"The Best Of Nas" - Mixed By DJ Cable

It's been a while, but I'm back with another instalment of my "Best Of" mixtape series.

This time around, I've decided to revisit my 100% Nas mix that I put together for Radar Radio (oh yeah, I have a bi-weekly show on the station now!) the other week, updating it with some extra tracks and interview snippets from the man himself. Nas is one of my favourite Hip Hop artists of all time, so it was a real pleasure to dig through his discography and put together a definitive mix of his best singles, album tracks, guest verses, unreleased tracks and slept on gems. I hope you enjoy the mix!

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TRACKLIST:

01. [Nas Interview Intro]
02. Nas - Hate Me Now
02. Nas - The Don
04. Nas - Halftime
05. Nas - Made You Look
06. Nas - Street Dreams
07. Nas Feat. Lauryn Hill - If I Ruled The World (Imagine That)
08. Nas - Get Down
09. Nas - Nas Is Like
10. Nas - Nas Is Invincible (DJ Cable Blend)
11. Kool G Rap Feat. Nas - Fast Life (Norfside Remix) [Nas Verse]
12. Nas - Dr. Knockboot
13. Nas Feat. Ludacris & Doug E. Fresh - Virgo
14. Various Artists - Da Bridge 2001 [Nas Verse]
15. Nas Feat. Busta Rhymes - Fried Chicken
16. Large Professor Feat. Nas - One Plus One
17. Nas - I Gave You Power
18. Nas - N.Y. State Of Mind
19. Nas - N.Y. State Of Mind, Pt. 2
20. Nas - The World Is Yours
21. Group Therapy - East Coast West Coast Killaz [Nas Verse]
22. The Firm - Phone Tap
23. Nas - Memory Lane (Sittin’ In Da Park)
24. Nas Feat. AZ - Life’s a Bitch [Nas Verse]
25. [Nas Reaction to Jay-Z “Super Ugly”]
26. Nas - Got Ur Self A…
27. Nas Feat. Mary J. Blige - Reach Out
28. Nas - You’re Da Man
29. Nas - I’m A Villain
30. Mobb Deep Feat. Nas - It’s Mine [Nas Verse]
31. [Nas Interview Skit]
32. Main Source - Live At The Barbecue [Nas Verse]
33. MC Serch - Back To The Grill Again [Nas Verse]
34. Nas - Nasty
35. Nas Feat. Ginuwine - You Owe Me
36. Nas - Hip Hop Is Dead
37. Nas & Damien Marley - As We Enter
38. [Nas Interview Skit 2]
39. Nas - One Mic
40. Nas - One Love
41. Nas - One Love (LG Remix)
42. Nas - It Ain’t Hard To Tell
43. Nas - It Ain’t Hard To Tell (Large Professor Remix)
44. Nas - Nastradamus
45. Nas - Nothing Lasts Forever
46. Nas - Surviving The Times
47. J. Cole Feat. Nas - Let Nas Down (Remix)

Something From Nothing: The Art of Rap

 

 With the exception of classics such as Wildstyle, The Freshest Kids, Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme, or even the UK's own Pioneers documentary, there are very few Hip Hop features that have been worth watching, or at least given a detailed insight into the culture.

Directed by Ice-T, Something From Nothing: The Art of Rap follows the journey of rap through its progressive eras to shed light on its growth into a globally dominating force. With appearances from Eminem, Kanye West, Dr. Dre, Nas, KRS-One, Snoop Dogg and Doug E Fresh to name a few, this looks like it'll be an interesting and solid documentary.

The film is currently slated for a June 15 release in the US. Check below for a few teasers...

Nas "Nasty" (Music Video)

I posted the audio on here a few months ago. Here are the visuals!

Produced by Salaam Remi.

Common & Nas making "Ghetto Dreams" (Video)

A look into "Ghetto Dreams" w/Common&Nas - B.Kyle from B.Kyle on Vimeo.

Previously: Common Feat. Nas "Ghetto Dreams" (Prod. No I.D.)

Common Feat. Nas "Ghetto Dreams"

Taken from Common's forthcoming LP, "The Believer", which is set to drop in November. This is a banger!



Produced by No I.D.

Nas "Nasty"

New Nas? Produced by Salaam Remi? This is what we were waiting for...

Taken from his forthcoming "Life Is Good" album.

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Rock The Bells 2011 Lineup

DAAAAAAAAAMN!

This lineup is ridiculous.

Nas "Lost Tapes Vol. 2"?

Just saw this over at 2dopeboyz. Let's hope that Def Jam decide to play ball and release this album - the first Lost Tapes LP was crazy!

Here's the email from Nas to the heads at Def Jam, that was recently leaked:

From: Nas
To: LA Reid, Steve Bartels, Steve Gawley, Michael Seltzer, Joseph Borrino, Chris Hicks
Subject: PUT MY SHIT OUT!

Peace to all,

With all do respect to you all, Nas is NOBODY’s slave. This is not the 1800′s, respect me and I will respect you.

I won’t even tap dance around in an email, I will get right into it. People connect to the Artist @ the end of the day, they don’t connect with the executives. Honestly, nobody even cares what label puts out a great record, they care about who recorded it. Yet time and time again its the executives who always stand in the way of a creative artist’s dream and aspirations. You don’t help draw the truth from my deepest and most inner soul, you don’t even do a great job @ selling it. The #1 problem with DEF JAM is pretty simple and obvious, the executives think they are the stars. You aren’t…. not even close. As a matter of fact, you wish you were, but it didn’t work out so you took a desk job. To the consumer, I COME FIRST. Stop trying to deprive them! I have a fan base that dies for my music and a RAP label that doesn’t understand RAP. Pretty fucked up situation

This isn’t the 90′s though. Beefing with record labels is so 15 years ago. @ this point I just need you all to be very clear where I stand and how I feel about “my label.” I could go on twitter or hot 97 tomorrow and get 100,000 protesters @ your building but I choose to walk my own path my own way because since day one I have been my own man. I did business with Tommy Mottola and Donnie Einer, two of the most psycho dudes this business ever created. I worked well with them for one major reason……. they believed in me. The didn’t give a fuck about what any radio station or magazine said….those dudes had me.

Lost Tapes is a movement and a very important set up piece for my career as it stands. I started this over 5 years ago @ Columbia and nobody knew what it was or what it did but the label put it out as an LP and the fans went crazy for it and I single handlely built a new brand of rap albums. It’s smart and after 5 years it’s still a head of the game. This feels great and you not feeling what I’m feeling is disturbing. Don’t get in the way of my creativity. We are aligned with the stars here, this is a movement. There is a thing called KARMA that comes to haunt you when you tamper with the aligning stars. WE ARE GIVING THE PEOPLE EXACTLY WHAT THEY WANT. Stop throwing dog shit on a MAGICAL moment.

You don’t get another Nas recording that doesn’t count against my deal….PERIOD! Keep your bullshit $200,000.00 fund. Open the REAL budget. This is a New York pioneers ALBUM, there ain’t many of us. I am ready to drop in the 4th quarter. You don’t even have shit coming out! Stop being your own worst enemy. Let’s get money!

-N.Jones

What are your thoughts?

Nas & Damien Marley "As We Enter" (Music Video)

This album is gonna be pretty epic...

"Distant Relatives" is due out in stores May 18th.

AZ Feat. Nas "The Essence (Remix)"

7 years after producing the original version, BabyPaul is back with the remix. Taken from his forthcoming mixtape "Undaground Veteran 1.5", which should be dropping sometime soon.

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Nardwuar Vs. Nas (Video)

What I like about Nardwuar is besides the crazy appearance and eccentric behaviour, the dude seriously does his research! This one with Nas is pretty cool to watch, although he almost loses his temper when asked about a Nas action figure, and also the J.J. Evans line from "Ether"...

The interview with Supernatural, however, has slightly better content (I never knew he battled MF Grimm back in the day). Not only is Supernat more talkative, but his also kicks an ill freestyle that is worth checking out.

De La Soul, Mos Def, Nas, Will.I.Am, Kanye West & Damon Alburn Cipher @ The G.O.O.D. Music After Party, London (Video)

Damn, Mos & Nas killed it!

Via DJ Semtex

Nas & DJ Green Lantern "Election Night"

Recorded last night in Oslo, Norway.

Download: Nas & DJ Green Lantern "Election Night"

Via Nah Right


P.S. Vote for Barack Obama.

Nas "Make The World Go Round" (Music Video)

Featuring Chris Brown & The Game.

Behind The Scenes: Nas' "Go Round" Music Video

Via B.O.B.O.

Nas on "The Travis Smiley Show"

Jay-Z Joins Nas On Stage @ "Rock The Bells"

Nas brings out Hov' to perform their duets, “Success” & “Black Republican”....

From what I've seen online, and over at Semtex's Blog, it looks like Rock The Bells was ill....

The UK seriously needs more events like this....

Bill O'Reilly Disses Nas Album & Record Sales (Video)

Bill O'Reilly disses Nas' new album in reply to his support at the recent protests outside Fox News:

Nas Interview with Angie Martinez

Nas Performs @ ALIFE (Video)