- Surviving the Times
- Less Than an Hour (Theme From "Rush Hour 3")
- It Ain't Hard to Tell
- Life's a Bitch
- N.Y. State of Mind
- One Love
- If I Ruled the World (Imagine That)
- Street Dreams [Remix]
- Hate Me Now
- One Mic
- Got Ur Self A...
- Made You Look
- I Can
- Bridging the Gap
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Overview
Already considered one of hip-hop's great MCs, a claim made even more believable by the fact that he's able to continue to release relevant, often controversial, material -- material that, while perhaps not as great as what was on his debut, Illmatic, is still interesting and intelligent and generally pretty decent -- Nas has been due for a true greatest-hits collection for a while now. The aptly titled Greatest Hits does just that, tracing his career chronologically, from the aforementioned Illmatic (and it makes sense that there are four tracks from that album -- the most of any -- included) to Street's Disciple (which only boasts one, "Bridging the Gap"). 2006's Hip Hop Is Dead is left out here, but there are two new songs, neither of which is as good as "Life's a Bitch" or even "Street Dreams," but both of which are still pretty fun. The in-demand Cee-Lo Green adds his distinctive vocals to the spooky "Less Than an Hour" (which also can be found on the Rush Hour 3 soundtrack), and even the Chris Webber-produced "Surviving the Times," on which Nas raps about his life and his experiences making music, is well done, though not particularly inventive or unique. There's not much out of the ordinary here: the songs included are all among the MC's most popular and feature the appropriately well-known guest stars (Diddy, when he was Puff Daddy, on "Hate Me Now" and R. Kelly on the remix of "Street Dreams"), which means that even with the new tracks it may not be enough to entice or satisfy a diehard, but for those not expecting or needing more than a decent retrospective, Greatest Hits should do the trick. ~ Marisa Brown
Product Details
Release Date: | 05/20/2014 |
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Label: | Sony Music |
UPC: | 0888430567627 |
Tracks
Album Credits
Performance Credits
Nas Primary ArtistCeeLo Green Primary Artist
Puff Daddy Primary Artist,Featured Artist
R. Kelly Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Olu Dara Primary Artist,Guitar,Trumpet,Harmonica,Featured Artist
Salaam Remi Guitar,Guitar (Bass),Drums,Bass,Rhythm
Delight 2000 Watts Music Keyboards
AZ Vocals,Featured Artist
Q-Tip Featured Artist
Angela Hunte Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Lauryn Hill Vocals,Featured Artist
Vincent Henry Guitar,Strings,Harmonica,Sax (Baritone)
Mercedes Abal Flute
Chanelle Gstettenbauer Vocals (Background)
Kathryn Bostic Vocals (Background)
Technical Credits
Richard Travali Audio Engineer,MixingStan Wallace Audio Engineer,Engineer
Pablo Arraya Audio Engineer,Assistant Engineer
Chucky Thompson Audio Production,Composer,Producer
Poke & Tone Audio Production
T. Latham Audio Engineer
Kevin Crouse Audio Engineer,Mixing,Engineer
L.E.S. Audio Production,Producer,Executive Producer
Salaam Remi Audio Engineer,Audio Production,Mixing,Composer,Producer,Executive Producer,Rhythm Arrangements
Chris Webber Audio Production,Producer
Stevo Audio Engineer,Mixing
DJ Premier Audio Production,Producer
Q-Tip Audio Production,Producer
Paul Gregory Audio Engineer,Assistant Engineer
Anton "Sample This" Pushansky Audio Engineer,Tracking
Jason Vogel Audio Engineer,Engineer
D. Moet Audio Production,Producer
Nas Audio Production,Producer,Performer
Michael Sroka Audio Engineer
Diego Garrido Audio Engineer,Mixing
Rashad Smith Audio Production,Producer
Ben Kane Audio Engineer,Assistant Engineer
Megahertz Audio Production,Composer
Robert Marks Audio Engineer,Assistant Engineer
Jaye Wynn Audio Engineer,Assistant Engineer
Pretty Boy Audio Production
Paul Mitchell Composer
Chester Burnett Composer
Danny Clinch Photography
Oliver Scott Composer
Tone Mixing,Producer
Dave Stewart Composer
Annie Lennox Composer
Mike "The Razor" Brinkley A&R,Arranger
Piers Marsh Composer
George R. "Golden Fingers" Pearson Arranger
Thomas Callaway Composer
Kurt Walker Composer
Daniel Moss Photography
Steve Souder Engineer
Mike Sroka Assistant,Assistant Engineer
Gavin Marchand Composer
Chris Feldman Art Direction
Omar Rayne Assistant
Nasir Jones Composer,Executive Producer
Chris Gehringer Mastering
Jimmy Heath Composer
Large Professor Producer
Eddie Sancho Mixing,Engineer
Jonathan Davis Composer
Samuel Barnes Composer
R. Kelly Remixing
Roy Hammond Composer
Lalo Schifrin Composer,Orchestral Arrangements
Jean-Claude Olivier Composer
Ronnie Wilson Composer
Olu Dara Composer
Graham Marsh Engineer
Don Goodrick Assistant
Ken Theis Assistant
Jonathan Mannion Photography
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