Nas created a maelstrom of publicity when he announced, months ago, that his next album would be titled Nigger. That album, available today, is instead called Untitled, but the righteous (and thoughtful) fury that occasioned the original title remains—a grievance that doesn't always sit comfortably alongside the youthful bravado of his thug pose. There are radio-ready songs (the glossy "Hero," below) and truculent attacks, but what's most surprising is not who's slammed here (Fox News, Bush) but who's shown love (Billy Joel, PBS). The 20-year-old who made Illmatic is 34 now, happily married, and, allegedly, not controversial enough to sustain his own reality show. The fire's clearly still in him, but can it be that he's, well, all grown-up?