First and foremost, happy birthday to the legendary landmark album we all know as Illmatic. 
Crazy album is almost as old as me, yet I appreciate and vibe with that album as if it were from this era.
As we all know the tale of Nas's third album, one of the first major releases to be hit by MP3 bootlegging which caused drastic reactions in the formation of the album. We never got an official tracklist other than the samples that float around the internet and tracklists with most the songs but very little cohesion.
I've personally been waiting for info to release on this and Lost tapes 2 since I first started listening at 17 years old. Normally I made my own tracklist out of all the information that's surfaced over the years, Claa7 in particular for the Death of Escobar article from 2001. My tracklist went from a single disc (based off the 13 track sampler) but have made it a double over time as I gained a sense of what was on the album and what wasn't. Mostly based off researching the internet, some based on the lyrics in some songs in particular. Also tried making the most cohesive story while respecting portions of the tracklists that made sense (such as undying love going into afterlife / amongst Kings)
Doing this allowed me to make a hybrid version of Lost Tapes and Death of Escobar, which I'll share as well.
We also haven't got an album in 6 years so I figured fukk it, may as well share
I Am... The Autobiography
Disc 1
1. Fetus (Belly Button Window)
2. Project Windows (Original Version)
3. Poppa Was a Playa
4. N.Y. State of Mind II
5. Find Ya Wealth
6. Money is my bytch
7. Dr. Knockboot
8. Blaze a 50
9. Day Dreamin' Stay Schemin'
10. Small World
11. Sometimes I Wonder
12. Your Mouth Got You In It
13. Hardest Thing To Do Is Stay Alive
14. We Will Survive
Disc 2
1. Life We Chose
2. Drunk By Myself
3. Wanna Play Rough?
4. Hate Me Now
5. You Won't See Me Tonight
6. Undying Love
7. Afterlife... / Amongst Kings
8. Some of Us Have Angels
9. Pray
10. God Love Us
11. Nas Is Like
12. U Gotta Love It
13. My Worst Enemy
Lost Tapes / Death of Escobar
1. Doo Rags
2. My Way
3. You Don't Know Me
4. Rise & Fall
5. Make it Last Forever
6. No Ideas Original
7. Everybody's Crazy
8. The Foulness (Freestyle)
9. Sinful Living (Street Dreams Remix)
10. Never Gonna Give it Up
11. Tales From the Hood
12. Purple
13. Projects 2 Hot
14. Black Zombie
15. Seeds of Heaven
Just what I do. Hopefully this helps someone in the same situation if they ever wanted to try this, otherwise I wouldn't listen to the album as are aside from Lost Tapes.
Enjoy and respect to the GOAT.
Crazy album is almost as old as me, yet I appreciate and vibe with that album as if it were from this era. As we all know the tale of Nas's third album, one of the first major releases to be hit by MP3 bootlegging which caused drastic reactions in the formation of the album. We never got an official tracklist other than the samples that float around the internet and tracklists with most the songs but very little cohesion.
I've personally been waiting for info to release on this and Lost tapes 2 since I first started listening at 17 years old. Normally I made my own tracklist out of all the information that's surfaced over the years, Claa7 in particular for the Death of Escobar article from 2001. My tracklist went from a single disc (based off the 13 track sampler) but have made it a double over time as I gained a sense of what was on the album and what wasn't. Mostly based off researching the internet, some based on the lyrics in some songs in particular. Also tried making the most cohesive story while respecting portions of the tracklists that made sense (such as undying love going into afterlife / amongst Kings)
Doing this allowed me to make a hybrid version of Lost Tapes and Death of Escobar, which I'll share as well.
We also haven't got an album in 6 years so I figured fukk it, may as well share
I Am... The Autobiography
Disc 1
1. Fetus (Belly Button Window)
2. Project Windows (Original Version)
3. Poppa Was a Playa
4. N.Y. State of Mind II
5. Find Ya Wealth
6. Money is my bytch
7. Dr. Knockboot
8. Blaze a 50
9. Day Dreamin' Stay Schemin'
10. Small World
11. Sometimes I Wonder
12. Your Mouth Got You In It
13. Hardest Thing To Do Is Stay Alive
14. We Will Survive
Disc 2
1. Life We Chose
2. Drunk By Myself
3. Wanna Play Rough?
4. Hate Me Now
5. You Won't See Me Tonight
6. Undying Love
7. Afterlife... / Amongst Kings
8. Some of Us Have Angels
9. Pray
10. God Love Us
11. Nas Is Like
12. U Gotta Love It
13. My Worst Enemy
Lost Tapes / Death of Escobar
1. Doo Rags
2. My Way
3. You Don't Know Me
4. Rise & Fall
5. Make it Last Forever
6. No Ideas Original
7. Everybody's Crazy
8. The Foulness (Freestyle)
9. Sinful Living (Street Dreams Remix)
10. Never Gonna Give it Up
11. Tales From the Hood
12. Purple
13. Projects 2 Hot
14. Black Zombie
15. Seeds of Heaven
Just what I do. Hopefully this helps someone in the same situation if they ever wanted to try this, otherwise I wouldn't listen to the album as are aside from Lost Tapes.
Enjoy and respect to the GOAT.
