Nas and Ill Will Records Present QB's Finest

Nas and Ill Will Records Present QB's Finest
Compilation album by Nas and various artists
Released	November 21, 2000
Recorded	1998–1999
Genre	Hip hop
Label	Ill Will Records, Columbia Records
Producer	Nas (exec.) Marley Marl, L.E.S., The Infinite Arkatechz, Havoc, Ez Elpee, Scott Storch, The Alchemist, Plain Truth, Al West

Nas and Ill Will Records Present QB's Finest is a 2000 collaborative album; the second release from rapper Nas' new Ill Will Records imprint, distributed by Columbia Records. It featured Nas and a number of other rappers from the Queensbridge housing projects, including Mobb Deep, Nature, Nashawn, Littles, The Bravehearts, and Cormega, who had briefly reconciled a longtime feud with Nas.

The album also featured guest appearances from QB hip-hop legends Roxanne Shante, and MC Shan and Marley Marl, both of whom appeared on the lead single "Da Bridge 2001" (based on Shan & Marl's 1986 classic "The Bridge"). "Da Bridge 2001" also featured a response from Nas to Memphis Bleek, in which Nas calls out most of the Roc-a-Fella Records roster, including Bleek, Damon Dash, Beanie Sigel, and Jay-Z. The album's biggest hit single was "Oochie Wally", a club anthem recorded by The Bravehearts.

Track listing

#	Title	Producer(s)	Performer(s)
1	"Intro"	L.E.S.	The Bravehearts
2	"Da Bridge 2001"	Marley Marl, L.E.S.	Capone, Cormega, Marley Marl, MC Shan, Millennium Thug, Mobb Deep, Nas, Nature, Tragedy Khadafi
3	"We Live This"	Havoc	Big Noyd, Havoc, Roxanne Shante
4	"Real Niggas"	L.E.S.	Nas, Ruc
5	"Find Ya Wealth"	L.E.S.	Nas
6	"Straight Outta Q.B."	L.E.S.	Cormega, Jungle, Poet
7	"Oochie Wally (Remix)"	Ez Elpee	Nas, The Bravehearts
8	"Our Way"	Scott Storch	Capone-N-Noreaga, Iman Thug
9	"Fire"	L.E.S.	Nature
10	"Power Rap" (Freestyle Interlude)	Havoc	Prodigy
11	"Street Glory"	L.E.S.	Nas, Pop
12	"We Break Bread"	L.E.S.	Chaos, Craig G., Littles, Lord Black
13	"Money"	Alchemist	Mr. Challish
14	"Self Conscience"	The Infinite Arkatechz	Nas, Prodigy
15	"Die 4"	Plain Truth	Infamous Mobb
16	"Kids in Da P.J.'s"	The Infinite Arkatechz	Millennium Thug, Nas, The Bravehearts
17	"Teenage Thug" (Bonus Track)	Al West	Millennium Thug, Nas

Though numbered correctly in the liner notes, the original compact disc pressing erroneously combined tracks one and two during mastering, throwing off the count for the rest of the tracks by one number (i.e. "We Live This" is track two, "Real Niggas" is track three, and so on). Later, corrected masters feature the "Oochie Wally" remix (which features Nas in addition to the Bravehearts) in place of the original.

Samples

• "Da Bridge 2001" contains a sample from "The Bridge" by MC Shan
• "Find Ya Wealth" contains a sample from "Solstice" by Brian Bennett
• "Straight Outta Q.B." contains a sample from "Straight Outta Compton" by N.W.A. Cormega's verse contains many recycled lyrics from Ice Cube's verse on the original song.
• "Oochie Wally" contains a sample from "Bambooji" by Gong
• "Money" contains a sample from the theme song of "Phantasm" by Fred Myrow

"Self Conscience" contains a sample from The Exorcist theme

Album chart positions

Year	Album	Chart positions
		Billboard 200	Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums
2001	QB Finest	#53	#10

Singles chart positions

Year	Song	Chart positions
		Billboard Hot 100	Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks	Hot Rap Singles	Rhythmic Top 40	Top 40 Tracks
2001	Da Bridge 2001	-	-	#17	-	-
2001	Oochie Wally	#26	#11	#2	#6	#36

External links

• QB's Finest Online