AZ has been on the low lately, and hasn't dropped an album in almost ten years. But back in the mid 90s, he was an A list artist...a top echelon rapper. He first appeared on his friend's (Nas's) debut album, Illmatic (1994), and then went on to drop his own critical acclaimed debut album, Doe or Die in 1995. Back in 1996, he made a cameo in Jay Z's Dead Presidents video, which sampled Nas's The World Is Yours song.