it is one of my favorite nas moments, which makes it among my favorite hip hop moment!!
wish i could hear it for the first time again, cause i was flabbergasted when i heard it that first time
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wish i could hear it for the first time again, cause i was flabbergasted when i heard it that first time
Man, I was drinking tonight watching Sunday Night Football. It occurred to me, this is one of the best songs of all time. I'm from ATL, but this song has to be the best song to capture hood life in an intelligent or poetic way.
This song is just beautiful.
This song is just beautiful.
erickonasis
Resident Oldhead
This memory lane was lowkey hot too
H. Selassie
Black Royalty
"From a hanging cross with nails
I reinforce the frail with lyrics that's real
Word to Christ a disciple of streets, trifle on beats
I decipher prophecies through a mic and say 'Peace' "
shyt is just
. What's more remarkable is nikka was 19 comin up with eloquent, vivid, layered rhymes.
I see why Jay, who was 30 at the time, was callin his crib when Nas ain't even give him his number. He needed a style to run with.
I reinforce the frail with lyrics that's real
Word to Christ a disciple of streets, trifle on beats
I decipher prophecies through a mic and say 'Peace' "
shyt is just
. What's more remarkable is nikka was 19 comin up with eloquent, vivid, layered rhymes.I see why Jay, who was 30 at the time, was callin his crib when Nas ain't even give him his number. He needed a style to run with.
favorite song on that album. i view 2nd childhood as part ii
IllmaticDelta
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Greatest rap song ever IMO
"I hung around the older crews while they sling smack to dingbats
They spoke of Fat Cat, that nikka's name made bell rings, black
Some fiends scream, about Supreme Team, a jamaica queens thing
Uptown was Alpo son, heard he was kingpin, yo"
This was a good 8 years before Ghetto Quran
"I hung around the older crews while they sling smack to dingbats
They spoke of Fat Cat, that nikka's name made bell rings, black
Some fiends scream, about Supreme Team, a jamaica queens thing
Uptown was Alpo son, heard he was kingpin, yo"
This was a good 8 years before Ghetto Quran
Amazing song, his performance on there ranks high period; not just in Hip-Hop.
Kills me when we get these young rappers Nae-Nae-ing and shyt, I don't mind - but don't use their age as an excuse for being SIMPLE when we had teenage Nasir's/Ra's/Shyheim's as well.
Kills me when we get these young rappers Nae-Nae-ing and shyt, I don't mind - but don't use their age as an excuse for being SIMPLE when we had teenage Nasir's/Ra's/Shyheim's as well.
UpAndComing
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UpAndComing
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GREATEST.... Hip Hop... Song... Ever
TheDarceKnight
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Surprised it took someone so long to post. Such a great song. One of my favorite Premier beats too because it's such a simple little soulful groove. Obviously Preem has plenty of those but this beat really stands out in his career IMO and he doesn't have much else that reminds me of it.
My absolute favorite Nas song and the best display of lyricism ever. The picture he paints with that last verse.... The first time I heard this song I stopped dead in my tracks sat down and rewinded the cassette a good 5 times b/c I couldn't believe what I just heard and witnessed in my minds eye. Til this day this song still amazes me.
