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Nas "I Am" got 4.5 Mic when it came out. WHY DOES THE COLI&the internet HATE IT?!
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I am joint was more direct in my opinion
@god shamgod. Go cry to ya mama. Soft ass.
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Listening to it now...........looking back.........that intro was talking to jay-z especially with that random big pun rant in there.........we all know pun and joe ain't like jay...........funny thing jay was looked at as the cornball back then....the corny commercial dikk rider....when jay went and got beanie sigel that's when everything changed....ppl started taking him serious.....but queens still looked at him as a bytch.....this is where the whole mobb nas jay beef stems from.....jay was feeling like oh yall not fukking with me? remember im from the projects that yall nikkaz wanted to hang out at..... how i'm the fake one? ok imma show yall....money cash hoes....new yorks been soft since....then the radio freestyle oochie wally comes on "Murder that" memphis bleek ....your lifestyles written............jay and nas was a epic beef.....as far as nas ....i am ppl loved it when i was younger.........i didn't personally like it.........i felt like it lacked something.... it was too clean or something it wasn't as dirty as before....but i digress...i lived it....nas always was looked at as one of the top 3 rappers in every era....regardless....but jay was EVERYWHERE in 2000.......that changed everything 2000 going into 2001 was crucial to jay's legacy as it stands now....while it was ja rule making love songs dmx's decline nas missing.........jay was right there every where you turned........he even stole jadakiss spot.......y'all ain't knowing
I lost my bootleg copy back when my hard drive crashed. 
This seems very close to the track listing I remember though
01. Fetus (Belly Button Window)
03. Money Is My bytch
04. Project Window
05. Poppa Was A Player
06. Dr. Knockboots (Do’s And Don’t)
07. Day Dreamin’ Stay Schemin
08. Sometimes I Wonder
09. HardestThingToDoIsStayAlive
10. Drunk By Myself
11. Wanna Play
12. Blaze A 50
13. We Will Survive
Found this online. Track #2 was missing on the website as well. I wonder if that was where Nas is Like was supposed to go
Edit: track 2 was Small World
This seems very close to the track listing I remember though
01. Fetus (Belly Button Window)
03. Money Is My bytch
04. Project Window
05. Poppa Was A Player
06. Dr. Knockboots (Do’s And Don’t)
07. Day Dreamin’ Stay Schemin
08. Sometimes I Wonder
09. HardestThingToDoIsStayAlive
10. Drunk By Myself
11. Wanna Play
12. Blaze A 50
13. We Will Survive
Found this online. Track #2 was missing on the website as well. I wonder if that was where Nas is Like was supposed to go
Edit: track 2 was Small World
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I Am was supposed to be a double album, but it got changed to a single. I am not sure if that had to do with the bootleg or a record company decision to try to maximize profits by releasing two albums in one year instead.
There was a widely available bootleg that circulated, containing 14 songs. But even when the bootleg was out, nobody thought that it was supposed to be the official, final version of I Am. The bootleg was missing "Nas Is Like", for example, which was already out. It also didn't have "You Won't See Me Tonight" (which was mentioned in magazine ads for I Am). It didn't have "NY State of Mind part II," which people knew was supposed to be on I Am.
Songs on the bootleg:
We Will Survive (released on I Am)
Dr. Knockboot (released on I Am)
Small World (released on I Am)
Money is My bytch (released on I Am)
Project Windows (a remixed version was released on Nastradamus, the original had a much better beat)
Find Your Wealth (released years later on the QB's Finest compilation)
Wanna Play Rough (released a year later on Dame Grease's Live on Lenox album)
Poppa was a Player (released years later on The Lost Tapes)
Blaze a 50 (released years later on The Lost Tapes)
Drunk by Myself (released years later on The Lost Tapes)
Fetus (Belly Button Window) (released years later as a hidden track on The Lost Tapes)
Hardest Thing to do is Stay Alive
Sometimes I Wonder (featuring Nature)
Day Dreamin, Stay Schemin
There were also some other unreleased Nas songs floating around that weren't on this widely available bootleg, but got leaked anyway. These included "You Gotta Love It" and "Amongst Kings".
Each hardcore Nas fans had his/her personal favorite 3 or 4 songs from this collection of unreleased material. When those songs didn't show up on the official version, they inevitably complained.
The best scenario, in my opinion, would have been to keep I Am as a double album. With so many fans having heard so much material, there was no way to please everybody in terms of a final tracklist that excluded so much.
There was a widely available bootleg that circulated, containing 14 songs. But even when the bootleg was out, nobody thought that it was supposed to be the official, final version of I Am. The bootleg was missing "Nas Is Like", for example, which was already out. It also didn't have "You Won't See Me Tonight" (which was mentioned in magazine ads for I Am). It didn't have "NY State of Mind part II," which people knew was supposed to be on I Am.
Songs on the bootleg:
We Will Survive (released on I Am)
Dr. Knockboot (released on I Am)
Small World (released on I Am)
Money is My bytch (released on I Am)
Project Windows (a remixed version was released on Nastradamus, the original had a much better beat)
Find Your Wealth (released years later on the QB's Finest compilation)
Wanna Play Rough (released a year later on Dame Grease's Live on Lenox album)
Poppa was a Player (released years later on The Lost Tapes)
Blaze a 50 (released years later on The Lost Tapes)
Drunk by Myself (released years later on The Lost Tapes)
Fetus (Belly Button Window) (released years later as a hidden track on The Lost Tapes)
Hardest Thing to do is Stay Alive
Sometimes I Wonder (featuring Nature)
Day Dreamin, Stay Schemin
There were also some other unreleased Nas songs floating around that weren't on this widely available bootleg, but got leaked anyway. These included "You Gotta Love It" and "Amongst Kings".
Each hardcore Nas fans had his/her personal favorite 3 or 4 songs from this collection of unreleased material. When those songs didn't show up on the official version, they inevitably complained.
The best scenario, in my opinion, would have been to keep I Am as a double album. With so many fans having heard so much material, there was no way to please everybody in terms of a final tracklist that excluded so much.
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Came in to say this.
The Source gave the OG Double Album 4.5. If you read the review they talk about songs like Drunk By Myself and Fetus.
Between IWW and I AM...
those are my two most played Nas albums.
IWW aged a bit better... the shiny suit influenced tracks didn't aid in I Am's over all transgression in time (even though I love that music for Bad Boy and other replicates in the era).
HATE ME NOW was such a let down.
Beat starts off so epic... and then once the drums commence... so anticlimactic.
I Am is still a solid 4 mic album for me.
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those are my two most played Nas albums.
IWW aged a bit better... the shiny suit influenced tracks didn't aid in I Am's over all transgression in time (even though I love that music for Bad Boy and other replicates in the era).
HATE ME NOW was such a let down.
Beat starts off so epic... and then once the drums commence... so anticlimactic.
I Am is still a solid 4 mic album for me.
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Fun Fact- Nas thanks Jay-Z, Memphis Bleek, and the “Roc-A-Fella Fam” in the liner notes lol
I just bumped it
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Amazing songs are
Ny State of mind 2
we will survive
nas is like
undying love
above average songs
hate me now
small world
average songs
favor for a favor
ghetto prisoners
i want to talk to you
you won't see me tonight
big things
kissing
below average
dr knockboot
life is what you make it
money is my bytch
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Amazing songs are
Ny State of mind 2
we will survive
nas is like
undying love
above average songs
hate me now
small world
average songs
favor for a favor
ghetto prisoners
i want to talk to you
you won't see me tonight
big things
kissing
below average
dr knockboot
life is what you make it
money is my bytch
@JustCKing posted the review (at least the first page) and it appears to be a review of the retail album.
The double album never leaked. I posted a track list for what I believe was the bootleg I had prior to the retail dropping. It’s clear Nas didn’t intend to drop the bootleg as is though because it didn’t have Nas is Like on it, even though that song had already been released.