Stans - When did you first get up on NAS?

[Yoda]

Didnt get up on Nas till shortly after Skreets Disciple. Copped Illmatic and hes been my dude ever since

 

[BIGDENNIS10UK]

He's definately someone who when you here a few dings, you end up buying the whole collection.

Best to do it.

 

[So UnThotful]

i was going through my brother in law's cd collection years back

found lost tapes and i thought that was a . Later listen to illmatic and it was a wrap. Been the GOAT to me since

 

[DreadHead P]

Stole "it was written" from my cousin when I was like 14, the rest is history

 

[stealthbomber]

when i heard "disciple" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odzmwYtV0EQ on nfl street lol. i was in like 6th grade and it was the best rap song id heard to that point in my life and was like

d/l'd illmatic that day and been since

 

[EducatedBrothaFromTheBank]

1992 outside of a Chicken & Grits corner store in Camden NJ, no lie.

 

[Karamellion]

Just before It Was Written dropped a local hip hop show ran a few short interviews with Nas discussing his backstory and the overwhelming response to Illmatic. I copped it and never looked back.

 

[Dat Migo]

The first album of his I copped first day was HHID, so I started listening to him probably back in 05 when I was 15

 

[JoelB]

As a young kid getting ready for school, I saw a handsome black man with a sharp fade crouching on top of a moving vehicle in the middle of manhattan on my t.v. I then heard the sweet voice Lauryn Hill accompany the images I was seeing

Went and stole the It Was Written album from my cousin and heard some of the finest poetry known to man....

...that was the beginning

 

[Ray Jesus]

stillmatic . It was over since I heard Rewind

 

[Threnody]

"Nas Is Like" Video on MTV in 99'.....Mind Blowing

 

[Commander in Chiefin]

I had illmatic on cassette

 

[STEVE]

i feel old as hell now hearing NAS when illmatic came out in '94 and i am not even 30

 

[JulesWinfield]

6th grade when i first heard illmatic.

 

[iPod Raheem 2.0]

"If I ruled the world" video. Doubled back to illmatic and I've been a fan ever since.