Official Nas Thread
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Everybody needs to reply to this now and be sure to ask for the
-OG track list
-Documentary
-how much was recorded
-if the original version can ever be released (long shot)
Coli! We all need to go and put those question directly out to Nas now.
Alexander Wiggin
All Star
I am... need a justice league type of treatment like release the og version like it was meant to be. Nas stan we need to start raiding nas', mass appeal and Sony socials
I am... need a justice league type of treatment like release the og version like it was meant to be. Nas stan we need to start raiding nas', mass appeal and Sony socials
Most of those songs were already released on Lost Tapes. I doubt Nas is going to go back and negotiate with Sony on repackaging a 22 year old album. We might eventually get that documentary but I wouldn’t hold my breath on Nas giving a damn about most of his Sony material enough to want to deal with the hurdles involved in dealing with the label. Especially given the fact that his career right now with his OWN label is going fantastically.
Honestly, I'm not sure why Nas and Sony wouldn't be interested in releasing the original version of I Am. It's not like the songs aren't already out there. Sounds like easy money imo.
I hope this gets done eventually, even if it's years down the line.
I hope this gets done eventually, even if it's years down the line.
Stuckinthe90s
Pro
Lost Tapes 1 cost nothing to make, no promo and was a success.
No reason why he can't put out another volume from the same era. No reason why he can't put out another 5 volumes, but that's probably being greedy.
The Def Jam era stuff can stay locked away.
No reason why he can't put out another volume from the same era. No reason why he can't put out another 5 volumes, but that's probably being greedy.
The Def Jam era stuff can stay locked away.
Piff Perkins
Veteran
While I agree I really wish there were more rap album documentaries. When I was a kid there were always those rock docs on VH1 about the making of an album. The only black artists I remember being covered were Michael Jackson and Prince. I Am is not some seminal classic that would normally garner a documentary but it’s such a fascinating story. It was probably the first major album to be fukked over by Napster leaks (not to mention bootleg physical copies). That alone makes it worthy of a documentary.
It’s the ultimate what if. If that album had come out as planned...or if they had simply added new tracks (Hate Me Now was a newer one right?) to the existing album, it would have been a classic.
I agree, the bootleg angle would be cool to explore. As for the bolded, they could show how a lot of songs from that era ended up on The Lost Tapes, which I think does fit that description. Plus they can talk about whatever Nas was going through in his personal life around that time. Would make for a great documentary.
Formerly known as...
Collector
What was the original tracklist?
IllmaticDelta
Veteran
OG I AM would've been the goat hiphop double album
Just speaking on personal experience. Where I grew up in NC there were different bootlegs of I Am circulating with different and overlapping songs. But I never remember coming across one that was the length of a double album.
HNIC973
R.I.P Bandana P
beyond laughable the hate this album get's nobody said shyt when it dropped everybody the hood fukked wit this heavy. If that OG would've dropped 3 straight classic albums in a row
