Line Out - Comments on Leak of the Week: Nas http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/07/leak_of_the_week_nas YouTube does the work for me by hosting Nas' "Sly Fox," one of the best singles off his new "self-titled" record (formerly known as Nigger). It's one of many examples on the record where Nas raises his aim beyond intra-hip-hop... Copyright 2008 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:33:04 -0800 Thu, 10 Jul 2008 08:01:51 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by ndrwmtsn not only is sly fox the best thing nas has written in years, this is easily the best thing you've written for the stranger, sam

]]> ndrwmtsn http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/07/leak_of_the_week_nas#c1065784 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/07/leak_of_the_week_nas#c1065784 Album Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:32:21 -0800 Comment by douglas martin co-sign. this post is incredible. the "untitled" album could end up being the late-period classic that everyone was hoping nas would create.

]]> douglas martin http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/07/leak_of_the_week_nas#c1066019 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/07/leak_of_the_week_nas#c1066019 Album Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:14:23 -0800 Comment by Strath Make that three—a very interesting and well thought-out post. Looking forward to hearing the album (though to me it always depends on the production—I would rather just hear Nas just acapella when the beats lack).

Also, I think you mean "a certain Queens police murderer" as in the 516, and that makes me wonder (maybe this is a stretch) if he's actually referring to himself, from the line in his first appearance ever on wax:

Nasty Nas is a rebel to America
Police murderer, I'm causin' hysteria

]]> Strath http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/07/leak_of_the_week_nas#c1066027 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/07/leak_of_the_week_nas#c1066027 Album Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:10:54 -0800 Comment by Sam Machkovech @3: Yeah, small typo that winds up being a huge typo. I knew he wasn't talking about the British crown.

]]> Sam Machkovech http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/07/leak_of_the_week_nas#c1066079 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/07/leak_of_the_week_nas#c1066079 Album Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:13:53 -0800 Comment by MEEEEEE !!!!!

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]]> MEEEEEE http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/07/leak_of_the_week_nas#c1070083 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/07/leak_of_the_week_nas#c1070083 Album Thu, 10 Jul 2008 08:01:51 -0800