Which version of Nas' "No Idea's Original" is better?

[TheSickness]

Know both versions, the lost tapes version is a top 10 or top 15 Nas song IMO

 

[Big Mark]

I think so too. It just sounds a little crisper and smoother.

OG


Lost Tapes version (better IMO)

I have to go with the original Fetus over the Lost Tapes version.

 

[Big Mark]

What about America:

The album version:




or the unreleased version with the sample?



I have to go with the original version. I hate the fact that when samples can't get cleared and artist remix the songs to release on the album. to me, the original always sounds better and its a big loss for the album. Just think how many of his other songs are really alternate versions because the sample from the original never cleared or cleared too late.

 

[Ark]

Lost tapes version>>>>>>>>>Stillmatic version
And Stillmatic is my favourite Nas album

 

[Methodical]

I like Lost Tapes version better

 

[stealthbomber]

lost tapes version and it's not even close

that sample and the drums are so hip hop

alchemist & nas are a stupid underrated combination, i wish they worked together more

 

[SirBiatch]

Both produced by Alchemist. Same lyrics, different beats. The original version that was a Stillmatic bonus track in 2001 was the first time I heard it. It was on my copy. Not sure which version I like better. The 2nd version came out on Lost Tapes in 2002 and is the one with the break beat. They have very different feels IMO.

Never knew there was an OG version of No Idea's Original. To be honest, never liked the Lost Tapes version.

Always preferred DOOM's remix to all of them. Beat went harder.

 

[Ziggiy]

I love both...


I didn't hear the OG until years later but I fukks with that beat, it actully fits the rhymes better but the Lost Tapes version sounds SO smooth.


It's one of the rare cases where the lyrics go really well with both beats.

 

[RichForever]

The Lost Tapes version.

 

[the cac mamba]

actually dont like either

 

[the cac mamba]

Never knew there was an OG version of No Idea's Original. To be honest, never liked the Lost Tapes version.

Always preferred DOOM's remix to all of them. Beat went harder.

this is better than either in the OP

 

[SirBiatch]

this is better than either in the OP

That's what I'm saying! When some Nas fans on The Coli tell me "No Idea's Original" is a top 10 Nas beat, I'm like or when they start talking that "Alc is top 5" nonsense. Don't get me wrong - Alc has some dope ass shyt, but he's hit or miss. And producers like MF DOOM can outdo him.

Can you post a Premo/RZA track that got remixed by someone else and it suddenly became way better? shyt doesn't happen.

 

[Suspicions]

Ghost & Rae stamped that Barry sample by the time Lost Tapes came out so Stillmatic version gets my vote.

First time hearing ghost version

 

[pon]

OG version , not even close

 

[pon]

Can you post a Premo/RZA track that got remixed by someone else and it suddenly became way better?

This happens rarely..