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  SPIN.com's Best of the Week

  April 12, 2009 – This week, music's heavy-hitters reclaimed the spotlight: Green Day premiered songs from their first album in five years at a secret show in San Francisco, Eminem returned with his celeb-spoofing video for "We Made You," and No Doubt released their first new recording since 2003. All these stories, plus the week's top photo galleries, audio/video, news, and reviews below.TOP STORIES:Green Day Preview New Album at Secret Show! At a sur …
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  Nas, Damien Marley, the Roots Lead Rock the Bells Bill

  April 7, 2009 – The lineup for this year's installment of the Rock the Bells festival has been unveiled, and it's jam-packed with top-notch artists: Nas, Damien "Jr. Gong" Marley, the Roots, Common, and Big Boi of Outkast are just a few of the acts billed for the traveling hip-hop event. Additional artists scheduled to appear include KRS-One, Talib Kweli and Hi-Tek, K'naan, Busta Rhymes, and the Wu-Tang Clan's RZA, Raekwon, and GZA. …
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  TV on the Radio, the Roots, Nas Sing Nat King Cole

  November 21, 2008 – A formidable slew of today's finest artists -- including TV on the Radio, the Roots, and Nas -- have re-imagined classic tunes by the late crooner Nat King Cole for a new compilation in memory of his legacy. The album is entitled Re:Generations and will arrive March 10 via Capitol/EMI and King Cole Partners & Productions. …
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  Nas and Will.i.Am Unveil New Obama Songs

  November 5, 2008 – What do you get for the man who has everything? And by "everything" we mean, the most power in the free world, a new mansion, and a soon-to-be-purchased new puppy. Well, if you're Will.i.Am or Nas, you record him a new song. Despite being in Norway yesterday when the official results were pouring in, Nas recorded "Election Night," his anthem for Barack Obama. …
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  Nas Unveils Summer Tour

  July 15, 2008 – Who? Born Nasir Jones, Queensbridge, New York's hip-hop maven Nas -- a recent Spin interviewee and Artist of the Day subject -- is best known for his 1994 classic, Illmatic, as well as other career-defining records like God's Son and Street's Disciple. July 15 will see the release of his latest controversy-rife record, which is being released without a proper title. What? …
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  Available Today: July 15, 2008

  July 15, 2008 – Here's a rundown of what's available online and in record stores this week. …
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  Nas

  July 15, 2008 – What? When an artist's debut ends up a genre-defining classic, expectations never fade, and though steeped in quality entries like the furious Stillmatic and sleeper hit Street's Disciple, Nas' catalog still craved another manifesto. …
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  The Inquisition: Nas

  June 20, 2008 – You gotta give Nas points for trying. After a year in which he caught flak from Bill O'Reilly for participating in a benefit, saw his nemesis turned label boss Jay-Z leave Def Jam, and shot a failed reality show with his wife Kelis, the 34-year-old Nasir Jones lost his long, contentious struggle to name his ninth album Nigger, replacing the title at the last minute. …
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