This album is brilliant. It changed Hip Hop,and revolutionized thug poetry. You can thank Nas for all the MC's out there today, name one MC that Nas hasnt influenced...This is classic material, and those that disagree are either stupid little suburban kids that think that Eminem and 50 Cent is the ish, or just dont understand what REAL Hip Hop is all aboutI-L representing..08 holla at your boi~1~