Nas - Take it In Blood

[dahoundfromhellful]

this has to be one of da best hip hop albums ever classic

[TH3N3XTKB24]

one of the greatest rap song ever!!!!!!!!

[RhyseMcFarlin]

Man hip hop is truly dead.... anytime artists arent appreciated and trash is heralded as whats hot you know its over. there arent any emcees anymore. i dont what these little dudes are nowadays.... This shit is poetry.....wtf happened?

[abstractded]

FOR YOU WHACK MCS.

[ChiggaNad]

i dont get it jay z lived through this period and he doesnt stick to the old ways. oh, i know why cause he doesnt have to compete with nas with his pop shit, only lil waynes and drakes

[NoUsernameDisplayed]

@VeesamYo for sure lol xD

[bigtrollin12]

why can't rap today be like this??

[BeenaBee]

up early trustworthy as a nine that busts early...so ill

[chrisryda]

NAS IS THE GREATEST NO EMCEE CAN FUCK WIT HIM

[NoUsernameDisplayed]

Nas = G.O.A.T, no one can top Nas, i don't care what nobody says, i been listening to this nigga music for a long ass time, and i still play each & every song everyday.

[VeesamYo]

@NoUsernameDisplayed I'll call us people Nas heads

[jesusmartinize]

Hes the defintion of A REAL TRUE RAPPER!

[2Phaktor]

Why shoot the breeze about it, when you can be about it?

[SekGraff]

can't find beats like these anymore, let alone true hip hop

[TheTrinirocker]

@SekGraff thats true...this beat is wicked

[ganggggagirl85]

to the guy that made this playlist.. i love you. thank you.

[BJPeace13]

im 14 and my era is lil wayne, drake, rick ross, meek mill, all that bullshit niggas be callin' "rap", i was born in 97' and i love this shit, hear it everyday, fuck new school, all about the old hip hop, 90's shit. word up.

[SekGraff]

@BJPeace13 WORDD

[Beastoverload1]

@BJPeace13 Same here i hate our era of rappers there destroying all the work of legends made

[artismylife92]

The first song of Nas I ever heard. And it's still my absolute favourite.

[interestingtheory414]

THIS IS THE REASON JAY SHOULD'VE NEVER WANTED BEEF EITH NAS. JAY AIN'T DEEP ENOUGH 2 FUCK WIT NAS. NAS IS THE GOOD. 1

[KinglosHD]

wassup bitchez

[austn8675]

NAS is back fuckerssssss

[buttelegend]

god i miss these times

[559johnblaze]

Nas one of the best lyricist ever!!!hands down hes up there with Eminem, 2 PAC, Biggy, Big Pun, Big L, Jay-Z, RAKIM, GETO BOYS, ANDRE 3000, A TRIBE CALLED QUEST, CROOKED I, ROYCE DA 5'9....others i cannot think of right now...Hip-Hops Hall of Fame!!!!!!!!!!!

[mukkohaha]

TAKE IT IN SHIT, OR BLOOD, WHAT EVS WHAT DO YOU PREFER SHIT `?

BEST SONG TAKE IT ! TAKE IT TAKE IT TAKE IT !

[bigroy61]

This MY SHIT!!!

[JazzNeverBlend]

this song started everything music wise in my life. bring the real back!!!

[AkhanOnline1]

I got to listenin to Nas after listenin to Big L, mad props nigga peace

[Steady420Blazin]

You Dick Lovin Bitch Made Nigga

[TheMarvelous714]

One of my fave songs ever

[Antrizzle2009]

Y'all see that Cee Lo interview with Lupe Fiasco where Lupe was spittin lyrics from this song? Nas was like dude's idol. Real recognize real.

[shonha1]

@PeezyGonsalezdoe I could never understand that either homie, there's nothing commercial about this album

[TheMelkManNYKfan]

@shonha1 I know what ur sayin, but at that time it was commercial....Nas made a name for himself....u cant compare this to illmatic...beats, lyrics, flow, etc.....listen to black girl lost, nas is coming, and street dreams.... then one love, the world is yours, and it aint hard to tell.

[shonha1]

@TheMelkManNYKfan No you can't compare the two albums, but that's what critics nd fans have done from the beginning, everybody expected another Illmatic but IWW stands on it's own merit, yes production wise it sounds different from Illmatic but that was due to the Track Masters flavor, if this album is commercial then so is OBFCL b/c it inspired IWW not only does both albums have some of the same sonics but also the same mafioso gansta personas

[TheMelkManNYKfan]

@shonha1 yea i would agree that OB4CL is commercial...and the only reason im comparing the two is because illmatic was less commercial than IWW, but yea production was way different...and IWW was 3 years later too...almosts a different era than 94...more street shit... but deja vu was only two years later.. I would have loved to heard tracks like deja vu alot more...to bad his mom got sick or we would have had 3 crazy albums to compare lol...

[shonha1]

@TheMelkManNYKfan That's true, that's y Lost Tapes was so good, some of those songs was for the I Am, album, Deja Vu is one of those classic Hiphop tracks that most ppl who claim they listen to HipHop probably never heard, that record would fit perfectly on Illmatic, matter of fact I've seen debates here on Youtube about it being Pre-Illmatic

[Steady420Blazin]

@shonha1 SHUT YOUR DUMB ASS UP KID!! YOU AINT SSHIT!! WHO CARES!!!

[shonha1]

@Steady420Blazin Naw, you need to mind yours, go get youself a girl homie, it's obvious your mad frustrated

[Steady420Blazin]

@shonha1 little does a bitch like you know i get pussy on a daily!! so go fuck yourself faggot!!

[shonha1]

@Steady420Blazin Lol, now I'm really scared, like I said go get you some homie, you're wowned too tight, lol funnyass nigga

[TORTiSZE]

AMAZING.



[SlayerrUK]

Attention Nas fans Listen up

On September 14th we gotta all watch "Nas Is Like" in honor of Nasir Olu Dara Jones' Birthday, We gotta give him the respect he needs and give him the highest viewed video on YouTube!! Let's give him what he deserves and what these fake ass motherfuckas (any rapper on the radio) don't deserve to have

Copy and paste to all Nas' videos and all music videos let's get this shit noticed.

Thumbs this up so people could see

[whdnek001]

@jnrc1988 probably Dj Premier

[jnrc1988]

who produced this beat?

[ThumbsUpMike]

@jnrc1988 live squad produced it

[420kushbluntz]

daam this da shiiit

[didilecool]

Can't Wait for Rock The Bells at NY !!!

[FluffyAnger571]

Man, what in the fuck happened to rap? Its a damn shame legends like him wont be around anymore

[SkyDragonCEO]

@FluffyAnger571 Yes they will #hope

[Batistaisbest]

@FluffyAnger571

kelis fucked him over i mean he may be here longer than you think lol

[RealizeAndRecognise]

@FluffyAnger571 raps alive as long as people keep listening it over that bullshit on radio nowadays

[FluffyAnger571]

@RealizeAndRecognise true

[RelaxednCaIm]

@waitingformusic

"rough hoes pull crack out pussies and butt holes"

[waitingformusic]

@RelaxednCaIm -

Thats a good call! You are right.

[Zeems]

jaw droppin fkin sick

[turbojb]

Fresh Sweaters chilli weather when this shit came out.

[bossladym80]

DOPE. Still relevant after all these years.

[Nigger115]

has to be nas' top 10 top 15 songs all-time

[MiszJasminaCortez]

;;Fav Song Off Of The Album.

[Ev3RBLAZIN]

love bumpin this in my car

[fredmagic09]

@Ev3RBLAZIN Hell yeah bro.

[velcro51894]

NOBODY can touch nas when it comes to lyrics thumbs up if u agree

[nitropopoff]

I bet it be some shit when we connect with Stretch

When we catch them sex niggaz with the tecs you blessed, word

So now it's on, never wasted a slug,

Time is money when it comes to mine, take it in blood

Feeble minded cant even decipher his words, too lyrical man.

[willrdg610]

Crabs if just an old eastcoast term for a bucket ass nigga, has no correlation to the west coast usage. And y'all niggas need to stop actin like the hood in the US is like fuckin Somalia or some shit, if a white dude walk in the hood they probably leave him alone unless he looks like he has money, when they'd probably rob him.. But niggas ain't dumb enough to kill somebody unimportant to them and put heat on their shoulders (especially if they're hustlin already) just because he's white. Let's

[westwarrenborn]

ikr right 96 was my year full of great things and real music......... wat happen most of tis new sht gives me a big migraine

[learn2rep]

Nas Killed IT in dis 1 he is to good to be true !

[shonha1]

I've also seen this debate on the On The Real video, when Nas says crab nigga it has nothing to do wit Crips, it's a term Ny niggas use for starvin, grimeyass crab in a bucket niggas u can't trust, that's also where the sayin talkin sideways comes from b/c crabs move sideways, or havin crabs , niggas always on your dick, but it has nothing to do wit gangs

[AngelsDemon12]

@shonha1 Yuppppp  yu right

[joshd9124]

For all the ppl arguing about Nas being Blood he is not a blood crab was just slang for a wack ass nigga, most NYC bloods and Crips are fake real NY niggas hustle not that stupid west coast gangbanging bullshit

[AngelsDemon12]

@joshd9124 you dumbbb , NY bloods aint fake and NY Crips aint fake either, you fuckin crazy if u think that, Bloods are in almost everystate. Gangs are everywhere theres about 50 different major gangs, top NY gangs are latin king, blood , crip , patria. So listen , Dont call NY gangs fake, Theyll kill anyone as quick as a Compton gangmember would. where you from? if you disagree , idc cause i know the streets BETTER, i used to b e in One of those gangs i just mentioned. And im from brooklyn so..

[LoXie80]

Actually, it has more to do with Nas' association with Wu back then. They had a habit of calling dudes "crabs" and "lobsterheads" etc.

[southsidetex]

nd nas is not a blood... that shit started n new york n 93 he was already rappin den n it started n tha pen to protext blaxks from latin kings not xkrabs

[southsidetex]

@ThumbsUpMike its real niggas everywhere just Bxkuz bloods n xrips started n LA dont mean they tha only real ones its real down here n texas nigga all my niggas kno they knowledge

[g77seven]

dam this got to be Nas best album lol either this or lost tapes.. classics

[MrCrownheights718]

Y it always got a fool on you tube dats always talking shit bout NYC but probably never been here where da real shooters is at???

[YourboyP401]

@ThumbsUpMike

I hardly doubt you been to parts of NYC were real thug niggas rest at.

Your white ass would get killed walkin into some of the borroughs just for being white.Dont talk dumb on the internet.theres real niggas everywere.

[DainMiller]

@YourboyP401 Ifeel ya man,and I got more respect for Nas than anyone that could possibly exist - also I am white.But I just gotta say that just because there are places where id die walking into doesn't mean it is cool or whatever. I understand where your coming from tho bro, fuck people that are hating on you that HAVE NEVER been or know what you guys are thinking/coming from. You are on some real shit, but being hard doesn't make you cooler. I doubt you think that tho, just figured id say.

[lukeydev]

people really need to start listenin to gud music , this has 98 thousand views wtf and id say its mainly ppl who listen to nas shit on utube over an over

[coppatop88]

who are biggy n pac?

[Trapordie27272727]

@coppatop88 lmao

[whiteboy420pothead]

@coppatop88 two black guys

[SneakyButhole]

Here is the difference between modern rap and this old school real shit: EFFORT. Hip hop artists today would probably take about 15 minutes to write their rhymes (if any, its usually just a weak 6 line verse). Classic rappers like Nas actually take the time to make their lyrics flow and have meaning. If i hear that shitty 'boom boom pow' song again i think i'm going to shoot myself. Damn

[MrDonovan85]

LOL! WTF???????? SON!! He sound like a BLOOD because he is a BLOOD! Just listen to the slang he uses! Fucking retarded ass fool! He never brag about how real he keep it cuz it's the best secret.

[ThumbsUpMike]

@MrDonovan85 How is he a blood....IF HE IS AN EAST COAST NY RAPPER?!

are you serious with this?

[EKBVIZ]

@ThumbsUpMike so what you are saying is that there are no bloods in new york, interesting.....im in new york and many more real bloods then crips here. REAL ones, not wannabes

[ThumbsUpMike]

@EKBVIZ i visit new york all the time

there not real....there wannabe's

true bloods and crips only stay in the west coast!

if they ran into crips and bloods in LA....they would be literally...killed

[oldschooldabest]

if u type "real hip hop" on google images u get lil wayne pictures.

looks like hiphop dies slowly...

[angeriod]

Lol its allmost like hes a blood. Talking about crabs.

[itsjohnnyb]

@angeriod crabs in the 90s meant whack

[theflyhawk1]

can anyone tell me what he means when he says ' youll be iight like blood money in a pimps cum"

[PancakeRecipes]

@califonialove360

This my favorite beat.

[ItaintHard2tell07]

"I never brag how real I keep it, cuz it's the best secret"

What a way to open.

[JaysLit1]

The G.O.A.T all fucking day long

[CHiiNko]

ppl say nas is worse then biggie nn pac but i think he jus as good or better

[ThumbsUpMike]

@CHiiNko the only reason people think hes worse is because nas didnt appeal to the commercial media....Nas kept his shit very real and a true MC. Nas is the better MC by far!!!

but they are the better rappers...

Big difference

[stamzoke]

Nas one of thelast of a dying breed. These mcs are really speaking from the heart and yet putting their words into such a complex rhyme scheme. its not hate to people like wayne and fab their dope but their just making a couple of different flows and overkilling it with corny ass metaphors.."last name ever first name greatet" REALLY?!? people actually think thats clever or artistic? i prefer "i joke in the booth when i say im the best but a lot of truth is said ingest" FUCK THAT OTHER SHIT

[lilithdeSade]

This is what rap's all about. Amazing song, amazing artist. Period.

[skigh45]

im assuming the 4 people that dissliked this are some flamming lil wayne/drake/soulja toy fans

[MrTrollhahaha]

@skigh45 Soulja Boy > Nas.

[SRM2486]

@MrTrollhahaha LOL.. put that crack pipe down son

[MrManHockey]

@skigh45 drake was good before he hit ym

[ChuBoyCasper]

@MrManHockey what do you mean drake was good before he hit young money? he didnt even rap for the public before that he was an actor

[NFNYFINEST]

BEST RAPPER HANDS DOWN !!!

[bdoyle23]

I can see how some fans vote this as the Best album. it contains 14+ tracks with a number of different styles. That being said, I still prefer illmatic.

[drugsfx]

king chyldz dontplay spreading love its the brooklyn way reality reach open that book

[MrExit15]

does anybody feel like it was written was Nas' best abum?

[176kadafi]

OFFICIAL RAP U DIG

[Aphasia17]

YOU WACK MC's

[Crip52Crazy]

why does this shit have only 62.5 views smh....and im a TEXAS nigga

[MariosLasagna]

@Crip52Crazy I know man, it's because nobody spreads the word anymore or bumps this in their car.

[Crkone245]

nas best rapper ever

[Explosiveswords]

this is one of the best nas verses of all time.

[littlemisstidynotts]

lovin it. what an album

[SVTCO]

this track is full of sick lines, one of my favorite tracks from Nas

[southernCal909]

Damn this is already 14 years old...

[TupacNasbigem]

ha ha this nigga said "im as trust worthy as a nine that bust early" sick ass line

[demari93]

This dude is seriously on another level!!I been sayin it for years now...Im convinced if you dont feel nas, hes too smart for you to understand!!If only i could get him to bless my beats!!Check out Top Scholars on youtube

[MrMickymouser]

bottles ov moe..

yo simply follow me flow..

put poetry inside a crack pipe an blow.. nice beat sick tune..

[pablopog]

old school rap whack shit

[liamflint]

this beat is sick

[steelajuana]

sick ass classic beat

[marcodiluca187]

thats what i use to call real hiphop! 1998rip hiphop! i feel like blood sweat n tears for all the real shit! i dont give a .... 2 dat nu shit!

[jose4891]

one of my favorite all time tracks.

[greggz892]

bruv where hav i been man!! why did it take me sooo long to listen to dis real rapper, i just started listening to him n im amazed i didnt do it sooner

[lightmajor1]

"I never brag, how real I keep it/ cuz it's the best secret". Powerful.

[LookManRightNow]

nas is one of the greatest fucking rappers of all time and i can see why illmatic is so big

[speakerbox151]

the second best rap album of all time behind all eyez on me imo.

[Aelxadner]

I dont sleep beacuse sleep is the cousin of death

[camilo7789]

cousin? isnt it CAUSE? just asking

[Aelxadner]

im sure bro, it is cousin.

[venomflows1]

ITS COUSIN :)

[Antrizzle2009]

@camilo7789 no its definately "cousin of death"

[nastynasinyourarea]

Nas has always been my fav rapper ever

1st song i ever heard was 1 mic

loved him ever since, but rakims my boy 2

[karimbaraka]

@nastynasinyourarea give me a good rakim song, like the best, cuz people say hes good, but i never heard a good song, so i want start to listen to him

[SithLordNefaar022]

@karimbaraka

hit up mahogany by eric b & rakim

[camilo7789]

shit this is classic rap

[ChotoAlvi]

I like the backround beat

[Kryp420]

this version, the second version that DJ Whoo Kid put out, and the Mobb Deep version knock!!! but Nas went crazy on this joint right here!!! It Was Written takes me back to Summer 1996 when we used to bump this and 2pac's All Eyez on Me

[ThumbsUpMike]

@Kryp420 what do you like better the first or second version?



[Kryp420]

@ThumbsUpMike this one of course but the second knocks

[ThumbsUpMike]

@Kryp420 idk why but i like the second version a little better:/

i guess cuz it has more hype and energy to it, but the lyrics are way better in this one.

idk its tough their both fire

[mpizzle13]

@Kryp420 whats the mobb deep version called?

[SuperNoX86]

@Kryp420 The thought of that just sent tingles down my spine. No more moments like that now though :(

[rhyme503]

Nas is so fuckin lyrical it's not even funny.... Nas is straight up on my top 5 for sure... rarely ppl get down like him. WORD UP NAS!!!

[eyewitness043]

3:13 Coke suppliers acting byass,

Cause rumors say that Niggaz wear wires and they liars,

But every night the Gats fired,

And every day a Rats hired,

I still remain mack flyest in the phat Kanias,

Just the killa in me,

Slash drug dealer MC

-NAS

Greatest of all time.

[eyewitness043]

"You be aight like blood money in a pimps cum."

SICK!

Greatest of all time.

[tragsicc21]

Mobb Deep version and Nas version of this song is FUCKIN ILL!!!

[poppatyty]

straight classic shyt

[cd1184]

TAKE IT BLOOD

[jose4891]

to anyone who claims Nas was a sellout on this album, listen to this track.

[RWOOMTL]

"currency has made the trust of the messiah I'm spending it to get higher"

[aaron4801]

Nas has been sampled 4 times more than any other emcee

[OTF85]

this be the drama ima pause like the coma in a sentence paragraph indented hip hop quotable for real

[7Rayo13]

this joint is deep and can get you hyped the fuck up at the same damn time

"sprayin shots like a drum roll"

thats what I miss most in rap right now where is the lyricism (metaphors, similies, creative pronunciation, double meanings) where is that now

[DonBenjamin1]

Well said 100 thumbs up

Nas for life!

[ShutTheFuckUp0809]

I never brag how real I keep it, cause its the best secret.

[Sureshot82]

This song is soooo sick!!!!

[venomflows1]

the time is wastin, I use the mind elevation

Dime sack lacin, court pen pacin

Individual, lyrical math abrasion

Psychic evaluation, the foulest nation

We livin in......

This is too ILL!

[demar03]

"my actions are one with the season", a true writter. ya'll niggas can't fuck with it. all these wanna be rappers are just flossin about business transactions and makin doe, none of these 'wak mc's' are really saying anything true to the art, so fuck ya'll talkin bout nas ain't hot no more. faggots, don't you know you can listen to this shit whenever, forever and it's still nice while these wanna be's make shit that's for right now and thas it! "point blank get a florist- sp"