Nas talks about the other "N" word

One powerful black man

Good ol Nas, he's gotta keep his face on the Hip Hop radar so why not name an album that's SURE to strike up a little heat amongst the black elders and activists of the century! But all jokes aside...i LOVE Nas, his music is THAT THANG. He's raw talent and a true depiction of Hip Hop, honesty and lyrical daring embodied into one man. Love him...so I hope his Album that drops late this year will be the hit in sales that his last wasn't.

Billboard.com news story

In the face of mounting controversy, Nas has changed the name of his next album from "N*gga" (basically folks you know what they are trying to spell out here but they could not print the word Nigga on the Billboard website I'm sure so they opted to almost confuse people by still covering the story and making the two spellings of the word completely the same with the little * so if you are not thinking then it will totally throw you off. Duh.) to "N*gger." The rapper says the project will be released Dec. 11 via Def Jam, although that date could not be confirmed with the label at deadline."You ain't got no business worrying about what the word 'n*gger' is or acting like you know what my album is about without talking to me," Nas tells MTV.com about the negative response to the album title from public figures such as the Rev. Jesse Jackson.Earlier this week, FoxNews.com quoted a "source close to" Def Jam chairman Antonio L.A. Reid as saying the album was not on the label's release schedule. "None of us knows where that came from," Nas said.

The new album will be the follow-up to last year's "Hip-Hop Is Dead," Nas' Def Jam debut. The set has sold 743,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan

End Billboard.com story

Uhmmm..okay...

miesha