it's one of Nas' best albums... but because of the production.
Nas always gonna be a great lyricist.
Some amazing lyrical displays on that album:

No Introduction
Locomotive and the return of Large P
A Queens Story - a different flow for Nas.
(Remi beat, meh. But the lyrics make ya listen.)

Daughters
World's an Addiction - I like a lot because of Nas' rhymes.
It's like One Mic where he gets to that point where you're just like
goddamn is he gonna stop rhyming? Just builds and builds.

all this from memory so if I forget one you think I should mention lemme know.

You Wouldn't Understand... prolly my fav song on the album.
Buckwild knows Nas' tempo like none other.
You Wouldn't Understand has that Nas flow where he's so in the pocket
that the vibe is just perfect. It's the perfect Nas bop.

The Don has been my joint since first heard it. That's just my steezo

Stay -- guess who is on the beat... haha, if the content Nas was dropping?
IE - if he was talking to Kelis.... it'd be the same thing that 4:44 is... lol.

Bye Baby - the opposite of 4:44... lol. another honest joint.


GREAT FUCKING NAS ALBUM.
I love Nas. probably in my top 5.
He rotates in and out of the bottom of it a lot of times.

Jay
Ghost
BIG
DOOM
and a few others including Nas, Prodigy, 3Stacks, and
sometimes I'll even put the guy who was my number 1
and nobody could ever tell me different.... Common lol.
But Common had other interests, nothing wrong with that.
I'm glad he's getting Hollywood dough here and there.
But his music has suffered in spots because of it, imo.
Never the less - if I had to pick 5 rappers music to bring on an island
forever and those were the only 5 rappers I could have....
(every song they've ever been on... freestyles, features, everything)

Com prolly gets to the island over Nas.
Shit - Big would probably have to come out because doesn't have
enough material.... but you get the point about the top 5.

anyways - 4:44 better than Life is Good lol.
Takeover better than Ether, Nas lost.

lmao - just fucking around.