I Am (Explicit Version) (1999) (Explicit Version )

Artist: Nas
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Label: Sony/columbia
UPC: 00074646877326
Release Date: 4/6/1999
Buy.com Sku: 60105811
Item#: MCDFNM
Buy.com Sales Rank: 25140
Format:  CD

Song Listing

Disc 1
Song TitleSample
1. Intro ~ Nas
1. Intro ~ Nas
1. Intro ~ Nas
2. N.Y. State Of Mind (Part II) ~ Nas
2. N.Y. State Of Mind (Part II) ~ Nas
2. N.Y. State Of Mind (Part II) ~ Nas
3. Hate Me Now - (featuring Puff Daddy) ~ Nas
3. Hate Me Now - (featuring Puff Daddy) ~ Nas
4. Small World ~ Nas
4. Small World ~ Nas
4. Small World ~ Nas
5. Favor For A Favor - (featuring Scarface) ~ Nas
5. Favor For A Favor - (featuring Scarface) ~ Nas
5. Favor For A Favor - (featuring Scarface) ~ Nas
5. Favor For A Favor - (featuring Scarface) ~ Nas
6. We Will Survive ~ Nas
7. Ghetto Prisoners ~ Nas
7. Ghetto Prisoners ~ Nas
7. Ghetto Prisoners ~ Nas
7. Ghetto Prisoners ~ Nas
7. Ghetto Prisoners ~ Nas
7. Ghetto Prisoners ~ Nas
7. Ghetto Prisoners ~ Nas
8. You Won't See Me Tonight - (featuring Aaliyah) ~ Nas
9. I Want To Talk To You ~ Nas
9. I Want To Talk To You ~ Nas
9. I Want To Talk To You ~ Nas
9. I Want To Talk To You ~ Nas
9. I Want To Talk To You ~ Nas
10. Dr. Knockboot ~ Nas
11. Life Is What You Make It - (featuring DMX) ~ Nas
11. Life Is What You Make It - (featuring DMX) ~ Nas
11. Life Is What You Make It - (featuring DMX) ~ Nas
11. Life Is What You Make It - (featuring DMX) ~ Nas
11. Life Is What You Make It - (featuring DMX) ~ Nas
11. Life Is What You Make It - (featuring DMX) ~ Nas
12. Big Things ~ Nas
12. Big Things ~ Nas
12. Big Things ~ Nas
12. Big Things ~ Nas
13. Nas Is Like ~ Nas
13. Nas Is Like ~ Nas
13. Nas Is Like ~ Nas
14. K-I-SS-I-N-G ~ Nas
14. K-I-SS-I-N-G ~ Nas
15. Money Is My Bitch ~ Nas
15. Money Is My Bitch ~ Nas
15. Money Is My Bitch ~ Nas
16. Undying Love ~ Nas
16. Undying Love ~ Nas
16. Undying Love ~ Nas
16. Undying Love ~ Nas
16. Undying Love ~ Nas
16. Undying Love ~ Nas


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Album Notes and Credits

Notes & Personnel Info
Personnel includes: Nas, Puff Daddy, Aaliyah, Scarface, DMX.
Producers include: DJ Premier, Pretty Boy, Nashiem Myrick, L.E.S., Grease.
Engineers include: Eddie Sancho, Kevin Crouse, Steve Souder.
I AM was nominated for the 2000 Grammy Award for Best Rap Album.
I Am... is the third album and fourth stage in the evolution of Queensbridge's living legend Nasir Jones, from Nasty Nas to Nas to Nas Escobar to Nastradamus, the soothsaying mega-thug poet. This third installment is an introspective work from one of hip-hop's made men. Always billed as a hip-hop messiah, Nas rose through the ranks of hip-hop on the strength of powerful poetry. Contrary to the album's title, the scope of the work extends beyond the autobiography as Nas takes on politics, the state of hip-hop, Y2K, race, and religion with his own unique perspective. While Illmatic was Nas at his rawest and It Was Written was Nas' attempt to reconcile his underground leanings with his newfound fame, acclaim, and wealth, the Nas of I Am... is honest about his elevated status yet still feels the tension of no longer being ravenous on the mic. Musically, I Am is somewhat unimaginative by Nas' stratospheric standards. Tried and true producers, the Trackmasters stamp the album with their signature catchy grooves and samples, but some of these tracks lack the sonic depth to do justice to the prophecies of the pharaoh, Nas. Superproducer Premier comes to save the day on two outstanding tracks: "NY State of Mind, Pt. II" and "Nas Is Like." These two cuts are nothing short of Illmatic perfection. "Nas Is Like"'s symphonic composition is the perfect complement for an MC of Nas' supreme vocal quality and precise lyrics. Despite some of the blandness on the production end, Nas still shines as the old soul storyteller and crime rhyme chronicler on cuts like "We Will Survive," a dirge for fallen rappers. Nas also experiments stylistically on "Big Things," sporting a Midwest cadence, and on "You Won't See Me Tonight," a Timbaland-produced duet with R&B songstress Aaliyah. ~ M.F. DiBella
The original street poet is back. The third chapter in Nas' book of scriptures comes at a time when hip-hop starves for what made the rapper famous: intelligent, realistic songs with a hardcore street edge. I AM combines the underground feel of ILLMATIC with the commercial appeal of IT WAS WRITTEN. Fortunately for Nas, the production matches up to his superior lyrical skills, making for yet another hip-hop classic.
Nas keeps the guest appearances to a memorable minimum (DMX, Scarface, etc.) allowing listeners to focus on his own unmatchable talent. And with producers like the critically acclaimed DJ Premier providing the background for the above average "Nas Is Like" and hitmaker Puff Daddy working the boards for the hype-igniting "Hate Me Now," Nas proves that his contribution to hip-hop far surpasses that of many MCs.

Musical Guests
Puff Daddy
Aaliyah
Scarface
DMX

 
Compilation Appearances
Only Built 4 Cuban Linx (Explicit Version)
Hell On Earth (Explicit Version)
Pieces Of A Man (Explicit Version)
Men In Black
Born Again (Explicit Version)
R. (Explicit Version)
Don Cartagena (Explicit Version)
N.O.R.E. (Explicit Version)
Art Of Storytelling (Explicit Version)
Forever (Explicit Version)
Tunnel (Explicit Version)
Mary (Limited Edition)
My Name Is Joe
Reunion (Explicit Version)
W (Explicit Version)
Kiss Tha Game Goodbye (Explicit Version)
God's Favorite (Explicit Version)
Are You Still Down Jon B Greatest Hit
Jagged Little Thrill (Bonus Tracks)
Aziatic (Explicit Version)
Vol. 10-Now That's What I Call Music
Fix (Explicit Version)
8 Mile (Explicit Version)
Last Temptation (Explicit Version)
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
Neptunes Present...clones (Explicit Version)
Scarface-Music Inspired By (Explicit Version)
Take A Look In The Mirror (Explicit Version)
Hip Hop Forever 2
Fabric Live 14
Az (Explicit Version)
Better Dayz(Explicit Version)
Just Tryin' Ta Live
Decade
Red Light District(clean)
Red Light District (Explicit Version)
This Is Hip Hop (Explicit Version)
Late Registration (Explicit Version)
Late Registration (Clean Version)
Welcome To Jamrock (Explicit Version)
1st Infantry: Instrumental
Duets: The Final Chapter (Explicit Version)
Duets:the Final Cha(clean
Car Show Tour(w/ Bonus DVD)
Car Show Tour(w/ Bonus DVD)(Explicit Version)
Fidel Cashflow
Lyfe 268-192 Special Edition Fanpack(w/ Bonus DVD)
Hip Hop Future Hits
The Big Bang (Explicit Version)
Press Play (Explicit Version)
Napalm(Explicit Version)
This Is Gangsta Rap (w/Bonus DVD)(w/ Bonus DVD)
Davinci Code:the Vaticav2
Hi Teknology Vol 2(Explicit Version)
Eat Or Die 0906
Doctor's Advocate(Explicit Version)
Doctor's Advocate (Cln)
Greatest Hits
Professional Part 3(Explicit Version)
Professional Part 3 (Cln)
This Is East Coast Hip Hop(Explicit Version)
Ain't Nothing Like Me
Street Love
Bone Box:thugs For Life(Explicit Version)
Street Triumph(Explicit Version)
Evolution Of The Groove
Adventures In Emceein(Explicit Version)
Dirty South Hits:best In Crunk
Hits(Explicit Version)
Hits
International Gangster
Strange Hip Hop
Wackness (Ost)
Wackness (Ost)(Explicit Version)
LAX
LAX (Clean)
LAX (Bonus Tracks)(Explicit Version)
We Global
We Global(Explicit Version)
Alter Ego:mixtape
Greatest Hits
Theater Of The Mind
Theater Of The Mind(Explicit Version)
In The City(Explicit Version)
In The City
Cadillac Records (Ost)
Cadillac Records (Ost)
Gangsta Grillz:album Part 2(Explicit Version)
Last Kiss(Explicit Version)
Last Kiss
Best Of Prelude To The Offering(Explicit Version)
A Different Me
The Ballads
Gangsta Grillz:album Part 2
Deeper Than Rap(Explicit Version)
Deeper Than Rap
Deeper Than Rap(Limited Edition)(Explicit Version)
Ultra Hits
We Run Atl
Music Of Korn(Explicit Version)

 
Associated Artists and Works
DMX
Various Artists
Various Artists
Various Artists
Various Artists
Various Artists
Various Artists
Various Artists
Various Artists

 
Technical Info
Release Date : 04/06/1999
Original Release Date : 1999
Catalog ID : 68773
Label : Columbia (USA)
Number of Discs : 1
Studio/Live : Studio
Mono/Stereo : Stereo
SPAR Code : n/a
UPC : 00074646877326

 
Professional Reviews
Rolling Stone (4/29/99, p.66)
- 1/2 Stars (out of 5)
- "...jumping from the virtues of getting heave, seven figure lifestyles and busting guns to existentialism and back again, all in seconds..."

Entertainment Weekly (4/2/99, p.91)
- "...With the right choreography and costumes, I AM... could easily be marketed as rap's answer to RENT. And Nas may touch on enough universal themes--sex, death, inequity, jealousy, retribution--to convince high-falutin critics that his vision is worthy of serious analysis..." - Rating: B

Muzik (5/99, p.81)
- 4 Stars (out of 5)
- "...a schizophrenic tour de force....there's something for everyone..."

CMJ (4/26/99, p.3)
- "...suggests [Nas] has a firm grip on both his past and his present....[positions] him as a curiously contradictory figure in a world of one-sided rhyme heads..."

The Source (2/00, p.95)
- Included in The Source's "Top 10 Albums of the Year [1999]."

The Source (4/99, p.195)
- 4.5 Mics (out of 5)
- "...A cursory listen...will uncover traces of the lyricist we used to call nasty....And as further proof that reports of his demise may have been premature, the one man who has come to embody hip-hop's adoration of all things material declares Esco's continued existence..."

NME (Magazine)
(4/3/99, p.40)
- "...This, after all, is what makes this autobiography far phatter than the average 25-year-olds."

  
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5 of 5 NAS IS MAD GOOD Sunday, May 30, 1999
Esttmz from Bronx,NY  

HE has come a long way. This Album shows it. Yo Go Nas. Let them hate you .... those who hate Nas are just jealous.
 
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