AZ

AZ is a New York rapper who used to be with Nas is The Firm. He has a slick flow that is very similar to old Nas. AZ has had an up and down career, but he has dropped some really great verses. The Firm album was a classic. J-Love has done multiple mixtapes with AZ and they are classics. "The Return Of Sosa Part 1" and "The Return Of Sosa Part 2" show AZ at his top lyrical form, spitting street rhymes about hustling drugs and gun battles. If you are a fan of It Was Written-era Nas, AZ is definitely one to check out. AZ goes hard on a mixtape like he does on his albums.