NAS 'STREETS DISCIPLE' ALBUM LYRICS

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Nas released his seventh studio album, the critically acclaimed double-disc "Street's Disciple", on November 30, 2004 on Columbia Records. The albums title was taken from Nas' first lyric in the New York-based hip hop group 'Main Source' track, Live At The Barbeque. The album cover is a digitally created image which uses several photos of Nas to create an adaptation of The Last Supper. Upon its release, Street's Disciple was met with mostly good reviews. Some fans and critics state that the album's unique concepts and tone is a flashback to Nas's classic Illmatic. Some also feel the album is very underrated.

The singles released from the album were "Thief's Theme"; "Bridging the Gap," a track which featured Nas's father Olu Dara; and also "Just a Moment," which featured Quan, Nas's protege. The videos for "Bridging the Gap" and "Just A Moment" received moderate airplay on MTV and BET. As of November 18, 2005, Street's Disciple was certified platinum by the RIAA making it Nas' seventh consecutive platinum album, although its commercial profile was relatively low compared to the rapper's previous releases.

Street's Disciple features many socio-conscious and political songs including "A Message To The Feds, Sincerely, We The People", "These Are Our Heroes", and "American Way". On "These Are Our Heroes" Nas criticized major black people in America such as Kobe Bryant and O. J. Simpson, of not setting good examples for the kids that look up to them and neglecting their heritage and background in favour of white values. He even went as far as to call them coons and spooks hence the original title of the track was "Coon's Picnic". There are also tracks that deal with women (see "Makings of a Perfect Bitch" Lyrics) and family (click here for "Me & You" Lyrics) and the track "Getting Married" deals with Nas's marriage to singer Kelis, all of which show us a more personal side to Nas.