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This album’s lead single which appeared in the movie Zebrahead has the artist compare himself to “Malcolm X catching the jungle fever”. Large Professor sampled (15[1])Michael Jackson’s “Human Nature” for a song on this album, (15[1])where the artist refers to himself as “the Buddha’s monk in your trunk, turn the bass up”. AZ made his debut (15[1])verse on this album, where he raps about “visualizin’ the realism of life in actuality”. (15[1])A song on this album that includes (*) “Halftime” and “It Ain’t Hard to Tell” (10[1])starts “Rappers I monkey (10[1])flip ‘em with the funky rhythm” (10[1])and contains the claim “I never sleep, ‘cause sleep is the cousin of death”. A photo of a child superimposed (10[1])on a city block serves as the cover of this 1994 (10[1])album. For 10 points, “Life's a Bitch” and (10[1])“N.Y. State of Mind” feature on what debut album by Nas? ■END■

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