Nas

2023 Record Store Day, Limited Edition, Stereo.
Originally meant to be a double LP concept record, I Am... got chopped and bootlegged to bits — but what’s left still bangs. Glossy late-’90s production meets some of Nas’s sharpest storytelling. Part street prophet, part rap royalty. FFO: It Was Written, AZ, Rakim’s silkier moments, East Coast opulence before the bling got boring.