Made You Look

Infobox Single
Name = Made You Look


Artist = Nas
from Album = God's Son
Released = February 11 2003
Format = CD single
Recorded = 2002
Genre = Hip hop
Length = 3:26
Label = Ill Will/Columbia
Producer = Salaam "The Chameleon" Remi
Chart position =
US #11 US Rap #9 US R&B #12
Last single = "One Mic"
(2002)
This single = "Made You Look"
(2003)
Next single = "I Can"
(2003)"Made You Look" was the first single from Nas' 2002 album, "God's Son". Built around several samples lifted from the Incredible Bongo Band's cover of "Apache" (one of the most historic, and most-sampled songs in the history of rapFact|date=January 2008), the single was important in establishing Nas' direction following his battle with Jay-Z and the Stillmatic album in its reliance on intricate lyricism and an old-school aesthetic. The song reached much commercial success, on the level of "I Can," and it was a sizeable hit among urban audiences and remains one of the more popular tracks on the "God's Son" album. It is his second highest charting single to date.

Lyrically, "Made You Look" is similar to much of the material Nas was releasing in the early 2000s with its loose, complex, free-associative rhymes conveying obscure, wide-ranging themes: partying, boasting, hyping Nas and his legacy.

Remix

A remix surfaced a few weeks after the initial release of the song. The remix featured Yonkers native Jadakiss and Atlanta's Ludacris. The song also featured a new verse from Nas. However stayed in the mixtape circuit and did not make it onto the album.

Acclaim

*In 2005 "Blender" ranked "Made You Look" as the 175th best song from the 1980s through the 2000s. [ [http://www.acclaimedmusic.net/061024/S3654.htm Acclaimed Music - Made You Look ] ] They also named it the 16th best single of 2003. [ [http://www.acclaimedmusic.net/061024/blender2003.htm Acclaimed Music - Blender lists ] ]
*"Pitchfork Media" ranked it as the 47th best single of 2002. [ [http://www.acclaimedmusic.net/061024/S3654.htm Acclaimed Music - Made You Look ] ]
*"Q" ranked it as the 903rd best song ever in 2003. [ [http://www.muzieklijstjes.nl/Q1001bestsongsever.htm Q - 1001 best songs ever (2003) ] ]

Track listing

A-side

# "Made You Look" (Explicit Version) (3:22)
# "Made You Look" (Instrumental with Guns) (3:14)

B-side

# "The Cross" (Explicit Version) (3:47)
#*Produced by Eminem
# "The Cross" (Instrumental) (3:47)

References