I got both these albums when they dropped in 2004....
i bought Devin the Dude's lp cause i was always intrigued by his unique style and delivery
great album by the way
and my ex at the time got me Nas album for my birthday.......which had one of my favorite all time nas songs .."nazerath savage"
after that i just bought mixtapes and downloaded songs from pirate sites and file sharing links like Zshare to save money and plus it was convienient because i had two desk jobs i was working at the time where i stayed on my computer all the time..so i had access to online music easily
and when 2008 rolled around i had my own radio show i executive produced which gave me access to alot of FREE MUSIC ...
so i haven't purchased a physical cd since 2004
Devin the Dude
NAS
Nas