Large Professor on Doing 3 Songs on Illmatic, Linking Nas w/ DJ Premier, Q-Tip, Pete Rock (Part 4)

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  • Опубликовано: 19 янв 2025

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  • @i94yeh2p
    @i94yeh2p 5 лет назад +365

    Finally. An interview with someone who actually contributed to the culture.

    • @shabba194
      @shabba194 5 лет назад +7

      i94yeh2p underrated comment

    • @00jtown
      @00jtown 5 лет назад +1

      IKR

    • @ditc2103
      @ditc2103 5 лет назад +4

      Wat u mean.many pioneers been on vlad

    • @Linus100
      @Linus100 5 лет назад +3

      Tk invented the culture

    • @UncleMichaelable
      @UncleMichaelable 4 года назад +1

      I guess I’ve been watching interviews with no names.

  • @24bigcoop
    @24bigcoop 5 лет назад +412

    "My 1st album had no famous guest appearances, the outcome, I'm crowned the best lyricists"-Nas

    • @ACE330
      @ACE330 5 лет назад +34

      24bigcoop "many years on this professional level why would you question who's better?"

    • @24bigcoop
      @24bigcoop 5 лет назад +4

      @@ACE330 classic

    • @ACE330
      @ACE330 5 лет назад +4

      24bigcoop facts

    • @elliot2177
      @elliot2177 5 лет назад +14

      B.I.G. had Meth and it went double platinum and he got best Lyricist in The Source.A.Z killed Nas on life's a bitch.

    • @alfredjones9548
      @alfredjones9548 5 лет назад +3

      24bigcoop top 5 classic album of all time

  • @robthemomentavisualco6347
    @robthemomentavisualco6347 5 лет назад +169

    Large Professor is SO NY man. Dude is the coolest.

    • @ftwdamfseyg
      @ftwdamfseyg 5 лет назад +15

      You ain’t never lie ,, from the accent to the slang,, all New York!!!

    • @ahopkins1978
      @ahopkins1978 5 лет назад +8

      My only thought this whole video series

    • @theeross9060
      @theeross9060 4 года назад +2

      Word is bond!

  • @jeterw75
    @jeterw75 4 года назад +8

    I was in line at Tower Records, Manhataan, 1994, the day Illmatic dropped. The line was outside the door down to the corner. No lie. Illmatic was a classic before it dropped. Highly anticipated.

  • @LaloylosDescalzosTV
    @LaloylosDescalzosTV 5 лет назад +47

    nas "i gave you power" best lyrics best song ever from nas best put together everything! listen good

    • @carlosshelbyjr.6704
      @carlosshelbyjr.6704 5 лет назад +8

      I completely agree...this song is straight FIRE, no one ever told a story like this before or since in my opinion. #1 Nas song ever, and Top 10 hip hop song of all time

    • @LaloylosDescalzosTV
      @LaloylosDescalzosTV 5 лет назад

      Carlos Shelby Jr. 👊🏻

    • @draines9237
      @draines9237 5 лет назад +5

      It was so influential that Tupac came out with "me and my girlfriend" to rival Nas's song about a gun. Pac knew that shit was tight because he came with that later after it dropped😂😂

    • @julianbelgrave2624
      @julianbelgrave2624 5 лет назад

      i agree

    • @itdoesntmatterwhoweare
      @itdoesntmatterwhoweare 5 лет назад

      52093850

  • @MannyCAE
    @MannyCAE 5 лет назад +96

    The God Large Pro is a Queens LEGEND!!.. Very humble dude 💯 #qgtm

  • @David_Creyke
    @David_Creyke 5 лет назад +69

    Breaking Atoms is one of the best hip hop albums of all time.

  • @RoninAli1
    @RoninAli1 5 лет назад +10

    “I don’t know, Man. I know 15 hours later Nas is chillin’”.
    Perfect answer...without getting into unnecessary detail & rumor.

  • @Linus100
    @Linus100 5 лет назад +177

    I wonder if Vladimir gonna keep that same energy about nas beat selection
    Update. He did keep the same energy.

    • @devincollins9726
      @devincollins9726 5 лет назад +14

      Exactly lol I can't wait for that. Vlad stay hating on nas

    • @mrmone6023
      @mrmone6023 5 лет назад +5

      Nope he won't

    • @mistahmst
      @mistahmst 5 лет назад +7

      He kept that energy with Salaam Remi, so we'll see.

    • @duecetre87
      @duecetre87 5 лет назад +1

      Exactly!!

    • @yobwoc1000
      @yobwoc1000 5 лет назад +1

      Preach

  • @viralbuthow000
    @viralbuthow000 5 лет назад +115

    Large Professor really do look like a professor

  • @dariusgoins
    @dariusgoins 5 лет назад +17

    illmatic flowed from beginning to end non-stop where you never had to skip anything.. each track was placed perfectly behind each other.. One Love and Life's a Bitch blew my mind..

    • @blaqueaces
      @blaqueaces 5 лет назад +1

      D Goins : STRAIGHT FACTS. Never a skip or Fast Forward. You listened to it straight through. 💪🏾💯

  • @scinnyc
    @scinnyc 5 лет назад +120

    *"It Ain't Hard To Tell"* might be my favorite Nas song ever. It never gets old to me. I loved the song so much that I remade it into a tribute to Michael Jackson after he died. Big ups to Large Pro for producing a timeless classic👍🎤🎧💿🔥

    • @KBplay
      @KBplay 5 лет назад +1

      You got the link to the remake you did?

    • @scinnyc
      @scinnyc 5 лет назад +1

      @@KBplay It's the second most current song on my RUclips channel

    • @scinnyc
      @scinnyc 5 лет назад +1

      @Melker Linder Gustafsson That song is *extra classic* too. When I first heard it as a teenager in the 90s it blew my mind

    • @derrickgs777
      @derrickgs777 5 лет назад +4

      slamming beats like iron sheik 🔥

    • @keefed1284
      @keefed1284 5 лет назад +5

      Nas said he is the biggest Michael Jackson fan

  • @85jmurk
    @85jmurk 5 лет назад +230

    "Nas and Large Professor slept on my couches while they recorded illmatic." TK Kirkland

    • @devincollins9726
      @devincollins9726 5 лет назад +2

      🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @1hunnid419
      @1hunnid419 5 лет назад +37

      "And I threw a blanket over them cuz it was cold"

    • @leigh3381
      @leigh3381 5 лет назад

      85jmurk Lmmfao

    • @Butterd4t4ss
      @Butterd4t4ss 5 лет назад +4

      Damn I’m late to this meme. How did this start?

    • @johnmoyarbmg5845
      @johnmoyarbmg5845 5 лет назад +14

      @@Butterd4t4ss its cuz tk always has something to say about everyone if u mention a name

  • @melvinlovejones
    @melvinlovejones 5 лет назад +38

    “It Ain’t Hard To Tell” is arguably my favorite song on that Illmatic album!

    • @Dave-ij9rv
      @Dave-ij9rv 5 лет назад +9

      Memory Lane is my favorite.

  • @jeezy8360
    @jeezy8360 5 лет назад +180

    The closest vlad will ever get to Nas

    • @QuikNik14
      @QuikNik14 5 лет назад +2

      You probably right about that. Lol

    • @rossboss5072
      @rossboss5072 5 лет назад +4

      what about Nas old bitch?

    • @fairplayterrific147
      @fairplayterrific147 5 лет назад +1

      @@rossboss5072 Exactly lol Nas Was In That And Co Produced A Daughter.... Destiny....

    • @orlandoogando1517
      @orlandoogando1517 5 лет назад

      jkm 🤣🤣🤣yup

    • @dsg3053
      @dsg3053 5 лет назад +1

      Vlad will never get Nas Because he can't even get Jungle and Jungle loves telling mad stories

  • @dmaster5556
    @dmaster5556 5 лет назад +69

    "All I know is, 15 albums later Nas is chillin'" lol

  • @DCBCHANNELDAATHCHOMAHBINAH
    @DCBCHANNELDAATHCHOMAHBINAH 5 лет назад +15

    Large Professor is a monster as a producer.

  • @phatchick820
    @phatchick820 5 лет назад +4

    @VladTV...the best interview in a long time..Large Professor!!..a legend!!..RESPECT!!!..BLESSINGS!!...QUEENS STAND UP!!

  • @bornkinguniversal
    @bornkinguniversal 5 лет назад +6

    Salute to Large Pro. He is the epitome of what you call a team player....

  • @Dillmatic97
    @Dillmatic97 5 лет назад +2

    Damn, this just came out!? I've been telling everybody at my school that my favorite hip hop comes from Queens New York: Large Professor, Nas, A Tribe Called Quest, Mob Deep, etc. This is the most timely interview man. Thank you Vlad for filming this

  • @Juiceish1
    @Juiceish1 5 лет назад +34

    The Album was named after One of Nas's boys from Queensbridge named Illmatic Ice who was On trial for Murder at the time in the early 90's.

    • @itdoesntmatterwhoweare
      @itdoesntmatterwhoweare 5 лет назад

      Yeah I thought Large Pro would've mentioned that. Nas said that in his documentary.

    • @dizmop
      @dizmop 5 лет назад +4

      @@itdoesntmatterwhoweare but where did illmatic ice get the term "illmatic" from

    • @mr.cifuentes1779
      @mr.cifuentes1779 5 лет назад +2

      @@dizmop Ill means Sick which is slang for cool, matic is like the word dramatic or systematic

    • @dizmop
      @dizmop 5 лет назад

      @@mr.cifuentes1779 so It's possible that the Album was also named after that word, like Large P says

    • @mr.cifuentes1779
      @mr.cifuentes1779 5 лет назад

      @@dizmop like Professor said its Queensbridge slang

  • @milanfernandez1667
    @milanfernandez1667 5 лет назад +89

    Iiimatic the great greatest hip hop álbum of all time hands down..

    • @twocents6951
      @twocents6951 5 лет назад +2

      MILAN FERNANDEZ I agree. I still listen to it in 2019

    • @Israel-nb7ip
      @Israel-nb7ip 5 лет назад +12

      @Melker Linder Gustafsson yeah, I think It Was Written was Nas most complete album. Illmatic is definitely his most influential. My personal favorite is Stillmatic. His most slept on is Street's Disciple...that album has aged like top-notch fine wine.

    • @chrismclaren75
      @chrismclaren75 5 лет назад +2

      Melker Linder Gustafsson not even close! Illmatic far superior!

    • @elbowgang9715
      @elbowgang9715 5 лет назад +6

      The Lost Tapes /Bootleg version of I Am is amazing too...Nas catalog stands up with any mc

    • @WHIPLASHVideosTBT
      @WHIPLASHVideosTBT 5 лет назад

      Nope. That accolade belongs to OB4CL. And no It Was Written isn't better than Illmatic but Nas' rhymes were better on It Was Written. Way more well rounded rhymes that have more complexity to them.

  • @KD_SWAGGER
    @KD_SWAGGER 5 лет назад +6

    ILLMATIC is a classic! Thank you Nas & Large Professor!

  • @bignadier
    @bignadier 5 лет назад +72

    Large Professor got that ill voice

    • @aTribeCalledBreast
      @aTribeCalledBreast 5 лет назад +7

      Facts. Word to motha dun-dun.

    • @pedochees
      @pedochees 5 лет назад +5

      Up there with Rakim in my opinion

    • @Kitchywac
      @Kitchywac 5 лет назад +2

      lee Boy nice on the mic. Main Source... What??!!

    • @donjonestv
      @donjonestv 5 лет назад +1

      lee yea his voice dope

    • @junior811c
      @junior811c 5 лет назад +2

      his voice is very similar with Big Daddy Kane

  • @esseen100
    @esseen100 5 лет назад +20

    At 5:10 Large Professor was totally worn out by Vlad and resolved in his mind, "I'm never doing this again." 🤣

  • @jibsmokestack1
    @jibsmokestack1 5 лет назад +7

    This shit right here is straight historical. Thanks Vlad for this. Kids I can't stress to u enough the impact of this album on heads when it dropped!

  • @rustyhornzinstrumentalist-7596
    @rustyhornzinstrumentalist-7596 5 лет назад +7

    I wasn't into production at the time, but I always had a sharp, keen ear for Hip Hop Music. I remember park talks with cats I was hangin' out with discussin' the anticipation of this album.

  • @vladtv
    @vladtv  5 лет назад +9

    I almost didn't find the DJ Premier interview.

    • @esco200106705
      @esco200106705 5 лет назад +1

      Vlad just drop the whole interview. We're fiending for it bruh

    • @vladtv
      @vladtv  5 лет назад +2

      @ourworlds atwar what do you think?

    • @draz2231
      @draz2231 5 лет назад

      @@vladtv soundcloud.com/drazmusic/the-future-vox

    • @draz2231
      @draz2231 5 лет назад

      @@vladtv Check the joint I sent. L Jamar would dig it.. drazmusic@gmail.com

    • @yesgeorge333
      @yesgeorge333 5 лет назад

      Ok?

  • @thec0r379
    @thec0r379 5 лет назад +13

    To be honest AZ spazzed out on life's a bitch but Nas definitely came with it as well. It was just great chemistry in the making all around.

  • @MrLilQuincy
    @MrLilQuincy 5 лет назад +4

    Yo Vlad, it's about time you give us AZ interview. One of the must underrated mc's in history.
    Thanks for Large Pro interview, amazing.

  • @grimeztwoeleven
    @grimeztwoeleven 5 лет назад +11

    it ain't hard to tell is easily the best track on the album... SHOUTOUT LARGE PROFESSOR!!!!

  • @manhattanraised4671
    @manhattanraised4671 5 лет назад +5

    Memory lane was my joint. Love that beat

  • @dnlxl
    @dnlxl 5 лет назад +36

    One Time 4 Your Mind is an A MAZING track.

    • @mr.cifuentes1779
      @mr.cifuentes1779 5 лет назад +3

      The intro reminds me of weed smoke going in the air. A smokey vibe. Like Tibetan Gongs,sounds mystical. Like Q tip said Nas is a Ghetto Monk

    • @craigrahman7917
      @craigrahman7917 5 лет назад +4

      Only song i skip on illmatic........

    • @cav65
      @cav65 5 лет назад +2

      Wack simple beat

    • @scinnyc
      @scinnyc 5 лет назад +1

      One Time 4 Your Mind is wack af compared to the other songs on the album. I always skip that song. Even every song on Nas' demo was better

    • @scinnyc
      @scinnyc 5 лет назад

      @@tochiRTA Yeah, high on Nas' best songs. Notice when Elzhi remade Illmatic with his classic mixtape Elmatic, he redid every single song *except* "One Time 4 Your Mind". My cousins and friends who like Illmatic don't care for the song either. Guess it's an aquired taste

  • @craigrandall5138
    @craigrandall5138 5 лет назад +2

    @4:18 the look on his face when they're talking about NYSOFM is amazing. Pure joy!

  • @mruntouchable7574
    @mruntouchable7574 5 лет назад +3

    It ain't hard to tell never gets old 20 plus yrs later still🔥🔥🔥

  • @MV407tv
    @MV407tv 5 лет назад +25

    This interview was dope af 💯

  • @bigTforreal
    @bigTforreal 5 лет назад +45

    The World Is Yours (Tip Mix)!

    • @andstill7317
      @andstill7317 5 лет назад +8

      What you know about that?!... lol... Tip bodied that joint!

    • @MaoMoney
      @MaoMoney 5 лет назад +6

      If you gew up in nyc im the 90s thay beat brings you home 1

    • @IronLordsPodcastRoundtable
      @IronLordsPodcastRoundtable 5 лет назад +7

      Bruh.......I cant listen to the Pete Joint no more after the Tip Mix lmao

    • @christianclarke2113
      @christianclarke2113 5 лет назад +4

      And Still big facts!

    • @str8spittin
      @str8spittin 5 лет назад +3

      TERRANCE SLAUGHTER: YO! THAT REMIX IS EVERYTHING!!!!

  • @vontebrown2537
    @vontebrown2537 5 лет назад +2

    Large is a Living Legend

  • @dboi4952
    @dboi4952 5 лет назад +27

    Organized Konfusion
    “Stress”
    Extra P remix
    Featuring Large Professor
    👍🏾

    • @obatron1
      @obatron1 5 лет назад +1

      Bodied the original version

    • @jeanemlicar
      @jeanemlicar 5 лет назад +1

      #Fire

    • @nostalgicwiz3977
      @nostalgicwiz3977 5 лет назад +2

      "Yo, that stress shit is ill, if you let it, it will
      Have on your ass on the staircase, smoking a krill"

    • @BeatFinderGee
      @BeatFinderGee 5 лет назад +2

      Thats my joint! Fire!

    • @shirkophobe
      @shirkophobe 5 лет назад +1

      “cause everybody know my solution to being stressed is looking at the front door.” #MicDrop

  • @twocents6951
    @twocents6951 5 лет назад +10

    Large Professor is the most important person in Nas career. His best collaborator too imo. I just wish they worked together more. Halftime, It Ain’t Hard To Tell, One Plus One etc. Illmatic is my favorite album. If I’m stuck on a island and had to choose one album Illmatic it is.

    • @jaseallenson2477
      @jaseallenson2477 5 лет назад

      Mine would be MBDTF. The layers and depth in that production and the array of dope ass features is insane. Masterpiece. If I was stuck on an island 20 years ago possibly illmatic. But not in 2019

    • @twocents6951
      @twocents6951 5 лет назад

      Jase Allenson Well that would be your opinion. Different strokes for different folks.

    • @jamesball5743
      @jamesball5743 Год назад

      One plus One is ILL

  • @elevated5655
    @elevated5655 5 лет назад +8

    Dude that album is one of the best albums ever..East west it don't matter. some real hip hop shit... I miss it. I'm about to listen to it now!!

  • @melvinlovejones
    @melvinlovejones 5 лет назад +2

    Nas got that when he said “so I switched my motto,
    Instead of saying “fuck tomorrow”
    That dollar that bought the bottle
    Could’ve struck the lotto...”

  • @seantaylor8123
    @seantaylor8123 5 лет назад +4

    NY state of mind will be one of the best hip hop songs ever! Truly a timeless masterpiece off top

  • @dawolf4274
    @dawolf4274 5 лет назад +3

    I went to record store EVERY DAY the month it was supposed to come out looking top get a copy. Wasn't disappointed... top 10 greatest album, easy! "NY State of Mind" & "Halftime", my favorite cuts.

  • @wesiam8285
    @wesiam8285 5 лет назад +8

    Large Professer has HipHop running thru his veins. Thank God 4da Qtips, Preemos, Xtra Ps & Fab Five Freddys of the world!

  • @bryant51w
    @bryant51w 5 лет назад +8

    "Halftime"my favorite Nas song

  • @timeTravellin
    @timeTravellin 5 лет назад +30

    C'mon Vlad Extra P is a legendary producer, dont bring him here to talk solely about Nas.

  • @Noob12341-i
    @Noob12341-i 4 года назад +1

    can't believe Halftime and It aint hard to tell were recorded in 1992, the production is ahead of its time.

  • @bowling4clarity817
    @bowling4clarity817 5 лет назад +2

    Large Professor is probably the most approachable vet I've ever met . If you're a true Hip Hop lover he'll have no problem chopping it up with you

  • @_hop18_
    @_hop18_ 5 лет назад +3

    Illmatic is one of the greatest albums of all time and I loved it even more when he performed it with he National Symphony Orchestra.

  • @countblackula187
    @countblackula187 5 лет назад +4

    It ain’t hard to tell is one of the greatest hip hop song of all time, it’s hard to believe how young he was when he made this song compared to what these rappers think is lyricism today

  • @MichaelCobbs
    @MichaelCobbs 5 лет назад +2

    Excellent interview.

  • @Massproduce201
    @Massproduce201 5 лет назад +3

    You could see the passion the extra P got when it comes to the culture. He spews hip hop from within much respect P!!!

  • @SimusSays.....
    @SimusSays..... 5 лет назад +12

    This album should be in the library of congress not the blueprint. Hiphops perfect album.....
    Beginning to end.....PERIOD!!!

    • @rolltide2937
      @rolltide2937 5 лет назад +1

      Simus Says “Mr. Scarface is back” is the real ILLMATIC . Scarface first solo project from beginning to end was all bangers not one out of pocket song just straight fire!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • @SimusSays.....
      @SimusSays..... 5 лет назад

      @@rolltide2937 album was amazing (one of the best album covers) but its in no way illmatic. My favorite face albums though.

    • @rolltide2937
      @rolltide2937 5 лет назад

      Simus Says Face out did him self on that album it came out before ILLMATIC so Nas had to hear how a perfect album could be made he just duplicated what Face had already did!!!!! The only difference to me is Nas gave a NYC point of view and Scarface showed the Houston side of the game!!!!!! The only reason I give him credit is how he uses abstract symbolism were Face just gets straight to the point on some real G shit Scarface didn’t start writing with deep abstract metaphors until he dropped Face To Face the World is yours!!!!!! Which was another fucking monster album!!!!!! Nas is truly one if not the greatest MC!!!!!!! But Mr. Scarface is back is why more hardcore than ILLMATIC!!!!!!!

    • @nathangraham5438
      @nathangraham5438 5 лет назад

      Couldnt agree more ,politics

  • @fairplayterrific147
    @fairplayterrific147 5 лет назад +2

    "It Ain't Hard To Tell" 3rd Verse Hip Hop Quotable In "The Source" Great Times In Rap.... Large Professor Also Slayed The First Mix Of That Beat....Much Props To LP.

  • @PrimeArtistTV
    @PrimeArtistTV 5 лет назад +3

    Yes indeed...NAS+DJ PREMIER+Q TIP+PETE ROCK+ LARGE PROFESSOR= A TRUE HIP HOP CLASSIC!!!

    • @scienz
      @scienz 10 месяцев назад

      makes you wonder why he never worked with the same line up of producers for another album

  • @datdudedave
    @datdudedave 5 лет назад +3

    Bouta hit the gym with Illmatic blastin (“The world is yours” is my fave)

  • @nicealloys
    @nicealloys 5 лет назад +24

    Great to hear how it all happened , what a album ,Large Professor doesn’t get recognition enough for his body of work either

  • @jesussaves2043
    @jesussaves2043 5 лет назад +5

    At 4:19 Large is just shaking his head like, "Yeah thats the sauce."

  • @crooklyneny
    @crooklyneny 5 лет назад +3

    Large Pro legendary 👑

  • @alshin5431
    @alshin5431 5 лет назад +2

    What a legend man...

  • @Sdot1904
    @Sdot1904 5 лет назад +2

    Large Professor super cool down to earth so nyc

  • @kjheuston3544
    @kjheuston3544 5 лет назад +1

    Dope interview

  • @Bricks_shakur
    @Bricks_shakur 5 лет назад +3

    How dope is it to still have Nas? with us so many Legends that have passed we should be so grateful that we have Nas alive and well even if he is choosing to procrastinate to drop that album

  • @nep611
    @nep611 5 лет назад +2

    You see the love he got for hiphop on his face. Salute.

  • @Nysmitty-w8r
    @Nysmitty-w8r 5 лет назад +1

    Now that was official shout out to large pro still lookin the same since 93 💯 respect ✊

  • @starz5895
    @starz5895 5 лет назад +2

    I usually have favourite songs on albums, but illmatic......i listen to all the songs back to back!

    • @traviscarter1023
      @traviscarter1023 2 года назад

      Right got to it put you in the zone I had to hid that album because it my favorite . Since I was a kid remember the first time hear the world is yours in 1994-95 as a kid I was moving my head then my last year of high school in 2004-05 I went and got the album for 10th anniversary.

  • @rasheedvitalis
    @rasheedvitalis 5 лет назад +3

    I’m from the BRONX and have to admit QUEENS produced some of the best MC’s and rappers ever. Nuff respect to LARGE PRO, he’s heavily underrated. I wish Vlad would stop interviewing people and questioning about other artists. I would rather hear LARGE PRO’s come up. We know NAS’s story 😒

    • @chuckiegravesfield3170
      @chuckiegravesfield3170 5 лет назад

      it's because vlad only knows about mainstream rappers and doesn't do research

    • @rasheedvitalis
      @rasheedvitalis 5 лет назад +1

      Chuckie Gravesfield he should know more since he was allegedly a DJ before. I didn’t like the fact SAUCE MONEY’s whole interview was about JAY-Z either.

  • @arcademcfly1039
    @arcademcfly1039 5 лет назад +1

    HELL YES VLAD!! NY STATE OF MIND FOREVER!!! To this day it still makes me feel how I felt back in 94!!!!

  • @christophermbair
    @christophermbair 5 лет назад +3

    Humble as hell

  • @kanayomadu9914
    @kanayomadu9914 5 лет назад +1

    "I changed my motto, instead of saying 'fuck tomorrow' /
    That buck that bought the bottle could've struck the lotto."
    Nas, "Life's a Bitch"

  • @tonystano1167
    @tonystano1167 5 лет назад +2

    "911 WHATS YOUR EMERGENCY?"
    NYC: "WE'RE RUNNING DANGEROUSLY LOW ON NYC. SEND HELP ASAP!"
    911: "SIT TIGHT. THE PROFESSOR IS ON THE WAY"

  • @Demigoddrre
    @Demigoddrre 5 лет назад +1

    i love seeing music nerds w2 musicologists be making me smile

  • @aprilmaryland7128
    @aprilmaryland7128 5 лет назад +22

    "I was the 1st person to listen to illmatic"-TK Kirkland

  • @ftwdamfseyg
    @ftwdamfseyg 5 лет назад +1

    Ny state of mind pt 2 is just immaculate!!! Especially if u a New York dude... one of the best hip hop songs EVER made.... “triple cross Niggaz,, just newyork Niggaz, lift u off your feet when they was just talking wit you”...

  • @mikesullivan7305
    @mikesullivan7305 3 месяца назад

    I went to school with Large Professor. He was in my elementary school PS 120. We used to call him Paulie in Flushing, Qns, since that's what everyone called him. I later found out that's his middle name. In the 80s he always had headphones on, studious and talented. God bless.

  • @diamondwest35
    @diamondwest35 5 лет назад +3

    You can tell LP has an ear for music because he explained ‘life’s a Bitch’ perfectly

  • @johnprince1051
    @johnprince1051 5 лет назад +4

    Halftime and It ain't hard to tell. My best Nas records.

  • @AS-fz5dp
    @AS-fz5dp 5 лет назад +2

    It Ain’t Hard To Tell....over this has over taken The World is Yours as my fav beat on Illmatic. Love Preem and Tips work too of course!

  • @MOTHEGENERALTV
    @MOTHEGENERALTV 5 лет назад +9

    I need that Large Pro hat!!

  • @AntoineMalveaux
    @AntoineMalveaux 5 лет назад +18

    I gotta agree with Vlad on "New York state of mind". That song's a 10/10, in my opinion.

    • @bmore24t56
      @bmore24t56 5 лет назад +3

      So is Memory Lane ,The world is yours.

    • @robthemomentavisualco6347
      @robthemomentavisualco6347 5 лет назад

      The first time I heard that song it froze me in my tracks. I teleported to Queens. It was like being abducted.

  • @FunkyMonkz
    @FunkyMonkz 5 лет назад +1

    Still blastin' that Half Time Beat on full volume til this day

  • @ytJuice13
    @ytJuice13 5 лет назад +1

    It Ain’t Hard to Tell is my favorite joint!

  • @str8spittin
    @str8spittin 5 лет назад +3

    I remember Tragedy used da term "ILLMATIC" on da Marley Marl Vol. 1 joint

    • @ISmokeBlackieChan
      @ISmokeBlackieChan 5 лет назад

      Tragedy is the one who coined the term "illmatic."

    • @str8spittin
      @str8spittin 5 лет назад

      @@ISmokeBlackieChan : AGREED 👍🏽

  • @301larussomusic
    @301larussomusic 5 лет назад +1

    With his personality and Nas together I can see how they would clash.

  • @maxpower6979
    @maxpower6979 5 лет назад +1

    NY State of Mind is my favorite Nas song as well!! If you want to experience NY in the 90s, listen to NY State of Mind. You can just listen to the beat and immediately think...oh shit...that's NEW YORK!!!

  • @MrGrimCOD
    @MrGrimCOD 5 лет назад +2

    Best nas story you have right here

  • @bendervelosoc.r.f8456
    @bendervelosoc.r.f8456 5 лет назад +1

    Large pro
    the legend himself!

  • @ctr8drfan
    @ctr8drfan 5 лет назад +4

    Anyone else notice when Vlad interviews east coast emcees, producers etc he talks about music...
    When Vlad interviews west coast emcees, producers etc he eventually starts asking gang and prison politics

  • @TheShawnmaxx
    @TheShawnmaxx 5 лет назад +1

    First time hearing about LP was in the White Man Can't Jump then Main Source....then was delighted he was reppin' NYC and Illmatic was it for me. One of the best Hip Hop Producers

    • @218Murai
      @218Murai 5 лет назад

      If u don’t mind where at in the movie is name brought up??

    • @deezerbee81
      @deezerbee81 5 лет назад

      @@218Murai
      "Fakin the funk" by Main Source was on the White man cant jump soundtrack..It plays in the film too..
      I wanna say it plays when Sidney is driving around to meet up with a client to discuss a job and Billy runs into Sidney telling him Gloria left ..
      that whole" cross to bear" speech.

  • @troyc7726
    @troyc7726 5 лет назад +12

    Yall be hating on Vlad but he be getting legends

  • @DeathsInverse
    @DeathsInverse 5 лет назад +1

    It ain't hard to tell never get old.

  • @Genisvell1983
    @Genisvell1983 5 лет назад +27

    Actually is was TK that created the term illmatic.

    • @illdee04
      @illdee04 5 лет назад

      Heard it was chongo who created the term the illmatcs... It was more like a crew... Like Illmatic ice. I believe ill will was one of them.

    • @frankstudent
      @frankstudent 5 лет назад

      Lol

    • @stanspliff92
      @stanspliff92 5 лет назад +1

      @@illdee04 I thought it was tragedy that coined the term

    • @str8spittin
      @str8spittin 5 лет назад +1

      @@stanspliff92 : yeah,Trag stated it back on da Marley Marl Vol. 1 joint....I tried 2 tell my peeps

  • @ToneFury
    @ToneFury 5 лет назад +7

    represent is the best track on illmatic

    • @rolltide2937
      @rolltide2937 5 лет назад +1

      Tone Blue that intro to me was the dopest part of ILLMATIC I remember watching Wildstyles as a kid that made the album more symbolic to me it’s about the love of hip hop then Nas begins to destroy every track and by the end you have to listen to it again because you just don’t want it to end!!!!!!! Just pure uncut dope hip hop!!!!!

  • @jayhearn382
    @jayhearn382 5 лет назад

    Large Pro. Maximum Respect Fella

  • @USVSTHEBUFF
    @USVSTHEBUFF 5 лет назад +2

    More of these Golden Era interview's.........

  • @DuhTractor
    @DuhTractor 5 лет назад +1

    Peace and Love from Rhode Island

  • @dn30001
    @dn30001 5 лет назад +8

    The term 'EXECUTIVE PRODUCER' means that you are the one (or ones) putting up the money to fund and direct the project. Unless it was clear that LP put his money up along with his beats, then he was not a executive producer. Cmon Vlad you should know this

    • @ultimatetruthteller4169
      @ultimatetruthteller4169 5 лет назад +1

      Glad does know. But he is asking questions for the viewing public. That’s what an interview is..... Asking questions that EVERYONE probably doesn’t know or would like to know.

    • @dn30001
      @dn30001 5 лет назад +1

      @@ultimatetruthteller4169 nope. That was not asked in the fashion for the audience. He clearly did not know what the executive producer role was...you can simply tell by how he worded it.

    • @reimourrpower9357
      @reimourrpower9357 5 лет назад

      Large Professor indirectly shaped the Illmatic project by bringing many of the producers in and doing more tacks than anyone. So the concept that he was a sort of "executive producer" is not far fetched; Xtra P by all definitions is the co-executive producer of Illmatic.

    • @dn30001
      @dn30001 5 лет назад

      @@reimourrpower9357 let me break it down again...
      Executive producer (EP) is one of the top positions in the making of a commercial entertainment product. Depending on the medium, the executive producer may be concerned with management accounting or associated with legal issues (like copyrights or royalties)
      That don't sound like Xtra P at all...

    • @reimourrpower9357
      @reimourrpower9357 5 лет назад

      @@dn30001 Executive prodcer is also invovleved in the A&R (talent) of a project, direction , theme & sound of a project. Xrta P was involved with all of that and doing 30% of the music plus additional uncredited production. Break that down.
      See it as you wish.

  • @StromLxrd6
    @StromLxrd6 5 лет назад +1

    "World is yours" my favorite Nas track

  • @lavunjobvu9015
    @lavunjobvu9015 5 лет назад +47

    Incoming: Nas is the worst beat picker

    • @keefed1284
      @keefed1284 5 лет назад +2

      Nas firat album was his best-Vlad

    • @TheDtruth29
      @TheDtruth29 5 лет назад

      I'm waiting for that question, probably on the next part