One Time 4 Your Mind

"One Time 4 Your Mind" is the eighth song on Nas' debut album Illmatic. It is produced by Large Professor who provides the song with a mellow beat and a deep bassline. The song's melody samples "Walter L" by Gary Burton.^[1] Nas raps two verses on the song and contributes to the call and response chorus with Grand Wizard (of Bravehearts).^[2] The song's lyrics deal with what Nas does in his leisure. Nas sampled a lyric from "One Time 4 Your Mind" on his song "Fetus".^[3] Termanology references a lyric from this song on "Stop, Look, Listen" by Statik Selektah. Steve Juon of RapReviews.com describes it as a "somber and slow-rolling banger."^[4] Marc Hill of PopMatters boasts the song's lyrics saying: "the laid back 'One Time 4 Your Mind' demonstrated a level of technical precision and rhetorical dexterity that [is] now requisite for inclusion among hip-hop's elite."^[5]

References

↑ Ultragraphik.com: "Nas One Time 4 Your Mind" Search
↑ "The Making of Illmatic". Claaa7 (blogspot). XXL. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
↑ Scratchfaq.com: "One Time 4 Your Mind" Search
↑ Juon, Steve. "Nas' Illmatic at RapReviews.com". Retrieved January 26, 2008.
↑ Hill, Marc. "Illmatic (Anniversary Edition) Review". PopMatters. Retrieved January 26, 2008.

External links

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

Nas singles discography

Illmatic	"Halftime" "It Ain't Hard to Tell" "The World Is Yours" "One Love"

It Was Written	"If I Ruled the World (Imagine That)" "Street Dreams" "The Message"

I Am…	"Nas Is Like" "Hate Me Now"

Nastradamus	"Nastradamus" "You Owe Me"

Stillmatic	"Rule" "Got Ur Self a Gun" "One Mic"

God's Son	"Made You Look" "I Can" "Get Down"

Street's Disciple	"Thief's Theme" "Bridging the Gap" "Just a Moment"

Hip Hop Is Dead	"Hip Hop Is Dead" "Can't Forget About You"

Untitled album	"Hero" "Make the World Go Round"

Life Is Good	"Nasty" "The Don" "Daughters" "Cherry Wine"

The Firm: The Album	"Firm Biz" "Phone Tap"

Soundtracks	"Escobar '97" "Less Than an Hour"

Collaborations	"Did You Ever Think" "Hot Boyz" "Oochie Wally" "Thugz Mansion" "Classic (Better Than I've Ever Been)" "Too Many Rappers" "Ghetto Dreams" "Champion"

Other songs	"N.Y. State of Mind" "One Time 4 Your Mind" "Ether" "Be a Nigger Too" "N.I.G.G.E.R. (The Slave and the Master)" "Let Nas Down"

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