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Nas
Greatest Hits
Compil. GB 2007 on Columbia label
Hip-Hop/Rap
"Surviving the Times" contains elements of "What Would I Do If I Could Feel" (C. Smalls) as performed by Nipsey Russell. "It Ain't Hard to Tell" contains sample from "Human Nature" as performed by Michael Jackson and written by J. Bettis and S. Pocaro and "N.T." as performed by Kool & The Gang and written by G. Redd, Sr., G. Redd, Jr., R. Handy, C. Horne, R. Bell, R. Bell, R. Mickens, D. Thomas, G. Brown and C. Smith "Life's a Bitch" contains sample from "Yearning for Your Love" as performed by The Gap Band and written by R. Wilson and O. Scott. "N.Y. State of Mind" contains sample from "Mind Rain" as performed and written by J. Chambers. "One Love" contains sample from "Smilin' Billy Suite Pt. II" as performed by The Heathe Brothers and written by J. Heath. "If I Ruled the World (Imagine That)" contains portions of "Friends (Instrumental)" written by L. Parker, "If I Ruled the World" written by Kurt Walker, performed by Kurtis Blow. "Street Dreams (Remix)" contains a portion of "Never Gonna Stop" as performed by Linda Clifford and is an interpolation of "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" written by Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart. "Got Ur Self A..." contains elements from "Woke Up This Morning" performed by Alabama 3, written by Burnett, Edwards, Marsh, Spragg, Black. "Made You Look" contains excerpts from "Apache" written by Jeremiah Lordan, performed by The Incredible Bongo Band. "I Can" contains excerpts from the composition "Impeach the President" written by Roy Hammond, performed by The Honeydrippers.
Musicians
 | Nas voc, *1973 US album by |
 | Mike Brinkley , arranged by |
 | Lalo Schifrin p, key, *1932 AR arranged by, orchestra, written by |
 | Salaam Remi key, US performer, rhythm section, arranged by, rhythm section, written by, bass, guitar, drums |
 | Anton Pukshansky key, b, *1964 US tracking by |
 | AZ , featuring |
 | Olu Dara tr, cor, *1941 US trumpet, written by, featuring, lead guitar, trumpet, harmonica, harmonica, mouth |
 | Lauryn Hill voc, g, acg, *1975 US featuring |
| Delight , keyboards |
 | George Pearson , arranged by |
 | R. Kelly voc, str, *1967 US featuring |
 | Puff Daddy voc, *1969 US featuring |
 | Mercedes Abal fl, flute |
 | Angela Hunte , *1975 US vocals, children's lead and bakcground |
 | Vincent Henry sax, g, *1953 US guitar, baritone saxophone, harmonica, strings |
Producers
| Chris Feldmann art direction |
| Faith Newman executive-producer |
| MC Serch executive-producer |
| Nas executive-producer, co-producer |
| Kevin Crouse mixed by, recorded by |
| Daniel Moss photography by |
| Danny Clinch photography by |
| Jonathan Mannion photography by |
| Poke And Tone producer, mixed by |
| Chris Gehringer mastered by |
| Don Goodrick mixed by, assistant |
| Chris Webber producer |
| Jesse Gladstone recorded by, assistant |
| Chanelle Gstettenbauer backing vocals |
| Kathryn Bostic backing vocals |
| Franklin Socorro mixed by, recorded by |
| Salaam Remi producer, executive-producer, mixed by |
| Omar Rayne recorded by, assistant |
| Stan Wallace engineer |
| Diego Garrido engineer, mix |
| Large Professor producer |
| Jason Vogel engineer |
| L.E.S. producer, executive-producer |
| Eddie Sancho mixed by, recorded by |
| DJ Premier producer |
| Tim Latham engineer |
| Q-Tip producer |
| Rich Travali engineer, mix, mixed by |
| Steve Stoute executive-producer |
| Trackmasters executive-producer |
| Rashad Smith producer, additional |
| Stevo engineer, mix |
| Hype Williams executive-producer |
| Poke remix |
| R. Kelly remix |
| D-Moet producer |
| Pretty Boy producer |
| Steve Souder recorded by |
| Pablo Arraya engineer, assistant |
| Paul Gregory engineer, assistant |
| Destiny Jones executive-producer |
| Chucky Thompson producer, producer, associate |
| Megahertz producer |
| Ken Theis mixed by, assistant |
| Mike Sroka recorded by, assistant, mixed by, assistant |
| Ben Kane engineer, assistant |
| Jaye Wynn engineer, assistant |
| Rob Marks engineer, assistant |
| Nasir Jones executive-producer |
| Mike Brinkley producer, associate |
Composers
Album Tracks 
| No | |
Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Surviving The Times | Nas | Charlie Smalls, Chris Webber | 4:44 |
| 2 | | Less Than An Hour (Theme From Rush Hour 3) | Nas | Lalo Schifrin, Salaam Remi, Thomas Callaway | 3:16 |
| 3 | | It Ain't Hard To Tell | Nas | William Paul Mitchell | 3:23 |
| 4 | | Life's A B**** | Nas | Anthony Cruz, Oliver Scott, Olu Dara, Ronnie Wilson | 3:30 |
| 5 | | N.Y. State Of Mind | Nas | Chris Martin | 4:53 |
| 6 | | One Love | Nas | Jimmy Heath, Jonathan Davis | 5:25 |
| 7 | | If I Ruled The World (Imagine That) | Nas | Jean-Claude Olivier, Kurtis Walker, Samuel Barnes | 4:43 |
| 8 | | Street Dreams (Remix) | Nas | Annie Lennox, David A. Stewart, Jean-Claude Olivier, Samuel Barnes | 4:28 |
| 9 | | Hate Me Now | Nas | Anthony Moody, Gavin Marchand | 4:45 |
| 10 | One Mic | Nas | Chucky Thompson | 4:30 | |
| 11 | Got Ur Self A... | Nas | Chester Burnett, Jake Black, Megahertz, Piers Marsh, Rob Spragg, Simon Edwards | 3:50 | |
| 12 | Made You Look | Nas | Jerry Lordan | 3:23 | |
| 13 | I Can | Nas | Roy C. Hammond | 4:14 | |
| 14 | Bridging The Gap | Nas | Olu Dara | 3:55 |
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