{{pp-move}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Redirect|Nas (album)|other albums by Nas|Nas discography}} {{Infobox album | italic_title = no | name = {{noitalic|Untitled}} | type = Studio | artist = Nas | cover = Nas - Untitled.jpg | alt = | released = {{Start date|2008|7|15}} | recorded = | studio = | genre = {{hlist|Hip-hop|R&B|political hip-hop}} | length = 54:04 | label = {{hlist|The Jones Experience|Def Jam|Columbia}} | producer = {{hlist|Cool & Dre|DJ Green Lantern|DJ Toomp|Dustin Moore|Eric Hudson|J. Myers|Jay Electronica|Mark Batson|Mark Ronson|Polow da Don|Salaam Remi|Stargate|stic.man}} | prev_title = Hip Hop Is Dead | prev_year = 2006 | next_title = Distant Relatives | next_year = 2010 | misc = {{Singles | name = {{noitalic|Untitled}} | type = studio | single1 = Hero | single1date = June 23, 2008 | single2 = Make the World Go Round | single2date = October 9, 2008 }} }}

The untitled ninth studio album <!-- The following words are not bold per MOS:BOLD second paragraph --> by American rapper Nas, commonly referred to as '''''Nas''''', or simply '''''Untitled''''', was released on July 15, 2008, by the Jones Experience, Columbia Records, and Def Jam Recordings. Its original title '''''Nigger''''' was omitted due to controversy surrounding the racial epithet. The album is distinguished for its political content, diverse sources of production, and provocative subject matter. The album features guest appearances from Chris Brown, Keri Hilson, Busta Rhymes, and the Game, among others.

The album debuted at number one on the US ''Billboard'' 200, becoming Nas' fifth to do so, and was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for shipments of over 500,000 copies in the United States.<ref>[https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=nas&artist=nas&after=on&before=on&startMonth=7&endMonth=12&startYear=2008&endYear=2008&sort=Artist&perPage=25 Gold & Platinum]. RIAA. Retrieved November 15, 2008.</ref> Upon its release, the album received generally positive reviews from critics.

==Background==

===Title controversy=== The original title of the album, ''Nigger'', was mentioned by Nas several times, as well as on an October 12, 2007, performance at the Roseland Ballroom in New York City where he announced the title and release date.<ref>Shaheem Reid (October 13, 2007). [https://web.archive.org/web/20071014131010/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1571889/20071013/nas.jhtml Nas Reveals Controversial Title Of New LP At NYC Gig] MTV News. Retrieved October 15, 2007.</ref> Def Jam made no comment on the title.<ref name=billboardtitle>Hillary Crosley (October 15, 2007). [https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1048091/nas-selects-n-word-for-new-album-title Nas Selects N-Word For New Album Title] ''Billboard''. Retrieved October 15, 2007.</ref> This was similar to attempts to name his 2006 album, eventually titled ''Hip Hop Is Dead'', to both ''Nigga'' and ''Hip Hop Is Dead... The N''. On May 19, 2008, it was confirmed that Nas changed the name of the album to an untitled one, stating that "the people will always know what the real title of this album is and what to call it."<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://allhiphop.com/stories/news/archive/2008/05/19/19895200.aspx |title=Nas Issues Statement Regarding 'N****r' Name Change |access-date=2008-05-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080528041328/http://allhiphop.com/stories/news/archive/2008/05/19/19895200.aspx |archive-date=2008-05-28 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The cover of the album depicts the back of a shirtless Nas with flagellation scars forming the shape of the letter N, a reference to the racial slur and how slaves were tortured in the United States. Fort Greene, Brooklyn, assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries requested New York's Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli to withdraw $84 million from the state pension fund that has been invested into Universal and its parent company, Vivendi, if the album's title was not changed.<ref>Black widow (October 5, 2007). [http://www.sixshot.com/news/8315/ Update: Universal Told To Change The Title Of Nas' 'N-Word' Album Or Lose $84 Million] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090217235839/http://www.sixshot.com/news/8315/ |date=2009-02-17 }} ''Six Shot''. Retrieved April 20, 2008.</ref>

L.A. Reid, chairman of Def Jam at the time, confirmed that the label fully backed Nas and his decision on naming his album.<ref name="title support">Shaheem Reid (October 22, 2007). [https://web.archive.org/web/20071021124642/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1572402/20071019/nas.jhtml L.A. Reid Stands 'Firmly Behind' Nas Over LP Title] MTV News. Retrieved October 22, 2007.</ref> The album's original title received support from Eminem, Ice Cube, Jay-Z, Bishop Lamont, Alicia Keys, LL Cool J, Rev Run, Common, Akon, Method Man, Lupe Fiasco, David Banner, GZA, and Melle Mel,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/bands/m/mixtape_monday/010708/|title=Mixtape Monday: Nas Drops Exclusive New Lyrics; Snoop Dogg Insists He Can Out-Sing Diddy &#124; MTV NEWS|website=Mtv.com|access-date=July 1, 2025|archive-date=May 17, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517211509/http://www.mtv.com/bands/m/mixtape_monday/010708/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{YouTube|aPBikz0r7Rw|AllHipHop.com Interview with Melle Mel about ''Nigger'' title}}</ref><ref>Shaheem Reid (November 1, 2007). [https://web.archive.org/web/20071103012108/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1573280/20071101/nas.jhtml Nas' Album Title Gets Support From Jay-Z, Alicia Keys, Bishop Lamont, LL Cool J, GZA, Reverend Run, David Banner] MTV News. Retrieved November 1, 2007.</ref> while receiving criticism from 50 Cent, Will Smith, Al Sharpton, Bill O'Reilly, Oprah Winfrey, Reverend Jesse Jackson and the NAACP.<ref name="title support"/><ref>Shaheem Reid (October 18, 2007). [https://web.archive.org/web/20071019211152/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1572287/20071018/nas.jhtml Nas Explains Controversial Album Title, Denies Reports Of Label Opposition] ''MTV''. Retrieved October 21, 2008.</ref>

===Production=== Production credits for the album include stic.man of Dead Prez, DJ Green Lantern, Polow da Don, Salaam Remi, DJ Toomp, Stargate, Cool & Dre, Game, Mark Ronson, Mark Batson, Jay Electronica, J. Myers, Dustin Moore, Calvin McDaniel and Eric Hudson. Early reports of production mentioned that No I.D., DJ Khalil, Jermaine Dupri, Chris Webber and the Hitmen were contributing tracks, but their tracks failed to make the final cut for the album. DJ Premier stated in a 2009 interview with HipHopDX that he sent in a beat for Nas that Nas did not end up using on this album.<ref>{{cite web |author=Edwin Ortiz |url=http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.8364/title.dj-premier-talks-rejected-beats-recreating-illmatic-line-up |title=DJ Premier Talks Rejected Beats, Recreating Illmatic Line-Up &#124; Latest Hip Hop News, Rap News, & Rap Music News |publisher=HipHopDX |date=2009-12-27 |access-date=2009-12-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091019093805/http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.8364/title.dj-premier-talks-rejected-beats-recreating-illmatic-line-up |archive-date=2009-10-19 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Guest artists featured on the album are Busta Rhymes, Keri Hilson, Game, Chris Brown,<ref name="previews">Shaheem Reid (May 14, 2008). [https://web.archive.org/web/20080726210050/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1587428/20080513/nas.jhtml Nas Previews Controversial Album For MTV News: 'I'm Here To Rap About What I Feel'] MTV News. Accessed May 15, 2008.</ref> the Last Poets, Eban Thomas, Mulatto and Mykel. Although Jay Electronica produced the introductory track, he does not have a verse on the album, as previously stated by Nas.

==Release and promotion== Nas released a mixtape with DJ Green Lantern titled ''The Nigger Tape'' on June 9, 2008.<ref>[http://nahright.com/news/2008/06/09/dj-green-lantern-nas-the-nigger-tape/#more-4922 DJ Green Lantern & Nas – The Nigger Tape]. Retrieved June 9, 2008.</ref> The mixtape, which was released through NasIndependenceDay.com, features three songs that were later included on the album, as well as various unreleased tracks. In July 2008, it was announced that apparel company Fila would be providing financial support for the album's marketing for one year. In exchange, Nas was to wear Fila sneakers at his shows.<ref>Fila Provide Financial Support For Nas' "Untitled" [http://urbanlookout.com/more-nas-news-signs-deal-with-fila-more-tracks-leak/ "Nas has signed a one year endorsement deal with South Korea’s largest sportswear manufacturing company, Fila."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080905181554/http://urbanlookout.com/more-nas-news-signs-deal-with-fila-more-tracks-leak/ |date=2008-09-05 }} ''Urban Lookout''. Retrieved July 4, 2008.</ref>

===Singles=== Prior to the release of the untitled album, Nas released a music video for "Be a Nigger Too", a song rumored to be the first single. In late June, Nas told ''Billboard'' magazine that "Be a Nigger Too" would not even be on the album because of sample clearance issues.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Crosley|first=Hillary|title=Tough issues go beyond words for rapper Nas|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/27/AR2008062703869.html|magazine=Billboard|date=2008-06-27|access-date=2008-07-05}}{{dead link|date=June 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> During the same week, Nas released "Hero", the album's first official single.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.defjam.com/site/artist_news.php?artist_id=608&news_id=105407 |title=Nas' Defjam Page For "Hero" |access-date=2008-06-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080611013629/http://www.defjam.com/site/artist_news.php?artist_id=608&news_id=105407 |archive-date=2008-06-11 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The song features a chorus sung by Keri Hilson, a beat produced by Polow da Don and lyrics about the music industry's stranglehold on artistry. The Game announced on BET's ''106 & Park'' that "Make the World Go Round" is the next single of the album, which was debuted in November 2008.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.worldstarhiphop.com/videos/video.php?v=wshh1b4ERIHUy2ZLZ2YX|title=The Game Announces Next Single Of "untiled"|website=Archive.today|access-date=July 1, 2025|archive-date=February 9, 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130209133034/http://www.worldstarhiphop.com/videos/video.php?v=wshh1b4ERIHUy2ZLZ2YX|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{YouTube|NHwAWYAsH0Y|"Behind the scenes of "Make The World Go Round" video shoot"}}</ref> Nas has also released videos for "Sly Fox" and "Y'all My Niggas",<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-mNjh2y_rM |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/o-mNjh2y_rM| archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live|title=Nas&nbsp;— Y'all My Niggas (Official Video) |publisher=YouTube |date=2008-11-25 |access-date=2009-12-31}}{{cbignore}}</ref> however he does not appear in either of them.

==Critical reception==

{{Music ratings | MC = 71/100<ref name="MC">{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/untitled/nas|title=Untitled by Nas|publisher=Metacritic|access-date=December 29, 2009}}</ref> | rev1 = Allmusic | rev1Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="Kellman">Kellman, Andy. [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1396841/review|pure_url=yes}} Review: Untitled Nas album]. Allmusic. Retrieved on 2009-10-27.</ref> | rev2 = ''Entertainment Weekly'' | rev2Score = B+<ref name="Greenwald">Greenwald, Andy. [https://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20211774,00.html Review: Untitled Nas album] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141207170742/https://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20211774,00.html |date=2014-12-07 }}. ''Entertainment Weekly''. Retrieved on 2009-10-27.</ref> | rev3 = ''The Independent'' | rev3Score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref name="Gill"/> | rev4 = ''MSN Music'' (Consumer Guide) | rev4Score = A−<ref name="Christgau">Christgau, Robert. "[http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist2.php?id=983 Consumer Guide: Untitled Nas album]". MSN Music: August 2008. Archived from [http://music.msn.com/music/consumerguide/2008/8/ the original] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091126133001/http://music.msn.com/music/consumerguide/2008/8/ |date=2009-11-26 }} on 2009-10-27.</ref> | rev5 = ''The New York Times'' | rev5Score = mixed<ref name="Caramanica">Caramanica, Jon. [https://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/14/arts/music/14choi.html Review: Untitled Nas album]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved on 2009-10-27.</ref> | rev6 = Pitchfork Media | rev6Score = 3.8/10<ref name="Cohen">Cohen, Ian. [https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/12002-untitled/ Review: Untitled Nas album]. Pitchfork Media. Retrieved on 2023-03-08.</ref> | rev7 = ''Rolling Stone'' | rev7Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="Rosen">Rosen, Jody. [https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/nas-20080807 Review: Untitled Nas album]. ''Rolling Stone''. Retrieved on 2009-10-27.</ref> | rev8 = Slant Magazine | rev8Score = {{rating|3.5|5}}<ref name="Newlin">Newlin, Jimmy. [https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/nas-untitled/1418 Review: Untitled Nas album]. Slant Magazine. Retrieved on 2010-05-22.</ref> | rev9 = HipHopDX | rev9Score = {{rating|4.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web|author=Ahale|url=https://hiphopdx.com/reviews/id.976/title.nas-untitled|title=NAS - UNTITLED|publisher=HipHopDX|date=July 14, 2008|access-date=26 September 2023}}</ref> | rev10 = ''The Village Voice'' | rev10Score = favorable<ref name="Hintz">Hintz, Katie. [https://web.archive.org/web/20080720013821/http://www.villagevoice.com/2008-07-16/music/nas-s-untitled/ Review: Untitled Nas album]. ''The Village Voice''. Retrieved on 2009-10-27.</ref> }}

Upon its release, the album received generally positive reviews from music critics, based on an aggregate score of 71/100 from Metacritic.<ref name="Meta">[https://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/nas/untitled Untitled Nas album (2008): Reviews] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100615233438/http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/nas/untitled |date=June 15, 2010 }}. Metacritic. Retrieved on 2009-10-27.</ref> ''Entertainment Weekly'' credited the album for its maturity as well as the album's ability to keep the listeners guessing. Andy Greenwald credits Nas, saying "In a summer of "Lollipop", it's good to hear a complicated record that doesn't shy from grown-up ambition."<ref name="Greenwald"/> The album received a 4.5 mic rating from ''The Source'' magazine.<ref name="Source">Columnist. "[http://i36.tinypic.com/vmsz9k.jpg Review: Untitled Nas album] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111217011651/http://i36.tinypic.com/vmsz9k.jpg |date=2011-12-17 }}". ''The Source'': August 2008.</ref> ''The Independent''{{'}}s Andy Gill gave it 5 out of 5 stars and described it as "probably the most politically oriented rap album since the days of Public Enemy and The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy".<ref name="Gill">Gill, Andy. [https://web.archive.org/web/20080729034246/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/album-nas-untitled-def-jam-870486.html Review: Untitled Nas album]. ''The Independent''. Retrieved on 2009-10-27.</ref> In contrast, ''Los Angeles Times'' writer Jeff Weiss gave the album 2 out of 4 stars and wrote unfavorably of Nas's lyrics, perceiving his themes as hypocritical and inconsistent.<ref name="Weiss">Weiss, Jeff. [https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-nas12-2008jul12,0,766850.story Review: Untitled Nas album]. ''Los Angeles Times''. Retrieved on 2009-10-27.</ref>

Despite calling its production "sporadically successful and widely uneven", Slant Magazine's Jimmy Newlin gave the album 3½ out of 5 stars and commended Nas's lyricism, calling its lyrics "all terrific".<ref name="Newlin"/> Jody Rosen of ''Rolling Stone'' gave the album 4 out of 5 stars and called it a "sprawling, furious, deeply ambivalent theme album about institutional racism, the failures of black leadership and the pathologies and promise of early-21st-century African-American life".<ref name="Rosen"/> ''USA Today''{{'}}s Elysa Gardner gave it 3 out of 4 stars and wrote "Nas reconfirms his status as one of rap’s most deft, thoughtful rhymers and his knack for trenchant, defiant commentary".<ref name="Gardner">Gardner, Elysa. [http://blogs.usatoday.com/listenup/2008/07/this-weeks-re-1.html Review: Untitled Nas album] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100105040632/http://blogs.usatoday.com/listenup/2008/07/this-weeks-re-1.html |date=2010-01-05 }}. ''USA Today''. Retrieved on 2009-10-27.</ref> On December 3, it was announced that the album had been nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Rap Album, but it ended up losing to Lil Wayne's ''Tha Carter III'' (2008).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://popwatch.ew.com/popwatch/2008/12/grammy-nominati.html?iid=top25-Grammy+nominations+announced! |title=Grammy nominations announced! |website= EW.com |access-date=2008-12-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081205000803/http://popwatch.ew.com/popwatch/2008/12/grammy-nominati.html?iid=top25-Grammy%2Bnominations%2Bannounced%21 |archive-date=2008-12-05 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Commercial performance== The album debuted at number one on the ''Billboard'' 200 album charts selling 187,078 copies in the first week of release.<ref>Aliya Ewing (July 23, 2008). [http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.7371/title.hip-hop-album-sales-week-ending-7-20-08 Hip Hop Album Sales: Week Ending 7/20/08] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120905151520/http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.7371/title.hip-hop-album-sales-week-ending-7-20-08 |date=2012-09-05 }} ''HipHopDX''. Retrieved August 4, 2008.</ref> On September 11, 2008, the album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for sales of over 500,000 copies in the United States.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&ar=nas&ti=&lab=&genre=&format=&date_option=release&from=&to=&award=&type=&category=&adv=SEARCH#search_section|title=RIAA Certifications - Nas|website=Recording Industry Association of America |access-date=April 23, 2020}}</ref>

==Track listing== {{track listing | extra_column = Producer(s) | total_length = 54:04 | title1 = Queens Get the Money | note1 = | writer1 = {{hlist|Nasir Jones|Timothy Thedford|Yann Tiersen}} | extra1 = Jay Electronica | length1 = 2:12 | title2 = You Can't Stop Us Now | note2 = featuring Eban Thomas | writer2 = {{hlist|Jones|Eban Thomas|Abiodun Oyewole|Umar Bin Hassan|Carlos Herndon|Garnett Jones|Gerard Pinkney}} | extra2 = Salaam Remi | length2 = 3:05 | title3 = Breathe | note3 = | writer3 = {{hlist|Jones|Dustin Moore|J. Myers}} | extra3 = Dustin Moore, J. Myers | length3 = 3:34 | title4 = Make the World Go Round | note4 = featuring Chris Brown and the Game | writer4 = {{hlist|Jones|Christopher Brown|Jayceon Taylor|Marcello Valenzano|Andre Lyons}} | extra4 = Cool & Dre, the Game | length4 = 3:49 | title5 = Hero | note5 = featuring Keri Hilson | writer5 = {{hlist|Jones|Keri Hilson|Jamal Jones|Amber Rives|J. Sublett|C. Haynes}} | extra5 = Polow da Don | length5 = 4:00 | title6 = America | note6 = | writer6 = {{hlist|Jones|Mikkel Eriksen|Tor Hermansen}} | extra6 = Stargate | length6 = 3:52 | title7 = Sly Fox | note7 = | writer7 = {{hlist|Jones|Clayton Gavin}} | extra7 = stic.man | length7 = 4:23 | title8 = Testify | note8 = | writer8 = {{hlist|Jones|Mark Batson}} | extra8 = Mark Batson | length8 = 2:46 | title9 = N.I.G.G.E.R. (The Slave and the Master) | note9 = | writer9 = {{hlist|Jones|Aldrin Davis|Phil Hurtt|A. Bell}} | extra9 = DJ Toomp | length9 = 4:33 | title10 = Untitled | note10 = | writer10 = {{hlist|Jones|Gavin}} | extra10 = stic.man | length10 = 2:51 | title11 = Fried Chicken | note11 = featuring Busta Rhymes | writer11 = {{hlist|Jones|Trevor Smith Jr.|Mark Ronson}} | extra11 = Mark Ronson | length11 = 2:50 | title12 = Project Roach | note12 = featuring the Last Poets | writer12 = {{hlist|Jones|Oyewole|Hassan|Eric Hudson}} | extra12 = Eric Hudson | length12 = 1:48 | title13 = Y'all My Niggas | note13 = | writer13 = {{hlist|Jones|J. Myers}} | extra13 = J. Myers | length13 = 4:16 | title14 = We're Not Alone | note14 = featuring Mykel | writer14 = {{hlist|Jones|Gavin|Don Mykel}} | extra14 = stic.man | length14 = 5:40 | title15 = Black President | note15 = | writer15 = {{hlist|Jones|James D'Agostino|Tupac Shakur|D.K. McDowell|Larry Troutman|Lawrence Goodman|Roger Troutman}} | extra15 = DJ Green Lantern | length15 = 4:29 }} {{track listing | headline = United Kingdom iTunes Store bonus track | extra_column = Producer(s) | title16 = Like Me | note16 = | writer16 = {{hlist|Jones|D'Agostino}} | extra16 = DJ Green Lantern | length16 = 3:47 | total_length = 57:51 }}

{{track listing | headline = iTunes Store pre-order bonus track | extra_column = Producer(s) | title17 = Proclamation | note17 = | writer17 = {{hlist|Jones}} | extra17 = Nas | length17 = 0:59 | total_length = 58:50 }}

;Leftover track *"Be a Nigger Too"

'''Samples''' *"Queens Get the Money" contains samples from "Summer '78 (Instrumental)" by Yann Tiersen. *"You Can't Stop Us Now" contains interpolations from "Message from a Blackman" by the Whatnauts. *"N.I.G.G.E.R. (The Slave and the Master)" contains samples from "We're Just Trying to Make It" by the Persuaders. *"Black President" contains samples from "I Wonder If Heaven Got a Ghetto" by 2Pac and speeches from Barack Obama.

==Personnel== {{div col}} *Nasir Jones – executive producer *Antonio "L.A." Reid – executive producer *A. Saleh – executive producer, A&R, management *Chris Gehringer – mastering *Terese Joseph – A&R administration *Leesa D. Brunson – A&R coordination *Shakir Stewart – A&R for Def Jam *Shari Bryant – marketing *N. Jones – management *Kenny Meiselas ESQ – legal representation *Paul Rothenberg ESQ – legal representation *Tavon Sampson – art direction and design *Mieeno Peluce – cover photography *Tavon Sampson – cover illustration and design *Eric Altenburger – cover illustration and design *Carol Corless – package production *Deborah Mannis-Gardner for DMG Clearances, Inc – sample clearance agent *Michael Seltzer – business affairs *Antoinette Trotman – business affairs *Ian Allen – business affairs *Corbis – booklet images *Getty Images – booklet images {{div col end}}

==Charts== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}}

===Weekly charts=== {|class="wikitable" |- !align="left"|Chart (2008) ! style="text-align:center;"|Peak<br/>position |- |align="left"|Australian Albums Chart<ref>{{cite web|title=The ARIA Report: Issue 961 (Week Commencing 28 July 2008)|url=http://www.aria.com.au/issue961.pdf|archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20080819140000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20080820-0000/issue961.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=2008-08-19|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|access-date=2012-06-02|page=2}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|55 |- {{album chart|Flanders|89|artist=Nas|album=NAS (UNTITLED)|access-date=October 4, 2013}} |- |align="left"|Canadian Albums Chart<ref name="allmusic album charts">{{cite web|title=Nas > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1396841/charts-awards|pure_url=yes}}|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=2008-08-14}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|5 |- {{album chart|France|45|artist=Nas|album=NAS (UNTITLED)|access-date=October 14, 2013}} |- |align="left"|Irish Albums Chart<ref name="acharts">[http://acharts.us/album/36810 Nas – Untitled – Music Charts] ''αCharts''. Retrieved September 23, 2008.</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|54 |- {{album chart|Oricon|35|album=無題|artist=NAS|note=<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/17729/products/771850/1/|title=無題 &#124; NAS|website=Oricon.co.jp|access-date=July 1, 2025}}</ref>|access-date=November 1, 2013}} |- {{album chart|Norway|31|artist=Nas|album=NAS (UNTITLED)|access-date=October 13, 2013}} |- {{album chart|Switzerland|10|artist=Nas|album=NAS (UNTITLED)|access-date=October 8, 2013}} |- |align="left"|UK Albums Chart<ref name="acharts"/> | style="text-align:center;"|23 |- |align="left"|US ''Billboard'' 200 (''Billboard'')<ref name="allmusic album charts"/> | style="text-align:center;"|1 |- |align="left"|US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (''Billboard'')<ref name="allmusic album charts"/> | style="text-align:center;"|1 |- |align="left"|US Top Rap Albums (''Billboard'')<ref name="allmusic album charts"/> | style="text-align:center;"|1 |} {{col-2}}

===Year-end charts=== {|class="wikitable" |- !align="left"|Chart (2008) ! style="text-align:center;"|Peak<br/>position |- |align="left"|US ''Billboard'' 200<ref name="allmusic album charts"/> | style="text-align:center;"|100 |- |align="left"|US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (''Billboard'')<ref name="allmusic album charts"/> | style="text-align:center;"|21 |- |align="left"|US Top Rap Albums (''Billboard'')<ref name="allmusic album charts"/> | style="text-align:center;"|9 |} {{col-end}}

==Certifications== {{Certification Table Top}} {{Certification Table Entry|type=album|region=United States|artist=Nas|title=Nas|award=Gold|relyear=2008|certyear=2008}} {{Certification Table Bottom | nosales=true}}

==Release history== {| class="wikitable" |- !Region !Date |- |Germany |rowspan="2"|July 11, 2008 |- |Ireland |- |France |rowspan="2"|July 14, 2008 |- |United Kingdom |- |United States |July 15, 2008 |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==Other sources== * {{Cite web|url=https://www.hipcoded.com/|title=Hip Hop Music Download .|date=September 29, 2023|website=Hipcoded}}

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