I will never forget. . I was with this white homie. . I had picked up Stillmatic on bootleg the day before but did not play it yet. . Was in the whip with the white homie and decided to go ahead and put it on.
I was a Nas stan early on but lately I had been on my Rocafella tip.

They were putting out hot music. I had Blueprint on repeat since it came out. . And Takeover I thought killed Nas.
I had no idea that Nas was even going to be coming back at Jay. . .
When them shots rang out. .

FUKK JAY Z!
I was so confused man. . I was not on the internets heavy then. . I had no idea this was already bubbling. .
GODS SON ACROSS THE BELLY,
I WILL PROVE YOU LOST ALREADY!
Aiyo hold hold hold up!! I realized right then I was listening the greatness and I need to be properly prepared.
I hit repeat. . . My white homie was just staring out the car window like
When Nas said,
n '88 you was getting chased through your building
Calling my crib and I ain't even give you my numbers
All I did was gave you a style for you to run with
Smiling in my face, glad to break bread with the god
Wearing Jaz chains, no tecs, no cash, no cars
No jail bars Jigga, no pies, no case
Just Hawaiian shirts, hanging with little Chase
You a fan, a phony, a fake, a p*ssy, a Stan
I still whip your ass, you thirty-six in a karate class
You Tae-bo hoe, tryna' work it out, you tryna' get brolic?
Ask me if I'm tryna' kick knowledge
Nah, I'm tryna' kick the shyt you need to learn though
That ether, that shyt that make your soul burn slow
I damn near wrecked the whip.
Me and the white homie listed to Ether like 20 times in a row. . It took me like a week to even get to the rest of the album.

I remember I had like 4 CD cases full of CD's in the truck. Most of them were Rocafella CD's. . . As I was listening to Ether I saw their value deprecating before my eyes like a brand new car that is being driven off the lot.
