Nas "I Am" got 4.5 Mic when it came out. WHY DOES THE COLI&the internet HATE IT?!

[Awesome Wells]

As soon as I said only ppl in the industry got the advance copy, now you mysteriously worked for Sony

So that makes you 47+ right

Goodnight all

You must not read that well.

I said I was in the first sessions for those OG songs way before in this thread. How do you think I was there?

 

[Awesome Wells]

I have the re-released vinyl and it matches track for track

You realize that there is a lot of bootleg vinyl being sold today, right? LOL!!

That's not an official release then.

 

[Controversy]

You realize that there is a lot of bootleg vinyl being sold today, right? LOL!!

That's not an official release then.

It's an official release and it was promoted mainstream, there were likely threads about it on thecoli

 

[Awesome Wells]

It's an official release and it was promoted mainstream, there were likely threads about it on thecoli

The official has the songs I just listed.

So if you have vinyl with the bootleg tracks on it, in the same order as the homemade CD's from back in the day, it's not official.

 

[Controversy]

The official has the songs I just listed.

So if you have vinyl with the bootleg tracks on it, in the same order as the homemade CD's from back in the day, it's not official.

I'm not arguing with you about a vinyl released through Legacy Recordings, check to see who they are a subsidiary of...do your research

You're wrong and you been wrong all night

 

[Awesome Wells]

I'm not arguing with you about a vinyl released through Legacy Recordings, check to see who they are a subsidiary of...do your research

You're wrong and you been wrong all night

Nah, I was there. You were in high school.

So what I'm saying is not really up for debate. The Legacy reissue has the songs I just listed a few posts back. So I don’t know where you're getting your information from, but the tracklist on that release is not the same as the bootleg from back in the day.

A "reissue" is a release based on a project that already dropped retail. It's not a vinyl version of an old bootleg. If it's based on the bootleg, it's not a re-release, bro. It's vinyl based on a fan favorite bootleg.

 

[ADP]

Any chance we can get a FULL LIST OF TRACKS RECORDED INTENDED POSSIBLY FOR I AM... ?

I'll give it a go, please help, will edit post

1. Fetus (Belly Button Windows)
2. Small World
3. Money is My bytch
4. Project Window
5. Poppa Was A Player
6. Dr. Knockboots (Do's & Don't)
7. Day Dreamin Stay Schemin
8. Sometimes I Wonder
9. Hardest Thing To Do Is Stay Alive
10. Drunk By Myself
11. Wanna Play
12. Blaze A 50
13. We Will Survive
14. NY State Of Mind (Part 2)
15. Favor For A Favor
16. Nas Is Like
17. Undying Love
18. After life (interlude)
19. Among Kings
20. Find Ya Wealth
21. Life We Chose
22. Come Get Me
23. Rise & Fall
24. My Worst Enemy
25. Ghetto Prisoners
26. You Won't See Me Tonight
27. I Want To Talk To You (CIA)
28. Natures Shine (DEBATABLE)
29. Life Is What You Make It
30. Pray
31. Big Things
32. K i s s i n g
33. Album Intro (I Am)
34. The Prediction (intro Nastradamus)
35. Nastradamus
36. Some Of Us Have Angels
37. Shoot Em Up
38. Last Words
39. Family
40. God Love Us
41. Quiet nikkas
42. Big Girl
43. New World
44. You Owe Me
45. The Outcome (outro)
46. Hustlers And Killers
47. U Gotta Love It
48.






WHAT AM I MISSING ??? Don't make me summon Ziggy !!

 

[Controversy]

L.E.S.: We was in Miami when we did “U Gotta Love It.” It might’ve been around the time we was doing It Was Written or right after. I was just fukking around with the sample. I looped it and realized that it was three bars and I was like, “Ain’t nothing you can do with this.” That shyt was really like an accident. I played it for him and he was just like, “Whoa, this is dope.” Nobody would ever rhyme on a three-bar turnaround loop—they didn’t know how to. Nas was like, “I’ma do this shyt.” He wrote to the beat right there. I had an AZ sample on one of the pads and was hitting it. This is what they want, huh. It came out classic.

 

[mundL]

7,5-8/10 album imo

the highs are obvs insane but Nas was robbed of the 3peat right here

 

[Awesome Wells]

L.E.S.: We was in Miami when we did “U Gotta Love It.” It might’ve been around the time we was doing It Was Written or right after. I was just fukking around with the sample. I looped it and realized that it was three bars and I was like, “Ain’t nothing you can do with this.” That shyt was really like an accident. I played it for him and he was just like, “Whoa, this is dope.” Nobody would ever rhyme on a three-bar turnaround loop—they didn’t know how to. Nas was like, “I’ma do this shyt.” He wrote to the beat right there. I had an AZ sample on one of the pads and was hitting it. This is what they want, huh. It came out classic.

Yes.

Like I said earlier on the thread, the album started with L.E.S. and Angelettie. We had the Hit Factory Criteria booked for like 2-3 weeks. These were the first songs done for the album, which I mentioned in this thread.

 

[Cladyclad]

3/5

 

[Controversy]

Yes.

Like I said earlier on the thread, the album started with L.E.S. and Angelettie. We had the Hit Factory Criteria booked for like 2-3 weeks. These were the first songs done for the album, which I mentioned in this thread.

No It Was Written era song was making I Am

Nas got in his I Am bag in 98, not fkn 96...

The facts are that the I Am advance was 13 songs and the rereleased vinyl is a carbon copy of what was floating around the industry as the advance copy

U Gotta Love It was not on the advance copy and it was simply a mixtape loosie...dope record tho

 

[Conan]

Y'all nikkas after 9 pages still don't know what the original I Am tracklist was?

 

[Controversy]

Y'all nikkas after 9 pages still don't know what the original I Am tracklist was?

It was originally intended to be a double album, but then it was reduced to 13 songs and turned into the label around Feb 99

The bootleg of I Am was:

Fetus
Small World
Money's My bytch
Project Windows
Poppa Was A Playa
Dr. Knockboots
Daydreaming/Stay Schemin'
Sometimes I Wonder
Hardest Thing To Do Is Stay Alive
Drunk By Myself
Wanna Play Rough
Blaze a 50
We Will Survive

 

[sneakers&sex]

I am… >>>> hard knock life vol.2