Not as long as we keep it alive... This was the golden age and I'm glad I came up in it. This generation is clueless as to what real music is. I remember the day this album dropped. I copped the second single "It ain't hard to tell" a few months before the album dropped then I copped the album the day it dropped. Easily one of the greatest Hip Hop albums of all time.
R.I.P. to Legendary jazz musician Ahmad Jamal passed who away yesterday. This classic hip hop song wouldn’t be possible without the sample of Ahmad Jamal’s “I Love Music”
I was going through some stuff when this first came out and to this day those words still echo for me. To be so young and witnessing so much makes people like Nas ahead of their time
It was one of the special things about Nas when he's at his peaks like this song, his voice is so captivating, his tone, diction, it was like God send him to rap. All the natural rap abilities it seem like Nas was born w/them.
H2O_Atlanta what are you talking about? Who sounds like 2pac? Who sounds like Snoop? Who sounds like Ice Cube? Who has the sound of 50? Your full of shit man
Yeah it's a shame he became a washed up old head that told newer rappers they wouldn't be shit, just cause they found different ways to rap and then when those new guys fired back against the hate pete played victim and said that they were disrespecting an older legend who paved the way for them.
And we hadda thank Ahmad jamal for making that particular piano sample piece in which Pete's blessed ear picked up on and made this masterpiece! #realhiphop
“To name my daughter my strength My son’s start will be my resurrection Born in the correction all the wrong shit I did He’ll lead the right direction” 🐐 bar
@@Official_BlaccGoat If Nas died instead of pac say after It was written album, he would have been the undisputed goat. Though i believe his first 2 albums are better than any 2 Tupac albums, this guy is just too poetic to compare
lol aye itsthugg you don't understand me.. 18.4.1994. is date when ILLMATIC came out.. and 19.4.2010. is day when, one of greatest MC's passed away, Keith Elam (Guru).. Peace
This song goes further than being just a good song. This marks an early uprising for those considered "at-risk" or that are part of underdeveloped communities. I hope this hits the lil homies that often forget that they matter. The world is yours no matter how society is structured. The world is yours no matter who you are.
it's incredible to think someone so young had a daughter, was rhyming the illest shit on the face of the earth and was maintaining a life in QB, i just can't even imagine... people who don't understand why nas is the best rapper of all time need to fucking recognize
Rockin this at 14 years of age, i felt invisible. There was hope in my future thanks to this song. So much negativity around me, and i still rocked through it with this song. Fast forward to today , as a father, the journey still continues but victorious with a great career, with child and the world. Much respect to the Rap Genius NAS
Undoubtedly THE MOST PLAYING TRACK off of ILLMATIC. I was a youth counselor at a homeless shelter for teens in Chicago called Neon Street back in ‘94…worked the overnight shift 11pm-7am… this was on repeat the entire time.
whos here cause of good taste not some movie Edit: lol people need to realize this was a message I made when I was 15, I'm now 21😂 my pov on the subject has changed. Whatever brings you to nas is a good thing obviously and is a sign of good taste. I hope the people who were offended by my message can realize this.
I get the biggest chills from this song, Goosebumps that don't go away till the end. No bars wasted, my favorite beat, probably my favorite song of all time.. as a person who used to hate rap Nas was probably one of the few who actually got me rapping. This song is a massive inspiration to my mentality. GOAT
"so much more recognition" bruh this is like on every list of the most perfect rap songs of all time. I agree btw, I think this is possibly THE greatest hiphop song ever made by humans...but this song is not underrated. Everyone agrees its amazing 😁
Thinking a word best describing my life to name my daughter My strength, my son, the star, will be my resurrection Born in correction. All the wrong shit I did, he'll lead a right direction This verse represents me at best. Praise be to God I’m about to be a father to baby boy. Thanks Nas for all the knowledge in your music 🙏🏼
There's always been something seriously haunting about this track....Almost like you're being told something really important and specific that your subconscious is understanding, but you don't understand it exactly. All you know is that you're feeling it in your gut.
+grndmst9 street dreams remix "everything i tried to learn see i already knew", that shit just resonated with me for some reason, shit felt like a life lesson when i first heard it, a lot of his music is like that, find your wealth, self conscious, stay chiseled, drunk by myself, my way, etc
+grndmst9 thats why i keep coming back to this song even since i first heard back in 8th grade. illmatic is the first album that made me question this world we put in and at that the time the most important thing was fitting in as a young middle schooler and doing all the pop shit and trends
Terrible take how you leave out cities that birthed Legendary spittas ie Philly(my city & Styles P Jada considers us the home of the spitters) Jersey ATL Houston Chicago Cali New Orleans Memphis Up State, NY Virginia etc. but back up top you most definitely can’t just say NY as East Coast rap & leave out Philly & Jersey that’s straight blasphemy.
Such a simple jazz underbase but yet so intricate. Illmatic for its time and Nas's state of mind growing up in Queen's Bridge is phenomenal. It's one of the best hip hop albums of all time.
"i need a new nigga for this black cloud to follow/cause while its over me its too dark to see tomorrow / " Profound and poetic words from a true lyrical god i love the way nas is able to articulate the streets hes likes a professor and old soul
This video changed my life....i was exactly the same age as that boy in the video and i was watching NAS for the first time.....alone in the living room....strange but the first time i heard NAS , i woke up completely...
It still does!!!!! look at your profile pic!!!! Didn't you hear Blacker The Berry? Good Kid maad city, J coles David Letterman performance and his album!!! Mick Jenkins!! Cap Steez!!! many others. Don't let hiphop just die like that. The 90's were great but i'm more excited then ever to see hiphop from now on. :)
yeah i know but. thats the underground hip-hop of course those artist are good. like in all in total hip-hop is just weird as fuck. niggas rapping like OG MACO and that coco nigga lol
But me, I pretend that's not hiphop you know. like it's fake to me. It's a trend, and trends die. What happend to Trinidad James since 2012? Kendrick is still around since 2012 and even bigger. The Coco guy is holding by a thread. he has 3 parts to that song. He has nothing coming after that. And bobby Shmurda is slowly going away too. Those songs are cool at a club for maybe a month or two. but shit like good kid maad city and Coles album will allways be played and passed down to the next generation just like illmatic. trust me
You got Joey bada$$'s new album as your profile picture so obviously you yourself know that some hip hop nowadays still has meaning, joeys actually my favorite artist
I'm up at 12:48am with my 8 year old daughter. She is so mesmerized by the videos that I am playing! She can't even take her eyes off the screen...lol. It's summertime so I decided to give her a hip-hop lesson.
I can never get tired of listening to this - it's an infinite classic with the Ahmad Jamal sample, Pete Rock's crazy production, and Nas' magnificent lyrics. The best song ever created in this lifetime, HANDS DOWN!
Facts Queen salute to Nas only being 20 years old in before his prime years really. He was ahead of his time this song still get me in my zone he was a young Miles Davis at this point this is one of the greatest hip hop songs of all time shout out to Pete Rock.
The first verse is the entirety of my 20s encapsulated in a poem. If you've ever been blessed enough to live in NYC, you practically can see Nas. You've seen 100 Nas'
This song is one with no expiration date. When you think of this genre, it's Nas and then everyone else. I love a lot of rappers but Nas is simply on a different and more elevated artistic plane.
I was not raised on hip hop. I was raised on punk, metal, hardcore, parents were in that lil suburban punk skate culture. I heard this song on Tony hawk underground and it blew my mind. This song alone made me go into a deep discovery of rap. This song changed my life.
@@epicgamerfive Right on bro. I mean I discovered this song almost 20 years ago haha. I'm a certified hip hop head now. And I am definitely getting into R&B lately. Really messing with SiR mainly. Dudes dope
This shit is so lyrical, I'm still just really figuring out little shit he's talking about with in the song, and I've been listening to this since it came out '94.
xenophontiacicidationarionism Genius is the wikipedia of rap lyrics..everybody can share their interpretations of rap lyrics. It's basically a huge collection of people's thoughts and Nas himself has an account on Genius so I don't see the problem with the site
R.I.P Kobe Bryant. You truly will not be forgotten and how the legend like you changed The NBA forever. Both "8" and "24" of the Lakers jersey, represents the one and only The Black Mamba
@Paul Robinson YO, START TRYING IN SCHOOL JUNIOR YEAR !! Also don’t be afraid of anyone because once y’all graduate life hits you like a TRAIN 🚂 so be prepared ✌️
this a legendary beat
But the lyrics are better
Everything on same level. Highest level.
Speaker Bangerz
the song in general
Anyone know where the Sample is from?
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO Y’ALL, THE WORLD IS YOURS!!!!
GOD BLESS YA LIFE
Happy new year!!! The world is yours!!!!
AMEN 🙌.. The World Is Yours.. Rapper Nas 🎤 🔥.. Forever.
It is ours!!!
90s hip hop will never die
NEVER!
And 80s
It will eventually but for now it’s fye
Not as long as we keep it alive... This was the golden age and I'm glad I came up in it. This generation is clueless as to what real music is. I remember the day this album dropped. I copped the second single "It ain't hard to tell" a few months before the album dropped then I copped the album the day it dropped. Easily one of the greatest Hip Hop albums of all time.
@@RellyOhBoy there is no golden age
R.I.P. to Legendary jazz musician Ahmad Jamal passed who away yesterday. This classic hip hop song wouldn’t be possible without the sample of Ahmad Jamal’s “I Love Music”
May he forever rest in peace.
Thank you for this gem of knowledge
May Allah grant him Jannat. His contribution to jazz was revolutionary
When Ahmad died, I looked for any public mention that NAS had made about it and found nothing. Not even a simple tweet
@@cosmicparsec9463nothing from Pete Rock either?
The production on this album is insane... it almost feels psychedelic. It's timeless.
Large professor and pete rock and dj premier!!!
I wouldn’t say pyschedelic at all
@@anas-432 also q tip
That’s the devil you hear
@@luisrivas9661 bro what are u even talking abt💀
That fuckin beat...
ikr
It's dope as hell
Nashonn Often it's the beat that "Hooks" you, then you listen to the lyrics, I know this is up there with all time great hip-hop lyrics.
How about the beat and lyrics
thanks to DJ premier!!
Lyrics: Smart
Flow: Smooht like butter
Beat: Fire
Memories: Legendary
Song: Perfect
“I need a new nigga for this black cloud to follow cause while it’s over me it’s too dark to see tomorrow” My favorite line of all time ❤
I was going through some stuff when this first came out and to this day those words still echo for me. To be so young and witnessing so much makes people like Nas ahead of their time
It's not just his insight, cadence and lyrical ability, it's the uniqueness of his voice. Till this day, there's no one who sonically sounds like Nas.
I have to disagree. Listen to Your Old Droog.
It was one of the special things about Nas when he's at his peaks like this song, his voice is so captivating, his tone, diction, it was like God send him to rap. All the natural rap abilities it seem like Nas was born w/them.
Just wondering... how would you sound, if not sonically? ;-) (just messin)
H2O_Atlanta what are you talking about? Who sounds like 2pac? Who sounds like Snoop? Who sounds like Ice Cube? Who has the sound of 50? Your full of shit man
@@MatheDeath nah nobody sounds like nas tf
I could listen to this song 1000 times and never get tired of it
same + your profile pic aka ride the lightning is my lockscreen, we must be in the right place
@@zyorus8092 I’m glad there are recent comments showing me this songs still goated
I've listened to this song 1000x and still ain't tired of it.
Ong
same also W metallica pfp i just bought metallica and pantera tickets last night
Every song off Illmatic can be in top 10 songs of all time
you should give this a chance, he might bring the 90's vibe back to music th-cam.com/video/I-7PuSxuNec/w-d-xo.html
@HERICK ALPHONSE NY state of mind is probably top 100 or 150 in ALL songs in ALL GENRES
Easily my favourite album ever.
It’s a 10 song album ✊🏾
Including Enter The Wu Tang and The Infamous
Yall young brothers take notes. Nas is dropping free knowledge and game in these ciphers
Thank you Pete Rock for making this beat! One of the best I ever heard! Pete Rock created so many good beats back in the day
Yeah it's a shame he became a washed up old head that told newer rappers they wouldn't be shit, just cause they found different ways to rap and then when those new guys fired back against the hate pete played victim and said that they were disrespecting an older legend who paved the way for them.
sid tallamraju he got some fire in that album with smoke dza
serafin mendez he does
And we hadda thank Ahmad jamal for making that particular piano sample piece in which Pete's blessed ear picked up on and made this masterpiece! #realhiphop
T.R.O.Y too
“To name my daughter my strength
My son’s start will be my resurrection
Born in the correction all the wrong shit I did
He’ll lead the right direction” 🐐 bar
Crazy thing is he didn’t even know he was going to have a daughter. Especially that order of daughter, then a son.
@@uchennasunday7037 It was written.
@@uchennasunday7037 he knew he was expecting a daughter. she was born a few months after the song
@@evan8494 what about the son?
What a prophet! Sooner or later we will all see who the prophet is!
He really did have kids in that order!!
i can close my eyes and picture what nas is saying whenever he raps and pete rock killed this beat with the piano
Nas is the greatest rapper that's ever lived.
Def top 50
@@Mindonicon😂 you smoking
@@mikeb3936 yeah, smoking on yo top 5 tonight
Top 3
@@MindoniconI guess Kendrick is your favourite
Unbelievable lyricist. I get soooo emotionally moved by this song.
nas a true legend
straight up
Damn right
Mos def
Idgaf what anybody says NAS is the real GOAT of hip hop
What an ignorant point of view..
Deathb4dishonor 187 Feminem? You mean Bo Burnham (that was a Words Words Words joke)
Deathb4dishonor 187 🤣🤣 eminem is shet fr
NaS is a great legend but I will always put 2pac above him
@@Official_BlaccGoat If Nas died instead of pac say after It was written album, he would have been the undisputed goat. Though i believe his first 2 albums are better than any 2 Tupac albums, this guy is just too poetic to compare
30 YEARS OF ILLMATIC 👑🐐
2024... still here👊
1994-2024
And still da best.
❤
illmatic forever
No one can touch Nas lyrically. This guy is a fucking legend.. if only everyone made songs like this.
Wise words👏🏼
+BreuckelensFinest great comment
If every one was as good as this we wouldn't see Nas as a legend so we need people like chief keef to realise how great Nas Eminem etc is
+BreuckelensFinest Beautiful :)
Lupe fiasco can
This song deserves an Oscar
*emmy
Alberto Cruz grammy
Oscar= Movie
Emmy= TV
Grammy=Music
jrbo55 bobo Nobel Peace Prize
RelaxBalas91 Champions Leage
18.4.1994. - 18.4.2014. Nas forever!
R.I.P. Guru 19.4.2010.!!!
Nas isnt dead,he was just at Coachella today
lol aye itsthugg you don't understand me.. 18.4.1994. is date when ILLMATIC came out.. and 19.4.2010. is day when, one of greatest MC's passed away, Keith Elam (Guru).. Peace
R.I.P Gifted Unlimited Rhyming Universal
God
Universal
Ruler
Universal
I'm still goin' strong in this game, and you should learn to
R-E-S, P-E-C-T
Or you get fucked up, be-lieve you me
Illmatic was released April19th '94
This guy was 18 when he wrote this. Amazing!!!!!!!!
This song goes further than being just a good song. This marks an early uprising for those considered "at-risk" or that are part of underdeveloped communities. I hope this hits the lil homies that often forget that they matter. The world is yours no matter how society is structured. The world is yours no matter who you are.
That was said perfectly. Thank you.
You should truly walk outside because that has to be one of the worst thing i've read.. And so far from reality
@@eddyj.70 this comment is worse than it had the potential to be because you don't even know that you are ignorant while sayin ignorant shi
the duality of Man
@@eddyj.70 you say this without explaining how lol
This is the pinnacle of hip hop. Best album the art ever gave us. Nas=Legend
The world would of been 2pacs
STRETCH
Tupac was best when he made conscience songs outside of that he was kind of ignorant.
@@tonyb1571 bro.. 😂 he was anything but ignorant.
@@robertschleeter3300 yeah because hit em up was a lyrical gem that made those that listened better
This whole album is a masterpiece. Amazing how 27 years later it’s still regarded as the best album ever made.
arguably the best album of all time
Reasonable Doubt, MM…Food, and 3ft High and Rising are also good contenders
@@ttdanimations1231 mm food is goated too
not even best rap album of all time...
TPAB better
@le4che henry agreed. This is a close 2nd but tpab is the best
God talks through Nas
When you compare the art of a 20 year old in 1994 to the average 20 year old today it's like night and day. Nas will always be one of the greatest.
Don this 20 year old being nas isn’t fair at allll 💀.. it’s like comparing joey badass at 17 to anyone else... just completely different leagues
you should give this a chance, he might bring the 90's vibe back to music th-cam.com/video/I-7PuSxuNec/w-d-xo.html
He actually began the album at around 17
@@MB-gd6be 17 was he's first music video with some rapper that i forgot. 16 was his first ever appear on BBQ live with Large Professor
Not fair. Even 25-50 year old nas doesn't compare to illmatic Nas.
I listen to this before I left my house to pursue my dream.
To travel
my dream is to go & stay on another planet far away from here
vishal shah why not try to fix the one you're on
Harry Turner BCOZ It's not my job to fix this world. I can't alone change anything..you feel me smh
vishal shah just gotta stay positive my man
it's incredible to think someone so young had a daughter, was rhyming the illest shit on the face of the earth and was maintaining a life in QB, i just can't even imagine... people who don't understand why nas is the best rapper of all time need to fucking recognize
NYC in in 1993, if you grew up there during this time, you dont even need to say another word
This beat was ahead of its time 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🙏🏾🙏🏾
One of the greatest rappers, one of the greatest albums, and one of the greatest songs of all time.
Straight up spiritual, bro this song heals the soul
@@secta7878 🤨
@@yourfriendlyneighbourhoodb7585 lmfao I had to delete that comment, good looks caught me lacking there 🤣
@@secta7878 I forgot what it was already shir
@@yourfriendlyneighbourhoodb7585 oh 😅
Like it was dropped from the heavens
Rockin this at 14 years of age, i felt invisible. There was hope in my future thanks to this song. So much negativity around me, and i still rocked through it with this song. Fast forward to today , as a father, the journey still continues but victorious with a great career, with child and the world. Much respect to the Rap Genius NAS
💯
same!
Peace King!
I see you was a on the come up just as well at the age of 14 in 1994 .
The dream doesn't stop fam.
Undoubtedly THE MOST PLAYING TRACK off of ILLMATIC. I was a youth counselor at a homeless shelter for teens in Chicago called Neon Street back in ‘94…worked the overnight shift 11pm-7am… this was on repeat the entire time.
This song hits me on so many levels.
If someone had never listened to HipHop before and they asked "where should I start" I'd point to this song
Most definitely!
Not just this song but the entire album.
Drew can't point to one of the best first or they'll never truly appreciate it 😉
Drew This song is amazing but good hip hop imo started in 1987
Eric b as well
Nah Kool G Rap
Can’t believe my dad showed me this masterpiece
Your pops is a real one.
A great father you had.
whos here cause of good taste not some movie
Edit: lol people need to realize this was a message I made when I was 15, I'm now 21😂 my pov on the subject has changed. Whatever brings you to nas is a good thing obviously and is a sign of good taste. I hope the people who were offended by my message can realize this.
Aren't you special.
Just sayin
All these people r here cause of a movie what brought u here?
the radio
Nas brought me here. What movie are you talking about
I get the biggest chills from this song, Goosebumps that don't go away till the end. No bars wasted, my favorite beat, probably my favorite song of all time.. as a person who used to hate rap Nas was probably one of the few who actually got me rapping. This song is a massive inspiration to my mentality. GOAT
Legit couldnt have said it better. Actually gives me goosebumps
Masterpiece
I suggest you deja vu 🫶🏻
My favourite song of all time too
So inspiring. I play it almost every morning to remind myself... whose world is this? MINE
This deserves so much more recognition. It's an absolute classic.
yep
True hip hop heads will never let this die.
"so much more recognition" bruh this is like on every list of the most perfect rap songs of all time.
I agree btw, I think this is possibly THE greatest hiphop song ever made by humans...but this song is not underrated. Everyone agrees its amazing 😁
I just sit and be in a daze smoking and visualizing back in the days to how the world is now
Recorded in ‘92-‘94, released in 1994….. Nas was waaaaay before his time lyrically🤞🏾🔥🔥
Best hip hop song of all time
jerry alexander no
J N S his opinion
Nah...
One of the most Groundbreaking rap songs of all time, but not Thee Absolutely Best Hip Hop/Rap Song of All Time. That's one hell of a reach😂
Me You it’s literally their opinion tho
jerry alexander it’s been one of my favourites for ages I might agree dude
In my opinion the best of Nas
agree, up there with verbal intercourse, live at the bbq and the rest of illmatic
Yep ur right
Nathan Larigauderie What about N.Y State of Mind?
Raphi LAC / The 2nd best
Nathan Larigauderie what about Represent
I used to listen to this when I was 63, and now I'm 17. This will forever be a classic.💚
bro aged backwards
I used to listen to this when I was 998 years old, and now I'm chilling in the womb. Time flies man ❤
😯
😂😂😂😂
@@prod3keroi listened to this when I was 16 I'm 61 now 😂
Man call me crazy or stuck in the past. This is still my favorite Nas joint ever Oct 23 2024 🤷🏾♂️
A beat so legendary its literally displayed in the national museum of african american culture.
Hands down , The Best Hip Hop Track ever created
Lol
NBA Mixtapes That's a little bit far-fetched. Maybe the best beat, but certainly not song. What makes you think this?
Shinnybuttnerd No, I just don't agree with that statement.
nas is like. is better imo
Hylian Warrior
Tbh, imo this beat is nowhere near the best beat. I think the best beat is from shook ones part 2. That is just legendary.
The world is yours ✊🏽
Its mine , Its mine , Its mine !
who’s world is this?
the world is yours ! The world is yours !
İs Yours!
you should give this a chance, he might bring the 90's vibe back to music th-cam.com/video/I-7PuSxuNec/w-d-xo.html
Nas is the greatest MC of all time.
@@shaunuwuu Hmmm... yes.
🐐
Facts…
Pete Rock was the best person to make this beat man
Legendary song
Dynasty Of The Dragon DEFINITELY!
The top 3 producers in rap are J Dilla, Pete Rock and Easy Mo Bee.
TRIPLE AAA dr dre must
Oh shit I forgot about dre, I think of him as a rapper a lot lol.
I guess top 5 are Easy Mo Bee, Pete Rock, J Dilla, Dre, DJ Prem.
Thinking a word best describing my life to name my daughter
My strength, my son, the star, will be my resurrection
Born in correction. All the wrong shit I did, he'll lead a right direction
This verse represents me at best. Praise be to God I’m about to be a father to baby boy. Thanks Nas for all the knowledge in your music 🙏🏼
my favorite song of all time
Yep !
same
Luke Tube , the same!
in response to icecube "the world is mine nigga get back"
Luke Tube Hit Em up and i Don t giva fuck from Makaveli The Don 4 Life
Thank GOD I didn’t sleep on this album. Nas is my GOAT 🐐
There's always been something seriously haunting about this track....Almost like you're being told something really important and specific that your subconscious is understanding, but you don't understand it exactly. All you know is that you're feeling it in your gut.
+grndmst9 street dreams remix "everything i tried to learn see i already knew", that shit just resonated with me for some reason, shit felt like a life lesson when i first heard it, a lot of his music is like that, find your wealth, self conscious, stay chiseled, drunk by myself, my way, etc
+grndmst9 thats why i keep coming back to this song even since i first heard back in 8th grade. illmatic is the first album that made me question this world we put in and at that the time the most important thing was fitting in as a young middle schooler and doing all the pop shit and trends
I thought I was the only one
+grndmst9 Best comment here, 10/10!
+grndmst9 so true..
I wonder if Nas knew in 94 he made the greatest rap song ever
He often said that it was his intention to make the perfect hip hop album
He was 17 when he wrote this
Happy 25th anniversary!! Illmatic.
"who´s world is this, the world of yours" BANGER, this sound is fire
90's hip-hop will never pass away
New York has the best rappers and lyricists ever.. nothing like New York ( east coast ) rap
Terrible take how you leave out cities that birthed Legendary spittas ie Philly(my city & Styles P Jada considers us the home of the spitters) Jersey ATL Houston Chicago Cali New Orleans Memphis Up State, NY Virginia etc. but back up top you most definitely can’t just say NY as East Coast rap & leave out Philly & Jersey that’s straight blasphemy.
ABSOLUTE TRUTH!!!!🎤🎤🎤🔥🔥🔥🫡🫡🫡💯💯💯
Lyrics to the east coast. Beats to the west
Such a simple jazz underbase but yet so intricate. Illmatic for its time and Nas's state of mind growing up in Queen's Bridge is phenomenal. It's one of the best hip hop albums of all time.
de una
se cambio lo que escribiste
"I keep falling but never falling 6 feet deep" what a cold bar
they needa put this shit in 2k17
Throwback to 2k14
+cj roxworthy 2k 13
+cj roxworthy 1k94
+John Morley Damn that's to far. 1094....
They already put it in 2k13
This is my favorite Nas song of all time. It just feels good inside. I know Illmatic inside and out.
Me too. All 9 tracks are special to me, can't pick a favorite honestly
Kunga Sagar This is true, but overall, Imma have to roll with Represent.
LaCheleWallace Great song. Alright I guess I would go with It Ain't Hard To Tell, last track
Represent , memory lane
LaCheleWallace I love Represent and The World is Yours but Memory Lane (Sittin' in da Park) gotta love it's laid back feel
"i need a new nigga for this black cloud to follow/cause while its over me its too dark to see tomorrow / " Profound and poetic words from a true lyrical god i love the way nas is able to articulate the streets hes likes a professor and old soul
This song will never get old, a timeless masterpiece!
This video changed my life....i was exactly the same age as that boy in the video and i was watching NAS for the first time.....alone in the living room....strange but the first time i heard NAS , i woke up completely...
Syborg FR heard it off a game when I was little and did a lil more research and I instantly just loved it
@@guwo1954 tony hawk underground maybe?
@@dolan8206 yes. THUG 2 brought showed me a lot of good artists...
you should give this a chance, he might bring the 90's vibe back to music th-cam.com/video/I-7PuSxuNec/w-d-xo.html
No b.s. these lyrics are unforgettable, real hip hop
These good old days when hip-hop had meaning..
It still does!!!!! look at your profile pic!!!! Didn't you hear Blacker The Berry? Good Kid maad city, J coles David Letterman performance and his album!!! Mick Jenkins!! Cap Steez!!! many others. Don't let hiphop just die like that. The 90's were great but i'm more excited then ever to see hiphop from now on. :)
yeah i know but. thats the underground hip-hop of course those artist are good. like in all in total hip-hop is just weird as fuck. niggas rapping like OG MACO and that coco nigga lol
But me, I pretend that's not hiphop you know. like it's fake to me. It's a trend, and trends die. What happend to Trinidad James since 2012? Kendrick is still around since 2012 and even bigger. The Coco guy is holding by a thread. he has 3 parts to that song. He has nothing coming after that. And bobby Shmurda is slowly going away too. Those songs are cool at a club for maybe a month or two. but shit like good kid maad city and Coles album will allways be played and passed down to the next generation just like illmatic. trust me
You got Joey bada$$'s new album as your profile picture so obviously you yourself know that some hip hop nowadays still has meaning, joeys actually my favorite artist
Dre NASC don't forget Logic Under Pressure
best song ever, and best music video ever..
His best work in my opinion
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“i’m out for presidents to represent me”
*say what?*
“i’m out for dead presidents to represent me” ~ Nas 1994
Dead presidents ll by jayz
Say what?
He made a song called dead presidents ll
YourAverageJoe technically Jay sampled The World Is Yours Tip mix by NaS Ft Q-Tip
Alex Moreno yea
20-year old and already such a lyrical maturity and mastery. Legend. And Pete Rock, one of the best.
Pete Rock laced this track!!
Beat putting me to sleep - nas this song 😆
@@rustymixer2886 After a nice blunt oh yeah.
Pete rockity rock baby
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I'm up at 12:48am with my 8 year old daughter. She is so mesmerized by the videos that I am playing! She can't even take her eyes off the screen...lol. It's summertime so I decided to give her a hip-hop lesson.
Best Song of all time
The hottest song on NBA 2k13. Where I learned of Nas
Nostalgia for real
Fax, that's nostalgic.
And Tony Hawk's Underground
Yeessirrr,that s something special..i salute all my bros.. From Romania with ❤ !!
Facts
This needs 10’s of millions of views come on guys
I can never get tired of listening to this - it's an infinite classic with the Ahmad Jamal sample, Pete Rock's crazy production, and Nas' magnificent lyrics. The best song ever created in this lifetime, HANDS DOWN!
Facts Queen salute to Nas only being 20 years old in before his prime years really. He was ahead of his time this song still get me in my zone he was a young Miles Davis at this point this is one of the greatest hip hop songs of all time shout out to Pete Rock.
Definitely bro my favorite hip hop song ever
Pete Rock is a genius
This song should never die, one of the best song in Hip Hop history.
My favorite song from my favorite artist
If he's your favorite artist then why is your pfp gucci?
The first verse is the entirety of my 20s encapsulated in a poem. If you've ever been blessed enough to live in NYC, you practically can see Nas. You've seen 100 Nas'
this song gives me flashbacks to when i was 9 years old playing nba 2k13
The Commentator takes me down memory lane using a n overpowered 6’7” point build in that 2k
I was gonna say the same thing, now I’m 18 vibin to this song to this day
Funny thing is I was exactly the same age then as you are right now.
Man I was 6&7 bro
You're right
"Picturin' my peeps not eat can make my heart-beat skip"
NaS is a real dude.
This song is one with no expiration date. When you think of this genre, it's Nas and then everyone else. I love a lot of rappers but Nas is simply on a different and more elevated artistic plane.
Jazzy new York 90s shit man.. goosebumps..respect from old head scotland
I was not raised on hip hop. I was raised on punk, metal, hardcore, parents were in that lil suburban punk skate culture. I heard this song on Tony hawk underground and it blew my mind. This song alone made me go into a deep discovery of rap. This song changed my life.
Nice, man! You should explore some other genres like R&B! Maybe you'll find something you like.
It's like that. Same here👍
I was raised by Christian Music. And I just love Rap and Rock.
@@epicgamerfive Right on bro. I mean I discovered this song almost 20 years ago haha. I'm a certified hip hop head now. And I am definitely getting into R&B lately. Really messing with SiR mainly. Dudes dope
Same same
This shit is so lyrical, I'm still just really figuring out little shit he's talking about with in the song, and I've been listening to this since it came out '94.
Use RapGenius. It helps out alot
King Beastley Fuck RapGenius
That site is WOAT
xenophontiacicidationarionism Agreed, who would use that site? Wtf.
xenophontiacicidationarionism Genius is the wikipedia of rap lyrics..everybody can share their interpretations of rap lyrics. It's basically a huge collection of people's thoughts and Nas himself has an account on Genius so I don't see the problem with the site
***** Who's Nas?
One of the GREATEST songs of all time!!!!💯
the best
The beat is so fire. I legit just have is in my head on stand by when I want to listen
The greates hip hop beat of all time
R.I.P Kobe Bryant. You truly will not be forgotten and how the legend like you changed The NBA forever. Both "8" and "24" of the Lakers jersey, represents the one and only The Black Mamba
But rip kobe
No disrespect to Kobe, RIP, but what does this comment have to do with this song? Lol
@@mastrb8tor743 I think cuz of nba2k13
Surfer Blood dang dude, did a Lance touch you as a kid or something? Do you wanna get a trusted adult to talk about it?
Surfer Blood Ge asked a question then said lol u looking to deep calm the hell down
one of the greatest hip hop songs of all time period
MY ERA IS UNDEFEATED!!!!💯💯💯🎤🎤🎤🔥🔥🔥🤎🤎🤎
A quarter century!! This entire album is timeless
Bumping this and I’m 13 ✨
16 now, lol
@@MikeOck88 LMAOOOO
I see a great future ahead of you
good taste i hope its still the same now that youre 16
@Paul Robinson YO, START TRYING IN SCHOOL JUNIOR YEAR !! Also don’t be afraid of anyone because once y’all graduate life hits you like a TRAIN 🚂 so be prepared ✌️
This certified classic is literally getting me through my Engineering masters degree for some reason.
The vibes are strong with this one 👍🏾
Good luck.
@marvin mandela..good luck with your masters degree..you are headed towards success peace love..much blessings to you your family
Ur there man u just havent arrived yet
World is yours always😭
I graduated a year and a half ago btw. Still listening 🎧 . 🎉🌹🙏🏾
Nas was out here MANIFESTING, and it came to BE. simple as that.
i'm just a jazz pianist. i came for the ahmad jamal sampling and stayed for some fucking great music