People commenting about Lauryn Hill outrapping Nas on his own song need to understand that competition is not the goal when making music for the ages. The goal is to complement each other's contributions to the song. They did it perfectly, and that's including Hit Boy. I can't get enough, I love it.
@@raymorris8447 the point is to make it sound old dude. Why you think he used alot of old samples again. Nas already did the mainstream shit. Since lost tapes he been going back to the old school vibe well. Lauryn doesn't do much music anymore, why would you want her on a mainstream trash beat?
This line is so profound in 2021, can't keep shit from the future generations and try to hoard blessings in the process. Love is always unonditional and can't be contradicted! Big up to Nas and Lauryn Hill 🙏🏾🎆🤙🏾
Been saying it too! Lauryn's Verse on Nobody is THE Verse of tha Year! Hands down. Sorry Nas, Nicki y'all were contenders but this right here is on another Level!
Staci W. Honest 2 who im witcha on dat hearing her again with Lyrical Greatness on her verse it's fukn UNREAL how great of a MC she actually is just what I needed to hear these days to let us know Incase we forgot how good she is
This woman didn’t even sound like she was rapping I feel like she was reading us her thoughts she spoke so clearly and smooth I feel like we were simply listening on the thoughts in her head.. absolutely incredible
well she took it back. where mc (emcee) come from? came from poets aka spoken word artist who would talk real shit over jazz during the 60's. look up Gil Scott Heron. L Boogie took it back to the roots for us one time.
@IWalkAlone247 he hasnt been missing out. it was a lot of ratchet music back then. it just was not commonly played on the radio. we talkin about the era where Rump Shaker and Freaknic were a thing. Today is opposite. You want quality hip hop you have to search for it instead of turning into pop culture. Issa culture shift. And its been exploited since day 1 tbh
“They clearly didn’t understand when I said I get out apparently”, Ms. Lauryn is referencing her song “I Get Out” where she’s talking about leaving the industry and these socially constructed systems that have got people brainwashed. She didn’t want to be a part of that. So she’s now saying that “I guess y’all didn’t grasp what I was telling you” Long story short, Lauryn did her thang as per
The fact that the Unplugged album is a masterpiece and she gets ridiculed for that album is just another example of how backwards the 🌎 is. She is a all time great rapper, singer, actress and spoken word poet but barely gets talked about nowadays, smfh
Good catch. God I missed her though. I was not expecting THIS Lauryn Hill on this and I’m so here for it! In a nutshell though, she was wise beyond her years and probably smart to make her money and only come out for friends. I have to say though, I wished she stayed in the limelight because her talents are unmatched but she was smart.
@Micheal Bames Exactly 💯 how I feel about Nas, Lauren together on this is ridiculously unfair fight to everyone putting out hip hop today...Nas never left the game and only got better over the yrs in my opinion, Lauren together with him is bananas! Big ups to both of them 👏 for their positive influence on my life,every other fan since I was a kid back in early 90's 🔥 👨🚒 🧯
Nas is a genius at letting the track breath and picking his spots to rap on beats...... he's great at not overcrowding his verses and his flow is pure...... This guy is truly one of the greatest artist/creators ever
@@joshdaboss2365 nah they both didn't went that hard but if i had to judge the verse , lauryn did it. Nas don't need to improvise the flow and i wish he could constantly rap at the end of his verse without stopping.
Nas voice alone gives me that feeling that everything's gonna be alright. Like watching an episode of Martin, or Fresh Prince. Very calming. This record is fire
@@mlungisigcabashe2674 I said, "And Lauryn too." And besides, there's nothing wrong with giving someone so special flowers twice or more than once, valentines day is every year, a Nas album is once in a blue Moon and the knowledge is timeless!
"Now let me give it to you balanced and with clarity I don’t need to turn myself into a parody I don’t- I don’t do the shit you do for popularity" -- Ms. Lauryn Hill
@@lifestraight disagree about I AM I love that album think it’s a classic Ghetto Prisoners,Nas is like,We Survive,the joint with Aaliyah etc.Nastradamus i agree with you
@@upnaboverecords1101 I was thinking the same thing ,she has done some collabs and tours but family, tax evation, record label politics , appealing to a new younger market, life in general who knows. She has the experience, wisdom , voice that is needed especially during theses times.
"If I'm a messenger, you block me then you block the message, so aggressive the world you made is what you're left with, pride and ego over love and truth is f*cking reckless"- Queen Lauryn Hill👑 💯🙏🏽🎤🔥
She just a different kind of woman. That verse on this song could destroy whole albums by some of the female Rappers/Mcs out now. I wish she would drop one more album.
Didn’t realize how malnourished hip hop was until I got this healthy plate of vegetables. Listened to this song 5xs and then purchased the album. Love it!
@Trent Yates, respectfully the sentiment behind those bars didn't require fire (at least not the kind you're thinking of) these cats ouchea respect the fumes of heat she spit loooong ago, (how many of us went right to that track1st because we heard she was on it) lol, she referenced neo in the matrix, because once he figured it out and realized who he was there was no more struggle, (look how he handled mr smith (s) in the end, EZ work, lauren is so dope that when she was doing all that rapping/singing....guitar playing, nobody noticed, nobody tried to name it or put her in a special catagory.....we just called it lauren.....Ms Hill respectfully.
Ms. Hill!! Man if she came back with a new album all of these so called female rappers today would be scared. She is pure raw talent no silicone, no filters needed baby!!! "My awareness like Keanu in the Matrix, I'm saving souls and yawll complaining about my lateness" WHAAT!!
Lauryn's verse is exactly the way I feel right now. I'm jobless, I'm the hardest worker, I always let everyone go before me, yet I still don't give up on myself.
NEVER give up on yourself! Ever. Keep feeding your mind, heart, & Spirit. Surround yourself with ppl that truly care about you + celebrate + encourage you. I pray you all Jah’s best Blessings find you soon. BELIEVE. 🙏🏾🕊
@@MrJunedolla I did listen carefully. You must have never heard her unplugged album. Lauryn been on this type of content and flow. Go listen to her unplugged album.
Lauryn Hill is on an entirely different level and always has been with these female MC's. She is the G.O.A.T (period) and lyrically untouchable. Preach to us Queen Lauryn!!
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Tears came to my eyes just hearing Lauryn rhyme!! Even though her and Nas are probably like siblings, I bet Nas had to request, persuade, convince, probably cajole and then pray to God that she agrees to rhyme on his album. Glasper, Jean, take that!!!!
“All my time is spent focused on my freedom now, why would I join them when I know that I can beat them now, they put they words on me and they can eat them now”. Lauryn snapped #relate #salute
Kinda gives you a small peek into what she went through after she disappeared…and makes you wonder if there are particular people she’s talking about when she talks about they/them
Nas never disappoints, ever. So glad to hear some authentic hip hop music again. Makes my heart glad. Lauryn Hill absolutely killed it! Hip hop is still not dead.
Nasir Jones just when I thought no album would top the Grammy award winning KD 1 well guess I was so wrong he and Ms Hill killed this track album is 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Lauryn Hill isn't to be cancelled out. Her lyrics has made me realise that this world is a messy place, and when you're living in your greatness and in freedom, they would rather want you to live miserably like the do. "I'm saving souls and you're complaining about my lateness..
Did you catch that line when she said y'all didn't listen when I said I GET OUT.. she has a song called I get out speaking on getting out the music industry and not selling her soul
@@iTinkThere4iAM I fail to understand if humanity is just messed up generally or it's the internet age that just brought all up..? Coz this joint speaks into it..
I keep listening to this🔥🔥🔥!!! I came across this during the summer 2024 and it's been on rotation since!! The soundtrack of my life 2024! NAS came off with this one! Lauryn left NO room for Miseducation!!!💯💎✨️
This joint almost put me in tears. This is that Ol Skool Hip-Hop that the industry is missing, on top of that a collabo with NAS and LAURYN!!!! I miss this kinda sound.
I've missed it the moment people started wearing skinny jeans, and O.G.'s, Thugs, Hustlers, Slangers, and the Grinders we're nowhere to be found. straights early 90's. Stutter reminded me of the Fugees the Score album
Ms Hill you filled the void! hearing you rap made me realize how there hasn't been a replacement since you stopped so many years ago I hope there's a new rap album coming from you most definitely that's going to be monumental CLASSic and Nas is Nas all the time respect half man half amazing
When you hear Lauryn and Nas together, you know that the musical masterpiece is definitely intellectually edible, eat well, so you can tell people what forever food taste like.🙏🏿💪🏿🙏🏿
“All my time has had been focused on my freedom now Why would I join them when I know that I can beat em now? They put their words on me, but they can eat em now!” Yass Lauryn!!💚
"Let me give it you balance it with clarity, I don't need to turn myself into a parody, I don't do the 💩 you do for popularity.." Dropping those nuggets Ms. Lauryn Hill.
It's been 25 Years since 'IF I RULED THE WORLD' came out. It's great to hear Nas & Lauryn on a track together again. This was definitely worth the wait. ✊🏿🤎
When It Was Written dropped in ‘96, my friends and I drove to the Tacoma mall to pick it up, and played “If I Ruled the World” on repeat the entire way back. This song brings me back to that; to better times.
We 80s/90s babies are truly the lucky ones. The artists of our times actually cared about uplifting our soul spirit and mind. And continue to do so. 'New music' can make all the millions they like no hate cz it's their generation. But I feel a deeper appreciation for this kinda music. It just hits differently.❤️🤝🏽🇿🇦
nostalgia is the worst drug, makes y'all blind to the beauty present all around while you're being left behind, dreaming of your gilded past. you're here listening to new music touching your soul and all you can think about is how good it "used" to be. it's good now, too. you just can't see it.
“I’m saving souls all they can see is my lateness.” -Ms. Lauryn Hill
What!🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🆙💯✊⭐️🌹
She killed it
That part right there!💯💪🏾💪🏾
Its yall complaining bout my lateness
soooooo good.
People commenting about Lauryn Hill outrapping Nas on his own song need to understand that competition is not the goal when making music for the ages. The goal is to complement each other's contributions to the song. They did it perfectly, and that's including Hit Boy.
I can't get enough, I love it.
You right fam everything a competition nowadays people can’t even enjoy good music
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She out-rapped him and that's fine.😅
U the only one mentioning it
I haven't seen anyone say anything that stupid. She went in but I won't go that far.
Love the old school vibe of this. Can't go wrong with Nas and Lauryn on the same track 🔥
in 2021 you can. This shit sounds dated af. "Im bout to make some delta blues" ass song...
Summer Knights Vibes 🔥
@@raymorris8447 the point is to make it sound old dude. Why you think he used alot of old samples again. Nas already did the mainstream shit. Since lost tapes he been going back to the old school vibe well. Lauryn doesn't do much music anymore, why would you want her on a mainstream trash beat?
@@raymorris8447 Even Lauryn Spits in her verse "she don't need to do what you do for popularity.". That says it all.
Nope you can't
Amazing how Ms Education can take 10 years off and come back still spitting a LEGENDARY verse. GOAT.
Facts
You got that right 💯
She must keep sharpen her skills on a regular basis
She never quit
Yeah I can't believe it. What's even more impactful, the 25th anniversary of The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill already hit this year.
"The ditch you dig for them, you might just end up in yourself" Ooooohhhhhweeeeee, Back like she NEVER left! Lauryn the Great!!
....the greatest
Psalm 141:10 all day
Everyone is focus on the lateness line, but this line here!!! This the line, especially with the state of music now.
This line is so profound in 2021, can't keep shit from the future generations and try to hoard blessings in the process. Love is always unonditional and can't be contradicted! Big up to Nas and Lauryn Hill 🙏🏾🎆🤙🏾
It's Ms. Hill, sir
Lauryn Hill has the verse of the year on this song, I felt her every word spoken.
Been saying it too! Lauryn's Verse on Nobody is THE Verse of tha Year! Hands down. Sorry Nas, Nicki y'all were contenders but this right here is on another Level!
I agree ☝️
It’s soo fucking good man I just keep rewinding
I feel the same...Her verse is like church/a testimony. 100%
Somebody...knows who The Fuck They are...lol and kekeke
We are just lucky that Nas is still rapping and can’t thank him enough for bringing out Lauryn Hill.
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Lauryn should return as a rapper again! R&B won't support her anymore but hip hop always will!!
@@jesusisking120 wtf are you even talking about
@@jesusisking120 Yeah when you write one of the greatest albums of all time at age 17, all of your other work tend to not live up to it.
Lauryn Hill got me teary eyed over here, her verse speaks volumes. Nas, thank you for all 3 of the King's Disease albums and thank you Lauryn Hill.
Amen!
Hard out Thank you
Think yall need to toughen up
Facts man, I rerun and rerun her verse over and over
It's good to hear Ms. Hill rapping again. She does not disappoint.
Never; Nas is so blessed to have her on the album because she is very selective about who she works with. ❤
@@susansusan138 Bless to see both of them live at the same time a few years back.
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Exactly!! Keep listening over, and over. 🔥🔥🔥🔥❤❤
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When you don’t follow the latest trend, you always stay in style. That’s what this track exemplifies.
FACTS!!!
Well put sista.
You spoke fire barz
great one! I'll remember it.
Trill Spill Sista
When I heard Lauryn’s verse I teared up, I didn’t realize how much I missed her rappin. ✊🏽💜✊🏽💜✊🏽
Man... The queen 👑 of rap 🎵 and it's our bday today 🎊
Ryght!
That’s crazy
We felt that same spirit,,,I was tearing up too..
Staci W. Honest 2 who im witcha on dat hearing her again with Lyrical Greatness on her verse it's fukn UNREAL how great of a MC she actually is just what I needed to hear these days to let us know Incase we forgot how good she is
This woman didn’t even sound like she was rapping I feel like she was reading us her thoughts she spoke so clearly and smooth I feel like we were simply listening on the thoughts in her head.. absolutely incredible
Well put 🙏🏿
@IWalkAlone247 what makes you feel like I missed out though
well she took it back. where mc (emcee) come from? came from poets aka spoken word artist who would talk real shit over jazz during the 60's. look up Gil Scott Heron. L Boogie took it back to the roots for us one time.
You said it
@IWalkAlone247 he hasnt been missing out. it was a lot of ratchet music back then. it just was not commonly played on the radio. we talkin about the era where Rump Shaker and Freaknic were a thing. Today is opposite. You want quality hip hop you have to search for it instead of turning into pop culture. Issa culture shift. And its been exploited since day 1 tbh
No tweaking voices. No overdone and overused huh's after every line. Just straight meaningful lyrics and Hitboy... Classic
And I’m loving it
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Huh!
“They clearly didn’t understand when I said I get out apparently”, Ms. Lauryn is referencing her song “I Get Out” where she’s talking about leaving the industry and these socially constructed systems that have got people brainwashed. She didn’t want to be a part of that. So she’s now saying that “I guess y’all didn’t grasp what I was telling you”
Long story short, Lauryn did her thang as per
Networth, she bodied it with the truth yell
The fact that the Unplugged album is a masterpiece and she gets ridiculed for that album is just another example of how backwards the 🌎 is. She is a all time great rapper, singer, actress and spoken word poet but barely gets talked about nowadays, smfh
we clocked the same thing. she didn't want to be a part of it.
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The Throne That She Is Speaks For Itself.🌿⚜⚘
#WatchHerThrone @laurynhill
Good catch. God I missed her though. I was not expecting THIS Lauryn Hill on this and I’m so here for it! In a nutshell though, she was wise beyond her years and probably smart to make her money and only come out for friends. I have to say though, I wished she stayed in the limelight because her talents are unmatched but she was smart.
"Don't let the palm trees fool you nigga be safe" for real man... Holy fuck.
This line Reminds me of LA frfr
@@bigharp0949that’s cos it is about la
@@bigharp0949cos it’s about LA
For real
I dead ass smiled hard as fuck and made the ugly face while Lauryn was spittin’, Thank you Nasir Jones!
I hit that Chris Rock mug lmao shit too hard
Me too 😭
Same bruh 😭🤘
Same here bruh. LOVE THIS❗❗
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Radio worthy, refreshing, no Guns, no death, no dissing, my people. Fucking love it
She cussed.
Facts
Put down one to lift one is not a talent like fools being born every day
A comment after my own heart... Love this and Thank you for it and its Truth!!!
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It's such a joy hearing Lauryn like she never lost a beat. She still sounds like she's in her prime. So grateful she did this
Facts!! It's like she was frozen in time...
Absolutely... takes me back to the '90s 🥰
Queens Never Wilt..... 🔥
Talent like hers never fades.
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Lauren Hill is the mountain that can't be climbed. NAS is the linguist that can't be spoke
Sounds like a revival of authentic hip hop, something that has been missing. Thank you Nas and Ms. Lauryn Hill for the reminder.
Killin it son
Pure nostalgia
@@zaigrice2719 yes
@@MrTee12 it is. May be the first hiphop album I purchase in a very long time.
I feel like the wave is coming...
Nas is the only artist alive that can make a song recorded in 2021 feel like a 90’s classic smh the Unappreciated GOAT
Oh, I got a few that'll take you back to *'95.* My entire style is that classic 90s sound🎧🎤🎶🔥
@Micheal Bames Exactly 💯 how I feel about Nas, Lauren together on this is ridiculously unfair fight to everyone putting out hip hop today...Nas never left the game and only got better over the yrs in my opinion, Lauren together with him is bananas! Big ups to both of them 👏 for their positive influence on my life,every other fan since I was a kid back in early 90's 🔥 👨🚒 🧯
I mean he's got it, but definitely not the only one. That's pretty disrespectful to others out there
Only?
Well maybe not the only, but who active longer AND do it better than Nas?
Nas is a genius at letting the track breath and picking his spots to rap on beats...... he's great at not overcrowding his verses and his flow is pure...... This guy is truly one of the greatest artist/creators ever
Endorsed.☑📝
Fax
Great analogy youngin
@@nikzawi8696 cosigned
Top 5 dead or alive. Gods son
Verse of Lauren Hill is unreal. Might be the best i ever heard...
Lets have a funeral for this song because Lauren Hill killed it.
Lauryn killed Nas on his own shit
@@joshdaboss2365 nah they both didn't went that hard but if i had to judge the verse , lauryn did it. Nas don't need to improvise the flow and i wish he could constantly rap at the end of his verse without stopping.
Did her fucking thing!!!!!
Omg lol
I'm so sad Lauryn didn't release another album after Miseducation. She's the absolute queen of hip hop, the best female MC.
Lauryn killed it but I'm amazed at how people sleep on Nas first verse. That verse is beautiful.
He still got that flow
Not me I was popping. I couldn't over it!
Word!!
Nas snapped but to hear Lauryn, he got overshadowed because we missed her.
@@moeweezy7536 Amen bro, it felt so good hearing L-Boogie again
"And if you're wrong and you're too proud to hear correction, walk into the hole you dug yourself, fuck a projection"
-Ms. Lauryn Hill
I needed to hear this today. Thankful for hip hop always humbling me 🙏
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That part...
No, frfr...
The yz1 Morpheus Processing
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The yz1 Morpheus Burned
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Nas and Lauryn are a breath of fresh air.
Nas voice alone gives me that feeling that everything's gonna be alright. Like watching an episode of Martin, or Fresh Prince. Very calming. This record is fire
Yessss 🔥🔥🔥
Owww I know what you mean.
Some it up in one word
EPIC
Crazy
Big fax💯
Give Nas his flowers while he's living. And Lauryn too, what a combination of minds on the same song, lovely.
Nas and jay z have already been given their flowers...
Yessir what a combination! Dont get no better. Dis what the world NEEED
@@mlungisigcabashe2674 I said, "And Lauryn too." And besides, there's nothing wrong with giving someone so special flowers twice or more than once, valentines day is every year, a Nas album is once in a blue Moon and the knowledge is timeless!
@@mlungisigcabashe2674 people still sleep on Nas
im a way better rapper than nas
Missed her Voice so much
Me too, crazy how therapeutic our voices can be to someone
It’s so surreal to hear her voice on this track .
So cool she does it so effortlessly
Right!?
She disappeared because she's racist trash and told white people not to buy her music....and it was mostly white people who loved her music.
Nas using words like esoteric teaching me my own language and the other mumble rappers deleting my brain cells not even using words. Nas the GOAT 🐐👑
Facts tho. That’s the art of it.
"Now let me give it to you balanced and with clarity I don’t need to turn myself into a parody I don’t- I don’t do the shit you do for popularity" -- Ms. Lauryn Hill
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FIRE.
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Lauryn Hill still sounds amazing! Love the old school vibe of this song.
I agree....but I think nas wrote that verse
Oh it’s never old, it cannot be old when it makes u alive, high!!
@@MrJunedolla u most be delusional if you think Miss Hill never wrote that verse
@@MrJunedolla damn don't be a hater lol give Lauren credit when it's due 💪🔥🔥
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Not old school nor new school but rather timeless music.
Perfectly said!!
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Nicolay and Phonte type jont
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Ya Heard Me !!!! Huh ?!?
"My awareness like Keanu in the Matrix" Just that line alone... She killed it!!! 💯
iIt really isn't possible for Nas to not make a classic. his discography really underrated.
I appreciate your comment, and if I can add to it I’d say under appreciated.
Salute The Legend, The god MC Nas.
I Am and Nastradamus aren't classics but I feel you.
@@lifestraight glad you said it lol
@@lifestraight disagree about I AM I love that album think it’s a classic Ghetto Prisoners,Nas is like,We Survive,the joint with Aaliyah etc.Nastradamus i agree with you
Lets all be honest he got a grammy for his second worse album in his catalog
Thats saying a lot.
To hear Nas and Lauryn Hill on a track in 2021 is unreal and a gift.
@@upnaboverecords1101 can you explain
@@injoyinmyself2018 in sense of such song being released in 2021 ...
@@upnaboverecords1101 aah , I'm with you🙏
@@injoyinmyself2018 i wonder why lauryn has never released another album
@@upnaboverecords1101 I was thinking the same thing ,she has done some collabs and tours but family, tax evation, record label politics , appealing to a new younger market, life in general who knows.
She has the experience, wisdom , voice that is needed especially during theses times.
Bro this Lauryn Hill verse is just unbelievable,my lady really came through.
She's still ahead
U remember when Nas did the song on Streets Disciple with the altered female voice. I never realized how similar the voices r. LAURYN go on & return
She's Lauryn Hill duhhhhh
@@tevphillips1983 nah that was nas. Aka scarlet
Lauryn Hill doesn’t even have to do shows. Her music is timeless
It’s like a breath of fresh air to hear authentic rap back. Hitboy meshes with nas so smoothly
They don't want us to have that jazz flavor..it keeps us on a higher vibrating level.. Heaven
Facts
"If I'm a messenger, you block me then you block the message, so aggressive the world you made is what you're left with, pride and ego over love and truth is f*cking reckless"- Queen Lauryn Hill👑 💯🙏🏽🎤🔥
She just a different kind of woman. That verse on this song could destroy whole albums by some of the female Rappers/Mcs out now. I wish she would drop one more album.
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@@shottashabazz6721 its Definitely the Baddest Verse of the Year!
Every word!
“I don’t need to turn myself into a parody” such truth spoken here, so many artists these days have become just that.
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Like THE GAME
Peep game: It was all predicted and planned. Go back and watch the movie Brown Sugar with the HipHop Dalmatians 👀
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*coughs* Plies
Lauryn hill is the greatest female emcee of all time and one of the greatest emcees period.
I don't know about that. Lady of Rage be killing it.
Both teams greatest
Lauryn Hill's verse is what fortune cookies would be if they we're written by wise black leaders.
Exactly!!!
BARS!!!
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i love what you said
Didn’t realize how malnourished hip hop was until I got this healthy plate of vegetables. Listened to this song 5xs and then purchased the album. Love it!
Filled me ALL THE WAY UP!!!
Where did you get the album from I'm looking now
Yo!straight facts !Nasir reigns suprême !
This!!!!
I can’t believe im hearing Lauryn hill spit verses right now in 2021!!!! I’m in absolute Heaven right now
Lauryn is the coldest female MC to touch a mic EVER!! This is not up for debate. Cold hard facts 💯
100% agree. Her lyrics have real meaning and she makes it sound so cold while sharing a message and inspiring people.
100% she da queen of dis ish
I always suspected she was transgender like the rest though. It doesn't matter but this is why she good I think. I could be wrong. I'm prolly not.
@@Victor.Spoils STFU!!!
She’s all woman!! She was even pregnant in her Doo Wop video.
It is debatable tho
This song hold so much more weight now that in a different more mature mindset,Lauryn Hill was really spittin real game
I could listen to Nas and Lauryn all day! Hip Hop is NOT dead! Bring back real lyricists!
im better than them in my music
They need the next Colab LP!! 🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊 🍾🍾🍾🍾🍾🥂🥂
Do you think hip hop was dead when Nas was pushing that slogan during that time
Man hearing Lauryn Hill and Nas back gives me chills!
The King and Queen are back!
Lmao said nobody ever
They both have top 5 albums of all time
@@SteezysWorld Just say you don't know music without saying you don't know music.
So good to hear Nas and lauryn hill again. Especially lauryn, she still got it till this day. Real hiphop 4life!
Lauryn is the best female rapper of all time. It would be good if she released another album
What's sorely been missing in the game
She really don’t tho
Nas just dropped a grammy winning album?
@Trent Yates, respectfully the sentiment behind those bars didn't require fire (at least not the kind you're thinking of) these cats ouchea respect the fumes of heat she spit loooong ago, (how many of us went right to that track1st because we heard she was on it) lol, she referenced neo in the matrix, because once he figured it out and realized who he was there was no more struggle, (look how he handled mr smith (s) in the end, EZ work, lauren is so dope that when she was doing all that rapping/singing....guitar playing, nobody noticed, nobody tried to name it or put her in a special catagory.....we just called it lauren.....Ms Hill respectfully.
Lauryn’s verse is one of the dopest I’ve heard since the 90’s, hits harder each time I hear it.
25 years ago Lauryn singing the hook on the Nas track, 25 years later she Killing a Nas track. 🔥
She’s not tho
Yo Ms hill is chill and ill
8th grade. Now age 40. God bless hip hop ❤
"I'm in a secret place, I keep a sacred space. They keep showing their hands but keep hiding their face" Damn miss Lauryn Hill 🔥🙌🏾
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🧘🏾♀️ 🙏🏾❤️🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
🎤🎤🎤🔥🔥🔥💯💯💯
Ms. Hill!! Man if she came back with a new album all of these so called female rappers today would be scared. She is pure raw talent no silicone, no filters needed baby!!!
"My awareness like Keanu in the Matrix, I'm saving souls and yawll complaining about my lateness" WHAAT!!
Real Talk 💯💯💯💯💯
Lauryn's name alone scares these nontalented chicks and she'll address them respectfully
Crazyyyy!
FACTS.💯
She do be extra late tho
she went off !!!!!!!!!!!!
She sure did!
I legit enjoyed it more than nas verse.
Lauryn spoke her piece on this track. Instant classic. This is deep they are spitting knowledge.
Lauren Hill, Nas, and Andre 3000 are at the top when it comes to delivering verses that are meaningful.
Add Guru to that list.
Don’t forget about common!
Add Cole (sometimes)
I agree those three made songs that made your soul & mind vibe
3 stacks 🙏🏿🙏🏿
Lauryn's verse is exactly the way I feel right now. I'm jobless, I'm the hardest worker, I always let everyone go before me, yet I still don't give up on myself.
Sending you positive vibes. I hope you find a good job soon. I used to let everyone go before me too but it's over.
All blessings are for YOU.......but serve yourself first, so you can FEED others...
Hoping you get that breakthrough soon & very soon! PS Itoo know that feeling.
Sending love
NEVER give up on yourself! Ever. Keep feeding your mind, heart, & Spirit. Surround yourself with ppl that truly care about you + celebrate + encourage you. I pray you all Jah’s best Blessings find you soon. BELIEVE. 🙏🏾🕊
What a dynamic duo...Nas and Lauren murdered the track, this is on another level.
Another one for the history books. GOAT
Fr. At least he drops his albums on time unlike Kanye lol
All the features went hard bro fr! That em one tho man 🐐🐐🐐🐐
Lmfao bet you won’t hear it get one spin 😭
After hearing this...I sat in silence and imagined how culturally explosive a Nas and Lauryn joint album would be! 🙏👑👑
Bro. Facts
Facts
It's OVER
I've been playing the lottery JUST to fund that for the past 2 years 🤘🏾🤣. I'd pay millions
Need it
Lauryn Hills verse about the industry, is ridiculous. She is super talented 👏
pretty sure it's about society and not just the industry
Damn all we need is just a second album
@@CuspOfTheFlame those first four or five lines were definitely about what she went through in the industry.
Her verse has a strong message about the music industry.
This is why Lauryn Hill is the greatest female rapper of all time
It’s Nicki but I love lauryn💯
This felt like a breath of fresh air. Hearing Lauryn Hill gave me chills. She’s a vessel for such a divine message
so true
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She is but I strongly think nas wrote that verse for her... Listen 👂 to it carefully
@@MrJunedolla I did listen carefully. You must have never heard her unplugged album. Lauryn been on this type of content and flow. Go listen to her unplugged album.
Miss Hill is an Icon that cannot be Duplicated because the Mold is Broken. Miseducation Album is a Classic forever! Much 💘 to you Miss Hill!
Lauryn Hill is on an entirely different level and always has been with these female MC's. She is the G.O.A.T (period) and lyrically untouchable. Preach to us Queen Lauryn!!
She touched my soul so many times. True street poet, wonderful human being, untouchable artist ❤ Greetings from Serbia.
"I'm saving souls and y'all complain about my lateness" --- FIRE!!!! Yes, Lauryn, tell 'em.
Garbage
PURE FIRE🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Nah, she's disrespectful with people's time
@@sparktabor9644 Say IT!!!!
@@sparktabor9644 Is this the only reason why you're here? You saw her name being featured with Nas so you commented just to make this statement. lol
Rap is a culture.....this is a true culture. Big ups Nas n Lauryn
my music got more culture than them
Not Rap, Hip Hop. This is true Hip Hop.
👀👀👀👀2:36 DAT PART FLAME 🔥 EM UP ⬆️
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New artist alert 🚨
New York City drill music
#MAGAZINEWATTS STAND UP ⬆️
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I feel like this album is bringing all the old school rap fans together
Couldn't come at a better time for me.
We’ve been parched. Nas gave us a bubbler, a watering hole to congregate at and quench our thirst. 🙌🏾
HipHop. We used to do it out in the park!
Something about playing this song late at night by yourself or with people you care about along the ocean coast line is so serene
I fuckin feel you, first time I heard this was in Miami out in my condo, the feeling was indescribable
This beat smells like NY. ❤️ Hearing Lauryn on here was a dream for me! ❤️
Smells like NY that's nice sis I love it. I can smell NY through your comment 😊✊🏾🗽🚉💸💸
🕓 🖤🖤 #L_BOOGiE 🖤🖤
This is great! HipHop is not DEAD
I can't stop listening to this track message
@@professordrew5140 It’s definitely not! 😀
Tears came to my eyes just hearing Lauryn rhyme!! Even though her and Nas are probably like siblings, I bet Nas had to request, persuade, convince, probably cajole and then pray to God that she agrees to rhyme on his album.
Glasper, Jean, take that!!!!
Bruuuuuh stop it. I was holding back
I got tears too! 🥺
LOL WORRD!
"Now it's illegal for someone to walk in their own greatness"
Nas you messy for droppin this Jewel on us 💐
Yes!
Aww man yess u mirrored my thoughts!!
nas is garbage my music 40x better
@@inactiveuser13275 bols boy
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“All my time is spent focused on my freedom now, why would I join them when I know that I can beat them now, they put they words on me and they can eat them now”. Lauryn snapped #relate #salute
That's hard a line. The whole entire verse is fire
Kinda gives you a small peek into what she went through after she disappeared…and makes you wonder if there are particular people she’s talking about when she talks about they/them
@@IRONKING-en6cx
You may not have heard her unplugged album, but it’s excellent.
@@bluetinsel7099 I haven’t. Gonna check it out today. Thanks 😊
This feeds my soul like only real hip hop does….
This gives 90`s and I'm so here for it
Anybody that doesn't love this probably a new breed rap music lover...every 90s guys will love this
@@bolajiaiyegboyin3579 I like the new NY Pop Smoke's "wave" he helped lay out is dope but I dig this!!🔥
Come on nowwww
Agreed, but this is just good music without need of an era. This is good in whatever era you place it in. Real music.
Nas never disappoints, ever. So glad to hear some authentic hip hop music again. Makes my heart glad. Lauryn Hill absolutely killed it! Hip hop is still not dead.
Hip hop always makes our heart beat different. Open up our minds, and see how far we have come as black people💪🏽👑👑
Nasir Jones just when I thought no album would top the Grammy award winning KD 1 well guess I was so wrong he and Ms Hill killed this track album is 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
People keep saying that phrase are the ones trying to kill Hip Hop. There is enough of this type of hip hop out here.
THE GOAT
Yesss
“I don’t need to turn myself into a parody, I don’t I don't do the things you do for popularity” 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
That part though❤️❤️❤️
"/the world can see it's own reflection/and the anointed can seek their own direction/"
That part especially the "i don't i don't" part makes me flip. Wooo that one is ill 😮
Lauryn Hill's only sin is not blessing the earth enough with her spoken genius.
Ooooow, whoo
As an introvert and loner, this song speaks to my soul.
Lauren addressed everything and everyone..all the rumors are cleared up here..🙏🏿...BLESSINGS TO U MISS HILL IN YOUR JOURNEY
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Omg!!! Am I the only one in tears!!!! I can't believe Lauryn Hill is on this track!!!
Mind Blown! But The legendary Queen in this Genre has Returned... 🔥
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Me too!!! 🥺
This man is a pure fucking genius. Golden Era vibes.... Lauryn with bars.... Love it!
Lmao a washed up genius
Nas album 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Lauryn's verse is unreal. Total different class to what we get nowadays 🙏 nas brought that verse out of her! ❤ 🔥
She does not disappoint.
Check out nas & lauren track called!! It wasn’t you!
Neeeeeever!!💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾
This is a lyrical masterpiece. The beat is soulful and so chill. I love it
No she doesn't she fire🔥🔥
Nope never
Lauryn Hill isn't to be cancelled out. Her lyrics has made me realise that this world is a messy place, and when you're living in your greatness and in freedom, they would rather want you to live miserably like the do. "I'm saving souls and you're complaining about my lateness..
🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯
Did you catch that line when she said y'all didn't listen when I said I GET OUT.. she has a song called I get out speaking on getting out the music industry and not selling her soul
@@iTinkThere4iAM oh shit, Then she goes right ahead to say that her awareness is like Keanu in the matrix. She saw it coming.
@@iTinkThere4iAM I fail to understand if humanity is just messed up generally or it's the internet age that just brought all up..? Coz this joint speaks into it..
@@pheliques3806 exactly man she is so Majestic is crazy
Lauryn Hill is such a great emcee. props!
Was*
@@SteezysWorld Is
I keep listening to this🔥🔥🔥!!! I came across this during the summer 2024 and it's been on rotation since!! The soundtrack of my life 2024! NAS came off with this one! Lauryn left NO room for Miseducation!!!💯💎✨️
This joint almost put me in tears. This is that Ol Skool Hip-Hop that the industry is missing, on top of that a collabo with NAS and LAURYN!!!! I miss this kinda sound.
Same here
Hell yeah 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
This put my mind body and soul back in alignment.
I've missed it the moment people started wearing skinny jeans, and O.G.'s, Thugs, Hustlers, Slangers, and the Grinders we're nowhere to be found. straights early 90's. Stutter reminded me of the Fugees the Score album
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Ms Hill you filled the void! hearing you rap made me realize how there hasn't been a replacement since you stopped so many years ago I hope there's a new rap album coming from you most definitely that's going to be monumental CLASSic and Nas is Nas all the time respect half man half amazing
You can never replace Lauryn, but many walk among us in her likeness. Sa-Roc is one of them.
@@stitchsaintpoppington There will not be another Miss Hill Ever! NOPE!
Facts 💯
@Ace Live...listen to Rapsody...she filled the void for me...IJS
Drake filled her lane. The singing is worse; and so is the integrity. But other than that, he checks the other boxes.
*Takes me right back to the 90s, I love it*
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Yup
I love that. When a album or a song is new but gives you that feel of 90s or 80s. For whatever genre
That instrumental pause after Ms Lauryn’s verse was mandatory!
This is what Rakim meant when he said C.L.A.S.S.I.C.
When ya flow stay submerged in the fountain of youth. Timeless...
That's a dope track!
Age don't count in the booth.
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Lauryn hill is so prophetic, she come through with a word right on time ⏰
Yessssss!!!!
Long as you LISTENED to the message you heard, or HEARD the message you listened to, sis. 🙏
When you hear Lauryn and Nas together, you know that the musical masterpiece is definitely intellectually edible, eat well, so you can tell people what forever food taste like.🙏🏿💪🏿🙏🏿
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Is Ben dover your real name?
There is this guy on youtube that messes with scammers.. His fake name he uses is Ben dover. (Bend over)
Yeeeeesssss!
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“All my time has had been focused on my freedom now
Why would I join them when I know that I can beat em now?
They put their words on me, but they can eat em now!” Yass Lauryn!!💚
"Let me give it you balance it with clarity, I don't need to turn myself into a parody, I don't do the 💩 you do for popularity.." Dropping those nuggets Ms. Lauryn Hill.
It's 2021 and Nas and Lauryn Hill are still blessing us with classics. Humanity still has hope.
!!!
Lol 😆we definitely got hope gij,j=0
Classic? Lmao definitely not a classic they both washed up
Nas just won a Grammy for his last album. I feel you not liking the sound but washed up seems a bit far.
Hip hop will always be good for the soul🔥🔥🔥🔥✍🏽✍🏽✍🏽✍🏽
It's been 25 Years since 'IF I RULED THE WORLD' came out. It's great to hear Nas & Lauryn on a track together again. This was definitely worth the wait. ✊🏿🤎
This they third track together. Legendary pairing!
Legendary duo
Wow
When It Was Written dropped in ‘96, my friends and I drove to the Tacoma mall to pick it up, and played “If I Ruled the World” on repeat the entire way back. This song brings me back to that; to better times.
The yz1 Morpheus Processing
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We 80s/90s babies are truly the lucky ones. The artists of our times actually cared about uplifting our soul spirit and mind. And continue to do so. 'New music' can make all the millions they like no hate cz it's their generation. But I feel a deeper appreciation for this kinda music. It just hits differently.❤️🤝🏽🇿🇦
nostalgia is the worst drug, makes y'all blind to the beauty present all around while you're being left behind, dreaming of your gilded past. you're here listening to new music touching your soul and all you can think about is how good it "used" to be. it's good now, too. you just can't see it.
@@weltenunder facts!
Sunrise 79
Facts, Veli Em.
I understand, i mean Nas/Lauryn hill ARE from the 90's era, so why not reminisce?
The bars are impeccable. This is what the world needed. We missed you Lauryn. Thank you Nas 💙
wow she is back gor real great verse.. am I dumb enough to ask her for a date? Of course I am hahah man gotta love her
Okkk!
i got more bars than them