Truth be told, Nas did this track in one take. His brother Jungle and up an up and coming R & B singer Craig Live provided the conflict in the hook and at the end of the song. Recorded at Ft. Greene Studios with producers from the movie Street Fighter breathing down our backs to have the song recorded, mixed, and mastered within 72 hrs to meet a tight deadline. Thanks for the positive comments. It's was an epic experience with one of the GOATs in hip hop.

@Mordecai154

8 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for sharing this man.

@lebron23phenom

8 жыл бұрын

what the homie above me said ^

@EM-et4jq

7 жыл бұрын

Christopher Jones thanks for the info bro

@sarauniyaGH

7 жыл бұрын

Wow!! Dope! Thank you! What year was this??

@MBMB_44

7 жыл бұрын

Christopher Jones where did you get this info from , that's real interesting

"In the rotten apple, take a bite and taste the worm/Embrace the world in reality and we're faced to learn/" Dopeness for the 94 era. Wow classic shit!

@rashmanju8728

3 жыл бұрын

Nas is too dope mehn ❤️❤️

@kyleedwards6310

3 жыл бұрын

nas =lyrical genius

@VincentTroia

2 жыл бұрын

dope in all eras

@mattlawrence1932

Жыл бұрын

96

@vikctorrkreedd6418

9 ай бұрын

15yrs ago your comment

You can tell this was a transition track from Illmatic to it was written. Sounds like it could on either album. 10/10.

@pacific7487

Жыл бұрын

It’s got that last bit of illmatic vibe.

@totalrecall2.030

Жыл бұрын

Yeah...got that Mafioso it was written flow & lyrics 💯💯

@bpablo2285

Жыл бұрын

Best thing I read

@Nitty03RD

7 ай бұрын

Yea it was definitely around the Illmatic album. I remember Pete Rock playing this song on him & Marley Marl’s Pirate Radio show in 94. They had an underground radio show afew years after Marley Marls In Control Radio show in the early 90’s on WBLS. That’s a New York radio station for all the non New Yorkers who don’t know.

@r3b3lvegan89

4 ай бұрын

Word. The beat is so damn similar to Half Time….might as well be the sequel.

"I brawl with Blanka, caught Bison in the thinker" that's my favorite line from any hip hop track ever.

@QstormtheGod

2 жыл бұрын

U ain’t heard shit then

@randomanton

Жыл бұрын

@@QstormtheGod facts, lol

@casteltheghettomonk4392

Жыл бұрын

1:24

@damilolaonabanjo8132

8 ай бұрын

​@@QstormtheGod😂😂

@quil1249

5 ай бұрын

Lmaooooo that line was a dope smooth line for a lil street fighter reference but nas got some crazy lines for days that ain’t shit 😂😂😂

Little known fact about the Street Fighter soundtrack: it was the first major mainstream film soundtrack to consist almost entirely of hip hop songs

@jbbyaboo1105

Жыл бұрын

Really? I didn't' know that...

@dedricklane4899

6 ай бұрын

👀 that should be more well known

@myronpitts354

2 ай бұрын

Soundtrack for Juice was 1992. All hip-hop and a number of legends, though interestingly, not 2Pac, star of film.

@devonkaijuwarrior8009

Ай бұрын

It was killer

@KvnDWr

20 күн бұрын

@@myronpitts354 I said "mainstream" film, as in, film that was not primarily targeted at a black audience, backed by a major studio, and had a $10M+ budget. The House Party movies had obviously come out by that point too lol... I LOVED the House Party movies and soundtrack

Nas last track from Illmatic era. You can tell by flow n patterns. This was late 94. In 95 he transformed into Escobar. Different flow. Different persona.

@joeljoseph9017

4 жыл бұрын

Y'all didn't buy illmatic

@JRock424

4 жыл бұрын

@@joeljoseph9017 Took over a decade for it to go platinum.

@joeljoseph9017

4 жыл бұрын

@@JRock424 Nas did the right thing post illmatic if Nas stayed on the illmatic type style his career wouldn't go no where his status would've been lower he had to change in order to sell records they want another illmatic yet still they didn't buy it shout out to Nas after illmatic u did the right thing hard work need to pay off

@Noob12369

3 жыл бұрын

@@joeljoseph9017 unfortunately you are right, there would not be a Nas without IWW. Though times have changed now he could make this type of music again.

@joeljoseph9017

3 жыл бұрын

@@Noob12369 excalty bro if Nas didn't go the direction he went he wouldn't be mention with the jay pac big In order to be mention.with those guys u had to sell records lyrically of course nas is better than them

One of my favorite nas songs

@spiritualNaz

3 ай бұрын

Same here and it’s underrated not too many ppl know about this hidden gem.

One of the best beats ever crafted.

The reason why this was slept-on is because the Street Fighter Soundtrack was slept-on.

@abysmalvsmarcus

6 жыл бұрын

gammakrush905 that sdtk was dope af

@dudedank5219

4 жыл бұрын

Yo where can I find it

@Warped_Physics

3 жыл бұрын

Can’t imagine opening street fighter to this song

@gammakrush905

3 жыл бұрын

@@Warped_Physics Yeah, I could see it: A montage of Ryu and Ken working the streets as detectives getting leads. Then as the song fades, they're on a plane to Shadaloo.

@hahvigotti5780

3 жыл бұрын

Ive never even seen street fighter, i discovered this song on his “Half man Half amazing mixtape that came out on livemixtapes, came out my sophmore year

Dude a track like this needs to be on his studio albums! This can't be used for a street fighter track

@dru1894

7 жыл бұрын

Mike Illmatic the film was horrible too.

@WorldwideJamal

7 жыл бұрын

Mike Illmatic The soundtrack was actually the best thing about the film.

@ralphman8252

6 жыл бұрын

To get his foot in the door these are the sacrifices you have to take

@sherardfoster3811

2 жыл бұрын

@Aaron9 No there talking about the live action Street Fighter film with JCVD

@kevinumba6281

2 жыл бұрын

It was recorded after illmatic I think

That ahmad jamal sample......leaving me speechless. Love it...this is a true new york song

@327Jhigh

3 жыл бұрын

My granddad’s best friend in high school ❤️

@selectamaestro2798

3 жыл бұрын

This exemplified the 90s NYC era

@cucucanu

3 жыл бұрын

Pete Rock used a different part of the sample for "It's On You"

@scootabean

3 жыл бұрын

@@selectamaestro2798 yess!!!

@scootabean

3 жыл бұрын

@@cucucanu Yep I know....that's one of my favorite songs and that's how I found out about this one. I was on whosampled one day and listened to the tracks that used the sample 🤣🤣🤣

If Nas put this on a LP like it was written, it would be known as one of his all time best records.

This should've been on an album

@youngnick1800

8 жыл бұрын

I was just Finna ask what album this on

@Mordecai154

8 жыл бұрын

Street Fighter soundtrack '94

@thebluntfultruth8475

3 жыл бұрын

Should've been on Illmatic. It was released in 1994.

@tbj4855

3 жыл бұрын

@@thebluntfultruth8475 it was recorded after illmatic

@isaiah1849

3 жыл бұрын

Street fighter and the title goes with the theme of the game

nas is one of the few rappers who will make you proud to even just be breathing when you hear him. he can say almost anything and you will just have this unexplainable sense of pride and confidence and this song cements that idea.

@soulfuljah2007

10 ай бұрын

Perfectly said. I've tried to explain that feeling multiple times.

@damilolaonabanjo8132

8 ай бұрын

Well said. This is exactly how I feel when I listen to NaS too.

this joint was underrated

@primeclimbingthemountain821

4 жыл бұрын

Extremely..

@ebonkinght

3 жыл бұрын

My favourite song by Nas

This song has a snowy late night Christmas Eve feel to it

@BrennanBrownjr-qy9kn

10 ай бұрын

True like a dark winter theme

I'm a hardcore fan of hip hop who loves Nas. I'm also a hardcore gamer who loves Street Fighter. Mix those two together. Wow! Then you think "Maybe this movie was worth making just for this one song." And this song seriously sounds like it has the quality of illmatic. Way too underatted!' This is probably the best song ever made for me!

@Tanglewalker

2 жыл бұрын

I was the exact same as a kid, except for Ice Cube. Loved video games, loved Ice Cube, and his opening track is also a fucking banger. This soundtrack is basically just wall-to-wall bangers.

@AttilaSzaboAttila

Жыл бұрын

I can't wait my kids to be old enough when I can start introducing the Street Fighter soundtrack to them, including the movies and games. :) This song is fantastic. It was and still it is

One of Nas' best tracks! Shit takes me right back to walkin home from school with my squad back in the 90's..... Essence. 💪🏽

Nas went off on this.

Thank god we made it through the 90's.....the music held us together. Now it's just like wtf music

just imagine this and deja vu on illmatic

@simmi352

8 жыл бұрын

+Mehdi Nobodys that'll be too ultimate that it'll destroy the universe

@Didoh_

8 жыл бұрын

+simmi352 Haha he knew it this is why he didnt put em in the album

@RelaxednCaIm

8 жыл бұрын

+Mehdi Nobodys both those songs were made after illmatic.

@Didoh_

8 жыл бұрын

***** i tought deja vu came out after it but was made before

@RelaxednCaIm

8 жыл бұрын

No. Chris Winston did an interview about a long time ago. It's post illmatic.

Nas is the greatest!!!!!

The saddest part that get's me is that the production team knew that the Jean Claude Van Damme version of Street Fighter was going to suck from the start due to it's lack of fresh material from the video game, so Priority Records got involved with the project to help establish an off the wall Hip-Hop field to bring some redeemable qualities and Nas is one of the artists who keeps it 100% realistic.

@donte0629

7 жыл бұрын

you gotta believe Mary j

One of my favorite Nas songs. Great track

Here because Teedra Moses' "be your girl" was about him and sis even sampled his song!!!

@SouprFly

4 жыл бұрын

The beat is so good.

miss when nas used to spit like this.. reminds me of.. the world is yours and it aint hard to tell.

2023 I'm just hearing this damn I cheated myself of this nostalgia . This is illmatic Era. The goat will never ? It again

Amad Jamal- the Awakening jazz joint brought me here. And of course Teedra Moses' Be your girl which was about Nas.😊

@marby.

4 жыл бұрын

Ahmad Jamal the GAWD!

@Mar.Escobar24

3 жыл бұрын

Worddd

Wow, just found out this gem existed and I been a Nas fan for a long long time! 🔥

This is that illmatic aftermath. Gives me that early 95' Where Nas was a King of NY....if only "It was written" was like this song. Back to back 5 mics.

@jordanfan88

5 жыл бұрын

@Tay Yasharal did you live thru the mid 90s?...

@jakep1178

3 жыл бұрын

It was written is almost as good as illmatic though? I gave you power, take it in blood, suspect. Straight classic, best rapping performance of all time and Nas lyrically better than on illmatic 🤷‍♂️

@jordanfan88

3 жыл бұрын

@@jakep1178 he needed to keep that mafia life style and more jazzy beats to be like illmatic.

the greatest ever.

Nas bodied the second verse...damn

@YSuniverse856

5 жыл бұрын

offbeatbop the god son

@cyclopsmastermind4183

2 жыл бұрын

"I walk at peace with a deadly shadow" 🔥

Slept on then and now/ take a bow to the greatest poet hailing from the bridge/ living at this time man I wish I woulda did/humble leader with the vision check the wisdom that Nasir provides/ it’s only right we bump this track til the end of time

"It's 2:10 in the AM on the streets of Queens.." just gives you that chilled, smooth feeling.

Came back to this after the mreck TV interview I forgot about this gem

@khafrmdabricks8751

4 жыл бұрын

Word

@doncatalog

4 жыл бұрын

Same here. I loved this. It's like tying to feed Allah lard....

My dad has been a Nas fan since 94 and he never heard of this

This would of been the perfect final track for *It Was Written* 💯

the beat change on the second verse 👍👌👌👌

Classic Nas

The first Nas song I ever heard on the 'Street Fighter' Soundtrack in 95.

shit makes me cry so deep

This song sounds like it should have been in illmatic

This brings back so many memories . I can't believe I'm still alive to jam to dis. We was crazy in da 90's damn. Life was on da line so many times. Thank you Jesus.

Man this song is so freakin' dope!

A comment from the Teedra Moses track brought me here 🔥🔥

@robertreeves7675

4 жыл бұрын

Reggie Wright

@toniawalkins457

4 жыл бұрын

Me too lol.

@michelmeireles4754

4 жыл бұрын

What was the comment?

@cedricbrooks1547

4 жыл бұрын

Michel Meireles she wrote a song about Nas years ago that featured him. She had a big crush on him

@kivanihabhouse3467

3 жыл бұрын

That's how dope hip hop is

One of my favorite Nas joints when he first came out. Sick!!!

This track should have been on the 1994 Illmatic album!!!

This was that work back in the day. It just popped in my head so I had to play it

The sickiest nas song 😳

Amazing song 🎉

This song is smooth 👍! 🐐 STATUS!!

Finally just discovering this song from seeing who Teedra Moses sampled the song from. Had no idea. Love this!

NGL never heard this until yesterday! ❤

One of the best MC's n gets hardly no credit cus hes too real for ppl.

"Niggas respect violence so i become it" Nas GOAT

Peace King. Appreciate the history and the music. This has always been one of my favorite Nas records. #salute

I just love good music

same here bro, 17 and there aint anybody around that can fuck with nas

First time about to listen to this hidden gem.....

Still bump this

How does this not have 100 million views?

Needs to be on Lost Tapes 2!!

This is one of my favourite tunes!...mental beat & Nas's lyrical tone is on point...shame the movie wasnt as good as this track!

I been lookin 4 this 4 long time--whoever posted this shall be blessed excessively by the hip hop gods

What crazy I can't find this song on here without just the video song. Either way Nas the legend. Lyrical before his illmatic album

"I sip 80 proof, watching Juice..."

@leighdappa

5 жыл бұрын

I bet Nas NEVER thought he would later have a beef with the Actor in that Film... Funny because Nas is giving props to Tupac's Film...

@MakaveliDior

5 жыл бұрын

Leigh Dappa Yo that’s funny actually and 2pac became a superstar what the hell

@jons5658

5 жыл бұрын

Leigh Dappa Tupac gave a shoutout to Nas on the song “Untouchable” and gave props to Illmatic in interviews, and there’s photographs of the two of them together in 93-94. They only were beefing in summer of 96. They knew each other before that and were cool.

@australium7374

3 жыл бұрын

@@jons5658 they squashed it after that and 2pac died later after that tho. they never had much hate plus at the time this was recorded there were secret 2pac disses at nas

I remember this song and hearing it is literally melting me

Rare 💎 Going through Nas' discography , and stumbled across this..... Sounds like 96 NYC🔥

@orlanzo2621

3 жыл бұрын

This was around 94-95. It was for the '94 Van Damme Street Fighter movie.

It's like you can picture the credits rolling as this track plays. 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽For prod Chris Large lacing

This song is still straight fucking fire. I remember the god awful film but my brother got the soundtrack, which to this day remains a mystery why. Played Street fighter since the snes and this film comes out and though I was a bairn at the time, 7 years old, it was still awful. My brother, obsessed with the likes of Bon Jovi, got the soundtrack and I listened to it non stop. It's been a guilty pleasure since I was a kid but it's always been there. This song in particular stood out to me so raw even as a kid. The piano is haunting as fuck, Nas literally slayed the lyrics. I'll go as far to say this is perfection. I'm not sure anything could make this song better. And seeing some backstory behind it in the form of Christopher Jones just makes it more magical. Some of his stories and anecdotes are top class. Willingness to share a little insight to those that have no idea what goes on behind the scenes when making gems like this. 72 hours? It would take me 72 weeks to make something as phenomenal as this. Who needs time when you have straight talent all around to create a song that sticks in a young kids mind and is still in their life nearly 25 years later. I'm thankful my brother got this soundtrack. This song, and the others, were rays of light in an otherwise dark and tumultuous early period of a kids life. Kudos to Nas and the gentlemen that made something so memorable.

Ahh Man. What a Masterpiece. Lots of young cats out there don't even KNOW this song.

“What’s up money....No hands...” no gun no knife just thump it out. Lump nukkas up. Good ole days lol

Damn what a beat that Uptown feel

Underrated masterpiece 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Just got that illmatic sound to it

Man never heard this from nas and didn’t know he had a song for this track

NAS doin it again, this song is maad tight.

I love that I found this track so late because I would have been played it out

I agree, this song really is "slept on" too much! Nas did a great job! Much respect

Still listening to this in 2023 as Hip Hop Don't Stop... 50yrs!

This song is amazing.

heard this for the 1st time on Stretch and Bobbito's radio show back in the days.

naw not slept on by the real hip hop headz out there and NaS fans. much love to every1 who made it here c/o 99

I remember buying this soundtrack on cd 💿 , this one of the illest Nas songs Fred. The rest of the soundtrack is bangin still to this day . LA Zoo , Pharcyde ect

Nas is the goat

these beats are out of this world, sample is from the awakening by ahmad jamal. (RIP). shades of brooklyn also sampled it in their song "change"

Still bangin this!! Shit was fire and underrated

1:02 the Way he came in😩🔥🔥🔥

Listening to this song on the ps3 while playing SF4 online beating chumps. Those where the days..

Did any one get the Street Fighter Sound track with Street Fighter the Movie on VHS when it was released in 1996? I did when I bought the movie in Woolworths.

This one needs to make 'The lost tapes 3' or something. Amazing track!

This still sounds amazing

It takes years for this! You're either a Rapper or an MC.🎤

Beautiful song

I love this song still

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

OH MY OH MY THIS IS SLAMMIN'!!!! Never heard this before and is NASTY HOT!!!!

Word.... Played this every night back in the day....

Teedra Moses💜💜💜💜💜

One of the few fans here who actually enjoyed the movie 🍿🎥 because I was a hardcore JCVD superfan. I LOVED the martial arts choreography in the film & I still remember the trailer for the movie like it was yesterday! It was a PG-13 film @ the time & I bought tickets & went to the movies all by myself on my own, even though I was underage. I was only 10 years old and I STILL managed to sneak by like I was old enough to be 13 & watch it on the big screen! Folks @ the local theater didn't give a Hot Damn, lol. Anyway, this was still one of the greatest films I ever saw on the big screen, along with Dragon:The Bruce Lee Story! That "banana 🍌 kick" from Guile used on Bison was epic! I'm old enough to remember how beautiful that Kick was in a 1994 action film! 📽️ 🎥 Capcom actually did well creating this film. Legend of Chun Li movie SUCKS looking like a "Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon" film using ropes to complete the stunts. Legend of Chun Li was WAY worse than this film BY FAR! At least most of the choreography here was ACTUAL martial arts without the Ropes! Never understood why people hated this movie so much......