This song got me through the absolute worst man. At 13, my cousin died in front of me due to gun violence. By 17 I was a father. Now I'm 19 at the college of my dreams. Not to mention I grew up in America's grittiest and grimmest city. Man this song means so much to me and I play it every damn day!
Lemme just say that ya missed the absolute pinnacle of rap 88-95’... could not n will not ever be matched! So protect ya neck, one love, its lyrics to go...
The original piano sample is Ahmad Jamal's "I love music." Its nice that skilled producers can flip jazz classics into a hip hop masterpiece like this.
Legendary jazz musician Ahmad Jamal passed away yesterday. RIP. This classic hip hop song wouldn’t be possible without the sample of Ahmad Jamal’s “I Love Music”
“I’m out for presidents to represent me.” “I’m out for presidents to represent me.” “PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA HE REPRESENTS ME!” - Nas, Kennedy Center, 2018
Garrett if nas meant the opposite, i agree with him. Obama did nothing but be black. Shit, i even rooted for him just because he was black cuz well i’m black. I’m only realising now that If anything, michelle did 10 times more. Don’t get me wrong, i don’t hate obama at all, he just didn’t do very much. If nas didn’t mean this then oh well i said my bit🤷🏾♀️
so true. the hip hop industry doesnt even care about true lyricism anymore. Its all about what kinda image you portray. nas said it himself..hip hop is dead
+saVYx KRys no it's not. you just only pay attention to the top couple guys so you don't know about the real rappers. joey bada$$, kendrick lamar, j. cole, vince staples, wale, kirk knight, pusha t, chance the rapper, dave east, a$ap twelvvy, a$ap nast, bas, nyck caution... so many more haha you just aren't looking. if you really believe hip hop is dead, try and listen to a couple songs from each of these guys above. don't claim i'm wrong off one song you heard from them, cause don't act like nas, pac, big, any of them never rapped about bitches, money, weed, and all the ignorant shit you claimed ruined hip hop.
Nas was way ahead of his time. Everyone else was getting rich off basic rhyme schemes while Nas was coming out of the trenches with hits like this. Fucking legend man
A humble rapper with his skill. If he was a narcissist he could have taken the whole game.. IMO he’s better than Jay-Z but he didn’t need the throne. Pure Art
2:00 " to name my daughter my strength, my son and star will be my resurection born in correction all the wrong shit i did he lead the right direction" 🤯🔥
"the beats makin me fall asleep, I keep fallen, but never fallin 6 feet deep" Holy fuck, that is one of the greatest lines I've ever heard in my entire life. Nas said sleep is the cousin of death, and fallen 6 feet deep normally means death and being buried in a casket 6 feet deep... This man was a lyrical genius. Arguably the greatest lyricist of all time
Jailbird how can you get rap and trap mixed like it’s not hard one is lyrical and story based the other is unlyrical but has a fire ass beat you ever notice why the top 100 trap music are catchy I wouldn’t be rapping a whole nas verse I’d prefer screaming out the lyrics to mo bamba type shit not saying that one is better than the other it’s that a whole new genre was created the same how metal and rock were separated they both have the same basics but different elements to each other, I prefer rap when I wanna chill and listen to something soothing to the mind but when I’m hanging wit my niggas I’m bumping trap shit
Whenever I’m in a bad mood I put this song on and it reminds me of how great life is. This is the type of song you listen to while walking late at night through the city or riding the bus. The piano sample is also beautiful. Nas did an exceptional job creating this musical masterpiece.
I sip the Dom P, watching "Gandhi" 'til I'm charged Then writing in my book of rhymes, all the words past the margin To hold the mic I'm throbbin', mechanical movement... What an entrance into a verse... GOAT
Understandable smooth shit that murderers move with The thief's theme Play me at night they don't act right The fiend of hip hop has got me stuck like a crack pipe The mind activation React like I'm facing Time like Pappy Mason With pens I'm embracing, wipe the Sweat off my dome, spit the streets Swede Timbs on my feet Make my cypher complete Whether cruising in a Sikh's cab Or Montero Jeep I can't call it, the beats make me falling asleep I keep falling, but never falling 6ft deep I'm out for presidents to represent me (say what) I'm out for presidents to represent me (say what) I'm out for dead presidents to represent me (whose world is this) By far the hardest intro to any rap song. There is a wordplay in every line and it goes to show that damn near nobody except Big, Pac, and maybe Jay-Z are on Nas' level.
+Alejandro romero shit I ain't disrespecting Nas bro he was one of the rappers who got me into the genre rs, one of the few old school artists that I actually enjoy listening to
This song is perfection. It’s not even just the beat and lyrics, which are amazing. But it’s the way he flows through the verses with a perfect tempo/speed and syllable emphasis. If you like hip hop but don’t like this song, you have no taste.
Daniel Gray it's a redundancy from a grammatical standpoint.. if you hold yourself down, It's assumed it's single handed.. I mean yeah it had to rhyme, but it was grammatically incorrect
I saw Nas about three weeks ago. When the music to this song started, the whole crowd got up and started dancing. All ages. I'd never seen anything like it before.
It's funny. I'm a metalhead, and I grew up with my mom telling me Rap and Hip Hop were shit. I heard this song in "Tony Hawk's Underground" and it's a testament to how legitimately great it is that - even though it went against my schemas, I enjoyed it. This song and One Mic are two of my favorite songs now. Nas for life.
Ryan i was born in Queens, I grew up hearing my Uncles saying how rock and roll is a bunch of Random Screaming. I heard Static X while playing duke nukam and realized rock isnt all that bad. May video games unite the world
a bit late, but back in 1997 i recorded this track from a hip-hop tv show called "word cup" with a vhs recorder. i played the song up and down all summer long, over and over again. it was a very hard time back then in mexico city full of violence and drugs but this song gave me an incredible amount of energy and positivity, until today. To my peoples throughout Lindavista, God bless your life.
First time I heard this song was on Tony Hawk’s Underground, even though a lot of cuss words were cut out, I loved the beat and flow. Little did I know at 8 years I was listening to a Legend.
The 90's man...the illest decade for pure, unfiltered, unadulterated, undiluted, organic, gluten-free, sugar-free, gmo-free, raw and authentic fuckin rap. period.
This song got me through the absolute worst man. At 13, my cousin died in front of me due to gun violence. By 17 I was a father. Now I'm 19 at the college of my dreams. Not to mention I grew up in America's grittiest and grimmest city. Man this song means so much to me and I play it every damn day!
Shit like this gives me hope, wish you well homie.
Thanks, man.
TonyD3Tame NYC? Compton?
Chicago. I was born in Bronzeville, literally born in the house I grew up in, and moved to Humboldt Park my senior year of HS. I'm now in college.
Best luck to everything you do bro!
One of those songs that makes you feel like everything’s gonna be okay.
🙏🏾
Yess, exactly
Fax
But everything isn't gonna okay
@@kerpetenali3532 true
The sound of New York really captured in this album solely.
Also, the best of Nas.
Yesss!
Song does give a NYC vibe
Love the NY SOUND Y'ALL
@@davidvincent9545 Amen!
Word
This instrumental sounds like when you know you're the shit but you're stuck behind the fact that the world doesn't know yet.
your intellectual is advanced
This is a deep comment god
Thats a really good observation
this comment made me get up and feel like I can become the fucking president
Very deep.
This songs gives a nostalgic feeling for a time I've never even lived in....
This song gives me a nostalgic feeling for the best time I ever lived.....
Reincarnation 🧐🧐
Ugh I’m old
*one day you will know who i am from my name alone, Mark my words. I will leave an everlasting impact on all y’all !* 😈
Lemme just say that ya missed the absolute pinnacle of rap 88-95’... could not n will not ever be matched! So protect ya neck, one love, its lyrics to go...
This reminds me of New York even though I haven’t been there yet
BG21 yessir
Right..my kid's father from NY..but I've never stressed to go there
@Angel Alvarado Listen to Dead presidents 2 then haha
@Angel Alvarado what does janky mean?
You gotta go it's a whole new experience there
Nas was too young to spit this kinda knowledge and insight... Nowonder why he's the greatest Lyricist of all time
Gotta back you up on this one, although I'm a big fan of Em and Biggie. Nas and mobb Depp hold the lyricists throne
you not wrong and joey bada$$ did the same he was 17 when he recorded 1999
...called being an old soul, so to speak.
Pyschii joey is insane
@@psychii3387 I love 1999 but illmatic the best album in rap
This song was in Tony Hawk's Underground. God that, soundtrack was so fucking good.
God bless that soundtrack. it's quite frequent whenever I am listening to something dope someone says that brought them here.
Agreed
omgg yess finally sum1 else who played that game too :)
I didn't even know that, i played that game as a kid tho. good times
Oh yeah 😎
the greatest hip-hop song ever made 😇
Electric Relaxation is good competition...
+sol settle down
KarlJC1411 im just posting a valid argument
+sol It's a great track, tbh I think Phife's verses ruin it a bit, the beat is perfect for Tips more laid back and calmer delivery.
yes🙌 this is everything
The original piano sample is Ahmad Jamal's "I love music." Its nice that skilled producers can flip jazz classics into a hip hop masterpiece like this.
His father is a jazz musician and nas played his musical instruments at a young age and was very skilled, which probably explains that
Sorry to break it to y'all but he didn't produce this, though he does have that connection to jazz
Actually the beat Nas spat his veres upon is the creation of Pete Rock, DJ and Rapper and producer.
@@IandeSongfransisco no it's not
@@storm8y744 or is it primo beat?
Legendary jazz musician Ahmad Jamal passed away yesterday. RIP. This classic hip hop song wouldn’t be possible without the sample of Ahmad Jamal’s “I Love Music”
Rip.
May he Rest In Peace🧡
Who’s in 2021 with me we still here!!!
Here my man✌️
What’s gooood
Chillinnn from the middleeast
Yooo
hi
And here we all are... 2019... still bumping.
Meegon Tait ppl will be listening to this *every year* for *a long time...* It gets _thousands_ of views *everyday*
Plus _it says when_ you posted... Ppl are _so_ fuckin dumb 😂😆😉
ey :)
yurr
who's world is this? IT'S MINE IT'S MINE IT'S MINE
Nas's lyrics are dope, the beat is so chill and laid back, and the scratching gives it that old school real hip hop feel
ravenjmain well it is oldschool :D
ravenjmain yes!
Nice reply .. so chill and laid back
listen to joey badass... hip hop has not ended
jackhamer orDEWEY fr people sleepin on joey
“i’m out for presidents to represent me”
*say what?*
“i’m out for dead presidents to represent me” _~ Nas 1994_
“I’m out for presidents to represent me.”
“I’m out for presidents to represent me.”
“PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA HE REPRESENTS ME!”
- Nas, Kennedy Center, 2018
Whose...
@@earningzekrom4173 Sadly Nas was mistaken. Obama, like any powerful politician, represents the elite classes.
Garrett if nas meant the opposite, i agree with him. Obama did nothing but be black. Shit, i even rooted for him just because he was black cuz well i’m black. I’m only realising now that If anything, michelle did 10 times more. Don’t get me wrong, i don’t hate obama at all, he just didn’t do very much. If nas didn’t mean this then oh well i said my bit🤷🏾♀️
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Rap music with jazz rhythms is one of the dopest things to ever exist 🙌🏾💕
Check rhymes like dimes by MF DOOM then
Nas is poetic
Hip hop and jazz... Is like penis and vagina... Fits perfectly😈😈
Hahahha lol
Love this album my favourite rap album
Big L had the best jazz well that I’ve heard you can’t compare any of them it’s impossible but I do know illmatic is legendary
Those 90s hip hop samples never die
early east coast hip hop makes me nostalgic about a time and place i never experienced.
Don't be nostalgic about the heart of Old School Hip Hop, the projects of New York. Its exactly what Nas describes and exposes in NY State of Mind
Jayraj Ganatra Same here
exactly how i feel man
same here
Early?
The sad thing is that this wouldn't sell these days, the bar has been lowered so fucking much it's criminal.
+Dragonaut111 it's not lowered it's been thrown away somewhere else :D
so true. the hip hop industry doesnt even care about true lyricism anymore. Its all about what kinda image you portray. nas said it himself..hip hop is dead
no it hasn't... do you even listen to real rap or just the mainstream bullshit?
+saVYx KRys no it's not. you just only pay attention to the top couple guys so you don't know about the real rappers. joey bada$$, kendrick lamar, j. cole, vince staples, wale, kirk knight, pusha t, chance the rapper, dave east, a$ap twelvvy, a$ap nast, bas, nyck caution... so many more haha you just aren't looking. if you really believe hip hop is dead, try and listen to a couple songs from each of these guys above. don't claim i'm wrong off one song you heard from them, cause don't act like nas, pac, big, any of them never rapped about bitches, money, weed, and all the ignorant shit you claimed ruined hip hop.
+Dragonaut111 It didn't even sell back then.
That jazz infused beat is just hypnotic with his poetry. We still bumping this in Australia for Nas in 2022
Nas and big L everyday from Australia
My son: Dad, what were the 90's like?
Me: Blows dust off CD, puts in Illmatic
The real question is why is there dust on your illmatic CD in the first place? You should be bumping that shit everyday.
@@justrandomthings319 we have phones and speakers now. We arent stuck in the 90s
@@realjuu2332 It's a joke. 🙄
@@justrandomthings319 that wasn't a joke... you were serious lol
@@realjuu2332 Whatever.
One of the greatest tracks of all time.
This album was so underrated when it came out, hard to believe it wasn't a real commercial hit back then.
kabe ayofe Yu god damn right !
It was 1994 people only cared about 2pac and biggie they didn't give nas the credit he deserved
+vince carter totally fuckin right
+vince carter the beef didn't start yet and this came out in 93'
I got goosebumps when i saw this was playing in the 'Dope' , dope movie !
Same here!
👍same
ikr
I know right! i just finished that movie mintues ago and now im here
me too
It’s been over 25 years, and Illmatic is still the best rap album of all time.
Unpopular statement although “Illmatic” is a classic album it’s not better than his 96 album “it was written” just my opinion
@@tevauhnalston6631 I also really enjoy that one, but Illmatic is slightly better in my opinion.
@@tevauhnalston6631 to be fair, it was written got reeeeeeeeal close to surpassing illmatic
Both classic albums
Illmatic it was written timeless classics
My boy Nas finally won a grammy !
Amen..Amen..
Should've got a grammy for this
In the words of my mans Flava Flav- Who gives a FUCK ABOUT A GOD DAMN GRAMMY⁉️
Absolute fucking classic..cannot EVER get tired of this for real
same here
Livio Giacobbo preach!
My jam
I keep fallin', but never fallin' 6 feet deep..
I'm out for presidents to represent me. say what?
I'm out for presidents to represent me, say what?
I'm out for Dead Presidents to represent me
+Lasaan Jones Whose world is this?
Janae The world is yours! The world is yours!
+Lasaan Jones it's mine it's mine it's who's world is this
word
"Born alone, die alone, no crew to keep my crown or throne" 💔
Nas was way ahead of his time. Everyone else was getting rich off basic rhyme schemes while Nas was coming out of the trenches with hits like this. Fucking legend man
This is one of the finest hip hop songs ever created.
Agree
Caleb Hara and the greatest album of all time
Caleb Hara 100% agree bro
@Dead Fine 4 really bro
E V E R.
Illmatic will always go down as top 5 hip-hop tracks.
***** Basically the same thing, multiple tracks = an album but yea you're right lol
no not really the same
thank you for weeks later clarifying, ass wipe lol get over it.
Illmatic will always be the best album of all times imo
Deffs top 5.
13 years later; if you're watching this, you're Legend.
Dafuq u talking bout 13 xd You mean 27 years
The vid 13 year old, the actual song was made in ‘94
So glad I got to bump this driving home from my last day of high school yesterday. An amazing soundtrack to conclude a great chapter in my life
Good luck to you, you going to college?
@@levelup2014 thanks! And yeah I am
graduated hs a few months ago, kinda sad i didnt think of this
Just wait until you can listen to Life's a Bitch on your 20th birthday. Such a great feeling, "I woke up early on my bornday I'm 20".
I graduated in 2014. It wasn’t a great close to a chapter in my life because I went to jail shortly after.
Nas is best to ever live. End of discussion
See how ur wrong about that.
Czaremati 😂😂ig
+Kxng Soul Rakim > Nas.
+Cluckin Bell L
Poetically, the best.
My stepdad told me Nas was wack... me n him dont get along no more.
lol
+ipwnUhomes Call child services on his ass.
Good for you!
ctfu. You killed that.
Those is fightin' words!!
KEEP GOD 1ST🙏🏽
GOD ALL DAY🙏🏽
This song turned me on to Nas. I was stuck after listening to this.
Nas did the 50% of it, Pete Rock the other 50%. Gotta show some love for Pete too, one of the best producers.
Candice English it was Represent for me, first one I heard from Nas actually
ILLmatic the start of an era
A humble rapper with his skill. If he was a narcissist he could have taken the whole game.. IMO he’s better than Jay-Z but he didn’t need the throne. Pure Art
Word up.
and J. Cole is a modern version of him.
Well put!
If he died and 2pac was still alive, people would say he was the greatest rapper.
x Word.
30 years later. Still gives me chills….
2:00 " to name my daughter my strength, my son and star will be my resurection born in correction all the wrong shit i did he lead the right direction" 🤯🔥
Damn I didn't even catch that one.
Hands down one of the greatest beats and songs in hip hop history
Two Cents J Hit the nail right on the head my friend
Two Cents J nbs
Two Cents J shook ones beat is still the Goat simple
Really all a matter of opinion mine is the beat on Big Poppa
What about Memory lane?
Born alone, die alone, no crew to keep my crown or throne..
Pablo Escobar I'm deep by sound alone, caved inside 1,000 miles from home.
Az mo murder mo homicide
Really though.
Pablo Escobar Pablo Escobar
‘Cause while it’s over me it’s too dark to see tomorrow
Illmatic gives me nonexistent memories of living that life in New York. The Bible of hip hop
2k13 so many memories...
People, please respect how much Nas means to the genre.
David Rosas thats me
Absolutely.
Tony Hawks Underground... The memories. Probably one of the best games I have ever played
That game made my childhood
Havoc Studios So true man
+Rilo Dubz No lie
FOOL4LYFE X I still have a copy for the GameCube
Havoc Studios I have it on ps2
I'd almost forgotten how ridiculously good this song is
The best hip hop album ever released.
"the beats makin me fall asleep, I keep fallen, but never fallin 6 feet deep"
Holy fuck, that is one of the greatest lines I've ever heard in my entire life. Nas said sleep is the cousin of death, and fallen 6 feet deep normally means death and being buried in a casket 6 feet deep... This man was a lyrical genius. Arguably the greatest lyricist of all time
Very true
I meant to write fallin* autocorrect wrote fallen
***** thinking too hard about it is what gives it the multiple meanings though. Incredible line
Ravi Gidda still wrong
Ricardo Renteria thats your opinion
No matter how far HipHop/Rap evolves, you have to respect those who came before you.
Jailbird Respect W
tell em!
*devolves
Hip/Hop is not evolving mate.
Jailbird how can you get rap and trap mixed like it’s not hard one is lyrical and story based the other is unlyrical but has a fire ass beat you ever notice why the top 100 trap music are catchy I wouldn’t be rapping a whole nas verse I’d prefer screaming out the lyrics to mo bamba type shit not saying that one is better than the other it’s that a whole new genre was created the same how metal and rock were separated they both have the same basics but different elements to each other, I prefer rap when I wanna chill and listen to something soothing to the mind but when I’m hanging wit my niggas I’m bumping trap shit
Can’t even understand how you can put this brother in the category of jayz. Lyrically supercedes any rapper of our time. Respectfully
Peggy better
Jay Z is lyrically great but Nas is just on another level to any other rapper. Lyrically untouchable 💯🔥
@@harryaustin4327 Nah g rap, az, krs, and rakim kinda touch that lyrical ability.
@BloodyJasonMask yeah ill check out one of the most internationally recognized songs like ever.
Dont always have to put two rappers against each other, both are legends enjoy the art my friend.
Whenever I’m in a bad mood I put this song on and it reminds me of how great life is. This is the type of song you listen to while walking late at night through the city or riding the bus. The piano sample is also beautiful. Nas did an exceptional job creating this musical masterpiece.
This 10th anniversary remix of the song makes me feel like this too: ruclips.net/video/59MY6jQbm9k/видео.html
Nba2k13 nostalgia man, the best 2k soundtrack of all time
Connor Newton Frfr just ✨
You real one for that comment bro .
It’s way above any other 2k I love how jay z made it and he even knew to put nasty nas on it!!
cnews story on god😂😂😂😂
I agree
Remember when this was new? Now it's a classic.
On god this song will neva get old 🔥
💯💯💯
I sip the Dom P, watching "Gandhi" 'til I'm charged
Then writing in my book of rhymes, all the words past the margin
To hold the mic I'm throbbin', mechanical movement...
What an entrance into a verse... GOAT
NT Without a doubt!!! The opening to Memory Lane and NY State of Mind also are great entrances to a verse!!!
Understandable smooth shit that murderers move with
The thief's theme
Play me at night they don't act right
The fiend of hip hop has got me stuck like a crack pipe
The mind activation
React like I'm facing
Time like
Pappy Mason
With pens I'm embracing, wipe the
Sweat off my dome, spit the streets
Swede Timbs on my feet
Make my cypher complete
Whether cruising in a Sikh's cab
Or Montero Jeep
I can't call it, the beats make me falling asleep
I keep falling, but never falling 6ft deep
I'm out for presidents to represent me (say what)
I'm out for presidents to represent me (say what)
I'm out for dead presidents to represent me (whose world is this)
By far the hardest intro to any rap song. There is a wordplay in every line and it goes to show that damn near nobody except Big, Pac, and maybe Jay-Z are on Nas' level.
Facts .....TRUTHS AND GOSPEL!! One of if not THE BEST intro verse ever!!!
Happy 25th Anniversary Illmatic!
Illmatic is forever a timeless classic!!!
Powerspyin onegames not yet. This album came out in 94. This year is 36 cambers 25th anniversary. We tang 1993.
@@MeatBallBoy23 did you forget what year we live in... its 2019, not 18
@@patq1924 no dude it's 3005
@@MeatBallBoy23 lmfbao
When i heard this play in Dope the movie became official to me
great movie. great song.
Exactly👌🙌
Kool D Tha Rapper The first song they played was Hip Hop Hooray so it was official for me out the gate
+Bessam Idani Yeah, that movie's great.
+Kool D Tha Rapper thats how i felt about The Wackness
First song ever played for my son when he was born. As SOON as he came out this song played, and the first time I held him. Truly a special moment ❤️
That movie called “DOPE” I heard this and it remind me of the good times I did in my life and I forgot it was NAS.
I KNEW I recognised this song. Dope is such a good movie !!!!
Oh hell yeah! Just seeing the amazing poster of the movie gets me thinking of this song!
"I'm just Malcolm"
I'm here for good lyrical content
You know what's up then!
same :)
jose avila me too.and you always get it from Nas
And don't forget the beat by Pete Rock.
#onelove
Nas will always be the greatest rapper to ever walk this
Earth.
Agreed no one could be better than him
2pac
+Alec Martinez pac is wack
word
but then theres tupac
Legends remember this is from 2k13
Thank you Pete Rock for this.....straight fire!!
Anyone here because they like Nas and not because of a video game?
+markieTHC Just because im here for Tony Hawk dont mean i didnt listen to Nas
+WellDAMNMalik I was just joking bruh
+markieTHC Dont disrespect nas homie remember who created songs for your videogames
+Alejandro romero shit I ain't disrespecting Nas bro he was one of the rappers who got me into the genre rs, one of the few old school artists that I actually enjoy listening to
+WellDAMNMalik ayyy, Tony hawk was lit as a youngin
This song is perfection. It’s not even just the beat and lyrics, which are amazing. But it’s the way he flows through the verses with a perfect tempo/speed and syllable emphasis. If you like hip hop but don’t like this song, you have no taste.
Factss
Maserati7200 its a masterpiece fam. Agreed. Nothing like it!
@@cibida1 madvillian- accordion
true
I agree Nas over Biggie n Jay Z to me
There are few rap songs that I consider perfect but this is one of them, not a single second was wasted on this track and Nas’s flow was wild
Arguably the greatest lyricist in hip hop history.
definition of a classic
i feel this is a lie the world is to those who have already established what are we only pawns to what already is
Nas is a god as far as making motivational songs go.
Listen to guru
Listen to this on repeat when I'm feeling down for sure
Nas slides into that third verse so smooth after the record scratches
The longest “bro you got my money” in history
It's a damn shame. But this industry is built on stealing from the producer. 🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️I don't think it was Nas directly.
“I keep falling but never 6ft deep” 🙏🏽
3rd verse is by far the greatest lyrical masterpiece ever created.
I'm the young city bandit / hold myself down singled handed
^ Shut it down, let's go home
Daniel Gray it's a redundancy from a grammatical standpoint.. if you hold yourself down, It's assumed it's single handed.. I mean yeah it had to rhyme, but it was grammatically incorrect
One of my favorite songs. This will never get old.
wasn’t born in that time but im grateful they recorded it. Some fire that’ll last forever
These jazz sounds in hip-hop beats get me every time. Pete Rock is a beast.
Cesar Alcantar search for robert glasper jazz (mother of hip hop). asap
I saw Nas about three weeks ago. When the music to this song started, the whole crowd got up and started dancing. All ages. I'd never seen anything like it before.
Louis Rosenberg fuck u stop being racist
@@AR-gk2jt What??
Kova are u really gonna defend this racist piece of shit wow
@@AR-gk2jt How the fuck can you come to the conclusion that he is racist?
@Jordan Moore ok
A flawless, classic masterpiece.
“I keep fallin, but never fallin 6 feet deep” hell yea
How am i supposed to eat my poundcake ?
haha u got that from the dope movie 😂
:D
Yep
lol crazy that's what brought me here to.
dope
that movie brought me here too😂
I consider this to be one of the best rap songs of all time, but just my opinion.
I wish rap was still like this.:/
listen to Young Sinatra III by Logic
Titan AE™ Logic is leeching off of Nas, don't bring that shit up here.
Jay Cee that isn't rap
ThomasMoar Heard of good rap?
The HP Gamer oh fuck ;-;
R.i.p Kobe Bryant:( 1/26/20
nothing compares to 90's east coast when it was in its prime. west coast has nothin to these classics
Words can't describe how happy & relaxed this song makes me feel.
ayyy that polo sporting goods
I see you
This song represents the Essence of Hip-Hop
This song stills make my eardrums panic. Special shout-out to the class of 89.
Coronavirus: Whos world is this?
Everyone: The world is yours
Gašper Čipe 🤣🤣🤣
still more original and funnier than your hating ass lol
Queens the foundation still strong shout out to elmhurst
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Clever i like it
Best song of all time, biblical lyrics
It's funny. I'm a metalhead, and I grew up with my mom telling me Rap and Hip Hop were shit.
I heard this song in "Tony Hawk's Underground" and it's a testament to how legitimately great it is that - even though it went against my schemas, I enjoyed it.
This song and One Mic are two of my favorite songs now. Nas for life.
I'm a metalhead to but I love 90s rap and Nas is one of the best
***** and NBA 2k13
Ryan i was born in Queens, I grew up hearing my Uncles saying how rock and roll is a bunch of Random Screaming. I heard Static X while playing duke nukam and realized rock isnt all that bad. May video games unite the world
LIBERALGUNSMOKER That's awesome man. Funny how similar people are without even realizing it. Video games will break our molds.
THUG for life!!!! ( tony hawk under ground)
For Pete to know he could chop "I Love Music" at specific spots to essentially create a new melody...🤯 He's the 🐐
a bit late, but back in 1997 i recorded this track from a hip-hop tv show called "word cup" with a vhs recorder. i played the song up and down all summer long, over and over again. it was a very hard time back then in mexico city full of violence and drugs but this song gave me an incredible amount of energy and positivity, until today.
To my peoples throughout Lindavista, God bless your life.
🙏🏿
I keep falling but never falling 6 feet deep I'm out for Presidents to represent me...
J. Cozart say what
Nathan castello I'm out for presidents to represent me...
say what? I'm out for dead presidents to represent me.
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Who's world is this?
nba 2k13 memories
Gabriello Provencher the nostalgia is real bro.
I know right
Gabriello Provencher fr
Gabriello Provencher ikr
Facts
First time I heard this song was on Tony Hawk’s Underground, even though a lot of cuss words were cut out, I loved the beat and flow. Little did I know at 8 years I was listening to a Legend.
I think about my broken family to this. Thank you, Nas.
I always make sure to hear this right before the year ends.
WallabeeKing times coming up again
Random Dude123 To give a reminder before the year ends that the world will be yours
The 90's man...the illest decade for pure, unfiltered, unadulterated, undiluted, organic, gluten-free, sugar-free, gmo-free, raw and authentic fuckin rap. period.
Devon Garcia was there a pun intended? :D btw I feel you and I just love the way the vibes touches your soul :D
2k13 nostalgia
Im 16 and this song is nostalgic for some reason
For real though