Nas NY State of Mind

[1261harley]

There style is kinda alike

[1261harley]

That's not nas rappin the 2nd verse isn't that black witch is killa b

[Coon515]

best nas tune

[HalfTruths1]

Nas is one of the few real artists still about today,who can actually explain things in his lyrics on a par with slick rick and rakim, rather than spitting corporate nonsensical bullshit, RAW TALENT

[TheAutiger13]

this is a good song, way better than today's music

[MrPodgyboy]

look how many people copy the top comment

[8MadSkillz]

I sent my friend this song. He said it sucked and went to listen to "The Motto" by Drake and Lil Wayne. I punched him in the face. true story

[akeemak22]

285 dislike's

damn wayne fan's

[Dakiddanf]

me gusta

[ballergenetics7]

for an 18 year old t make an album like this is actually incredible. the vivid imagery, flow lyricism is fuckin' ridiculous.

[twoohhunoh]

Theres this kid in my school who heard me listening to Nas and says he's garbage. I asked him who was his fav. rapper, he said Gucci Mane. Thumbs up if he should die.

[misstaestar]

@twoohhunoh no one deserve to die. everyone have there own opinion. as long as they can defend it with a logical explanation u should not be upset. indeed nas is WAYYYYY better than Gucci mane but everyone like different kind of rap. im not a big nas head but i have unreal respect for him.

[The12Jacob]

ＳＨＵＴ　ＵＰ　ＡＮＤ　ＥＮＪＯＹ　N A S！！！

[GlideIsOG]

If people think lilwayne is better than nas im done with the fuc#ing music industry lilwayne sucks nas dick if u agree good

[los550]

in 1994 jay-z was on big daddy kanes album daddy's home kickin' that one checka' me two, checka' me 3, checka' 4 check that wack shit he was spittin', studied nas style and tried to get at THE KING. money isn't everything/ just ask lebron james/ he got millions, but magic, scottie and jordan got that, plus them championship rings./ that's that los from green acres sh-- right there but just to let people travel back in time with facts so they can see that jay-z didn't always rhyme like that 2 day

[JusJosh90]

Most probably won’t read this but I’ll still say it cuz I feel at least 1 person will. I'm a young queer-hop artist originating from Chi. I know there's a lot of artists out there but I feel like my music has a unique style and soul that can help push the voices of the LGBT community. Just need support to do it. If you just take a min I'll make you a believer. If anyone who reads this could press the "THUMBS UP" others will see it. Just a simple button push makes a huge difference. Much love:)

[ZaviahIV]

Straight out the fuckin' dungeons of rap/ where fake niggas like Wayne won't make it back/

[los550]

@ZaviahIV wouldn't make it one hour in brooklyn, bronx manhattan, queens, harlem or shaolin island. hell none of these corporate america dirty south rappers, unless they got some CUZZINZ up they.

[pgiardinaify]

@LilWayneTheBestMC.......Shut The Fuck Up.

[los550]

@pgiardinaify ahhhhhhhh leave'em alone, i think he's only 10-12 years old. haaaaaaaaaaaaa. lol i'ma tell my momma. haaaaaaaaaaaaa.lol

[LilWayneTheBestMC]

WAYNE SHITS ON NAS! = FACT

[itchygonads]

@LilWayneTheBestMC He is not even a rapper. He is a popstar, like Britney Spears.

[Seumdwa19]

@LilWayneTheBestMC lil wayne is wank.:l

[CallOfDuty1987Vids]

@LilWayneTheBestMC really want to bring back up lil wayne's westwood freestyle..?

[los550]

@LilWayneTheBestMC what, comes to nas's house and use the toilet, yeah i can see that. kris kross better than that nigga.

[twoohhunoh]

@LilWayneTheBestMC die slowly....now

[eagles104life]

@LilWayneTheBestMC i think its past you're bedtime little troll

[MADMOOSE26]

@LilWayneTheBestMC you dont know good music, and before you go on about lil wayne, may i remind you hes a total bitch

[TheRuskolover]

im 14 years old taellosify ive been listening to mos def for 5 years and NaS,cypress hill, a tribe called quest,gang starr and wu-tang clan

[Bealo89]

@MalcolmXcellent he co-wrote it with Will Smith.

Doesn't take away from anything he's done.

[Stranglehold432]

I'm not a big fan of rap music, but this is a great album.

[AndRegistration]

@Stranglehold432 You just have to be a fan of music in general. I don't think you need to be in a certain category to like it.

[Eziokilla9595]

kayyjayy171 - This guy said Lil B's album, I'm Gay was the best album of all time. E-V-E-N-B-E-T-T-E-R-T-H-A-N-I-­L-L-M-A-T-I-C!!!!!!! Spam him.

[Bealo89]

He wrote 'Gettin' Jiggy With It'.

Just saying, we all have something we're not proud of.

[MalcolmXcellent]

@Bealo89 Nas wrote that? You bullshitin?

[djamafia]

New york state of hiphop...

[uzze1]

nas was only 18 when illmatic was released, god damn he's sick

[Meta4icalHipHop]

@uzze1 Actually he was 20

[LinkyProduction]

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Pm Me for info about the beat and more

[MrCombs234]

Yo all you real rap aka NAS fans add me on Facebook i need some friends who actually like real music! Names Dalton Combs and My profile pic is me Flipping off a bridge. I'm from Virginia.

[deanbrickland]

this was the song i was listening to when i found out my father died earlier that day

[jackandjill45]

im from california, but stil amazes me

[soowooboyifly1]

i dont bump hi5 new 5hyt but nas old 5hyt go hard

[ISo1arisI]

Man i cant stop listening to this album!! Cant believe it has taken me this long to find it, ive been missing out! Epic!!

[qtchippy]

Without that little piano thing this song would not be awesome it would be mediocre

[xMikeyIcex]

@qtchippy <<<,doesnt know real rap, prob listening to the carter 4 right now

[TheNJ6]

@qtchippy what's your point?

[thaicheese]

@qtchippy Implying the beat is everything... Go listen to lil wayne or something..

[ZaviahIV]

@qtchippy "That little piano thing." You obviously have no clue what you're talking about so shut the fuck up, faggot.

[Eziokilla9595]

Nas is the best rapper ever. He's ten times better than 2Pac and The Notorious B.I.G. Sorry, but it needed to be said. This is the greatest rap song of all time, bar none. No discussion.

[rioG414]

@Eziokilla9595 i was in prison telling niggas the same shit, had niggas ready to scrap

[wakelessking]

284 People would never make it in new york.

[ymcmbmmg4eva1]

great

[suleman021]

Na-na-na-na-na-Nasty Nas, Nasty Nas ..Nasty Nas

[EveryNameIsTakenFFS2]

Someone asked me what I was listening to, I said "NY State of Mind", and he said, "Don't you mean Empire State of Mind?"

I haven't talked to him since.

[TheFlyinqOne]

@EveryNameIsTakenFFS2 SMH

[Zero14811111]

@EveryNameIsTakenFFS2 I feel you bro.

[whatthehellvideos]

@EveryNameIsTakenFFS2 i fuck with jigga and i completely understand

[los550]

@EveryNameIsTakenFFS2 shit, i don't blame you. those 2 songs have nothing in common. jay-z is a corporate america rapper while nas is that king of the ghetto rapper. you'll get street knowledge and black history from nas, jay-z just pop champagne rhymes sound like presidential campaigns-vote for me jay-z to be your greatest rapper. fuck outta' here hoev.

[virgo29virgo]

@EveryNameIsTakenFFS2 Good Riddance..

[InfamousMob010]

was so cool this song was in Saints Row 2 :!!!

[ALEXADOLPHUS]

Subscribe to me!!

[DaFlavoureKing]

paints a picture in my mind

[CuriousChris94]

No one goes harder. No one.

[moneybags730]

face the east

[mattiaccim]

watch?v=UHGiMMkExSU freestyle

[TrufOfficial]

yo wassup this truf tryna get my name im bringing real hip hop back one song at a time check the flow if you all about that real hip hop and that old school 90s rhyming check me out and leave me some feedback peace

[NygilMr94]

Saints row 2

[wobblynobs]

just looked up Nas (yes I don't have a great knowledge of rap) as illmatic was mentioned as the best rap album of all time and I recognize this song from saints row 2

[MrChickmagnet59]

@wobblynobs u r right one of the best sr songs ever

[TheMajikWiiZarD]

@wobblynobs Got this on cassette son <3 saints row 2 is also the BEST saints row game

[heywhatsup65]

@wobblynobs Well done here is a reward to further blow your mind.

Immortal Technique - Dance with the devil

Enjoy ;)

[Taellosify]

@heywhatsup65 Immortal Technique is garbage. Shitty single syllable rhymes and no flow.

[loewe06]

@Taellosify immortal technique-rich mans world

[Taellosify]

@loewe06 Yeah, that song was okay. Doesn't change the fact that 90% of his shit is single syllable rhyming and he has all of 3 songs with flow. Immortal Technique is like the Lil Wayne of the underground.

[wobblynobs]

@heywhatsup65 Thanks.

[Mikhavoc]

if i was a DJ this song would be my resignation letter

[diaryofasummer]

Classic of Classics.... NASIR!!!

[ABOM420]

"Nothings original, theres nothing new under the sun.

Its never what you do, but how it gets done."

-NaS

[RobertoDobleC]

I live in Madrid and when I hear this song I have NY as a State of Mind

[Zero14811111]

One verse from Nas > Soulja Boy's career.

[jerko18]

@Zero14811111 one word from Nas > Soulja Boy's career.

[M1CHA3LCARN3LL]

@jerko18 a blink from Nas > Soulja Boy's career.

[xDxDxDxDxD69]

@Zero14811111 One witty metaphor by Nas > Soulja Boy's existence.

[BillKiernan]

one of the best hip hop albums of all time. too bad all his other albums had like one good song on them after this one.

[blaknose1000]

everybody that listens to this come fuck with my beats i got some good crack

[Byourselfable]

thats some truth right there, that book is dope,

real science being dropped by the MCs all throughout it,

i got it off of Amazon.... titled:

H ' O ' W ..T.O..

R ' A ' P

[jt78291]

they got together all the real MCs and lryicists

and got them to say how they go about their craft,

its in a book, really ill read, title is-

H:::0 :W

T 0 ::

R.,A :P

[adalidfuentes1988]

you nasty forreal

[adalidfuentes1988]

damn sick azz fuckin beat

[Oskie425]

Formerly known as Nasty

[ioumsg]

U.S. State of Mind

[aimfight]

282 people would never make it in new york

[MrSter13]

@aimfight make that 284

[Jaymontana94]

@aimfight 300 dislikes on this video im going to kill all of you

[jordantheguy12]

@aimfight im from new york city

[BuildingManxXx]

Straight out the fucking dungeons of rap where fake niggas like lil wayne don't make it back

[Tigras94]

@BuildingManxXx Nas was on Lil Wayne's album tho

[Theaman789]

give me a smith and wesson, i'll have niggas undressin'

[iorncupcake]

honestly im very disappointed that my dad can get illmatic for 6 dollars on amazon smh

[Weedensvenner]

2:27 !

[Paulj8c882]

Flawless album. My fav, when i die they shall bury me with this album!!

[TensionOnline]

watch?v=XBeCDWw-p6c

[NBALIVEMATCHES]

"It drops deep as it does in my breath

I never sleep, cause sleep is the cousin of death

Beyond the walls of intelligence, life is defined

I think of crime when I'm in a New York state of mind."

No rapper today could even come close to this lyrical destruction.

[TheMattSuperman]

NB. Nas is one of the top 5 MC's ever. :)

[TheMattSuperman]

@Arsinekk are you fucking stupid..... .Tupac rhymed better that Nas, but Nas got better rhythm, i mean that guy was futuristic. He did like what 6 albums in 5 months before he died? Nas barely did that in his whole lifetime motherfucker. And Tupac rapped about real shit, world peace, loving people and respecting women, all that real shit like peoples struggles. He was inspired by Shakespeare, machevelli etc, not those niggas that just rap about money, how they gangster, and other negative shit.

[NBALIVEMATCHES]

@TheMattSuperman

I love Tupac, he is my favourite rapper ever but you can't deny after signing to Death Row his raps lost some of its political ideals and was replaced by gangsterism. "I can't deny it I am a straight rider." "You claim to be a player but I fucked your wife." However Tupac was going to move away from that when he was suppose to leave Death Row. Too bad once of the greatest to touch a microphone was shot. His loss still affects hip hop fans today.

[misterGindahouse]

@TheMattSuperman tupac actually turned gangster...

[tomiboy5]

why the fuck do people have to bring up ymcmb on nas, wu tang, etc. just listen to the music and dont bring up that shitty "hip hop"

[Vertex1994]

I went from listening to ϟƘƦƖןןΣ✘to this. I love my individuality lol

[abdoalsmoudi1]

Even the cock sucking faggot known as Gay-z tried to copy Nas

[8canoe]

saints row 2!

[kingofvashon420]

@MrMecodeperro I hate to quote eazy e on a nas track, but everybody in young money is a fuckin studio gangster. they cant touch the legends. Nas, Biggie, Tupac, NWA etc.

[WeskerHUNK]

Clearly the best lyricist out there, maybe matched by eLZhi...can't wait till his new album comes out

[MrCommenterguy]

@WeskerHUNK Definitely looking forward to eLZhi's new album, it would be good to hear him off that Black Milk production for an album. Just Blaze, Pete Rock and Madlib are featured producers on there... May be the album of 2012 no doubt. 'The Feed' I believe it's called.

[G0DzREC0N]

Why did rap die? :'(

[MrCommenterguy]

@G0DzREC0N It didn't. It's still alive.

[youralcoholicdad44]

@G0DzREC0N around 2005. after that there were no rappers in rap's mainstream.except for a few veterans like Jay and Em but they went in the pop direction aswell...

[Taellosify]

@youralcoholicdad44 Shut up idiot. Why do you retarded wannabe hip hop heads act like there's no 'rap' in the mainstream. You realize Common is still making albums, right? Lupe Fiasco is making music... God, I forget how pretentious and idiotic the comments on most Nas vidos are now.

[youralcoholicdad44]

@Taellosify they are not really famous u know they are just okay. what i was talking about is a chart topper multi-platinum seller AND not pop hop rapper. its important cuz that person could set an example to everyone.

[Taellosify]

@youralcoholicdad44 Common is just okay? Lupe is just okay? Is Mos Def just okay as well? Wow, I need to remember that youtube Nas fans know absolutely nothing about hip hop. Smfh.

[youralcoholicdad44]

@Taellosify i didn't mean it that way. they are okay fame and impact wise so a young kid who wants to be a rapper will know lil wayne and rick ross before they know mos def for example.

[Taellosify]

@youralcoholicdad44 I can kind of see that, but I think you're confusing hype with impact. Yeah more people know about Wayne and Rick Ross at the moment, but in 20 years they won't be remembered... But Nas and Common still will be, ya know?

[MrMecodeperro]

Drizzy & Tunechi are better then this old faggot. Drake>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>..nas

[DGreenmile]

@MrMecodeperro just ignore this kid guys hes trying to troll on every nas video, hes awful at trolling, you want some lessons ill teach ya for 20 bucks.

[MrMecodeperro]

@DGreenmile Fuck You, YMCMB the shit We run this BITCH. shout outs to Baby, Weezy F. Damu Soo Woo if u banging, Bow wow, Goggles Maine, Mac Maine, Pink Barbie I <3 u, Chuckee & Twist da future is brite ware shades nigga, Ghudda ghudda, Jae millz, the whole camp YMCMB Drizzy you be the Best shout out to khaled.

[Sexysexy987ify]

@MrMecodeperro "the rap game aintthe same little niqqas put the gun to there head and get fame"

[Sexysexy987ify]

@MrMecodeperro YMCMB ? HAHAHAHAHAHAAHA your funny kid khaled can roll down a hill and all the rest of them sound like shit

[TheBustagee8]

@MrMecodeperro nigga please

[Zero14811111]

@MrMecodeperro Wow man you don't even know how to troll properly. What a disgrace to all trolls.

[MrThe1945]

@DGreenmile why whats he saying?

[heywhatsup65]

@DGreenmile You wanna see a good troll watch this.... 'Oh wow this guy is almost as good as lil Wayne and Drake!' Now that's how you troll!

[Plz228]

@MrMecodeperro fagget u dnt knoow real music

[MrMecodeperro]

@Plz228 i got 2 girls faggot ho ami gay??? u gay cuz u lik nas

[brawltown714]

@MrMecodeperro fuck that shit, how could you not like nas??? you must not be in a NY state of mind

[MrMecodeperro]

@brawltown714 YMCMB nas old he sux. I got biches & $ i roll YMCMB to dead. nas is stupit

[voxer16333]

@MrMecodeperro Shut your mouth you feeble minded fool. You have no say in what good hip/hop is. For you to even think that NAS is worse than anybody in that "young money" bullshit groups makes you scum. I know R.A. the Rugged Man said it in one of his songs (Lessons), but i wouldnt think NAS would wants people like you who listen to his music without even knowing who G Rap is.

[RunsLikeKenyans]

@MrMecodeperro No. You're fucking stupid. Young Money is a gay ass group of mainstream artists. Nas is 10x more lyrically talented then anyone in YMCMB, and just becasue he's older then your faggot fat ass DJ Khaled, doesn't mean he's bad. If anything he's better, because he's been around long enough to expeience the rap game. Go fuck yourself. . Oh yeah, and shout out to you, because you don't know shit about the game. You're in the Kentucky State of Mind.

[RunsLikeKenyans]

@MrMecodeperro What do you mean he sucks because he's old? He recorded Illmatic in 1994, when rap was at his prime, and he was only 21 years old. That's not fucking old.

[The12Jacob]

@RunsLikeKenyans He was actually 17 when he wrote most of the tracks but he was 20 when he recorded it ^.^

[Eroc516]

@MrMecodeperro lol you do know Nas had the best verse on Lil Waynes own album...

[MrMecodeperro]

@Eroc516 no Drizzy had best verce. she will. that my shit YMCMB shout out to chuckee new albem cuming soon YMCMB

[Spartan047P]

@MrMecodeperro lmaoo kill yourself..

[myassin2009]

I've watched this video numerous times. And whenever I come here the top comment is always bashing Lil'Wayne.

[Catalyct]

I never sleep, cause sleep is the cousin of death

[RENNIEROXFILMS]

lol remember the 1st time we heard this song it was on a Clue mixtape and my cuzzin was so deep into the rhyme that he ran into the back of the next car at the light...real shit.

[ARSONISTJOE]

282 people are stuck in the dungeons of rap, and will never make it back to youtube.

[GianluzTV]

EAZT COAZT!

[mcsfuk]

i peeped most of the nas debut illmatic before my 18th (1994) & it will always remain his best album & a rap & hip-hop classic... fmk

it is only right that i was born to use mics... lol (mcsfuk)

[nomadic289]

how can 282 people hate on Nas

[daresoner]

How the fuck there's 282 dislikes????? ya crazy

[yoitsblang]

@daresoner its all jay z

[lionair112]

@yoitsblang gay z

[goodguyj]

this shit right here is why nas is in top 5 mcs of all time.

[daresoner]

@goodguyj between 2and3 maybe even higher

[The12Jacob]

I've got Illmatic locked up in a safe, NO ONE FUCKING TOUCHES IT.

[Antweezywchs08]

@The12Jacob LMFAOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[The12Jacob]

Oh, the top comments are about Young Money and Lil Wayne, what a fucking surprise....

[iLiempt]

Hey, I'm sick and tired of all of these fake rappers from the mainstream rap industry, and I wish Pac, Big L, Biggie, Nas, Immortal Technique, and all the other real rappers would come back to the game and take over. Check out my video if you want, im trying to bring the good shit back, not for me, but for the game and the messages we send out to our kids. Check me out, im 15, but it doesnt mean I dont spit mean, check me out you wont be disappointed

[ermaigawd]

Anyone else have a weight loss video in related videos?

[Militia1993]

The music speaks for itself, endulge yourselves into fighting about these rappers, gets you no where when you can be makin bills wit skills

[MrMecodeperro]

this album is very overrated. Weezy's light's out and carter 2 are Hip Hop blueprints. Waka Flaka's Flockavelli, and Take care by Drake (The greatest ever) are much more complete albums.

[wataloopus]

@MrMecodeperro Take Care by drake? WTF R U SMOKINGG hahaha ur like 14 arent you? not even close on a HIPHOP/LYRICAL LEVEL to this album, but ill give it props for drakes ability to songwrite and make good hooks

[MrMecodeperro]

@wataloopus Drake is better than Nas You said it Chai's Chai's Nas Sucks, Shout out to twist & Chuckee, Mac Maine, Jae, Tunechi (Messiah) YMCMB Bitch

[TheSupra15]

@MrMecodeperro What the fuck are you? 10? Get the fuck outta here with shitty Drake and YMCMB

[Nestarhymes]

@MrMecodeperro lol 'Weezy' sounds like a fuckin disease... just saying.