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Between the whitewashed walls of Visions Video Bar, a London club, a crush of brothel creepers and flannel shirts throws spry shapes in the air as Nas's NY State of Mind segues deftly into Camp Lo's Luchini.

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The duo broke up in the mid-'00s, and after releasing a series of mix tapes and appearing on some moderately high-profile feature stints such as Nas's "Hustlers" and the great David Banner track "Be With You", Ambrosius has finally issued her official solo debut, "Late Nights & Early Mornings."

Album review: Marsha Ambrosius's 'Late Nights & Early Mornings' 2011

Released in 1994 when the sinewy, party-vibe G-Funk of Dre, Snoop and their cronies was at its peak, Illmatic exposed the listener to Nas's desolate Queensbridge stomping ground.

That Illmatic magic: revisiting Nas's masterpiece 2011

The duo broke up in the mid-'00s, and after releasing a series of mixtapes and appearing on some moderately high profile feature stints such as Nas's "Hustlers" and the great David Banner track "Be With You", Ambrosius has finally issued her official solo debut, "Late Nights & Early Mornings."

Album review: Marsha Ambrosius, "Late Nights & Early Mornings" 2011

With samples from both the seminal 1983 hip-hop flick Wild Style and Nas's own recorded debut on Main Source's 1991 posse cut Live At The Barbecue, opening track The Genesis set the tone for listeners; this was a record both reassuringly traditional and fascinatingly futuristic.

That Illmatic magic: revisiting Nas's masterpiece 2011

The album covers for Nas's "Illmatic" and "It Was Written" used plain, straight-on shots of the rapper's face.

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Expanding on the collaboration begun on the track Road to Zion on Marley's 2005 album Welcome to Jamrock, Distant Relatives traces hip-hop's roots to Africa via Jamaican dancehall and reggae, which explains why the fusion of rapper Nas's blistering raps and reggae royal Marley's compelling, world-weary deliveries sounds so natural.

Damian Marley & Nas: Distant Relatives 2010

BTW that ecstasy of gold remix was awesome, but have you guys heard the one with Nas's One Mic in it?

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Given that Jackson has spent his life fighting prejudice, often at great personal cost, it must have been a profoundly hurtful thing to hear, but when asked whether he finds Nas's viewpoint offensive, he responds with a controlled mildness of tone.

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After the September 2009 beating death of Derrion Albert, a 16-year-old Chicago honor student, rapper Nas's Open Letter to Chicago's Young Warriors was posted at CNN, MSNBC and media sites.

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