The Lost Tapes 2 este un album compilație al rapperului american Nas, lansat pe 19 iulie 2019 de Mass Appeal Records și Def Jam Recordings. Este o continuare a albumului The Lost Tapes, lansat în 2002. The Lost Tapes 2 prezintă piese nepublicate din ultimele patru albume de studio ale lui Nas: Hip Hop Is Dead (2006), Untitled (2008), Life Is Good (2012) și albumul abandonat în favoarea lui Nasir (2018). Include producții de la producători precum RZA, Swizz Beatz, Pharrell Williams, Kanye West, No I.D., Pete Rock și The Alchemist, printre alții.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "No Bad Energy" | 3:02 | ||
| 2. | "Vernon Family" |
| Williams | 3:00 |
| 3. | "Jarreau of Rap (Skatt Attack)" (featuring Al Jarreau and Keyon Harrold) |
| 3:18 | |
| 4. | "Lost Freestyle" | Statik Selektah | 3:24 | |
| 5. | "Tanasia" | RZA | 3:50 | |
| 6. | "Royalty" (featuring RaVaughn) | Hit-Boy | 4:50 | |
| 7. | "Who Are You" (featuring David Ranier) |
| Eric Hudson | 3:44 |
| 8. | "Adult Film" (featuring Swizz Beatz) |
| Swizz Beatz | 4:10 |
| 9. | "War Against Love" | 3:47 | ||
| 10. | "The Art of It" (featuring J. Myers) |
| Pete Rock | 4:08 |
| 11. | "Highly Favored" |
| RZA | 2:23 |
| 12. | "Queens Wolf" |
| DJ Toomp | 3:46 |
| 13. | "It Never Ends" | The Alchemist | 3:32 | |
| 14. | "You Mean the World to Me" | Kanye West | 3:00 | |
| 15. | "QueensBridge Politics" |
| Pete Rock | 3:02 |
| 16. | "Beautiful Life" (featuring RaVaughn) |
| No I.D. | 6:41 |
| Total length: | 59:37 | |||
Notes
- ^[a] signifies a co-producer
- "You Mean the World to Me" features uncredited vocals by Tony Williams
Sample credits
- "Jarreau of Rap (Skatt Attack)" contains an interpolation from "(Round, Round, Round) Blue Rondo à la Turk", written and performed by Al Jarreau.
- "Lost Freestyle" contains a sample from "Accept Me (I'm Not a Girl Anymore)", written and performed by Angela Bofill.
- "Tanasia" contains samples from "Mother Russia", written by Michael Dunford and Betty Newsinger, and performed by Renaissance.
- "Adult Film" contains uncredited interpolations of "Raw", written by Antonio Hardy, and performed by Big Daddy Kane.
- "The Art of It" contains samples from "Uptown Anthem", written by Vincent Brown, Anthony Criss, and Keir Gist, and performed by Naughty by Nature; and samples from "Straighten It Out", written by Peter Phillips and CL Smooth, and performed by Pete Rock & CL Smooth, which itself samples "Our Generation", written and performed by Ernie Hines.
- "Highly Favoured" contains samples from "(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right", written by Homer Banks, Carl Hampton and Raymond Jackson, and performed by Alton Ellis.
- "It Never Ends" contains samples from "One Way Rag", written by Colin Gibson and Kenny Craddock, and performed by Alan White.
- "You Mean the World to Me" contains samples from "Don't It Make You Feel Good?", written and performed by Leroy Hutson.
- "Beautiful Life" contains samples from "Happy Song", written by Reginald Brown, Richard Davis, and Stafford Floyd, and performed by The Dynamic Superiors.