I think Kool G Rap & Polo's "Road to the Riches" defined that era a little bit more clearly and what was going on mid way through the CRACK epidemic. By the time Nas album came, it was simmering down. Hip Hop and the NYC streets began to be intertwined.
Live at The barbeque I want the hell for snuffin Jesus nasty Nas as he was known back then was on another level then when he got featured on MC search kick em in the grill he dropped in some crazy lyrics about shooting up nuns Nas has been on word play for decades
Ice Cube said to NaS on his 'The Bridge' podcast, "Back then we were doing our penmanship, then you came and put it in Cursive". Highest compliments from 1 of Hip-Hop Greats! Illmatic is like New Testament to Catholics, it is like BC & AD, Before Illmatic and after Illmatic! Facts!
"I DON'T SLEEP - CUZ SLEEP IS THE COUSIN OF DEATH" - coldest line EVER 👑🖤👑 . This song was the intro to a great tv show - NY UNDERCOVER . This was heavy on the rotation...still is...❤
Yo Boogie! Just so you know, this is the 1st song off of his 1st album. So for those that had never heard of Nas (which is most) this track is how he introduced himself to the world...
Main Source "Looking At The Front Door" Main Source "Live At The Barbecue" Featuring Nas( before his 1st album ), Joe Fatal and Akinyele Akinyele "Put It In Your Mouth"
This quite possibly one of the best hip hop albums ever conceived. . Thrs Illmattic & then The D.O.C, no one can do it better. . . Both'll take you to school. . . Check out "I gave you power" & "Rewind" from Nas, . . It'll Will blow your mind.
It's not an accident, that NYC Hip Hop was shelved. As a Blackman, the way you was bobbing your head, (PAUSE) shows that you have that rythm, frequency and wave length.
Dear God! You just stepped in it now! Oh boy! Salute to you! Amazing reaction to a classic song and album!! There's soooo many Nas songs to get to...eventually... Thanks for doin what you do young king!
I’ve been listening to hip-hop for 35 years. Mostly West Coast and even though I’ve heard tracks from Nas, I’ve never dipped into his catalog. This just changed that for me. I’m gonna go do some serious research.
"Biggie's Ready to Die album came out several months after Illmatic, and Biggie was crowned king of New York in the popular culture of Hip Hop heads, Ready to Die unfairly over-shadowed Illmatic, which is truly a classic album. Though they were quite distinct artists, they innovated in analogous ways. Biggie merged language that was high and low, vernacular and vocabulary words, in a way that sounded natural. He did this with a sophisticated understanding of the patterns of black language. When a different or unusual word or phrase could be introduced while still maintaining the aesthetics of black language, he inserted it. NaS, in contrast, merged concepts that were high and low, vernacular and metaphysical, in a manner that was whole rather than pieced together, thus presenting a complex that is unusual in any music outside of jazz. What Biggie started to do with language in 1994, NaS had already begun to do with ideas on Illmatic. He carries us through the "Righteous steps" of the cosmic, oceanic, and literal dimensions of his person. He transcends." - Imany Perry (Born To Use Mics)
Great video bro! Nas is my #1 goat lyricists, because he's a TRUE poet. Like you said, his wordplay is second to NONE! Maybe only Black Thought of the Roots comes close. His debut album, which this song came from; Illmatic, is still relevant now, over 20 years later!
Is it me or has the lasting power and timelessness of nas' work finally started to shine generations later? I noticed old heads appreciating him more, including him in convos that maybe he wasn't before (like being better than Jay z) and young heads are listening damn near breaking their necks.
NAS IS CONSIDERED TO BE THE GREATEST RAPPER...U HAVE TO DO ETHER...JAY Z DISS....NAS WON A GRAMMY IN I THINK 2022 FOR BEST ALBUM...KINGS DISEASE 2 OI BELIEVE IT WAS....HES THE LONGEST SURVIVING RAPPER EVER...BRO HIS CATALOGUE IS DEEP!!!!!!!!!!
The line after hijacking Delta was about Blend Tapes. The Blend Tape where they created a new song by putting Rap over R&B beats or Vice Versa was created by Queens Legend Grand Masta Vic from South Jamaica Queens. Thesong was Stephanie Mills Never Knew Love Like this Before over a Beat called Zig Zag. The Second person to make the blend famous on wax was DJ Hot Day from Queensbridge where Nas is from
NaS has some of the most creative Tracks & Albums in Hip-Hop history: One Love - POV of Letter I Gave You Power - POV of Gun Last Words - POV of Jail Cell Fetus - POV of Fetus Dance - Best Hip-Hop track Dedicated to a Mother! Book of Rhymes - POV of pages in book Rewind - Spits story backwards Money is my Bitch - POV of Money Beef - POV of Beef Sekou Story/Live Now - Most people don't know Scarlet is actually NaS lol Project Roach - POV of Roach Fried Chicken - Just genius vision Daughters - Every man with a daughter can relate Concept Albums: Hip Hop Is Dead - Sounds better Today! Untitled Album - Will always remain relevant due to its content! Distant Relatives - Beautiful Africa Vibe! Life Is Good - 1st Adult Hip-Hop Album's! KD & Magic Trilogies, 6 magnificent albums in 3 years, 2 Trilogies at the same time!
Let me just add big Nas is still doin it like this to this day young homey! One of the first tapes I ever bought...bootleg of course ($5) I STILL bump this album in my car right now! Was listening to this on the way to pick my son up from school the other day. 46 from Bmore here dun
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Nas "I Gave You Power"
That's the 1
Dope pick, I keep trying to get him to check the older ones out like NAS' feat on "Live At The BarBQue" but picks like yours is necessary.
"I Gave You Power" is one of the greatest examples of lyrical artistry 💯🌟
" Life's A Bitch" w/. AZ is Illmatic too🔥 with the saxophone 🎷
I Gave You Power is that 1.
Nas is certainly on Mt. Rushmore of rappers with no debate.
💯💯💯🦾🦾🦾🦾
Facts
And he we rote this at 16!!
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
GOAT
NAS - Illmatic is one of hottest album if not the hottest ever.
Ever! Still!!!
And u got Jeru's debut album same time. Also P.R. & C.L.'s 2nd drop The Main Ingredient. These three albums were droppin bombs like that...
I Luv illmatic but not hottest ever... Kast got 2 albums might have sumthin to say bout dat....,,
Top 5 hip Hop... period!
my GOAT album period. The only problem with Illmatic is its too short.
Gangstar- Mass Appeal
🔥
FACTS!!!!
One of my all time favorite hip hop records!
Oooooooo, nice. Forgot bout Guru
Mass Appeal featuring sticky fingers version.
This is as close to a perfect hip hop song as you will find. It paints a vivid picture of the streets of NYC.
💯
I think Kool G Rap & Polo's "Road to the Riches" defined that era a little bit more clearly and what was going on mid way through the CRACK epidemic. By the time Nas album came, it was simmering down. Hip Hop and the NYC streets began to be intertwined.
Live at The barbeque I want the hell for snuffin Jesus nasty Nas as he was known back then was on another level then when he got featured on MC search kick em in the grill he dropped in some crazy lyrics about shooting up nuns Nas has been on word play for decades
the King of Queens
He’s 17-19 when he wrote this and he changed the way everyone flowed! Mad grown men have to raise they levels
Live at the BBQ. If you know you know
A lot of rappers where young as heck back then cranking out classics.
90s Hip Hop to me is the greatest form of music ever made
Greatest Rapper of All Time
Definitely!!!
When you get a chance listen to
"Lifes A Bitch" Nas featuring AZ off this same album.
"NY State of Mind II"
This was 1994 son,Nas from Queens he was goated after this classic album: Illmatic. You need to hear the whole album
Ice Cube said to NaS on his 'The Bridge' podcast, "Back then we were doing our penmanship, then you came and put it in Cursive". Highest compliments from 1 of Hip-Hop Greats! Illmatic is like New Testament to Catholics, it is like BC & AD, Before Illmatic and after Illmatic! Facts!
Excellent analogy my brother. Bc / Ad 🔥🔥🔥
Well said
"I DON'T SLEEP - CUZ SLEEP IS THE COUSIN OF DEATH" - coldest line EVER 👑🖤👑
.
This song was the intro to a great tv show -
NY UNDERCOVER
.
This was heavy on the rotation...still is...❤
You found him! Nas is the GOAT!
FINALLY - thats the NYC ANTHEM!!
Nas - "TheWorld Is Yours", AZ - "Sugar Hill", Nas - "Life's a B!tch"
Isn't sugar hill AZ??
@@MaestroFoden yeah, read it again, lol
Illmatic was the most anticipated album in NYC at the time. Still one of the greatest albums ever.
Nas- One Mic
Yo Boogie!
Just so you know, this is the 1st song off of his 1st album.
So for those that had never heard of Nas (which is most) this track is how he introduced himself to the world...
Nas is the GREATEST OF ALL TIME
💯
When this came out in 1994, there was over 2,000 homicides in NYC. Gun violence has calmed down a lot in NY, but back then, it was extremely violent.
Yup. 80s & 90s has highest crime rates on record dis country..., imagine social media then 😅
91 alone nyc had over 2000 homicides
And that was still down from the 80’s.
@georgecoleman4300 No it wasn't.. 90's had our highest crime rates on record. Check da stats on feds website.....,,,
@@hardfordcollective3037what social media? was none…
Nas - Rewind
Best rapper ever!
Nas - Ether 🔥
😎
His song -ONE MIC 🎤 🔥🔊🔥🔊🔥🔊🔥
"It ain't hard to tell" 🤯
Main Source "Looking At The Front Door"
Main Source "Live At The Barbecue" Featuring Nas( before his 1st album ), Joe Fatal and Akinyele
Akinyele "Put It In Your Mouth"
Seconded - This is what gave Nas his start - bruh was a teenager at the time.
@ianwalsh3001 👊🏾
Queensbridge represent
🫡
✌️💙
NY
*Oh wow… your 1st NAS song… Oh boy!!!*
*Next one should be “One Mic” or “Ether” definitely…*
There it is, my all time fav storyteller lyricist---
The hook "New York State of Mind" is sampled from Rakim on his "Mahogany"....
Speaking on Mahogany by Rakim, you need to review that!
Mahogany is 🔥🔥🔥
She asked how come I don't smile
I said everything is fine I'm in a New York State of Mind
Nas,
"Find ya Wealth"
🔥🔥🔥
This quite possibly one of the best hip hop albums ever conceived. . Thrs Illmattic & then The D.O.C, no one can do it better. . . Both'll take you to school. . . Check out "I gave you power" & "Rewind" from Nas, . . It'll Will blow your mind.
Nas is AMAZING!! You're reminding me of his greatness, taking me back 💯
NAS - It ain’t hard to tell
It's not an accident, that NYC Hip Hop was shelved. As a Blackman, the way you was bobbing your head, (PAUSE) shows that you have that rythm, frequency and wave length.
NAS - Small World 🔥🔥🔥
I’m only here for the Nas reactions 🔥 MORE
Nas is from Queensbridge Projects. Like Roxanne Shante and Mobb Deep.
One of the all-time classics produced by the homie DJ Premier. This whole album is the shizz...
Ok this a super classic. Beautiful story telling poetry over a ill beat. One of the best to ever do it...Nasis Jones!!
Mobb Deep_Eye for an Eye: Havoc, Prodigy, Nas, Raekwon…💣🔥🔥🔥🔥
EPMD so wat Cha sayin 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
I saw him at the NYS fair a few years ago, he sounded SO good.. after all these years.
Seen him in Poughkeepsie, NY during the early 2000's
Ha! "Sleep" is a Metaphor for staying on point, Woke, catching everything 😂
NAS - Small World
U NEED to hear dat.....!!!!!
40 side, heaven, I gave you power, wtf smh, speechless, rise & fall, you’re da man, my bible, rewind. Nas
Dear God! You just stepped in it now! Oh boy! Salute to you! Amazing reaction to a classic song and album!! There's soooo many Nas songs to get to...eventually... Thanks for doin what you do young king!
Now you cooking my G, time to dive into the catalog of the GOAT! Nas- nas is like reaction
I’ve been listening to hip-hop for 35 years. Mostly West Coast and even though I’ve heard tracks from Nas, I’ve never dipped into his catalog. This just changed that for me. I’m gonna go do some serious research.
This is bringing me back to me and cousin listen to this Album one NY winter wearing timberland Chuckers, Camouflage Pants, and Columbia Coats 🔥🔥
Nas - "Rewind" Greatest rap song ever written
"Biggie's Ready to Die album came out several months after Illmatic, and Biggie was crowned king of New York in the popular culture of Hip Hop heads, Ready to Die unfairly over-shadowed Illmatic, which is truly a classic album. Though they were quite distinct artists, they innovated in analogous ways. Biggie merged language that was high and low, vernacular and vocabulary words, in a way that sounded natural. He did this with a sophisticated understanding of the patterns of black language. When a different or unusual word or phrase could be introduced while still maintaining the aesthetics of black language, he inserted it.
NaS, in contrast, merged concepts that were high and low, vernacular and metaphysical, in a manner that was whole rather than pieced together, thus presenting a complex that is unusual in any music outside of jazz. What Biggie started to do with language in 1994, NaS had already begun to do with ideas on Illmatic. He carries us through the "Righteous steps" of the cosmic, oceanic, and literal dimensions of his person. He transcends." - Imany Perry (Born To Use Mics)
Great video bro! Nas is my #1 goat lyricists, because he's a TRUE poet. Like you said, his wordplay is second to NONE! Maybe only Black Thought of the Roots comes close. His debut album, which this song came from; Illmatic, is still relevant now, over 20 years later!
This is one of the most perfect hip hop songs ever. Some of the most clever, visual lyrics ever written. A flawless beat.
Chief rocka- lords of the underground
Is it me or has the lasting power and timelessness of nas' work finally started to shine generations later? I noticed old heads appreciating him more, including him in convos that maybe he wasn't before (like being better than Jay z) and young heads are listening damn near breaking their necks.
Greatest album ever
Nas Rewind
Stay on your Nas Journey.... you will not be disappointed...believe me. 🎉🎉🎉🎉
Boogie, you can listen to Nas break down "It Ain't Hard To Tell" to a Harvard Poetry Professor, it's pretty dope.
Nas 🎤✍️👍🔥🔥🔥💯👊💪
Glad you liked it!!
Great reaction episode 🎧😎🔥💯
........
GURU - Gifted Universal Rhymes Unlimited and his DJ's name is Premiere, one of the best DJ/Producers on the planet.
NAS - Small World
Don't miss dis one MuthaLuva 🔥🔥🔥
@@hardfordcollective3037 ..🤣..dont 4get This " MuthaLuva Cookin w/. Fish Grease" 😆
@@TheFISHIN14Damn Sho is...,, 👍🏽
My All-Time Favorite NAS Joint....
Same here, I only liked 3 songs by him.
@@Bighjr88 way more than 3 for me, but this is my favorite. Nas is Top 5
@ Where I’m from Nas was never in the rotation!
NAS - REWIND!!!!!!
Boogie there was totin guns like that in every major American city in the 90s
NAS IS CONSIDERED TO BE THE GREATEST RAPPER...U HAVE TO DO ETHER...JAY Z DISS....NAS WON A GRAMMY IN I THINK 2022 FOR BEST ALBUM...KINGS DISEASE 2 OI BELIEVE IT WAS....HES THE LONGEST SURVIVING RAPPER EVER...BRO HIS CATALOGUE IS DEEP!!!!!!!!!!
The line after hijacking Delta was about Blend Tapes. The Blend Tape where they created a new song by putting Rap over R&B beats or Vice Versa was created by Queens Legend Grand Masta Vic from South Jamaica Queens. Thesong was Stephanie Mills Never Knew Love Like this Before over a Beat called Zig Zag. The Second person to make the blend famous on wax was DJ Hot Day from Queensbridge where Nas is from
...plus Nas was one of the first shock lyric rappers - this doesn't get touched on enough (pause) That raised his stock early!
Run it back repeatedly! ✊
NaS has some of the most creative Tracks & Albums in Hip-Hop history:
One Love - POV of Letter
I Gave You Power - POV of Gun
Last Words - POV of Jail Cell
Fetus - POV of Fetus
Dance - Best Hip-Hop track Dedicated to a Mother!
Book of Rhymes - POV of pages in book
Rewind - Spits story backwards
Money is my Bitch - POV of Money
Beef - POV of Beef
Sekou Story/Live Now - Most people don't know Scarlet is actually NaS lol
Project Roach - POV of Roach
Fried Chicken - Just genius vision
Daughters - Every man with a daughter can relate
Concept Albums:
Hip Hop Is Dead - Sounds better Today!
Untitled Album - Will always remain relevant due to its content!
Distant Relatives - Beautiful Africa Vibe!
Life Is Good - 1st Adult Hip-Hop Album's!
KD & Magic Trilogies, 6 magnificent albums in 3 years, 2 Trilogies at the same time!
Glad to see Illmatic album getting love. Let that motherlover keep spinning boss!
The Firm. Affirmative action. Straight NY fire. I promise you!
Nas “undying love”
Nas - Illmatic ....CLASSIC! My favorite rap album. You should do Nas - It ain't hard to tell and/or Nas - Life's a Bi**h
Nas Poison It's Deep... @Im Boogie
Represent nas 25 to life d nice trust me it's a insane story
Very few rappers nowadays can hang with the old school rappers. They don't even come close.
The greatest hip hop album of all time.
NAS is a BIGGGG LEAP!!!🔥👑
You gonna love I gave you power. No other rapper can measure up to that, and Rewind as well is another track
This song is a classic. It deserves to be on your main channel.
Nice one Boogie. We still need reactions to the Crooklyn Dodgers & Crooklyn Dodgers '95. Keep hustling brother. 🍻
Illeagal “We gets Busy” 👍🏾
Nyc. ....."one love"nas
Top 10 joint ever.
MT. Rushmore MC period!
Dope choice 🔥🔥🔥💪🏿
Nas “rewind”
When Nas did this entire album with the orchestra that was super 🔥🔥 I almost wish all hip hop was performed with a orchestra or live band
The smooth criminal on beat breaks
Never put me in your box if your shit eats tapes 👀🤦🏻♂️🔥🔥🔥
That cousin of death line was the bar of the year!!! Every body screamed it out loud with this record
Almost no one was allowed to have a gun in NYC, but that didn't stop them from being there 😎
Still ain't
Next up? Gangstarr. Hard to Earn ="Code of the Streets".💯🔥🔥
Now you in the god-level tier
Let me just add big Nas is still doin it like this to this day young homey! One of the first tapes I ever bought...bootleg of course ($5) I STILL bump this album in my car right now! Was listening to this on the way to pick my son up from school the other day. 46 from Bmore here dun
On one of the greatest hip hop albums and debuts of all time. Whole album is a masterpiece❤
The greatest HiP hop album ever
Nas - Small World 🔥🔥 Make it happen cuz 🔥🔥
NAS 1ST track was on Main Source LIVE AT THE BBQ.
It's beautiful watching the younger generation react the way we did when we first heard this
You know it’s hittin’ when Boogie makes the StAnK FaCe 😖.. lolololol 🫡✊💯💯