Nas - N.Y. State of Mind (Official Audio)
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- Official Audio for "N.Y. State of Mind" by Nas
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Chorus:
New York state of mind
New York state of mind
New York state of mind
New York state of mind
#Nas #NYStateofMind #Illmatic
This song brings back non existent memories of me hustling on the streets of nyc
Your name and logo make this comment 100 times better
Same😂
You stole this from a comment on the music video cream
James Hermanson why would you care thou
@@riteshbharti4291 Hysterical, spiritual lyrics like the holy Qu'Ran
"I don't know how to start this shit Yo "
One of the biggest lie in the history of mankind
LOL
No... THE BIGGEST
It wasn't planned, he actually said that in the recording session and they kept it.
Lolz
the best way to start a song i found it funny as fuck
“I don’t know how to start this shit”
Spits one of the best verses in Hip-Hop History...
Thoughts of an assassin 😨
Wicked
🙌🙌🙌🙌🎀🎀🎀🎀🎀
16
@@ninjaturtles5176 that's how old I am now
"Life is parallel to hell, but i must maintain" Such a hard hitting line, brilliant.
“IM ADDICTED TO SNICKERS”
😅yessir
@@Peroskiller tuff 💯
Yes sir I can relate ! 🔥🔥🔥💪💯🇹🇹
its actually a fact though. The Bible makes it pretty clear that it is beneath us in a literal sense. There's so many hidden things in The Bible that you become aware of when you turn your heart to Jesus Christ. He gives people eyes to see and ears to hear
when pianos were gangster
They still are 😭
They still are. Listen to Hard piano by Pusha T.
@@joshuagregoire9504 YES. hard piano is a top 10 hip hop song imo
@@kellenpies160 My favorite song from the album
@@joshuagregoire9504 agreed
0:19 Nas : I dunno how to start this shit...
*Proceeds to record the best (debut) album of hiphop history*
That's fucking true
Priceless 🤦🏾♂️
Ready To Die is a better debut album tbh, but this is a classic one of the best.
Just straight out the best album ever, fuck it being a debut or a hip hob album
@@ElliottSuper 36 chambers is better
"Beyond the walls of intelligence life is defined, I think of crime when I'm in a NY state of mind".
It's crazy how smart Nas was at the age of 18.
What does that line mean?
Could it suggest that all the non important stuff is in charge of our lifes?
@@Niilo2.2 I take it to mean that there is more to survival than intelligence. Street smarts are inductive and intuitive. We can think ourselves into a corner and miss the point. The smarter you are, the easier it is to fall into that trap.
As Raekwon says, This is a Letter the amount if people this song touched was crazy
more like the ones that wrote the lyrics, prolly someone from CIA
@@VolcanoHotTub thank you
6ix9ine: I'm the king of NY
Nas: *Laughs in Illmatic*
This comment needs more likes.
Dude is played out
Snitch 9ine said he's not the king of new york anymore
i'm so dumb that i say: 6ix9ine is better Lmao
i'm so dumb that i say: you are 💯%correct(FACTS)
Imagine getting this song on a tape deck, no internet, no social media and just thinking how dope it is
I know. Lucky people
@nobody shit I wish I lived back in the 90s
The one's from the old school know,especially when we had to hide from our parents this music
@@salecasual7837 😂😂😂 I remember that. For me it was Snoop Doggs Doggystyle album
Fuccckkkkkk
"I don't sleep because sleep is the cousin of death" what a hard line.
New York is the city that never sleeps
Clever wordplay
Gadamn
@@nickcook7408 😂😂9❤
That's from Shakespeare.
Yo no duermo, dormirse es primo de estar muerto.
Hoke
This may be the best hip hop song of all time.
I like "The World Is Yours" more
May be ... but surely one of the best!
its up there. C.R.E.A.M and shook ones Part II>>>>
It was voted the best song in his entire catalogue recently 🙏🔥
Best gangsta rap song imo is “Got Yourself A…” by Nas
This is most New York song ever made
big facts
😂💯
Well yeah, but we can't forget Sinatra the gangster
Well yeah...it has NY in the title
After cream
“Idk how to start this”… *Creates one of the greatest hip hop masterpieces of all time*
“So that was a fucking lie”
He knows.
Wish I could like this comment a thousand times
LOL incognito profile pic. Nice
@@pogo8050😂
"I don't know how to start this shit"
* drops the hottest verses in hip hop history *
you're not wrong man
lmaoooo fact
True lol
It was true too,he had just wrote it down and didn't know how his flow should go
Edward Panuraru not sure if you know the story behind this but he had just written the verse and couldnt figure out his flow so he said that then busted it out so now he says he starts the song with this because its funny to him
Literally one of the best songs of all time.
this is one of the best tracks ever released in the whole industry tbh.
You meant hip hop industry, I hope.
Sneep Deg this good but maad city the goat
Sneep Deg hands down
Maciej Dereń music industry
Toti Gorda MAAD City is great, but if you think it's better than NY State of Mind then you're crazy.
Nothing like 90’s hip hop. The beats, rhymes, style is unmatched.
Amen.
Modern Rap on the other hand. Well.......... we don't talk about that except Kendrick Lamar, J.Cole, and Logic in my opinion.
@@terrorize1019 EVERYBODY and their momma likes Kendrick Lamar and J Cole. You need to branch out and do some surfing dude. There’s a bunch of great artists besides them.
Nothing like the 90's PERIOD
@@isaiahbyrd7973 50 cent , j cole , CopyWrite, Rampage , D12 , Proof, Eminem, Tupac , NWA , G unit , Geto boys , Lady of rage , Eazy e , Mc ren , Big L , dmx , biggie smalls,
Ti , Joey , Hopson, Real Hip hop
imagine if he did know how to start that shit...😰🔥
Shiiiiiiiii....
That would start the heaviest forest fire in man kind
Is it possible to reach this level of human achievement?
@@osncxnon561 RIP Australia
Lol
Sleep 0%
Lyrics 100%
Beat 100%
Flows 100%
Legend 🐐 1000%
😂😂😂😂😂Sleep is the cousin of death
HANDS DOWN
Sleep -000000%
Well said
NaS doesn't sleep, he takes 8 hour naps
😂 made my day
Clever
8 hours of nas
Don't get it
I don't mean to be rude im just blunt bcoz he said I don’t sleep because sleep is the cousin of death
"I don't know how to start this shit"
_top 10 anime plot twists of all time_
LOL
Lmao
GOGOgomes Facts! 🙌🏽😂
@@hunniddolladrum1546 🤣 Broke ass lol
LOL. :D
“I never sleep, cause sleep is the cousin of death” should get a certification for world’s hardest bar. Legendary status with one line.
After the line from big l "You can't Kill me i was born dead"
I can inverse my style cuz I am versatile
- Big L
@@anti-special7059 Lit
@@anti-special7059 what other songs does he rap
@@painmaster8165
You should check it yourself
You won't regret it
He got the best punch lines
There are two types of people in this world: people who don't like rap, and people who've listened to Illmatic.
This is why BIG is a better MC than Pac. 2pac used Rapping to further his voice. BIG only knew MCing
@@ikerivers1795 That's the stupidest thing I've heard
@@painmaster8165 Biggie was a better M.C. than pac tho, Pac was about what he stood for and his legend status. Biggie was better lyrically and had an amazing flow and picture painting ability in his lyrics
Official Burrito word brother word
If this ain't the truth idk what is
Man, I can’t believe this album is 30 years old, time flies.
Him writing illmatic at 17 makes me as a high schooler want to start recording music
dude wrote an all time classic at 17, anything’s possible my nigga
Factsss yo i don't even rap and this makes me wanna get a notepad out
It really shows that age in hip doesn't matter Dude was already considered a hip hop legend in his early 20s
@@isaiaharmand8841 Most MCs usually start young. Rakim was 17 when Paid In Full dropped. Slick Rick was 19. LL was 15. Roxanne Shante was 14 and taking out grown men in battles. Kane was 19. Hip hop in the '80s was mostly created by young teens. Chuck D. was seen as an "old" man because he was 27 on PE's debut. KRS was 22.
its a shame nas never sold his soul or changed his style...thus he never continued his mainstream appeal ...he was better than snoop tupac jay z or kanye for sure...hes right there above biggie for me behind eminem
For some reason, this and other East Coast rap from this era sounds better to me in the winter. Something about cold, rainy, or snowy weather brings another dimension to this for me ...
Edit: Never had this many 👍 thank you
I feel like illmatic fits with a sunny spring friday morning kicking back and smoking with ur homies listening to og, classic shit
@@clownmoshpit2778 I get that feeling with Nas is Like from the I Am album. But this track makes me think of chilly, rain swept streets and smoking joints under an over-hang wearing a puff coat and a beanie...
London fucks with this. New York & London are very similar, concrete jungles, London is very sticky at the moment stabbings & shootings daily, this is that concrete jungle big city rap we relate too 💯
Maz 0508 Shootings? How the....
Walkin to the beat in your timbs through the slush eh?
The fact that he did the first verse on the first try is unbelievable.
Actually DJ Premier said that he did the whole song in one take because it was supposed to be one verse but he decided to split it in two verses with the chorus/scratches.
The whole album was done in one day.....
@@anujjyothykumar4667 Now that's bullshit
@@anujjyothykumar4667 no it wasn't
Yeah, That is Astonishing. Most of today's whack Rappers will choke 18 times doing this verse.
The true king of new york
You forgetting big l bro
@@Phatfad3z
true.
my man
nah that's lil mabu 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
@@nabeelhasan8870😐
i never sleep, cuz sleep is the cousin of death
RIP buddy you slept
Really stuck in the scheme of wondering when imma rest
There ain't an army that can fight back..
Sleep is like death, but without the commitment, lol.
The smooth criminal on beat breaks
Never put me in your box if your shit eats tapes
Fun fact: The whole first verse was done in one take.
nas is sum else
We all know
@@1Solace Wrong! I didn't
The whole song was. He did it in one take and Primo did the rest. Classic
Check out the modern remix of this song here ruclips.net/video/l3SoS6LZQJ0/видео.html
Lyrics 100/100
Flow 100/100
Beat100/100
Ryhmes 100/100
Perfect song
💯
@@thunderbird4116 honestly I find one love so underrated
@TriVos Ahren lmao this comment is gold
My Top 5
1ny state of mind
2it aint hard to tell
3the world is yours
4one love
5memory lane
Your mom: 1,000,000/100
Yall realize this was a 19 year old kid.
Lol young bloods be like:
"damn lil Nas x had some dope beats back then" 🤣🤣
Goodnight😂😂😂
wAiT tHiS Is NoT LiL nAs X?
wow lil nas x was not even a thing yet when this was released only dumb people would say this was lil nas x
@@95crooklyndodgers99 really? How did you know? I couldn't figure that out until you commented. Thank you
@@drilld6363 wait you seriously did not know or you just kidding?
Nas > Jay Z
Truuue
Mohammed Akbar nobody will argue with you bout that
Amen
God tier rappers
Eminem/nas/big L/black thought/mos def/lupe fiasco etc etc etc anyone agree?
@@ynorb9573 no eminem and add kendrick and andre 3000
Nas: I don’t know how to start this shit
Also Nas: *Creates one of the greatest Hip Hop records of all time*
Straight off the top
because of the massiv amount of content he has in his head
Nas: Fuck it
Nah, ain't even top 30
@@QankoIvanov trolling?
Who here in 2024
"I don't know how to start this"
That was biggest lie in hip hop history
I like your profile pic. Now I gotta listen to let us begin.
That's dope and true as FUK
Yh I'm 14 g 😂, all dem man at skl listen to new skl trash, I blast the real shit
Yessir
always
Imagine a 19 year old dropping one the all time soundtracks of hip hop 🔥🔥
Not just track but album
21 years*
I’m 41 when I was 19 back in 99 I was too busy committing crimes in Boston than I went to jail and decided to change my life.
Nas was the only rapper that gave me a positive view on life.
Even during his beef with Jay z they kept that in the music it showed me it doesn’t have to get violent
It can just be kept in the music between artist.
Look at biggie at 16, shit most of these young artists had more life experiences and woes than most at their age.
I don’t have to imagine I was born in 98’ and witnessed it all over again, perfect example joeybadass @ 17 yrs old dropping albums like 1999
People not from NY: "Empire State of Mind" is the most New York song ever
People from NY: lol that's cute
Empire State of Mind is about glamour of NYC as a whole. NY state of mind is the gritty part that always be in the news, I really call it the Queens anthem.
@@jaycool9480 that's true and Jay's also got a lot of songs that give a picture of the real BK tbf, Where I'm From for example
I was born in NYC and lived there but I was too young to remember anything :/
@@jeremyschep3589 factss
Im from a whole different continent but i couldn't say that jay z' song is anything to NY state of mind
That gritty NYC banger. Cold, cloudy, and 30 degrees type jam
And then you have 6ix9ine saying I'm the king of NY
Edit: #snitch9ine
LOL
LOLOL
As long as Nas is alive, Rainbow Road lookin ass is nothing more than a citizen of NY
@@undercoverjihadi9252 🤣🤣
@Dino velvet snitch9
It's almost like the beat itself can make you imagine the heat and business in New York, while his flow and lyrics add meaning on the Hardships of being a hustler
@@Roncon1997 LMAOOO
for real tho the beats so good
Great explanation ....I feel that a lot
I like made
I like
Is it just me or does West coast rap have a more loud party feeling to it, and East coast is more chill and has a smooth flow.
Yes.
And more lyrical
it is
Is it just me or does rock music have a guitar
@@deepfriedcherrypie5366 it’s just you man
Is it true that Nas invented New York???
Real😳😳
Greatest of all time. Nas during 1994-1996 is untouchable.
Big was the shit honestly, Pac was politicaly inspiring asf, Nas was on another level lyrically
The real Tom Hardy
I feel like all the rappers often declared as GOAT, Pac, Nas, Jay, Big, Em, Andre, etc, are all the best at different aspects of rap. Big has a great style and flow, Nas is a great storyteller and lyricist, Pac has such strong emotion and goes off on deep subjects, Em has crazy complex rhyme schemes and hilarious punch lines. Nas is my GOAT because I value lyricism and storytelling in a song. But if I liked flow more Biggie would probably be my favourite.
great analysis that's also the reason why Nas is my favorite
Biggie and DMX quintessential rappers, Nas best NY lyricist!
eminem 1999- 2002 is better imo
" I don't know how to start that shit"
One of the biggest lies ever
Just listen to Preemo Interview. He literally dropped the first verse without any prep.
For real bro he has to be making that shit up no cap
@@mesarvagya777 holy shit, imagine if he was serious
“I ran like a cheetah with thoughts of an assassin.”
That part where he’s talking about the Mac-10 shootout is my favorite part of the song. The imagery and lyrics are just incredible. He just takes you there
U Right Fam. Nas Cold wit it🔥🔥🔥
Nemoj zezat Dzeko
I’m look k ok
I’m look k ok
Check out the modern remix of this song here ruclips.net/video/l3SoS6LZQJ0/видео.html
“I’m an addict for sneakers, 20s of Buddha and bitches with beepers” man just suhn bout that New York style that so grimey n raw I love the west coast rappers too but east coast always went in harder for me in my opinion🫡🔥
Facts
This is one of the hardest beats ever made
Preemo baby!
I agree this goes hard af
Beat is average. Nas carries the beat hard
beat is average like other dude said but fit the aesthetic of the time and his voice perfect.
shook ones part 2
stop comparing to drake with this classic , its disrespect .
Rich Joe it was written like Nas but it came from Quentin
Rich Joe wait. I’m confused what happened. The only Canadian celebrity I know is Bret Hart.
faccs drake is pure shit
Drake can make songs like this even with his ghost writer
Kashif Reza can’t*
The beat is so New York
That how premo sound like
Premier style, the best boom bap sound
Nouri Smith cuz he from New York
@@redazure9683 so is Tekashi 6ix9ine, but his shit doesn't sound like New York
@trap visuals Pro Era is kinda meh to me aside from some of Joey's songs and I fuck with ASAP Rocky.
Happy 30th anniversary ...Time Is Still ILLMATIC
Metalhead here. This shit is nuts. chills n goosebumps. Haven't felt this way since I discovered metallica back in highschool holy fuck is this a masterpiece if I've ever heard one.
Dude welcome to classic hip hop produced by the god dj premier. Njoy diggin
@@alrightybud6862 u can check out mobb deeps infamous and enter the wu-tang
@@alrightybud6862 shit! Too many to mention but since ur a metal head you might like stop what ur doin by apathy ft celph titled produced by Premier. Has heavy guitar riff in it. Njoy dude
@@alrightybud6862 onyx sticky fingers cypress hill Psycho Realm J Dilla...
You'll probably orgasm on Wu Tang's 36 Chambers if you dig Illmatic. It's a must for any metalhead starting with hip hop.
Nas : _I donno how to start this._
*spits the best album in rap history*
Yousif AlZahrani imo that's the Maven by k rino. But Illmatic is next
Is this what everyone is just gonna copy to get likes?
@@thestamina6129 I didn't copy it , I just rephrased it.
@Drew Biggah are you drunk ?
the best album is liquid swords
“I don’t know how to start this”
*drops the most legendary verse in the history of rap
Can’t believe Forbes put Nicki minaj over nas on ‘best rappers’ that’s crazy
😂
It’s absolutely insane that he dropped this at age 19. Dude was and is a fucking genius. A true artist. An amazing career and life. GOAT
It dropped when he was 21 he wrote it at 19
Just Jack I thought he wrote this At 17 I might be wrong tho idk ?
@Moumen Malas Are those 3 Tupac Eminem Biggie
@@papahims you right
go listen to autechre or aphex twin and tell me whats genius,and if you want a hip hop true master its shock G, 95 percent of rappers dont lay out the track instrumentally and do any production,they have the badass upbringing and can rhyme,not really incredible
Its crazy this is like a movie scene in my mind
Rs
Ny story tellin
Thats what nas does. True storyteller
power of poetry
Belly?
By hearing this beat you can just smell the weed aroma in the air on a cold NYC evening standing on the corner wearing Timberland boots with a Northface coat bopping your head.
Facts son, weed smells better when it's dumb brick outside
Bro Idk about Tims but North Face wasn't popular back then dude, you got no clue what you're talkin about.
💯🔥🔥
Yeah it was man biggie was always rapping about that shit
@@randomdude7384 Don't know about that. Lol This is from smoking for 3 decadesbin Northeast weather.
One of the greatest hip hop tracks ever made!
We still here
WTF AM I MISSING?@@Niilo2.2
As a non-rap enthusiast, this is an undeniably great album.
Why are you even here? Take your curious ass back to Prairieland! Lol
*hip hop*
"Non-rap enthusiast"???
Gtfo
no hables hvds mmv
Damn bruh it’s that good?
I feel like N.Y. State of Mind is the views of someone who lived their entire life in the gritty ghetto parts of NY, someone who died early and never got to see the bright lights and live good in the nice parts of NY and Empire State of Mind is the view of someone who made it out the hood and got to live in the nice bright parts of NY both songs tell a story of the hood, which can either have you dead or alive and successful
I’m NY state of mind😭
CpT.
@Gghhgyh Gyughuii Isn't New York one of the safest cities in the country now?
@@joeydaboss1001 it was because of the virus many murders that would have occurred did not because everyone was inside
This song is what empire state of mind wants to be when it grows up
I'm mostly a metalhead, but god damn this slaps
Same here Bro
Yeah, same here.
Same here, Nas is a Legend
@@arjenrobben1088 Come to Besiktas
Check this out ... unkle drums of death
Might be the greatest album ever made
True...
Duh
It was written
Tpab and madvillainy are better ngl
Gkmc better than tpab idk why I feel like it
I took a time machine back to 2019 to tell you we still bumping this in 3084
YaYa Cheech your profile pic scared the shit out of me
U ugly af
YaYa Cheech do aliens bop their heads to this as well?
the earth isn't gonna live to see the year 3000 :)
That a waste of time gas
Ruth Bumping this and meditating this masterpieces on Ozarks. Put Nas on the mind of masses for generations to come whether the listen to hip hop or Not! The pain is realatible and timeless
Ozarks put me here. This is on order.
❤
@@agee8322 same here
Ozark brought me here also. Solid...
the Big Mike cameo was deep
Prodigy wasn't kidding when he said Nas was better than him. P had mad respect for Nas's pen game.
R.I.P Prodigy king of QB
Back then rappers were real men and had respect, and today we have kids with pink gucci shirts that are making fake beefs for views....smh
That’s hella dope big fan of both rappers . Shout out to you New York rappers from Mexican that grew up in East Los Angeles,Ca.
Respect for bandana P
Both of them were Monsters tho
Nas top 3 least, P ain't nothing compared to Nas, Nas the goat
It’s insane what reach this song has . The Albanian rapper Dupe did a freestyle over this beat in 2024 …. “Dupe - New York State of Mind Freestyle” 😅😅
I couldn’t imagine a world without HipHop.
Serious question my guy - what is the difference between rap and hip hop ? I tried to look online but wasn’t clear. Thanks 🫣
@@samyakjain727 all rap is hip-hop, but not all hip-hop is rap. You can have hip-hop music without any lyrics at all, and it would not be considered a rap song, it would be considered "instrumental hip-hop". for example the album Endtroducing by DJ Shadow is considered hip-hop despite not having lyrics
@@samyakjain727 Hip hop is moreso the culture of the whole thing. like African Americans in the 90s in NYC or something. Rap is just one of the things that is common in hip hop culture.
less crime and better societies.
@@5GTrevor shut the hell up
This the typa music you listen to with your hoodie up on the bus at night
Yea just like Eminem 8 mile with the headphones on and the hoodie on
'I never sleep, cause sleep is the cousin of death'
Simply the greatest line in hip hop history #hiphop
ruclips.net/video/xGb2wVCsrAU/видео.html
I wouldn’t say it’s the best, but it’s up there
I couldn't agree more with that 💯💯
thats what cocaine does to you...
Why?
The reason Nas willalways be the greatest of all time.
Agreed number 1 in my top five for sure! Respect 🫡
LYRICS
Yeah, yeah, aiyyo black, it's time (word?)
(Word, it's time nigga?)
Yeah, it's time man (a'ight nigga, begin)
Straight out the fucking dungeons of rap
Where fake niggas don't make it back
I don't know how to start this shit, yo
Rappers, I monkey flip 'em with the funky rhythm
I be kicking, musician, inflictin' composition
Of pain, I'm like Scarface sniffin' cocaine
Holding an M-16, see with the pen I'm extreme, now
Bullet holes left in my peepholes, I'm suited up in street clothes
Hand me a nine and I'll defeat foes
Y'all know my steelo, with or without the airplay
I keep some E&J, sitting bent up in the stairway
Or either on the corner betting Grants with the cee-lo champs
Laughing at baseheads trying to sell some broken amps
G-packs get off quick, forever niggas talk shit
Reminiscin' about the last time the Task Force flipped
Niggas be running through the block shootin'
Time to start the revolution, catch a body, head for Houston
Once they caught us off-guard, the MAC-10 was in the grass and
I ran like a cheetah with thoughts of an assassin
Pick the MAC up, told brothers, "Back up, " the MAC spit
Lead was hitting niggas, one ran, I made him backflip
Heard a few chicks scream, my arm shook, couldn't look
Gave another squeeze, heard it click, "Yo, my shit is stuck"
Try to cock it, it wouldn't shoot, now I'm in danger
Finally pulled it back and saw three bullets caught up in the chamber
So now I'm jetting to the building lobby
And it was full of children probably couldn't see as high as I be
It's like the game ain't the same
Got younger niggas pulling the triggers, bringing fame to their name
And claim some corners, crews without guns are goners
In broad daylight, stickup kids, they run up on us
4-5's and gauges, MAC's, in fact
Same niggas will catch a back-to-back, snatching your cracks in black
There was a snitch on the block getting niggas knocked
So hold your stash 'til the coke price drop
I know this crackhead who said she's got to smoke nice rock
And if it's good, she'll bring you customers in measuring pots
But yo, you gotta slide on a vacation, inside information
Keeps large niggas erasin' and their wives basin'
It drops deep as it does in my breath
I never sleep, 'cause sleep is the cousin of death
Beyond the walls of intelligence, life is defined
I think of crime when I'm in a New York state of mind
New York state of mind
New York state of mind
New York state of mind
New York state of mind
Be having dreams that I'm a gangsta, drinking Moets, holding TECs
Making sure the cash came correct, then I stepped
Investments in stocks, sewing up the blocks to sell rocks
Winning gunfights with mega-cops
But just a nigga walking with his finger on the trigger
Make enough figures until my pockets get bigger
I ain't the type of brother made for you to start testin'
Give me a Smith & Wesson, I have niggas undressin'
Thinking of cash flow, buddah and shelter
Whenever frustrated, I'ma hijack Delta
In the P.J.'s, my blend tape plays, bullets are strays
Young bitches is grazed, each block is like a maze
Full of black rats trapped, plus the Island is packed
From what I hear in all the stories when my peoples come back, black
I'm living where the nights is jet-black
The fiends fight to get crack I just max, I dream I can sit back
And lamp like Capone, with drug scripts sewn
Or the legal luxury life, rings flooded with stones, homes
I got so many rhymes I don't think I'm too sane
Life is parallel to Hell but I must maintain
And be prosperous, though we live dangerous, cops could just
Arrest me, blaming us, we're held like hostages
It's only right that I was born to use mics
And the stuff that I write is even tougher than dykes
I'm taking rappers to a new plateau, through rap slow
My rhymin' is a vitamin held without a capsule
The smooth criminal on beat breaks
Never put me in your box if your shit eats tapes
The city never sleeps, full of villains and creeps
That's where I learned to do my hustle, had to scuffle with freaks
I'm an addict for sneakers, 20s of buddah and bitches with beepers
In the streets I can greet ya, about blunts I teach ya
Inhale deep like the words of my breath
I never sleep, 'cause sleep is the cousin of death
I lay puzzle as I backtrack to earlier times
Nothing's equivalent to the New York state of mind
New York state of mind
New York state of mind
New York state of mind
New York state of mind
Nasty Nas
Nasty Nas
Nas
Nasty Nas
Nasty Nas
Nas
Nas
Nasty Nas
Nasty Nas
Nasty Nas
Nasty Nas
Nasty Nas
Nasty Nas
:)
Please pin this!
The flow is so smooth and soothing… the wordplay and delivery. Just brilliant.
He spit that flow in 1st take
I seen a video showing a Time Elapse of rappers past-present using that same line 🎶 🔥
Wordplay where
it is masterpiece bro Old School 4ever
One of the best rap songs of all time
La Flame on a Island Top 5 for sure
Lose yourself
@@phobosslayer9203 This is better than Lose Yourself.
You're wrong, it's the best. The insane hard beat, the lyrics, everything is just so perfect about this song. At least, it's the greatest in my opinion
@@phobosslayer9203 lose yourself is pretty goo, but nowhere near ny state of mind
True Crime new York City
Ozark had me going CRAZY when I heard Ruth play this. Whoever is in charge of the music for that show deserves every award😂
Me too I got so happy when they had NaS being played by Ruth
Fr!!!!
I might have to start watching Ozark now
@@blueviolets52 show is fire asf, but ngl the ending was pretty disappointing for how amazing the show was
Ruth: "I never sleep."
Killer Mike: "Why?"
Ruth: "You now why..."
Beyond the walls of intelligence, life is defined...
pompchock tellvme
pompchock what he meantt
it is beyond human intelligence to understand what is the meaning of life.
when I'm in the NY State of Mind.
TheBegmen i dont agree, but still a dope line
"I never sleep coz sleep is the cousin of death." Thumbs up for this masterpiece. 2020 yo who's there??
Kelvin Mutugi Right here man still listening to this masterpiece!👐🏼
@Prabhman Sandhu [Student] learn english
@Prabhman Sandhu [Student] Ask your english teacher
Every fucking day!
I saw this comment as that line played.
I can picture that saints row 2 menu 😂😂😂
Still a classic 😮💨🔥
Beautiful ghetto child photo--classic album cover. You see the weight of life and severity in his eyes at such a young age.
👌👍
Fr 👁️
Yeah that simple image is so iconic to me
Excellent point. You can see just from that photo. Life in the ghetto must have been difficult for him early in his life.
His father said he believes that's when his mind opened up to the world... Around the time when this picture was taken.. I think that was in the illmatic documentary..
The most perfect beat ever made
This and ALL CAPS 🤤
Nas is like...
Shook ones part two is a masterpiece aswell
@@shawnbronson941 The Start of Your Ending is better
simple yet satisfying
From 1994, we're still listening to this shit!!🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
theGhost Willis I was just 8 back then and pumped this joint all day. Remember the only way the hood knew about it was by word. No ads nothing. Just word to mouth
Forever!
1990 rules
This album will forever be a classic
Heck yeah
Saints Row 2 Soundtrack
This instrumental is deadly asf
If you think about some new rappers beats are dope. Just the artist are shitty
Chris Quinn
The whole song is
On god
The city never sleeps, full of villains and creeps
Mah rhymin is like vitamin
Without a capsule
I meet plenty of freaks on these streets,
*I never sleep, cus sleep is the cousin of death*
@@moahammad1mohammad nothing equivalent to the new york state of mind!!!
MAD GRIMMEY
Nas: “I neva sleep cause sleep is the cousin of death”
Eminem: “I don’t sleep I don’t even close my eyes when I sneeze”
Nas > Eminem, Dr Dre, 2pac, Biggie, Jay Z
Yo pls dont compare em to nas,nas is another league
@@flo-ky3oq 😂😂😂😂😂😂 wait your being serious
@@flo-ky3oq you dummy can't take a joke
Emceee Nas nas is better than em
Putting this banger on every time I have to leave the house to get groceries. Really makes me feel like making eye contact with cashiers
💪🏾✊🏾
Not the eye contact😂😂
Dangerous move, this as a soundtrack makes you feel like something could kick off at any point
watermelons & bananas
@@fastview79 racist comment but sure
@@AlphaLionTrillionaire just twerk it off
i never sleep cause sleep is the cousin of death 💣💣💣💣 it's a classic
Matt biggie sleped once .. Now he's the father of dead
I never sleep cause sleep is the cousin of death
How can anyone in their right mind listen to this song and say JayZ is better than Nas is beyond my understanding.
Ajwad Mauthoor no way. JayZ has more trash records than good ones. Also, he went pop a long time back. He can't even rhyme anymore. Nasir>anything Jigga has dropped in the last 10 yearsm
Nas burned Jay Z alive
Both are good like Tupac and biggie
Exactly *nothing's equivalent to the ny state of mind*
There are both in my top 3 so I can see. Its just all on what you were prefer. I personally Jay makes better songs than Nas but Nas has him lyrically. But they cut from the same cloth. Jay Z has a mass following and so does Nas. Great Mc's
One of the greatest songs ever recorded and written. NAS captures 90’s urban NY like a journalist!
Yes, Denzel Washington said he was a storyteller.
He's an amazing lyricist
What other songs would you put on this level? I honestly can't think of anything that tells a story like this. Maybe Wheezy's let it all work out?
@@Test123-fh8rr perhaps slick rick? he's also another great story teller and his ''behind bars'' song has the same atmosphere
@@Test123-fh8rrUnbelievable from Biggie
saints row 2 fans gather here
Beanie seagal - what a thug about, riding in that black joint
*Some say he still doesn’t know to start this shit, yo*
All we know he is Nas
Ozark bringing old school rap back. Making tunes go platinum again.
Ruth about to put Javi in a body bag.
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 a writer/producer for Ozarks has to be a old hip hop head. Ruth got that street cred on lock!
Lmaoooo yess I’m on episode 11
I was about to comment..too late..hella late.. ⏰😂😅👌🏾
@@meanrun ask Jason Bateman?! 😂
Lol she definitely did
"i never sleep cause sleep is the cousin of death" that's what i say to my moms when she asks me why i am still not in bed at 3 am
Si bien
Same man 🤣❤ but I had to translate it to Arabic language
1994-long verse short chorus
2024-long chorus short verse
"I ran Like a cheetah with thoughts of an Assasin"
those words are better than Drake' s whole career
Nas respects Drake. Chill with the hating. We listening to Nas, why mention dude?
Leonard Reynolds drake is dry AF
@ Aaron you're missing the point. Rather you feel Drake is dry is your opinion. But you're mentioning him on the comments for a nas song. Drake won. If he sucks so much don't mention the guy. Lets enjoy the Nas song.
Leonard Reynolds true, but fuck him still
Aaron 102 why do y'all hate him so much lol? I couldn't bring myself to hate some one just cuz I don't like their music. I guess it was never that serious to me lol. I don't even hate lil yatchy and I despise his music. Idk I guess it ain't 4 me to understand lol
I don't know how to start this shit.. then spits like this lol i wish i was like that at my school tests
This year in 2021, Illmatic was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the National Recording Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."
Ayy u fr
Wow
4021, nas was white
it was also one of the 1st of 5 albums that got preserved in Harvard libraries
Took them way too long, huh.
What a masterpiece. Unesco should protect this.