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Life Is Good is the tenth studio album by American rapper Nas, released on July 13, 2012, by Def Jam Recordings. [nb 1] The album was recorded at various studios in New York and California, with guest appearances from rappers Large Professor and Rick Ross, and singers Mary J. Blige, Miguel, and, posthumously, Amy Winehouse, among others.
"Made You Look" is the first single from Nas' 2002 album, God's Son. Built around several samples lifted from the Incredible Bongo Band's "Apache", the single was important in establishing Nas' direction following his battle with Jay-Z and the Stillmatic album in its reliance on intricate lyricism and an old-school aesthetic.
The track was released as a digital download from iTunes on April 17, 2012. It is a hip hop song that interpolates its chorus, sung by French Montana, from an unreleased Nas song titled "Day Dreamin, Stay Schemin", which covers the Kurtis Blow song, "Daydreamin'", with new lyrics.
Illmatic (stylized in lowercase) is the debut studio album by the American rapper Nas.It was released on April 19, 1994, by Columbia Records.After signing with the label with the help of MC Serch, Nas recorded the album in 1992 and 1993 at Chung King Studios, D&D Recording, Battery Studios, and Unique Recording Studios in New York City.
Christopher John Farley of Time complimented Nas' lyrics and themes and the album's musical approach, noting "grander, more aggressive, more cinematic" songs. [20] Entertainment Weekly ' s Tom Sinclair compared the album to "a bona fide hip-hopera", noting string and keyboard-laden songs and "universal themes". [9]
It Was Written is the second studio album by American rapper Nas, released on July 2, 1996, by Columbia Records.After the modest commercial success of his debut album Illmatic (1994), Nas pursued a more polished, mainstream sound for It Was Written.
Nas called the album a "magic moment" in his rap career. [80] In 2011, Nas announced that he would release collaboration albums with Mobb Deep, Common, and a third with DJ Premier. [81] [82] [83] Common said of the project in a 2011 interview, "At some point, we will do that. We'd talked about it and we had a good idea to call it Nas.Com. That ...
Nobody (Nas and Lauryn Hill song) O. One Love (Nas song) ... Stay Schemin' Street Dreams (song) Summer on Smash; Surviving the Times; T. Thief's Theme; Thriving (song)