Stans - When did you first get up on NAS?

[Roberto Dinero]

I first hears Nas on if I ruled the world, the message and affirmative action remix with ntm here in france, then Nas is like was my shyt and I liked Hate me now and Nastradamus but that was about it.

I was more into french rap until eminem, and then I was more into jay z, at the time of stillmatic I bought it mainly for the cover just like that, I thought it was a good album but just as good as blueprint.

The turning point was when I found a old tape of nas that I got with plenty of old nas track, the world is yours, it ain't hard to tell, dr knockboot, escobar seasons begin freestyle ect, it sparkled my attention, then the lost tapes dropped and that was a wrap, when I heard Black Zombie, Doo rags, Nothing last forever or Purple, I was amazed to me that was far more superior to ANYBODY else, before that I was more into the technical capacities of Em but here there was a substance, an atmosphere and the voice and way Nas made you LISTENING that was ill.

Then I started buy all of Nas' album, what's funny is that I felt Nastradamus and I am more than Illmatic and It was written, I thought Illmatic was too old school for me but it grew on me to the point where when I grabbed the lyrics I was shocked that album is now my favorite ever

And what sealed the deal even more further is the incredible unrealesed catalog, after 2003 and the explosion of internet, I grabbed all of Nas shyt and I became a stan

I bought my copy of It Was Written when I was living in Paris and the album had that remix as a bonus track. I wonder if I still got that original copy lying around somewhere.

The video for it was dope too. Nas looks stoned as f*ck in the beginning

 

[KEEPITTRILLA]

5th grade a lil after streets disciple

 

[Mr. Negative]

when they used to play "It Ain't Hard to Tell" over and over in between "Heaven and Hell" by Rae+Ghost and "Playa's Ball" by OutKast on Rap City and The Box.

Didn't become a fan until It Was Written, though.

Then it wasn't until... I don't know when it hit me. As I matured I kinda looked back and realized that Nas had been trying to tell me something and I had been devoutly listening to Jay Z feed me his "Im rich look at me" rhetoric instead.

I felt like a fool.

Reevaluated Nas' whole catalogue and been a Nas Stan ever since.

 

[H.S.]

I first saw Nas in the "Halftime" video for the Zebra Head soundtrack. It was dope, but I didn't know he was that dude until the "It Ain't Hard To Tell" video.

 

[spliz]

I been a fan since Illmatic...by the time IWW came out he was my fav rapper aside from Pac...

 

[H.S.]

Kind of interesting to see so many reference points to his catalog.

 

[prophecypro]

6th Grade in early 95 I had seen the It Aint Hard To Tell and One Love video on a music video channel on one of them rap shows. Bout a year and a half later I seen the If I Rule the World video and the rest is history

He was always someone who's album you had to get and check out in those 90s years. The unreleased stuff was always dope even if the albums never pared (Wanna Play rough, Fetus were on tapes and radio shows).

But I really didnt become a stan and he became a favorite rapper until Stillmatic/God Son. I just liked his outlook and tracks he started to make what with One Mic and Made You Look