Life's a Bitch (feat. AZ & Olu Dara)

About Life's a Bitch (feat. AZ & Olu Dara)

Nas and AZ get existential and reflect on their lives and life in general. As well as being AZ’s debut on wax, this song is notable for the trumpet solo at the end, performed by Nas’s father, Olu Dara. Nas wanted to sample Mtume’s “Juicy Fruit” but producer L.E.S. brought The Gap Band’s “Yearning For Your Love” instead, which was fortunate since The Notorious B.I.G. would use the Mtume sample on his single “Juicy” released the same year. .

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About this song

Credited to

Nas, AZ, Olu Dara

Album

Illmatic · Track 3 of 10

Released

April 19, 1994

Duration

3:30

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407,331 listeners on Last.fm

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From the album: Illmatic