“One Love” was the final single released from “Illmatic“. Fellow Queens native Q-Tip provided the vibes from the Heath Brothers' “Smilin' Billy Suite Part II” as the backdrop for Nas' song which finds him reading letters he wrote to his incarcerated friends about what was happening in the neighborhood. Producer Large Professor provided some background information on how this track came together: "[Nas] was like, “Yo, you think Q-Tip would give me a beat?” That’s really when I was gettin' up with Tip a lot

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