Halftime (track)
by Nas
Halftime appears on the following album(s) by Nas:
- Illmatic (track #5) (this album) (1994)
- Illmatic Live From The Kennedy Center (track #5) (2018)
Condition: Used
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 11/23/2025 20:08 | 5,248 | 80/100 | |
| ! | 11/20/2025 01:42 | Exist-en-ciel | 77,721 | 70/100 |
| ! | 11/09/2025 01:40 | sunnydhamm | 18,449 | 57/100 |
| ! | 10/12/2025 12:56 | SD100852 | 11,238 | 77/100 |
| ! | 09/21/2025 22:46 | stareaterogni0n | 3,489 | 72/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 1% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 88.3/100, a mean average of 87.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 88.7/100. The standard deviation for this track is 11.2.
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This song is ridiculously good and then at the end he reminds you, this was recorded in fucking '92. Unreal.
I love this bassline. And to WindowAbove, this was '94. It was a different time and that slur did not have so much weight back then. Nowadays Nas is conscious about using the word in live performances, he leaves it out. It shouldn't take away from the song.
Although the halfway point is track 6 as there are 9 songs (intro isn't a song), nas doesn't give an f and tells you it's halftime anyway.
Strong lyricism shown here over a great beat.
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