Best of Nas

1994 was a year like none other in the realm of rap and hip-hop records: Common’s Resurrection, Warren G’s Regulate…G Funk Era, Gang Starr’s Hard to Earn, Digable Planets’ Blowout Comb, The Roots' Do You Want More?!!!??!, Scarface's The Diary, Method Man’s Tical, Pete Rock and C.L. Smooth's The Main Ingredient, Outkast’s Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik, Biggie’s Ready to Die, and my favorite rap album ever, the LP that encompasses everything rap represents to me, Nas’ Illmatic.

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Singles - Go - The Chemical Brothers feat. Q-Tip

Admittedly, I don't know The Chemical Brothers very well, but they just released a new track to their upcoming album, Born in the Echoes, out July 17th. It's a pulse pounding, futuristic sounding rager that makes me feel like I'm seconds from crashing while driving one of those cars from Tron. The song never slows down, and Q-Tip (of the immortal A Tribe Called Quest) reminds us that he can do no wrong.

If you're the visual type, here's the music video directed by Michael Gondry - the director from Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.

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