Album
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Why this album mattered
I Am... (1999) is a Nas album in the RetroVerse archive. The RetroVerse catalog lists 11 tracks on this release. It peaked at #1 and spent 2 weeks at #1 across 25 total chart weeks.
The music
- 1
Album Intro
- 2
N.Y. State of Mind, Pt. ll
3 Hate Me Now
- 4
Small World
- 5
Favor for a Favor
- 6
We Will Survive
- 7
Ghetto Prisoners
- 8
You Won’t See Me Tonight
- 9
I Want to Talk to You
- 10
Dr. Knockboot
11 Nas Is Like
One bar, one chart week
The chart journey
Tap any week to open its place in the story.
Chart Journey
- Apr 24, 1999#1
An instant smash — it arrived near the top of the chart and never looked like a slow build. Entered at #1 at its peak, stayed at #1 for 2 weeks and fell quickly across 25 weeks on the chart.
The songs behind the run
Breakout songs
The album’s tracks with chart history. Open a song to follow its full journey.
Similar chart journeys
Albums with similar chart journeys share comparable chart arcs — how they climbed, peaked, and endured on the chart.
