Even though illmatic is considered by many to be the greatest Hip-Hop album of all time, I still think it's underrated. It should be compulsory to do a class on it.
Ayo! If you're down with hip hop or ganjah, then peep the vids on my channel & make sure u google "Virginia's 4 Bubblers Mixtape" & download it 4 FREE !!!! Homebaze !
Son, you the 1 who chose to respond to a comment that was more than a year old, now you're tellin me to just enjoy the music, that's what you should've done in the first place
love it, love it, love it....one of the best story-telling rapper out here. and feel in love with hip hop seriously do this song..had my first thug boyfriend and this was our shit! memories, honey and its all owed to Nas
Nas is one of my favorites. Most people don't like intelligent rap or real music at all. But Nas intelligently describes the problems that exist in his community without directly describing it but telling a story. In the early 90's when this video and album came out the economy was worse, urban decay was at its peak, crime and the homicide rate was at its peak, institutionalized racism and racists stereotypes was completely in the open. Nas articulately tells a story regarding these bleak issues
does anyone a song that goes like even if with didnt live in the same home something something ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ladila tidata cause your dadys little one.please if you have heard a song like this msg me back
the beginning of this vid is reminiscent of the final scene of the movie "strapped' where dude tries to dip after the shootout and gets boxed in the park ill song one of the hardest nas joints ever the qtip cooked up the perfect beat fo this too real smooth reminds you of new york
love NAS, but in this video the beginning when he's looking out the window, I always think about JAY Z song... you didnt live it you witnness it from your projects window.(LMAO).. even though I know nas had a song called project window...
@jimmylovesstuff what your saying good point. but nas know god love us hood....and he also know about the thief coming out at nite or even check out amongst kings(I think that's the name) he sound like he lived it and if not he just witness from his folks crib...lol
nas was no thug, but he did do a small bit of dealing and caught a gun charge when he was 17, other than that, just the every day round the way dude from the block.
Don't get it twisted, Jay is Nas biggest fan, "I'm out for Presidents to Represent me", "I'm from where niggas will pull your card nd argue whose the greatest mc Biggie Jayz or Nas", like son said u been on my dick nigga u love my style.
@Jihadamari1992 I had to go searching through a yr of comments to see what made no sense to u, ok either your a JayZ fan or u need to step your HipHop knowledge up, the Dead Presidents sample, that was a Nas line, the lyrics about whose the greatest mc Biggie Jayz or Nas, that's from a Jay song called Where I'm From, nd the last part of the comment is from the intro to Ether, so all I was saying which wasn't hard to comprehend is, Jay has always been Nas biggest fan e.g. Empire State Of Mind
@shonha1 dat still make no sense bruh jus cause jay said who the greastest mc biggie jay or nas dont mean he nas biggest fan he cud be jus biggin him up for his lyrical stature and as far as hip hop knowledge lol please i got enough
@Jihadamari1992 I wish i could speak it slow for you, but here goes, again forget about the lyrics nd all that, JayZ with all his success nd accolades, he still is a big fan of what Nas does, the thing is why is that such a hard thing for you to come to grips with
yeah man i see the same thing and feel the same way i just see him in the window of his folks pad where he scribled in his note pad but he was mad young teen then Jay was already grown
Defenitely one of the best rap songs EVER made........compare these heart-felt and intelligent lyrics to those lyrics of today's rap................." Sometimes i sit back with a buddha sack, minds in another world thinking how can we exist through the facts, written in school textbooks, bibles, et cetera, fuck a school lecture, the lies get me vexed -er"........enough said
man nas is the king this shit is 10000 times better then wtf they are doing today. I will admit theirs is SOME good acts today but not none of this top 40 stuff. Its all recycled. A good example of how everything is... 50 cent disses ja rule for singing, etc..... WHAT is 50 cent doing??? singing... its kinda gay these guys are all hippocrites.
bang ur girl doggy style as u flip the tape to this side, this beat will keep u pumpin hard, try to make it to the finish of it aint hard 2 tell while keeping up w every songs beat
i heard you used a razorblade to get the phone, you were raising hell in rikers island (jail in new york) but now youre in elmira (a maximum security prison in ny) so you better calm down cause guys there are crazy
all 2007 albums were classic : X-clan, talib kweli (ear drum) blue scholars, graduation, the cool (lupe), common, consequence, pharoahe (desire), brother ali (undisputed truth), rise up (zeph and azeem), KRS-one and marley, scarface, chamillionnaire 2007 was really great
HIPHOP CLASICO! de vio xd
Alavarinho 6 months ago
i can't believe this video has only 184 422 views, what the fuck is going on?
VidMusFun 8 months ago
It amazing what he accomplished at such a young age... 18-20 years old writing rhymes way a head of his time...
captainCNB 8 months ago
the only bad track from illmatic
Nas (L)
stekelkip 11 months ago
@stekelkip This is a bad track? Your crazy!
Tartaglia3 7 months ago
that truth right there, no way could that be fake TOO REALMATIC
skeletonchrist1503 11 months ago
and to think he was only 18
DaPimpinBlob 1 year ago
Verse 3 stands out to me alot...pep game
mikeras313 1 year ago
The girls at the start looks like an African American Jamie Pressley..
the chick from My Name is Earl?
LopezStyyle 1 year ago
@LopezStyyle lol, good eye
4lifeughh 1 year ago
8 dislikes?!! I'm tired of all these people dislikin videos if u dont like it dont watch it itz az simple as that
MrXzibit1995 1 year ago
too ill a story no corners cut no borin deep shit just truth
skeletonchrist1503 1 year ago
100k views??
fazelife 1 year ago
Even though illmatic is considered by many to be the greatest Hip-Hop album of all time, I still think it's underrated. It should be compulsory to do a class on it.
One What? One Love!
xTheFBP 1 year ago 3
One What? One Love!
xTheFBP 1 year ago 2
Ahhhh, REAL HIP-HOP. Gotta love it.
detroitMC313 1 year ago
underated track
nikeboxx 1 year ago
nas is one the best ever
gettingmoney866 1 year ago
Nas Lyrical monster
Q-Tip Lyrical and Prouducer Put the two together <3
mufa241 1 year ago
damn they really shot this in a jail
lightmajor1 1 year ago
Ayo! If you're down with hip hop or ganjah, then peep the vids on my channel & make sure u google "Virginia's 4 Bubblers Mixtape" & download it 4 FREE !!!! Homebaze !
sidso1o 1 year ago
I love when he says Fuck a School lecture, and he throws a book
josuneta 1 year ago
I love how that last verse got turned into a scene in "Belly." Classic shit!!!
twareiii 1 year ago
@twareiii I was just thinking that haha
FateUnderground 1 year ago
"Then I rose, wiping the blunts ash from my clothes
Then froze only to blow the herb smoke through my nose"
You can literally close your eyes and see that image play right before them, like a projector.
samrione 1 year ago
nowadays, all them bling-bling rappers can't tell no story no more. the days of illmatic are lost. for ever
sjeckske 1 year ago
ik a couple of kids who are like shorty doo wop
GEasy5 1 year ago
This songs a classic!
My favorite QTip beat.
One Love,
Peace.
DJDrSciFi 1 year ago 2
this is Hip Hop...
will1069wl 1 year ago
Son, you the 1 who chose to respond to a comment that was more than a year old, now you're tellin me to just enjoy the music, that's what you should've done in the first place
shonha1 1 year ago
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i wish i could take these old school beats and shove em up my ex-girlfriends ass. FUCK HER and her "drake" and her "kid cudi"
"shawty don't care, she's a snake too..."
arizona22 1 year ago
one love
AhmadiyyatCentenary 1 year ago
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i hate nas, i wish he was dead.
RealHipHopSucks93 1 year ago
@RealHipHopSucks93 same go's for yu
Jihadamari1992 1 year ago
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i wish i could take these old school beats and shove em up my ex-girlfriends ass. fuck her and her "drake"
arizona22 1 year ago
anyone got a link to the full version of this video?? one
PracticeandTheory 1 year ago
love it, love it, love it....one of the best story-telling rapper out here. and feel in love with hip hop seriously do this song..had my first thug boyfriend and this was our shit! memories, honey and its all owed to Nas
glennadelaware66 1 year ago 3
ONE LOVE ONE LOVE ONE LOVE ONE LOVE
rittervids11 1 year ago
the way nas weaves in and out through this beat is just spectacular. genius in every way.
GreenRevolution28 1 year ago 4
at 14 o my god
minyjackass8421 1 year ago
just a beautiful song. gives me goosebumps when i hear it.
hbp555 1 year ago 4
man every one wonts to dance now in days no bouddy wonts to kick it no more
blowngraffiti 1 year ago
ultimate new yorker track..fuck what ya heard Nas and Big the greatest.
julioholderbusiness 1 year ago
Maybe the the best song on the ILLEST hiphop album of ALLTIME
nujrz4lyfe 1 year ago
Plus congratulations you know you got a son
I heard he looks like you, why don't your lady write you?
Told her she should visit, that's when she got hyper
Flippin, talk about he acts too rough
He didn't listen he be riffin' while I'm telling him stuff
Love that line
Zanyesta 1 year ago
Damn Nas looked so young, we were all young back then
kickzo 1 year ago
Nas is one of my favorites. Most people don't like intelligent rap or real music at all. But Nas intelligently describes the problems that exist in his community without directly describing it but telling a story. In the early 90's when this video and album came out the economy was worse, urban decay was at its peak, crime and the homicide rate was at its peak, institutionalized racism and racists stereotypes was completely in the open. Nas articulately tells a story regarding these bleak issues
chasm47000 1 year ago 14
does anyone a song that goes like even if with didnt live in the same home something something ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ladila tidata cause your dadys little one.please if you have heard a song like this msg me back
crazymonkeykingful 1 year ago
If you ever start losing your grip on wut real rap is just throw on illmatic
aajjpeart 1 year ago
one of the best written hip hop songs ever----nas' storytelling is genius. The third verse is particularly incredible
JGsGarden 1 year ago
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funkyshiz00 1 year ago
i love u Nas ur music make me wettttt....lol......stay bumping
crystal3727 1 year ago
iKiddLu 1 year ago 3
@iKiddLu ME TOO! I GOT ALL THOSE CDS AND MORE
Phokhotic 1 year ago
i am the creator of the "HipHopApostles" group on facebook and would like to share the real hip hop with the people who give respect to it
HipHopApostles 1 year ago
this is like the fucking best rap song ever
mercurymorris97 1 year ago 4
lyricaly I have not found a better rapper then Nas
MrLogxan 1 year ago 3
DEAR NAS, what up son it's Mega
I got your letter, me and my cousin Oogie here together
Aiyyo your man Duke came through
you should know the situation cause we dealing with the same crew
and you can tell that crab shorty I'm a hurt her
for fucking with them niggaz from that crew she know we want to murder
rmassie11 1 year ago
this joint makes me calm. one love
ilovemaryam08 1 year ago
But yo, guess who got shot in the dome-piece?
Jerome's niece, on her way home from Jones Beach - it's bugged
NaStRaDaMuS2006 2 years ago 4
Cypher + Prose = Cyprose
PeaceCubes4 2 years ago
This is the one of the few songs that actually make me teary eyed
Marqu3z1217 2 years ago
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this is such awful
JoTheNoobySinger 2 years ago
the beginning of this vid is reminiscent of the final scene of the movie "strapped' where dude tries to dip after the shootout and gets boxed in the park ill song one of the hardest nas joints ever the qtip cooked up the perfect beat fo this too real smooth reminds you of new york
yung25berg 2 years ago 2
love NAS, but in this video the beginning when he's looking out the window, I always think about JAY Z song... you didnt live it you witnness it from your projects window.(LMAO).. even though I know nas had a song called project window...
brownsugar976 2 years ago
gd point but i recon nas was always to smart for that gangbangin shit but yh u rite
jimmylovesstuff 2 years ago
@jimmylovesstuff what your saying good point. but nas know god love us hood....and he also know about the thief coming out at nite or even check out amongst kings(I think that's the name) he sound like he lived it and if not he just witness from his folks crib...lol
brownsugar976 1 year ago
@brownsugar976
nas was no thug, but he did do a small bit of dealing and caught a gun charge when he was 17, other than that, just the every day round the way dude from the block.
RelaxednCaIm 1 year ago 2
@brownsugar976 hahaha true, true
werabunny 2 years ago
0:13 the guy is like frezze mutha ***** then u here the person in the back go oh my god ( lol that was wicked funny )
kumaristh3b0mb 2 years ago
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wack song
RealHipHopSucks93 2 years ago
check the remix
watch?v=7Xb8V3fovnY
one love
izthh 2 years ago
what up with cormega, did you see him?are yall together?
Jon032391 2 years ago 4
Perfect example of great story telling in old school hip hop.... Nas is definitely one of the best lyrically artists
Tru3nLyfe 2 years ago 87
cowritten by Q-tip dude
Gibjian 2 years ago
Q -tip produced this song
Dskillzt 2 years ago 3
TRUE!
Rucks90 2 years ago
@Tru3nLyfe was
eyesmayshine 1 year ago
@Tru3nLyfe and one of the powerful
SlimGangstaGangsta 1 year ago
@Tru3nLyfe Best lyrically artist? Do you think before you type?
ShitGetsBrill 1 year ago
@ShitGetsBrill Did your dad think about using a condom?
Tru3nLyfe 1 year ago 3
best song ever,put me in tears..
one love nas and one love MVLV28
realhiptothehop 2 years ago
@ willybaldsirhenry
its means rolling two philly blunts together to make one giant blunt (which is obviously filled wit weed p-haps some pcp if you down wit dat shit),
and in the Bridge (which means Brooklyn, NY) they call them oowops...
spark dat shit up
percypolo 2 years ago
WHAT the bridge means queensbridge.. not brooklyn.. i think u smokin too many oowops
ghostrider9194 2 years ago 2
the bridge is queensbrdige in queens stupid nigga not brooklyn
nycolombian91 2 years ago
no, "the bridge" = queensbridge, which is in queens
bluesdance 2 years ago
flava beyonf flava
coolymac 2 years ago
what does this mean
"Rollin two Phillies together in the Bridge we called 'em oowops"
sorry im not native english speaker
willybaldsirhenry 2 years ago
lol puttin weed in phillies blunt and smoke it in queensbridge.
lorenzoantwan 2 years ago
whats so funny?
willybaldsirhenry 2 years ago
you put "sorry im not native english speaker" after that. and the comments they left after your comment
lorenzoantwan 2 years ago
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doapboy562 2 years ago
this is my favorite nas song. its one of the only song to get me tearing like that.
damik181 2 years ago 4
same here
Marqu3z1217 2 years ago
when you get time subcribe to my channel & comment your favorite video,I'd appreciate it so much
REVODK 2 years ago
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Great song, horrible beat.
blkMafiaMan 2 years ago
Your dumb.
flamegs23 2 years ago
/ You say milinium I say old school
/▌ You say piff , I say refers
/ \ You say gangsta, I say rough neck
●/ You say Soulja Boy, I say Biggy
/▌ You say T-Pain, I Say nate dogg
/ \ You say Lil Wayne, I say Wu-tang
●/ You say Flo Rida, I say fuck em/▌ You say Akon, I say baggy jeans tims yoyos sunflower seeds tag man hunt mother may i
/ \ Copy/Paste if you still listen to real hip hop
njdevil998 2 years ago
i agree with that but ur a faggett for writing that lolll...and AKONS thug wut u walken bout nd u dont rock tims when u frontin on youtube
StatenIzzy1 2 years ago
he be pumping on your block, your man gave him your glock, now they run together what up son whateva.
brownsugar976 2 years ago 3
great song
54spiritedwill54 2 years ago
AMEN
megsim1 2 years ago
good shit from nas
hityaup 2 years ago
nigga,,i aint gods son,,nigga mum no virgin.
NGT4LIFE 2 years ago
The audio quality on this video is fuckin' horrible
paulmerz 2 years ago
one love stop the fuking killin's god dammit
kushkushman 2 years ago
q-tip got this shit
dantakli 2 years ago 3
Don't get it twisted, Jay is Nas biggest fan, "I'm out for Presidents to Represent me", "I'm from where niggas will pull your card nd argue whose the greatest mc Biggie Jayz or Nas", like son said u been on my dick nigga u love my style.
shonha1 3 years ago 33
Wanted to be on every last one of my classics !!WHOOOO "i spit hott Fiyah"
jhova187 2 years ago 5
@shonha1 yu made no sense
Jihadamari1992 1 year ago
@Jihadamari1992 I had to go searching through a yr of comments to see what made no sense to u, ok either your a JayZ fan or u need to step your HipHop knowledge up, the Dead Presidents sample, that was a Nas line, the lyrics about whose the greatest mc Biggie Jayz or Nas, that's from a Jay song called Where I'm From, nd the last part of the comment is from the intro to Ether, so all I was saying which wasn't hard to comprehend is, Jay has always been Nas biggest fan e.g. Empire State Of Mind
shonha1 1 year ago
@shonha1 dat still make no sense bruh jus cause jay said who the greastest mc biggie jay or nas dont mean he nas biggest fan he cud be jus biggin him up for his lyrical stature and as far as hip hop knowledge lol please i got enough
Jihadamari1992 1 year ago
@Jihadamari1992 I wish i could speak it slow for you, but here goes, again forget about the lyrics nd all that, JayZ with all his success nd accolades, he still is a big fan of what Nas does, the thing is why is that such a hard thing for you to come to grips with
shonha1 1 year ago
@shonha1 yu aint gotta speak slow for me yu dont even kno jay or nas so yu shud jus enjoy the music
Jihadamari1992 1 year ago
@Jihadamari1992 jay-z isnt better than nas stfu jay startred a fight with nas and got smashed by ether.
ShawShank503 1 year ago
@ShawShank503 nigga i never said jay was better what the fuck yu tawkin bout lol
Jihadamari1992 1 year ago
@ShawShank503 o my bad lol
ShawShank503 1 year ago
I love Nas, but everytime I look at this video I think about was jigga man said you didnt witness it.
brownsugar976 3 years ago
0:21 I meant to say what jigga man said about you didn't live it you witness from you window, that's how you chipped ur tooth.
brownsugar976 3 years ago
yeah man i see the same thing and feel the same way i just see him in the window of his folks pad where he scribled in his note pad but he was mad young teen then Jay was already grown
coffeecan 2 years ago
yo this when he was on point he suck now
rocco19756 3 years ago
Real Life ish
Dwight9009 3 years ago
my favorite poet nas
mcsanddjf 3 years ago
The crack-heads stalking, loud-mouths is talking
Hold, check out the story yesterday when I was walking
Wasn't that in GL's mix with papoose
out in new york
SpokeOne 3 years ago
well if it is in that mix,
They clearly took it from the profit godson
Hblockballa 3 years ago
green lantern's out in new york uses a line from this song I tink
SpokeOne 3 years ago
This track probably inspired The Game
jakedick 3 years ago 2
y can't rap b like this now?!
MusiqKid22 3 years ago
It's become too easy for rappers to make money with mediocre lyrics. Back then, respect was based on lyrics and not meaningless record sales.
CSIracing 3 years ago 5
50 years from now this song will sound just as good as the day it was produced!! One love!!
djarMa22 3 years ago
his best sh*t eva
chaosdog05 3 years ago
cool the dude put the lyrics on the info, cool
1
inpaccc 3 years ago
shit is timeless..
one love..
wsdot6kid 3 years ago 2
nas is the best rapper alive he is a rap god is wordplay is crazy..im only 15 years old he is my rap influence
qzgoonie 3 years ago 8
nobody cares ur 15
louizg 3 years ago 7
werd yo dont limit yourself to your age its only a number
burntplatano420 3 years ago 5
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HOVA
hovsfan 3 years ago
ESCO
maladbruthah 3 years ago
"Hova" is Nas biggest fan! I bet Jay's youtube name is nasfan.
Yobachi2007 3 years ago 5
hahahaha you stupid.
PBlackk 3 years ago
For real though dukes, he's shouting out Nas as the best Mcee on his first album. That album was his replica of Illmatic.
Yobachi2007 3 years ago
"Shorty's laugh was cold blooded as he spoke so foul
Only twelve trying to tell me that he liked my style"
cs2001x 3 years ago 7
Gotta be one of the realest tracks i've ever heard. I mean besides "dear mama."
ahmads312 3 years ago
nerver knew this song had a clip
Hiphopisntdead1 3 years ago
this shits bangin
Brutesh0t666 3 years ago
Defenitely one of the best rap songs EVER made........compare these heart-felt and intelligent lyrics to those lyrics of today's rap................." Sometimes i sit back with a buddha sack, minds in another world thinking how can we exist through the facts, written in school textbooks, bibles, et cetera, fuck a school lecture, the lies get me vexed -er"........enough said
Bcharles15 3 years ago 2
this makes me wanna smoke a blee swisher ta da face
lostingibson 3 years ago
One Of The Best damn Hip Hop Songs ever Made!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NUFF SAID
illmaticice1989 3 years ago 5
man .. i really miss 90's days .. it was the best days in hip hop ...
lllsnooplll 3 years ago 33
I never saw this before man.....
ShutTheFuckUp0809 3 years ago
the video picks up where The World Is Yours Q Tip remix video leaves off
ccspence8 3 years ago
One love.
Strait up.
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NSFreddyboy 3 years ago
ahhh good ol' times!
Gools162 3 years ago
Q tip produced this classic
HarryFlashaman 3 years ago
"Jerome's niece, on her way home from Jones Beach - it's bugged"
i love jones beach!!
gittygittygoo1012 3 years ago
This song makes me sad... i dont know why. Althogh nas is a genoius !
Kuetness 3 years ago
i agree with u...i dont know why but this is great stuff,back me to good old days
kurjakcina 3 years ago
is it nostalgia? cuz I feel you on the sad piece. thinkin how things were then.
Crillin112 3 years ago
man nas is the king this shit is 10000 times better then wtf they are doing today. I will admit theirs is SOME good acts today but not none of this top 40 stuff. Its all recycled. A good example of how everything is... 50 cent disses ja rule for singing, etc..... WHAT is 50 cent doing??? singing... its kinda gay these guys are all hippocrites.
ShutTheFuckUp0809 3 years ago 4
nas is the G.O.A.T.
deathsown79 3 years ago
thats q-tip on the chorus rite?
RealHipHopIsOverHERE 3 years ago
Yup, his voice is unique, I think he produced the song, I'm not sure though.
CSIracing 3 years ago
bang ur girl doggy style as u flip the tape to this side, this beat will keep u pumpin hard, try to make it to the finish of it aint hard 2 tell while keeping up w every songs beat
pepetigs 3 years ago
Savigetskone
is my bietch
cowboysdal1 3 years ago
this song is alright
cowboysdal1 3 years ago
But I heard you blew a nigga with a ox for the phone piece
Whylin on the Island, but now with Elmira
Better chill cause them niggaz will put that ass on fire cant seem to interpret this
wurduppp 3 years ago
lmfao how can u not understand it?an ox is a razor blade the island is short for rikers island a jail, & elmira is an up state prision.
Savigetskone 3 years ago 2
i heard you used a razorblade to get the phone, you were raising hell in rikers island (jail in new york) but now youre in elmira (a maximum security prison in ny) so you better calm down cause guys there are crazy
im pretty sure thats it
theZodiacDigital 3 years ago 4
wilin on the island
but now in elmira
better chill cuz them niggas will put that ass on fire
tEkToNiK 3 years ago 3
On 4:01 thats the scene from Belly, I just now figured that out.
Crillin112 3 years ago
yea american gangster is classic album
gittygittygoo1012 3 years ago
all 2007 albums were classic : X-clan, talib kweli (ear drum) blue scholars, graduation, the cool (lupe), common, consequence, pharoahe (desire), brother ali (undisputed truth), rise up (zeph and azeem), KRS-one and marley, scarface, chamillionnaire 2007 was really great
raoulhery 3 years ago