@@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.
@@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
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
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
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.
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
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
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.
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.
@@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.
“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
@@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
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.
@@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
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..
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
@Blam Blarson 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 💯
Angel the Reshiram Yeah man the UK has a BIG knife problem and also a gun problem too but not as big as knife crime, check online and see the news, it’s a daily occurrence over here for real man just the other day there was a triple stabbing in my area 2 days before that a drive by shooting in the same place and 2 shootings within the area the 2 days before that.
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
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
Abdurrahman Akal yes of course but The World Is Yours is a way more better because of the lyrical content and the message. That's why I feel like The World Is Yours is the best with the Jazz soundtrack on it. More relaxing.
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
To me, this is the introduction to the greatest album in the history of hip hop. It just sounds like you’re hanging out with Nas sipping a beer and he’s telling you what it’s like to live in Queensbridge. I’ve never been there in my life but I feel like I have because of Nas. And he was only 20. What an incredible album.
Same here! Everything about this song is just perfection and Nas is definitely one of the greatest MCs, not just in rap, but in general. He's so great at storytelling with his lyrics.
The most elite/intellectual song in the history of rap music. No one has mastered storytelling, cadence, and poetry to put them together within 5 minutes like this ever since.
NAS my brother. Thank you for telling the NY story bro. I remember the south bronx and the crack epidemic. Me and my bro made it out and many others didnt. You are a legend my G
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
@@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.
Archol then name top ten then since u disagree prove em with FACTS, but ur probably right too many Mc’s that are underrated and even more that are unknown
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
“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😂
Literally one of the best songs of all time.
I just painted the ILLMATIC album cover. Please check out my latest reel yalllll. ❤
im boutta bust
Preach!
And of the realest too.
Fr
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
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
“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
"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
Man, I can’t believe this album is 30 years old, time flies.
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
"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
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.
The true king of new york
You forgetting big l bro
@@Phatfad3z
true.
my man
nah that's lil mabu 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
@@nabeelhasan8870😐
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
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
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
You know it's a masterpiece by the legend Nas when 30 yrs later we still bumping this in 🇰🇪 Kenya, East AFRICA 🌍
I made a presentation on kenya its cool
DJ Premier, Homey..all included
Dj Premier, Homey...all included
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
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
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?
I'm a west coast guy born and raised but no one could ever top the East coast MCs holy shit those guy's are lyrical geniuses
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
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
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.
This album will forever be a classic
Heck yeah
Saints Row 2 Soundtrack
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
“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
What a masterpiece. Unesco should protect this.
Unesco is just a front
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
"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
“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 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 whole Album is 🔥! Nas should've won his first Grammy in 1995 or 1996! He didn't win one until 2021, poetic injustice!!
CAUSE HE WASN'T DRUGGING PEOPLE AND RAPING THEM LIKE HUGGLY HOVA!!! AND DIDDY
Old HUGGLY just got a civil rape charge from 2000
well said. Illmatic is incredibly underrated .
There wasnt many rap related awards back then
“I don’t know how to start this”
*drops the most legendary verse in the history of rap
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
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
Here till death do me... happy new year... Bless
Happy new year brother
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
Miss this sort of rap, filled with substance, rhythm, simplicity
The golden era of rap
There's plenty of rappers nowadays that have sick flows, they just aren't at the top of the charts.
there are still plenty of rappers with substance, rhythm and simplicity, you just need to look for them.
@@hey-bf3ds wich is sad, apparently talent doesnt mean anything these days :(
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.
The reason Nas willalways be the greatest of all time.
Agreed number 1 in my top five for sure! Respect 🫡
That gritty NYC banger. Cold, cloudy, and 30 degrees type jam
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..
"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
Sheeesh, I just love the 90s gritty boombap NY rap.
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
@Blam Blarson 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?
Angel the Reshiram Yeah man the UK has a BIG knife problem and also a gun problem too but not as big as knife crime, check online and see the news, it’s a daily occurrence over here for real man just the other day there was a triple stabbing in my area 2 days before that a drive by shooting in the same place and 2 shootings within the area the 2 days before that.
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
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
"The city that never sleeps fill with villain that creeps"
goddamn it
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
Probably the greatest song in hip-hop's history.
id say a bird in the hand by ice cube but they close
@@prodjhope not even Ice Cube best
If u talking Ice Cube you have to say Today was a good day
@@prodjhope im a bigger fan of ice cube but lyrically he isnt able to compete with nas
@@7xr775 exactly. Cube is amazing but he can’t touch Nas
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
I love the piano part👌
Happy 30th anniversary ...Time Is Still ILLMATIC
One of the best tracks ever made.
6 The World Is Yours is the best track of Illmatic Album. This is 2nd best.
It ain't Hard to Tell is also dope af. That chorus...
Abdurrahman Akal yes of course but The World Is Yours is a way more better because of the lyrical content and the message. That's why I feel like The World Is Yours is the best with the Jazz soundtrack on it. More relaxing.
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
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?
Sleep 0%
Lyrics 100%
Beat 100%
Flows 100%
Legend 🐐 1000%
😂😂😂😂😂Sleep is the cousin of death
HANDS DOWN
Sleep -000000%
Well said
super dead on zero sleep
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
You can see as a kid he was absorbing all that energy from his neighbourhood, and he unleashed it in spectacular fashion with this one
Facts
🌴
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
One of the best beats in all of rap. Change my mind.
Well i can't because your right
To me, this is the introduction to the greatest album in the history of hip hop. It just sounds like you’re hanging out with Nas sipping a beer and he’s telling you what it’s like to live in Queensbridge. I’ve never been there in my life but I feel like I have because of Nas. And he was only 20. What an incredible album.
That's the power of music.
He was 19
@@Konkoveven better 🔥🔥🔥
Nas is top three of all time
but his mind was older!@@Konkov
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?
This is imo in the top 5 best hip hop songs of all time, the beat, the genius lyrics and just Nas' style... just perfect
Might be the greatest in my book
Same here! Everything about this song is just perfection and Nas is definitely one of the greatest MCs, not just in rap, but in general. He's so great at storytelling with his lyrics.
maybe, for sure if you forget about the Wu-Tang clan
Here's my top 5:
-Mobb Deep/ *Shook Ones part II*
-Nas/ *NY State of Mind*
-Ice Cube/ *It Was a Good Day*
-Denzel Curry/ *ULT*
-Nas/ *Purple*
@@Renaissance464 same except change denzel with pac - blasphemy
The song NY needed today
People. Nas is the most important artist (living) to Hip Hop. Appreciate while we have him 🙏🏽✌🏽✊🏽
More than jay z imo
eminem - hold my beer
chandrakant Borse
Yo Eminem said you can have that beer, he’s getting back in line for one.
Snoop dogg!
@@marshalgoatgod9482 they are both lyrical but they each have a different lane.
The most elite/intellectual song in the history of rap music. No one has mastered storytelling, cadence, and poetry to put them together within 5 minutes like this ever since.
100%
Biggie was who u were lookin for but Nas is amazing too...
You clearly never heard of Tech N9ne, the man’s a beast no cap
@@subzero308 nas is 10x a better storyteller
DOOM anyone?
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
NAS my brother. Thank you for telling the NY story bro. I remember the south bronx and the crack epidemic. Me and my bro made it out and many others didnt. You are a legend my G
This masterpiece was recorded in one take, from start to finish.
@Gyrfalcon312 no lie, one take in and out
Only the first verse
@@_Obi-Wan_Kenobi_ even if its only first verse its impressive still
The Greatest hip hop song ever!
Unquestionably top 10
Definitely top 3 along with changes and lose yourself
@@hananaltaf3353 yes
@@hananaltaf3353 exactly
Dallas Robertson that’s a good list but I would add shook one pt 2, still D.R.E and in da club
One of the greatest tracks of all time.
Nas is the best rapper of all time, has the best rap album of all time, top 5 lyricist in rap and has a top 5 ish rap song off all time. The goat
One of the greatest hip hop tracks ever made!
We still here
WTF AM I MISSING?@@Niilo2.2
Proud to have given you your 100th thumbs up. Well-deserved
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
He said... I don't know how to start this... then delivers one of the best verses in hip-hop history... legend
wrong! he delivered the greatest lol
@@sergiobosi454 yeah it very well might be the greatest
Timeless classic. Don’t matter what the year it is. I’ll be bumpin this.
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
Not just a classic of hip hop, but a classic of poetry more broadly. Pure genius.
He did this in one take as well
truth
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Yup, sourced from the man himself Primo.
Just classic
Man I love being born and raised in NYC , wouldn’t trade it for anywhere else - This song talks to us !
Illmatic makes us all feel like we're in New York. One of the best albums of all time.
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“life is parallel to hell but i must maintain” iconic 🔥
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Alongside the equally legendart “As the world turns, I learned life is hell / living in a world no different than a cell”
Most iconic song in the history of Hip hop music.
This the real NY anthem
90's, the pinnacle of hip hop... the sound, the beats just sound perfect to my ear.
If you miss that creative *90s* sound then ✔ out my tracks...I *specialize* in making old school-style hip hop...!!!👍🏾🎤🎧📀🎶💣🔥
People like Celph, rugged man, Esoteric, Apathy... hell just the Demigodez in general are doing a fantastic job of keeping Hip-Hop true
@@smithyMcjoethey can't mess with Benny , J Cole or 38 Spesh
@@seansmith7462 who?
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
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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 best song from the greatest MC = The GOAT of hip hop songs
25 YEARS OF THIS MASTERPIECE LADIES AND GENTS!!!
How is he so smooth ,, Jesus ,
English is not my first language but Nas gotta be one of the best rappers of all time if not the best .
Fr
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.
I used to listen to this when I was 63, and now I'm 17. This will forever be a classic 💚
Lol REAL RAP
This track will forever be a classic. Legendary
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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
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
a piece of ART . beats, rhymes, Primo...
Without any doubt the best lyricist of all time, Nasty NAS!
Not the best but definitely top 5
Tom refuse to comment
@rip the jacker He irrelevant. Em and LL destroyed he's career
IDK brooo what about MF DOOM
Archol then name top ten then since u disagree prove em with FACTS, but ur probably right too many Mc’s that are underrated and even more that are unknown
This track has more bars than a double album mumble rap album. Real rap here. Miss these days.
more like all of them combined tbh
Arguably the best hip hop track ever
One of, if not, THE greatest hip hop track of all time!