Thief's Theme

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"Thief's Theme"
Single by Nas
from the album Street's Disciple
Released	2004
Format	CD single
Recorded	2001 - 2004
Genre	Hip hop
Length	2:59
Label	Ill Will/Columbia
Writer(s)	Nasir Jones
Producer(s)	Salaam Remi
Chart positions
#, (U.S. R&B)
Nas singles chronology
"Get Down" (2003)	"Thief's Theme" (2004)	"Bridging the Gap" (2004)

"Thief's Theme" is a single off of Nas' double album Street's Disciple. It is the last song of the album (13th track of the double album to be precise). The single contains vocals from Nas' song "The World Is Yours" from his first album Illmatic:

"The Thief's theme, play me at night they won't act right Understandable smooth shit that murderers move with."

This was intended to remind listeners that it was Illmatic's 10th Anniversary.

The song featured an interpolation of the famous riff from Iron Butterfly's "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" performed by Incredible Bongo Band. Nas would again sample "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" on the 2006 single Hip-Hop is Dead.

Nas sponsored a contest in the United Kingdom in 2004, encouraging entrants to record a verse using the instrumental version of the song. The winner would perform a verse on the song, which would appear on the UK version of Street's Disciple. Rising Son would win the competition.

In 2006, the song was used in a scene from the film, The Departed.

Contents 1 Music video 2 Track listing 2.1 A-side 2.2 B-side

[edit] Music video

The video mostly revolves around two parts- one part shows some men who are robbing stores and walking around and the other part shows Nas and some men with him getting ready to rob. The music video had fair rotation on MTV and BET but the later singles were more popular.

[edit] Track listing

[edit] A-side

1. Thief's Theme (Clean Album Version) (3:00)
2. Thief's Theme (Explicit Album Version) (3:10)
3. Thief's Theme (Instrumental) (2:59)

[edit] B-side

1. You Know My Style (Clean Album Version) (2:54)
2. You Know My Style (Explicit Album Version) (2:54)
3. You Know My Style (Instrumental) (2:49)

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Discography
Albums and EPs: Illmatic • It Was Written • The Firm: The Album • I Am... • Nastradamus • QB's Finest • Stillmatic • The Best of Nas • The Lost Tapes • From Illmatic to Stillmatic: The Remixes EP • God's Son • Street's Disciple • Hip Hop Is Dead • The Lost Tapes 2
Singles: "Halftime" • "It Ain't Hard to Tell" • "The World Is Yours" • "Life's a Bitch" • "One Love" • "If I Ruled the World (Imagine That)" • "Street Dreams" • "Nas Is Like" • "Hate Me Now" • "Nastradamus" • "Got Ur Self A..." • "One Mic" • "Made You Look" • "I Can" • "Get Down" • "Thief's Theme" • "Bridging the Gap" • "Just a Moment" • "Hip Hop Is Dead"
Other
Belly • Nas vs. Jay-Z • Ill Will Records • The Bravehearts • AZ • Foxy Brown • Nature • Cormega