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Nas released the album trailer to his upcoming album Life Is Good and revealed the album cover which features his ex-wife Kelis’ wedding dress.

Check out the Life Is Good Album Cover after the jump. The album drops on July 17th.

Background

The first single from the album is "Nasty". It was released on iTunes on August 9, 2011.[2] On February 24, 2012, Nas stated on Twitter that he had finished the recording of the album.[3] On March 14, 2012, a new single titled "The Don" was released on iTunes on April 3, 2012. made on Funkmaster Flex's radio show. The song is produced by Salaam Remi, Da Internz and the late Heavy D. The song "Another Black Girl Lost" was leaked and released on April 17, 2012 though it is not scheduled to be released on the album. On May 1 his next single from the album, entitled "Daughters", was released via iTunes & is produced by No I.D. though the song was earlier leaked in April 27, 2012 with another version.
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Nas is planning a collaboration with longtime rhyme partner AZ, confirmed via Twitter in August, 2011. The two have not released a track together since 2004. Nas confirmed that the two have been "messing around with ideas here and there" in the studio. AZ himself confirmed that he and Nas have been working together and that "with me and him it’s like magic when we connect so, it's that magic all over again. We a lil older now so, it's really more dangerous and potent because now we know the moves and the proper moves to make so, it’s a beautiful thing now." He also commented on the direction of the music he and Nas are making: "Yo, we gon’ reinvent the wheel, that’s what we gon’ do.[4]" Odd Future members Frank Ocean, Tyler, The Creator and Hodgy Beats have been confirmed to feature on the album, with Ocean putting the track together and Tyler and Hodgy adding verses.[5] In an interview, Tyler, The Creator said the song is "either for a Nas project or a Frank [Ocean] project" and that the song has a unique concept to it. In a recent interview, Nas spoke on the possible features for the album and stated: "I'm knee-deep into the album now. I definitely have some spaces for some guests. It just has to be right for the track, or whatever. It just got to sound right. So whatever happens, it'll be for the best. I have some pretty good ideas as to who I want to put on certain songs. So we just have to see if some of these dudes will be with it, if they have time to do it, or whatever. We'll see what happens." Most recently Nas revealed in an interview with Rolling Stone that he has recorded with Salaam Remi, Jay Electronica and AZ. Nas also stated in the interview that The Lost Tapes II is still a possibility and that he hopes to record with Scarface for the new album: "There's a certain sound in hip-hop that I love so some of the album may give you a Nineties feel."

Production

Salaam Remi, Heavy D, producer duo Da Internz, and No I.D. are so far the only confirmed producer for the album. Nas has called the album a "magic moment" in his rap career while mentioning that Swizz Beatz, DJ Premier, The Alchemist, Dr. Dre, Kanye West and RZA are possible producers on the LP.[7][8] Producer Bangladesh revealed that he has produced some tracks for the album.[9] Producer Kane Beatz revealed he has recently worked with Nas.[10] Producer/DJ Statik Selektah has also said that he has produced a couple of tracks for the album.[11]Illmatic collaborators Pete Rock and Large Professor are also rumored to have logged studio time or sent beats to Nas for the upcoming album. Pete Rock has confirmed that he is working with Nas via twitter and in a video interview with SB.TV. Speaking on possible producers for the album Nas also revealed: "It's all about who got it. I'm not reaching out to any specific person, really. I did reach out to No I.D. But other than that, people already know that we want to work together. Almost every producer in the game, I had a conversation with. We're just going to see what fits, what makes a marriage together." RZA recently mentioned giving Nas 10 instrumentals to use on his album. It remains uncertain how many will make the final cut.[12]

Long-time producer Salaam Remi commented on his production on the album by saying, “If I’m going to do hip-hop, I want it to be something that a mumble-mouth rapper can’t rap on. You better have something to say and be speaking up.” On the whole, Nas' new music cuts against the grain. “I wanted to make a soundtrack that allowed Nas to be Nas,” says No I.D., the renowned rap producer and Def Jam executive who was the other major contributor to the new album. “I don’t have a calculation of what is going on now with the kids, but I just wanted Nas to do what he do.”

I got this from a bb broadcast message about the movie corpus christi-body of christ which tells that christ disciples were homosexuals
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AN URGENT PRAYER REQUEST BEYOND DISRESPECT
 
Abraham asked the Lord to spare 50 righteous people. God responded to Abraham's plea,"If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all ....Genesis 18:16-33.
The movie " Corpus Christi " is due to be released this June to August. This disgusting film set to appear in America later this year depicts Jesus and his disciples as homosexuals! As a play, this has already been in theatres for a while. It's called "Corpus Christi" which means " The Body of Christ ". It's revolting mockery of our Lord. But we can make a difference.
That's why I am sending this e-mail to you. If you do send this around, we just might be able to prevent this film from showing in America. Let's stand for what we believe in and stop the mockery of Jesus Christ our Savior. Where do we stand as Christians? At the risk of a bit of inconvenience, I'm forwarding this to all I think would appreciate it, too. Please help us prevent such offences against our Lord. 
Apparently, some regions in Europe have already banned the film. All we need is a lot of prayer and a lot of e-mails.
JUST GET THE WORD OUT...will God be able to find at least 50 righteous people who are willing to express their concern and voice their opinion against this act of blasphemy?
PLEASE COPY AND PASTE AND LET THE WORD OUT IN MULTIPLES..

America is the home of all immorality how can you say over here in west africa we are morally currupt than north america

We no even reach dem sef despite poverty here is unbearable and that the reason peoe do shady things here

But over there they do shady things for fun like striping and nude party and fornication swinging orgies and porn which over here it can be done but in closed door due to culture shock

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See dat boy beside tonto now will be just some where strugglin like any naija boi
And see tonto now a bigga gurls na wa ooo women

Airtel is da cheapest network I ave ever come accross

As for the text ads bombardment na dem go tire sha dem no go gba me

Etisalat also do send annoyin text

Another bribe from india may be because of the dana issue kai ooo washing

I even prefer abacha regime to this lame duck jonathan that has made life miserable for nigerians who betrayed us

Gej we dey wait ooo na you talk say by the end of june boko haram will be a past issue
Ole nu oga jona egbe man cock

El rufai is on point and right jare don't mind those yeye nairalanders who left their thinking cap for bathroom

logicboy: What makes you think that people here on Nairaland are poor? Does the average Nigerian have internet? Does even the average internet service in Nigeria allow for the streaming of videos?


Why should we not criticise pastors who are fraudulent? Are you insane?

Guy pls whayt do you mean that the
Average internet service allow the streaming of video so explain
You think people don't waych video from the internet here

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Pls I want this to be the official igala thread https://www.nairaland.com/948637/igalas-see-themselves-yorubas-official/1#11052378

And wanna see it make the front page as well so as to make my igala people proud and make nigerians know much about igalas ok

Alade Tunde: this is a fake post,i don't know when a Yoruba man wake up and say that Igala is part of Yoruba.dis is rubbish.Yourbas have never claim dat Igalas are Yoruba,so pls post Mr. poster, post another comment

What do you mean I started this topic because am an igala boy and I never said igalans are yoruba I was trying to explain our similarities don't you get it,the problem with you yorubas here don't know much about anu other tribe in naija you just think nigeria is only made up of yorubas igbos and hausas bullshit there are many tribes in naija ok get that

So tell me why do the igala language is yorubaiod meaning it sounds yoruba am sure you have not heard igala language spoken before that's why ok pls google igala and read oooooooooooo

Yornandrew: i am content with what i have from now. i only attend and give to a church that is very much involved in the care of the less priviledge. i attend God Bless Nigeria Church, Isolo that has a rehab centre for drug addicts and an empowerment unit for poor members of the church to offer free business training and finance for businesses in soap making, tailoring, air freshner, hairdressing e.t.c

I may not be a church goer and a very religious person but I will like to give to this church if I am made not doing follow follow about like what all these con artist like sign fireman and others are doing

Hahah sign fireman is a guyman a con artist his motto is mugu fall guyman wack

Even the lords chosen pastor lazarus muorka who has brainwashed foolish followers into wearing advert banners on their body gets his power from babalawo also

Na who never go never see

adeprinze: @Laila Ikeji or whatever ur name sounds; you complained that fire fighters arrived 40 mins after, was it late in our ever busy Lagos traffic? were they omnipresent? to me that was on time, am impressed, what were ur expectations? you guys will alwaz run our agencies down, i guess to much american movies that house start burning 2 seconds u see fire fighter, don't be deceived dear. and for all you complaining they ran out of water, so what? if fire too much water no go finish? na from river them connect their hose? mhen una funny sha.

I beg make u helep me tell them ooo too much film silverbird cinemas

dinoinlove: I think is high time I delete my self here.for I see here as a doomed site.how can someone be a judge to a man of God.op you are a bloody bastard.look for a job A̶̲̥̅̊₪D̶̲̥̅̊ stop smoking that weed fool

Oya if you don't delete your self here you must be the bloody bastard lol practice what you boast of

Hey why did my thread did not make the front page I was the first to post this
https://www.nairaland.com/956680/dana-indian-senior-managers-flee

and you guys made another persons thread of the same content the front page https://www.nairaland.com/956707/senior-dana-air-indian-managers
Ojoro dey nairaland oo

Hahaa if u no dey see you no dey hear say na N5k in a single card they mean haha ridiculous poster lmfao

You never ready load the 5k card if you need am go to those whole sale card vendor you gonna get it instead of comin her accusing telecom giants glo of cheap scam they are big off

That's one problem about follow follow nigerians they are toOoooo blind to see

Oyedepo may be a mason but covering up with pastor duty it may be mason that gave him the wealth after all in freemasonry they belive -in god we trust-

Last word -there is no success without a force behind it

Same thing have happened to me a gurl I met online dat asked me for ma pin and by then I had no blackberry but kept her pin a month later. I got tha bb hook up so I added her and we talk oo just cus I ask her question she was naggin I ask questions a lot she deleted me but she still dey ma facebook sha I no send am
Na she sabi afterall I dey run tins without bb Bleep her
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As Dana Air’s woes continue to mount over its plane that crashed on Sunday in Lagos, its senior managers of Indian nationality have reportedly fled the country as Nigerian aviation officials investigate the cause of the crash.

LEADERSHIP gathered that the managers hurriedly fled because of the anger the death of more than 200 people has generated and the alleged Dana Air’s complicity in the crash.

There are reports that the ill-fated plane was poorly maintained and in bad shape when it made its last flight.

When LEADERSHIP called the head, corporate communications, Dana Group, Mr. Tony Usidamen, he refused to pick his calls and also did not reply a text message sent to him.

Meanwhile, people living close to the place where Dana Air’s Boeing MD-83 plane crashed have raised the alarm over the stench emanating from the site at the Iju-Ishaga area of Lagos State.

The residents of the densely populated area lamented that apart from the wreckage that still liters their vicinity, the offensive odour oozing from the site of the crash calls for concern over the state of health of those inhaling the stench.

Olatunji Lawal, a resident of No. 4, Okusanya Street, a building very close to the crash site, told LEADERSHIP: “What we want government to do is to quickly come to our aid by evacuating us from this area. That is the only thing that can save our lives. “What has happened has happened.  We ask God to grant the dead victims eternal rest. We pray that God will grant the families of the departed souls the fortitude to bear the loss. But we who are still alive need to survive. As it is now, the environment is not hygienic. As we speak now, the stench coming from the wreckage is odious. We even searched for an emergency clinic that NEMA said they have put in place nearby to get ourselves treated but couldn’t find it. As we are now, we need to subject ourselves to medical test.

“The structural integrity of this house (his place of residence) is suspect. So, this place is not habitable. When it rained this morning, the house was vibrating. I had to run out, praying to God that the house does not collapse on our heads.”

Another resident who gave his name as Pastor Adekunle Adedunni said: “What we need now is the help of people and government because we don’t know what to do. They have to compensate the owners of the houses close to the crash site after the people have been evacuated. The place is smelling now.”

The concern of another resident was that the people who live around the crash site coulld have psychological trauma if they were not relocated. He said the area should be used as a burial site for the victims of the air crash.

The Lagos State government has however allayed the fears of the residents , saying the government would fumigate the area as soon as the various investigations being carried out on the site of the crash are concluded and the debris cleared.

Speaking with LEADERSHIP, the chief executive officer of the Lagos Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Dr. Femi Oke-Osanyitolu, said efforts were being intensified to get the remaining bodies from the planes and houses affected by the crash, adding that the state government was too proactive to allow the issue of epidemic outbreak to occur.

He explained that recovered bodies were carefully packaged inside bags and taken away immediately to the Lagos Teaching Hospital in ambulances, promising that people displaced by the crash would be housed and rehabilitated at the Agbowa relief camp.

Oke-Osanyintolu further said that those displaced by the crash were 36 in number. He said they were being treated at a hospital in Ifako-Ijaye before being taken to the relief camp. The LASEMA boss assured that there would be no epidemic as the two-storey building which the plane crashed into would be pulled down and the entire area fumigated.

He confirmed that 149 complete bodies of the victims had been evacuated. He stated that the emergency workers would still comb for more body parts before pulling the building down same day.

The commissioner for environment, Mr. Tunji Bello, who also allayed fears of an epidemic outbreak, said all the concerned agencies in the state were already on standby to rise to the challenges of forestalling outbreak of any endemic.

The commissioner urged Lagosians to desist from listening to rumour mongers, saying that it is capable of causing more harm to the unsuspecting commuters.

He explained that the odour may have been caused by the continuous rainfall in the state, adding that people in the neighbourhood would be medically safe as soon as the affected environment was fumigated to treat and suppress the odour oozing from the place.

Mr. Rasheed Shabi of the Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency (LASEPA)  similarly assured those living around the site of the crash not to panic, adding that LASEPA would fumigate the place.

 

More bodies recovered

The FRSC said in Abuja that 14 more bodies were recovered on Tuesday from the wreckage of the Dana plane that crashed in Lagos on Sunday.

Mr. Jonas Agwu, the public education officer of the FRSC, who gave the figure at noon, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), said the recovery “brings the number of bodies so far recovered to 152”.

Agwu said the 14 bodies were recovered during ``a joint sustained evacuation exercise’’ carried out by the National Emergency Management Agency and other relevant agencies.

He gave the breakdown of the bodies so far recovered to include 88 males, 48 females, 14 children, and two unidentified mutilated adults.

The plane, which took off from Abuja, crashed into a residential area in Iju, a suburb of Lagos, killing all 153 passengers and six crew members on board.

Agwu recalled that during a similar operation on Monday, more than 130 bodies were recovered from the wreckage.

 

FG suspends airline’s licence

The Ministry of Aviation yesterday suspended the Air Operator Certificate (AOC) of Dana Air, following the crash of one of its MD83 aircraft in Lagos on Sunday.

Consequently, the airline could no longer conduct flight operations, though the airline had grounded its operations following the crash since it operates MD83 aircraft only.

The minster of aviation’s special assistant (media), Mr. Joe Obi, confirmed the “indefinite” suspension pending when investigation would be concluded.

He said, “We have suspended their operational licence in the aftermath of the crash. We have to look at their entire operations”.

LEADERSHIP investigations showed that all five Dana aircraft operating in the Nigerian airspace were built between 21 and 22 years ago, thereby breaking government’s rule which bans aircraft older than 20 years from operating within the Nigerian airspace.

It was also gathered that NCAA yesterday launched a comprehensive safety and financial audit of all local airlines operating in Nigeria, so as to determine whether they ought to be in business or not.

A source at the regulator said any carrier found to have compromised on global safety standards would have its licence revoked.

US condoles with Nigeria

United States president Barack Obama has condoled with the federal government of Nigeria over Sunday’s plane crash that claimed over 100 lives.

Speaking through the secretary of state, Mrs. Hillary Rodham Clinton, on Monday night, the US president said he extended his deepest condolences to those who lost family members and loved ones in the deadly plane crash in Lagos, Nigeria.

 “We stand with the people of Nigeria at this difficult time and we are prepared to assist the Nigerian government in its investigation of this tragic accident,” President Obama was quoted as saying.

Also, the spokesperson of the White House, Mr. Mark Toner, during a briefing with journalists during in Washington, condoled with Nigerians, adding that it had been confirmed that there were some U.S. citizens on board the ill-fated flight that crashed in Lagos on Sunday.

 “We’re still, frankly, unable to provide a firm number.  Once we’re able to, we’ll get that to you all. I can also say that our consulate in Lagos is working both to notify the next of kin and also provide any appropriate consular assistance,” he added.
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Well that's good sha such a horrible scene its a pity it landed in a building but oga poster tell us if the plane exploded or just crash landed in to the building with its mouth stuck into the ground

Well what ever if its efcc ecomog or unicef or even fifa that's is involved I don't give a isshh
All am happy is there is infrastural development coming to ease our life gbam

[quote]) Lagos-Badagry Expressway was part of ECOWAS contribution to the abandoned Trans-Africa Highway (the road, not the rail project). [/quote ]
Look the same people building the road are involved in the rail please
Well all I know is that I followed report when the project was been showed on ltv properly back then you don't expect me to go to ltv to get the tape fools just to give some doubting jackass who don't live in lagos

Ok what if ecowas is involve in the project at last you will fly down from a building lol

Nigerians and over education still yet we can't produce a pin
Omo no be by phd jare na who whole plenty money dey talk for naija ooo make she know oooo