Described herein are nitrogen-containing multi-block copolymers, as well as methods for making such multi-block copolymers, and articles comprising such multi-block copolymers. The nitrogen-containing multi-block copolymers contains at least one A block comprising polyisoprene; and at least one B block comprising amino-functionalized polybutadiene, the amino-functionalized polybutadiene comprising nitrogen-containing pendant groups.