Q-Tip & J. Period. "Give Up the Goods (feat. Nas & Mobb Deep)." The [Abstract] Best Vol. 1, RBC Records, 2015.
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Black diamonds and pearls
Nas, Ms. Lauryn Hill. "If I Ruled The World (Imagine That)." It Was Written, Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment, 1996.
On Thursday evening, a friend came through with a last-minute surprise: tickets to catch Nas and Lauryn Hill perform at SF's Bill Graham Civic Auditorium. I've caught each of them perform many times over the years, and more recently have been to their double-bill shows at Oakland's Fox Theater, one of my favourite venues in the Bay Area.
These two have still got it, no doubt, and the messages in their lyrics resonate two decades after this track first dropped. Imagine that.