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  • @Don.M.
    @Don.M. Месяц назад +192

    The GOAT album from the greatest MC!

  • @jimmybenyoucef4416
    @jimmybenyoucef4416 Месяц назад +116

    Illmatic should be in a museum. Pure goated!. Legendary Nas 4eva♥️🙏

    • @RamonAcosta191
      @RamonAcosta191 Месяц назад +19

      It's also studied at Harvard University.

    • @ltod2
      @ltod2 Месяц назад +1

      Jimmy I think the National Hip Hop Museum in DC has it,go see .The Hip Hop Muesum in Bronx NYC next year when built will have it no question

    • @Justice777Allah
      @Justice777Allah Месяц назад +5

      True. Well it's in the Library of Congress, pretty cool.

  • @RamonAcosta191
    @RamonAcosta191 Месяц назад +74

    Ice Cube said to NaS on his 'The Bridge' podcast, "Back then we were doing our penmanship, then you came and put it in Cursive". Highest compliments from 1 of Hip-Hop Greats! Illmatic is like New Testament to Catholics, it is like BC & AD, Before Illmatic and after Illmatic! Facts!

    • @sjb3240
      @sjb3240 29 дней назад +2

      Like saying NWA album dropped on 8/8/1988 (it didn't), he was wrong again. Rakim was the first and changed the way people flowed. Nas built upon that and held it down with crazy longevity.

  • @leonorancube9854
    @leonorancube9854 Месяц назад +78

    I seen the whole picture of growing up in NYC USA from listening to Nas and I'm from Zimbabwe never been to the States but his music took me there walked me through the streets of Queens

    • @adeakin3758
      @adeakin3758 Месяц назад +6

      Deep

    • @Blaq_don
      @Blaq_don Месяц назад +5

      Wapedza wangu, Nas is the GOAT period... it's not even close

    • @keemdarius9084
      @keemdarius9084 Месяц назад +6

      I'm from Uganda, I've listened to nas since 1998. Before the internet, I didn't get to listen or watch him without tv. His music has been a great teacher and positive influence in my life.

    • @ideac.
      @ideac. Месяц назад +3

      its nice to see how huge hiphop culture is in africa too, im glad that other continents and coutries can relate to some crazy life situations man

    • @Mongerhyung_com
      @Mongerhyung_com 24 дня назад +2

      Zimboys tiripo sikhona laaa hoyooo
      Nas my favourite rapper for real

  • @scaryvalidation
    @scaryvalidation Месяц назад +83

    This album will never die you can’t call yourself a Real Hip Hop head if you don’t know Illmatic.

  • @tbohfela
    @tbohfela 28 дней назад +9

    The greatest album from the greatest rapper.

  • @legacyns1
    @legacyns1 Месяц назад +31

    deep like the shining, sparkle like a diamond
    sneak a uzi on the island in my army jacket lining
    hit the earth like a comet invasion
    Nas is like the afrocentric asian, half man half amazing..🔥🔥🔥

  • @chaosinorderrr
    @chaosinorderrr 27 дней назад +6

    Lupe Fiasco's Food and Liquor is also up there as a modern day classic

  • @echad6259
    @echad6259 Месяц назад +43

    Yup. Nas is special.

  • @tartan360
    @tartan360 Месяц назад +44

    Illmatic the greatest hiphop album of all time

  • @lamarsmith9532
    @lamarsmith9532 Месяц назад +39

    I’m not the type to look for that quick shine I’m in it for the long run! You most def are my brother still🔥🔥🔥 in 24🐐💐💐💐

  • @fabianjon698
    @fabianjon698 24 дня назад +7

    This album created many young critical thinkers 💯

  • @carlostharealest5637
    @carlostharealest5637 Месяц назад +44

    Congratulations to the 🐐 For 30 yrs of this historic album Continue to flex your muscle on the culture ❤🍾💪🏿

  • @gregpuryear8163
    @gregpuryear8163 Месяц назад +75

    The legendary illmatic album speaks for itself

  • @lifeisagambletv
    @lifeisagambletv Месяц назад +39

    I remember riding the A train to Euclid Ave to see my grandmoms in cypress and I first heard live at the BBQ... I said to myself "this is real rapping..." when illmatic dropped it was my daily life soundtrack while riding the train to school...being from Brooklyn and at that time having a queens mc as your favorite rapper I got into a lot of arguments... "who's the best mc biggie jay z or nas..." illmatic represent... "my mic check is life or death/breathin a snipers breath..." - Nas

  • @syncerecredentials
    @syncerecredentials Месяц назад +5

    Nas needs a museum like jayz had. Each album was a staple in time!

    • @SixthDivison
      @SixthDivison 29 дней назад

      Jay Z has a museum?

    • @syncerecredentials
      @syncerecredentials 29 дней назад +2

      @SixthDivison idk if it was permanent it may have been a pop up but yes he did a museum for all his albums and achievements a year ago in the Brooklyn library.

  • @lorenzoburton3974
    @lorenzoburton3974 Месяц назад +19

    Nas finally getting good press.

    • @ltod2
      @ltod2 Месяц назад +1

      Nas been getting good press since he did guest verse 30 on back to the grill again on mc search joint,then the hype for his debut album was serious

    • @damuri22
      @damuri22 27 дней назад +2

      Nas took over 1994

    • @Edgesofnowhere008
      @Edgesofnowhere008 27 дней назад +3

      Every real Nas fan knows Nastradamus had no good press. And The Ngga Album had mixed reviews.
      So yeah, he's been there but walks through it like a wall. 😂

  • @johnwebb2442
    @johnwebb2442 Месяц назад +23

    Happy 30th Anniversary for the Hip Hop/Rap classic album Illmatic.

  • @cyrilxolani8097
    @cyrilxolani8097 29 дней назад +5

    Stillmatic 🔥🔥 changed my life for real

  • @RamonAcosta191
    @RamonAcosta191 Месяц назад +23

    "Biggie's Ready to Die album came out several months after Illmatic, and Biggie was crowned king of New York in the popular culture of Hip Hop heads, Ready to Die unfairly over-shadowed Illmatic, which is truly a classic album. Though they were quite distinct artists, they innovated in analogous ways. Biggie merged language that was high and low, vernacular and vocabulary words, in a way that sounded natural. He did this with a sophisticated understanding of the patterns of black language. When a different or unusual word or phrase could be introduced while still maintaining the aesthetics of black language, he inserted it.
    NaS, in contrast, merged concepts that were high and low, vernacular and metaphysical, in a manner that was whole rather than pieced together, thus presenting a complex that is unusual in any music outside of jazz. What Biggie started to do with language in 1994, NaS had already begun to do with ideas on Illmatic. He carries us through the "Righteous steps" of the cosmic, oceanic, and literal dimensions of his person. He transcends." - Imany Perry (Born To Use Mics)

    • @casteltheghettomonk4392
      @casteltheghettomonk4392 25 дней назад +3

      Don't ever disrespect Nas or put him in the same sentence as Notorious STD, fakest ever biter nothing special no original, all fake . They ovwrhyped him after the beef and death x5

    • @danielolowu7626
      @danielolowu7626 24 дня назад +3

      Nothing like illmatic

  • @mmind2295
    @mmind2295 25 дней назад +4

    Stillmatic is my illmatic that album.needs more love

  • @jessewilliams7517
    @jessewilliams7517 26 дней назад +4

    The fact he dissed Mobb Deep & Cormega on “Stillmatic” yet years later they still willing to vouch for this masterpiece PROVES how masterful NAS is as an artist!

  • @hayden.43167
    @hayden.43167 Месяц назад +13

    Illmatic is hands down the best album to ever come out

  • @peterkombe429
    @peterkombe429 22 дня назад +2

    I appreciate how Nas is remembered while he is still with us.

  • @Eastpointe
    @Eastpointe Месяц назад +10

    Nas’s Illmatic is thee timeless “Thriller” album masterpiece of Hip-Hop, hands up and down!❤

    • @DJObiSmalls
      @DJObiSmalls Месяц назад

      That’s cool… cause Off The Wall = Ready To Die

  • @rellj8611
    @rellj8611 Месяц назад +4

    Illmatic deserves a Pulitzer award.

  • @church_on_chrome2961
    @church_on_chrome2961 Месяц назад +8

    And to think he has a symphonic version of this w the National Symphony Orchestra, celebrating the 20th Anniversary.

  • @jonathancoleman6482
    @jonathancoleman6482 Месяц назад +23

    Bet finally showing nas love

    • @4u4000
      @4u4000 Месяц назад +2

      That’s a first right. Shoutout to Ralph. Also Bangladesh speaking facts 💯

    • @victorosong132
      @victorosong132 18 дней назад +1

      He won a Grammy

  • @steeltown2946
    @steeltown2946 21 день назад +1

    Illmatic is a timeless 💎 everything about that era from the music videos to the music itself is the definition of Hip Hop. In it's purest format. That album got me threw middle school & high school. And as a adult, still continue to listen till this day. I never get tired of the songs.

  • @Aprylbaby
    @Aprylbaby Месяц назад +12

    I named my son Nasir❤

  • @dreday99
    @dreday99 Месяц назад +3

    This gave me chills

  • @edsonraimundocongolo
    @edsonraimundocongolo Месяц назад +4

    I was born in 91, this is my fav hip hop album

  • @leightonsavary7607
    @leightonsavary7607 Месяц назад +8

    Dope words for a magnum opus hip hop album 🔥👌🏽

  • @Ant-Live
    @Ant-Live Месяц назад +6

    THE BEST TO EVER DO IT‼️✌🏿👊🏿

  • @DippedInInk
    @DippedInInk Месяц назад +23

    No disrespect but yall love illmatic but IWW was God level storytelling coming from a young black man in the projects.

  • @dre7580
    @dre7580 Месяц назад +9

    🐐 🐐 🐐 👑 👑 👑

  • @sinceretv7819
    @sinceretv7819 Месяц назад +3

    Nas is Something crazy for real

  • @realdeal139
    @realdeal139 Месяц назад +5

    The Goat!!

  • @basementvybz309
    @basementvybz309 Месяц назад +2

    Takes you back to that time. For me that’s when you know something is special. I haven’t seen another MC to come out the gate like this.

  • @TheKhadimnet
    @TheKhadimnet 27 дней назад +1

    GOAT N@S, and even more when you hear his peer giving him credit

  • @jamesosei6888
    @jamesosei6888 Месяц назад +6

    Illmatic will forever be the greatest Hip-hop album ever and Nas is the GOAT Mc!

  • @binyamtsegaye5139
    @binyamtsegaye5139 Месяц назад +27

    Nas is the 🐐 not even close

    • @iraford5788
      @iraford5788 Месяц назад

      Agreed

    • @marlonstewart7918
      @marlonstewart7918 29 дней назад +1

      🤔

    • @Edgesofnowhere008
      @Edgesofnowhere008 27 дней назад +1

      ​@@marlonstewart7918
      He put out more music now than any posthumous rapper.
      The longevity is too unmatched.
      And I get the feeling Nas is going to be the key elder to pass on certain wisdom, while many begin to fade and perish. I'm tryna tell you.

  • @moffatchirwa166
    @moffatchirwa166 Месяц назад +63

    "Pac was Like Jesus, Nas wrote the Bible."

  • @NerdyRed23
    @NerdyRed23 Месяц назад +2

    Illmatic by Nas is still a golden classic and relevant to this day masterpiece

  • @Advaitamanta
    @Advaitamanta 25 дней назад +1

    I bump Illmatic songs daily over here in the upper Indian Himalayas.

  • @mechelle1
    @mechelle1 Месяц назад +4

    I tried not miss Stretch & Bobbito Underground show b4 Illmatic dropped bc of Nas & Big L! Them sons had underground radio on lock w endless free styles & it was sweet

    • @trg-7506
      @trg-7506 Месяц назад

      U know how many times I woke up 1:30 3:00 like fffffffffuuuuuuu lol sometimes u just had to leave the tape (240s) recording and end up with convos and call ins lol what a time and I no longer have those tapes smh

  • @undertakerfanz628
    @undertakerfanz628 Месяц назад +11

    Ralph McDaniels was the man

  • @rayzrealm
    @rayzrealm 23 дня назад +1

    *This piece was enthralling.*

  • @ramadhankabotta488
    @ramadhankabotta488 Месяц назад +8

    Illimatic

  • @kincamell2
    @kincamell2 Месяц назад +4

    Timeless

  • @hotchocolategirl1der
    @hotchocolategirl1der Месяц назад +2

    I'm still playing Illmatic. It's my #1 fav album across all genres. And shout out to Ralph McDaniels! He curated my childhood every day after school.

  • @In4mous1
    @In4mous1 Месяц назад +3

    This should’ve been a entire documentary

  • @tonydynamite3748
    @tonydynamite3748 22 дня назад +1

    This albums raised me a lil nicca from africa/ ethiopia! I was hooked! I used to write the lyrics while listeing to it. Nas is a modern day Picasso!

  • @keemdarius9084
    @keemdarius9084 Месяц назад +2

    Everthing you do, be righteous..word

  • @yourfriendlyneighbourhoodvue
    @yourfriendlyneighbourhoodvue 25 дней назад +1

    I first heard Illmatic when I was 5 years old back in 04', I lived in Montréal, Canada at the time. Listened to it again back when I was 14 years old when I lived in Toronto. I’ve never been to New York yet Illmatic made me feel like I’m from there, it was as if the TTC turned into the New York Subway System once I put on Illmatic while going to school and it felt like Jane and Finch was turned into Queensbridge. Now I’m 25 years old, that album is still in my top 5 probably behind "The Gentle Side of John Coltrane"; Miles Davis’ "Kind of Blue"; Marvin Gaye’s "Romantically Yours"; "Johnny Hartman and John Coltrane" by Johnny Hartman and John Coltrane and then Illmatic

  • @rawmic7
    @rawmic7 21 день назад +1

    The most dangerous MC💯

  • @JA-mj9re
    @JA-mj9re Месяц назад +1

    Nas is the greatest to ever touch the mic untouchable. The goat 🐐🐐

  • @happygolucky7241
    @happygolucky7241 29 дней назад +1

    TIMELESS RECORD ❤️‍🔥 💯 💿

  • @VivaLaGlamXOXO
    @VivaLaGlamXOXO Месяц назад +2

    History was made 30 years ago. Congratulations to Nas for establishing himself as the greatest rapper of all time 🍾👑

  • @koolaid1982
    @koolaid1982 Месяц назад +4

    🐐AS

  • @ctaylor960
    @ctaylor960 Месяц назад +2

    NAS has always been the best rapper alive to me...his songs are way more complicated and thought out than most...

  • @MrB831
    @MrB831 23 дня назад +1

    Nas you are the greatest! All of QB rappers are prolific!

  • @isaacfrimpongopuni7754
    @isaacfrimpongopuni7754 25 дней назад +1

    The Greatest, EVER!! ❤

  • @koolaid1982
    @koolaid1982 Месяц назад +6

    MY SISTER ACTUALLY NAMED MY NEPHEW AFTER NAS NASIR

  • @MeandMec
    @MeandMec Месяц назад +2

    The greatest of the greats..period...it's not even close

  • @jermaineyoung3193
    @jermaineyoung3193 26 дней назад +3

    B.E.T should give Nas the I Am Hip-Hop Award this year, it's long overdue.

    • @MeandMec
      @MeandMec 23 дня назад

      All of his awards are long overdue....30 years over due

  • @powderedtoastfacekillah734
    @powderedtoastfacekillah734 28 дней назад

    I still remember the 1st time I saw the video for “I Ain’t Hard to Tell”
    He was rocking the red jacket and skull cap with the brim against the white snow. That’s been emblazoned in my memory since the 90s

  • @Thun23rd
    @Thun23rd 21 день назад +1

    no filter from the mind to the mouth👑

  • @insubordinatenyctv3627
    @insubordinatenyctv3627 Месяц назад +4

    Once I seen Ralph Mcdaniels and Red Alert I knew this was official. 🏆

  • @supaman5363
    @supaman5363 Месяц назад +2

    THE GOAT.

  • @dymegee
    @dymegee 27 дней назад +3

    4:15 Destiny wouldn't let daddy focus on the interview. 😂
    She a grown woman now.

  • @discipline_21
    @discipline_21 Месяц назад +1

    One of the most respectable albums of all time.

  • @user-kw2yl3ro3x
    @user-kw2yl3ro3x Месяц назад +1

    From South Africa 🇿🇦 Nas Ilmatic is a classic. Represent/ The world is yours 🤯

  • @ShawnWhiteMusic
    @ShawnWhiteMusic 28 дней назад +2

    Classic!!🔥

  • @derrickpowell6247
    @derrickpowell6247 28 дней назад

    Nas is a beast!!! For him to had been so young and flowing lyrically with so much wisdom is phenomenal! 😮

  • @hydro8sixty
    @hydro8sixty Месяц назад +1

    Nas music would send me on a journey to research the subject of his lyrics

  • @ducatarina8310
    @ducatarina8310 Месяц назад +7

    Nas can be the GOAT

  • @justincasano1041
    @justincasano1041 25 дней назад +2

    It's still the measurement that every album released since is measured against. You know how many times I've seen a publication say "will this be the next Illmatic" Put it this way, BIG L and Biggie both released albums in that same timeframe and they were dope but Illmatic was so ahead that it devalued everything around it. People literally scraped projects and ideas after it's release. I remember Biggie won album of the year at the source awards and said Nas absolutely deserved it afterwards. Just to think he didn't win a Grammy for that lol. It was written is my favorite album due to its range and versatility, but Illmatic is the greatest ever recorded

  • @stephenoni2019
    @stephenoni2019 27 дней назад +1

    Nas is the greatest! There is no argument. It's not about nostalgia; this man is the King of Rap

  • @chrisventura1881
    @chrisventura1881 Месяц назад +1

    Its #1 in my book as well. Timeless.🙌🏽

  • @joenatani352
    @joenatani352 Месяц назад +2

    "No filter between my brain and my mouth
    It just comes out"

  • @cyrilxolani8097
    @cyrilxolani8097 29 дней назад +1

    Greatest MC ever

  • @ramadhankabotta488
    @ramadhankabotta488 Месяц назад +7

    Ilmatic

  • @grinchoi1
    @grinchoi1 Месяц назад +1

    1. I grew up hearing It Was Written 1st. But when I went back n listened to Illmatic my mind was blown from Nas just turning on a switch when the beat drop with "rappers I monkey flip 'em with the funky rhythm..."
    2. For me Pac will always be the greatest. But Nas is easily next for me, hands down the greatest storyteller in history of hip hop and Illmatic is the greatest hip hop album for me..
    3. If you haven't already listen to the original version of Memory Lane. That Primo beat is sooo tough! I wish they kept that version on the album!

  • @MacavelliWilliams-lr2nf
    @MacavelliWilliams-lr2nf Месяц назад +1

    Goat 🐐 I'm Nas Fam From Florida The Man Storytelling Is Unmatched

  • @ArcChristelle
    @ArcChristelle Месяц назад +4

    Dear diary, modern BET posted Nas.

  • @omarscruggs7471
    @omarscruggs7471 Месяц назад +4

    Nas went in reverse. back then rappers used one producer. Nas used multiple producers. now at the end he does one producer with Hitboy

  • @CrizzNandez
    @CrizzNandez Месяц назад +1

    That kid from queensbridge has come a long way … 30 years later he’s GOAT status !!

  • @randomslasher9494
    @randomslasher9494 Месяц назад +1

    Legendary

  • @Monolo-wc5jo
    @Monolo-wc5jo 27 дней назад +3

    We know who you talking about bro, that one guy named Jay Z switched his style up after illmatic dropped. Nas raised the bar definitely with that

  • @bcr1103
    @bcr1103 23 дня назад +1

    Nas is the most revered rapper of all time and rightly so 🙌

  • @williesween8780
    @williesween8780 Месяц назад +1

    I’d put Illmatic behind paid n full and ready to die, but it is in the top 5 greatest hip hop albums of all times, which still says a lot.

  • @Mono-kr4ih
    @Mono-kr4ih Месяц назад +3

    🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐

  • @raghibali2639
    @raghibali2639 Месяц назад +2

    Nas … Goat 🐐

  • @selftalkwithsal4229
    @selftalkwithsal4229 28 дней назад +2

    NAS IS THE GOD OF HIP HOP!

  • @kuhlenkosi6242
    @kuhlenkosi6242 29 дней назад

    Greatest!

  • @ROTECO94
    @ROTECO94 Месяц назад +1

    There can only be one king 👑 and the Name is Nas 🫡🫶🏾🙏🏿
    People just don’t understand how illmatic changed the game i was a teenager in 1994 in Ghana 🇬🇭 west Africa in college in Accra listening to Nas songs. Fast forward i came to Copenhagen Denmark 🇩🇰 1998 and I’ve been to Nas concert 🎵 3 times and it’s just mind blowing 🤯 to see this incredible icon of hip hop. I’m still going to watch 30 anniversary concerts 25 October in Copenhagen 😂 Good music never dies

  • @LilbiitZaddy
    @LilbiitZaddy 13 дней назад +1

    GOATED

  • @betterdayz2003
    @betterdayz2003 Месяц назад +2

    Nas, too real... Nas, true king...

  • @NandoGriffiths
    @NandoGriffiths 22 дня назад +1

    Uncle Ralph 🔥🔥🔥