Nas - One On One

[@FBCHillside1921]

Truth be told, Nas did this track in one take. His brother Jungle and up an up and coming R & B singer Craig Live provided the conflict in the hook and at the end of the song. Recorded at Ft. Greene Studios with producers from the movie Street Fighter breathing down our backs to have the song recorded, mixed, and mastered within 72 hrs to meet a tight deadline. Thanks for the positive comments. It's was an epic experience with one of the GOATs in hip hop.

[@Mordecai154]

Thank you so much for sharing this man.

[@lebron23phenom]

what the homie above me said ^

[@EM-et4jq]

Christopher Jones thanks for the info bro

[@sarauniyaGH]

Wow!! Dope! Thank you! What year was this??

[@MBMB_44]

Christopher Jones where did you get this info from , that's real interesting

[@jerellperry8463]

You can tell this was a transition track from Illmatic to it was written. Sounds like it could on either album. 10/10.

[@pacific7487]

It’s got that last bit of illmatic vibe.

[@totalrecall2.030]

Yeah...got that Mafioso it was written flow & lyrics 💯💯

[@bpablo2285]

Best thing I read

[@Nitty03RD]

Yea it was definitely around the Illmatic album. I remember Pete Rock playing this song on him & Marley Marl’s Pirate Radio show in 94. They had an underground radio show afew years after Marley Marls In Control Radio show in the early 90’s on WBLS. That’s a New York radio station for all the non New Yorkers who don’t know.

[@r3b3lvegan89]

Word. The beat is so damn similar to Half Time….might as well be the sequel.

[@SirThomasHomage]

"In the rotten apple, take a bite and taste the worm/Embrace the world in reality and we're faced to learn/" Dopeness for the 94 era. Wow classic shit!

[@rashmanju8728]

Nas is too dope mehn ❤️❤️

[@kyleedwards6310]

nas =lyrical genius

[@VincentTroia]

dope in all eras

[@mattlawrence1932]

96

[@vikctorrkreedd6418]

15yrs ago your comment

[@fullybluntt]

Craig live absolutely KILLED IT ON THIS..the outtro to this is so classic. Damn i miss the 90s😪😪😪 one of Nas best. Yall listen to the last verse and just think how far Nas successfully lived life n made his words truth today.

[@frankwhite7109]

Nas last track from Illmatic era. You can tell by flow n patterns. This was late 94. In 95 he transformed into Escobar. Different flow. Different persona.

[@joeljoseph9017]

Y'all didn't buy illmatic

[@JRock424]

@@joeljoseph9017 Took over a decade for it to go platinum.

[@joeljoseph9017]

@@JRock424 Nas did the right thing post illmatic if Nas stayed on the illmatic type style his career wouldn't go no where his status would've been lower he had to change in order to sell records they want another illmatic yet still they didn't buy it shout out to Nas after illmatic u did the right thing hard work need to pay off

[@Noob12341-i]

@@joeljoseph9017 unfortunately you are right, there would not be a Nas without IWW. Though times have changed now he could make this type of music again.

[@joeljoseph9017]

@@Noob12341-i excalty bro if Nas didn't go the direction he went he wouldn't be mention with the jay pac big In order to be mention.with those guys u had to sell records lyrically of course nas is better than them

[@AS-fz5dp]

One of the best beats ever crafted.

[@KvnDWr]

Little known fact about the Street Fighter soundtrack: it was the first major mainstream film soundtrack to consist almost entirely of hip hop songs

[@jbbyaboo1105]

Really? I didn't' know that...

[@dedricklane4899]

👀 that should be more well known

[@myronpitts354]

Soundtrack for Juice was 1992. All hip-hop and a number of legends, though interestingly, not 2Pac, star of film.

[@devonkaijuwarrior8009]

It was killer

[@KvnDWr]

@@myronpitts354 I said "mainstream" film, as in, film that was not primarily targeted at a black audience, backed by a major studio, and had a $10M+ budget. The House Party movies had obviously come out by that point too lol... I LOVED the House Party movies and soundtrack

[@LaCheleWallace]

WOW! The _Street Fighter_ soundtrack. 30 years ago and it's still all good.

[@WorldwideJamal]

If Nas put this on a LP like it was written, it would be known as one of his all time best records.

[@nafeNafen]

"I brawl with Blanka, caught Bison in the thinker" that's my favorite line from any hip hop track ever.

[@QstormtheGod]

U ain’t heard shit then

[@randomanton]

@@QstormtheGod facts, lol

[@casteltheghettomonk4392]

1:24

[@damilolaonabanjo8132]

​@@QstormtheGod😂😂

[@quil1249]

Lmaooooo that line was a dope smooth line for a lil street fighter reference but nas got some crazy lines for days that ain’t shit 😂😂😂

[@christopherballesteros-cy4tq]

This song has a snowy late night Christmas Eve feel to it

[@BrennanBrownjr-qy9kn]

True like a dark winter theme

[@sofaking4409]

nas is one of the few rappers who will make you proud to even just be breathing when you hear him. he can say almost anything and you will just have this unexplainable sense of pride and confidence and this song cements that idea.

[@soulfuljah2007]

Perfectly said. I've tried to explain that feeling multiple times.

[@damilolaonabanjo8132]

Well said. This is exactly how I feel when I listen to NaS too.

[@kayodeodusanya5751]

I just felt like that while listening to this song, and couldn't explain it till I saw your comment.

[@scootabean]

That ahmad jamal sample......leaving me speechless. Love it...this is a true new york song

[@327Jhigh]

My granddad’s best friend in high school ❤️

[@selectamaestro2798]

This exemplified the 90s NYC era

[@cucucanu]

Pete Rock used a different part of the sample for "It's On You"

[@scootabean]

@@selectamaestro2798 yess!!!

[@scootabean]

@@cucucanu Yep I know....that's one of my favorite songs and that's how I found out about this one. I was on whosampled one day and listened to the tracks that used the sample 🤣🤣🤣

[@seanoneil5811]

One of Nas' best tracks! Shit takes me right back to walkin home from school with my squad back in the 90's..... Essence. 💪🏽

[@nonchalantguy7008]

One of my favorite Nas songs. Great track

[@AtlantaZoneBoy]

“I flee the country, but only to shed tears 4 years” “Too wild 4 my own self, hopin help is near” 🥶🥶🥶

[@gammakrush905]

The reason why this was slept-on is because the Street Fighter Soundtrack was slept-on.

[@abysmalvsmarcus]

gammakrush905 that sdtk was dope af

[@dudedank5219]

Yo where can I find it

[@Warped_Physics]

Can’t imagine opening street fighter to this song

[@gammakrush905]

@@Warped_Physics Yeah, I could see it: A montage of Ryu and Ken working the streets as detectives getting leads. Then as the song fades, they're on a plane to Shadaloo.

[@hahvigotti5780]

Ive never even seen street fighter, i discovered this song on his “Half man Half amazing mixtape that came out on livemixtapes, came out my sophmore year

[@ThumbsUpMike]

Dude a track like this needs to be on his studio albums! This can't be used for a street fighter track

[@dru1894]

Mike Illmatic the film was horrible too.

[@WorldwideJamal]

Mike Illmatic The soundtrack was actually the best thing about the film.

[@ralphman8252]

To get his foot in the door these are the sacrifices you have to take

[@kevinumba6281]

It was recorded after illmatic I think

[@traviscarter1023]

@@kevinumba6281 Yeah this late 1994 going into 1995. But yep it should have been on illmatic.

[@Didoh_]

just imagine this and deja vu on illmatic

[@simmi352]

+Mehdi Nobodys that'll be too ultimate that it'll destroy the universe

[@Didoh_]

+simmi352 Haha he knew it this is why he didnt put em in the album

[@RelaxednCaIm]

+Mehdi Nobodys both those songs were made after illmatic.

[@Didoh_]

***** i tought deja vu came out after it but was made before

[@RelaxednCaIm]

No. Chris Winston did an interview about a long time ago. It's post illmatic.

[@NamesZKP]

Thank god we made it through the 90's.....the music held us together. Now it's just like wtf music

[@youngnick1800]

One of my favorite nas songs

[@SpiritualNaz]

Same here and it’s underrated not too many ppl know about this hidden gem.

[@Dog-999i]

I'm a hardcore fan of hip hop who loves Nas. I'm also a hardcore gamer who loves Street Fighter. Mix those two together. Wow! Then you think "Maybe this movie was worth making just for this one song." And this song seriously sounds like it has the quality of illmatic. Way too underatted!' This is probably the best song ever made for me!

[@Tanglewalker]

I was the exact same as a kid, except for Ice Cube. Loved video games, loved Ice Cube, and his opening track is also a fucking banger. This soundtrack is basically just wall-to-wall bangers.

[@AttilaSzaboAttila]

I can't wait my kids to be old enough when I can start introducing the Street Fighter soundtrack to them, including the movies and games. :) This song is fantastic. It was and still it is

[@chancex8694]

This should've been on an album

[@youngnick1800]

I was just Finna ask what album this on

[@Mordecai154]

Street Fighter soundtrack '94

[@thebluntfultruth8475]

Should've been on Illmatic. It was released in 1994.

[@tbj4855]

@@thebluntfultruth8475 it was recorded after illmatic

[@isaiah1849]

Street fighter and the title goes with the theme of the game

[@GTheGenius]

Nas went off on this.

[@ericdiaz1719]

the greatest ever.

[@shaughnhunt5025]

this joint was underrated

[@primeclimbingthemountain821]

Extremely..

[@ebonkinght]

My favourite song by Nas

[@kassaviacobb1428]

Amad Jamal- the Awakening jazz joint brought me here. And of course Teedra Moses' Be your girl which was about Nas.😊

[@marby.]

Ahmad Jamal the GAWD!

[@Mar.Escobar24]

Worddd

[@rodbrz13]

Slept on then and now/ take a bow to the greatest poet hailing from the bridge/ living at this time man I wish I woulda did/humble leader with the vision check the wisdom that Nasir provides/ it’s only right we bump this track til the end of time

[@kenyadaalbert2894]

2023 I'm just hearing this damn I cheated myself of this nostalgia . This is illmatic Era. The goat will never ? It again

[@QuadirBrown-lf9rg]

Nas is the greatest!!!!!

[@datzcrazyazhell9314]

This brings back so many memories . I can't believe I'm still alive to jam to dis. We was crazy in da 90's damn. Life was on da line so many times. Thank you Jesus.

[@GabeReal9009]

Wow, just found out this gem existed and I been a Nas fan for a long long time! 🔥

[@trentonhamilton645]

The saddest part that get's me is that the production team knew that the Jean Claude Van Damme version of Street Fighter was going to suck from the start due to it's lack of fresh material from the video game, so Priority Records got involved with the project to help establish an off the wall Hip-Hop field to bring some redeemable qualities and Nas is one of the artists who keeps it 100% realistic.

[@donte0629]

you gotta believe Mary j

[@leandreabsolom4335]

Here because Teedra Moses' "be your girl" was about him and sis even sampled his song!!!

[@SouprFly]

The beat is so good.

[@vernetta111]

😂 dwl

[@vernetta111]

Was looking for this comment 😂

[@compounding_gains]

"It's 2:10 in the AM on the streets of Queens.." just gives you that chilled, smooth feeling.

[@jasonsweet5972]

Came back to this after the mreck TV interview I forgot about this gem

[@khafrmdabricks8751]

Word

[@doncatalog]

Same here. I loved this. It's like tying to feed Allah lard....

[@vancevexed8498]

One of my favorite Nas joints when he first came out. Sick!!!

[@kimmiew7501]

Teedra Moses sampled this instrumental also on the song “be your girl” she wrote about Nas

[@christian6455]

Classic Nas

[@jordanfan88]

This is that illmatic aftermath. Gives me that early 95' Where Nas was a King of NY....if only "It was written" was like this song. Back to back 5 mics.

[@jordanfan88]

@Tay Yasharal did you live thru the mid 90s?...

[@jakep1178]

It was written is almost as good as illmatic though? I gave you power, take it in blood, suspect. Straight classic, best rapping performance of all time and Nas lyrically better than on illmatic 🤷‍♂️

[@jordanfan88]

@@jakep1178 he needed to keep that mafia life style and more jazzy beats to be like illmatic.

[@luvaboy772]

The first Nas song I ever heard on the 'Street Fighter' Soundtrack in 95.

[@daxmoney5011]

My dad has been a Nas fan since 94 and he never heard of this

[@kamarlonwalker4891]

this was in the middle of the dopest era of hip hop Nas was already lit though

[@itsX2024]

Man this song is so freakin' dope!

[@offbeatbop2086]

Nas bodied the second verse...damn

[@YSuniverse856]

offbeatbop the god son

[@cyclopsmastermind4183]

"I walk at peace with a deadly shadow" 🔥

[@officialatlasnovamusic2741]

"Niggas respect violence so i become it" Nas GOAT

[@mattlawrence1932]

This would of been the perfect final track for *It Was Written* 💯

[@marsthablockparent706]

I remember buying this soundtrack on cd 💿 , this one of the illest Nas songs Fred. The rest of the soundtrack is bangin still to this day . LA Zoo , Pharcyde ect

[@usainbolt5153]

This song sounds like it should have been in illmatic

[@Rozay10]

the beat change on the second verse 👍👌👌👌

[@blackkitchen]

shit makes me cry so deep

[@khalilthomas3169]

Peace King. Appreciate the history and the music. This has always been one of my favorite Nas records. #salute

[@AS-fz5dp]

How does this not have 100 million views?

[@2niks18]

NGL never heard this until yesterday! ❤

[@anthonymcmillan8273]

This song is smooth 👍! 🐐 STATUS!!

[@TheWatchChannelAU]

This is one of my favourite tunes!...mental beat & Nas's lyrical tone is on point...shame the movie wasnt as good as this track!

[@therealflamelit]

I been lookin 4 this 4 long time--whoever posted this shall be blessed excessively by the hip hop gods

[@MCBrainpower]

Word.... Played this every night back in the day....

[@allanj1872]

First time about to listen to this hidden gem.....

[@GattoriSancho]

Listening to this song on the ps3 while playing SF4 online beating chumps. Those where the days..

[@1CArchie]

One of the best MC's n gets hardly no credit cus hes too real for ppl.

[@stilllyte]

I just love good music

[@dainfamouswon]

This was that work back in the day. It just popped in my head so I had to play it

[@casteltheghettomonk4392]

Amazing song 🎉

[@reyruiz1258]

“What’s up money....No hands...” no gun no knife just thump it out. Lump nukkas up. Good ole days lol

[@rkjeffery777]

I love that I found this track so late because I would have been played it out

[@fortyglock9698]

The sickiest nas song 😳

[@JamesBrown-gx4jq]

Still listening to this in 2023 as Hip Hop Don't Stop... 50yrs!

[@totalrecall1358]

Rare 💎 Going through Nas' discography , and stumbled across this..... Sounds like 96 NYC🔥

[@orlanzo2621]

This was around 94-95. It was for the '94 Van Damme Street Fighter movie.

[@abrahampalmer8761]

Underrated masterpiece 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@sofrshsocln4]

It's like you can picture the credits rolling as this track plays. 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽For prod Chris Large lacing

[@Shaolinmike1994]

Finally just discovering this song from seeing who Teedra Moses sampled the song from. Had no idea. Love this!

[@Starrybunny298]

Ahh Man. What a Masterpiece. Lots of young cats out there don't even KNOW this song.

[@lolnine]

Absolutely love this❤❤ wish i discovered this when it came out!!!

[@dstextreme]

same here bro, 17 and there aint anybody around that can fuck with nas

[@enricoflamingo]

A comment from the Teedra Moses track brought me here 🔥🔥

[@robertreeves7675]

Reggie Wright

[@toniawalkins457]

Me too lol.

[@michelmeireles4754]

What was the comment?

[@cedricbrooks1547]

Michel Meireles she wrote a song about Nas years ago that featured him. She had a big crush on him

[@kivanihabhouse3467]

That's how dope hip hop is

[@FinessedAnalyzer]

"I sip 80 proof, watching Juice..."

[@leighdappa]

I bet Nas NEVER thought he would later have a beef with the Actor in that Film... Funny because Nas is giving props to Tupac's Film...

[@MakaveliDior]

Leigh Dappa Yo that’s funny actually and 2pac became a superstar what the hell

[@jons5658]

Leigh Dappa Tupac gave a shoutout to Nas on the song “Untouchable” and gave props to Illmatic in interviews, and there’s photographs of the two of them together in 93-94. They only were beefing in summer of 96. They knew each other before that and were cool.

[@australium7374]

@@jons5658 they squashed it after that and 2pac died later after that tho. they never had much hate plus at the time this was recorded there were secret 2pac disses at nas

[@Mr.Majestic77]

This track should have been on the 1994 Illmatic album!!!

[@THESNEAKERADDICT]

This still sounds amazing

[@Mordecai154]

Needs to be on Lost Tapes 2!!

[@anthonyedwards2115]

I remember this song and hearing it is literally melting me

[@chaffinj25]

Still bump this

[@loganford3921]

Did any one get the Street Fighter Sound track with Street Fighter the Movie on VHS when it was released in 1996? I did when I bought the movie in Woolworths.

[@ewizzle2]

Damn what a beat that Uptown feel

[@anthb4396]

This song is still straight fucking fire. I remember the god awful film but my brother got the soundtrack, which to this day remains a mystery why. Played Street fighter since the snes and this film comes out and though I was a bairn at the time, 7 years old, it was still awful. My brother, obsessed with the likes of Bon Jovi, got the soundtrack and I listened to it non stop. It's been a guilty pleasure since I was a kid but it's always been there. This song in particular stood out to me so raw even as a kid. The piano is haunting as fuck, Nas literally slayed the lyrics. I'll go as far to say this is perfection. I'm not sure anything could make this song better. And seeing some backstory behind it in the form of Christopher Jones just makes it more magical. Some of his stories and anecdotes are top class. Willingness to share a little insight to those that have no idea what goes on behind the scenes when making gems like this. 72 hours? It would take me 72 weeks to make something as phenomenal as this. Who needs time when you have straight talent all around to create a song that sticks in a young kids mind and is still in their life nearly 25 years later. I'm thankful my brother got this soundtrack. This song, and the others, were rays of light in an otherwise dark and tumultuous early period of a kids life. Kudos to Nas and the gentlemen that made something so memorable.

[@jasonthatsme5068]

heard this for the 1st time on Stretch and Bobbito's radio show back in the days.

[@MyTwoCents2]

naw not slept on by the real hip hop headz out there and NaS fans. much love to every1 who made it here c/o 99

[@marioboyd4978]

It takes years for this! You're either a Rapper or an MC.🎤

[@blackdart30]

What crazy I can't find this song on here without just the video song. Either way Nas the legend. Lyrical before his illmatic album

[@march1700]

NAS doin it again, this song is maad tight.

[@averycovert9613]

Rare 🔥

[@ericperry27]

:) Love this track. Remember downloading it like literally 15 years ago. Phew. Time flies. Music makes the ride smoother, though. 👍

[@sbrooks729]

Years later, Teedra Moses samples this to write a song about him

[@ChrisCorey]

I agree, this song really is "slept on" too much! Nas did a great job! Much respect

[@dwighthoward1]

@Jonny89718 other dope tracks produced by Chris Large: -Mic Geronimo "Street life" -Shaquille O'neal "Still can't stop the reign" -Pudgee "Money don't make your world stop" -Pudgee "Nighuz for life" He produced also for Ill Al Skratch,SWV and Toni Braxton

[@stephenpottinger8383]

This one needs to make 'The lost tapes 3' or something. Amazing track!

[@shetto]

these beats are out of this world, sample is from the awakening by ahmad jamal. (RIP). shades of brooklyn also sampled it in their song "change"

[@Kevon420]

This song is amazing.

[@wirelessg2010]

OH MY OH MY THIS IS SLAMMIN'!!!! Never heard this before and is NASTY HOT!!!!

[@emotriprecords-EMMAemotrip]

The time whzn people were able to buy a record just for one or few songs only... Illmatic times. ✨✨✨👌🏽

[@oliverhernandez1236]

Man never heard this from nas and didn’t know he had a song for this track