Nas. He is actually the physical portrayal of “Expressive Thought”. Being only 19 years old when he dropped Illmatic in 1994 and just that album alone being the ULTIMATE classic, he has continued to put out good music 15 years later. This song “Take it in Blood” is off of his second album “It was Written”, which was released in 1996 before the creation of  The Firm in 1998. Im not going to get into what the best Nas album is *COUGHILLMATICCOUGH!* Or talk about who I believe is the illest rapper of the mid-late 90’s (Actually thats a tough one), but I will say that this song is a favorite of mine, and when I first heard it, I was too young to really understand the actual wordage and meaning, but today, I can respect it even more.  So sit back and enjoy. Peace

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