✍️ "Dust Off" - a soulful boom-bap track. From the CTRL Beats vault, this conceptual track imagines Nas dusting off his old rhyme book, not to relive his glory, but to find the blueprint for the next generation.

This fictional narrative captures the vibe of a lyrical legend passing the torch. Inspired by the dusty drums and mellow piano chords of classics like "Illmatic," this tribute imagines a lost track where Nas reflects on his legacy. The full story is brought to life in our animated music video on YouTube.

💬 What's the most profound bar you've ever heard from Nas? Let's talk about his genius in the comments!
🙏 If you're vibing with this, hit follow for more "what if" hip-hop concepts.

▶️ Watch the full official animated music video on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/m1EuNUmb1tE

🔗 Connect with CTRL Beats on all platforms:
https://linktr.ee/ctrlbeatsmusic

Disclaimer: This is an original concept by CTRL Beats. The song and video are new creations, generated using Artificial Intelligence as a fictional tribute inspired by Nas's style. Not an official release.

#Nas #DustOff #BoomBap #EastCoastHipHop #Unreleased #Tribute #Illmatic

Dust Off

Bandcamp

Teh Curzed Nez Kart - Skeeno

Rich Black African.  
Dust on wax, hiss in scripture.  
A lost cassette from the archives.

Full echoes & frequencies live here:
https://rasmenelik.bandcamp.com/track/rich-dust-scriptures

Rich Dust Scriptures

fai mashup ☆ i do not own the original audio + photo

couldn't hear life's a bitch without the harold's melody lol

created using serato dj

IG -
main: @fabfaiza
photography: @flicksbyfai

life's a bitch x harold's - nas + az & madlib + freddie gibbs (fai mashup)

Nas Type Beat 2025 – Raw New York essence with soul, crisp drums, and storytelling depth. Inspired by *Illmatic* and *King’s Disease*. Ideal for artists who prioritize lyricism and authenticity.  

🔗 Purchase / License this beat: https://bsta.rs/RlPzYM

Nas is better call me !

Unofficial remix by Strange Soul Music of the Street Smartz classic Metal Thangz... all respect given.

Metal Thangz - Street Smartz - PSC Unofficial Remix

Remix of "Strugglin' from the Album "Geteiltes Leid 2".

Moses Pelham feat. Illmatic, Kool Savas & Cassandra Steen - Strugglin' (Ben Koenig Remix)

One day I will have remixed the whole of Illmatic and then I can finally drop a full remix album, done so many over the years but there's still a couple tracks I've never done. This is one of them, never remixed Memory Lane before, happy with how this one turned out. Always been one of my favourites off the album. Of course you can never match the originals especially for Illmatic but I had fun with this one regardless. 

I actually got this sample off the soundtrack to the 1970s soundtrack to Nosferatu, did not expect to find this kind of vibe on there at all. Added the bass to give it more weight, really enjoying practicing that still.

Beat, mixing and mastering by Tapehead
Vocals from 'Memory Lane' by Nas

Memory Lane

life's gorgeus - gorgeous by ye x life's a bitch by nas

a cinematic hip hop instrumental that fuses Dr. Dre’s precision-engineered drums with Nas’s soulful, story-driven elegance. Built with dark piano chords, live guitar accents, orchestral strings, and haunting choir voices, this beat feels like a movie score for street legends.

The Business - Nas x The Firm x Choir Type Beat

I Need Real Hip Hop (Featuring NAS)

Intro Old To New (Produced By Nuhubeats)

Nas - NY State Of Mind (KMX mix)

Nas with The Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Thursday, November 13, 2025
Cincinnati, OH @ Cincinnati Music Hall

Schoeps MK4 > NBob active cables > baby NBox > Zoom H6 essential > WAV (32/48) > Vegas Pro > CD Wave Editor (tracking) > FLAC (24/48)
Recorded by Funk It Blog

The Cincinnati Pops Orchestra:
01. September [Earth Wind & Fire]
02. Love and Happiness [Al Green]
03. Peg [Steely Dan]
04. Smooth Criminal [Michael Jackson] (ft. Stefani Matsuo)
05. I Got You (I Feel Good) [James Brown]

Illmatic with the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra:
06. The Genesis
07. N.Y. State of Mind
08. The World Is Yours
09. Halftime
10. Memory Lane (Sittin' in da Park)
11. Life's a Bitch (with AZ)
12. One Love >
13. Represent
14. It Ain't Hard to Tell

Nas with band:
15. The Message >
16. Street Dreams >
17. Got Ur Self a Gun
18. Spicy
19. The Don
20. Hot Boyz (Remix) [Missy Elliott]
21. Oochie Wally [Bravehearts] >
22. You Owe Me [Ginuwine]
23. Affirmative Action (with AZ)
24. Phone Tape (with AZ) >
25. Sugar Hill [AZ] (with AZ)
26. Down For You
27. Made You Look
28. If I Ruled The World (Imagine That)
29. One Mic

Nas - MC
??? - turntables
??? - drums
Lance Tolbert - bass
??? - keyboards

plus The Cincinnati Pops Orchestra conducted by Stuart Chafetz
plus AZ - MC

https://www.instagram.com/p/DRCtRYZDShE/
https://www.instagram.com/p/DRFLeFTjUCg/
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DRCjuZmgPxU/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ecy0-vau-do

Nas with The Cincinnati Pops Orchestra 11/13/25 Cincinnati Music Hall - Illmatic Live

Nas
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#Nas #AZ #HipHop #Remix #NasirJones #illmatic #Chill #Rap

nas - life's a bitch (teyko remix)

Devil's Wishlist

“live audio, live video, always funky”

Funk It is a blog dedicated to live funk recordings, past and present.
Audio, video, downloads, and streaming.

https://taplink.cc/funkitblog
www.FunkItBlog.com
http://www.facebook.com/FunkItBlog/
http://twitter.com/#!/FunkItBlog/
http://funkitblog.tumblr.com/
http://instagram.com/funkitblog
http://www.youtube.com/user/RLBayers/
http://www.youtube.com/user/TheFunkItBlog/
http://www.youtube.com/user/FunkItBlog/

Records Production Culture.
Buy Vinyl 👉👉👉 👇👇👇
Tommy Evans Falling Upwards Vinyl Release.
https://elasticstage.com/pariahstatuscrates/releases/falling-upwards-album
Cappo - Leap Of Faith Vinyl Release.
https://elasticstage.com/pariahstatuscrates/releases/leap-of-faith-singleep
https://pariahstatuscrates.bandcamp.com/music
https://beatfindergeneral.bandcamp.com/
Production Credits 👇
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGICXbAPW_g&list=OLAK5uy_ksH92SezJRUwfyROCNwswrFu0gn0MfTt8
https://www.youtube.com/@BeatFinderGee
https://anomalyakagpagez1.bandcamp.com/

Welcome to the CTRL Beats vault 🎧 – A sonic laboratory where hip-hop's greatest 'what-if' scenarios come to life.

We are a conceptual project dedicated to exploring fictional hip-hop history. What if your favorite legends collaborated? What if they swapped coasts? What would their lost tracks sound like? We unearth these alternate timelines, crafting original tracks in classic East Coast Boom Bap & West Coast G-Funk styles as a tribute to the artists and sounds that shaped the culture.

This SoundCloud is for the raw audio experience. For the full story, every track is brought to life with its own custom, retro-anime-style animated music video.

▶️ Watch the Official Animated Music Videos on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/@CTRLBeatsMusic

🔗 Connect with CTRL Beats on all platforms (IG, TikTok, X, Bandcamp):
https://linktr.ee/ctrlbeatsmusic

Please Note: All music on this page is original content. We use generative AI to create these fictional tributes out of respect for the artists and their styles. These are not official releases and are not affiliated with the artists or their estates.

#HipHop #WestCoastHipHop #EastCoastHipHop #ConceptMusic #FictionalMusic #DreamCollab #BoomBap #GFunk #90sHipHop #Beats #Instrumental #CTRLBeats #Tribute

Beatmaker / Emcee
Contact: tapeheadloops@gmail.com

<--MPC2000 Classic                     

Underground Airplay

Trying to give something back to Hip Hop - really appreciate any comments or feedback.

Peace

No loops. Just breath, hiss & memory.
A dip in the diaspora — vibrations from the in-between.
SP-404, Ableton, Koala, Maschine, PO-33 & presence.

These are horn scriptures.
Dusty offerings for those who feel time differently.

– R A S M E N E L i K

Beats by LGNDRY, powered by LegendaryMix.com — your go-to source for hard-hitting, industry-ready instrumentals. Whether you’re building an album, dropping a single, or recording your first freestyle, our beats give your project the professional edge it deserves.

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Inspired by the voices of Nas, CNN, Mobb DEEP and a few others, Streets developed his own lyrical style @streets1984
#musicmoney artist Streets from New York city has taken the hip hop world by storm with his mastered lyrical style. Bringing back originality and skill into the rap arena. Unsigned, and now residing in Los Angeles California, Streets grew up rap battling in the East Coast streets, and created a huge buzz with his powerful street banga titled street credibility.

Street credibility was Streets's introduction to recording vocals on a track. Growing up in the toughest of neighborhoods of New York city and New Jersey. He lived through the street life hustlin’ and being incarcerated for years at a time. Now creating a buzz on social media with his hit song titled save the music, for sale on iTunes and other digital platforms. This is a song that explains some of the differences between the new hip hop and the golden era of hip hop from which he came from. Inspired by the voices of Nas,CNN, Mobb DEEP and a few others, Streets developed his own lyrical style. Mand talks about his life and situations that hes been through and endured in the streets.from the street aspect to love and relationship songs to political songs. His debut album Born In The Game (unreleased) is being talked about being the most hip hop and influential album since Nas Illmatic. Most songs have been written, produced, engineered and recorded and performed by himself. Streets has come a long way from the gritty streets to creating a great sound. Through trial and era of getting it just right. From the streets to the booth.

Bringing raw talent back to the game streets has shown that he can hang with best of lyricists in the game. Having 3 albums recorded including remixes, Streets is ready to show the world that true genuine hip hop is still among us. You can check out his music at Reverbnation.com/streets7. “In 5 years i plan on being a signed artist spreading my voice to the world”.

https://jspartistshop.webs.com/streets

https://soundcloud.com/user183872435
https://www.reverbnation.com/streets7
https://twitter.com/streets1984

https://www.facebook.com/streets1984/

https://www.youtube.com/user/MrStreets1984

http://www.jango.com/music/Streets+Ent
http://www.musicmoneypr.com/music-promotion/4588010352
http://www.musicmoneypr.com/hip-hop-promotion/4593676748
http://www.musicmoneypr.com/dj-drops/4588010348
http://bestcreativeagency.com/

Born June 5th, 1987 in Woodhull hospital In Brooklyn New York. Dizzy was born and watched his community evolve from good times, to a harsh reality of gangs, and guns. With the deep love of music Dizzy decided to pick up a pen and write and record what he witnesses on a everyday basis through the eye of his neighborhood "this is my story' Enter Dizzy


New tracks tagged #Illmatic