The original version of "Ether" was produced by Swizz Beatz. — 50 Things You Didn't Know About Nas | Complex
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50 things you didn't know about Nas
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some of the shyt i didnt know:
*God's Son originally was an all-out battle record with Nas dissing nearly every popular rapper at the time, but he reconsidered and scrapped all of the songs.
*He was supposed to be on The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill but couldn't make the studio sessions.
*The original version of "Ether" featured the line, "It should've been you in that plane crash"referring to the plane crash Aaliyah died in.
*Kelis' father was also a jazz musician who played in the same bands as Nas' father.
*He recorded a different verse for Fat Joe's "John Blaze" that's never been heard.
*According to Prodigy, Mike Delorean from Bars-N-Hooks once had a physical fight with Nas at Sony Studios
*He's recorded several sequels to his most popular records, but never released them because he thought they weren't as good as the originals.
*He was offered and declined an audition for the lead in Save The Last Dance.
*His daughter Destiny is listed as an Executive Producer on Stillmatic so she can always receive royalty checks from the album.
*He sold a painting he had just completed for $14,000 at Art Basel Miami. The profits went to charity.
Taken from Complex Mag.com
50 things you didn't know about Nas
_______________________________________________________
some of the shyt i didnt know:
*God's Son originally was an all-out battle record with Nas dissing nearly every popular rapper at the time, but he reconsidered and scrapped all of the songs.
*He was supposed to be on The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill but couldn't make the studio sessions.
*The original version of "Ether" featured the line, "It should've been you in that plane crash"referring to the plane crash Aaliyah died in.
*Kelis' father was also a jazz musician who played in the same bands as Nas' father.
*He recorded a different verse for Fat Joe's "John Blaze" that's never been heard.
*According to Prodigy, Mike Delorean from Bars-N-Hooks once had a physical fight with Nas at Sony Studios
*He's recorded several sequels to his most popular records, but never released them because he thought they weren't as good as the originals.
*He was offered and declined an audition for the lead in Save The Last Dance.
*His daughter Destiny is listed as an Executive Producer on Stillmatic so she can always receive royalty checks from the album.
*He sold a painting he had just completed for $14,000 at Art Basel Miami. The profits went to charity.
at those being the real lyrics that have leaked...stu the top dude probably wrote them shyts
I glad he never released that version
