Name	Artist	Time	Price
1.	Doo Rags	Nas	4:03	$0.99
2.	My Way	Nas	3:55	$0.99
3.	U Gotta Love It	Nas	3:18	$0.99
4.	Nothing Lasts Forever	Nas	3:52	$0.99
5.	No Idea's Original	Nas	3:04	$0.99
6.	Blaze a 50	Nas	2:49	$0.99
7.	Everybody's Crazy	Nas	3:35	$0.99
8.	Purple	Nas	3:39	$0.99
9.	Drunk By Myself	Nas	4:03	$0.99
10.	Black Zombie	Nas	3:35	$0.99
11.	Poppa Was a Playa	Nas	3:44	$0.99
12.	Fetus	Nas	3:19	$0.99

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Our Review

Composed primarily of songs that were cut from the original double-album version of 1999’s I Am, The Lost Tapes flows like an official release. “Doo Rag” exemplifies Nas’ advanced writing techniques, as a nostalgic look at hip-hop’s early days shifts towards an examination of how street styles originate from prisons. The song is a fascinating example of Nas’ ability to pull back the layers of a given subject, burrowing past the superficial to unpack deeper implications. As usual, Nas refuses to go the easy route. “Drunk By Myself” is a disturbing portrait of depression, while “Black Zombie” is a cutting denunciation of African-American ignorance and complacency. Nas relives his own birth in “Fetus,” and even if the song isn’t entirely successful, one has to respect the boldness of the concept and the expertise of the execution. The most memorable songs here are “Poppa Was a Playa” (ghost-produced by a young Kanye West), and “U Gotta Love It,” a shimmering track that remains ambiguous even in its lyrical precision: “Preposterous foes, finicky foul niggas / See niggas and blacks, there goes a loud difference.”

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Customer Reviews

Purple (5 stars)
That Song Alone gives it a 5

The Greatest Album of All TIme In My Opinion (5 stars)
This album is the greatest and best album I have ever heard. Every single song is cold. Lyrically this album takes the cake for all of his albums. The beats are cold. Purple is quite possibly the greatest song I have ever heard, and I've heard lots of what I deem real hip hop damn Nas is pure genuis hands down the greatest MC of all time. Drunk By Myself and Fetus are crazy. Nas is the illest! Period, case, and point.

Rare (5 stars)
This album struck a cord in me, I didn't think he had anything left after weak ....I AM or NAStrodamus but you know he proved me wrong, and after this album came God's Son which struck another cord in me. So to me this started his revival back from a long hiatus and It was written was DOPE....no credit for that album. Lost Tapes 2 & New Def Jam Album I can't wait!!!!!!!

Biography

Born: September 14, 1973 in Long Island, NY
Genre: Hip Hop/Rap
Years Active: '90s, '00s, '10s

Beginning with his classic debut, Illmatic (1994), Nas stood tall for years as one of New York City's leading rap voices, outspokenly expressing a righteous, self-empowered swagger that endeared him to critics and hip-hop purists. Whether proclaiming himself "Nasty Nas" or "Nas Escobar" or "Nastradamus" or "God's Son," the self-appointed King of New York battled numerous adversaries for his position atop the epicenter of East Coast rap, none more challenging than Jay-Z, who vied with Nas for the...

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Top Songs By Nas
	Name	Album	Time	Price
1.	My President	The Recession (Bonus Track ..	5:29	$1.29
2.	Hip Hop Is Dead	Hip Hop Is Dead	3:45	$0.69
3.	If I Ruled the World (Imagine That)	It Was Written	4:42	$1.29
4.	Road to Zion	Welcome to Jamrock	5:17	$1.29
5.	Hero (feat. Keri Hilson)	Nas	4:00	$1.29
6.	The Don	The Don - Single	3:02	$1.29
7.	One Mic	Stillmatic	4:28	$1.29
8.	Ether	Stillmatic	4:37	$1.29
9.	N.Y. State of Mind	Illmatic	4:52	$0.99
10.	Thugz Mansion (Nas Acoustic)	Better Dayz	4:12	$0.99

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