debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 and on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart in the United States, with selling over 470,000 copies in its first week. The record has been cited as potentially encouraging the Jay-Z-Nas feud. The song "We Will Survive", a tribute to Tupac Shakur and The Notorious B.I.G., features a diss aimed at Jay-Z, who claimed to be "New York's king". The latter is one of two songs from the album produced by DJ Premier, and was popular amongst underground circles and continued a long list of popular Nas and DJ Premier collaborations. The former features Puff Daddy and became a Billboard Hot 100 hit, although its Hype Williams-directed music video generated controversy. Some of the leaked songs were later released on the compilation album The Lost Tapes in 2002. became one of the first major label releases to be widely leaked using MP3 technology. The Autobiography, but most of the original sessions were bootlegged and Nas was forced to discard many songs, reducing it to a single disc release. The album was originally a double album titled I Am. It includes guest appearances by DMX, Scarface, Aaliyah and Puff Daddy.
Production was handled by DJ Premier, Trackmasters, L.E.S., Nashiem Myrick, Dame Grease, Carlos Broady, Alvin West, Pretty Boy, D. Recording sessions took place at The Hit Factory, D&D Studios, Sony Music Studios and The Music Palace in New York City from September 1997 to July 1998. is the third studio album by American rapper Nas, released in Apon Columbia Records. Moet, DJ Premier, Dame Grease, Jamel Edgerten, L.E.S., Nashiem Myrick, Nas (exec.), Steve "The Commissioner" Stoute (exec.), Trackmasters, Pretty Boy, Timbaland, Alvin West East Coast hip hop, Mafioso rap, Hardcore hip hopĬarlos Broady, D.
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