I wasn’t eager to listen to it right away. June 15th came and almost went before the album finally dropped on music streaming services. Listening to “Black Girl Lost” and “War,” songs that I used to enjoy when I was younger, now as an adult make me cringe at times. And, truthfully, I started to feel this way before her interview. That interview made me question whether I should still support my favorite, even though he may be problematic. I then forgot about the album release (maybe even intentionally, to be quite honest) a short time after Kelis’ interview with Jason Lee, where she opened up about the emotional and physical abuse she received from Nas during their marriage ( watch the discussion about her relationship with Nas from 13:00 on). I lost some of my excitement for this current wave of music releases after Kanye’s questionable comments on Trump. Music releases, there were a bunch of amazing throwaway songs from My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy that led up to the album release that I still enjoy today. The first time we had a series of G.O.O.D. I was even more excited about it because it was part of a series of album releases from Kanye West’s G.O.O.D. To know that my favorite emcee and self-proclaimed uncle was set to release an album six years after Life Is Good was so exciting to hear. Nas’ album was the most anticipated album of the summer for me.
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