{"id":180295,"date":"2023-03-30T10:00:25","date_gmt":"2023-03-30T08:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/?p=180295"},"modified":"2023-03-30T10:00:25","modified_gmt":"2023-03-30T08:00:25","slug":"original-nas-demo-tape-featuring-biz-markie-and-az","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/original-nas-demo-tape-featuring-biz-markie-and-az\/","title":{"rendered":"Original Nas demo tape featuring Biz Markie and AZ"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ex-Columbia <\/strong>and Def Jam<\/strong> A&R representative Faith Newman<\/strong> shared an unearthed Nas <\/strong>demo labeled Understanding <\/em>to her social media on Monday (3\/27).<\/p>\n

The caption read, “Went through a box of cassettes from my Columbia Records<\/strong> days and found this demo. Nas <\/strong>Understanding <\/em>featuring Biz Markie <\/strong>and AZ<\/strong>. Produced by Large Professor<\/strong>. 1995.”<\/p>\n

The video contained a boombox connected to a speaker with a TDK tape labeled “Understanding” inserted into the portable tape player. The Large Professor<\/strong>-produced track, a simple loop of Mr. Magic<\/em> by Grover Washington Jr. provided the backdrop for Biz <\/strong>and AZ <\/strong>to drop spoken intro’s before Nas <\/strong>attacks the three-and-a-half-minute beat. <\/p>\n

You can check the video, as well as the whole article by clicking on this here link<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ex-Columbia and Def Jam A&R representative Faith Newman shared an unearthed Nas demo labeled Understanding…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-180295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t