I've noticed that he views Slick Rick how most people view him. And he views Kool G and Rakim how others view Big and Pac. His struggling with that Slick Rick choice would be me struggling to choose between I Gave You Power, Made You Look, Rewind, Get Down, Blaze A 50 etc lol
90s can't touch the 80s...They layed the Blueprint, and took Hip Hop around the world..Everything was New and Fresh..He knows the truth..And generations after are ignorant to how Big the first Stars of Hip Hop were..Now any clown can be a wonder from the internet..With 0 talent..
A legend knows his legends. Nas is who he is because he's a student of the game. If you think about it, you can hear Slick Rick influenced Nas in his music.
@@Darkest_matter lmao. I'm obviously talking about Slick Rick's story telling abilities. Nas has said Slick is a huge influence on him. Maybe learn some hiphop history before you speak.
@@mrj2875wonder why😂 I mean he plays it smart and doesn't do anything that puts his life in danger which is why he's lasted this long. Still puts out fire too today, I still listen to adam and eve from time to time.
@@toniofelton1260 He has so many amazing songs at this point, even ones that haven’t been released it’s kind of ridiculous, along with probably the best single rap album.
Notice how Nas picked songs from artists who came before him. It shows you the immense respect he has for the OGs in the game who came before him and paved the way. A great lesson for the young artists today!
@@MBMB_44 It makes the most a sense to who? Nas could have picked songs from newer artists. Nas couldn't find songs from artists who started after him to pick??
@@philb.1502 g all of our fav songs mentioned would be the ones we can up on.. the guy said TOP 50. It’s not about nas paying respect , that’s what just makes the most sense. Bye
Nas my guy!! I can relate and he took it back old school. These new rappers ain’t rappin bout nothing. All you hear these days from rappers is gunnz & violence!!
Snoop Dogg straight covered Slick’s song on his FIRST album. People usually take years or decades to even mention the inspiration, but they weren’t too far apart and Snoop wanted to give props. That’s how solid it is when it comes to Rick. He was definitely the man and continues to be. 💯
Undying love was my first time really listening to the GOAT. I can give you 20 tracks from this man's discography easily as the best 5 ever. May Nas never stop hos riegn as 👑
@robhunter-vu5cj and?...the Marvel movies make billions, are they they best movies or do people just spend money on it? So you end all for greatness is album sales? It's definitely a usable metric, but I don't define quality by it. Edit- why did you have to respond in 2 separate comments at essentially the same time?
nas is extremely talented on that mic... ...& rob base "it takes two" is such a dope classic... while, at the same time...love just how "ancient" all that music, as well as artists like nas, truly are...to this new generation... life well lived!!! 😁👍
It's an OLD man's list. Give 80s hip hop its due respect, but at least 75 of the Top 100 rap songs of all time were from the 90s. Nas himself has a few of them.
Thank you!!!! The message is the greatest hip hop song of all time. 40 years later, the message is relevant and the beat is STILL one of the toughest of all time. A GOAT level creation.
Produced by the legendary Larry Smith.(Hip hop's most criminally underappreciated producer.rip.) That song essentially invented the "boom bap".The New York sound.
Road to the Riches - Kool G Rap Paid in Full - Rakim Shook Ones - Mobb Deep Memory Lane - Nas Dr Dre - G Thang That’s a pressure situation. Narrowing it down to 5. Damn.
Memory Lane is my absolute favorite on Illmatic & that's a HARD pick. But that 2nd verse on there is way beyond incredible. Same with the 3rd verse on One Love.
Silent Murder/ I Gave You Power Nas Criminal Minded KRS Things Done Changed Biggie Rebel without a Pause Chuck D & PE Move the Crowd Rakim no order just to name 5 off the dome quick
He was the second coming of Rakim, the self-proclaimed Golden Child, nicknamed Nasty early on who then after Rae & Ghost featured him became his alias Escobar, was one of the most prolific emcees in the game in the 90's, had beefs with the most elite lyricists, who then defended against and battled Jay-Z for the King of New York title and won. Who came back and dropped a few more classics before bowing out of the game, returning sporadically before having an incredible late career run never seen before. This man is held in high regards for a reason and best qualifier for greatest MC of all time.
Some of favorites.... 1. Shed so many tears - Pac 2. Affirmative Action- Nas, AZ, Mega, Foxy 3. Mobb Deep- Quiet Storm 4. I never seen a man cry - Scarface 5. Shadowboxing- Gza feat Method Man
You can tell Nas is an astute student of Hip-Hop and an avid Hip-Hop historian; genius level lyricist! The truest *GOAT!* 🐐 But he forgot to mention *‘THE MESSAGE’* by; Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, featuring the legendary MC, Melle Mel🎤🔥
LL cool J Rock the Bells(Battle version 7min long) lyrical masterpiece. MC LYTE Paper Thin Rakim I ain’t No Joke Pete Rock #1 Soul Brother Mob Deep Capital P Capital H These songs have to be in my Top 5 because they stay in my Spotify yearly wrap ups!!!
True student of the game! & he raps better than everybody in his top 5 but, just being a student & paying homage & giving respect to those who came before is great to see
He’s hella wrong though for not 😂 Guess there is such a thing as too much humility. At least two to three of the top 5 hip hop songs could arguably be Nas songs but he doesn’t even list one lol
Got asked tonight if em was in my top 5, went through he wasn't even in my top 10 so many came before him and paved the way ,not saying em isn't up there but each artist had a reason to be there. That's why hiphop is awesome
I'm glad you put a shan record in his top five. MC Shan don't get enough recognition as a Lyricist and song maker. But I would love to see somebody call out a Shan record other than the bridge..... Between his first two albums shan made a lot of great records
I saw that someone said he picked a bunch of NYC rappers. You have to remember he was a little kid when those songs were huge AND when he was a kid it was ONLY NYC rappers until MC Breed? I think he was the first non NY rapper that I was aware of. But anyway Nas is naming artist that had impact on his youth. Fast forward 25 years from now and you might see a rapper like J. Cole mention rappers and songs from all over the US that impacted his youth.
Top 10 favorite Hip Hop Songs in no order 1. Welcome To The Terrordome by Public Enemy 2. Dwyck by Gang Starr ft. Nice and Smooth 3. Microphone Fiend by Eric B. and Rakim 4. Hey Young World by Slick Rick 5. Brooklyn Zoo by ODB 6. The Symphony by Juice Crew 7. Ain't No Half Steppin by Big Daddy Kane 8. My Philosophy by BDP 9. Kick In The Door by Notorious B.I.G. 10. Strictly Business by EPMD
Too Short Life Is...Too Short February 17 Geto Boys Making Trouble February 23 Biz Markie Goin' Off March 29 DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince He's the DJ, I'm the Rapper April 17 Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five On the Strength May 17 Run-D.M.C. Tougher Than Leather May 31 Doug E. Fresh and the Get Fresh Crew The World's Greatest Entertainer Boogie Down Productions By All Means Necessary June 7 Audio Two What More Can I Say? EPMD Strictly Business June 15 J.J. Fad Supersonic June 21 Stetsasonic In Full Gear June 28 Big Daddy Kane Long Live the Kane Public Enemy It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back July 1 The Fat Boys Coming Back Hard Again July 26 Eric B. & Rakim Follow the Leader Salt-n-Pepa A Salt with a Deadly Pepa August 8 N.W.A Straight Outta Compton August 17 2 Live Crew Move Somethin' September 1 Sir Mix-A-Lot Swass September 13 Eazy-E Eazy-Duz-It Ice-T Power MC Lyte Lyte as a Rock Steady B Let the Hustlers Play September 20 Marley Marl In Control, Volume 1 Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock It Takes Two September 28 MC Hammer Let's Get It Started October 4 Ultramagnetic MC's Critical Beatdown Then Slick Rick's Great Adventure dropped in November 1988.
Respect honor n love always Salute 🫡 ✊️💪✌️ Only real hip hop fans since day one can appreciate 💯 Those tracks nas named ... Peace to da godz n earth 🌎 777
Tupac Shed So Many Tears would definitely be in the top. Pac was more than just an amazing rapper. He could paint a story or emotions that ppl of all ages can connect with.
Slick Rick is British. He’s definitely not from Queens. Public Enemy is from Long Island. They mention “Strong Island” in many of their songs. Rakim is also from Long Island.
@@SF_Native You’re talking about where he’s from and where his families birthplace is… But as a Hip Hop artist and a Rapper SLICK RICK lived in The BRONX and he repped the town like that.. He lived in the Uptown section of the Boogie Down where all the official Yardy Jamaicans lived. Believe it!!!
Nas’ love for Slick Rick is beautiful!
Me and Nas bring it to ya hardest 🔥🔥🔥
Because Slick was a great story teller. Nas likes to write stories also so it makes sense.
I've noticed that he views Slick Rick how most people view him. And he views Kool G and Rakim how others view Big and Pac. His struggling with that Slick Rick choice would be me struggling to choose between I Gave You Power, Made You Look, Rewind, Get Down, Blaze A 50 etc lol
Right
They need more records together
You can tell he's just a fan too. 🐐
And it comes through in the music. Nas is Hip-Hop personified 👑
Yeah I agree with that. He is a big fan of hiphop. Heck me too
@@Naeem_El I agree and me 3! Lol
You low-key gotta first be a fan & student to become a master teacher
@@tw82rone5 I like that, well said.
Nas is a 80s kid at heart. He respects the ones who laid the foundation for him.
He loves the 80s how we love the 90s😂❤
90s can't touch the 80s...They layed the Blueprint, and took Hip Hop around the world..Everything was New and Fresh..He knows the truth..And generations after are ignorant to how Big the first Stars of Hip Hop were..Now any clown can be a wonder from the internet..With 0 talent..
@@felixbrooks7464 90s>80s
@@Notanormaldud part of the 90s..
The greatest rapper alive
A legend knows his legends. Nas is who he is because he's a student of the game. If you think about it, you can hear Slick Rick influenced Nas in his music.
No Nas influenced slick.
@@sakhumzigcado7170Here comes the Nas Stan
Definitely was inspired by the storytelling
Because people didn't used to tell stories with instruments behind it for hundreds of years? @@devote
@@Darkest_matter lmao. I'm obviously talking about Slick Rick's story telling abilities. Nas has said Slick is a huge influence on him. Maybe learn some hiphop history before you speak.
Nas is a rappers rapper, he’s not doing it for sales or fame, you can tell he just loves the craft, true artist.
Saw him last night....damn
Fr he’s my favorite rapper of all-time
I mean he has tried the fame route, he's just not as marketable as some of the pop stars
@@mrj2875wonder why😂 I mean he plays it smart and doesn't do anything that puts his life in danger which is why he's lasted this long. Still puts out fire too today, I still listen to adam and eve from time to time.
@@toniofelton1260 He has so many amazing songs at this point, even ones that haven’t been released it’s kind of ridiculous, along with probably the best single rap album.
That right there is a true hip hop scholar
My era the classics ❤❤❤ I love your swagger Nas 👌🏾
Perfect description: hip hop scholar
Not really a scholar its what we all listened to, those are all super classics you dont have to be a scholar to know those lol
@@hoodpimp1519u gotta be some people don't know about slick Rick till this day
He's just keeping at one hundred
Notice how Nas picked songs from artists who came before him. It shows you the immense respect he has for the OGs in the game who came before him and paved the way. A great lesson for the young artists today!
Let’s be sincere , like all of us as consumers we’ll only announce what we’ve grown up on… it makes the most sense. Let’s not reach my guy
@@MBMB_44 It makes the most a sense to who? Nas could have picked songs from newer artists. Nas couldn't find songs from artists who started after him to pick??
@@philb.1502 you’re REACHING. God bless you
@@MBMB_44 Reaching at what??
@@philb.1502 g all of our fav songs mentioned would be the ones we can up on.. the guy said TOP 50. It’s not about nas paying respect , that’s what just makes the most sense. Bye
100% hip-hop knowledge
Nas is really the chosen one for real
Pac was and Nas knew it
HE REALLY REALLY IS!!💯💪🏾💪🏾♥️
Facts. He was the Golden Child
ALL HAIL!! 🙇
Big L was
He knows what he talking about 🎤 👊🏾
Hes Nas lol did u expect him to say gucci gang?
@@CharminIsBallin I laughed way too hard at this
Dam he picked all classic gems 💎
Nas my guy!! I can relate and he took it back old school. These new rappers ain’t rappin bout nothing. All you hear these days from rappers is gunnz & violence!!
Nas Knows his History!!
Well yeah, he lived through it
thats his childhood
He's old He's 50 of course he knows
Ya’ll took my responses 😂
We all know those songs.
He lived through it and wrote about it...legendary 🎶🙏
I love the reverence Nas has and always exhibits for Slick Rick.
All the legend Emcee's give Slick Rick his flowers.
Only one who gives out their flower easier than that is your mother
He’s soooooo handsome 😮
@@navjitbassi03dam man wth
@@heinrichmenzel7163 too far?
Snoop Dogg straight covered Slick’s song on his FIRST album. People usually take years or decades to even mention the inspiration, but they weren’t too far apart and Snoop wanted to give props. That’s how solid it is when it comes to Rick. He was definitely the man and continues to be. 💯
Sucker MCs was the turning point.
For sure.
Peace for recognition... your my favorite story teller.. peace King
Slick Rick didn’t get the shine he deserved during his time, but because of the way his songs held up through time, he now gets his shine ✨
I'm surprised he didn't mention Kane as in big daddy kane
Montell Jordan got popular off his song and snoop covered him on his first album
He went to prison during his prime
That would be the dream to meet Nas and talk Hip hop with him.
I hear ya!!!
Rebel Without a Pause is one of PE's hardest tracks. Salute
Undying love was my first time really listening to the GOAT. I can give you 20 tracks from this man's discography easily as the best 5 ever. May Nas never stop hos riegn as 👑
Undying love is a great track , it’s never bought up either
I used to think it was one of the greatest songs I'd heard in my life
If Nas and Andre 3000 ever did a song together
The universe would implode lol
Wow that would be legendary 🥇🔥🌟
They did... on Nas Nasir album, Cop Shot the Kid but Nas scrapped 3000 verse, He Snapped too.
What I love about Nas is he is so much beyond all this guys in every aspect, but yet he shows love because he wouldn't have made it without them
He’s not above all of them. Stop it. Those are the pioneers
@@spenser6353you are not getting his point. He's talking in terms of fame and overall success in the game
@@spenser6353just because they’re the pioneers doesn’t mean nas isn’t better than them which he is
not better than Rakim, Nas will tell u that himself.@@user-yi9hz3or2t
I think I know why I always felt Nas' music 🐐❣️
Nobody can keep off a dance floor when that It Takes Two hook drops. Then, now and forever
Kane
I love how he puts all his NY legends in there. Thanks for the legendary and timeless music Nas
Started in NYC
@@georgethompson8196 yeah I know I just love how he shows the originators love and respect. Wish more did it.
@@georgethompson8196so it started there, NY. We ain't feeling none that ish
@@glynismatthews5813 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾😎
I just love his voice 😌 he could literally wrap a nursery rhyme and it will go double platinum!
Slick Rick already did that
@robhunter-vu5cj and?...the Marvel movies make billions, are they they best movies or do people just spend money on it? So you end all for greatness is album sales? It's definitely a usable metric, but I don't define quality by it.
Edit- why did you have to respond in 2 separate comments at essentially the same time?
I can just comes to mind with this comment by Nas . This guys a legend
Respect Nas.
Nas is a legend!!!!!
My number one is the message grandmaster flash and the furious five
Classic 👌🏾
As it should be
Definitely top 5 most important hiphop songs
Mine is Fight the Power by P.E.
The message shot hip hop into stardom ! 💪💪
80s y'all gotta remember them Brothers were Raw Talent every Single was damn near Magic to ya Ears...👌
nas is extremely talented on that mic...
...& rob base "it takes two" is such a dope classic...
while, at the same time...love just how "ancient" all that music, as well as artists like nas, truly are...to this new generation...
life well lived!!! 😁👍
Wow, it’s crazy when you watch legends show honor and respect to other legends!!! King shit!
Nas love for Mc Shane and Slick Rick is unmatched
He Shoutouts G Rap, Rakim , KRS & Chuck D alot too
Tell em NAS a great top 5 and as he said he can pick any of RUN DMC songs 👊🏾👊🏾 #kingsfromqueens
The First true rapstars
Nas is that dude greatest living rapper period
NaS is so humble he didn’t even put himself in that Top 5. “Illmatic” is arguably Top 5 in most Rap fan’s lists. He was right about his list.
That is a grown man list
I’m born in the 80’s raised in the 90’s and I couldn’t have a rap convo with my older cousins if I didn’t know these records 😂
It's an OLD man's list. Give 80s hip hop its due respect, but at least 75 of the Top 100 rap songs of all time were from the 90s. Nas himself has a few of them.
He’s correct
No doubt. Sucker MC's and The Bridge changed everything. 2 of the most important 12" singles of all time.
Shan needs his flowers. He was a force!
Those were the days!
It's hard to describe what it was like when Run-DMC, Sucka MCs first hit. There hadn't been anything like it to that point.
I guess those are the best mc's ever. Not cause these guys are famous an have money or ur fav.. means everything out of there mouth is correct
😂😂😂😂 Slick Rick is definitely one of Nas’ faves.
he never said they were the best mcs ever that wasnt what he was asked
Interesting' for Nas thought he was L' at first..
King 👑 Nas. My favorite of all time.
My Top 3 happen to all be Nas aka the GOAT.
1. Undying Love
2. The Message
3. Rewind
Undying Love is one of my all-time favorites.
👍🏾💯💪🏾
NaS/Hit Boy:KD3/👑's Disease lll is Str8 💨n 🔥!!! NaS THE 🐐 BEEN DAT
shut up speak english
Fax. Big faxxxx
Major faxxx
Fo sho. I didn't know there was a 3 until the release day November 11 so I got KD 2 the same day.
Nonstop rotation since that day.
Great choices. I concur but I'm partial to The Show by Doug E and Slick Rick and also The Message by Grand Master Flash.
Thank you!!!! The message is the greatest hip hop song of all time. 40 years later, the message is relevant and the beat is STILL one of the toughest of all time. A GOAT level creation.
And the show is tough as fuck too
@@devondrickjeffers1258 "is it real?" "Oh my god!"
@@devondrickjeffers1258 Dude, I believe you've been looking in my notebook... word for word.
The Message will forever be my #1
MF DOOM sample playing in the back is beautiful
Try Sucka Mc's by Run-DMC
Top 5 Nas Songs
1. Rewind
2. Poison
3. Project Window
4. Mobb Deep ft. Nas | Iz Mine | favorite verse of Nas
5. Black Girl Lost
One Love & I Gave You Power
Sucka MC's changed Everything🔥🔥🔥
Yes it did
Sure Did. Shaped the Culture. RUN DMC was a big deal...
It basically saved hip hop.
Produced by the legendary Larry Smith.(Hip hop's most criminally underappreciated producer.rip.)
That song essentially invented the "boom bap".The New York sound.
@@kevinscott59 yes indeed!
...
"Larry put me Inside his Cadillac"..
🔥
Changed the whole Vibe in NY when it dropped!
This was when hip hop was original and unique in all aspects and it was about having a cool time!!!
Ayo this dude is a legend bro..
Nasir Jones = Student of the game. #ILoveHipHop
Road to the Riches - Kool G Rap
Paid in Full - Rakim
Shook Ones - Mobb Deep
Memory Lane - Nas
Dr Dre - G Thang
That’s a pressure situation. Narrowing it down to 5. Damn.
I Fs wit you list but I'd change 1 song .. Dead presidents by Jay-Z instead of Kool G.
Memory Lane is my absolute favorite on Illmatic & that's a HARD pick. But that 2nd verse on there is way beyond incredible.
Same with the 3rd verse on One Love.
Sucka mcs has to be on any list or the list is incomplete
Silent Murder/ I Gave You Power Nas
Criminal Minded KRS
Things Done Changed Biggie
Rebel without a Pause Chuck D & PE
Move the Crowd Rakim no order just to name 5 off the dome quick
Excellent List Bro
I was waiting for him to say " the message "
He probably has that song in his favorite too in his top 50 so he just said 5 fast he really like to listen too
The Message was the shit! Silent Murder & I Gave You Power was dope too from It Was Written
He was the second coming of Rakim, the self-proclaimed Golden Child, nicknamed Nasty early on who then after Rae & Ghost featured him became his alias Escobar, was one of the most prolific emcees in the game in the 90's, had beefs with the most elite lyricists, who then defended against and battled Jay-Z for the King of New York title and won. Who came back and dropped a few more classics before bowing out of the game, returning sporadically before having an incredible late career run never seen before. This man is held in high regards for a reason and best qualifier for greatest MC of all time.
Nas unintentionally free-styling here
Gotta put tha bridge in there..😏💯
Nas spoke the truth! That first Run DMC album is one of the most important albums in hip hop history!
Protect Nas at all costs
A legend naming legends🔥🔥🔥
1. Pain
2. I Used to Love H.E.R
3. C.R.E.A.M
4. The Message
5. Shook One's Pt 2
The Message definitely is iconic.
Love that you have PAIN in there. That song is one of my favorite Pac songs. Very nostalgic
Good list
1. Triumph
2. I got a story to tell
3. Nas is like
4. Fight the power
5. Scenario
@@felaforever "I bomb atomicly....."😎🤙😛
Some of favorites....
1. Shed so many tears - Pac
2. Affirmative Action- Nas, AZ, Mega, Foxy
3. Mobb Deep- Quiet Storm
4. I never seen a man cry - Scarface
5. Shadowboxing- Gza feat Method Man
😂 you can't ask that type of question to anyone, it's gonn be really difficult
You can tell Nas is an astute student of Hip-Hop and an avid Hip-Hop historian; genius level lyricist! The truest *GOAT!* 🐐 But he forgot to mention *‘THE MESSAGE’* by; Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, featuring the legendary MC, Melle Mel🎤🔥
LL cool J Rock the Bells(Battle version 7min long) lyrical masterpiece.
MC LYTE Paper Thin
Rakim I ain’t No Joke
Pete Rock #1 Soul Brother
Mob Deep Capital P Capital H
These songs have to be in my Top 5 because they stay in my Spotify yearly wrap ups!!!
True student of the game! & he raps better than everybody in his top 5 but, just being a student & paying homage & giving respect to those who came before is great to see
He raps better than rakim?
@@spenser6353 yes lol
@@Snapbackboy22 not sure about that
He could have named any of his own songs, and he didn't. True humility.
He’s hella wrong though for not 😂 Guess there is such a thing as too much humility. At least two to three of the top 5 hip hop songs could arguably be Nas songs but he doesn’t even list one lol
RAKIM + SLICK= NAS
With Kool G Rap mix in an a sprinkle of KRS on top
With a sprinkle kool G
Basically Nas is fusion summoned 😆
@@flamboyentpromotions3471A LOT of KRS-1 lol
Nas Great Blend KRS/ Rakim, G.Rap, Slick Rick & Chuck D. Fusion of Eiite Rushmores
Got asked tonight if em was in my top 5, went through he wasn't even in my top 10 so many came before him and paved the way ,not saying em isn't up there but each artist had a reason to be there. That's why hiphop is awesome
True fan of Hip hop, Nas was made for music 🎵🎶💯
Nas knows his shit as he should. Respect.
It's crazy how even today Run DMC records sound bigger than life
Nas is the GOAT hands down
YES! The Rhythm The Rebel ,Without A Pause I'm lowering my Level .. PUBLIC ENEMY G.O.A.T ✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾
" I don't know what this world is coming to ".....then all hell breaks loose.
I'm glad you put a shan record in his top five. MC Shan don't get enough recognition as a Lyricist and song maker. But I would love to see somebody call out a Shan record other than the bridge..... Between his first two albums shan made a lot of great records
I saw that someone said he picked a bunch of NYC rappers. You have to remember he was a little kid when those songs were huge AND when he was a kid it was ONLY NYC rappers until MC Breed? I think he was the first non NY rapper that I was aware of. But anyway Nas is naming artist that had impact on his youth. Fast forward 25 years from now and you might see a rapper like J. Cole mention rappers and songs from all over the US that impacted his youth.
Yeah NY owned the scene for a while in the early days, wasn't until the mid-80s or so that the West Coast really came with it.
It’s only right that he mentions only NY rappers because that’s where it started….without NYC there would be no hiphop , nowhere, period.
Greatest hip hop song, the message Nas . 2Pac When thugs cry 2 legends. R.I.P PAC
Top 10 favorite Hip Hop Songs in no order
1. Welcome To The Terrordome by Public Enemy
2. Dwyck by Gang Starr ft. Nice and Smooth
3. Microphone Fiend by Eric B. and Rakim
4. Hey Young World by Slick Rick
5. Brooklyn Zoo by ODB
6. The Symphony by Juice Crew
7. Ain't No Half Steppin by Big Daddy Kane
8. My Philosophy by BDP
9. Kick In The Door by Notorious B.I.G.
10. Strictly Business by EPMD
First 10 could be off illmatic! Dude is Humble AF! Nas is a class act 100%!
1988 and 1996 were the 2 best years of hip hop (musically) in regard to released albums.
Facts
And a lot of good years in between …
1994
@@gregmatic2861 Rite. And 1989. 1991. It’s hard to pick just 2 years
Too Short Life Is...Too Short
February 17 Geto Boys Making Trouble
February 23 Biz Markie Goin' Off
March 29 DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince He's the DJ, I'm the Rapper
April 17 Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five On the Strength
May 17 Run-D.M.C. Tougher Than Leather
May 31 Doug E. Fresh and the Get Fresh Crew The World's Greatest Entertainer
Boogie Down Productions By All Means Necessary
June 7 Audio Two What More Can I Say?
EPMD Strictly Business
June 15 J.J. Fad Supersonic
June 21 Stetsasonic In Full Gear
June 28 Big Daddy Kane Long Live the Kane
Public Enemy It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
July 1 The Fat Boys Coming Back Hard Again
July 26 Eric B. & Rakim Follow the Leader
Salt-n-Pepa A Salt with a Deadly Pepa
August 8 N.W.A Straight Outta Compton
August 17 2 Live Crew Move Somethin'
September 1 Sir Mix-A-Lot Swass
September 13 Eazy-E Eazy-Duz-It
Ice-T Power
MC Lyte Lyte as a Rock
Steady B Let the Hustlers Play
September 20 Marley Marl In Control, Volume 1
Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock It Takes Two
September 28 MC Hammer Let's Get It Started
October 4 Ultramagnetic MC's Critical Beatdown
Then Slick Rick's Great Adventure dropped in November 1988.
The Show by Dougie and Slick is the epitome of Hip-Hop!
Ain’t it! That’s what I was waiting on!
Definitely
I was thinking n college back then, and when this played!
Peace! That’s a Tuff list…just solid I could concur with Nas..
Nas is one of the realest because he’s not fake and he’s about culture and community coming together and building…He’s not with all that hate…
I Agree!❤❤❤❤
The Message....Don't Believe The Hype....My Melody.....Rappers Delight.....Fight The Power.....
Seeing Nas in Concert @ Madison Square Garden is my best HIP HOP memory!!!! God MC
That is a man of true hiphop culture and love.
I would put NY state of mind in my top 5
we got the same taste nas 🙌🏼
“The Message”, is my favorite.
Fucking youngsters mad as hell right now.
Nas saying, "the bridge is over" is a top song.. respect.
he said the Bridge.....not the bridge is over
Lol, no he didn't🤣
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You right.. 🤦🏽♂️
I said to myself that beat in the background should be in that list next minute nas mentions it
Respect honor n love always Salute 🫡 ✊️💪✌️
Only real hip hop fans since day one can appreciate 💯
Those tracks nas named ...
Peace to da godz n earth 🌎 777
See how our era never forgets those who were there before us. These new dudes act like Hip Hop started with them...
Tupac Shed So Many Tears would definitely be in the top. Pac was more than just an amazing rapper. He could paint a story or emotions that ppl of all ages can connect with.
This is more an old school list
Sucker MC changed my like internally😂 hardest beat and best kickoff rap.. RUN is still King
Nas's Speaking Cadence & Brightness Is Still On That 17 Year Old With A Passion Level
The hip hop encyclopedia. This man is the essence of the culture
Did not expect him to give mad love to RUNDMC. Mad respect!
Why not? They were very influential
He's being bias with the Queens list😂😂😂😂😂I'm hip to you Nas
Slick Rick is British. He’s definitely not from Queens. Public Enemy is from Long Island. They mention “Strong Island” in many of their songs. Rakim is also from Long Island.
Also, Rob Base is from Harlem lol
@@SF_Native good fact checking
How??? Slick Rick LIVED in
The Bronx and he repped the BX like that… Where you think he caught his case for letting that thang off at?
@@SF_Native You’re talking about where he’s from and where his families birthplace is… But as a Hip Hop artist and a Rapper SLICK RICK lived in The BRONX and he repped the town like that.. He lived in the Uptown section of the Boogie Down where all the official Yardy Jamaicans lived. Believe it!!!