First Time Hearing Nas - N.Y. State of Mind

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  • @YetYetYetti
    @YetYetYetti ปีที่แล้ว +3147

    This channel is like a bunch of your homies being in a coma for 20 years and seeing their reactions to all the music they missed 😂 dopest channel

    • @johnchauke7492
      @johnchauke7492 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      Lol🤣😂

    • @jamescosgrow6997
      @jamescosgrow6997 ปีที่แล้ว +116

      They have heard it it it’s just for reaction

    • @JimminyJim
      @JimminyJim ปีที่แล้ว +21

      You encapsulated this perfectly. 😂

    • @ubtrippn6202
      @ubtrippn6202 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      AGREED😂❤️🔥

    • @TA-ht4jo
      @TA-ht4jo ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Facts

  • @eltikasmi9168
    @eltikasmi9168 ปีที่แล้ว +1400

    To think he wrote this song when he was only 17 is just crazy...
    Lyrical genius

    • @jussdag4407
      @jussdag4407 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      19*

    • @eltikasmi9168
      @eltikasmi9168 ปีที่แล้ว +144

      @@jussdag4407 Actually he started writing Illmatic when he was 16 but released it when he was 20

    • @empirestate7122
      @empirestate7122 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      It's not as crazy as you think. We were poets, writing the deepest shit since we was like 8.

    • @mikeybee456
      @mikeybee456 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯

    • @Aqu1ls_Curr3nt
      @Aqu1ls_Curr3nt ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@empirestate7122 just cause it's the norm dosent mean it isn't impressive.

  • @TOOLbassplayer
    @TOOLbassplayer ปีที่แล้ว +606

    Here’s what’s really crazy about that first verse. DJ Premier said in a documentary that NAS wrote that verse and then dropped it in the booth on the first take- when he said “I don’t even know how to start this shit” , they intentionally kept that in the master track and NAS said that live- then dropped 37 flawless bars in one take!! G.O.A.T!!!

    • @bigbawsdogg
      @bigbawsdogg ปีที่แล้ว +77

      True story. It's also why this is an untouchable hip hop masterpiece. Like a he was possessed at 19. No one has come close at that age.

    • @TOOLbassplayer
      @TOOLbassplayer ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @Connorshark 😎✌🏻

    • @speikko6879
      @speikko6879 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      if you want live perfomance, it is better to practise one-take whole song. genius

  • @poyerdude
    @poyerdude ปีที่แล้ว +480

    They didn't even notice the line that got one of the biggest reactions back in the day 'Smooth criminal in beat breaks, never put me in your box if the shit eats tapes'. Just an amazing album.

    • @ikembaojore3877
      @ikembaojore3877 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      I peep the nonreaction too lol. This technology

    • @pjvalenzona2002
      @pjvalenzona2002 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@ericmata3728 even my young 20 year old ass peeped that as a certified bar. That shit gave me goosebumps first time I heard it lol

    • @andrescastaneda1208
      @andrescastaneda1208 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      lol yea I paused it to say something about that,; not surprised you already commented on it... one of my favorite bars right there...

    • @joelstevens6792
      @joelstevens6792 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Yea technology was lost on them

    • @casteltheghettomonk4392
      @casteltheghettomonk4392 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      They too young 🌱 that's why they still listen to Eminem lol 😆

  • @mindslayer1404
    @mindslayer1404 ปีที่แล้ว +868

    Illmatic is often cited as the greatest rap album of all time. It’s a landmark album that changed the entire genre as well as Nas’ debut solo album. No skips, every song is a classic. Personal opinion, Illmatic and 36 Chambers are the greatest debut rap albums ever.

    • @kerryalfaro9437
      @kerryalfaro9437 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Yeesss as!!! Wutang is My all-time absolute favorite!!!

    • @chrisisslick
      @chrisisslick ปีที่แล้ว +43

      Gotta add Get Rich or Die Trying, Ready to Die and College Dropout to that list imo

    • @RemingtonSteel
      @RemingtonSteel ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I'm going to sound crazy but i actually like Nas second album a lil more

    • @RemingtonSteel
      @RemingtonSteel ปีที่แล้ว +23

      @@chrisisslickAgree 100% DMX 'dark and hell is hot'. Raekwon 'only build 4 Cuban linx'. Dre 'The Chronic' Snoop 'Doggystyle'. Pun 'endangered species'

    • @RoyalViking465
      @RoyalViking465 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@chrisisslick nope

  • @Lindzmarke
    @Lindzmarke ปีที่แล้ว +768

    Play that whole album from start to finish on repeat!!

    • @MrPlainPizzaGAMING
      @MrPlainPizzaGAMING ปีที่แล้ว +31

      I second this...its my personal #1 album of all time of any genre. I love illmatic way to much

    • @tonylouis6072
      @tonylouis6072 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Just skip One Time 4 Your Mind

    • @jimmiecurrier9384
      @jimmiecurrier9384 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      For real tho, but why skip one time for you're mind

    • @tonylouis6072
      @tonylouis6072 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@jimmiecurrier9384 cus that song whack

    • @HL-qc5rd
      @HL-qc5rd ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@tonylouis6072 you are crazy!!! Every song is fire

  • @PhanoftheShow
    @PhanoftheShow ปีที่แล้ว +363

    “never put me in your box if your shit eats tapes” that line went right over their head 😂

    • @nsmilitia
      @nsmilitia ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Damn I feel old. I still got my boom box

    • @jasegudat9590
      @jasegudat9590 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      They haven't a qlue what a tape is. Or what it's doing in a box. Definitely don't get why it would be eaten. Also, typing this made me feel old as shit.

    • @tomobourn7780
      @tomobourn7780 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      My mom said If that happened people would throw the tape out of their car and it would go all over the highway

    • @FranJav507
      @FranJav507 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      ​@@jasegudat9590same here I used to turn them back with a pencil. I'm 33 Yo

    • @jasegudat9590
      @jasegudat9590 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@FranJav507 the pencil was always the go too.

  • @emorylivers
    @emorylivers ปีที่แล้ว +185

    The looks on these 5 Brothers faces as they discover this work of art is everything

    • @Ball_Hard
      @Ball_Hard 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      100 . put a smile on my face. they getting to feel that feeling on a small level of what it felt like for us back then.

  • @taylorberrier4848
    @taylorberrier4848 ปีที่แล้ว +393

    Nas is ridiculous! Lyrical genius

  • @olijadu
    @olijadu ปีที่แล้ว +67

    yeah Nas forces you to put yourself in the song, his storytelling is next level. u can see NYC when Nas does his lyrical magic, amazing lyricist, the best

  • @opethdan2408
    @opethdan2408 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    I was a freshman in highschool when this came out and just blew everyone away. The 90s really was the golden era of hip hop.

    • @traviscarter1023
      @traviscarter1023 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Damn 9th grade 1994 give me your take on that summer.

    • @illuminatecomics
      @illuminatecomics ปีที่แล้ว

      Nas is one of MANY examples in hip hop of why older gods/ classic men say the new rap is not good. None of the ppl in today's generation are THAT 🔥🔥🔥 (let alone even close) at his age when he did that.

    • @TommySanders-tp3ob
      @TommySanders-tp3ob 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I'm in high school and I'm so glad Nas still drops music

  • @tycassimire8316
    @tycassimire8316 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    I came up during the same tim e in NAS in NYC & I felt everyone in NY felt those rhymes the way you guys did for the first time. A true legend in NY. My favorite artist ever….

    • @LukeAdamMiller
      @LukeAdamMiller ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I'm also from NY, and was 14 when Illmatic dropped. I still remember the exact moment hearing it for the first time. One of my older friends just bought his first [used] car, and pulled up where some other friends and I were hanging out. The beginning of NY State of Mind was playing on the car speakers, and I could hear it through the open windows. That beat hit me like a bolt of lightning, and when the first verse started, I was speechless. I bought the album the next day and have been listening to it ever since.

  • @RushDawgSXM
    @RushDawgSXM ปีที่แล้ว +116

    This album is so great that they say Nas literally helped to build the rap game of what it is today. That's why Cole said: "Pac was like Jesus, Nas wrote the Bible"🔥🔥 yall gotta listen to "Rewind", "N.Y. State of Mind Pt. 2", "If Heaven Was A Mile Away" and "One Mic"‼‼🔥🔥

    • @jesuscortez8295
      @jesuscortez8295 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It’s just heaven but yes love that song add purple on there as well

    • @ArtoverCrackClouds
      @ArtoverCrackClouds ปีที่แล้ว +2

      And Rakim was god but I think nas is more like Jesus tho imo

    • @bradleymagruder9080
      @bradleymagruder9080 ปีที่แล้ว

      i said same thing

    • @bigcurry420
      @bigcurry420 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@ArtoverCrackCloudsNah Tupac is more influential and is more popular and Nas is a lyrical mastermind so it makes more sense

    • @MikiyasDemeke-xp8vp
      @MikiyasDemeke-xp8vp หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@bigcurry420nas is a better rapper as a whole Pac is more internationally known

  • @Anchor7
    @Anchor7 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    Nas snaps on so many songs. Glad you guys are peepin him

  • @borne1
    @borne1 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    It's funny when this came out, I was their age. Now, I'm the old man still enjoying Nas like it's the early 90's. Enjoy your youth.

  • @ndekezindeze3086
    @ndekezindeze3086 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Young people don’t sleep on Nas. One of the best lyricists of all time. Got better what time!

  • @realmccoy9
    @realmccoy9 ปีที่แล้ว +268

    Definitely need to do more Nas! Another great one off this infinite classic is "Life's A Bitch" Feat. AZ.

    • @kerryalfaro9437
      @kerryalfaro9437 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      That was the first song I heard on that album in "93" in ninth grade!!!! Changed my life

    • @ericdennis3899
      @ericdennis3899 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      That's My S*** 💯🔥🔥🔥

    • @DaFifaKid
      @DaFifaKid ปีที่แล้ว +6

      another underrated nas song with az is "mo money mo problems mo homicide"

    • @5mysoluap978
      @5mysoluap978 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Lifes a bitch and then you die, that why we get high

    • @anthonysaldana2350
      @anthonysaldana2350 ปีที่แล้ว

      Classic

  • @nyygnjn
    @nyygnjn ปีที่แล้ว +50

    First verse was recorded in one take - Nas my GOAT

  • @arcticheroh
    @arcticheroh ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Nas has always been straight 🔥"I never sleep because sleep is the cousin of death" still one of the most unforgettable lines.

  • @danwebb1756
    @danwebb1756 ปีที่แล้ว +86

    Greatest rap album of all time. He released it when he was 20, but wrote most of it between the age of 16 and19. Crazy he was that great when he was just 16 years old. Nobody can touch him really. Nothing but bars.

    • @hellbus80
      @hellbus80 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      it was written is better lyrically

    • @daddy_loves
      @daddy_loves ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@hellbus80 the message I mean WOW that was hard af

  • @chadd3299
    @chadd3299 ปีที่แล้ว +82

    Wasn’t nothing like this in 1994 when it came out. There was G Rap, KRS, Rakim and BDK, but Nas took some of the best attributes from them and implemented them into his own style. This blew everyone’s mind back then.

    • @oldlobo5654
      @oldlobo5654 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I respectfully disagree. Wu-tang and Black Moon came out just before this. illmatic just solidified the sound

    • @thetrickisirarelyrespond5945
      @thetrickisirarelyrespond5945 ปีที่แล้ว

      This

    • @thetrickisirarelyrespond5945
      @thetrickisirarelyrespond5945 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@oldlobo5654 Wu and more to the point Rae & Ghost painted similar crime/grimey portraits, but this was after Nas built on what the likes of Kool G and Rakim Allah had set up for him.
      Not saying Wu didn't explode on to the scene and shake the entire sh1t up, but they were in different lanes stylistically, Nas having that poetic playwright's vision.

    • @larl-earson
      @larl-earson ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@thetrickisirarelyrespond5945That all being said "Verbal Intercourse" classic

    • @bre701
      @bre701 ปีที่แล้ว

      Rakim is god

  • @fueledbyrhythm
    @fueledbyrhythm ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Nas will forever be my favorite rapper because his bars and story telling places you right there in the scene.. he’s unmatched in that area.

  • @sigep145
    @sigep145 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    Illmatic is one of the greatest albums beginning to end ever. No filler. Every song hit the mark. Blew my mind when it came out.

  • @Gervontae_Feefo_Davis
    @Gervontae_Feefo_Davis ปีที่แล้ว +29

    Illmatic is widely considered the greatest hip hop album of all time

  • @ericdennis3899
    @ericdennis3899 ปีที่แล้ว +170

    I Gave You Power Nas 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 it's gonna f*** ya head up it's one of greatest songs ever no cap💯💯💯

    • @SupremeOracle
      @SupremeOracle ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Only one of em since 4 of 5 miss the bars lmao

    • @FilldaAgony
      @FilldaAgony ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes they have to do that song

    • @chrisisslick
      @chrisisslick ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Tell em!

    • @ericdennis3899
      @ericdennis3899 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@FilldaAgony yesssss bro💯💯

    • @ericdennis3899
      @ericdennis3899 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@chrisisslick 💯💯💯💪🏿

  • @K_Dub12
    @K_Dub12 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Much love for rockin this classic! What's crazy is dude was 19 when this came out

  • @bigt4135
    @bigt4135 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Best rap album ever. I just bought the vinyl the other day.

  • @RushNZ
    @RushNZ ปีที่แล้ว +55

    Ya'll finally reacting to Nas again, lets go! Illmatic might just be the greatest pure hip hop album of all time, definitely top 5. Nas is in my top 3 as well... you can't fuck with how poetic he is... yet still street... you want an all time great Nas song... i got the stash... start by peeping the song "Nas Is Like"... the beat has that bounce and the lyrics are INSANE! Love yalls reactions.

    • @tylerstafford2803
      @tylerstafford2803 ปีที่แล้ว

      A poor man's dream, a thug poet. GOAT

    • @khalilharris5204
      @khalilharris5204 ปีที่แล้ว

      Stop disrespecting my man. Nas is the goat by far

  • @treefection7162
    @treefection7162 ปีที่แล้ว +191

    This song changed hip hop

    • @dimphoshaun8940
      @dimphoshaun8940 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      How?

    • @SupremeOracle
      @SupremeOracle ปีที่แล้ว

      @@dimphoshaun8940 niggas be talking out they ass 🤣

    • @elijahmorgan7620
      @elijahmorgan7620 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      @@dimphoshaun8940 stop listening to lil pump

    • @samuelclark1677
      @samuelclark1677 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I wish this song changes hip hop again

    • @tbrady1650
      @tbrady1650 ปีที่แล้ว

      Big facts

  • @1nf1ni7e_GG
    @1nf1ni7e_GG ปีที่แล้ว +12

    This is arguably Nas's best song imo...It's like a movie with the way he tells the story and the beat compliments it so well. He started writing this album when he was 17 and it dropped when he was 22. "The smooth criminal on beat breaks, never put me in ya box if ya shit eats tapes" such a cold line

    • @Apena926
      @Apena926 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      IMO...ONE LOVE was his best....if not, top 5 🔥

    • @freedom_is_gold6747
      @freedom_is_gold6747 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      undying love is also one of the greatest storytelling songs.

    • @tb8654
      @tb8654 ปีที่แล้ว

      I thought it dropped when he was 20?

  • @edwardtownsendjr.
    @edwardtownsendjr. ปีที่แล้ว +5

    You youngstas just keep digging on your Roots! All the true info is out there, and y'all are NEVER too old or too young to learn! Learning stops when you're dead!!! ✊🏿💯

  • @michaelatencio2917
    @michaelatencio2917 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Shoutout DJ Premier for this fire track. Classic song. Nasty Nas

  • @Livinthedream19
    @Livinthedream19 ปีที่แล้ว +76

    Listen to the whole album. Then listen to ‘Rewind’ and ‘I Gave You Power’ if you want some of the best storytelling rap songs of all time

    • @jasondawson92
      @jasondawson92 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Also they need to react to Street Dreams

    • @lam1080
      @lam1080 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Shootouts from It Was Written is another wild story - "Yo, release what's in me, besides the Henny, it's eyes that seen plenty, fiends get skinny as if queens was a Craig Jenny." IMO hardest opening verse on any Nas song, and I don't say that lightly lmao

    • @DoomsdayDank
      @DoomsdayDank ปีที่แล้ว +2

      And Undying Love!

    • @deanmorgan1821
      @deanmorgan1821 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Take It In Blood, The Set Up and Get Down are a few of my favorites

    • @ShalemAhava
      @ShalemAhava ปีที่แล้ว

      I gave you power is one of my favorites

  • @wcllive
    @wcllive ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I love to see yung dudes getting they bars up! Proud of ya'll

  • @achillesking_
    @achillesking_ ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This made me subscribe, loved how ya broke this down and helped the new generation understand how much this music means to us. I appreciate ya for doing this for real. Keep at it love it 🤝💯

  • @cestrella0108
    @cestrella0108 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Illmatic is easily, above reproach, one of the crown jewels of the golden hip hop era. That whole album has stood the test of time, and will continue to.

  • @dreday99
    @dreday99 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Your boy is correct: "Rewind" is a legendary song. Also "I gave you power"

  • @ivanvalentin3898
    @ivanvalentin3898 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    That beat was and still is insane!

  • @Kappadonna123
    @Kappadonna123 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Best part of this song is when he comes out of the chorus talking about his dream and then the beats kicks back in with the verse "but just a nigga" like he woke up. It hits on so many different levels. Its the first thing he thinks when he wakes up. Like in his dream he had money and stocks winning gun fights and when he woke up he didnt miss any of that. He didnt say "now im broke" he says "but just a nigga" powerful message about what his state of mind was at that time.

  • @laylalee9840
    @laylalee9840 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I'm glad to see y'all finally delved into NAS classics.....NAS IS THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME🙌.....GOAT.....Illmatic got 5 mics in top hip hop magazine at the time this album dropped..... Source Magazine.... Whole album CLASSIC........Y'all should react to "Take It In Blood" or "I Gave You Power" off his 2nd album called It Was Written.....NAS has an index of straight CLASSICS🔥

  • @robertgeorge7579
    @robertgeorge7579 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    This is a daily listen , nas gos hard ,flow, storytelling. A lyrical genius 👏

  • @andilenkosi1688
    @andilenkosi1688 ปีที่แล้ว

    Tha best to ever do it. I’ve been buying Nas albums since’95. I just bought KD3 🙏🏿 I’m blessed.

  • @alvinhebbert
    @alvinhebbert ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This is why nas is my favorite rapper, story telling is impeccable, lyrical mastermind. Older Em stuff you can catch the nas influence. Illmatic herald as one of the all time classics

  • @nofacade100
    @nofacade100 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Greatest rapper of all time…..timeless music

  • @Jason-ur5ni
    @Jason-ur5ni ปีที่แล้ว +118

    This is hands down the greatest album of all time

  • @Makaveli13Xroy
    @Makaveli13Xroy 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I'm a white boy from Europe who grew up on west coast hiphop ; but there's a reason why i have this Vinyl hanging on my wall Framed and still in the plastic. dude is on another fucking level with Illmatic, im gonna see him live this year in Belgium and i cant wait ; Nas the greatest living MC at this point

  • @halfmanhalfamazing7392
    @halfmanhalfamazing7392 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow, you brothers are so young. Listening to you brothers talk about Nas is like listening to a infants first words saying daddy. And daddy is like woooooow he spoke for the first time and he said my name. Virgin ears all over again to hearing someone speak that didn't until it was time. Peace to God's and the Earth's. NYC all day young Son's.

  • @brianhetzel3449
    @brianhetzel3449 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    If you think this track paints a picture, wait until you hear One Love. Straight poetry from the streets.

  • @Bizsavvyartist
    @Bizsavvyartist ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Nas is also one of my favorite lyricists/emcees and story tellers - Illmatic, Stillmatic and The Lost Tapes are my favorite albums. Rewind (from Stillmatic) is the one where he is telling the story backwards - it is FIRE. Also recommend Bridging the Gap and I Gave You Power, One Mic, Made You Look (the original song and remix go hard). He has so many bangers.

  • @methodmatt3545
    @methodmatt3545 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It’s crazy you guys have never heard it before, but at least your listening and educating yourself now, respect 💯

  • @timeslot09
    @timeslot09 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    We were as blown away as you are now when these albums came out in the 90's.

  • @Squiggles95
    @Squiggles95 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Nas is one of the all time greats. Illmatic is my favorite Hip-Hop album of all time. No album has made me visualize the lyrics more. His flow, the beats. Just a perfect album.

  • @natedablack7857
    @natedablack7857 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Damn...it's hard to believe so much time has passed since this dropped.
    I was freshman in college when this came out.

    • @DreDey5285
      @DreDey5285 ปีที่แล้ว

      Damn near 30 years...... It's crazy

  • @blackcats3951
    @blackcats3951 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Keep enjoying the music, gents - great to see younger heads enjoying the music of my era 🙌🏼🔥

  • @brawnmclaughlin6190
    @brawnmclaughlin6190 หลายเดือนก่อน

    From 1:17-2:17…silence and a damn near synchronized head bump to the beat….that’s when you know you’re hearing pure gold. Love it!

  • @carlmarc3877
    @carlmarc3877 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    One of his most iconic songs
    Use to listen to this all the time

  • @DJS-81
    @DJS-81 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    "Never put me in a box if your shit eats tapes!!". Nas. What an evil line. 👌

  • @804reezy
    @804reezy ปีที่แล้ว +1

    MORE NAS,YALL GON GO CRAZY...MY FAV RAPPER DAY 1🔥🔥🔥

  • @shanenoel2745
    @shanenoel2745 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love seeing these young boys experience this fire way after it was what it was and feeling it class is permanent all I have to say that album is the bar for how good beats an rhymes could be classic album.

  • @billbaader193
    @billbaader193 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Great reaction,my guys!! Anything Nas is always on point! 51 years old and still bump Nas!! Try "Ain't hard to tell" "Nas is like","Get Down","Rewind""Made you look"(dirty version!!!) You won't be disappointed! !!

  • @ayo30s
    @ayo30s ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Thank You Brothers, 👊🏾🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🇳🇬🇺🇸

  • @Dagen2112
    @Dagen2112 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Strange how much I enjoy you guys bobbing yo heads

  • @nvadr495
    @nvadr495 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Now we just need a reaction to NY State of Mind PT 2. !!!! ❤‍🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @javonstinnett7487
    @javonstinnett7487 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    The whole album is classic!!

  • @kamelody7285
    @kamelody7285 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Nas should be #1 or #2 . And this is coming from someone who been listening to Hip hop even before Nas started Rapping. ( 1985) we're talking about PURE HIP HOP here, the essence of the culture. No trap music. Melody rap or mumble rap. This is not about Bias ( I like this rapper , that's why he's the #1 stuff) NO ONE. I mean NO ONE Can compare to Nas when it comes to HIP HOP. Jay z idolize Nas. 2pac was a Fan of Nas. By the way when he was gunned down. IT WAS WRITTEN was the album he was listening to. He also copied Nas track I GAVE YOU POWER and made a song out of that track. ME AND MY GIRLFRIEND. Even J Cole idolize Nas ,
    Nas catalog is too much to handle for any Rapper in history. Illmatic, it was written, Stillmatic, Magic, , I am....God's son, Life is Good , King's Deceased 2 , and 1 etc. Too many CLASSIC ALBUMS. Then his flow ,Lyrics, creativity, punchlines, metaphors, who the fuck can come out with tracks like ..I GAVE YOU POWER, REWIND, UNDYING LOVE, etc.etc.etc... I had to recognize and accept the fact that he's In Michael Jordan Level, when it comes to HIP HOP.
    hip-hop-music.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_rappers_considered_the_best

  • @LTaylor8380s
    @LTaylor8380s ปีที่แล้ว

    Love to see y’all bopping your heads to that boom bap!

  • @cameronwilliams7143
    @cameronwilliams7143 ปีที่แล้ว

    glad to see you youngins finding that gold, nas, Em, royce, nf. keep going boys you got some more Gold to find

  • @Anchor7
    @Anchor7 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Nas was like 19 when he wrote this

    • @RushNZ
      @RushNZ ปีที่แล้ว +4

      This is a fact, 19 when he wrote Illmatic, an all time great hip hop album, when you think about it that is nuts

    • @Anchor7
      @Anchor7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@RushNZ I think of my 19 year old self, then think of his ability to write illmatic and I laugh. I was just a dumb kid lol

    • @RushNZ
      @RushNZ ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Anchor7 lol me too, i was so far removed from being able to do anything like write a seminal hip hop classic at 19 lol, i could barely tie my own shoe laces hahaha... Nas is a goat

  • @ikembaojore3877
    @ikembaojore3877 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Yall should do one of these songs. 1 being my first choice:
    1. I Gave You Power
    2. Shootouts
    3. Street Disciple
    4. Memory Lane

  • @strngisle
    @strngisle ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I was in my early teens when this album dropped... times have changed but this is timeless.. it was the sound of NY and LI

  • @MrWharfrat05
    @MrWharfrat05 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nas is still dropping great music. He’s put out three albums in the last few years and his track on DJ Premiere’s EP was nuts!

  • @jiero12345
    @jiero12345 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    This song in itself has more lyrical clout than any song dropped from the early 2000s to now... Late 80s, 90s and a small part of 2000s hip hop & rap are a another level un to themselves and where music has gone to today is sad.

    • @jiero12345
      @jiero12345 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jermaineanthony7794 How so?

    • @ravdeepbhullar1448
      @ravdeepbhullar1448 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      today isnt bad, listen to lil xan, lil pump, drake, blueface, etc

  • @rajackson50
    @rajackson50 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Do you see This is the standard we judge current rap by.🤷🏾‍♂️🙏🏿✊🏿 Glad y’all enjoyed it!

  • @jcentricity
    @jcentricity ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Illest song ever period his rhythmic lyrical tempo is perfection

  • @jamesalexander3157
    @jamesalexander3157 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I still specifically remember hearing this for the 1st time in '94. My older cousin played it for me in the tape deck of his Toyota Tercel. My pre-adolescent mind EXPLODED!

  • @andrewmather7572
    @andrewmather7572 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    The message,not for radio,the truth,everything.

    • @jasondawson92
      @jasondawson92 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Definitely not pop rap it’s hardcore storytelling hip-hop right here

  • @nathangonzalez5477
    @nathangonzalez5477 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Greatest ALBUM of all time. Over Thriller Purple Rain anything you can think of. Masterpiece.

  • @ajmprovidence
    @ajmprovidence ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I wish you guys would do more Nas. He is so important to Black Culture in America in my opinion. Not to mention a modern-day musical genius

  • @Halfkrazie10
    @Halfkrazie10 ปีที่แล้ว

    Happy to see you young dudes show Nas love. It was like witnessing God Flow back then and he still go in as we speak !!!

  • @jlcotton19681
    @jlcotton19681 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I love to see young heads feeling beats from the Golden Era. ✊🏾

  • @AJBerry-ox3oe
    @AJBerry-ox3oe ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Most people are gonna hit you with joints from Illmatic, It Was Written, and Stillmatic. "Life Is Good" was Nas on his grown man shit, but criminally slept on. 'Where's the love' is an underrated song.

  • @MajesticOne-qy2of
    @MajesticOne-qy2of ปีที่แล้ว

    Best hip hop album all time! Your favorite rappers, FAVORITE RAPPER! 💥💥💥 FROM BOSTON

  • @gomarozdubar2274
    @gomarozdubar2274 ปีที่แล้ว

    Just found your channel. I love when the young G-ds listen to 90s Hip Hop!

  • @bp2000k
    @bp2000k ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Nas is in my Top 5 Rapper Ever. A Lyricist Genius🐐

  • @ThisisStephennn
    @ThisisStephennn ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Nas is a legend
    His last 2 albums we're 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @wallstreetwarrior7840
    @wallstreetwarrior7840 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Man when I heard Illmatic at that time it was like a whole different genre of rap. He sounded nothing like the rest of rappers. Nas been my favorite rapper from the first time I heard him. It's good to see yall recognize him.

  • @Jelly4Do2NUT0
    @Jelly4Do2NUT0 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Incredible beat from the amazing DJ Premiere. He had the best producers on that incredible album at the age of 19-20.

  • @sonsofthetribe
    @sonsofthetribe ปีที่แล้ว +9

    One of the greatest rap songs ever made.

  • @hanch3664
    @hanch3664 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Definitely do Life's a Bitch off this album. AZ absolutely kills his verse.

  • @mrmoe110
    @mrmoe110 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    There's a reason this 17yr old kid from Queensbridge projects had all the top producers in NY practically begging to produce for his album. This is one of those albums that I wish I could experience listening to for the first time again. Another one is Raekwon & Ghostface Only Built 4 Cuban Lynx

  • @greaveslb75
    @greaveslb75 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Seeing this reminds me of my younger self the first time I heard this masterpiece... all tracks were fire on this album!

  • @cedric4610
    @cedric4610 ปีที่แล้ว

    This was cool to watch. I remember my first time hearing this at like 13 years old and being amazed. Do Mobb Deep's "Shook Ones Part II" next.

  • @dontworry7440
    @dontworry7440 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    6:07 - This is the one thing I'll disagree on "No crazy beat". I guess you could call DJ Premier's style more "simple", but Premier (along with Dr. Dre) are my favorite beat makers of all time. I love almost everything DJ Premier put out.

  • @djanthony9759
    @djanthony9759 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    probally the greatest album ever

  • @jasmineroussell4441
    @jasmineroussell4441 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I love seeing yall appreciate Nas. My favorite Nas tracks are 1 Mic, Ether & The World is Yours, & Rewind. Illmatic & Stillmatic are his best albums. His contemporary work is pretty good too.

  • @oimadisoh-i-made-this7835
    @oimadisoh-i-made-this7835 ปีที่แล้ว

    Watching ya experience this for the first time got me hyped

  • @jojan715
    @jojan715 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    this is probably the best hip-hop song of all time 💯

  • @patsnation8427
    @patsnation8427 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    *Nas storytelling in 98% in his songs. He might be the greatest storyteller in Hip Hop history.*

  • @itwasaladream
    @itwasaladream ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Bought this album in Jr. High bro It changed my entire outlook and expectations of lyrics and flow in rap, nas was way ahead of his time.

  • @scenelover78
    @scenelover78 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    if they really havent heard this.it just goes to show how not having shows like rap city (the real one) and real radio djs makes the youth disconnected from past hip hop.