Posted April 26, 2012 by Eddie "STATS" 16 comments

Audio: NaS “Daughters” [prod. No I.D.]

single artwork for Nas - "Daughters", 2nd single from his LP Life Is Good (releasing July 17)

With the video for “The Don” slated to drop tomorrow, Nas catches us all unawares with the release of “Daughters,” the next single from his forthcoming LP Life is Good (July 17). When I heard the title and saw the artwork for this song, I just assumed the hook would be a loop of his “more conscious of the way we raise our daughters” line from “If I Ruled The World.” It’s not that but I will take this No I.D.-produced slow-banger anyway–kind of the antidote to the “Black Girl Lost” sequel we just got, or a plan to not lose ‘em in the first place maybe. Real grown man talk worthy of Nas.

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Main-One

Great message but don’t like the way it was executed.
MonkHeart

hey, I haven’t heard the track, but I trust Nas to make it better.
sstretch

Damn this is what’s up, COPING THE ALBUM.

Check out the beats at http://www.soundcloud.com/sstretch68323
http://www.soulsearchin.nl djchief

I need this acapella like yesterday!
Marko-V

Great song. A true anthem for men of his generation
@remarkoble1
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gabriel

oooooweeeeee. if the rest of this record sound like this imma go head and call this a revival.
troubleman1981

this was dope bcuz of the reality of it. nothin else to be said
http://dssence.net D.Scott

Much Respect on this
eazy

this was fantastic. Great beat. simple, straight-forward, yet effective hook, and Nas is in top form. Sounds gritty and classic but still progressive.
PhillyROOTed

Listened to this about 10 times, some real lyrics from NAS….DOPE!!!!
They grow fast, one day she’s your little princess
Next day she’s talking boy business, what is this
They say the coolest players and foulest heartbreakers in the world
God gets us back , he makes us have precious little girls
- UHMinSoCal
  
  I think he might have said…”God gets us back, he makes us half precious little girls”
  
  Maybe he’s borrowing Jay’s word play.
Sphinx

D@mn… I just cried all the way though this. Mine is 11 and she is a princess.
Main-One

I have to take back what I said about this joint and apologize. I listened to it again & it hit me like a ton of bricks, this joint is fire!!!

Sometime you have to listen more than once before making crazy comments. Keep the muzack coming Nas…Eazy!!
http://KiNCAMELL(GOOGLETHAT) KiN CAMELL

THANK YOU.
AM

This song is classic. I’m a single mom with two boys and a girl. This song is right on point. No parent is perfect and communication can be hard sometimes with young children especially when the other parent isn’t on the same page as you as far as raising a Queen to be a Queen and a King to be a King.
Cinque

Get ‘em Nas!