Life Is Good… but it couldn’t have gone that way without Illmatic.Love is the most lethal drug available. Although technically free, indulging is a high-risk, high-reward gamble. It propels you to a euphoric peak, then pushes you from the top of that mountain when it’s over.

Epiphanies about the laws of attraction arise during your recovery: The same things that lure you to someone can also repel you. “Love is a beast,” Nas said during a March 2012 interview. “If you’re not a warrior, if you’re not ready, love will sneak up on you and break you down.” You can be a warrior - a braveheart, even - and still be disarmed by love. It can leave anyone haunted by tokens of their failed union. Kelis Rogers’ green wedding dress became that artifact for Nasir Jones. #Nasir album review pitchfork update#īaring his soul and offering an update on his status, the legend shared it with the world on the cover of his 2012 album, Life Is Good. They met at a party that Sean “Diddy” Combs threw for the 2002 MTV Video Music Awards, and Nas and Kelis walked down the aisle in January 2005.

By April 2009, Kelis, pregnant with their son, filed for divorce. When she moved out of their home, the only thing she left behind was a piece of her wedding dress - a final, serrated parting shot that preceded Lawrence leaving that Best Buy polo in Issa’s closet on Insecure. that says, ‘Please hold for Nas.’ ” - Matthew Salacuse “The night before the shoot, I get a call at 9 p.m. The dissolution of Nas and Kelis’ marriage triggered the nadir of Nas: the 2010 court-mandated spousal and child support payments, the hefty tax lien in 2011 and, to top it all off, in 2012 he was dragged into a kidnapping scandal after not showing up for a New Year’s Eve concert in Angola.