Sony label Columbia have brought forward the released of Nas’ seventh album in the US because of the high number of counterfeit burned CDs already on the streets. ‘God’s Son’ was due to be released on 17 Dec, but will now hit the stores on 13 Dec – this is apparently the quickest the label can turn the CDs around.
In an official statement Nas has warned fans about buying the fake CDs, claiming they are of an inferior quality: "'God's Son' is my most personal album and I poured my heart and spirit into it. It's important to me that the fans hear my album the way I intended. When you buy a bootleg or pirate a download off the net, you don't get the real thing. The sound sucks, the sequencing is wrong, you're probably missing some tracks, and you don't even get the artwork and CD bonuses."