Always thought Jay Z was super overrated. D'Evils was amazing but a lot of his other hits are kind of mid while the only peer Nas has on the mic is Rakim.
The make thing worse he was supposedly some old washed up rapper and killed the majority of the Rochella who were like the most powerful rap group during the time. He did it lone wolf style.
Nas got at like 4 people in like 8 seconds, he said: "rip the FREEWAY / shoot thru MEMPHIS (Memphis Bleek) with moneybags / top in Philly, order cheesesteaks and eat BEANS (Beanie Sigel) fast and bring it back up top and remove the fake king of New York (Jay-Z)" LMAO, boy killed like 4 dudes in 2 bars.
I would not contest you but Ether was on a different level. Ether had New York going nuts at the time. I remember that time. It was crazy. This has to be the biggest beef of all time to me. That whole vibe. This song was a warning shot
This nigga is the best MC breathing period Jay-Z is more Comercial therfore more accepted and business wise a savage but lyrically he not fucking wit this nigga by far.
1:11 -1:15: "Rip the Freeway, shoot through Memphis wit money bags, stop in Philly, order cheese steaks and eat Beans fast" .........did ya'll catch that??
OwenFTW! Freeway, Memphis (as in Memphis Bleek) and Beans (as in Beanie Siegel) are all members of Roc-a-fella. I think you can put the pieces together now.
My sentiments exactly brother, you have to get on a God level to want to tackle this beat at all. You knew Nas was going to God body it as soon as your heard the beat
One of the best. To someone like me who's into technical rap Nas would never come close to R.A. the rugged man, Elzhi, MF DOOM, Eminem, Tech, Snek The Ripper, Vinnie Paz, Necro, Royce...
L1am21 and nas said reasonable doubt is one of top 5 favorite albums of all time so whats your point? the fact is nas made it a hot line and jay took it and made it a classic song..nas is lucky jay even sample that because nobody who of ever gave a fuck about that line.
the best thing about this joint is the fact that, you get to enjoy it as a lyrical art and also as a diss track... every word was straight 🔥 his flow was effortless and classy every shots fired hit & killed every punchline was subliminal... what a track
Came back here after MC serch said he's doesn't own Nas publishing and he owns 50% of Jay-Z publishing on the Dead Presidents song "I count dough when you sampled my voice I rule you"
@@thediaz07 this came well before ether. This was the response to the first version of takeover that only had the one liner “ask nas, he don’t want it with Hov” . Then, after this dropped, Jay added the entire nas verse to takeover and put it on blueprint which came out shortly after. Then nas responded to takeover with Ether on Stillmatic.
LYRICS :- Ma, I'm sorry who the fuck I AM, I can't trust my fans Out of luck, no constructive plans My friends stay powdered up, I'm so drunk, can't stand You said if I would sober up, I'd be a powerful man Turned out the street life, you prayed I wouldn't But every church in the world can't save our children I stayed out late, you heard shots, thought it would be Your oldest son on the ground dead, but fortunately Them bullets had some other names on it, a brother was blind I hit the L, then we yell out, "It wasn't my time!" I loaded up shells, one by one, you smelled blunt from my room door Little Nasir was at war And little did I care what you saw Crew deep with a few heat, now it's time we settle the score But in the projects, I visit Muhammad, in linen garments Preaching Man, Woman, and Child, the living Prophet And I'm similar, Nasir Bin Olu Dara Visqu Allah, fist full of dollars in the dice game God The Ice King, God, the Black Christ, elegant stance Clothes fit me like a crime boss, the medicine man I see the world collapsing, young pregnancies Young girls are unfastening they Sasoon jeans, no prophylactic All this fashion and fly jewelry, now makes my eyes teary N.Y. City, grab a hold and ride with me Rip the Freeway, shoot through Memphis with money bags Stop in Philly, order cheese steaks and eat Beans fast And bring it back up top, remove the fake king of New York You show off, I count off when you sample my voice I rule you, before, you used to rap like the Fu-Schnickens Nas designed your Blueprint, who you kidding? Is he H to the izzo, M to the izzo? For shizzle you phony, the rapper version of Sisqo And that's for certain, you cloned me, your wack clothes line I'd rather Sean John, bore me with your fake coke rhymes And those times, they never took place, you liar Un was your first court case, you had no priors You master fabricated stories of streets and sound slick Have you surrounded, you and them faggot you down with While they riding NAS, trying to boost their careers Corny as Cormega, all you Hip-Hop queers Since Illmatic, It Was Written: I Am...Nastradamus That's the answers to the puzzle I gave you, now here's a promise My next few albums, instead of projects They'll be a difficult test inside the cover for the mind's optics Come in my hood, but bring the guns with you, it's dark Headed through Brooklyn, Queens, Harlem, Staten, and Bronx Headed through Compton, Oaktown, South Central, and Watts New Orleans, Mississippi, Chi-town, every block I'm trying to have my positive ways, I put my rhymes on page Did crimes and headline on stage I signed a contract, so here it is, you have it Streets Disciple, I'm Stillmatic
TBH I feel meek is in Nas position as far as his beef with Drake, war pain killed drake but drake is more famous so more people flock to him, same with jay z vs Nas, people prefer jay z generally cus he's more commercial
nathan fenner not to be one of "those" guys but I'm like 95%sure takeover came out first and took nas by surprise which is why either and this amazing did came as a response
1:10-1:20 "rip the Freeway, shoot thru Memphis with MoneyBaggs,stop in philly order cheese steaks and eat Beans fast, and bring it back up top remove of the fake king of New York" lmaof he buried the whole crew in a few lines, his word play is sick.
That rocafella artist scheme was fire. Especially for the time. Nas a true emcee. He could easily make the transfer to modern day battle rap. No point for him to do it, I guess im stating the obvious lol.
"Illmatic It Was Written I AM NAStradamus - that's the answers to the puzzle I gave you, now here's the promise" What rapper puts all their albums in order in a verse? That was the best line 🔥
@@davesylvindeckerii4528 right and at that point Streets Disciple didn't come out until like 2004. If I'm not mistaken Nas was gonna name Stillmatic "Nastalgia" until the beef kicked off
How do you slay three people in one simple sentence? "rip the Freeway, shoot through Memphis wit money bags, stop in Philly, order cheese steaks and eat Beans fast" Classic.
Naw he was talking about the NY gangsta (E-Money Bags) he was down with NAS they both from Queens bridge. He said in interviews that he was with Money Bags right before he was killed.. The dude (Supreme) was charged with ordering the murder... Same nigga responsible for ordering the hit on 50cent
Rip the | Freeway | Shoot through | Memphis | with | Money Bags | Stop in Philly for the Cheesesteaks and eat | Beans | Fast Nas came at Jay's whole Squad with 1 sentence.. Only Nas G, priceless
Battling Bleek would be like lyrically battling a handicapped kid. Beans was aiight, Freeway was middle of the pack. Jay-z was pop rap king of the nightclub shit. I ain't gonna lie, I bumped it, but when it comes down to who the better MC is it's Nas hands down. Lyrics, flow, content. Jay might have had hotter beats but he didn't make them.
@@timmurphy02 I guess it's a fair question. But Jay Z has a very versatile flow he can flow over any beat effortlessly. Nas imo can't do that. Jay's flow is very versatile. Nas flow can be a letdown at times
+Pragmatic1 Ultramagnetic ether was a lot more personal and in this song he sounds like he coolin calling out a fake thug. That's why to me this better than ether. Ether was still brutal doe
How do you kill a whole record label in less than a verse, oh here's how......bye Rocofella..... "Rip the FREEWAY, shoot through MEMPHIS with money bags Stop in Philly, order cheese steaks and eat BEANS fast And bring it back up top, remove the fake king of New York You show off, I count off when you sample my voice I rule you, before, you used to rap like the FU-SHNICKENS NAS designed your BLUEPRINT, who you kidding? Is he H TO THE IZZO, M TO THE IZZO? For shizzle you phony, the rapping version of SISQO And that's for certain, you clone me, your wack clothes line I'd rather Sean John, bore me with your fake coke rhymes And those times, they never took place you lyer, Un was your first court case you had no priors " That's how.
Fredde Kung I,wasn't mentioning E Money Bags in my statement. Money Bags wasn't a rapper, just a drug dealer. The 5 rappers I mentioned where Freeway, Bleek, Beanz, Jay and Coremega.
Like it or not Nas was poppin before Hov,and he still is,money dont make you rap better it just gets you material things which is pretty much what J rap about.
I just told this other clown that.. he said.. nas don't have no grammys .. I said bro you don't know a real lyricist ...you think rappers care about grammys... The street are the grammys
After this verse dropped everyone new Nas was done selling out and the King was back. Than Stillmatic dropped and hip hop had been restored from the cheesey commericial rap that was dominating.
Jay loves and respect Nas style. That’s why he had to come for him. Nas was in his way and as he seen it Nas wasn’t consistent enough to hold that spot. The beef wasn’t personal it was a fight for the throne and a very good one at that💪🏾salute to both competitors for the moment they gave to HipHop.
Hold up, IceBerg Slim TV… you’re only part right… the beef was waaay personal. Jay slept with Nas’s ex unbeknownst to him. Only then did Jay have the nerve to come at Nas. Jay felt he had the Trump card in fvckin with Carmen. So yes, Jay wanted that top spot, but the beef got real personal and foul. Check SupaUgly, Jay’s response to Ether.
@@robalf96 i don't really think this was true. I think he just said it cause he knows it will trigger him. Just like 2Pac with "you claim to be a player but i f*** your wife"
I just realized after this joint again for the first time in years that Nas ripped the entire Rocafella roster with one bar. That's insane. I remember when this came out. He responded to that jab at Summer Jam Jay try to do. Nas was wild back then.
You mean Eminem's flow? Because that's what this is. And I'm not even a fan of Eminem but I do know a lot of his music. I followed him for years only because I thought it was an interesting story. I've been a hip hop historian for over 10 years now.
At the time, and still to this day that was one of the great shots fired tracks. He was letting everyone in the game know that if they wanted a problem they could come get it, that was crime second life Nas. The way he flowed over that paid in full beat I would have just left that lying dog sleep
There is no way Jay won this battle! One out of every 20,000 people think know Jay lost!This almost killed Jay's career! (Ether did that is!) Like someone said this was the warning shot. Listen to Jays lyrics on albums before Ether and after and tell me if Ether didnt humble Jay. Did yall hear the last verse on Ether? Did we hear the same track? That verse alone watered down Jays demeanor
Jay-z has no problem admitting he lost. “ I got stronger after ether” so what ever doesn’t kill you makes you stronger? He should try it again and see how it works out lmao
@@512ent Nas dropped a few songs and freestyles dissing Hov before he finally dropped Ether. People act like he dropped Ether right after Takeover. When Hov performed Takeover it didn’t even have the last verse. He added that in response to diss tracks from both Nas and Mobb Deep. He didn’t bother responding again until after Ether dropped with Super Ugly and that was months after Takeover.
"Rip the freeway(Freeway the rapper) Shoot through Memphis(Memphis Bleek) with money bags(E Money bags who had beef Jay-z) Stop in Philly, order cheese steaks and eat beans(beanie Sigel)fast." Nas's word play and double entedre's in this is unmatched.
@@showstoppa01 Right. E Money Bags had beef with Jay over the H Money Bags name. The why Nas said what he said. "I shoot through Memphis with money bags". H Money Bags was signed to Memphis Bleeks record label at the time. So Nas was talking about running through them with his boy E Money Bags.
This shit is so overshadowed by Ether...
he fuckin shredded that Rakim beat damn.
lmao truth!!! this is way better than ether....
this shit overshadows ether, are yue dumb bluhd
Joshua DeGayner Lmao you are a moron.
Scarface 927 I guess you dont like context much do you, WORK ON YOUR READING AND COMP MORON
Joshua DeGayner What are you even talking about? You can't even type in proper English. Get out.
The fact that this is showing up on my feed now is gold.
Always thought Jay Z was super overrated. D'Evils was amazing but a lot of his other hits are kind of mid while the only peer Nas has on the mic is Rakim.
His flow on this is mad
The one!
this record came out way before ether did.
Dare I say he flowed on this beat better than the god MC himself
@@SlackerET There is only two Rap God's Rakim and Nas
This song is a prime example why he's called "nasty"
Nas killed the whole rocafella crew got damn 😭😭😭
The make thing worse he was supposedly some old washed up rapper and killed the majority of the Rochella who were like the most powerful rap group during the time. He did it lone wolf style.
1:11
@@calebhenderson6507 yup
Don’t u mean cockafella😂
@@calebhenderson6507 yep the Roc thought Nas Nasty Nas was washed up til they found out the hard way from this to ether
Nas truly is one of a kind, Rakim's instrumental fits perfectly on this.
Nas killed the whole crew with this one!!!🔥🔥🔥
Stop trying to rewrite history, the fact is Nas won the battle. That is not to take anything from Jay Z, but it is the truth.
Nas def won, with just ether
@@imethdup5050 facts! OG!
Even Jay would probably agree that Nas won the battle but Jay-Z won the war. Where's Nas today compared to Jay
nas ended up signed to Jay..so
Who even says jay won lol
That's when the world learned why they call him Nasty Nas. Straight classic
Nas got at like 4 people in like 8 seconds, he said:
"rip the FREEWAY / shoot thru MEMPHIS (Memphis Bleek) with moneybags / top in Philly, order cheesesteaks and eat BEANS (Beanie Sigel) fast and bring it back up top and remove the fake king of New York (Jay-Z)"
LMAO, boy killed like 4 dudes in 2 bars.
Money Bags was another rapper that was down with BLEEK. Y'all missed that one.
Dont forget he took a jab at Cormega too towards the end ..
Bodied Freeway, Bleek, H Money Bags, Beanie and Jay in 1 line.
🐐✌🏿
You missed E Moneybags, a real thug killa. Don't sleep
This is proof that you don't want it with Nas. I don't even think dude took a breath that entire verse.
This track hit harder than Ether!
Yea I think so too.
Is true
Horus Shepard Hell Naw Ether he raped Jay-Z with words This one is cold tho not gon lie
Nope
I would not contest you but Ether was on a different level. Ether had New York going nuts at the time. I remember that time. It was crazy. This has to be the biggest beef of all time to me. That whole vibe. This song was a warning shot
15 years ago and this is still timeless.
22 years ago. That was when this was uploaded
@@roderickstockdale1678 really? Weird because in the info section it says 15 years ago. But this track is older than that.
@@SF_Native no I was talking about the track lol
This is from like 2001
this from my high school years 😂
This nigga is the best MC breathing period Jay-Z is more Comercial therfore more accepted and business wise a savage but lyrically he not fucking wit this nigga by far.
+Brisk & Dose jay z beefed with Dmx?
Any good songs come out of it?
+Charles Cross Thats bullshit, Jay z in his early days is a beast.
Jay was and never will be able to fuck with this dude he proved it but lyrically Nas is better can't knock Jay though but Nas he aint.
Yeah no competition there but jay in his early days aren't shit commercial.
The Pen. Wow. The delivery Amazing.
NAS
Nas bodied this joint. One verse and jz was dead before he hit the ground.
@Jarrel Ely who's jay O again?
This aged incredibly well
So dope that Nas used this as his comeback and thought up the whole "Stillmatic" concept. Jay lost.
These lyrics combined with this flow tell you everything you need to know about who's better out of Jay & Nas!!!
NOTHING BUT FACTS.
Big facts
Not really
Nas was anointed to bring shame and discipline upon jay z 😂
@@last7509 Fr, no one else could've done it.
Most artists say they were influenced by Nas
Bird An all other artists influenced Jay-Z! LOL
And those who weren’t are lying
"Any ghetto would tell you Nas helped grow us up!"
Nas
Hip Hop Is Dead
Facts
Jay had influence too though. The money hoes clothes rap which helped destroy hip hop.
I cant listen to this without smiling. He danced on this.
With words not even literally
1:11 -1:15: "Rip the Freeway, shoot through Memphis wit money bags, stop in Philly, order cheese steaks and eat Beans fast" .........did ya'll catch that??
I dont get it lol?
OwenFTW!
Freeway, Memphis (as in Memphis Bleek) and Beans (as in Beanie Siegel) are all members of Roc-a-fella. I think you can put the pieces together now.
OwenFTW!
Money bags too I forgot
Dude, I just got that! It's been over 10 years lol.. Crazy
Right when I read your comment those lyrics came up
One of the few lyricists with the chops to do justice to this beat.
My sentiments exactly brother, you have to get on a God level to want to tackle this beat at all. You knew Nas was going to God body it as soon as your heard the beat
Looking at the way he writes his songs, his flow, everything, I've come to the conclusion that Nas is the best ever.
Jon Martinez and your conclusion is 100% correct.
Jon Martinez yep. I leaned upon that about 10 years ago
One of the best. To someone like me who's into technical rap Nas would never come close to R.A. the rugged man, Elzhi, MF DOOM, Eminem, Tech, Snek The Ripper, Vinnie Paz, Necro, Royce...
@@fettymode7701 was looking for this fact, 'is no best pac, nas n big
@@fettymode7701 big used to finnesse a beat with his flow, besides im only qouting escobar lol
Rip the FREEWAY, shoot though MEMPHIS with MONEY BAGS
Stop in Philly, order cheesecakes and eat BEANS fast
4 rappers bodied with 2 bars 🔥🔥🔥
And it's funny beans made a whole diss bout Nas and the lox but got slayed in a single bar by Nas lol
3 rappers, who was Money Bags? H Money Bags?
lifestraight Yup H Money Bags. He was ROC artist at the time
Didn't he get his name from another dude. E Money BAgs?
NevEd Probably, cause E Money bags was the only person who called himself money bags before H money bags. That's my opinion on it.
"when you sampled my voice, I RULE YOU" battle ended there
"Yea i sampled your voice, you was using it wrong...You made it a hot line, i made it a hot song...."
"ether"
Kernick Leon The World is Yours > Dead Presidents any day
Spiros Botos Ether was K.O!
L1am21 and nas said reasonable doubt is one of top 5 favorite albums of all time so whats your point? the fact is nas made it a hot line and jay took it and made it a classic song..nas is lucky jay even sample that because nobody who of ever gave a fuck about that line.
“You smell blunts from my room door, little Nasir was at war” 🔥🔥🔥😮
the best thing about this joint is the fact that, you get to enjoy it as a lyrical art and also as a diss track...
every word was straight 🔥
his flow was effortless and classy
every shots fired hit & killed
every punchline was subliminal...
what a track
Came back here after MC serch said he's doesn't own Nas publishing and he owns 50% of Jay-Z publishing on the Dead Presidents song "I count dough when you sampled my voice I rule you"
"Nas designed your blueprint, who you kiddin" Lmao real talk though. Jay had too much pride to admit he did in fact love Nas's style
Jay Z is a liar and delusional based on his wealth
Davesylvin Decker II & a Luciferian
Terrance Truce lmao yea
Davesylvin Decker II yep lol
Carmen says Jay used to call Nas on the phone like "come to studio Premo has some mad beats"
the rapper version of sisqo hahahahaha
the title on this kills me everytime I hear it lol
Taber Pasternak Lmao. . .H to the OMO
+Taber Pasternak If someone made a song titled like this pussies would be bleeding...
I wish he released this on an album. He rides the beat so well and he drops some of the best bars I've ever heard. He ripped Roc A Fella to pieces.
I agree and disagree..Ether was enough..after Ether there was no need to beat a dead horse.
I don't imagine Hip Hop lexicon without ether 🤔
@@thediaz07 I see what you mean. Jay had too many responses as if to prove that Ether really got to him.
@@thediaz07 this came well before ether. This was the response to the first version of takeover that only had the one liner “ask nas, he don’t want it with Hov” . Then, after this dropped, Jay added the entire nas verse to takeover and put it on blueprint which came out shortly after. Then nas responded to takeover with Ether on Stillmatic.
@@keysersoze3962 oh I didn't know. ..but I did mean that Nas didn't need to drop anything after ether.
Simply the best Mc ever
+PuroMaduro hands down without a doubt!
FACTO
He is.
'aint no best pac nas and big'
@ajfan 017 true. lil pump is the artist you listen if you want some hardcore lyrical content
Total destruction.
Damn, Nas. Raised it to a level Jay couldn’t get too...
LYRICS :-
Ma, I'm sorry who the fuck I AM, I can't trust my fans
Out of luck, no constructive plans
My friends stay powdered up, I'm so drunk, can't stand
You said if I would sober up, I'd be a powerful man
Turned out the street life, you prayed I wouldn't
But every church in the world can't save our children
I stayed out late, you heard shots, thought it would be
Your oldest son on the ground dead, but fortunately
Them bullets had some other names on it, a brother was blind
I hit the L, then we yell out, "It wasn't my time!"
I loaded up shells, one by one, you smelled blunt from my room door
Little Nasir was at war
And little did I care what you saw
Crew deep with a few heat, now it's time we settle the score
But in the projects, I visit Muhammad, in linen garments
Preaching Man, Woman, and Child, the living Prophet
And I'm similar, Nasir Bin Olu Dara
Visqu Allah, fist full of dollars in the dice game God
The Ice King, God, the Black Christ, elegant stance
Clothes fit me like a crime boss, the medicine man
I see the world collapsing, young pregnancies
Young girls are unfastening they Sasoon jeans, no prophylactic
All this fashion and fly jewelry, now makes my eyes teary
N.Y. City, grab a hold and ride with me
Rip the Freeway, shoot through Memphis with money bags
Stop in Philly, order cheese steaks and eat Beans fast
And bring it back up top, remove the fake king of New York
You show off, I count off when you sample my voice
I rule you, before, you used to rap like the Fu-Schnickens
Nas designed your Blueprint, who you kidding?
Is he H to the izzo, M to the izzo?
For shizzle you phony, the rapper version of Sisqo
And that's for certain, you cloned me, your wack clothes line
I'd rather Sean John, bore me with your fake coke rhymes
And those times, they never took place, you liar
Un was your first court case, you had no priors
You master fabricated stories of streets and sound slick
Have you surrounded, you and them faggot you down with
While they riding NAS, trying to boost their careers
Corny as Cormega, all you Hip-Hop queers
Since Illmatic, It Was Written: I Am...Nastradamus
That's the answers to the puzzle I gave you, now here's a promise
My next few albums, instead of projects
They'll be a difficult test inside the cover for the mind's optics
Come in my hood, but bring the guns with you, it's dark
Headed through Brooklyn, Queens, Harlem, Staten, and Bronx
Headed through Compton, Oaktown, South Central, and Watts
New Orleans, Mississippi, Chi-town, every block
I'm trying to have my positive ways, I put my rhymes on page
Did crimes and headline on stage
I signed a contract, so here it is, you have it
Streets Disciple, I'm Stillmatic
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 fire...Jay must've been punching the Air and asking Dame "what are we going to do now"?
That man is fire!!!
Thx 🙏🏿 U...
First time seeing the lyrics written down. It even make it more to understand what the hell Jay was thinking fucking with this guy🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
👏👏👏👏👏
can listen to this over and over
drake and meek got this weak ass beef going on and Nas and Jay were dropping classics back in the day
Just like Game and Fif
TBH I feel meek is in Nas position as far as his beef with Drake, war pain killed drake but drake is more famous so more people flock to him, same with jay z vs Nas, people prefer jay z generally cus he's more commercial
+nathan fenner lol 70% of the hip hop fans thought Nas killed Jay
Tedi Stancheva with ether yeh, but when takeover came out jay z was the favourite
nathan fenner not to be one of "those" guys but I'm like 95%sure takeover came out first and took nas by surprise which is why either and this amazing did came as a response
one of his best songs, one of the best I've ever heard.
TH-cam recommendations has a very interesting sense of humor here lol 😂
Killed the whole crew with 1 line
"rip the freeway, shoot through memphis with money bags
stop in philly, order cheese steaks and eat beans fast"
showstoppa01 killed the whole label
Straight fire 🔥
Shout out to anybody driving in NYC when they 1st heard this. You'll never forget that feeling...
FACTS! I remember to this day.
1:10-1:20 "rip the Freeway, shoot thru Memphis with MoneyBaggs,stop in philly order cheese steaks and eat Beans fast, and bring it back up top remove of the fake king of New York" lmaof he buried the whole crew in a few lines, his word play is sick.
dayyyeum..that shit blew my headphones up.
love the way the beat changes as well as he says it
Nas flow is flawless my god the clarity 👌👌
Nas bodied Jay on this worse than on Ether
A fucking Nas freestyle>>>>>>>Drake's Charged Up
Kawa Zizou no shit
+Kawa Zizou You are comparing one of the G.O.A.T's Nas with wack Dre? What the fuck?
+Veseli Klošar He was just doing it to beg likes probably.
marcus okusanya I know, I'm sick of that shit.
+richiemo2000 Deluded young people who think keef old school!
After the dust is settled and the war is over this song is better than ether
yea man!!! this shit came outta nowhere n set nyc on fire!!!!
Yeah most definite
It always was
Wouldnt say that, but it's probably better than takeover
fact!!!
One of my all time favorite freestyles from Nas with his classic flow I love over a monumental beat equals magic. This is way better than ether to me
That rocafella artist scheme was fire. Especially for the time. Nas a true emcee. He could easily make the transfer to modern day battle rap. No point for him to do it, I guess im stating the obvious lol.
hello friend 0
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one of the best freestyles ever!! extremely lyrical and meaningful
all this fashion and fly jewelry, now makes my eyes teary
Aye? Why teary?
@@Future-Classic-CarsIt's one of the lyrics in the song
Rip though “FreeWay” shoot through “Memphis” and “moneybags” stop in Philly order cheesesteak and eat “Beans” fast my goodness lol 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
🔥🔥🔥🔥
jay z ain't no match for nas no matter what nuff' said.
People talk about either but I thought the battle was over after I heard this on a mixtape....he killed the entire ROC familia.
+DJCalimovement What mixtape? lol
+Atom I think he meant cassette tape.
+B True (btruemusic) lol but seriously what mixtape was this tho
john concepcion It wasn't on no mixtape, it's just a freestyle.
+Atom oh ight good looking bro I was thinking it was on the p cutta street wars series he had back then
The algorithm so messy 😂
them bullets had anohter name on it a brother was blind, i hit the L and scream out it wasnt my time. nas is the man!
"Illmatic It Was Written I AM NAStradamus - that's the answers to the puzzle I gave you, now here's the promise"
What rapper puts all their albums in order in a verse?
That was the best line 🔥
DAMANISHERE he actually meant Illmatic (it) was written , I am Nastradamous - That’s Nas man
DAAAMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM !!!!!!!!!! I NEVER NOTICE THAT !!!
He also mentions streets disciple and stillmatic at the end too
@@davesylvindeckerii4528 right and at that point Streets Disciple didn't come out until like 2004. If I'm not mistaken Nas was gonna name Stillmatic "Nastalgia" until the beef kicked off
Nas the greatest 🙌 bro
How do you slay three people in one simple sentence?
"rip the Freeway, shoot through Memphis wit money bags, stop in Philly, order cheese steaks and eat Beans fast"
Classic.
Actually 4. Money Bagz was a Roc A Fella rapper
Donovan Jones DAMN NEVER THAT!!
Naw he was talking about the NY gangsta (E-Money Bags) he was down with NAS they both from Queens bridge. He said in interviews that he was with Money Bags right before he was killed.. The dude (Supreme) was charged with ordering the murder... Same nigga responsible for ordering the hit on 50cent
And remove the fake king of new york ''jay z"
It’s not that hard to do.
Rip the | Freeway | Shoot through | Memphis | with | Money Bags | Stop in Philly for the Cheesesteaks and eat | Beans | Fast
Nas came at Jay's whole Squad with 1 sentence.. Only Nas G, priceless
He was in beastmode💯😅
This is why Nas is the goat.
Battling Bleek would be like lyrically battling a handicapped kid. Beans was aiight, Freeway was middle of the pack. Jay-z was pop rap king of the nightclub shit. I ain't gonna lie, I bumped it, but when it comes down to who the better MC is it's Nas hands down. Lyrics, flow, content. Jay might have had hotter beats but he didn't make them.
I always thought he said "and eat things fast" beans makes sense, good stuff.
I'm surprised you've even heard of this people.
NASSS!! this is one of the best diss songs ever!!!
Nas flow so much more superior to Jay
Loooooool. Am sorry but that's just plain silly.jay Z always has a better flow than Nas. Nas is a bit monotone at times.
Sug S Lol define flow
@@timmurphy02 I guess it's a fair question. But Jay Z has a very versatile flow he can flow over any beat effortlessly. Nas imo can't do that. Jay's flow is very versatile. Nas flow can be a letdown at times
Sug S Didnt answer my question, define flow
@@sugs1191 Jay's 'flow' is repackaged biggie lines. Only thing that 'flows' past those big ol lips is 🍆
Am I the only one who feels this diss goes harder than ether? Ether was great but damn this killed jay
This is one of the greatest raps ever.
+Victor Gonzalez This kills ether.
+Pragmatic1 Ultramagnetic ether was a lot more personal and in this song he sounds like he coolin calling out a fake thug. That's why to me this better than ether. Ether was still brutal doe
+Victor Gonzalez Factz
Yea this was the warm up.. Monumental
How do you kill a whole record label in less than a verse, oh here's how......bye Rocofella.....
"Rip the FREEWAY, shoot through MEMPHIS with money bags
Stop in Philly, order cheese steaks and eat BEANS fast
And bring it back up top, remove the fake king of New York
You show off, I count off when you sample my voice
I rule you, before, you used to rap like the FU-SHNICKENS
NAS designed your BLUEPRINT, who you kidding?
Is he H TO THE IZZO, M TO THE IZZO?
For shizzle you phony, the rapping version of SISQO
And that's for certain, you clone me, your wack clothes line
I'd rather Sean John, bore me with your fake coke rhymes
And those times, they never took place you lyer,
Un was your first court case you had no priors "
That's how.
facts
Matthew Anthony Yes, I'm well aware of who he is. May he rest in peace.
***** Yup, so he killed a whole record label and another rapper. 5 rappers in total dead.
Henny Lopez yeah and Moneybages is reffering to E-money bags or whatever his name was
Fredde Kung I,wasn't mentioning E Money Bags in my statement. Money Bags wasn't a rapper, just a drug dealer. The 5 rappers I mentioned where Freeway, Bleek, Beanz, Jay and Coremega.
Like it or not Nas was poppin before Hov,and he still is,money dont make you rap better it just gets you material things which is pretty much what J rap about.
I just told this other clown that.. he said.. nas don't have no grammys .. I said bro you don't know a real lyricist ...you think rappers care about grammys... The street are the grammys
@@Notafemalecasual Well said. 👈🏽
Facts 💯
This was a freestyle at a radio station. It wasn't a studio album but this one of the best freestyle dis I ever heard and it had flow to it.
This wasn’t at a radio station and Nas definitely wrote this. Still a freestyle but not off top.
After this verse dropped everyone new Nas was done selling out and the King was back. Than Stillmatic dropped and hip hop had been restored from the cheesey commericial rap that was dominating.
***** nas is like an undying love made it a good album
***** owe you was a good radio song
Leon Beazt but now,it's back to cheesy commercial shits. Nas probably close to retirement like the real God MC(Rakim)
The God MC From Nas? Nah, Premo album gonna be amazing, it might be his last album, hope not though.
Guhsteh Nas never wanna sold out,but he did went commercial
Jay loves and respect Nas style. That’s why he had to come for him. Nas was in his way and as he seen it Nas wasn’t consistent enough to hold that spot. The beef wasn’t personal it was a fight for the throne and a very good one at that💪🏾salute to both competitors for the moment they gave to HipHop.
facts...
Even doe Nas came out the king of Nyc jay gave it a good go it was a nice time in hip hop i loved it..
@@tommiejackson5252 Facts, I would like to see Kendrick and Drake give HipHop a moment and throw their hats in the ring.
Hold up, IceBerg Slim TV… you’re only part right… the beef was waaay personal. Jay slept with Nas’s ex unbeknownst to him. Only then did Jay have the nerve to come at Nas. Jay felt he had the Trump card in fvckin with Carmen. So yes, Jay wanted that top spot, but the beef got real personal and foul. Check SupaUgly, Jay’s response to Ether.
@@robalf96 i don't really think this was true. I think he just said it cause he knows it will trigger him. Just like 2Pac with "you claim to be a player but i f*** your wife"
NY city grab a hold and ride with me 💯🔥🔥🔥
This is pure art! NAS is my personal 🐐
I just realized after this joint again for the first time in years that Nas ripped the entire Rocafella roster with one bar. That's insane. I remember when this came out. He responded to that jab at Summer Jam Jay try to do. Nas was wild back then.
H to the izzO M to the izzO fo shizzle you phony the rappin version of Sisqo .... Got damn Nas
Lmao
I dont care what anyone says Nas never lost a battle. I mean he lost commercially he aint that good. But lyrically nas would kill damn near anyone.
Goddamn I mean
@@calebhenderson6507 JayZ called him the rap version of TD Jakes.
Nas always has the best flow, love this style
You mean Eminem's flow? Because that's what this is. And I'm not even a fan of Eminem but I do know a lot of his music. I followed him for years only because I thought it was an interesting story. I've been a hip hop historian for over 10 years now.
@@jayslt4223 why do you gay Eminem fans have to bring him up everywhere?
@@jayslt4223 eminem's flow evolved from Nas'. listen to infinite
@@jayslt4223 Eminem came up as a Nas/Az Stan, what are you even talking about bro
Nas is just a pure artist.......and not to be tested or played with. This shit was fire then, and is still fire today.
Unpopular opinion, h to the Omo was better than Ether, Nas really killed that.
You right!!!
H to the OMO , that shit got me weak lmao
At the time, and still to this day that was one of the great shots fired tracks. He was letting everyone in the game know that if they wanted a problem they could come get it, that was crime second life Nas. The way he flowed over that paid in full beat I would have just left that lying dog sleep
1:10 Nas murders the whole Roc in 6 bars.
They had nothing to respond with.
Murders??
Fistful of dollars in the dice game , god
The Ice King , god
The black Christ , elegant stance
i can't lie, nas flow is jiggy af on this
Clive Clivington Hell yeah. Imagine if he was an 80s rapper. Holy shit.
I'm not sure what that means, but I agree
Right you knew it was going to be Ill when he used paid in full beat!!!! And he did the beat Justice. Only real heads know
That’s real, he tap danced all over this bitch.
Straight chills when Flex broke this on Hot 🔥 97. I remember this like it was yesterday
FACTS!!!!! 🔥🔥🔥 I REMEMBER THAT DAY ON HOT 97 !!!! FLEX WAS GOING DUMB ON THE RADIO WIT THIS!! 💯
People forget about this track. This came way before Ether. 🔥🔥🔥
This Is By Far My Favorite Freestyle Of Nas.. By Far 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Nas murked Jay Z and his crew with just a few bars.
Lol Jay Murked Nas in one bar
B.J. McKinlay * MURKED
baddah bing same shit
B.J. McKinlay 1 bar? Which wack bar was that?
Magnum45Carryin dove soap for men... HAHA #illmatic
There is no way Jay won this battle! One out of every 20,000 people think know Jay lost!This almost killed Jay's career! (Ether did that is!) Like someone said this was the warning shot. Listen to Jays lyrics on albums before Ether and after and tell me if Ether didnt humble Jay. Did yall hear the last verse on Ether? Did we hear the same track? That verse alone watered down Jays demeanor
Jay-z has no problem admitting he lost. “ I got stronger after ether” so what ever doesn’t kill you makes you stronger? He should try it again and see how it works out lmao
“Every church in the world can’t save our children..” 💯💯🔥
Nas went ESCOBAR MODE🔥💥
That glitch at the 2:03 mark brings me back to the past
1:10 “Stopped in Philly, order cheesesteak and eat beans fast” 🔥
Since Illmatic, It Was Written I Am Nastradomas...
WHO STILL LISTENING TO THIS IN 2024?? 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 NAS A PROBLEM LEAVE THAT BOY ALONE 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Nas just kept the flow going nonstop. Straight Fire.
best rapper alive he one of da reason I rap I salute Nas
This is how Kendrick knew just how to body Drake. He took notes from the greats like Nas
GOD SON BODIED THIS TRACK!!!!! I remember when this dropped in 2001, shit was crazy!
This joint was BAIT, take over was in response to this little freestyle then ETHER dropped on his head blind sided! Genius chess move!
This came out after takeover was performed at Summer Jam.
@@crim3minist3r35 you're right
@@crim3minist3r35 so why did Nas dropped this and then Ether?
@@512ent Nas dropped a few songs and freestyles dissing Hov before he finally dropped Ether. People act like he dropped Ether right after Takeover. When Hov performed Takeover it didn’t even have the last verse. He added that in response to diss tracks from both Nas and Mobb Deep. He didn’t bother responding again until after Ether dropped with Super Ugly and that was months after Takeover.
@@crim3minist3r35 this was only in response to the first verse of Takeover. We didn’t get the full song when Nas did this
nas is the goat. smh he killed the whole roc ha
Nas is easily the GOAT. He barely cusses in a lot of his raps and still kills it. He inspires me
"Rip the freeway(Freeway the rapper)
Shoot through Memphis(Memphis Bleek) with money bags(E Money bags who had beef Jay-z)
Stop in Philly, order cheese steaks and eat beans(beanie Sigel)fast."
Nas's word play and double entedre's in this is unmatched.
actually Nas was talkin about
H Money bags..who was cool with Bleek...E money bags was spme1 different i think Nas old friend
@@showstoppa01 Right. E Money Bags had beef with Jay over the H Money Bags name. The why Nas said what he said. "I shoot through Memphis with money bags". H Money Bags was signed to Memphis Bleeks record label at the time. So Nas was talking about running through them with his boy E Money Bags.
E Money was his cousin you lame..
"Rip the freeway shoot through memphis with money bags stop at philly order cheese steaks and eat beans fast"🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
OH SHIT NAS!! This Shit Fire!! I Fucks With This Beat Too!
He’s just lyrically superior. Period. Everyone wants to throw money in a conversation about lyricism. Smh
Finally, someone who gets it.
whoever disliked this is a STRAIGHT up HATER lol. this is simply great rapping. people hate for no reason