Thief's Theme
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| Single by Nas | ||||
| from the album Street's Disciple | ||||
| Released | June 29, 2004 | |||
| Format | CD | |||
| Genre | Hip hop | |||
| Length | 2:59 | |||
| Label | Ill Will, Columbia | |||
| Writer(s) | Nasir Jones | |||
| Producer(s) | Salaam Remi | |||
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"Thief's Theme" is a single from Nas' double album Street's Disciple. The single contains vocals from Nas' song "The World Is Yours" from his first album Illmatic:
The song featured an interpolation of the famous riff from Iron Butterfly's "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" performed by Incredible Bongo Band. Nas would again use the same sample on the 2006 single "Hip Hop is Dead".
Nas sponsored a contest in the United Kingdom in 2004, encouraging entrants to record a verse using the instrumental version of the song. The winner would perform a verse on the song, which appears on the UK version of Street's Disciple. Rising Son won the competition.
The song was featured in Martin Scorsese's Academy Award-winning film The Departed but was not featured on the soundtrack.
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