- The World Is Yours (song)
Infobox Single
Name = The World Is Yours
Artist =Nas featuringPete Rock
from Album =Illmatic
Released =May 31 1994
Format = 12" single
Recorded =1992
Genre =East Coast hip hop
Length = 4:50
Label = Columbia
Writer = Nasir Jones
Peter Phillips
Producer =Pete Rock
Chart position =
*# 67 (U.S. R&B)
*# 13 (U.S. Rap)
[ Reviews = ] *
Last single = "It Ain't Hard to Tell "
(1994)
This single = "The World Is Yours"
(1994)
Next single = "Life's a Bitch"
(1994)
Misc = Extra tracklisting
Album =Illmatic
Type = Studio
prev_track = "Life's a Bitch"
prev_no = 3
this_track = "The World Is Yours"
track_no = 4
next_track = "Halftime"
next_no = 5"The World Is Yours" is the third single from rapperNas ' debut album "Illmatic ", released a month after the album. The song was produced byPete Rock --who also sings the song's chorus--and it samples "I Love Music" byAhmad Jamal and "It's Yours" byT La Rock . A remix of the song was produced byQ-Tip featuring similar but new lyrics; both it and the original were released byColumbia Records as singles, and promoted with music videos. It reached #13 on theHot Rap Singles chart in 1994 and is now lauded as one of Nas' best tracks. The song and the video play homage to "Scarface" (1983 film). In which the title is about the lead character Tony Montana seeing a blimp that says "The World Is Yours" and the video is a scene from the movie where Tony gets in to a big argument with his wife and then shortly later his best friend.Trivia
*Sampled in:
**"Dead Presidents" byJay-Z .
**"Thief's Theme " by Nas.
**"Jealousy Woes II" byEminem .
**"Thief's Theme" by Jigmastas.
**"In Remembrance" by Blu & Exile.
*Featured in the game "Tony Hawk's Underground ".
*Can be heard in a scene in the film "Antwone Fisher".
*Appears on the soundtrack for the film "The Wackness ".
*About.com ranked it seventh greatest rap song of all time. [ [http://rap.about.com/od/top10songs/ss/Top100RapSongs_10.htm Top 100 Rap Songs (1-10) at About.com] ]
*Title for the song was taken from the movie "Scarface".ingle track listing
A-Side
# "The World Is Yours" (4:51)
# "The World Is Yours" (Instrumental) (4:51)B-Side
# "The World Is Yours" (Tip Mix) (4:29)
# "The World Is Yours" (Tip Mix Instrumental) (4:30)References
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