The best of Nas

The best of Nas
Compilation album by Nas
Publication (s)	January 22, 2002
Label (s)	Columbia Records
Format (s)	CD, LP
Genre (s)	Eastcoast hip-hop
Title (number)	18th
chronology Stillmatic (2001) The best of Nas The Lost Tapes (2002)

The Best of Nas is a Japanese compilation of Nas ' greatest hits from 1994 to 1999. It includes songs from his first four albums Illmatic , It Was Written , I Am… and Nastradamus , as well as some B-sides like Life's A. Bitch (Arsenal Mix) .

The first eight tracks are all from 1994. The remixes for them are all from back then and were mixed by Q-Tip and Large Professor a few months after Illmatic was released , as the album versions were not broadcast on television in their original form.

On the One Love (LG Main Remix) and Life's A Bitch (Arsenal Mix) Nas wanted to help the two Queensbridge residents Def Jef and Ken Staton with their musical careers and had the remix produced and Ken Staton sing a hook.

The remaining ten tracks have all remained in their basic version.

Track list

#	title	Producer (s)	Performer
01	Life's a bitch	LES	AZ , Nas
02	Life's a Bitch (Arsenal Mix)	Def Jef, Meach Wells	AZ, Nas
03	The World Is Yours	Pete Rock	Nas, Pete Rock
04th	The World Is Yours (Tip Remix)	Q-tip	Nas
05	One love	Q-tip	Nas, Q-Tip
06th	One Love (LG Main Remix)	The LG Experience	Nas, Ken Staton
07th	It ain't hard to tell	Large professor	Nas
08th	It Ain't Hard to Tell (Large Professor Remix)	Large professor	Nas
09	The message	Poke and Tone	Nas
10	Street Dreams	Poke and Tone	Nas
11	Street Dreams (Remix)	Poke and Tone	Nas, R. Kelly
12	If I Ruled the World (Imagine That)	Trackmasters	Lauryn Hill , Nas
13	Hate Me Now	D-Moet, Poke and Tone, Pretty Boy	Nas, puff daddy
14th	You won't see me tonight	Timbaland	Aaliyah , Nas
15th	Nas Is Like	DJ premier	Nas
16	Nastradamus	LES	Nas
17th	New World	LES	Nas
18th	You Owe Me	Timbaland	Ginuwine , Nas