Blunt ashes

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Blunt Ashes is a song by hip-hop artist Nas, featured on his most recent album Hip Hop Is Dead. It was produced by NBA star Chris Webber.

[edit] References in "Blunt Ashes"

Nas' three verses include many references to well-known people, alive and deceased, and the plight of these specific people. Those mentioned include: Langston Hughes, Alex Haley, Eva Gardner, James Dean, Bobby Brown, Rick James, Alexander O'Neal, Morris Day, Phyllis Hyman, Donny Hathaway, Marvin Gaye, David Ruffin, Tammi Terrell, Florence Ballard, Diana Ross, John F. Kennedy, Ennis Cosby, Roger Troutman, and Zapp. Nas also includes a spoken tribute to Hattie McDaniel at the end of the song.