That chorus by Nas is beyond brilliant! He flipped that Evelyn Champagne King sample into a deeply reflective street poetic flow. Everybody is spittin Crazy on this song.
Anyone not respecting NORE’s verse isn’t seeing the English/Spanish word play and Puerto Rico references. All while making words from two languages rhyme and using multi syllable rhymes. It’s absolutely insane.
😂😂 Yo ask meho he know I pay my bill at Teko My Chick she’s a freak tho I give some Lays chips and Fritos I don’t stop I keep go Let me stop and Lay low Just say hi to J Lo 🤪🤪😂👌🏼👌🏼
This is the pinnacle of hip hop. This was hip hops peak. This is studying hieroglyphics in an Egyptian tomb, its like the dead sea scrolls. Pay hommage to these concrete jungle gods.
Stylezzz101 you never know it this sound might come back either that or there'll be some other rhythm or style that comes out that this generation will hate or not like
LXWvids it's funny because this sound right here was the "new school" hip hop sound and the 80's generation liked the sound. But the 80's and 90's generation doesn't like the current sound
NORE bodied this. I fuck with Nas and hes one of the GOAT but NORE's flow here is SO original and cool he just kinda outshined the other cat's verses imo.
@@Spyder8561 thats because tragedy wasn't fucking with Nore's style when he first met him, but Tragedy had taken Capone under his wing and Capone wanted to bring Nore in with him so Tragedy basically forced Nore to change his style at first.
Damn what a classic. Damn i miss Nore's old flow. So unorthodox. Its the flow that made The War Report a certified classic. Tragedy is one one of the true unsung heroes of hip hop.
nigga shut the fuck up lol if u ain't a fan of this song, the fuck you typing for? I personally don't give a shit about his personal life. IU m hearing listening to track, you dumb fuck.
Nah, they ALL brought GREAT ENERGY TO THEIR VERSE; they ALL hv different flows so I MOST DEFINITELY FEEL AS THO EVERY LAST ONE THAT SPIT ON THIS TRACK, MURDERED IT💯💪💪‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️
Real ones listen to that shit Lyrics and vocals are on another level Its been 27 years and still in race with nowadays trashes Listen to Oldschool kids N-A-S-I-R call him Escobar👑
nog baby Probably but Matrix 2 is more like a mixtape with different song's on it. Not sure if this was off of something else but I know it's on Matrix 2.
nog baby Could of been a left over B side track that was recorded for Capone N Noreaga's - War Report album or Channel 10..that was never released ..never know. Sick track though.
***** I swore I remember reading some interview and it was over Nas and Tragedy falling out. The sample clearance issue makes sense though. Hell, could have been both...
Tragedy's verses single handedly crush anyone else on the track. This verse of his is classic visual real shit-- detailed and very real to 90's NY streets... not that much has changed tho. These kinds of verses are timeless cuz they represent the reality that hasn't changed.
Abdullah El Ibraahiimii Not Really. Clue’s tapes were so 🔥back then that vendors knew it would sell. They were either bootlegging it or calling Big Skane@ Desert Storm direct, for 100 tapes or more. Bottom line is I’ve seen clues tapes as far west as the Slausson Swap Meet in L.A and as far South as Dade County/ Coral Gables-University of Miami selling Clue Tapes. Just Saying.
"This one kid had STAYED rich while we slang the grave shifts. "I'm tired of it" said a cat whose name I'ma leave anonymous cuz he might take it as some kind of diss....." Nas' verse = Lyrical story telling at it's best, he paints such a clear picture with the words & you can follow along bar for bar, and that story is shit that happens in the hood EVERY damn day
Yeah it's even more astonishing when you think about how Nas didn't life that live at all. It's sick how he can tell such a great story that's just written(lived) by others. Remember, Nas aint a thug at all.
@@TvLOverdose just cuz u didn't live that life. He grew up around that life...he came from that life.. His neighborhood was that life.. If he lived in Mansion with a butler all his life, you would have a point. He live in the same bldgs where what he talked about was going on.
Actually nas did live this lifestyle it’s well known in queens and amongst all the rappers there in in nyc that’s why he never was dissed about it or “exposed”
Yocat word that Shi becomes you , your surroundings make you wether you choose to believe or not he had to abide by the same rules if not they would of marked him victim
I didn’t need any recommendations for this. I knew this song existed because I was in my teens when it came out. Legendary track. Respect to Nas and NORE
***** I agree with you completely but sadly nobody from today's age will acknowledge those 2 as pioneers. The music landscape is all fucked up glorifying terrible lyricism with partying and heavy beats.
John Lansing I think you would be surprised. I bet most of these talentless hacks would give props to both of those dudes, the problem is they won't make music like that because today's fans don't give two fucks for lyrics, bunch of ignorant whiny fuck bois.
MrScoobySnacks23 I wouldn't blame it completely on the fans either. I think these dudes rapping now a days actually have no innovative talent. The one's like Nas and Prodigy who had meaning and flow all idolized Kool G and Rakim and shit. Rap ain't the same and it sucks but I'll stick to listening to the classics and underground
The black moses and the name of my home city san juan my paps home that's insane its classic legends like rakim when i be on da mic and gang starr above the clouds that mention either my name or something that resembles me its why I listen to it and because of what they rap about nothing but real music experience is the best teacher.
Hell nah!!! Nore ruined this song🤦♂️😂 Nore is a trash ass rapper. This song proves it lmao. They should’ve kept e money bags verse on this instead of nores🤦♂️
[Verse 1: Tragedy Khadafi] Yo, yo Peep the black Moses, literature in pure dosage From the landscape of Kuwait, jakes and vultures Too many of us lose focus Due to the fact that we all just a bunch of soldiers, foul cultures Funny how the streets mold us, Allah told us In the cages where they hold us, it's much colder The babies follow our footsteps, the way we rep They motto is: Leave a richer nigga dead and wet though We learn the same jewels but it seems we forget though (Yeah, forgot the jewels, yo) Shoulda knew what love is before we learn what a thug is Now we left our seeds to be raised by they mothers I seen the 'hood raise brothers, killed too many of us A thin line between the haters and the ones who love us A thinner line from the freedom and the foul judges In the streets where the snake niggas hold grudges [Chorus: Nas & Khadafi] Music make this thug calm down (Feel that?) Music make this thug, calm down (Calm me, what) Music make this thug calm down (I don't give a fuck no more) Music make this thug, calm down (Noreaga) Yeah [Verse 2: Nas] Yo, yo I know you hate to hear the drama, but drama's all we know We laugh with the rich cats, when they leave, we switch back Somebody asked "Yo, how he get that with his bitch ass?" Comin' through on the humble just to chit-chat He used to be down on the corner with us He was born with niggas, but know he's on to mad figures With mad bitches, a sharp dresser Cool nigga but about to be called out, by the heart testers Never known for bustin' his chrome Wasn't soft but, wasn't respected 'till he was grown School he graduated, somebody you could say had made it While we stayed in the projects walkin' the pavement Everybody has their ups and downs But this one kid had stayed rich while we slanged the grave shifts "I'm tired of it!" said a cat whose name I'mma leave anonymous 'Cuz he might take it as some kind of diss Anyway, he saw him drivin' up inside the projects Tried to stick him but he got bodied in the process (Damn) The victor had become the victim (Dictim) Thought he had a smooth nigga caught But a smooth nigga licked him [Chorus: Nas & Khadafi] Music make this thug calm down Music make this thug, calm down (Calm me, what) Music make this thug calm down (Calm us down, dunn) Music make this thug, calm down (Word) [Verse 3: Noreaga] Yo, Jose Luis Gacha, golden guns Frank Sinatra Amigo sancha, all on the scene with binocular Fajardo Bayamon, me and Ramon Chrome K-Tone back to San Juan, my pop's home Sit on the throne like a king of my ca' Take mine, genuine laced up, laid up Yo, Que Pasa, ven aqui, yo, you and your hijo Perico, Puerto Rico magnifico chico He kept his heat low by his feet though Came with mami chula grande cula Little menuda smoke buddah, fatty bangin' plus the bitch cuta Que linda, you should seened her Iraq, rush ya premises, the nemesis Drinkin' Guinesses, what! For Revelation on the Genesis The Nazis and worn papi, call up Khadafi Amor de Rey, we stayin' bent all day And put the lye out in your mug like ashtray Cabron! Castellano Too many people in my cypher bloody up my visiano Too much weakness, the German secret, laid my pregame down You just a hijo, slap you with the black heat though I'm all about my clique blowin' up, people showin' up CNN, what! We want the gold, nothin' less Buddah bless me, caress me, bitches here to sex me Undress me, suck me off, Crunch much like a Nestle (Suck it off, suck it off, suck it off, suck me off)
Heavy Flow with nothing but Bomb ass memories before cell phones…. Unexplainable conversations, freestyle sessions and live party scenes off this track!!! Word is Bond lol😂
Timeless piece right here. So many jewels drop on this. No disrespect QU had New York on lock D for a few years. Beats were dope and lyrics were lit. The era of mobb, nas, LB, if you know you know. Peace to the tri-state though
If you are here, congratulations you're in the dungeons of rap
Facts
Where fake niggas don't make it back!
Amen
J DILLA ONN PROD
RealHipHop4Life that’s an Ahmed Jamal piano riff no?
This fucking beat is on the next dimension
0% nudity
0% flexing
0% mumbling
100% pure HIP HOP 🙌🏽
nuthin but food for thought and jewelz for the seeds Realrap
6
Unfuckwithable
Nas's storytelling flow and how he flirts with words effortlessly makes him the greatest of all time. His verse on that one is an example.
I agree Esco makes it look easy.
nas the best
preach the GOAT
I agree with that.... Nas is the goat!!!!!!
I love this verse “’I’m tired of it!’ said a cat whose name I’mma leave anonymous / Cuz he might take it as some kind of dis” Damn
That chorus by Nas is beyond brilliant! He flipped that Evelyn Champagne King sample into a deeply reflective street poetic flow. Everybody is spittin Crazy on this song.
LOL It's a Bette Midler sample, not Evelyn Champagne...
He's referring to the hook@Lolife86
Anyone not respecting NORE’s verse isn’t seeing the English/Spanish word play and Puerto Rico references. All while making words from two languages rhyme and using multi syllable rhymes.
It’s absolutely insane.
nothing against his verse per se, he just sounds annoying
😂😂 Yo ask meho he know
I pay my bill at Teko
My Chick she’s a freak tho
I give some Lays chips and Fritos
I don’t stop I keep go
Let me stop and Lay low
Just say hi to J Lo 🤪🤪😂👌🏼👌🏼
No way he wrote that tho lol
@@cjnv48 It's not exactly deep lol. it's the same flow he always has. The Spanish isn't deep either lol.
@@paulsetti9484 who said it was deep
Nas's verse was so hard hitting and Chilling
Nas’s verse is about 2Pac
What's naS talking about in his verse.... what's the meaning?
Sounds more two dudes from his hood one was thugged the other dude was a who lived in that hood who was clearly on point.
@@nikolaytsonev803That’s what I immediately thought when I first heard it. I had to check the title to see if this was a Pac diss.
This is shit u listen to while riding the train , with a old school walkman with sony headphones, rocking a champion hoodie and a carhartt jacket!
W
Yocat 100
And Suede Tims. With a scully w a brim!
word brother
And timberlands
This is the pinnacle of hip hop. This was hip hops peak. This is studying hieroglyphics in an Egyptian tomb, its like the dead sea scrolls. Pay hommage to these concrete jungle gods.
Real talk this the zenith of rap. The culmination of all the best elements
@@jamaalcurry8990 💯
Well said!!
@@jamaalcurry8990 was a peak of culture too, the internet really f'd everything up.
@@CL-ty6wp agreed
"Shoulda knew what love is/before we learned what a thug is/now we left our seeds to be raised by they mothers" - CLASSIC!!!!!!!!!
Eeewwwww that was nasty!!
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@@Apreme why you hatin
me and my husband love this shit right here!!!!! This one of our wedding songs because of him. NY Love!
I wish have a wife like you 😁
Thats so dope. salute. Damn. I gotta find a woman like that!
u a real one! congrats on ya marriage!
🏆 take this trophy
Jennifer Tirado Music make these thugs calmmmm downnnn....
Nore had the best Spanglish verse ever!!!!!😂😂💯💯💯
😂😂
Got that Bodega flow 😂
On god he did
😂😂
Real talk ! Because of this lyrics I wanted to learn Spanish
Queens bridge has the greatest depth of quality emcees of any hood ever
Truue
Real shit
Word is Bond
Yessir
Why can't Hip-Hop sound like this anymore?
It can it's just no one (or should I say not enough people buy it) it doesn't sell. If it sold like dance/pop records this is all you'd hear
I make beats like this often the only beats that get a decent amount of play is the dance and pop beats
i feel u, i think it's a 90's thing... peoples nowadays don't like that kind of beat and style... i dunno what it is...
Stylezzz101 you never know it this sound might come back either that or there'll be some other rhythm or style that comes out that this generation will hate or not like
LXWvids it's funny because this sound right here was the "new school" hip hop sound and the 80's generation liked the sound. But the 80's and 90's generation doesn't like the current sound
NORE's flow is RIDICULOUS here. Changed my whole perspective on that dude! I love that verse so much
Yeah he does has his highlights on a lot of songs.
Queensbridge classic.
Hip-Hop Kung Fu that joint u been tryna find
@waffenevolutionss lefrak city and queensbridge a super classic.
This give me the chills everytime.
Everytime‼️‼️‼️‼️
Fr
Noreaga slang and flow is so unique no one sound like him
oullerslb noreaga went in head first!
Prob my fav of his- just had flip on it and those highs and lows.
NORE bodied this. I fuck with Nas and hes one of the GOAT but NORE's flow here is SO original and cool he just kinda outshined the other cat's verses imo.
Wrong....He sounds exactly like Tragedy Khadafi. Borrow his whole style om War report. Thats why Nore solo album sounds completely different...
@@Spyder8561 exactly. His early flow was all Trage
@@Spyder8561 thats because tragedy wasn't fucking with Nore's style when he first met him, but Tragedy had taken Capone under his wing and Capone wanted to bring Nore in with him so Tragedy basically forced Nore to change his style at first.
I love Nores flow everything rhymes with Puerto Rico lol 😂
I miss the old Nore
Damn what a classic. Damn i miss Nore's old flow. So unorthodox. Its the flow that made The War Report a certified classic. Tragedy is one one of the true unsung heroes of hip hop.
NY rap from da 90s-early 00’s was the dopest music ever, this the NY rap we need back.
Glad these brotha's made peace. Nas is the illest and N.O.R.E. seems like a cool dude. RESPECT.
Lahna Nolen yes!
N tragedy still hating
@@uwasntthere8218 tragedy is far from a hater
90s hip hop was hands down the best era no question
Great comment.
I Was Telling my Dudes in the Midwest that IRAQ was Lefak, Queens way before they started calling Chicago Chi-raq
ABSOLUTELY
Nah you mean the media. People have been calling chicago that since the 70s. Try again
@@columbusohio72 Man, Iraq wasn't even a US enemy in the '70s. Fuck outta here. Chicago's original nickname is Chi-town or the Windy City.
@@KtotheG don't forget #goill
LeFrak man , not "lefak"... - LeFrak City...
This beat with nas was a stone for the temple.
Tragedy... smh... "Should of knew what love is/
Before we learned what a thug is/
Now we left our son's to be raised by their mothers/
LOL..personal jab at the mahdi? huh..
+tahh vasquez ur clueless, I was quoting one of my favorites MC's.
shut up devil.
nigga shut the fuck up lol if u ain't a fan of this song, the fuck you typing for? I personally don't give a shit about his personal life. IU m hearing listening to track, you dumb fuck.
what? i heard and been a fan of this joint since it was released..get the fuck outa here
The beat, the lyricism, the flow, no gimmicks just straight bars..hip hop forever!!
RIP E Money Bags both versions of this song classic 🔥🔥💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾💯💯
TH-cam is closet thing we have to an time capsule. Forever a 💎
Nas killed this shit.
@Guhsteh On everything I love Nas destroyed this best. Amen 🙏
Noreaga's verse is fire!
Hell no it was garbage tf🤦♂️😂 nore fucked this song over 😂
@ice cold Absolutely the dumbest shit I’ve ever heard in my life. You must b 12 talking like that! BLASPHEMY!!!!
@@icecold602 facts destroyed the whole concept
@@icecold602 Nore cadence and delivery is kind of Off Beat,but he is original with it
@@icecold602 you good? Anymore emojis and it would look like your having an emotional break down 💀
I remember the clue tape I had in 96 -97 had this on it this classic queens music.
I had that same tape!! wish I still did..
Show me the money Pt. 2 side A- 3rd or 4th song! Yup!
@@progress426 it was the 3rd song.. you on point with it... I still have that mixtape on cassette
My first time hearing this smh the clue tapes was always the music in the background
Clue!
Nore's verse on this is one of my favorite verses in hip hop.
Esaie Dumornay yea!!!!
Mine too
Wtfffff😂😂 his verse is garbage in this. He ruined this song🤦♂️
i never felt his verse on this! just my opinion
@@icecold602 yeah I have to agree... his flow doesnt match the track very well
Tragedy absolutely killed this
I'm a Brooklyn dude but these queens cats got the rap game on a smash .much love to my queens dude.
Who's here in 2024? Real hip hop no mumbling
Even the piano is crying on how hip hop use to sound...
You will never see rap like this ever again
Joseph Enright i argee
I spit that like this 💎 ⚔️
Schooled by a Brooklyn Killah
Raised in Killah Cali
Music droppin soon Pro Money aka Pro doG 🐾 ⛅️ ☀️
EVER
i think its safe to say tragedy dropped the jewels, nas did his thing with the storytelling & nore brung the most energy, correct?
Indeed
Nah, they ALL brought GREAT ENERGY TO THEIR VERSE; they ALL hv different flows so I MOST DEFINITELY FEEL AS THO EVERY LAST ONE THAT SPIT ON THIS TRACK, MURDERED IT💯💪💪‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️
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Yep.
@@nikkidotts3687 yes but nore's energy stood out the most.
"The victor had become the victim
Thought he had a smooth n**** caught but a smooth n**** licked him"
Important lesson for us all.
Charles Tumazos 💯💯
Real ones listen to that shit
Lyrics and vocals are on another level
Its been 27 years and still in race with nowadays trashes
Listen to Oldschool kids
N-A-S-I-R call him Escobar👑
This is fire I miss this hip hop NYC stand up
Word up!! #QU
Tragedy is the greatest that outlasted them all and is still putting out that hardcore hip hop
I’ve never heard of this verison of music. This is a real classic
NaS verse on here clearly means don't judge a book by its cover
Propz word up
An absolute underground all time classic.
Nas started that singing on hooks too.
This song's off of Tragedy Khadafi's album Thug Matrix 2, if anyone's wondering.
nog baby Probably but Matrix 2 is more like a mixtape with different song's on it. Not sure if this was off of something else but I know it's on Matrix 2.
nog baby Could of been a left over B side track that was recorded for Capone N Noreaga's - War Report album or Channel 10..that was never released ..never know. Sick track though.
+Gerald Duval It was for The War Report. Nas and Tragedy wasn't vibin' so Nas wouldn't clear his verse, if I'm not mistaken...
***** I swore I remember reading some interview and it was over Nas and Tragedy falling out. The sample clearance issue makes sense though. Hell, could have been both...
OfficialHybridBeats crazy. if this had been on war report it wouldve taken that album from my personal top 10 to top 3
I love early Nore joints. He was so random with his, like dafuq you talkin' 'bout? lol...
word I was just listening like DA fuck he said
Billy Ray Word is bond, lol...
But to some it was right on point no questions
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Nore shit use to be all over the place but still hard though ..if you don’t understand Spanish you really wouldn’t comprehend a lot of his shit .
Each verse paints a vivid picture
Noreag always stood out! His flow strangled that beat! Make you wanna dance & smile. Even it was a personal song!
He weakest on the track by far bro
Never just because it went over your head doesn't make it wack! Nas bit Tragedy style!
I dont think NORE has or ever will go 'over' my head
The nore verse hits hard , the entire song hits
Tragedy's verses single handedly crush anyone else on the track. This verse of his is classic visual real shit-- detailed and very real to 90's NY streets... not that much has changed tho. These kinds of verses are timeless cuz they represent the reality that hasn't changed.
this beat is an all time classic
For some reason 90s hip hop hits different.
Here from London commenting, Just got back from New York, I strolled around Queensbridge Projects with this in my headphones, it was deep. Big up QBC
Queens had the hardest rap game when you u compare it to other areas
I 2nd that n I'm from the bx
I'm a Brooklyn resident my whole life but prefer rappers from queens growing up
Me too.. nas mobb cnn mega n a couple others ran the 90s era in hiphop
Don't forget about that dude Cormega. Every1 always forgettin him
Mega Montana... that was my guy..
I remember the first time I heard this. Real Hip Hop stands the test of time.
Back before you tube you could only hear joints like this on mixtapes that you had to cop close to NY OR NJ
Abdullah El Ibraahiimii
Not Really. Clue’s tapes were so 🔥back then that vendors knew it would sell. They were either bootlegging it or calling Big Skane@ Desert Storm direct, for 100 tapes or more. Bottom line is I’ve seen clues tapes as far west as the Slausson Swap Meet in L.A and as far South as Dade County/ Coral Gables-University of Miami selling Clue Tapes.
Just Saying.
Just my experience I guess
To this day I wsh I was a teenager in the 90s.
Born in 95 I only truly delved into hip hop three years ago (2018)
Sad I know
Nas terribly singing Love Come Down really shows me he's a real music fan
Nas still has it. He's prolly the only one that will NEVER fall off
Mannnn nothing beats my era of music. I ran this song in the ground when I first heard back then
Noreaga's part is killer 2:31
How could you skip Nas tho?.. lol cmon now
His verse was trash af😂
@@icecold602 i know bro, I just dig his flow, im a native spanish speaker so it gets to me
@@icecold602 Nore don't have the best lyrics but his flow is on point and he funny as fuck.
@@icecold602 your thought process "trash"
"This one kid had STAYED rich while we slang the grave shifts. "I'm tired of it" said a cat whose name I'ma leave anonymous cuz he might take it as some kind of diss....."
Nas' verse = Lyrical story telling at it's best, he paints such a clear picture with the words & you can follow along bar for bar, and that story is shit that happens in the hood EVERY damn day
Yeah it's even more astonishing when you think about how Nas didn't life that live at all. It's sick how he can tell such a great story that's just written(lived) by others. Remember, Nas aint a thug at all.
@@TvLOverdose just cuz u didn't live that life. He grew up around that life...he came from that life.. His neighborhood was that life.. If he lived in Mansion with a butler all his life, you would have a point. He live in the same bldgs where what he talked about was going on.
Actually nas did live this lifestyle it’s well known in queens and amongst all the rappers there in in nyc that’s why he never was dissed about it or “exposed”
SithLordNefaar022 💯
Yocat word that Shi becomes you , your surroundings make you wether you choose to believe or not he had to abide by the same rules if not they would of marked him victim
This piano makes you wanna shed a tear for real hip hop like this to come back
This beat sends you to another zone! Can’t ever get enough of a dope beat with a sick piano!
And the throwback chorus
I didn’t need any recommendations for this. I knew this song existed because I was in my teens when it came out. Legendary track. Respect to Nas and NORE
Nore with his cnn war report flow,
Legendary ! What!!
Nas making the song so much better hit like u feel like that
Noriega's verse still on repeat since this joint dropped back in the day 👽
Queens got the Mobb and Nas, that's all they need. Escobar's verse was money
Letra i poesia
John Lansing Don't forget my boy Mega
***** I agree with you completely but sadly nobody from today's age will acknowledge those 2 as pioneers. The music landscape is all fucked up glorifying terrible lyricism with partying and heavy beats.
John Lansing I think you would be surprised. I bet most of these talentless hacks would give props to both of those dudes, the problem is they won't make music like that because today's fans don't give two fucks for lyrics, bunch of ignorant whiny fuck bois.
MrScoobySnacks23 I wouldn't blame it completely on the fans either. I think these dudes rapping now a days actually have no innovative talent. The one's like Nas and Prodigy who had meaning and flow all idolized Kool G and Rakim and shit. Rap ain't the same and it sucks but I'll stick to listening to the classics and underground
STRAIGHT UP ONE OF THE ILLEST TRACKS EVER
Why is khadafi so underrated?
I'm glad I grew up how I did in the late 80s and 90s . The streets made taught me alot and made me who I am,
The first verse is definitely some of the realist shit
One of Queens finest Tragedy Khadafi
Still my go to when I’m riding and vibin Dolo
Is your name queens exist or queen sexist
The sampled piano loop came from a 1970s Bette Midler track, "Superstar," a song that Luther Vandross later remade in the '80s.
The black moses and the name of my home city san juan my paps home that's insane its classic legends like rakim when i be on da mic and gang starr above the clouds that mention either my name or something that resembles me its why I listen to it and because of what they rap about nothing but real music experience is the best teacher.
This era. the true era! Of hiphop is the soundtrack of my life.
These days aren’t ever coming back are they?
Unfortunately not
NOT UNTIL THE MOTHERSHIP ARRIVES…
No idts
Nope😢
Not a chance
I listened to this when I was young on my bike driving through the rain... Still love listening to this when it's raining 🌧️🎶❤️
I found this gem on limewire when I was 13. Im 32 now…still years later an amazing track.
NORE CAUGHT A BODY ON THIS BEAT.
eileen fajardo. Dam u pretty...
Word up
eileen fajardo yea he did
Hell nah!!! Nore ruined this song🤦♂️😂 Nore is a trash ass rapper. This song proves it lmao. They should’ve kept e money bags verse on this instead of nores🤦♂️
shit him and nas already had one in the trunk...lol....ghea..NY gritty sound will forever be live..
QB classic. man took me back in the days.
[Verse 1: Tragedy Khadafi]
Yo, yo
Peep the black Moses, literature in pure dosage
From the landscape of Kuwait, jakes and vultures
Too many of us lose focus
Due to the fact that we all just a bunch of soldiers, foul cultures
Funny how the streets mold us, Allah told us
In the cages where they hold us, it's much colder
The babies follow our footsteps, the way we rep
They motto is: Leave a richer nigga dead and wet though
We learn the same jewels but it seems we forget though
(Yeah, forgot the jewels, yo)
Shoulda knew what love is before we learn what a thug is
Now we left our seeds to be raised by they mothers
I seen the 'hood raise brothers, killed too many of us
A thin line between the haters and the ones who love us
A thinner line from the freedom and the foul judges
In the streets where the snake niggas hold grudges
[Chorus: Nas & Khadafi]
Music make this thug calm down (Feel that?)
Music make this thug, calm down (Calm me, what)
Music make this thug calm down (I don't give a fuck no more)
Music make this thug, calm down (Noreaga)
Yeah
[Verse 2: Nas]
Yo, yo
I know you hate to hear the drama, but drama's all we know
We laugh with the rich cats, when they leave, we switch back
Somebody asked "Yo, how he get that with his bitch ass?"
Comin' through on the humble just to chit-chat
He used to be down on the corner with us
He was born with niggas, but know he's on to mad figures
With mad bitches, a sharp dresser
Cool nigga but about to be called out, by the heart testers
Never known for bustin' his chrome
Wasn't soft but, wasn't respected 'till he was grown
School he graduated, somebody you could say had made it
While we stayed in the projects walkin' the pavement
Everybody has their ups and downs
But this one kid had stayed rich while we slanged the grave shifts
"I'm tired of it!" said a cat whose name I'mma leave anonymous
'Cuz he might take it as some kind of diss
Anyway, he saw him drivin' up inside the projects
Tried to stick him but he got bodied in the process (Damn)
The victor had become the victim (Dictim)
Thought he had a smooth nigga caught
But a smooth nigga licked him
[Chorus: Nas & Khadafi]
Music make this thug calm down
Music make this thug, calm down (Calm me, what)
Music make this thug calm down (Calm us down, dunn)
Music make this thug, calm down (Word)
[Verse 3: Noreaga]
Yo, Jose Luis Gacha, golden guns Frank Sinatra
Amigo sancha, all on the scene with binocular
Fajardo Bayamon, me and Ramon
Chrome K-Tone back to San Juan, my pop's home
Sit on the throne like a king of my ca'
Take mine, genuine laced up, laid up
Yo, Que Pasa, ven aqui, yo, you and your hijo
Perico, Puerto Rico magnifico chico
He kept his heat low by his feet though
Came with mami chula grande cula
Little menuda smoke buddah, fatty bangin' plus the bitch cuta
Que linda, you should seened her
Iraq, rush ya premises, the nemesis
Drinkin' Guinesses, what! For Revelation on the Genesis
The Nazis and worn papi, call up Khadafi
Amor de Rey, we stayin' bent all day
And put the lye out in your mug like ashtray
Cabron! Castellano
Too many people in my cypher bloody up my visiano
Too much weakness, the German secret, laid my pregame down
You just a hijo, slap you with the black heat though
I'm all about my clique blowin' up, people showin' up
CNN, what! We want the gold, nothin' less
Buddah bless me, caress me, bitches here to sex me
Undress me, suck me off, Crunch much like a Nestle
(Suck it off, suck it off, suck it off, suck me off)
🙏🏻
Thank you bro 🙏
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Music Video for the song “Calm Down”
Prophet Moses (Muse) was black.
my first time hearing this and damn, i miss records like this
Love when a old playlist pop up and bring you back to 1999
Nothing can't compare its just a feeling thats unexplainable the essence of Queens captures you in this masterpiece....
Classic
Classic newyorkcity, can never go wrong...
Heavy Flow with nothing but Bomb ass memories before cell phones…. Unexplainable conversations, freestyle sessions and live party scenes off this track!!! Word is Bond lol😂
Timeless piece right here. So many jewels drop on this. No disrespect QU had New York on lock D for a few years. Beats were dope and lyrics were lit. The era of mobb, nas, LB, if you know you know. Peace to the tri-state though
Tragedy stayed real 100...listen to his rymes Dunn!!
Havent heard this song in years. I got goosebumps when the first verse came on
hands down one best tracks ever made. Ny run hiphop no question.
Ran
NY was way too cold just dope
This is legendary spittin bars🔥🔥🔥🔥
such a underrated song, man love this song to death
A KOLD classic! Make you wanna put the starter on Ha!
Shootouts- sha hef did this beat justice !!
Sample was crazyyyyy