Nas - Escobar '97

[GottaBeTheShoes1]

I was born in 92, and am a true hip hop fan. My pops was a DJ, and baptised me into real hip-hop. Age has nothing to do with anything.

[hulknas]

Nas King Poetic

[matthewsaidso]

Born In 97. Thank god I was birthed to this type of music.

[WestsideCharleston]

I was born in 1991, and share the same birthday with Nas (9/14). Nasir is of course the GOAT.

[kawaii63]

Born in '93, and female. Got a NaS lyrics from one of my favourite songs on my rib. I'm forever a true hip-hop fan.

[88druman]

Only song on the whole soundtrack worth listening to. I remember i was young as hell with the soundtrack and this was the only song I bumped.

[Redboy1ism]

One of my favorite tracks. Beat and lyrics. Nas flow ,,just straight rode the beat.

[martoboy4477]

born 97 and Nas is the king!

[JoeSigify]

Man this nigga lol. I need a colab, my nigga.

[freedfighter96]

Born 96 haha Nas is a legend in my book.

[MrSneakyMinx]

Born in 94. repping a wu-tang tattoo on my left calf. Protect ya neck son. Illmatic for life.

[ESCObigBARz]

my friends r dumb my lastnames Escobar and i was born in 97' I love gangsta rap, and i convinced them this was for me DUMB ASSS'

[ilovemoneyyyyyyyy]

i was born when nas dropped halftime so u know im a fan

[ThisIsVice]

@ilovemoneyyyyyyyy Representing 94 - Illmatic, Hard To Earn, Crooklyn Dodgers, Ready to Die, Resurrection... Best fertilizer to grow in the stomach ;D

[ilovemoneyyyyyyyy]

@ThisIsVice bro halftime came out in 92

[biggiehead]

tday im youtubing it up, and many videos ive came across theres really ugly comments and hate, sad bro...id like to see comments about the contents of the video, or in this case comments of the content of this jam...you know a different route, just so you know i dont even know this song but had to comment PEACE DUDES

[runfromtheghettobird]

hell yeah I was born in 96 and luckly my older brothers imprinted melodies from illimatic and outcast some true shit Outcast are the kings of ATL not some punkass TI and 50 cent is overrated too lil waynes not even worth talking about

[skatakiller]

@runfromtheghettobird Learn to spell OutKast, before you say your a true fan.

Same with Nas, you can't even spell Illmatic right wow.

[Jbeezyburr]

WHO GIVES A FUCK WHAT YEAR YOU WERE BORN IN LISTEN TO THE SONG NIGGA'Z

[PUNISHERWarzone87]

It dont make a fuck what year you were born. Some kids born in the late 90s were raised properly with good music and know the difference between garbage and good music. Its a shame what the hip-hop world has come to. When I was a kid in the 90s the two types of music that were my life, hip-hop and heavy metal now I cant even listen to hip-hop because all these bastids now cant cut an album without having 50 ppl in one song, or refrain from only talking about bitches and money.

[SneaksForFreaks]

born in 96 and i only listen to 1970s-1990s hiphop. yea alot of kids listen to this fake shit nowdays but come on people get your heads out of your asses. it dosent matter what age you are this is music and the real heads enjoy it. the fake heads cant relate

[jizzy2k]

NYC loves Columbia for some reason

[kimera808]

The music actually exprssed are persona back then.Real shitu nlike now where everything is like a bad acid trip on Willy Wonka.....Fuckin Kreashawn & Woka Floka & shit.

[antfree22]

That's my generation right there. Big up to the QB king.

[Redboy1ism]

This shit is so crazy , one of my favorite Nas songs ever. I was surprised that this song was used for the Men In Black sound track

[lils0be]

ANY1 WITH A BRAIN UNDERSTANDS WHAT THIS CRACK IS.... SAD TO SAY

[ShadyCbas]

born in 93 , Always been about 90s hiphop, i even gota wu tang tat..long as u do ur homework the age doesnt matter..keep the classics alive but dont give up on hip hop..do the research ul still find good shit

[kingjak216]

NASIR!!



[superugly75]

Love those b-side. This is ah classic.....

[AnIndianKid]

I hate how people think kids born in the late 90's are Soulja Boy and Lil' Wayne fans. I fucking hate them. Nas has been my fave forever. Props to all teens like me listening to this real shit!

[mont140]

@AnIndianKid word me too

[xX00000king00000Xx]

@AnIndianKid  true true

~king of zanesville~

[ThisIsVice]

@AnIndianKid save music

[duuremoi]

@AnIndianKid i've born in -95 and i can defin agree with you. at my school i c niggas wearing lil wayne pants, i mean wtf. if i had a gun, wud prob murda em. hail ol skool, i try to keep it alive. peace

[YoUnGSpaCeLY92]

@AnIndianKid IM WITH YOU BRO!

[BlakeyV1]

@AnIndianKid to true !

[Jbeezyburr]

@AnIndianKid you hate them because they are doing better than you in life and your just a smelly indian kid...

[AnIndianKid]

@Jbeezyburr Lol. You're funny. I'm probably living a better life than you are. I can tell becaus you don't know how to properly form a sentence.

[zXCooKiezXz]

@AnIndianKid ......

[AryanPersianProdigy]

@AnIndianKid Cormega, Nas, Mobb Deep, Black Moon, O.G.C....etc..all dope. FUCK THE MAINSTREAM!

[XMCLXx]

@AnIndianKid Word up bro,you said it. Im 13,this and and a few classic artists i listen to.

[DahStoryTella]

@AnIndianKid Do you know them personally? Or, do you simply hate them because of their choices of who they listen to? Wow...

[RageAdamsful]

@AnIndianKid Tell 'em

[AaronAtlas03]

I like the younger cats reppin nas, especial out the states

[KINGRAYRAY]

Colombian nigga here born in 91 i breathe real rap/hip-hop and i listen to my prophets nas is one of them

[MYviewMYview]

pablooooo o oo o o o o escobar

[dragunovful]

This was in MIB? Guess who tf is watching MIB tonight...

[thagreenchronic]

@dragunovful damn guess im watchin MIB bout time too, feels like fukin centuries since i saw that

[yoedgar17]

I miss the 90's:/

[FrankKnightMusic]

Classic Esco

[TheDESTROLYS]

I agree with tagger you can be born any year and appreciate good music.

[flipgood89]

one of his most underrated tracks.....this goes too tough.

[MYviewMYview]

1995+ like that gay shit , thank god i was born 94

[tagger324]

@MYviewMYview

Hey, fuck you. I was born in 95 and this is the only shit I listen to.

Music is music. You love it or you don't.

[Tr0llinghard]

@tagger324 fuck ya reppin '95 listening to classic shit. Fuck soulja boy, and lil wayne. Reasonable Doubt, Ready to Die, All Eyez On Me, and Illmatic

[chrishascooties]

@MYviewMYview And if you were born in 96', you'd be saying the same about 1997. Being born in the 90's, you are/were the most unfortunate when it comes to hiphop music. Good for you to discover and listen to dope hiphop though.

[Tunkas1]

@MYviewMYview Represent ma nigga. I was only 15 days away from 95 tho. DO tha math niggaz

[Desiraex33]

@MYviewMYview My nephew was born 97 and he grew up to be a little hip-hop head.

[dyazmovies]

@MYviewMYview c'mon man it doesn't matter how old you are, you just listen to what you feel and personal reality

[SKRiiLLa]

hahaa still got this on my men in black tape.....

still sounds good today as it did back in 97

i miss those days so much man

now look at hip hop!

completely ruined the art of it.

[DaKhid150]

LEGENDARY!

[kaka10realmadrid]

there are still some sik guys left like immortal teq and emminem and brother ali and lowkey

[xxSAGACITYxx]

this is the first time i heard this.

[vipernb47]

I never really like videos but this song deserved more likes, so i made it a round 200 likes, GO NAS! Fan 4 life!

[ibedamned]

I remember coming across this gem listening to the album back in Middle School....been banging it ever since

[CHILDOFHARLEM]

I MISS THIS NAS

[MeAgainstTheRadio]

@CHILDOFHARLEM

Nas never sold out or changed his style..

[FUCKLittleWayneBITCH]

@MeAgainstTheRadio Listen to Illmatic then the album he did with Damian Marley. Think your comment over again.

[msbunnypaws]

@MeAgainstTheRadio That's false. He sold out when he became a character called Nas Escobar and rapped like he was running a drug cartel. Just my opinion.

[RelaxednCaIm]

@msbunnypaws

not really, then you'd half to call raekwon, kool g rap. ghostface, big l, jay-z, biggie, az, etc sell outs. that was illest part of the 90s, the mafioso shit.

[wshu20]

@CHILDOFHARLEM lol hes still the same dude

[jmi84]

"High up in a 5, realizing the price paid, for this life laid in a light shade" Amazing.

[UHLatino]

I can't believe this was on the Men in Black Sound track. I was 10 when I got the Men in Black soundtrack and this song was on here. From there Nas turned me into a Hip Hop head

[50ztej]

@UHLatino same, haha. I dont even know what i was doing with the mib soundtrack but im glad i had, had some nice shit on there

[yellnuts08]

ra ra cant fuck wid us ra ra

[MELLWALT5000]

fire!!!!!!!

[JJTAMF]

@peter252ful disagree, Illmatic is Nas's best album he ever released. It was written was a good album but it would never match Illmatic ...NEVER!!!

[Maztuhmind]

first nas song i ever heard.

[nyse41685]

@Maztuhmind well you better start listenin to illmatic now

[Maztuhmind]

@nyse41685

lol u telling me to listen to illmatic? nigga that's my favorite album ever!

[ThumbsUpMike]

@Maztuhmind are you serious? where have you been in life....Nas has been rappin since 1991 with live at the bbq and dropped the best hip hop album ever made "Illmatic"

and Nas battled Jay Z and murdered him hard with "Ether"

bro...you got a lot to catch up on Nas

[Maztuhmind]

@ThumbsUpMike

lol wow. can u read?

[ThumbsUpMike]

@Maztuhmind yes...your point?

[Maztuhmind]

@ThumbsUpMike

my point is i never said that was the only nas song i ever heard in my life.

[LordAkaneon]

Escobar Season 2011 is starting again

[niggamax3]

shut up you filthy black ass,, you don't get any chick you want,, yall monkeys related,, bbiaaach

[spideymayne]

@niggamax3 What is the point of coming online and making dumbass racist comments?

[bufflevy]

@niggamax3 your a bastard and frustrated that a black man stole your chick BASTARD ,rot in hell

[TinoStruggle081]

When i hear this song i feel invincible.  It's just one of those songs.

[goukidraven]

@bc2358 Agreed.

[200nikesdeep]

this is one of nas's best songs

[andrewtt03]

can't wait for lost tapes 2!

[TheEazyDuzIt95]

@bc2358 LOL? It Was Written doesn't hold a candle against Illmatic.

[instinctkiller237]

@TheEazyDuzIt95 agree illmatic is the best album nas has ever released

[LaLaGrunge]

@TheEazyDuzIt95 It Was Written is close behind Illmatic as Nas' 2nd best album.

IWW destroys the majority of kanye west's albums.

[Agrewal009]

@TheEazyDuzIt95 yeah i agree i love it was written but illmatic is the hip hop bible

[spideymayne]

I dunno if It was Written is as good as Illmatic. Put it like this: illmatic is probably the best album in the single best year of hip-hop ever (1994). He'll never top that.

With that said, It was Written is definitely a classic and amazing in its own right.

[RELAPSERR]

@spideymayne i think illmatics much better. even though ive listened to it was written bunch of times, when i look at the track listing i cant remember most of the songs, when i look at illmatic's track list i remember every track and how amazing they were

[1halfmanhalfamazing]

Nas low point was that oochiwalay bang bang shit. EVERYTHING ELSE IS JUST OFF THE FUCKING HOOK!!!!!!!!!!NAS THE KING!!!!

[vinnypaxienza]

Nas is amazing but honestly... nothing came close to Illmatic. He rode his fame. Prob gonna get some thumbs down but i love his music just wasnt the same after illmatic. Mega has and always be number one for me. Nas screwed up

[RelaxednCaIm]

@vinnypaxienza

it was written is just as good as illmatic, it's just different. and the street dreams remix is his best record IMO. cormega's nice, he finally learned how to control his flow, he used to be horrible on the flow tip.

[vinnypaxienza]

@RelaxednCaIm I consider Mega and AZ to have the best flows in the game. And no lyrics come close to Megas. He truely is the Realness. And he didnt give up information cough cough

[RelaxednCaIm]

@vinnypaxienza

nas never gave up info if thats what u were getting at.

[pachacutti]

YOU "here" that? Tiger?

thats vernacular double entendre there, even the poetic rays of the rising sun can crush a man!

[MakaveliTheNotorious]

went from nasty to nas to nas to escobar

[RHYMePRIMe]

Damn I used to like nas ...

[MsJesusgod]

@RHYMePRIMe i know dude what the hell happened

[Pillage7]

NaS made a dope track for the soundtrack. Does anyone know who the producer is?

[IProphetI]

@Pillage7 Trackmasters produced this.. he says it in the song lol

[msbunnypaws]

@Pillage7 The producers are the Trackmasters. If there was a hit in the mid-90s, it may be Trackmasters. I remember they did stuff for Nas and Foxy Brown around '96 in particular, as well as some Biggie and Jay-Z. Wonder what happened to those guys.

[Dilly5]

I love listening to Nas blunted

[lpc0615]

@Dilly5 Me too I love Nas period. One of the illest rapper in the game.

[lalawho]

NaS still good, get in tune

[916PimpinRedd]

Nas talkin about Pro ball players with white wives, well look at what his black wife did to him. Bitch took him to the cleaners and then some!

[StutterinG123]

lol WORD! kelis is a cunt

[ikonwwhatadonis]

yeah fa sho. f*** Kelis, actin' like she ain't got money! she's a frickin' entertainer!

[ikonwwhatadonis]

lol, yeah man you're right.

[TheEvilManiac]

@916PimpinRedd All marriage is wrong.

[geetee81]

Honeys, cash, cars, ghetto celebrities, hood moviestars, gat slingers now rap singers are who we are went from Nasty to Nas to Nas the Escobar. Nas the GOAT!

[TurbulentG]

respect from the uk, this is the realest alive !! 2pac + nas have influenced me to be the person u see today ! thank you

[StutterinG123]

your welcome

[stillmatic117]

@TurbulentG  also UK, Nas always been the greatest to me.

[brobro565656]

I loooooove it when I come on such GEMS and find that only a few people have listened to them!!

This way, all these fake ass, tight jean wearing, turtle looking, born in the late 90's, homosexual children are kept far far away from real hip hop. Go and listen to your souljah boy crap.

[Parflek]

@brobro565656 im from that generation and i completely agree ;D

[dgardner93]

@brobro565656 funny how people get mad, if other people listen to a certain song, genious

[loquecomo333]

@brobro565656 man i born in the 90´s and that doesn´t mean that all the people of my generation listen shit like lil wayne and souljah boy

[24karrotts]

@brobro565656 fuck steriotypes man! i was born in 95 and ive been real since birth. Its the product thats fucked up, not the consumers. The reason it all sucks is because they took shit and promoted it and made it theres and made it apeal to the younger generation. omg im so baked sorry that probably doesnt make sense but i dont wana wright anymore cause its probably better if i dont. hope it made sense.

peace.

[TheFinalPage]

@24karrotts ur early nineties, 5 and down is early

[kaka10realmadrid]

@brobro565656 i was born in 1997 but i hate all the shit like tinie tempah and soulja boy

[kaka10realmadrid]

@brobro565656 i was born in 1997 but i hate all the shit like tinie tempah and soulja boy

and all that shit

[ffsaddz]

@brobro565656 mhm, 15 yr old white boy from the netherlands here, only listening to the real.

[TommyCalantonio]

@brobro565656 i was born in late 90's

and I dont listen to anything after 99', except odd future and a few others that aren't shit

[Laurie12SlimShady]

@brobro565656 ninety fucking five here... and listening to this, and all the other great music that came out of my decade. When were you born, early nineties? then there's pretty much no difference. Early eighties? then how would you like it if i said that you pussies couldn't like NWA? Seventies or before? then you can fuck off telling me what music i can and can't like.

[Jubeski]

Shit, all I wanted was a piece of wealth...

[ikonwwhatadonis]

thiz dat real rap stuff!! nas iz madd sick!! who did it better dem him?

[adangme]

Nas said it well:

"Pro ball players with white wives...peep there night lives..."

You here that Tiger?

[JoseCasado162]

roflll

[SneakyButhole]

@adangme You 'hear' how to spell properly?

[DrStrange1000]

@adangme lol.



[ChampUltra]

@adangme why r ppl always reapitin dat shit

[comb007]

@adangme stop hating bitch we can have any chick we want

[bryantlakers09]

@adangme i think he was referring to kobe ?

[adangme]

@bryantlakers09 LOL...Kobe didn't have any white girls then.

[jseward228]

@adangme Lakers Kobe Die Hard Cuzz!!!!!!!

[PH1LLYBOY]

its not a cursing version of this song

[Maztuhmind]

the song that introduced me to nas.

this song has nothing to do with Men In Black but who cares.

[jblaze024x]

i know rite!!!!lol did u know will smith and nas r kool... matter of fact ..nas was the ghost writer for will's later album.. gettin jiggy wit it to be excat... look it up..

[UHLatino]

@Maztuhmind Word bro, I was 10 when this song was on Men in Black. This had nothing to do w the album. From that day I was a Hip Hop and Nas head

[teunzeist]

shits ill and real!

but why does everyone needs to know your age?

I dont give a fuck how old you are, if you feel it you feel it, dope!

[bboibabyquey17]

NAS IS THE BEST ALIVE FUCK jeezy PUNK ASS!!

NAS IS THE BEST ALIVE

[dontblink1]

NASTY NAS!

[harryw02]

im 14 and understand that this is real hip hop, along with biggie big L rakim krs1 gangstarr, list goes on, fuck all the mainstream lil wayne soulja boy bullshit, underground all day.

[leonmccollum1994]

im also 14 and i haer wat u sayin my nigga,nas is the best rapper ever

[Dazast]

No doubt son... Real Recognize Real.

[bboibabyquey17]

damn right, im 18 and nas is the only real ill lyricist from the early 90's , when blaxck sheep was out and NAS is the best hip hop artist alive

[LEGALHUSTLE00]

Hes a good lyricist but in the streets hes a pussy, he don't live what he talks about he got extorted in his own city .

[GunzGot5]

i doubt your 14 but if you are then your surrondings(family members)must know alot of hiphop

[harryw02]

nah i am 14, my brother is a bit hip hop head. but i actually started listening to UK underground hip hop through a friend, kyza lowkey foreign beggars chester p jesht , etc. then got into the US scene. cant compare the two but i can tell real from fake. and i love both scenes.

[leonmccollum1994]

well yeah man i hear wat u sayin,i listen to underground but foreal nas is commercial he just appeals to the underground scene,nas is my fav rappers,if u wanna chek out da us underground scene chek out dis dude"immortal technique and if you want a lil but more hard core chek out papoose or cassidy

[harryw02]

yeah man, i love immortal technique and some early papoose. only heard bits of cassidy though!

[nivedthephysical]

WUT ? NAS aint commercial at all and immortal technique is black activist rapper ..NAME A COMMERCIAL RAPPER THAT CAN make A ALBUM CALLED NIGGER ..maybe his fan base has became commercial ..because most of his new fans are younger but his original fan base made the underground scene and music now is so watery that people who used to like nas barely listen to hip hop at this point ..because the older you become the less receptive you are rap if you are not makin money off it

[xxriccampbellaa]

thank you couldn't have said it better my self. yes people that used too listen to real hip-hop barely listen to it cause there older now like in there mid thirty's i say 32 to 35 at this point it doesn't really matter cause now its just kid shit once you get 35 who really s listens to hip-hop and if so its songs from the late 70's up to 2001 anyway AND NO IM TELLING YOU MY AGE WOMEN DON'T TELL THAT STUFF

[erocha361]

haha when ppl say call 4 u they say hey cuminyourmouth come here, dumbass so your mouth must have been real full of cum when u say nas cant do this no more, bet your like 16 or 17 go listen 2 ur bitch ass soulga boy

[baybiewillz]

16 year olds like ME know about Nas.

And LOVE his tune.

And HATE Soulja Boy.

Try not to say anything about his age.

Because that's not MY case.

[DaSunAkbar]

I mean before this I use to rock the Taurus w/ the donuts.

[britneygriffin]

Right. Firstly he doesn't make them and secondly they're made mostly on samples so even the team behind him can't take the full credit for most of his tracks.

[shonha1]

"reppin for tha babies so they raised up in mansions, haters will keep hatin nd ladies will keep glancin, yall know the routine out this muthafucker"

[DaSunAkbar]

crazy line, love it.. Nasir!

[sokstar]

sample for this joint is "Move Me No Mountain" by Love Unlimited

[BigFikka87]

Sample is ill...anyone knows the original??

[StoicTwo]

I found it..yes! Now listen to above the law's "flow on"!

-Stosa!

[Nastalgic99]

I'm Not talking about this song its hot. I said that the firm album was too commercial. This song would have gave it some flavor. Besides what does this song have to do with the MIB movie.

[RelaxednCaIm]

actually, the majority of nas' second verse was used on the song "everyday thing", which was left off the firm album... with dr.dre and nate. and it's a better joint than this.

[Nastalgic99]

Why Isn't this on the firm album. The beat is so smoooth it would have gave the album some flavor. It was to commercial.

[stopwhining1]

this nigga nas got a bunch of unreleased shit that got niggas wonderin why they aint on any of his albums... This song was on the MIB soundtrack though.

[CowboyKilla89]

i dont think its commercial... its dope as fuck though

[CowboyKilla89]

Esco!