Blog: The Passion of the Weiss

Jonah Bromwich made Rick Ross take off his sunglasses for this picture. So Nas just made one of rap’s first great mature albums. It’s hard to explain what “mature” conjures in connection to rap. At best, mature albums are  showcases for craftsmanship and deft rhyming that don’t stick in your mind unless you give them total attention. Most often, they’re tedious and pedantic. So how did Nas avoid this fate? Simple. Life is Good is gangster as shit. After all, if there was even one senior in the [...]