Imagine growing up listening to Nas since he first dropped... immediately Nas becomes your GOAT and every album meant something to you and the stage in life you were at. Then you turn 49 and just got 6 albums 2 trilogies in 3 years from your GOAT... Yeah Nas is beyond reproach. All 5 of my sons knew Nas from their beginning.
Yoooo, you telling my story too, Nas was my Guy and I lived in Marcy Houses, so I had to go at it with all my Niggas when Jay-Z hit... imagine taking the G-train in Brooklyn, bumping this in a walkman....my kids don't even have a clue was a cassette tape is... classic times tho
NAS is the Shakespeare of rap. A LYRICAL POET! His phrasing and subtle way of conveying or elucidating a scene is what makes him different. The Message and Memory Lane epitomize this.
"There's one life, one love, so there can only be ONE king" - that's the line that sparked his beef with Big Poppa, which Big answered on Kick In the Door.
When he talks about “the Good F. E. L. L. A”. He’s speaking on the group him and Big we’re supposed form called ‘The Goodfellas”. If Big were alive, shit would’ve been so different.😢
I’ve always liked that song. It showed that Nas is versatile and a trend setter. First rapper to link up with the Dr. Dre during the East Coast /West Coast beef.
As you say rhyme schemes crazy. First first actually 50 cent’s fav verse in hip hop. What makes Nas the GOAT is he marries technical skill with stories and a message. Lot may have the skill and others have the message, Nas marries both. You should check out Memory Lane by Nas off Illmatic . It’s from a rhyming standpoint crazy and 2nd verse is imo the best verse ever rapped
I think what adds to the Nas mystique is that he came up during the greatest era in Hip Hop. The music put out during that time is unmatched. IWW imo is his greatest lyrical record. I have him as the GOAT for certain reasons but I still say Ransom’s pen game is unmatched.
I know somebody said this probably, but whenever you hear NY people talk about The Island, means Rikers Island, the notorious county Jail for the whole NYC. He’s said the dude was stinting like he was the man in Jail, plauing the yard with his Jewelry on. In those days had a policy that allowed people to wear their street clothes, and if You was Like That, you dared to keep your jewelry on and not check it in.
Its so crazy, because when you say "Now I See" that statement encapsulates Nas' entire energy and purpose. My bra brings clarity through his art. Third eye clarity.
All I can say is Nas shit different I never thought no one could give me that feel like Pac but Nas does! The wordplay, the swagg, the bars, different flows, inspiration, motivation, givin game etc etc he just might be the best ever man.
A love changes, a thug changes and best friends become strangers. It’s shit like this that makes Nas unique, he’s spot on. This was 96 and by 97 I experience all three. If an artist can speak to you that makes you hold on to there music. Nas the greatest of his era.
Pac thought the “fake thug” reference was towards him….I believe the “one life, one love, so there can only be one king” was a shot at biggie , for King of New York
Great reaction.. Kool G Rap is one of Nas’s mentors.. you definitely should react to kool G Rap and Nas song called Fast Life, they both go crazy.. Also Get Down by Nas.. keep doing yo thing, salute..
When he mentions "Island" he's referring to Rikers Island. A cesspool of a "jail" Not too far from Queens Bridge. Dudes come back different from that hell hole. 9:13
Mr Run it back lol...gotta be honest when I was listening to your BIG reviews I remembered when I thought BIG was the Goat, but your subscribers have given you the best Nas joints that showcase why exactly is the Goat. Take it in Blood, What goes around, I gave you power, Rewind, Get down and Life we Chose,.......dont forget Stillmatic intro and Street dreams remix or from his newer stuff - The Cure/Sitting with my thoughts. A true artist gives you themselves which in turn can help you find yourself. Random features - The life is mine/Journey thro the life
Man I had a good time reacting to Big music lol dude cold! but I feel you. This Nas run I been on has been crazy. I don't even know how to explain it lol its just different. And y'all telling me there's more! I'm a Pac fan. My whole life I thought Pac was always better than everyone by a landslide til I started this channel. Nas is just as cold as Pac, but Pac liked Nas too so it make sense for me to like him lol Ima add those tracks to the list. I might just go on a real Nas run this month lol
I’m convinced Nas is a time traveler. He gets his lyrics from an emcee alien from earth’s future. These are mid 90’s lyrics that would conceivably be the hardest stuff out in 2050 if he released it then…. His story telling imagery is a professional poets dream. He describes what he’s doing as he’s peeping another dude and telling you what he’s doing at the same time. C’mon…. In 1996?
In case you didnt know, this song was the reason Pac dissed Nas. He thought Nas was talking about him with the fake thug line. Also, he was offended Nas made up a story about getting shot and leaving the hospital the same might cuz Pac really did that.
“Across the street you was wildin' Talkin' 'bout how you ran the Island in '89 Layin' up, playin' the yard with crazy shine…” He’s talking about Rikers Island, the prison…playing basketball in the yard and being the best on the basketball court there.
😂😂😂😂😂😂 yo this gotta be the funniest thing ever. Naw fam nas is saying dude was across the street talking loud lying about running stuff like he was a boss in rikers island jail. Walking around the yard with all his jewelry on and nobody was brave enough to try and take it from him 😂😂😂😂😂it’s east coast slang so I can see how you may have confused it with basketball 😂😂😂😂😂😂 yo I needed that laugh tho good stuff bro✌🏾
@@jomarcoliverman4971 I mean that essentially what I said. He’s talking about a dude across the street talking shit about how he was the shit in Rikers and nobody was calling him on his bullshit because they were punks. Also, I’m from Jersey and currently live in NY so I’m familiar with East cost slang. Been living on and reppin the East cost my whole life…44 years now.
@@ImSpun13 😂😂😂😂 cmon fam stop lying bruh I gave you a pass the first time and tried to educate you but you fronting right now. Because no where in this verse is nas talking about basketball ball or being the best at anything. When he said laying up he’s basically saying he doesn’t have to work for nothing in jail he was the man barking orders and playing the yard with crazy shine he’s talking about walking around the prison yard in with all his jewelry on. Where in the world did you get basketball ball out of any of that 😂😂😂😂😂😂 it’s all good bro. You might be from jersey but you’re slang education might be a little off. Ayo check out big l Ebonics it’ll bring you up to speed lol
This is what my teens was DMX, E40, REDMAN, Method Man, Wu Tang, EPMD, Hot Boyz, Ice Cube, Tupac, MF DOOM, K-RINO, ZRO, etc. on and on and on and this is why we have so much critique for New "So called" MCs. Do you homework you gins.
When Nas said 'got stitched up, left the hospital that same night' Pac was mad at him for that line, that why on Against All Odds he say 'Now you wanna live my life' as Pac did the same after he was shot at Quad studios.
Yeah you hear Kool G Rap Nas said he his idol, they was even on one of Kool G Rap covers together where Kool G got some wings covering Nas symbolizing him taking Nas under his wing.
Nas is God to me and so is this record!!! Thanks my man for doing the “Message “. Loved your reaction and watched 3 times and subscribed!!! Keep it up bud!
Goosebump shit!! Live at the BBQ my guy, you'll thank me bro, Nas loved Pac for real. That feeling you getting listening to Nas the 1st time is the same feeling we got when he dropped back then,salute
"Left the hospital that same night...what, got my gat back, time to backtrack... I had the drop, so how the F I get clapped?" --> That's the line that Pac took offense to, because he thought he was alluding to his shooting at Quad when Pac left the hospital that same night. Also, that whole scene before that line was depicted in the movie Belly when AZ's character met him outside of the barbershop before Black showed up with the blicky.
@@JA-mj9rethat’s what I’m saying. 2pac was such a narcissist that he thought everything was about him. Like it’s offensive to him if you use the word “thug” in your song as if he owned the word. 🙄
"Contemplating wars with niggas i was cool with before.." 16:24 He might be talking about the realest MC to ever come out of the Bridge. CORMEGA Corey actually did a lot of the stuff Nas was spitting. Nas is obviously the better MC, but Cormega lived that life and paid for it with a bunch of years behind bars He's dope.
Rikers island one the most notorius jails in the east coast located in between the bronx and queens in u go to jail in nyc it's possible ur going to the island
Bigggie Smalls spent time in Rikers Island. It’s a prison in NY. He was talking to Biggie. Nas was from Queens and Biggie was from Brooklyn. Brooklyn is across the street from Queens. AZ is an amazing rapper that is very underrated as well. A nice track to check out is “Life’s a B**ch” by Nas Ft AZ Another great track with them is “The Flyest” “Shootouts” is a hard story that is very lyrical. That is worth a listen as well.
He’s referring to Riker’s Island. Also he mentions Black Jus on here too. “Black was in the jeep all he seen driving by” Affirmative Action is on this album and it features the entire Firm Crew. Foxy Brown has a crazy verse on it too. Def check that one out my goon. He also has a track addressing PAC’s death in a respectful way on Still We Survive.
Not entirely. That “fake thug” line was really what also what made him think that. Sometimes I think that he he thinks that he invented the word “thug.”
Nas get down is another dope Nas song. Like your channel a lot . I rep NY for 30 years during all big, Nas, Mobb Deep and the era right before. Great job!!
Nas is the GOAT!!
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Imagine growing up listening to Nas since he first dropped... immediately Nas becomes your GOAT and every album meant something to you and the stage in life you were at. Then you turn 49 and just got 6 albums 2 trilogies in 3 years from your GOAT... Yeah Nas is beyond reproach. All 5 of my sons knew Nas from their beginning.
did you ever listen to elmatic? elzhi's homage to illmatic?
This was me . I heard It was Written first, shit I was like 8 or 9 I heard illmatic way later
yes💯💯💯💯💯💯💯
Yoooo, you telling my story too, Nas was my Guy and I lived in Marcy Houses, so I had to go at it with all my Niggas when Jay-Z hit... imagine taking the G-train in Brooklyn, bumping this in a walkman....my kids don't even have a clue was a cassette tape is... classic times tho
"Rikers Island"
Nas is what a Great emcee looks like from all angles.
Nas the GOAT. I LOVE Jay , Big, Pac……but Nas is the GOLDEN CHILD!! He’s been doing this since a TEEN. 🔥🔥🔥🔥
With all due respect B.I.G. is the goat lol. Nas is top 5 though for sure
I put Nas ahead of everyone because of his longevity and potent lyricism
Love B.I.G. but he didn't have the "range" nas has.@@JonathanEvans1977
That track right there, is what got me to Nas, and been with him since then, forever Nas............when he rhymes, it's a movie
a thug changes, and love changes, and best friends become strangers. word up.
I love Nas, this is one of my FAVORITE songs by him.
Nas is the greatest rapper to ever grab a mic 🎤
Period.
NAS is the Shakespeare of rap. A LYRICAL POET!
His phrasing and subtle way of conveying or elucidating a scene is what makes him different.
The Message and Memory Lane epitomize this.
Nas is the goat no question
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Nas is top 5 all time . He was lyrical and street with his poetry .
Hes number 1.
#1
Nasty Nas there will never be another
When he says island he’s talking about Rikers island, the dude he was talking about was boasting about his time there. Nasty Nas
Nas. No idea original Song is 🔥🔥🔥
Nothing new under the sun
No Ideas Original 🔥🔥🔥
"There's one life, one love, so there can only be ONE king" - that's the line that sparked his beef with Big Poppa, which Big answered on Kick In the Door.
I wouldn’t call a beef..more like competition.
This was the first Nas record I ever heard
When he talks about “the Good F. E. L. L. A”. He’s speaking on the group him and Big we’re supposed form called ‘The Goodfellas”. If Big were alive, shit would’ve been so different.😢
Nas was talking his shit on “Nas is Coming” produced by Dr. Dre
I’ve always liked that song. It showed that Nas is versatile and a trend setter. First rapper to link up with the Dr. Dre during the East Coast /West Coast beef.
As you say rhyme schemes crazy. First first actually 50 cent’s fav verse in hip hop. What makes Nas the GOAT is he marries technical skill with stories and a message. Lot may have the skill and others have the message, Nas marries both. You should check out Memory Lane by Nas off Illmatic . It’s from a rhyming standpoint crazy and 2nd verse is imo the best verse ever rapped
I think what adds to the Nas mystique is that he came up during the greatest era in Hip Hop. The music put out during that time is unmatched. IWW imo is his greatest lyrical record. I have him as the GOAT for certain reasons but I still say Ransom’s pen game is unmatched.
I know somebody said this probably, but whenever you hear NY people talk about The Island, means Rikers Island, the notorious county Jail for the whole NYC. He’s said the dude was stinting like he was the man in Jail, plauing the yard with his Jewelry on. In those days had a policy that allowed people to wear their street clothes, and if You was Like That, you dared to keep your jewelry on and not check it in.
Its so crazy, because when you say "Now I See" that statement encapsulates Nas' entire energy and purpose. My bra brings clarity through his art. Third eye clarity.
All I can say is Nas shit different I never thought no one could give me that feel like Pac but Nas does! The wordplay, the swagg, the bars, different flows, inspiration, motivation, givin game etc etc he just might be the best ever man.
Nas -Nazareth Savage
A love changes, a thug changes and best friends become strangers.
It’s shit like this that makes Nas unique, he’s spot on. This was 96 and by 97 I experience all three.
If an artist can speak to you that makes you hold on to there music.
Nas the greatest of his era.
Pac respected Nas te most.Which is why he called him the "Ringleader" on Bomb First.He saw Nas as the biggest threat.
Pac thought the “fake thug” reference was towards him….I believe the “one life, one love, so there can only be one king” was a shot at biggie , for King of New York
He also dissed Jay
@@ZYaKnoe249 "Lex with TV sets the minimum"
He talking Rikers Island prison.
Rikers Island isn't a prison county jail
They say that "fake thug no love , you get the slug" bar is what got Pac all hyped up.
Yep I think that's when pac said he ain't take five like me. Cause nasty said he left the hospital the same night
Great reaction.. Kool G Rap is one of Nas’s mentors.. you definitely should react to kool G Rap and Nas song called Fast Life, they both go crazy.. Also Get Down by Nas.. keep doing yo thing, salute..
Nas (ONE MIC 🎤) 🔥 🔥 🔥
My favorite rapper
mine too.
Yo E Money Baggs is the dude riding in the car with Prodigy in Shook One's Vid
Family - Nas ft. Mobb Deep is 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Fun Fact: Love changes was a popular R&B song we listened to back in the 80’s
“ Thug changes, love changes…” Nas is Ill for real 🫡
*The Firm(AZ, Half-A-Mil) - Throw Your Guns🔥🔥🔥🤯🤯🤯*
Back in the day we read The Souce Magazine for ratiing lyrics and songs. Nas always got the highest ratings. 5 mics. 🎤 🎤 🎤 🎤 🎤
It’s ok to admit the GOAT lol. And you’ve barely scratched the surface with his catalog. Keep the Nas reactions coming!
When he mentions "Island" he's referring to Rikers Island. A cesspool of a "jail"
Not too far from Queens Bridge. Dudes come back different from that hell hole. 9:13
You are a real one. Nas is different. I grew up on Wayne but when I listened to Nas I realised this 🥷 is the GOAT
Mr Run it back lol...gotta be honest when I was listening to your BIG reviews I remembered when I thought BIG was the Goat, but your subscribers have given you the best Nas joints that showcase why exactly is the Goat. Take it in Blood, What goes around, I gave you power, Rewind, Get down and Life we Chose,.......dont forget Stillmatic intro and Street dreams remix or from his newer stuff - The Cure/Sitting with my thoughts. A true artist gives you themselves which in turn can help you find yourself.
Random features - The life is mine/Journey thro the life
Man I had a good time reacting to Big music lol dude cold! but I feel you. This Nas run I been on has been crazy. I don't even know how to explain it lol its just different. And y'all telling me there's more! I'm a Pac fan. My whole life I thought Pac was always better than everyone by a landslide til I started this channel. Nas is just as cold as Pac, but Pac liked Nas too so it make sense for me to like him lol Ima add those tracks to the list. I might just go on a real Nas run this month lol
The island is referring to Rikers Island. “…Playing the yard with crazy shines (jewelry)…”
Goat Nas 🐐
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Nas - Silent Murder
The undisputed 🐐
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I’m convinced Nas is a time traveler. He gets his lyrics from an emcee alien from earth’s future. These are mid 90’s lyrics that would conceivably be the hardest stuff out in 2050 if he released it then…. His story telling imagery is a professional poets dream. He describes what he’s doing as he’s peeping another dude and telling you what he’s doing at the same time. C’mon…. In 1996?
This reaction to this art took me back to these days and bought a tear to my eye
West Philadelphia is in tha building!!!Nas = Picasso of hip hop!!!
You gotta do "I gave you power" by NAS. You'll love that one
Nas - (REPRESENT) 🔥 🔥 🔥
Get Money
In case you didnt know, this song was the reason Pac dissed Nas. He thought Nas was talking about him with the fake thug line. Also, he was offended Nas made up a story about getting shot and leaving the hospital the same might cuz Pac really did that.
The goat
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What you hearing is pure NYC STYLE HIPHOP OUR STYLE OF MUSIC BOOMBAP NYC HOME OF THE LYRACIST
NAS f/ R Kelly - Street Dreams (remix) 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Hella underrated track, one of my all time favorites!
“Across the street you was wildin'
Talkin' 'bout how you ran the Island in '89
Layin' up, playin' the yard with crazy shine…”
He’s talking about Rikers Island, the prison…playing basketball in the yard and being the best on the basketball court there.
😂😂😂😂😂😂 yo this gotta be the funniest thing ever. Naw fam nas is saying dude was across the street talking loud lying about running stuff like he was a boss in rikers island jail. Walking around the yard with all his jewelry on and nobody was brave enough to try and take it from him 😂😂😂😂😂it’s east coast slang so I can see how you may have confused it with basketball 😂😂😂😂😂😂 yo I needed that laugh tho good stuff bro✌🏾
@@jomarcoliverman4971
I mean that essentially what I said. He’s talking about a dude across the street talking shit about how he was the shit in Rikers and nobody was calling him on his bullshit because they were punks. Also, I’m from Jersey and currently live in NY so I’m familiar with East cost slang. Been living on and reppin the East cost my whole life…44 years now.
@@ImSpun13 😂😂😂😂 cmon fam stop lying bruh I gave you a pass the first time and tried to educate you but you fronting right now. Because no where in this verse is nas talking about basketball ball or being the best at anything. When he said laying up he’s basically saying he doesn’t have to work for nothing in jail he was the man barking orders and playing the yard with crazy shine he’s talking about walking around the prison yard in with all his jewelry on. Where in the world did you get basketball ball out of any of that 😂😂😂😂😂😂 it’s all good bro. You might be from jersey but you’re slang education might be a little off. Ayo check out big l Ebonics it’ll bring you up to speed lol
Nas- you're da man
The island he referring to is Rikers
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Nas Star Wars
He not ready for all that 🔥
My favorite Nas track of all time🔥
Mobb Deep - Allustrious
Nas - One Love
Nas is the Goat 🔥🔥🔥🔥
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My favorite Nas song of all time.. 🔥
Nas and AZ have some classic songs together:
Phone tap
Life's a bitch
Affirmative Action
The flyest
Mo money, mo murder, mo homicide
The essence
real talk AZ bodies every one of these joints
Don't forget FULL CIRCLE on
KINGS DISEASE
🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🐐
This is what my teens was DMX, E40, REDMAN, Method Man, Wu Tang, EPMD, Hot Boyz, Ice Cube, Tupac, MF DOOM, K-RINO, ZRO, etc. on and on and on and this is why we have so much critique for New "So called" MCs. Do you homework you gins.
When Nas said 'got stitched up, left the hospital that same night' Pac was mad at him for that line, that why on Against All Odds he say 'Now you wanna live my life' as Pac did the same after he was shot at Quad studios.
Yeah you hear Kool G Rap Nas said he his idol, they was even on one of Kool G Rap covers together where Kool G got some wings covering Nas symbolizing him taking Nas under his wing.
Nas The🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐
Nas is God to me and so is this record!!! Thanks my man for doing the “Message “. Loved your reaction and watched 3 times and subscribed!!! Keep it up bud!
Goosebump shit!! Live at the BBQ my guy, you'll thank me bro, Nas loved Pac for real. That feeling you getting listening to Nas the 1st time is the same feeling we got when he dropped back then,salute
Nas - Memory Lane
Nas 🐐
Mobb Deep ft Nas - Give it uf fast. Nas & P destrooooy that ishh
My guy!! His catalog is endless
"Left the hospital that same night...what, got my gat back, time to backtrack... I had the drop, so how the F I get clapped?" --> That's the line that Pac took offense to, because he thought he was alluding to his shooting at Quad when Pac left the hospital that same night. Also, that whole scene before that line was depicted in the movie Belly when AZ's character met him outside of the barbershop before Black showed up with the blicky.
Dex....listen..when Pac went on his rampage..who did he call the ring leader?......no other than Nas man...
AZ is a MC… listen to Life’s a Bitch and then you Die … respect
Nas the GOAT 🔥🐐
This is the song where Pac was saying Nas was trying be like him and started their beef.
This was the song that pac got delusional you mean. And wasnt really a beef was a misunderstanding.
PAC And Nas were very different. Nas lyrically is an alien. Very few like him
@@JA-mj9rethat’s what I’m saying. 2pac was such a narcissist that he thought everything was about him. Like it’s offensive to him if you use the word “thug” in your song as if he owned the word. 🙄
@@jabroni_z2686 you mean like how Nas crashed out on Bleek because of a diss he took wrong? lmao
@@JA-mj9re It was for Pac hence Nas using the line as a sample on another diss, goofy
Nas the "The Set Up" off this album. You could've done this whole album lol. 🔥🔥🔥🔥
New York City is the island
"Contemplating wars with niggas i was cool with before.." 16:24
He might be talking about the realest MC to ever come out of the Bridge. CORMEGA
Corey actually did a lot of the stuff Nas was spitting.
Nas is obviously the better MC, but Cormega lived that life and paid for it with a bunch of years behind bars
He's dope.
Play anything with nas and az. Greatest duo
Nas poetry is potent ngl, hes like a black eminem
Nas is the best MC EVER
Nas - The Don
Nas "One Mic" 🔥🔥🔥 see you on that Jay-Z a little. Gotta listen to Nas and Jay-Z disses now. Jay-Z "Takeover", then Nas "Ether"
Mobb Deep - Get Dealt With
Rikers island one the most notorius jails in the east coast located in between the bronx and queens in u go to jail in nyc it's possible ur going to the island
Life's a bitch, mo money mo murder and Phone Tap all 🔥🔥🔥 with AZ on them
AZ (the visualizer) guest featured on Nas' "Life's A Bitch" off of the Illmatic album. Instant classic on first listen.
We need more Biggie for sure we need Biggie Miss u
Nas is 🥵
Bruh you need to get on AZ one of the only dudes that can go bar for bar with Nas!!!!
Bigggie Smalls spent time in Rikers Island. It’s a prison in NY.
He was talking to Biggie.
Nas was from Queens and Biggie was from Brooklyn. Brooklyn is across the street from Queens.
AZ is an amazing rapper that is very underrated as well.
A nice track to check out is “Life’s a B**ch” by Nas Ft AZ
Another great track with them is “The Flyest”
“Shootouts” is a hard story that is very lyrical. That is worth a listen as well.
Pac was a NYC cat
Nas track "You got to Love it "
Nas track "My way"
Nas Track "Purple"
He’s referring to Riker’s Island. Also he mentions Black Jus on here too. “Black was in the jeep all he seen driving by” Affirmative Action is on this album and it features the entire Firm Crew. Foxy Brown has a crazy verse on it too. Def check that one out my goon. He also has a track addressing PAC’s death in a respectful way on Still We Survive.
Pac talked about this song and felt like it was about him. Because he git shot and left the hospital.
Not entirely. That “fake thug” line was really what also what made him think that. Sometimes I think that he he thinks that he invented the word “thug.”
Nas get down is another dope Nas song. Like your channel a lot . I rep NY for 30 years during all big, Nas, Mobb Deep and the era right before. Great job!!
One mic also is a hell of everything,word…
He is talking about running Rikers island(NY Jail) in 89