honestly, truthfully, this may be my best nas song of all time...'years back i reminisce and remember, sitting on wood benches gave me splinters, just a baby nicca thankful,when them killers came through, guns out moving, i thank the ones who said 'shorty go home we bout to be shooting' " this man is brilliant....
This song and many of the songs on the Lost Tapes album were mainly random songs Nas did that never made his records... Simply amazing, because as we can all see, they are good enough for their OWN compilation!! The passage on this joint about his relationship with Ill Will sent a chill up my spine...Real talk.
Maybe because i'm from this era, area...but these songs are the true meat and potatoes of hip hop. Nas and his contemporaries during the 90's are like the revolutionary war veterans who spilt blood for this nation, except replace nation with hip hop. True grit. And now these new rappers are like our contemporary America...lazy, soft, and for the most part unoriginal
how is he garbage when nas himself said J cole was the future of hip hop. lmao you are probally saying he's garbage because of his singles. PLEASE listen to the warm up and friday night lights and tell me he's garbage. I LOVE NAS but we honestly need to move on. J. Cole is the future of HipHop the guy has flawless story telling backed up by sick punchlines and clever wordplay and metaphors.
@TheWillyummm You're right The Come Up, The Warm Up and Friday Light Nights were great but Cole World was kind of a disappointment.. Cole came off as way too corny on that album it had only a few good songs. Some rappers i would say are better than Cole and haven't been in the game too long: Hopsin, Kendrick Lamar and Big K.R.I.T.
nas' consistency is out of this world. most rappers could not live up to their first album if it was as legendary as illmatic. 10+ years later he's still dropping classics.
is deep cause ill will n Nas were friends and "Ill Will" influenced Nas's interest in hip hop by playing him records WILL was like Nas's DJ so da second verse really touch..
this album was all b sides and unreleased cuts, and it was still a classic, even nas throw away shit is miles better than a lot of these new dudes major label releases, best off the cd
I don't see why NaS won't release Lost Tapes 2, i'm sure he has his reasons, but real fans wanna hear it. It's not like the material isn't finished. At least give us an internet release
Nas is just too far ahead, if this stuff had been released in his 96-99 "falling off period" like intended no one would even questioned his status as one of Rap's greats.
The 2nd verse of this song and the second hook get me every single time. Definitely makes me think about the big picture of my Life each listen. Thank you NaS for the gem.
i love rap, i wish i could do this, sometimes i try get down and write raps...
im broke i had to make words pay, let every word flame the mic,every night i let my mind go wild and just write, rhymes experimenting perfecting to get the right flow,constantly my thoughts was always about dough.
I was born in '86 man, ain't even from the USA and I still love that old school hip hop art strorytelling, DAMN. Nobody does it like the old school. Peace
never gave a fuck what nobody said, i did it my way, they hoped that i failed and wished i was dead, i did it my way, if i fuck up it falls on me.. MY SHIT!!
this is one of my favorite nas songs
1Blaugrana 5 days ago
This Whole Album Goes In NaS's Top 3 Best... All 12 Tracks Are Outstanding!
BrotherJalen 3 weeks ago
BIGGGG tune
godson856 4 weeks ago
one of my favorite nas songs.. ever.
1Blaugrana 4 weeks ago
illmatic 1994 is the best album ever
bengawill 4 weeks ago
the best album ever
amourpriso011 1 month ago
honestly, truthfully, this may be my best nas song of all time...'years back i reminisce and remember, sitting on wood benches gave me splinters, just a baby nicca thankful,when them killers came through, guns out moving, i thank the ones who said 'shorty go home we bout to be shooting' " this man is brilliant....
vicokwaro 1 month ago
"Respect all , fear none , my pride is everything" Nas is the greatest rapper of all time
PKaisala 1 month ago
Inspiration at its best.
XMCLXx 1 month ago
This song and many of the songs on the Lost Tapes album were mainly random songs Nas did that never made his records... Simply amazing, because as we can all see, they are good enough for their OWN compilation!! The passage on this joint about his relationship with Ill Will sent a chill up my spine...Real talk.
RAV52 2 months ago
nas is in his own zone in hiphop
jerseyjones100 2 months ago
Gotta love this track.
urworsestnitemare 2 months ago
Maybe because i'm from this era, area...but these songs are the true meat and potatoes of hip hop. Nas and his contemporaries during the 90's are like the revolutionary war veterans who spilt blood for this nation, except replace nation with hip hop. True grit. And now these new rappers are like our contemporary America...lazy, soft, and for the most part unoriginal
WeShareTheSameAir 2 months ago 9
@WeShareTheSameAir amen, 90's bitches!
cbert007 2 months ago
@WeShareTheSameAir Well said. Much love, merry 'christ'mas/x-mas.
deandavo 2 months ago
@WeShareTheSameAir
J. Cole is the only hope to save hip-hop.
TheWillyummm 1 month ago
@TheWillyummm U need to listen to more music...
PassThatFersacy 1 month ago
@PassThatFersacy
i probally know more about music than you do.
TheWillyummm 1 month ago
@TheWillyummm J Cole is garbage. His debut was sub par as fuck and he lacks charisma and interesting subject matter.
NightmareKingz 1 month ago
@NightmareKingz
how is he garbage when nas himself said J cole was the future of hip hop. lmao you are probally saying he's garbage because of his singles. PLEASE listen to the warm up and friday night lights and tell me he's garbage. I LOVE NAS but we honestly need to move on. J. Cole is the future of HipHop the guy has flawless story telling backed up by sick punchlines and clever wordplay and metaphors.
TheWillyummm 1 month ago
@TheWillyummm you da truth!
1Blaugrana 4 weeks ago
@TheWillyummm You're right The Come Up, The Warm Up and Friday Light Nights were great but Cole World was kind of a disappointment.. Cole came off as way too corny on that album it had only a few good songs. Some rappers i would say are better than Cole and haven't been in the game too long: Hopsin, Kendrick Lamar and Big K.R.I.T.
The12Jacob 1 week ago
@TheWillyummm and a lisp
inmyfreezermayne 1 week ago
nas' consistency is out of this world. most rappers could not live up to their first album if it was as legendary as illmatic. 10+ years later he's still dropping classics.
badexperiment 2 months ago 5
i got hit by a car jammin to thiss..no joke LOL
you a hiphop head?..me too, come join..be my friend :P
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GODFORY 3 months ago
What hapend to Nas man? One of his best's
TheJasminstarr 3 months ago
dope fam check out gonejohn on the uloops app n here n fb i make music off my phone!
MrGonejohn 3 months ago
Gangstas do what they want
Suckers do what they can
True that. Brake the rules. Do your thing. Make it happen baby!
felixsavvy13 3 months ago
Lupe hasn't made albums considered hip-hop classics. He's good, but not in the same weight class as NaS.
Claymann71 3 months ago in playlist Rap Swag 50
@Claymann71 no lupe is amazing but still not on Nas level but lyrically lupe really is amazing
BENFICAISLIFE 3 months ago
@Claymann71 uhh.. Food & Liquor?
hnoors 3 months ago
@hnoors that just one album. Lupe is good and when he finishes his career hes gonna be top 5 all time and i think hes the best right now except Nas
mclovin435190 1 month ago
@Claymann71 WHAT? Food & Liquor and The Cool are fucking classic! Lasers was disappointing.
The12Jacob 1 week ago
I tatted respect all fear none my pride is everything that line was deep
cscanseco 4 months ago
I tatted respect all fear none my pride is everything
cscanseco 4 months ago
is deep cause ill will n Nas were friends and "Ill Will" influenced Nas's interest in hip hop by playing him records WILL was like Nas's DJ so da second verse really touch..
baldo0008 4 months ago
waiting for better days... it don't stop
XxFourTwentyxX 4 months ago
Nas paints the story so clear
Hoover5823 4 months ago
Deep but real !
Hoover5823 4 months ago
Nas and Alc is a good look.
drs140t 4 months ago
The Lost Tapes album was full of these hard beats
lombax25 4 months ago
PURE FIRE PIFF = BUTANE ETHER FLOW...this shit is hiphop
hulknas 4 months ago
respect maverickgain
osirisonni 4 months ago
Ill Will !!! Til today Nas has kept his promise...real dude !
Hoover5823 5 months ago
This should have ten times as many views as it does. No matter. In twenty years, people will look back and do homages to the Lost Tapes album.
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youneekk 5 months ago
classic joint
32jwhite 5 months ago
Nas is my nigga
Littlesoldier23 5 months ago
One of the greatest songs ever!! by one of the greatest america poets!!!
BluntNews 5 months ago
i Listen to this evryday so the views go up.... Nas is a legend
TheRealDeeSantos 5 months ago
got one his verses tatted on my arm he's number one in my book with tupac
cscanseco 5 months ago
@cscanseco which one?
DTY16 4 months ago
@cscanseco what verse was it
regg14813 4 months ago
OH SHIT. Nas repersent.
GarchompNation 5 months ago
one of my best nas songs of all time..his narratives really draws a picture in your mind's eye. incomparable..
vicokwaro 5 months ago
Nas im your number1 fan !!!! fucking ill as love u nas !!!
cozunited94 5 months ago
this album was all b sides and unreleased cuts, and it was still a classic, even nas throw away shit is miles better than a lot of these new dudes major label releases, best off the cd
TheHardcoreBastard 5 months ago
best on lost tapes
ep091988 5 months ago
YOU DONT STOP AND YOU DONT QUIT ...NAS
TheRealDeeSantos 6 months ago
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best rapper alive..
SuperJdc28 6 months ago
From break dancing, back spins on the cardboard
to bullet proof bentleys, gats in the car door'
Dropping truth
BlueMagicVaults 6 months ago
NAS IS A FUCKING BEAST!!!!!
crealkillah 6 months ago
one of the few really good songs that nas made
Dsanchez1979 7 months ago
@Dsanchez1979 HUH?
qns852 6 months ago
@qns852 ?
redskins2k 6 months ago
nas stanks......
houstonwriter713 7 months ago
yall cant relate? FUCK YALL
JMS13579 7 months ago 3
nas
phonebookmr 7 months ago
the sample is Larry Page - A Little Bit
YoungWolve1 8 months ago
Two people are Jay-Z Fans! lol
ChilltasticALS 8 months ago
Alcoholic, on toilets I shit blood
sinman2483 9 months ago
Played it 20 times in a row...
TheKicksButt 9 months ago
This that shit you just riding in that quarter to seven . With some big thick country ass blowing some kush .
myersantoine 9 months ago
I don't see why NaS won't release Lost Tapes 2, i'm sure he has his reasons, but real fans wanna hear it. It's not like the material isn't finished. At least give us an internet release
timetocomeup 9 months ago
Best
hustl3r05 9 months ago
This may sound ignorant. But nas ia the beat rapper by far
hustl3r05 9 months ago
@hustl3r05 sounds like some of the most knowledgeable shit ive heard in a while to me
JMS13579 7 months ago
Nas is just too far ahead, if this stuff had been released in his 96-99 "falling off period" like intended no one would even questioned his status as one of Rap's greats.
grantaldn 9 months ago
@grantaldn
the lost tapes is 98-2001. nothing is from 96 on this album.
RelaxednCaIm 7 months ago
@RelaxednCaIm whOKares?
t0iletrees 6 months ago
@t0iletrees
you do.
RelaxednCaIm 6 months ago
Lost tapes+ilmatic=the best NAS for Life
Jetzenergy 10 months ago 2
I LOVE ALCHEMIST
YEAAHHHHH
ElDjPela 10 months ago 2
i love storytellin rap its smart if u really understand it...... if u actully listen u might learn somthing
Jenjenf79 10 months ago
Alcoholic on toilets, I shit blood.
dgreco87 10 months ago
Alcoholics on toilets, I shit blood...
dgreco87 10 months ago
personal opinion but nas is the most unique and versatile rapper.. can rap about anything
HaliNova902 10 months ago 5
I WANA BE ICED UP NIGGAA BURYY ME DAA SAMEE
londongurbet 10 months ago
They think its alot the blink of an eye niggas get shot.
OsirusIIII 11 months ago
"now i put his name on everythin im involved, an thats the game if ya'll cant relate then fuck ya'll" (ILL WILL)......
Fido2011 11 months ago 2
damn this is such a good song..never gets old
Sharday112 11 months ago
Cole World......any1?
undermisensiOPC 11 months ago
@undermisensiOPC i feel you son!!!
Fido2011 11 months ago
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lilochoa17 1 year ago
The 2nd verse of this song and the second hook get me every single time. Definitely makes me think about the big picture of my Life each listen. Thank you NaS for the gem.
GentlemanREDUXdotCOM 1 year ago 11
I love smokin' and driving to this song.
crozzan 1 year ago 2
this is lyricism at a another level.. no one can compete.. no one!
nastynaheemnas 1 year ago 17
@nastynaheemnas Well speaking lyrical skill alone, I'd argue for Lupe Fiasco.
youngj1921 3 months ago
TOTALMENTE UNA CANSION CHINGONA!!!
PAZ I REPETO PARA
NAS!!!!
juanonehh 1 year ago
i love rap, i wish i could do this, sometimes i try get down and write raps...
im broke i had to make words pay, let every word flame the mic,every night i let my mind go wild and just write, rhymes experimenting perfecting to get the right flow,constantly my thoughts was always about dough.
skateboardsteve409 1 year ago
we need tunes like dis, im fed up wit all this bs hip pop these days, so many ppl sold out n fckd up da hip hop game
japman88 1 year ago 3
1 nigga that didn't do it "his way" hit the dislike LOL
iam7who7iam7 1 year ago 4
This is classic shyt right here. Long Live HipHop
Imamilien 1 year ago 4
THIS ISH IZ LIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIVE!
natinegga513 1 year ago 2
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japanchester123 1 year ago
I live for street glory and i die for ghetto fame...respect!
mirceacaz 1 year ago 3
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lvlrboon 1 year ago 13
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MAvErIcKGaiN 1 year ago
I was born in '86 man, ain't even from the USA and I still love that old school hip hop art strorytelling, DAMN. Nobody does it like the old school. Peace
MAvErIcKGaiN 1 year ago 71
@MAvErIcKGaiN amen
redskins2k 6 months ago
@MAvErIcKGaiN
That's great and all, but this isn't Old School.
isdesmondhume 6 months ago
@MAvErIcKGaiN This isn't that old.
biGbanGlovEtheband 6 months ago
@biGbanGlovEtheband this shit came out in 02, I had it on nas' finest pt.3 by j-love
SoBankish145 6 months ago
@MAvErIcKGaiN 92 BORN AND COULDNT AGREE NAS TOP 5 DEAD OR ALIVE
MrDrowsypants 6 months ago
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lvlrboon 1 year ago 6
CLASSIC
GodsS0N1 1 year ago
one of the realest songs ever made
JTheKiddMUSiK 1 year ago
ARGUABLY 1 OF NAS' BEST ALBUMS... SLEPT ON CLASSIC
KL241483 1 year ago 2
@KL241483 glad someone feels the same way i do
chasiechase 1 year ago
Alchemist Your a Genius
TheJupiterMan 1 year ago 7
@TheJupiterMan Did he produce this?
typhitup 1 year ago
@typhitup Yeah, this whole album had amazing production
TheJupiterMan 1 year ago
it makes me so sad to think how dominate a duo he and ILL Will would have been. just tragic.
chaaoos 1 year ago
never gave a fuck what nobody said, i did it my way, they hoped that i failed and wished i was dead, i did it my way, if i fuck up it falls on me.. MY SHIT!!
i did it MY WAY!
DistantDreamer1984 1 year ago 5
NAS>Jay-z
plain and simple, nas has better rhymes and a better flow than jay.
johnripz 1 year ago 4
ILL WILL :( R.I.P
Fido2011 1 year ago
Nas Song got that Feeling that you are in Real Hip hop place
Babakwarriors 1 year ago
Damn another jazzy tune mixed with nas' street poetry. I LOVE IT!
Nas duzz it his way.And i'mma do the same.
That's how you surpose to do it,do it how you feel not how you was told.
Styez333 1 year ago 3
Alchemist!
WhtMike2006 1 year ago 3
NAS IS THE BEST EVER!!
LEAHCIM829 2 years ago 8
WHO FUCKIN WIT NAS.......NO 4 REAL?
SuperDbird 2 years ago 6
only pac could.
peterscoop 2 years ago
@SuperDbird NOBODY!!!
bigblizz1andonly 1 year ago
@SuperDbird who fuck r u
bobywork 1 year ago
I LOVE NAS
nashant05 2 years ago 61