The Lost Tapes

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The Lost Tapes
Compilation album by Nas
Publication ; (s)	September 24, 2002
Label (s)	Ill Will / Columbia
Format (s)	CD, LP
Genre (s)	Eastcoast hip-hop
Title (number)	12
running time	43 min 02 sec
production	Nas ( executive producer ) ; Rockwilder; Trackmasters; Kanye West; The alchemist; LES;

The Lost Tapes ( German: Die Verschollenen Tapes ) is the seventh album by New York rapper Nas . The album contains unreleased material from the second CD of the original double album I Am… The rest are unreleased songs that were created during Stillmatic's time and some new titles.

In the piece Fetus , Nas tells about life in his mother's womb before he was born. The Lost Tapes, together with Stillmatic and God's Son, is one of the albums that Nas fans have always wanted and missed something between 1997 and 2000. The cover picture shows an excavated chest with tapes and other contents such as a microphone and ID.

"The Lost Tapes can't be compared to any other unreleased or re-compiled album. Such CDs are often known for having just one great song, and the rest is mostly rubbish, but not here ... The Lost Tapes is a lot of right Studio albums are way ahead in quality. No frills, no media hype, no bullshit. "

Steve 'Flash' Juon from RapReviews.com.

Track list

#	title	Songwriter	Producer (s)	Performer
1	"Doo Rags"	Nasir Jones Larry Gates M. Bell	Precision	Nas
2	"My Way"	Nasir Jones Alan Maman	The alchemist	Nas
3	"U Gotta Love It"	Nasir Jones Leshan David Lewis Carlos Wilson Louis Wilson Ricardo Wilson	LES	Nas
4th	"Nothing Lasts Forever"	Nasir Jones Leshan David Lewis	LES	Nas
5	"No Idea's Original"	Nasir Jones Alan Maman Barry White	The alchemist	Nas
6th	"Blaze A 50"	Nasir Jones Leshan David Lewis Jean-Claude Olivier Samuel Barnes	LES, Poke & Tone	Nas
7th	"Everybody's Crazy"	Nasir Jones Dana Stinson	Rockwilder	Nas
8th	"Purple"	Nasir Jones T. Spearman	Hill Inc.	Nas
9	"Drunk By Myself"	Nasir Jones Alvin West Samuel Barnes Jean-Claude Olivier	Alvin West, Poke & Tone	Nas
10	"Black Zombie"	Nasir Jones T. Spearman	Hill Inc.	Nas
11	"Poppa Was a Playa"	Nasir Jones Kanye West Allan Wayne Fields Norman Ray Harris	Kanye West	Nas
12	"Fetus (Belly Button Window)" [Hidden Track]		Trackmasters	Nas