The Essential NAS

~ Release by Nas (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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1Nasty
recording engineer:
Gleyder “GEE” Disla
engineer:
Erik Madrid (engineer) (task: mix engineer)
producer:
SALAAMREMI.COM
assistant mixer:
Chris Galland
mixer:
Manny Marroquin
bass, drums (drum set), guitar and keyboard [keys]:
SALAAM REMI
additional vocals:
Big Kap
vocals:
Nas (US rapper)
arranger:
SALAAMREMI.COM
recorded at:
Instrument Zoo Studios in Miami, Florida, United States
mixed at:
Larrabee Studios (present day location in North Hollywood, since 1991) in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
recording of:
Nasty
writer:
Nasir Jones (US rapper) and Salaam Remi
Nas43:06
2The Message
producer:
Poke and Tone
vocals:
Nas (US rapper)
samples:
Halftime (explicit) by Nas (US rapper), Impeach the President by The Honey Drippers (70s US funk band, backing band for Roy C. Hammond) and N.Y. State of Mind (explicit) by Nas (US rapper)
recording of:
The Message
lyricist:
Nas (US rapper)
composer:
Poke (hip hop producer Jean Olivier, of Poke and Tone) and Tone (hip-hop producer Samuel Barnes (Poke & Tone/Trackmasters))
Nas4.253:55
3Get Down
samples:
Funky Drummer, Part 1 by James Brown (The Godfather of Soul) and The Boss by James Brown (The Godfather of Soul)
recording of:
Get Down
writer:
Nasir Jones (US rapper) and Salaam Gibbs
Nas4.254:05
4I Gave You Power
producer:
DJ Premier (US hip hop producer & DJ)
vocals:
Nas (US rapper)
samples:
Theme Bahamas by Ahmad Jamal
recording of:
I Gave You Power
lyricist:
Nas (US rapper)
composer:
DJ Premier (US hip hop producer & DJ)
Nas3.353:54
5I Can
producer:
Salaam "The Chamelon" Remi
samples:
Impeach the President by The Honey Drippers (70s US funk band, backing band for Roy C. Hammond)
recording of:
I Can
writer:
Roy C. Hammond (US southern soul singer & songwriter), Nasir Jones (US rapper) and Salaam Gibbs
is based on:
Bagatelle for Piano in A minor, WoO 59 “Für Elise”: Poco moto (Bagatelle for Piano in A minor “Für Elise”, WoO 59)
Nas3.254:15
6Find ya Wealth
Nas3:41
7Black Zombie
producer:
HiLL
recording of:
Black Zombie
Nas1.53:37
8The Set Up
producer:
Havoc (QB rapper/producer Kejuan Muchita of Mobb Deep)
vocals:
Nas (US rapper)
recording of:
The Set Up
lyricist:
Nas (US rapper)
composer:
Havoc (QB rapper/producer Kejuan Muchita of Mobb Deep)
Nas2.54:03
9Street Dreams
edit of:
Street Dreams (explicit) by Nas (US rapper)
recording of:
Street Dreams
lyricist:
Nas (US rapper)
composer:
Poke (hip hop producer Jean Olivier, of Poke and Tone) and Tone (hip-hop producer Samuel Barnes (Poke & Tone/Trackmasters))
Nas4:09
10You Owe Me
producer:
Timbaland
performer:
Ginuwine (US R&B singer)
Nas feat. Ginuwine24:49
11Drunk by Myself
producer:
Poke and Tone
recording of:
Drunk by Myself
Nas14:05
12Nas Is Like
producer:
DJ Premier (US hip hop producer & DJ)
vocals:
Nas (US rapper)
produced for:
Works of Mart Productions, Inc.
samples:
It Ain’t Hard to Tell (explicit) by Nas (US rapper), Nobody Beats the Biz by Biz Markie and Why? by Don Robertson (composer & instrumentalist)
recording of:
Nas Is Like
lyricist:
Nasir Jones (US rapper)
composer:
Christopher Martin (US hip hop producer & DJ)
Nas43:58
13One Mic
recording engineer and mixer:
Kevin Crouse
assistant engineer:
Pablo Arraya and Paul Gregory (US engineer)
producer:
Nas (US rapper) and Chucky Thompson
lead vocals:
Nas (US rapper)
recorded at:
Right Track Recording in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States
mixed at:
Sony Music Studios (NYC, closed 2007) in Hell's Kitchen, New York, New York, United States
samples:
In the Air Tonight by Phil Collins (of Genesis)
recording of:
One Mic
writer:
Nasir Jones (US rapper) and Chucky Thompson
Nas3.754:30
14Loco-Motive
recording engineer:
Rob Kinelski, Brian Sumner (Los Angeles based recording engineer) and Stuart White
assistant engineer:
Gabriel “G‐Code” Zardes, Sam Lewis (recording and mixing engineer), Omar Loya and Keith Parry
producer:
NO I.D. (producer)
assistant mixer:
Anna Ugarte
mixer:
Rob Kinelski
bass and guitar:
Steve Wyreman
keyboard [keys]:
Maestro Harrell (US rapper) and Kevin Randolph
additional vocals:
Kaye Fox (US singer, songwriter, producer and actress) and Hannah Sidibe
vocals:
Large Professor and Nas (US rapper)
produced for:
Rich Daily Since ’71
recorded at:
4220 Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States, East West Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States, Jungle City Studios in New York, New York, United States, Record One in Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, California, United States and Westlake Studios (founded as Westlake Audio in the early 1970s) in West Hollywood, California, United States
mixed at:
Record One in Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, California, United States
recording of:
Loco‐Motive
writer:
Ernest Wilson (producer) and Nasir Jones (US rapper)
Nas feat. Large Professor2.653:42
15Halftime
engineer:
Kevin Reynolds (engineer)
producer:
Large Professor
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) (in 1994)
samples:
School Boy Crush by Average White Band and Soul Travelin', Part I (The G.B.E.) by Gary Byrd
recording of:
Halftime (from 1992 until 1993)
lyricist:
Nasir Jones (US rapper)
writer:
Gary Byrd
composer:
William Paul Mitchell (Large Professor)
Nas4.34:21
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