Its Overture Presents Nasty Nas & The Extra P (The Lost Album) [Mixtape]

The inspiration for this project might have been best summed up by Nas himself: “Large Professor was the one that really started working with me first…so we were on to a lot of crazy ideas…he really could have done the entire [Illmatic] record and in the beginning, I wanted him to. Once I was working with him, why would you need to go anywhere else? You got HIM…so my thought was that one day it would happen and he would do the whole thing” – Nas Since that day has yet to come, we put together our own version of this elusive “lost album”. Drawing from the wealth of post-Illmatic Large Pro instrumentals and Nas acapellas, we carefully paired some of the best examples of two artists at the top of their game, highlighting some underrated works while reimagining hooks and adlibs to help fuel the illusion of an authentic collaboration. Press play below and check out the tracklisting after the jump.

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TrackBlasters Radio: 02.11.16

Da Wednesday Underground Flava – Underground & Old School Tunes Non-Stop Host: DJ P.R. Today’s show includes new music from 60 East, KXNG Crooked, ASAP Mob and Gensu Dean. Plus, we celebrate the 20th anniversary of GFK’s classic “Ironman” album with a dope mix from Its Overture. Press play below and enjoy. Record Of The Day: ASAP Mob feat. ASAP Nast & Onyx – Nasty’s World Playlist 60 East feat. Skyzoo – Enemies 2 Friends KXNG Crooked – Next **Record Of The Day** ASAP Mob feat. ASAP Nast & Onyx – Nasty’s World Beanie Sigel – Man’s World Jay-Z feat. Beanie Sigel & Scarface – This Can’t Be Life Gensu Dean feat. Diamond D – Principles & Codes Havoc & Alchemist feat. Method Man – Buck 50’s & Bullet Wounds **20th Anniversary Of Ghostface Killah’s “Ironman” Album** UpNorthTrips x Its Overture – The Iron Age (Mix) Download here (right click and save as…)

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UpNorthTrips x Its Overture – The Iron Age (Mix) [Audio]

When @evboogie from @upnorthtrips proposed the idea for a mix celebrating the 20th anniversary of Ironman, we couldn’t resist, considering that Ghostface might be our favorite rapper ever. Since Ironman was the last of six Wu-Tang albums produced entirely by Rza, we widened the scope of the mix in order to pay homage to his legendary run in that classic Wu-Tang era.

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