Genius Lyrics
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Nas – Daughters
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The third song to drop from Nas' Life Is Good is a personal exposition over a soulful No I.D. beat. The beautiful background vocals are those of Kaye Fox, and the single art was
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Nas – Daughters Samples
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See all of “Daughters” by Nas’s samples, covers, remixes, interpolations and live versions
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Nas (Ft. Lauryn Hill) – If I Ruled the World (Imagine That)
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Nas' exercise in Utopianism – inspired by Sir Thomas More (and Kurtis Blow).
Nas told Complex:
Being a hip-hop fan and Krush Groove fan, Kurtis Blow was my favorite rapper when I
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Nas (Ft. National Symphony Orchestra (USA)) – The World Is Yours (Live)
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[Spoken: Nas] / So I was talking about this music and uhh / To my man earlier, Green Lantern, I said / I wrote: "The word best—I'm thinkin' a word best describin' my life to name
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Nas – The World Is Yours
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“The World is Yours” was the third single from Illmatic that saw Pete Rock provide a jazzy boom bap backdrop with a piano sample from Ahmad Jamal’s “I Love Music” mixed with a
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Apple Music – Nas Essentials
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1. Nas- Nas Is Like / 2. Nas- Made You Look / 3. Nas- EPMD / 4. Nas- Hate Me Now (feat. Puff Daddy) / 5. Nas- Ether / 6. Nas- N.Y. State of Mind / 7. Nas- Ultra Black (feat. Hit-
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Cam’ron Opens Up About His Nas Beef: “I Didn’t Want To Go That Far”
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The Dipset rapper feuded with Nas in the early 2000s.
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Nas – Ghetto Reporter
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[Intro: Alan Watts and Richard Pryor] / Close your eyes / Listen (Listen, listen) / They give niggas time like it’s lunch down there, Jack / You go down there looking for justice
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The Diplomats (Ft. Cam'ron & Jim Jones) – Hate Me Now
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[Intro: Jim Jones + Cam'ron] / I heard niggas talkin' reckless / Man, y'all talkin' out the side of your mouth, nigga / Y'all niggas is faggots, straight pussy / Word to my mother
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Nas (Ft. Candyman, The Conscious Daughters, Ice-T, Kam, King T, MC Breeze, Sir Mix-a-Lot & Threat) – Where Are They Now? (West Coast Remix)
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This remix of “Where Are They Now?” features several classic West Coast rappers who have faded from public memory, fitting with the theme of the original song.
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Talib Kweli (Ft. J-Hood & Planet Asia) – Teef's Theme
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[Talib Kweli] / I smoke the light bud watchin' Fight Club 'til I'm charged / Like a suicide bomber off the words of Bin Laden / My block got dark and mysterious movements / I make
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Nas (Ft. 2Pac & J. Phoenix) – Thugz Mansion (N.Y.)
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This classic remix of 2Pac’s posthumously-released 2002 single, “Thugz Mansion,” talks about a heavenly place where thugs go when they die; a paradise free from the many ills and
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2Pac (Ft. J. Phoenix & Nas) – Thugz Mansion (Nas Acoustic)
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The first of 2 singles on his fourth posthumous studio album.
Thugz Mansion was 2Pac’s depiction of heaven. One of the most introspective and spiritual songs by 2Pac, this song
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Nas – The Outcome
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Spoken-word poetry from Jessica Care Moore to close out a-not-so “Nasty” album by Nasir Jones
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Kanye West Worries About His Daughter North Growing Up Too Fast On “Violent Crimes”
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He explains how fatherhood changed his perspective toward women.
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Nas (Ft. Snoop Dogg) – Play On Playa
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Nas and Snoop Dogg trading rhymes on this track from Hip-Hop Is Dead.
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Andrew Harvie – Dream Album: Eminem by Drew_Harvie
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My dream album for the Genius contest is Eminem’s 9th studio album, and likely his last.
Features
- Kanye West
- Anderson .Paak
- Dr. Dre
- Kendrick Lamar
- Jay Electronica
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Knowledge Drop: Nas Listed His Then 7-Year-Old Daughter As An Executive Producer On ‘Stillmatic’
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The credit allowed her to get royalty checks off the album.
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Nas – Every Ghetto
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The bonus track on Nas’s 2001 critically acclaimed comeback album Stillmatic. Produced by longtime Nas collaborator, LES. It samples “Main Title” (The Eiger Sanction) by John
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Nas (Ft. Hit-Boy) – Ultra Black
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“ULTRA BLACK” is the lead single for Nas' thirteenth studio album, King’s Disease. It debuted one week prior to the project’s release, on August 14, 2020.
Nas first teased the
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Nas (Ft. Alicia Keys) – Warrior Song
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A high energy collaboration between Nas and Alicia Keys. Warrior’s Song was an anthem for the unsung heroes of the ghetto; for people who have little money but are rich in their
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Nas – Stay
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No I.D.’s thought-evoking production is the bed for this song, and samples L.A. Carnival’s “Seven Steps to Nowhere”. Dion also sampled that song with Kanye West for CyHi Da Prynce’
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Nas (Ft. Big Sean & Don Toliver) – Replace Me
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[Intro: Nas] / (Hit-Boy) / N-A-S / Uh, yeah / [Chorus: Don Toliver] / It get kinda hard to replace me (Kinda hard to) / So don't go lookin' for nobody else / I was keeping my heart
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Nas & Damian Marley (Ft. Joss Stone & Lil Wayne) – My Generation
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In an age where the generation is known to have behaviours our parents wouldn’t condone this song points out that this generation is not all bad and that there is hope.
The topics
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Nas – I Can
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Nas spits inspirational lyrics over a very prominent Beethoven sample. KIDS: You can do anything you want in life!
From Rolling Stone:
That was a groundbreaking period for me
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Salaam Remi (Ft. Jennifer Hudson & Nas) – Yonder
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[Intro: Nas] / Yeah / [Verse 1: Nas, Jennifer Hudson] / Growing up in New York, I never went to church before / But down south with grandmoms, I did for sure / Walking through the
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Beyoncé (Ft. Childish Gambino, JAY-Z & Oumou Sangaré) – MOOD 4 EVA
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“MOOD 4 EVA” is the twelfth track on Beyoncé’s specially-curated The Lion King accompaniment project, The Gift, and functions as a celebratory anthem. It features JAY-Z and her
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Dave East (Ft. Ash Leone) – Daddy Knows
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[Intro: Dave East & Kairi East] / Kairi, you know you about to be on my album? / Yeah / Do you know that, hmm? / Yeah / I love you / I love you, dada, I love you, dada / I love
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Nas – Play On Playa [Clean]
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Light somethin', stop frontin' / How much money's enough? Think maybe like the trillion figures / Pray my daughter don't wild like the Hilton Sisters / That'd kill me yo, filthy
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Nas – U.B.R. (Unauthorized Biography of Rakim)
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Nas pays tribute to his lyrical father and pisses him off in the process. The God Rakim didn’t appreciate the public airing of his personal info or the fact that Nas never
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Nas – N.Y. State of Mind
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Nas displays complex lyricism with his “N.Y. State of Mind” over a track from Gang Starr’s DJ Premier. The chorus samples a Rakim line from the track “Mahogany,” which is fitting
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The Firm (Ft. Dr. Dre) – Phone Tap
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A phone conversation between “Sosa” (AZ) and “Esco” (Nas) and also Nature informs Nas of what other niggas are trying to do.
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Nas – A Queens Story
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Perhaps Nas' finest moment on Life Is Good, this number is a nostalgic look back at Queens street life – a sort of rose-colored-glasses version of 50 Cent’s “Ghetto Qu'ran”.
The
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Nas (Ft. AZ) – The Season
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Escobar Season has returned
Listen here
“The Season” was first previewed at fellow Mass Appeal signees Run the Jewels‘ album release event for RTJ2 on 10/29/2014.
http://youtu
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Kanye West (Ft. Nas & Really Doe) – We Major
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A cut off of Kanye’s Late Registration best known for Nas' verse. This helped close the gap between Jay-Z and Nas' feud, since Kanye and Jay are closely associated. Jay even called
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Nas (Ft. Scarlett (Nas Vocals)) – Live Now
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Scarlett is Nas,
Nas is Scarlett.
Nas really treats Hip Hop as an art form as you can see from this song how he so easily is able to rap from a womans perspective, some what like a
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Nas (Ft. Keon Bryce) – War
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[Chorus 1: Keon Bryce] / There's a war in the streets tonight / And nobody's really feeling alright / I got a blunt for my chronic, a juice for my tonic / I know now that I'm
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Swizz Beatz (Ft. Nas) – Echo
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“Echo” is the sixth track of the album “POISON” by the American rapper and producer Swizz Beatz, released on November 2, 2018.
It features another legendary artist of hip-hop: Nas
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