I’m a 90s boom bap kid and this is a great RENdition and salute to one of the greatest rap albums of all time. Ren is the new pillar of music that people will be saluting years from now
Ren's retakes are always multiple things: All retakes are not monetized and he wants to show his love for those artists while educating people on great music in the process. All of them. They are also never covers but reintepretations in various and creative ways. Bringing musical culture to life one retake at a time. It's just an awesome experience. And here he is basically saying: Pay respect to the greats that came before me and that are not longer with us, BUT more importantly value them while they are STILL ALIVE. Which he did here was Nas. You have to love it and respect it. He also changed the beat in various ways in a very dope way if you pay attention and did callbacks for other Nas songs within the lyrics of this retake. And more eastereggs that I do not want to spoil. :D
Well I´m ten years older than you Don so for me Rakim was "the guy" in terms of "rap poetry" but Nas was definitively one of the "next Generation" who walked in his footsteps...so to say...and so does now Ren who I admire a lot in my now old days.
Ren could use every track to tell us all how talented and special he is, and few of us could argue with it, but instead he's always showing love and respect, a much needed role model - Big up Don, thumbs up from me.
I might be wrong but I could swear this illmatic came out in 94, I started high school in 95 and unless my memory is failing me, which is very possible, lol, I remember listening to it before I went to high school, my Japanese friend at junior school was the one who introduced me to rap and hip hop and he went on to be a hip hop artist himself back in Japan, but anyway, Ren killed it, of course he did, he never fails, god damn, I just got a kick in the nuts, if it was 94, that’s 30 years ago, 30 f’n years ago, almost 2 thirds of my lifetime ago, the things I would tell that 12 year old me if I could travel back in time and instil some wisdom on myself, lol
I'm not disrespecting nas atall with this comment , but ren giving himself a disservice, I consider myself to have a very broad eclectic taste in music, and I've never seen another artist who can perform so many different genres at such a high level, in my opinion ren is a musical genius, and unique, reggae,ska r&b soul, hip hop, pop, rock and roll, heavy metal ,beatbox, produce, creativity, lyricism, plays guitar bass piano, the lads just different, and does this all with no major backing while fighting a major illness, the lad different. And not in a bad way. He's a musical chameleon
Not to diminish your point about Rens incredible talents... but to be fair, there are actually a fair share of artist out there with similar skills imo. We are starting to see them now as independant artists on social media. Before the music industry had little room for musicians who didn't fit into the hitmachine. back then taking a chance on someone jumping genres and styles would be hard to sell. Now we can truly love all the random and different artistic gifts they have for us. Anyways. My cousin is 30. He plays nearly any instrument with strings, keys or percussion. All he ever wanted to be since he was a small kid was a musician. He makes his own songs and beats both on pc or in the studio with instruments. He writes lyrics. He can sing and rap in many different styles and has released alot of music and several albums throughout his life from R&B to hiphop, garage rock and hitstyle pop. his first album he released when he was 14. and he just released an album wich he collabed with a pretty famous dude named dj Noize. He never had a big breakthrough, but plays smaller venues in my country and sometimes does guest appearences with bigger artists... And then he makes music and ambient sounds for movies on the side to make a more than decent living in total. He also has a company where he makes homepages and online content for other busnesses... -My point is he is ridiculously talented and has been namedropped by bigger artists several times. He just never managed to find a fanbase/niche big enough to sustain a living in a small country as ours. But he is living off his insanely diverse musical talents in a similar way to ren. -The new Bob Marley movie my cousin made all the background music and ambient sounds for... (they ofcourse used alot of Marleys music wich he had no part in mixing or making).
I’m not generally a hip hop fan at all, and I’ve only heard Nas’ name before, but I’m totally loving REN’s retake, and this beat way more than I was expecting when he first announced it
I love that Ren is reintroducing people to some of the greats. Plus I nerded out on the pie bars... on a video released on Pie Day Mar 14... 3.14... he doesn't miss.
He used similar schemes and lots of tributes, but this was very complicated between the simple bars. Plus the added production like the guitar was epic.
Great reaction man, Glad your doing your own thing. Grew up in this era too, and he paid homage to more then just Nas in this Video, brought Big, Mac and 2pac into it as well. Ren really is a student of music
I'm a big Ren fan who has followed Ren into Hip Hop, but I have no history with the genre. I'm much older, and Hip Hop didn't exist when I was young. Loved seeing your reaction and input on this.
The flow! The delivery! The performance! The one-take! The lyrics! His LYRICS! All of them out of this World, as usual! :) However, the icing on the cake is Ren's remix of the beat. The added audio is great, especially the guitar! :)
Seriously... a collab between Ren and Harry mack could be kinda cool... I Imagine some kind of busking setup... Ren on guitar and mic and Harry on drums and mic and if they call up Beardyman to lay the foundation beats it would be magical for sure!!
Ren is siiiiiick 🔥 And this is the sickest ad for some sick boi merch 😂 Seriously though, Ren showing love for music he loves with his ReNtakes is yet another reason to love this sick boi. Somehow he manages to be humble and show respect for other artists while spitting braggadocios bars 😅 Not quite sure how that’s even possible, but hey it’s Ren doing Ren things 🤣
I definitely don't kno the original but after this I'll b checking ot out Ren's word play, timing, and absolute Respect is amazing. Great reaction Don Big success to you and the channel Subscribed & Liked ❤❤
Y e a h . . .I’m also in Denver, and…Ughhh… That said, great reaction. Giving homage and respect is what makes Ren, well…REN. Also, as a “Xennial”, or WTFE [1980]-I Died of Dysentery, literally, every time …(if you know, you know) I was 16YO, when this album introduced me to HIP HOP-hip hop, and as a kid it was revelatory. All that to say, thanks-fellow Coloradan-I like the cut of your jib; keep it up… …and stay warm during the Snowpacolypse.
Hey Don! Good to see you making your own content! Off topic question though: Is this from your house? -I see you have some cacti plants.... random followup question: Do you by any chance keep reptiles of any kind as pets? -I dunno why, but the two are sometimes connected to my experience as a cacti eating tortoise owner...
Dom: we will see we will watch it brake it down jump right in Me:🤣🤣🤣🤣 Goodluck mate it's full of bars it's Ren the alien have fun catching it all first time 😂😂🤣
It’s crazy the nostalgia of the album is still there but I listen again after watching this and the bars that were mind blowing then are so outdated now. I hate saying that but I’ll pull your number like a pager just ain’t hitting no more..Lol I still love it but I think Em is the only artist I can go back and listen to that the bars haven’t outdated themselves.
@@TheJgolfw No worries ;) I went through some of them and thought they did more of them together but at least there is like 4 reaction. Might be more i didn't go through them all. Black P done a few alone too so if you like him you got some reactions to watch there.. ;)
Nobody catching the shout out to Big L the whats the game without Ren its like China without rice is a shout out to Big L one of the most forgotten about top tier lyricist ever ren makes it his own as he does but nobody catching that
Get in the habit of listening to your videos back on a full speaker system and leveling out the music volume with your voice by checking the output levels in post-production to make sure they are equal. Your volume and the music volume being vastly different makes this unwatchable on regular speakers without constantly changing the volume every time you pause and start talking. Not fixing this will hurt your watch time and impact your channel negatively. Good breakdown of the song though.
I appreciate the feedback. I noticed that too. I’m still trying to work out the details of my setup. I’ve been putting off starting the channel for months and just had to get in the game.
@@Donjuanabe I figured as much, and completely mean my criticisms in a positive way! It's a process. Keep grinding, you'll get there. I've enjoyed your reactions with BP and I am sure you will do great. Looking forward to seeing you grow!
@@Donjuanabe Look into using expander, compressor, and limiter filters in OBS to get your Mic output levels and your Desktop audio output levels where they need to be. Talk to Ren if you need help, he's a wiz at this stuff. ;)
I’m a 90s boom bap kid and this is a great RENdition and salute to one of the greatest rap albums of all time. Ren is the new pillar of music that people will be saluting years from now
Don’t know if you checked it out but LVME has a reaction that begins with a great lesson on NAS and Boom nap.
Ren's retakes are always multiple things: All retakes are not monetized and he wants to show his love for those artists while educating people on great music in the process.
All of them.
They are also never covers but reintepretations in various and creative ways.
Bringing musical culture to life one retake at a time.
It's just an awesome experience.
And here he is basically saying: Pay respect to the greats that came before me and that are not longer with us, BUT more importantly value them while they are STILL ALIVE.
Which he did here was Nas.
You have to love it and respect it.
He also changed the beat in various ways in a very dope way if you pay attention and did callbacks for other Nas songs within the lyrics of this retake.
And more eastereggs that I do not want to spoil. :D
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Well I´m ten years older than you Don so for me Rakim was "the guy" in terms of "rap poetry" but Nas was definitively one of the "next Generation" who walked in his footsteps...so to say...and so does now Ren who I admire a lot in my now old days.
Definitely Rakim.
Pioneer and inspiration for all the 90’s rappers
Ren is 'Oppenrhymer' 😉
Ren could use every track to tell us all how talented and special he is, and few of us could argue with it, but instead he's always showing love and respect, a much needed role model - Big up Don, thumbs up from me.
Loving hearing a bit more of your perspective Don!
I might be wrong but I could swear this illmatic came out in 94, I started high school in 95 and unless my memory is failing me, which is very possible, lol, I remember listening to it before I went to high school, my Japanese friend at junior school was the one who introduced me to rap and hip hop and he went on to be a hip hop artist himself back in Japan, but anyway, Ren killed it, of course he did, he never fails, god damn, I just got a kick in the nuts, if it was 94, that’s 30 years ago, 30 f’n years ago, almost 2 thirds of my lifetime ago, the things I would tell that 12 year old me if I could travel back in time and instil some wisdom on myself, lol
You are correct illmatic released April 19, 1994.
I was 16 when this album dropped and that whole era shaped my life. Us 90s kids connect over our love of hip hop. Luv ya Don! X
Not gonna pretend I know a lot about Nas or his work.. will definitely be checking out Halftime at the very least after this. Great reaction Don!
I'm not disrespecting nas atall with this comment , but ren giving himself a disservice, I consider myself to have a very broad eclectic taste in music, and I've never seen another artist who can perform so many different genres at such a high level, in my opinion ren is a musical genius, and unique, reggae,ska r&b soul, hip hop, pop, rock and roll, heavy metal ,beatbox, produce, creativity, lyricism, plays guitar bass piano, the lads just different, and does this all with no major backing while fighting a major illness, the lad different. And not in a bad way. He's a musical chameleon
Not to diminish your point about Rens incredible talents... but to be fair, there are actually a fair share of artist out there with similar skills imo. We are starting to see them now as independant artists on social media. Before the music industry had little room for musicians who didn't fit into the hitmachine. back then taking a chance on someone jumping genres and styles would be hard to sell. Now we can truly love all the random and different artistic gifts they have for us.
Anyways. My cousin is 30. He plays nearly any instrument with strings, keys or percussion. All he ever wanted to be since he was a small kid was a musician. He makes his own songs and beats both on pc or in the studio with instruments. He writes lyrics. He can sing and rap in many different styles and has released alot of music and several albums throughout his life from R&B to hiphop, garage rock and hitstyle pop. his first album he released when he was 14. and he just released an album wich he collabed with a pretty famous dude named dj Noize. He never had a big breakthrough, but plays smaller venues in my country and sometimes does guest appearences with bigger artists... And then he makes music and ambient sounds for movies on the side to make a more than decent living in total. He also has a company where he makes homepages and online content for other busnesses...
-My point is he is ridiculously talented and has been namedropped by bigger artists several times. He just never managed to find a fanbase/niche big enough to sustain a living in a small country as ours. But he is living off his insanely diverse musical talents in a similar way to ren. -The new Bob Marley movie my cousin made all the background music and ambient sounds for... (they ofcourse used alot of Marleys music wich he had no part in mixing or making).
One can be great, and still appreciate the greatness in others. Humility and respect is a form of greatness.
I appreciate Ren shouting out to his inspirations, it's honorable.
I’m not generally a hip hop fan at all, and I’ve only heard Nas’ name before, but I’m totally loving REN’s retake, and this beat way more than I was expecting when he first announced it
I love that Ren is reintroducing people to some of the greats. Plus I nerded out on the pie bars... on a video released on Pie Day Mar 14... 3.14... he doesn't miss.
Straight 🔥, from our Lyrical Miracle!!
This is simply Ren paying tribute to some of his biggest inspirations.
He used similar schemes and lots of tributes, but this was very complicated between the simple bars. Plus the added production like the guitar was epic.
Ren paying homage…..my favourite line ‘salute with bars’ ……but putting his own cheeky twist on it too. Great reaction Don.
Thanks Don
He has respect for the artist who influenced his artistry 💯
I didn't know the original, but I will check it out after this
Great reaction Don, It's almost like you've done this before, haha.
Great one, man!
Shout out to all the late and great!
Great reaction man, Glad your doing your own thing. Grew up in this era too, and he paid homage to more then just Nas in this Video, brought Big, Mac and 2pac into it as well. Ren really is a student of music
I'm a big Ren fan who has followed Ren into Hip Hop, but I have no history with the genre. I'm much older, and Hip Hop didn't exist when I was young. Loved seeing your reaction and input on this.
🔥🔥🔥from Ren again ❤❤❤I’m addicted 😂❤
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Loveing your reactions man
I was surprised to see the original music video only has 1.2million views.
Thanks Don… 🔥🫶🏻🔥
Also in Denver. It's pretty but ready for spring!!! Ren is amazing!
You seem so much more relaxed here on your own channel dude, it's good to see 👍
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Funnily the length of Rens Halftime rap is half the time of Nas Halftime ;)
❤❤❤Vibe=nostalgia 🔥🔥🔥🫶
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Loved this Don, awesome ❤ from the UK
The flow! The delivery! The performance! The one-take! The lyrics! His LYRICS! All of them out of this World, as usual! :) However, the icing on the cake is Ren's remix of the beat. The added audio is great, especially the guitar! :)
This was amazing ❤❤❤ I was 12 when the album dropped and it was one of my favorites
I remember skateboarding and listening to it 😂
Great reaction Don. I think it's great that he does these retakes. I'm not familiar with the original but because of Ren I'm going to check it out
Seriously... a collab between Ren and Harry mack could be kinda cool... I Imagine some kind of busking setup... Ren on guitar and mic and Harry on drums and mic and if they call up Beardyman to lay the foundation beats it would be magical for sure!!
Ren is siiiiiick 🔥 And this is the sickest ad for some sick boi merch 😂
Seriously though, Ren showing love for music he loves with his ReNtakes is yet another reason to love this sick boi. Somehow he manages to be humble and show respect for other artists while spitting braggadocios bars 😅 Not quite sure how that’s even possible, but hey it’s Ren doing Ren things 🤣
The waviest guy for sure. 👍
love the solo react don. keep it up
hell yea first bp then straight to dons. really enjoy your input so it's nice to be able to get that even when you not with bp
Great reaction Don, a fab homage from Ren to the OG’s 👏👏❤️
Awww Don you got your own place. Happy to be here 😂😂
Edit to add...i hope I will still get to see you over on BP's channel.
Love the preamble and the thoughts, keep with the format it works.
Grazie Don!
Enjoyed this Don! It’s good to see more of you! ❤️🔥✌🏻🫶🏻
Great reflective and insightful reaction ✌🏼 .
Thank you 🙏❤ Don ❤ for your 🐷 Ren - Halftime (Nas Retake) reaction! #ren #nas #sickboi #halftime #calgary #counttozeroseconds #retake
Great reaction Don love and respect from the UK 😀😀👍👍🌟 great channel 👍
Hi thank you for your understanding and your ability to speak it
Love watching you give your own take on these reactions.
Great reaction
Loving your channel
Great reaction Don!!
Awesome reaction Don
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Great reaction Don. Excellent break down ❤
Love seeing your own channel start to find its legs. Enjoyed this reaction. Looking forward to seeing more.
So good.... boi.is too cool for skool, great reaction Don 🔥👍😉👍
Really enjoying your reactions sir. Keep up the good work:)
Love your solo reactions so far! (Miss BP though ❤😂)
So glad you got your own channel now. Stay blessed Don o7
Thanks Don, enjoying your reaction. 🔥🔥🔥
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Loved watching this with you and hearing your perspective and your appreciation ; share a pic of the snow in Denver on your YT community page❄️ X
Youre always so thorough. Im surprised you missed the Pi reference. Loved it though!! ❤
Great reaction Don, I grew up in Queens and I was in my early 20's when this album came out. Ren did it justice.
great reaction Don ! thank you. Willy. ( just subscribed BTW ).
I definitely don't kno the original but after this I'll b checking ot out Ren's word play, timing, and absolute Respect is amazing. Great reaction Don Big success to you and the channel
Subscribed & Liked ❤❤
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Y e a h . . .I’m also in Denver, and…Ughhh…
That said, great reaction.
Giving homage and respect is what makes Ren, well…REN.
Also, as a “Xennial”, or WTFE [1980]-I Died of Dysentery, literally, every time …(if you know, you know)
I was 16YO, when this album introduced me to HIP HOP-hip hop, and as a kid it was revelatory.
All that to say, thanks-fellow Coloradan-I like the cut of your jib; keep it up…
…and stay warm during the Snowpacolypse.
Your sound and video is great man 🔥🙏🔥. You don’t know me but I’ve been riding with you for years on Black Pegasus channel.
Amazing reaction brother🙏🏽🙏🏽🔥🔥you deserve wayyyyyy more subscribers
Thanks for checking me out.
I like what you’re doing as well. You have great energy and breakdowns.
ReneGade ... 🪽🤍🪽
I really enjoyed this! First time watching a reaction from you brotha! Keep grinding! Much love. 40!
Thank you for showing love. You’ve been around for a minute tapping in to the live streams.
I see you! 👀
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Fire reaction Don!! 🫶 Not sure if u have checked out his song Illest of our time, but if u haven't, u definitely should since u mentioned that! Lol
Hey Don! Good to see you making your own content!
Off topic question though:
Is this from your house? -I see you have some cacti plants.... random followup question: Do you by any chance keep reptiles of any kind as pets? -I dunno why, but the two are sometimes connected to my experience as a cacti eating tortoise owner...
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Don! What are you doing over here? Ok then. Subscribed.
i liked it.
These fred again teases at the end of all the videos lol
Haha i was just thinking, i wonder how many new fans Nas has because of Ren! 😏😂
Dom: we will see we will watch it brake it down jump right in
Me:🤣🤣🤣🤣 Goodluck mate it's full of bars it's Ren the alien have fun catching it all first time 😂😂🤣
REN Is Bardcore.
Human humility matter
It’s crazy the nostalgia of the album is still there but I listen again after watching this and the bars that were mind blowing then are so outdated now. I hate saying that but I’ll pull your number like a pager just ain’t hitting no more..Lol I still love it but I think Em is the only artist I can go back and listen to that the bars haven’t outdated themselves.
New sub! Appreciate you! Ren is amazing! Can we get some NF on the channel!
Tbf he already done some NF over on Black Pegasus channel with black pegasus..
@@Danny_R_ I appreciate that ! Loved them!
@@TheJgolfw No worries ;)
I went through some of them and thought they did more of them together but at least there is like 4 reaction. Might be more i didn't go through them all.
Black P done a few alone too so if you like him you got some reactions to watch there.. ;)
@@Danny_R_ Love them all! Nice to see you both enjoy NF!
Don looks like DJ Vlad here :)
Nobody catching the shout out to Big L the whats the game without Ren its like China without rice is a shout out to Big L one of the most forgotten about top tier lyricist ever ren makes it his own as he does but nobody catching that
I asked ren on his channel to be sure but yes that s a shoutout to big L lyrics in big L intro frol his posthume album
Still waiting for his answer😂
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Get in the habit of listening to your videos back on a full speaker system and leveling out the music volume with your voice by checking the output levels in post-production to make sure they are equal. Your volume and the music volume being vastly different makes this unwatchable on regular speakers without constantly changing the volume every time you pause and start talking. Not fixing this will hurt your watch time and impact your channel negatively. Good breakdown of the song though.
I appreciate the feedback. I noticed that too.
I’m still trying to work out the details of my setup. I’ve been putting off starting the channel for months and just had to get in the game.
@@Donjuanabe I figured as much, and completely mean my criticisms in a positive way! It's a process. Keep grinding, you'll get there. I've enjoyed your reactions with BP and I am sure you will do great. Looking forward to seeing you grow!
@@Donjuanabe Look into using expander, compressor, and limiter filters in OBS to get your Mic output levels and your Desktop audio output levels where they need to be. Talk to Ren if you need help, he's a wiz at this stuff. ;)
Of all people, King Dotta coined a great term for this track : "Gillmatic" - Ren Gill is in top form!
I really appreciate your input Don! Thank you!
1994
MALAYSIA New Song Before Trending🔥
Steady Gang - (周星翅Chou Xing Chi )❤❤❤❤
😬 Illmatic came out in 1994….
Day 1 of asking you react to my rap!
Why would you do a remix of a classic rap song and just use the same lyrics? I don't even get why you would think he MIGHT do that.