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, released on November 23, 1999 by Ill Will and

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. Originally scheduled to be released on October 26, 1999 as a follow-up composed of material from sessions for his previous album '' I Am...'', also released in 1999.Birchmeier, Jason. Biography: Nas Allmusic. Retrieved on 2009-11-21. Due to bootlegging of the material, Nas recorded separate songs for ''Nastradamus'' to meet its November release date. The album debuted at number 7 on the US ''Billboard'' 200, selling over 232,000 copies in its first week. It received generally mixed reviews from critics, and has been regarded by some as Nas's weakest effort.Hoard (2004), p. 568. However, it achieved considerable commercial success and spawned two charting singles. On December 22, 1999, the album was certified

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(RIAA). In retrospect, Nas said: “On that album, there’s a couple of songs that have a certain sound to it that doesn’t sound like anything else I’ve done. And it was a gray area in my life and that album represents that gray area. It was personal stuff that I’d rather not elaborate on. But I have nothing against that album.”

Track listing

Sample credits

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TheBreaks. Retrieved on 2009-11-21. Life We Chose *"Peace Fugue" by Bernie Worrell Nastradamus *"(It's Not the Express) It's the JB's Monaurail" by The J.B.'s Come Get Me *"We’re Just Trying to Make It" by The Persuaders *"Week-End" by Cox Orange *"It's Mine" by

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