this as an opportunity to come out with an album of similar theme to nas that would allow people to judge the two side-by-side and realize once and for all that az is the better rapper, by far, who has had the better career and is coming correct with dope rhymes and hard beats in 2008. whatever the reason, this album is a treat - a concept album with high quality songs and a consistent vision throughout."

Best mixtape out in a while

Marina | Brooklyn, NY | 09/04/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"the rhymes are top notch, the beats r pure fire, AZ is the man, best rapper alive, most underated"