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}} ''Life Is Good'' is the eleventh studio album by American rapper Nas. It was recorded at various studios in New York and California, and produced primarily by No I.D. and Salaam Remi. Nas wrote the album after his divorce from recording artist Kelis and compared it to Marvin Gaye's 1978 record ''Here, My Dear''. He wanted to vent personal feelings and address moments in his life in his songs, while drawing on 1980s hip hop influences for the album's production in order to complement its nostalgic tone. ''Life Is Good'' features personal subject matter, themes of adulthood and nostalgia, and reflections on Nas' personal life and experience in hip hop. His rapping is characterized by a relaxed, plainspoken flow, internal rhymes, and a tone that veers from malicious to nostalgic and introspective. The album's production incorporates orchestral elements and musical references to both contemporary and golden age hip hop, including boom bap beats and old school samples. When ''Life Is Good'' was released on July 13, 2012, by Def Jam Recordings, it received widespread critical acclaim and debuted at number one on the ''Billboard'' 200 in the United States. It also reached the top 10 of record charts in Canada, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. It was promoted with three singles—"Nasty", "The Don", and "Daughters"—five music videos, and Nas' touring during June to December 2012. By February 10, 2013, ''Life Is Good'' had sold 354,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan. == Background == In 2010, Nas released his tenth studio album ''Distant Relatives'', a collaboration with Damian Marley that reinvigorated Nas creatively.〔 However, he became distracted with tax problems and an expensive, highly publicized divorce from his wife Kelis months before their son's birth, events that influenced his direction for ''Life Is Good''.〔 His songwriting on the album was also influenced by adjusting back to life as a single man. Nas also wanted to write more original subject matter rather than another album "about how you came up in the hood and how you had to make it out of the hood".〔 Although he did not find his album "quite so much about the marriage or the divorce", Nas likened ''Life Is Good'' to Marvin Gaye's 1978 album ''Here, My Dear'',〔 which was written by Gaye in response to his own deteriorating marriage and released as a financial settlement. Nas said of the album's personal subject matter in an interview for ''Billboard'': The album's cover depicts a forlorn Nas in a polished white suit, sitting in a night club's VIP lounge, and holding over his knee Kelis' actual green wedding dress,〔 which he said was the only item she left.〔 When writing the album, Nas also reflected on aging and maturation, fatherhood, and his 20-year experience in hip hop music.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Life Is Good (Nas album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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