Randall Roberts of the called it a 'thoughtful, fierce, honest and – most important – heavy-duty work' and stated, 'Nas has gotten better at rolling with the punches – and you can hear it in every verse'. Kevin Perry of called it 'a grimy, back-to-basics return to form', while 's Jayson Greene said Nas had 'settled gracefully into strengths', 's Manan Desai said Nas sounded 'inspired' and praised the album's 'narrative unity' as 'a wide-angle look of the artist as a grown man.' Evan Rytlewski of deemed Nas' lyrics 'beautifully expressed' and the music just 'as thoughtful'. On April, 2009 Kelis filed for divorce, and on July she gave birth to their son, Knight.At, which assigns a rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an score of 81, based on 30 reviews. In 2005 Nasir married rhythm and blues singer Kelis.
The conflict was settled by 2005, and rappers even performed on one stage with Jay-Z’s song Dead Presidents, sampled from Nas’ composition The World Is Yours. Jay-Z’s Takeover was replied with Nas’ song Ether, which was later included into his album Stillmatic (2001). By 2001 Nas and Jay-Z had an intense relationship, and everybody found out about their feud after the songs, in which both rappers mocked each other. The Autobiography (1999), with every track describing some part of his life. A year later the musician released his album I Am. In 1998 Nas co-wrote and starred in the movie Belly, directed by Harold Williams. That album was certified platinum, however the musicians decided to split and to work on their solo projects. In 1997 the record titled Nas, Foxy Brown, AZ, and Nature Present The Firm: The Album was issued.
Later Cormega quitted the band, and his place was taken by Nature. Dre’s label Aftermath Entertainment and started working on their debut album. About this time Nas, AZ, Foxy Brown and Cormega organized the super-band The Firm. Due to the new sound and such songs as If I Ruled the World (Imagine That) and Street Dreams Nas became a part of the mainstream hip-hop. Nas’ second album It Was Written was released in 1996.
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