REVIEW: After Nas's show in New Jersey last night, you have to wonder how many of today’s MCs will be able to take the stage in 2052 to boast about blessing stages for 30 years.
During Wu-Tang, Nas, and Busta Rhymes’ roughly 2-hour tour through their vast catalogs, there were no signs of generational fracture. Everyone — including 52-year-old Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, who RZA announced had extended the show past its 11:00 pm curfew — was on the same page. The mayor of the city across the river from Newark should take note. Wu-Tang opened the show, with RZA individually introducing the eight members who were on the tour like prize fighters taking the ring.
After Busta’s performance, Nas came out with a reinvigorated set. He wasn’t skipping over words or misplacing lines like in his previous set. He was able to match Busta’s energy during “Hate Me Now” and was clearly dialed in during “Nas Is Like.” At one point, he even gave a short, DJ Khaled-eqsue speech about being a “rare nigga.”
“Back in ’83, I was an MC sparking / But I was too scared to grab the mic’s in the park and /Kick my little raps ’cause I thought niggas wouldn’t understand,” Nas raps on the 1992 single. “And now in every jam, I’m the fucking man.”
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