"The Art of It" contains samples from " Uptown Anthem", written by Vincent Brown, Anthony Criss, and Keir Gist, and performed by Naughty by Nature and samples from " Straighten It Out", written by Peter Phillips and CL Smooth, and performed by Pete Rock & CL Smooth, which itself samples "Our Generation", written and performed by Ernie Hines."Adult Film" contains uncredited interpolations of "Raw", written by Antonio Hardy, and performed by Big Daddy Kane."Tanasia" contains samples from " Mother Russia", written by Michael Dunford and Betty Newsinger, and performed by Renaissance."Lost Freestyle" contains a sample from "Accept Me (I'm Not a Girl Anymore)", written and performed by Angela Bofill."Jarreau of Rap (Skatt Attack)" contains an interpolation from " (Round, Round, Round) Blue Rondo à la Turk", written and performed by Al Jarreau."You Mean the World to Me" features uncredited vocals by Tony Williams.The Lost Tapes 2 debuted at number 10 on the Billboard 200 with 23,000 album-equivalent units, of which 12,000 were pure album sales. Weingarten praised Nas' performance, calling him "a rap legend at his most stylistically diverse", however, he described the album as "a messy display of the many sides of Nas" at both "his most essential and least essential". Roisin O'Connor of The Independent concluded that The Lost Tapes 2 "sounds like an artist rediscovering his love for hip hop in the most joyous and satisfying way", naming the songs produced by Kanye West, Swizz Beatz and RZA as the standout tracks.
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Critical reception Professional ratings Aggregate scoresĪt Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 58, based on 7 reviews. The trailer included a preview of the album track "Lost Freestyle". On July 2, a trailer was released to announce the album's cover art and production credits, alongside its track listing and a release date of July 19, 2019. On June 11, 2019, Nas shared a promotional video via his Instagram account, announcing the release of The Lost Tapes 2 in the near future. Ocean still received songwriting credit for the track. The track was reworked as "Royalty" featuring RaVaughn. In 2012, American singer Frank Ocean and producer Hit-Boy created a track entitled "No Such Thing As White Jesus" that went unreleased. After losing time to the project's delay, Nas began recording for a new studio album and put plans for The Lost Tapes 2 on hold. Reports of the project's delay incited fans to create an online petition in December asking for Def Jam to release the album. However, its release was further delayed by Def Jam, whom Nas accused of mishandling the project and its budget in a personal e-mail sent to label executives. That's all it takes." In September, he announced plans to release The Lost Tapes 2 on December 14. So I've just got to set it up, put them together – 12 songs for one album, 12 songs for another album, and figure it out. So I've got enough actually, for a Lost Tapes 2 and 3 by now. In a June 2010 interview for Hot 97.5 KVEG, he said of following-up The Lost Tapes, "I do got a lot of songs that really didn't make no album, that's just sittin' around got lost. However, its release was delayed, and in 2006, Nas signed to Def Jam Recordings. A follow-up compilation, The Lost Tapes 2, was originally intended to be released on December 16, 2003, and include unreleased recordings, remixes, and freestyle tracks.
In 2002, Nas released The Lost Tapes, compiling previously unreleased tracks that were discarded from recording sessions for Nas' studio albums, I Am.
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