Stillmatic is the fifth studio album by American hip hop rapper Nas, released December, 2001 on Columbia-imprint label Ill Will Records. It was a critical success that re-established Nas' career, following a period of critical disappointment with the releases of I Am… and Nastradamus (1999). The album debuted at #5 on the Billboard 200 eventually selling over 1.7 million copies by November, 2002. The album additionally contained beats produced by...
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Stillmatic is the fifth studio album by American hip hop rapper Nas, released December, 2001 on Columbia-imprint label Ill Will Records. It was a critical success that re-established Nas' career, following a period of critical disappointment with the releases of I Am… and Nastradamus (1999). The album debuted at #5 on the Billboard 200 eventually selling over 1.7 million copies by November, 2002. The album additionally contained beats produced by longtime Nas collaborators including DJ Premier, Large Professor and L.E.S.. This would also be the last official Nas album where DJ Premier would contribute a beat.
The album was a reversal of the gangsta rap style of Nas' previous three albums to the socially conscious and philosophical themes of Nas' landmark debut, Illmatic. Nas made references to this reversal and his predicted "comeback" in several songs, such as the Jay-Z diss track "Ether". Apart from vivid descriptions of ghetto life, Stillmatic also made harsh criticisms of the...
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