The Message by Nas Song Details

Nas's ' "The Message" was released on its scheduled release date, July 2, 1996. The Message is explicit and may not be suitable for children. With the duration being about 3:54, this song is close to the average duration of a typical track. The track order of this song in Nas's "It Was Written" album is number 2 out of 14. On top of that, United States appears to be the country where this track was created. The popularity of The Message is currently fairly popular right now. Even with the track produces more of a neutral energy, it is pretty danceable compared to others.

BPM and Tempo

We consider the tempo marking of The Message by Nas to be Presto (very, very fast) because the track has a tempo of 178 BPM, a half-time of 89BPM, and a double-time of 356 BPM. Based on that, the speed of the song's tempo is fast. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song has a musical key of F Major. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 7B. So, the perfect camelot match for 7B would be either 7B or 8A. While, 8B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 4B and a high energy boost can either be 9B or 2B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 7A or 6B will give you a low energy drop, 10B would be a moderate one, and 5B or 12B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 4A allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-7.178 dB
Acousticness
1%
Danceability
61%
Energy
54%
Instrumentalness
0%
Liveness
38%
Loudness
88%
Speechiness
37%
Valence
48%

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ISRC
USSM19601363
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records