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"Daughters" is a song by American rapper Nas, released on July 17, 2012, by Def Jam Recordings as the third single from his 2012 album ''Life Is Good''. He wrote it as a reflection on the growth of his daughter Destiny Jones. One of the first songs recorded for the album, Nas worked with producer No I.D. and recorded at several Los Angeles recording studios. A highly personal song by Nas, "Daughters" features lyrics about raising a daughter and personal vignettes about fatherhood. Nas' lyrics address his daughter's behavioral problems and are self-critical of his parenting skills. The song draws on shimmering soul music and contains samples of Cloud One's 1979 song "Dust to Dust" and Wayne McGhie and the Sounds of Joy's 1970 song "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye". "Daughters" was released to positive reviews from music critics, who complimented its subject matter and Nas' honest lyrics, and earned Nas Grammy Awards nomination for Best Rap Performance and Best Rap Song. == Writing and recording == With "Daughters", Nas wanted to write a song that expressed him observing the growth of his daughter Destiny Jones, who was 17 years old at the time.〔 Nas said in an interview for ''XXL'': "Daughters" was one of the first songs Nas recorded for his 2012 album ''Life Is Good''.〔 Recording sessions for the song took place at 4220 Studios, Conway Recordings Studios, and EastWest Studio in Hollywood, and at Record One in Sherman Oaks, California.〔 It was produced by No I.D., who incorporated live instrumentation, including guitar by Steve Wyreman and keyboards by James Poyser and Kevin Randolph.〔 Kaye Fox sung additional vocals on the song.〔 Destiny Jones was in the studio when they were recording the song and, as Nas recalled in an interview for ''Vibe'', "We were in a big studio so Destiny was doing other things, but she walked into the room where I was recording it and heard a few words and said, ‘What’s going on?’ The whole room just started laughing and she kind of smiled and walked backwards out of the room. She didn’t know what it was about and she didn’t want to listen to it, but later on she heard the song." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Daughters (Nas song)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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