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Nas revealed he doesn't know what songs are on some of his albums when asked if he'd choose to redo any LPs over the course of his career.

i-D Magazine, the Hip Hop legend was asked whether hed choose to redo any of his albums if he had the chance. He responded, No, but if I decided to challenge myself to do it, I would probably change some things on I Am and I would change some things probably on Nastradamus. I dont even know whats on those albums. I could probably only remember two songs for each album. A post shared by i-D (@i_d) Nas third studio album I Am was released in 1999 including the singles Nas Is Like and Hate Me Now. Featuring Diddy, Scarface, Aaliyah and DMX,the LP debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, selling over 470,000 copies in its first week. Intended to be a double album, several songs leaked online prior to its release, forcing Nas to record new material and restructure the tracklist. After my first record, they were like, You cant do it again. He cant do this. He cant do that. Hes not as big as this one. Hes not as big as that one. Hell never be around again. Hes too grimy. Hes too street. He has a bad following. People around him start trouble,' Nas told Rolling Stone in 2014. He continued, I had a bad rep, so I blew that away with the second album. So now they mad at that, and found a different reason to be mad at me. So Hate Me Now was the appropriate record at the time. Read more