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Nas – Purple
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[Intro] / Light it, uhh / Light it up, uhh / [Verse 1] / The whole city is mine, prettiest Don / I don't like the way P. Diddy did Shyne with different lawyers / Why it's mentioned
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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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NASAYA (Ft. MARO) – MIDNIGHT PURPLE
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[Verse: MARO] / Oh, you making me feel like purple / Midnight purple, oh / Oh, with you I’m moving around in circles / In the circles / Oh-oh, you making me feel like purple
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Spotify – This Is Nas
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This is Nas. The essential tracks, all in one playlist.
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Nas – Silent Murder
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Part of the chorus plays the music one would hear at Caribbean Island Resort. Vacations to the Caribbean are popular because people escape their problems to relax for a time. When
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Funkmaster Flex (Ft. Nas) – Freestyle #4
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[Intro] / Yo, Funk Flex / What the fuck is the dealy my niggy / This is Nas in your area / Y'all know the signs, right / Rhymes, cash, weed, cars / Ghetto celebrities, hood movie
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Jon B (Ft. Nas) – Finer Things
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[Intro: Jon B & Nas] / (Ooh, oh, yeah yeah, yeah yeah, oh oh) / 2000 / Jon B, y'all / N-A-S, y'all / To the death y'all (Ayy, baby) / Come on, get it right / Uh / [Verse 1: Nas
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Nas – Last Real Nigga Alive
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This is what many consider to be the last song in the Nas vs. Jay-Z epic. While some criticized Nas for his homophobic insults and not coming down harder on Jay beyond surface
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Atim – Purple 2
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The original song is ‘Purple’ By Nas from the album ‘The lost tapes’
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Nas (Ft. Olu Dara) – Bridging the Gap
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This song is recorded by Nas, featuring his father, Olu Dara. It is off Disc 2 of his album “Street’s Disciple”.
This song is about both Nas and his father’s guidance.
I got to
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DJ Clue – Queensfinest (feat. Nas)
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Slick Rick chains ill nigga / Get brains with the f**kin Hilfiger nah / Shit changed I gotta rock somethin' flier / McGiver get outta shit smooth like that, get higher / In these
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UniVERSEal – Purple (Remix)
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The moment I heard Purple’s beat, I knew I had to spit on it, and what followed was a couple weeks of staring into a notepad with a blank expression (it was the first real song i
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DJ Clue (Ft. Nas) – Queensfinest
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Queensfinest is off DJ Clue?’s debut studio album The Professional released on December 15, 1998.
Rolling Stone (2/18/99, p. 58) says – “THE PROFESSIONAL comes off like a greatest
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Nas – Black Zombie
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Nas laments the current state of blacks in the United States. They have accepted and embraced every one of their stereotypes. The result is that they are no longer autonomous
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Nas – Life We Chose
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This song samples:
“Peace Fugue” by Fred Wesley and The Horny Horns
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Bravehearts (Ft. Nas) – Twilight
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[Hook Nas x2] / I be dippin in the twilight, with gangstas / Smoking weed up in my ride life, the same stuff / Its still a bitch living like I'm rich, bang broads / Call me Mr.
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50 Cent – High All The Time
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Despite the content of this song, 50 Cent admits to not smoking weed.
I don’t drink and I don’t use drugs, and I didn’t back then, either. I put that joint on the first record
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Nas & Pop (Ft. Blitz (Pop)) – Street Glory
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[Intro: Pop] / Uhh, still out in these motherfuckin projects / Still a nigga ain't never gonna get the fuck up outta here / Niggas just don't understand the story / [Hook: Pop
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Nas’ “Fetus” Was Originally Made For His 1999 Album ‘I Am’
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‘The Lost Tapes’ released fifteen years ago on this day.
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Nas – Doo Rags
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Nas looks back nostalgically on his youth and swears off hair straighteners.
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The Firm (Ft. Canibus) – Desperados
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Track 15 from The Firm’s 1997 album The Album, featuring Canibus.
On an interview, Nas said that he was “scared” to lay a verse in fear of getting out-shined by Canibus on this
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Melanie Fiona (Ft. Nas) – Running
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[Verse 1] / Shouldn't Have To Cry For You To Make Me Smile / Hey, Talking Down To Me, Like I'm your Child, Oh / Shouldn't Have To Beg You, To Hear Me Out, Oh / Shouldn't Need
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Raekwon (Ft. Ghostface Killah & Nas) – Verbal Intercourse
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This is the first song by a Wu-Tang member to feature someone outside the Clan. Nas realizes the honor, and doesn’t disappoint, with arguably the best verse on the song.
The Nas
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Hill, Inc.
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Get all the lyrics to songs by Hill, Inc. and join the Genius community of music scholars to learn the meaning behind the lyrics.
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Lil Nas X – J CHRIST
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[Intro] / Hey, look, look, look, but look / We going all the way up, man / We going past what we been like / Taking this shit back to the Westside / (Is he 'bout to give 'em
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skaiwater (Ft. Lil Nas X) – light (Demo)
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[Intro: skaiwater] / (Mhm, mhm, mhm, mhm) / Ten minutes out / I was an hour away, but I'm here right now / And you ain't got shit to say / (You are now tuned in to 9lives radio
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Nas – The Second Coming
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“The Second Coming” is a bootleg remix of three Nas verses from different songs from the QBs Finest album. The first verse comes from “Kids in Da PJ’s,” the 2nd verse is his verse
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KNIVES & MICS – Nas Is Like (Remix)
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Verse 1:- / Open up walk around and open the door / Whats working and whats not its the Good lord's / Whats up whts moving dog its all yours / Let the faith take the lead you ain't
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Funkmaster Flex (Ft. Nas) – Freestyle #4
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[Intro] / Yo, Funk Flex / What the fuck is the dealy my niggy / This is Nas in your area / Y'all know the signs, right / Rhymes, cash, weed, cars / Ghetto celebrities, hood movie
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Nas (Ft. Anthony Hamilton) – World’s an Addiction
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This song samples “Something’s Missing” by The Five Stairsteps & Cubie ft. Alohe
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