Life's a Bitch (explicit)
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track Artist | Release Title | Release Artist | Release Group Type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| 1.3 | Life’s a Bitch | 3:31 | Nas | Illmatic | Nas | Album |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | 475959 2 |
| 1.3 | Life’s a Bitch | 3:31 | Nas | Illmatic (explicit) | Nas | Album |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | CT 57684 |
| 1.3 | Life's a Bitch | 3:31 | Nas feat. AZ & Olu Dara | Illmatic (explicit) | Nas | Album |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | |
| 1.3 | Life’s a Bitch | 3:31 | Nas | Illmatic (explicit) | Nas | Album |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | CK 57684 |
| 1.3 | Life’s a Bitch | 3:31 | Nas | Illmatic (explicit) | Nas | Album |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | CK 57684 |
| 1.3 | Life’s a Bitch | 3:29 | Nas | Illmatic | Nas | Album |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | 01-475959-20, 475959 1 |
| 1.3 | Life’s a Bitch | 3:31 | Nas | Illmatic | Nas | Album |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | CK 57684 |
| 1.3 | Life’s a Bitch | 3:31 | Nas | Illmatic | Nas | Album |
| Sony Records (Japanese imprint) | SRCS 8086 |
| 1.3 | Life’s a Bitch | 3:31 | Nas | Illmatic (10 year anniversary Illmatic platinum series) | Nas | Album |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Sony Urban Music | CK 92072 |
| 1.3 | Life’s a Bitch | 3:29 | Nas | Illmatic | Nas | Album |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | 475959 1, COL 475959 1 |
| 1.4 | Life's a Bitch | 3:30 | Nas | Greatest Hits | Nas | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | 88697 19412 2 |
| 1.4 | Life's a Bitch | 3:30 | Nas | Greatest Hits | Nas | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.4 | Life's a Bitch | 3:30 | Nas | Greatest Hits | Nas | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | |
| 1.3 | Life’s a Bitch | 3:30 | Nas | Illmatic (explicit) | Nas | Album |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment), Get On Down | 88691975251, GET 51297 LP |
| 1.3 | Life’s a Bitch | 3:31 | Nas feat. AZ | Illmatic (Gold Edition 01) | Nas | Album |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment), Get On Down | 88691975242, GET 9006 |
| 1.3 | Life’s a Bitch | 3:30 | Nas | Illmatic XX (deluxe 20ᵗʰ Anniversary edition, explicit) | Nas | Album |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | 88697439542 |
| 1.3 | Life’s a Bitch | 3:31 | Nas | Illmatic XX (deluxe 20ᵗʰ Anniversary edition, explicit) | Nas | Album |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | 88697439542 |
| 1.3 | Life’s a Bitch | 3:31 | Nas feat. AZ | Illmatic XX (deluxe 20ᵗʰ Anniversary edition, explicit) | Nas | Album |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | 88697439542 |
| 1.3 | Life's a Bitch | 3:31 | Nas feat. AZ & Olu Dara | Illmatic XX (deluxe 20ᵗʰ Anniversary edition, explicit) | Nas | Album |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | |
| 1.3 | Life’s a Bitch | 3:30 | Nas | Illmatic XX (deluxe 20ᵗʰ Anniversary edition, explicit) | Nas | Album |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment), Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 88985363562 |
Relationships
| engineer: | Jason Vogel |
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| co-producer: | Nas (US rapper) |
| producer: | L.E.S. (QB hip hop producer) |
| trumpet: | Olu Dara |
| guest performer: | AZ (US rapper) |
| phonographic copyright (℗) by: | Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) (in 1994) |
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| has remixes: | Life's a Bitch (Blutch Remix) by Blutch Life’s a Bitch (Cookin’ Soul remix) by Nas x Cookin’ Soul |
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| samples: | Black Frost by Grover Washington, Jr. Yearning for Your Love by The Gap Band |
| mash-ups: | Portolhao Market/Life's a Bitch by nakinyko Prom Night (Lindsay Lowend Remix) vs. Keep ya Head Up vs. Life's a Bitch (mashup) by ABSRDST |
| stream for free: | https://open.spotify.com/track/2LhhnqrHPWvXYveZVHLKrd [info] |
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| recording of: | Life's a Bitch (from 1992 until 1993) |
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Related works
Life's a Bitch
| lyricist: | Anthony Cruz (US rapper) Nasir Jones (US rapper) |
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| writer: | Olu Dara Jones Oliver Scott (soul singer‐songwriter, supporting musician for The Gap Band) Robert Wilson (US vocalist/bassist, member of Gap Band) |
| composer: | L.E.S. (QB hip hop producer) |
| is the basis for: | Life’s a Bitch (Cookin’ Soul remix - Soulmatic version) Life’s a Bitch (Cookin’ Soul remix - Winter in America version) |
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