{"id":738,"date":"2018-07-05T11:45:52","date_gmt":"2018-07-05T17:45:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hiphopnewsjournal.com\/?p=738"},"modified":"2018-07-19T10:39:52","modified_gmt":"2018-07-19T16:39:52","slug":"nas-and-swizz-beatz-unreleased-completed-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hiphopnewsjournal.com\/staging\/nas-and-swizz-beatz-unreleased-completed-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Nas and Swizz Beatz: Unreleased Completed Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In doing promo for his next project <strong><em>Poison<\/em><\/strong>, hip hop producer extraordinaire Swizz Beatz revealed that he had a completed a full-length album with\u00a0Nas back in 2016 within a week\u2019s time. Hence on DJ Khaled\u2019s 2016 album <strong><em>Major Key<\/em><\/strong> a track was released featuring Nas titled \u201cNas Album Is Done\u201d. At the time there were no details available regarding the project. The following year Swizz Beatz had a head to head battle of the beats with producer Just Blaze live streamed on Hot 97. The high point of the battle was when Swizz Beatz played an unreleased track that featured Nas, Jay-Z, Jadakiss, and DMX. More than likely the song was meant for the album Swizz and Nas worked on the previous year.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>DJ Khaled \u2013 Nas Album Is Done feat. Nas<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><iframe width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kUygnhd7OSQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>Swizz Beatz vs Just Blaze \u2013 Unreleased Track feat. Nas, Jay-Z, Jadakiss, &amp; DMX<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><iframe width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/S8wCojX2kyk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Nas and Swizz Beatz have been collaborating together since 2001. The first track they ever worked together was \u201cSalute Me\u201d. The track for some reason was never commercially released, but did make it onto the mixtape circuits. A remix of the song that had Nas along with Fat Joe and Cassidy did land on 2002 compilation <strong><em>Swizz Beatz Presents G.H.E.T.T.O Stories<\/em><\/strong>. Literally days after the compilation\u2019s release Nas\u2019s <strong><em>God\u2019s Son<\/em><\/strong> came out including the bonus track \u201cG.O.D.\u201d produced by Swizz Beatz.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Nas \u2013 Salute Me (prod. by Swizz Beatz)<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><iframe width=\"1080\" height=\"810\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8bCz8nLuQ34?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Nas \u2013 Salute Me (remix) feat. Fat Joe &amp; Cassidy (prod. by Swizz Beatz)<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><iframe width=\"1080\" height=\"810\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yUhhMrAOT6w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>Nas \u2013 G.O.D. (prod. by Swizz Beatz)<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><iframe width=\"1080\" height=\"810\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ycq0P-_5mpw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It would not be until 2009 a track would surface with Nas produced by Swizz Beatz. That track was labeled as \u201cBe Worried\u201d and had been leaked onto mixtapes.\u00a0 Swizz Beatz fans would recognize the instrumental from his 2007 album <strong><em>One Man\u2019s Band<\/em><\/strong> under the track \u201cTop Down\u201d.\u00a0 Swizz had disclosed that the track was originally meant for Nas.\u00a0 In 2011 the track was remastered under the title \u201cTop Down (Nas Edition)\u201d and released as part of Swizz Beatz <strong><em>Monster Monday<\/em><\/strong> series where he would put out previously unreleased tracks he did with high profile artists. The two would then link up on Nas\u2019s 2012 album <strong><em>Life Is Good <\/em><\/strong>on the track \u201cSummer on Smash\u201d which also featured r&amp;b singer Miguel.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Swizz Beatz \u2013 Top Down<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><iframe width=\"1080\" height=\"810\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5eNEwZFfNMo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>Nas \u2013 Top Down (prod. by Swizz Beatz)<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><iframe width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6IW-EnIB4Ek?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>Nas \u2013 Summer on Smash feat. Miguel (prod. by Swizz Beatz)<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><iframe width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MIVN9ZQU9zw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Hopefully at some point in time the Nas and Swizz Beatz project will see the light of day. The two have an impressive track record.\u00a0 Nas has also shown he is still a high caliber emcee with his recently released album <strong><em>Naisir<\/em><\/strong>.\u00a0 As evident with the reaction to the unreleased track Swizz played last year from the project it would be well received.\u00a0 To hold the fans over Nas will be on Swizz Beatz\u2019s upcoming album <strong><em>Poison<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"WHLIk72Npu\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/hiphopnewsjournal.com\/nas-and-dj-premier-next-album-on-deck\/\">Nas and DJ Premier: Next Album on Deck?!?!<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" src=\"https:\/\/hiphopnewsjournal.com\/nas-and-dj-premier-next-album-on-deck\/embed\/#?secret=WHLIk72Npu\" data-secret=\"WHLIk72Npu\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Nas and DJ Premier: Next Album on Deck?!?!&#8221; &#8212; Hip Hop News Journal\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In doing promo for his next project Poison, hip hop producer extraordinaire Swizz Beatz revealed that he had a completed a full-length album with\u00a0Nas back in 2016 within a week\u2019s time. Hence on DJ Khaled\u2019s 2016 album Major Key a track was released featuring Nas titled \u201cNas Album Is Done\u201d. 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