In a recent interview with radio host, Bootleg Kev at Las Vegas’ Hot 97.5 FM, Nas was asked why his fan-lauded 2002 release The Lost Tapes was never followed up, despite initial reports. “I do got a lot of songs that really didn’t make no album, that’s just sittin’ around [or] got lost,” revealed the Queensbridge veteran. “So I’ve got enough actually, for a Lost Tapes 2 and 3 by now. 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. That’s all it takes.”
The first volume featured 12 tracks, which featured production from The Alchemist, Trackmasters, L.E.S. and an early collaboration with Kanye West on “Poppa Was A Playa.”
In Nas’ trademark uncertainty, he closed his answer in saying, “Definitely, you might — I hope you see a Lost Tapes 2 and 3.”
In the interview, Nas also said that he was not really performing catalog songs from his Illmatic debut on his ongoing Distant Relatives tour.
The Forbez DVD video of the nine-minute interview is below:
THE GREATEST RAPPER ALIVE.
AND HE NEVER HAD TO MENTION IT.
THAT’S WHY HE’S THE REALEST.
God Son = Legend
da 1st lost tapes was classic…..lookin forward to this shiit
y duz everyone say that.i never felt it like that,i liked maybe 2 or 3 on their…popa was a playa an the fetus song were hot….
I agree with dude.
@DJ NEME$1$
Drunk By Myself?
Doo Rags?
let’s not forget black zombie, blaze a 50, and nothing last forever.
what?! just drop Lost Tapes 2 now. Nas’ leftover tracks will be better than Drake’s debut.
co sign.
Anyone who hates on this dudes lyriclal ability is a fool. Funny how when his albums come out everyone says how dope they are but then but then the haters come thru with their same old arguments (wack beat selection, Nastradamus was wack, etc.) that really don’t work.
i’ll take nastradamus anyday over your favorite rappers worst album (500 degrees, encore, blueprint 2, war and peace 2, etc.)
Tha Lost Tapes Vol. 1 was the Shizzzzz. I loved that cd. Sad thing was that I was judgmental on it when it first came out because I was like he jockin’ 2pac w/ his lost tapes. This album should not be slept on. CLASSIC.
Hope Nas releases these!!
Nas leftovers are better then 90% of the shit these artists spend years creating….
I Concur!!!
lost tapes found tapes dirty tapes fake tapes hiphop death tapes hiphop revival tapes hiphop icu tapes hiphop hiu tapes hiphop trauma tapes hiphope bitchassness tapes won’t help u sell for shit….
i expect all these shitz from this sell out nigga,nigga just retire we’ll pay for that bitch and for that child support just don’t make more music ur hurting our ears…
lil wayne! is da greatest of all da time fuck haters
Grow up already kid… Nas is for intellectuals not dumb fucking hip pop fans like you!!! Go listen to lil chuckee & lil twist & shut da fuck up!
“Nastrodamus. Scamma lit, know when I rep/ flow when I’m set/ I got the chips to make em notice my whip/ Gold on my neck was once a code of respect/ for high-rollers & vets/ Now its loads of beggets, prefer mac 10, over a tek/ No matter sober or wet, I smack, soldier cadets/”
U gotta love it was probably my favorite but the whole cd was classic in my opinion… I almost doubt the new ones would be as good, but you never know with Nas.
which track was that?
“U gotta love it”
FUCKK YESSSS!!
we can only fucking hope.. distant relatives is that shit, but now that i got my fix i’m addicted again.. we need more from the king, we need mooooreeeeee..!!
nas is king.
Nas is slowly tryna creep into my top 3 MCz of ALL TIME. If Nas debuted when Rakim, Kris, G. Rap, & Kane dropped, he might be my #1 MC of ALL TIME. If you respect visual detailed scriptures with a razor sharp delivery to complement it, I’m pretty sure you would agree.
*Nas was God sent. He’s always possessed this special skill, unique gift & ability.
That’s whazzup as for as the Lost Tape volumes, but shit…I need a “Distant Relatives II” and a Primo/Pete Rock/Xtra P produced album for Nas…next year!!!
Divine, PEACE!
You know what I loved about the first Lost Tapes, it was Nas being Nas. He spit sick verses and told stories which is what Nas does best. No random mainstream hit that doesn’t fit the album or none of that bullshit. So I welcome it 100%
major props to the interviewer for throwing those questions at nas.
i think nas gonna come through with these.
he knows that preem/nas album is overdue.
lost tapes is classic. and that was put together by his label.
nas unreleased discography shits on a lot of niggas studio albums.
i still got that SCRATCH cover with nas and preem. he owes us that.
than hes free to do as he wants.
Co-sign 100%
I was jus talkin about that SCRATCH mag yesterday fam. I NEED that Nas & Primo before i die!
I see you one of the few on this sight that knows what they talkin about.
This dude is shitting on rappers RELEASED Projects With unreleased material
It’s fuckin uncanny that LOST TApes could go toe to toe with the decades best rap releases
How can cats say this dude ain’t better than Jigga?
Fuckin cocksucking haters!
Word is Eminem and Dre do the same shit-stockpling dope tracks fro whatever reasons
Imagine if Em released some shit like that? Shit would be dope
Too bad he’s on Interscope and can’t do what the fucks he wants to do with his music
He’s under pressure to make hit records and pop singles and NOT CLASSIC ALBUMS!
shut up nigga
nas on some gay ass back to africa shit
and you on his DICK
Hey Brrrr, are you mad that we’re enjoying the summer and you’re stuck in the cold?
this dude needs to think seriously about not rapping like a pussy
something more like gucci
We on here talkin about a REAL MC, and you talkin about 1 of the WORST “rappers” in music. Please sit down & shut up when real niccas talkin bout REAL HIP HOP MUSIC.
Gucci Mane and his whole crew need to stop putting out music and go back to what they were doing b4 they got on.
Go shhot yourself!
another case of an unrelevant rapper trying to make himself relevent, again.
look up washed up in the dictionary and there is a picture of Nas next to it.
nas is the only GOAT left.. please take your ignorance somewhere else..
Well, you know who he is, but he doesn’t know who the fuck you are. So who’s more relevant?
who nas
nicca eat fat dick…..nas da goat
I feel sorry for u
I know u wish u were clever but life ain’t fair sometimes
Now I suggest you help yourself and put a bullet in your head
That’s the best thing u can do…
Please. Nas is always saying bullshit like this. He would have released them already if that was the case. I’ll believe it when they hit the iTunes. Until then……Whatever
nasir jones is fire he been doing for awhile now i dont understand how any hip hop fan cant feel that
feel my nuts nigga
nas aint been fire since 94
every album since illmatic has been garbage straight up
fuck man he’s only had one good SONG since 94
and ether wasn’t even that hot
Oh boy, the tiring “Nas hasn’t had good material since Illmatic” excuse. You’re saying It Was Written, Stillmatic, Lost Tapes, God’s Son, Street’s Disciple, Hip Hop Is Dead, Untitled and Distant Relatives are all garbage?
shit, it was written is better than illmatic
Dope…the first volumes one of his best albums imo I listen to that joint more than the majority of his catalogue the who joints ill at very least id throw it in my top 5 Nas joints…
Anyone on here who is trying to clown Nasir Jones AKA NASTY NAS AKA God Emcee AKA Nas is either just trying to start something or is 14 years old.
Nas is in EVERY BREATHING emcee’s top 10 and should be in their top 5 or top 3. He’s EASILY in my top 5. One dope album since ILLmatic? Are you deaf or just not listening? It Was Written? Classic. Stillmatic? VERY VERY VERY Good. Lost Tapes? Fire That’s basically 4 classic to 4.5 out of 5 albums. Who else can say that? Em could if he put tracks like Stimulate, No Apologies, Be Careful What you wish for, The Sauce, Monkey See Monkey Do Nail in the Coffin, and all his 8 mile tracks to replace the 10 worst songs on Encore. That would of given him FOUR classics. He’s in my top 5 anyways b-c anyone who denies his greatness from 98-2002/03 is as big as idiot as the d-bag on here who said he’d rather listen to Gucci Man/Jeezy/Wayne.
My top 20 EMCEES of ALL Time (No Order after top 5):
Kool G Rap
Nas
2pac
Eminem (The Larry Bird of Hip Hop…Rakim, Nas, G Rap, Jigga, Jadakiss think he’s dope as sh!t and one of the best ever and they’ve been quoted saying that)
Big Pun
Biggie
Rakim
Andre 3000 (Outkast as a group was sick in their prime when not singing, but 3000 was the better of the 2)
Jay-Z (i’m honestly not a big jigga fan especially after that Nas BS, but can’t deny Reasonable Doubt being a great album, Black Album and when he brings his A game, along with his influence on hip hop)
Redman (in his prime he was a beast with the metaphors and wittiness)
Diabolic
Crooked I
Elzhi
Juice
Louis Logic
Talib Kweli/Mos Def (def cheating here but oh well)
P Monch (Organized Confusion was amazing back in the day with Prince Po and still NASTY today)
Common
Black Thought
MF Doom
I forget anyone? That’s a REAL REAL REAL REAL dope top 20 and I’m sure i forgot some of my favorites like One Be Lo, Royce 5’9 Slug, Brother Ali, ILL Bill, RA the Rugged Man to name a few
Wu-Tang Clan is the best GROUP of 3+ ever so I couldn’t include them as a whole that’d be cheating but Method Man, Rza, Inspeckta Deck, GZA, Raekwon, Ghostface, U-God (those maiin 7 from 92 to present especially those not named U-God after first 2 albums are all dope as shit…Method Man, Ghost, Gza, Rae are my personal favorites even though Liquid Swords is CLASSIC)
Wow very much agree. Only thing is where is lupe, but excellent call on Elzhi he shits on everyone for those that don;t know listen to his verse on KGB.
Dope list, and good looking out on Elzhi, Diabolic and Crooked.
I’d add Cormega and Apathy too.
If I were to pen a top 20 list, I couldn’t get pass the first 5 without mentioning KRS or KANE. I could easily squeeze AZ, Big L, Buckshot, OC, Tragedy, Chuck D, and possibly Prodigy on “this” list. That’s if we’re talkin bout greatest lyricist of all time. But, that’s just my opinion. Still a respectable “personal” list you posted!
Divine, PEACE!
and I didn’t even mention Distant Relatives which is diff but pretty hot. Especially after some hits to the dome of what should be legalized, ya feel me? 🙂 Good times
bring on the lost tapes the 1st was amazin… give us 2 old skool covers u kno like illmatic, it was written, i am & nastradamus like nas as a solider wiv the camo on his face an rockin a helmet & then the other cud b nas wiv glasses an tie on bein a busy-iness man!
Nas best rapper alive
fuck outta here to all you haters, every nas fan know the lost tapes should be counted more as an album, cus it was the shit and even though it didnt have any vids am sure it went platinum.
mans sayin nas is pussy, irrelevant and should rap more gangster or like their fav rappers… see dumb shit, thats what makes him unique he understands hes getting old and hes gotta be more wiser so the whole world aint stupid like you.
cuz his tracks about pussy (big girl, you owe me, you wont see me tonight, hey nas etc) are all 100x better than any song about pussy from your favourite rapper.
his tracks bout gangster/mafioso are alot better than your favourite rappers (pretty much the whole it was written album, favour for a favour, shoot em up, rewind (one of the craziest stories and style of writin), got yourself a gun etc
but i hope he does drop a lost tapes 2 n 3… and i agree with the guy who said go old school style with the covers but i dont know about the cameo and busy-iness man thing
it was jus an idea son wat else cud he do???
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Looking forward to this if he puts those albums out but want expect it anytime soon with Distant Relatives album being out and it a pretty good album and the lyrics Nas is spitting is on some next level ish and D Marley is spitting harder than a lot of rappers out on the album………but Lost tapes is cool but I would give anything for a Nas/Az album that would be on some next level ish 2 of the best lyrically on full lp is sick!!!!
Nas..dead or alive, he will always be the Greatest of All Time!
ILLEST RAPPER ON THE PLANET !
Check on tracks like, “my way”, “purple”, “drunk by myself”….dope stuffs
Do it Nas. Lost tapes was straight from the kingdom of heaven man, there was some Angelic words and sounds on that album and it was very up-lifting, like many others I used to listen over and over again to that music. You are the one Nas and people need to hear you spittin that gospel. Now you’ve found your skin in Africa with Damien Marley and crew don’t you think its time to rock that mic again????
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“Drunk By Myself” is a damn deep song that people can ride too.
I say “Purple” takes the cake on Tha Lost Tapes though. The beat is mellow and Nas straight kills the track.
“Fetus” stands out crazy too depicting his time in the womb. That song bumps like crazy.
Who cares, just come out with the new joints already. Dont tell us its coming and then have us waiting for months and years. It’s not 1999 or 2003. We want shyt right now. This is pointless. Nas is known for not keeping his word on certain side and background projects. Expect the Lost Tapes sequels in 2013-2014… Fa real.
IT AINT NO QUESTION NAS IS THE GREATEST….. ALWAYS HAVE BEEN… AND ALOT OF CATS NEVER WOULD SAY THAT…… BECAUSE HE NEVER REALLY HAD MAINSTREAM SUCCESS THAT HE DESERVED… THEY HAVE ALWAYS GAVE IT TO WEAK NIGGAS BESIDES JAYZ … BIG, WHO ARE REAL MCS………
Nas sucks. has nothing to do with mainstream success it has to do with being good and Nas isnt
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Nas u the best rapper alive..these fake hip hop heads don’t wanna admit it b-cuz they afraid of the truth..They don’t understand the knowledge u be kickin..clearly the haters gotta be 10-18 years old..stupid 90’s babies don’t know nothing about good hip hop or Emceeing..They mad b-cuz there favorite rappers like Lil gay ass Wayne,Drake,T.I.,Dj Khaled,Wacka Flacka Fool,Gucci Mane,Rick Ross,Soulja Bitch,Nicki Manaj etc..Won’t be talked about amongst Elite MC’s like Rakim,KRS-one,biggie,2pac, and i guess illuminati scum Jay-z etc..20 years down the line