The Distant Relatives album have quite a

[Islandman]

few tough tunes. Nas really is one of the all-time great rappers, and one with a message most of the time.

I've been playing this tune from the album over the last few days

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhcPPfJKs8I

[Me]

The Album is simply a great album. Doesn't fit into any of the media marketing boxes, so it is not getting the big MTV/BET/radio rotation.

[Islandman]

Yeah me realise that. Radio is a joke for serious music these days, they all play the same dozen songs in the same order over and over.

The lyrical content of the album is one of the best I have heard in either dancehall or rap. Also, clearly a lot of effort went into the tracks to merge thier styles in a way that works very well.