Lyricist Lounge:AZ the Visualiza
Every few days I’ll overview on the great lyricists of of our time, the first is unbelievably underrated AZ.
Brooklyn bred AZ was the only artist featured on Nas’ Illmatic album, on Life’s a Bitch and laid down the classic verse..
Visualizin the realism of life and actuality
Fuck who’s the baddest a person’s status depends on salary
And my mentality is, money orientated
I’m destined to live the dream for all my peeps who never made it
Soon after the hype of Illmatic, AZ signed his own solo deal and released Doe or Die…
His style is very similar to Nas and Kool G Rap’s style, with the quick delivery and the hard hittin’ metaphors..
Doe or Die had classics such as Sugar Hill, Your World Don’t Stop (similar to One Love), and Rather Unique, one of my all time favorite tracks..
we was already loyal to people’s minds and mulianis
now we more fucked up with a mayor named Guliani
you can try to bomb me
analyze but can’t define me
my mind’s divine heavily entwined with Ghandi’s
far from feeble, I leave your nostrils hard to breathe through
cause my cerebral’s are more of a higher plane
than the Hebrews
my mic devotion brings out my deepest emotions
overdosing wannabes posing
sending them through convulsions
to hard to follow, you took a bite but couldn’t swallow
your mind’s boggled
but I’m as deep as Donald Goines novels
my whole persona’s kinda laid back like a recliner
and since my mama, I been fucking with marijuana
wavy-haired, my skin got a money getting glare
strictly menace wear, macking offa Guinness beer
so where it all begins is here
destiny and me finally meet
so how can I be weak?
I’m rather unique
Must haves included Aziatic and A.W.O.L…and of course the Firm album..
AZ is one example where the number of albums you sell has nothing to do with your talent as an artist.
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