Due to the show of 1991, Nasir managed to get the reputation of a wonder kid, so the next year MC Serch from 3rd Bass became his manager and helped him to sign the contract with Columbia Records. He changed it into more familiar Nas later. However, he did not stop learning: he read a lot about the African culture and he paid a lot of attention to religion.Īs a teenager, Nas performed with his friend Willy Graham, and at that time the rapper used the pseudonym Kid Wave. In 1985 Nasir’s parents divorced and he quitted the middle school. In the late 1970s Nasir’s family moved to Queens, and Nas became interested in hip-hop due to his friend and neighbor Willy "Ill Will" Graham, who played him different records. Nasir played the trumpet when he was only four and he started to rhyme at age nine. He has been familiar with the music since the very childhood: his father is a famous jazz musician Olu Dara. The biggest records of the year managed to bridge across niches, appealing to a cross-section of fan bases and even, occasionally, selling some copies.įrom the return of Fiona Apple to the arrival of Chief Keef, these are The 50 Best Albums of 2012.Nasir Jones, performing under the pseudonym Nas, was born in Brooklyn in 1973. This is a fact that's made less arguable as the Internet allows listeners to find the niche that fits them best during each successive year.
Nas and Frank Ocean released projects heavy on presentation and concept to massive critical acclaim.Ģ012 was a great year for music across the board. As soon as you had warmed up to one project, there was another to digest.Īrtists throwing out mixtapes in between albums- Rick Ross, Wiz Khalifa-found their albums undercut by the need to keep a buzz sustained, but with official label releases meaning less each day, spreading content thin doesn't necessarily marginalize overall impact. At the same time, we learned that a market for long-winded, thought-out albums still exists. And yet, there was seemingly more music to consume than ever before. Although pirating music hasn't been stopped completely, the open spigot of the last decade tightened in the wake of the fall of Megaupload and other popular file sharing sites. 2012 was the year that the music industry put its foot down.
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