Nas - Halftime (Lyrics)
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- Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
- Artist/Group: Nas
Album: Illmatic
Released: 1994
Label: Columbia
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"Halftime" is the 1992 debut single by American rapper Nas, released under his original moniker of Nasty Nas. It was originally recorded for the Zebrahead soundtrack album, released October 13, 1992, on Ruffhouse Records. "Halftime" was produced by Large Professor and features samples from "Schoolboy Crush" by Average White Band, "Soul Traveling" by Gary Byrd, and "Dead End" by Japanese Hair. The song was later included on Nas' influential 1994 debut album, Illmatic.
"Halftime" features an up-tempo beat led by percussion and trumpets over which Nas rhymes. Memorable lines include "You couldn't catch me in the streets without a ton of reefer/That's like Malcolm X, catchin' the Jungle Fever" and "I'm as ill as a convict who kills for phone time." Nas also uses this song to give a "shout-outs" to Willie "Ill Will" Graham, Nas' childhood neighbor and best friend, who was shot dead in 1992, and the Queensbridge Crew, a reference to the Queensbridge housing projects in Queens, NY, USA. He also reveals he's a fan of Marcus Garvey, the Jackson 5 and Mr. Magic.
The inclusion of "Halftime" to the Zebrahead soundtrack by MC Serch led to Nas's breakthrough as a rapper, as a record deal with Columbia Records and the release of his debut album, Illmatic (1994), followed. According to Vibe magazine, the song "created a niche that only Illmatic could fill".
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absolute king of a lyricist.
One of the best
Although Aesop rock most vocab, GZA truncates the length 1/10. GZA is the one above all in lyricism.
rakim on top
The greatest or Eminem both have mastered that craft
@@biglcorleone7289 Eminem is a dope ass emcee no doubt. But GZA gets to the point so eloquent that he doesn’t need superfluous words to chop necks with his liquid swords.
🎤You see back in days lyrics were tight and clothes where loose now it's the opposite! Nas is Half Man Half Amazing.... aye! Sleep is cousin of death! .
Cunninlynguists sampled Nas bro. Don't know if you ever heard the song. The Half Man Half Amazing part
Only 1 clown disliked this masterpiece
Yeah it's lil pump
Or 6ix9ine
It was Jay Z 😂😂
Remembering all the lyrics to a Nas song is harder then solving global warming
1/ Speechless that Hit-Boy resurrected 90s Nas
2/ The GOAT reminds all pretenders to the throne to Meet Joe Black
3/ Ugly is a grower, growing more beautiful with every listen
4/ 40-16 Building is rightful and well-earned braggadociousness
5/ Hollywood Gangsta is for all the shook halfway crooks
6/ Wu for the Children is the golden era through rose-tinted 'phones
7/ Wave Gods Premiers lyrical and turntable genius
8/ The Truth will scrunch your face harder than an outrage
(Joe Black meet God's Son, not sleepin' with ya cousin)
9/ Dedicated is head-nodding reminiscence bringing halftime Magic
10/10
Magic is fucking amazing
2021.... still here 🔥
How the fuck has this only got 14k views? People don’t know real music anymore
now i win every jam. I can't count all the parks i've raided.
“And in the darkness I’m heartless like when the NARCs hit, word to Marcus Garvey I hardly sparked it”
Damn
Him and Eminem are in a different universe. 1A and 1B lyricist kings
Listen to Big L and big Pun
@@irvingdelahoz9390 All great but Pun & L music can't stand up against those 2 just solely freestyle wise technical wise they probably better but as in overall MCs? Na
@@gbiggaveli2564 RA The Rugged Man, MF DOOM, and Aesop Rock make eminem look like a fucking child😂and it is proven that they are better lyricists than eminem
@@ctighe4139 might be better lyricists but still no reason to disrespect Em, his impact on hip hop as a whole made it only grow to heights never before seen, be a fan or not, the man deserves respect, Nas wouldn't feature him on his album for no reason, Nas knows he influenced him as Em admitted himself, and knows that Em's success surpasses everyone, even though he is "Mainstream" he still can rap with the best of them and never get bodied. You can say a lot of shit about Em, but he's always humble in paying respect to people before him and people that inspired him like LL, Treach, 2pac, Nas, Big Daddy Kane, he never shied away from paying respect to his influences.
@@ctighe4139 ASAP rocky ain't even deserving to be on this list
I have apologized to the Wu-tang clan and now I must apologize to Nas, I only ever heard "the world is yours" on and old nba 2k game and didn't even know who it was, im 30 and im ashamed, no excuses. This song is in my top 10 songs of all time for sure.
Better late than never...As you continue to listen..it won't be in ya top 10 no more lol
Untouchable
3 dislikes...all the 3 dudes from Migos disliked this 🤔
😂
Now, it’s Jay z and his ghost account
Maybe it was that other clown who had the nerve to put Nas in his rap name.
Easily one of his best tracks. Criminally underrated. The flow is unmatched.
What more can be said after this? 🙏🏿
💯🔊🔥✊💯🔊🔥
Nas is a lyrical mastermind.
Hardest fucking track of all time !!! Queens!! We In here !!!
The king fasho bars are still advanced even for today artist
Like Malcolm X catching jungle fever.....
Call me n old head but im only 28. this is the shyt, not the mumble rhap.
When I get called that, I just say, "why? Cause I don't like fruity rap?" Lol
You're 28
I'm 20 i have been having that opinion since like 15 i love rap so much but not the ones which everyone considers rap nowadays
no one better
Affirmative action The Firm
The Poet
Memphis Bleek lost his got damn mind...
this dood slays so hard. maybe the best rap artist ever.
Affirmative action The Firm
Ayo it's Halftime
I just shit.
3:15 When Eminem spits nas verse on his latest interview
Ewww
But he can't compare to nas
@@mynamejeff4642 So is Nas.
@@_Hamish loser