It’s not even the rhyme-schemes or extensive vocab that makes a verse like this perfect. It’s the unequivocal imagery and descriptions that allow you to have a deeper connection with the message he’s conveying. The constant motif and usage of vivid similes also help, but being able to implant your exact vision into the minds of listeners through poetic diction is just rare. And Nas has always been in rare form 💯 🐐.
Classic, to me, is Preemo's dopest beat. Nas is Like definitely has some beautiful production from Preem himself. Family and Loyalty and Moment of Truth are some of my most favorites.
Probably the best verse nas ever wrote in his life after NY state of mind first verse. Anyway, can't find a rap song that i find more perfect than this
Bruh, Verbal Intercourse, Eye For An Eye, Purple are all dope, if not even better than those verses you just mentioned. And I know it's your opinion, I just wanted to say he has lots of legendary verses
@@NiquelBones Nas uses it. In his song, "What Goes Around," he says, "I don't judge Tiger Woods but I overstand the mental poison". So if you criticizing someone about the word "overstand" on a video about a Nas song...that's like the last place you want to make fun of someone. By certain circles, I mean, hip-hop, and specifically within that circle, Nation of the Gods and Earths, of which Nas, Busta Rhymes, Wu-Tang, Mos Def, Digable Planets, and all sorts of rappers are members of. That is where the word "overstand" stems from, from the Nation of Gods and Earths. Look it up and educate yourself on that if you don't know it. Like 80% of New York hip-hop slang comes from the Nation. Sayings like, "word is born" and other things you hear come from that organization. So my point stands even harder. For someone to try and make fun of a person who very intentionally has used the word "overstand", which has a definite origin, on a Nas video of all places, is complete ignorance. Overstand btw means to stand over something, to not just know it or understand it, but to be above it and have conquered it. It is a very beautiful word.
@@NiquelBones All good my man, I'd say it's like a street Harvard lol, maybe more exclusive than Harvard even, but a lot of wisdom was transferred from that into rap in the 80s and 90s and beyond. Peace
Nas will always be the Goat...so articulate,calculated,and strategic...wordplay unmatched...go listen to shootouts,rise & fall,clam down,poison,and many others...
@SWAG Dude my opinion...i am 40 and,well versed in this shit...a real head if you will..nas took rakim blueprint and surpassed him...just like pun did with g rap...rakim,and g rap are forever etched in in history hands down...and as far as P goes...i shed actually years after his death...my too 5...Nas,Prodigy,O.C,Ghost and Pun
@@Shellykat-p4w yea, Pac kept it simple, he was more of a poet who delivered hard hitting messages, but Nas is the GOAT, multi syllabic rhymes, amazing flow and cadence, metaphors and wordplay on a different galaxy and delivered hard hitting messages just like Pac, maybe did it better than him too. If Nas died after Illmatic, he would've been the greatest from just that one album.
@@rogeliomora417 ye ik this comment was dumb, listened to me against the world like 3 weeks ago If I die 2nite one of the craziest tracks I’ve ever heard
Nope. Wrong. But: 1. King Kendrick is 2. Kdot is 3. Kung-Fu Kenny is 4. Cornroll Kenny is 5. Pulitzer Kenny is 6. Mr. 1-5 is 7. The Greatest Rapper Alive is 8. Good Kid is 9. Compton's Human Sacrifice is 10. Man Man is 11. Sir Duckworth is 12. Paula's Oldest Son is 13. Kendrick Lamar is the most articulate lyricist of all time
I love watching these but I think a lot of the highlights focus on the rhymes by their inflections and miss that there's also something dope about starting 2 lines the same way with different flips in the word play
The gad)")F rhymes is just beautifully following the story itself as it goes, slap my inflatable Dolly Parton silly, this is why its called an art-ist.
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I'm a rapper. This song is my favorite of all time. It's so deeply ingrained in my vibrations that I shuddered IRL when jcole said he had his lyrics on the wall. Cuz I did too and I thought damn. These are modern-day hieroglyphics. These lyrics will tell the story for so many people that you would never hear about otherwise.
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The first few lines of this verse are just so good and I don't even know why
Because it tackles the cycle of life, for a lot of people within the first 2 bars.
@@3lancerofficialmaybe871 I guess, but it also sounds so good for some reason
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So good that Cole had to interpolate them in "Let NaS down"
@@FlipStar26 yup
Me: Im going to be a rapper
Listen to Nas
Me: Is UPS hiring?
Don't be mad
I mean if blueface & dababy can make it, then you can too bro you just have to *not* sound like dog diarrhea
You shoulda been a cop, fuck hip hop
@@lhasinc 😂😂
hahahahaah
Premo is the goat. His beats can’t be touched
Preemo fire,
But RZA, Dre, Madlib >>>>
Syed Isamuddin
Madlib is on the same level. Rza peaked in the 90’s.
Premo and Madlib have been making gold the whole way through
@@seekerundue The RZA? Or the GZA?
@@ArthPedro RZA is the producer and rapper.
GZA is only a rapper
@@seekerundue it was a joke, Dave Chappelle
It’s not even the rhyme-schemes or extensive vocab that makes a verse like this perfect. It’s the unequivocal imagery and descriptions that allow you to have a deeper connection with the message he’s conveying. The constant motif and usage of vivid similes also help, but being able to implant your exact vision into the minds of listeners through poetic diction is just rare. And Nas has always been in rare form 💯 🐐.
That sample, man...I dunno if it's Premos dopest beat...but I would say it's one of his most beautiful.
Classic, to me, is Preemo's dopest beat. Nas is Like definitely has some beautiful production from Preem himself. Family and Loyalty and Moment of Truth are some of my most favorites.
I used to come home from school and smack the shit out of the bag in my back yard to the beat of this track, daily.
Greatest MC of all time
hes technically rakims son
@@hennigod8957 Kool G Rap.
Ehh
Ghostface Killah, Inspectah Deck, RZA, GZA, and Redman are just as good if not better.
@@seekerundue nah
Syed Isamuddin This dude said “redman”😂
Probably the best verse nas ever wrote in his life after NY state of mind first verse.
Anyway, can't find a rap song that i find more perfect than this
Outside of Illmatic, this is actually my most favorite track from Nas.
@@Yuuphonixx agree
Bruh, Verbal Intercourse, Eye For An Eye, Purple are all dope, if not even better than those verses you just mentioned. And I know it's your opinion, I just wanted to say he has lots of legendary verses
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Live nigga rap is good and the one with prodigy on it was written
Nas is deeper than rhyming.
The first verse is bigger than all the lil generation
Yep. Give me Nas' 8th best album over any project from anyone named Lil
@@phily3190 Lil wayne
@@yfnjam yeah I'd rather listen to I Am than any Lil Wayne album
@@phily3190 Tha carter, Tha carter III, Tha carter V, The carter IV all in my opinion are better
@@yfnjam I guess it's a matter of personal preference. I respect his talent but I didn't like his album at all
Didn’t even cuss. A GOAT.
I remember as a kid couldn overstand shit but it felt like magic
@Chris Flannigan Overstand is a word used in certain circles, look it up before you try to make fun of it and just look like a fool yourself
@@TheJofrica but who tf uses it? yh no one outside those "circles" (w/e that means) so his point still stands
@@NiquelBones Nas uses it. In his song, "What Goes Around," he says, "I don't judge Tiger Woods but I overstand the mental poison". So if you criticizing someone about the word "overstand" on a video about a Nas song...that's like the last place you want to make fun of someone.
By certain circles, I mean, hip-hop, and specifically within that circle, Nation of the Gods and Earths, of which Nas, Busta Rhymes, Wu-Tang, Mos Def, Digable Planets, and all sorts of rappers are members of. That is where the word "overstand" stems from, from the Nation of Gods and Earths. Look it up and educate yourself on that if you don't know it. Like 80% of New York hip-hop slang comes from the Nation. Sayings like, "word is born" and other things you hear come from that organization.
So my point stands even harder. For someone to try and make fun of a person who very intentionally has used the word "overstand", which has a definite origin, on a Nas video of all places, is complete ignorance.
Overstand btw means to stand over something, to not just know it or understand it, but to be above it and have conquered it. It is a very beautiful word.
@@TheJofrica aight if thats the case my bad by certain circles i thought u meant fucking harvard students or summ i didnt know that lol
@@NiquelBones All good my man, I'd say it's like a street Harvard lol, maybe more exclusive than Harvard even, but a lot of wisdom was transferred from that into rap in the 80s and 90s and beyond. Peace
Nas will always be the Goat...so articulate,calculated,and strategic...wordplay unmatched...go listen to shootouts,rise & fall,clam down,poison,and many others...
@SWAG Dude my opinion...i am 40 and,well versed in this shit...a real head if you will..nas took rakim blueprint and surpassed him...just like pun did with g rap...rakim,and g rap are forever etched in in history hands down...and as far as P goes...i shed actually years after his death...my too 5...Nas,Prodigy,O.C,Ghost and Pun
How do they even dare put Jay Z next to this mountain
“Saw my close friends shot, flatline am I sane? That depends carry Mac-10s to practice my aim” 🔥🔥🔥
One of my favorite nas songs ever
Guys pls do it in more old-school tracks. 2pac, NAS, Pig Pun, Mobb Deep, Gangstarr etc. Thanks. Awesome content
my man said Pig Pun 🤣
@@Shellykat-p4w yea, Pac kept it simple, he was more of a poet who delivered hard hitting messages, but Nas is the GOAT, multi syllabic rhymes, amazing flow and cadence, metaphors and wordplay on a different galaxy and delivered hard hitting messages just like Pac, maybe did it better than him too. If Nas died after Illmatic, he would've been the greatest from just that one album.
@@Shellykat-p4w “me against the world”
@@rogeliomora417 ye ik this comment was dumb, listened to me against the world like 3 weeks ago If I die 2nite one of the craziest tracks I’ve ever heard
@@Shellykat-p4w oh shit my bad. I didn’t realize this was several months old.
Nothing's Gonna Change From Anyone's Opinions
But NAS Is The GOAT
may not be the most rhymed song but it has deep meaning
0:58 one of the most powerful moment in the rap songs
NaS is the most articulate rapper of all time.
Nope. Wrong. But:
1. King Kendrick is
2. Kdot is
3. Kung-Fu Kenny is
4. Cornroll Kenny is
5. Pulitzer Kenny is
6. Mr. 1-5 is
7. The Greatest Rapper Alive is
8. Good Kid is
9. Compton's Human Sacrifice is
10. Man Man is
11. Sir Duckworth is
12. Paula's Oldest Son is
13. Kendrick Lamar is the most articulate lyricist of all time
@ozymansias shut up
@@anbuitachii Yeah, you know I'm right
That was cringe af, Kdot good but that wasn’t it
@@bakhtiyarguseinov9402 I have no idea what you're talking about lol
Nas and Premier, the Holly Duo
Nas and AZ
Nas is just goated with flow and delivery
Nas is so fucking good
Nas is going to be # 1 when it’s all said and done Question Name a rapper whose catalog is aging as well as his catalog is .
Probably Rakim and 2pac.
This is the first time I noticed the colors match the rhymes lol love it.
Imagining you seeing all the colors not understanding but still watching the videos only to notice a few ones later is the funniest thing ever idk why
And 25 years later this song would be sampled on Nas & Preemos new single dropped on the 30th anniversary of Illmatic 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Nas is like Nas is like🐐
one of my favorite nas songs
Much success to you, even if you wish me the opposite. Sooner or later we’ll all see who the profit is.
This the album where he started returning subtle shots back at jay
Prophet
Nas = GOAT
EMINEM = GOAT OF GOATS
@@DanteVale-b6g what no
You are the shit man I was searching for this rhyme scheme for months
BTW please continue the thing you are doing
I love watching these but I think a lot of the highlights focus on the rhymes by their inflections and miss that there's also something dope about starting 2 lines the same way with different flips in the word play
That's was 🔥 keep it up
I always imagine Preemo behind Nas whenever I listen this.
All time fav .......!!!! 🐐
"Toys, getting nice" and "enjoying your life" is a 4 syllable rhyme
A master level hip hop lyricist
Nas is so underrated... best rapper OF ALL TIME IMO!
GENIUS WORD PLAY!!
Perfect.
My top 5 alive; Nas, Black Thought , Common , Lupe and Andre 3K
Greatest hip hop song ever by the greatest rapper of all time.
I LOVE THESE SO MUCH
NAS TRUE KING
The greatest to ever touch the mic untouchable aint no debate.
Yes!!! I'm 🔥🔥🔥
Best Nas song for me
This hit different
Ayo Nas u ready
Every line is quotable
"My success to you even if you wish me the opposite" 👑
This spoke to me
Top 5 from day one!
So legendary
"Lyrical Genius"
??
rage bait
That's hip-hop anthemn
My fave Nas cos Nas is like no other...
This song is still fire
CLASSIC
the greatest rapper, dont @ me
Nas forever
MF DOOM, Big Pun, and Nas in that order. Count your blessings people, we are lucky to have one left.
Now we need this for Dre’s verse in the Nas Is Like justrap freestyle (iykyk)
He rhymed more syllables in the 2nd verse and in the 3rd verse. . either way Nas is the GOAT
I keep going back and forth about who is my favorite lyricist. Nas or Big. These are lyricist not rappers. There’s a difference. JZ is a rapper.
Nas my favorite MC! Peace God! Queens boro we rep!!🔥🔥
Nas the goat
Ah you should’ve done the last verse
half man half amazing
genius
Rip to a legend
bro you flat out skipped like 3 whole lines lol
Tell nas that.
It's not always about how many internal rhyme scheme you can put in your verse
0:19 In this moment I understand this rhymes
Can you do syllables for Nas - One Love
it's not a syllable song... more of a storrytelling one...
@@moresoulthanasockwithahole3493 he has syllables in the 3 verses. Didn't you catch them?
It's more about the syllables in each line than the rhyming!!!! You get it!
I can't read the lyrics at the end before the video suggestions pop up
Classic hip hop! "My poetry's deep, I never fail/fell."
Top 5 album of all timw
I can’t believe i let nas down 😔
Lirica, y contenido
0:09 the king of the Rap
He will forever make the list of story tellers... Mines Slick Rick... Who's yours?
Edit: keep it Hip Hop.
The gad)")F rhymes is just beautifully following the story itself as it goes, slap my inflatable Dolly Parton silly, this is why its called an art-ist.
He didn’t even curse in this verse either
Apathy got a good sort of cover of this ap is like
This dude at 16 was vetter than you at 32 think you can ever be
Main source
READY WHEN YOU WANT PREEM
Do Treach verses on Yoke the Joker. You Welcome!
*nas nas nas*
I love this verse, but I didn’t even realize the first bars don’t rhyme.
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
🌿⚘️✨️✨️WE ARE 👉 REMINISCING BACK WHEN URBAN CULTURE RAP MUSIC HAD A VERY REALISTIC POETIC MEANING AND IT WAS MADE SO BEAUTIFULLY THAT IT STILL CONTINUE'S TO CAPTIVATE US ‼️👉🍻✨️✨️✨️✨️✨️✨️🌿
Nast Nas
Is there any way y’all can print these and and make a book? That would be a super seller!
‘Baby’s being born’ used alliteration if you count that as wordplay..
Do Em's verse on Hellbound by Masta Ace
Dj premier 💯
I'm a rapper. This song is my favorite of all time. It's so deeply ingrained in my vibrations that I shuddered IRL when jcole said he had his lyrics on the wall. Cuz I did too and I thought damn. These are modern-day hieroglyphics. These lyrics will tell the story for so many people that you would never hear about otherwise.
Bruh RUclips recommended this to me 2 hours after he died😐
Bro nas is alive..
@@bitaraina256 i got mixed with DMX lmao
“Big dogs, livin large” is a rhyme in this NYC accent, but it was not highlighted.
And of course NAS LETTER THEY SPELL AT NIGHT