Tragedy Khadafi ft. Nas & Noreaga - Calm Down

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  • Опубликовано: 12 янв 2025

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  • @NdosiMagaye
    @NdosiMagaye 6 лет назад +2405

    If you are here, congratulations you're in the dungeons of rap

  • @kevinestrella5002
    @kevinestrella5002 6 месяцев назад +114

    Who's here in 2024? Real hip hop no mumbling

  • @Raf.b313
    @Raf.b313 Год назад +231

    0% nudity
    0% flexing
    0% mumbling
    100% pure HIP HOP 🙌🏽

  • @GM-ir8uh
    @GM-ir8uh 9 лет назад +297

    This fucking beat is on the next dimension

  • @shakmarega
    @shakmarega 9 лет назад +699

    Nas's storytelling flow and how he flirts with words effortlessly makes him the greatest of all time. His verse on that one is an example.

    • @judahblack4327
      @judahblack4327 8 лет назад +29

      I agree Esco makes it look easy.

    • @cuselax68
      @cuselax68 8 лет назад +27

      nas the best

    • @LLsmoothJay
      @LLsmoothJay 8 лет назад +18

      preach the GOAT

    • @2018StudentIsaiahLucky
      @2018StudentIsaiahLucky 8 лет назад +18

      I agree with that.... Nas is the goat!!!!!!

    • @TheCodedtestament
      @TheCodedtestament 8 лет назад +35

      I love this verse “’I’m tired of it!’ said a cat whose name I’mma leave anonymous / Cuz he might take it as some kind of dis” Damn

  • @uchihasendo1041
    @uchihasendo1041 9 лет назад +190

    Nas's verse was so hard hitting and Chilling

    • @nikolaytsonev803
      @nikolaytsonev803 Год назад

      Nas’s verse is about 2Pac

    • @noamanpatel3784
      @noamanpatel3784 Год назад

      What's naS talking about in his verse.... what's the meaning?

    • @pressure1982
      @pressure1982 10 месяцев назад

      Sounds more two dudes from his hood one was thugged the other dude was a who lived in that hood who was clearly on point.

    • @toyotoyo8410
      @toyotoyo8410 6 месяцев назад

      @@nikolaytsonev803That’s what I immediately thought when I first heard it. I had to check the title to see if this was a Pac diss.

  • @louididdy
    @louididdy 2 года назад +351

    Anyone not respecting NORE’s verse isn’t seeing the English/Spanish word play and Puerto Rico references. All while making words from two languages rhyme and using multi syllable rhymes.
    It’s absolutely insane.

    • @mlunguomnyama5518
      @mlunguomnyama5518 2 года назад +16

      nothing against his verse per se, he just sounds annoying

    • @samsami5231
      @samsami5231 2 года назад +26

      😂😂 Yo ask meho he know
      I pay my bill at Teko
      My Chick she’s a freak tho
      I give some Lays chips and Fritos
      I don’t stop I keep go
      Let me stop and Lay low
      Just say hi to J Lo 🤪🤪😂👌🏼👌🏼

    • @cjnv48
      @cjnv48 2 года назад +4

      No way he wrote that tho lol

    • @paulsetti9484
      @paulsetti9484 2 года назад +8

      ​@@cjnv48 It's not exactly deep lol. it's the same flow he always has. The Spanish isn't deep either lol.

    • @cjnv48
      @cjnv48 2 года назад +9

      @@paulsetti9484 who said it was deep

  • @TimoLoud
    @TimoLoud 2 года назад +105

    That chorus by Nas is beyond brilliant! He flipped that Evelyn Champagne King sample into a deeply reflective street poetic flow. Everybody is spittin Crazy on this song.

    • @Lolife86
      @Lolife86 8 месяцев назад +3

      LOL It's a Bette Midler sample, not Evelyn Champagne...

    • @iqdonnelljackson7840
      @iqdonnelljackson7840 5 месяцев назад +6

      He's referring to the hook​@Lolife86

  • @JenniferTiradoSierra
    @JenniferTiradoSierra 8 лет назад +414

    me and my husband love this shit right here!!!!! This one of our wedding songs because of him. NY Love!

    • @ahmedkaram5946
      @ahmedkaram5946 8 лет назад +46

      I wish have a wife like you 😁

    • @timgerie5310
      @timgerie5310 8 лет назад +17

      Thats so dope. salute. Damn. I gotta find a woman like that!

    • @LightWeight22
      @LightWeight22 7 лет назад +7

      u a real one! congrats on ya marriage!

    • @Dialloreese
      @Dialloreese 7 лет назад +1

      🏆 take this trophy

    • @demietriusd2133
      @demietriusd2133 6 лет назад +5

      Jennifer Tirado Music make these thugs calmmmm downnnn....

  • @shahid8545
    @shahid8545 5 лет назад +132

    This is the pinnacle of hip hop. This was hip hops peak. This is studying hieroglyphics in an Egyptian tomb, its like the dead sea scrolls. Pay hommage to these concrete jungle gods.

    • @jamaalcurry8990
      @jamaalcurry8990 2 года назад +6

      Real talk this the zenith of rap. The culmination of all the best elements

    • @shahid8545
      @shahid8545 2 года назад +3

      @@jamaalcurry8990 💯

    • @polodiesel7826
      @polodiesel7826 Год назад +3

      Well said!!

    • @CL-ty6wp
      @CL-ty6wp Год назад +5

      @@jamaalcurry8990 was a peak of culture too, the internet really f'd everything up.

    • @jamaalcurry8990
      @jamaalcurry8990 Год назад +2

      @@CL-ty6wp agreed

  • @the9elements
    @the9elements 10 лет назад +215

    "Shoulda knew what love is/before we learned what a thug is/now we left our seeds to be raised by they mothers" - CLASSIC!!!!!!!!!

    • @shatter617
      @shatter617 5 лет назад +7

      Eeewwwww that was nasty!!

    • @Apreme
      @Apreme 4 года назад

      @@shatter617 ruclips.net/video/vJ2UChuHpjU/видео.html FUCK TRAGADY KHADAFI

    • @Apreme
      @Apreme 4 года назад

      ruclips.net/video/vJ2UChuHpjU/видео.html FUCK TRAGADY KHADAFI

    • @donjonestv
      @donjonestv 3 года назад +1

      🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

    • @pedrorigney8721
      @pedrorigney8721 3 года назад +1

      @@Apreme why you hatin

  • @MrHnic95
    @MrHnic95 8 лет назад +549

    This is shit u listen to while riding the train , with a old school walkman with sony headphones, rocking a champion hoodie and a carhartt jacket!

  • @oullerslb
    @oullerslb 11 лет назад +221

    Noreaga slang and flow is so unique no one sound like him

    • @Noodles8ify
      @Noodles8ify 6 лет назад +1

      oullerslb noreaga went in head first!
      Prob my fav of his- just had flip on it and those highs and lows.

    • @tommyinreallife
      @tommyinreallife 6 лет назад +27

      NORE bodied this. I fuck with Nas and hes one of the GOAT but NORE's flow here is SO original and cool he just kinda outshined the other cat's verses imo.

    • @Spyder8561
      @Spyder8561 6 лет назад +13

      Wrong....He sounds exactly like Tragedy Khadafi. Borrow his whole style om War report. Thats why Nore solo album sounds completely different...

    • @teamgreatnessmedia7257
      @teamgreatnessmedia7257 6 лет назад +9

      @@Spyder8561 exactly. His early flow was all Trage

    • @archiebf4524
      @archiebf4524 6 лет назад +8

      @@Spyder8561 thats because tragedy wasn't fucking with Nore's style when he first met him, but Tragedy had taken Capone under his wing and Capone wanted to bring Nore in with him so Tragedy basically forced Nore to change his style at first.

  • @shamumaga
    @shamumaga 6 лет назад +84

    Queens bridge has the greatest depth of quality emcees of any hood ever

  • @tommyinreallife
    @tommyinreallife 6 лет назад +32

    NORE's flow is RIDICULOUS here. Changed my whole perspective on that dude! I love that verse so much

    • @whooelse9444
      @whooelse9444 6 лет назад +1

      Yeah he does has his highlights on a lot of songs.

  • @dash_9764
    @dash_9764 10 лет назад +696

    Why can't Hip-Hop sound like this anymore?

    • @KEYBEATZ
      @KEYBEATZ 10 лет назад +28

      It can it's just no one (or should I say not enough people buy it) it doesn't sell. If it sold like dance/pop records this is all you'd hear

    • @KEYBEATZ
      @KEYBEATZ 10 лет назад +17

      I make beats like this often the only beats that get a decent amount of play is the dance and pop beats

    • @90srapclassics
      @90srapclassics 10 лет назад +29

      i feel u, i think it's a 90's thing... peoples nowadays don't like that kind of beat and style... i dunno what it is...

    • @KEYBEATZ
      @KEYBEATZ 10 лет назад +4

      Stylezzz101 you never know it this sound might come back either that or there'll be some other rhythm or style that comes out that this generation will hate or not like

    • @KEYBEATZ
      @KEYBEATZ 10 лет назад +24

      LXWvids it's funny because this sound right here was the "new school" hip hop sound and the 80's generation liked the sound. But the 80's and 90's generation doesn't like the current sound

  • @typo9584
    @typo9584 10 месяцев назад +4

    I'm forever staying on this vibe

  • @patrickwilson6418
    @patrickwilson6418 3 года назад +72

    Nore had the best Spanglish verse ever!!!!!😂😂💯💯💯

    • @DubbyDubois
      @DubbyDubois 3 года назад +6

      😂😂

    • @pboissie
      @pboissie 9 месяцев назад +2

      Got that Bodega flow 😂

    • @drewnaverse4617
      @drewnaverse4617 7 месяцев назад +2

      On god he did

    • @saadieroc
      @saadieroc 6 месяцев назад +3

      😂😂

    • @SamuelHonore-lr4tf
      @SamuelHonore-lr4tf 5 месяцев назад

      Real talk ! Because of this lyrics I wanted to learn Spanish

  • @edwardcharette7518
    @edwardcharette7518 Год назад +9

    I'm a Brooklyn dude but these queens cats got the rap game on a smash .much love to my queens dude.

  • @LahnaNolen
    @LahnaNolen 9 лет назад +87

    Glad these brotha's made peace. Nas is the illest and N.O.R.E. seems like a cool dude. RESPECT.

  • @MrONE50
    @MrONE50 10 лет назад +150

    This give me the chills everytime.

  • @guysimmons4305
    @guysimmons4305 4 года назад +28

    Damn what a classic. Damn i miss Nore's old flow. So unorthodox. Its the flow that made The War Report a certified classic. Tragedy is one one of the true unsung heroes of hip hop.

  • @kelvinmiles1065
    @kelvinmiles1065 6 лет назад +249

    I Was Telling my Dudes in the Midwest that IRAQ was Lefak, Queens way before they started calling Chicago Chi-raq

    • @nikkidotts1279
      @nikkidotts1279 5 лет назад +16

      ABSOLUTELY

    • @columbusohio72
      @columbusohio72 5 лет назад +1

      Nah you mean the media. People have been calling chicago that since the 70s. Try again

    • @KtotheG
      @KtotheG 5 лет назад +64

      @@columbusohio72 Man, Iraq wasn't even a US enemy in the '70s. Fuck outta here. Chicago's original nickname is Chi-town or the Windy City.

    • @LordRakim
      @LordRakim 5 лет назад +2

      @@KtotheG don't forget #goill

    • @vens_USSR_19
      @vens_USSR_19 5 лет назад +13

      LeFrak man , not "lefak"... - LeFrak City...

  • @CubanoKid913
    @CubanoKid913 8 месяцев назад +10

    RUclips is closet thing we have to an time capsule. Forever a 💎

  • @donatas6055
    @donatas6055 10 лет назад +276

    Queensbridge classic.

    • @davidbraae9735
      @davidbraae9735 6 лет назад +2

      Hip-Hop Kung Fu that joint u been tryna find

    • @seanhamlet1463
      @seanhamlet1463 4 года назад +2

      @waffenevolutionss lefrak city and queensbridge a super classic.

  • @goldenhiphop894
    @goldenhiphop894 9 лет назад +40

    The beat, the lyricism, the flow, no gimmicks just straight bars..hip hop forever!!

  • @millcityflexxx4770
    @millcityflexxx4770 5 лет назад +30

    90s hip hop was hands down the best era no question

  • @dannydealin6858
    @dannydealin6858 9 лет назад +59

    This beat with nas was a stone for the temple.

  • @Bigknicksfan
    @Bigknicksfan 9 лет назад +90

    Noreaga's verse is fire!

    • @icecold602
      @icecold602 4 года назад +3

      Hell no it was garbage tf🤦‍♂️😂 nore fucked this song over 😂

    • @grimeywarlock8887
      @grimeywarlock8887 4 года назад +2

      @ice cold Absolutely the dumbest shit I’ve ever heard in my life. You must b 12 talking like that! BLASPHEMY!!!!

    • @oblack6351
      @oblack6351 3 года назад +3

      @@icecold602 facts destroyed the whole concept

    • @stephenheath8465
      @stephenheath8465 3 года назад +3

      @@icecold602 Nore cadence and delivery is kind of Off Beat,but he is original with it

    • @nikko6493
      @nikko6493 3 года назад

      @@icecold602 you good? Anymore emojis and it would look like your having an emotional break down 💀

  • @trentyates418
    @trentyates418 2 года назад +5

    NY rap from da 90s-early 00’s was the dopest music ever, this the NY rap we need back.

  • @tamarawilkins7584
    @tamarawilkins7584 9 лет назад +38

    I remember the clue tape I had in 96 -97 had this on it this classic queens music.

    • @jaywarner1976
      @jaywarner1976 8 лет назад +1

      I had that same tape!! wish I still did..

    • @progress426
      @progress426 6 лет назад +2

      Show me the money Pt. 2 side A- 3rd or 4th song! Yup!

    • @alfredparker9474
      @alfredparker9474 5 лет назад

      @@progress426 it was the 3rd song.. you on point with it... I still have that mixtape on cassette

    • @shatter617
      @shatter617 5 лет назад +1

      My first time hearing this smh the clue tapes was always the music in the background

    • @jasonmoan
      @jasonmoan 8 месяцев назад

      Clue!

  • @darkshadows7262
    @darkshadows7262 9 месяцев назад +3

    Tragedy is the greatest that outlasted them all and is still putting out that hardcore hip hop

  • @4partmedia
    @4partmedia 8 лет назад +384

    Tragedy... smh... "Should of knew what love is/
    Before we learned what a thug is/
    Now we left our son's to be raised by their mothers/

    • @elshowgun15
      @elshowgun15 8 лет назад

      LOL..personal jab at the mahdi? huh..

    • @4partmedia
      @4partmedia 8 лет назад +22

      +tahh vasquez ur clueless, I was quoting one of my favorites MC's.

    • @elshowgun15
      @elshowgun15 8 лет назад +1

      shut up devil.

    • @4partmedia
      @4partmedia 8 лет назад +20

      nigga shut the fuck up lol if u ain't a fan of this song, the fuck you typing for? I personally don't give a shit about his personal life. IU m hearing listening to track, you dumb fuck.

    • @elshowgun15
      @elshowgun15 8 лет назад

      what? i heard and been a fan of this joint since it was released..get the fuck outa here

  • @Guapiitooo
    @Guapiitooo 8 лет назад +109

    Nore's verse on this is one of my favorite verses in hip hop.

    • @rapperwiz99
      @rapperwiz99 7 лет назад

      Esaie Dumornay yea!!!!

    • @tommyinreallife
      @tommyinreallife 6 лет назад +1

      Mine too

    • @icecold602
      @icecold602 4 года назад +8

      Wtfffff😂😂 his verse is garbage in this. He ruined this song🤦‍♂️

    • @jamoris5784
      @jamoris5784 4 года назад

      i never felt his verse on this! just my opinion

    • @frxtheraptor8671
      @frxtheraptor8671 3 года назад

      @@icecold602 yeah I have to agree... his flow doesnt match the track very well

  • @boomdat3493
    @boomdat3493 Год назад +7

    RIP E Money Bags both versions of this song classic 🔥🔥💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾💯💯

  • @tomwall8518
    @tomwall8518 Год назад +5

    Here from London commenting, Just got back from New York, I strolled around Queensbridge Projects with this in my headphones, it was deep. Big up QBC

  • @byron4622
    @byron4622 4 года назад +39

    This beat sends you to another zone! Can’t ever get enough of a dope beat with a sick piano!

  • @rduva115
    @rduva115 3 года назад +32

    I love Nores flow everything rhymes with Puerto Rico lol 😂

  • @MarlowRicky
    @MarlowRicky 2 года назад +6

    An absolute underground all time classic.

  • @mallyy1251
    @mallyy1251 7 месяцев назад +4

    For some reason 90s hip hop hits different.

  • @Guhsteh
    @Guhsteh 9 лет назад +54

    Nas killed this shit.

    • @kenanmccaleb8327
      @kenanmccaleb8327 Год назад

      @Guhsteh On everything I love Nas destroyed this best. Amen 🙏

  • @Octane44
    @Octane44 8 лет назад +8

    Noreag always stood out! His flow strangled that beat! Make you wanna dance & smile. Even it was a personal song!

    • @DaboooogA
      @DaboooogA 8 лет назад

      He weakest on the track by far bro

    • @Octane44
      @Octane44 8 лет назад +1

      Never just because it went over your head doesn't make it wack! Nas bit Tragedy style!

    • @DaboooogA
      @DaboooogA 8 лет назад +2

      I dont think NORE has or ever will go 'over' my head

  • @whooelse9444
    @whooelse9444 8 лет назад +135

    i think its safe to say tragedy dropped the jewels, nas did his thing with the storytelling & nore brung the most energy, correct?

    • @ogmusic2027
      @ogmusic2027 5 лет назад +5

      Indeed

    • @nikkidotts1279
      @nikkidotts1279 5 лет назад

      Nah, they ALL brought GREAT ENERGY TO THEIR VERSE; they ALL hv different flows so I MOST DEFINITELY FEEL AS THO EVERY LAST ONE THAT SPIT ON THIS TRACK, MURDERED IT💯💪💪‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️

    • @Apreme
      @Apreme 4 года назад

      ruclips.net/video/vJ2UChuHpjU/видео.html FUCK TRAGADY KHADAFI

    • @jamessanders6788
      @jamessanders6788 4 года назад

      Yep.

    • @whooelse9444
      @whooelse9444 4 года назад +1

      @@nikkidotts1279 yes but nore's energy stood out the most.

  • @Vicchapastyle
    @Vicchapastyle 9 лет назад +32

    This is fire I miss this hip hop NYC stand up

  • @tesscobarofdeadprezz
    @tesscobarofdeadprezz Год назад +5

    Real ones listen to that shit
    Lyrics and vocals are on another level
    Its been 27 years and still in race with nowadays trashes
    Listen to Oldschool kids
    N-A-S-I-R call him Escobar👑

  • @garethclueless90
    @garethclueless90 3 года назад +3

    To this day I wsh I was a teenager in the 90s.
    Born in 95 I only truly delved into hip hop three years ago (2018)
    Sad I know

  • @michaelviens4129
    @michaelviens4129 Год назад +5

    I’ve never heard of this verison of music. This is a real classic

  • @josephenright2824
    @josephenright2824 6 лет назад +31

    You will never see rap like this ever again

    • @tommiejackson8620
      @tommiejackson8620 6 лет назад +1

      Joseph Enright i argee

    • @Itsprodog
      @Itsprodog Год назад

      I spit that like this 💎 ⚔️
      Schooled by a Brooklyn Killah
      Raised in Killah Cali
      Music droppin soon Pro Money aka Pro doG 🐾 ⛅️ ☀️

    • @mafiagang20
      @mafiagang20 Год назад +1

      EVER

  • @danalewis3027
    @danalewis3027 7 месяцев назад +1

    Mannnn nothing beats my era of music. I ran this song in the ground when I first heard back then

  • @Funkyphresh
    @Funkyphresh 9 лет назад +55

    This song's off of Tragedy Khadafi's album Thug Matrix 2, if anyone's wondering.

    • @Funkyphresh
      @Funkyphresh 9 лет назад +3

      nog baby Probably but Matrix 2 is more like a mixtape with different song's on it. Not sure if this was off of something else but I know it's on Matrix 2.

    • @Funkyphresh
      @Funkyphresh 9 лет назад +2

      nog baby Could of been a left over B side track that was recorded for Capone N Noreaga's - War Report album or Channel 10..that was never released ..never know. Sick track though.

    • @oskamadison
      @oskamadison 9 лет назад +3

      +Gerald Duval It was for The War Report. Nas and Tragedy wasn't vibin' so Nas wouldn't clear his verse, if I'm not mistaken...

    • @oskamadison
      @oskamadison 8 лет назад +1

      *****​ I swore I remember reading some interview and it was over Nas and Tragedy falling out. The sample clearance issue makes sense though. Hell, could have been both...

    • @clarkbar
      @clarkbar 7 лет назад +1

      OfficialHybridBeats crazy. if this had been on war report it wouldve taken that album from my personal top 10 to top 3

  • @Zmloys
    @Zmloys 9 лет назад +13

    Each verse paints a vivid picture

  • @4partmedia
    @4partmedia 5 лет назад +22

    Tragedy's verses single handedly crush anyone else on the track. This verse of his is classic visual real shit-- detailed and very real to 90's NY streets... not that much has changed tho. These kinds of verses are timeless cuz they represent the reality that hasn't changed.

  • @BsnssInstdaGame
    @BsnssInstdaGame 11 лет назад +15

    this beat is an all time classic

  • @blizbx
    @blizbx Год назад +5

    Tragedy absolutely killed this

  • @SithLordFromFlorida
    @SithLordFromFlorida 7 лет назад +18

    I remember the first time I heard this. Real Hip Hop stands the test of time.

  • @trentyates418
    @trentyates418 4 года назад +5

    This piano makes you wanna shed a tear for real hip hop like this to come back

  • @oskamadison
    @oskamadison 9 лет назад +48

    I love early Nore joints. He was so random with his, like dafuq you talkin' 'bout? lol...

    • @Ray1Billy
      @Ray1Billy 8 лет назад +4

      word I was just listening like DA fuck he said

    • @oskamadison
      @oskamadison 8 лет назад +2

      Billy Ray​ Word is bond, lol...

    • @superg7495
      @superg7495 4 года назад +4

      But to some it was right on point no questions

    • @Apreme
      @Apreme 4 года назад

      ruclips.net/video/vJ2UChuHpjU/видео.html FUCK TRAGADY KHADAFI

    • @moegatz1955
      @moegatz1955 4 года назад +1

      Nore shit use to be all over the place but still hard though ..if you don’t understand Spanish you really wouldn’t comprehend a lot of his shit .

  • @abdallahelibrahimi557
    @abdallahelibrahimi557 6 лет назад +6

    Back before you tube you could only hear joints like this on mixtapes that you had to cop close to NY OR NJ

    • @progress426
      @progress426 6 лет назад

      Abdullah El Ibraahiimii
      Not Really. Clue’s tapes were so 🔥back then that vendors knew it would sell. They were either bootlegging it or calling Big Skane@ Desert Storm direct, for 100 tapes or more. Bottom line is I’ve seen clues tapes as far west as the Slausson Swap Meet in L.A and as far South as Dade County/ Coral Gables-University of Miami selling Clue Tapes.
      Just Saying.

    • @abdallahelibrahimi557
      @abdallahelibrahimi557 6 лет назад

      Just my experience I guess

  • @moetarawally-maldonado1768
    @moetarawally-maldonado1768 3 месяца назад +2

    I remember being young boy in Dyckman Washington heights,New York with my uncle in the car playing this song 🎶🔥 in the car

  • @MrBlacksun777
    @MrBlacksun777 3 месяца назад +4

    If you listening to this September 2024 then you on to great shit 💪🤙👌

  • @beewalk34
    @beewalk34 10 лет назад +99

    Queens had the hardest rap game when you u compare it to other areas

    • @ghosttown1452
      @ghosttown1452 10 лет назад +1

      I 2nd that n I'm from the bx

    • @stilllyte
      @stilllyte 10 лет назад +3

      I'm a Brooklyn resident my whole life but prefer rappers from queens growing up

    • @ghosttown1452
      @ghosttown1452 10 лет назад +7

      Me too.. nas mobb cnn mega n a couple others ran the 90s era in hiphop

    • @francisalbert1799
      @francisalbert1799 10 лет назад +10

      Don't forget about that dude Cormega. Every1 always forgettin him

    • @ghosttown1452
      @ghosttown1452 10 лет назад +4

      Mega Montana... that was my guy..

  • @T_TYME
    @T_TYME 6 лет назад +4

    Nothing can't compare its just a feeling thats unexplainable the essence of Queens captures you in this masterpiece....

  • @moneybuilden
    @moneybuilden Год назад +3

    I still hear DJ clue just before this song drops

  • @MedinaTheOne
    @MedinaTheOne 4 года назад +2

    This era. the true era! Of hiphop is the soundtrack of my life.

  • @Sicario-Gamer
    @Sicario-Gamer Год назад +1

    I didn’t need any recommendations for this. I knew this song existed because I was in my teens when it came out. Legendary track. Respect to Nas and NORE

  • @thommomuchopz
    @thommomuchopz 8 лет назад +8

    STRAIGHT UP ONE OF THE ILLEST TRACKS EVER

  • @Ctcap01
    @Ctcap01 6 лет назад +43

    "The victor had become the victim
    Thought he had a smooth n**** caught but a smooth n**** licked him"
    Important lesson for us all.

  • @davidcarga4034
    @davidcarga4034 Год назад +3

    Sorry to be late. I'm Colombian who grew up in 80s . This is all I knew. Understand. Nas even called himself Escobar. Don't ever bust.a Latino being to much. We all brothers. Blessings to my Latino emcees Noriega Fat Joe Big Pun beatnuts Cypress Hill They my Saints.

  • @gcseve
    @gcseve Год назад +2

    I found this gem on limewire when I was 13. Im 32 now…still years later an amazing track.

  • @KtotheG
    @KtotheG 5 лет назад +7

    The sampled piano loop came from a 1970s Bette Midler track, "Superstar," a song that Luther Vandross later remade in the '80s.

  • @n3utr0n3
    @n3utr0n3 3 года назад +6

    Timeless piece right here. So many jewels drop on this. No disrespect QU had New York on lock D for a few years. Beats were dope and lyrics were lit. The era of mobb, nas, LB, if you know you know. Peace to the tri-state though

  • @seka-vt8lf
    @seka-vt8lf 4 года назад +18

    Even the piano is crying on how hip hop use to sound...

  • @joepecora1601
    @joepecora1601 4 года назад +5

    Nas still has it. He's prolly the only one that will NEVER fall off

  • @diablo74ify
    @diablo74ify 2 месяца назад +2

    Under the underground of hip hop ❤❤❤

  • @raiderjones2238
    @raiderjones2238 Год назад +2

    Heavy Flow with nothing but Bomb ass memories before cell phones…. Unexplainable conversations, freestyle sessions and live party scenes off this track!!! Word is Bond lol😂

  • @CreativeLaelAsif
    @CreativeLaelAsif 8 лет назад +59

    NaS verse on here clearly means don't judge a book by its cover

  • @investergambler4374
    @investergambler4374 Год назад +3

    The nore verse hits hard , the entire song hits

  • @Mal_77
    @Mal_77 5 лет назад +4

    Pure art, real hip hop with the foundation of music( classical) if you don’t have goose bumps you don’t have good taste- shout to the real heads -29 now been bumping this this I was 16

  • @Zenitsu_is_the_honered_one
    @Zenitsu_is_the_honered_one 2 года назад +1

    I'm glad I grew up how I did in the late 80s and 90s . The streets made taught me alot and made me who I am,

  • @KingK00P
    @KingK00P 26 дней назад +1

    Str8 🔥 still in 2024

  • @andref4467
    @andref4467 7 лет назад +10

    hands down one best tracks ever made. Ny run hiphop no question.

  • @saeedbihi349
    @saeedbihi349 7 лет назад +3

    QB classic. man took me back in the days.

  • @true.school
    @true.school Год назад +4

    I listened to this when I was young on my bike driving through the rain... Still love listening to this when it's raining 🌧️🎶❤️

  • @Mafioso_PR
    @Mafioso_PR Год назад

    So mad I haven’t heard this in years when I use to bump this daily when I was younger

  • @johns4780
    @johns4780 Год назад +2

    One of the best tracks of all time nore def did his thing even though he always made up words hes better then anything today..

  • @SithLordNefaar022
    @SithLordNefaar022 8 лет назад +135

    "This one kid had STAYED rich while we slang the grave shifts. "I'm tired of it" said a cat whose name I'ma leave anonymous cuz he might take it as some kind of diss....."
    Nas' verse = Lyrical story telling at it's best, he paints such a clear picture with the words & you can follow along bar for bar, and that story is shit that happens in the hood EVERY damn day

    • @TvLOverdose
      @TvLOverdose 6 лет назад +3

      Yeah it's even more astonishing when you think about how Nas didn't life that live at all. It's sick how he can tell such a great story that's just written(lived) by others. Remember, Nas aint a thug at all.

    • @MrHnic95
      @MrHnic95 5 лет назад +22

      @@TvLOverdose just cuz u didn't live that life. He grew up around that life...he came from that life.. His neighborhood was that life.. If he lived in Mansion with a butler all his life, you would have a point. He live in the same bldgs where what he talked about was going on.

    • @jamesbbrown3929
      @jamesbbrown3929 5 лет назад +13

      Actually nas did live this lifestyle it’s well known in queens and amongst all the rappers there in in nyc that’s why he never was dissed about it or “exposed”

    • @pabloesco3373
      @pabloesco3373 5 лет назад

      SithLordNefaar022 💯

    • @oxman5803
      @oxman5803 5 лет назад +2

      Yocat word that Shi becomes you , your surroundings make you wether you choose to believe or not he had to abide by the same rules if not they would of marked him victim

  • @pezelbuda
    @pezelbuda 10 лет назад +57

    Noreaga's part is killer 2:31

    • @Vdubbz
      @Vdubbz 7 лет назад +6

      How could you skip Nas tho?.. lol cmon now

    • @icecold602
      @icecold602 4 года назад +2

      His verse was trash af😂

    • @pezelbuda
      @pezelbuda 4 года назад

      @@icecold602 i know bro, I just dig his flow, im a native spanish speaker so it gets to me

    • @christiancharles5598
      @christiancharles5598 4 года назад +2

      @@icecold602 Nore don't have the best lyrics but his flow is on point and he funny as fuck.

    • @NevaSellmySoul
      @NevaSellmySoul 2 года назад

      @@icecold602 your thought process "trash"

  • @eazyb6710
    @eazyb6710 Год назад +7

    Why is khadafi so underrated?

  • @lordfire1799
    @lordfire1799 7 месяцев назад +1

    Noriega's verse still on repeat since this joint dropped back in the day 👽

  • @ODDONYC
    @ODDONYC 2 года назад +2

    Love when a old playlist pop up and bring you back to 1999

  • @ismailnyc6004
    @ismailnyc6004 10 лет назад +13

    Tragedy stayed real 100...listen to his rymes Dunn!!

  • @timgerie5310
    @timgerie5310 8 лет назад +11

    I honestly feel like Trag is THEE most underated MC of all time. Notice I said "MC" not just rapper. Big difference. From the Juice Crew days, to Intelligent Hoodlum and so on....Trag always been mega nice....and Mega slept on. He literally gave Havoc his name. Him and G Rap birthed the whole QB Movement. Believe that.

    • @whooelse9444
      @whooelse9444 8 лет назад

      Tim Gerie G rap aint even from qb. Hes from lefrak just like nore.

    • @timgerie5310
      @timgerie5310 8 лет назад +1

      +whoo else Technically speaking, yes you're correct. First off, do you know close those 2 places are to each other? Secondly,G Rap always Repped Quenns!

    • @whooelse9444
      @whooelse9444 8 лет назад

      Tim Gerie of course he always repped queens. lenghtwise, qb & lefrak are pretty close to each other but mutually, qb & lefrak wasnt clickin too much back in the day.

    • @timgerie5310
      @timgerie5310 8 лет назад

      +whoo else Oh no, not at all! lol. In fact it was so bad, if you look at the inside of the War Report, the picture with Pone and Nore was actually photoshopped, because they couldn't put the Lefraq dudes together w the QB dudes because of all the beef them dudes had. Saw in an interview with them, that that's actually 2 seperate pictures of them and their respective squads

    • @timgerie5310
      @timgerie5310 8 лет назад

      +Tim Gerie Alot of that goes on in NY, from what I've heard anyway. Harlem and Brooklyn don't like each other, The S Bronx, Quenns thing is no secret, so on and so forth. Again, Just what I've heard. Personally, I'm a Philly dude, so Idk NY street politics from personal experience, just what my NY folks tell me about it.

  • @ileanbackk
    @ileanbackk 10 лет назад +100

    NORE CAUGHT A BODY ON THIS BEAT.

    • @tommiejackson8620
      @tommiejackson8620 6 лет назад

      eileen fajardo. Dam u pretty...

    • @marvincox222
      @marvincox222 6 лет назад

      Word up

    • @ogmusic2027
      @ogmusic2027 5 лет назад

      eileen fajardo yea he did

    • @icecold602
      @icecold602 4 года назад +1

      Hell nah!!! Nore ruined this song🤦‍♂️😂 Nore is a trash ass rapper. This song proves it lmao. They should’ve kept e money bags verse on this instead of nores🤦‍♂️

    • @1317stuntman
      @1317stuntman 4 года назад

      shit him and nas already had one in the trunk...lol....ghea..NY gritty sound will forever be live..

  • @holidaystyles7952
    @holidaystyles7952 8 лет назад

    Tragedy Khadafi 'Message To Killa Black' he uses a few them lines its one the realest tracks ever

  • @GeraldReyes-e4s
    @GeraldReyes-e4s 4 месяца назад +1

    Queens sound the epic piano melodies

  • @fffffff6822
    @fffffff6822 5 лет назад +3

    Havent heard this song in years. I got goosebumps when the first verse came on

  • @josephfries7734
    @josephfries7734 Год назад +23

    These days aren’t ever coming back are they?

  • @queensexist7087
    @queensexist7087 Год назад +4

    Still my go to when I’m riding and vibin Dolo

    • @rippfkmarlo647
      @rippfkmarlo647 Год назад

      Is your name queens exist or queen sexist

  • @kable1982
    @kable1982 2 месяца назад +1

    They all killed this shit!!

  • @chrpol5
    @chrpol5 2 года назад +1

    Shhhhhhit all day bumpn 2023 we taking flight on this one for the real ones. NYC FDR drive 4AM to Queens in the winter with your bubble jack