AZ

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- Doe Or Die (Parental Advisory)
- Released 1995

- Aziatic (Parental Advisory)
- Released 2002

- The Format (Special Edition) (Parental Advisory)
- Released 2006

- Pieces Of A Man (Parental Advisory)
- Released 1998

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One of the numerous thoughtful gangsta rappers to emerge from New York during the mid-'90s, AZ enjoyed critical success early in his career, particularly with his debut album, Doe or Die (1995), but commercial success largely eluded him over the years. Born in Brooklyn, he initially garnered attention with his guest feature on "Life's a Bitch," one of the standout tracks on Nas' landmark debut album, Illmatic (1994). In the wake of Doe or Die's critical success, AZ collaborated with Nas in the ill-fated supergroup the Firm and released Pieces of a Man (1998), another critical favorite. But for the most part, that was it from AZ for several years as he fell by the wayside, not surfacing in a big way again until a pair of Motown releases, 9 Lives (2001) and Aziatic (2002), that didn't sell any better than his previous efforts. He subsequently took his music underground, periodically releasing albums such as A.W.O.L. (2005). In 2004 the double-disc retrospective Decade 1994-2004 looked back over his career to date, gathering up various highlights. ~ Jason Birchmeier, All Music Guide

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- - One Of Da Realist Lyricists!!
  - - By eugene88
    - 10/8/2009 18:59:34
  - He dont need Nas to be hot.. Nas blew up and forgot about him so he own his own and still making hot and classic albums. He Got 10 Albums out and still making songs till this day.. The Last album G.O.D was ight but kinda sloppy.. needed some features on there but still one of the best lyricist/flower of all time. I listen to AZ all day long cuz his songs are timeless. Cant wait for his 11th album coming next in march or July!! Keep SPitting ur shit AZ!!!!
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- - Agree
  - - By takashimike
    - 10/7/2009 21:38:40
  - Yep. He had so much potential. I don't know what happened. I hope he does an album with Nas.
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- - AZ shoulda blew the F#ck up
  - - By the muzik box
    - 9/12/2009 23:11:05
  - "Mo Money Mo Murda" from his first album.. Listen to that shit.. It's bananas.. "The Essence" is another banger.. "Phone Tap", "How Ya Livin","Problems","Sugar Hill" What I'm saying is ya boy is hott.. Y'all shoulda been up on his shit.. So underrated
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- - Az Go Hard
  - - By MiXmAsTaRoB 89
    - 7/13/2009 06:10:51
  - Az Go Hard Still got all his albums just like i do nas...
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- - Crazy Flow
  - - By MoNSTER1
    - 12/2/2008 22:49:27
  - Super underated one of the craziest flows out in the game. Never sold millions but should have. Him and nas need to do a collabo cause sh!t will be bananas, but leave foxy broke out.
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