Kool G Rap, Nas - Fast Life

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  • Опубликовано: 29 авг 2024
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    Lyrics:
    The time has come, we gotta expand, the whole operation
    Distribution, New York, to Chicago, L.A.
    We gotta set our own market, and enforce it
    Champagne wishes of caviar dreams. A penis didn't cream.
    With sales of fish scales from triple beams I gleam
    Livin the live of rowdy packin fifty cali's
    Rockin lizard Bally's while we do our drug deal in a dark alley
    Up in casinos just me and my dino primo
    Pushin beam-o's then parlay in Reno with two fly latinos
    Nas, he runs the whole staff, we count mad for seen bad
    We've seen a half a milli dashin out there on the Queens half
    Three major players gettin papers by the layers
    And those that portray us on the block get rocked like Domateus
    Fakers get used to shootin targets, soon as the dark hits
    Front on the drug market, bodies get rolled up in a carpet
    Those that cheat us try to beat us we got hookers with heaters
    That'll stray pop and put more shells in your top than Adidas
    Da leaders, lookin straight crimy in our Giorgio Armani's
    You wanna harm me and Nas you gots ta come get through a whole army
    The celo rollers money folders sippin bola holdin mad payola
    Slangin a Coke without the Cola
    Me and black don't fake jacks but we might sling one
    It ain't no shame in our game we do our thing son
    Livin the fast life, in fast cars
    Everywhere we go, people know who we are
    A team from out of Queens with the american dream
    So we're plottin up a scheme to get the seven figure cream

Комментарии • 5 тыс.

  • @1516radioshow
    @1516radioshow 4 месяца назад +161

    Who else playing this in 2024 🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊

  • @jkbzz
    @jkbzz Год назад +439

    The first verse on this song is greater than 99.9% of rappers entire careers.
    Kool G remains one of my favorite of all time.

    • @georgemaxwell3467
      @georgemaxwell3467 11 месяцев назад +13

      Easily...

    • @felipe3354
      @felipe3354 8 месяцев назад +5

      You’re not wrong

    • @BudsCartoon
      @BudsCartoon 8 месяцев назад +3

      Any good albums you can put me on? I've seen him for years in my real Giancana research.

    • @felipe3354
      @felipe3354 8 месяцев назад

      Anybody who wants to hear a Kool G verse that you haven’t ever heard. He did a bonus track on Diabolic’s album Liar and a Thief back in 2010. Just type in “Diabolic cursed” and you’ll get it.

    • @ilfantasticobananajothesci3922
      @ilfantasticobananajothesci3922 6 месяцев назад

      @@BudsCartoonwho buys albums nowadays - there are so many dig a bit

  • @Masterpiece127
    @Masterpiece127 3 года назад +828

    G Rap birthed Nas and Az. You can literally hear his influence in their flow and delivery.

  • @mrgrinch
    @mrgrinch 8 месяцев назад +29

    This is how you fucking rap. G-rap is a monster.

  • @timeisillmatic3494
    @timeisillmatic3494 2 года назад +107

    The chipped tooth nas was nothing to play with🤯😤

    • @smuv2
      @smuv2 5 месяцев назад +5

      😂😂😂😂

    • @juliusmcfadden5915
      @juliusmcfadden5915 3 месяца назад +11

      LOL he still ain't nothing to be Fukd wit👑

    • @Zionist918
      @Zionist918 Месяц назад +1

      Always even after he passes, living goats❤

  • @nestorchikoti
    @nestorchikoti Год назад +661

    Nas has the lyricism of Rakim, the awareness of Chuck D, the wordplay of Kool G Rap, the metaphors of Big Daddy Kane, the knowledge of KRSONE, the storytelling of Slick Rick, the longevity of LL Cool J and the versatility to do a great album with Damian Marley. And he sums it all up when he coined half man, half amazing!

    • @twvlvtheog7334
      @twvlvtheog7334 Год назад +36

      i wanted to comment the same , but you explained it more genuis !! Cheers mate !

    • @dwaynejefferson3160
      @dwaynejefferson3160 Год назад +13

      Can't say anything you said everything

    • @golden3154
      @golden3154 Год назад +23

      Realest shit I ever read. You my friend, are one true hip-hop scholar

    • @kingjamesalbertflowersmcmanus
      @kingjamesalbertflowersmcmanus Год назад +16

      Because He knowing that man is the image of God, n Having knowledge of Self Manifested Greatness as God Image, 💯

    • @midast2361
      @midast2361 Год назад +8

      Well said 💯👑🎤🐐

  • @thecoach11
    @thecoach11 4 года назад +479

    Nas at that age holding it down with Prime G Rap proves Nas was a beast

  • @cori3093
    @cori3093 Год назад +391

    That opening verse from G rap..... gotta be up there with one of the best verses of all time!!! Insane

    • @spencerdoss1571
      @spencerdoss1571 Год назад +35

      3 major players getting papers by the layers, and those that portray us on the block man they rock like Amadeus

    • @simonpitt4080
      @simonpitt4080 Год назад +7

      Don’t get the end of that line about Amadeus anyone

    • @YoungShadTv
      @YoungShadTv Год назад +10

      @@simonpitt4080 it's a song by falco came out in the 80s

    • @Clint_tha_great
      @Clint_tha_great Год назад +9

      Song by Falco called “Rock me Amadeus”

    • @corderro8821
      @corderro8821 Год назад +11

      Big facts people sleep on him he's kinda forgotten if you Kno you Kno 💯🔥

  • @AlCapone-tr5lb
    @AlCapone-tr5lb Год назад +181

    Still bangin' in 2023! These kids got bars! A Hip Hop classic for sure!👍🏼

    • @jvenning3
      @jvenning3 Год назад +1

      ayy me too lol

    • @DreAndre-ij9hr
      @DreAndre-ij9hr 9 месяцев назад +3

      kids lol, they're OG's

    • @AlCapone-tr5lb
      @AlCapone-tr5lb 9 месяцев назад

      I'm with you my brotha! They are definitely OG's! I was just using "kids" as an expression. Many of us were kids when listening to this jam when it came out back in 95'. Now many of us old school hip hop fans are over 50 and still enjoying the classic bangers! What I wouldn't give to be a kid again! Peace be with you my brotha!✌🏼@@DreAndre-ij9hr

    • @dunnywatson2186
      @dunnywatson2186 8 месяцев назад

      2024 now!

    • @jada8047
      @jada8047 Месяц назад

      Don n Micheal Carleon

  • @smoothlyrugged
    @smoothlyrugged 9 лет назад +898

    Kool G doesnt rap he lyrically immerses into the beat and becomes it....

    • @jkolaWOLE
      @jkolaWOLE 9 лет назад +13

      +TJ Hooker i like the way you put it

    • @jerrybarnes8258
      @jerrybarnes8258 6 лет назад +11

      Perfectly said

    • @eddienx7
      @eddienx7 6 лет назад +3

      realtalk

    • @darthtroller
      @darthtroller 6 лет назад +18

      I would describe Biggie like that, his flow and way of riding beats are crazy

    • @Lord_Jela1527
      @Lord_Jela1527 6 лет назад +2

      TJ Hooker word

  • @deanrichards5223
    @deanrichards5223 5 месяцев назад +16

    That first verse is madness
    That’s talent!!

  • @CuriositySavedTheCat
    @CuriositySavedTheCat Год назад +9

    "Poppin crystal like it's my first child" Nas spittin 🔥🔥

  • @leebosslife
    @leebosslife 3 года назад +675

    Instead of worrying about who did better, lets just appreciate a masterpiece by two incredible artists.

    • @JahP30
      @JahP30 2 года назад +14

      Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit i might have to give it to the young bul nas but its tooo close to call fam

    • @joeszulborski1013
      @joeszulborski1013 2 года назад +8

      u want another masterpiece around this mid nineties time that got slept on so bad its smoothe da hustler - broken language.

    • @dwannbrown2565
      @dwannbrown2565 2 года назад +1

      POINT BLANK!!

    • @dominiquejones3805
      @dominiquejones3805 2 года назад +3

      @@joeszulborski1013 that beat is 🔥

    • @galaxytraveler5779
      @galaxytraveler5779 2 года назад +5

      i never prefer one over the other.. each and every verse is beautiful to listen to, especially when they go back and forth. It's one of the things i love about M.O.P.

  • @Razah.
    @Razah. 4 года назад +929

    Kool G Rap the inventor of Mafioso Rap imo, he may not of been the first but he was certainly close to being. He was the first in terms of what people class as mafioso rap today, He definitely elevated it to the Point of the sub genre being dominate in the 90s/ due to this he paved the way for Jay Z, Nas, Mobb Deep, Biggie, and many more. What a legend, doesn't get the recognition he deserves. Give them their 🌺 🌸 now whilst they’re still here.

    • @McRemmyBaby
      @McRemmyBaby 4 года назад +6

      Wow thun

    • @connormcgregor2329
      @connormcgregor2329 4 года назад +14

      Mobb deep and biggie were gangsta tho

    • @clos1203
      @clos1203 4 года назад +25

      crackhead Shan kool g rap was gangster and Jay z actually used to sell coke in New Jersey all the way to Virginia it’s documented by actual kingpins.

    • @getmoneychill6462
      @getmoneychill6462 4 года назад +10

      AZ

    • @BigDapPacino
      @BigDapPacino 4 года назад +14

      Prodigy idolized him too!

  • @swaggadaddypimpnigga5154
    @swaggadaddypimpnigga5154 8 лет назад +888

    Kool G Rap 1st Verse Is Legendary

    • @sevrankdoubleaeketalsadoum8354
      @sevrankdoubleaeketalsadoum8354 8 лет назад +2

      +WALDI give me best Songs of cool g pls

    • @KtotheG
      @KtotheG 7 лет назад +33

      Nas got beasted by G. Rap on this track... and this is the same year, he killed "Verbal Intercourse" with Rae and Ghost.

    • @Tariqdf1
      @Tariqdf1 7 лет назад +36

      Kory Green that's because g rap is and always will be an overlooked legend. dude is insane

    • @SlackerET
      @SlackerET 7 лет назад +23

      You must be deaf, Nas held his own on his track, Kool G may of influenced Nas just like Rakim did but Nas has surpassed both at this point let's face it.

    • @seanysean2
      @seanysean2 7 лет назад +1

      Slacker could not agree with you more

  • @eliasali8266
    @eliasali8266 2 года назад +41

    " I got gunz fr Italy, smoke trees considerably..." Esco came in hard.

    • @Flossypapi
      @Flossypapi 22 дня назад

      🗣️🗣️🗣️

  • @HDitzzDH
    @HDitzzDH 7 лет назад +337

    G Rap's rhyme-scheme on the first verse, my fucking god..
    1. "Eam" (dreams, team, cream, gleam)
    2. "Ali" (riley, calis, bally's, alley)
    3. "Ino" (casinos, dino, primo, beam-o's, Reno, latinos)
    4. "Aff" (staff, math, baths, half)
    5. "Ay" (major, players, papers, layers, portray-us, Amadeus, fakers)
    6. "Ar" (targets, dark-hits, market, carpet)
    7. "E" (cheat-us, beat-us, heaters, Adidas, Da-leaders)
    8. "Ar/Me" (Armani's, harm-me, army)
    9. "Ol" (Cee-lo rollers, folders, Bolla, payola, Cola)
    10. "Ack" (black, jacks)
    11. "Ing" (Slanging, sling, thing)
    12. "One" (one, son)
    13. "Ame" (shame, game)
    I probably missed many rhyme patterns but fuck it.

    • @jaimedymen9651
      @jaimedymen9651 4 года назад +3

      I’m with you

    • @bloodbaaith
      @bloodbaaith 4 года назад +3

      Rap lessons from the greatest, glooks

    • @eugenesteven239
      @eugenesteven239 4 года назад +4

      Fucking amazing

    • @musiclists4969
      @musiclists4969 4 года назад +10

      the thing is, he incorporated word play into too which blows my fucking mind the most

    • @twitchoff1114
      @twitchoff1114 3 года назад +11

      In the 2nd scheme he also rhymed "while we" with riley, calis, bally's and alley

  • @galacticx24
    @galacticx24 7 лет назад +152

    That 1st verse from Kool G damn!! straight fire!!

    • @ArMiNiSfUCkinRedicK
      @ArMiNiSfUCkinRedicK 5 лет назад +17

      Top 10 opening verse in history

    • @UptownNYC
      @UptownNYC 4 года назад +6

      He knew he had to bring it with Nas on the same track. He wasn't gonna let Nas show him up on his own track, like Em did to Jay on Renegade...

  • @D3R3KN
    @D3R3KN 5 лет назад +3049

    This guy is so New York he uses Timberlands on a treadmill

  • @thenationalradar8355
    @thenationalradar8355 2 года назад +108

    “The marriage of me and the mic is just like magic” Nas is incredible. Ridiculously talented.

    • @josiahpeter5295
      @josiahpeter5295 Год назад +7

      Elegant performance

    • @BJAKOTIN
      @BJAKOTIN 10 месяцев назад

      2 decades later he drops an album called Magic

  • @jasonito23
    @jasonito23 6 лет назад +1144

    They asked Nas in an interview if he ever felt like he got owned in one of his own songs. He said, once. In Fast Life. He said when he heard G. Raps verse there was nothing he could do to top it.

    • @leesaemmanuel9533
      @leesaemmanuel9533 6 лет назад +26

      Black Lit. Black Hist. What interview

    • @jasonito23
      @jasonito23 6 лет назад +46

      I can't find it. I was looking for it. It was in a magazine that I was reading at a barbershop.

    • @ArMiNiSfUCkinRedicK
      @ArMiNiSfUCkinRedicK 5 лет назад +132

      Noone could have toped that first verse....it was stupid

    • @Escobaz96
      @Escobaz96 5 лет назад +80

      @@ArMiNiSfUCkinRedicK facts tho!! Lmao Nas still went crazy on this. 1 of his most lyrical songs

    • @ArMiNiSfUCkinRedicK
      @ArMiNiSfUCkinRedicK 5 лет назад +53

      @@Escobaz96 yes excellent verse......counting cabbage like the arabs...dope line...

  • @saintoflastresorts2272
    @saintoflastresorts2272 Год назад +41

    Kool G is so underrated. You can hear the influence he had on pun

    • @odeon7834
      @odeon7834 19 дней назад

      And RA The Rugged Man

  • @416Raps
    @416Raps 8 лет назад +380

    They don't make 'em like this anymore... miss the 90's Hip-Hop.

    • @franklinclinton3476
      @franklinclinton3476 8 лет назад +7

      listen to Joey Badass

    • @jonathanlewis3067
      @jonathanlewis3067 8 лет назад

      LordHipHop _ you said 1 rapper

    • @garym7683
      @garym7683 7 лет назад +6

      uhjinlee Heat for foes, shopping sprees with my fleet for clothes and carribean suites deep rippin beats with flow
      christ

    • @nicholasnevola4811
      @nicholasnevola4811 7 лет назад +4

      Check out Trillmatic by ASAP Mob ft. ASAP Nast and Method Man.

    • @KingnEm
      @KingnEm 7 лет назад +1

      Nicholas Nevola yea nigga. Check out 1 song, 90s were betta

  • @JoeBachmann
    @JoeBachmann 9 месяцев назад +16

    "700 wives, King Soloman size"- Nas firee line

  • @thebagelisbuttered5904
    @thebagelisbuttered5904 10 лет назад +369

    Kool G: the most underrated emcee of all time

    • @leonmorimoto
      @leonmorimoto 10 лет назад +20

      I hear you Rick, all due, heads know he's top 5 easy

    • @reallitycheckk
      @reallitycheckk 10 лет назад +9

      Az is the most underrated. Kool g rap gets mad love "hearing me rap is like hearing g rap in his prime"

    • @52Devil
      @52Devil 10 лет назад +15

      AZ is the most underrated, G Rap second

    • @iajb
      @iajb 10 лет назад

      John Cursio Fact

    • @redpool7779
      @redpool7779 7 лет назад +1

      no 2pac is!!!

  • @naazirra
    @naazirra 4 года назад +348

    "It's NAS..
    700 wives..
    King Solomon Size..
    we on the rise..
    me and G ghetto wise guys"

  • @keenanmoore4163
    @keenanmoore4163 4 года назад +100

    "Put more shells in ya top than Adidas!" Barz! 😲🤛🔥

    • @gaticusx2933
      @gaticusx2933 3 года назад +4

      too bad the shells get spit out of the gun...but it is a dope bar...metaphor wise

  • @thatcostasound
    @thatcostasound 5 месяцев назад +17

    This whole song is a display of excellence. First and second verses are both incredible. Then when you think it can’t get any better they do the back and forth for the 3rd verse. Even the way they did the video and came down the stairs together for the 3rd verse is crazy. Plus the sample for the beat sounds lavish and it has a great chorus that emphasis that. This record is a all around 10/10. It’s not talked about enough.

  • @cloudair4154
    @cloudair4154 5 лет назад +892

    this is one of nas best songs imo.. they had a great chemistry i think they should have done a whole album

    • @Habeev07
      @Habeev07 4 года назад +30

      I still remember in 06/07' I was bumping Illmatic - Lifes a bitch with the HS crew. Like Nas said in 06' "Hip hop...hip hop...is DEAD"

    • @doring8901
      @doring8901 4 года назад +23

      The background singer and chorus killed it

    • @doring8901
      @doring8901 4 года назад +7

      And not in a good way

    • @team9ros24
      @team9ros24 4 года назад +8

      Hip hop has been dead

    • @jaycee598
      @jaycee598 4 года назад

      Nas needed to do it by 95 though. He was in his prime until then and once his voice got fucked up he was done.

  • @lifestraight
    @lifestraight 4 года назад +424

    Listening to Kool G. Rap you can hear EXACTLY where AZ and Big Pun got their flow from.

  • @connoisseurtroy2006
    @connoisseurtroy2006 5 лет назад +135

    This is one of the greatest tracks ever in my opinion.

    • @ChromeTecNina
      @ChromeTecNina 5 лет назад +13

      Bro, the amount of bars and Technical prowess on this song it's almost too much to comprehend. From beginning to end they just bombard you with dopeness

    • @LAZLOUFORIA1379
      @LAZLOUFORIA1379 3 года назад +9

      @@ChromeTecNina lmao it was a lyrical airstrike

    • @captaindowntown7851
      @captaindowntown7851 3 года назад +5

      This is my favorite collab of all time.

    • @chefjusden9194
      @chefjusden9194 3 года назад +4

      Greatest collab ever done!!!🔥🔥🔥

    • @jasonbabilonia3037
      @jasonbabilonia3037 2 года назад +3

      🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @2slick35
    @2slick35 2 года назад +169

    Kool G Rap is one of the illest bar spitters in hip hop history! 🎤💥💥💥 Hands down!💯💯💯

  • @chucku.1745
    @chucku.1745 5 лет назад +213

    Sometimes it takes me 15 to 20 minutes to get through this song because I keep rewinding their versus. Lyrical masterpiece with flawless deliveries.

    • @gloryboyzz9475
      @gloryboyzz9475 3 года назад +4

      Great music dawg

    • @juancolon7863
      @juancolon7863 3 года назад +5

      Yo facts I just did the same thing kept playing it back

    • @ricardogalindo1892
      @ricardogalindo1892 3 года назад +6

      Heat for foes, shopping sprees with my fleet for clothes,
      In carribbean suites deep
      Ripping beats with flows
      😬

    • @JahP30
      @JahP30 2 года назад +1

      Nah for real Dunn

    • @shawandajones8000
      @shawandajones8000 2 года назад +1

      Ok!

  • @DivineWine1
    @DivineWine1 2 года назад +30

    Black people are so brilliant with our minds....talented, beautiful !!!!!😇🙏🤗👍

  • @bradpiff9492
    @bradpiff9492 9 лет назад +646

    Kool g the only rapper that can pull off havin a lisp

    • @bradpiff9492
      @bradpiff9492 9 лет назад +5

      fleshnbone187 I don't think I would say Eric has a lisp he just sound like it

    • @bradpiff9492
      @bradpiff9492 9 лет назад

      fleshnbone187 yea

    • @gwiltl
      @gwiltl 8 лет назад +12

      +Brad Piff Method Man?

    • @bradpiff9492
      @bradpiff9492 8 лет назад

      wunas96​ method has a lisp?

    • @gwiltl
      @gwiltl 8 лет назад +14

      Brad Piff Perhaps not a lisp, but an unusual way of pronouncing 's'. But I've never seen anything about it.

  • @polobubblevest
    @polobubblevest Год назад +92

    i don't think people, even to this day, realize how legendary this team up was, NAS and G RAP, two giants in the game coming through with an ill colabo, both shining on their own individual versus, but the magic comes through with the final verse setup, nas and kool g rap flowing back and forth off each other, its just not something you're going to find in modern times, this is truley a gem to be savoured from hip hops golden era, from the come up to the dream of the 'fast times' casino, this video and song lives in infamy, "GET THIS MONEY" still reigns supreme, peace to everyone still listening, the cream dream never stops, peace.

    • @c.christopher6115
      @c.christopher6115 Год назад +5

      I was about to post the same thing! People don't understand how legendary this song is, it's like Kobe and Jordan playing 1 on 1

    • @Benger2185
      @Benger2185 Год назад +3

      Timeless record that will live on forever. This version needs more radio play than the r&b sample I keep hearing at the stores

    • @treyharris8408
      @treyharris8408 Год назад +2

      Yep because now it's similar to NaS and Hit Boy going back and forth on the 🌊💯

    • @treyharris8408
      @treyharris8408 Год назад +2

      ​​@@c.christopher6115 frfr tho 💯👍🏾💪🏾✊🏾👊🏾

    • @treyharris8408
      @treyharris8408 Год назад +2

      ​@@Benger2185 Right 💯

  • @djEssatu
    @djEssatu 6 лет назад +873

    Everyone keep saying "Oh Kool G is underrated." To Who? Not to real Hip Hop heads.

  • @zfrmusic6663
    @zfrmusic6663 4 года назад +161

    No one matches Kool G breath control and rapping style complexity. Its almost like he is from Mars.

    • @marcosmartinez2836
      @marcosmartinez2836 3 года назад +1

      there is a guy over there.......i dont kinow his name......

    • @trinman500
      @trinman500 3 года назад +6

      Best of all time

    • @Automatiik
      @Automatiik 3 года назад +4

      Big pun !!

    • @Automatiik
      @Automatiik 2 года назад

      @@Hip-h0p2b0 I think it adds to the verse like he snarling like a lion or something lol .. Like that banned from tv verse 🔥

    • @grayeighty8974
      @grayeighty8974 2 года назад

      Young nas
      Pun..

  • @STREETSOLDiER518
    @STREETSOLDiER518 10 лет назад +159

    Kool G paved the way for multi syllable rhyming. And the fact that his stuff still sounds modern like almost brand newish is crazy lol. My top 5 - 10 without a doubt.

    • @AllPro777
      @AllPro777 10 лет назад +8

      The crazy part is that he actually got better as he got older. Seemed impossible but it happened. He was untouchable.

    • @zeozakailya7368
      @zeozakailya7368 10 лет назад +5

      His shit is way better then anything on the radio nowadays, that's the real crazy shit, it should be evolving.

    • @lifestraight
      @lifestraight 9 лет назад +8

      STREET SOLDiER Rakim did too.

    • @clarkbar
      @clarkbar 7 лет назад

      dead on

    • @beefwearclothingjones1654
      @beefwearclothingjones1654 6 лет назад

      Mιĸe Łυιѕ agreed 💯💯🤘🏾😎✌🏾

  • @JokersAce0
    @JokersAce0 3 года назад +65

    That chorus is just straight up inspirational.

    • @marcusalvarez370
      @marcusalvarez370 3 года назад +4

      Yeah Inspire you to be a drug dealer 🤣🤣🤣

    • @JokersAce0
      @JokersAce0 3 года назад +10

      Marcus Alvarez “I got to make it happen” makes me just want to get on my grind

    • @uchennasunday7037
      @uchennasunday7037 2 года назад

      @@JokersAce0 he only see they negative part. 🤡

    • @mkhanman12345
      @mkhanman12345 Год назад

      @@marcusalvarez370 where

  • @ajtowin
    @ajtowin 7 лет назад +126

    what a time to be alive! summer Brooklyn NYC 1995

  • @jiggalo99
    @jiggalo99 7 лет назад +80

    Kool G Rap verse is 💪💯 #mafiosorap

  • @billyndolo4348
    @billyndolo4348 7 лет назад +211

    Nas's verse is fire.

  • @alexvoc3928
    @alexvoc3928 2 года назад +28

    Kool G Rap is one of the greatest rappers ever. Influenced so many legends from New York. He rarely got outrapped on songs. Nas is my GOAT but G Rap beat him on this this track

  • @MrToxicRaps
    @MrToxicRaps 10 лет назад +62

    It's a shame more people don't know about Kool G. He's the rawest oldschool rapper out there. He was apart of my influence for a while. I'm just a rapper tryna get somewhere. A chance and 3 minutes is all I need!

  • @dameonjones3102
    @dameonjones3102 5 лет назад +27

    Them spittin they verses while coming down the stairs was epic.

  • @ciskelatour4306
    @ciskelatour4306 8 лет назад +325

    The two best rappers of all time. Nas and Kool G Rap!

    • @user-xp4ov5od8t
      @user-xp4ov5od8t 8 лет назад +4

      PAC dikriders hate them type of comments

    • @ciskelatour4306
      @ciskelatour4306 8 лет назад +5

      +realhiphopdotcom ?

    • @jojosaylor8996
      @jojosaylor8996 8 лет назад +10

      only Hater's make disrespectful comments

    • @daveholland3402
      @daveholland3402 7 лет назад +11

      +realhiphopdotcom Wack ass comment and I think Nas is the greatest. You're hater is showing. It's wack that u have to diss one legend to give another. 2pac ain't the greatest but he's highly respected by like 90% of hip hip legends ands historians. Enough said.

    • @daveholland3402
      @daveholland3402 7 лет назад

      +Dave Holland *give another props

  • @apealeal3973
    @apealeal3973 2 года назад +74

    I haven't listened to this song in like 10 years but it randomly popped into my head. I've been listening to it on repeat for the past 2 hours.

  • @heralldinnall3007
    @heralldinnall3007 4 года назад +548

    Nas slayed this track mad hard but Kool G Rap performed mass murder on this track.His first verse was bettter than most rappers from 2005 to now entire career.

    • @Habeev07
      @Habeev07 4 года назад +10

      Word. That is imo also a top-10 verse in hip hop history". One other is Opio's verse in Souls of Mischief's - "Make Your Mind Up". That whole song is top-100 track in hip hop but that 2nd verse Opio drops gives me chills similar to Kool G's opening verse. ruclips.net/video/OYGYEn3K-CA/видео.html go to 1:21 in that song. Opio's verse in 1993 and Kool G in 1995. Both top-10 verses imo based on time historically and technicality.

    • @clos1203
      @clos1203 4 года назад +22

      Herall Dinnall nah kool g raps verses on allied meta forces... bruh he kills Eminem’s whole career on that one song

    • @UniversalStand
      @UniversalStand 4 года назад +3

      Yep!

    • @youngfig1
      @youngfig1 4 года назад +15

      This da track kool g rap passed da torch to Nas ya herdme

    • @mr.o1333
      @mr.o1333 4 года назад +1

      Facts

  • @franklinclinton3476
    @franklinclinton3476 8 лет назад +255

    Kool G Rap and Nas a combo that is on the same level as Shaq and Kobe

  • @jasonparker8277
    @jasonparker8277 3 года назад +17

    Nas sitting in The Godfather seat, bandanna on, chilling like he is reading a book in the library opens up with...
    “Yo, I got gun from Italy, smoke tree considerably..” from there not only did he body this track..but the verse itself is one of the best in Hip Hop history.
    “Police searching up my Lexo, but who’s petro/ my tec blow, straight off the roof and test yo respect tho’...”

  • @MathiasMaximus
    @MathiasMaximus Год назад +10

    Kool G Rap. The only man that can make a lisp sound bad ass

  • @babyzorilla
    @babyzorilla 8 лет назад +221

    I didn't think hip hop songs could give you chills but I'll be damned

    • @callumbrowns
      @callumbrowns 8 лет назад +42

      90's bro!

    • @AlexBasedGraham
      @AlexBasedGraham 6 лет назад +8

      thewelshviper right i still get chills from niggas bleed by biggie

    • @bkap201
      @bkap201 5 лет назад +3

      Kool g rap wit that opening !!!!

    • @RJMacReady1
      @RJMacReady1 5 лет назад +1

      Scarface seen a man die will chill you to your soul

    • @mack8399
      @mack8399 4 года назад +3

      You must have been new to Hip-Hop

  • @hoffathemonster
    @hoffathemonster 6 лет назад +44

    G Rap one of the greatest as well as Nas

  • @shabazejaz3101
    @shabazejaz3101 8 лет назад +190

    Nas' first verse was insane "Poppin Cristal like it's my first child, lickin shots, holiday style, Rockin Steele sweaters, Wallabee down, Twenty-four carats, countin cabbage, like the arabs, The marriage of me and the mic is just like magic
    Elegant performance, bubble Lex full insurance
    Guzzlin Guinness shootin catchin cases concurrent" WTF

    • @Bleek17Six
      @Bleek17Six 7 лет назад +13

      Shabaz Ejaz
      🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

    • @nomibe2911
      @nomibe2911 6 лет назад +18

      Legend has it that Styles P got his name from that verse.

    • @Maal7432
      @Maal7432 6 лет назад +13

      This verse went way over most people’s heads. Nas is a lyrical legend.

    • @Gamingdoc
      @Gamingdoc 5 лет назад +4

      DAMNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN. I got the stank face right now.

    • @scania5552
      @scania5552 5 лет назад +3

      Nas is king of ny

  • @geraldclark2869
    @geraldclark2869 Год назад +41

    Lyrically one of the best to ever grace the mic. Kool G was the blueprint!!

  • @MrBrotherkeeper
    @MrBrotherkeeper 10 лет назад +21

    Nas in this track bring to us One of the Bests Verses in Hip Hop History. Period.

  • @HatianHurricane
    @HatianHurricane 7 лет назад +597

    TWO OF THE GREATEST LYRICIST EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PERIOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @jkolaWOLE
    @jkolaWOLE 9 лет назад +305

    i cant stop replaying the first verse, the rhyme scheme he used on that first verse is fucking incredible, kool g rap is a top 3 emcee dead or alive

    • @MrQuest321
      @MrQuest321 8 лет назад +7

      brooo I'm the same way. KOOL G's first verse is tooooo hot

    • @Bleek17Six
      @Bleek17Six 8 лет назад +8

      Dead ass his word play on that first verse was amazing bro ...

    • @MrQuest321
      @MrQuest321 8 лет назад +8

      That guy NAS isn't so bad either. :p When they start going back to back. Unstoppable!!!!

    • @jkolaWOLE
      @jkolaWOLE 8 лет назад +13

      you would think he kept repeating the same words over and over again because the rhyme scheme was so tight...

    • @Bleek17Six
      @Bleek17Six 8 лет назад +9

      +Joel Torres
      hell yeah @3:32-3:48 Nas Rhyme scheme was 🔥🔥🔥 as well

  • @antonhoffemeister941
    @antonhoffemeister941 3 года назад +33

    One of the best rap songs ever in my opinion

  • @josephsanders5308
    @josephsanders5308 8 лет назад +53

    NAS ONE OF THE GOATS

  • @raywoodfin1659
    @raywoodfin1659 6 лет назад +34

    Kool G Rap is the GOAT

  • @chrishasse1907
    @chrishasse1907 2 года назад +17

    MY 40 PLUS PEEPS STAND UP!! THIS IS 1OF THE GREATEST RAP SONGS OF ALL TIME!!

  • @anthonytorres7282
    @anthonytorres7282 4 года назад +44

    In a perfect world, g rap would be a member of the firm, and the firm drop more than 1 album.

    • @edg810
      @edg810 3 года назад +9

      In a perfect world we would've had a G Rap, Nas and Prodigy album with Dre, Havoc and Trackmasters on the beats

    • @LAZLOUFORIA1379
      @LAZLOUFORIA1379 3 года назад +6

      @@edg810 Fucking legendary maybe add DJ Premier to the list also

    • @essence600
      @essence600 3 года назад +2

      @@LAZLOUFORIA1379beat miners as well

  • @dmosill
    @dmosill 4 года назад +81

    "It's Nas 700 wives, King solomon size we on the rise me G Ghetto wise guys" Bars....

    • @Bleek17Six
      @Bleek17Six 4 года назад +10

      That was a heavy bar son 🔥🔥🔥 Son bodied that

    • @Passportmelanated
      @Passportmelanated 4 года назад +2

      dmosill facts

    • @Passportmelanated
      @Passportmelanated 4 года назад +7

      Elegant performance bubble Lex full insurance guzzling Guinness shooting catching cases concurrent🗣🎤

    • @sezeonerdagod
      @sezeonerdagod 3 года назад +1

      imagine saying jay z is better than nas. just off this song alone thats extremely false

    • @joshuawalker8585
      @joshuawalker8585 3 года назад

      f that g rap got this nas was falling alittle kool g was like ha got this

  • @K1NGCED
    @K1NGCED 8 лет назад +970

    My Good Taste in Music Brought Me Here

  • @asheman5240
    @asheman5240 Год назад +9

    Its amazing how Nas has stayed so true to hip hop .

  • @kflo01
    @kflo01 4 года назад +38

    "put more shells in your top than Adidas" God damn. Go ahead Kool G. One of the best verses of all-time. Kool G seems to rise to the occasion when on a track with other people. Listen to his verse in Symphony, old heads remember what I'm talking about.

  • @casperschmieckel5108
    @casperschmieckel5108 10 месяцев назад +7

    Nas went in, oh so differently, his first verse is actual magic

  • @Escobaz96
    @Escobaz96 5 лет назад +97

    "The cee low rollers, money folders, sipping bola, holding that payola, slinging the coke without the cola"

  • @user-ki1vd3ti8j
    @user-ki1vd3ti8j 7 месяцев назад +4

    Nas as a lyricists, never ceases to amaze me.

  • @markyoung3981
    @markyoung3981 5 лет назад +14

    This whole album was what the world needed...Classic Hip Hop

  • @dlb3131
    @dlb3131 4 года назад +26

    The song is a classic. The lyrical flow between kool G and Nas was sick 🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @SHAPRINS
    @SHAPRINS 4 года назад +33

    G Rap is so damn good at spittin, one of the best eva

  • @Strength860
    @Strength860 2 года назад +11

    One of the best HipHop songs of All Time

  • @judbakilam
    @judbakilam 8 лет назад +23

    mahn kool g's breath control is effin breathtaking, like literally.

  • @samgunz1
    @samgunz1 4 года назад +116

    This is beyond lyrical supremacy.. Incredible and legendary lyricists.. On a lighter note, that awkward dap in the beginning is funny af lol.. I wonder why they didn't do a retake lol

    • @LAZLOUFORIA1379
      @LAZLOUFORIA1379 3 года назад +13

      cause that's Hollywood and phony to them more real to show the flaws .

    • @jordanantonio6011
      @jordanantonio6011 2 года назад +4

      That whole intro was mad awkward lmao love it

    • @tognabologna8770
      @tognabologna8770 2 года назад +3

      First thing I noticed. Lol

    • @tylercouture216
      @tylercouture216 Год назад

      @@LAZLOUFORIA1379 yooooo why did i comment that same exact reason

    • @joselito10031
      @joselito10031 Год назад

      Totally

  • @NotoriousNYNJ
    @NotoriousNYNJ 8 лет назад +32

    This song gives me chills... G Rap is one of the goats... And Nas was coming of age here... His voice on the track alone gives me chills lol... If only we got more songs from these two... Teacher and student...

  • @damienhurt39
    @damienhurt39 2 года назад +16

    Kool G Rap is another dope legend in the game, this song is a classic especially with Nas being feature on it. They both were cold on the track. That's what I'm talking about Old School Hip Hop is the Best

  • @luiso.9103
    @luiso.9103 4 года назад +74

    I recorded this back in 95 from the radio on one of my moms tapes , and I still got it. Honestly ain’t nothing compared to the old school: I bought me a stereo / cd/ Bluetooth just so I can pop my old shit and read the inserts.
    That’s something youngsters are missing in life ...actually holding the album and reading about the producers, pictures and who wrote the song, and were they sampled it from !!

    • @shantbrie4065
      @shantbrie4065 4 года назад +4

      Preach!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • @edg810
      @edg810 3 года назад +3

      I still buy CDs whenever possible... I feel old! lol

    • @kitohhh
      @kitohhh 2 года назад +1

      What's the sample?? I swear it sounds like Surface - Closer Than Just Friends

    • @luiso.9103
      @luiso.9103 2 года назад +3

      @@kitohhh u hit on the mail,
      that’s who they sampled !

    • @MrDamonte
      @MrDamonte 2 года назад +1

      Talk Dat shit homie!!!

  • @NYC1370
    @NYC1370 8 лет назад +87

    G-Rap & Nas dope!!!

  • @raymondcarter8915
    @raymondcarter8915 7 лет назад +8

    "This year I got they name in my swears."
    Nas can say so much with so little.

  • @tyroneoverton4151
    @tyroneoverton4151 Год назад +12

    One of the most underrated lyrical masterpiece of all time.💯 "Let's Get It "

  • @marctezon2239
    @marctezon2239 3 года назад +7

    2 Of The Greatest Of All Time

  • @Cragmortis
    @Cragmortis Год назад +10

    Thank you MF DOOM for mentioning Kool G Rap in one of your songs.

  • @Illmatic662
    @Illmatic662 8 лет назад +167

    Kool G Rap and Nas, repping the best of Queens Music, such an awesome track especially the part when they're coming down the stairs, amazing Collabo.

    • @40lopezz
      @40lopezz 6 лет назад

      Facts

    • @markcowes4604
      @markcowes4604 5 лет назад

      40lopezz kool g rap 1

    • @40lopezz
      @40lopezz 5 лет назад +1

      @@markcowes4604 Kool g rap rakim big daddy Kane krs one my favorite back in the 80s

    • @ziggyhammons5499
      @ziggyhammons5499 5 лет назад +1

      Got got another campfire 😁 been RAY

  • @kincamell
    @kincamell 9 месяцев назад +2

    " I sat on Kool G Rap couch
    Drank Olde E 'til we coulda blacked out
    He pulled the track out, thinking 'bout what to rap 'bout
    Snappin' like Chrisean and Blueface
    Tradin' bars with the gods 'til they get the screwface"- Nas

  • @lifestraight
    @lifestraight 3 года назад +5

    4:51 Carlton Banks killin the hook!!!

  • @MrOMar1144
    @MrOMar1144 8 лет назад +77

    "Heat for foes, shoppin sprees with my fleet for clothes, in carribbean suites deep rippin beats wit flows"
    Nasty!

    • @ArMiNiSfUCkinRedicK
      @ArMiNiSfUCkinRedicK 5 лет назад +3

      Right out the slammer with the fame and glamor
      Cookin' up grams with Arm & Hammer supplyin' scramblers in Alabama

    • @robertemerson9109
      @robertemerson9109 5 лет назад

      Nasty Nas

    • @ogverbz8245
      @ogverbz8245 5 лет назад +2

      I always wished he would stay in these type of pockets longer he only gave you 4 to 8 bars like this and then he was just drift off somewhere else.

  • @fazo911
    @fazo911 7 лет назад +4

    Nas is my top 3 MC of all time.

  • @etukemmanuel4149
    @etukemmanuel4149 Год назад +9

    This is unarguably one of Nas best songs. It's cadence is like a flood of stories and literature. Up till Now Nas never disappoint.

  • @Benger2185
    @Benger2185 4 года назад +32

    Greatest era in the history of Hip Hop. This style could never be replicated, this shit a pipe dream for rappers #GoldenDays

  • @stevenguevara2184
    @stevenguevara2184 4 года назад +21

    I love the way he killed the 1st verse. No room for Nas to Beat him on his track.

  • @Yuvyhiphop1309
    @Yuvyhiphop1309 8 месяцев назад +4

    Kool g rap is criminaly underrated he influenced lot of rappers he deserves to be in top 10

    • @livelife7552
      @livelife7552 8 месяцев назад +1

      Facts especially dudes like big pun and Eminem. You hear this flow and word play in a lot of Eminem and puns rhyme’s.

  • @duncanpresly9429
    @duncanpresly9429 2 года назад +11

    This is the Greatest Classical Hit Of All time . Respect to these Legendary Artists .

  • @tdupe4348
    @tdupe4348 9 лет назад +774

    Man Kool G and Nas are my dudes, but how you gonna mess up the handshake at 0:11 and have the nerve to put it in the music video?!?! C'MON MAN!!!! HAHA!

    • @tonystarks6113
      @tonystarks6113 9 лет назад +239

      Because it looks authentic. Every solid nigga miss a handshake once in awhile.
      Shit was funny tho...

    • @mysterybat35
      @mysterybat35 9 лет назад +12

      Rotf I thought same thing

    • @akatsuki_silva
      @akatsuki_silva 9 лет назад +3

      word ahah 😵

    • @themaze45
      @themaze45 9 лет назад +13

      ha ha!!...take 2!!...lol...they shoulda redid that...the truest post on this vid tho lol...

    • @Triple6Phonk
      @Triple6Phonk 9 лет назад +4

      +T Dupe shit was real

  • @7thseatheg152
    @7thseatheg152 8 лет назад +93

    back when videos matched the vibe of the record...

  • @MrMuis06
    @MrMuis06 10 лет назад +15

    Kool g rap is the only rapper alive that has never said a wack rhyme in his life...

    • @furiousstyles7998
      @furiousstyles7998 5 лет назад

      Sitting in Reno with 2 fly Latinos is suspect

    • @t5.0ny
      @t5.0ny 4 года назад

      MrMuis06 ghostface Killah as well! Never disappoints!

  • @josephcanales-pb3ip
    @josephcanales-pb3ip 8 месяцев назад +3

    I can honestly say that G RAP had the best verses on this joint. Nas even admitted that. G RAP was a beast and not appreciated enough imo.

  • @bobbyduncan3201
    @bobbyduncan3201 4 года назад +24

    Im from Greensboro Nc 45 years old and Kool G is one of my top rappers ever a true beast listens.

    • @esilvs
      @esilvs 3 года назад +1

      Respect Gboro