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==Information==
==Information==
[[File:Vibe review.png|left|thumb|Review on VIBE magazine]]
[[File:Vibe review.png|left|thumb|Review on VIBE magazine]]
During the early 2000s, Nas's career was in a state of flux. Nas's ''I Am...'' and ''Nastradamus'' were seen as critical failures, In 2001, Jay-Z (who at the time was Nas's rival, though now friend) partly released his diss on Nas called [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAnGnevKxJE Takeover] at the 2001 Summer Jam.
During the early 2000s, Nas's career was in a state of flux. Nas's ''I Am...'' and ''Nastradamus'' were seen as critical failures, In 2001, Jay-Z (who at the time was Nas's rival, though now friend) partly released his diss on Nas called [https://youtu.be/FAnGnevKxJE Takeover] at the 2001 Summer Jam.


Nas needed to respond to the pressure. In 2000, Nas started working on his new album. In early 2001, an email message was sent to those who had subscribed to Sony Music Street Team UK's email newsletter:
Nas needed to respond to the pressure. In 2000, Nas started working on his new album. In early 2001, an email message was sent to those who had subscribed to Sony Music Street Team UK's email newsletter:
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==Tracklisting==
==Tracklisting==
According to claa7's post, this was the intended tracklist.
According to claa7's post, this was the intended tracklist.
 
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
*01. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vR62PwqUnP8 "My Way"] [Prod. by Alchemist]
|-
*02. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqST4DERXoo "You Don't Know Me (Hardest Thing 2 Do)"] [Prod. by Poke & Tone]
! style="background-color:lightblue" | #
*03. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uS4QIAtjC80 "Your Mouth Got You In It"] [Prod. by Dame Grease]
! style="background-color:lightblue" | Song Title
*04. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6n_PAodEJXg "Rise & Fall"] [Prod. by Poke & Tone]
! style="background-color:lightblue" | Status
*05. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZCmlxe_utI "U Gotta Love It"] [Prod. by L.E.S.]
! style="background-color:lightblue" | Producer
*06. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNsO_3zzDSo "Make It Last Forever"] [Prod. by L.E.S.]
|-
*07. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfct_JtzxIU "Worst Enemy is Me"] [Prod. by Infinite Arkatechtz]
|1||"My Way"||[https://youtu.be/vR62PwqUnP8 <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||Alchemist
*08. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFYaMWpU4K4 "The Foulness (Interlude)"] [Prod. by Poke & Tone]
|-
*09. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6dg5eHqZCk "Sinful Living (Street Dreams Remix)"] (Ft. R. Kelly) [Prod. by Poke & Tone]
|2||"You Don't Know Me (Hardest Thing 2 Do)"||[https://youtu.be/IqST4DERXoo <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||Poke & Tone
*10. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iydyucQpseY "Never Gonna Give It Up"] (Ft. Product G&B) [Prod. by Al West]
|-
*11. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Waa-tPyUR7k "Tales From Da Hood"] [Prod. by Curt Gowdy]
|3||"Your Mouth Got You In It"||[https://youtu.be/uS4QIAtjC80 <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||Dame Grease
*12. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9tWyTZyx94 "Drunk By Myself"] [Prod. by Poke & Tone + Al West]
|-
*13. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsjSzk3WHhM "Hard 2 Tell - Remix"] [Prod. by Large Professor]
|4||"Rise & Fall"||[https://youtu.be/6n_PAodEJXg <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||Poke & Tone
*14. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzyyoL4wvnY "Projects 2 Hot"] (Ft. 50 Cent & Nature) [Prod. by CHOP DIESEL]
|-
*15. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUw8M44gO0A "Poppa Was A Playa"] [Prod. by Deric Angelettie & Kanye West]
|5||"U Gotta Love It"||[https://youtu.be/IZCmlxe_utI <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||L.E.S.
*16. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmU-BhV6zrQ "Seeds Of Heaven"] [Prod. by Infintie Arkatechtz]
|-
 
|6||"Make It Last Forever"||[https://youtu.be/HNsO_3zzDSo <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||L.E.S.
|-
|7||"Worst Enemy is Me"||[https://youtu.be/vfct_JtzxIU <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||Infinite Arkatechtz
|-
|8||"The Foulness (Interlude)"||[https://youtu.be/XFYaMWpU4K4 <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||Poke & Tone
|-
|9||"Sinful Living (Street Dreams Remix)"||[https://youtu.be/B6dg5eHqZCk <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||Poke & Tone (Ft. R. Kelly)
|-
|10||"Never Gonna Give It Up"||[https://youtu.be/iydyucQpseY <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||Al West (Ft. Product G&B)
|-
|11||"Tales From Da Hood"||[https://youtu.be/Waa-tPyUR7k <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||Curt Gowdy
|-
|12||"Drunk By Myself"||[https://youtu.be/-9tWyTZyx94 <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||Poke & Tone + Al West
|-
|13||"Hard 2 Tell - Remix"||[https://youtu.be/FsjSzk3WHhM <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||Large Professor
|-
|14||"Projects 2 Hot"||[https://youtu.be/hzyyoL4wvnY <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||CHOP DIESEL (Ft. 50 Cent & Nature)
|-
|15||"Poppa Was A Playa"||[https://youtu.be/nUw8M44gO0A <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||Deric Angelettie & Kanye West
|-
|16||"Seeds Of Heaven"||[https://youtu.be/bmU-BhV6zrQ <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||Infintie Arkatechtz
|}
Notes:
Notes:
* Tracks 1, 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, and 15 would appear on ''The Lost Tapes'', albeit a few with altered names, and 7 & 13 being only available in Japan and other markets.
* Tracks 1, 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, and 15 would appear on ''The Lost Tapes'', albeit a few with altered names, and 7 & 13 being only available in Japan and other markets.
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* "Poppa Was a Playa" was one of Kanye West's first major productions.
* "Poppa Was a Playa" was one of Kanye West's first major productions.


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PabloEscobarIsStillDead.jpg

Cover art of the album.

Status: Found (original tracklisting, bootlegs)
Lost (original copies)

Date found: 2014

Found by: claaa7

The Death of Escobar (abbreviated as D.O.E.) is a 2001 unreleased concept album by New York-based rapper Nas. The title is a reference to Nas's alternative persona of Nas Escobar, which was seen as a much more mainstream appealing alter ego by fans.

For over a decade, much information about the album was unknown. Pictures of the purported album had surfaced through the internet for a decade and had a barcode provided as well, which meant that there was planned distribution for the album. Nonetheless, for years, the album was debated by hip-hop heads for years, whether it was the working title for Nas's eventual December 2001 release Stillmatic, a cancelled concept album, or was a fan-made fake.

In 2014, The Lost Tapes Blog, run by claaa7, revealed that in fact, the album was real, and was intended to be the first part of the Stillmatic album, but was cancelled before it was released, and instead re-released, and re-titled, as The Lost Tapes in 2002.

Information

Review on VIBE magazine

During the early 2000s, Nas's career was in a state of flux. Nas's I Am... and Nastradamus were seen as critical failures, In 2001, Jay-Z (who at the time was Nas's rival, though now friend) partly released his diss on Nas called Takeover at the 2001 Summer Jam.

Nas needed to respond to the pressure. In 2000, Nas started working on his new album. In early 2001, an email message was sent to those who had subscribed to Sony Music Street Team UK's email newsletter:

"THE FORTHCOMING NAS ALBUM IS ON HOLD AT THE MOMENT, HERE'S THE LATEST PLAN" - "Nas wants to release Death of Escobar first with Stillmatic to follow. Death of Escobar is the bootleg/sessions project. The project will feature the tracklisting below plus three new tracks. This tracklisting could and probably will change. The three new tracks will explain Escobar's death." "No music has been discussed or recorded for Stillmatic. In a best-case scenario, the album will be released June 2001."

From this, we can conclude that Death of Escobar was likely some kind of introduction album, explaining the death of Nas's alter-ego, while Stillmatic was intended to be a re-birth album, with contrasting styles respectively.

During this time the VIBE Magazine actually reviewed the album before its release. Despite the positive reception, Death of Escobar was cancelled, and it was likely to focus entirely on the Stillmatic album instead. The album would be released under the title of The Lost Tapes in 2002.

A bootleg has existed on Discogs since 2011-12, with only a speculated tracklist. This is not an authentic copy, and it seems studio copies for the project have not turned up. It's unknown how many variants exist, or if any bootlegs might be the real copy.

Tracklisting

According to claa7's post, this was the intended tracklist.

# Song Title Status Producer
1 "My Way" Found Alchemist
2 "You Don't Know Me (Hardest Thing 2 Do)" Found Poke & Tone
3 "Your Mouth Got You In It" Found Dame Grease
4 "Rise & Fall" Found Poke & Tone
5 "U Gotta Love It" Found L.E.S.
6 "Make It Last Forever" Found L.E.S.
7 "Worst Enemy is Me" Found Infinite Arkatechtz
8 "The Foulness (Interlude)" Found Poke & Tone
9 "Sinful Living (Street Dreams Remix)" Found Poke & Tone (Ft. R. Kelly)
10 "Never Gonna Give It Up" Found Al West (Ft. Product G&B)
11 "Tales From Da Hood" Found Curt Gowdy
12 "Drunk By Myself" Found Poke & Tone + Al West
13 "Hard 2 Tell - Remix" Found Large Professor
14 "Projects 2 Hot" Found CHOP DIESEL (Ft. 50 Cent & Nature)
15 "Poppa Was A Playa" Found Deric Angelettie & Kanye West
16 "Seeds Of Heaven" Found Infintie Arkatechtz

Notes:

  • Tracks 1, 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, and 15 would appear on The Lost Tapes, albeit a few with altered names, and 7 & 13 being only available in Japan and other markets.
  • This was 50 Cent's intended debut on a major album; the song "Projects Too Hot" would appear on his 2002 solo Guess Who's Back.
  • "Poppa Was a Playa" was one of Kanye West's first major productions.