Question: Nas "Illmatic Demos"

kevin beacham · Post by **kevin beacham** » Sun Apr 11, 2010 2:27 pm

What demo versions from this album supposedly exist vs have surfaced?

DJMIKENICE · Post by **DJMIKENICE** » Sun Apr 11, 2010 3:15 pm

NAS WILL PREVAIL = IT AINT HARD TO TELL
ANOTHER DAY IN THE PROJECTS / IM A VILLAN = NY STATE OF MIND
DJ HOLLYWOOD SESSION = WHO'S WORLD IS THIS
REPRESENT
MEMORY LANE

IT AINT HARD TO TELL ALT LARGE PRO MIX (found on just blaze mixtape)
EVERYTHING IS REAL ft Sharpel

vaporized2 · Post by **vaporized2** » Sun Apr 11, 2010 4:02 pm

DJMIKENICE wrote:NAS WILL PREVAIL = IT AINT HARD TO TELL

I did a reconstruction of this beat over the album rap a while back because every demo of it I heard sucked sound quality-wise and had dj shouts over the top
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Id like to hear a decent mp3 of the o.g demo though, the lyrics are completely different to the album version.

paul_smith · Post by **paul_smith** » Wed Aug 18, 2010 10:00 am

Sorry to bump such an old thread, but I wanted to ask if that Shapelle/Sharpel guy on Everything Is Real isn't actually Havoc?Sounds a bit like him and it's clear it's a post-Illmatic track so I wouldn't be surprised if it is

Echo Leader · Post by **Echo Leader** » Wed Aug 18, 2010 12:57 pm

paul_smith wrote:Sorry to bump such an old thread, but I wanted to ask if that Shapelle/Sharpel guy on Everything Is Real isn't actually Havoc?Sounds a bit like him and it's clear it's a post-Illmatic track so I wouldn't be surprised if it is

Nope.

bistro · Post by **bistro** » Thu Aug 19, 2010 3:45 pm

I think I might have a decent mp3 of nas will prevail, I'll check when I get home

bistro · Post by **bistro** » Thu Aug 19, 2010 9:45 pm

http://rapidshare.com/files/413989101/0 ... o_Tell.mp3

no dj, pretty good quality

stype_ones · Post by **stype_ones** » Thu Aug 19, 2010 10:31 pm

bistro wrote:http://rapidshare.com/files/413989101/0 ... o_Tell.mp3

no dj, pretty good quality

GEM. He blacked the fuck out on this.

aleph · Post by **aleph** » Thu Aug 19, 2010 10:34 pm

ooooweeee! props

Legendary · Post by **Legendary** » Fri Aug 20, 2010 11:58 am

bistro wrote:http://rapidshare.com/files/413989101/0 ... o_Tell.mp3

no dj, pretty good quality

could someone please re-up this track

Verge · Post by **Verge** » Fri Aug 20, 2010 12:44 pm

Legendary wrote:
bistro wrote:http://rapidshare.com/files/413989101/0 ... o_Tell.mp3

no dj, pretty good quality
could someone please re-up this track

co-sign. that link died quick.

I could swear we had most of these all together already in some old threads?

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Fri Aug 20, 2010 12:55 pm

pls reup it somewhere that's not rapidshare

that's literally the worst hosting site for uploading single songs

pls use divshare or limelinx or something like that

stype_ones · Post by **stype_ones** » Fri Aug 20, 2010 1:09 pm

I will upload with mediafire when I get home tonight if still needed.

TheBigSleep · Post by **TheBigSleep** » Fri Aug 20, 2010 5:09 pm

http://www.multiupload.com/5AUF7O2PCO

Legendary · Post by **Legendary** » Sat Aug 21, 2010 1:34 pm

TheBigSleep wrote:http://www.multiupload.com/5AUF7O2PCO

Thanks

Teddy C.D. · Post by **Teddy C.D.** » Sat Aug 21, 2010 8:55 pm

Legendary wrote:
TheBigSleep wrote:http://www.multiupload.com/5AUF7O2PCO
Thanks

TheBigSleep · Post by **TheBigSleep** » Sat Aug 21, 2010 9:04 pm

No problem, happy to help.

Verge · Post by **Verge** » Sat Aug 21, 2010 10:56 pm

Anyone know the deal with this "limited" record from 2008?:
http://www.discogs.com/Nas-Original-Dem ... se/1567170
I'm gonna guess that the quality is not high and that Deja Vu has drops?

EDIT: this is written in the notes under the release at discogs:

Pretending to be an official Ill Will Records release.

Ho1ogramz · Post by **Ho1ogramz** » Sun Aug 22, 2010 1:31 am

Verge wrote:Anyone know the deal with this "limited" record from 2008?:
http://www.discogs.com/Nas-Original-Dem ... se/1567170
I'm gonna guess that the quality is not high and that Deja Vu has drops?

EDIT: this is written in the notes under the release at discogs:
Pretending to be an official Ill Will Records release.

I copped this recently, mostly just to have it on wax and somewhat curious as to how it would sound. They pressed it from the demo tape mp3s that have been circulating around - so yeah, the quality is not good and Deja Vu has drops. The Japanese bootleg label is called Soul Sound. They're quite notorious for bootlegging all sorts of shit.

Verge · Post by **Verge** » Sun Aug 22, 2010 3:54 pm

Ho1ogramz wrote:
Verge wrote:Anyone know the deal with this "limited" record from 2008?:
http://www.discogs.com/Nas-Original-Dem ... se/1567170
I'm gonna guess that the quality is not high and that Deja Vu has drops?

EDIT: this is written in the notes under the release at discogs:
Pretending to be an official Ill Will Records release.
I copped this recently, mostly just to have it on wax and somewhat curious as to how it would sound. They pressed it from the demo tape mp3s that have been circulating around - so yeah, the quality is not good and Deja Vu has drops. The Japanese bootleg label is called Soul Sound. They're quite notorious for bootlegging all sorts of shit.

Thanks Ho1o. There's so many damn boots going around these days, it's crazy. And I'm guessing they're usually Japanese labels doing this. I don't mind seeing things get pressed or repressed but not if it's not labeled as such.