NAS • Made You Look • Rock The Bells 2011 (NYC) • 9/3/11

The line-up for the ROCK THE BELLS 2011 FESTIVAL SERIES--presented by Boost Mobile in association with GUERILLA UNION and powered by BlackBerry--will feature an array of seminal and up-and-coming hip-hop artists on three stages. Headliners include Ms. Lauryn Hill, Nas, Erykah Badu and Cypress Hill.

Nas says about performing Illmatic this summer, "For years people have been asking me to do Illmatic in so many ways, from stage plays to movies to books, but the time wasn't right. Where music is going now, the time is right. This will be my biggest production and it only makes sense to do it on the best rap tour which also happens to be a brand I've built and am a partner in. Can't wait to kill it with my comrades AZ, Premo & Pete Rock!"

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[Louma034]

I love Nas anconditionally so for me, is like a dream seing him live!!i´ve never seen :(

[josh80990]

This performance was amazing live. DJ Premier and Pete Rock as Nas' hypemen for the evening. Something special...

[musicdiehard]

Now that is some exciting shit, Love Nas ass. King of New York!!!!!!!!!!!!

[2ndAkhenaton]

@MRPAPADOP808

Its all about breath control, singers get to take pauses in between their lyrics so its easier for them. Also rappers have always had hypemen historically, it goes to the roots of Rap and the technique where the rapper says a word then the audience says another is just as old.

[MRPAPADOP808]

Nas is great, no doubt. But why does he need 8 niggas behind him to spit his lyrics. No other genre do you have the front vocalist behing carrying by another dude, why do they do this in rap?