I always thought Nas' "I Can" was under appreciated

[Wise]

yall agree?

 

[CASHAPP]

Not really. And its cringe worthy hearing him messing up the part about Alexander the Great.

 

[UpAndComing]

That was the song that made be a Nas fan

 

[Yoda]

9th Wonder made this a listenable track honestly

 

[It is a mystery]

id say no. "I can" is the only song the mainstream music listener knows from nas and is his "99 problems" or "hard knock life" basically

 

[BlackMajik]

No no no

Plz do not appreciate that song

 

[BlackMajik]

Not really. And its cringe worthy hearing him messing up the part about Alexander the Great.

Cosign

That song made seem like a pseudo intellectual idiot

 

[The Ruler 09]

I agree. Great song.

 

[Mike the Executioner]

It's one of the songs I remember hearing when I was a little kid and it has stayed with me ever since.

Great production, catchy hook, and Nas is......decent. His flow was very weird though. You can tell his delivery was meant to be appealing to kids.

 

[Don Jesus]

It was a terrible song. The beat was boring, the lyrics were forced, and Nas cursing in the song prevented schools from being able to play it in elementary school assemblies so the song was a fail on my opinion...even though it used to play every other hour on the radio when it released

The last song on Common's "Be" is everything "I Can" tried to be, but executed it way better....which is weird because Nas is ten times the rapper Common is

That Dilla effect

 

[Grand Conde]

I only just realised that Nas confused Alexander The Great with Napolean.

 

[Scarface sniffin cocaine]

Im a nas fan and im glad that he does take time to instill wisdom in his lyrics to feed the youth

His catalog in its entirety is underappreciated


Pac too

 

[Renegade47]

 

[erker]

The last song on Common's "Be" is everything "I Can" tried to be, but executed it way better....which is weird because Nas is ten times the rapper Common is

That Dilla effect

I love both tracks, but I Can and It's Your World are two very different tracks...

 

[Don Jesus]

I love both tracks, but I Can and It's Your World are two very different tracks...

Not really. Both tracks about inspiration and becoming whatever you want to be. Nas' song was a cheap cookie cutter attempt. Common's felt more organic and warm