Nas & Ill Will Records Presents QB's Finest

Nas & Ill Will Records Presents QB's Finest
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Compilation album by Nas and various other artists
Released	November 21, 2000
Recorded	1998–1999
Genre	Hip hop
Length	65:14
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 & Ill Will Records Presents QB's Finest, commonly known as simply QB's Finest, is a 2000 compilation album and 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, Bravehearts and Cormega, who had briefly reconciled a longtime feud with Nas.

The album also featured guest appearances from Queensbridge's hip hop legends Roxanne Shanté, MC Shan and Marley Marl, both of whom appeared on the lead single "Da Bridge 2001" (based on MC Shan's and Marley 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 Memphis 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)	Length
1	"Intro"	L.E.S.	Bravehearts	2:03
2	"Da Bridge 2001"	Marley Marl, L.E.S.	Capone, Cormega, Marley Marl, MC Shan, Millennium Thug, Mobb Deep, Nas, Nature, Tragedy Khadafi	4:32
3	"We Live This"	Havoc	Big Noyd, Havoc, Roxanne Shanté	4:08
4	"Real Niggas"	L.E.S.	Nas, Ruc	4:39
5	"Find Ya Wealth"	L.E.S.	Nas	3:40
6	"Straight Outta Q.B."	L.E.S.	Cormega, Jungle, Blaq Poet	3:55
7	"Oochie Wally (Remix)"	Ez Elpee	Nas, Bravehearts	4:00
8	"Our Way"	Scott Storch	Capone-N-Noreaga, Imam Thug	4:47
9	"Fire"	L.E.S.	Nature	3:39
10	"Power Rap" (Freestyle Interlude)	Havoc	Prodigy	2:30
11	"Street Glory"	L.E.S.	Nas, Pop	3:30
12	"We Break Bread"	L.E.S.	Chaos, Craig G, Littles, Lord Black	4:43
13	"Money"	The Alchemist	Mr. Challish	4:03
14	"Self Conscience"	The Infinite Arkatechz	Nas, Prodigy	3:15
15	"Die 4"	Plain Truth	Infamous Mobb	4:01
16	"Kids in Da P.J.'s"	The Infinite Arkatechz	Millennium Thug, Nas, Bravehearts	4:35
17	"Teenage Thug" (Bonus Track)	Al West	Millennium Thug, Nas	4:02

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
• "Street Glory" contains a sample from "Once Upon A Time" by Donna Summer
• "Money" contains a sample from the theme song of Phantasm by Fred Myrow
• "Self Conscience" contains a sample from The Exorcist theme
• "Die 4" contains a sample from Halloween theme

Album chart positions

Year	Album	Chart positions
		Billboard 200	Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums
2001	Nas & Ill Will Records Presents QB's 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 (archived version from June 2, 2009)