The Essential NAS

~ Release by Nas (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1NastyNas43:06
2The Message
producer:
Poke and Tone
vocals:
Nas (US rapper)
samples:
Halftime (explicit) by Nas, Impeach the President by The Honey Drippers and N.Y. State of Mind (explicit) by Nas
recording of:
The Message
lyricist:
Nas (US rapper)
composer:
Poke (hip hop producer Jean Olivier, of Poke and Tone) and Tone (hip-hop producer Samuel Barnes (Poke & Tone/Trackmasters))
lyrics quoted on:
Pachanga
Nas4.653:55
3Get Down
samples:
Funky Drummer, Part 1 by James Brown and The Boss by James Brown
recording of:
Get Down
writer:
Nasir Jones (US rapper) and Salaam Gibbs
Nas4.654:05
4I Gave You Power
producer:
DJ Premier (US hip hop producer & DJ)
vocals:
Nas (US rapper)
samples:
Theme Bahamas by Ahmad Jamal
recording of:
I Gave You Power
lyricist:
Nas (US rapper)
composer:
DJ Premier (US hip hop producer & DJ)
Nas43:54
5I CanNas44:15
6Find ya Wealth
Nas3:41
7Black Zombie
producer:
HiLL
recording of:
Black Zombie
Nas23:37
8The Set Up
producer:
Havoc (QB rapper/producer Kejuan Muchita of Mobb Deep)
vocals:
Nas (US rapper)
recording of:
The Set Up
lyricist:
Nas (US rapper)
composer:
Havoc (QB rapper/producer Kejuan Muchita of Mobb Deep)
Nas34:03
9Street Dreams
edit of:
Street Dreams (explicit) by Nas
recording of:
Street Dreams
lyricist:
Nas (US rapper)
composer:
Poke (hip hop producer Jean Olivier, of Poke and Tone) and Tone (hip-hop producer Samuel Barnes (Poke & Tone/Trackmasters))
Nas4:09
10You Owe Me
producer:
Timbaland
performer:
Ginuwine (US R&B singer)
Nas feat. Ginuwine14:49
11Drunk by Myself
producer:
Poke and Tone
recording of:
Drunk by Myself
Nas4:05
12Nas Is Like
producer:
DJ Premier (US hip hop producer & DJ)
vocals:
Nas (US rapper)
produced for:
Works of Mart Productions, Inc.
samples:
It Ain't Hard to Tell (explicit) by Nas, Nobody Beats the Biz by Biz Markie and Why? by Don Robertson
recording of:
Nas Is Like
lyricist:
Nas (US rapper)
composer:
DJ Premier (US hip hop producer & DJ)
Nas53:58
13One Mic
producer:
Nas (US rapper) and Chucky Thompson
lead vocals:
Nas (US rapper)
samples:
In the Air Tonight by Phil Collins
recording of:
One Mic
writer:
Nasir Jones (US rapper) and Chucky Thompson
Nas4.354:30
14Loco-MotiveNas feat. Large Professor33:42
15Halftime
engineer:
Kevin Reynolds (engineer)
producer:
Large Professor
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)
samples:
School Boy Crush by Average White Band and Soul Travelin', Part I (The G.B.E.) by Gary Byrd
recording of:
Halftime (from 1992 until 1993)
lyricist:
Nasir Jones (US rapper)
writer:
Gary Byrd
composer:
William Paul Mitchell
Nas4.44:21
CD 2: The Essential Nas Disc 2