Nas

Nas
In 2001, with his platinum-selling Stillmatic, Nas created a classic chronicle of the streets and reclaimed his title as King of New York Rap --the city's best MC and most authentic hip-hop hero. But Nas has always told those who listened close that the name of the game for him was never money, cash, or hoes. For Nas knowledge is king: knowledge of the world, of the rap game, and most important, knowledge of self. So it's only fitting that this year's new testament, God's Son, should showcase a deeper and more mature lyrical journey.
During the year, Nas lost his beloved mother to cancer and this tragedy affected him more than any musical success or failure possibly could. God's Son might be the first hardcore hip-hop album that also pays loving tribute to the artist's mother. On the albums final two tracks, "Dance" and "Heaven," Nas depicts, with heartbreaking honesty, the emotions his mother's death evoked: sadness and despair and fear, but also love and hope and bittersweet memories. With God's Son, Nas proves once again that all he needs is one mic to change the world.

Discography

Illmatic - 19th April 1994
It Was Written - 7th Febuary 1996
I Am - 6th April -1999
Nastradamus - 23th September 1999
Stillmatic - 18th December 2001
The Remixes - 2nd July 2002
The Lost Tapes - 24th September 2002
God's Son - 10th December 2002