Pop album review: In 'Life Is Good,' Nas rolls with the punches

The hip-hop artist's new effort reveals a man tapped into his muse and willing to tackle the challenges in his life. It's easy to get a sense of how the rapper Nas has seen himself over the years by noting his choice of album cover portraits. His first, the 1994 classic "Illmatic," featured a shot of the lyricist as a 7-year-old against a backdrop of New York housing projects. In the photograph taken by his father, the musician Olu Dara, the young Nasir Jones stares into the camera with a cocksu...

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