These joints were some of the most hyped up of the I Am/Nastradamus era leaked tracks. They eventually made it onto Lost Tapes and are probably my 2 least favorite tracks on Lost Tapes.

A lot of Nas enthusiasts (and I count myself among that group) will still list these tracks when talking about Nas' best work, but they are both boring to me. Probably because of the lame beats, and the lazy ass flow on No Idea's Original. People love to quote this track as some sort of classic example of lyrical mastery, but I find it to have one of the most disjointed fragmented flows. The first half of the verse is pretty weak, the 2nd half picks up and has some quotables, but this shit wouldn't even be in my top 50 Nas verses.