01 Understanding (Demo) 0:00 02 Life Is Like A Dice Game (Demo) 3:12 03 Just Another Day In Projects (Demo) 5:51 04 Deja Vu (Demo) 9:05 06 Everything Is Real (Demo) 12:59 07 I'm A Villan (Demo) 15:07 09 Nas Will Prevail (Demo) 19:39 10 On The Real (Demo) 24:35

@sandileshongwe4750

5 жыл бұрын

xKajzer64 I need all these songs. Wow!

@mainframe2931

Жыл бұрын

Nas should remaster and re-record these tracks and be added to the Illmatic 30th Anniversary edition.

@higheroncomedy2222

Жыл бұрын

Thanks

Nas Demo better than rappers whole discography

@alexanderonikan6105

6 ай бұрын

Word is Bond King….Very True Most This New Rap Age Rapper So Wack…NASir is The Greatest Ever For All Eternity. Name a rapper/MC Nas ain’t influenced Peace King Nasir 🗽👑

@Danial-ok9wl

6 ай бұрын

Qwincebridjetview

Damn This Shit Should have been in XX Anniversary Edition Nas Rhymes Are Always top notch

@alexanderonikan6105

6 ай бұрын

FACTS FACTS 💯💯💯

@Danial-ok9wl

6 ай бұрын

​@@alexanderonikan6105word wide la×|ьласволстрит

Sounds so Retro - ! I am catching flashbacks of the 90's. Generation's after that , could never imagine the feeling that was in the atmosphere when a young hungry Nasty Nas coming straight out of QueensBridge houses , had invaded the area. It was truly phenomenal. No one had ever had a premiere arrival like he had made with the album " Illmatic ".

Illmatic the hardest album out of new York

@rolobuckz4742

5 жыл бұрын

Reginald Williams rap history**

@kieransaustin207

Жыл бұрын

Ready to die was defo 2nd

@truthdude8849

Жыл бұрын

36 chambers and the infamous way better

@jenny2814.

Жыл бұрын

@@kieransaustin207 not even close never speak again

@jenny2814.

Жыл бұрын

@@truthdude8849 dont say way better ever again

Nas is so timeless man

@Mick-hg5cl

3 ай бұрын

Timelez

pufffff incredible, Nas is always gonna be my fav rapper

Whether this came out before or after illmatic, all these tracks are fucking phenomenal.

@Danial-ok9wl

6 ай бұрын

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Just to clear things up for anyone misled - Understanding, Déjà vu, On The Real, Life Is Like A Dice Game and Everything Is Real were not recorded pre-Illmatic. Faith Newman, the person working at Columbia Records who signed Nas, was originally handed a demo tape by MC Serch containing only two songs: Nas Will Prevail and Just Another Day In The Projects. She then immediately got the green light by her boss to sign Nas, and the rest is history.

@patrickvincent6167

7 жыл бұрын

Yea, and add Life Is Like A Dice Game and Everything Is Real all after Illmatic

@TNT_12

6 жыл бұрын

Patrick Vincent Yep, my bad, G. You're right. Those too.

@alexmason6191

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah "Life is like a dice game" was recorded in early "It was written" session in 1995

@MsLocalmotion

6 жыл бұрын

MC101 why not?

@TNT_12

5 жыл бұрын

@Scr8 Up Factz The original demo tape that Faith Newman at Columbia Records got a hold of only had Nas Will Prevail and Just Another Day In The Projects. Nas also recorded I'm A Villain pre-Illmatic

Esco The Thug Poet... Son To me your the best Emcee in Hip Hop

Nas been killin it since then. His demo is timeless.

content, flow - just unbelievable.

Dang even the demo is dope as hell!! Life is like a dice game!

def jam couldn't see the vision

@JamalPrinceChannel

7 жыл бұрын

wow

@astroknott5263

5 жыл бұрын

Russell Simmons ran Rick Rubin out of town and called Nas a Kool G Rap knock off

@hip-hopcollectorsunitedcdt2507

2 ай бұрын

@@astroknott5263he also said Kool g rap can’t sell albums

ahead of his time.

I love this masterpiece

Back again. Sipping Hennessy no coke, splash of H2O and ice… chilling on the deck. This is ill right now.

This is tru art

thank you for the up load. Hip Hop history right here

everything is real deja vu on the real understanding dice game all these joints were made after illmatic.

@cyferperez6392

7 жыл бұрын

RelaxednCalm2015 *Before

@SKULnBONZ

7 жыл бұрын

RelaxednCalm2015 you don't know what you talkin bout.. It's NO way "Nas Will Prevail" was made after "IT Ain't Hard To Tell" from illmatic

@sinematic06

6 жыл бұрын

SKULnBONZ he didn’t say that song

@retrollennialdungeonz2451

6 жыл бұрын

Cyfer Perez *After

@fuckooo

5 жыл бұрын

Yes, e.g. Dice Game and Deja Vu came from It Was Written recording sessions. Deja Vu probably one of Nas' very best joints, crazy it didn't make the album

Just as good as Illmatic, who else thinks so? and "Nas Will Prevail" is better than "It Ain't Hard To Tell"

@h.m.5724

Жыл бұрын

No it ain't

@gabrielcarmn

Жыл бұрын

This one has a chill vibe ...I like more too

I'm A Villain Nas Will Prevail Just Another Day In The Projects NAS' DEMO TAPE/PRE-ILLMATIC

this is my joint I was born in 1991 when Nas came out with this demo tape lot of hip hop artist start there career around 1990 or 1991 that's how most of them come up about out to Queensbridge New York the world peroid Nas one of my favorite rappers legend he inspired a lot of artist like SchoolBoy Q he was born in 1986 so he was 5 years old in 1991 when Nas put out Illmatic in 1994 he was 8 years old but still 7 years old I bet many people born in the 80s knows rock hip hop it was there childhood it was my childhood we all born in those years of life first CD I ever heard Nas was younger Sibling he had the Hip Hop Is Dead album in 2006 he liked Nas before I did I loved hip hop in the 2000s I got my younger sibling into rap music that's how he started to buy hip hop music I saw all the rap and rock music videos but I never got the buy it cause I was too young around that time listening to profanity music cause I had school and childhood of my own to live my cousin Tameka Pritchett loves Nas even the West Coast rapper The Game was inspired by Nas he said on the song "Hustlers" he said in 1995 he was CD store making choices of what CD he wanted Nas was like that to everybody he is a legend most people heard bumping in there cars everything but this just demo tape he was coming up from Underground to emcee the moment I stated listen to Nas was from Stillmatic and the collaboration he did with Bob Marley Son Damien Marley Distant Relatives I had those CDs hearing them for the first time it's like I was new to this whole Nas music he's been out since 1991 the year I was born so yeah I look up to Nas Nasty Nas Nas Escobar to Nastrudums love his music even myself Deonte Lamar Merritt when I listen to Nas these days best I ever heard good rapper love Nas.

Awe man I instantly love this album! Strong house/dance music vibes.

Classic Bruh! Thanks for uploading it!

@Danial-ok9wl

6 ай бұрын

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THE BEST THAT EVER DONE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

thank U for this 💣👏👏

@Danial-ok9wl

6 ай бұрын

ctilmatis

Remember listening to lifes like a dice game high af on a nature walk, different planet shit

DOPE DEMO!!!! THAT RAPPER NASTY NAS!!!!

why does he sound like he's 16.. this is so FUCKING RAW!!

@turtleanton6539

7 жыл бұрын

peter dukuze He was Around 16 i think

@PrAnG2000

7 жыл бұрын

In '91 he'd have been 17 going on 18 as he was born in '73.

@michaelmcpoet1

6 жыл бұрын

Nas is light years ahead of his time.

@filmgreatmasterpeace8223

6 жыл бұрын

peter dukuze For real!!!

@scinnyc

6 жыл бұрын

This whole demo tape is EXTRA RAW. I like some of these songs better than a few on Illmatic. Especially "Deja Vu". As a rap/hip hop artist myself, this is so inspiring...!!!

How the fuck can anyone in this beautiful green & blue earth ever give this Godly master piece a thumbs down!?! Shame on you!This shit is heaven sent. God's Son Nasty NaS!

love old school hip-hop, especially ones that are good even if it's lesser known like this

00:00 1991 ??? Wow

🔥

Still listening 2019-------000000000

this cant be in 1991, on the 2nd track he talked about his daughter destiny but she was born in 94

@deeperthanmusic8119

5 жыл бұрын

During Carmen's pregnancy (with Desriny)...probably

@georgegoad2236

5 жыл бұрын

Some songs were meant to be on ‘it was written’ but were taken off

@kramarkml

5 жыл бұрын

just another day in the projects, Nas will prevail, and I'm a villain are the only songs made pre-illmatic

@markzucker3949

5 жыл бұрын

Good point

How the hell is he not your goat bro 😩

🐐🐐

is there anyway to legally buy deja vu

This og version of life is like a dice game is awesome they used more of the sample then when he did it with cordae

If u heard illmatic......ur gonna love search :"The greatest mixtape of all-time"......illmatic all over agin!!!!

My face has been scrunched up the entire half hour

what the fuck is this im 36 years old and never herd this shit omfg

@Heebygeeby08

7 жыл бұрын

L

@Juiceish1

7 жыл бұрын

L

@BadaBigga

7 жыл бұрын

L

@deux0

6 жыл бұрын

L

@egyptelharm5647

6 жыл бұрын

Time before illmatic

HE CAN DROP THIS NW ITS GON GGGGGGGOOOOOOOOO ***************NAS***************

Great but not all songs are pre-Illmatic some of them have to be pre- It was written due to some facts and his voice changes/diverinces in the songs

pleeease. does anybody know who made for him this black & white photo ? I really like it.

it aint hard to tell demo :0 19:39

does anybody know where i can get that freestyle that use to be on here with the end saying i provoke your instinct not to think enter you brain and drain till your mind is blank at because i need that back

A.Z. been down since day one

shits krak!!!!

always wondered why he never put out this track ”understanding”..

id do anything for this to be officially released on spotify

bumping this and watching the breaks shout out to hip hop!! type in D.R.U.M.S RUGGED on KZread check me out

I had a cassette with Nast Nas writin on it about same time. Illmatic hit on Rap City 1994. What was i bumping back then?? Was it this?

@LG-qw7zo

5 жыл бұрын

SuperBlits1 it'll probably be Halftime single ??

UnconsciouslymDENmo

Yo is the first beat an original beat ?

WTF 27:55 it sounds like another track was gonna play ... any clue what is could of been ?

@EverythingHipHop1

7 жыл бұрын

A lot of tracks are missing. Look at track numbers

@bashthefash420

7 жыл бұрын

the full tape is on soulseek fyi

@illdee04

6 жыл бұрын

2REAL i think it was one on one

@alexmason6191

6 жыл бұрын

Nas - One on One from the Street Fighter OST

Василий Саратов Россия старый рэп Нас Есть Хороший вариант репа Калашников снами нас Победа наша!

Deja Vu was made for I Am… how could it be pre Illmatic 😂😂😂

Whos that on everything is real is that havoc

@alexmason6191

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah thought the same

@MsLocalmotion

6 жыл бұрын

K. Block look like him so much

20:00 ?

@MrStreetballer5Official

6 жыл бұрын

Devon Trett it’s called Nas will prevail

As Perfect as Illmatic is (In my mind the greatest album of all time besides 36 Chambers when it comes to crews) I think Life is a Bitch should have been switched with Deja Vu.

@ozshukran

5 жыл бұрын

Nah. Life's a bitch is important. The beat is extraordinary and az's verse launched his career. Deja vu was meant for iww anyway. I would have switched it with nas is coming personnaly

@nicksharma8238

5 жыл бұрын

Deja Vu should have replaced One time For your Mind, but Life's A Bitch is too important as Oz P said

@dwayneturner9395

5 жыл бұрын

Oz P first verse is used on Verbal Intercourse (OB4CL)Rae/Ghost

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Biblical level shit

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