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Never averse to getting the pants of others in a twist, Nas said in 2006 that what developed into this self-titled album was, at the time, titled the six-letter version of the "N" word. The following year, the NAACP buried the five-letter version (along with each variant, as the obituary states) at a Detroit ceremony, replete with a horse-drawn carriage, a casket, and the presence of "hip-hop legend Curtis Blow" [sic], according to the NAACP press release. Whether it is believed that the word was truly placed six feet deep or merely swept beneath the proverbial rug, the word, regardless of its last syllable or the context in which it is placed, still carries a lot of power. Millions of Def Jam marketing dollars could not have ensured as bright a spotlight on their artist. All he had to do was mention the one word as an album title. And from that moment until the album's release, through each leaked track, mixtape, and article tracking the status of the album, more attention was paid to the MC's moves than in the recent past. An album with a proposed title of, say, East Coasta Nastra, would not have been anticipated with nearly as much scrutiny or speculation.
CONDITION: NEW!PUNCHED UPC!
TRACK LISTINGS
1 Queens Get the Money
2 You Can't Stop Us Now / Eban Thomas
3 Breathe
4 Make the World Go Round / Chris Brown
5 Hero / Keri Hilson
6 America
7 Sly Fox
8 Testify
9 N.I.*.*.E.R. (The Slave and the Master)
10 Untitled
11 Fried Chicken / Busta Rhymes
12 Project Roach
13 Y'all My Ni**as
14 We're Not Alone / Mykel
15 Black President
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