nas - "made you look"

"this ain't rappin'/this is street-hop"! despite the many, many problems i have with the nas persona, i really can't fuck with signing to murder inc only to release a white label which sounds like vintage paris - no doubt this is an attempt to hold on to the ageing hardcore illmatic fanbase (who've already been strung along for eight whole years) and anyone who is still excited by the "apache" break (me!). it might be cynical but this track is silly, theatrical, brilliant, and maybe the last glimpse ever of a bearable nas, since irv "prove yourself in the charts!" gotti would never let a whole record sound like this. (maybe he forced its white label status!)