Hip-hop icon Nas has faced a long stretch of irrelevance. 1994's
Illmatic is a regular contender for "Greatest Hip-Hop Album of All Time," but nothing he's done since has come close. Nas' newest album,
Life Is Good, isn't as good as
Illmatic (what is?), but it's good enough that now's the time to stop talking about the greatness of Nas' career in the past tense.
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