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AZ Anthony Cruz (born March 9, 1972 in Brownsville, Brooklyn, New York), better known as AZ, is an American rapper currently residing in Englewood, New Jersey. He mainly known for his association with Nas, his membership in the supergroup The Firm, and his many successful solo albums.

Biography:
AZ was born Anthony Cruz to an African-American mother and a Dominican father. AZ first came to prominence by appearing on Nas’ landmark album Illmatic on the song “

Life’s a Bitch” (1994)—he was the only guest emcee to appear on that album. After a bidding war, AZ signed with EMI, and soon released Doe Or Die (1995) to more critical acclaim than commercial sales. The album’s lead single, “Sugar Hill”, became AZ’s only major commercial success as a solo artist, reaching the top 25 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and achieving Gold status. AZ’s EMI contract was transferred to sister label Noo Trybe Records/Virgin Records when the EMI Label Group was shut down.

In 1997, he and Nas appeared in an Sprite commercial.

AZ’s fanbase grew considerably after he joined The Firm, a supergroup comprised of AZ, Nas, Foxy Brown, and Nature, with Dr. Dre and The Trackmasters producing. The Firm’s only album, The Album, was regarded as critically disappointing. Pieces of a Man, AZ’s second solo release, didn’t sell well. Independently, AZ released S.O.S.A. to little fanfare in 2000. Soon, however, AZ signed with Motown/Universal Records and released 9 Lives.

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1	The Format full track	325
2	Rather Unique full track	282
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5	Ho Happy Jackie	215
6	I Am The Truth full track	184
7	I Feel For You	171
8	Intro	169
9	Get High full track	163
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yesterday afternoon

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dgk3188 wrote:
yesterday afternoon

vote for this pic http://www.last.fm/music/RZA/+images/20611191

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dgk3188 wrote:
yesterday afternoon

Allah Zig-Zag-Zig

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Chingy314 wrote:
Tuesday afternoon

THE FIRM

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Avalorn wrote:
Tuesday morning

his flow...cool, so cool, like so much, and doe or die is a classic.

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zo55 wrote:
Monday morning

its doe or die

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YessRich wrote:
Friday evening

Make Me is AZ at his best raw

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EroUd wrote:
last week

"The Format" is great song ;]

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Nestea-88 wrote:
10 days ago

pieces a man is better than awol and format.

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UnownNegro wrote:
12 days ago

Mo Money, Mo Murder

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tmgbball15 wrote:
27 days ago

Doe or die, The Format, AWol, Aziatic

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WastedYouth1 wrote:
28 days ago

Doe or Die will always be his best. After that I guess the Format and AWOL are both real good.

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Betterdayz502 wrote:
30 days ago

. Die or Die,2. A.W.O.L.,3. 9 Livez I think were all just proving all his albums are good.Aziatic was faaaaaaaar from wack.their is 3 skippables on their tho which isn't a good look for AZ.

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ckypissdrunk wrote:
December 2008

Sadly, he's lost it

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dgk3188 wrote:
November 2008

truthfully, i thought Aziatic was kind of whack.

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Esco-Z-GA wrote:
November 2008

1 - Aziatic,2 - Doe Or Die,3 - A.W.O.L.

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TuNa_DriNk wrote:
November 2008

1. Doe Or Die, 2. The Format, 3. A.W.O.L... IMO

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silent-listener wrote:
November 2008

what's his best albumBest Album?

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TuNa_DriNk wrote:
November 2008

still got one of tha sickest flows

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dgk3188 wrote:
November 2008

Final Call was finally released "officially". it was supposed to be his final album. but i think it got heavily bootlegged and never officially released

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