In 2002, Nas released The Lost Tapes, compiling previously unreleased tracks that were discarded from recording sessions for Nas' studio albums, I Am... (1999) and Stillmatic (2001). A follow-up compilation, The Lost Tapes 2, was originally intended to be released on December 16, 2003, and include unreleased recordings, remixes, and freestyle tracks.[2] However, its release was delayed,[3] and in 2006, Nas signed to Def Jam Recordings.[4] In a June 2010 interview for Hot 97.5 KVEG, he said of following-up The Lost Tapes, "I do got a lot of songs that really didn't make no album, that's just sittin' around [or] got lost. So I've got enough actually, for a Lost Tapes 2 and 3 by now. So I've just got to set it up, put them together – 12 songs for one album, 12 songs for another album, and figure it out. That's all it takes."[5] In September, he announced plans to release The Lost Tapes 2 on December 14.[6] However, its release was further delayed by Def Jam, whom Nas accused of mishandling the project and its budget in a personal e-mail sent to label executives.[7] Reports of the project's delay incited fans to create an online petition in December asking for Def Jam to release the album.[8] After losing time to the project's delay, Nas began recording for a new studio album and put plans for The Lost Tapes 2 on hold.[9][10]
In 2012, American singer Frank Ocean and producer Hit-Boy created a track entitled "No Such Thing As White Jesus" that went unreleased. The track was reworked as "Royalty" featuring RaVaughn. Ocean still received songwriting credit for the track.[11]
Promotionedit
On June 11, 2019, Nas shared a promotional video via his Instagram account, announcing the release of The Lost Tapes 2 in the near future.[12] On July 2, a trailer was released to announce the album's cover art and production credits, alongside its track listing and a release date of July 19, 2019.[1] The trailer included a preview of the album track "Lost Freestyle".[13]
At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 58, based on 7 reviews.[14]
Roisin O'Connor of The Independent concluded that The Lost Tapes 2 "sounds like an artist rediscovering his love for hip hop in the most joyous and satisfying way", naming the songs produced by Kanye West, Swizz Beatz and RZA as the standout tracks.[17]Rolling Stone's Christopher R. Weingarten praised Nas' performance, calling him "a rap legend at his most stylistically diverse", however, he described the album as "a messy display of the many sides of Nas" at both "his most essential and least essential".[20]
Commercial performanceedit
The Lost Tapes 2 debuted at number 10 on the Billboard 200 with 23,000 album-equivalent units, of which 12,000 were pure album sales. It is Nas's 13th US top 10 album.[21]
"You Mean the World to Me" contains samples from "Don't It Make You Feel Good?", written and performed by Leroy Hutson.
"Beautiful Life" contains samples from "Happy Song", written by Reginald Brown, Richard Davis, and Stafford Floyd, and performed by The Dynamic Superiors.
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^"Nas : ナズが10周年記念アルバムをリリース" [Nas: Release / Nas's 10th anniversary album] (in Japanese). BARKS. ITmedia. February 19, 2004. Retrieved November 20, 2012.
^Leeds, Jeff (January 23, 2006). "Rapper Nas Is to Join Label Led by Former Rival Jay-Z". The New York Times. Retrieved November 20, 2012.
^Jacobs, Allen (June 2, 2010). "Nas Says "Lost Tapes" Volumes 2 & 3 Is Possible in September 2010". HipHopDX. Retrieved November 20, 2012.
^Dombal, Ryan (September 16, 2010). "Nas Preps The Lost Tapes: Vol. 2". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved November 20, 2012.
^Roberts, Steven (October 7, 2010). "Nas Accuses Def Jam of Skimping on Lost Tapes: Vol. 2 Budget". MTV News. MTV Networks. Retrieved November 20, 2012.
^Jacobs, Allen (December 21, 2010). "Nas Fans Create Online Petition for Def Jam to Release "Lost Tapes 2"". HipHopDX. Retrieved November 20, 2012.
^Rodriguez, Jayson (June 3, 2011). "Nas Talks Lost Tapes Vol. 2, Label Issues". MTV News. MTV Networks. Retrieved November 20, 2012.
^Koroma, Salima (March 15, 2011). "Nas Shares Thoughts on Libya, Updates on 'Lost Tapes Vol. 2'". HipHopDX. Retrieved November 20, 2012.
^"Hear Nas' Previously Unreleased "Royalty" Which Credits Frank Ocean". 19 July 2019.
^Scott, Dana (June 11, 2019). "Nas Reveals 'The Lost Tapes 2' Promo On Instagram". HipHopDX. Retrieved June 12, 2019.
^"Nas Reveals 'The Lost Tapes II' Tracklist, Release date". Rap-Up. July 2, 2019. Retrieved July 2, 2019.
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^Kellman, Andy. "Nas – The Lost Tapes II". AllMusic. Retrieved August 29, 2019.
^McKrell, Aaron (20 July 2019). "Review: Nas' "The Lost Tapes 2" Doesn't Match The OG's Euphoria". HipHopDX. Retrieved July 23, 2019.
^ abO'Connor, Roisin (19 July 2019). "Nas review, The Lost Tapes II: Queensbridge rapper's latest work feels a lot like redemption". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2022-06-18. Retrieved July 19, 2019.
^Hobbs, Thomas (23 July 2019). "Nas – 'The Lost Tapes II' review". NME. Retrieved July 23, 2019.
^"Nas: The Lost Tapes 2 Album Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved July 24, 2019.
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^ abCaulfield, Keith (July 28, 2019). "Ed Sheeran's 'No. 6' Spends Second Week at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart, Beyonce & Nas Bow in Top 10". Billboard. Retrieved July 29, 2019.
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Vernon Family redirects here For the wealthy English family see Vernon family The Lost Tapes 2 is a compilation album by American rapper Nas released on July 19 2019 by Mass Appeal Records and Def Jam Recordings It is the sequel to the compilation album The Lost Tapes released in 2002 The Lost Tapes 2 features unreleased tracks from Nas last four studio albums Hip Hop Is Dead 2006 Untitled 2008 Life Is Good 2012 and the album scrapped in favor of Nasir 2018 1 It includes production from producers such as RZA Swizz Beatz Pharrell Williams Kanye West No I D Pete Rock and The Alchemist among others The Lost Tapes 2Compilation album by NasReleasedJuly 19 2019 2019 07 19 Recorded2007 2017GenreHip hopLength59 37LabelMass AppealDef JamProducerThe AlchemistAraabMuzikDJ DahiDJ KhalilDJ ToompEric HudsonHit BoyKanye WestNo I D Pete RockPharrell WilliamsRZAStatik SelektahSwizz BeatzXharlie BlackNas chronologyNasir 2018 The Lost Tapes 2 2019 King s Disease 2020 Singles from The Lost Tapes 2 Jarreau of Rap Skatt Attack Released July 12 2019 Contents 1 Background 2 Promotion 3 Critical reception 4 Commercial performance 5 Track listing 6 Charts 7 ReferencesBackground editIn 2002 Nas released The Lost Tapes compiling previously unreleased tracks that were discarded from recording sessions for Nas studio albums I Am 1999 and Stillmatic 2001 A follow up compilation The Lost Tapes 2 was originally intended to be released on December 16 2003 and include unreleased recordings remixes and freestyle tracks 2 However its release was delayed 3 and in 2006 Nas signed to Def Jam Recordings 4 In a June 2010 interview for Hot 97 5 KVEG he said of following up The Lost Tapes I do got a lot of songs that really didn t make no album that s just sittin around or got lost So I ve got enough actually for a Lost Tapes 2 and 3 by now So I ve just got to set it up put them together 12 songs for one album 12 songs for another album and figure it out That s all it takes 5 In September he announced plans to release The Lost Tapes 2 on December 14 6 However its release was further delayed by Def Jam whom Nas accused of mishandling the project and its budget in a personal e mail sent to label executives 7 Reports of the project s delay incited fans to create an online petition in December asking for Def Jam to release the album 8 After losing time to the project s delay Nas began recording for a new studio album and put plans for The Lost Tapes 2 on hold 9 10 In 2012 American singer Frank Ocean and producer Hit Boy created a track entitled No Such Thing As White Jesus that went unreleased The track was reworked as Royalty featuring RaVaughn Ocean still received songwriting credit for the track 11 Promotion editOn June 11 2019 Nas shared a promotional video via his Instagram account announcing the release of The Lost Tapes 2 in the near future 12 On July 2 a trailer was released to announce the album s cover art and production credits alongside its track listing and a release date of July 19 2019 1 The trailer included a preview of the album track Lost Freestyle 13 Critical reception editProfessional ratingsAggregate scoresSourceRatingMetacritic58 100 14 Review scoresSourceRatingAllMusic nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 15 HipHopDX3 1 5 16 The Independent nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 17 NME nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 18 Pitchfork5 1 10 19 Rolling Stone nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 20 At Metacritic which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 from mainstream publications the album received an average score of 58 based on 7 reviews 14 Roisin O Connor of The Independent concluded that The Lost Tapes 2 sounds like an artist rediscovering his love for hip hop in the most joyous and satisfying way naming the songs produced by Kanye West Swizz Beatz and RZA as the standout tracks 17 Rolling Stone s Christopher R Weingarten praised Nas performance calling him a rap legend at his most stylistically diverse however he described the album as a messy display of the many sides of Nas at both his most essential and least essential 20 Commercial performance editThe Lost Tapes 2 debuted at number 10 on the Billboard 200 with 23 000 album equivalent units of which 12 000 were pure album sales It is Nas s 13th US top 10 album 21 Track listing editNo TitleWriter s Producer s Length1 No Bad Energy Nasir JonesKaseem DeanAbraham OrellanaSwizz BeatzAraabMuzik3 022 Vernon Family JonesPharrell WilliamsJamal SublettWilliams3 003 Jarreau of Rap Skatt Attack featuring Al Jarreau and Keyon Harrold JonesKeyon HarroldEddie ColeDave BrubeckAl JarreauXharlie BlackNas a 3 184 Lost Freestyle JonesPatrick BarilAngela BofillStatik Selektah3 245 Tanasia JonesRobert DiggsMichael DunfordBetty NewsingerRZA3 506 Royalty featuring RaVaughn JonesChauncey HollisChristopher BreauxHit Boy4 507 Who Are You featuring David Ranier JonesEric HudsonDavid Ranier WebberEric Hudson3 448 Adult Film featuring Swizz Beatz JonesDeanSwizz Beatz4 109 War Against Love JonesDacoury Dahi NatcheKhalil Abdul RahmanDJ KhalilDJ Dahi3 4710 The Art of It featuring J Myers JonesPeter PhillipsSublettVincent BrownAnthony CrissKeir GistPete Rock4 0811 Highly Favored JonesDiggsHomer BanksCarl HamptonRaymond JacksonRZA2 2312 Queens Wolf JonesAldrin DavisDJ Toomp3 4613 It Never Ends JonesDaniel MamanColin GibsonKenny CraddockThe Alchemist3 3214 You Mean the World to Me JonesKanye WestLeroy HutsonKanye West3 0015 QueensBridge Politics JonesPhillipsPete Rock3 0216 Beautiful Life featuring RaVaughn JonesErnest WilsonReginald BrownRichard DavisStafford FloydNo I D 6 41Total length 59 37 Notes a signifies a co producer You Mean the World to Me features uncredited vocals by Tony Williams Sample credits Jarreau of Rap Skatt Attack contains an interpolation from Round Round Round Blue Rondo a la Turk written and performed by Al Jarreau Lost Freestyle contains a sample from Accept Me I m Not a Girl Anymore written and performed by Angela Bofill Tanasia contains samples from Mother Russia written by Michael Dunford and Betty Newsinger and performed by Renaissance Adult Film contains uncredited interpolations of Raw written by Antonio Hardy and performed by Big Daddy Kane The Art of It contains samples from Uptown Anthem written by Vincent Brown Anthony Criss and Keir Gist and performed by Naughty by Nature and samples from Straighten It Out written by Peter Phillips and CL Smooth and performed by Pete Rock amp CL Smooth which itself samples Our Generation written and performed by Ernie Hines Highly Favoured contains samples from If Loving You Is Wrong I Don t Want to Be Right written by Homer Banks Carl Hampton and Raymond Jackson and performed by Alton Ellis It Never Ends contains samples from One Way Rag written by Colin Gibson and Kenny Craddock and performed by Alan White You Mean the World to Me contains samples from Don t It Make You Feel Good written and performed by Leroy Hutson Beautiful Life contains samples from Happy Song written by Reginald Brown Richard Davis and Stafford Floyd and performed by The Dynamic Superiors Charts editChart 2019 Peakposition Australian Digital Albums ARIA 22 22 Belgian Albums Ultratop Flanders 23 125 Canadian Albums Billboard 24 65 Dutch Albums Album Top 100 25 95 French Albums SNEP 26 177 UK R amp B Albums 27 4 US Billboard 200 21 10 US Top R amp B Hip Hop Albums Billboard 28 7 US Billboard Digital Albums 29 1References edit a b Nas Gathers Unreleased Tracks for Long Awaited Lost Tapes 2 Rolling Stone July 2 2019 Retrieved July 2 2019 MTV News September 29 2003 For the Record Quick News On Nas DMX And Eve The Bachelor Foo Fighters Phantom Planet amp More MTV News MTV Networks Retrieved November 20 2012 Nas ナズが10周年記念アルバムをリリース Nas Release Nas s 10th anniversary album in Japanese BARKS ITmedia February 19 2004 Retrieved November 20 2012 Leeds Jeff January 23 2006 Rapper Nas Is to Join Label Led by Former Rival Jay Z The New York Times Retrieved November 20 2012 Jacobs Allen June 2 2010 Nas Says Lost Tapes Volumes 2 amp 3 Is Possible in September 2010 HipHopDX Retrieved November 20 2012 Dombal Ryan September 16 2010 Nas Preps The Lost Tapes Vol 2 Pitchfork Media Retrieved November 20 2012 Roberts Steven October 7 2010 Nas Accuses Def Jam of Skimping on Lost Tapes Vol 2 Budget MTV News MTV Networks Retrieved November 20 2012 Jacobs Allen December 21 2010 Nas Fans Create Online Petition for Def Jam to Release Lost Tapes 2 HipHopDX Retrieved November 20 2012 Rodriguez Jayson June 3 2011 Nas Talks Lost Tapes Vol 2 Label Issues MTV News MTV Networks Retrieved November 20 2012 Koroma Salima March 15 2011 Nas Shares Thoughts on Libya Updates on Lost Tapes Vol 2 HipHopDX Retrieved November 20 2012 Hear Nas Previously Unreleased Royalty Which Credits Frank Ocean 19 July 2019 Scott Dana June 11 2019 Nas Reveals The Lost Tapes 2 Promo On Instagram HipHopDX Retrieved June 12 2019 Nas Reveals The Lost Tapes II Tracklist Release date Rap Up July 2 2019 Retrieved July 2 2019 a b The Lost Tapes II by Nas Metacritic Retrieved July 23 2019 Kellman Andy Nas The Lost Tapes II AllMusic Retrieved August 29 2019 McKrell Aaron 20 July 2019 Review Nas The Lost Tapes 2 Doesn t Match The OG s Euphoria HipHopDX Retrieved July 23 2019 a b O Connor Roisin 19 July 2019 Nas review The Lost Tapes II Queensbridge rapper s latest work feels a lot like redemption The Independent Archived from the original on 2022 06 18 Retrieved July 19 2019 Hobbs Thomas 23 July 2019 Nas The Lost Tapes II review NME Retrieved July 23 2019 Nas The Lost Tapes 2 Album Review Pitchfork Retrieved July 24 2019 a b Weingarten Christopher R 23 July 2019 Nas The Lost Tapes II Is a Grab Bag Set That Shows Every Side of the Iconic Rapper Rolling Stone Retrieved July 23 2019 a b Caulfield Keith July 28 2019 Ed Sheeran s No 6 Spends Second Week at No 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart Beyonce amp Nas Bow in Top 10 Billboard Retrieved July 29 2019 ARIA Australian Top 50 Digital Albums PDF Australian Recording Industry Association July 29 2019 Retrieved July 27 2019 Ultratop be Nas The Lost Tapes 2 in Dutch Hung Medien Retrieved July 26 2019 Nas Chart History Canadian Albums Billboard Retrieved July 30 2019 Dutchcharts nl Nas The Lost Tapes 2 in Dutch Hung Medien Retrieved July 26 2019 Le Top de la semaine Top Albums Fusionnes SNEP Week 30 2019 in French Syndicat National de l Edition Phonographique Retrieved July 30 2019 Nas The Lost Tapes 2 officialcharts com Nas Chart History Top R amp B Hip Hop Albums Billboard Retrieved July 30 2019 Nas The Lost Tapes 2 Digital Albums billboard com Billboard Archived from the original on October 1 2019 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Lost Tapes 2 amp oldid 1185009983, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
