Halftime (song)

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“Halftime”
“Halftime” cover
Single by Nasty Nas
from the album Zebrahead (Original Soundtrack) / Illmatic
Released 1992
Format 12" single
Recorded 1992
Genre East Coast hip hop
Jazz rap
Hardcore rap
Length 4:44
Label Columbia
Ruffhouse
Writer(s) Nasir Jones
W.P. Mitchell
Producer Large Professor
Nasty Nas singles chronology
"Halftime"
(1992)		 "It Ain't Hard to Tell"
(1994)
Illmatic track listing
"The World Is Yours"
(4)		 "Halftime"
(5)		 "Memory Lane (Sittin' in Da Park)"
(6)

"Halftime" is the 1992 debut single by rapper Nas, released under his original moniker of "Nasty Nas". Originally recorded for the soundtrack to the film Zebrahead, "Halftime" was produced by Large Professor and features samples from "Schoolboy Crush" by Average White Band, "Hawaiian Sophie" by Jaz-O, "Soul Traveling" by Gary Byrd, and "Dead End" by Japanese Hair. The song was later included on Nas' influential 1994 debut album, Illmatic.

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"Halftime" features an up-tempo beat led by percussion and trumpets over which Nas rhymes. He makes comical braggadocios rhymes with memorable lines such as "You couldn't catch me in the streets without a ton of reefer/That's like Malcolm X, catchin' the Jungle Fever" and "I'm as ill as a convict who kills for phone time." [1] Nas also uses this song to give a "shout-outs" to Ill Will, and the Queensbridge Crew, a reference to the Queensbridge housing projects in Long Island City, NY, USA. He also reveals he's a fan of Marcus Garvey, the Jackson 5 and Mr. Magic.

[edit] Single track listing

[edit] A-Side

  1. "Halftime" (Radio Edit) (4:19)
  2. "Halftime" (LP Version) (4:19)
  3. "Halftime" (LP Version Instrumental) (4:19)

[edit] B-Side

  1. "Halftime" (Butcher Remix)DJ Bubie (4:41)
  2. "Halftime" (Butcher Instrumental) (4:42)

[edit] References

  1. ^ Nas - Halftime Lyrics


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