This song brings back non existent memories of me hustling on the streets of nyc

@_KadenceMay

3 жыл бұрын

Your name and logo make this comment 100 times better

@tuvia6919

3 жыл бұрын

Same😂

@jameshermanson2141

3 жыл бұрын

You stole this from a comment on the music video cream

@ahmedalmansoori9208

3 жыл бұрын

James Hermanson why would you care thou

@makaveli5858

3 жыл бұрын

@@riteshbharti4291 Hysterical, spiritual lyrics like the holy Qu'Ran

"I don't know how to start this shit Yo " One of the biggest lie in the history of mankind

@ToneRetroGaming

5 жыл бұрын

LOL

@asaaziz6162

5 жыл бұрын

No... THE BIGGEST

@ratmgump6959

5 жыл бұрын

It wasn't planned, he actually said that in the recording session and they kept it.

@jesuscosmas6471

5 жыл бұрын

Lolz

@bluephalanx

5 жыл бұрын

the best way to start a song i found it funny as fuck

"Life is parallel to hell, but i must maintain" Such a hard hitting line, brilliant.

@Peroskiller

4 ай бұрын

“IM ADDICTED TO SNICKERS”

@leanderross4123

3 ай бұрын

😅yessir

@ISwarmZzI

2 ай бұрын

@@Peroskiller tuff 💯

@kerwinayers3795

2 ай бұрын

Yes sir I can relate ! 🔥🔥🔥💪💯🇹🇹

@charlesadams8279

Ай бұрын

its actually a fact though. The Bible makes it pretty clear that it is beneath us in a literal sense. There's so many hidden things in The Bible that you become aware of when you turn your heart to Jesus Christ. He gives people eyes to see and ears to hear

I couldn’t imagine a world without HipHop.

@samyakjain727

8 ай бұрын

Serious question my guy - what is the difference between rap and hip hop ? I tried to look online but wasn’t clear. Thanks 🫣

@ad3970

8 ай бұрын

@@samyakjain727 all rap is hip-hop, but not all hip-hop is rap. You can have hip-hop music without any lyrics at all, and it would not be considered a rap song, it would be considered "instrumental hip-hop". for example the album Endtroducing by DJ Shadow is considered hip-hop despite not having lyrics

@TriggerStand

8 ай бұрын

@@samyakjain727 Hip hop is moreso the culture of the whole thing. like African Americans in the 90s in NYC or something. Rap is just one of the things that is common in hip hop culture.

@5GTrevor

8 ай бұрын

less crime and better societies.

@DJSoulMan1

8 ай бұрын

@@5GTrevor shut the hell up

“I don’t know how to start this shit” Spits one of the best verses in Hip-Hop History...

@charlesabesi3066

5 жыл бұрын

Thoughts of an assassin 😨

@dante666jt

5 жыл бұрын

Wicked

@clovrmay3104

5 жыл бұрын

🙌🙌🙌🙌🎀🎀🎀🎀🎀

@ninjaturtles5176

5 жыл бұрын

16

@niggato23

4 жыл бұрын

@@ninjaturtles5176 that's how old I am now

0:19 Nas : I dunno how to start this shit... *Proceeds to record the best (debut) album of hiphop history*

@krambeats4670

3 жыл бұрын

That's fucking true

@eyeamblizz3744

3 жыл бұрын

Priceless 🤦🏾‍♂️

@cactusjack2264

3 жыл бұрын

Ready To Die is a better debut album tbh, but this is a classic one of the best.

@ElliottSuper

3 жыл бұрын

Just straight out the best album ever, fuck it being a debut or a hip hob album

@billrobertjoe

3 жыл бұрын

@@ElliottSuper 36 chambers is better

"Beyond the walls of intelligence life is defined, I think of crime when I'm in a NY state of mind". It's crazy how smart Nas was at the age of 18.

@Niilo2.2

Ай бұрын

What does that line mean? Could it suggest that all the non important stuff is in charge of our lifes?

@VolcanoHotTub

Ай бұрын

@@Niilo2.2 I take it to mean that there is more to survival than intelligence. Street smarts are inductive and intuitive. We can think ourselves into a corner and miss the point. The smarter you are, the easier it is to fall into that trap.

@NohabloEng

13 күн бұрын

As Raekwon says, This is a Letter the amount if people this song touched was crazy

Literally one of the best songs of all time.

6ix9ine: I'm the king of NY Nas: *Laughs in Illmatic*

@user-ix5xj1wb7p

4 жыл бұрын

This comment needs more likes.

@laynescooby9784

4 жыл бұрын

Dude is played out

@abdielgarcia6737

4 жыл бұрын

Snitch 9ine said he's not the king of new york anymore

@davidb4690

4 жыл бұрын

i'm so dumb that i say: 6ix9ine is better Lmao

@verzatilebrown7680

4 жыл бұрын

i'm so dumb that i say: you are 💯%correct(FACTS)

when pianos were gangster

@userbadr2

3 жыл бұрын

They still are 😭

@joshuagregoire9504

3 жыл бұрын

They still are. Listen to Hard piano by Pusha T.

@kellenpies160

3 жыл бұрын

@@joshuagregoire9504 YES. hard piano is a top 10 hip hop song imo

@joshuagregoire9504

3 жыл бұрын

@@kellenpies160 My favorite song from the album

@kellenpies160

3 жыл бұрын

@@joshuagregoire9504 agreed

The true king of new york

@Phatfad3z

2 ай бұрын

You forgetting big l bro

@freedomgoddess

2 ай бұрын

@@Phatfad3z true.

@Paguro1984-

2 ай бұрын

​my man

@nabeelhasan8870

Ай бұрын

nah that's lil mabu 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

@GeneticReconstruction

Ай бұрын

​@@nabeelhasan8870😐

Man, I can’t believe this album is 30 years old, time flies.

Imagine getting this song on a tape deck, no internet, no social media and just thinking how dope it is

@nadk8886

3 жыл бұрын

I know. Lucky people

@jaywill3485

3 жыл бұрын

@nobody shit I wish I lived back in the 90s

@salecasual7837

3 жыл бұрын

The one's from the old school know,especially when we had to hide from our parents this music

@nadk8886

3 жыл бұрын

@@salecasual7837 😂😂😂 I remember that. For me it was Snoop Doggs Doggystyle album

@JesusChrist-tg9qn

3 жыл бұрын

Fuccckkkkkk

NaS doesn't sleep, he takes 8 hour naps

@보이스리플

4 жыл бұрын

😂 made my day

@Ssnig

4 жыл бұрын

Clever

@milesmonaco2625

4 жыл бұрын

8 hours of nas

@digtoodeepgetstuckindahole6992

4 жыл бұрын

Don't get it

@Ygshey

4 жыл бұрын

I don't mean to be rude im just blunt bcoz he said I don’t sleep because sleep is the cousin of death

You know it's a masterpiece by the legend Nas when 30 yrs later we still bumping this in 🇰🇪 Kenya, East AFRICA 🌍

@Johnnyeditz2344

20 күн бұрын

I made a presentation on kenya its cool

That gritty NYC banger. Cold, cloudy, and 30 degrees type jam

This is most New York song ever made

@bvdatech1

4 жыл бұрын

big facts

@user-kx7fc8bk6v

3 жыл бұрын

😂💯

@DeepPocketsEnt

3 жыл бұрын

Well yeah, but we can't forget Sinatra the gangster

@Shmeckster233

3 жыл бұрын

Well yeah...it has NY in the title

@anto9949

3 жыл бұрын

After cream

"I don't sleep because sleep is the cousin of death" what a hard line.

@nickcook7408

Жыл бұрын

New York is the city that never sleeps Clever wordplay

@d.omoneychaser5112

Жыл бұрын

Gadamn

@joemoore7333

Жыл бұрын

​@@nickcook7408 😂😂9❤

@kehindeoyegunle8920

Жыл бұрын

That's from Shakespeare.

@luis24521

Жыл бұрын

Yo no duermo, dormirse es primo de estar muerto. Hoke

"The city that never sleeps fill with villain that creeps" goddamn it

One of the greatest hip hop tracks ever made!

@Niilo2.2

5 ай бұрын

We still here

@silasthefinest

4 ай бұрын

WTF AM I MISSING?@@Niilo2.2

"I don't know how to start this shit" _top 10 anime plot twists of all time_

@ProlificPops

5 жыл бұрын

LOL

@MewtwoStrikesThunder

5 жыл бұрын

Lmao

@Salman.khan786

5 жыл бұрын

GOGOgomes Facts! 🙌🏽😂

@southao1169

5 жыл бұрын

@@hunniddolladrum1546 🤣 Broke ass lol

@UnexpectedWonder

5 жыл бұрын

LOL. :D

“Idk how to start this”… *Creates one of the greatest hip hop masterpieces of all time*

@pogo8050

7 ай бұрын

“So that was a fucking lie”

@dstark27417

7 ай бұрын

He knows.

@williemakeit2346

6 ай бұрын

Wish I could like this comment a thousand times

@nickbannigan

6 ай бұрын

LOL incognito profile pic. Nice

@michelevigliani1949

5 ай бұрын

​@@pogo8050😂

He said... I don't know how to start this... then delivers one of the best verses in hip-hop history... legend

@sergiobosi454

10 ай бұрын

wrong! he delivered the greatest lol

@krnswn2496

10 ай бұрын

@@sergiobosi454 yeah it very well might be the greatest

Happy 30th anniversary ...Time Is Still ILLMATIC

"I don't know how to start this shit" * drops the hottest verses in hip hop history *

@BubblePops8613

6 жыл бұрын

you're not wrong man

@masonnewcombe4639

6 жыл бұрын

lmaoooo fact

@azhwanmuhamad3603

6 жыл бұрын

True lol

@inkoinfinity2

5 жыл бұрын

It was true too,he had just wrote it down and didn't know how his flow should go

@lukepelton2180

5 жыл бұрын

Edward Panuraru not sure if you know the story behind this but he had just written the verse and couldnt figure out his flow so he said that then busted it out so now he says he starts the song with this because its funny to him

Nothing like 90’s hip hop. The beats, rhymes, style is unmatched.

@user-uc9fx4ru7p

2 жыл бұрын

Amen.

@terrorize1019

2 жыл бұрын

Modern Rap on the other hand. Well.......... we don't talk about that except Kendrick Lamar, J.Cole, and Logic in my opinion.

@xakune8357

2 жыл бұрын

@@terrorize1019 EVERYBODY and their momma likes Kendrick Lamar and J Cole. You need to branch out and do some surfing dude. There’s a bunch of great artists besides them.

@TranslatedAssumption

2 жыл бұрын

Nothing like the 90's PERIOD

@smithandsuperdeadeyeofthew823

2 жыл бұрын

@@isaiahbyrd7973 50 cent , j cole , CopyWrite, Rampage , D12 , Proof, Eminem, Tupac , NWA , G unit , Geto boys , Lady of rage , Eazy e , Mc ren , Big L , dmx , biggie smalls, Ti , Joey , Hopson, Real Hip hop

This album will forever be a classic

One of the greatest tracks ever and I was blessed to see him perform it live this past weekend!

“I never sleep, cause sleep is the cousin of death” should get a certification for world’s hardest bar. Legendary status with one line.

@ChrollosCoat

4 жыл бұрын

After the line from big l "You can't Kill me i was born dead"

@anti-special7059

4 жыл бұрын

I can inverse my style cuz I am versatile - Big L

@painmaster8165

4 жыл бұрын

@@anti-special7059 Lit

@painmaster8165

4 жыл бұрын

@@anti-special7059 what other songs does he rap

@anti-special7059

4 жыл бұрын

@@painmaster8165 You should check it yourself You won't regret it He got the best punch lines

For some reason, this and other East Coast rap from this era sounds better to me in the winter. Something about cold, rainy, or snowy weather brings another dimension to this for me ... Edit: Never had this many 👍 thank you

@clownmoshpit2778

4 жыл бұрын

I feel like illmatic fits with a sunny spring friday morning kicking back and smoking with ur homies listening to og, classic shit

@mathewm6294

4 жыл бұрын

@@clownmoshpit2778 I get that feeling with Nas is Like from the I Am album. But this track makes me think of chilly, rain swept streets and smoking joints under an over-hang wearing a puff coat and a beanie...

@SuperMario20821

4 жыл бұрын

London fucks with this. New York & London are very similar, concrete jungles, London is very sticky at the moment stabbings & shootings daily, this is that concrete jungle big city rap we relate too 💯

@sabresergal8989

4 жыл бұрын

Maz 0508 Shootings? How the....

@calebpearl5573

4 жыл бұрын

Walkin to the beat in your timbs through the slush eh?

Putting this banger on every time I have to leave the house to get groceries. Really makes me feel like making eye contact with cashiers 💪🏾✊🏾

@kristinesliwinski853

7 ай бұрын

Not the eye contact😂😂

@user-yk9le8cq9l

7 ай бұрын

Dangerous move, this as a soundtrack makes you feel like something could kick off at any point

@fastview79

6 ай бұрын

watermelons & bananas

@AlphaLionTrillionaire

5 ай бұрын

@@fastview79 racist comment but sure

@fastview79

5 ай бұрын

@@AlphaLionTrillionaire just twerk it off

Most iconic song in the history of Hip hop music.

Lyrics 100/100 Flow 100/100 Beat100/100 Ryhmes 100/100 Perfect song

@laurendonovan776

Жыл бұрын

💯

@JM-io2uv

Жыл бұрын

@@thunderbird4116 honestly I find one love so underrated

@naohaotingala6433

Жыл бұрын

@TriVos Ahren lmao this comment is gold

@calybarberio6530

Жыл бұрын

My Top 5 1ny state of mind 2it aint hard to tell 3the world is yours 4one love 5memory lane

@bop7764

Жыл бұрын

Your mom: 1,000,000/100

this is one of the best tracks ever released in the whole industry tbh.

@maciejderen5005

7 жыл бұрын

You meant hip hop industry, I hope.

@nonamegorda2706

6 жыл бұрын

Sneep Deg this good but maad city the goat

@leanderbrown8028

6 жыл бұрын

Sneep Deg hands down

@aryehlevine8677

6 жыл бұрын

Maciej Dereń music industry

@sportsmixes6275

6 жыл бұрын

Toti Gorda MAAD City is great, but if you think it's better than NY State of Mind then you're crazy.

“I’m an addict for sneakers, 20s of Buddha and bitches with beepers” man just suhn bout that New York style that so grimey n raw I love the west coast rappers too but east coast always went in harder for me in my opinion🫡🔥

@mr.x90_90

3 ай бұрын

Facts

Lyrics 100% Flow 100% Rap100% Legend song 🎵.

Him writing illmatic at 17 makes me as a high schooler want to start recording music

@giles.50

3 жыл бұрын

dude wrote an all time classic at 17, anything’s possible my nigga

@simplyjay0748

3 жыл бұрын

Factsss yo i don't even rap and this makes me wanna get a notepad out

@isaiaharmand8841

3 жыл бұрын

It really shows that age in hip doesn't matter Dude was already considered a hip hop legend in his early 20s

@KtotheG

3 жыл бұрын

@@isaiaharmand8841 Most MCs usually start young. Rakim was 17 when Paid In Full dropped. Slick Rick was 19. LL was 15. Roxanne Shante was 14 and taking out grown men in battles. Kane was 19. Hip hop in the '80s was mostly created by young teens. Chuck D. was seen as an "old" man because he was 27 on PE's debut. KRS was 22.

@razkable

3 жыл бұрын

its a shame nas never sold his soul or changed his style...thus he never continued his mainstream appeal ...he was better than snoop tupac jay z or kanye for sure...hes right there above biggie for me behind eminem

Lol young bloods be like: "damn lil Nas x had some dope beats back then" 🤣🤣

@bunzinob

5 жыл бұрын

Goodnight😂😂😂

@drilld6363

5 жыл бұрын

wAiT tHiS Is NoT LiL nAs X?

@95crooklyndodgers99

5 жыл бұрын

wow lil nas x was not even a thing yet when this was released only dumb people would say this was lil nas x

@drilld6363

5 жыл бұрын

@@95crooklyndodgers99 really? How did you know? I couldn't figure that out until you commented. Thank you

@95crooklyndodgers99

5 жыл бұрын

@@drilld6363 wait you seriously did not know or you just kidding?

What a masterpiece. Unesco should protect this.

Truly one of the greatest songs ever, any genre.

The fact that he did the first verse on the first try is unbelievable.

@nikolasselimis202

5 жыл бұрын

Actually DJ Premier said that he did the whole song in one take because it was supposed to be one verse but he decided to split it in two verses with the chorus/scratches.

@anujjyothykumar4667

5 жыл бұрын

The whole album was done in one day.....

@nikolacvijanovic8865

4 жыл бұрын

@@anujjyothykumar4667 Now that's bullshit

@vvvvv9040

4 жыл бұрын

@@anujjyothykumar4667 no it wasn't

@ParthPatel-no7kc

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, That is Astonishing. Most of today's whack Rappers will choke 18 times doing this verse.

Nas: I don’t know how to start this shit Also Nas: *Creates one of the greatest Hip Hop records of all time*

@brvplord9067

4 жыл бұрын

Straight off the top

@stefanstockl210

4 жыл бұрын

because of the massiv amount of content he has in his head

@riyuiwashere

4 жыл бұрын

Nas: Fuck it

@QankoIvanov

4 жыл бұрын

Nah, ain't even top 30

@riyuiwashere

4 жыл бұрын

@@QankoIvanov trolling?

Nas is the best rapper of all time, has the best rap album of all time and has a top 5 ish rap song off all time. The goat

The reason Nas willalways be the greatest of all time.

Is it just me or does West coast rap have a more loud party feeling to it, and East coast is more chill and has a smooth flow.

@b_ail1999

3 жыл бұрын

Yes.

@3looy

3 жыл бұрын

And more lyrical

@chilldeen4590

3 жыл бұрын

it is

@deepfriedcherrypie5366

3 жыл бұрын

Is it just me or does rock music have a guitar

@Pg-ch5nb

3 жыл бұрын

@@deepfriedcherrypie5366 it’s just you man

There are two types of people in this world: people who don't like rap, and people who've listened to Illmatic.

@ikerivers1795

4 жыл бұрын

This is why BIG is a better MC than Pac. 2pac used Rapping to further his voice. BIG only knew MCing

@painmaster8165

4 жыл бұрын

@@ikerivers1795 That's the stupidest thing I've heard

@officialburrito3874

4 жыл бұрын

@@painmaster8165 Biggie was a better M.C. than pac tho, Pac was about what he stood for and his legend status. Biggie was better lyrically and had an amazing flow and picture painting ability in his lyrics

@Leoneligy

4 жыл бұрын

Official Burrito word brother word

@jaretkennedy8879

4 жыл бұрын

If this ain't the truth idk what is

First time I heard this it was on a mixtape and I was barely a teenager. I loved Wu Tang and how east coast rap put the lyrics before the beat, the music was the setting to the story. West coast rap was usually a banger of a beat being rapped thru. Both coasts rocked it but Nas was on a whole other level as a lyricist and storyteller. The boy is a goat on people's list and deserves it.

How is he so smooth ,, Jesus , English is not my first language but Nas gotta be one of the best rappers of all time if not the best .

@dj-um7el

7 ай бұрын

Fr

imagine if he did know how to start that shit...😰🔥

@alud.8935

5 жыл бұрын

Shiiiiiiiii....

@osncxnon561

5 жыл бұрын

That would start the heaviest forest fire in man kind

@isaacster5027

5 жыл бұрын

Is it possible to reach this level of human achievement?

@equinox9520

5 жыл бұрын

@@osncxnon561 RIP Australia

@osncxnon561

5 жыл бұрын

Lol

Greatest of all time. Nas during 1994-1996 is untouchable.

@90stypeofbeat64

6 жыл бұрын

Big was the shit honestly, Pac was politicaly inspiring asf, Nas was on another level lyrically

@asswizardofsiberia520

6 жыл бұрын

The real Tom Hardy I feel like all the rappers often declared as GOAT, Pac, Nas, Jay, Big, Em, Andre, etc, are all the best at different aspects of rap. Big has a great style and flow, Nas is a great storyteller and lyricist, Pac has such strong emotion and goes off on deep subjects, Em has crazy complex rhyme schemes and hilarious punch lines. Nas is my GOAT because I value lyricism and storytelling in a song. But if I liked flow more Biggie would probably be my favourite.

@AliHussain-jg9gl

6 жыл бұрын

great analysis that's also the reason why Nas is my favorite

@Blazimirus

6 жыл бұрын

Biggie and DMX quintessential rappers, Nas best NY lyricist!

@pokemoncrazy8198

6 жыл бұрын

eminem 1999- 2002 is better imo

Everytime I revisit this song over the years it always hits just as hard as the first time I heard it.

Probably the best rap song ever!!

@nateooo101

4 ай бұрын

Nah it's obviously

@sathira_anuk5179

2 ай бұрын

High plains drifter - Beastie Boys

'I never sleep, cause sleep is the cousin of death' Simply the greatest line in hip hop history #hiphop

@prasannaa8867

2 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/qnuWlNmPc9bYcbg.html

@FeliciathaGOAT

2 жыл бұрын

I wouldn’t say it’s the best, but it’s up there

@aizawaisreal

2 жыл бұрын

I couldn't agree more with that 💯💯

@davidmaster4229

2 жыл бұрын

thats what cocaine does to you...

@antoniogranda334

2 жыл бұрын

Why?

Nas : _I donno how to start this._ *spits the best album in rap history*

@seekerundue

5 жыл бұрын

Yousif AlZahrani imo that's the Maven by k rino. But Illmatic is next

@thestamina6129

5 жыл бұрын

Is this what everyone is just gonna copy to get likes?

@CampeonDelMundoo22

5 жыл бұрын

@@thestamina6129 I didn't copy it , I just rephrased it.

@CampeonDelMundoo22

5 жыл бұрын

@Drew Biggah are you drunk ?

@aburraerecords6911

4 жыл бұрын

the best album is liquid swords

NAS my brother. Thank you for telling the NY story bro. I remember the south bronx and the crack epidemic. Me and my bro made it out and many others didnt. You are a legend my G

best album in rap history

@Chelseafan4life_

25 күн бұрын

Yes sir

@shameekasimon3463

20 күн бұрын

No sir

Fun fact: The whole first verse was done in one take.

@olekanasky3590

2 жыл бұрын

nas is sum else

@1Solace

2 жыл бұрын

We all know

@sandile217

2 жыл бұрын

@@1Solace Wrong! I didn't

@mamadoufall5940

2 жыл бұрын

The whole song was. He did it in one take and Primo did the rest. Classic

@prasannaa8867

2 жыл бұрын

Check out the modern remix of this song here kzread.info/dash/bejne/nmeH0bVvfL23epM.html

This is one of the hardest beats ever made

@Goatchild90

3 жыл бұрын

Preemo baby!

@airlebron7467

3 жыл бұрын

I agree this goes hard af

@suf1an658

3 жыл бұрын

Beat is average. Nas carries the beat hard

@gghost1224

3 жыл бұрын

beat is average like other dude said but fit the aesthetic of the time and his voice perfect.

@jimmychevrier9278

3 жыл бұрын

shook ones part 2

A single tune that created catastrophic add on to the game. Every single line is literally timeless and iconic. Only sad thing is we welll never get anything like this ever again. On repeat!

@subltesinner35

3 ай бұрын

We don't want it again! The suffering and pain that generated this art shouldn't be a reality for young minorities.

Metalhead here. This shit is nuts. chills n goosebumps. Haven't felt this way since I discovered metallica back in highschool holy fuck is this a masterpiece if I've ever heard one.

@kingray7734

3 жыл бұрын

Dude welcome to classic hip hop produced by the god dj premier. Njoy diggin

@zajac5423

3 жыл бұрын

@@alrightybud6862 u can check out mobb deeps infamous and enter the wu-tang

@kingray7734

3 жыл бұрын

@@alrightybud6862 shit! Too many to mention but since ur a metal head you might like stop what ur doin by apathy ft celph titled produced by Premier. Has heavy guitar riff in it. Njoy dude

@smrf202

3 жыл бұрын

@@alrightybud6862 onyx sticky fingers cypress hill Psycho Realm J Dilla...

@archol6596

3 жыл бұрын

You'll probably orgasm on Wu Tang's 36 Chambers if you dig Illmatic. It's a must for any metalhead starting with hip hop.

"I don't know how to start this" That was biggest lie in hip hop history

@willquick5090

4 жыл бұрын

I like your profile pic. Now I gotta listen to let us begin.

@favorites169

4 жыл бұрын

That's dope and true as FUK

@arya3104

4 жыл бұрын

Yh I'm 14 g 😂, all dem man at skl listen to new skl trash, I blast the real shit

@bradleyrhind6705

4 жыл бұрын

Yessir

@mcg6138

4 жыл бұрын

always

"i don't know how to start this" and then proceeds to deliver some of the most notorious, well known verses in the entire history of the hip hop genre in just ONE take. what an actual legend.

Easy beat to rock to. Easy lyrics to understand. Easy voice to listen to. It's more like he's telling a story rather than actually rapping.

As a non-rap enthusiast, this is an undeniably great album.

@tonyabela3799

2 жыл бұрын

Why are you even here? Take your curious ass back to Prairieland! Lol

@tyjax5119

2 жыл бұрын

*hip hop*

@speedpower1558

2 жыл бұрын

"Non-rap enthusiast"??? Gtfo

@humanfaith.

Жыл бұрын

no hables hvds mmv

@ballincantgetup1220

Жыл бұрын

Damn bruh it’s that good?

It's almost like the beat itself can make you imagine the heat and business in New York, while his flow and lyrics add meaning on the Hardships of being a hustler

@LastGenRichtofenn

3 жыл бұрын

@@Roncon1997 LMAOOO

@charlieoshea7008

2 жыл бұрын

for real tho the beats so good

@nikhib1

2 жыл бұрын

Great explanation ....I feel that a lot

@louisaltazan4820

2 жыл бұрын

I like made

@louisaltazan4820

2 жыл бұрын

I like

This is how you write a song. Visualization and storytelling. This whole album is filled with clever metaphors and effective, unorthodox personification. Illmatic, the mona lisa of hip hop albums.

That murmur from the bass/piano sounds mesmerising The drum sounds like confident walking That repeating high piano note is keeping you focused The break in the beat sounds like danger be careful

Imagine a 19 year old dropping one the all time soundtracks of hip hop 🔥🔥

@Yoo-wg6fc

2 жыл бұрын

Not just track but album

@miguelcely9226

2 жыл бұрын

21 years*

@gratefuldeadmau5610

2 жыл бұрын

@@miguelcely9226 released in 94 wrote in 92 19

@Grief944

Жыл бұрын

I’m 41 when I was 19 back in 99 I was too busy committing crimes in Boston than I went to jail and decided to change my life. Nas was the only rapper that gave me a positive view on life. Even during his beef with Jay z they kept that in the music it showed me it doesn’t have to get violent It can just be kept in the music between artist.

@superskp

Жыл бұрын

Look at biggie at 16, shit most of these young artists had more life experiences and woes than most at their age.

People not from NY: "Empire State of Mind" is the most New York song ever People from NY: lol that's cute

@jaycool9480

3 жыл бұрын

Empire State of Mind is about glamour of NYC as a whole. NY state of mind is the gritty part that always be in the news, I really call it the Queens anthem.

@jeremyschep3589

3 жыл бұрын

@@jaycool9480 that's true and Jay's also got a lot of songs that give a picture of the real BK tbf, Where I'm From for example

@orbit5311

3 жыл бұрын

I was born in NYC and lived there but I was too young to remember anything :/

@jaycool9480

3 жыл бұрын

@@jeremyschep3589 factss

@chocolatemilk5779

3 жыл бұрын

Im from a whole different continent but i couldn't say that jay z' song is anything to NY state of mind

1994-long verse short chorus 2024-long chorus short verse

Make no mistake. This is a Shakespearean masterpiece.

@amandavalentino3818

7 күн бұрын

Fuck shakespeare 😂

“I don’t know how to start this” *drops the most legendary verse in the history of rap

Ruth Bumping this and meditating this masterpieces on Ozarks. Put Nas on the mind of masses for generations to come whether the listen to hip hop or Not! The pain is realatible and timeless

@agee8322

2 жыл бұрын

Ozarks put me here. This is on order.

@StimulationSimulated

2 жыл бұрын

❤

@ezekielspates5677

2 жыл бұрын

@@agee8322 same here

@donny_doyle

2 жыл бұрын

Ozark brought me here also. Solid...

@JasonPeltier

2 жыл бұрын

the Big Mike cameo was deep

30 years since Nas dropped his debut album and brought some of the greatest lyricism the world has ever heard.

One of the greatest in all of Hip Hop History... Real Rap

" I don't know how to start that shit" One of the biggest lies ever

@mesarvagya777

6 жыл бұрын

Just listen to Preemo Interview. He literally dropped the first verse without any prep.

@isaacster5027

5 жыл бұрын

For real bro he has to be making that shit up no cap

@otffolks6726

5 жыл бұрын

@@mesarvagya777 holy shit, imagine if he was serious

The beat is so New York

@gbar796

5 жыл бұрын

That how premo sound like

@zoranristov7349

5 жыл бұрын

Premier style, the best boom bap sound

@redazure9683

5 жыл бұрын

Nouri Smith cuz he from New York

@mistahmst

5 жыл бұрын

@@redazure9683 so is Tekashi 6ix9ine, but his shit doesn't sound like New York

@mistahmst

5 жыл бұрын

@trap visuals Pro Era is kinda meh to me aside from some of Joey's songs and I fuck with ASAP Rocky.

It takes an immense amount of skill to even rap that first verse, but he did it in ONE TAKE! Nas is a legend 🔥

This is the single greatest rap song ever!!! The story, lyrics are absolutely ridiculous!!! You can just picture everything he saying!!! Just spitting bars nonstop, UNBELIEVABLE!!! I purchased my first rap record in 1979 at the age of 13. However, NY STATE OF MIND, I must’ve played a million times over the years! The ILLMATIC cd is in my truck and I play NY state of mind on repeat constantly!!! Absolutely genius writing!!!!

Probably the greatest song in hip-hop's history.

@prodjhope

Жыл бұрын

id say a bird in the hand by ice cube but they close

@PaulaDentro-rp6yl

Жыл бұрын

@@prodjhope not even Ice Cube best

@Grotlo

Жыл бұрын

If u talking Ice Cube you have to say Today was a good day

@7xr775

Жыл бұрын

@@prodjhope im a bigger fan of ice cube but lyrically he isnt able to compete with nas

@meduh7963

Жыл бұрын

@@7xr775 exactly. Cube is amazing but he can’t touch Nas

i never sleep, cuz sleep is the cousin of death

@kevinmontoya7318

6 жыл бұрын

RIP buddy you slept

@emilbrandwyne5747

5 жыл бұрын

Really stuck in the scheme of wondering when imma rest

@bepis6560

5 жыл бұрын

There ain't an army that can fight back..

@javelin6831

5 жыл бұрын

Sleep is like death, but without the commitment, lol.

@abdulibya6925

5 жыл бұрын

The smooth criminal on beat breaks Never put me in your box if your shit eats tapes

Yall realize this was a 19 year old kid.

2023 we HERE! This ish still hits hard All love from Zimbabwe 🇿🇼

@gasi2824

Ай бұрын

I know i just had to give it a relisten 🇿🇼

Ozark had me going CRAZY when I heard Ruth play this. Whoever is in charge of the music for that show deserves every award😂

@kermitthefrog805

2 жыл бұрын

Me too I got so happy when they had NaS being played by Ruth

@mandybellep230

2 жыл бұрын

Fr!!!!

@blueviolets52

2 жыл бұрын

I might have to start watching Ozark now

@djgreene5440

2 жыл бұрын

@@blueviolets52 show is fire asf, but ngl the ending was pretty disappointing for how amazing the show was

@God_Is_An_Atheist

2 жыл бұрын

Ruth: "I never sleep." Killer Mike: "Why?" Ruth: "You now why..."

The most elite/intellectual song in the history of rap music. No one has mastered storytelling, cadence, and poetry to put them together within 5 minutes like this ever since.

@mikebrasl5531

2 жыл бұрын

100%

@subzero308

2 жыл бұрын

Biggie was who u were lookin for but Nas is amazing too...

@t-wreckz2018

2 жыл бұрын

You clearly never heard of Tech N9ne, the man’s a beast no cap

@cilxsabum7046

2 жыл бұрын

@@subzero308 nas is 10x a better storyteller

@BigPimpin21

2 жыл бұрын

DOOM anyone?

“My rhyme is a vitamin hell without a capsule” insane lyrics 🐐 the fact this came out when nas was only 17 is insane how someone so young can be that good 🤯

The best, the lyricism, pure perfection.

It’s absolutely insane that he dropped this at age 19. Dude was and is a fucking genius. A true artist. An amazing career and life. GOAT

@BigJonahJ

5 жыл бұрын

It dropped when he was 21 he wrote it at 19

@papahims

5 жыл бұрын

Just Jack I thought he wrote this At 17 I might be wrong tho idk ?

@kubilaygungor1386

5 жыл бұрын

@Moumen Malas Are those 3 Tupac Eminem Biggie

@jordannietos

5 жыл бұрын

@@papahims you right

@carnagedogg4294

5 жыл бұрын

go listen to autechre or aphex twin and tell me whats genius,and if you want a hip hop true master its shock G, 95 percent of rappers dont lay out the track instrumentally and do any production,they have the badass upbringing and can rhyme,not really incredible

“I ran like a cheetah with thoughts of an assassin.” That part where he’s talking about the Mac-10 shootout is my favorite part of the song. The imagery and lyrics are just incredible. He just takes you there

@icemike5974

2 жыл бұрын

U Right Fam. Nas Cold wit it🔥🔥🔥

@DrugBa642

2 жыл бұрын

Nemoj zezat Dzeko

@crackedphonescreens922

2 жыл бұрын

I’m look k ok

@crackedphonescreens922

2 жыл бұрын

I’m look k ok

@prasannaa8867

2 жыл бұрын

Check out the modern remix of this song here kzread.info/dash/bejne/nmeH0bVvfL23epM.html

“Don’t put me in ya box if ya shit eats tapes. The city never sleeps, filled with villains and creeps, that where learnt to do my hustle , had ta scuffle wit freaks!!!🔥🔥🔥

30 years for the 🐐

By hearing this beat you can just smell the weed aroma in the air on a cold NYC evening standing on the corner wearing Timberland boots with a Northface coat bopping your head.

@randomdude7384

5 жыл бұрын

Facts son, weed smells better when it's dumb brick outside

@SnackPatrol

5 жыл бұрын

Bro Idk about Tims but North Face wasn't popular back then dude, you got no clue what you're talkin about.

@shannonobrien919

5 жыл бұрын

💯🔥🔥

@isaacster5027

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah it was man biggie was always rapping about that shit

@Shabazzatta

5 жыл бұрын

@@randomdude7384 Don't know about that. Lol This is from smoking for 3 decadesbin Northeast weather.

I'm mostly a metalhead, but god damn this slaps

@m.kmapachi4389

3 жыл бұрын

Same here Bro

@igormarques3992

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, same here.

@arjenrobben1088

3 жыл бұрын

Same here, Nas is a Legend

@123stinko

3 жыл бұрын

@@arjenrobben1088 Come to Besiktas

@davedavies8002

3 жыл бұрын

Check this out ... unkle drums of death

Saw Nas live a few years ago. Straight fire 🔥 grateful for the opportunity to have witnessed this live ! 🔥

@logancavin2469

6 ай бұрын

I saw him and the wu tang last year was fireee

saw Nas last night at rogers arena in vancouver and i noticed he doesnt say the n-word live, mad respect to the legend! 50 years of hip hop

Ozark bringing old school rap back. Making tunes go platinum again. Ruth about to put Javi in a body bag.

@meanrun

2 жыл бұрын

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 a writer/producer for Ozarks has to be a old hip hop head. Ruth got that street cred on lock!

@_giovannimusic_

2 жыл бұрын

Lmaoooo yess I’m on episode 11

@MrRicardoJazz

2 жыл бұрын

I was about to comment..too late..hella late.. ⏰😂😅👌🏾

@MrRicardoJazz

2 жыл бұрын

@@meanrun ask Jason Bateman?! 😂

@GTAMovementt

2 жыл бұрын

Lol she definitely did

The flow is so smooth and soothing… the wordplay and delivery. Just brilliant.

@trnjbx6006

Жыл бұрын

He spit that flow in 1st take

@Lonelysportofboxing

10 ай бұрын

I seen a video showing a Time Elapse of rappers past-present using that same line 🎶 🔥

@air-inyeegaa5584

8 ай бұрын

Wordplay where

@delijabrate9115

7 ай бұрын

it is masterpiece bro Old School 4ever

Remember playing “Saints Row” when I was like 6 & this is the song I always put on…. It’s 2024 & I’m 26 now. Legendary song

to make a classic like this at 19 is just incomprehensible to me

According to DJ Premier, Nas didn’t know when to start rapping his verse. That is why he said: *“I don’t know how to start this.”* DJ premier was trying to signal him by counting but Nas just jumped in and did the first verse in one take.

@almightysosa8168

2 жыл бұрын

G.O.A.T thingz

@Rishiyisus

2 жыл бұрын

Maybe Dj premier was pointing with a gun to nas and Maybe it's why he did the first verse in one take lmao

@mlijah

2 жыл бұрын

this is textbook definition of "just leave it in"