08 - Nas - the lost tapes - Purple

[callofdutyrock]

This track needs more views. A LOT more views.

[ripwoodydawg]

nas just made wayne look like a peice of turkey

[1200Beans]

a fucking Classic

[thompkinsbilal2]

THE GOAT WHATS THE SCIENCE I AGREE SO UNDERRATED NAS IS BETTER THAN GAY Z AND LIL GAYNE HES NOT EVEN ON THE SAME LEVEL NAS IS COMPARABLE TO A TUPAC BIGGIE SMALLS LEVEL BUT HES A LYRICAL GENIUS

[freewaykingscrews]

BEST RAPPER! "reacted before thinking"

[EverythingLizeePR]

Can i Marry this song?

[GabrieltheGood1]

Man my state of mind is purple got the keys feelin nice goin pick up my money get more purple and somethen purple to roll it up with

[mcmarcelovideo]

WHO PRODUCEE?



[YouKnowWho2112]

@mcmarcelovideo Hill, Inc.

[SneekeePete13]

Pure lyricist!

[MastaAce496]

"I dont like the way P Diddy did Shyne."

[theblaquebaastid]

THE SECOND VERSE IS ACTUALLY HIM TALKIN ABOUT HAZE ITSELF AS THO IT WERE A PERSON

LISTEN AGAIN

[Godcaly123]

1 dislike? Dam Jay-z at it again..i guess he didnt learn the first time

[antk1989]

"Light it light it", "weed smoke three tokes", "dig in my bag of weed thats covered in orange hair", "im blowing circles"....he just stoned, got him thinking bout all the shit thats fucked up....then again it could all be metaphoric, then who knows, i say take good music however u want it.

[stonepown]

the lost tapes changed my life so did illmatic

[lesh21]

one of my favs from him...well all of them are and WHO THE FUCK HAS THE BALLS TO DISLIKE THIS SONG?!

[mdizzle18700]

it was nas, he was too high and he pressed the wrong button

[dablueprint4u]

dam, your the greatest nas

[smokechewy5280]

nas the illmatic Alyways put it down

[VidMusFun]

what does a purple state of mind mean? plz someone answer...

[HipHopPolooza]

@VidMusFun Im fairly certian hes talking about purple kush and his stae of mind when his high. Although I could be wrong.

[VidMusFun]

@HipHopPolooza

yeah i think it might be that too, but i also think it could be something related to his "blackness", to slavery etc. (based on what i know about that movie "the color purple"), am I tripping?

[shussain193]

@VidMusFun You obviously don't smoke weed. Purple Haze, look it up.

[ThatIncredibleJordan]

@VidMusFun purple= weed

[supremetechnique98]

@VidMusFun Don't listen to these weed heads. Purple state of mind is the mix between 'reality' and 'fiction'. Its a poetic term that was often used by Keats (look him up). Nas is knowledging EQUALITY! Nas a deep brotha. Ask yourself, what colors do you mix to make purple? That two colors exemplify reality and fiction. Peace.

[rokaij0991]

@supremetechnique98 I dont personally see why it couldnt be both, especially since weed can induce the state of mind you describe. The lyrics are clearly about weed, but it is also about the meeting of reality and fiction, "Am I hallucinatin off the haze or did I just see a nigga shoot another niggas face in?"

[micahwelner]

@supremetechnique98 yeah but he also keeps saying "light it up" so...

[neb933]

too much of anything will hurt you so my state of mind is purple. whats that mean? what does purple signifiy? love the song tho

[cricka09]

@neb933 weed

[shussain193]

@neb933 Purple Haze. Look it up. 

[lime4cam]

My favourite Nas song for sure

[072773476]

This can get more real! nas u changed me :)

[crysst35]

dis da kinda shit i can listen 2 all da time(REAL HIP-HOP) ya heard me!

[lakermajik]

this my favorite track on this album...I had this shit when nobody was checkin for it back in like 01-02

[bornfreedom7]

Yo!!!

Nas u a Breast son

Be a fan since 91', still never heard another thats as raw

[ViCsnipes]

Realizing how many people will live their life listening to lil Wayne and soulja boy And never be lucky enough to hear a song like this just makes me sad.

[Guccibear100]

@ViCsnipes You are so right man. I know a lot of the youth fresh out of highschool, they just don't know what they are missing. To them Guccimayne and Soulja boy is popular and they think its talent, and skill. It makes me sad too.

[richhustle]

@Guccibear100 yea im 18 and none my age fucks  wit nas or real hip hop they into that fake wayne gucci shit

[IrennMo]

@richhustle

me is 16, like my boys. they listen to this shit too..

[MS8three]

Classic album, proper hiphop

[blazinxsaddles21]

smoke a blunt to this track

[chrisferreira00]

The day Nas passes, there will be so much chaos like no other... not even pac or biggie did that much.

[sk8mafia805]

@chrisferreira00 look at what your saying

[tequillaroze7]

that tequilla roze / solomon curse

is a ruff draft mixtape throw away tracks and " long way to heaven " is a [ j  dilla ]track

[louislouis19801980]

classic, use to zone out to this...

[AKAJDT]

Such an underrated album.

WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH THESE PEOPLE?

[pennyere]

you speak truth ! WAY TOO UNDERATED ! MAKES ME SICK !!!! LOVE YOU GUYS ! YOU KNOW REAL HIP HOP !!!!!! <3

[UIWCardinalArmy]

@AKAJDT its hip hop's mainstream funk

[stealth313]

@AKAJDT Some are dumb deaf and blind.

[myspace381]

nas it´s time 4 a come back

god sun

[sarmad1993]

nas kills everybody.

[Jdubthe1andONLY]

nobody put it down like nas, way to real. shit this is one of them joints that can make you wake up to something for real

[Rt11011]

classix purps

[cjack1]

this color purple will make whoopie gimme the pussy/ or sealy oprah and danny glover gots to feel me/

[RexGdubb]

dam

[SergioNehama]

Puple

i gave you power

queens get the money...

drunk by myself...

shit, how many classics can a single nigga have?

this guy is sick..

[Madkites]

I'd replace Queens get the money and Drunk by myself with Ether and NY State of Mind.

[youngs1ncere]

i can name another 30 classic Nas tracks off the top, you jus hardly reached the surface with those my man

[TheWop4life]

@SergioNehama the entire Illmatic album is a classic

[RealHipHopTunes]

deepest shit i ever heard, another classic track by nas

[BlackNMedBlaze]

This song is off da hook. I am feeling da message of this song. This is the way hip hop should be.

[Neoklassic1]

Tom Hill from Straight Live Music...produced this beat...He also did Black Zombies...Queens Stand up..192 Linden....Southside...Real heads relate others stay numb in the face...trying to keep steps ahead like we running a race...Neoklassic Productions 2009..Rise of the Lycans

[iLLmaticmind]

My fav song from the album. I wonder who produced this beat? It sounds like a 9th wonder beat because of the synth drums.

[dothesprinkler]

the hood loves you but behind your back they pray for the day a bullet hits your heart and ambulances take you away

[youngs1ncere]

crack it empty it fill it roll it smoke it

izzmm.. n i put it in da air

dis is da best track, hip hop forever

[kanyewest9690]

this song is dope to listen while smoking an L haha this shit is a classic foreal

[sleezyb]

For the folks that was talking earlier on the page before this. Nas was raised in QB after leaving Crown Heights in Brooklyn. His family roots are in Natchez, Miss. Right on the river homie.

[456staks]

one of my fav nas traks, when is was a young teen nas, big, and 2pac was all i listened to.

[chroniconon]

yupz my fav track on this album also =]

[MyHiphophead]

@chroniconon this is fire right here

[redtrybe]

YET ANOTHA CLASSIC.....AND SO ON!

[SHAMeLYouALLAH]

a deep as tack. deep...DO THE KNOWLEGDE..What Color Is The Third Eye Chakra?.

Peace to The God!

[simmi352]

love this shit and I'm not even dark hell yeah.

[DaProlifik1reaLyrics]

One of the best songs off a classic album. If y'all like underground hip hop, click my page. I got my whole mixtape plus new tracks posted. New mixtape late Nov 08, free download. 1

[writeract]

So Chilling...

[Utubefounder]

Damn, just listen 2 the lyrics, this song is great

[DerDesto]

that´s that shit!

[guitaoist]

his music almost tops the lyrics

[MorbidShit2007]

yeah man thats right !!!

[Fagza]

i'm saying i'm from south africa u fool

[iamsonike]

I love it so much. Nice song. One of the best on the hip hop history.

[SamiJordan05]

waaw ma best song eva

[ledzppln45]

my fav song off dis album

[Fagza]

Nas 4 ever coming from a south african from durban

[cnotefolk]

NIGGA HE FROM FUCKIN' QUEENS NIGGA USA!! his people from there get it right

[Fagza]

u must be on drugs to think i said Nas is from South Africa, i'm a south african u FOOL

[phillipjennings5]

haha... damn NIGGA

[nyinyi2009]

So true