Nas & Ill Will Records Presents QB's Finest

Nas & Ill Will Records Presents QB's Finest, commonly known as simply QB's Finest, is a compilation album released on November 21, 2000 and the second release from rapper Nas' new Ill Will Records imprint, distributed by Columbia Records. It featured Nas and a number of other rappers from the Queensbridge housing projects, including Mobb Deep, Nature, Nashawn, Littles, Bravehearts and Cormega, who had briefly reconciled a longtime feud with Nas.

The album also featured guest appearances from Queensbridge's hip hop legends Roxanne Shanté, MC Shan and Marley Marl, both of whom appeared on the lead single "Da Bridge 2001" (based on MC Shan's and Marley Marl's 1986 classic "The Bridge"). "Da Bridge 2001" also featured a response from Nas to Memphis Bleek, in which Nas calls out most of the Roc-A-Fella Records roster, including Memphis Bleek, Damon Dash, Beanie Sigel and Jay-Z. The album's biggest hit single was "Oochie Wally", a club anthem recorded by the Bravehearts.

Track listing

Though numbered correctly in the liner notes, the original compact disc pressing erroneously combined tracks one and two during mastering, throwing off the count for the rest of the tracks by one number (i.e., "We Live This" is track two, "Real Niggas" is track three, and so on). Later, corrected masters feature the "Oochie Wally" remix (which features Nas in addition to the Bravehearts) in place of the original.

Samples

• "Da Bridge 2001" contains a sample from "The Bridge", written by Marlon Williams and Shawn Moltke, and performed by MC Shan.
• "Find Ya Wealth" contains samples from "Solstice", written and performed by Brian Bennett.
• "Straight Outta Q.B." contains samples from:
  • "You'll Like It Too"; written by Clarence Haskins, Grady Thomas, Calvin Simon, and Michael Williams; and performed by Connections & Disconnections.
  • "Straight Outta Compton"; written by Lorenzo Patterson, Eric Wright, Andre Young, and O'Shea Jackson; and performed by N.W.A.
• "Kids in da PJ's" contains a sample from "The Gathering", written and performed by Chris Spheeris.

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2001)	Peak position
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Year-end charts

Chart (2001)	Position
US Billboard 200	166
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)	55

Singles chart positions

Year	Song	Chart positions
		Billboard Hot 100	Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks	Hot Rap Singles	Rhythmic Top 40	Top 40 Tracks
2001	Da Bridge 2001	-	-	#17	-	-
2001	Oochie Wally	#26	#11	#2	#6	#36

External links

• QB's Finest Online (archived version from June 2, 2009)