Tragedy Khadafi ft. Nas & Noreaga - Calm Down

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  • @NdosiMagaye
    @NdosiMagaye 6 років тому +2418

    If you are here, congratulations you're in the dungeons of rap

  • @kevinestrella5002
    @kevinestrella5002 6 місяців тому +117

    Who's here in 2024? Real hip hop no mumbling

  • @GM-ir8uh
    @GM-ir8uh 9 років тому +298

    This fucking beat is on the next dimension

  • @shakmarega
    @shakmarega 9 років тому +700

    Nas's storytelling flow and how he flirts with words effortlessly makes him the greatest of all time. His verse on that one is an example.

    • @judahblack4327
      @judahblack4327 9 років тому +29

      I agree Esco makes it look easy.

    • @cuselax68
      @cuselax68 8 років тому +27

      nas the best

    • @LLsmoothJay
      @LLsmoothJay 8 років тому +18

      preach the GOAT

    • @2018StudentIsaiahLucky
      @2018StudentIsaiahLucky 8 років тому +18

      I agree with that.... Nas is the goat!!!!!!

    • @TheCodedtestament
      @TheCodedtestament 8 років тому +35

      I love this verse “’I’m tired of it!’ said a cat whose name I’mma leave anonymous / Cuz he might take it as some kind of dis” Damn

  • @Raf.b313
    @Raf.b313 Рік тому +235

    0% nudity
    0% flexing
    0% mumbling
    100% pure HIP HOP 🙌🏽

  • @louididdy
    @louididdy 2 роки тому +352

    Anyone not respecting NORE’s verse isn’t seeing the English/Spanish word play and Puerto Rico references. All while making words from two languages rhyme and using multi syllable rhymes.
    It’s absolutely insane.

    • @mlunguomnyama5518
      @mlunguomnyama5518 2 роки тому +16

      nothing against his verse per se, he just sounds annoying

    • @samsami5231
      @samsami5231 2 роки тому +26

      😂😂 Yo ask meho he know
      I pay my bill at Teko
      My Chick she’s a freak tho
      I give some Lays chips and Fritos
      I don’t stop I keep go
      Let me stop and Lay low
      Just say hi to J Lo 🤪🤪😂👌🏼👌🏼

    • @cjnv48
      @cjnv48 2 роки тому +4

      No way he wrote that tho lol

    • @paulsetti9484
      @paulsetti9484 2 роки тому +8

      ​@@cjnv48 It's not exactly deep lol. it's the same flow he always has. The Spanish isn't deep either lol.

    • @cjnv48
      @cjnv48 2 роки тому +9

      @@paulsetti9484 who said it was deep

  • @uchihasendo1041
    @uchihasendo1041 9 років тому +190

    Nas's verse was so hard hitting and Chilling

    • @nikolaytsonev803
      @nikolaytsonev803 Рік тому

      Nas’s verse is about 2Pac

    • @noamanpatel3784
      @noamanpatel3784 Рік тому

      What's naS talking about in his verse.... what's the meaning?

    • @pressure1982
      @pressure1982 10 місяців тому

      Sounds more two dudes from his hood one was thugged the other dude was a who lived in that hood who was clearly on point.

    • @toyotoyo8410
      @toyotoyo8410 7 місяців тому

      @@nikolaytsonev803That’s what I immediately thought when I first heard it. I had to check the title to see if this was a Pac diss.

  • @MrHnic95
    @MrHnic95 8 років тому +550

    This is shit u listen to while riding the train , with a old school walkman with sony headphones, rocking a champion hoodie and a carhartt jacket!

  • @JenniferTiradoSierra
    @JenniferTiradoSierra 8 років тому +415

    me and my husband love this shit right here!!!!! This one of our wedding songs because of him. NY Love!

    • @ahmedkaram5946
      @ahmedkaram5946 8 років тому +46

      I wish have a wife like you 😁

    • @timgerie5310
      @timgerie5310 8 років тому +17

      Thats so dope. salute. Damn. I gotta find a woman like that!

    • @LightWeight22
      @LightWeight22 7 років тому +7

      u a real one! congrats on ya marriage!

    • @Dialloreese
      @Dialloreese 7 років тому +1

      🏆 take this trophy

    • @demietriusd2133
      @demietriusd2133 6 років тому +5

      Jennifer Tirado Music make these thugs calmmmm downnnn....

  • @shahid8545
    @shahid8545 5 років тому +133

    This is the pinnacle of hip hop. This was hip hops peak. This is studying hieroglyphics in an Egyptian tomb, its like the dead sea scrolls. Pay hommage to these concrete jungle gods.

    • @jamaalcurry8990
      @jamaalcurry8990 2 роки тому +6

      Real talk this the zenith of rap. The culmination of all the best elements

    • @shahid8545
      @shahid8545 2 роки тому +3

      @@jamaalcurry8990 💯

    • @polodiesel7826
      @polodiesel7826 Рік тому +3

      Well said!!

    • @CL-ty6wp
      @CL-ty6wp Рік тому +5

      @@jamaalcurry8990 was a peak of culture too, the internet really f'd everything up.

    • @jamaalcurry8990
      @jamaalcurry8990 Рік тому +2

      @@CL-ty6wp agreed

  • @TimoLoud
    @TimoLoud 2 роки тому +105

    That chorus by Nas is beyond brilliant! He flipped that Evelyn Champagne King sample into a deeply reflective street poetic flow. Everybody is spittin Crazy on this song.

    • @Lolife86
      @Lolife86 8 місяців тому +3

      LOL It's a Bette Midler sample, not Evelyn Champagne...

    • @iqdonnelljackson7840
      @iqdonnelljackson7840 5 місяців тому +6

      He's referring to the hook​@Lolife86

  • @the9elements
    @the9elements 10 років тому +216

    "Shoulda knew what love is/before we learned what a thug is/now we left our seeds to be raised by they mothers" - CLASSIC!!!!!!!!!

    • @shatter617
      @shatter617 5 років тому +7

      Eeewwwww that was nasty!!

    • @Apreme
      @Apreme 4 роки тому

      @@shatter617 ua-cam.com/video/vJ2UChuHpjU/v-deo.html FUCK TRAGADY KHADAFI

    • @Apreme
      @Apreme 4 роки тому

      ua-cam.com/video/vJ2UChuHpjU/v-deo.html FUCK TRAGADY KHADAFI

    • @donjonestv
      @donjonestv 3 роки тому +1

      🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

    • @pedrorigney8721
      @pedrorigney8721 3 роки тому +1

      @@Apreme why you hatin

  • @oullerslb
    @oullerslb 11 років тому +222

    Noreaga slang and flow is so unique no one sound like him

    • @Noodles8ify
      @Noodles8ify 6 років тому +1

      oullerslb noreaga went in head first!
      Prob my fav of his- just had flip on it and those highs and lows.

    • @tommyinreallife
      @tommyinreallife 6 років тому +27

      NORE bodied this. I fuck with Nas and hes one of the GOAT but NORE's flow here is SO original and cool he just kinda outshined the other cat's verses imo.

    • @Spyder8561
      @Spyder8561 6 років тому +13

      Wrong....He sounds exactly like Tragedy Khadafi. Borrow his whole style om War report. Thats why Nore solo album sounds completely different...

    • @teamgreatnessmedia7257
      @teamgreatnessmedia7257 6 років тому +9

      @@Spyder8561 exactly. His early flow was all Trage

    • @archiebf4524
      @archiebf4524 6 років тому +8

      @@Spyder8561 thats because tragedy wasn't fucking with Nore's style when he first met him, but Tragedy had taken Capone under his wing and Capone wanted to bring Nore in with him so Tragedy basically forced Nore to change his style at first.

  • @shamumaga
    @shamumaga 6 років тому +84

    Queens bridge has the greatest depth of quality emcees of any hood ever

  • @donatas6055
    @donatas6055 10 років тому +276

    Queensbridge classic.

    • @davidbraae9735
      @davidbraae9735 6 років тому +2

      Hip-Hop Kung Fu that joint u been tryna find

    • @seanhamlet1463
      @seanhamlet1463 5 років тому +2

      @waffenevolutionss lefrak city and queensbridge a super classic.

  • @typo9584
    @typo9584 10 місяців тому +4

    I'm forever staying on this vibe

  • @MrONE50
    @MrONE50 11 років тому +151

    This give me the chills everytime.

  • @CubanoKid913
    @CubanoKid913 8 місяців тому +10

    UA-cam is closet thing we have to an time capsule. Forever a 💎

  • @kelvinmiles1065
    @kelvinmiles1065 6 років тому +250

    I Was Telling my Dudes in the Midwest that IRAQ was Lefak, Queens way before they started calling Chicago Chi-raq

    • @nikkidotts1279
      @nikkidotts1279 5 років тому +16

      ABSOLUTELY

    • @columbusohio72
      @columbusohio72 5 років тому +1

      Nah you mean the media. People have been calling chicago that since the 70s. Try again

    • @KtotheG
      @KtotheG 5 років тому +64

      @@columbusohio72 Man, Iraq wasn't even a US enemy in the '70s. Fuck outta here. Chicago's original nickname is Chi-town or the Windy City.

    • @LordRakim
      @LordRakim 5 років тому +2

      @@KtotheG don't forget #goill

    • @vens_USSR_19
      @vens_USSR_19 5 років тому +13

      LeFrak man , not "lefak"... - LeFrak City...

  • @dash_9764
    @dash_9764 11 років тому +698

    Why can't Hip-Hop sound like this anymore?

    • @KEYBEATZ
      @KEYBEATZ 10 років тому +28

      It can it's just no one (or should I say not enough people buy it) it doesn't sell. If it sold like dance/pop records this is all you'd hear

    • @KEYBEATZ
      @KEYBEATZ 10 років тому +17

      I make beats like this often the only beats that get a decent amount of play is the dance and pop beats

    • @90srapclassics
      @90srapclassics 10 років тому +29

      i feel u, i think it's a 90's thing... peoples nowadays don't like that kind of beat and style... i dunno what it is...

    • @KEYBEATZ
      @KEYBEATZ 10 років тому +4

      Stylezzz101 you never know it this sound might come back either that or there'll be some other rhythm or style that comes out that this generation will hate or not like

    • @KEYBEATZ
      @KEYBEATZ 10 років тому +24

      LXWvids it's funny because this sound right here was the "new school" hip hop sound and the 80's generation liked the sound. But the 80's and 90's generation doesn't like the current sound

  • @Guapiitooo
    @Guapiitooo 8 років тому +109

    Nore's verse on this is one of my favorite verses in hip hop.

    • @rapperwiz99
      @rapperwiz99 7 років тому

      Esaie Dumornay yea!!!!

    • @tommyinreallife
      @tommyinreallife 6 років тому +1

      Mine too

    • @icecold602
      @icecold602 4 роки тому +8

      Wtfffff😂😂 his verse is garbage in this. He ruined this song🤦‍♂️

    • @jamoris5784
      @jamoris5784 4 роки тому

      i never felt his verse on this! just my opinion

    • @frxtheraptor8671
      @frxtheraptor8671 3 роки тому

      @@icecold602 yeah I have to agree... his flow doesnt match the track very well

  • @edwardcharette7518
    @edwardcharette7518 Рік тому +9

    I'm a Brooklyn dude but these queens cats got the rap game on a smash .much love to my queens dude.

  • @4partmedia
    @4partmedia 8 років тому +384

    Tragedy... smh... "Should of knew what love is/
    Before we learned what a thug is/
    Now we left our son's to be raised by their mothers/

    • @elshowgun15
      @elshowgun15 8 років тому

      LOL..personal jab at the mahdi? huh..

    • @4partmedia
      @4partmedia 8 років тому +22

      +tahh vasquez ur clueless, I was quoting one of my favorites MC's.

    • @elshowgun15
      @elshowgun15 8 років тому +1

      shut up devil.

    • @4partmedia
      @4partmedia 8 років тому +20

      nigga shut the fuck up lol if u ain't a fan of this song, the fuck you typing for? I personally don't give a shit about his personal life. IU m hearing listening to track, you dumb fuck.

    • @elshowgun15
      @elshowgun15 8 років тому

      what? i heard and been a fan of this joint since it was released..get the fuck outa here

  • @tommyinreallife
    @tommyinreallife 6 років тому +32

    NORE's flow is RIDICULOUS here. Changed my whole perspective on that dude! I love that verse so much

    • @whooelse9444
      @whooelse9444 6 років тому +1

      Yeah he does has his highlights on a lot of songs.

  • @LahnaNolen
    @LahnaNolen 9 років тому +87

    Glad these brotha's made peace. Nas is the illest and N.O.R.E. seems like a cool dude. RESPECT.

  • @dannydealin6858
    @dannydealin6858 9 років тому +59

    This beat with nas was a stone for the temple.

  • @Bigknicksfan
    @Bigknicksfan 9 років тому +90

    Noreaga's verse is fire!

    • @icecold602
      @icecold602 4 роки тому +3

      Hell no it was garbage tf🤦‍♂️😂 nore fucked this song over 😂

    • @grimeywarlock8887
      @grimeywarlock8887 4 роки тому +2

      @ice cold Absolutely the dumbest shit I’ve ever heard in my life. You must b 12 talking like that! BLASPHEMY!!!!

    • @oblack6351
      @oblack6351 4 роки тому +3

      @@icecold602 facts destroyed the whole concept

    • @stephenheath8465
      @stephenheath8465 3 роки тому +3

      @@icecold602 Nore cadence and delivery is kind of Off Beat,but he is original with it

    • @nikko6493
      @nikko6493 3 роки тому

      @@icecold602 you good? Anymore emojis and it would look like your having an emotional break down 💀

  • @millcityflexxx4770
    @millcityflexxx4770 5 років тому +30

    90s hip hop was hands down the best era no question

  • @patrickwilson6418
    @patrickwilson6418 3 роки тому +72

    Nore had the best Spanglish verse ever!!!!!😂😂💯💯💯

  • @tamarawilkins7584
    @tamarawilkins7584 9 років тому +38

    I remember the clue tape I had in 96 -97 had this on it this classic queens music.

    • @jaywarner1976
      @jaywarner1976 8 років тому +1

      I had that same tape!! wish I still did..

    • @progress426
      @progress426 6 років тому +2

      Show me the money Pt. 2 side A- 3rd or 4th song! Yup!

    • @alfredparker9474
      @alfredparker9474 5 років тому

      @@progress426 it was the 3rd song.. you on point with it... I still have that mixtape on cassette

    • @shatter617
      @shatter617 5 років тому +1

      My first time hearing this smh the clue tapes was always the music in the background

    • @jasonmoan
      @jasonmoan 9 місяців тому

      Clue!

  • @goldenhiphop894
    @goldenhiphop894 9 років тому +40

    The beat, the lyricism, the flow, no gimmicks just straight bars..hip hop forever!!

  • @whooelse9444
    @whooelse9444 8 років тому +135

    i think its safe to say tragedy dropped the jewels, nas did his thing with the storytelling & nore brung the most energy, correct?

    • @ogmusic2027
      @ogmusic2027 5 років тому +5

      Indeed

    • @nikkidotts1279
      @nikkidotts1279 5 років тому

      Nah, they ALL brought GREAT ENERGY TO THEIR VERSE; they ALL hv different flows so I MOST DEFINITELY FEEL AS THO EVERY LAST ONE THAT SPIT ON THIS TRACK, MURDERED IT💯💪💪‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️

    • @Apreme
      @Apreme 4 роки тому

      ua-cam.com/video/vJ2UChuHpjU/v-deo.html FUCK TRAGADY KHADAFI

    • @jamessanders6788
      @jamessanders6788 4 роки тому

      Yep.

    • @whooelse9444
      @whooelse9444 4 роки тому +1

      @@nikkidotts1279 yes but nore's energy stood out the most.

  • @guysimmons4305
    @guysimmons4305 4 роки тому +28

    Damn what a classic. Damn i miss Nore's old flow. So unorthodox. Its the flow that made The War Report a certified classic. Tragedy is one one of the true unsung heroes of hip hop.

  • @boomdat3493
    @boomdat3493 Рік тому +7

    RIP E Money Bags both versions of this song classic 🔥🔥💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾💯💯

  • @byron4622
    @byron4622 4 роки тому +39

    This beat sends you to another zone! Can’t ever get enough of a dope beat with a sick piano!

  • @trentyates418
    @trentyates418 2 роки тому +5

    NY rap from da 90s-early 00’s was the dopest music ever, this the NY rap we need back.

  • @darkshadows7262
    @darkshadows7262 9 місяців тому +3

    Tragedy is the greatest that outlasted them all and is still putting out that hardcore hip hop

  • @mallyy1251
    @mallyy1251 7 місяців тому +4

    For some reason 90s hip hop hits different.

  • @MarlowRicky
    @MarlowRicky 2 роки тому +6

    An absolute underground all time classic.

  • @danalewis3027
    @danalewis3027 7 місяців тому +1

    Mannnn nothing beats my era of music. I ran this song in the ground when I first heard back then

  • @tomwall8518
    @tomwall8518 Рік тому +5

    Here from London commenting, Just got back from New York, I strolled around Queensbridge Projects with this in my headphones, it was deep. Big up QBC

  • @Vicchapastyle
    @Vicchapastyle 9 років тому +32

    This is fire I miss this hip hop NYC stand up

  • @moneybuilden
    @moneybuilden Рік тому +3

    I still hear DJ clue just before this song drops

  • @BsnssInstdaGame
    @BsnssInstdaGame 11 років тому +15

    this beat is an all time classic

  • @michaelviens4129
    @michaelviens4129 Рік тому +5

    I’ve never heard of this verison of music. This is a real classic

  • @abdallahelibrahimi557
    @abdallahelibrahimi557 6 років тому +6

    Back before you tube you could only hear joints like this on mixtapes that you had to cop close to NY OR NJ

    • @progress426
      @progress426 6 років тому

      Abdullah El Ibraahiimii
      Not Really. Clue’s tapes were so 🔥back then that vendors knew it would sell. They were either bootlegging it or calling Big Skane@ Desert Storm direct, for 100 tapes or more. Bottom line is I’ve seen clues tapes as far west as the Slausson Swap Meet in L.A and as far South as Dade County/ Coral Gables-University of Miami selling Clue Tapes.
      Just Saying.

    • @abdallahelibrahimi557
      @abdallahelibrahimi557 6 років тому

      Just my experience I guess

  • @Funkyphresh
    @Funkyphresh 9 років тому +55

    This song's off of Tragedy Khadafi's album Thug Matrix 2, if anyone's wondering.

    • @Funkyphresh
      @Funkyphresh 9 років тому +3

      nog baby Probably but Matrix 2 is more like a mixtape with different song's on it. Not sure if this was off of something else but I know it's on Matrix 2.

    • @Funkyphresh
      @Funkyphresh 9 років тому +2

      nog baby Could of been a left over B side track that was recorded for Capone N Noreaga's - War Report album or Channel 10..that was never released ..never know. Sick track though.

    • @oskamadison
      @oskamadison 9 років тому +3

      +Gerald Duval It was for The War Report. Nas and Tragedy wasn't vibin' so Nas wouldn't clear his verse, if I'm not mistaken...

    • @oskamadison
      @oskamadison 8 років тому +1

      *****​ I swore I remember reading some interview and it was over Nas and Tragedy falling out. The sample clearance issue makes sense though. Hell, could have been both...

    • @clarkbar
      @clarkbar 7 років тому +1

      OfficialHybridBeats crazy. if this had been on war report it wouldve taken that album from my personal top 10 to top 3

  • @josephenright2824
    @josephenright2824 6 років тому +31

    You will never see rap like this ever again

    • @tommiejackson8620
      @tommiejackson8620 6 років тому +1

      Joseph Enright i argee

    • @Itsprodog
      @Itsprodog Рік тому

      I spit that like this 💎 ⚔️
      Schooled by a Brooklyn Killah
      Raised in Killah Cali
      Music droppin soon Pro Money aka Pro doG 🐾 ⛅️ ☀️

    • @mafiagang20
      @mafiagang20 Рік тому +1

      EVER

  • @moetarawally-maldonado1768
    @moetarawally-maldonado1768 3 місяці тому +2

    I remember being young boy in Dyckman Washington heights,New York with my uncle in the car playing this song 🎶🔥 in the car

  • @rduva115
    @rduva115 3 роки тому +32

    I love Nores flow everything rhymes with Puerto Rico lol 😂

  • @Zmloys
    @Zmloys 9 років тому +13

    Each verse paints a vivid picture

  • @oskamadison
    @oskamadison 9 років тому +48

    I love early Nore joints. He was so random with his, like dafuq you talkin' 'bout? lol...

    • @Ray1Billy
      @Ray1Billy 8 років тому +4

      word I was just listening like DA fuck he said

    • @oskamadison
      @oskamadison 8 років тому +2

      Billy Ray​ Word is bond, lol...

    • @superg7495
      @superg7495 4 роки тому +4

      But to some it was right on point no questions

    • @Apreme
      @Apreme 4 роки тому

      ua-cam.com/video/vJ2UChuHpjU/v-deo.html FUCK TRAGADY KHADAFI

    • @moegatz1955
      @moegatz1955 4 роки тому +1

      Nore shit use to be all over the place but still hard though ..if you don’t understand Spanish you really wouldn’t comprehend a lot of his shit .

  • @4partmedia
    @4partmedia 5 років тому +22

    Tragedy's verses single handedly crush anyone else on the track. This verse of his is classic visual real shit-- detailed and very real to 90's NY streets... not that much has changed tho. These kinds of verses are timeless cuz they represent the reality that hasn't changed.

  • @KingK00P
    @KingK00P Місяць тому +1

    Str8 🔥 still in 2024

  • @GeraldReyes-e4s
    @GeraldReyes-e4s 4 місяці тому +1

    Queens sound the epic piano melodies

  • @garethclueless90
    @garethclueless90 3 роки тому +3

    To this day I wsh I was a teenager in the 90s.
    Born in 95 I only truly delved into hip hop three years ago (2018)
    Sad I know

  • @Octane44
    @Octane44 8 років тому +8

    Noreag always stood out! His flow strangled that beat! Make you wanna dance & smile. Even it was a personal song!

    • @DaboooogA
      @DaboooogA 8 років тому

      He weakest on the track by far bro

    • @Octane44
      @Octane44 8 років тому +1

      Never just because it went over your head doesn't make it wack! Nas bit Tragedy style!

    • @DaboooogA
      @DaboooogA 8 років тому +2

      I dont think NORE has or ever will go 'over' my head

  • @trentyates418
    @trentyates418 4 роки тому +5

    This piano makes you wanna shed a tear for real hip hop like this to come back

  • @diablo74ify
    @diablo74ify 3 місяці тому +2

    Under the underground of hip hop ❤❤❤

  • @chrpol5
    @chrpol5 2 роки тому +1

    Shhhhhhit all day bumpn 2023 we taking flight on this one for the real ones. NYC FDR drive 4AM to Queens in the winter with your bubble jack

  • @MrBlacksun777
    @MrBlacksun777 3 місяці тому +4

    If you listening to this September 2024 then you on to great shit 💪🤙👌

  • @tesscobarofdeadprezz
    @tesscobarofdeadprezz Рік тому +5

    Real ones listen to that shit
    Lyrics and vocals are on another level
    Its been 27 years and still in race with nowadays trashes
    Listen to Oldschool kids
    N-A-S-I-R call him Escobar👑

  • @SithLordFromFlorida
    @SithLordFromFlorida 7 років тому +18

    I remember the first time I heard this. Real Hip Hop stands the test of time.

  • @kable1982
    @kable1982 3 місяці тому +1

    They all killed this shit!!

  • @lillianpadilla8306
    @lillianpadilla8306 2 місяці тому +2

    I really miss noreaga

  • @queensexist7087
    @queensexist7087 Рік тому +4

    Still my go to when I’m riding and vibin Dolo

  • @Guhsteh
    @Guhsteh 9 років тому +54

    Nas killed this shit.

    • @kenanmccaleb8327
      @kenanmccaleb8327 Рік тому

      @Guhsteh On everything I love Nas destroyed this best. Amen 🙏

  • @blizbx
    @blizbx Рік тому +5

    Tragedy absolutely killed this

  • @MedinaTheOne
    @MedinaTheOne 4 роки тому +2

    This era. the true era! Of hiphop is the soundtrack of my life.

  • @Sicario-Gamer
    @Sicario-Gamer 2 роки тому +1

    I didn’t need any recommendations for this. I knew this song existed because I was in my teens when it came out. Legendary track. Respect to Nas and NORE

  • @josephfries7734
    @josephfries7734 Рік тому +23

    These days aren’t ever coming back are they?

  • @andref4467
    @andref4467 7 років тому +10

    hands down one best tracks ever made. Ny run hiphop no question.

  • @CreativeLaelAsif
    @CreativeLaelAsif 8 років тому +59

    NaS verse on here clearly means don't judge a book by its cover

  • @johns4780
    @johns4780 Рік тому +2

    One of the best tracks of all time nore def did his thing even though he always made up words hes better then anything today..

  • @gcseve
    @gcseve Рік тому +2

    I found this gem on limewire when I was 13. Im 32 now…still years later an amazing track.

  • @saeedbihi349
    @saeedbihi349 7 років тому +3

    QB classic. man took me back in the days.

  • @T_TYME
    @T_TYME 6 років тому +4

    Nothing can't compare its just a feeling thats unexplainable the essence of Queens captures you in this masterpiece....

  • @investergambler4374
    @investergambler4374 Рік тому +3

    The nore verse hits hard , the entire song hits

  • @ODDONYC
    @ODDONYC 2 роки тому +2

    Love when a old playlist pop up and bring you back to 1999

  • @laquanlittle5544
    @laquanlittle5544 8 місяців тому +2

    Still a banga in 2024!!!!

  • @KtotheG
    @KtotheG 5 років тому +7

    The sampled piano loop came from a 1970s Bette Midler track, "Superstar," a song that Luther Vandross later remade in the '80s.

  • @n3utr0n3
    @n3utr0n3 3 роки тому +6

    Timeless piece right here. So many jewels drop on this. No disrespect QU had New York on lock D for a few years. Beats were dope and lyrics were lit. The era of mobb, nas, LB, if you know you know. Peace to the tri-state though

  • @thommomuchopz
    @thommomuchopz 8 років тому +8

    STRAIGHT UP ONE OF THE ILLEST TRACKS EVER

  • @lordfire1799
    @lordfire1799 7 місяців тому +1

    Noriega's verse still on repeat since this joint dropped back in the day 👽

  • @billytaylor2320
    @billytaylor2320 3 роки тому +1

    Classic newyorkcity, can never go wrong...

  • @amaritheskater
    @amaritheskater 9 років тому +23

    such a underrated song, man love this song to death

  • @joepecora1601
    @joepecora1601 4 роки тому +5

    Nas still has it. He's prolly the only one that will NEVER fall off

  • @Mal_77
    @Mal_77 5 років тому +4

    Pure art, real hip hop with the foundation of music( classical) if you don’t have goose bumps you don’t have good taste- shout to the real heads -29 now been bumping this this I was 16

  • @jadamoore3424
    @jadamoore3424 2 роки тому +2

    2022 🔥 and it’s still a classic ‼️

  • @luisgutierrez1674
    @luisgutierrez1674 12 років тому

    This joint gos down in the Hall Of Fame right here....Memba takin the Q-65 home from Jamaica High, high, bumpn' this joint on my walkman like a hunett timez a day. Q.B.

  • @fffffff6822
    @fffffff6822 5 років тому +3

    Havent heard this song in years. I got goosebumps when the first verse came on

  • @ismailnyc6004
    @ismailnyc6004 10 років тому +13

    Tragedy stayed real 100...listen to his rymes Dunn!!

  • @true.school
    @true.school Рік тому +4

    I listened to this when I was young on my bike driving through the rain... Still love listening to this when it's raining 🌧️🎶❤️

  • @moisesalonzo2893
    @moisesalonzo2893 3 роки тому +2

    The black moses and the name of my home city san juan my paps home that's insane its classic legends like rakim when i be on da mic and gang starr above the clouds that mention either my name or something that resembles me its why I listen to it and because of what they rap about nothing but real music experience is the best teacher.

  • @SchraderBeatz
    @SchraderBeatz 3 роки тому +1

    One love from germany 2 da kingz

  • @beewalk34
    @beewalk34 10 років тому +99

    Queens had the hardest rap game when you u compare it to other areas

    • @ghosttown1452
      @ghosttown1452 10 років тому +1

      I 2nd that n I'm from the bx

    • @stilllyte
      @stilllyte 10 років тому +3

      I'm a Brooklyn resident my whole life but prefer rappers from queens growing up

    • @ghosttown1452
      @ghosttown1452 10 років тому +7

      Me too.. nas mobb cnn mega n a couple others ran the 90s era in hiphop

    • @francisalbert1799
      @francisalbert1799 10 років тому +10

      Don't forget about that dude Cormega. Every1 always forgettin him

    • @ghosttown1452
      @ghosttown1452 10 років тому +4

      Mega Montana... that was my guy..

  • @venas1978rw
    @venas1978rw 8 років тому +3

    dey all did their thing...miss these legendary times.

  • @ayoonine
    @ayoonine Рік тому +3

    my first time hearing this and damn, i miss records like this

  • @raiderjones2238
    @raiderjones2238 Рік тому +2

    Heavy Flow with nothing but Bomb ass memories before cell phones…. Unexplainable conversations, freestyle sessions and live party scenes off this track!!! Word is Bond lol😂

  • @Zenitsu_is_the_honered_one
    @Zenitsu_is_the_honered_one 2 роки тому +1

    I'm glad I grew up how I did in the late 80s and 90s . The streets made taught me alot and made me who I am,