Playing via Spotify Playing via YouTube
Skip to YouTube video

Loading player…

Scrobble from Spotify?

Connect your Spotify account to your Last.fm account and scrobble everything you listen to, from any Spotify app on any device or platform.

Connect to Spotify

Dismiss

Take It in Blood

Play track

  • Listeners

    122.3K

  • Scrobbles

    545.9K

  • Listeners

    122.3K

  • Scrobbles

    545.9K

Play track
  • Last.FM User
  • Last.FM User
  • Last.FM User

Join others and track this song

Scrobble, find and rediscover music with a Last.fm account

Sign Up to Last.fm
Play album
Skip to YouTube video

Replace video

Length
4:49
Lyrics

I made it like that, I bought it like that, I'm livin' like that

This song was on Nas' sophomore album "It Was Written". It features a sample of “Mixed up Moods and Attitudes” by the 70’s R&B Group The Fantastic Four and it also samples Kool Keith’s verse from “Ease Back” by the Ultramagnetic MCs. Some people argue that this song really isn’t about anything and just sounds good but if you do the research you’ll see that this is one of the most complex songs Nas has ever recorded. "Illmatic" was definitely a classic but it didn’t get the record sales it deserved and you can feel his hunger. He is literally rapping for … read more
This song was on Nas' sophomore album "It Was Written". It features a sample of “Mixed up Moods and Attitudes” by the 70’s R&B Gro… read more
This song was on Nas' sophomore album "It Was Written". It features a sample of “Mixed up Moods and Attitudes” by the 70’s R&B Group The Fantastic Four and it also sam… read more

Related Tags

Add tagsView all tags

Featured On

It Was Written

856,021 listeners

6 more albums featuring this track

Don't want to see ads? Upgrade Now

Similar Tracks

  1. It Was Written Play track

  2. It Was Written Play track

  3. Lifestylez Ov Da Poor & Dangerous Play track

  4. Lifestylez Ov Da Poor & Dangerous Play track

  5. The Infamous Play track

  6. Hell on Earth Play track

  7. Reasonable Doubt Play track

  8. Ready to Die - 2005 Remaster Play track

  9. Only Built 4 Cuban Linx Play track

  10. Moment Of Truth Play track

  11. The Black Album (Explicit) Play track

  12. Supreme Clientele Play track

Scrobble Stats

What is scrobbling?

Scrobbling is when Last.fm tracks the music you listen to and automatically adds it to your music profile.

Learn more

Recent Listening Trend

Day Listeners
173
166
164
188
183
162
165
188
172
178
173
165
163
164
171
171
166
197
154
147
155
181
168
183
153
159
153
135
167
174
169
179
173
156
164
183
169
200
180
156
145
135
167
161
167
180
171
142
158
177
152
162
158
156
133
121
133
123
157
134
133
134
127
124
159
148
141
158
157
160
176
176
192
190
157
143
173
169
167
194
172
174
166
165
175
181
190
178
177
147
144
181
197
180
195
174
146
152
190
202
198
199
170
145
139
155
173
183
183
167
161
154
165
193
205
197
196
157
143
185
172
201
217
172
183
167
180
191
203
173
194
172
144
187
177
205
210
175
131
166
179
158
172
175
185
173
142
152
182
178
155
153
177
183
175
177
193
177
191
167
165
219
238
179
230
210
170
164
207
181
185
208
251
197
168
226
228
229
234
207
205

Play this track

External Links

Don't want to see ads? Upgrade Now

Shoutbox

Javascript is required to view shouts on this page. Go directly to shout page

About This Artist

Artist images

279 more

Nas

2,822,175 listeners

Related Tags

Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones, more commonly known as Nas (formerly Nasty Nas and Escobar), born September 14, 1973 in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, New York, is a prominent American MC. The son of jazz musician Olu Dara, he was raised in the infamous Queensbridge housing projects in Queensbridge, New York. According to the Nasty Songfacts, as a teenager rapper, Nasir first went by the nickname Kid Wave before adopting his more commonly known alias of Nasty Nas. By the time he released his landmark solo debut album Illmatic in 1994, Jones was known as Nas. Illmatic was a critically acclaime… read more
Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones, more commonly known as Nas (formerly Nasty Nas and Escobar), born September 14, 1973 in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, New York, is a prominent American MC. The son of j… read more
Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones, more commonly known as Nas (formerly Nasty Nas and Escobar), born September 14, 1973 in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, New York, is a prominent American MC. The son of jazz musician Olu Dara, he was raised in the in… read more

View full artist profile

Similar Artists

  1. 4,827,990 listeners

    Avatar for JAY-Z

  2. 1,358,764 listeners

    Avatar for Mobb Deep

  3. 488,712 listeners

    Avatar for AZ

  4. 3,227,896 listeners

    Avatar for The Notorious B.I.G.

  5. 778,418 listeners

    Avatar for Raekwon

  6. 1,313,849 listeners

    Avatar for Gang Starr

View all similar artists

Trending Tracks

  • 1

  • 2

  • 3

  • 4

  • 5

  • 6

View all trending tracks

API Calls