LIVE AT THE BARBECUE (FEAT. NAS)
Main Source
Breaking Atoms
Wild Pitch : 1991
[Buy It]
BACK TO THE GRILL (FEAT. NAS)
Video
MC Serch
Return of The Product
Def Jam : 1992
[Buy It]
The first of three or four posts dedicated to the pre-Illmatic career of Nasty Nas, who once told me he was "one of the most humble men you'll ever meet." The funny thing is, I met Nas again - James, you were there, too, if you want to tell war stories - and insofar as someone who drives a Maybach can be described as humble, Nas is pretty on point. Then again, if we're going by this, Nas is fully a genius.
Illmatic came out almost thirteen years ago, when Nas was nineteen. I don't have to tell you what makes it great. I'm not going to talk about the drop-off, either; it was hard-wired into the mass-media equation, and the truth is, Nas has been consistently good, and very often great, and only sometimes terrible, ever since. We'd rather show you how he started, and how the tracks evolved:
JUST ANOTHER DAY IN THE PROJECTS
Nas
Pre-Illmatic Mixtape
N.Y. STATE OF MIND
Nas
Illmatic
Columbia : 1994
[Buy It]
DEJA VU
Nas
Pre-Illmatic Mixtape
VERBAL INTERCOURSE
Raekwon
Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
RCA : 1995
[Buy It]Labels: alex, nas, rappers in their youth
