Big L took it too far with Devils Son..U can tell he took what Nas did with his lyrics in this ("WHEN I WAS 12 ... I WENT TO HELL FOR SNUFFIN' JESUS!") & did it in Devils Son but just went a lil further. Even Nas mentioned it, but Nas nor do I mean it in a negative way..Dope track! Nas is forever! i love him so much. I'm soooo inspired by his work and his wise words...gotta love him. Cant believe he was 17 when he did this & was 17 when he started writing for Illmatic! wow! TRUE TALENT! #HIPHOP
Just another Jew controlled rapper trying to corrupt society with his lies and myths. Get a mind you people, start taking care of your culture. Don't let the Jews take it away and use it for their own purposes.
@bigWpous Don't get in on the conversation if u don't know what you're talking about, fam. If u look back at my last couple comments I said I was being sarcastic because ANOTHER user said something about Illmatic having thirteen tracks. And must we resort to name calling?
Jay-z got his whole "Blueprint" to how to be "Jayz" aka "Hov" from everyone but himself.. He studied everyone's lyrics and meanings and blended it all...
Amazing debut rhyme from Nas!! Overall quality of the beats & rhymes on this release are staggeringly high!! Large Pro at his best for sure, what the hell happened to him on '1st Class'? - Seems rushed compared to this cause from start to finish we have a stand alone masterpiece!!
This is the shit! Hip Hop at its best durring this era! None of the current shit you hear today! Thb beat makes you wanna move your head....badass Tuuuunee Boyyyy!
@ThumbsUpMike Because he is a retard nearly every decent rapper has put them 2 as influences they were the most ice cold mc's at the time along with Slick Rick.
theres too many retards on youtube ignore them rofl
When ur influenced by great rappers you're gonna be great. Thats whats wrong with the game right now, these wack rappers look up to other wack rappers.
Nas, and Joe Fatal did well on this . I got this single back in '91 when I was in high school. It's on the Jus' Hangin out 12". When I played the b-side we was like wtf...this shit hot. I like Akenel...but I really like Nas and Fatal verse the most.
Main Source should've had Nas rap last on this song because no one really listens to the song after Nas's part and that probably helped Nas's career because he went first and people were able to hear nim.
Does anyone has the remix verse Nas did for this song. He performed it live when main source did shows with him. If you watch Nas's biography and watch the part when he's performing with Main Source he says another verse that's incredible.
man this nas verse is RIDICULOUS, i dare somebody to show me a verse shittin on that..and he was only 17 at the time..he always been a problem n always will be
One of the best posse cuts ever, when hip hop was all about clever lyrics and word play. Pop charts were another planet, nowadays thats what most rappers aim for
Before steppin to me you'd rather step to Jehovah Slammin MC's on cement Cause verbally, I'm iller than a AIDS patient I move swift and uplift your mind shoot the gift when I riff in rhyme Rappin sniper, speakin real words My thoughts react, like Steven Spielberg's Poetry attacks, paragraphs punch hard My brain is insane, I'm out to lunch God Science is dropped, my raps are toxic My voicebox locks and excels like a rocket
Yall idiots talkin yall cant listen no more after Nas don't listen to hip hop any way. So stop Fakin The Funk like you know shit about real hip hop when you don't know shit about this time period or any time period in hip hop before this. You probably aint even listen to the whole CLASSIC anyway. Idiots
The Reason Nas went First was Because this was his First Track he ever did so he was unknown Fatel was that dude at that at that time and Akanile was at the time had hood fame and was already dropping singles and mainsource already had hit singles that went gold so Nasty Nas was the New Jack at the Time. 2nd song Nasty Nas did was Mc Serch - Back to the Grill again. another Verse Nas RIP
big l was the motherfucking man...but with nas when he came up it was literally the second coming of rakim allah....nothing like him was ever heard before or afterwards...
@Moebetter222, that will never happen, nas sold out when he signed with jay-z....
JMAN84COTTRELL 6 days ago
A legend was made and his name is Nas ;)
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Big L took it too far with Devils Son..U can tell he took what Nas did with his lyrics in this ("WHEN I WAS 12 ... I WENT TO HELL FOR SNUFFIN' JESUS!") & did it in Devils Son but just went a lil further. Even Nas mentioned it, but Nas nor do I mean it in a negative way..Dope track! Nas is forever! i love him so much. I'm soooo inspired by his work and his wise words...gotta love him. Cant believe he was 17 when he did this & was 17 when he started writing for Illmatic! wow! TRUE TALENT! #HIPHOP
candiegurlharris 2 weeks ago
WHEN I WAS 12 ... I WENT TO HELL FOR SNUFFIN' JESUS!
reekodo 3 weeks ago
Just another Jew controlled rapper trying to corrupt society with his lies and myths. Get a mind you people, start taking care of your culture. Don't let the Jews take it away and use it for their own purposes.
ArmoredFelix 4 weeks ago
@ArmoredFelix C'mon son.
AIFRANCHISE1 2 weeks ago
@AIFRANCHISE1 You'd have to have some real age on you brother.
ArmoredFelix 2 weeks ago
@ArmoredFelix antother antisemitist
dalinchmob 1 week ago
@dalinchmob Anti Semite, and no I just hate Jews. I have no trouble with Arabs.
ArmoredFelix 1 week ago
@ArmoredFelix yea man fuck jews zionist pieces of shit there fault because of the world is fucked up
realhiphopman1 5 days ago
illmatic had 14 tracks
ArmoredFelix 4 weeks ago
@ArmoredFelix naw dog the original Illmatic had 10 tracks. the 10 year anniversary release added 6 tracks.
JuanMartinezworrd 3 weeks ago
CLASSICS <3
Bellicguy 1 month ago
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goodguyj 1 month ago
this track goes hard!!!!
israelme123 1 month ago
The earlier it came out the nastier it seems to be, cause all 13 tracks on illmatic cranked. I still bang that shit.
srenn2684 1 month ago
@srenn2684 Illmatic had 13 tracks? :(
dawb86 1 month ago
@dawb86 nope
InfamousAct 1 month ago
@dawb86 illmatic had 10 tracks
bigddagenius 1 month ago
@bigddagenius wrong illmatic had 10 master pieces ma nigga
goodguyj 1 month ago
@bigddagenius lol, i know that! look at what the user i was originally asking the question said.
dawb86 1 month ago
@bigddagenius i was kind of being sarcastic. guess it went over everyone's head a bit
dawb86 1 month ago
@dawb86 illmatic had ten tracks u fukin MONKEY!!!!!!!!!!!
bigWpous 1 month ago
@bigWpous Don't get in on the conversation if u don't know what you're talking about, fam. If u look back at my last couple comments I said I was being sarcastic because ANOTHER user said something about Illmatic having thirteen tracks. And must we resort to name calling?
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Jay-z got his whole "Blueprint" to how to be "Jayz" aka "Hov" from everyone but himself.. He studied everyone's lyrics and meanings and blended it all...
danewceo 1 month ago
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danewceo 1 month ago
where the fuck is this video tho?
Mystikal22693 1 month ago
no lie, i cant even put into words how ill nas's verse was. my mind is blown right now....... AND HE WAS ONLY 16 AT THE TIME!
lowgannn 1 month ago
i have to hear nas verse a few times before i finish the rest of the song
thenazi420 2 months ago 7
@thenazi420 haha i know right its sick
pooxtreme3 1 month ago
Fucking classic , if you disagree one bit I will slap the shit out of yo dumb ass for free 99
rshauncreative 2 months ago
@riquelmestheshit SOOOOO true.
androidX51 2 months ago
Nas And Akinyele Bodied This Track.
Jamal249999 2 months ago
Amazing debut rhyme from Nas!! Overall quality of the beats & rhymes on this release are staggeringly high!! Large Pro at his best for sure, what the hell happened to him on '1st Class'? - Seems rushed compared to this cause from start to finish we have a stand alone masterpiece!!
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niggy music
bafoiiii 2 months ago
@JohnnyFriction awww whats the matter, couldn't make a comeback with any facts?
aww too bad, nice try bitch!
ThumbsUpMike 2 months ago
All these guys got their style from Rakim and Big Daddy Kane. Rakim is the king of flow and Kane mastered the back to back rhyme flow
garybatesrsc 2 months ago
this is the track that started it all for nasir
HappyFamilyPlan 2 months ago
This is the shit! Hip Hop at its best durring this era! None of the current shit you hear today! Thb beat makes you wanna move your head....badass Tuuuunee Boyyyy!
magicmanraj 3 months ago 5
Best feature on a track. Ever. Nas killed it.
WingDeathscythe 3 months ago
Street's disciple, my raps are trifle
I shoot slugs from my brain just like a rifle
monstaslaya 3 months ago
fuck all you nas lovin faggots. he sound like a lil wannabe rakim on this. akinyele owns this track
JohnnyFriction 3 months ago
@JohnnyFriction
That's the stupidest shit I ever heard. Who the fuck wouldn't want to be Rakim???
I'd kill to be anything remotely close to his level.
Just another hater...
TheSolarClipz 3 months ago
@JohnnyFriction this doesnt sound anything like RAKIM!
someone just mad that Nas is better than Rakim;)
go getta life and get mad over something important than fucking irrelevant shit like music, like your narrow minded opinions matter for shit
ThumbsUpMike 2 months ago
@ThumbsUpMike He has a point tbh but even if he was influenced by Rakim and Kane doesnt mean he can twist and change their style to the next level ;)
james12786 2 months ago
@james12786 he was influenced by them
but this dude says he jacked rakims style
ThumbsUpMike 2 months ago
@ThumbsUpMike Because he is a retard nearly every decent rapper has put them 2 as influences they were the most ice cold mc's at the time along with Slick Rick.
theres too many retards on youtube ignore them rofl
james12786 2 months ago
This should be Nas' new verse:
Verbal assassin, my architect pleases
In 2012, I'll go to hell for snuffing Weezy
Moebetter222 3 months ago 34
@Moebetter222 why would he go to hell?? god would be pleased for having him whoop his biggest mistake EVER
julianortega24 2 months ago 2
@Moebetter222 He'd go to heaven for doing that.
herashak 1 week ago
can't stop rewinding Nas's verse.
youralcoholicdad44 3 months ago
Nas owns this track.
ishman2983 3 months ago
word son!!!
jmzee86 3 months ago
and thus, a G.O.A.T. was born....
mctroll89 3 months ago 8
This verse made Nas a legend.
riquelmestheshit 3 months ago 7
kidnap the presidents wife without a plan, lil wayne should be on welfare
scorpianE5 4 months ago
10 aids patients disliked
frunkiss 4 months ago 19
nas verse is one of the greatest verses ever!
Kdee221 4 months ago 9
A verse that will never be matched by rappers whole careers today
MrXxZeldaxX17 4 months ago 11
Happy Birthday Nas
suspekt29 4 months ago
"Streets disciple my raps are trifle
I shoot slugs from my brain jus like a rifle
stampede the stage i leave microphone split
play mr tuffy while im on some pretty tone shit"
Sick.
KaM2934 4 months ago 9
Only like the beat and da 1st beat, oh yea ive voted for dis track more dan once.
gamsandyams 4 months ago
imagine hearing this not knowing who nas is
rickdickboy 4 months ago 6
verbally, im iller than an AIDS patient
MrBigBootyBitches69 4 months ago 3
When ur influenced by great rappers you're gonna be great. Thats whats wrong with the game right now, these wack rappers look up to other wack rappers.
Papparazzi18 4 months ago 5
@Papparazzi18
preach it!
1estdabest 4 months ago
wayne couldnt do that now when nas can do that when he was 17, sad shit
megaled1020 4 months ago 2
How old was Nas here?
monstaslaya 5 months ago
@monstaslaya He was 17
lilcoope2189 5 months ago
GTA 4
38ravensfan 5 months ago
After Nas's first, I can never finish this song.
92synergy 5 months ago 3
When I was 12, I went to Hell for snuffin Jesus......love it!
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Everybody killed it 'cept Nas, weak-ass verse as usual.
KryptonDaVillain 6 months ago
@KryptonDaVillain man stfu
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@MindzzzzzCF Suck my dick faggot.
KryptonDaVillain 5 months ago
@KryptonDaVillain Good try trolling
try to make your desperate attempts sound more convincing next time
ThumbsUpMike 5 months ago
@KryptonDaVillain lol are you trying to be ironic??
Mistarcid 5 months ago
i actually gotta give it to XtraP. he had an ill verse too.
WuAgent 6 months ago
nas ski-masked this joint. the track is over after his verse.
WuAgent 6 months ago
Nas, and Joe Fatal did well on this . I got this single back in '91 when I was in high school. It's on the Jus' Hangin out 12". When I played the b-side we was like wtf...this shit hot. I like Akenel...but I really like Nas and Fatal verse the most.
bvzxa3 6 months ago
at 17 he rapped like this....yet new artist his age out now sucks wtf has the world come 2 smdh
MrBranman718 6 months ago
@MrBranman718 Check out earl sweatshirt
LifesABitch2k9 6 months ago
@LifesABitch2k9 Earl doesnt have Shit on Nas
BigJoker260 6 months ago 3
Nas's Verse....My Fucking God and at 16 spitting this too FTW
geronjenkins18 6 months ago
Nasty nas hands FUCKING down, top lyricist alive!!!!
MsPmonkey 6 months ago
I'm going to say thx gta 4 for letting me discover this jewel !
nayefnano 7 months ago 5
People sleep on Akinyele verse---So save them preschool rhymes for the kids at Wonderama
Point blank, period, with no comma
Rhymes so dangerous, call for the homi-cide
Cause I knock'em dead even when I'm at my worst
The only future that lies ahead of them is the lights from the hearse
Got game like a crackhead
But don't be mislead, I keep rappers on lock like a dread
Knots in the head from the words that I said
So get a shovel and dig your grave cause the shit you talk is dead
oceans14cuz 7 months ago 2
am i the only one who wrote nas live at the bbq
SlimGangstaGangsta 7 months ago
HOW THE F*CK U WRITE SOMETHING LIKE THAT AT 16 YEARS OLD?!?!?!?!?
dawb86 7 months ago 51
@dawb86 For real bro.
TheJokessss 6 months ago
@dawb86 Easy smoking weed
nikerocks 3 months ago
@nikerocks true
BlackThouqhts 2 months ago
@dawb86 read a shit load of books.
riquelmestheshit 2 months ago
@dawb86 nas was 18.
phreakymf 1 month ago
@phreakymf No, at most he was 17 when it was recorded. Main Source's album dropped July of '91, Nas didn't turn 18 until September.
dawb86 1 month ago 2
MC SEARCH
GROIN69 7 months ago
serving MC's all the way back in time
spiritwolf50 7 months ago
streets disciple my raps a trivial i shot slugs from my brain just like a rifle ! illl!!!!!
tiger1253 7 months ago
Main Source should've had Nas rap last on this song because no one really listens to the song after Nas's part and that probably helped Nas's career because he went first and people were able to hear nim.
nomibe2911 7 months ago 3
Does anyone has the remix verse Nas did for this song. He performed it live when main source did shows with him. If you watch Nas's biography and watch the part when he's performing with Main Source he says another verse that's incredible.
nomibe2911 7 months ago
@nomibe2911 You might be talking about back to grill
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When he was 12 he went to hell for snuffing Jesus.
And then he became a legend.
mk741 8 months ago
A verse that was put on the greatest hip hop album!
Nas ♥
TheJokessss 8 months ago
main source did themselves a huge favor by putting nas on this track..
schwam41 8 months ago 2
When this song came Nas instantly became my favorite REAL hip hop artist of all time.
hookupskid85 8 months ago 4
Only listened to this for 0:25 - 1:26
Twistedincorporated 8 months ago
@Twistedincorporated Hell yea me too lol
iqmom2 7 months ago
He was fucking 18 when his unleashed this verse
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haha dang... "hanging up niggas like the Ku Klux Klan"... thats a dirty ass rhyme haha...
Qb3X1 8 months ago
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Qb3X1 8 months ago
@IllCityUsa well said. Good album indeed, this may be a highlight but the rest is nothing short of classic.
Hwwaaa 8 months ago
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YoungWolve1 9 months ago
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YoungWolve1 9 months ago
@YoungWolve1 No man, that was a dream he had.
He told Big L about it. Thats why Big L made the Devils Son song
icecru2 9 months ago
they should of said Nas ft main source cuz he killed it!
BIGGUYRULES 9 months ago 2
Nas should have went last...How is the anchor put in the first leg of the race?
Chucktown1973 9 months ago
fuck in shit up always
1969mufasa 9 months ago
fucking love nas
airbender5 9 months ago
First time hearing this...Nas verse is nice!!!
PumaDown 9 months ago
9 people still in hell for snuffin jesus
Nola504King 9 months ago
damn
nastyNAS668 9 months ago
man this nas verse is RIDICULOUS, i dare somebody to show me a verse shittin on that..and he was only 17 at the time..he always been a problem n always will be
afwert 9 months ago
Dam, killed it!
brooklyninja 9 months ago
20 years since nas stepped on stage an wooed everyone
PSYCHOcentral 9 months ago
i do have to admit i achieved an erection while listening to this song
theschenkenator 9 months ago
Nas killed this track with his verse more then one time !!!!!
MultiGrandtheft 10 months ago 87
@angridawg me too yo!
midnightcapers253 10 months ago
Classic ish!
notsocommonshow 10 months ago
17 years old damn Nas had a gift which he uses to his best.
Kifly95 10 months ago 2
It's like Rakim and Big Daddy Kane had a baby
willsting88888 10 months ago 86
@willsting88888 ...no homo tho
themistress92 10 months ago
@themistress92 word
willsting88888 10 months ago
@willsting88888
lo-mothafucking-l
Chrysanthe4200 8 months ago
@willsting88888 Kool G Rap supposed to be the father
alban4doom 5 months ago
@willsting88888 with g rap as the "kool" uncle haha
TheHiddenAnswer 5 months ago
@willsting88888 (no homo)
skeletonchrist1503 3 months ago
One of the best posse cuts ever, when hip hop was all about clever lyrics and word play. Pop charts were another planet, nowadays thats what most rappers aim for
upakut 10 months ago
WHAT THE FUCK? tHAT WAS AWESOME IN JUST THE FIRST 1:24 SEC. WOW!
BIGGUYRULES 10 months ago
Ayeo don't diss my fam Main Source they from the TO! but yeah my brethren Nasty did his thang.
TheDueI 11 months ago 3
i think nas's verse is a candidate for the single best verse ever.
Jonny89718 11 months ago 4
NAS Flow on this, he kills it.
TheLuggmaxi 11 months ago
my son nas first song ju heard
ghosttownboy167 11 months ago
ARE THESE GUYS BLACKS?
brainsinCan 11 months ago
@brainsinCan HAHA UH.... WHAT??
magnusxl007 11 months ago
@brainsinCan of course not..... there obviously purple..........
ThumbsUpMike 10 months ago
@brainsinCan The fuck is that suppose to mean? Yes, why?
qwandiddy 9 months ago
haha i hate to mention a video game but in gta 4 on classics radio only nas' verse gets played from this song
PSYCHOcentral 11 months ago
Nas Has The Best Verse On This Song
DnnQns 11 months ago
@DnnQns in other news...water is wet.
WuAgent 6 months ago
yes i agree nas killed that song but i love all of this song
85THeMiS 11 months ago
That's just a bunch of mamba-jahamboo! LOL!
ThineStatus 11 months ago
White goo just came out my ears from Nas' verse...
CoolGuy95ya 11 months ago
ahahah that's in the first song of illmatic. it's been ten years i've looked for it
bingo93200 1 year ago
nas = God of Rap
alexhouse72 1 year ago 3
@alexhouse72 nah krs one
UKBadFella 1 year ago
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UKBadFella 1 year ago
before nas became what he is today
kiddodSTAR11 1 year ago 2
@kiddodSTAR11 nas never became anything. he began illmatic, and hes still illmatic, and hes never going to be anything but illmatic
Mistarcid 11 months ago
@Mistarcid
sad isnt it?
TyonKree 11 months ago
This reminds me of highschool sooo much !
djCsyck 1 year ago
nasty nas is a rebel to america
juxurlife777 1 year ago 2
7 idiots took part in our survey, thank you for your cooperation.
fukwaynecampaign2 1 year ago
sucks 4 every1 who had 2 go after nas.. lol u cant match that
KenNaku1 1 year ago
@KenNaku1 true, large prof, especially, sounds rather lackluster
danthedonHBB 1 year ago
Street's disciple my raps are trifle
I shoot slugs from my brain just like a rifle
Stampede the stage I leave the microphone split
Play Mr. Tuffy while I'm on some Pretty Tone shit
Verbal assassin my architect pleases
When I was twelve, I went to hell for snuffin Jesus
Mistarcid 1 year ago 7
yea they phukked up big time when they thought it was cool to let naasty.nas qo first.
r3aLwEEdSm0k3r 1 year ago
Nas' best verse. Hands down.
aappiinna 1 year ago
mrlooki21 1 year ago 2
2nd verse reminds me of pete nice
thedexterbros 1 year ago
Yall idiots talkin yall cant listen no more after Nas don't listen to hip hop any way. So stop Fakin The Funk like you know shit about real hip hop when you don't know shit about this time period or any time period in hip hop before this. You probably aint even listen to the whole CLASSIC anyway. Idiots
IllCityUsa 1 year ago
REAL HIP-HOP HEADS KNO!!!!!
cantstopthereign100 1 year ago
The Reason Nas went First was Because this was his First Track he ever did so he was unknown Fatel was that dude at that at that time and Akanile was at the time had hood fame and was already dropping singles and mainsource already had hit singles that went gold so Nasty Nas was the New Jack at the Time. 2nd song Nasty Nas did was Mc Serch - Back to the Grill again. another Verse Nas RIP
nyuptownharlem148 1 year ago
Damn when I was 12 I was in 5th grade, Nas was in jail for snuffin jesus.!!!!!!
stevel920 1 year ago
@stevel920 in hell
24dgking 1 year ago
@stevel920 not jail, but hell
i went to hell for snuffin jesus
mrmostarr 11 months ago
yeah nasty nas murdered it but the rest didnt come wack
TheHiddenAnswer 1 year ago
big l was the motherfucking man...but with nas when he came up it was literally the second coming of rakim allah....nothing like him was ever heard before or afterwards...
copekillzz 1 year ago
The Good Part = 0:00 - 1:30 !
asgertts 1 year ago
Probably one of the earliest tracks he was on.
leonmccollum1994 1 year ago