God's Son

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God's Son is the sixth studio album from East Coast hip hop artist Nas, released in late 2002. The album contains the singles "Made You Look" and "I Can", a track dedicated to "young people" that features an interpolation of Beethoven's Für Elise. God's Son was declared "the best hip-hop album of the year" by Time magazine. The album was dedicated to the memory of Nas' mother, Ann Jones, who died of cancer in early 2002 and is the subject of the song "Dance".

Contents

1 Track listing
2 Chart Postions

2.1 Album Chart Positions
2.2 Singles Chart Positions
2.3 Lyrics links

Track listing

"Get Down" (prd. Nas and Saleem "The Chameleon" Remi)
* contains: James Brown - "Funky Drummer" written by James Brown; James Brown - "The Boss" written by James Brown, Charles Bobbitt and Fred Wesley
"The Cross" (prd. Eminem)
"Made You Look" (prd. Saleem "The Chameleon" Remi)
* contains: The Incredible Bongo Band - "Apache" written by Jeremiah Lordan
"Last Real Nigga Alive" (prd. Ron Browz)
"Zone Out" featuring the Bravehearts (prd. Saleem "The Chameleon" Remi)
"Hey Nas" (prd. Saleem "The Chameleon" Remi)
* contains: interpolations of "Rise To The Top Bill" written by Kenni Burke, Allan Felder and Norma Wright
"I Can" (prd. Saleem "The Chameleon" Remi)
* contains: "Impeach The President" written by Roy Hammond (drumloop sample)
"Book of Rhymes" (prd. Alchemist)
* contains: Tommy Tate - "For The Dollar Bill" written by David Camon
"Thugz Mansion (N.Y.)" (prd. Claudio Cueni and Micheal Herring)
* contains: remixed version of 2Pac - "Thugz Mansion" from 2Pac's Better Dayz LP
* Original version produced by Johnny "J"
"Mastermind" (prd. Alchemist)
"Warrior Song(Featuring Alicia Keys)" (prd. Alicia Keys)
"Revolutionary Warfare" featuring Lake (prd. Alchemist)
* contains: Black Ivory - "We Made It" written by Patrick Adams, Terry Phillips and Leroy Jackson
"Dance" featuring Olu Dara (prd. Chucky Thompson)
"Heaven" featuring Jully Black (prd. Agile; co-prd. Saukrates)
* contains: Eddie Holman - "I Love You" written by Eddie Holman and Sheila Holman

Chart Postions

Album Chart Positions

Year	Album	Chart positions
		Billboard 200	Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums
2002	God's Son	#12	#1

Singles Chart Positions

Year	Song	Chart positions
Year	Song	Billboard Hot 100	Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks	Hot Rap Singles
2003	Made You Look	#32	#12	#9
2003	I Can	#12	#7	#6
2003	Get Down	-	#76	-

Lyrics links

[from The Original Hip-Hop Lyrics Archive (OHHLA)] - includes most other Nas lyrics, including remixes and cameos, as well as lyrics of many other rappers.

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