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"Nastradamus"
Single by Nas
from the album Nastradamus
Released	October 26, 1999
Genre	East Coast hip hop
Length	4:44
Label	Ill Will Columbia
Songwriter(s)	Nasir Jones Leshan Lewis James Brown
Producer(s)	L.E.S.
Nas singles chronology
"It's Mine" (1999) "Nastradamus" (1999) "Hot Boyz" (1999)

"Nastradamus" is the first single from Nas' fourth album of the same name. It was produced by L.E.S. The song contains the lyrics "You wanna ball 'til you fall, I can help you with that" which were viewed as a jab at Roc-A-Fella artist Memphis Bleek, sparking the beef which would eventually involve Jay-Z. The music video, directed by Jeff Byrd, was originally released in 3-D with Tower Records providing "Nastradamus" 3-D glasses as a tie in (this was the first ever Music Video to use the 3-D technology, wrongly credited to the 2008 Missy Elliott video "Ching-A-Ling"). Nas debuted the video with Carson Daly on MTV's TRL in November 1999. The beat uses the sample "The Monorail Express" by the J.B.'s, the same one EPMD used on their song "Let the Funk Flow" from their 1988 album Strictly Business.

Track listing

A-side

1. "Nastradamus" (Album version) (4:13)
2. "Nastradamus" (Clean version) (4:13)
3. "Nastradamus" (Instrumental) (4:13)

B-side

1. "Shoot 'Em Up" (Album version) (2:56)
   • Produced by Havoc
2. "Shoot 'Em Up" (Clean version) (2:56)
3. "Shoot 'Em Up" (Instrumental) (2:51)

Charts

Weekly charts

References

1. "Nas Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved September 14, 2023.
2. "Nas Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved September 14, 2023.
3. "Nas Chart History (Hot Rap Songs)". Billboard.
4. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.

• 1999 songs
• 1999 singles
• Nas songs
• Song recordings produced by L.E.S. (record producer)
• Songs written by Nas
• Columbia Records singles