Nas -Queens Get The Money (unofficial)

Unofficial video for the intro off Nas "Untitled". Produced by Jay Electronica. Directed by Racmaninoff Productions.

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Music

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• Nas
• Queens
• Get
• The
• Money
• Untitled
• Jay
• Electronica

[chrisfloyd77]

Anybody ever wonder why NWA was more popular than Eric B and Rakim? Is it that we have bad taste or that we are drawn to the image of a black man as criminal not spiritual and scholarly.

[trip247365]

WOW! i love that ending

NAS = THE MOHAMMED ALI Of RAP(the G.O.A.T)

[chrisfloyd77]

@bandicoot2ps1 Again I didn't say NWA influenced people to be criminal but merely were a reflection of their environment. I'm sure it was relatable to a lot of people. I just think it shows that we prefer that image to the positive one.

[bandicoot2ps1]

@chrisfloyd77 The fact is NWA spoke about things going on right outside the door,not only in Cali in the 80's but also right now right outside my own.I can see it instantly.They don't influence me to do anything I don't think is right or change my mind on what is wrong,it's just Physically real.I'm a huge Ra fan and love his music, But, what NWA spoke about is much more realistic than traveling at magnificent speeds around the universe and a lot less harder to fathom for the average person.

[chrisfloyd77]

@jjermzz Maybe. But guess what? Rakim was a superhero too. He didn't have to talk about strawberries sucking dick for rocks or selling the government provided death to his people. That made Rakim a superhero to some people. Like black people and 10 white guys. The drug dealer superhero was a more believable narrative,especially for the white rap audience.

[chrisfloyd77]

@MyLifeIsATheory Where? Where did I kind of say that? Please reply to what I actually write. In no way did I say NWA changed people's views. I said they were more popular and were promoted more than Eric B. Rakim. Singlular platinum. Album. Not Albums. Took 8 years. Just a recap. Billboard charts go by Sound Scan I believe and that is important when deciding record sales 100 Miles and Runnin' went platinum for godsakes. Have you heard that turd? Why did kids buy that shit instead of PRT or BDP?

[jjermzz]

@chrisfloyd77 I call this phenomenon the superhero complex. Think about why the X-Men and superman are so popular. Rappers depict themselves as these untouchable beings like superheros. Remember how 50 cent blew up. He was shot and lived. He instantly gained many of the characteristics that makes a superhero simply by not dying.

NWA share some of these features in the gangster way. Many white americans love NWA. They depicted everything they could never be. Just how we can never be superheros.

[MyLifeIsATheory]

@chrisfloyd77 you kind of did say that they had changed the view of people to african americans. And still eric b and rakim had platnium albums, im not saying anything about the billboard charts or anything, but nwa rapped about the kind of things that people wanted to hear. thats why nwa was so much bigger. you kind of backed up my point too. i like you man you know a lot about music. all love

[chrisfloyd77]

@MyLifeIsATheory And Paid in Full never got above #58 on the billboard top 200 albums. Straight Outta Compton...Double Platinum.

[chrisfloyd77]

@MyLifeIsATheory Where did I say that NWA sparked gang violence? I'm aware that gang violence existed before them. The spread of crack by people like Freeway Ricky Ross with the CIA's helped finance the rise of gangs throughout America. Regardless of that the image they portrayed was promoted and accepted far easier than the educated black man is god that Rakim was espousing. Eric B and Rakim only had one album go platinum, Paid in Full and it didn't go platinum for 8 years after it's release.

[GEasy5]

that emmit till picture at 5:46 is crazy... smh they did that brotha wrong

[MyLifeIsATheory]

@chrisfloyd77 nwa didn't really spark any gang violence. there was a ton of gang violence in the late 70s and early 80s. gang life was already a big part in the black community and nwa just called it how they saw it. eric b and rakim still had albums that went platinum, nwa just rapped about things that were more relevant to peoples lives at that time.

[jmarks87]

@ericgriva1 multiply that by another million!

[lionzion22]

For those that don't know (which is probably plenty), the brother talking here is James Baldwin.

[swagga07]

@chrisfloyd77 - Very, very true.

[AweshumDog]

amazing vid. everyone should watch. history lesson / true rap

[ericgriva1]

This needs a million views

[AkeelahNY]

is there a shorter version? I have it on a Jay Electronica mixtape (jay best rapper out) but just looking for a shorter version of the end when Nas snaps air molecules in half at the end. help a brotha out!

[89alexlo]

This Video shows more than what society has tried to forget, its meaning and NaS' S lyrics has a great deal of impact to everyone around .... I honor whoever made the video and NaS for its intellectual point of view ... Very Greatful thanks and keep hip-hop alive as for our history .. Let it live on

[aclspython]

Nas is the one that mention IVAN VAN SERTIMA one this album, All I did was look him up and everything from there was like a conciousness domino effect after that, that Nas shouted out Ivan which led Me to Phil And Bobby Hemmitt and Bro panic. Then just rocect ship into consciousness and never looked back. You can say whatever you want about nas ,But he did that for me and Im fucking greatful.

[ILLESTwhiteNI66A911]

VERY powerful stuff right here fake bubble gum rappers take notes

[ILLESTwhiteNI66A911]

wow

[manamongstboys]

@chrisfloyd77 that's the 1st time i heard somebody say some shit like that. that's real. nas is like my favorite rapper, not cuz he on 106 and park but becuz his lyrics r educational, everybody listen up. turn the tv off and listen to the music!!!!

[DrWillHird]

nas is the best rapper of all time

and this video is very well done

[SIRnonsense123321]

ill. C:

[00lioneyes]

nas is the best