Olu Dara / Harlem Country Girl / Source : In The World From Natchez To New York (Atlantic - 1998) .... + Informações

[Intro: Olu Dara singing] See I come from Mississippi I was young and runnin' wild Ended up in New York City, where I had my first child I named the boy Nasir, all the boys call him Nas I told him as a youngster, he'll be the greatest man alive [Verse 1: Nas] Let's go!... Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey -- Tribrary of these rap skits, styles I mastered Many brothers snatched it up and tried to match it But I'm still number one, everyday real Speak what I want, I don't care what y'all feel 'Cause I'm my own master, my Pop told me be your own boss Keep integrity at every cost, and his home was Natchez Mississippi Did it like Miles and Dizzy, now we gettin' busy Bridging The Gap from the blues, to jazz, to rap The history of music on this track Born in the game, discovered my father's music Like Prince searchin' through boxes of Purple Rain But my Minneapolis was The Bridge, home of the Superkids Some are well-known, some doin' bids I mighta ended up on the wrong side of the tracks If Pops wouldn't've pulled me back an said yo [Olu Dara singing] Greatest man alive (Nas: Yeah, turn it up!) Gre-Gre-Gre-Gre-Greatest man alive! [Verse 2: Nas] The blues came from gospel, gospel from blues Slaves are harmonizin' them ah's and ooh's Old school, new school, know school rules All these years I been voicin' my blues I'm a artist from the start, Hip-Hop guided my heart Graffiti on the wall, coulda ended in Spoffard, juvenile delinquent But Pops gave me the right type'a tools to think with Books to .... + Informações

Olu Dara Neighborhoods Bluebird. + Informações

en direct à NPA le 1 février 1999. + Informações

One of the best Nas tracks you've probably never heard. Spoken-word poetry. Beautiful.. + Informações

Kicking beats - --- [Intro: Olu Dara singing] See I come from Mississippi I was young and runnin' wild Ended up in New York City, where I had my first child I named the boy Nasir, all the boys call him Nas I told him as a youngster, he'll be the greatest man alive [Verse 1: Nas] Let's go!... Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey -- Tribrary of these rap skits, styles I mastered Many brothers snatched it up and tried to match it But I'm still number one, everyday real Speak what I want, I don't care what y'all feel 'Cause I'm my own master, my Pop told me be your own boss Keep integrity at every cost, and his home was Natchez Mississippi Did it like Miles and Dizzy, now we gettin' busy Bridging The Gap from the blues, to jazz, to rap The history of music on this track Born in the game, discovered my father's music Like Prince searchin' through boxes of Purple Rain But my Minneapolis was The Bridge, home of the Superkids Some are well-known, some doin' bids I mighta ended up on the wrong side of the tracks If Pops wouldn't've pulled me back an said yo [Olu Dara singing] Greatest man alive (Nas: Yeah, turn it up!) Gre-Gre-Gre-Gre-Greatest man alive! [Verse 2: Nas] The blues came from gospel, gospel from blues Slaves are harmonizin' them ah's and ooh's Old school, new school, know school rules All these years I been voicin' my blues I'm a artist from the start, Hip-Hop guided my heart Graffiti on the wall, coulda ended in Spoffard, juvenile delinquent But Pops gave me the right type'a tools to .... + Informações

OLu Dara displays his wit and warmth at St.Nick Pub in Harlem. + Informações

Nas Feat. Olu Dara - Bridging the Gap [HQ] (c) 2008 Columbia Records. + Informações

Check out fokis as he sits with Jazz legend Olu Dara in a one on one interview where they discuss many things like where he was born, coming up in mississippi, raising a rap star and much more.. + Informações

From the 1998 movie Belly. This is the music that plays in the background while the Nas-Shorty scene takes place. Keep in mind that I just removed the central channel and that this is not the full track (I guess).... + Informações

very rare track featuring Olu Dara. + Informações

Download: fokis.bandcamp.com Check out fokis as he works with Olu Dara & Producer Dahoud Darien at Krystal Clear Recording Studio. To date only three rappers have worked with Olu Dara, NaS, Afrika Bambaataa & Fokis Follow Fokis on Twitter.com/Fokeezy. + Informações

producer: Salaam Remi released: 2004 album: Street's Disciple (Disc 2). + Informações

Olu Dara performing Your Lips Are Juicy at Club Helsinki on November 17th, 2007.. + Informações

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One Mic - Nas from the album Stillmatic soundcloud.com. + Informações

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i feel like this is more of the way the original version should have sounded, way too bluesy for my taste. ...re-upped this video for the 2nd with minor changes on the beat. check out the instrumental @ www.myspace.com. + Informações

Rare footage of Kimati Dinizulu & his Kotoko Society at Sob's featuring Olu Dara. Rapper Nas (Nasir Jones) is Olu's son. The late Baba Chief Bey can also been seen in this clip. Nana Kimati is playing one of his one strings made from a coffee can. Circa early 1990's. + Informações

Nas's Olu Dara in interview for the book/dvd "Under your skin". www.oludara.info. + Informações

Olu Dara - Bubber. + Informações

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NAS Birth name Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones Also known as Nasty Nas Born September 14, 1973 (1973-09-14) (age 38) Long Island City, Queens, New York Origin Queensbridge, Queens, New York Genres Hip hop Occupations Rapper Instruments Sampler, keyboard Years active 1991--present Labels Columbia, Def Jam, Ill Will, The Jones Experience Associated acts Olu Dara, The Firm, AZ, Bravehearts, Kelis, Mobb Deep, Damian Marley, Large Professor, Wu-Tang Clan Early life Nas was born Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones in Long Island City, Queens, New York. His father, Olu Dara, is a jazz and blues musician from Mississippi. His mother, Fannie Ann Jones, was a Postal Service worker. He has one sibling, a brother named Jabari Fret who assumes the alias Jungle. His neighbor, Willy "Ill Will" Graham, influenced Nas's interest in hip hop by playing him records. Nas's parents divorced in 1985, and he dropped out of school in the ninth grade. He educated himself about African culture through the Five Percent Nation, the Nuwaubians, the Bible and the Qur'an. Career beginnings (1989-1992) As a teenager, Nas enlisted his best friend and upstairs neighbor Willy "Ill Will" Graham as his DJ. Nas first went by the nickname Kid Wave before adopting his more commonly known alias of Nasty Nas. In the late 1980s, he met up with the producer "Large Professor" and went to the studio where Rakim and Kool G Rap were recording their albums. When they were not in the studio, Nas would go into the booth and record his own .... + Informações

From the Black Jazz album "Revelation" (1973) Bass - Walter Booker Drums - Buddy Williams Flute - Rene McClean Guitar - Nathan Page Horn [Alto] - Olu Dara Photography - Judson Brown Piano - Doug Carn Producer [Recording] - James Hardge Saxophone [Alto], Saxophone [Tenor] - Rene McClean Trumpet - Olu Dara Trumpet [Bass] - Earl McIntyre Vocals - Jean Carn , Olu Dara , Rene McClean Written By - Rene McClean. + Informações