Nas - If I Ruled the World (Imagine That) (Official HD Video) ft. Lauryn Hill
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- Опубликовано: 24 май 2011
- "If I Ruled The World (Imagine That)" by Nas
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Lyrics:
If I ruled the world (Imagine that)
I'd free all my sons, I love 'em, love 'em, baby
Black diamonds and pearls
(Could it be, if you could be mine, we'd both shine?)
If I ruled the world
(Still living for today, in these last days and times)
#IfIRuledTheWorld #Nas #OfficialHDVideo 
Видеоклипы
Who is watching 2024?
Me 🙌
Me
Me
Me brother
Ayoooooo!
Tap the like button if you’re still jamming this in 2024 as if it was 1996 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Credit is not given enough on how Lauryn Hill made a classic hook,timeless
Factzz
right
❤❤❤❤
every hook she’s ever made is damn near a classic. She a living legend
Lauryn Hill is a rasist and does not want to perform for white peoples but still linking it!
Welcome back. This isn’t your first time here
The 90s, truly was the golden age of Hip hop
And rock
It was the golden age of everything
It was still real instead of ppl trying to be the "image."
Yes my Prime Time and realy the best time 4 Hip Hop.
No doubt
Its crazy to think how young they were. Nas 23; Lauryn 21. The latter generations dont have old souls like this.
Nas and rappers were grown men at 22, 23. Nowadays we have bozos like 69 at 23 claiming to be kids. I'm glad I grew up in my generation.
Kendrick was 22-23 when he wrote sing ab me one of the greatest songs of all time not just rap
That is the key word there... Old soul !
BOTTOM LINE 💯
WOW! I did not know that!
NAS doesn’t get enough respect
Laryn hill was at her peak here!!
If I ruled the world rappers will still be spitting bars like this
You and me both.
Robert Barbosa you don't know rap then
Adam Young stop
Oga Swagga great nas song but he copied tupac
They do their just not mainstream anymore like back in the days. You have to put in work to find the real talented since real mfers are in minority and simple minded in majority
This era will never be duplicated. Damn I miss the 90’s
Omg yesss, I'm 44 now and that's all I do is talk about the 90s. Such great memories and happy times for everybody
"they want us all gone eventually..."
Do you know?
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What is Communism?
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Take me back, please
@@foxxyl1008 teamo
Same as my parents miss the60’s
The real king of new york
Who still listening in 2024 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 best hip hop
I’m here
If I ruled the world hip-hop would still be like this...
If you miss that *creative 90s sound* then ✔ out my tracks...I *specialize* in making retro-style hip hop...!!!👍🏾🎤🎧📀🎶💣🔥
@@scinnyc 4 jours 3 jours 433 jours es 44 jours 3334344 jours 443333434334333344 3 344333 heures erré 4 jours 333 es 3 jours 3 44334333 jours erré 3 ans 34 ans 3334 ans 343 E ère 43 jours 434333 jours 4après mo
@@snakevin333 Stay off the meth, Bruh
Yesss!!!
Sita you or fine baby I can never stop listen song thats wup to Nas 🍷🍾💯🎯🔝🎧💯💯
I miss days when there was no social media, no bullshit. Just hang out with the crew, listen to music and chill
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if smart phones ruin the world..
Yep
Haha and your saying that on social media
Totally agree👊🏾👊🏾
"More conscious of the way we raise our daughters👑💛"
It should be sons but still
@@Brandy.bailey it can be children too.
That was a double entendre. He was also giving a shout out to female rap group named 'Conscious Daughters.'
Yea sons and daughters
@@ladyratanas y'all be doing the most.smh. y'all just can't be happy. Bet if he would have replaced daughters with sons y'all would not say anything. Young women obviously need way more guidance from their father than young men. It's not rocket science.
I am a 60 year old white male, and I will say this....What a beautiful song with great beats!!!
Lauryn's Vocals on this track pure magic 👑
Jo 💪🏼😎👍🏼
@@fsbgloria372 the same with the rich white and Latin people too; they don’t pay their taxes either
Yea I agree she is amazing on this
"they want us all gone eventually..."
Do you know?
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What is Communism?
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Why do you put a crown at the end? The "crowns" were the ones selling/trading off criminals and prisoners from rival tribes for mirrors and liquor. Your whole life you have been lied to.
I'm 40 yrs old. I was 16 when this was new. I can't help but to shed a tear listening right now because I'm so glad that I was alive to experience this art as it was happening. Being a fan of the music and living the life of the culture felt like you were a part of something so important...and we were!! 💯💯💯
REALTALK MY BROTHA!!MISS THESE BEAUTIFUL BLACK PEOPLE!!GLAD I WAS AROUND TO ENJOY THIS!!!!BADNESS!!
I was 18.
I was 10 and yes we where!!!! I’m great full to be a 80s baby to experience real HIPHOP!!!!
I feel you brother I was born in 72 I remember hip hop coming out in 80 it was fkn great.i was blessed to see it start.i was there from the beginning man it was sick.
Me too from Poland i was 16 my bro.Love rap music still.Peace
If you listen to this in 2024, you are old but well raised and have good taste in music
I’m 21 stopppp
28 😅
im old 33
i’m 17 lol
I'm literally 24, oh noooooo lmaoo
Old school Hip Hop here ✋
One of my favorite songs of all times. Lauryn and NAS had me feeling like Black was the most beautiful thing in the world!! No lie !!
Black is the most beautiful thing to be
Black is Beautiful.. #Ultra_Black
I have the same with white.
Ultra Black
Must lay it once a day this 1 my fave
Nas is 23 here. He always had natural lyrical ability. RUclips is saturated by these wack ass rappers that can't string a bar together.
@@aaliyah3002 Both so young and talented. A huge contrast to today's young music artists.
Lol 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🌻
6 years ago this comment was posted and the music has gotten worse and worse we got lil pump lil uzi vert and other trash ass “artists” lol
He was actually 22
There’s a movie about him on Netflix
We don't look for old songs, we look for memories they carry.
Maan, I do both
@@TamikaXfacts
T by v
Wild. Isn’t that a Jay line?
Yes you do look for old songs
NAS is the GOAT Hands down
If Nas isn’t in your top-five, you don’t know hip hop.
Agreed, my top 5 are (in no particular order)
1.Pun
2. B.I.G.
3.nas
4. Slim
5.meth
He is hip hop
@@SteVe-nu1vi What about Pac
Bigfoot LZA I’m east coast, never really liked pacs music but I respect him
Big faxx bro
This era of hip hop will live forever!
Nope - dead for a long time..
@@cosmodookie2914 cause real hip hop is dead
@@cosmodookie2914 nah, u trippin, griselda still has that 90s sound
Destruction!
❤❤
Who is feeling this in 2024?
👇
Eu!
I am so feeling this ♥️
🙃
Yup 👍
From the ppl
Who aint die yet lol
Who is over 40 and still listen to it??
Me
Over Age 60!! Much Love!! 💝
Turned 43 yesterday... its 8am sitting in my kitchen with a coffee and daydreamin good ol memories... man, time flies 🙄☺️
Happy Belated Birthday To You! 🙏🏽🌺
Me 19 and listening to it
Just image how little kid goes through Moscow to Ukraine by train in the 90s and buys a cassette called 'The best rap of all time'. He finds this track on that tape. It has changed his life
!!! Imagine that. No word describe his life. Respect
21
Yeah that boy would do more with this music then people on the Internet waste
Andrew Zeleno Хах. А в Москве нельзя было купить этот альбом?Что ты имел ввиду?
i bought a cd called the best rap of all time and it was all lil b
Imagine being 14 when this gem dropped, growing up in Queens. Life was literally a new story everyday. There will never be a better decade in music.
Tell me about growin up in Queens? Seriously. 👌
The decade went from 95 to 05. Best times
the 90s won,its crazy how life changed.success to you on this journey that is life.
Yeah Im sure uad like sex every day 😕
That’s a fact bro, Queens in the 90s was an experience, nothing like it!! Great memories
Back when hip-hop was hip-hop.
Triple threat Lauryn Hill, lyrical assassin nubian queen and voice that any woman singer would dream to have! Mad love and a respect to a strong black woman who knows when she got it! ❤
This song never gets old... True classic. Nas and Lauryn Hill made this a banger.
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Bump it on when I’m riding In suv
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Her vocals are everything.💖
Still take Tupac and biggie over Nas any time...if u guys notice the chorus that is not his voice is what is more enjoyable but when we hear Tupac and biggie when they singing or rapping in this case is enjoyable hearing them and the chorus ..Nas to me have the voice of any rapper out there but Tupac and biggie have their own personality and don't sound like anyone
@@dianaprince9311 qaaaaa
If I ruled the world, Lauryn Hill would still be making music....
Lauryn is one of the most beautiful black women to ever live.
Why do you say that?
*women
@@Atomic419 Because she was classically attractive, with no BBL, blonde wigs, nor porn wear
I agree
On God
1996 - forever will be watching
This era will never be duplicated, just pure music from two of the very best. Not the nonsense you hear these days.
agree. Todays music hits me with no melody in it. It is harsh for ears and too violent. All is circling about chicks, money drugs and shit...
Very true bro. X
Bro please that era was full of bs commercial ass music too. In fact that was the era when the garbage first really started taking over. I remember vividly. A lot of pure hip hop artists spent whole songs and whole albums talking about how tired the game was getting. Even Nas caught flack that year for this album. It was considered too commercial by his fans who were hoping for another Illmatic, they hated the mafioso Nas Escobar persona he flexed on most of the album.
@@williemakeit2346BINGO. Someone finally said it lol. I liked the 90s. But alot of it was mediocre. Just like today. Today mediocre is just more commercial
Also, GREAT rappers sometimes lack sound. Unlike back then. I fell like it’s harder to find your sound now if you can actually spit. Maybe because beats are not the same
"Open their eyes to the lies, history is told foul but im as wise as the old owl, plus the gold child" - NAS
This is like the grestest song of all time Nas undefeated this timeless and a classic forever 😊😊😊🔥🔥🔥😁💯 Lauryn killed this too
When those four thousand prisoners were liberated from that prison in Haiti, this rap song came to mind. If I ruled the world, I'd free all my sons!!!!
can we talk about how beautiful lauryn is in the video ? 😩✨😍
I know I always thought she was hella pretty And the best female singer ~
Beautiful and talented. A true Queen.
This hits different. Timeless classic
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Facts
The yz1 Morpheus Processing
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Hits the soul
nothing compares
Happy 50th birthday Nas! A true Hip Hop legend.
Happy 50th Birthday Nas.❤
One of the best lyrical songs ever
Who Listening in 2021 finger up
Nas deserves more credit and recognition for his contribution to Hip Hop and his superb lyricism.
And he's not talking about selling drugs in his music, just great life 🤣👌👌
Pac is the GOAT!!
Right after is NAS!!
If I ruled the world this would be playing everywhere daily
No twerking, guady jewelry, drugs, or slave chains. Just pure talent 🔥
accurate sis,gonna steal your comment and share it,thank you💕💕
oldhead ahh comment
The best rip of whodini ever!
@@lovedcc818 Not so sure about that. Fentanyl is just as bad or worse.
Goose bumps for this comment. Tru' bro' !
🎤🎼🎼🎼
Back in days! When lyrics were tight and clothes were loose! Now it’s the opposite 🤦🏾♂️.
Truth!!!
🤣🤣🤣 RIIIIIGHT!
The opposite sucks.
Big Fax
suuu! Brother:)
I'm 43 and I remember all of my music from old school days
Me too ....
I'm 43 too. This was my music when i was a Teenager, and is still now.
Yo this Playlist I'm grateful to be putting it together..cause this is all I grew up 2 young...bet.
#💯
Lauryn Hill carried the entire background vocals. Legend!
❤🔥❤️🔥
That first Grammy is long overdue. Congratulations Nasty Nas.👑🏆
i wish we could go back to these times
Nas' flow + dope music + Lauryn Hill's vocals = 🔥
one of the best hip hop songs ever!!!!
24 years ago today, Nas released “If I Ruled The World” with Lauryn Hill
God I was 14 😲
Summer of 96 I was 13 and emrhua aong was everywhere
Really? Dang I’ve always loved this as a kid but I was 2 when this came out then
Wow that's freakin CRAZY that it's been that damn long ago!! I was...well I won't say how old I was bcus I'd be dating myself!! Lol
Damn it’s still my dream what the world should be like
Still banging 2024
Who else is listening to this in 2024
Banger 🎉
Nas did an in-store record signing in NYC the week the “It Was Written” album was released. It was at the old HMV music store that used to be on the corner of 34th Street and 6th Avenue. There must’ve been at least a few thousand people lined up for this signing. I arrived in the early afternoon and was in the very, verrrrry back of the line. Security closed off the line a dozen or so people behind me so nobody else could line up. They also put wristbands on everybody so people couldn’t keep joining the line after it got closed off. The crowd was massive extending and wrapping around the entire perimeter of those blocks. The vibe was amazing. Nas’s music was being played all day. Although we were all strangers to each other, we were talking to each other like we all knew each other. When I needed to go to a nearby public restroom or get a quick bite to eat, the people near me would hold my spot till I returned. At one point Foxy Brown pulled up to the front of the store in a jeep waving to everybody. The line was moving slowly but it moved. We were there for hours. I was getting increasingly worried later on because they said he was scheduled to do this till let’s say 6pm and by 5pm there must’ve been at least 500 people still in front of me. Security at one point came to the back saying that we probably won’t get to see him. I was upset and so was everybody else around me. One fan was freaking out and crying. When Nas was scheduled to leave, he was told there were still a lot of people waiting outside. He told them he’s not leaving until everybody with a wristband got to see him and get their album signed. By the time I got to see him it must’ve been 7pm or so. He looked drained from signing so many CDs. He looked a bit high too. I could smell the blunt odor from him. 😆 Anyway we shook hands street style. I thanked him for staying longer for his fans and I told him I grew up in the same neighborhood as him (Long Island City). He smiled and asked me my name and I told him it’s “Hector”. He either misheard me or was a bit out of it and wrote on my CD “Yo peace to HELTER! Nas” 😆 We shook hands again. I left with a big smile on my face and a very nice memory.
I enjoy your story
I bet he remembers you.
😂😂😂 That's a funny one
Nah you gotta change your name to Helter now haha
I hope u still got that cd
Lauren Hill the Queen of Hip Hop.
#facts_only
+187BURNZY she is up there,the queen,,hmm its fairly open 4$ure!
Goddess
MC Lyte, Queen Latifah, Missy Elliot > Lauryn Hill
+WhiteNigga DotCom What ? 😂 Mate, go have several seats...
The fact Nas was only 22 when he dropped this is insane, still the GOAT. This is actually my favourite album by him, especially The Message.
Man I miss Lauren Hill
Back when hip hop told a story.. ❤️
Back when hip hop was intelligent and way cooler.
Y'all out here acting like we still don't have people like Kendrick telling some of the most powerful and vulnerable stories in the medium. Not to mention Nas himself is still putting out killer stuff.
The yz1 Morpheus Burned
m.ruclips.net/video/vkLrEgDm0B8/видео.html
@@jsm.216 kendricks like the only mainstream one
Schade das wir das alle zusammen hören können wäre bestimmt toll Andi dandi aus Bremen Deutschland
Lol the first 34 seconds he spit more barz than some rappers nowadays do in a whole album!😂😂
Spittin' used to be an art. A science. An intellectual endeavor. Now, it's just about how many people you can influence to click an icon...
Real hip hop. None of this murder music we have today. Just positivity
I love the way Lauren hill harmonizing with the beat such a beautiful voice
Wish hip hop still had talent like this gem
listen to more hip hop then
Hip hop does, you just gotta sift through a lil more bullshit these days to find the gems.
Check out Coast Contra freestyles here on RUclips! Best young rappers with amazing and thought provoking lyrics.
it has.
nas still makes music, styles p still makes music, jadakiss still makes music, snoop dogg still makes music. cassidy still makes music. hip hop is still there.
Kendrick Lamar and JCole do their best.
if I ruled the world, there would be no vevo
😂😂😂
+Colour2014 it requires a certain degree of intelligence to rule anything.
If I ruled the world there will be no Donald and Hilary
Or the people who really tell them what to do
😂😂
Nas is GOAT.
This song will never get old. Lyrics are as true today as they were back in the 90s. Timeless era❤
Except they really smoking weed in the streets without cops harassin 😆
This man was ahead of time.. It's relevant even now and I'm listening to these lyrics in 2022.
2023 👊🏿🔥
@@schimanzki4644 🔥 🔥
It’s crazy because this is what is going on today
Imagine Lauryn's verse if she'd been given more than a sampled hook..
We ain't ready.
Right!💯
Nas and Lauryn DO rule the World. They'll always be Music Royalty.
Childhood memories play thru my head when I hear this song .. innocence was all we had then life started to play itself out and here we are now.
Nas is different, he flows like a god , lyrics on fire , everything he says is the truth. Insane
The yz1 Morpheus Burned
m.ruclips.net/video/vkLrEgDm0B8/видео.html
greastest to ever do it
Check out his new albums like King's disease 1-3 or Magic.
Nas still in the biz, and he's better than ever
@charananekibalijaun8837 not better then 90s Nas but still good
This song was banned in several countries when it came out given the subject matter, Nas a powerful mind always.
THE CHI brought me here. so damn good.
Who still listening 2024
✋🏾
“Days are shorter, nights are colder
Feeling like life is over, these snakes strike like a cobra
The world's hot my son got knocked, evidently
It's elementary, they want us all gone eventually“
NOTHING LIKE IT IN THIS WORLD💯💪🏿💯
Powerful
Well spoken facts 💯
😷✌👍😷😷✌
Greatest of all time in my book nas has so many great songs he paints vivid pictures like no other💯💯💯🙌🙌
Nas really dropped illmatic and it was written before the age of 25. That shit will always amaze me.
Still one of the most powerful songs hip hop has seen
"imagine smoking weed in the street without cops harrassing" lol......that's a reality now 2023
Facts
It Was Written 20 year anniversary today 2016. Nas Legend!
When Hip Hop was Hip Hop
The Message
My Grandma's fav song
RIP Grandma Freeman
Listening in 2020 and it still got more soul and meaning than all the shit coming out today.
Amazing song.
sadly so true
Love u all JAHHHH
As an adult, I understand "I'd free all my son's" 😫✊🏾👏🏾💯🗣️
All of your son's what?
Shit i grew up in hood and im white and i felt this shit!!
Are all your sons in prison?
100 now we get it 😳😢
Bless you brother, whatever you're circumstance. Much love
Nasty Nas is a GOD on the mic 🎤 Prophet of the MOST High!!!
"Open they eyes to the lies, history's told foul,
but i'm as wise as the old owl, plus the golden child."
👽
2:45 I'm just noticing The Fugees here.🙌🙌🙌 Wyclef Jean dancing 😂🤣🇭🇹💯
If nas ruled the world. 2024 wouldn't be a shit show
The 90's .... ! Never forget !! Best Time ever !!
This should have 100 million views
shawn Money Lyor Cohen turnin the algorithms down
This should have 1B+ views and that's a fact
Yes this is my family
the beat is genius a timeless track
Friends by Whodini
tupac sampled it on troublesome 96
Tupac diss nas made it better 😗
Yeah a beer commercial just used it ... i was like wait I know where that’s from .
@@mob4336 yes legend extra stout
This shit has aged like a fine wine🔥
Reading the comments...
Seems like alot of us are GenX.
Missing the 90s too
90's is the best decade for music, any genre included.