Nas: D.O.E. (Death of Escobar) vol.1 Album Review VIBE Magazine
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tales from da hood 
Hip hop is pretty bad for me now so its easy for me to get caught in the lore and mystery of Nas' catalog, studio sessions and of course his lost tapes. Aside from the work (that we know of) that he did during those sessions, there are still more tracks that I really feel and I would love to hear in its entirety and CDQ NO DJ
Never too Late
When Thugs Die
Enemy Tomorrow
Curse
Never too Late
When Thugs Die
Enemy Tomorrow
Curse
There are two more, from that era, that must have been tracks that Nas just never finished. I think they are pretty dope. One is called Graveyard or Eye for and Eye. I can't recall the name of the other but it was on a clye tape. Clue got all those shyts from Nas. That's who is sitting on a version of the Lost Tapes. Clue got the shyt.
Mike the Executioner
What went on up there? Poppers and weird sex!
So, Death of Escobar was what The Lost Tapes ended up being? 
ManBearPig
half man half bearpig
I heard all these songs
To me, one of the most interesting aspects of Nas' career and his recording history is the decisions he makes on what he releases and why things don't make it out. We know Nas has a nice stash of material left with Sony, some quality leftovers still at Def Jam and a ton of music still unreleased with Mass Appeal. I know he said that some things he records are never meant to be released and some stuff he records it (one or two verses) but never comes back to it.
As much as I am interested in hearing and owning as much of Nas' complete recordings as possible, I would love to hear more about his thought processes for putting each album together and organizing the albums along with the decisions to keep or dump a track. I know that sampling clearances probably had a lot to do with early decisions. I would like to know.
As much as I am interested in hearing and owning as much of Nas' complete recordings as possible, I would love to hear more about his thought processes for putting each album together and organizing the albums along with the decisions to keep or dump a track. I know that sampling clearances probably had a lot to do with early decisions. I would like to know.
Yup
Grand opening, grand closing
Delusional Nas stans
So, Death of Escobar was what The Lost Tapes ended up being?
From my understanding. Death Of Escobar was originally supposed to be what ended up as Gods Son. Nas said in an interview with Allhiphop.com around 02 that he was planning to release only three more albums and then retire. Those album titles were Death Of Escobar/Nastalgia/Nas Writes No More.
Death Of Escobar was supposed to be album where Nas went crazy on the industry and dissed everybody. After his mother passed he calmed down and changed the direction of the album.
They may have repurposed the title to include unreleased songs and outtakes, and then decided to include actual songs instead of freestyles and finally settled on what became Lost Tapes.
Grand opening, grand closing
Delusional Nas stans
So you saying a dude some considered the best when pac n big was alive(that was going multi platinum) didn't get his first cover till his 6th album?? And you thought your point was valid?
Bet you thought you had me
Walking into the thread like Vince McMahon..lol
Foh
prophecypro
Hollywood North
This was when magazines were reviewing pratically bootleg tapes it seems
Take It In Blood
Banned
need a tracklist
They would get completed advance albums, which mostly ended up being shelved. This was a time where magazines would get the album, review it, and by the time the album came out, things were changed, song order, and songs omitted, or switched up.
I'm still tryna make sure I have every song from the NasDaq/Dow Jones sessions. And has anyone ever heard the rumored "Polo & Guess" track by Nas & AZ?