Sleep is the cousin of death!

Have you ever wondered what Nas sounded like before he dropped Illmatic? Wonder no longer. This is a reward to all my faithful readers out there! Apologies to all you torrent-downloading-backpacker-know-it-alls, this zip file will be old news to you, but hey at least you’re still way cooler than the rest of us.

I forget where I got this, it wasn’t off a torrent though - Remember the days before torrents? Before Limewire? Before Napster?… I’m talking FTPs son! I’m talking Audiogalaxy! The old Audiogalaxy! Searching through random FTP’s uploading stuff just to get download privileges and leech accounts? Was I the only one? Collecting obscure hip hop was so much harder in those days… Anyways, I’m not here to promote stealing music, but when you can’t buy this in a store anyways I don’t see the harm in it.

The link to Nas’ Pre-Illmatic music circa 1993 is waiting for you all after the jump!

Click here to download the zip file (zshare link)

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Tracklist:

01 - just another day in the projects
02 - live at the bbq (feat. main source & akinyele)
03 - back to the grill (serch, chubb rock, lover tone)
04 - everything is real
05 - i’m a villain
06 - life’s like a dice game
07 - understanding (a.z.)
08 - number one with a bullet (kool g rap, white boy)
09 - nas will prevail (original ‘it aint hard to tell’)
10 - deja vu