Nas was originally set to have Marley Marl produce his sophomore album before he scrapped it and went the more “mainstream appeal” route with Trackmasters. This is only track that I know of with Nas tapping over a Marley Marl beat.
So is this what the sequel to “Illmatic” was destined to sound like before Nas hit up Trackmasters?
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Tommy Gibbs
Superstar
Nas has had 7 albums in 5 years yet y’all still stuck in the past 
thats like saying four loko came out with mad flavors last year, why bother with this vintage wineNas has had 7 albums in 5 years yet y’all still stuck in the past
goofy ass
Dude ain’t a Nas fan but somehow finds his way in every Nas thread. I don’t even open threads for artists I’ve got no interest in.thats like saying four loko came out with mad flavors last year, why bother with this vintage wine
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Metal Face
Superstar
this was produced by Marl too
Yall actions show y’all not truly fukking with his new shytthats like saying four loko came out with mad flavors last year, why bother with this vintage wine
goofy ass
the man just dropped a classic 3 months ago for Christ sake but y’all making Illmatic 2 scenarios
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chunky_mcdaniels
All Star
Would have been another classic
LOST IN THE SAUCE
The Sauce Apostle
Nah, he got it right. He planned to have Marley do his entire second album at first. In their first sessions he recorded True Dialect and On The Real. Marley ended up throwing Cormega and the guy from Screwball on to On The Real without Nas' permission and then played it on his radio station, along with turning True Dialect into a radio promo. Nas wrote him off after that.
After leaving Marley he recorded Life Is Like a Dice Game with Easy Mo Bee. I think Understanding with Extra P was recorded either right before linking with Marley or right around the same time. Stoute only found him after that. I think Deja Vu was recorded after the Stoute link, but I'm not 100% on that.
