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"N.Y. State of Mind" is a song by hip hop recording artist Nas from his debut studio album Illmatic (1994). The song's production was handled by DJ Premier who sampled two jazz songs: "Mind Rain" by Joe Chambers and "Flight Time" by Donald Byrd. [1] Premier additionally scratched up vocal samples from Eric B. & Rakim's "Mahogany" for the song's ...
Illmatic (stylized in lowercase) is the debut studio album by the American rapper Nas.It was released on April 19, 1994, by Columbia Records.After signing with the label with the help of MC Serch, Nas recorded the album in 1992 and 1993 at Chung King Studios, D&D Recording, Battery Studios, and Unique Recording Studios in New York City.
Opening to the cascading sounds of subway train cars, screeching from one New York City rail line to the next, Illmatic draws listeners into the world […] N.Y. State of Mind: Nas’ ‘Illmatic ...
Nas in 1998, several years after the release of Illmatic.. Illmatic, the 1994 debut album by Nas, made a significant impact on the hip hop genre. The album has been credited as one of the pivotal works that returned East Coast hip hop, particularly Queensbridge's hip hop scene, to prominence in a time when public attention was focused on West Coast releases.
Nas (above) and the Wu-Tang Clan’s Seattle stop on their New York State of Mind Tour will be livestreamed Wednesday on Amazon Prime. Above, the hip-hop artist is shown in 2017 at a Pandora event ...
In a 2012 interview, Nas stated that he was around a lot of guns at the time he wrote "I Gave You Power" and decided to rap about it. [7] An aggressive beat was considered, [ 7 ] but ultimately the song ended up accompanied by falling piano notes and stuttering drums. [ 8 ]
The "Nas Is Like" music video was directed by Nick Quested and is still very popular in underground circles and continued a long list of popular Nas/DJ Premier collaborations. The album also contained the song "We Will Survive", a tribute to Tupac Shakur and The Notorious B.I.G.
"It Ain't Hard To Tell" is the second single and last track from American rapper Nas' debut album, Illmatic. Although the track was technically the second single on the album, it was the first single to be released after the album was pressed in 1994.