Nas "I Am..." Is underrated

[The_Third_Man]

1. Fetus (Belly Button Window)
2. NY State Of Mind Pt. II
3. Life Is What You Make It
4. Small World
5. Hardest Thing To Do Is Stay Alive
6. Poppa Was a Playa
7. Nas Is Like
8. Blaze A 50
9. Favor For A Favor
10. We Will Survive
11. Some Of Us Have Angels
12. Project Windows
13. Day Dreaming, Stay Scheming
14. Sometimes I Wonder
15. Undying Love


1. After Life (Intro)
2. Amongst Kings
3. Life We Chose
4. Drunk By Myself
5. Pray
6. God Love Us
7. Ghetto Prisoners
8. Last Words
9. Family
10. Come Get Me
11. Find Your Wealth
12. U Gotta Love It
13. Wanna Play Rough
14. The Rise And Fall
15. My Worst Enemy

First of all, nobody knows for sure. there was never an official track listing.

Second, some of the songs you mentioned were never supposed to be on the original "I am". They were last minute additions after the heavy bootlegging:


- life is what you make it
- A favor for a favor
- Ghetto Prisoners

while these songs were recorded for Nastradamus (after I am actual release):

- Some Of Us Have Angels
- Family
- Life we chose
- God love us
- Last words
- Come get me

 

[mrjoncampbell]

First of all, nobody knows for sure. there was never an official track listing.

Second, some of the songs you mentioned were never supposed to be on the original "I am". They were last minute additions after the heavy bootlegging:


- life is what you make it
- A favor for a favor
- Ghetto Prisoners

while these songs were recorded for Nastradamus (after I am actual release):

- Some Of Us Have Angels
- Family
- Life we chose
- God love us
- Last words
- Come get me

Either way it's in my profile.

Nas - I Am...The Autobiography (Original Version)

Disc 1

1. Fetus (Belly Button Window)
2. NY State Of Mind Pt. II
3. Life Is What You Make It
4. Small World
5. Hardest Thing To Do Is Stay Alive
6. Poppa Was a Playa
7. Nas Is Like
8. Blaze A 50
9. Favor For A Favor
10. We Will Survive
11. Some Of Us Have Angels
12. Project Windows
13. Day Dreaming, Stay Scheming
14. Sometimes I Wonder
15. Undying Love

Disc 2

1. After Life (Intro)
2. Amongst Kings
3. Life We Chose
4. Drunk By Myself
5. Pray
6. God Love Us
7. Ghetto Prisoners
8. Last Words
9. Family
10. Come Get Me
11. Find Your Wealth
12. U Gotta Love It
13. Wanna Play Rough
14. The Rise And Fall
15. My Worst Enemy

 

[cornercommission2k12]

it is over looked somewhat

but i dont have it as my 3rd best

imo

1.it was written
2.illmatic
3.stillmatic
4.lost tapes
5.untitled

are my top 5 nas albums

i got i am around 6th or 7th depends on where i put gods son

his most underrated album is streets dicipole.

that album had a ton of great songs on it.

no wack songs, but just some okay songs that people call wack cause its nas.

 

[malbaker86]

This was his 3rd best album to me and my favorite Nas album. His most versatile album too

 

[DopeMan]

Another album overrated by Nas stans

 

[Mike Otherz]

ny state of mind 2.
nas is like

classics

 

[Why-Fi]

until i re-visited it was written a couple years ago, i would've (and have) argued that i am is his best album. both the retail and the bootleg were dope as a whole. my shyt was dr knockboot, drunk by myself, and small world

 

[OG Talk]

Big Thangs was terrible...

And overall Nas' flow sounded broken on several tracks.. The highs were high but the lows were too low...

It's a schitzo project that was all over the place...

Hate Me Now on the same project as Ghetto Prisoners?

 

[THE K-MAN]

DR. KNOCKBOOTS

 

[Rapmastermind]

1. Fetus (Belly Button Window)
2. NY State Of Mind Pt. II
3. Life Is What You Make It
4. Small World
5. Hardest Thing To Do Is Stay Alive
6. Poppa Was a Playa
7. Nas Is Like
8. Blaze A 50
9. Favor For A Favor
10. We Will Survive
11. Some Of Us Have Angels
12. Project Windows
13. Day Dreaming, Stay Scheming
14. Sometimes I Wonder
15. Undying Love


1. After Life (Intro)
2. Amongst Kings
3. Life We Chose
4. Drunk By Myself
5. Pray
6. God Love Us
7. Ghetto Prisoners
8. Last Words
9. Family
10. Come Get Me
11. Find Your Wealth
12. U Gotta Love It
13. Wanna Play Rough
14. The Rise And Fall
15. My Worst Enemy

Not Official. As someone said, there were at least 3 different bootlegs and none of them were really that long. Nice compilation but I would change a few songs and the song order to make it flow better. Like the album should end with these songs:

Drunk By Myself
Undying Love
Aterlife Interlude
Amongst Kings

"Hustlers and Killers", "You won't see me Tonight" and "You Owe Me" should be included. "Some of us have Angels" and "God Loves Us" needs to be taken out. Also how in the world is "Hate Me Now" not included? Actually the version on the Bootleg was different then the released version cause there was a choir singing through the whole thing. It was also featured on the DJ Clue tape, "Can't Impeach the President". What's crazy is I had "Blaze a 50" back in 99 on the "Hate Me now" international single cause I was visiting family overseas and copped it:

Hate Me Now
NaS is Life
Blaze a 50


Now that's a dope a$$ single.

 

[Poetical Poltergeist]

Good album..its somewhat uneven but good songs. I might be the only dude who liked big things. Several classics on this lp something nastradamus couldn't achieve.

 

[machine01]

It falls through the cracks when you consider how good Illmatic, It Was Written and Stillmatic were. "Undying Love" was a hidden gem, IMO.

 

[cornercommission2k12]

Good album..its somewhat uneven but good songs. I might be the only dude who liked big things. Several classics on this lp something nastradamus couldn't achieve.

life we chose
last words

are 2 songs on nastradamus that are classic songs

 

[HNIC973]

I Am was solid 4 mics too many gems on there to not be at least a 4 mics.
Nastradamus on the other hand was 3 mics but his verse on last words is

 

[Balan]

Apart from a couple of tracks it was