Then froze only to blow the Earth's smoke through my nose...And told my little man that I'm ghost I'm broze Left some jewels in his skull he could sell if he chose Words of wisdom from Nas, try to rise up above Keep a eye out for Jake shorty wop One love
I know this kid Eric. We were actually in a juvenile detention shortly after the movie came out. movies didn't keep him out the streets. he was really like that. we all were back then. Things were a lot different.
Yeadatt1 I'm serious. This was back in 2000 in a place called Allen Residential Center. It was almost 2 years after the movie was released. We had a family day once and our family was able to visit, my mom came to see me and his grandfather visited him. Though we were in there for being bad kids his grandfather was so proud that he was in movies. His grandfather pointed out that he was to be in another hood movie called Black N White. It was obvious that this kid was from a poor family like me but I remember thinking how lucky he was to be making movies with my favorite rappers at the time, so why was he in juvie with us? Eventually I was released in April of that year. I didn't hear anything about him until a couple years later when I was yet again in trouble, on Rikers Island this time. By then he made a reputation for himself in Queens for being a thug/gunslinger/ ghetto celebrity and news was buzzing that he was locked up on the island. we saw each other briefly in the corridors and never again. The next time I heard about him, I was told that he had been killed.
Sutekh Akh Anpu I lived in Boston back in the day in the projects and life there was like this sad dangerous crime no hope and junkies all over the place
'Shorty's laugh was cold blooded as he spoke so foul, only 12 tryin to tell me that he liked my style" classic scene inspired by a classic verse from Nas
Then I rose wipin the blunt ash from my clothes then froze only to blow the herb smoke through my nose 💯 man exactly why I came to this video it give me motivation
Bro hype wjlliams is a genuine genius. Look at the lighting in this part. This color exactly the mood one would feel at 5-6am early morning in the projects (have been there, grew up in Brooklyn and still live here).
By the time this movie came out in 98, as a teen growing up listening to Nas records, this was just a visual of what he was talking about in his songs. So nothing really surprised me, I felt like Nas was the moral compass of the craziness at the time. He was that wise prophet that was teaching me what to do and what not to do growing up in the hood. Other than my father, I feel like Nas is one of the reasons why I am still alive and who I am today.
Thank you we'll said my brother peace king I just got goose bumps, the chillz hairs stood up, when you said that, I thankful N bless same here Nas GOD SON!!!!!!!
RIP SHORTY. this scene is so much more powerful when you learn about where the actor who played sorties life ended up. He passed away after shooting two police officers and got fatally wounded in the fire fight. This scene alone if he analyzed it correctly later in life could of really saved his life. Nas was speaking truth
Thinker831 Eric McNeil (the actor above) IS STILL ALIVE. He was released from prison last year. I saw him riding a bike near 143/Farmers. My old man(retired)would see him all the time in the housing area. I saw him in CB before his last stint. Trust. That man who was in the shootout with cops was 2015; Trenton, NJ.
townrumor Eric McNeil (the actor above) IS STILL ALIVE. He was released from prison last year. I saw him riding a bike near 143/Farmers. My old man(retired)would see him all the time in the housing area. I saw him in CB before his last stint. Trust. That man who was in the shootout with cops was 2015; Trenton, NJ.
it was dark in those times and its darker now but now you dont see shortys packing and getting the sales off like that they in the house posting RUclips vids and snapchats.
Just say, stupid leading the stupid! Bunch of dumb mf thinking they hard when they actually weak! Real talk. Don’t clam to be hard but yet a man! Big difference
...Make you wanna cry. This scene gets me every time. If you have ever been in the projects, like they just capture it perfect. Little 12 and 14 year olds on the corner would come over my pad to play Xbox when it first come out. I always felt like Nas in this scene, trying to tell them to rise above this s*** selling rock ain't worth a pair of Nikes. But they never hear it, and a few weeks later it'd be a whole new batch of little kids out there just waiting to be arrested like the last ones. Make you wanna cry...
@@russellsymes9226 I seen 15 yr old gambling 1,000 dollars smoking weed had girls get killed because he was he was a crip I liked him because he was ahead of his time 💔
I always admired how smart and intimate this scene was incorporating the 3rd verse from "One Love" in the movie. Definitely brought depth to the story. Fits perfectly.
Powerful video clip and at the same time *INCREDIBLY DEPRESSING*. Most of the people in the Inner city and projects *HAVE NO REAL HOPE* for the future. Day to day *SURVIVAL* at best. I grew up with 40+ guys in the BRONX projects, *ONLY THREE OF US MADE IT OUT ALIVE* and are doing well. Everyone else is *DEAD, IN PRISON, HOOKED ON DRUGS, or gone COMPLETELY INSANE*.
Man, I grew up in the roughest part of my country, but thankfully no guns, just beat downs, knives, bricks and the occasional murder. To me, that was a rough way of life. Then in my later years, when I traveled through the Rio favelas, I saw what extreme violence and frustration is. 24/7 helicopters and automatic rifles ringing out through the night. Opened my eyes to a whole other level of suffering that humans experience. Would never wish that shit on anyone.
Mr Epifany, funny that you state that. When the movie was out, the scene was cool. The reality, now however is it is extremely depressing and very troublesome. Kids like this are part of the pipeline, and that spells trouble. No growth
That's freaking terrible. I grew up and still have most of my friends except one who died in motorcycle accident . Hope your m aking the most of your lifetime.
The Hash Slinging Slasher Actually it ain't a million shorties right now, These feminine ass, tight pants wearing kids ain't even on shorty level. Shorty listen to the og's, probably very knowledgeable for his age. These niggaz now don't know SHIT! They just fake and pretend and don't do much of anything. They WORST than Shorty... fr
The Hash Slinging Slasher actually a lot of these kids don't even know how to hustle/move. They just be on Instagram/social media. Back then almost everyone hustled, whether it was music, drugs, oil and etc
This scene reminds me of the DMX song "Here we go again" beginning of the verse he said " I kicked it to Shorty and tried to help him understand, hit him with words cause yo that's my little man"
In one love he said "left some jewels in his skull that he could sell if he chose" referring to the knowledge he just passed down to shorty & by selling it he means passing it down to another brother. I think this line is misinterpreted because of the movie reenactment but I like how the director put added the necklace part
Correct. However, this scene with him slipping the chain in shorty's pocket was used as a symbolic metaphor of what was meant in the verse. On point though...
Yeah putting the jewel in his pocket was basically saying you can take this and see that there’s more than to life than these projects and theirs bigger things out here. Or he could sell it to make some money.
The music really set the mood for the scene,Nas Dad is playing trumpet just like on Life's a Bicth ,the blue overtone background just adds to the moment.
Damn that scene was epic, living in the projects especially in the ny you have to protect yourself when you're out there, like the og rappers would say slippers get got. Nas is the truth.
Favorite scene of the movie how he talked to the kid getting him out that life we need people like that here it's crazy I live in Omaha Nebraska a city mentioned in this movie and kids out here now getting it like shorty posted early morning grinding
Love 2pac because he was real but reckless and wild at the same time! Plus with a tremendous amount of passion but on the other hand Nas nice was more laid-back very observant and intelligent he came across in his raps he always seem so kool to me! Very lyrical mixed with wisdom in it! I’m Dominican 🇩🇴 and was happy to see him do a video in Washington heights
'...I took the EL when he passed it, this lil bastard, keeps me blasted and starts talking mad shit...' Nas is the truth b - spot on visual in this clip (chk the rhyme)
Eric McNeil (the actor above) IS STILL ALIVE. He was released from prison last year. I saw him riding a bike near 143/Farmers. My old man(retired)would see him all the time in the housing area. I saw him in CB before his last stint. Trust. That man who was in the shootout with cops was 2015; Trenton, NJ.
Love the symbolism of the costumes…Nas is like the angel in white talking to him, and he’s in such darkness’s in all black, even the fiend walking up..
That was me at that age but i didn't do it for fun ; it was because there was never any food in the house and i use to sit down on the kitchen floor just staring at the fridge with tears in my eyes.
Rochdale Village..my Mecca. Circle 1 Building 3 and 4 was where I took my first steps in this world. Such a powerful scene in such a powerful neighborhood. Do your research Rochdale was literally the epicenter of all wealth and crime in South Jamaica during the Supreme Team Era
Proverbs 18:15....We have to talk and direct them 😔 Pray for our Youth ALL OF THEM ✊🏽✊🏻✊🏾✊ There's a kid right now doing what this little boy is doing right because he had to grow up fast it's not his fault but he's living this Life... R🕊️P again Adam❤️
Then froze, only to blow the herb smoke through my nose. And told my little man I'ma ghost, I broze. Left some jewels in his skull that he can sell if he chose, Words of wisdom from Nas try to rise up above. Keep an eye out for Jakes, Shorty Wop, one love.
He's telling him to not resort to violence when he says "a lot of these dudes aren't even worth it" then gives him a necklace that's gonna provoke people into trying to snatch it and the end result is this dude using the gun he showed earlier. Nas's character is a snake he talks nice to get you to drop your guard then sets you up to either be killed or go to jail for the rest of your life.
This scene was so cinematic. Nas “character” walked around as a peace from God. He was leveled up, even if not with money he was brave enough to go and trickle down his acceptance because in actuality? He never wanted it. He told Sunny there are snakes so be prepared in the most gradual way without alerting him. Legend bro.
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Shorty's laugh was cold blooded as he spoke so foul/only 12 tryna tell me that he like my style/then i rose/wiping the blunts ash from clothes/
I thought I was the only one that realized that
One love baby
John Miles ..the verse form "One Love"..right ?..they acted out the verse ..dope ideal on The director's part
Then froze only to blow the Earth's smoke through my nose...And told my little man that I'm ghost I'm broze
Left some jewels in his skull he could sell if he chose Words of wisdom from Nas, try to rise up above
Keep a eye out for Jake shorty wop
One love
+Nicholas “Nico” R.L. herb smoke
nas is the definition of cool , he was like 18 when illmatic dropped and i still listen to that shit and im 600 years old!!!!
WTF
King Pops i am 60 i meant.
***** K
+druha10304 lol!!!
lol Nas was 20 when illmatic dropped
People fail to realize how powerful this movie is.
Flight Empire FACTS
Flight Empire facts the ending sums up this generation in a nutshell
BIG FACTS
Perhaps the message is lost in the heavy handed use of jargon.
@David Herbella That sounds like a personal problem.
I know this kid Eric. We were actually in a juvenile detention shortly after the movie came out. movies didn't keep him out the streets. he was really like that. we all were back then. Things were a lot different.
for real?
thought he was just an actor
stop fronting 4 real b? did he talk about this movie? lol!!
Yeadatt1 I'm serious. This was back in 2000 in a place called Allen Residential Center. It was almost 2 years after the movie was released. We had a family day once and our family was able to visit, my mom came to see me and his grandfather visited him. Though we were in there for being bad kids his grandfather was so proud that he was in movies. His grandfather pointed out that he was to be in another hood movie called Black N White.
It was obvious that this kid was from a poor family like me but I remember thinking how lucky he was to be making movies with my favorite rappers at the time, so why was he in juvie with us?
Eventually I was released in April of that year. I didn't hear anything about him until a couple years later when I was yet again in trouble, on Rikers Island this time. By then he made a reputation for himself in Queens for being a thug/gunslinger/ ghetto celebrity and news was buzzing that he was locked up on the island. we saw each other briefly in the corridors and never again. The next time I heard about him, I was told that he had been killed.
Sutekh Akh Anpu I lived in Boston back in the day in the projects and life there was like this sad dangerous crime no hope and junkies all over the place
Saddest thing is that he is just a baby but when poverty strikes so does the pressures to survive.
True, that's life
Please,,,,,,,
Please what ?
@@anthonyfreeman3258 man this is so true and it hit home I’m from Chicago where this is really the life my life is a testimony
Couldn’t have been put more accurate
'Shorty's laugh was cold blooded as he spoke so foul, only 12 tryin to tell me that he liked my style" classic scene inspired by a classic verse from Nas
SageofSorrow "You a ill nigga though.
I like ya style, son"
I gave him some jewls he can sell if he chose. Words of wisdom from nas try to rise up above keep your eye out for Jake shorty wop one love
Facts One Love featuring QTIP….illmatic
He never laughed tho
Then I rose wipin the blunt ash from my clothes then froze only to blow the herb smoke through my nose 💯 man exactly why I came to this video it give me motivation
Bro hype wjlliams is a genuine genius. Look at the lighting in this part. This color exactly the mood one would feel at 5-6am early morning in the projects (have been there, grew up in Brooklyn and still live here).
2001
Mad cool 🤩
U can tell he rolled that blunt himself too, this kid wasn't jus actin, he really lived this type of lifestyle RIP shorty
Just like when they did casting for the movie kids the 2 main characters were street kids who hung out at the park all day
The actor who played him is still alive.
@@mayapapaya9540 wats his name
@@DAWARNIN
Eric McNeil I believe
@@Deikoka🧢🧢🧢
By the time this movie came out in 98, as a teen growing up listening to Nas records, this was just a visual of what he was talking about in his songs. So nothing really surprised me, I felt like Nas was the moral compass of the craziness at the time. He was that wise prophet that was teaching me what to do and what not to do growing up in the hood. Other than my father, I feel like Nas is one of the reasons why I am still alive and who I am today.
Well Nathan Jones That's A Hero Of Yours That You Talking About There I L💖ve That Great Story You Told There.NAS IS MY
HERO TO GREAT STORY.
That’s why he quote it in one love nas music tells stories that why I love his music but you so right
N80th St
Thank you we'll said my brother peace king I just got goose bumps, the chillz hairs stood up, when you said that, I thankful N bless same here Nas GOD SON!!!!!!!
One Love
This is the third verse from One Love basically.
That part
@@ledarrencarbo9632 read that in Orlando Brown's voice "That Part".
Facts
John Miles exactly what I was thinking
3 years after Illmatic, if you figure they were shooting this movie in 97' for '98 release. 3 years seems like nothing nowadays!
That avirax jacket is legendary
FACTSSSSSSSSSSS
It came back in the Wave Gods video 🔥
No doubt
I got that jacket
No more cool ni&&as it's justt goofies out here
RIP SHORTY. this scene is so much more powerful when you learn about where the actor who played sorties life ended up. He passed away after shooting two police officers and got fatally wounded in the fire fight. This scene alone if he analyzed it correctly later in life could of really saved his life. Nas was speaking truth
Thinker831 thats soo sad mann
Where’s the documentation 💭sounds good though
He really died?...
Thinker831 Eric McNeil (the actor above) IS STILL ALIVE. He was released from prison last year. I saw him riding a bike near 143/Farmers. My old man(retired)would see him all the time in the housing area. I saw him in CB before his last stint. Trust.
That man who was in the shootout with cops was 2015; Trenton, NJ.
townrumor Eric McNeil (the actor above) IS STILL ALIVE. He was released from prison last year. I saw him riding a bike near 143/Farmers. My old man(retired)would see him all the time in the housing area. I saw him in CB before his last stint. Trust.
That man who was in the shootout with cops was 2015; Trenton, NJ.
Back when bobby shmurda started sellin crack in like the fifth grade lol
I'm dead 😂😂😂💀
lmfaaooooooo
In the One Love video by Nas, that kid actually looks like Bobby.
+King Pops word he does
Good one 😂😂😂
This is today's youth the blind leading the blind we got to rise above this✊🏾
we all aint the same nigga theres more kids in college then theres ever been
ninostar that ain't true. people used to hustle more back then
it was dark in those times and its darker now but now you dont see shortys packing and getting the sales off like that they in the house posting RUclips vids and snapchats.
Just say, stupid leading the stupid! Bunch of dumb mf thinking they hard when they actually weak! Real talk. Don’t clam to be hard but yet a man! Big difference
...Make you wanna cry. This scene gets me every time. If you have ever been in the projects, like they just capture it perfect. Little 12 and 14 year olds on the corner would come over my pad to play Xbox when it first come out. I always felt like Nas in this scene, trying to tell them to rise above this s*** selling rock ain't worth a pair of Nikes. But they never hear it, and a few weeks later it'd be a whole new batch of little kids out there just waiting to be arrested like the last ones. Make you wanna cry...
Haha for sure Word for sure 🙏
na you right though
This dude is lying
@@russellsymes9226 he had to community Xbox 😂🤦🏾♂️
@@russellsymes9226 I seen 15 yr old gambling 1,000 dollars smoking weed had girls get killed because he was he was a crip I liked him because he was ahead of his time 💔
Thts a real gangster!! Trying to school the youngsters nd trying to get him to realize there ain't no future in the game.. Respect!!
2:14 the message that nas gave, gave me goosebumps cause is true
rise above the madness and mind elevation, only positive vibes in my circle basically
Yep He Did Said that it was Beautiful.
For a boy that age to be so mature is frightening. You can only imagine the brutality that he witnessed at such a young age
Uh yeah ya think, he just said he shot a guy
@@statepropertyfan87 😂😂😂
Shorty wasn't really mature, he was lost.
This as real as it gets
The saddest part is knowing where his mind would be when he reaches the age of his mind
I always admired how smart and intimate this scene was incorporating the 3rd verse from "One Love" in the movie. Definitely brought depth to the story. Fits perfectly.
They can't even spark the Jay it's so cold out there in New York
this scene was everything 💯 nas's character was different😍 he moved differently everything about him is dope
2002
Powerful video clip and at the same time *INCREDIBLY DEPRESSING*. Most of the people in the Inner city and projects *HAVE NO REAL HOPE* for the future. Day to day *SURVIVAL* at best. I grew up with 40+ guys in the BRONX projects, *ONLY THREE OF US MADE IT OUT ALIVE* and are doing well. Everyone else is *DEAD, IN PRISON, HOOKED ON DRUGS, or gone COMPLETELY INSANE*.
Man, I grew up in the roughest part of my country, but thankfully no guns, just beat downs, knives, bricks and the occasional murder. To me, that was a rough way of life. Then in my later years, when I traveled through the Rio favelas, I saw what extreme violence and frustration is. 24/7 helicopters and automatic rifles ringing out through the night. Opened my eyes to a whole other level of suffering that humans experience.
Would never wish that shit on anyone.
Mr Epifany, funny that you state that. When the movie was out, the scene was cool. The reality, now however is it is extremely depressing and very troublesome. Kids like this are part of the pipeline, and that spells trouble. No growth
That's freaking terrible. I grew up and still have most of my friends except one who died in motorcycle accident . Hope your m aking the most of your lifetime.
Some of us have angels, and some of us fall victim to what we see..........guess what YOU had?
Just becuase u live in the projects doesn't mean your a loser or have no future please stop the cycle
Todays generation there's a million Shortys
Wow
The Hash Slinging Slasher Actually it ain't a million shorties right now, These feminine ass, tight pants wearing kids ain't even on shorty level. Shorty listen to the og's, probably very knowledgeable for his age. These niggaz now don't know SHIT! They just fake and pretend and don't do much of anything. They WORST than Shorty... fr
The Hash Slinging Slasher actually a lot of these kids don't even know how to hustle/move. They just be on Instagram/social media. Back then almost everyone hustled, whether it was music, drugs, oil and etc
The Hash Slinging Slasher actually theres been Shorty's
The Hash Slinging Slasher nah, there’s a million who claim to be shorty but most of em ain’t shorty...
How dope it is to rap a lyric in one of your songs just to have it be represented in a movie. Brilliant!
This scene reminds me of the DMX song "Here we go again" beginning of the verse he said " I kicked it to Shorty and tried to help him understand, hit him with words cause yo that's my little man"
he asked a few questions about the game so i told em. and when he made a bad move? it was MY place to scold him.
Never told em nothing wrong, kept it fair didn’t listen, so I might as well have been talking to the air 💯
Everybody makes mistakes, mistakes is aight. If it ain't I'mma tell you straight time to say goodnight
Deiontae Burnett you might be on to something 🤔😂😂 Genius I never even peep and I love that song
Facts
In one love he said "left some jewels in his skull that he could sell if he chose" referring to the knowledge he just passed down to shorty & by selling it he means passing it down to another brother.
I think this line is misinterpreted because of the movie reenactment but I like how the director put added the necklace part
Correct.
However, this scene with him slipping the chain in shorty's pocket was used as a symbolic metaphor of what was meant in the verse.
On point though...
Yeah putting the jewel in his pocket was basically saying you can take this and see that there’s more than to life than these projects and theirs bigger things out here. Or he could sell it to make some money.
The music really set the mood for the scene,Nas Dad is playing trumpet just like on Life's a Bicth ,the blue overtone background just adds to the moment.
Yo do you know the name of that song by chance I always liked this score
@@shawnfields5137 Ola Dara Blue Agony
Yo is that olu dara for real? That's mad cool
I wake up and watch this every morning I'm still going through this
Joey Bada$$ Righteous Minds sample this scene CLASSIC man
Damn that scene was epic, living in the projects especially in the ny you have to protect yourself when you're out there, like the og rappers would say slippers get got. Nas is the truth.
W Capitol Dr
This is one of the best scenes in the movie aside from the ending.
One of my Favorite
This scene almost made me cry -_-
This make me cry cause my brother passed and the message he has in dis movie reminds me on how my brother was
Love the background jazz🎷 by Nas Pops Olu Dara - blue agony
I’m still laughing at the fact that nas called a 12 year old a loser lmao
GOTTA KEEP IT A 💯
I don't think he really meant it like that tho, he was saying this was the mentality he had
@@ronaldjames7843 exactly
NAS iN This Scene Looking At That Boy Like You Know Better From Doing This Don't You.
Nas kept it street but spit some knowledge that shorty could grab a hold of. Street Wisdom 101: "Don't trust nobody but you."
The style, swagger, and clothing were just so much better back then. Hell everything was.
Favorite scene of the movie how he talked to the kid getting him out that life we need people like that here it's crazy I live in Omaha Nebraska a city mentioned in this movie and kids out here now getting it like shorty posted early morning grinding
i feel what u sayin there
YOU REALLY CAN SEE THE RESPECT BETWEEN EACH OTHER BRUH...
This scene is so ill Nas kicking that real ish for dudes plus he did it in a white avirex jacket 🐐
This scene changed my life as a kid
Man this scene was powerful!
Was today years old when I realized this scene is an exact recreation of Nas last verse on One Love. Respect.
Love 2pac because he was real but reckless and wild at the same time! Plus with a tremendous amount of passion
but on the other hand Nas nice was more laid-back very observant and intelligent he came across in his raps he always seem so kool to me! Very lyrical mixed with wisdom in it! I’m Dominican 🇩🇴 and was happy to see him do a video in Washington heights
2pac? U mean DMX lol
@@Born2Punch nah he think he mean 2pac
Goosebumps every time I watch this scene 🙏🏾
'...I took the EL when he passed it, this lil bastard, keeps me blasted and starts talking mad shit...'
Nas is the truth b - spot on visual in this clip (chk the rhyme)
The scene was influenced by the verse not the other way around
chukk mane I didn't say it was - we all know the track One Love dropped way before Belly...
When he said that 12 year old was a loser type..I lost it..that boy never had a chance in life
I laugh like 30 times lol 😆 🤦🏿♂️
I don't think he meant it like that tho, he was saying that was the mentality he had & he had nothing to lose
crazy thing is that kid is dead in real life. had a shoot out with the cops and didn't make it
Love this Nas and Jadakiss moment. Real talk.
This scene is art
Eric McNeil (the actor above) IS STILL ALIVE. He was released from prison last year. I saw him riding a bike near 143/Farmers. My old man(retired)would see him all the time in the housing area. I saw him in CB before his last stint. Trust.
That man who was in the shootout with cops was 2015; Trenton, NJ.
Ok bro we get it damn 🙄
Love the symbolism of the costumes…Nas is like the angel in white talking to him, and he’s in such darkness’s in all black, even the fiend walking up..
Woe I never look at it that way.
Nothing like NY in the 90's
Something so captivating about this scene
Yes, everyone deal with life struggles. Some gain experience to go above it. While some just stay and go under. Life short cycle.
Shorty smokin a Backwood wayyy back in the day. NY originated this Backwood craze.
D. Edwards ✅
Tht ain’t no backwood 😂
Love the meaning the artistry and music in this scene.
I had this on vhs. This movie is a masterpiece.
The chain in the pocket was so metaphoric!! He literally left some jewels with shorty!
The nostalgia of this scene tho and the jazz in the background 🔥
I still love this movie a classic
That was me at that age but i didn't do it for fun ; it was because there was never any food in the house and i use to sit down on the kitchen floor just staring at the fridge with tears in my eyes.
WE rose above that pain (in the heart and belly) and pressed on.
I'm doing very well in life because of it
2023
Everyone used laugh at my clothes as kid I started hitting licks grew up in low income
Most powerful and emotional movie scene
Just watched this movie for the first time and this scene had me in aww
It’s an actual reenactment of the third verse in his song “one love” from Illmatic
This was a dope scene....a look into the eyes of the youth who feel that they will forever be a have not
Rochdale Village..my Mecca. Circle 1 Building 3 and 4 was where I took my first steps in this world. Such a powerful scene in such a powerful neighborhood. Do your research Rochdale was literally the epicenter of all wealth and crime in South Jamaica during the Supreme Team Era
i believe u im from queens and i know it all too well
This scene was a visual to his song “One Love”
A lot of kats dont even know that this scene was based off of the 3rd verse of Nas song one love. Peep the science yall!
so many died cause of the game.. shit, but they still control the game from the grave
Nas and AZ
I swear be dropping
💎💯
life that many people dont see or hear about
I saw this before I ever heard the song "One Love" just a masterpiece
more people gotta see this
"Only twelve trying to tell me that he likes my style"
Realist scene 💪🏿
The color grading of this scene is amazing. Underrated movie for sure , I don't know why many say they didn't like it.
That Avirex goes hard....
“I like your style sonn” one of my favorite lines of all time. It needs to be a good GIF
Proverbs 18:15....We have to talk and direct them 😔
Pray for our Youth ALL OF THEM ✊🏽✊🏻✊🏾✊ There's a kid right now doing what this little boy is doing right because he had to grow up fast it's not his fault but he's living this Life...
R🕊️P again Adam❤️
That was me and my brother at 13 and 14 smh , im glad we made it out
Weediquette
Then froze, only to blow the herb smoke through my nose. And told my little man I'ma ghost, I broze. Left some jewels in his skull that he can sell if he chose, Words of wisdom from Nas try to rise up above. Keep an eye out for Jakes, Shorty Wop, one love.
If you listen to “One Love” from Illmatic… this scene is the 3rd verse and captures Nas imagery in the verse
Amazing scene
He's telling him to not resort to violence when he says "a lot of these dudes aren't even worth it" then gives him a necklace that's gonna provoke people into trying to snatch it and the end result is this dude using the gun he showed earlier.
Nas's character is a snake he talks nice to get you to drop your guard then sets you up to either be killed or go to jail for the rest of your life.
Lmao stfu
This scene was so cinematic. Nas “character” walked around as a peace from God. He was leveled up, even if not with money he was brave enough to go and trickle down his acceptance because in actuality? He never wanted it. He told Sunny there are snakes so be prepared in the most gradual way without alerting him. Legend bro.
This scene takin from Nas song One Love. From Illmatic that Nas made at 17 considered the best hip hop album ever made.
I wish I can be as cool at that man. Nas is genius
Rip tommy, mind elevation
Nas - One Love
I've been looking for that white avirex since this came out, anyone got the plug.
GREEN TUNA Real s--t me too!
Google it
I worked at Burlington in Meriden Ct in like '02 they had it in little kid sizes i acually got it for my niece
Back page of XXL Magazine
I found this jacket online like 3 years ago
2:04 my lock screen along with the quote
Nas avirex jacket is hard af!
Never gets old 😌
This feels like the future of drill life
Fr fr I like that analogy
One love
your right the 3rd verse of one love
That Avirex jacket was tough!
One of the best scenes ever : one love
This scene is sad asf
When I first saw this and realized it was a verse on One Love I was floored!
They really let lil homie smoke a blunt on camera 🤣🔥
They confirmed he did
That was nothing new to him in real life.
NAS SPEAKIN 2 THE STREETS ALWAYS
I was Shorty son... but like my man Nas said, "gotta rise up".
The young Bobby Shmurda.