Nas was really better than Jay Z to me

@chandlerscaringia5260

5 жыл бұрын

sirgenius1500 Freeman It really was never a contest. They are theorizing Nas lyrics at Harvard. Jay Z knew the money making formula. Jay is a great lyricist but Nas is a pure Lyricist. He’s been rhyming the same way since the beginning.

@biglee2692

4 жыл бұрын

Chandler Scaringia it ain’t even close! Jay changed his style cause of nas

@robertemerson1087

3 жыл бұрын

Jayz is alright but Nas is talked about among some of the greatest rappers who ever lived.

@CaapriceTube1

3 жыл бұрын

always was, always will be!

@moshebgr8

3 жыл бұрын

The operative word should be "is", e.g. Nas is really better than Jay-Z to me.

I always liked this version of street dreams better than the original.

@kbtitan2464

3 жыл бұрын

I like both equally

@sekhemsmith9007

3 жыл бұрын

He was in da trenches 💯💯💯

@MobHeataEnt

3 жыл бұрын

This came out the same year as the original Street Dreams. Who knows, this could have been put out first but Nas wanted to troll 2Pac by tapping on his own beat. The lyrics from the Kelly version sounds more like Nas’s style.

@elliot2177

3 жыл бұрын

Kells..

@aaronbrown0417

3 жыл бұрын

This is better

Who’s rocking this classic in 2024?

@Tagilla52

Ай бұрын

Nas is legend

@emersonsmallwood9856

25 күн бұрын

I'll b rocking this 4eva one of greatest songs ever composed even the prequel before this was sinful living that shit is classic too listen to it

@tatezilla

18 күн бұрын

July 2024

Not even 10 million views?? That's how you know this generation is lost. Nothing beats this.

@AlexStudio0610

Жыл бұрын

Yes sad this generation is really lost

@slim7989

Жыл бұрын

Exactly 💯 EVERYTHING he saying is knowledge!!!!!!!

@ewizzle2

Жыл бұрын

Nothing is correct. This song is classic

@cockmanfriday

Жыл бұрын

Facts

@brianwilliams7811

Жыл бұрын

"Nothing beats this." Hahahahahaha you have a really low bar. Production & singing aren't worthy of Nas.

Nas's verses should be published next to Shakespeare

@sbrooks729

8 жыл бұрын

A black lady wrote a lot of Shakespeare plays...

@rimo926

8 жыл бұрын

+Sam Brooks he loved her, Shakespeare was the peoples poet

@teedannyking9333

8 жыл бұрын

+Declan Asher Fuck You !!

@NamesZKP

8 жыл бұрын

Lmao all caps.....okkkayyyyyyyyy

@pedrodormer6059

8 жыл бұрын

+shuguregheti 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 You sir are the man.

I dont care if he is cancelled, R Kelly murdered this hook!!

@shante70sb

4 жыл бұрын

Bonga Halimana oh he not cancelled he still getting music played. I’m still playing him

@hargaisaowen7131

3 жыл бұрын

@@shante70sb WTF does he mean cancelled? lol...

@wareagleauburn7721

3 жыл бұрын

And pissed on it

@IJones-yz6qm

3 жыл бұрын

Wareagle Auburn.... THATS HILARIOUSLY FOUL my G!!!! 😂

@manofaith75

3 жыл бұрын

R Kelly deserve our prayers straight up mad talented brutha.

2023 and I’m still here jamming ❤️

@kayodeodusanya5751

Жыл бұрын

Me too. It's Definitely in my top 5 favorite Nas songs

@nthabelengshakhane5997

11 ай бұрын

Likewise❤

@g_slim

11 ай бұрын

Yooo..I've been listening to this song on repeat all day(8/18/2023)...I had to watch the video. 💯

@ArtTheKreator

7 ай бұрын

I Listen To This Everyday lol Facts @@g_slim

@_realone915

7 ай бұрын

Hell yeah!

2024 still jammin' to this classic.

Nas’ flow during the It Was Written sessions was sent from another world. He was truly in a class of his own. So smooth and natural

@fredotlogetswe3047

3 жыл бұрын

FACTS

@TonySummerz

3 жыл бұрын

He was under Wu-Tang's influence. Nas and Raekwon was hanging out a lot in "95 - 96.

@mpjdu2425

3 жыл бұрын

@@TonySummerz it was the other way around Raekwon bite his style and stole his slang

@esotericguru7111

3 жыл бұрын

@@mpjdu2425 that's why he was the first non Wu member to ever rap with them.

@TonySummerz

3 жыл бұрын

@@mpjdu2425 Raekwon ain't steal Nas slang. Everybody in the rap game was biting Wu-Tang style at that time (Nas included). Rae gave Nas the Esco alias. Nas said it on "Last Real Nigga Alive" that he borrowed from both Raekwon and Biggie. Nas also said "Only Built 4 Cuban Linx...." is the greatest hip hop album ever.

While everyone says Tupac, Eminem, and B.I.G is the goat I see Nas as the all time greatest

@justinduvergejimenez

7 жыл бұрын

all of them are

@wisexrob7824

7 жыл бұрын

Nas is the Greatest

@cedrostar

7 жыл бұрын

nodbt!1000

@faheemk9748

7 жыл бұрын

Stop smoking crack then. Pac is the GOAT, period.

@prod.kidmizu

7 жыл бұрын

People just say pac and big is because they're dead or have no knowledge about 90's hip-hop. God rest their souls but there were many rappers out in the 90's that were better.

One of Nas very underrated tracks..he totally murders the beat..the flow is fire..while still managing to pe conscious.. one of all time favourites 4 sure.

@jamiashoffler5426

Жыл бұрын

Jay my GOAT but this Nas track is my shit,my fav Nas song.

@dexterparson1752

10 ай бұрын

Yes

@NothinButKnicks

9 ай бұрын

This single wemt gold by itself back then. It was everywhere

@chockzx9684

7 ай бұрын

My favourite song

@DaRendogxtreme

6 ай бұрын

R.kelly was Great On the Hook

Nas's B sides is crazy. Nas has always had dope opening lines. "Low profile, rap style slick as Nu-Nile"

@adolphhne

Ай бұрын

Facts

@Swimininmonet

20 күн бұрын

Maaaaannnn!

Nas is well ahead of his years here. His maturity, poise and presence here at age 22/23 is almost unheard of today. This joint has such a grown feel to it. You could play this song in your 40's, 50's and 60's and not feel awkward. That's what you call timeless.

@illkid86

5 жыл бұрын

Bs because Pac was just as mature if not more

@deepstate3358

5 жыл бұрын

@@illkid86 nas has pac beat. nas is way deeper and he was also younger than pac by 2 years

@desmondpate1642

4 жыл бұрын

Couldn't said it any better

@zendavis3501

4 жыл бұрын

@M1CHAEL C0RL3ON3 Come on are you insinuating that Pac wasn't that profound and deep. Pac could quote Shakespeare and was very very intelligent. Book smart and Street smart. Nas is just more laid back. But Tupac is Nas favorite rapper not the other way around. Why do you think Nas copied Tupacs tatoo acroos his belly nigga? Because Nas idiolized Pac. Just facts.

@zendavis3501

4 жыл бұрын

@M1CHAEL C0RL3ON3 And one more thing. When Pac and Nas was both breathing and alive who was making the most noise? Selling the most records? A movie star and sex symbol? Yep, Pac was. Pac just died and wasn't able to reach his full potential. I think Niggaz can't overstand that lol. Dummies

His most underrated song. My personal favorite. It has a lot of meaning to it.

@primeclimbingthemountain821

4 жыл бұрын

Facts

@joshtaylor8304

4 жыл бұрын

Got me out tha streets

@lucaa.6406

4 жыл бұрын

My favorite song of his too.

@billphil846

3 жыл бұрын

Shit he’ll nah.... this is one of his best lol

@tommiejackson5252

2 жыл бұрын

Yes sir my best also Fam

Nas is a story teller period

@francisbasseyamana6878

4 күн бұрын

Can't touch Pac.

The king of rap and the king of r&b equals a timeless classic 🙌🏽

@darrylbrumfield7659

11 ай бұрын

2 legends!

@dexterparson1752

10 ай бұрын

Couldn't have said it any better bro

@calvinjanis1881

2 ай бұрын

Right!

"But what's the purpose? Only the god's can watch the earth twist, I'm physically trapped down on the surface." RIP to this beat.

@23dlc

8 жыл бұрын

real recognize real, nas is one of the goats

@chillmartijn

8 жыл бұрын

food is good

@BLBeats94

8 жыл бұрын

look pacs chest in that pic, looks like armor but its not lol he weren't lying when he said he was hard to kill

@waxdoe115

5 жыл бұрын

SAVAGE

@jlawre1

4 жыл бұрын

💯

Winter 1996......wow. wish i could go back sometimes.

@anthonycharles8920

5 жыл бұрын

Was on DJ clue holiday holdup

@ricosuavez_uk

4 жыл бұрын

lightmajor1 word I had the Fugees album the score and Nas it was written, also earlier that year, Jay Z reasonable doubt... The best he ever made, I feel (ihmo) what a year and what a decade. #90s

@kimilaadubois9416

4 жыл бұрын

Me too

@charliejenkins6355

4 жыл бұрын

My 10th grade year

@biggiethewhat

4 жыл бұрын

Winter 1996 I was in the 7th grade. This is Nas's best song. Kellz killed the hook.

Underrated classic by NAS.

@User-ge7ni

Ай бұрын

not underrated

Makes me teary eyed, takes me back to them days. Nas was ahead of his time, he is the greatest rapper ever.

@jayxtacee5695

6 ай бұрын

I feel the same when I hear this song

@Doknot-tb9ey

5 ай бұрын

@@jayxtacee5695 Me three.

@anthonywilliams2347

5 ай бұрын

At least we were there

@Doknot-tb9ey

5 ай бұрын

Me too man.

@AmaanStorm

4 ай бұрын

It's the beautiful melody. It was taken from the Isley Brothers "Choosey Lover". Such a wistful and beautiful melody

Lyrics and wordplay are so insane for such a chill beat. Nas is a god.

@jmoney7922

8 жыл бұрын

couldn't have said it better.

@23dlc

8 жыл бұрын

Nas GOAT

@LEGIONOFKNICKSPODCAST

6 жыл бұрын

This remix is annoyingly underrated. Nas goat

@Israel-nb7ip

6 жыл бұрын

NGTV beat courtesy of the legendary Isley Brothers. One of the most underrated R&B groups of all time.

@Jband1017

5 жыл бұрын

The God been ill on the laid back vibes since 94.✊🏾

Not everyone from the streets has to be ignorant and spit bullshit all the time, Nas lived the life from the struggle and came out one of the greatest rappers and was so fucking poetic. Nas the Goat

@ramirezt.649

8 жыл бұрын

he still is and will always be, he will live through his craft, am I right

@ramirezt.649

8 жыл бұрын

he still is and will always be, he will live through his craft, am I right

@alloutwar650

7 жыл бұрын

yea that goes for people that cant rap either. knowledge is power get yourself out of your're problems "the world is yours" america ain't perfect but you could have been born in Liberia. count your blessings.

@carlosrosa8114

7 жыл бұрын

23dlc facts

@Wordisgood

7 жыл бұрын

NY Rappers in the 90s were majority, very much far from ignorant....Nas came from the same "school of thought" as Rakim, Tragedy Khadafi, AZ, Talib Kweli and other rappers that were influenced by the 5%ers, NOI, Malachi Z. York, and others int he NYC black conscious community in the later 80s and early 90s. It was street niggas that were "kicking knowledge" and sharing information with each other about self, while still going out robbing and drug dealing for tax free money.. Hip Hop was all about knowledge....even Smack URL the battle rap league, stands for "S.treets M.usic A.rt C.ulture K.nowledge". It was definitely an interesting era in Hip Hop when there genuinely real substance and profound poetry in raps--while still maintaining a hood appeal, and attracting real gangstas to listen.

One of the greatest hip hop tracks ever made ✊🏽

@antoniomitchell1883

Жыл бұрын

Word up

R kelly & Nas should've had more songs together. This joint is a forever classic. Kells and Nas 2 legends

@nbadecali1927

7 ай бұрын

They actually did in the R album

@juanjohnson4549

7 ай бұрын

@@nbadecali1927 and on the NAS I'M AM ALBUM

@jaymo9395

5 ай бұрын

Really the best of both worlds Kells picked the wrong rapper

Nas is the epitome of staying in your Lane and finessing your entire career to legendary status! Peace King Nasir.... One of the dopest to ever pick up a mic and rap!

@JordanRayAllen

3 жыл бұрын

That part.

@michaelmcpoet1

3 жыл бұрын

Brilliantly worded 👌🏾🔥🔥🔥

@ewf5988

Жыл бұрын

Word Life

@ajaymunhoo8582

9 ай бұрын

Well said

@thamsanqamasina2065

5 ай бұрын

Big respect...Nas is a true king PAC won't be...Pqc was gifted mouthed but NAS is one exceptional One Klass Of all time...Never compared Elsewhere..

Can we rewind the time and go back to the 90s? This is so nostalgic.

@robertemerson9109

5 жыл бұрын

Just listen to Rewind.

@johnniegordon1221

4 жыл бұрын

I know I miss those times

@dwinrozay8751

2 жыл бұрын

Tell me about it…😩😩😩

Back in the day when remixes sounded better than the originals. How I so wish we could turn back the times. Lord! 🤦🏽‍♀️❤

Here I am in 2022 and this is still one of the most fire Hip Hop / R&B collabs of my generation. Praying for peace and much needed Healing for Robert Kelly.

@ceezo3494

2 жыл бұрын

Facts

@Escobaz96

2 жыл бұрын

Great way to show love to a classic 💯

@jasminsimoes

2 жыл бұрын

❤️🙏

@vickiecalloway1729

2 жыл бұрын

@@ceezo3494 ppp

@jacekd8648

2 жыл бұрын

You better pray for the healing of all the victims of this child molestor.

This song makes me feel so good, I feel like crying. Classic

@bricksgucci7808

3 жыл бұрын

Me too, makes me want to cry and I don’t know why

@Doknot-tb9ey

3 жыл бұрын

So true.

@Doknot-tb9ey

3 жыл бұрын

@@bricksgucci7808 Maybe because it has some type of emotional feel when listening to the song.

@shanedavis221

2 жыл бұрын

This was always one of my favorite Nas tracks just listened to it for the 1st time in years and I teared up. Peace God.

@adetolaodukoya3493

2 жыл бұрын

Sincerly me too I listen to it almost everyday for years now .it as this unique sent from.above flow .the tablet of music is divine gift .how an african raised mam like me could stay hooked on nas since 1995 high school days till date now that I am 40years and still meet up with my high school friends reminisce about our adolescent days listening to songs like this and when we first heard this is so deep spiritual and emotionally nostalgic .nas is the greatest from above divine blessed with his talent

Nas was a few years ahead of everyone

@hebrew26commandmentspower55

7 жыл бұрын

Icey Washington more like decade's

@kkkkkkkkccccccc

5 жыл бұрын

Angel

@poobigdawg9830

4 жыл бұрын

Accept Tupac they both were real rappers

@rawdickhoe3694

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you have taste 💯

THE BEST! This song hit different when you actually from ny or Chicago and was a kid in the 90’s

@Narquis444

11 ай бұрын

Real talk chi town all day

@jaymo9395

9 ай бұрын

Facts westside Chi South Austin area coming up around then

“Everything I tried to learn see i already knew “. I can feel that

i think the last verse is one of nas greatest verses...so effortless...

@apoll0xix

8 жыл бұрын

Absolutely

@justinaraujo1942

6 жыл бұрын

victor okwaro don't forget 'surviving the times' classic Nas song

@ommagency1461

6 жыл бұрын

right on man

@hollywoodhicks

6 жыл бұрын

victor okwaro....No doubt! Nas was so smooth with that verse storytelling. I can actually imagine myself in the car riding with him & R. Kelly lol, As he tells us his story. Mean Verse!

@LEGIONOFKNICKSPODCAST

6 жыл бұрын

I just said the same thing. That last verse was sex on beat. Lyricism and perfect riding the beat. Son nas is a genius.

This is WHY PAC kept Nas name in his mouth. He knew GREATNESS.

@khumoapril9181

3 жыл бұрын

Really, Against all odds???

@IJones-yz6qm

3 жыл бұрын

BIG FACTZ!!! To call NAS the ringleader was the ULTIMATE SIGN OF RESPECT..

@fabiyiadewole4157

3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely correct.

@kingtitus8653

3 жыл бұрын

@@IJones-yz6qm I mean Nas was the vocal point and influence of his crew...plus although Pac opposed Nas, nonetheless, he was a poet also so when he called him a ringleader, I believe it was to give a theatrical vibe..certain terms resonate more when you're painting a picture..

@kingtitus8653

3 жыл бұрын

@@IJones-yz6qm Pac would be my #1 goat but Nas is definitely coming right after..

Lyrical genius ? Poet ? Philosopher? It's hard to define this living legend ❤️💯

@RaulHurtado-uf2yw

8 ай бұрын

His the best rapper

@RaulHurtado-uf2yw

8 ай бұрын

One of my favorite best rapper singers

@2ricky

6 ай бұрын

King Esco

We in '23 this still on my stereo and Nas still filling up stadiums like it was '94

"I tried to learn the game and only thing I found incredible, everything I tried to learn see I already knew." Classic line

@treyharris8408

Жыл бұрын

Yep 👍🏾💯

@Don.M.

11 ай бұрын

Love that line. I’ll remember it forever. It’s embedded in my heart now.

I was my son's age when I first heard this song. Makes me sad that hip hop doesn't have the same influence that the 90's had. Nas always had a message in his music.

@AfricaGeo

2 жыл бұрын

It’s back

@_realone915

7 ай бұрын

I'm still showing youngsters these tracks tho

That last verse is hard af

the 2 goats... the GOAT Esco and say what u want Kel is the RnB GOAT.

@watercain2073

3 ай бұрын

I'll say this about Kel, he's a child predator rotting behind bars where he belongs 👍

There's something about this track that makes me tear up a lil. I guess it reminds me of the 1990's (with the boy band symphony), for the time it was released was in the heat of a lot of confusing beef, whilst at the same time, the genre itself was also at its peak. When Nas said Hip Hop is Dead, he never meant it literally. He meant the culture behind what the music spoke had died; the streets had changed since the 1990's, thus, from what artists were seeing in physical form was changing the lyrical form of their music. The streets had become a little less raw, and from this song, I see it as the last triumph of 'real street lyrical talk'. One Love.

@khalilthomas3169

9 жыл бұрын

Speak on it God.

@verinb9

9 жыл бұрын

Word...

@UniversalStand

9 жыл бұрын

Very true!

@khalilthomas3169

9 жыл бұрын

Man, I miss those days...

@joshgoldenc

9 жыл бұрын

Khalil Thomas always miss those days as i came of age on the street and mc's used to teach about life in rap back then.

"Only the Gawds can watch the earth twist, I'm physically trapped down on the surface" ✊🏾👑😎💯💯👏🏾👏🏾

@illclicks

8 жыл бұрын

With all the crack merchants, snakes and serpents..

@23dlc

8 жыл бұрын

+the_ruler shit so damn smooth it ain't even funny , nasir Jones goat

@GTD9002

7 жыл бұрын

That Line is too Deep for them surface thinkers.

@lta4615

7 жыл бұрын

i heard that and screamed

@jasonroberts557

7 жыл бұрын

GTD9002 But Nas 3rd verse summarized his assent into the game... I tried to learn the game, only thing I found incredible: everything I learned I ALREADY KNEW, so its embedded in my heart now. So I can sit back and count a stack now. I loved his verse on Verbal Intercourse and his 3rd verse on this remix is right up there with Verbal Intercourse.

One of the greatest rap songs of all time and greatest videos of all time.

"But what's the purpose?! / only gods can watch the Earth twist / I'm physically trapped down on the surface." 🎼

So no one wants to say how R.Kelly murdered the hook?

@derrickreed321

4 жыл бұрын

Kelz killed this

@allanokello4673

3 жыл бұрын

No body better than nas

@MrKenster3000

3 жыл бұрын

c’mon now it’s R. Kelly, what did u expect?..

@PeteyS.D.

3 жыл бұрын

Aired that shit out

@derrickreed321

5 ай бұрын

No words needed...jus bob your head

HIS FUCKING THIRD VERSE. GOD DAMN.... "woke up in a coldsweat, yo i hate that"...

this is why Jay Z made that R Kelly album

@jerrelllewis9180

3 ай бұрын

And not one of them songs was better than this one.😏🤦🏿‍♂️

One of NAS greatest songs 🔥🔥🔥🔥 Use to have this shit one repeat 10x a day. RIP 90’s hip hop 😢😢😢

RIP Frank Vincent

"Wish some of these killin's they could be prevented" - Nas.

@Jband1017

5 жыл бұрын

SlitDrum “Whatever happened it was written meaning God meant it.”

Now I understand why 50 was hating on him fucking hell nas is the GOAT

@Ralphunreal

2 жыл бұрын

2pac is the goat, Nas is good though 😏

I can rewind this one over and over. Brilliance at its best.

Best remix of all time? I think so.

@23dlc

8 жыл бұрын

definitely up there if not already there , Nas was not only a rapper but poetic af. Living Legend Nas

@zoningfam

8 жыл бұрын

nas murdered this beat lol yes.

@robertemerson9109

5 жыл бұрын

Flava in ya ear remix with Biggie is high up there too.

@soulrebel6309

3 жыл бұрын

No the remix to Ignition is the best

"Got me laying face flat saying my grace black" Nas murdered this beat!!!

@jeromesimz6271

4 жыл бұрын

Woke up in a cold sweat, yo I hate that!!!!

@farrellcityking1

2 жыл бұрын

One of greatest verses of alltime

"Whatever happens it was written meaning God meant it" -Nas. I ran that part back at least 7 times, powerful words right there

@treyharris8408

Жыл бұрын

Right 👍🏾💪🏾👊🏾✊🏾🙌🏾🙏🏾💯

@antoniomitchell1883

Жыл бұрын

Word up

He was 23 when he wrote this. 23. Unbelievable.

That last verse was untouchable

@knovanova

3 жыл бұрын

The third verse is the best

@quancheese6458

3 жыл бұрын

He really made me picture what he was talking about! Turns out it was just a nightmare. Nas paints a picture with his words man, truly the best there is

Nas flow priceless!!!

@ramonalderman1757

6 жыл бұрын

Before The Best Of BothWorlds.Jayz dickriders.No disrespect to Jay but Nas never had to change his stlye to make it in hiphop.Go back watch Streets is Watching vids.He would of never made it rapping likeDasEfx.Nas already had flow

I'm so glad that so many are finally waking up to NaS and his supreme story, style, lyrics, tracks ... Hundreds of classics await the ones that browse his history....NaS changed my life.

@treyharris8408

Жыл бұрын

Same here 💯

I remember when he performed this on All That!!! This is timeless! The 90s at its finest!

In-love with this song, NAS is all the all-time best rapper to ever live!!!

@war307wp

8 жыл бұрын

Lyrically. That's a FACT

@kekesmooth5618

6 жыл бұрын

Kayla Smith yup

@maddiishousze5855

3 жыл бұрын

I think it’s Pac & Nas

@umarzahoor9542

3 жыл бұрын

Pac

@elliot2177

2 жыл бұрын

BIG

The old school that makes you lose your head! 👑❤

@christopheraparicio4482

9 жыл бұрын

Deborah Lamberti If we had biggie and tupac hip hop would not be were it is today. Imagine Jay z biggie album together and Nas and tupac together

@deborahlamberti2470

9 жыл бұрын

Christopher Aparicio You are quite right even if there were they would be sure everything better.. A king will always remain a KING!

@deborahlamberti2470

8 жыл бұрын

***** I'm sorry, but I disagree with you, Nas and Tupac had two completely different styles and metrics. One can not speak of plagiarism This is one of the best songs of Nas! ;)

@deborahlamberti2470

8 жыл бұрын

***** It was clear that to beef 2pac was a level above, but even Nas was less for me. In dissing there is no comparison!

@deborahlamberti2470

8 жыл бұрын

***** This is one of my favorite songs ever! Smashes and has a formidable sound (: Always I prefer this old school in many songs today .. empty around.

Can we not ignore R R Kelly's to most 90s and early 2000s sound. He killed it on this song that Jay-z begged to be on that best of best worlds album which R says was envisioned for Pac.

Prime nas > everything

So much better than the original

That last verse is just one of the greatest verses I ever herd. How do you write shit like that? smh this dude is the G.O.A.T

@mayonaze2g

2 жыл бұрын

dude it's 2021 now and I am stuck on how he described a street dream in that verse

@neverhungryagain2187

2 жыл бұрын

Lol

@nuggetz9380

Жыл бұрын

he has been the goat since illmatic

@nuggetz9380

Жыл бұрын

@@neverhungryagain2187 ?

I don’t know how I never heard this before 😢 man the hook is smooth and nas lyrically on another level 🔥🔥🔥🔥

R Kelly vocals made this remix hot back in the days. One of nas best remix songs

"Blasphemy, using Nas' name in vain" Nas = God's Son = Genius line

@krismartin4010

4 жыл бұрын

it was diss to pac that line

@joeljoseph9017

4 жыл бұрын

@@krismartin4010 everything is a diss to pac shake my fucking head

@joeljoseph9017

3 жыл бұрын

@Bee Boo Hates Sensitive Vermin all eyes sounded better to me but nas is a better lyricsts

@firstname6584

2 жыл бұрын

this bar was dropped before nas's "god's son" moniker. still dope how it played out

The bars Nas put on this song is pure poetic, like you watching a movie reflecting on my life growing up with my homeboys definitely top 5 artist of all time.

@princewilliams9388

6 жыл бұрын

Jaestarr 33 ... truuuuth

@reneejaguarjackson2314

4 жыл бұрын

I agree.

@nuggetz9380

Жыл бұрын

not top 5 he is the greatest ever

this was back in the day; remix 12" vinyl and cassette singles crushed original lp versions. this was one of them

This was a fly ass video. I took it for granted when I was a kid. I always liked it but didnt realize how good we had it. This song got heavy spins back then. Nas and Kellz when he was in his prime musically

this shit right here is one of Nas' sickest tracks, Rakim level shit.

@lightmajor1

8 жыл бұрын

+K El agreed

@yichenyichen5455

8 жыл бұрын

Nas > Rakim. Nas is way more lyrical than Rakim

@bluenote4727

8 жыл бұрын

+Lyrical MC Yup, but Rakim got THE flow !

@ddawk1019

8 жыл бұрын

+K El.....Werd up!

@adamandeveaae8406

8 жыл бұрын

+Blue Note Flow? Nas Flows smoother

jay zs favourite rapper

@antoniohoward981

4 жыл бұрын

Rebel Who Became King Nas is his father he raised him with the second album reasonable doubt. Because that first Jigga album went wood.

This definitely a underrated classic

Track so COMPLETE with a BRIDGE!!! Top notch HARMONIZER, and a SAVAGE/Take home/ home run 3rd verse with the bases loaded like a grand slam!!!!

@lovememoremeticulous4378

2 жыл бұрын

One of his greatest verses ever. Told a story mid verse to come find out it was just nightmares, STUNNING

@rodrickthompson2799

2 жыл бұрын

All due respect to Kell's, he was locked in too!! They had some good chemistry

@AmaanStorm

4 ай бұрын

Check out the Isley Brothers 1983 song "Choosey Lover". That's where this melody comes from.

@rodrickthompson2799

4 ай бұрын

@@AmaanStorm No Doubt of course, just used the instrumental and laid down a drum track

You have to sit back and listen to Nas to see or hear what he is rapping about

@kaylasmith9193

10 жыл бұрын

I know that's right!!

@shonha1

10 жыл бұрын

Definitely homie, you have to listen to Nas

@princewilliams9388

6 жыл бұрын

Light skin Breezy ... hip-hop at it's best true lyrics!!

@reneejaguarjackson2314

4 жыл бұрын

@@shonha1 This ain't a circus

Two legends in one song.

Nas laced the track with pure lyricism, Kelly kilt the hook! !!🔥🔥🔥💨

Some of the best rhyme combinations in hip hop history are in this song imo. I remember Pac was beefing with Nas at the time and I was riding with Pac against anybody in my adolescent mind lol, but when this song came on the radio I def turned it up. It was undeniably dope in all aspects. Lyrics, flow, beat, hook, everything perfectly on point (s/o Isleys). This song is probably what started converting me into a Nas fan fr.

Like the greatest rapper and singer on one track

His pen on this song was crazy!!!!!!!

@firstname6584

2 жыл бұрын

'95-'97 nas was untouchable when he transitioned to his "escobar" moniker

Oh my goodness this collaboration was pure fire and pure genius by two of the best to ever do it , Nas on point with his master class lyrics and flow , and R Kelly with that glorious hook that's off the chain , man it don't get no better than this , pure genius

I remember going through my whirlwind in life back in the 90s.. this one of the songs that kept me above water.

"But what's the purpose, only the gods can watch the earth twist, I'm physically trapped down on the surface". You can put that next to Sartre, Camus, or any of the existentialist philosophers and it would provide just as much clarity and insight on the struggle for meaning.

R.Kelly makes a classic even better

@ChainMan21

Жыл бұрын

It's a damn shame

Nas was in Cabrini Green and they showed up love

@derrickreed321

Ай бұрын

The Chi love Kelz. He could go anywhere and shoot a video

Nas is too smart for his age. Last verse is mindblowing. Goat in my book.

@kenanmccaleb8327

3 жыл бұрын

G.O.AT. in mines and many peoples as well bro

@lovememoremeticulous4378

3 жыл бұрын

🤯

How the hell we went from this standard only 19 years ago to the garbage we hear on the radio nowadays is beyond me..

@dwightschrutee8966

9 жыл бұрын

Sell outs bought raps, and demands

@princelahad4637

9 жыл бұрын

Barry Ponds White Supremacy is paying nagas to rap for self destruction....real hip hop is still alive on the Underground. Underground Railroad Update: Game of Life

@princelahad4637

9 жыл бұрын

Hip-hop is very much alive.

@markrodgers8330

9 жыл бұрын

dave young I agree 100% bro

@genjizemer7853

9 жыл бұрын

+Prince Lahad Y'all still on that White Supremacy thing lol Ain't no one holding you back.

"Laid up smokin cigars motioning maids to bring me toast and eggs, kosher..ice chokers and wolves to smoke ya...my wisdom culture lives in ultra madness...devoted coach bag bitch, broke the average niggas hopes to get mad rich" - NAS da GOAT

@elftower907

2 жыл бұрын

ill

That first verse tho. Beautifully written and spitted. Damn shame a lot of folks been sleeping on Nas. Weirdos. Even back in the day when It Was Written came out, folks hated him and said he went pop. I'm like do y'all hear the shit he spitting? Lol. Nas always got that message and poetic flows. No matter what

That 3rd verse is one of the most amazing rhymes of alltime.

@jaymo9395

Ай бұрын

Real af

Man lyrically Nas is a freaking a freaking beast!!!!!! Rappers now aren't crap. They don't rap nowadays , they have party music. Bring back real music .

@showtime516

8 жыл бұрын

+Darius Shivers EXACTLY...THIS IS SOME DEEP LYRICS TO LIVE BY..GOOD MUSIC LIKE THIS IS NOT APPRECIATED NO MORE..ITS SAD

@Josue-cv3zk

8 жыл бұрын

There is some left still you just have to search. I'll suggest some Kendrick, Joey Badass just to start they're my favorite modem day artist.

@dariusshivers709

8 жыл бұрын

Jose Peraza I mean Kendrick is okay but he doesn't really rise to the peek for me. But I'll check out the other dude

@Josue-cv3zk

8 жыл бұрын

Darius Shivers There is also Bishop Nehru, he's worked with MF Doom, Earl Sweatshirt, Flatbush Zombies, The Underachievers, J. Cole, Capital Steez and Ab-Soul. I would recommend if you're looking for real hip hop again

Back when hip hop had soul and meaning

"Street dreamer, ain't nothing out there for ya"..❗

One of the best Nas verses ever recorded!

That last verse is one of the greatest of his career. Anybody's career...

“But what's the purpose? Only the Gods can watch the Earth twist I'm physically trapped down on the surface With all the crack merchants, snakes and serpents Foul jakes that search us Clowns with four pounds, this ain't a circus” Lmao Nas is so ill.

@F.GLZ.

4 жыл бұрын

My favorite lines Nas has wrote

@Jdtheiv

4 жыл бұрын

BARS

@IJones-yz6qm

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah maan he’s the SICKEST with it... That verse ALONE is better than a lot of dudes albums... I’m Just Saying 🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️

I remember playing this in 2000, I'm still playing it 20 something years later , one of my favorite MCs👍🏼♥️🙏🏼✌🏼

A damn shame R. Kelly had to be a sicko. Nigga got classic work.

@mikeb3936

2 жыл бұрын

So True.