Loco-Motive
by Nas

Album: Life Is Good (2012)
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Songfacts®:

  • This old-school Hip-Hop Life Is Good track finds Nas reminiscing about the New York streets that he grew up on. The song features Nas' fellow Queens native Large Professor, of the '90s Hip-Hop group Main Source, whom he has cited as an influence in his early rapping days.
  • The song was produced by No I.D, one of five Life Is Good cuts (six on the deluxe edition) helmed by the Chicago beatmaster. His production features sounds of the railroad, including a rumbling train on the beat as a female croons, "42nd St. terminal."

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