They do their just not mainstream anymore like back in the days. You have to put in work to find the real talented since real mfers are in minority and simple minded in majority
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@@ladyratanas y'all be doing the most.smh. y'all just can't be happy. Bet if he would have replaced daughters with sons y'all would not say anything. Young women obviously need way more guidance from their father than young men. It's not rocket science.
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Why do you put a crown at the end? The "crowns" were the ones selling/trading off criminals and prisoners from rival tribes for mirrors and liquor. Your whole life you have been lied to.
Bro please that era was full of bs commercial ass music too. In fact that was the era when the garbage first really started taking over. I remember vividly. A lot of pure hip hop artists spent whole songs and whole albums talking about how tired the game was getting. Even Nas caught flack that year for this album. It was considered too commercial by his fans who were hoping for another Illmatic, they hated the mafioso Nas Escobar persona he flexed on most of the album.
@@williemakeit2346BINGO. Someone finally said it lol. I liked the 90s. But alot of it was mediocre. Just like today. Today mediocre is just more commercial Also, GREAT rappers sometimes lack sound. Unlike back then. I fell like it’s harder to find your sound now if you can actually spit. Maybe because beats are not the same
I'm 40 yrs old. I was 16 when this was new. I can't help but to shed a tear listening right now because I'm so glad that I was alive to experience this art as it was happening. Being a fan of the music and living the life of the culture felt like you were a part of something so important...and we were!! 💯💯💯
I feel you brother I was born in 72 I remember hip hop coming out in 80 it was fkn great.i was blessed to see it start.i was there from the beginning man it was sick.
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it has. nas still makes music, styles p still makes music, jadakiss still makes music, snoop dogg still makes music. cassidy still makes music. hip hop is still there.
@@eastbee103It's more so a foreshadowing or introduction to what her peak was going to be. Yeah that is partially why she disappeared. Her music was too good, real and influential. When you sell like she did at her full peak in 98 they want you to use that influence for them. For instance like a Cardi B, Meg the Stallion direction. They wanted her to flip. She was too good and soulful for that. When you say no to them there are consequences. Thats the real factor in her just being done right at the peak.
Y'all out here acting like we still don't have people like Kendrick telling some of the most powerful and vulnerable stories in the medium. Not to mention Nas himself is still putting out killer stuff.
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As a metal head just starting make an attempt to get into some good hip-hop, I’m absolutely inclined to agree. This song and It Ain’t Hard to Tell are addictive to the extreme. Fucking masterpieces
Just image how little kid goes through Moscow to Ukraine by train in the 90s and buys a cassette called 'The best rap of all time'. He finds this track on that tape. It has changed his life
Nas did an in-store record signing in NYC the week the “It Was Written” album was released. It was at the old HMV music store that used to be on the corner of 34th Street and 6th Avenue. There must’ve been at least a few thousand people lined up for this signing. I arrived in the early afternoon and was in the very, verrrrry back of the line. Security closed off the line a dozen or so people behind me so nobody else could line up. They also put wristbands on everybody so people couldn’t keep joining the line after it got closed off. The crowd was massive extending and wrapping around the entire perimeter of those blocks. The vibe was amazing. Nas’s music was being played all day. Although we were all strangers to each other, we were talking to each other like we all knew each other. When I needed to go to a nearby public restroom or get a quick bite to eat, the people near me would hold my spot till I returned. At one point Foxy Brown pulled up to the front of the store in a jeep waving to everybody. The line was moving slowly but it moved. We were there for hours. I was getting increasingly worried later on because they said he was scheduled to do this till let’s say 6pm and by 5pm there must’ve been at least 500 people still in front of me. Security at one point came to the back saying that we probably won’t get to see him. I was upset and so was everybody else around me. One fan was freaking out and crying. When Nas was scheduled to leave, he was told there were still a lot of people waiting outside. He told them he’s not leaving until everybody with a wristband got to see him and get their album signed. By the time I got to see him it must’ve been 7pm or so. He looked drained from signing so many CDs. He looked a bit high too. I could smell the blunt odor from him. 😆 Anyway we shook hands street style. I thanked him for staying longer for his fans and I told him I grew up in the same neighborhood as him (Long Island City). He smiled and asked me my name and I told him it’s “Hector”. He either misheard me or was a bit out of it and wrote on my CD “Yo peace to HELTER! Nas” 😆 We shook hands again. I left with a big smile on my face and a very nice memory.
This song and video made me fall in love with HipHop! Im still the biggest Nas fan ever til this day! Thank you Nas and Lauryn Hill for changing my life forever! GOD BLESS! ✊🏾🤲🏾👑
47 years old now. turning 48 end of this month.... still listening to these tracks sometimes. Miss those days driving around with friends with music like this pumping trough the speakers .. subwoofer in the trunk couldnt be big enough lol
It was written dropped almost 30 yrs ago and it’s still fire 🔥 today… and it’s still gonna be dope 30 years from now. Many rappers have come and gone but Nas has stood the test of time !!! .. and will continue to do so!! .. that’s how great he is !!
These lyrics tell a true story of the hood we grew up in, the life of young black males trying to find a way out through drug sales. It was like back then everyone sold crack
Getting to heaven has got nothing to do what name you pray. It's about what you are inside. Whatever light you have inside will survive in the higher realms. Creed, selfishness, egoistical attitude- all of that is ignorance and darkness. When Jesus said no one can go to Father except through Him, He meant that by living according to his teachings. He also said, not all who say "Lord" to me will be saved, but those who do the will of my Father. This is a clear statement. You can be Hitler and call Jesus a Lord. That counts as nothing. Live by the way of love is the way to heaven.
Triple threat Lauryn Hill, lyrical assassin nubian queen and voice that any woman singer would dream to have! Mad love and a respect to a strong black woman who knows when she got it! ❤
I'm so glad to have been in the generation to have witness his greatness and that I was able to see these 2 perform together! He deserves his flowers while he's still here! I even named my son after him
I see a lot of Ppl saying NaS is underrated I see why but really what I think he is Unappreciated because he is intelligent Lyrical and Creative And he stayed Nice he just always changed what he talked about he dnt rap fly shit and choose the top knotch Producers So some ppl says he fell off But When he is gone ppl will realize how Great his whole Catalogue is
This track having only 12 million some views in 2021 is EXACTLY what is wrong with the world! I vividly remember my cousin and I driving back from hoopin in june of '96 when this joint first aired...I get goosebumps every time I hear it! So thankful for having experienced the 90s era
They LOVED Hip hop...they lived their craft. There was no I'm gonna do this for the likes I get.
Period ✔️
Attitude Era
Hip Hop 🔥
If I ruled the world rappers will still be spitting bars like this
You and me both.
Robert Barbosa you don't know rap then
Adam Young stop
Oga Swagga great nas song but he copied tupac
They do their just not mainstream anymore like back in the days. You have to put in work to find the real talented since real mfers are in minority and simple minded in majority
This era will never be duplicated. Damn I miss the 90’s
Omg yesss, I'm 44 now and that's all I do is talk about the 90s. Such great memories and happy times for everybody
"they want us all gone eventually..."
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Same as my parents miss the60’s
Credit is not given enough on how Lauryn Hill made a classic hook,timeless
Factzz
right
❤❤❤❤
every hook she’s ever made is damn near a classic. She a living legend
Lauryn Hill is a rasist and does not want to perform for white peoples but still linking it!
The 90s, truly was the golden age of Hip hop
And rock
It was the golden age of everything
It was still real instead of ppl trying to be the "image."
Yes my Prime Time and realy the best time 4 Hip Hop.
No doubt
"More conscious of the way we raise our daughters👑💛"
It should be sons but still
@@Brandy.bailey it can be children too.
That was a double entendre. He was also giving a shout out to female rap group named 'Conscious Daughters.'
Yea sons and daughters
@@ladyratanas y'all be doing the most.smh. y'all just can't be happy. Bet if he would have replaced daughters with sons y'all would not say anything. Young women obviously need way more guidance from their father than young men. It's not rocket science.
This era of hip hop will live forever!
Nope - dead for a long time..
@@cosmodookie2914 cause real hip hop is dead
@@cosmodookie2914 nah, u trippin, griselda still has that 90s sound
Destruction!
❤❤
Lauryn is one of the most beautiful black women to ever live.
Why do you say that?
*women
@@Atomic419 Because she was classically attractive, with no BBL, blonde wigs, nor porn wear
I agree
On God
One of my favorite songs of all times. Lauryn and NAS had me feeling like Black was the most beautiful thing in the world!! No lie !!
Black is the most beautiful thing to be
Black is Beautiful.. #Ultra_Black
I have the same with white.
Ultra Black
Must lay it once a day this 1 my fave
I miss days when there was no social media, no bullshit. Just hang out with the crew, listen to music and chill
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if smart phones ruin the world..
Yep
Haha and your saying that on social media
Totally agree👊🏾👊🏾
This song never gets old... True classic. Nas and Lauryn Hill made this a banger.
I
Bump it on when I’m riding In suv
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Her vocals are everything.💖
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The fact Nas was only 22 when he dropped this is insane, still the GOAT. This is actually my favourite album by him, especially The Message.
Lauryn's Vocals on this track pure magic 👑
Jo 💪🏼😎👍🏼
@@fsbgloria372 the same with the rich white and Latin people too; they don’t pay their taxes either
Yea I agree she is amazing on this
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Why do you put a crown at the end? The "crowns" were the ones selling/trading off criminals and prisoners from rival tribes for mirrors and liquor. Your whole life you have been lied to.
This era will never be duplicated, just pure music from two of the very best. Not the nonsense you hear these days.
agree. Todays music hits me with no melody in it. It is harsh for ears and too violent. All is circling about chicks, money drugs and shit...
Very true bro. X
Bro please that era was full of bs commercial ass music too. In fact that was the era when the garbage first really started taking over. I remember vividly. A lot of pure hip hop artists spent whole songs and whole albums talking about how tired the game was getting. Even Nas caught flack that year for this album. It was considered too commercial by his fans who were hoping for another Illmatic, they hated the mafioso Nas Escobar persona he flexed on most of the album.
@@williemakeit2346BINGO. Someone finally said it lol. I liked the 90s. But alot of it was mediocre. Just like today. Today mediocre is just more commercial
Also, GREAT rappers sometimes lack sound. Unlike back then. I fell like it’s harder to find your sound now if you can actually spit. Maybe because beats are not the same
Its crazy to think how young they were. Nas 23; Lauryn 21. The latter generations dont have old souls like this.
Nas and rappers were grown men at 22, 23. Nowadays we have bozos like 69 at 23 claiming to be kids. I'm glad I grew up in my generation.
Kendrick was 22-23 when he wrote sing ab me one of the greatest songs of all time not just rap
That is the key word there... Old soul !
BOTTOM LINE 💯
WOW! I did not know that!
One of the greatest rap songs ever written.
This hits different. Timeless classic
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nothing compares
I'm 40 yrs old. I was 16 when this was new. I can't help but to shed a tear listening right now because I'm so glad that I was alive to experience this art as it was happening. Being a fan of the music and living the life of the culture felt like you were a part of something so important...and we were!! 💯💯💯
REALTALK MY BROTHA!!MISS THESE BEAUTIFUL BLACK PEOPLE!!GLAD I WAS AROUND TO ENJOY THIS!!!!BADNESS!!
I was 18.
I was 10 and yes we where!!!! I’m great full to be a 80s baby to experience real HIPHOP!!!!
I feel you brother I was born in 72 I remember hip hop coming out in 80 it was fkn great.i was blessed to see it start.i was there from the beginning man it was sick.
Me too from Poland i was 16 my bro.Love rap music still.Peace
one of the best hip hop songs ever!!!!
NAS is the GOAT Hands down
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If I ruled the world hip-hop would be still like this...
If you miss that *creative 90s sound* then ✔ out my tracks...I *specialize* in making retro-style hip hop...!!!👍🏾🎤🎧📀🎶💣🔥
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@@snakevin333 Stay off the meth, Bruh
Yesss!!!
Sita you or fine baby I can never stop listen song thats wup to Nas 🍷🍾💯🎯🔝🎧💯💯
Nas is 23 here. He always had natural lyrical ability. TH-cam is saturated by these wack ass rappers that can't string a bar together.
@@aaliyah3002 Both so young and talented. A huge contrast to today's young music artists.
Lol 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🌻
6 years ago this comment was posted and the music has gotten worse and worse we got lil pump lil uzi vert and other trash ass “artists” lol
He was actually 22
There’s a movie about him on Netflix
Wish hip hop still had talent like this gem
listen to more hip hop then
Hip hop does, you just gotta sift through a lil more bullshit these days to find the gems.
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it has.
nas still makes music, styles p still makes music, jadakiss still makes music, snoop dogg still makes music. cassidy still makes music. hip hop is still there.
Kendrick Lamar and JCole do their best.
I’m going through a tough time, I had to watch this to feed my soul. R.I.P Prodigy ✊🏾
Imagine being 14 when this gem dropped, growing up in Queens. Life was literally a new story everyday. There will never be a better decade in music.
Tell me about growin up in Queens? Seriously. 👌
The decade went from 95 to 05. Best times
Yeah Im sure uad like sex every day 😕
That’s a fact bro, Queens in the 90s was an experience, nothing like it!! Great memories
I wasn't even born yet lol. 2005 here
We don't look for old songs, we look for memories they carry.
Maan, I do both
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Wild. Isn’t that a Jay line?
Yes you do look for old songs
This man was ahead of time.. It's relevant even now and I'm listening to these lyrics in 2022.
2023 👊🏿🔥
@@schimanzki4644 🔥 🔥
It’s crazy because this is what is going on today
Laryn hill was at her peak here!!
Actually she wasn't. She was 2 years later (1998 and miseducation)
She disappeared from the scene because she refused to sell out. Much respect to her❤
@@kristinamercado5737 dat ain't why!!
@@eastbee103It's more so a foreshadowing or introduction to what her peak was going to be. Yeah that is partially why she disappeared. Her music was too good, real and influential. When you sell like she did at her full peak in 98 they want you to use that influence for them. For instance like a Cardi B, Meg the Stallion direction. They wanted her to flip. She was too good and soulful for that. When you say no to them there are consequences. Thats the real factor in her just being done right at the peak.
Back when hip hop told a story.. ❤️
Y'all out here acting like we still don't have people like Kendrick telling some of the most powerful and vulnerable stories in the medium. Not to mention Nas himself is still putting out killer stuff.
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@@jsm.216 kendricks like the only mainstream one
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Nas deserves more credit and recognition for his contribution to Hip Hop and his superb lyricism.
And he's not talking about selling drugs in his music, just great life 🤣👌👌
He didn't sell out to "the club" so they didn't keep promoting him. Much respect to him❤
Nas is different, he flows like a god , lyrics on fire , everything he says is the truth. Insane
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greastest to ever do it
Check out his new albums like King's disease 1-3 or Magic.
Nas still in the biz, and he's better than ever
@charananekibalijaun8837 not better then 90s Nas but still good
One of the all time great hip hop tunes. Genius.
Happy 50th birthday Nas! A true Hip Hop legend.
Happy 50th Birthday Nas.❤
"Open their eyes to the lies, history is told foul but im as wise as the old owl, plus the gold child" - NAS
I am a 60 year old white male, and I will say this....What a beautiful song with great beats!!!
I'm 94 and love this song.
Nas' flow + dope music + Lauryn Hill's vocals = 🔥
Lauryn's voice and vocal arrangements are hypnotic ! ❤️
This isn't just one of the best Hip hop songs ever it's one of the greatest songs ever recorded of any genre of music.
💯
This song itself is legendary. But it's also a compilation of legends to make this song: Kurtis Blow's hook, and Whodini's beat.
As a metal head just starting make an attempt to get into some good hip-hop, I’m absolutely inclined to agree. This song and It Ain’t Hard to Tell are addictive to the extreme. Fucking masterpieces
This album is so good I can’t choose my favourite song
Over 60 years old, absolutely love this song. Great job!🤗🤗🤗
Me too & love this song ❤
Everybody was bangin this that summer.
I'm banging it this summer 2020 asap
Yep! This song was everywhere that summer
Facts, and STILL DO
90's is the best decade for music, any genre included.
Who still listening in 2024 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 best hip hop
I’m here
Word Fam godbless
Every lyric, from Nas to Lauryn Hill is deep as hell IN EVERY SONG they ever make.
If Nas isn’t in your top-five, you don’t know hip hop.
Agreed, my top 5 are (in no particular order)
1.Pun
2. B.I.G.
3.nas
4. Slim
5.meth
He is hip hop
@@SteVe-nu1vi What about Pac
Bigfoot LZA I’m east coast, never really liked pacs music but I respect him
Big faxx bro
Listening in 2020 and it still got more soul and meaning than all the shit coming out today.
Amazing song.
sadly so true
Love u all JAHHHH
2024 and still clear of crap we are served up now. Best rapper of all time ✌🏻
The 90's .... ! Never forget !! Best Time ever !!
Just image how little kid goes through Moscow to Ukraine by train in the 90s and buys a cassette called 'The best rap of all time'. He finds this track on that tape. It has changed his life
!!! Imagine that. No word describe his life. Respect
21
Yeah that boy would do more with this music then people on the Internet waste
Andrew Zeleno Хах. А в Москве нельзя было купить этот альбом?Что ты имел ввиду?
i bought a cd called the best rap of all time and it was all lil b
Nas did an in-store record signing in NYC the week the “It Was Written” album was released. It was at the old HMV music store that used to be on the corner of 34th Street and 6th Avenue. There must’ve been at least a few thousand people lined up for this signing. I arrived in the early afternoon and was in the very, verrrrry back of the line. Security closed off the line a dozen or so people behind me so nobody else could line up. They also put wristbands on everybody so people couldn’t keep joining the line after it got closed off. The crowd was massive extending and wrapping around the entire perimeter of those blocks. The vibe was amazing. Nas’s music was being played all day. Although we were all strangers to each other, we were talking to each other like we all knew each other. When I needed to go to a nearby public restroom or get a quick bite to eat, the people near me would hold my spot till I returned. At one point Foxy Brown pulled up to the front of the store in a jeep waving to everybody. The line was moving slowly but it moved. We were there for hours. I was getting increasingly worried later on because they said he was scheduled to do this till let’s say 6pm and by 5pm there must’ve been at least 500 people still in front of me. Security at one point came to the back saying that we probably won’t get to see him. I was upset and so was everybody else around me. One fan was freaking out and crying. When Nas was scheduled to leave, he was told there were still a lot of people waiting outside. He told them he’s not leaving until everybody with a wristband got to see him and get their album signed. By the time I got to see him it must’ve been 7pm or so. He looked drained from signing so many CDs. He looked a bit high too. I could smell the blunt odor from him. 😆 Anyway we shook hands street style. I thanked him for staying longer for his fans and I told him I grew up in the same neighborhood as him (Long Island City). He smiled and asked me my name and I told him it’s “Hector”. He either misheard me or was a bit out of it and wrote on my CD “Yo peace to HELTER! Nas” 😆 We shook hands again. I left with a big smile on my face and a very nice memory.
I enjoy your story
I bet he remembers you.
😂😂😂 That's a funny one
Nah you gotta change your name to Helter now haha
I hope u still got that cd
This is the best hook and beat in Hiphop...prove me wrong
the beat is genius a timeless track
Friends by Whodini
tupac sampled it on troublesome 96
Tupac diss nas made it better 😗
Yeah a beer commercial just used it ... i was like wait I know where that’s from .
@@Mob4336 yes legend extra stout
"Still living for today in these last days of time" 🙏🏾
This song and video made me fall in love with HipHop! Im still the biggest Nas fan ever til this day! Thank you Nas and Lauryn Hill for changing my life forever! GOD BLESS! ✊🏾🤲🏾👑
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This is what NYC is today and it’s a hell hole. IMAGINE DAT!
0:33-0:53 so soothing hearing Lauren Hill then the beat comes in
you're right bro, I love the intro. song so captivating from start to finish.
Does anyone know if the first 30 secs is its own song? And if so which one 👀???
Lauren Hill the Queen of Hip Hop.
#facts_only
+187BURNZY she is up there,the queen,,hmm its fairly open 4$ure!
Goddess
MC Lyte, Queen Latifah, Missy Elliot > Lauryn Hill
+WhiteNigga DotCom What ? 😂 Mate, go have several seats...
This is like the grestest song of all time Nas undefeated this timeless and a classic forever 😊😊😊🔥🔥🔥😁💯 Lauryn killed this too
I feel so privileged to have grown up listening to Nas. Thank you.
47 years old now. turning 48 end of this month.... still listening to these tracks sometimes. Miss those days driving around with friends with music like this pumping trough the speakers .. subwoofer in the trunk couldnt be big enough lol
Nas is 48 now he'll be 49 in September but looks like he's 25.
@@larrymarshall8900 thats cool. Im now48 and turn 49 in september too
51 in a few months...still listen to this jam from time to time...remenising about hanging out by the proyects
Only people born in the 70's (I'm one of them) can really feel the magic of the music wonders we got ln the 90's
@@yusufgaridi9523 don't forget about late 80s gen. we got taste of the great 90s tracks
Great intro how Nas snapped and Lauryn started to sing.
The message-Nas
Childhood memories play thru my head when I hear this song .. innocence was all we had then life started to play itself out and here we are now.
It was written dropped almost 30 yrs ago and it’s still fire 🔥 today… and it’s still gonna be dope 30 years from now.
Many rappers have come and gone but Nas has stood the test of time !!! .. and will continue to do so!! .. that’s how great he is !!
Nas really dropped illmatic and it was written before the age of 25. That shit will always amaze me.
It Was Written 20 year anniversary today 2016. Nas Legend!
I love this song!! from germany
ja man, bis heute kommt nichts auch nur annähernd daran ran 👌🏻
Ja Nas is halt ein echter Lyricist
Einfach nur geil
und dann noch türke i see you
Great Song das wahren zeiten👍👍👌😎
These lyrics tell a true story of the hood we grew up in, the life of young black males trying to find a way out through drug sales. It was like back then everyone sold crack
But we knew we wanted more and we were better than this
One of the greatest songs ever recorded in music history. Mr. Jones & Miss Hill
RESPECT
Mos def 100
Golden age of hip hop!…man growing up in NYC this was our life. These lyrics touched so many lives and itll forever be engraved to our souls.
This song still pops all these years later! Real hip hop
Is real hip hop
What a fantastic rif on Whodini's One Love - great song!
This song makes me forget all my problems and the hardship I am going trough. I pray to God we all achieve our goals in life.
Make sure you pray to the right god (otherwise you won't make it to Heaven)..............just sayin'.....
Getting to heaven has got nothing to do what name you pray. It's about what you are inside. Whatever light you have inside will survive in the higher realms. Creed, selfishness, egoistical attitude- all of that is ignorance and darkness. When Jesus said no one can go to Father except through Him, He meant that by living according to his teachings. He also said, not all who say "Lord" to me will be saved, but those who do the will of my Father. This is a clear statement. You can be Hitler and call Jesus a Lord. That counts as nothing. Live by the way of love is the way to heaven.
Triple threat Lauryn Hill, lyrical assassin nubian queen and voice that any woman singer would dream to have! Mad love and a respect to a strong black woman who knows when she got it! ❤
It’s almost 30 year old song 🎤🎤🎤 @NAS has been the goat for a min
I'm 43 and I remember all of my music from old school days
Me too ....
I'm 43 too. This was my music when i was a Teenager, and is still now.
Nas always spoke the truth ✊🏽
I'm so glad to have been in the generation to have witness his greatness and that I was able to see these 2 perform together! He deserves his flowers while he's still here! I even named my son after him
Yes❤
Free All my sons. All people, all colors. God ❤s us all. 😊peace and love forever. 😊
This should have 100 million views
shawn Money Lyor Cohen turnin the algorithms down
This should have 1B+ views and that's a fact
Yes this is my family
I see a lot of Ppl saying NaS is underrated I see why but really what I think he is Unappreciated because he is intelligent Lyrical and Creative And he stayed Nice he just always changed what he talked about he dnt rap fly shit and choose the top knotch Producers So some ppl says he fell off But When he is gone ppl will realize how Great his whole Catalogue is
This is why Nas is one of the greatest rappers of all time.
I donr think so. Theres so many rappers to consider millions he is not top 100
Still banging 2024
If I ruled the world, Lauryn Hill would still be making music....
She is still playing live!! ❤😊
Lauryn Hill carried the entire background vocals. Legend!
i wish we could go back to these times
The real king of new york
This is one of hip hops best ever tracks
Nothing beats the 90s
This is the definition of Nostalgia
This song is 26 years old and I remember when it came out.
Damn I feel old 😩
Legendary intelligent rap music and a killer beat. 100% sent it back in the day.
"Open their eyes to the lies histories told"💯
"But im as wise as the old owl"
@@reallitycheckkplus a gold child
The true Kings and Queens!
The second verse with Mobb deep was such a simple yet memorable visual. I loved how Hype Williams captures that perfect image
Cormega there too... Queensbridge!
Plus IM3 behind them on the bench 👊🏼
Yea dope.. real hood dudes with vision .. intelligent minds think alike
NAS is brilliant...Lauryn Hill is perfect in this song.
If you listen to this in 2024, you are old but well raised and have good taste in music
I’m 21 stopppp
28 😅
im old 33
i’m 17 lol
I'm literally 24, oh noooooo lmaoo
Song still gives me goosebumps at the intro. November 2024!
Yes but it’s edited…both songs 😢
This song should have over a billion hits
Like for real it definitely needs billion views but million views shows talent not a pop wack record
This song never gets old 😎🎼🎤
This track having only 12 million some views in 2021 is EXACTLY what is wrong with the world! I vividly remember my cousin and I driving back from hoopin in june of '96 when this joint first aired...I get goosebumps every time I hear it! So thankful for having experienced the 90s era
TH-cam is not the only streaming service........ this song millions upon millions streams on spotify and apple music its a platinum selling song
If TH-cam was around in the 90s this song would have over a billion
It has 170 mil on spotify. Spotify simpler i assume. Nas great tho.
Facts
1996 had such a unique flavor to it
Finally this is more spoken about, God bless America !!