Common vs. Nas "Life's a Bitch" [Directed by Court Dunn]

[SuperVideo333]

this was a little awkward the first time around

[Das2140]

I've never broken that verse down before, it was actually my least favourite song on the Album. So thank you Common for doing this. This is simply poetry, it's intellectualism, it's beauty, it's a verse about growing up in place you or me would never understand.

[SuperVideo333]

This was a little awkward

[waaayne]

Love it.

Its wierd tho hearing common sing one of nas' verses

[Emman92]

Yeesss!! one of my favorite Verses of all time... AZ's verse was mad underrated in that song though

[jayd4ever]

classic

[TheRedirkulous]

Nas a fucking beast and AZ spit the fucking greatest verse of all time

[1LuckyJester]

Dis is som sick ass shit right here baby

[CodysFavorites]

Nas.Com

[karma1026]

Real Recognize Real!!!!

[ShookOnes92]

common ont need no beat to make him good not like p gay diddy

[hiphopsavior101]

Cole world was better than friday night lights.

[Barhuumi]

I don't think this is Nas's coldest verse and imo AZ went harder on this joint... but still what a verse from nas

[CCareTTaker]

Common is the first who done something like that does your favourite rapper pay Legends respect like Common does ? hell nooo ....

[blackplaque617]

Any asshole who mentions J-cole name needs to be shot. I'm tired of you faggots, ur just like Eminem fans. I'm going to say this clearly, J-cole is not on the same level as Nas or AZ. He is lyrically inferior to them in every aspect. Nas's worst album, Nastrodumas is better than J-coles album. I heard J-coles album and I was unimpressed by it, he would not have had a career in the 90's when lyrics mattered. Nas music will live on, J-cole will be forgotten in two years. 

[klift24]

@blackplaque617 I'd almost respect what you have to say, if I didn't see Max B's name on your channel lmao XD

[wwesuperstar1234]

@blackplaque617 Nah man, I'd say Cole World is better than Nastrodamus. And if not Cole World then certainly Friday Night Lights and The Warm Up, his 2nd and 3rd mixtapes which are way better than Cole World, they were albums basically.

Cole is certainly no Nas but you're taking it too far.

[tennythomas123]

@blackplaque617 i would never compare j cole to nas or AZ but we need someone like J cole in the rap game right now... if you actually listen to his mixtapes previous to his album, he had lots of raw talent/material that got me hooked on to him.. not only can he rap, he also produced most of his songs. Eminem? hes in his own league.. dude can spit.

[The12Jacob]

@blackplaque617 Well i'd agree to an extent J.Cole dickriders are annoying but his early mixtapes are good better than Cole World.

[joseph92Morales]

@blackplaque617 i wonder if it hurts nas...having you ride his dick so hard

[blackplaque617]

@joseph92Morales Fam if your trying to get at me lose some weight first. Also, why are you wearing lipstick in your picture??? You fat spic, your the only fag on here lol.

[blackplaque617]

People are out of their fucking mind if they think AZ had the better verse. Go and listen to the track or read the actual lyrics. But on mo money, mo muder, mo homicide and how ya living, AZ killed Nas on those tracks. But Nas clearly took this one.

[RelaxednCaIm]

@blackplaque617

how did az kill nas on mo money mo murder? nas held down the concept of the track and the video followed what nas was saying.

[blackplaque617]

@RelaxednCaIm Naw, your right bro. I'm buggin, I type that shit so fast. I meant the song "the flyest" off stillmatic. Nas got AZ on mo money... mo homicide.

[Bangura187]

NAS AZ > West & Jay Z

[OnlineHipHopTV]

lol discussing about nas or az killing eachother on a collab, enjoy the music stans!

Be a fan off hip hop instead, not a stan of 1 rapper.

[adamrampage]

One of my fav tracks of all time :)

[Sygu2you]

respect!

[DaHipHopAdvocate]

common did that verse justice! now i wanna see Nas do the last verse for i used to love her or the light oh and the corner :))

[ReturnOfTheZ]

I don't get how people can say AZ killed Nas. It was close, and could go either way, but by no means did either of them kill the other.

[phowardtv]

My favorite track off Illmatic.

[TheDueI]

Sounds like me when I recite Nas verses ;) Support Common Sense and Hip-Hop 12.20.11 The Dreamer/The Believer

[THEdejaPAGE]

The best musicians are the ones who remain fans of others.

[king6463]

miss verses like this,bring back the 90s

[Jakadread]

I love Nas but everybody knows that AZ killed Life's a Bitch.What a fuckin verse!

[Blak433]

ALL THE WAY TO QUEENS

[larry89]

i can recite this shit too.. one of my favorite songs of all time.. az's verse is just as sick

[MrAllex4ndre]

Let's all buy The Dreamer, The Believer when it comes out

To pay homage to one of the greatest lyricists of all time

It would be cool to see Nas spit one verse from "I Used to Love Her"

[BootsyJ]

hot butter it is....

[jelnunez]

Isn't that AZ verse also??

[illadelphful]

so dope!

[MasterRecordNando]

People talk about ''J.Cole, Lupe Fiasco, Drake'' and talk real shit like ''these rappers are Real Hip Hop''? NOOOOO

¡COMMON IS REAL HIP HOP!

[jfraz1992]

@MasterRecordNando are u out your mind?? j.cole, lupe, and drake is just as hiphop as common

[MasterRecordNando]

@jfraz1992 lupe is real hip hop??? look your nick ''jfraz 1992'' u not speek WHATS REAL HIP HOP!

[jfraz1992]

@MasterRecordNando ok i'm officially done smh wow

[MasterRecordNando]

@jfraz1992 This is real hip hop? ''Lupe Back'' or this ''Lightwork'' or ''Break the Chain'' ¡¡¡TECHNO!!! first listen this song and later speak... Look men, ICE CUBE, COMMON, RAKIM, METHOD MAN...This is real hip hop...U not speak nothing about HIPHOP!

[aSunkeee]

@MasterRecordNando You've got to be kidding me... The beats for those records are not Techno. Do you know what Techno is? -____-

[jfraz1992]

@MasterRecordNando u have a point there about the beats, but the message was still there, so if u were quote on quote on real "hiphop" u would of noticed the lyrics......just saying

[MasterRecordNando]

@jfraz1992 in my opinion J.Cole and Drake never be real rappers!

[jfraz1992]

@MasterRecordNando wow i'm oficially done with this convo, cuz i see u have no idea what ur talking about

[MrCommenterguy]

@MasterRecordNando Cole is dope.

[tennythomas123]

@MasterRecordNando i would understand drake not being a real rapper... but you need to listen to j cole my man... not the music videos on youtube, but download his mixtapes and you will see why i think hes an old school kind of rapper

[straydupshemzy]

@MasterRecordNando you just hating, Not cos u dont like those three but youre just calling them out with a dislike in ur heart for what reason?

Jcole is very very hip hop the other 2 are aswell.

[TheEvOfKev]

@MasterRecordNando yeah, this is a joke. Lupe Fiasco doesn't make real music? J. Cole doesn't?

[210UnderGroundRapper]

Sick

Much luv from Texas...

[CAltiveTV]

Common,

This Man Has the Inspiration Of A Childhood (Dreamer)..

& this "Restless films" video proves that anyone could be a (Believer).

All 3 (Common, AZ, Nas) hold their own.

[kingjamesversion83]

If you guys didn't understand me I meant Hiphop needs 2 pay more homage every other genre does

[Artscola]

Now who is Drake again?

[tennythomas123]

now people can CLEARLY hear what the great Nas said on that track... such a fucking classic song.. and i agree AZ is SOOOOOO underrated

[SANTHIIII]

REAL RECOGNIZE REAL!

[kingjamesversion83]

Hiphop needs 2 do more of this

[tennythomas123]

@kingjamesversion83 its not gonna happen... the closest to lyrical content is J.Cole...

[shaq430]

@tennythomas123 kendrick lamar in my opinion has tha type of lyrical content in his arsenal just a different flow

[tennythomas123]

@shaq430 ohhh shit i completely forgot about kendrick... yea hes actually 10x's better with lyrical content.. maybe thats why i dont listen to him as much..cause of his flow.. i respect both cole and kendrick though

[essienesque]

Classic verse although I like AZs even better 

[niksarko]

Nas definitely the GOAT.

[allstar2bein2023]

Classic! Nas and Common are two of the greatest MCs of all time.

[TheMegaTronKwam]

Did common hear Elmatic? I hope he checked it out.

[BrooklynJEW7]

Wow, for a minute, Common shut me off from the entire world with this. Its funny cause I have the Illmatic album and for some reason, without the beat, I like the verse a billion times more.

[UltraDOG17]

Sick 4real!

im suprized he did this cover!!!!

I never knew Common listen to Illmatic like that...

[MartiSomozaHipHop]

@UltraDOG17 yeah true, but i'm not surprised that he listens to illmatic, it's the bes hip hop album of all time

[UltraDOG17]

@MartiSomozaHipHop

I do be bumpin both Illmatic & Resurrection at the same time!

i like Resurrection alil better than Illmatic.

No disrespect towards you, man.

Common got an sick vocab & bars is amazing.

Plus,

Common's albums is more constistant & fluent (except for that U.M.C. & that's his only 1 bad album)

Do excuse my poor typing at the moment.

im rushing as im in the library's timelimit.

[2KGrind09]

most of these new rapperz never heard of AZ 

[Ntzex]

@2KGrind09 teh fuck you mean with that though?

this shit isn't about AZ

[DJProPain]

@Ntzex AZ was featured on "Life's a Bitch" alongside Nas, so it kinda is about him too...

[HolidayKirk]

@2KGrind09 How do you know that?

[SUPERSILVERH8ORADE]

@2KGrind09 who AZIE?

[TheMadhypeTV]

@2KGrind09 THE KING!



[LogicThEncrypter]

@2KGrind09 "Visualizing the realism of life and actuality fuck who's the baddest a person's status depends on salary and my mentality is money orientated I'm destined to live the dream for all my peeps who never made it." fuckin cold

[vicokwaro]

2dope! these two legends have alot of respect for each other, cant wait for the nas.com album, hope it happens...

[illexpreshun]

i'd like to hear nas spit a verse from one of comm's gems.

[JohnPublicFlipcam]

ridiculous. well done court.

[LloydVanBuren]

Awesome to see another legend pay respect to one of the greatest verses/album/artist ever. Nas and Common fucking legends.