Let There Be Light - Nas

[ShakurAfrica]

No one suffering on 42nd tonight

[philipanakwue]

This album is called 'hip hop is dead'..... i guess nas knew about young money long b4 we did.

[usman112233]

how can you NOT like nas??

[nyker07]

Anthony Hamilton might have the best male voice in R&B ever. Mixing him with a legend like Nas = classic. I never understood why this song didn't get huge. Nas is so underrated.

[DreamShatterah]

@nyker07 its mot anthony hamilton..its tre williams

[MiztaToungeTwista]

man only if kanye made beats for nas instead of jay -_-

[keithersingletonjr]

i like nas but people dont forget about jay-Z when your mentioning the best

[infalet]

@keithersingletonjr lol sure

[LILHAZY86]

this song gets me hype

[ariues]

j cole is worthless

[airitizz]

lupe and nas would be too much to handle

[stallion0308]

@airitizz true dat

[crusaderus]

there can only be ONE 2pac

there can only be ONE Biggie

there can only be ONE Nas

i thought there could only be ONE Emim3m until he became a JOKE

[Lovedalord8]

Nas Is Tha Greatest Eva Period, Escos Up Dhere Wit Pac, Talib Kweli, Pun, Guru, LL Cool J, Rakim, KRS 1, Bigz, K'naan, Nneka, Salt & Pepa, Papoose, T-Bone. Hiphop Aint Tha Same Anymore But Listening 2 Nas Is So Refreshing Fo Sho. Running 4 Arsenal Presidency, Thanx Nas Tha illest MC Eva Truly Gifted Thanx 4 Tha Inspiration & Motivation Brotha. Now Running 4 Negro Presidency J'ai Dix Huit Ans, Staying Focused On Tha Future Its Gonna Get So Much Better. Tha Sistas Are Taking Over Tha Entire Globe.

[973JerSeYDeViL]

Yo i think the best collab would be Nas & Lupe that right there would open up ears all over the world

[TyroneLamoureux]

@973JerSeYDeViL Nas feat. Guru would have been Universally Enlightening... Sad that didn't get to happen,

[tripzbitch]

I WANNA HEAR A NAS AND J COLE COLLABORATION!

[LP640Murcielago]

@tripzbitch fuck J Cole, he works with young money half the time

[tripzbitch]

@LP640Murcielago your retarted, j cole only made ONE song with a young money artist...drake. j cole self made

[LP640Murcielago]

@tripzbitch no he hasn't mate, hes made more than one

[AbeBallin]

Nas ...The Rap Genius

[ekstra2bless3Ls]

This should have been played on the radio 4 real!

[MrFan32]

wtf why is there only 42k viewsÉ

[Nigger115]

one of ye's best beats

[Nielk19]

There was I story I heard this year about a kid named Aaron Shannon Jr, who was a 5 year old kid about to go trick or treating, he just got a costume and was pretending to be "Spiderman" in front of his family when two gangsters showed up at the back of their house, stopped, aimed, and shot Aaron right in the back of the head and killed him. I don't think I will ever forget that story and everytime I hear this song it reminds me of him, I don't know what to say...

[jlunke3]

its funny how everyone asks what that beat is at the beginning.

[evelt100]

i love lyrical geniuses like nas ,pac and so on ..sorry if i wrote sth gramatically incorrect , but im from latvia and i dont know every single shit in english so u cant complain ? :D

[LaskoTheMan]

pretty sure Nas is literally the illest nigga on earth.

[crustball13]

dam this song is amazing...y is Nas so good?

[SittinCrookyd69]

not enough ppl jam to pete rock!.....or nas lol

[MrNuurban]

hahaa

[theonepong]

In my opinion, the chorus just makes this song.

[ThumbsUpMike]

@theonepong yeah and the last verse from Nas

[oOcytewinderOo]

true music.....

NAS 4 PRESIDENT.!

[Destined2Greatness1]

Yo, u cant ever say fuck eminem. You dont know hip-hop if u say that shit. There is a reason why no one fucks with him, he's one of the most real and raw talented rappers in the game. I mean the dudes you bump are old school so yeah the styles are way different, but eminem is on another rapper nowadays.

[smileformenow82]

@Destined2Greatness1 soo unbelievably true

[THEREALSPEAKIN]

Dat ''when u 4 years n da game we can have a conversation 8 yrs in da game i invite u on vacation ten yrs in da game after ive enjoyed my fame only then i let U picK my brain was aimed at JEEZY

[yooyj9516]

great remix between pete's beat and nas's song.

[thegoldenhero]

oh and Nas is goat

[SVTCO]

Nas is a true MC, unlike most of these mainstream rappers nowadays Nas always has a message in his music and the shit makes sense.

[Son0of0Crumbuntas]

wow kanye weak lyrics

[bik]

Good beat even better lyricist

[bik]

wow...kanye west beat >>

[2much2teach]

wow...kanye west beat >>

[qrj1991]

Nas is ridiculous, he stands as the best

Rakim is a close second, but

NAS still and will be the best

[Phantom23Menace]

i feel the same way, i honestly think Nas is better than Rakim- NO DISRESPECT, i also grew up on Rakim

[Quagmire97]

Lupe's lyrics are like that too. An interviewer took one page to describe the first verse of Dumb it Down! Holy shit that is crazy. IMO Lupe is the only rapper of the 21st century who can be compared to the 90s rappers.

[RohainArora]

no, im saying one opinion cant decide who is better. If a rapper sells more records, hes is adored by more people.

if nas is so ill, he should be making these sales.

im not arguing you on whos better, i just said that nas was good, but ithink eminem and 2pac are 2.

dem you just went on

[shonha1]

Tupac did most of his #s posthumously, nd Em is a lyrical storm but y do people fail to see the correlation between his fanbase/sales nd his skin color, especially here in the US, it's the same advantage Elvis had when he ruled the charts, Nas makes HipHop music not popular nowadys, not only that but his opinions/content rubs certain people the wrong way, so he will never sell like Em nd Pac, but they would b the 1st to tell u that true Mcing deals strictly wit talent/skill nd nothing else.

[lilkidmon]

yes, his skin color does correlate with his skin color, but it isnt even close to the main reason why he sells, i hate when people hide behind that

[shonha1]

no hate I give the man his props, his wordplay is ridic, personally I can't fuck wit his subject matter, but u tryn to tell me Em would be where he is 2day if he was black, don't 4get, Vanella Ice sold 15million records, had he not faked the funk, nd just been real wit his shit, he'd probabbly still be selling records, again Em got crazy skills but him being white is also a major part of the situation.

[lilkidmon]

i disagree with the major shit, i dont think at all it has a HUGE role in his success, but thats ur opinion, however, if he was black, i think he would be put in people's top 5 emcees more, his skin color does give him a boost in records, but it also takes away some votes for best emcee too, like rakim said, "if eminem was black, he would be the muhammad ali of rap"

[shonha1]

where've u been, they already gave him the title, nd it's clear u agree, so in the end it's just a difference of opinions u think he's the best nd I think Nas is.

[lilkidmon]

yeah i know the vibe thing, also i think nas is on the same level, they're equal to me, freakin nas is freakin SICK, i luv NAS, how could u not

[XxINCHAINSxX]

@lilkidmon I dont agree. Em is still too shitty to be the muhammed of anything other than marketing. In terms of lyrics. I bump Wu, Nas, Big, and other real MCs. Fuck Eminem. Real MCs don't write bullshit like "Real Slim Shady" fuck that retard.

[lilkidmon]

sorry but if u cant give Eminem any credit, u just hatin fa real, there is almost nothin to hate on, besides encore of course, and that we made you song, you think i care what u think about eminem, when all ur "real MCs" consider eminem sick as hell too, i bump nas and wu and all that shit too, but denyin Em got skillz, thats sum bullshit

[thegoldenhero]

@XxINCHAINSxX

Eminem is dope tho lyrically and the real slim shady is actually a good song a horrible single was ass like that

[XxINCHAINSxX]

@thegoldenhero Fuck that noise

[XxINCHAINSxX]

@XxINCHAINSxX Nas is the ghetto American Idol, yo

He REAL. Em ain't real... he pays 50 Cent for fucks sake...

[thegoldenhero]

@XxINCHAINSxX

why you mad someone got a different opinion if you can't admit em has lyrical talent that is hatin point blank you don't have to like him his content is not the best but base just on lyrical skill he is dope as hell period....

[Antrizzle2009]

@lilkidmon I dunno about that. If anything him being white helps in that department cuz before him just about every other mainstream white rapper was considered wack as hell. You had Vanilla Ice, Milkbone, 3rd bass, etc... the fact that he came out and any sort of skills at all made people overrate off jump. Not saying he hasn't earned it, just saying.

[shonha1]

@RohainArora Did u read my comment, where did I refffer to u as a dickrider

[RohainArora]

@shonha1 yeah i thought you were the other guy, so i deleted my reply. sorry

[RohainArora]

and what about 2pac? 4 hit albums all tracks bombed and after he died. around 13 post humous albums came out. NAS even commented and said he respected pac. even did mix to thugz mansion.

[jack3245]

my cusin died and she loved this song and it was played at her funeral

[hennylo68]

Just a true talent, dope dope mc. the reason why I say he's the best cause of his album quality I don't think anyone puts thought and effort to their albums as he does, maybe ghostface.

[RohainArora]

@hennylo68 eminem n 2pac as well in my opinion

[hennylo68]

Now I know your just dick riding. None of those artists seemed like they put anytime and effort in their albums , relapse should tell you that.

[RohainArora]

@hennylo68 relapse was shit.

but, INfinity, Slim shady Lp, MArshal Mathers Lp, Eminem Show, Encore.

4 Albums told continous stories.

Slim Shady Lp, Physcotic White Boy Dishing out what people gave him, poverty, his daughter.

Marshal MAthers Lp His daughter, his rise to mainstream

Eminem Show Established artist, politics, his daughter, invasion of prvacy

Encore He so pissed at his rise in stardom,

His shit was good, cuz one album was shit, dont mean i should forget all the positive

[hennylo68]

All good albums not saying they weren't, but nas has classics, atleast 3 arguably 4. Your getting classic albums confused with good albums. I'll admit the marshal mathers lp was close to a classic it was his best album, but I wouldn't say it was a classic I don't think anyone would except die hard em fans.

[RohainArora]

@hennylo68

even diss me diss you was good, even the 8 mile sound track

[hennylo68]

Shit nas;s demo was better than most rappers album you can hear it on youtube. Check it out that shit is incrediblle.

[RohainArora]

@hennylo68

i guess its a matter of opinion, like i already said before.

[RohainArora]

@hennylo68 also if you look for most of ems and nas's records you'll see em sold more in his first week den him and world wide.

You like this album? it sold 335 000 copies, ems relapse sold double. lol

and relapse was shit. everyone knew it 2. 3 am, we made you, crack a bottel all came out before his album

[hennylo68]

So your saying he is better or makes better albums because he sells more records? That is what you base it on? So I guess hammer and vanilla ice are better than both of them because they sold like 15 mill.

[XxINCHAINSxX]

@RohainArora Sales doesn't mean you are better. It just means more people of average intelligence like you. Just look at Obama and Bush. You think just because they won they are better than the other people who ran? You are a fool. It is all about content.

[RohainArora]

@XxINCHAINSxX

im not sales means your better. However, legendary artists like 2pac, run dmc, eminem and so on. Were able to provide content, flow, rhytm, rhymes, passion and thus were able to sell more.

[XxINCHAINSxX]

@RohainArora If you want the lyrical greats, the best of all time in Hip hop were Nas, Wu Tang Clan, Too Poetic, and Frukwan. They didn't sell many records, I mean... Wu did, but not like Eminem, 50 Cent, etc. But they were the absolute best at putting sharp, witty, rhymes together. And I think Wu Tang is at the very pinnacle of that pyramid. Their lyrics are so puzzling and dense with content that it literally takes a half hour to 2 hours just to explain them to someone.

[RohainArora]

@XxINCHAINSxX

i know those artists except 1, and its weird they didn't sell much records. But eminem did, 2pac did. why??? they wernt sell outs,infact , there was just something special.

those attributes you were mentioning and that special quality makes an artist legendary, In my opinion...

[RohainArora]

@XxINCHAINSxX

and im not saying any of those artists you mentioned are sell outs.

[TreyCH11]

this album has so much meaning to it....nas is the one of the very few rappers whos album titles actually go with the subject of the tracks

[newtowndon]

The GOAT!

[CallmeMell]

"There's no God in sir Bibles" what does he mean by this

[SL111ME]

he saya "there's no guidance or bibles just blunts and swishas.."

[CallmeMell]

yea thanks thats what i heard when i listened to the song, when i checked the lyrics i didnt say that.....guess it was a typo

[jetdatboy]

"New York set trippin and flaggin, got the west coast laughing."...foreal East coast need to quit with them colors, thats for the West

[youngdopeyz500z]

i love your state of mind fam keep dat u blessed by God to have that ya kno much luv

[funnyrusty55]

wow that sone is legit, kinda reminds me of some older stuff

[ateekoonz]

great talent,,forever best hip hop

[youngdopeyz500z]

whats the beat at the begining?!?! love it AHAHA!

[irelandhiphop]

pete rock skip hop and jump ok

[imkindofimportant]

@youngdopeyz500z that beat at the beggining is "take the money and run" bu the steve miller band.

[Mrpheonix100]

best nas song ive heard yet in my opinion

[sdTendingDame]

Another one of Kanye Wests killer beats

[skyweezy]

@sdTendingDame

Actually that beat comes from Steve miller band-take the money and run

learn your music homie

[sdTendingDame]

@skyweezy I know its the steve miller band u dumb fuck...its called sampling..kanye produced the song for nas and used a steve miller sample..i know my music bitch.

[617wax]

@sdTendingDame lol

[IAMDTOX]

@sdTendingDame nope Devo Springsteen, Kanye's Cousin, [I used to work with him and Tre Williams [guy singing on the chorus, which is also funny cuz every thinks it's anthony hamilton] BTW Devo also produced "Diamonds From Sierra Leone". - Peace

[streetdreamz210]

OMG!!!THATS TALENT..

[OhBoyEnt01]

the greatest rapper alive 4 sure.....

[Krazy2014]

The Intro is Pete Rock - "Hop, Skip & Jump"

[PentagramSchematic]

thanks.

[Youreallyknowhow]

"Demand i get mine til i'm dead, so i can drive sumtin red, like that horse standin on it's hind legs" ........"I can't sound smart cuz y'all will run away" one of his best albums, all the way thru.

HIP HOP IS DEAD.....has been 4 a while now

[Kihoods]

i always comment on the intro of this guysn video its pete rock song forgot the name but damn lol it so popular in his videos

[hyerollerxx]

was up with the intro

[LilMyke23]

nas is the best! he just get better with time

[Phenadanon]

always truly felt this song. i can relate.

[ndkone]

the light is in my video answer. peace

[danynumero6]

tre williams is one hell of a singer.

[elitenig4]

yo dis album sounds funny cuz i heard it slowed 1st!

[sidman1408]

when i first got this album i though that was anthony hamilton then i read the title.

[davedewolfe1988]

wow, that intro really threw me off, those first 20 seconds aren't on the album...tre williams has a great voice, it goes well with nas' verses

[Amoneez21]

wow! 2:58 to 300 he murked it about the game n years

[REDZONEva703]

"its like your hang gliding over the hood" haha nas always got some animated way of describin shit...ill song

~MDZ of RedZonE

[muchrespect88]

i like when he said " high smokin so much la/ seen a dead bird flyin through a broken sky/ in im da man haha

[harrymanilow]

the drums are "steve miller band take the money and run..I plan on using them as well..

[MrTickman]

let there be darkness to all those snakes that be fuckin up our light fucking faggets

[MrTickman]

let there be light around the world,. my blessings go out to everyone filled with darkness

[streetdreamz210]

ILLLL

[danynumero6]

thanks for uploading this Ive been looking for it everywhere.

[oscarwilde30]

i'd like to see kanye west produce an entire Nas album. Now that would be sick as hell!

great song. great album! hip hop is dead is underrated

[grrranger175]

nah i think he has a better chemistry with preemo. but i might be biased because he is my favorite producer. :P

[rodjilius]

no u right nas and premo are good together but i havent heard them together in awhile

[nemesis700]

preemo doesnt produce the same bangas he used to.....

[grrranger175]

i disagree. have you heard shake this, the format, or classic? those were released in the past 3 years and are all great beats

[nemesis700]

yeah u right...especially classic...that was a banga...like reks - say goodnight....

[kevinx237]

thats random cus this is ye ...

[Joeki11a]

Didn't Kanye do this???

[nemesis700]

yeah he did

[shonha1]

Nuff Respect homie, LET THERE BE LIGHT. banger.

[devvo569]

Whats the tune at the start of all the Nas tunes uploaded by 'irelandhiphop' cause its sick.

[irelandhiphop]

Pete Rock - Skip Hop & Jump Ok

[treeZon1]

the one n ony PETE!...soul brotha numba one