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R║                          The Artist : Nas                            ║R
N║                         Album Title : I Am                           ║N
S║                        Record Label : Columbia/Sony                  ║S
Music Type : Hip-Hop
R║               Official Release Date : 04/06/99                       ║R
a║                            Rip Date : 03/17/99                       ║a
b║                           Ripped By : Team RNS                       ║b

d║   Track Quality :   │  CD [√] <·192k·> │ Other [ ] <······> │        ║d

N║   Time & Size   :   │ CD Time 1hr04min │ Total Size: 93MB   │        ║N

u║   Album Rating  :   │  1 [ ] 2 [ ] 3 [ ] 4 [ ] 5 [√]   / 5  │        ║u

o║   Covers & SFV  :   │  Front [ ]   Back [ ]   SFV File [√]  │        ║o

s║          Track Times Track Names                                     ║s

01  2:50 Intro
02  3:36 NY State Of Mind (Pt 2)
03  4:43 Hate Me Now (feat Puff Daddy)
04  4:05 Favor For A Favor (feat Scarface)
05  4:59 We Will Survive
06  4:00 Ghetto Prisoners Rise
07  4:22 You Won't See Me (feat Aaliyah)
08  4:35 CIA
09  0:53 Nature Shines Interlude
10  2:24 Dr. Knockboots
11  4:04 Life Is What You Make It (feat DMX)
12  3:39 Big Thangs
13  3:56 Nas Is Like
14  4:15 K-I-S-S-I-N-G
15  4:02 Money Is My Bitch
16  4:23 Undying Love
17  0:56 Afterlife Interlude
18  2:57 Among Kings

What can I possibly say about this release... again, RNS
hits you off with one of the hottest releases this year,
nearly a month before it hits the stores.  Don't be fooled
by those fake-ass groups out there putting out promos and
telling you that it's the album.  When you get it from RNS
you only get the best... you know that Nas won't be dissing
us on his website tommorow.

TEAM RNS RULING THE MP3 SCENE IN 1999...

[Let's Make A Few Things Clear]

Okay, you know what? I'm going to speak my mind just a little
bit here because this is just ONE more release we have beat
you to... let's see: Invisible Skratch Piklz, Nothin But The
Bombs, Scaramanga, Black Crows, The Wiseguys, MxPx, Full
Blooded, Lady Saw, Mariah Carey, Mystikal, Bustah Rhymes,
Deepdish, Unkle, Mac Dre, Bee Gees, Young Lay, Redman, 2Pac,
NWA Tribute, Mercenaries, Sneaker Pimps, 311, The Coup, The
Simpsons, South Park, New Edition, Inner Circle, Vanessa
Williams, MTV Party To Go 99, Midnight Oil, DJ Silva Sirfa,
Orgy, DJ Quik, E-Life, Sublime (live & bradley acoustic),
Whitney Houston, Rush, The Orb, Dejah, Timbaland, Jewel,
Shantel, DJ Qbert, Ice Cube, B*Witched, Portishead, Tin Star,
Beat Junkies II, Ghetto Commission, DJ DMD, Tommy Wright
King Tee, All City, Mia X, Cardigans, Celine Dion, Babyface,
Total, U2, DJ Rectangle, Geto Boys, Noreaga, Belly OST, Flip
Squad All Star DJs, Sash!, Grooverider, R. Kelly, Vernessa
Mitchell, Divine, Pleasantville OST, Big Daddy Kane, Faith
Evans, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Nothin But The Hotness, Cydal
Kenny Lattimore, Kid Capri, Fat Pat, Aaron Hall, Heltah
Skeltah, Keith Sweat, Kirk Franklin, Killa Tay, Fatboy Slim,
Beenie Man, Faithless, Tela, Hot To Death, Roxbury Soundtrack
George Micheal, Cypress Hill, Cake, DJ Skribble, Pras, Bizzy,
Marilyn Manson, Photek, Permanent Midnight OST, Buddha Monk,
DJ Spooky, Deborah Cox, Kurupt, Mos Def & Talib Kwali better
known as Blackstarr, PJ Harvey, Bad Azz, Henry Rollins,
Jackie Martling, DC Talk, Brand Nubian, A Tribe Called Quest,
Gangsta Boo, Duncan Sheik, Ghetto Twinz, Outkast, Jay-Z, Ras
Kass, En Vogue, Trick Daddy, Chemical Brothers, Solo, Chris
Isaak, Flipmode Squad, Assassin, Hootie & The Blowfish, Kool
& The Gang, 54 OST, Fat Joe, PM Dawn, Brian Setzer Orchestra
Monifah, Eminem, TLC, Blackmoon, Roxette, Goldie,  Michel`le
Underworld, The Roots, Prince Paul, Silverchair, Blur, Case,
Coldcut, C-Bo, Club 69, Defari, DJ Krush, DJ Rampage, Domino,
Esham, Silkk, Mr. Serv-On, Foxy Brown, Howie B, Lagwagon,
The PJs OST, DJ Tony Touch, Cutmaster C, Pizzo, Presage, Rob
Swift, Roni Size, Shabba Ranks, Shai, Silk, Sugar Ray, Tear
Da Club Up Thugs, Tevin Campbell, The Anonymous, Prodigy, The
Corrs, Yukmouth, Five Iron Frenzy, Ginuwine, Lagwagon, Dave
Outlaw, Crash Test Dummies, Harlem World (retail, you know
how you guys like to pass of promo versions as final, tsk),
A+ (clean & explicit), Sebadoh, Meat Puppets (new lp & live),
Jimi Hendrix, Blondie (ouch, another promo tried to be passed
off as full retail, short by 3 tracks), Mantronix, Lisa Lisa
& The Cult Jam; all that is just what I can recall at the
present time.  This doesn't count all the major compilations
or big cd singles that we've done either; that would take
another list about the size of the one above, and you guys
have had enough of a realization by now of who's in charge

Now I'm not trying to say we won on every release that has
ever come out; I do realize you pick up the scraps we leave
behind for you guys.  That's respectable, but don't even try
to say you own us - that's plain ridiculous.  I mean, really,
just take a very close look; front in public all you feel is
necessary, but inside you know you're laughing yourself to
death every time you say it... I mean, I get the joke - it is
in fact, very funny.  I laugh every time I see it, so does
every other person in the scene, so unless you're looking to
be a bunch of comedians, how about you stop with the jokes?

Then some of the few rippers that bother to do anything for
your group for some reason get this idea that they're big bad
asses when they manage to get a release out before us. You
see, you are letting some major things slip your minds; we
sit here and release and release and release and release but
we don't scream for all the world to hear when we manage to
get our releases out way before the competition.  Why?
Because it's not shocking - that's how we do things around
here - it's not a rare occasion on which we beat you to
releases, so we don't feel the strange need to try and bring
attention to our group.  We're not gay like you - we're
confident in what we do - still, we had to make this one last
exception just to make a few things very clear.  I do
apologize for having to do this last matter of business so
publically, but for some reason you guys really seemed to be
believing this strange fantasy that you were, heh, better
than us.  Hahahaha... you guys are always good for a laugh,
thanks for being there for us!

And a few words on that stunt that was pulled earlier on D**
with the EDTV soundtrack; included with this release is
EDTV_OST-RNS.TXT, which is a log of what went down on said
site yesterday; track 13 was deleted, dir was renamed & now,
heh, you "win" on there because of it?  Nope, sorry, isn't
going to cut it; racing releases is fine, cheating so you can
win on a site is plain fucked up, and I hope for all groups'
sake that whoever the motherfucker is that did this is taken
off the site, and that they are removed from the group; well,
that is, unless the group condones this kind of behaviour, in
which case I am not sure what the hell to think... anyways,
read log, make of it what you will, but this better get

And who are these trials doing your new releases the last few
weeks?  Do the work yourselves, don't pawn it off on trials.

Respect to all those in the scene doing their thing in a
responsible, honest manner.

We do realize it's not the entire group, just a few who have
chosen to fuck it up for everyone.  Wish there was a way to
spare the good guys from the gayness.

-Al Capone
-RNS President

Rabid Neurosis was established in 1995 and since 1996 we have
been dedicated to bringing the highest possible quality to
the mp3 community.  It is rumored that we only rip rap, hip
hop, and r&b, well, this is simply a rumor, granted that
this type of music is the mainstream at the moment, so of
course a lot of this genre is going to get done, but we do
other types of music (rock, ska, punk, techno, bootlegs, pop,
etc) as well.  Currently we are not looking for any members
unless you have some exceptional background in either the mp3
warez or iso scene and/or have something exceptional to offer
to the group (pre-release ripper, t3/linux/30gb+ us/euro Site
Op, or hardware supplier) if you fall into that category drop
by #rns on efnet and talk to one of the seniors about joining
or mail the president Al Capone (Capone@rns.org) note: we are
NOT seeking any artists or couriers period.

[Other News]

Zero Music Inc. is RNS's official couriers (irc/ext ftp). The
reason for doing this is that it was felt by us, that RNS
should be focusing on releasing and not the mass distribution
of our music, they will handle the xdcc's and ftp couriering
to sites outside of RNS to benefit those not within the group

[Greets]

Groups: Dimension Couriers, Origin, Ambition, ATM, ZMI, RIAA
SAC, ACiD, UCF, Phrozen Crew, & Paradigm.

Personal: WD Staff (We'll always love you Greasy & Crew),
arct, Mr. Skill, Z-E-U-S, shit-head, cH, |razor|,
N0fx, bonethug, speaxx, oakleez, OS1R1S, & OnyX.

-Al Capone
-RNS President

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