Nas got so many bangers that's it's impossible to state what's a top 5 track of his without much dispute. I see where you're coming from though, because Queens Story is so far my favorite track on the LIG album. I almost did an appreciation thread on "you all know how the story go! go! go! you all know how the story go" Hearing scratching and cutting done properly by a mainstream artist damn near brought a tear to my eye.
On another note, I wonder if Salaam was influenced by Showbiz of Show & AG fame. They had a plethora of tracks with those kind of strings and impending glory of a noire scenamatic tone. "Here and Now" is a good example of that.
We need some remixes though with guest artists at some point pronto!!!!!!!