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Already considered one of hip-hop's great MCs, a claim made even more believable by the fact that he's able to continue to release relevant, often controversial, material -- material that, while perhaps not as great as what was on his debut, Illmatic, is still interesting and intelligent and generally pretty decent -- Nas has been due for a true greatest-hits collection for a while now. The aptly titled Greatest Hits does just that, tracing his career chronologically, from the aforementioned Illmatic (and it makes sense that there are four tracks from that album -- the most of any -- included) to Street's Disciple (which only boasts one, "Bridging the Gap"). 2006's Hip Hop Is Dead is left out here, but there are two new songs, neither of which is as good as "Life's a Bitch" or even "Street Dreams," but both of which are still pretty fun. The in-demand Cee-Lo Green adds his distinctive vocals to the spooky "Less Than an Hour" (which also can be found on the Rush Hour 3 soundtrack), and even the Chris Webber-produced "Surviving the Times," on which Nas raps about his life and his experiences making music, is well done, though not particularly inventive or unique.
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TRACK LISTINGS
1 Surviving the Times
2 Less Than an Hour (Theme from Rush Hour 3)
3 It Ain't Hard to Tell
4 Life's a Bitch
5 N.Y. State of Mind
6 One Love
7 If I Ruled the World (Imagine That)
8 Street Dreams / R. Kelly Remix
9 Hate Me Now
10 One Mic
11 Got Ur Self A...
12 Made You Look
13 I Can
14 Bridging the Gap
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