One Time 4 Your Mind

“One Time 4 Your Mind” features a jazzy breakbeat from the 1969 track “Walter L” by Jimmy Gordon & His Jazznpops Band, courtesy of producer Large Professor, who spoke about the track in an interview with XXL:

"It was cool, ‘cause it was a little quick rhyme that he had. Some shortie-to-the-store shit, like that. Not like he was tryin’ to go too hard or lyrical. It was just like, “Yo, I’m a regular dude. I’ll kick some cool, around-the-way, corner shit for you."

Nas said the following about the track:

"‘One Time 4 Your Mind’ was amazing to me. Again, the track by itself was out of this world."

Nas' friend Grand Wizard added:

"At the time, we were just listening to the beat, and Nas was like, ‘Come in with me and help me with the hook.’ So I get on the mic and say, ‘One time for ya mind, one time…’ And Nas comes in with, ‘Yeah, whatever…’ He just knew how to bounce off of me."

Nas told this to XXL about the song:

"Honestly, that song was just like, “Hey, we chilling.” That song, I didn’t give a fuck— it was just, go in there & have fun. I wanted Wiz’s voice on that. Out of everybody around, I thought that he had a voice that can be on a record & come off. I always wanted him to rhyme & shit, & that was my way of pushing him into that shit."