Motherfucking AZ, yo Condos are tune-proof, we're lookin' out the sky's moon-roof My rhyme on there is actually the rhyme that I [originally] had on “L.A., L.A.” I took that verse off of “L.A., L.A.” because it was just too hot. How do you follow up an instant classic? Nas: I met Stretch [of Live Squad] by some dangerous cats that I was hanging with. I jumped up and said, “Oh my God.” I ran down to the record store, found out who made it, went home, and chopped it up. I came back and he played me “I Gave You Power” and I couldn’t believe it. She did a record with us and Nas that we put out with. Tone: But once she’s there, it’s a wrap. It’s crazy to think about that today, but it was my reality. That’s what was happening to me at the time. Those are tough—where does commercial success rub up against artistic creativity? 'Pac was mad at everyone after that. This was my story. Écoutez Take It In Blood par Nas - It Was Written. We felt beyond vindicated but still scared. We were there for the whole album, because we had to maintain the continuity. She came in, we entertained it. [Outro] They cared; I didn’t care. I love K-Ci’s voice, too, but I thought to have both of them would be overkill. But every night the gat's fired, and every day a rat's hired He is literally rapping for his life. At the time, we had a lot of hard records. We had been trying different members out. They can really make it happen for somebody who has already had success. Illmatic sold 500,000 units. It was just a messed up moment for me. “Black Girl Lost Pt. I underestimated the audience. What do you think about that?” and we would give him our real opinion, like, “Nah, I don’t think that verse will work” or “I don’t think that line works.". [Laughs.]. He was like, “Yo, I’m going to air this out myself.” [Laughs.]. Nas met Foxy at the studio and was just in love with him, but it’s not like they fucked or anything. Once Nas got comfortable and we had a game plan, things started to come together. In the conversation Steve had with Nas, he said, “You know, once you’re in with Trackmasters, they tend to produce the record.”. He told BET or MTV, “Nas, if you’re looking at this, I want to work with you, man—you’re my favorite rapper.”. The whole launch strategy with that album was very critical. The Lex line was directed at Jay Z. Jay was fronting hard with the Lexus, at the time, in his videos and there was a little rivalry brewing. He wanted it more than anybody else and was smarter than everybody else. Tone: In ‘96, we had just finished Soul for Real’s album and we had Mary J. Blige out. After three or four records, he was like, “We’re in the zone, right now. Mobb Deep keep it real, though [Laughs.]. Steve Stoute: The song was a step away from what you heard on Illmatic. Nas needed someone to take him to the next level to cement Nas the icon and not just Nas, the rapper with street credibility. I didn’t realize it until the album was mastered. It made no sense. Twenty Gods poppin' wheelies on Kawasakis Take this shit seriously.”. If you get her in the studio, you’re getting a record. Take It in Blood by Nas - discover this song's samples, covers and remixes on WhoSampled Mega popular center of attraction I felt bad for Stretch because he really had a lot of love for 'Pac and couldn’t believe that 'Pac thought he had something to do with it. She’ll pen a verse in 10 minutes. Tone: We needed each other at the time. Lyrics to 'Take It In Blood' by Nas. No, that’s not going to work. When me and Mobb Deep get in the studio, it’s like family who don’t see each other but are proud of what we become. That was innovative, as far as I’m concerned, Another tactic we us was giving everybody parking tickets. Israelite books, holdin' government names from Ness I made it like that, I bought it like that, I'm livin' like that Nas: The Fugees were labelmates and friends of mine who used to open up for me in the beginning. So we took the N.W.A. is from my hood and I feel like the beat on “Suspect” came from that hood. Poke: At the time, 2Pac’s “All Eyez on Me” had come out with the same sample [of Linda Clifford’s “Never Gonna Stop.”] We had no idea he was doing that. changed the playing field [of rap music] in a great way. Poke: Getting her to the studio was a whole other thing. We had all those meetings and shit. I was like, “Don’t even tell me. That’s been a balance that I’ve been maintaining my whole life. It wasn’t about Nas just picking the records. [Laughs.] Even though it had Lauryn singing on it, I didn’t want people thinking the only thing the album was representing was singing and topics like “If I Ruled the World.” So, at the top of that video, we ran a pre-roll of 30 seconds of him spitting some hot shit. It’s when I first realized that I was a marketer. It’s one of my proudest accomplishments. It was one of the illest L.A. clubs back then. Tone, of Trackmasters - producer and executive producer I’d been pulled over and arrested at that time in a Lexus—I had no license and I had a gun on me. Nas: That record kicked the wall down for us. We made it a real Queens thing. Stretch became my brother immediately; we hung out all the time, almost every day. Nas: If you listen to the beginning of Ready to Die, Biggie tells a story. Tone: If you listen to original hip-hop—like Crash Crew and all those guys—they were all singing. Who knows how many beats he has, it’s just endless. VA, NC, LA For you wack MC's Poke: [The song with 50] came out on mixtapes and the whole cycle. It Was Written sold 3.5 or 3.6 million. 1 for four weeks in a row. Foreign cash exchange amountin' to millions They were telling me, “They gonna get it.” And I’m like, “No, they’re not going to know.” So I kept it there. We had that mentality, like, let’s do that. Tone: We both managed to ignore the criticism that people started to give us because here we were going in with Nas and we were going to make radio records with him. That was a real great guy. Put my hat on my waves I make sequels to records but we don’t plan to put them out unless they are the records. The first thing that we did—since it was called It Was Written—was make notebooks. I made it like that, I bought it like that, I'm livin' like that Looking for a new path to success, Nas connected with a young go-getter named Steve Stoute, who became his manager. Stretch was really hurt by 2Pac. [Verse 2] In the beginning it was like trying to put a square peg in a round hole. We’re not just fly-by-night producers. I didn’t necessarily love R&B at the time, but when I saw Krush Groove I loved what he was singing and rapping about. If you listen to it, you’ll know what I’m talking about. Trick bitches catchin' mad feelings All the sample stuff and the music, that was pretty much our concept. So, I had to rethink my whole album. Tone: One of the producers that we had under us, Dave Atkinson, is one of those producers who likes to do records without samples but make them sound and feel like samples. I feel like I’m the balance between commercial and street. We beat Alanis Morissette for four weeks in a row and she was the hottest thing on the earth. He wasn’t really recognized for the great work he was doing with 2Pac and the hardcore records he did with his group Live Squad, with his brother Majesty. That’s why in the beginning of the “If I Ruled the World” video, Nas does the rap from “The Message” first, then he snaps his fingers and the song starts. Poke: He was definitely resistant. I started asking for him and his brother Jungle pulled a gun on me. I thought that Trackmasters knew the sensibility for songs that were getting played on the radio but still had the credibility that a rap song needed. "TAKE IT IN BLOOD" Produced by: Live Squad, Lo Ground, and Top General Sounds Nas: I met Stretch [of Live Squad] by some dangerous cats that I was hanging with. Climaxin', my bitches, they be laughin' Steve Stoute: It stayed at No. Besides the Henny, it's eyes that's seen plenty. [Hook] Shootouts Lyrics. You get the audience interaction, where they can sing the record along with you. Also an awesome Nas song. Nas called us when he was working on his album like, “Yo, I want to buy that song from y’all that we did.” I was reluctant at first because that shit was crazy hot; it was our Nas feature. Poke: L.E.S. That’s what we used to do at block parties. But it ain’t nothing, that’s cool. I called Lauryn Hill up, like “Yo, can you rap this out?”, I was supposed to be on the The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill but I never made it to the sessions. People wanted to hate until Biggie sang “Playa Hater.” He stopped any hate that was about to start. A lifestyle on bad streets is patternized Goines just blew my mind and I had to do a song like that. Nas: When we white labeled it, people didn’t get it because they didn’t know why I had someone singing. Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones, more commonly known as Nas (formerly Nasty Nas and Escobar), born September 14, 1973 in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, New York, is a prominent American MC. We create movements. We didn’t want Nas to lose credibility. That’s how much they were around. Yeah, I never brag how real I keep it, 'cause it's the best secret The son of jazz musician Olu Dara , he was raised in the infamous Queensbridge housing projects in ⦠Dime sack lacin', court pen pacin' He produced “Take It in Blood” and “Silent Murder”—the irony. Lady Gaga fans also want Lil Nas X on a Chromatica remix album Drag queen Penelopy Jean begged BloodPop to bring Lil Nas X on for a Chromatica remix album, with the producer ⦠Time is money, when it comes to mine, take it in blood [Chorus] I made it like that, I bought it like that, I'm livin' like that (Street rules and jewels'll help teach a hungry crew) It stands up against any other classic hip-hop album. Nas Lyrics "Take It In Blood" â / 5 0 reviewers Do you like this song? I wrote that up and was looking for more from him but we only got one more, “Live Nigga Rap.”. Deezer : musique en streaming gratuite. Lisa Ellis of Sony always used to tell me, “You fucked up. He’s like, “What are you doing here? So that line— “Lex with TV sets, the minimum”—wasn’t a shot at Jay but he inspired that line. They high from sniffin' coke off a twenty-cent Andrew Jackson That’s why we tried to put 50, because 50 was from Queens, as well. II” when the song leaked. As an artist, sometimes you get tunnel-vision and you don’t see every other aspect. I had to make Mary J. Blige’s Share My World after My Life and I had to make It Was Written after Illmatic. They could walk that fine line creatively. She was very clear about the things that she wrote about. We figured his shit would be bigger than our shit and it’d be good promotion for us. [Laughs.] Watch the cameras in the ceilings But in ‘96, I wasn’t rapping anymore, just producing. Now he had a new audience that didn’t know anything about Illmatic. [Hook] A street phrase meaning if you're going to rob someone, kill them as well. Time is money, when it comes to mine, take it in blood My actions are one with the seasons Wise men build and destroy Tone: But we were still looking for someone to sing “If I Ruled the World.” We had to find that person who had hip-hop credibility. Nas: L.E.S. You must be buggin' out, new to my shit, home on a furlough While the real McCoy dope fiend named Detroit is still dealin' boy Henny and Sprite, I separate He sang “If I Ruled the World” and I thought that was a huge chorus. Watchin' crab niggas marinate On one side was a parking ticket and on the other side was the release date. When I started working with Steve, he managed producers. I made it like that, I bought it like that, I'm livin' like that They didn’t know it was Lauryn Hill because it was white label. You couldn’t be talking about you’re the don of the city and your record is only resonating to a couple of street people. Guns were in my sleep, in my car, in my home, on my person, on my friends. Nas is used to dealing with producers like Large Professor, Q-Tip, DJ Premier—raw hip-hop. I made it like that, I bought it like that, I'm livin' like that He always trusts me. Poke: We put “Shootouts” out as a freestyle with Nature and Nas on a DJ Clue? [Verse 3] Is there a way to find a massively wide audience while keeping one foot in the place you came from? I’m one of the only guys who can stay underground and make sure that the mainstream knows me. Earth, Wind and Fire singin' Reasons why I'm That’s what the whole beginning of hip-hop was. Take It in Blood Lyrics. Nas: B.I.G. ⦠The Lyrics for Take It in Blood by Nas have been translated into 1 languages I made it like that, I bought it like that, I'm living like that I never brag how real I keep it, cause it's the best secret I rock a vest prestigious, Cuban link flooded Jesus I said, “Got links with big cats down in Santa Barbre.”. I was hurt and I knew I couldn’t work like that. 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