Nas - If I Ruled the World (Imagine That) (Official HD Video) ft. Lauryn Hill
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- Опубликовано: 26 сен 2024
- "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
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
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!
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
Laryn hill was at her peak 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...!!!👍🏾🎤🎧📀🎶💣🔥
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@@snakevin333 Stay off the meth, Bruh
Yesss!!!
Sita you or fine baby I can never stop listen song thats wup to Nas 🍷🍾💯🎯🔝🎧💯💯
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?
ruclips.net/user/clipUgkxnIOTUdk5G8-rEqbMO7AYxQTnnP1eeWrw
What is Communism?
ruclips.net/user/clipUgkxlWjRaU-0fvIfc76bAIPDj6_t5DL1q4hF
Take me back, please
@@foxxyl1008 teamo
Same as my parents miss the60’s
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
Nah he's recognised as the GOAT
@@Lee-fc3yf I’m by Chicago and he’s always been underrated around here. He’s the best lyricist ever. I can’t pick a GOAT though
Great rapper but his music is boring for me, I don't know why. Top 10 for me though.
@@makavelikiluminate4612 Dear God these pop rapper fans who know nothing about hip hop commenting on a true genius, pioneer and legend of the game. Some advice don't bother Drake is there for you.
@@makavelikiluminate4612 don’t know if I should upvote or downvote. Lol. Nothing about it is boring but I like the opinion
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!
❤❤
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 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
One of the greatest rap songs ever written.
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👊🏾👊🏾
This song never gets old... True classic. Nas and Lauryn Hill made this a banger.
I
Bump it on when I’m riding In suv
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Her vocals are everything.💖
@@dianaprince9311 qaaaaa
"they want us all gone eventually..."
Do you know?
ruclips.net/user/clipUgkxnIOTUdk5G8-rEqbMO7AYxQTnnP1eeWrw
What is Communism?
ruclips.net/user/clipUgkxlWjRaU-0fvIfc76bAIPDj6_t5DL1q4hF
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 the GOAT Hands down
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
This hits different. Timeless classic
ruclips.net/video/kw2HAm9PWNc/видео.html
Facts
The yz1 Morpheus Processing
m.ruclips.net/video/PzaSEeGnptY/видео.html
Hits the soul
nothing compares
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
The real king of new york
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
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 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 🤣👌👌
Back when hip-hop was hip-hop.
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.
one of the best hip hop songs ever!!!!
Back when hip hop told a story.. ❤️
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
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@@jsm.216 kendricks like the only mainstream one
Schade das wir das alle zusammen hören können wäre bestimmt toll Andi dandi aus Bremen Deutschland
so you stoped listening to music since 2000? let be serious, there still have good music, you just dont try to find by yourself, and let pootify bot proposes you shhhts, that you listen... Another episode of "i need some likes"...
This is the definition of Nostalgia
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' !
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...
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
Lauryn Hill carried the entire background vocals. Legend!
❤🔥❤️🔥
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
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
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
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
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
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
I am a 60 year old white male, and I will say this....What a beautiful song with great beats!!!
Nas' flow + dope music + Lauryn Hill's vocals = 🔥
Over 60 years old, absolutely love this song. Great job!🤗🤗🤗
Me too & love this song ❤
That first Grammy is long overdue. Congratulations Nasty Nas.👑🏆
"No rubbers, go in raw, imagine law with no undercovers"🙌🏾😭😭
Imagine Lauryn's verse if she'd been given more than a sampled hook..
We ain't ready.
Right!💯
This isn't just one of the best Hip hop songs ever it's one of the greatest songs ever recorded of any genre of music.
💯
This song itself is legendary. But it's also a compilation of legends to make this song: Kurtis Blow's hook, and Whodini's beat.
As a metal head just starting make an attempt to get into some good hip-hop, I’m absolutely inclined to agree. This song and It Ain’t Hard to Tell are addictive to the extreme. Fucking masterpieces
Everybody was bangin this that summer.
I'm banging it this summer 2020 asap
Yep! This song was everywhere that summer
Facts, and STILL DO
Welcome back. This isn’t your first time here
it is actually
🎤🎼🎼🎼
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:)
Who is watching 2024?
Me 🙌
Me
Me
Me brother
Ayoooooo!
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! ❤
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.
90's is the best decade for music, any genre included.
Nothing beats the 90s
Old school Hip Hop here ✋
Bars still hit different today in 2024.
This is what's missing from today.... conscious music...listen 👂
But they’re all so woke nowadays!! 🙈😂
It Was Written 20 year anniversary today 2016. Nas Legend!
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.
Sting sample is AWESOME!!! 😍🎧🙌
He uses it more in “The Message”
@@Gordonizon COOL 😍🎧🎵
Who Listening in 2021 finger up
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
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
Memories of 1995.. Lauryn's vocals are so stunningly layered and pure bliss on my soul.
47 years old now. turning 48 end of this month.... still listening to these tracks sometimes. Miss those days driving around with friends with music like this pumping trough the speakers .. subwoofer in the trunk couldnt be big enough lol
Nas is 48 now he'll be 49 in September but looks like he's 25.
@@larrymarshall8900 thats cool. Im now48 and turn 49 in september too
51 in a few months...still listen to this jam from time to time...remenising about hanging out by the proyects
Only people born in the 70's (I'm one of them) can really feel the magic of the music wonders we got ln the 90's
@@yusufgaridi9523 don't forget about late 80s gen. we got taste of the great 90s tracks
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...
This song was banned in several countries when it came out given the subject matter, Nas a powerful mind always.
Still banging 2024
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
😂😂
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
They LOVED Hip hop...they lived their craft. There was no I'm gonna do this for the likes I get.
Period ✔️
2024 and still hits hard fam.
Who still listening to this amazing hit in 2019
2020!
2021
Please don't come back in 2025, asking the same question.
This song should have over a billion hits
Like for real it definitely needs billion views but million views shows talent not a pop wack record
"Still living for today in these last days of time" 🙏🏾
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!!!!
Every lyric, from Nas to Lauryn Hill is deep as hell IN EVERY SONG they ever make.
This song never gets old 😎🎼🎤
This song and video made me fall in love with HipHop! Im still the biggest Nas fan ever til this day! Thank you Nas and Lauryn Hill for changing my life forever! GOD BLESS! ✊🏾🤲🏾👑
The yz1 Morpheus Burned
m.ruclips.net/video/vkLrEgDm0B8/видео.html
🙌🏽🤴🏾🐐💐
If I ruled the world this would be playing everywhere daily
Nas really dropped illmatic and it was written before the age of 25. That shit will always amaze me.
NAS is brilliant...Lauryn Hill is perfect in this song.
This track having only 12 million some views in 2021 is EXACTLY what is wrong with the world! I vividly remember my cousin and I driving back from hoopin in june of '96 when this joint first aired...I get goosebumps every time I hear it! So thankful for having experienced the 90s era
RUclips is not the only streaming service........ this song millions upon millions streams on spotify and apple music its a platinum selling song
If RUclips was around in the 90s this song would have over a billion
It has 170 mil on spotify. Spotify simpler i assume. Nas great tho.
Facts
1996 had such a unique flavor to it
1996 - forever will be watching
"Open their eyes to the lies histories told"💯
"But im as wise as the old owl"
@@reallitycheckkplus a gold child
NAS Is so underrated!
no
no he's actually considerd one of the best rappers of all time by many
Seriously? 🥲
He really is tbh
Underated? He's considered one of the GOATs
real real song 🇯🇲🇯🇲
Up top!
same way fam🇯🇲🇯🇲
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 song is 26 years old and I remember when it came out.
Damn I feel old 😩
Nas Raised Me
... Yeezy taught you
me too
#METOO 😂! But WORD! If you grew on the block, you was bangin mob deep, Nas, and WU. They raised me as a teenager from Brooklyn, makin deliveries from stillwell ave to flushing meadows, through battery park in downtown Manhattan. We would chill and drink 40s of old English in Washington square park. Holding weight son. Kids these days have no idea
This is like the grestest song of all time Nas undefeated this timeless and a classic forever 😊😊😊🔥🔥🔥😁💯 Lauryn killed this too
Man I miss Lauren Hill
This is one of hip hops best ever tracks
Great intro how Nas snapped and Lauryn started to sing.
The message-Nas
NAS IS KING 👑
Imagine smoking weed in the streets without cops harrasing
One of my fave songs of all time. Their Collab on this one. 🔥🔥🔥
The yz1 Morpheus Burned
m.ruclips.net/video/vkLrEgDm0B8/видео.html
that intro... damn classic
david van Soest what the name that nitro please
@@randolphramirez2300 the Message by nas
Dam... The days back then were beautiful...
Agreed ... where did 20 years go ?
i wish we could go back to these times