Soundcheck: Life Is Good For Nas, Despite Baby Mama Drama
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Nas is back on the mic in a big way. The Queens, NY native is readying his tenth studio album, Life Is Good for its July 17 release date. Armed with an arsenal of new material, the most celebrated lyricist in the game in coming for his crown.
Last week, he dropped his latest single, Daughters produced by No I.D. and inspired by his own daughter, Destiny. In it, he grapples with the realities of raising a teenaged girl through heartfelt accounts of their more difficult moments, like when she tweeted a photo of a box of condoms in February.
“She’s so important to me and she always has been. They grow so fast and time flies, man. Before you know it, you’re looking at a little lady,” he told XXL. She’s my first kid, my first time watching a child become a teen and a little adult before my eyes. That’s one of the most important things in my life. She is. I can’t get away from talking about it. It’s actually one of the first songs I recorded for this album.
While fans and industry insiders praised his prose; his infamous ex, Carmen Bryan was not so pleased about his depiction of their daughter. She quickly took to Twitter to heir her grievances with her ex’s latest revelations.
“Just heard ‘Daughters’ by Nas. What a disappointment! He had nothing positive to say about our daughter and his depiction of her is false,” she posted Thursday. “She’s extremely talented, caring and has a huge heart, none of those things were mentioned. I’m proud of her, she blasted. She also insisted that Destiny herself was not a fan of the song either.
Nas simply responded with a tweet reading, I Love My Princess Destiny Jones.
Despite the baby mama drama, Nas seems to be riding high and is ready to release his long-awaited project. I guess we’re starting to give you the next chapter. It’s like a story in a way. We’re about to give you the next records and give the people the album¦it’s go time, he told XXL. We started, ˜Nasty’ been out there for a long time. Then ˜The Don’ that video should drop this week. Then, we open. The book is open. The movie begins. So ˜Daughters’ is like welcome to my world, he said.
Aside from Nasty, Nas also dropped Black Girl Lost Part 2 last month, although it’s not likely to appear on the album. His latest video for his single, The Don hit airwaves last week and features Nas over a beat produced by the late Heavy D. Other confirmed collaborations from Frank Ocean, Jay Electronica and Dr. Dre are expected to surface soon.
Nas also praised Dre’s recent Coachella performance alongside Snoop and the Tupac hologram. “It just shows you how amazing Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg are, and how hard they’re riding for their West Coast brother Tupac, in the name of hip hop music, he told Billboard. I thought it was a great look for hip hop as a whole; it stepped hip hop up a notch. And it was also revolutionary on a performance scale.
Something tells me that once this album drops, Nas will be be making some revolutionary moves of his own.
Life Is Good hits stores July 17.