Nas - I Gave You Power - A Reaction
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- Опубліковано 30 лип 2024
- The poor gun wanted out of the game but they wouldn't let him. Very clever storytelling from NAS.
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Song: I Gave You Power
Artist: Nas
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One of Nas's best. Elite level rapping
another good storytelling song by Nas is called “undying love”
Thanks! It's on my list!
@@ABoomerReacts great! That's a classic. While you're on nas story telling songs be sure to check out "rewind". Another clever song of his
@@seaneden9991 Rewind is going to be on a poll that comes out on Friday. Be sure to vote!
also Money Is My Bi%%h & Last Wordz
Undying love is one of the best love stories ever told 💯💯
The absolute best living rapper in the game. How great? This song actually motivated 2pac to make Me and My Girlfriend.
One of the greatest lyrical masterpieces ever imo 💯 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
better than biggies gimme the loot?
#edit i think technically this song is better. but as far as "lyrical masterpiece" i dunno man
#editonedit nahhh... gimme the loot is a way better song to show tech
@@sjimmyspanks Maybe you are different mentally than i am so I can’t converse regarding your opinions as i stated in my opinion however I didn’t generate a list of songs that are lyrical masterpieces i was speaking specifically about this song. I’ve been listening to hip hop since the 80’s so my mindset is unique in that aspect. I obviously am aware of Biggie music factually speaking verbatim every lyric by memory. I love gimme the loot and actually had the tape when it came out and the vinyl but yes this concept specifically is more lyrical in my opinion due the personification of an inanimate object and rapping from that perspective is ingenious from a literary perspective but to have a story behind it and flow. Biggie is a god to me and so is Nas to me.
@@sjimmyspanks That’s your opinion but in my opinion that is not even Biggie best song but again i know all Biggie lyrics verbatim so i am unaware of your mentality regarding his catalogue or rap catalogues in general. My catalogue in music is from all genres so i can only speak from that perspective. Your perspective seems unintuitive in my opinion when i clearly stated “One of the greatest” but perhaps your brain can’t fathom another entity having their own opinion when i clearly stated imo which means in my opinion.
Nas is incredible
Nas is a excellent story teller. Try listening to Undying Love. That one is really like a movie. You can literally see what he is saying.
Nas pen 🖋️ game is unmatched 🔥🥵🐐 elite level writing skills
Nas said in an interview for a magazine that he wanted to speak to his own people with the song. And he was worried they wouldn't get it. So he made it more obvious what he was talking about. I don't think he meant to call them dumb, just have to remember the education situation in Queensbride projects and not many were literary minds. I think he was worried only hardcore hip hop heads and people with grasps on poetic license; personification, etc. would get it and not the people he was trying to talk to.
First time I’ve heard this compared to Toy Story lol.. love it.. but yes, definitely a hip hop classic..
Nas "Rewind" you won't regret
Yes, several people have requested that. It's on my list!
This is why Nas is my favorite he writes from all types of perspectives the average person wouldn't think to, another great example of this is fetus, a song I would so recommend
Thanks for the suggestion! I'm looking forward to more Nas.
storytelling on this is 🔥
I totally agree
Another Nas song that is very special is "Rewind". It embodies the creativity in hip hop being that Nas tells a story backwards. Please react to "Rewind" by Nas @A Boomer Reacts.
Sounds interesting. It's on my list. Maybe I'll do a poll for Nas songs since I have several on my list.
@@ABoomerReacts so I was looking at the Tupac interview you did the other day and I bust out laughing when you said you would have called her a bitch or something to that nature but if y'all haven't seen his reaction to the interview you need to look at it because you are speaking facts and I never even thought about it like that 💯💯💯
@@stevenrawls1986 If she had called my Mom a "crack addict", I would have done more than call her a bitch.
@@ABoomerReacts 😂🤣😭😭😭 Facts........To be honest I don't think she understands and probably not trying to understand she maybe never been thru nothing serious in her life
@@ABoomerReacts Check out Every Ghetto and The Wotld is an Addiction.
Now nas is another to dive deep in his lyrics, poetry, an metaphors are amazing . The word play .
"This part reminds me of Toy Story."
- Boomer 👴🏼
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This is part of why his work is studied in Ivy League courses
Are they? I had no idea.
“You’d better not Fuck me over!”
😂😂😂😂
Nas was 22 years old at the time
So young! I'm not even that deep or creative now!
@@ABoomerReacts I feel you! He was very well read as a 8th grade dropout.
@@ABoomerReacts Nas have a unreleased song that was made for this album called Deja Vu.....Brilliant lyrics!! They removed the song since It Was Written (1996) was going for a commercial sound. It Was Written is my favorite Nas album overall. Yea it was commercial for the time but it had a grime to it and his lyrics was really potent. 2Pac former friend Stretch (RIP) Produced Silent Murder and Take it in blood for Nas. Nas had got dropped off right before Stretch was shot and killed in 1995. Nas talked about that on "A Queens Story" (2012). Stretch was 6'8. He was 2Pac right hand man and after the quad shooting in 1994, 2Pac didn't rock with Stretch anymore. Stretch and Biggie became super close as well. All 3 of them were friends and did songs together. Nas knew all 3 of them guys.
@@letstalkwithpatrickpodcast You know what they say about some dropouts: that school bores them because they are too intelligent, so they drop out.
@@letstalkwithpatrickpodcast Soneone requested deja vu. It's on my list. Also, I just reacted to Me and My Girlfriend (posts on Sunday) and I mention Stretch and Quad.
Nas's song REWIND (from the Stillmatic album) is equally as clever. He's one of a kind!
Yes, that will probably be my next Nas reaction.
This is a masterpiece..
It's beautifully written and performed.
“A little more serious than Toy Story..” 😂
Fact
Yo that Toy Story comparison was amazing 🤯
Thanks, Jonas! As I was visualizing Nas' lyrics, that image just popped in.
I feel the entire song is a double entendre. He's referencing the gun but the very same story can translate to a street soldier essentially... for example when he says "he's about to fall to pieces, because of his murder career". Many of his bars can go both ways regarding a human living a life with a gun, or the gun itself.
I didn't even think of that. I'll have to re-listen.
Another classic sir!!
Nas influenced Pac, but I Gave You Power was influenced by a song called “Stray Bullet” by Organized Konfusion. That would be a good one to react to as well, and a good introduction to Pharoahe Monch, one of the most creative MCs ever.
Maybe I will. A viewer just mentioned Simon Says by Pharoah Monch as I song I had probably heard before. I listened to it - I have never heard it before but I liked it.
Thing is, 2Pac already recorded Losin It in 1993 with Spice 1, Spice did the same thing with his verse "Shit was talking to me, my gat screamed fire, the bullet told me to shoot that motherfucker he's a liar". I've never really bought that 2Pac was inspired by Nas, he may have been trying to compete with him though.
Interestingly enough though 2Pacs track sounds eerily similar to "Happiness is a Warm Gun" by the Beatles, which pre-dates them all.
@@jimmybonez7528 Thanks, Jimmy! Your knowledge is awesome.
@@jimmybonez7528 True, but members of the Outlawz have said Pac was "studying" It Was Written right before he died. So, while I Gave You Power was probably informed by all those songs, the inspiration to record it almost certainly came from Nas.
The 🐐
Dope!🔥🔥
The Notorious B.I.G. "Niggaz Bleed"
I'll add it to my list. Thanks!
Your intro is awesome!
Thank you! I had fun making it.
Great reaction! By the way another rapper paid homage his name is King Crooked previous known as Crooked I he did a song called Life Of A Bandana.
That's so funny. Someone just made a Crooked I request the other day for San Diego 2010. I'll add Life of A Bandana to the list.
Classic childhood memories me and my walkman
The Walkman was the greatest invention at the time
@@ABoomerReacts lol yesir
On my way to take the kiddies to tall game ,kinda gloomy but we shall make the best of the day lol goodmorning pal hope u have an awsome day thanks for the reaction to start my day off!
Thanks! Have a great time with the kiddies!
Conceptually this is one of my favorites as well. Sure he could have done more to improve the overall sound of it and/or tell a bigger or more dramatic story but I luv this as is. A track that is truly unique in the hip hop world and tells a logical complete story about the continuous gun violence without ever being preachy.
I agree. Except I wanted a chorus that sounded a little different.
Could have done more??? I'm in awe of the hubris.
@@damnthisuser I think when the commenter says "could have done more" he means "of course he could have done more but I'm glad he decided not to" because the scaled-back production that Nas chose fits the song. The commenter loves the song as is. The comment didn't smack of hubris to me at all.
Don't get it twisted. this is one of my favorite hip hop songs of all time. I'm not comparing this to the average rap song but the other classics that the boomer is reacting to. I love this song for the lyrics, it's a brilliant concept and an absolute mastery in storytelling. My comment was kind of comparing it to "Dance With the Devil" that the boomer also reacted to. And I thought about y I liked this song more than that. I enjoyed the feel and tone of the DWTD beat a bit more, just my preference. I think Tech told a bigger/more dramatic story but one I don't enjoy as much or go back and listen to as much. More doesn't mean better in this case. It's good that the track isn't overproduced. It's good that Nas made a perfectly executed story and avoided letting it get too complicated or bizarre. My aim wasn't to be critical of the song, just pointing out I could understand if someone likes some other storytelling songs more cuz people got different preferences.
Nice
Has the best to ever do it
Hell yeah so glad you did this reaction. Can’t wait for you to do me and my girlfriend. Also if you can do Outkast the 13th floor
Thanks for the suggestion, Jonathan! It's on my list.
Greatly Appreciated Video..I Highly Recommend The Song “Doo Rags” by NaS..You Won’t Be Sorry..Thx for the Vid
I have several Nas requests on my list but not that one. I'll add it. Thanks!
"This part reminds me of Toy Story"😂😂😂
Am I right or am I right? 😜
@@ABoomerReactslol. I can see where your coming from but im definitely not thinking about any type of games or kiddy shows when I here this song. When I play "I gave you power" and as clever as the song is, it makes me never want to pick up a gun as a form of retaliation but to simply use my words and my intellegence to de escalate possible scenarios in real time and handle those situations diplomatically. Its a bigger purpose in life than living it for beef...
@@andreremy9494 I think it would make Nas very happy to hear that.
Fav nas track is God Love Us
Thanks for the suggestion! I'll add it to my list.
Accident murderer by Nas
Please react to Nas - one mic. Its the song that made Ellen Degeneres notice Nas (if thats good or not). Also listen to Nas Last real nigga alive. He described the 90s rap scene from an insider lens. Both dope tracks. Great reactions btw.
Thank you! One Mic is already on my list and I'll add the other one.
classic story tellin'' also you gotta check out spice one 187 proof
Yes, 187 Proof is on my must-do list. In the meantime, Welcome to the Ghetto posts on Nov 20.
lmao it really is like toy story but guns lol
I know, right?
I don’t know for sure but I always felt nas was inspired to write this song because of the song ‘stray bullet’ by Organized Konfusion (two of the greatest emcees ever Pharoahe Monch and Prince Po (short for Poetry)) would be great to see you react to that. It’s a deep song with incredible levels of skill in production and wordplay. It’s a movie on wax and I always felt a form of therapy To express such horrific occurrences. An outlet of emotional distress. It’s reporting that is so important to be spoken about. What blows my mind is that such a horrific tale can be told in such a eloquent poignant and poetic way. It’s not an easy listen though. Both because of the subject matter and also the delivery being so technical.
But it’s definitely in my list of favourite Songs ever. As is the whole album. Stress: the extinction agenda
A few people have told me about Stray Bullet and Organized Konfusion. It's on my list; and you've made me even more intrigued about it. Thanks for the suggestion!
Seconded. They are two of the most skilled rappers their generation. The lyricism contained on ‘Releasing Hypnotical Gases’ is unrivalled in the genre, nearly 30yrs on.
@@SUCHROXWELL I love the name of that title!
I can totally agree with that.
Fun fact: Tupac was inspired from this song he made the song "Me and my girlfriend". Which is about a gun too.
It was the song I reacted to right after this.
@@ABoomerReacts Keep up the good work!
Yo!!!
Can you do a reaction to Nas' song Fetus. Its Dope!
Thanks for the suggestion! It's on my list.
toystory is gangsta dont sleep on toystory lol
Haha
This song itself was influenced by Organize Konfuion - Stray bullet
Yes, some viewers told me that I after I posted this video.
Look up Nas's college career. He's a very intelligent man.
I will do that.
He actually never made it even close to college. He dropped out in the 8th grade. Nas is purely self and street educated.
Now you must listen to Tupac-me and my girlfriend .. And you will see What is it about 😏😆🔥
That reaction will post tomorrow
Orgnanized Konfusion - Prisoners of War
I'll add this one, too.
Could you review Buckingham palace by canibus
Thanks for the suggestion! I'll add it to my list.
@@ABoomerReacts I appreciate the consideration subbed
@@sonofmann Thanks for the sub!
Who is this man, great song choice tho
The part about the grenades always reminded me of toystory too lmao loved the reaction
That's so funny that you had the same thought!
Do Nas poison
Thanks for the suggestion, Mike! I'll add it to my list.
salut
I prefer Organized Konfusion's "Stray Bullet"
I just put it on my list!
The song is meant to be lonely
Unpopular opinion: I would take Street Dreams over I gave you power all day, everyday! 🫣 Too monotonous, I need a chorus…🤷🏽♀️
You're talking to the chorus king.
He kinda got this idea from Organized Konfusion - Stray Bullet (1994)....Nas song is better but Organized Konfusion song was great also
Organized Konfusion? Were they popular?
@@ABoomerReacts sort of. They was well known in hip hop. They appeared on soundtracks in the 90s. One of the rappers Pharaoh Monch is part of the duo. He had a successful solo career with the song Simon Says. I'm sure you heard Simon Says before, maybe the beat at least.
@@letstalkwithpatrickpodcast Thanks for thinking I might have heard the beat from Simon says. You are incorrect, though. I just played it on UA-cam. I like the beat a lot, but I have never heard it before. "Get the fuck up!"
@@ABoomerReacts no problem. Idk I thought you probably heard the beat lol. I know it was on commercials and movies during the early 2000s.
I might took your first child.
I just had two boy twins.
Congratulations! Are they identical or fraternal?
It’s a solid track but it wasn’t an original concept nor Nas’ best work, lyrically. Organized Konfusion’s ‘Stray Bullet’ predates it and is a masterclass in both narrative driven writing and ingenious wordplay.
Yes, a lot of people have been urging me to react to Stray Bullet
This is the worst reaction to this song
Sorry you feel that way.
@@ABoomerReacts you didnt give the song the credit it deserved
Talking about the beats which were perfect incase someone had to listen to the story
This song is HUGE.pure art something so rare
@@busajjamoses7386 Well, I'm afraid you are always going to be disappointed. My reaction channels is: I listen to a song once that I've never heard before and then I tell you what I thought about it. I'm not a hip hop person. I don't know how this song compares to other Nas songs or to other songs that came out in this time period. And you're absolutely right - I don't give any of the songs the credit they deserve because I don't study them.. I listen to the song and then right there and then I tell you my first impressions. If you want someone who analyzes, critiques, or reviews a song , that's not my channel.