Nas- The Message (Unreleased Version)

[XCarolinaPantherX]

Best quality version:

watch?v=ma2z57UF1cQ&feature=re­lated

[Marckito305]

@PlatinumGuy98 yea its clean i have it in my i-tunes but idk how to put it here on youtube.

[iaintmadatcha]

that intro is too much

[Marckito305]

damn i thought i was the only person to have this version but sure enough youtube has everything

[PlatinumGuy98]

@Marckito305 Do you have it better quality?

[TheCormegafan]

Nobody will ever be on nas's level!

[18nlife]

watch?v=LC8sx9JOTN8

watch?v=19xar5TfiwE

Sweet Nas remixes!! SHare & Enjoy!!! Real Hiphop 4 life.

[BlaZiiNxIIxGuNn3R]

stop trying to determine whos better between tupac,big and nas... they are all great rappers that changed the game FOR EVER. they set the standards for which all rappers are judged today, us that know what REAL hip hop is know that these new rappers dont even come close to their shadow.

[RedSlim007]

Great sound quality!

[MrCommenterguy]

@Cdls628- I agree with you, none of them are better than the other. I also agree Kanye West is a great rapper, i just pointed out he is as commercialised if not more than biggie was- commercialised is not neccessarily a bad thing to me, as long as they rap great.

[felixfam06]

word da mother... this is a classic!

[MrCommenterguy]

@kanyewestpowerman fuck biggie? Why say that? He might not have been better than nas but he was incredible. Talking about commercial rappers when you got kanye west. In your name? Biggie didn't become famous and popular out of nowhere. He was named notorious and the king of ny for a reason. R.I.P Biggie, one of the greatest lyricists ever.

[Cdls628]

@MrCommenterguy I feel you but Kanye is one of our legends in Hip Hop in my personal opinion and I don't believe Nas was better than Big or vice versa I'm a huge Jay Pac Big and Nas fan but I don't think I could ever say any is better than the other because their all lyrically amazing but hey I understand what your saying

[Byronic19134]

@MrCommenterguy

Biggie never got a chance to make music with a full stomach. He finished one album Ready to Die while he was just coming off the streets being broke and a freestyle street legend and rapping about it. Life After Death with songs like Sky's The Limit you got a feel for where Puffy/Diddy was about to steer that shit towards pop mainstream.

Kanye is the only rapper I know who built himself of by putting out great music, torn himself down, and built himself back up wit lyrics

[Byronic19134]

@MrCommenterguy

Biggie never got a chance to make music with a full stomach. He finished one album Ready to Die while he was just coming off the streets being broke and a freestyle street legend and rapping about it. Life After Death with songs like Sky's The Limit you got a feel for where Puffy/Diddy was about to steer that shit towards pop mainstream.

Kanye is the only rapper I know who built himself of by putting out great music, torn himself down, and built himself back up wit lyrics

[Tommydero]

This song put me on to rap and 15 years later it still gives me chills.  Damn Esco once in a life time rapper.

[kanyewestpowerman]

There can only be one king. Man fuck biggie. He was the most famous, popular rapper on Bad Boy, perhaps the most commerical rap label of the last 15 years before Young Money. Nas is underground, real music from the soul. Real stories, real music, real classic. Nas - King of NY 1993/1994-present. Lost Tapes 2 coming this year.

[KEOO8]

scarface

[pcakebakermen1]

90's NYC rap, no era will ever come close!!! Nas, jay, big, wu, cnn, puff, lox, cam and the early 50!!!!

[VictorVargas3185]

@pcakebakermen1 @co-sign slime!

[fixy7]

@pcakebakermen1 Thats the real shit man

[malboro1979]

The word play in this is out of this galaxy...I still don't think anyone has spit a verse that can match the word play in the second verse....

[Reint25]

@malboro1979 What kind of wordplay do you mean? I hear a fantastic verse, but no wordplay...

[fixy7]

I hate how people expact people to stay the same. stop saying the old Nas because Nas is Nas he is the same person but really everyone changes thats life man

[jimmytwotimez]

Nas was so ill with the lines.....notice i said WAS

[aobb223]

@jimmytwotimez same thing every generic nas fan says. if u really studied the mans recent music u would realize that its better than 98 percent of the shit out right now.

[jimmytwotimez]

@aobb223 no no trust me im very big on Nas.....but just because i said WAS doesnt mean that im saying Nas is wack....you're misinterpreting what im saying....Nas definitely isnt what he used to be but even at this stage in his career he's better than 98% out there right now like you said

[aobb223]

@jimmytwotimez ahh i see

[imeeting]

Poor Quality, But The Song Is Still KICKASS No Matter What

[mnasty150867]

Fake Thugs No love u get the slugs!!!!!!

[pseudonymjim]

@mnasty150867  CB4 Gusto

[blackman26]

Nas had lines towards Pac, Big, and Jay-Z

[xTheFBP]

@blackman26 Nas didn't want beef with Jay-Z because he din't think Jay was starting beef, he didn't write this song about Pac he said it on an interview it was towards Biggie.

[blackman26]

@xTheFBP Supposedly from people within Nas' own camp, I think Steve Stoute said it in an interview, that the "lex with TV sets, the minimum" line was directed at Jay-Z as a jab. The "One life, one love, so there can only be one king" line was to Biggie. And the "CB4 Gusto" line was and first couple of bars were towards Pac describing a House of Blues encounter they had where Pac told Nas all the East/West shit had nothing to do with him.

[Darwyn7]

yall know my stillo

[blackman26]

I love this version better than the album version

[lonnie085]

This is Nujabes beat, your mixing of it sucks

[gmaze167]

I Kno 3 Tru3 Emcees/Artists Who r underground dat can rise wit me and we all spit Grade A Anthrax!!!!

[gmaze167]

1 king!!11

[gmaze167]

1 king!!1

[MootPoon817]

FUUUUUUUUUUUU- why dont they have a higher quality version...the scarface intro was bomb!

[2PAINFULLNIGGA]

You guys are all saying oh amazing lyrics and shit. Which they are, he himself is amazing but do you guys even understand this song??? more than half you guys dont understand it. It was a diss to Tupac and Biggy. But he said it was more of a Big diss.

[bG3aZu3bLaZe3]

@2PAINFULLNIGGA yeah just that first line is for pac. he did call him CB4 Gusto, pac musta been heated after hearing that

[mm111ssss]

what about the jay diss

[HumanxRights]

@2PAINFULLNIGGA I thought it was only a biggie diss, nas and tupac supposedly reconciled before his death because nas explained the diss was at biggie to him

[DaDjDarius]

Best lyrics I ever heard classic

[aubney1]

2pac

[jerzy862]

@aubney1 sucks

[aubney1]

@jerzy862 what your mama suck my dick i know she swallow too ha ha

[jerzy862]

@aubney1 you sure schooled me lol

really, "yo mama" jokes on youtube? try harder

[aubney1]

@jerzy862 fuck off fag

[darren1124]

@nevawrong

Most awsome and legit comment ever. So true im 16 and i listen to biggie, tupac, eminem, nas, and immortal technique and some under ground but for most part hip hop is dead

[ThaSketchMan]

"ay ya shit waz hot and tha beat 2"

"My ears just had an orgasm"

thats the type of love i get come check out my new song shadows blessuh.

[bigVC25]

crazy song, but this gotta be the worst audio quality i ever heard.

[brownsin]

This Message was to BIG back then at the turn of NAS reign which in my eyes always reigned even through today.

[youngmurph86]

@brownsin your so wrong......listen 2 it again....first 4 bars were @ 2pac..n pac got merked off 4 bars...2pac was born in bk....

[OmniStif31]

@youngmurph86 there is alot of dispute in who nas was dissing on this song I know for a fact that nas dissed biggie in it cause this was back when they were going for the king of ny as u can see in the song "let me tell you niggas one thing theres one life one love so there can only be ONE KING". As for the pac diss i honestly dont know no one is sure just a matter of oppinion really but Im pretty sure that nas did tell pac it wasnt about him because the beef was squashed a year b4 pac died

[youngmurph86]

@OmniStif31 it was at pac if you ask me...pac lived in bk for alot of his youth..n we all know he moved to cali...pac lived in my town bro...his poetry is still on the ground in cement and on walls.and even rappers from bk these days coming up knew pac personal.there was alot of beef between..nas...pac..n biggie...and one king?could mean anything so i dnt see your point he could be saying theres only one king of this rap game?get it?

[brownsin]

@youngmurph86 Your right!

[chaaoos]

tell 'em you owe me cousin, somethin told me plug 'em. so dumb - felt my leg burn, then it got numb. spun around & shot one, heard shots & dropped son..... gawd that shit is classic. one of my favorite Nas tracks ever.

[halfBhalfW]

bosscity its "on my corner when its PAY ME time"...get it right

[bosscitywhitey]

i cocked the baby nine that nigga gravy mine... CLINK what was he thinkin on my corna with his baby time? classic.

[aobb223]

@bosscitywhitey i'm pretty sure he says "when it's pay me time" just makes more sense

[lightmajor1]

@bosscitywhitey and I also think he said, ' that nigga grave be mine'...

[kuniva6969]

@bosscitywhitey yea u dumb piece of shit stop posting shit when u dont even know what the fuck ur talking about dont fuckin listen to nas u fucking part time supporter

[LIVESTNIKKA]

better than then the album version . dfferent drums, different guitar riffs at end of each sequence, faster tempo, intro... this jus seems more raw n grimy less watered down

[Explosiveswords]

that intro is very ill.

but it wouldve been seen as biting cuban links back then which nas was on.

i agree it wouldve been even better with this intro

[chuckieboy1988]

he looped the sting's original shape of my heart

[CriminalxxMyndid]

No, really? Im pretty sure people knew that since this came out. Credits.

[LAVALLEE1991]

man this intro should have been on the actual album

[poundsounds2009]

scarface intro is hot and nas got shit on smash

[wordailay]

nice quality.

[electronicchronic]

right before hes asks the cop where he got the badge lol

[hotblk100]

SHIT HITTIN

[soundscienceIV]

WORD. ONE!

[true2underground]

where'd you get the scarface audio clip?

[WayneRuinedRap]

sounds like the background song from another room in the club haha

[HoopKing22]

Sounds like you added that yourself.

[HeavyMetalVagabond]

why scarface?

[dere2he]

sounds like a car rolling by ... =D

i love this song, this one isn't bad, but the original is better.

[pacoki08]

One Life

One Love

so ther can only be

ONE KING

[NarutoJSRF6]

@pacoki08 you forgot "One Mic"

[SSrepskb24]

@pacoki08 that was a biggie diss btw

[noorur]

@pacoki08 that was an indirect shot at Biggie at the time

[noorur]

@pacoki08 that was an indirect shot at Biggie at the time in regards of King of NY

[MOXWELLDIAMOND]

SLEEP IS THE COUSIN OF DEATH

[NZTA80]

a way better version

[LAstateofmind187]

but uhh...a thug changes, and love changes...and best friends become strangers....word up

truest shit i ever herd in any song of any genre

[JahariKavi]

best part of the joint

[miRasJamal]

real talk...ive had best friends become strangers...not becuz i was on some snake shit, time just has a way of either bringin two friends together or far apart. Case in point, got "friends" snakin me out on some old back in the day shit, shit thats been over and done and sworn to never be told to anyone. But guess what happens when a disloyal "friend" gets drunk and starts runnin off at the mouth? Fake ass mfers, I hate em. Peace.

[maverick2215]

@miRasJamal i feel u fam circles just get smaller as time progresses

[NewYorkStateOfCrime]

@miRasJamal ... Damn thats some shit, im young and all, but im realizing it right now, as you get older freinds start to diminish.

[brownsin]

@LAstateofmind187 Word Up!

[Wymiar1]

@LAstateofmind187 i agree word up!

[grayeyezguy]

@LAstateofmind187 Its sad people dont realize that line and see that it happened in everybodys life

[donnydiezel]

@LAstateofmind187 thats cuz nas is the best shit out there period

[FUMESTER]

ILLY!

[TYPO58]

A good F.E.L.L.A verbal AK spray

[logixx7]

The album version doesn't have dialogue from Scarface.

[Paulstathis1992]

wuts different from the real version, same lyrics

[850iStyle]

sick vid, horrid quality

[CaramelLitegloss]

Real lyrics...

[rosssparrow]

one of the greatest rappers of all time.

[bolivianbastard92]

fuk 1 of da best he iz da greatest rappa of all time

[dra3003]

fake thugs no luv

[thegame93120]

du vrai hip hop nas est un tres tres grand mc !!!

[phillyboy1011]

Scarface? XDXDXDXDXDXDXDXDXDXDXDXDXDXDXD­XDXDXDXDXDXDXDXDXDXDXDXD

[xboxking376]

dis ish iz ill! I like this version better.

[oO5Oo]

Illmatic nigger , it was written though

[BREAKTHECODE2222009]

this version should have been on the album... shit is dope

[bossudude420]

heh think i might like this one better

[smut1985]

the version on the album is faster and mastered..

this one is rare....no mixing in this one....but of couse dope!!

[DanJah88]

this was actually the first version, it came out before the album

[Volatilez]

No, actually, the last note in the sample is used a little differently, this is different from the usual version.

[k21w]

same damn version... jus whoeva made this jus added that movie sample

[c0019107]

......."I call my lawyer, he's the best lawyer in miami, he's such a good lawyer that by tomorrow mornin you gonna b working in Alaska........so dress warm"..........

G.A.N.G.S.T.A

[Fido4Weed]

Scarface :D

[2NAvsTJP]

wow this same song as released version. ???

[willondrik]

can anyone send me this song

they only have the clean version on limewire

[jmichaelflem]

same here

[robotding1]

I kinda like the sound quality. It's like we're listening to it off a wire tap or something.

[chrque]

word to phone tap?

[supraTTger]

yes, it is sting - shades of the heart :)

[LAVALLEE1991]

probably the best sample ever used for Hip Hop......and who else better on the vocals then Nas

[xpnoysosickx]

1 life 1 love so there can be only 1 king

[supraTTger]

there is a ballad performed by a dude with THIS melody, does someone know it?

[LAVALLEE1991]

they should have put the Scraface sample on the album version, good fit with the song.

Nas is the king

[ryanmiller7]

best nas track

[geiuy]

nas is the G.G.O.A.T = GREATEST GOAT OF ALL TIME

[LAVALLEE1991]

my favorite Nas track, It Was Written is mad slept on kid!!

[eminemandakon11]

this song is tight

[iCubanCwalker]

"Cause sleeping is the cousin of death" sickkk

[ThatFlyGuyBanks]

Nas is 9 levels past any rapper... come on joe budden cant be mentioned in the same breath as Nas, are u kidding me?

[ThatFlyGuyBanks]

Nas= The Greatest Of All Time

[geiuy]

NAS=the most overrated of all time

[Tarturus8803]

did someone hit you with a hammer when you were a kid, or do you just have dyslexia?

[geiuy]

i'm bipolar

[Tarturus8803]

sure cuntface, more like bisexual

[BasePlug]

lol, good one Tarturus.

[Tarturus8803]

haha thanks

[fireblast590]

Overrated, Go to a Lil wayne video.. Please.

[vega2225]

boo

[vega2225]

You're a fucking idiot.

-one love

[geiuy]

fuck you faggot dumbass

-peace

[oneandonlychosen]

are u fuckin serious?! nas is tha truth, homie, neva average, remember that shit

[illmaticnastynas]

You got Snoop on your favorites -.-, don't talk about Nas.

[aobb223]

nice try

[cripzvsbloodzw]

Nice

[APOSTLETHEFUTURE]

someone hook me up wit a download link

[Gr1Ng00]

dude .. "tipe YOUTUBE RECORDER" at google.. and have FUN with it !!! Oo...

but.. better you buy this shit ? :)

[APOSTLETHEFUTURE]

They sell the unrelease version with scarface thing on front?

[mcmanusdown]

no, he's 'tarded

[Lorenzo312]

Is Joe Budden on anyone's list? If not listen to everything this cat puts out EXCEPT for Pump It Up and Fire. It is real shit to the second power. You may reconsider.

[JusZLiMiT]

joe budden's top of my list, u get half way house?? if not get it.

[Lorenzo312]

I copped it ...Padded Room is going to be nuts. Yo Joey better black out on these clowns or I'm giving up hip hop. I can't take one more year of this shit (Lupe and Game retiring...Solja Boy and Lil Mama still going strong, Slug n Eyedea beefin', Dre, Em, and other dope artists albums gettin pushed back).

[Marlon213]

its hard to say wich rapper is the best there so much rappers i like and everytime i listen to one of them than i say damn this guy is insane and when i listen to another i say damn this guy is insane to.....

[crazyhustlin]

the best song he ever made..

[ElementalHeroAMW]

immortal technique

nas

pac

game

brotha lynch

top 5

[alias005]

Rakim Kool G Rap the kings Nas Jay Big Pac AZ Redman Eminem Royce 5'9

[jokerhwp]

rakim kool g jaz krs1 ice t og's 1.nas 2.pac 3.biggie 4.guru 5.eminem 6.big l 7.big pun 8.ice cube

[jokerhwp]

9.just forgot but i'll put jay-z

10.dont really have any but lil cuete

listen to his first album"there's only one way about it" pure sickness chicano rapper

[chrisMME]

1. 2Pac 1. Biggie 1. Nas 1. Big L 1. Eminem 1. Mobb Deep(both^^) 1. Big Pun 1. Rakim 1. Mos Def 1. Snoop Dogg 1. and so on................ you cant say HE is the best because they are all individuals and all the best in different parts.

[mrfatd]

u dumb fucks dont even have 2pac on ur little lists??

[aasimazam]

people who dont know pac do not know rap ....

[Lorenzo312]

On the other hand ppl who listen to pac don't necessary know a goddam thing about hip hop music or the culture. In fact Ill bet that most yunguns who say pac is the best ever just repeat shit someone told them and only listen to shit like "Americas Most" and "California Love". They don't know shit about "Papaz Song" or "Representin' '93".

[aasimazam]

I totally agree with you, Pac has so many songs that dont have that good a beat hence lots of people dont listen to them and think they are rubbish, I guarantee that 50% of the people that have listened to this song only did for the beats, they probs dont even understand the lyrics!

[kripler86]

Nas

Big

Jay

Pac

Rakim

Krs

Pun

Ghostface

Ice Cube

[gabeexrocks]

1. biggie

2. big L(freestyle's were CRAZY)

3. tupac

4. nas

5. jay-z

6. andre 3000

7. big daddy kane

8. slick rick

9. big pun

10. RZA

[koolinthefann]

why niggas forgetting about eminem, hes definitely top 10

[xRIKTERx]

cause he's white...sadly that the truth...eminem is a lyrical whirlwind...no excuse not to include the whiteboy tho...quit hatin...even if his new shit is whack the slim shady lp is that classic type shit