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Nas's 24 favorite albums

Nas, also known as Nasir Jones, is an American rapper and actor best known for his influential and critically acclaimed debut album "Illmatic", which was released in 1994. Throughout his career, Nas has released a total of 13 studio albums and has earned numerous awards and accolades, including multiple Grammy Awards and BET Hip Hop Awards. In addition to his music career, Nas has also acted in film and television, appearing in projects such as "Belly" and "Hawaii Five-0". He is widely regarded as one of the greatest rappers of all time and has been a major influence on the hip hop genre.

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Nas's favorite albums

  • Outkast - Aquemini
    OutkastAquemini

    This record is one of Nas’s 25 favourite albums.

  • Notorious B.I.G. - Life After Death
    The Notorious B.I.GLife After Death

    This record is one of Nas’s 25 favourite albums.

  • Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt
    Jay-ZReasonable Doubt

    I seen this kid Jay, I already knew he was nice. I’m watching him come into the game and he delivered a lyrical album, a street album, and he grabbed his spot. A lot of people couldn’t do that. A lot of people that were putting out albums around the time Reasonable Doubt dropped are no longer around.

  • Dr Dre - The Chronic
    Dr. DreThe Chronic

    The Chronic was a psychedelic, funkadelic, California hip-hop genius piece of work. It lifted rap music as a whole to its next stage. That album single-handedly lifted the whole culture higher, made it stronger, kept it street, and it’s just beautiful. It’s a beautiful-sounding album and hardcore at the same time.

  • N.W.A. - Niggaz4Life
    N.W.A.Niggaz4Life

    This record is one of Nas’s 25 favourite albums.

  • Scarface - Mr. Scarface is Back
    ScarfaceMr. Scarface is Back

    This record is one of Nas’s 25 favourite albums.

  • A Tribe Called Quest - The Low-End Theory
    A Tribe Called QuestThe Low-End Theory

    This record is one of Nas’s 25 favourite albums.

  • Ice Cube - Death Certificate
    Ice CubeDeath Certificate

    Death Certificate hit me at a time when I was hustling, when I was hanging with hustlers, when I was making life-changing decisions in my life. Death Certificate spoke to me. To this day, it’s one of the boldest, bravest, realest rap albums that will ever be made.

  • Main Source - Breaking Atoms
    Main SourceBreaking Atoms

    This record is one of Nas’s 25 favourite albums.

  • Kool G Rap & DJ Polo - Wanted: Dead or Alive
    Kool G Rap & DJ PoloWanted: Dead or Alive

    The singles "Streets of New York" and "Erase Racism" received notable airplay on Yo! MTV Raps and the former is credited by Nas as being influential on his song "N.Y. State of Mind" from his critically acclaimed album Illmatic.

  • Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
    Public EnemyIt Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back

    This record is one of Nas’s 25 favourite albums.

  • Slick Rick - The Great Adventures of Slick Rick
    Slick RickThe Great Adventures of Slick Rick

    This record is one of Nas’s 25 favourite albums.

  • Big Daddy Kane - Long Live the Kane
    Big Daddy KaneLong Live the Kane

    This record is one of Nas’s 25 favourite albums.

  • MC Shan - Down by Law
    MC ShanDown by Law

    Death Certificate is one of the albums that changed my life along with Down By Law, Criminal Minded and a few others.

  • Eric B. & Rakim - Paid in Full
    Eric B. & RakimPaid in Full

    This record is one of Nas’s 25 favourite albums.

  • Boogie Down Productions - Criminal Minded
    Boogie Down ProductionsCriminal Minded

    Death Certificate is one of the albums that changed my life along with Down By Law, Criminal Minded and a few others.

  • Anita Baker - Rapture
    Anita BakerRapture

    This record is one of Nas’s 25 favourite albums.

  • Run–DMC - King of Rock
    Run–D.M.C.King of Rock

    This record is one of Nas’s 25 favourite albums.

  • Michael Jackson - Thriller
    Michael JacksonThriller

    This record is one of Nas’s 25 favourite albums.

  • Marvin Gaye - Here, My Dear
    Marvin GayeHere, My Dear

    This record is one of Nas’s 25 favourite albums.

  • Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life
    Stevie WonderSongs in the Key of Life

    This record is one of Nas’s 25 favourite albums.

  • Bob James - One
    Bob JamesOne

    This record is one of Nas’s 25 favourite albums.

  • John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
    John ColtraneA Love Supreme

    It’s probably my favourite record of his but I love so many other records by him. It just exists on a planet by itself. It’s just a different thing. It’s mature, it’s grown, it’s timeless, it’s sexy, it’s classy, it’s unorthodox. I’ll stop there.

  • Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
    Miles DavisKind of Blue

    Miles and Coltrane made the ultimate jazz albums; there’s a lot of others too. Miles also got commercial success from a jazz album and if you play it, it sounds like it was supposed to be made. That album was supposed to be made. This world wouldn’t be the same without that album.

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