Si il y a bien une personne qui est satisfait par la marche arrière faite par Nas, c'est bien le Révérend Al Sharpton qui depuis des années se bat pour que la communauté Hip Hop arrête d'utiliser le mot 'Nigger'.
"I see this as a partial victory. The record companies have to consider the downside of using it, businesswise. That would not have happened if we hadn't protested."
"I have a lot of respect for Nas. I liked what he said about [police shooting victim] Sean Bell. We have a fundamental disagreement on this. He can rap against me. I'll preach against them. We're still friends."
Nas a assuré que le thème de l'album ne changerait pas et à en croire les propos d'un employé de Def Jam qui a entendu l'album, ce projet est toujours aussi politique et revendicatif.
"Every song talks about the word. It's a political manifesto about the hypocrisy of a vocal minority, which wants to censor lyrics but doesn't mind 200 people getting killed and maimed in a Quentin Tarantino movie."
