Columbia Records will be releasing a collection of hits by the hip hop star Nas that will be available in stores and online on November 6. Since his first CD, 1994’s “Illmatic”, the rap icon has sold over 20 million albums, digital tracks and singles. The new CD will include 12 essential cuts from his Columbia Records catalog and premiering two newly recorded singles, “Surviving the Times” and “Less than an Hour” featuring Cee-Lo, which has been created as the theme music for the “Rush Hour 3” soundtrack.
Born Nasir Jones, the rap icon grew up in the Queensbridge Houses, a housing project in Queens, New York. His debut album “Illmatic” is regarded as one of the best hip hop albums of all time. With his 2006 release “Hip Hop is Dead”, came plenty of criticism from others in the rap community, who cited that the title was a jab at southern rappers and the crunk scene, with them being the cause in which hip hop was “dead.
Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly took a stand in August of this year against Nas performing at Virginia Tech. During his “Talking Points Memo” O’Reilly ranted on about how inappropriate it was for Nas to be performing at the university because of his lyrics and citing how Nas had been previously convicted of a gun charge. During Nas’ set at the September 6th “Concert for Virginia Tech” the crowd cheered on when Nas referred to Bill O’Reilly as a ‘chump”.
Nas- Greatest Hits” Track listing:
1. Surviving The Times (newly recorded)
2. Less than an Hour (Theme from Rush Hour 3) (newly recorded)
3. It Ain’t Hard to Tell (from Illmatic)
4. Life’s A Bitch (from Illmatic)
5. N.Y. State of Mind (from Illmatic)
6. One Love (from Illmatic)
7. If I Ruled the World (Imagine That) (from It Was Written)
8. Street Dreams (Remix) Feat. R. Kelly (original from It Was Written;
remix from 2002’s From Illmatic to Stillmatic: The Remixes EP)
9. Hate Me Now Feat. Puff Daddy (from I Am … The Autobiography)
10. One Mic (from Stillmatic)
11. Got Ur Self A … (from Stillmatic)
12. Made You Look (from God’s Son)
13. I Can (from God’s Son)
14. Bridging the Gap Feat. Olu Dara (from Street’s Disciple)
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PR Newswire- http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY;=/www/story/10-11-2007/0004679875&EDATE;=
