pre-illmatic nas

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because i got the dj xxx mix of pre-illmatic tracks and blends and i just haven't heard any of these tracks before and i haven't listened to illmatic in a long time and this all sounds so hissy and raw and good. -- the best tracks are the focused and plain nas by himself tracks, all grimy beats but he sounds so young and like other people must hear him on illmatic. always using the same rhyme scheme (i'm not sure if that's the right term), the descending lines, oldschool thing that's really only going to show up on it ain't hard to tell (there are three versions of it ain't hard to tell on here). he's running out of breath almost on everything is real with this amazing swirly beat with an out of place vocal sample and the same "i been looking for this book!" intro as book of rhymes on god's son!

talk about pre-illmatic nas.

― ww, Tuesday, 27 April 2004 21:08 (twenty years ago) link

it's cool how little bits of illmatic verses slip in. on i'm a villain he does the start of the second verse to new york state of mind but in a really fakey deep voice that makes him sound like scarface.

― ww, Tuesday, 27 April 2004 21:12 (twenty years ago) link

i haven't heard much, but I still remember hearing Live at the BBQ (I read about it in the Source's singles column) and being blown away....Man he was so great on that....There was a guy called Fatal on that too I think don't remember what happened to him...

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Tuesday, 27 April 2004 21:27 (twenty years ago) link

Fatal? I thought it was just Nas, Large Pro, and Akinelye on that.

― oops (Oops), Tuesday, 27 April 2004 21:34 (twenty years ago) link

"this is Nas, kid, you now how it runs
I'm wavin' automatic guns at nuns"

so fuckin classic

― roger adultery (roger adultery), Tuesday, 27 April 2004 21:36 (twenty years ago) link

yeah the live at the bbq verse is placed over every new hot beat. it's got back to the grill, too-- mc serch, chubb rock and some other guy i've never heard of.

― ww, Wednesday, 28 April 2004 03:40 (twenty years ago) link

Are these tracks of which you speak part of that Illmatic 10th anniversary thing that's just been released, or something else?

(Excuse my ignorance, please)

― M Carty (mj_c), Wednesday, 28 April 2004 06:07 (twenty years ago) link

Naw the reissue just has some lame remixes (and 2 dece new tracks)

― djdee2005, Wednesday, 28 April 2004 06:31 (twenty years ago) link

four years pass...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OA7_1px1aV4

AHHHHH

― sleep, Thursday, 8 May 2008 15:34 (sixteen years ago) link

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

― sleep, Thursday, 8 May 2008 15:38 (sixteen years ago) link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-7ZtDoyieU

there's a d/l link in the descriptions for

1. Understanding [feat. AZ & Biz Markie]
2. Life Is Like A Dice Game
3. Just Another Day In The Projects
4. Déjà Vu
5. Live At The BBQ [Main Source feat. Nas, Fatal & Akinyele]
6. Back To The Grill [MC Serch feat. Chubb Rock, Nas, & Red Hot Lover Tone]
7. Everything Is Real
8. I'm A Villain
9. Number One With A Bullet [feat. Kool G. Rap & Whiteboy]

**ADDED**10. REPRESENT '93 / REPRESENT (ORIGINAL)

11. Nas Will Prevail (a.k.a. It Ain't Hard To Tell (Original))

― sleep, Thursday, 8 May 2008 15:39 (sixteen years ago) link

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