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Stillmatic is a rap album by Nas. It was released in December of 2001 and was Nas' 5th album, following 1999's I Am ... The Autobiography and Nastradamus.

Stillmatic, Nas' nod of self-recognition to his critically-acclaimed 1994 debut album, Illmatic, was one of the most highly anticipated albums of the year, primarily due to the fallout from Nas' heated battle with rival Jay-Z; Jay-Z had previously insulted Nas in his single "Takeover", taken from his September 2001 release, The Blueprint. On Stillmatic, Nas immediately retaliated with "Ether", a response to "Takeover" that labeled Jay-Z as both a sell-out artist and hypocrite.

While Stillmatic was commercially hailed as Nas' comeback album after two years of inactivity and in light of the attacks made by Jay-Z, the album failed to match the massive sales of The Blueprint. Nas followed Stillmatic in 2002 with the album God's Son and in 2004 Street's Disciple, his highest selling album to date.

Track listing

"Stillmatic (Intro)"
"Ether"
"Got Ur Self A ..."
"Smokin'"
"You're da Man"
"Rewind"
"One Mic"
"2nd Childhood"
"Destroy and Rebuild"
"The Flyest"
"Rule"
"My Country"
"What Goes Around"
"Every Ghetto"

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 ''Stillmatic'', [[Nas|Nas']] nod of self-recognition to his critically-acclaimed 1994 debut album, ''[[Illmatic]]'', was one of the most highly anticipated albums of the year, primarily due to the fallout from [[Nas|Nas']] heated battle with rival [[Jay-Z]]; [[Jay-Z]] had previously insulted [[Nas]] in his single "Takeover", taken from his September [[2001]] release, ''[[The Blueprint]]''. On ''Stillmatic'', Nas immediately retaliated with "Ether", a response to "Takeover" that labeled [[Jay-Z]] as both a sell-out artist and hypocrite.
-While ''Stillmatic'' was both critically and commercially hailed as [[Nas|Nas']] comeback album after two years of inactivity and in light of the attacks made by [[Jay-Z]], the album failed to match the massive sales of ''[[The Blueprint]]''. Nas followed ''Stillmatic'' in [[2002]] with the album ''[[God's Son]]'' and in [[2004]] ''[[Street's Disciple]]'', his highest selling album to date. Nas has told MTV that a new album is due shortly, titled ''NASdaq DowJones'' for [[2005]].
+While ''Stillmatic'' was commercially hailed as [[Nas|Nas']] comeback album after two years of inactivity and in light of the attacks made by [[Jay-Z]], the album failed to match the massive sales of ''[[The Blueprint]]''. Nas followed ''Stillmatic'' in [[2002]] with the album ''[[God's Son]]'' and in [[2004]] ''[[Street's Disciple]]'', his highest selling album to date.
 == Track listing ==