Nas
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K’LA ft. Nas – Blame
Artist: K’LA Track: Blame Feat. Nas Producer: Jerry Wonda Album: None (Promo Single) Artists only get to make their debut on The DJBooth once, and it looks like K’LA has taken the time to make sure her debut makes the…
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Your Favorite Rapper is Broke
In which we investigate the truth behind hip-hop’s glittering finances.
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Nas ft. Large Professor – Loco-Motive
Artist: Nas Track: Loco-Motive Feat. Large Professor Producer: No I.D. Album: Life is Good In the hands of nearly anyone else, a track titled Loco-Motive featuring some very locomotive-ish production would have come off corny, but in the hands of…
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Nas ft. Rick Ross – Accident Murderers
Artist: Nas Track: Accident Murderers Feat. Rick Ross Producer: No I.D. Album: Life is Good Nearly two decades ago Nas broke onto the hip-hop scene with New York State of Mind, one of the best storytelling raps the game had…
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Nelly Furtado ft. Nas – Something
Artist: Nelly Furtado Track: Something Feat. Nas Producer: Salaam-Remi Album: The Spirit Indestructible Way back in ’94, on Illmatic inclusion Street Dreams, Nas (quoting the Eurythmics) cannily observed, “Everybody’s looking for something.” At the very moment the Queensbridge hopeful penned…
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K’NAAN ft. Nas – Nothing to Lose (Elev8tor Remix)
Artist: K’NAAN Track: Nothig to Lose (Elev8tor Remix) Feat. Nas Producer: Rashad Album: Unreleased Originally featured back in January, Nothing to Lose received positive reader reviews for K’NAAN and guest spitter Nas‘ on-point lyrical content, but some felt that the…
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Nas – The Don
Artist: Nas Track: The Don Producer: Salaam Remi, Da Internz & Heavy D Album: Life Is Good Life Is Good when you’re The Don, but don’t get it twisted: while Nas is most definitely enjoying the view from the top,…
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Nas – Daughters
Artist: Nas Track: Daughters Producer: No I.D. Album: Life is Good There are literally thousands of rap songs about dealing drugs, strippers and drug dealing strippers. But you’d be hard pressed to find more than a handful of songs dedicated…
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Nas – Another Black Girl Lost
Artist: Nas Track: Another Black Girl Lost Producer: Hit-Boy Album: Unreleased Black Girl Lost, a joint off Nas‘ classic sophomore set, found the rap icon calling upon African-American women to raise their consciousness and respect themselves, rather than falling into…
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DJ Premier & Bumpy Knuckles ft. Nas – Turn up the Mic (Remix)
Artist: Freddie Foxxx Track: Turn up the Mic (Remix) Feat. DJ Premier, Nas Producer: DJ Premier Album: KoleXXXion With the release of their collaborative set just around the corner, DJ Premier and Bumpy Knuckles are stoking the flames of anticipation…
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Tyga ft. Wale & Nas – King & Queens
Artist: Tyga Track: King & Queens Feat. Wale, Nas Producer: The Olympicks Album: Careless World: Rise of the Last King A few years ago (let’s say two) the mere thought of Tyga doing a track with Wale and Nas would…
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K’NAAN ft. Nas – Nothing to Lose
Artist: K’NAAN Track: Nothing to Lose Feat. Nas Producer: Chuck Harmony Album: More Beautiful Than Silence Mixing introspective street rhymes with a ballad style chorus isn’t anything new in hip-hop. This style allows for worthy lyrics to escape prior to…