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Topic: N.y. State Of Mind

Nas performs at the Hennessy V.S presents "Nas: Time Is Illmatic" Los Angeles tour at the Orpheum Theatre on October 18, 2014 in Los Angeles, California. (Noel Vasquez/Getty Images for Hennessy)

Nas spoke loudest in 50 years of hip-hop

D. Watkins