Yeah now a days the beat 95% carrying these "rappers" when it used to be 50% beat go hard and lyrics 50% go hard. NOW WE GOT MUSH MOUTH FROM FAT ALBERT SOUNDING "RAPPERS"??😂😂
nas like jay-z understood pac was doing what he had to do they both know personally pac had nothing against nas as a matter of fact pac was a nas fan going back to 94 he also according to the outlawz was bumping nas's album on the way to vegas just like pac had love and respect for biggie at the end of the day it was just business .Jay has come out and said he was a pac fan from his digital days and has also said that when pac's mom and him met.back during the early 2000's when she was going around putting out pac's fires she told jay that pac had no real beef with him and jay said when pac died all was forgiven it was water under the bridge ..He understood why pac was doing what he did bigger heads prevailed and in a way jay owes 2pac for having the career he got even pac's fans gotta show respect to jay n nas who both since pac's death give him props on their songs as a pac fan i have that much more respect for both of those guys im sure had pac lived these dudes would of squashed the beef and did music together eventually
He understood it was business pac got caught up .pac knew nas from 94 hanging with biggie so there was no real beef its just pac had to play his position being on the west coast .Nas is smart like that im sure he has some salty feels for pac but he understands the dude was just doing what he had to do at the time given the situation .Pac was a fan of nas there was no real beef there between them in a way he owes pac his career because although nas was putting it down back then as a emcee .His career really took off when makaveli name dropped in 7 day theory and once someone is dead all beef u got with that person u let go as they are no longer here .Bigger heads prevailed thats what i love and respect about nas as well as jay-z
@Aaron9 lol lil kids like you really think that the album which won the AOTY is the best Then I guess you would agree that cardi b had the best album of 2019 and she's better then Tyler , J cole , cordae and meek mill coz she won that year If it's like that then it's the greatest hip hop album ever made by a female rapper coz no other female has won the hip hop AOTY Grammy Lil kid you better start using common sense 🤣
Yall act like the gammys really matter in hip hop 😴 fake ass award show. its good he got it, but nas dnt need that hes a legend in real hip hop culture
@@chiarosuburekeni9325 yeah I could understand. I guess that is the equivalent to eminems relapse album. Its not that it was a bad album.. it was just bad for Nas standard and the bar he set.
@@toneg30 yeah but Nastradamus was panned by fans and critics. This was seen as a return to form by Nas. And remember he released the Oochie Wally song between both albums and that's known as one of Nas very few trash verses. Stillmatic is definitely a comeback album. Everyone has been saying that for 20 years
he owes both of those men his life and especially is career thats what i like about nas because he became the bigger man in the situation and understood at end of day it was all business and on some level shit got serious for pac n big and they winded up getting bodied he got lucky
JAY OH nas ain't dead cause he killed them both. He was suppose to meet with Pac n big right before their deaths. He's the master mind. In the video he confessing his sins on what he did to them to the preacher.
I've been listening to rap from 2003 Eminem dmx just came across Nas today April 24th 2024 this guy can rap I listen to Vinnie Paz. immortal. technique .slaine I'll bill and many others but NAS is up there
@@cachedreamer You see I'm not thee type of person that would be saying this if what I actually say of myself that I couldn't be capable nor or able to prove or back up fully in person or publicly to anyone who says otherwise.
@@edoardosqueglia7643 Tupac don't come close to Nas lol,Nas have better message better flow,Nas is the Truest rapper just cause you died too early doesn't make you the best
The fact that hes a multi millionaire, spends more on jewelry than most do on education and is revered as one of the best mcs out there suggests to me that he does get credit!
I remember listening to this joint when I was a kid, Nas was always my favorite rapper cause his flow is just flawless and he makes it look so effortless. 👑👑👑
#Nas dropped #Stillmatic while I was in middle school and I definitely remember listening to this album all the way through on my cd player at school being fucking amazed at how good Nas really was smfh this album made me a real fan of Nasir no cap !!! 🔥✊🏾💪🏾✌🏾💯
For me Just the Fact that In the 2001 The new Century Nas is paying tribute to Pac and Biggie is making this song different. Nas was born to be the rap father❤
Glad u said that because no one at the time had a rap record with fresh beat that was still hard still street but felt new. With lyrics that were still dope and talking about recent events in hip hop through flawless lyrics. He gave rappers a chance to go into a new millennium and breed new roots to hip hop but still felt like the culture. Nas is underappreciated.
Cem Sen brooo thugs mansion thanks for that, it crossed my mind out of nowhere to listen to this golden song of NAS..that will be my next, cheers bruv 🙏
Nas has masterfully woven together narrative elements into each song making them deeply emotional for listeners around the world; earning him a place in history as 'the king'.
i love how he pays homage to both pac and biggie and the fact that he knew both personally is icing on the cake...he was attacked by both these men on wax and could of had his career ended but he was able to come out of it a bigger and better person and a better artist
Nas said "ain't no best" but I'll say this. There is no one on this planet that can out flow Nas to this day. Biggie was a close second. Nas is The King of Rap. Emphasis on "is". This new generation "is" straight garbage. Let that sink in.
The great thing about Stillmatic was that this song was placed after Ether. Like it was a message to Jay Z that this shit might get escalated to 2pac and biggie level. Respect for them to come to peace with each other
And also, this song was Nas responding to Jay indirectly by letting Jay know that lyrically, Nas has always been superior...I feel like this is where Nas really won that beef.
If You are listening to this in 2024. You have an impeccable music taste.
I got mine I hope you got yourself
Every Year:)
🙌🏼🙌🏼
am listening
I came here SPECIFICALLY coz K-Dot woke up on some "woke up this morning! you got yourself.." HISTORY on repeat.
How music is changed,they no longer make music like this,rap went to REST.
Lies! Music still exists but it's not public anymore and no airtime on the radio
@@xvmon1 not lies. Most new artists copy the junk thats out. Nothing will ever be like the 90s and early 00's
@@ericpadilla2454you’re speaking the truth!
When rap was rap... I miss those days
Yeah now a days the beat 95% carrying these "rappers" when it used to be 50% beat go hard and lyrics 50% go hard. NOW WE GOT MUSH MOUTH FROM FAT ALBERT SOUNDING "RAPPERS"??😂😂
This Guy deserves a statue....this is Rap Music....Timeless
Bruh! Preach!✊🏿
Facts!!!!!
hip hop...
I hate old-heads
💯 Rap Hall Fame.
Nas is definitely a lyrical monster.
Yoqi
@@mop4eva hi
@@nastyescobar8933 my guy spammed Yoqi on all the top comments hahahaha
@@FreddiFish96 lol wtf
THAT'S A FACT!!
This hit, goes out to you Mr. Wick.
Was this song in John Wick?
i see what you did there. 👍
@@pacificriverstorm1179they usedthee track for the trailer.
@@pacificriverstorm1179 yes, watch the trailer for john wick 4
I was pained the track didn't make it to the movie.
NAS is a true legend. Although Pac dissed Nas several times but he showed his respect. That's how you become a big name.
bcuz they squashed same day that Pac died
nas like jay-z understood pac was doing what he had to do they both know personally pac had nothing against nas as a matter of fact pac was a nas fan going back to 94 he also according to the outlawz was bumping nas's album on the way to vegas just like pac had love and respect for biggie at the end of the day it was just business .Jay has come out and said he was a pac fan from his digital days and has also said that when pac's mom and him met.back during the early 2000's when she was going around putting out pac's fires she told jay that pac had no real beef with him and jay said when pac died all was forgiven it was water under the bridge ..He understood why pac was doing what he did bigger heads prevailed and in a way jay owes 2pac for having the career he got even pac's fans gotta show respect to jay n nas who both since pac's death give him props on their songs as a pac fan i have that much more respect for both of those guys im sure had pac lived these dudes would of squashed the beef and did music together eventually
Not the same day. They squashed the beef 3 days before 2Pac got shot. Also, 2Pac wanted Nas is in the album One Nation.
@@thelist1054 it was the 4th September 96 backstage at the MTV awards when they squashed the beef which was 3 days before Pac got shot
He understood it was business pac got caught up .pac knew nas from 94 hanging with biggie so there was no real beef its just pac had to play his position being on the west coast .Nas is smart like that im sure he has some salty feels for pac but he understands the dude was just doing what he had to do at the time given the situation .Pac was a fan of nas there was no real beef there between them in a way he owes pac his career because although nas was putting it down back then as a emcee .His career really took off when makaveli name dropped in 7 day theory and once someone is dead all beef u got with that person u let go as they are no longer here .Bigger heads prevailed thats what i love and respect about nas as well as jay-z
That first Grammy is long overdue. Congratulations Nasty Nas.👑🏆
He should have won long before bruh
I wish Freddie won he had the album of his life bruh
@Aaron9 lol lil kids like you really think that the album which won the AOTY is the best
Then I guess you would agree that cardi b had the best album of 2019 and she's better then Tyler , J cole , cordae and meek mill coz she won that year
If it's like that then it's the greatest hip hop album ever made by a female rapper coz no other female has won the hip hop AOTY Grammy
Lil kid you better start using common sense 🤣
Fuck a Grammy, Nas been above that charade
@@monsterwith21faces92 that dude never read your whole ass paragraph
little maggot
Yall act like the gammys really matter in hip hop 😴 fake ass award show. its good he got it, but nas dnt need that hes a legend in real hip hop culture
Who's watching this classic music video in 2024?
Meeee
Me
Me
Many probably
Me Rotterdam, Holland Europe here
This was one of the most epic returns in hiphop ever.
Yeah I thought he was done after Nastradamus. This was a solid comeback album.
@@chiarosuburekeni9325 yeah I could understand. I guess that is the equivalent to eminems relapse album. Its not that it was a bad album.. it was just bad for Nas standard and the bar he set.
Fact
What return? Nas dropped two album in 99, this came out in 01
@@toneg30 yeah but Nastradamus was panned by fans and critics. This was seen as a return to form by Nas. And remember he released the Oochie Wally song between both albums and that's known as one of Nas very few trash verses. Stillmatic is definitely a comeback album. Everyone has been saying that for 20 years
one of the best beats ever...
Josiah Kimani true you right
I agree did irv gotti made this beat he says he made super ugly and it's the same beat
@@rios3977 where did he say that?
@@yeshuasage3724 in a interview
Irv gotti been a liar
CLASSIC 💯👍👍 2024 WHO'S HERE
J. &,jj&&
B. B.
Love how Nas is always paying respect to Pac and Big. That's why he's the undisputed KING!
cmbsoldja exactly unlike jay
@@nuknuknuk111 jay paid respect on fade to black
he owes both of those men his life and especially is career thats what i like about nas because he became the bigger man in the situation and understood at end of day it was all business and on some level shit got serious for pac n big and they winded up getting bodied he got lucky
cmbsoldja cause he killed them
JAY OH nas ain't dead cause he killed them both. He was suppose to meet with Pac n big right before their deaths. He's the master mind. In the video he confessing his sins on what he did to them to the preacher.
Nas is People's Artist . . . He is a defender of Hip Hop culture . . . Show Respect to Him . . . Long Live Legend !
You forgetting the godfather aka ICE CUBE
Nas warn 2pac in soo many wayz to stop beefing and stay away from trouble despite pac dissing him he was still showing luv to pac
Bravehearted
This track is pure fire. Nas is a lyrical genius. 🔥 🔥🔥🔥🔥
This when Nas had to take out the whole Rockefeller.
He tried... gave him that
A full one man take down. Understated Win!
"my first album had no famous guests appearances, the outcome....I'm crowned the best lyricist"
🔥🔥🔥🔥
Straight
He went whoa
But he had all the famous producers.
I always thought he said "im crowned the best ever since"...
NAS = 🐐
Nas dont just rap about girls, guns and drugs . He tells a story he is a poet. One best rappers hands down!
Thug poet
Nas spits knowledge
I've been listening to rap from 2003 Eminem dmx just came across Nas today April 24th 2024 this guy can rap I listen to Vinnie Paz. immortal. technique .slaine I'll bill and many others but NAS is up there
My Nas mood is activated again. The legendary hip hop philosopher. The best lyricist ever. The only legend that teaches people how to rap.
Yoqi
Nas is not the best lyricist at all. I'm better than him lyrically.
@@doublec4431 Yeah I would say I am too. I would say I am generally better than most rappers, Eminem and Nas are the big ones.
@@cachedreamer You see I'm not thee type of person that would be saying this if what I actually say of myself that I couldn't be capable nor or able to prove or back up fully in person or publicly to anyone who says otherwise.
hahahahhaa
God in the flesh!.. NAS Escober ❤
I’m 40 so I grew up on Nas. Every since high school he’s been my favorite rapper. Amazing bars
These are timeless rappers
Same but I'm 43
Same I'll be 40 in September
I'm 33. Now that I'm grown the song and video makes alot more sense 😄
Nas is one of the best and illest rappers that survived the 90s !
💯
The best
He is the best.
Yoqi
@@mop4eva ,
This new generation don't produce music no more, listen to this masterpiece and see the difference. Nas is my GOAT.
We in the same boat homie 🎉
you dont have to hate on one thing to appriciate another
NAS IS THE GREATEST ... KING OF NEW YORK AND HIP HOP ...
Facts
2Pac is the best, Nas is the second
Yoqi
RAKIM AND NAS
@@edoardosqueglia7643 Tupac don't come close to Nas lol,Nas have better message better flow,Nas is the Truest rapper just cause you died too early doesn't make you the best
No one gives this man the credit he deserves
I do
The fact that hes a multi millionaire, spends more on jewelry than most do on education and is revered as one of the best mcs out there suggests to me that he does get credit!
C'mon. You sure no one gives him credit. ? Then why does he get mentioned in the top 5 all the time
@@stevechisoti4653 All but one of y'all are saying he gets credit. I specifically said he doesn't get the credit he deserves, but to each his own.
Cali homie this one of my favorite
This song should be at 500 million views
Billion+ bro
This beat is Underated 😮!!!
Beat is fire
@@brigettecharlton9717 yeah, for real, the beat is soo gangstaa 😎😎😎
one the best rap beats ever produced naff respect
He balances lyrical skills and dope beat so damn well... what a legend!
Some are born for this, others fake it .
Nas came in too hard on that third verse 🔥🔥🔥
It’s insane!!!
Nas is the greatest lyricist the world has ever known. Nobody arranges words like that
Odb,dmx..
Eminem
@@kenma5483 lol
He's DEFINITELY ONE of the BEST ones #True💯
@@kenma5483anyone that actually relates with Em? But I get you, technicality wise, Em is Goated, but lyrics that anyone can relate, he got no range.
still to this day, can't stop nodding my headddd....NAS is a TRUE LEGENDDDD!
frrr
2024 bumping this shitttt 🔥🔥🔥🔥 Nas prime time
Loved this so much.
Love Nasir.
Africa Love Nas.
Nas Loved Africa, and Africa's Africans love Nas.
oh I meant for real
This song gets my mood uplifted and puts it on victory mode. Nas is a Living Legend
South Africa, Johannesburg 📍
SAn here as well. I call it my Nas Mood😅
I feel you dawg!!!
He's the G.O.AT
I feel you 🇿🇦
You got yourself
Greatest lyricist of all the time.
We need to protect Nas at all costs
Nasir Jones is the best rapper of all time, no cap 💯
Man this is the rawest shit, Nas is untouchable with this slap!!!
Scarfo Rip Badass
I remember listening to this joint when I was a kid, Nas was always my favorite rapper cause his flow is just flawless and he makes it look so effortless. 👑👑👑
Seguro q yes
@@tunestynesty4986 wth
Goat 🎙️🎙️🎙️🎤
Dude is a lyrical monster!!!!
Good way of describing him/it/what he does ?! 😁
Nas has proved that he's a lyrical beast.
#Nas dropped #Stillmatic while I was in middle school and I definitely remember listening to this album all the way through on my cd player at school being fucking amazed at how good Nas really was smfh this album made me a real fan of Nasir no cap !!! 🔥✊🏾💪🏾✌🏾💯
Damn this shit still sounds like a fresh release, King Nasir Jones
How music like this doesn't even have a million views tells u the state of music right now
Because there are no half naked women and exaggerated cars
@@sulaimankavuma and no mumble shit too like no words at all .nas is a legend
It doesn't need,back in the day if yt existed this would have 200 million views 4SURE
@@lanceryderwilson8252 A billion views
Nas always true star.
Keeping it real.
It's the return of the Golden Child, son of a blue's player🔥🔥🔥
Nas my respect for u Will never died BEST legend all the time
Defenitely best lyricist ever heard
1:06 I don't know why but that transition got me 😂
Nas is the greatest 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Even in 2024, this song is still banging🎉🎉😊
*This song deserves 1 billion views*
#Facts💯
absolutely
Even that 1 mill is less, but NVM! Ok...
Nas best to ever do it untouchable.
This song is 🔥 thanks JW4 for using this song 🎉
We've got to appreciate these legends more before they go to rest, rap music we grew up to, the 90s were awesome times,Nas love from Kampala,Uganda.
Kings disease 2
Stillmatic my second favorite Nas album. Def a classic 🔥
For me Just the Fact that In the 2001 The new Century Nas is paying tribute to Pac and Biggie is making this song different. Nas was born to be the rap father❤
There’s always a much deeper message in Nas’ songs. Thank you, Mr. Jones. 💪🏾
He truly is GOD'S son 💯👑
Me and Tupac were soldiers of the same struggle. And that went over a lot off ppls head.
Nas top tier
The king rap big respect from Tunisia 🇹🇳❤️💪🔥
2022 Again... Nas was, Is and stay always the best
I will listen to this song .my whole life
This is the song that literally catapulted rap into another dimension. Nas set the bar real high!🚨🚨🚨
Glad u said that because no one at the time had a rap record with fresh beat that was still hard still street but felt new. With lyrics that were still dope and talking about recent events in hip hop through flawless lyrics. He gave rappers a chance to go into a new millennium and breed new roots to hip hop but still felt like the culture. Nas is underappreciated.
Them devils never wanted Pac & Nas to connect. Imagine what would've been had they made records together. Damn.
Real shit!!!
B.Allen.... FACTS my brother!
closest thing is thugz mansion
Cem Sen brooo thugs mansion thanks for that, it crossed my mind out of nowhere to listen to this golden song of NAS..that will be my next, cheers bruv 🙏
Nas has masterfully woven together narrative elements into each song making them deeply emotional for listeners around the world; earning him a place in history as 'the king'.
The king Solomon of rap! Nas.
Nas the best!
i love how he pays homage to both pac and biggie and the fact that he knew both personally is icing on the cake...he was attacked by both these men on wax and could of had his career ended but he was able to come out of it a bigger and better person and a better artist
when did biggie attack him
@@oumardiop1 on kick in the door
Neither could end his career Nas was set his first album was more critically acclaimed than any of either of theirs...
@@willlloyd6637 I wish they would have lived on... the battles would have been fire 🔥🔥🔥
True
Lyrical genius ♥️
🐐
my goodness ...this goes hard still ....2022 to eternity
My Favorite Rapper Nas is the best for me because i think he is so fantastic and cool.😊👍✌️⭐♥️🗽
NAS...The Ultimate Legend💥
What a beat! What a hook! What a delivery from the best!!
Love some nas
😁
I was a kid when i recognized Nas as the greatest rapper from USA because of his flow and beats. I was not wrong.
An everlasting hip hop track, Nas is something else
Is the return of the boss... Nas 💯
Nas said "ain't no best" but I'll say this. There is no one on this planet that can out flow Nas to this day. Biggie was a close second. Nas is The King of Rap. Emphasis on "is". This new generation "is" straight garbage. Let that sink in.
Preach real talk
My favourite Nas song of all time 🔥🔥🔥
“Woke up this morninnn, you got yourself” 😌
You understand when the music is good when your neck starts to move without you doing it I can’t stop now 😁😁
Hahahaha me too
💯😂😂😂😂
Yo I broke my neck
3:53... I just love that shrug and look he gives. Man oozes flyness he doesn't even have to try.
🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥
The great thing about Stillmatic was that this song was placed after Ether. Like it was a message to Jay Z that this shit might get escalated to 2pac and biggie level.
Respect for them to come to peace with each other
And also, this song was Nas responding to Jay indirectly by letting Jay know that lyrically, Nas has always been superior...I feel like this is where Nas really won that beef.
This hit goes out to you Mr.Wick
Nas is a living legend, still listening to this till date.
Real hip hop from NAS
This is class and a lyrical masterpiece. Nas bridging the genre with a smooth persona and dope beats.
Nas.mon.rappeur, préféré depuis 1999
The greatest song of all time
No one can compare to NAS. one of the best lyricists of all time
Nas is matured..... straight up
Nas has matured ?! This came out on 18th of December 2001, lad ?! That's 23 years ago, almost, to the day ?!?!
One of the hardest beats rite dre did his thang nas the illest ✌ sincere
He didn't produce this megaherz did
His elegance is inimitable ❤
Nas in a category by himself. Hands down and up
The best story telling hip hop artist..Nas is the 🐐.