Edward Panuraru not sure if you know the story behind this but he had just written the verse and couldnt figure out his flow so he said that then busted it out so now he says he starts the song with this because its funny to him
@@terrorize1019 EVERYBODY and their momma likes Kendrick Lamar and J Cole. You need to branch out and do some surfing dude. There’s a bunch of great artists besides them.
@@isaiahbyrd7973 50 cent , j cole , CopyWrite, Rampage , D12 , Proof, Eminem, Tupac , NWA , G unit , Geto boys , Lady of rage , Eazy e , Mc ren , Big L , dmx , biggie smalls, Ti , Joey , Hopson, Real Hip hop
The real Tom Hardy I feel like all the rappers often declared as GOAT, Pac, Nas, Jay, Big, Em, Andre, etc, are all the best at different aspects of rap. Big has a great style and flow, Nas is a great storyteller and lyricist, Pac has such strong emotion and goes off on deep subjects, Em has crazy complex rhyme schemes and hilarious punch lines. Nas is my GOAT because I value lyricism and storytelling in a song. But if I liked flow more Biggie would probably be my favourite.
For some reason, this and other East Coast rap from this era sounds better to me in the winter. Something about cold, rainy, or snowy weather brings another dimension to this for me ... Edit: Never had this many 👍 thank you
@@clownmoshpit2778 I get that feeling with Nas is Like from the I Am album. But this track makes me think of chilly, rain swept streets and smoking joints under an over-hang wearing a puff coat and a beanie...
London fucks with this. New York & London are very similar, concrete jungles, London is very sticky at the moment stabbings & shootings daily, this is that concrete jungle big city rap we relate too 💯
its actually a fact though. The Bible makes it pretty clear that it is beneath us in a literal sense. There's so many hidden things in The Bible that you become aware of when you turn your heart to Jesus Christ. He gives people eyes to see and ears to hear
@@isaiaharmand8841 Most MCs usually start young. Rakim was 17 when Paid In Full dropped. Slick Rick was 19. LL was 15. Roxanne Shante was 14 and taking out grown men in battles. Kane was 19. Hip hop in the '80s was mostly created by young teens. Chuck D. was seen as an "old" man because he was 27 on PE's debut. KRS was 22.
its a shame nas never sold his soul or changed his style...thus he never continued his mainstream appeal ...he was better than snoop tupac jay z or kanye for sure...hes right there above biggie for me behind eminem
Actually DJ Premier said that he did the whole song in one take because it was supposed to be one verse but he decided to split it in two verses with the chorus/scratches.
@@Niilo2.2 I take it to mean that there is more to survival than intelligence. Street smarts are inductive and intuitive. We can think ourselves into a corner and miss the point. The smarter you are, the easier it is to fall into that trap.
I’m 41 when I was 19 back in 99 I was too busy committing crimes in Boston than I went to jail and decided to change my life. Nas was the only rapper that gave me a positive view on life. Even during his beef with Jay z they kept that in the music it showed me it doesn’t have to get violent It can just be kept in the music between artist.
It's almost like the beat itself can make you imagine the heat and business in New York, while his flow and lyrics add meaning on the Hardships of being a hustler
go listen to autechre or aphex twin and tell me whats genius,and if you want a hip hop true master its shock G, 95 percent of rappers dont lay out the track instrumentally and do any production,they have the badass upbringing and can rhyme,not really incredible
“I’m an addict for sneakers, 20s of Buddha and bitches with beepers” man just suhn bout that New York style that so grimey n raw I love the west coast rappers too but east coast always went in harder for me in my opinion🫡🔥
Metalhead here. This shit is nuts. chills n goosebumps. Haven't felt this way since I discovered metallica back in highschool holy fuck is this a masterpiece if I've ever heard one.
@@alrightybud6862 shit! Too many to mention but since ur a metal head you might like stop what ur doin by apathy ft celph titled produced by Premier. Has heavy guitar riff in it. Njoy dude
“I ran like a cheetah with thoughts of an assassin.” That part where he’s talking about the Mac-10 shootout is my favorite part of the song. The imagery and lyrics are just incredible. He just takes you there
Ruth Bumping this and meditating this masterpieces on Ozarks. Put Nas on the mind of masses for generations to come whether the listen to hip hop or Not! The pain is realatible and timeless
The most elite/intellectual song in the history of rap music. No one has mastered storytelling, cadence, and poetry to put them together within 5 minutes like this ever since.
I feel like N.Y. State of Mind is the views of someone who lived their entire life in the gritty ghetto parts of NY, someone who died early and never got to see the bright lights and live good in the nice parts of NY and Empire State of Mind is the view of someone who made it out the hood and got to live in the nice bright parts of NY both songs tell a story of the hood, which can either have you dead or alive and successful
His father said he believes that's when his mind opened up to the world... Around the time when this picture was taken.. I think that was in the illmatic documentary..
theGhost Willis I was just 8 back then and pumped this joint all day. Remember the only way the hood knew about it was by word. No ads nothing. Just word to mouth
You're wrong, it's the best. The insane hard beat, the lyrics, everything is just so perfect about this song. At least, it's the greatest in my opinion
LYRICS Yeah, yeah, aiyyo black, it's time (word?) (Word, it's time nigga?) Yeah, it's time man (a'ight nigga, begin) Straight out the fucking dungeons of rap Where fake niggas don't make it back I don't know how to start this shit, yo Rappers, I monkey flip 'em with the funky rhythm I be kicking, musician, inflictin' composition Of pain, I'm like Scarface sniffin' cocaine Holding an M-16, see with the pen I'm extreme, now Bullet holes left in my peepholes, I'm suited up in street clothes Hand me a nine and I'll defeat foes Y'all know my steelo, with or without the airplay I keep some E&J, sitting bent up in the stairway Or either on the corner betting Grants with the cee-lo champs Laughing at baseheads trying to sell some broken amps G-packs get off quick, forever niggas talk shit Reminiscin' about the last time the Task Force flipped Niggas be running through the block shootin' Time to start the revolution, catch a body, head for Houston Once they caught us off-guard, the MAC-10 was in the grass and I ran like a cheetah with thoughts of an assassin Pick the MAC up, told brothers, "Back up, " the MAC spit Lead was hitting niggas, one ran, I made him backflip Heard a few chicks scream, my arm shook, couldn't look Gave another squeeze, heard it click, "Yo, my shit is stuck" Try to cock it, it wouldn't shoot, now I'm in danger Finally pulled it back and saw three bullets caught up in the chamber So now I'm jetting to the building lobby And it was full of children probably couldn't see as high as I be It's like the game ain't the same Got younger niggas pulling the triggers, bringing fame to their name And claim some corners, crews without guns are goners In broad daylight, stickup kids, they run up on us 4-5's and gauges, MAC's, in fact Same niggas will catch a back-to-back, snatching your cracks in black There was a snitch on the block getting niggas knocked So hold your stash 'til the coke price drop I know this crackhead who said she's got to smoke nice rock And if it's good, she'll bring you customers in measuring pots But yo, you gotta slide on a vacation, inside information Keeps large niggas erasin' and their wives basin' It drops deep as it does in my breath I never sleep, 'cause sleep is the cousin of death Beyond the walls of intelligence, life is defined I think of crime when I'm in a New York state of mind New York state of mind New York state of mind New York state of mind New York state of mind Be having dreams that I'm a gangsta, drinking Moets, holding TECs Making sure the cash came correct, then I stepped Investments in stocks, sewing up the blocks to sell rocks Winning gunfights with mega-cops But just a nigga walking with his finger on the trigger Make enough figures until my pockets get bigger I ain't the type of brother made for you to start testin' Give me a Smith & Wesson, I have niggas undressin' Thinking of cash flow, buddah and shelter Whenever frustrated, I'ma hijack Delta In the P.J.'s, my blend tape plays, bullets are strays Young bitches is grazed, each block is like a maze Full of black rats trapped, plus the Island is packed From what I hear in all the stories when my peoples come back, black I'm living where the nights is jet-black The fiends fight to get crack I just max, I dream I can sit back And lamp like Capone, with drug scripts sewn Or the legal luxury life, rings flooded with stones, homes I got so many rhymes I don't think I'm too sane Life is parallel to Hell but I must maintain And be prosperous, though we live dangerous, cops could just Arrest me, blaming us, we're held like hostages It's only right that I was born to use mics And the stuff that I write is even tougher than dykes I'm taking rappers to a new plateau, through rap slow My rhymin' is a vitamin held without a capsule The smooth criminal on beat breaks Never put me in your box if your shit eats tapes The city never sleeps, full of villains and creeps That's where I learned to do my hustle, had to scuffle with freaks I'm an addict for sneakers, 20s of buddah and bitches with beepers In the streets I can greet ya, about blunts I teach ya Inhale deep like the words of my breath I never sleep, 'cause sleep is the cousin of death I lay puzzle as I backtrack to earlier times Nothing's equivalent to the New York state of mind New York state of mind New York state of mind New York state of mind New York state of mind Nasty Nas Nasty Nas Nas Nasty Nas Nasty Nas Nas Nas Nasty Nas Nasty Nas Nasty Nas Nasty Nas Nasty Nas Nasty Nas
Same here! Everything about this song is just perfection and Nas is definitely one of the greatest MCs, not just in rap, but in general. He's so great at storytelling with his lyrics.
To me, this is the introduction to the greatest album in the history of hip hop. It just sounds like you’re hanging out with Nas sipping a beer and he’s telling you what it’s like to live in Queensbridge. I’ve never been there in my life but I feel like I have because of Nas. And he was only 20. What an incredible album.
NAS my brother. Thank you for telling the NY story bro. I remember the south bronx and the crack epidemic. Me and my bro made it out and many others didnt. You are a legend my G
@@painmaster8165 Biggie was a better M.C. than pac tho, Pac was about what he stood for and his legend status. Biggie was better lyrically and had an amazing flow and picture painting ability in his lyrics
A single tune that created catastrophic add on to the game. Every single line is literally timeless and iconic. Only sad thing is we welll never get anything like this ever again. On repeat!
Abdurrahman Akal yes of course but The World Is Yours is a way more better because of the lyrical content and the message. That's why I feel like The World Is Yours is the best with the Jazz soundtrack on it. More relaxing.
As a Italian/puerto rican kid who grew up in he projects in NY this spoke to me and my friends, we didn’t have shit but the streets and music and balling most of my friends are gone now or in prison I did 18 years in the feds , when I hear this album it brings it all back the good and bad 💯💔
According to DJ Premier, Nas didn’t know when to start rapping his verse. That is why he said: *“I don’t know how to start this.”* DJ premier was trying to signal him by counting but Nas just jumped in and did the first verse in one take.
N.Y. State of Mind is as a standout track on Illmatic, it provides as clear a depiction of ghetto life as a Gordon Parks photograph or a Langston Hughes poem. DJ Premier’s production was designed to knock you right off your feet. Primo's knack for finding the illest piano loops and matching them to pounding beats was perfected in this track.
That murmur from the bass/piano sounds mesmerising The drum sounds like confident walking That repeating high piano note is keeping you focused The break in the beat sounds like danger be careful
I still listen to this and get so mesmerized by the lyrics that I forget that it's been a while since the chorus came. his verses and lyrics were so engaging that people aren't just sitting waiting for a hook.
@@samyakjain727 all rap is hip-hop, but not all hip-hop is rap. You can have hip-hop music without any lyrics at all, and it would not be considered a rap song, it would be considered "instrumental hip-hop". for example the album Endtroducing by DJ Shadow is considered hip-hop despite not having lyrics
@@samyakjain727 Hip hop is moreso the culture of the whole thing. like African Americans in the 90s in NYC or something. Rap is just one of the things that is common in hip hop culture.
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This song brings back non existent memories of me hustling on the streets of nyc
Your name and logo make this comment 100 times better
Same😂
You stole this from a comment on the music video cream
James Hermanson why would you care thou
@@riteshbharti4291 Hysterical, spiritual lyrics like the holy Qu'Ran
“I don’t know how to start this shit”
Spits one of the best verses in Hip-Hop History...
Thoughts of an assassin 😨
Wicked
🙌🙌🙌🙌🎀🎀🎀🎀🎀
16
@@ninjaturtles5176 that's how old I am now
“Idk how to start this”… *Creates one of the greatest hip hop masterpieces of all time*
“So that was a fucking lie”
He knows.
Wish I could like this comment a thousand times
LOL incognito profile pic. Nice
@@pogo8050😂
Literally one of the best songs of all time.
I just painted the ILLMATIC album cover. Please check out my latest reel yalllll. ❤
im boutta bust
Preach!
And of the realest too.
0:19 Nas : I dunno how to start this shit...
*Proceeds to record the best (debut) album of hiphop history*
That's fucking true
Priceless 🤦🏾♂️
Ready To Die is a better debut album tbh, but this is a classic one of the best.
Just straight out the best album ever, fuck it being a debut or a hip hob album
@@ElliottSuper 36 chambers is better
"I don't know how to start this shit"
* drops the hottest verses in hip hop history *
you're not wrong man
lmaoooo fact
True lol
It was true too,he had just wrote it down and didn't know how his flow should go
Edward Panuraru not sure if you know the story behind this but he had just written the verse and couldnt figure out his flow so he said that then busted it out so now he says he starts the song with this because its funny to him
Nothing like 90’s hip hop. The beats, rhymes, style is unmatched.
Amen.
Modern Rap on the other hand. Well.......... we don't talk about that except Kendrick Lamar, J.Cole, and Logic in my opinion.
@@terrorize1019 EVERYBODY and their momma likes Kendrick Lamar and J Cole. You need to branch out and do some surfing dude. There’s a bunch of great artists besides them.
Nothing like the 90's PERIOD
@@isaiahbyrd7973 50 cent , j cole , CopyWrite, Rampage , D12 , Proof, Eminem, Tupac , NWA , G unit , Geto boys , Lady of rage , Eazy e , Mc ren , Big L , dmx , biggie smalls,
Ti , Joey , Hopson, Real Hip hop
Man, I can’t believe this album is 30 years old, time flies.
this is one of the best tracks ever released in the whole industry tbh.
You meant hip hop industry, I hope.
Sneep Deg this good but maad city the goat
Sneep Deg hands down
Maciej Dereń music industry
Toti Gorda MAAD City is great, but if you think it's better than NY State of Mind then you're crazy.
"I don't know how to start this shit Yo "
One of the biggest lie in the history of mankind
LOL
No... THE BIGGEST
It wasn't planned, he actually said that in the recording session and they kept it.
Lolz
the best way to start a song i found it funny as fuck
Lyrics 100/100
Flow 100/100
Beat100/100
Ryhmes 100/100
Perfect song
💯
@@thunderbird4116 honestly I find one love so underrated
@TriVos Ahren lmao this comment is gold
My Top 5
1ny state of mind
2it aint hard to tell
3the world is yours
4one love
5memory lane
Your mom: 1,000,000/100
What a masterpiece. Unesco should protect this.
“I never sleep, cause sleep is the cousin of death” should get a certification for world’s hardest bar. Legendary status with one line.
After the line from big l "You can't Kill me i was born dead"
I can inverse my style cuz I am versatile
- Big L
@@anti-special7059 Lit
@@anti-special7059 what other songs does he rap
@@painmaster8165
You should check it yourself
You won't regret it
He got the best punch lines
Greatest of all time. Nas during 1994-1996 is untouchable.
Big was the shit honestly, Pac was politicaly inspiring asf, Nas was on another level lyrically
The real Tom Hardy
I feel like all the rappers often declared as GOAT, Pac, Nas, Jay, Big, Em, Andre, etc, are all the best at different aspects of rap. Big has a great style and flow, Nas is a great storyteller and lyricist, Pac has such strong emotion and goes off on deep subjects, Em has crazy complex rhyme schemes and hilarious punch lines. Nas is my GOAT because I value lyricism and storytelling in a song. But if I liked flow more Biggie would probably be my favourite.
great analysis that's also the reason why Nas is my favorite
Biggie and DMX quintessential rappers, Nas best NY lyricist!
eminem 1999- 2002 is better imo
"I don't sleep because sleep is the cousin of death" what a hard line.
New York is the city that never sleeps
Clever wordplay
Gadamn
@@nickcook7408 😂😂9❤
That's from Shakespeare.
Yo no duermo, dormirse es primo de estar muerto.
Hoke
Sleep 0%
Lyrics 100%
Beat 100%
Flows 100%
Legend 🐐 1000%
😂😂😂😂😂Sleep is the cousin of death
HANDS DOWN
Sleep -000000%
Well said
super dead on zero sleep
For some reason, this and other East Coast rap from this era sounds better to me in the winter. Something about cold, rainy, or snowy weather brings another dimension to this for me ...
Edit: Never had this many 👍 thank you
I feel like illmatic fits with a sunny spring friday morning kicking back and smoking with ur homies listening to og, classic shit
@@clownmoshpit2778 I get that feeling with Nas is Like from the I Am album. But this track makes me think of chilly, rain swept streets and smoking joints under an over-hang wearing a puff coat and a beanie...
London fucks with this. New York & London are very similar, concrete jungles, London is very sticky at the moment stabbings & shootings daily, this is that concrete jungle big city rap we relate too 💯
Maz 0508 Shootings? How the....
Walkin to the beat in your timbs through the slush eh?
"Life is parallel to hell, but i must maintain" Such a hard hitting line, brilliant.
“IM ADDICTED TO SNICKERS”
😅yessir
@@Peroskiller tuff 💯
Yes sir I can relate ! 🔥🔥🔥💪💯🇹🇹
its actually a fact though. The Bible makes it pretty clear that it is beneath us in a literal sense. There's so many hidden things in The Bible that you become aware of when you turn your heart to Jesus Christ. He gives people eyes to see and ears to hear
Imagine getting this song on a tape deck, no internet, no social media and just thinking how dope it is
I know. Lucky people
@nobody shit I wish I lived back in the 90s
The one's from the old school know,especially when we had to hide from our parents this music
@@salecasual7837 😂😂😂 I remember that. For me it was Snoop Doggs Doggystyle album
Fuccckkkkkk
I'm a west coast guy born and raised but no one could ever top the East coast MCs holy shit those guy's are lyrical geniuses
Him writing illmatic at 17 makes me as a high schooler want to start recording music
dude wrote an all time classic at 17, anything’s possible my nigga
Factsss yo i don't even rap and this makes me wanna get a notepad out
It really shows that age in hip doesn't matter Dude was already considered a hip hop legend in his early 20s
@@isaiaharmand8841 Most MCs usually start young. Rakim was 17 when Paid In Full dropped. Slick Rick was 19. LL was 15. Roxanne Shante was 14 and taking out grown men in battles. Kane was 19. Hip hop in the '80s was mostly created by young teens. Chuck D. was seen as an "old" man because he was 27 on PE's debut. KRS was 22.
its a shame nas never sold his soul or changed his style...thus he never continued his mainstream appeal ...he was better than snoop tupac jay z or kanye for sure...hes right there above biggie for me behind eminem
Is it just me or does West coast rap have a more loud party feeling to it, and East coast is more chill and has a smooth flow.
Yes.
And more lyrical
it is
Is it just me or does rock music have a guitar
@@deepfriedcherrypie5366 it’s just you man
This is most New York song ever made
big facts
😂💯
Well yeah, but we can't forget Sinatra the gangster
Well yeah...it has NY in the title
After cream
You know it's a masterpiece by the legend Nas when 30 yrs later we still bumping this in 🇰🇪 Kenya, East AFRICA 🌍
I made a presentation on kenya its cool
DJ Premier, Homey..all included
Dj Premier, Homey...all included
The fact that he did the first verse on the first try is unbelievable.
Actually DJ Premier said that he did the whole song in one take because it was supposed to be one verse but he decided to split it in two verses with the chorus/scratches.
The whole album was done in one day.....
@@anujjyothykumar4667 Now that's bullshit
@@anujjyothykumar4667 no it wasn't
Yeah, That is Astonishing. Most of today's whack Rappers will choke 18 times doing this verse.
"Beyond the walls of intelligence life is defined, I think of crime when I'm in a NY state of mind".
It's crazy how smart Nas was at the age of 18.
What does that line mean?
Could it suggest that all the non important stuff is in charge of our lifes?
@@Niilo2.2 I take it to mean that there is more to survival than intelligence. Street smarts are inductive and intuitive. We can think ourselves into a corner and miss the point. The smarter you are, the easier it is to fall into that trap.
As Raekwon says, This is a Letter the amount if people this song touched was crazy
more like the ones that wrote the lyrics, prolly someone from CIA
@@VolcanoHotTub thank you
Nas: I don’t know how to start this shit
Also Nas: *Creates one of the greatest Hip Hop records of all time*
Straight off the top
because of the massiv amount of content he has in his head
Nas: Fuck it
Nah, ain't even top 30
@@QankoIvanov trolling?
This may be the best hip hop song of all time.
I like "The World Is Yours" more
May be ... but surely one of the best!
its up there. C.R.E.A.M and shook ones Part II>>>>
It was voted the best song in his entire catalogue recently 🙏🔥
Best gangsta rap song imo is “Got Yourself A…” by Nas
Imagine a 19 year old dropping one the all time soundtracks of hip hop 🔥🔥
Not just track but album
21 years*
I’m 41 when I was 19 back in 99 I was too busy committing crimes in Boston than I went to jail and decided to change my life.
Nas was the only rapper that gave me a positive view on life.
Even during his beef with Jay z they kept that in the music it showed me it doesn’t have to get violent
It can just be kept in the music between artist.
Look at biggie at 16, shit most of these young artists had more life experiences and woes than most at their age.
I don’t have to imagine I was born in 98’ and witnessed it all over again, perfect example joeybadass @ 17 yrs old dropping albums like 1999
It's almost like the beat itself can make you imagine the heat and business in New York, while his flow and lyrics add meaning on the Hardships of being a hustler
@@Roncon1997 LMAOOO
for real tho the beats so good
Great explanation ....I feel that a lot
I like made
I like
It’s absolutely insane that he dropped this at age 19. Dude was and is a fucking genius. A true artist. An amazing career and life. GOAT
It dropped when he was 21 he wrote it at 19
Just Jack I thought he wrote this At 17 I might be wrong tho idk ?
@Moumen Malas Are those 3 Tupac Eminem Biggie
@@papahims you right
go listen to autechre or aphex twin and tell me whats genius,and if you want a hip hop true master its shock G, 95 percent of rappers dont lay out the track instrumentally and do any production,they have the badass upbringing and can rhyme,not really incredible
“I’m an addict for sneakers, 20s of Buddha and bitches with beepers” man just suhn bout that New York style that so grimey n raw I love the west coast rappers too but east coast always went in harder for me in my opinion🫡🔥
Facts
Im west coast born and raised but the east coast mcs were just lyrical Geniuses
Metalhead here. This shit is nuts. chills n goosebumps. Haven't felt this way since I discovered metallica back in highschool holy fuck is this a masterpiece if I've ever heard one.
Dude welcome to classic hip hop produced by the god dj premier. Njoy diggin
@@alrightybud6862 u can check out mobb deeps infamous and enter the wu-tang
@@alrightybud6862 shit! Too many to mention but since ur a metal head you might like stop what ur doin by apathy ft celph titled produced by Premier. Has heavy guitar riff in it. Njoy dude
@@alrightybud6862 onyx sticky fingers cypress hill Psycho Realm J Dilla...
You'll probably orgasm on Wu Tang's 36 Chambers if you dig Illmatic. It's a must for any metalhead starting with hip hop.
imagine if he did know how to start that shit...😰🔥
Shiiiiiiiii....
That would start the heaviest forest fire in man kind
Is it possible to reach this level of human achievement?
@@osncxnon561 RIP Australia
Lol
“I don’t know how to start this”
*drops the most legendary verse in the history of rap
Happy 30th anniversary ...Time Is Still ILLMATIC
This is one of the hardest beats ever made
Preemo baby!
I agree this goes hard af
Beat is average. Nas carries the beat hard
beat is average like other dude said but fit the aesthetic of the time and his voice perfect.
shook ones part 2
“I ran like a cheetah with thoughts of an assassin.”
That part where he’s talking about the Mac-10 shootout is my favorite part of the song. The imagery and lyrics are just incredible. He just takes you there
U Right Fam. Nas Cold wit it🔥🔥🔥
Nemoj zezat Dzeko
I’m look k ok
I’m look k ok
Check out the modern remix of this song here th-cam.com/video/l3SoS6LZQJ0/w-d-xo.html
Nas : _I donno how to start this._
*spits the best album in rap history*
Yousif AlZahrani imo that's the Maven by k rino. But Illmatic is next
Is this what everyone is just gonna copy to get likes?
@@thestamina6129 I didn't copy it , I just rephrased it.
@Drew Biggah are you drunk ?
the best album is liquid swords
The true king of new york
You forgetting big l bro
@@Phatfad3z
true.
my man
nah that's lil mabu 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
@@nabeelhasan8870😐
Ruth Bumping this and meditating this masterpieces on Ozarks. Put Nas on the mind of masses for generations to come whether the listen to hip hop or Not! The pain is realatible and timeless
Ozarks put me here. This is on order.
❤
@@agee8322 same here
Ozark brought me here also. Solid...
the Big Mike cameo was deep
'I never sleep, cause sleep is the cousin of death'
Simply the greatest line in hip hop history #hiphop
th-cam.com/video/xGb2wVCsrAU/w-d-xo.html
I wouldn’t say it’s the best, but it’s up there
I couldn't agree more with that 💯💯
thats what cocaine does to you...
Why?
The most elite/intellectual song in the history of rap music. No one has mastered storytelling, cadence, and poetry to put them together within 5 minutes like this ever since.
100%
Biggie was who u were lookin for but Nas is amazing too...
You clearly never heard of Tech N9ne, the man’s a beast no cap
@@subzero308 nas is 10x a better storyteller
DOOM anyone?
"The city that never sleeps fill with villain that creeps"
goddamn it
That gritty NYC banger. Cold, cloudy, and 30 degrees type jam
As a non-rap enthusiast, this is an undeniably great album.
Why are you even here? Take your curious ass back to Prairieland! Lol
*hip hop*
"Non-rap enthusiast"???
Gtfo
no hables hvds mmv
Damn bruh it’s that good?
I feel like N.Y. State of Mind is the views of someone who lived their entire life in the gritty ghetto parts of NY, someone who died early and never got to see the bright lights and live good in the nice parts of NY and Empire State of Mind is the view of someone who made it out the hood and got to live in the nice bright parts of NY both songs tell a story of the hood, which can either have you dead or alive and successful
I’m NY state of mind😭
CpT.
@Gghhgyh Gyughuii Isn't New York one of the safest cities in the country now?
@@joeydaboss1001 it was because of the virus many murders that would have occurred did not because everyone was inside
This song is what empire state of mind wants to be when it grows up
Might be the greatest album ever made
True...
Duh
It was written
Tpab and madvillainy are better ngl
Gkmc better than tpab idk why I feel like it
Beautiful ghetto child photo--classic album cover. You see the weight of life and severity in his eyes at such a young age.
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Fr 👁️
Yeah that simple image is so iconic to me
Excellent point. You can see just from that photo. Life in the ghetto must have been difficult for him early in his life.
His father said he believes that's when his mind opened up to the world... Around the time when this picture was taken.. I think that was in the illmatic documentary..
One of the greatest songs ever recorded and written. NAS captures 90’s urban NY like a journalist!
Yes, Denzel Washington said he was a storyteller.
He's an amazing lyricist
What other songs would you put on this level? I honestly can't think of anything that tells a story like this. Maybe Wheezy's let it all work out?
@@Test123-fh8rr perhaps slick rick? he's also another great story teller and his ''behind bars'' song has the same atmosphere
@@Test123-fh8rrUnbelievable from Biggie
The flow is so smooth and soothing… the wordplay and delivery. Just brilliant.
He spit that flow in 1st take
I seen a video showing a Time Elapse of rappers past-present using that same line 🎶 🔥
Wordplay where
it is masterpiece bro Old School 4ever
This album will forever be a classic
Heck yeah
Saints Row 2 Soundtrack
You can see as a kid he was absorbing all that energy from his neighbourhood, and he unleashed it in spectacular fashion with this one
Facts
🌴
From 1994, we're still listening to this shit!!🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
theGhost Willis I was just 8 back then and pumped this joint all day. Remember the only way the hood knew about it was by word. No ads nothing. Just word to mouth
Forever!
1990 rules
One of the best rap songs of all time
La Flame on a Island Top 5 for sure
Lose yourself
@@phobosslayer9203 This is better than Lose Yourself.
You're wrong, it's the best. The insane hard beat, the lyrics, everything is just so perfect about this song. At least, it's the greatest in my opinion
@@phobosslayer9203 lose yourself is pretty goo, but nowhere near ny state of mind
The reason Nas willalways be the greatest of all time.
Agreed number 1 in my top five for sure! Respect 🫡
Ozark bringing old school rap back. Making tunes go platinum again.
Ruth about to put Javi in a body bag.
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 a writer/producer for Ozarks has to be a old hip hop head. Ruth got that street cred on lock!
Lmaoooo yess I’m on episode 11
I was about to comment..too late..hella late.. ⏰😂😅👌🏾
@@meanrun ask Jason Bateman?! 😂
Lol she definitely did
Probably the greatest song in hip-hop's history.
id say a bird in the hand by ice cube but they close
@@prodjhope not even Ice Cube best
If u talking Ice Cube you have to say Today was a good day
@@prodjhope im a bigger fan of ice cube but lyrically he isnt able to compete with nas
@@7xr775 exactly. Cube is amazing but he can’t touch Nas
LYRICS
Yeah, yeah, aiyyo black, it's time (word?)
(Word, it's time nigga?)
Yeah, it's time man (a'ight nigga, begin)
Straight out the fucking dungeons of rap
Where fake niggas don't make it back
I don't know how to start this shit, yo
Rappers, I monkey flip 'em with the funky rhythm
I be kicking, musician, inflictin' composition
Of pain, I'm like Scarface sniffin' cocaine
Holding an M-16, see with the pen I'm extreme, now
Bullet holes left in my peepholes, I'm suited up in street clothes
Hand me a nine and I'll defeat foes
Y'all know my steelo, with or without the airplay
I keep some E&J, sitting bent up in the stairway
Or either on the corner betting Grants with the cee-lo champs
Laughing at baseheads trying to sell some broken amps
G-packs get off quick, forever niggas talk shit
Reminiscin' about the last time the Task Force flipped
Niggas be running through the block shootin'
Time to start the revolution, catch a body, head for Houston
Once they caught us off-guard, the MAC-10 was in the grass and
I ran like a cheetah with thoughts of an assassin
Pick the MAC up, told brothers, "Back up, " the MAC spit
Lead was hitting niggas, one ran, I made him backflip
Heard a few chicks scream, my arm shook, couldn't look
Gave another squeeze, heard it click, "Yo, my shit is stuck"
Try to cock it, it wouldn't shoot, now I'm in danger
Finally pulled it back and saw three bullets caught up in the chamber
So now I'm jetting to the building lobby
And it was full of children probably couldn't see as high as I be
It's like the game ain't the same
Got younger niggas pulling the triggers, bringing fame to their name
And claim some corners, crews without guns are goners
In broad daylight, stickup kids, they run up on us
4-5's and gauges, MAC's, in fact
Same niggas will catch a back-to-back, snatching your cracks in black
There was a snitch on the block getting niggas knocked
So hold your stash 'til the coke price drop
I know this crackhead who said she's got to smoke nice rock
And if it's good, she'll bring you customers in measuring pots
But yo, you gotta slide on a vacation, inside information
Keeps large niggas erasin' and their wives basin'
It drops deep as it does in my breath
I never sleep, 'cause sleep is the cousin of death
Beyond the walls of intelligence, life is defined
I think of crime when I'm in a New York state of mind
New York state of mind
New York state of mind
New York state of mind
New York state of mind
Be having dreams that I'm a gangsta, drinking Moets, holding TECs
Making sure the cash came correct, then I stepped
Investments in stocks, sewing up the blocks to sell rocks
Winning gunfights with mega-cops
But just a nigga walking with his finger on the trigger
Make enough figures until my pockets get bigger
I ain't the type of brother made for you to start testin'
Give me a Smith & Wesson, I have niggas undressin'
Thinking of cash flow, buddah and shelter
Whenever frustrated, I'ma hijack Delta
In the P.J.'s, my blend tape plays, bullets are strays
Young bitches is grazed, each block is like a maze
Full of black rats trapped, plus the Island is packed
From what I hear in all the stories when my peoples come back, black
I'm living where the nights is jet-black
The fiends fight to get crack I just max, I dream I can sit back
And lamp like Capone, with drug scripts sewn
Or the legal luxury life, rings flooded with stones, homes
I got so many rhymes I don't think I'm too sane
Life is parallel to Hell but I must maintain
And be prosperous, though we live dangerous, cops could just
Arrest me, blaming us, we're held like hostages
It's only right that I was born to use mics
And the stuff that I write is even tougher than dykes
I'm taking rappers to a new plateau, through rap slow
My rhymin' is a vitamin held without a capsule
The smooth criminal on beat breaks
Never put me in your box if your shit eats tapes
The city never sleeps, full of villains and creeps
That's where I learned to do my hustle, had to scuffle with freaks
I'm an addict for sneakers, 20s of buddah and bitches with beepers
In the streets I can greet ya, about blunts I teach ya
Inhale deep like the words of my breath
I never sleep, 'cause sleep is the cousin of death
I lay puzzle as I backtrack to earlier times
Nothing's equivalent to the New York state of mind
New York state of mind
New York state of mind
New York state of mind
New York state of mind
Nasty Nas
Nasty Nas
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Nasty Nas
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Please pin this!
Nas is the best rapper of all time, has the best rap album of all time, top 5 lyricist in rap and has a top 5 ish rap song off all time. The goat
One of the greatest tracks of all time.
This is imo in the top 5 best hip hop songs of all time, the beat, the genius lyrics and just Nas' style... just perfect
Might be the greatest in my book
Same here! Everything about this song is just perfection and Nas is definitely one of the greatest MCs, not just in rap, but in general. He's so great at storytelling with his lyrics.
maybe, for sure if you forget about the Wu-Tang clan
Here's my top 5:
-Mobb Deep/ *Shook Ones part II*
-Nas/ *NY State of Mind*
-Ice Cube/ *It Was a Good Day*
-Denzel Curry/ *ULT*
-Nas/ *Purple*
@@Renaissance464 same except change denzel with pac - blasphemy
To me, this is the introduction to the greatest album in the history of hip hop. It just sounds like you’re hanging out with Nas sipping a beer and he’s telling you what it’s like to live in Queensbridge. I’ve never been there in my life but I feel like I have because of Nas. And he was only 20. What an incredible album.
That's the power of music.
He was 19
@@Konkoveven better 🔥🔥🔥
Nas is top three of all time
but his mind was older!@@Konkov
NAS my brother. Thank you for telling the NY story bro. I remember the south bronx and the crack epidemic. Me and my bro made it out and many others didnt. You are a legend my G
" I don't know how to start that shit"
One of the biggest lies ever
Just listen to Preemo Interview. He literally dropped the first verse without any prep.
For real bro he has to be making that shit up no cap
@@mesarvagya777 holy shit, imagine if he was serious
This instrumental is deadly asf
If you think about some new rappers beats are dope. Just the artist are shitty
Chris Quinn
The whole song is
On god
There are two types of people in this world: people who don't like rap, and people who've listened to Illmatic.
This is why BIG is a better MC than Pac. 2pac used Rapping to further his voice. BIG only knew MCing
@@ikerivers1795 That's the stupidest thing I've heard
@@painmaster8165 Biggie was a better M.C. than pac tho, Pac was about what he stood for and his legend status. Biggie was better lyrically and had an amazing flow and picture painting ability in his lyrics
Official Burrito word brother word
If this ain't the truth idk what is
A single tune that created catastrophic add on to the game. Every single line is literally timeless and iconic. Only sad thing is we welll never get anything like this ever again. On repeat!
We don't want it again! The suffering and pain that generated this art shouldn't be a reality for young minorities.
Miss this sort of rap, filled with substance, rhythm, simplicity
The golden era of rap
There's plenty of rappers nowadays that have sick flows, they just aren't at the top of the charts.
there are still plenty of rappers with substance, rhythm and simplicity, you just need to look for them.
@@hey-bf3ds wich is sad, apparently talent doesnt mean anything these days :(
One of the best tracks ever made.
6 The World Is Yours is the best track of Illmatic Album. This is 2nd best.
It ain't Hard to Tell is also dope af. That chorus...
Abdurrahman Akal yes of course but The World Is Yours is a way more better because of the lyrical content and the message. That's why I feel like The World Is Yours is the best with the Jazz soundtrack on it. More relaxing.
People. Nas is the most important artist (living) to Hip Hop. Appreciate while we have him 🙏🏽✌🏽✊🏽
More than jay z imo
eminem - hold my beer
chandrakant Borse
Yo Eminem said you can have that beer, he’s getting back in line for one.
Snoop dogg!
@@marshalgoatgod9482 they are both lyrical but they each have a different lane.
Legend album nas 🔥🔥
As a Italian/puerto rican kid who grew up in he projects in NY this spoke to me and my friends, we didn’t have shit but the streets and music and balling most of my friends are gone now or in prison I did 18 years in the feds , when I hear this album it brings it all back the good and bad 💯💔
respect
Footage or BULLSHIT
@@SKATEGRAFFDANK LMAOOO don’t do him
@@SKATEGRAFFDANK your a joke
@@SKATEGRAFFDANK Ah yeah because the man should have recorded his entire fucking life just for you.
According to DJ Premier, Nas didn’t know when to start rapping his verse. That is why he said: *“I don’t know how to start this.”*
DJ premier was trying to signal him by counting but Nas just jumped in and did the first verse in one take.
G.O.A.T thingz
Maybe Dj premier was pointing with a gun to nas and Maybe it's why he did the first verse in one take lmao
this is textbook definition of "just leave it in"
Not just a classic of hip hop, but a classic of poetry more broadly. Pure genius.
He did this in one take as well
truth
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@@BaldZippy th-cam.com/video/rbKs6Q2Kyac/w-d-xo.htmlsi=WNuieg9d07DQpoXx
Yup, sourced from the man himself Primo.
One of the best beats in all of rap. Change my mind.
Well i can't because your right
N.Y. State of Mind is as a standout track on Illmatic, it provides as clear a depiction of ghetto life as a Gordon Parks photograph or a Langston Hughes poem. DJ Premier’s production was designed to knock you right off your feet. Primo's knack for finding the illest piano loops and matching them to pounding beats was perfected in this track.
The Weakest Baldwin Jay married B ! She keep his camel up yo ! Bas in the streets Son !
Marshall Smith what made u write that🤦🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️
gucci gang is better.
Primo and Nas
they found it together with nas. at the same time
Its crazy this is like a movie scene in my mind
Rs
Ny story tellin
Thats what nas does. True storyteller
power of poetry
Belly?
"I don't know how to start this shit"
_top 10 anime plot twists of all time_
LOL
Lmao
GOGOgomes Facts! 🙌🏽😂
@@hunniddolladrum1546 🤣 Broke ass lol
LOL. :D
That murmur from the bass/piano sounds mesmerising
The drum sounds like confident walking
That repeating high piano note is keeping you focused
The break in the beat sounds like danger be careful
Ozark had me going CRAZY when I heard Ruth play this. Whoever is in charge of the music for that show deserves every award😂
Me too I got so happy when they had NaS being played by Ruth
Fr!!!!
I might have to start watching Ozark now
@@blueviolets52 show is fire asf, but ngl the ending was pretty disappointing for how amazing the show was
Ruth: "I never sleep."
Killer Mike: "Why?"
Ruth: "You now why..."
One of the greatest hip hop tracks ever made!
We still here
WTF AM I MISSING?@@Niilo2.2
Proud to have given you your 100th thumbs up. Well-deserved
90's, the pinnacle of hip hop... the sound, the beats just sound perfect to my ear.
If you miss that creative *90s* sound then ✔ out my tracks...I *specialize* in making old school-style hip hop...!!!👍🏾🎤🎧📀🎶💣🔥
People like Celph, rugged man, Esoteric, Apathy... hell just the Demigodez in general are doing a fantastic job of keeping Hip-Hop true
@@smithyMcjoethey can't mess with Benny , J Cole or 38 Spesh
@@seansmith7462 who?
One of the songs that inspired me to start making beats and writing raps.
Appreciate you NAS. 🎤 👑
He said... I don't know how to start this... then delivers one of the best verses in hip-hop history... legend
wrong! he delivered the greatest lol
@@sergiobosi454 yeah it very well might be the greatest
This masterpiece was recorded in one take, from start to finish.
@Gyrfalcon312 no lie, one take in and out
Only the first verse
@@_Obi-Wan_Kenobi_ even if its only first verse its impressive still
The most perfect beat ever made
This and ALL CAPS 🤤
Nas is like...
Shook ones part two is a masterpiece aswell
@@shawnbronson941 The Start of Your Ending is better
simple yet satisfying
The best, the lyricism, pure perfection.
I still listen to this and get so mesmerized by the lyrics that I forget that it's been a while since the chorus came. his verses and lyrics were so engaging that people aren't just sitting waiting for a hook.
And that scratching part, you don’t hear that in new rap anymore
@@bhka6423 because people dont produce with physical samplers and turntables anymore
@@pjotr_317 I know, they rather produce Pop beats
The beat is so New York
That how premo sound like
Premier style, the best boom bap sound
Nouri Smith cuz he from New York
@@redazure9683 so is Tekashi 6ix9ine, but his shit doesn't sound like New York
@trap visuals Pro Era is kinda meh to me aside from some of Joey's songs and I fuck with ASAP Rocky.
The Greatest hip hop song ever!
Unquestionably top 10
Definitely top 3 along with changes and lose yourself
@@hananaltaf3353 yes
@@hananaltaf3353 exactly
Dallas Robertson that’s a good list but I would add shook one pt 2, still D.R.E and in da club
This the real NY anthem
Illmatic makes us all feel like we're in New York. One of the best albums of all time.
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This track will forever be a classic. Legendary
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Beyond the walls of intelligence, life is defined...
pompchock tellvme
pompchock what he meantt
it is beyond human intelligence to understand what is the meaning of life.
when I'm in the NY State of Mind.
TheBegmen i dont agree, but still a dope line
Probably the best rap song ever!!
Nah it's obviously
High plains drifter - Beastie Boys
“life is parallel to hell but i must maintain” iconic 🔥
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Alongside the equally legendart “As the world turns, I learned life is hell / living in a world no different than a cell”
I couldn’t imagine a world without HipHop.
Serious question my guy - what is the difference between rap and hip hop ? I tried to look online but wasn’t clear. Thanks 🫣
@@samyakjain727 all rap is hip-hop, but not all hip-hop is rap. You can have hip-hop music without any lyrics at all, and it would not be considered a rap song, it would be considered "instrumental hip-hop". for example the album Endtroducing by DJ Shadow is considered hip-hop despite not having lyrics
@@samyakjain727 Hip hop is moreso the culture of the whole thing. like African Americans in the 90s in NYC or something. Rap is just one of the things that is common in hip hop culture.
less crime and better societies.
@@5GTrevor shut the hell up
Prodigy wasn't kidding when he said Nas was better than him. P had mad respect for Nas's pen game.
R.I.P Prodigy king of QB
Back then rappers were real men and had respect, and today we have kids with pink gucci shirts that are making fake beefs for views....smh
That’s hella dope big fan of both rappers . Shout out to you New York rappers from Mexican that grew up in East Los Angeles,Ca.
Respect for bandana P
Both of them were Monsters tho
Nas top 3 least, P ain't nothing compared to Nas, Nas the goat
Timeless classic. Don’t matter what the year it is. I’ll be bumpin this.