Nas - Thief 's Theme

[traphop12]

Ben Fame

[MIZARC215]

Stick up kidz music

[ManseaM]

In A Gadda Da Vidda... only some people will know what im talking about

[BAMADUVALREPP]

@ManseaM i wanna know lol.

[ManseaM]

@BAMADUVALREPP in a gadda da vida is a song where this beat is taken from

[Dr3adH3ad317]

@ManseaM Yup...by Iron Butterfly

[bigmarty11288]

@ManseaM I do

[BillyShanksworth]

My fave rapper: Nas. Because: He let's you know about God.

[ftwuh]

@BillyShanksworth thats a fuckin dumb reason to like a rapper more than any other

[BillyShanksworth]

I am a lion.

[OgKevinFoo]

nasty nas....getting down on this one..every time i hear this shit i get that feeling haha

[lmarr07]

True he was gettin down for real, You dont see him havin fun like that no more.

[masterjimus67]

nas iz tha man big track

[moviejacker]

sick , slow slow iron butterfly intro. GANGSTER.

[moviejacker]

WHO GO MORE STYLE THAN "" S A N D U """

[ibLaze703]

iDO

[SsMdbangbang]

thanx 4 adding this video with original song Saidoo1!

[thebizzel]

this is HARD

[LaSkiLLyaLL]

does any1 noe y some ppl r wearin mask in dis video?? cuz i sure do and its so gangsta how nas made it...if any1 cann tell me y some ppl r wearin masks....den ill give ya props

[UrbanChrist]

i dont think nas thought up the idea tbh. but i have no idea why there are masks.

[LaSkiLLyaLL]

wordd das 2 bad son

[stomdabom]

lol they wear mask cause this is a THIEVES theme, covering your face is something you should do if you commit a crime :) ow and hey!! THIEVES do commit crimes!

[llExll]

everyone you see wearing a mask is a thief, or could be a thief.

like at 1:28 the girl is wearing a mask, and she's got the gold digger chain on. gold diggers are a certain style of thievery.

[ablemike]

because they are ugly?

[JeReL19]

Isn't it obvious he's saying everyone, even the cops, hot chicks and priests and stickup kids are all thieves from different avenues with their own hustle or whatever.

[chickenmaster66]

@JeReL19 the priest is a ceo reading about a merger his company just did so people are going to be fired so hes a thief. the hot chick wearing a gold digger necklace symbolizing that shes also a thief

[PhEn0m3n4L]

nas went hard in dis tune

he is too much

this song is fire and the video is hot

[handboard2468]

my friend is over right now and he is in the scnene at 22 senonds inthe newtown shirt

[BillyShanksworth]

@handboard2468 cooool

[excuse300]

aye dont he looke like lil scrappy. not tryna be funny but he do.

[qnznyc]

nah you not the only 1. i seen the comparison since lil scrappy 1st dropped that video 'no proplem'. brothers from another mother...

[excuse300]

im not tryna be funny, but dont he look like lil scrappy? not saying herap like lil scrappy, cause nas a legend. but he do look like him....

[tisto12]

beat is so similar to the one for hip hop is dead. very very similar

[ripmeast21]

Same sample. The sample is Iron Butterfly's song "Innagaddadavida." It's a 60's rock song.

[informationwars]

yea that song is truly original.

[felixicon]

This was first. .. Hip Hop is Dead was more popular .. this is the base

[ladiezman247]

this song came out b4 hip hop is dead he used this beat agian for hip hop is dead he says in the song had to use this beat agian

[hoodrichGMP]

you did ur homework !

[SIXstDEVIL]

n even if it wuz grillz fuckkin paul wall didnt invent tha shit the east side wuz up on gold n shit in they mouth first

GIT IT RIGHHTTT

[rmeddy1]

Lol @ priest with stocking.Even he is a thief.

[eyeznvalie]

i love the video and how he shows us that almost everyone around you is up to some foul shit, someway somehow... hence the priest with the stocking on his head. classic, and watch these crazy cats nowadays.

[eyeznvalie]

it's frightening.

take summers off cuz i love winter beef

[sickswunsolja]

"deaf crack fiends who cant speak scream noises"

" lightnin hits the top of teh church steeple when i'm writin "

boy nas is beastly with his

[kripler86]

Yo I'm hot like 95 Fahrenheit

On a summer night, tight spot where bodies rot

Rats drink from water drops-- man nas flows sick

[nasANTnas]

Those are fronts my dudes. Not GRILLZ dont get it twisted!

NaS is real!

[colt45irishp]

fuck that grillz bullshit

[shonha1]

Yo in NY we rock fronts not grills, thats that Nelly Paulwall ish ya'll talin bout those r fronts Nas rockin in this vid.

[TheBranders]

nelly, paul wall, and other southern rappers have murdered hip hop :[

[chamith789]

nas is lil monkey LOL

[bklynprnce718]

"certain part of the streets the beast dont want a part of" WHHHHHHHHHOOOOOOEEEEEEEEE HE WAS GOIN IN

[skimbrunny2007]

morte aos pretos gangsters !!!

[SandraLondon63]

Great song!

[Element1rst]

SO REAL!!

[StoicTwo]

My nigga!

-StoicOne!

[morukkadin17]

gangsta^^

[5rey67trhtrhtry65765]

thats an Iron Butterfly sample. super ill.

[Godsson21]

I love this song! Every time I hear it I want to go rob someone.

[bklynprnce718]

lol lol yea

[Shook911]

WTF !!!! I never heard that before DAMN IT!! Smooth BEAT !!! That shit ROCKS !!!! OMG !!!

[inspectahdeck77]

thief's theme is a dope track

"just another day in the hood, and i'm with some wild brothers up to no good"

[Godsson21]

We saw the movies, like Tony Montana, and 'em

But our style was let them pile then, we robbin 'em

Money dudes, make 'em come up out they shoes

Run they jewels, word is bond, where my man Nino goin

And I had to make a song, speakin on my old life

For the thief's who come out at night

[aandrew903]

can u send me this vid please?

andrewcchs2 @ gmail . com

[narkomaniek]

u can download it from internet

[aandrew903]

yo where do u go on

BET . com

to download this? PLEASE REPLY

[hiphoprebirthletsgo]

I love the video for this song, its Ill, I like how he has all the thief's have a mask on creative :)

[alexuniversoul]

hmm hmm yea..man you can tell that nas still has those mafioso raps still in his blood... man i love this track the hardest track in street's disciple. this and U.B.R. hmm hmm yea hiphop 4 eva you bastard liars.

[youngs1ncere]

is nas wearing a grill!??!

[andrexh]

dumbass... ask yourself why nas would actually wear a grill for

[RedRyders]

HE DOES. LMAO

[andrexh]

of course he wears a grill in this video, dumbasses (youngs1ncere and RedRyders)... but don't act like he's tryna be Nelly-like about it

[bacampbell2]

Nasir Jones is tha TRUTH!!!

[glocc1999]

dis is a hot track

[BigRice21]

This song and video is more harder, raw and real than TI's "Hurt" and others who try to do the mask thing. Now anybody in our so called Pop Hip Hop generation try to go hard, I laugh!!

[wouveriukas]

perfectly match beat and theme.

[denverbroncosrock07]

good song, like the beat, i wanna get a robber mask now...

[QuintFlushRoyal]

Nas best rapper,the king of new york

[MrRipster]

The last real HIPHOP track to come out.

[drryangibbons]

anything nas puts out is real

[MrRipster]

Yeah but this was a track to remind 10yrs of illmatic.

[eastcoastballa91]

i love how they got the clergymen in the mask...so true

[jimmytwotimez]

this one of my fav videos

[stillaslave]

one of the best rap videaos ever made. up there with drop (pharcyde). five mics

[dasuperintellectual1]

Nice sample sucks that he had to reuse it.

[crazygates]

Yo I'm hot like 95 farenheit,

type spot where bodies rot,

rats drink water drops from the street niggas,

little kids scare cops with red dots.

Philsophical gangsta with violent priors

going back like black and white tv's with pliers. Leaning on broke down cars with flat tiers,

flash eyeing on anyone trying on the blocks i'm supplying on...

The Thief's Theme.

My opinion: The best nas verse ever.

[jl2279]

It was a very good verse, but his verse on "Verbal Intercourse" off of the purple tape is his best verse, and probably the greatest verse ever written.

[8MBK8]

hey check my USA Hiphop playlist on my channel great videos and tunes thanks!!!

[denverbroncosrock07]

this song is on the departed

[rx7187]

dis shit bangin

[jaythex]

fucking stupid ;)

[GandP]

Anybody who thinks Hip Hop is Dead is a better single than Thiefs Theme, is white, point blank.

[manueldros]

what the hell does that has to do with skin colour?

[GandP]

It's pretty simple actually. Thiefs Theme is gully, grimy, hood. Somethin us niggas in the street bang when we on our grind.. Hip Hop is Dead was corny, and just felt insincere. The fucks so hard to understand about that?

[manueldros]

yeah i understand now thanks for the explanation no offense. I was just wondering what it had to do woth skin colour but thanks and i mean that. And if YOU living in the projects I hope you get out.

[excelentgent4]

YO,you sick cat,hip hop is dead was a classic!!!

[betok20a]

play me at night they wont act right.

damn this shit is so hard!

esco!

[KROOKE12]

real mutha fukka bad boi trak ak boi

[UptSrvr]

This is a classic track...

[nytquil1]

This video reminds me of the good ol times on Jamaica Ave

[619ROMEO]

the thiefs theme play me at night they wont act right

understandable smooth shit that murderers move wit

this shit's fuckin hard

[TLAtulk]

I prefer Hip Hop is dead

[thamessiahbg]

I like that track more than "Hip-Hop Is Dead."

and the video is cool.

[DatCrazyNikka]

oo the beat is "hip hop is dead"..slowed o_O eww

[b3astfrmthe3ast]

naw this was out first hip hop is dead is this beat sped up and more drums

[pimpshit14]

nah its just the same guitar sample. the drums and everything else is different

[rodentk]

100% hip hop what!!!we need 2 bring that real shit back!!!nas is the last real hip artist alive!!!

[imran2121]

anyone notice that the beat for this one and hip hop is dead sound similar but hip hop is dead is faster or is just me? anyways this is song is nice

[p849]

it contains the same melodic sample ("In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida") as Nas' 2004 single, Thief's Theme.

[sneaky1337]

This song was used in a scene in the recent academy awarding winning movie, "The Departed."

[OnlyOneNights]

On the single of Hip Hop Is Dead he says, "yeah I had to flip this track again, yall"

[JBproductionz]

i just noticed that nas- hip hip is dead uses the same sample as this

[lewisfisher]

Funny how parts of Illmatic are often sampled in Nas' newer stuff. Anyway, this song is good. Nas' flow and lyrics are great, and the Iron Butterfly sample was utilized well.

[pimpshit14]

this isnt off illmatic

[lewisfisher]

I know that. I just noted that this song samples lines from "The World Is Yours", which is.

[pimpshit14]

ok gotcha

[connorfromthe585]

rodentk- knows what hes talkin bout this is tru hip hop

[meetmeaty123]

every one here knows nas man hes hes i dont no but its something thats you cant understand unless your like amzingly smart everybody knows exactly what im talkin about you no repersent son all real all the time learn it

[rodentk]

nas is a living lengend don't question his creativity,the sample is dope as fuck unless your tone def and can't hear the only thing the same is the rock guitar bass line, hip hop is dead has a different drum arrangment and mutherfukers ask why he use it cause bitch that how real hip hop beats are done it called the art of sampling!!!!

[NastyRuin]

some of u people on here need to get a life and stop arguing bout stupidness!

[qbazdipzet305]

yeah for real thats well said i feel u

[shawndiggler]

super tight ! nice iron butterfly beat ...original

[deathstarmygnr]

Why did Nas take Iron Butterly's In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida anyways? It was not meant to be a song about hip hop being dead or gangstas. it was meant to be a song to listen to while on acid or just real high. not gangstas or hip hop being dead.

[ilcmike]

nas took this beat off "butterfly"

[crackbaby82]

Do you really want it with a full out discussion on why Mr Crackbaby agrees with GODS son on why HIP-HOP IS dead. Any and all are welcome....Get @ me, digital age style

[crackbaby82]

The only thing I don't unferstand is.. as creative a person as NAS is.. why did he choose to sample the same song that was marketed as a ''street'' record on his last LP, choose to regurgitate the same sample as the launching single for his vrand new release??? Love NAS, It's Just as a loyal fan, how can I stand by his choice of judgment??? U tell Me...

[ThugRyder101]

i completely agree with u i like his music n all but the hip hop is dead is gargbage

[rodentk]

nas is a living lengend don't question his creativity,the sample is dope as fuck unless your tone def and can't hear the only thing the same is the rock guitar bass line, hip hop is dead has a different drum arrangment and mutherfukers ask why he use it cause bitch that how real hip hop beats are done it called the art of sampling!!!!

[simon696977777]

word to mother

[DPrism]

rodentk, i agree

[greatersomalia]

yo this is my fav joint of nas lately...