- Nas and Ill Will Records Present QB's Finest
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Nas and Ill Will Records Present QB's Finest Compilation album by Nas and various artists Released November 21, 2000 Recorded 1998–1999 Genre Hip hop Label Ill Will Records, Columbia Records Producer Nas (exec.)
Marley Marl, L.E.S., The Infinite Arkatechz, Havoc, Ez Elpee, Scott Storch, The Alchemist, Plain Truth, Al WestNas and Ill Will Records Present QB's Finest is a 2000 collaborative album; the second release from rapper Nas' new Ill Will Records imprint, distributed by Columbia Records. It featured Nas and a number of other rappers from the Queensbridge housing projects, including Mobb Deep, Nature, Nashawn, Littles, The Bravehearts, and Cormega, who had briefly reconciled a longtime feud with Nas.
The album also featured guest appearances from QB hip-hop legends Roxanne Shante, and MC Shan and Marley Marl, both of whom appeared on the lead single "Da Bridge 2001" (based on Shan & Marl's 1986 classic "The Bridge"). "Da Bridge 2001" also featured a response from Nas to Memphis Bleek, in which Nas calls out most of the Roc-a-Fella Records roster, including Bleek, Damon Dash, Beanie Sigel, and Jay-Z. The album's biggest hit single was "Oochie Wally", a club anthem recorded by The Bravehearts.
Contents
Track listing
# Title Producer(s) Performer(s) 1 "Intro" L.E.S. The Bravehearts 2 "Da Bridge 2001" Marley Marl, L.E.S. Capone, Cormega, Marley Marl, MC Shan, Millennium Thug, Mobb Deep, Nas, Nature, Tragedy Khadafi 3 "We Live This" Havoc Big Noyd, Havoc, Roxanne Shante 4 "Real Niggas" L.E.S. Nas, Ruc 5 "Find Ya Wealth" L.E.S. Nas 6 "Straight Outta Q.B." L.E.S. Cormega, Jungle, Poet 7 "Oochie Wally (Remix)" Ez Elpee Nas, The Bravehearts 8 "Our Way" Scott Storch Capone-N-Noreaga, Iman Thug 9 "Fire" L.E.S. Nature 10 "Power Rap" (Freestyle Interlude) Havoc Prodigy 11 "Street Glory" L.E.S. Nas, Pop 12 "We Break Bread" L.E.S. Chaos, Craig G., Littles, Lord Black 13 "Money" Alchemist Mr. Challish 14 "Self Conscience" The Infinite Arkatechz Nas, Prodigy 15 "Die 4" Plain Truth Infamous Mobb 16 "Kids in Da P.J.'s" The Infinite Arkatechz Millennium Thug, Nas, The Bravehearts 17 "Teenage Thug" (Bonus Track) Al West Millennium Thug, Nas Though numbered correctly in the liner notes, the original compact disc pressing erroneously combined tracks one and two during mastering, throwing off the count for the rest of the tracks by one number (i.e. "We Live This" is track two, "Real Niggas" is track three, and so on). Later, corrected masters feature the "Oochie Wally" remix (which features Nas in addition to the Bravehearts) in place of the original.
Samples
- "Da Bridge 2001" contains a sample from "The Bridge" by MC Shan
- "Find Ya Wealth" contains a sample from "Solstice" by Brian Bennett
- "Straight Outta Q.B." contains a sample from "Straight Outta Compton" by N.W.A. Cormega's verse contains many recycled lyrics from Ice Cube's verse on the original song.
- "Oochie Wally" contains a sample from "Bambooji" by Gong
- "Money" contains a sample from the theme song of "Phantasm" by Fred Myrow
"Self Conscience" contains a sample from The Exorcist theme
Album chart positions
Year Album Chart positions Billboard 200 Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums 2001 QB Finest #53 #10 Singles chart positions
Year Song Chart positions Billboard Hot 100 Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks Hot Rap Singles Rhythmic Top 40 Top 40 Tracks 2001 Da Bridge 2001 - - #17 - - 2001 Oochie Wally #26 #11 #2 #6 #36 External links
Nas Studio albums Illmatic · It Was Written · I Am… · Nastradamus · Stillmatic · God's Son · Street's Disciple · Hip Hop Is Dead · Untitled · Life Is GoodCompilation albums Collaboration albums Related articles Discography · Breaking Atoms · Bravehearts · Ill Will Records · The Firm · Jay-Z–Nas feud · Video Anthology Vol. 1 · God's Stepson · Olu DaraCategories:- 2000 compilation albums
- Albums produced by The Alchemist
- Albums produced by Havoc
- Albums produced by Scott Storch
- English-language compilation albums
- Bravehearts albums
- Columbia Records compilation albums
- Mobb Deep albums
- Nas albums
- Record label compilation albums
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