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Name | Made You Look |
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Cover | Made youlook.jpg |
Artist | Nas |
From album | God's Son |
Released | February 11, 2003 |
Format | CD single |
Recorded | 2002 |
Genre | Hip hop |
Length | Main Version 3:26 Single Mix 3:21 |
Label | Ill Will, Columbia |
Producer | Salaam "The Chameleon" Remi |
Last single | "One Mic" (2002) |
This single | "Made You Look" (2003) |
Next single | "I Can" (2003) |
"Made You Look" is 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. The song reached much commercial success, on the level of "I Can," and it was a sizeable hit among urban audiences and remains one of the more popular tracks on the God's Son album. It is his second highest charting single to date.
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.
"Made You Look" is featured in the 2009 video game, Skate 2.
The beat for "Made You Look" was also used by British singer Amy Winehouse on her song "In My Bed on her debut album Frank
Tha Dogg Pound member Kurupt has used the beat for "Made You Look" on a mixtape track called "Take Off".
Ja Rule used the beat on his mixtape, Loose Change, which aimed insults towards 50 Cent and the entire Aftermath/Shady camp in 2003. During the song, Ja Rule rhymes in a similar pattern to the original song.
La Coka Nostra used the beat for a track, with the same title, on their 2009 mixtape The Audacity Of Coke Mixtape; featuring two verses by Ill Bill and Slaine.
Snoop Dogg, Jadakiss and his group D-Block used the beat as well.
Diggy Simmons, son of Run-DMC's Rev Run, released a freestyle to the beat, resulting in him being signed to Atlantic Records.
Category:2002 singles Category:Music videos directed by Benny Boom Category:Nas songs
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