It's about living well as the best revenge after a breakup you fools. This is Nas's most emotionally mature work yet (yes, I might even argue with Illmatic despite how mature the guy was as a teen) and the top-notch beats are only proof that he's still got an ear for it, probably a better ear now than he's had in the past. If there's one criticism I would make it's that the beats are actually *almost* too clean-cut, they sound as if Nas wanted to make a Kanye album as far as scope of musical backdrop. Actually I'm undecided if this is a criticism or not because he takes Kanye's 'bowl you over with class' aesthetic and actually applies more finesse and intelligence to it, but up to the point where it tries to be so majestic it becomes nearly campy and self-parodic. I've only heard the album twice so I'll reserve judgment but I really like it so far.
Ohnomite is still better.
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