Made You Look

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"Made You Look"
"Made You Look" cover
Single by Nas
from the album God's Son
Released 2002
Format CD single
Recorded 2002
Genre Hip hop
Length 3:26
Label Ill Will/Columbia
Producer(s) Saleem "The Chameleon" Remi
Chart positions
US Rap #9, US R&B #12
Nas singles chronology
"One Mic"
(2002)		 "Made You Look"
(2002)		 "I Can"
(2002)

"Made You Look" was the first single from Nas' 2002 album, God's Son. Built around several samples lifted from the Incredible Bongo Band's cover of "Apache" (one of the most historic, and most-sampled songs in the history of rap)--the single was important in establishing Nas' direction following his battle with Jay-Z and the Stillmatic album in its reliance on intricate lyricism and an old-school aesthetic. Though the song failed to cross over commercially on the level of "I Can," it was a sizeable hit among urban audiences and remains one of the more popular tracks on the God's Son album.

Lyrically, "Made You Look" is similar to much of the material Nas was releasing in the early 2000s with its loose, complex, free-associative rhymes conveying obscure, wide-ranging themes: partying, boasting, hyping Nas and his legacy.

A remix was recorded using the same beat and chorus from the original, but featured verses from Jadakiss and Ludacris and one new verse from Nas. It was very well-received by critics and fans.

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[edit] Acclaim

  • Blender ranked "Made You Look" as the 175th best song from the 1980's through the 2000's in 2005.[1] They also named it the 16th best single of 2003.[2]
  • Pitchfork Media ranked it as the 47th best single of 2002.[3]
  • Q ranked it as the 903rd best song ever in 2003.[4]

[edit] Track listing

[edit] A-side

  1. "Made You Look" (Explicit Version) (3:22)
  2. "Made You Look" (Instrumental with Guns) (3:14)

[edit] B-side

  1. "The Cross" (Explicit Version) (3:47)
  2. "The Cross" (Instrumental) (3:47)

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.acclaimedmusic.net/061024/S3654.htm
  2. ^ http://www.acclaimedmusic.net/061024/blender2003.htm
  3. ^ http://www.acclaimedmusic.net/061024/S3654.htm
  4. ^ http://www.muzieklijstjes.nl/Q1001bestsongsever.htm


 v • d • e Nas
Discography
Albums

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

Solo 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" · "Escobar '97" · "Nas Is Like" · "Hate Me Now" · "Nastradamus" · "Analyze This · "You Owe Me" · "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" · "Can't Forget About You" · "Better Than I've Ever Been"

Other songs: "Ether" · "Supa Ugly"
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