Nas 101

Now look at this cover...what do you notice? You may look at the cover and think that it's obviously the cover to Nas' I Am... But if you pay attention, you will notice that under the title it says The Autobiography. What people don't realize is the original title to Nas' 1999 album, I Am..., was supposed to be a double album titled I Am...The Autobiography. The concept of the album was supposed to be an autobiography of Nas' life. However, the album became one of the first major label releases to be leaked in MP3 format. Basically, half of the album was leaked forcing Nas to trim the album to a single disc. Most of the leaked tracks can be heard on Nas' The Lost Tapes but last night I stumbled on the entire leaked half of the album in addition to Nas' demo tape and I would encourage you all to find and listen to those gems. I have no reason for posting this other than the fact that Nas' new album is about to drop and he's the only artist I've been listening to this week.