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@sleezyb Interesting. I have read two different interpretations of the line.They differ widely but they are all deep.

@shonha1 said "He reads Israelite books, nd won't snitch to the Feds, government name is the name on your birth certificate nd Ness is short for Elliot Ness the G-man or FBI age...

The guy is simply a professor in the genre. A wordsmith in the genre. Not many artists in the genre have invented lines like "I saw a dead bird flyin through a broken sky." And not many emcees have Wikiquote page. His words as a 21 years old, are still lessons to some of us that are 30 years old ...

The guy is simply just more than the genre..

Americans, don't get it twisted, there are more and more real African homies listening to the piece of classic too.Took my laptop to my grandfather's basement to pay attention to the classic. No doubt my thoughts are missed with particles of my burnt offerings. Big ups to The Mobb, they have pass...

Have been looking for this joint for ever. I once gave up hope because I neither know the title nor the artist. Thanks to Google.

Use to listen this back in 2001.. after 10 years, here am I still listening and leaving a comment..

The street prophet..

They dislike it because Eldee did not show or talk about money, cars and girls..

Yes I stopped purple and played r kelly for them cos purple is ahead of them..

Real rappers are always trying to rhyme and address the ills and the wrongs in our polity.. But how come they are the list acknowledged set of musicians..?

@Seuntony24 I also here.. Sick rappers are always underated..

Real MCs are as usual always underrated, proberbly because there are very few wise people in the world. Or may be most wise people ignore the hip hop genre because of the controversies souronding it. But it's all good. I have already told my next of kins the hip hop music they will play when I d...

Please anyone knows the African/country dialect in the chorus? Nas have taken hip hop to another level. He keeps bridging other genres with hip hop. Respect Damian!

No matter anything that them new hip hop murderers will do, classics like the "surviving the times" will undoubtedly survive the times to best serve our ears till our clock will stop ticking. Hip hip is going through surgery; it is unclear whether it will survive the next three to four decades t...

Have been jamming this for the past week and still not tired of it. Just extracted a Facebook status from it. Nas is a lyrical genius!

I am not hear to judge, I am hear to pay tribute to a hip hop lord that have decided to educate us with what we love. Pro keep the flag flying and don't stop respecting your elders in the hip hop game. Shout out to Modenine, another hip hop lord that have stayed true in the game. Peace

Respect to yall. Keep hip hop on brothers.

Rest in Peace Pac. I know that if you are alive, the rap game will not be this decayed; at least your present will sharpen the kind of song rappers do. Big shout out to all my peeps and friends across West Africa that have watch there brethren turn into ghost in the street crises that is motivate...

I use to listening to this classic back in 2005 in my dorm room in West Africa when things seems like they will never get better. I use to wear the same shirt for days. I got only one pair of shoe; no internet; no car; not even talking about money. I thought things will remain like the way Africa...

It is very hard to say Nas is better or Tupac is better because the two of them have demonstrated a strong passion for lyricism. But I am to take one or die then I will take Nas because he stays true to real hip hop despite the millions in the mainstream. He represent true hip hop. Tupac even kn...

If I should use education to compare the two I would say Nas is a very talented hip hop student that have in the past one and half decade grown to a full flesh hip hop professor that uses his milestone works to address issues of national importance. While Eminem is an aggressive hip hop student t...

The opposite of Common's statement is happening in Tunisia and Egypt right now. It seems journalist are ready to televise revolution because we can see the smokes of burnt corps cars and protesters trying to push a burning police vehicle over a bridge in the streets of Cairo and Tunisia from Al J...

Nas can paint a picture with lyricism better than any hip hop artist that I know. Jay did what he can in 'Where have you been;' we don't necessarily have to compare the two songs. The two of them are all significant figures in the history hip hop culture. Nas knows what it takes to be a dad befor...

Nine and Ruggedman are not in the same level, The former is lyrically and intellectually better than the latter. We have listen to real hip hop and real rap and we know and respect those that can paint pictures through lyricism. Comparing Nine to Ruggedman is like comparing Benin City to Lagos. N...

@c2cmuzik He is no doubt the biggest story teller in the hip hop culture..

Nas did this joint when he was 20 - 21 years old. The contents and meaning of the lyrics are still deep for even some 25 - 30 years old folks to comprehend. He was a promising student who have in the past one and half decade grown up to full flesh hip hop professor who uses hip hop to address iss...

Sound like one of those few joints from Joe and Nas. I cannot forget the real hip hop and R & B of the mid to late 90s. We cannot turn back the hands of time.

@Jennay69x With people like you and me hip hop will stay alive. Hip hop is hear to stay. Trying to wipe off hip hop is like trying to wipe a whole culture and a generation which is not only genocide but also crime against humanity. A preacher once said 'hip hop is culture and rap is the art.' Le...