Nas - Represent (Official Audio)

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  • Official Audio for "Represent" by Nas
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    Chorus:
    Represent, represent
    Represent, represent
    Represent, represent
    Represent, represent
    #Nas #Represent #Illmatic
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  • @ivanmendoza2643
    @ivanmendoza2643 Před měsícem +171

    If ur here in 2024, ur a legend...

  • @kelvinpierce469
    @kelvinpierce469 Před 5 lety +3379

    Imagine being a 20 year old and people twice your age telling you got the BEST rap album of all time This album is timeless

    • @seekerundue
      @seekerundue Před 5 lety +62

      Kelvin Pierce it's amazing isn't it.
      I'm almost 20
      But I love OG Rap good stuff!
      Have u heard of K Rino MC Ren Chino XL AZ Big L big pun!

    • @kelvinpierce469
      @kelvinpierce469 Před 5 lety +36

      @@seekerundue Of course 90's rap is my favorite time for rap and always will be

    • @seekerundue
      @seekerundue Před 5 lety +42

      Kelvin Pierce ever heard these songs?
      K Rino - Feel My Flow
      Rakim - When I B on tha Mic
      MC Ren - Same Old Shit
      AZ - The Format
      Chino XL - Nahhh!

    • @kevinscholfield4880
      @kevinscholfield4880 Před 4 lety +27

      And to remain so cool so composed so chill...Nas is the people's champion and it shows on this one!

    • @SirSaintYaximus
      @SirSaintYaximus Před 3 lety +4

      That's nas

  • @idontevenknow741
    @idontevenknow741 Před 2 měsíci +93

    30 damn years this classic dropped

    • @KBdoubleE
      @KBdoubleE Před 2 měsíci +1

      Most def

    • @traviscarter1023
      @traviscarter1023 Před měsícem +1

      30 years strong shout out to Queensbridge happy birthday Illmatic.

    • @KBdoubleE
      @KBdoubleE Před 29 dny

      @@traviscarter1023 No Question

  • @joshbehan8245
    @joshbehan8245 Před 2 lety +1384

    I’m 17 and have been into 90s hip hop for a while. All my mates call it crap but they’ve never given it a chance. Respect this genre. It’s art.

    • @leobarre1556
      @leobarre1556 Před 2 lety +2

      sad bro your generation sucks

    • @cym2605
      @cym2605 Před 2 lety +92

      I’m 17 been bumping this shit for 10+ years nas was too hard

    • @cafenero1164
      @cafenero1164 Před 2 lety +198

      time for some new friends

    • @davidpowers69
      @davidpowers69 Před 2 lety +28

      I still have the cassette tape

    • @Paul-mq5yn
      @Paul-mq5yn Před 2 lety +23

      what they listening to?

  • @TheForzajuvexsempre
    @TheForzajuvexsempre Před 7 lety +4095

    Nas is New York

    • @topshot2219
      @topshot2219 Před 5 lety +46

      JuventusScelta Divita no one but ny and the magnetic area will understand. white black hispanic this culture raised from the gravel.... Hope every ones doing REAL GOOD in 2019

    • @RalphDaVillain
      @RalphDaVillain Před 5 lety +57

      Nas is from my blessed NY. On some real shit though, Nas is universal!

    • @oliverrodriguezpregal9491
      @oliverrodriguezpregal9491 Před 5 lety +49

      Nas is life

    • @amvrosiosmadouvalos9616
      @amvrosiosmadouvalos9616 Před 5 lety +22

      Prodigy is from canada then ... -.-

    • @codywashereasmr7436
      @codywashereasmr7436 Před 5 lety +5

      Supreme team

  • @mrtruthhurts2307
    @mrtruthhurts2307 Před 6 lety +2201

    DJ Premier killed this beat

  • @mastakilla_2k218
    @mastakilla_2k218 Před 3 lety +919

    RIP DMX. But let's give Nas his flowers whilst he still here!!! He a real hop hop legend

  • @carycunninghamjr.9577
    @carycunninghamjr.9577 Před měsícem +30

    This Came Out In 94 This Still Fire in 24

    • @miggy3735
      @miggy3735 Před měsícem

      Agree! Nas has got an ear.
      Talk about thinking outside the box. Sampled this from a 1924 silent movie which is now 100 years old.

    • @terrellbigelow5391
      @terrellbigelow5391 Před měsícem

      Facts

  • @selectorjahoutofjahfarisound
    @selectorjahoutofjahfarisound Před 5 lety +2306

    Nas sounded like some kind of street hero on this track.

    • @felipeprado1583
      @felipeprado1583 Před 5 lety +63

      Street Savior

    • @tochiRTA
      @tochiRTA Před 4 lety +126

      because the beat is magical. Some Prince of Persia type shit lmao. That's what makes Illmatic so fuckin dope - the crazy ass beats (and Nas murders them of course).

    • @kevinscholfield2037
      @kevinscholfield2037 Před 4 lety +76

      There is a heavy but totally real quality to each of his verses, and an urgency too..probably more anger and rage and righteous knowledge all encassed and compressed within the entirety of the whole track, in response to the situation he and his crew and all the people living within QueensBridge were experiencing...this track and the whole album is how hip hop is meant to be done right done well with flawless execution on the lyrical front on the production front on the sequencing front....sound of the whole entire album sounds perfect too, with each track having its own unique sonic quality...one of the greatest works of music ever created ever conceived ever crafted and layed out on tape, that's for sure....

    • @1995yuda
      @1995yuda Před 4 lety +7

      @@kevinscholfield2037 Well said playa

    • @leeon8731
      @leeon8731 Před 4 lety +70

      He is a street hero. After KRS destroyed MC Shan, Queens was on life support. Illmatic put Queens back on the map as an important place for hip-hop. Nas represented his hood hard in this album.

  • @grandmaster4521
    @grandmaster4521 Před 4 lety +549

    I love the first line. “Straight up, shit is real and any day could be your last in the jungle”

    • @mannytaylor6923
      @mannytaylor6923 Před 2 lety +8

      2022 VISION BIG FACTS 😎

    • @BruceAlmightyMuzic
      @BruceAlmightyMuzic Před 2 lety +8

      right & dope how Fabolous flipped it on ‘Gone For The Winter’💪🏾🔥

    • @VeesamYo
      @VeesamYo Před 2 lety +6

      every line from this to the last line is just perfect..damn

    • @jasonh289
      @jasonh289 Před rokem +1

      No cap.. telling it how it is

    • @dariuswilliams6683
      @dariuswilliams6683 Před rokem +2

      The hardest way to open up a rap song! 💯💯💯💯💯

  • @iwasonceaDJ
    @iwasonceaDJ Před 2 lety +883

    Big ups to the music supervisors working on the Ozark soundtrack. Including this was a raw power move. Props.

  • @leartkamberi7628
    @leartkamberi7628 Před rokem +189

    After almost 30 years later, this song is still unbeatable

    • @WyWid
      @WyWid Před rokem +2

      It was uploaded six years ago.,,

    • @Ricemon58
      @Ricemon58 Před 11 měsíci +6

      ​@@WyWid1994*

    • @dakota6050
      @dakota6050 Před 6 měsíci

      @@WyWidIt was uploaded to youtube by Nas in 2017 but the song was released on the album “Illmatic” in 1994 and has been on other streaming platforms like itunes, spotify, apple music, etc for longer

    • @gtbxjay_yt
      @gtbxjay_yt Před 5 měsíci

      Indeed it is,if only I would've been a 90s baby to experience this in its full glory, my generation of hip hop is ok, but 90s rap is just an experience

    • @mrpowderog8778
      @mrpowderog8778 Před 5 měsíci

      ​@@WyWidbro this was uploaded to youtube then... this was Nas' debut

  • @warriwarrior5500
    @warriwarrior5500 Před 7 lety +1478

    This will always be a timeless classic

  • @membersonly807
    @membersonly807 Před 7 lety +4292

    them youngins need to hear real hip hop

  • @coreybarnes3268
    @coreybarnes3268 Před 2 lety +22

    Your a g if you still bump to this

  • @perryingram23
    @perryingram23 Před rokem +246

    The most under-appreciated and underrated track on Illmatic. Straight classic 💯

    • @stefan5430
      @stefan5430 Před rokem +20

      Illmatic is still underrated even though its probably best hip hop album

    • @MichaelTurner856
      @MichaelTurner856 Před rokem +8

      ​@@stefan5430 this album is not underated

    • @stefan5430
      @stefan5430 Před rokem +2

      @@MichaelTurner856 nah i wanted to say that it is not that popular as like dr dre's the 2001 or eminem's albums even if it should be (no dissrespect towards dre and em)

    • @TheElijah90
      @TheElijah90 Před rokem +5

      One of my favorite songs on Illmatic❤️❤️❤️

    • @Cj2raw106
      @Cj2raw106 Před rokem +3

      Fs

  • @caliboy7691
    @caliboy7691 Před 5 lety +603

    Im from cali but , illmatic makes you feel like you in the quenns bridge projects.

  • @keithc497
    @keithc497 Před 5 lety +526

    NAS needs to be inducted into the music hall of fame..
    Petition officially started!!!

  • @LichttBach
    @LichttBach Před měsícem +5

    I’ve been listening to hip hop music since I was 12, now I’m 17 and Illmatic still go hard asf

    • @BJJANDMTG
      @BJJANDMTG Před 8 dny +1

      Been listening for over 30 years, still a great track!

  • @tomas23769
    @tomas23769 Před 3 měsíci +30

    Old school hip hop had AMAZING instrumentals. Not only are the bars packed to the brim but the beats are awesome, too. The low fidelity fuzz on the chill drum samples, the bass buzzing in the background, the push for synths, pianos, and woodwind type instruments- it's so good to get lost in

  • @ZzapZzarap
    @ZzapZzarap Před 7 lety +374

    illmatic fresh as released yesterday

  • @shady8045
    @shady8045 Před 3 lety +344

    this album is the definition of perfection

  • @tayluc777
    @tayluc777 Před rokem +85

    Nas had phases. Street, conscious, poetical, grown man. He never was one way too much either. All his albums came together with all these elements. The greatest of all time.

  • @kaszkietmelonik3456
    @kaszkietmelonik3456 Před 11 měsíci +14

    Nas is King

  • @eneakelo
    @eneakelo Před 6 lety +648

    24 years later, still bumpin' this...shout out to the real hip hop heads....

  • @thishaan1225
    @thishaan1225 Před 7 lety +1652

    Nas has no beef, no drugs, the man is just a hip hop legend

    • @Laurie12SlimShady
      @Laurie12SlimShady Před 7 lety +337

      Bluestar T apart from jay z and weed ???

    • @thishaan1225
      @thishaan1225 Před 7 lety +115

      Laurie P You're absolutely right but jay z and nas are cool now which I love and everybody smokes weed, the shit is gonna be legal in Canada.

    • @rightbackich213
      @rightbackich213 Před 7 lety +45

      Bluestar T what do you mean by "no drugs"?

    • @check-the-rhyme
      @check-the-rhyme Před 7 lety +96

      Bluestar T nas has had a lot of beefs, jay z and 50 cent to name a few

    • @prasunsingh5293
      @prasunsingh5293 Před 6 lety +36

      Thishaan 2pac , Jay. Beef shit doesnt make anyone a GOAT. I must say nas is the GOAT because he has the best album of all time and the fact that he has amazing lyrical power

  • @raphsradio
    @raphsradio Před 2 měsíci +9

    The defining track of the whole album for me. It puts the entire album ahead of itself in a very cinematic way.

  • @mateuszp.971
    @mateuszp.971 Před 2 měsíci +3

    Today is 30th anniversary... Happy Birthday "Illmatic"! 😉

  • @ayoubnigga8188
    @ayoubnigga8188 Před 7 lety +429

    thank you god for NAS

  • @shegara632
    @shegara632 Před 7 lety +706

    Best album of all time, hip hop god !

  • @raynixv2
    @raynixv2 Před 2 lety +25

    Those “REPRESENT” chants so fire

    • @vincentonyango104
      @vincentonyango104 Před 2 měsíci

      Premo in an interview said, Nas that day came with about twenty of his hood homies...and they were chanting represent

  • @matthieucote2272
    @matthieucote2272 Před 2 lety +71

    Just watched Preemo's episode of So Wassup? where he explains how they changed the beat, and how it was recorded with a bunch of Nas' homies in the studio booth. All the background vocals were not scripted.

    • @RayzorBlade
      @RayzorBlade Před 2 lety +1

      Preemo would have to tell them to keep quiet while Nas was rhymin

    • @aliceandrade815
      @aliceandrade815 Před 2 lety

      @@RayzorBlade aa

    • @xTheParadox99
      @xTheParadox99 Před 2 lety

      @@RayzorBlade That wasn't at the same time

    • @tbag7081
      @tbag7081 Před 3 měsíci +1

      you could tell it was a bunch of streets kids , just having fun...all real vibes

  • @rizwanmahmud93
    @rizwanmahmud93 Před 7 lety +216

    Nas for president

  • @anonymousneareast1246
    @anonymousneareast1246 Před 7 lety +225

    Half man Half Amazing

  • @swinno007
    @swinno007 Před 10 měsíci +15

    Best era of hip hop 1988-2008

    • @eetu54
      @eetu54 Před 9 měsíci +2

      93-96 that's all you need

    • @stephordless8876
      @stephordless8876 Před 6 měsíci

      Facts

    • @briangarcia6933
      @briangarcia6933 Před 2 měsíci

      Know question about it....best era....this new cat's ain't about shit straight up down

  • @kehindeoyegunle8920
    @kehindeoyegunle8920 Před 2 lety +15

    Best line,'The school dropout, never liked the shit since day one' Premier on production. 28 years later we still here!!!!!!!!

  • @mercythemessenger6983
    @mercythemessenger6983 Před 4 lety +286

    "The school dropout - never liked the shit since day one."
    I relate to that line so much. Lol

    • @_AceGems
      @_AceGems Před 4 lety +10

      That's my line bruh lol

    • @peterduffy4040
      @peterduffy4040 Před 4 lety +7

      man I love that lyric disprepect as an art form

    • @martinkachlik1645
      @martinkachlik1645 Před 4 lety +3

      The way he put it in is heavy.

    • @peterduffy4040
      @peterduffy4040 Před 4 lety +13

      it's a badass line also love "accelerator the type of brother whol be pissing in your elevator" deadly

    • @laurieb.9555
      @laurieb.9555 Před 3 lety +1

      Haha

  • @nomprenom9337
    @nomprenom9337 Před 6 lety +431

    the most underated track in the album

    • @parix85
      @parix85 Před 3 lety +99

      Nothing is underrated in this project son. Not even the intro

    • @abdoonyt9049
      @abdoonyt9049 Před 2 lety +15

      No it aint

    • @belindabarton4648
      @belindabarton4648 Před 2 lety +3

      Facts. It's my favorite joint. #thiefofbaghdad

    • @dcolon8605
      @dcolon8605 Před 2 lety +6

      Never underated!
      This flow 1 of the illest on the matic!

    • @kurtfromMichigan
      @kurtfromMichigan Před 2 lety +1

      @@parix85 the intro 👊

  • @RG-zw5wc
    @RG-zw5wc Před 3 měsíci +5

    Nas is the rebel of the street corner
    I'm from Cali. Bumping Nas all day

    • @scaryvalidation
      @scaryvalidation Před 2 měsíci +1

      I’m from the East Coast living in California I rocked my timbs and listen to this great classic everyday.

    • @calvinbrice.t2140
      @calvinbrice.t2140 Před 2 měsíci

      @@scaryvalidationsame here my guy. Which part of the East Coast?

    • @scaryvalidation
      @scaryvalidation Před 2 měsíci

      @@calvinbrice.t2140 Bridgeport, Connecticut it’s one hour away from Queensbridge.

    • @scaryvalidation
      @scaryvalidation Před měsícem

      @@calvinbrice.t2140 Bridgeport, Connecticut the slums of Connecticut.

  • @charlesjohnson536
    @charlesjohnson536 Před 2 lety +9

    'I DON'T BELIEVE IN NONE OF DAT SHIIIT .. UR FACTS .. IS BACKWARDS' - 👑NAS

  • @tylers6611
    @tylers6611 Před 4 lety +35

    I'm from Los Angeles, but illmatic showed me what real hip hop is. It's like walking through queensbridge in 94. Epic.

  • @dssin
    @dssin Před 4 lety +169

    No expensive studio, big shot names, or womanizing verses, just raw simple sounds displaying that raw real project life, like a rerouted street light, 2 turntables diamond needles and lyrical serial assassin. Salutes from West Coast.

    • @sekanoms
      @sekanoms Před 2 lety +30

      This shit was made in a studio with large professor Q-Tip & fucking DJ Premier in it fuck you mean no expensive studio

    • @imnotfliptop7958
      @imnotfliptop7958 Před rokem +2

      @@sekanoms LMAO

    • @p.capes1
      @p.capes1 Před rokem

      Amazin

    • @SRR1213
      @SRR1213 Před rokem +3

      @@sekanoms Literally came here to say that. 😂😂

    • @erdevon3257
      @erdevon3257 Před rokem +6

      " no big shot names"? Only some of the best producers that rap has ever seen !🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @enochshauli1078
    @enochshauli1078 Před 2 lety +44

    Nas is the greatest rapper of all time

    • @zzz-ovidiu2015
      @zzz-ovidiu2015 Před 2 měsíci

      THIS IS KING KENDRICK LAMAR 🗣🗣🗣💭💭💭🔥🔥🔥🗨🗨🗨🤯🤯🤯

    • @zack_deutsh9616
      @zack_deutsh9616 Před 2 měsíci +1

      No bro nas better than kendrick

    • @zzz-ovidiu2015
      @zzz-ovidiu2015 Před 2 měsíci

      @@zack_deutsh9616 KING KENDRICK AND I MEANT IT MY POINT INTENDED IS RAW 🗣🗣🗣🔥🔥🔥💭💭💭🗨🗨🗨🤯🤯🤯🥶🥶🥶

    • @444grt
      @444grt Před 2 měsíci

      ​@@zzz-ovidiu2015 kdot not evn top 10 wtf 😂

    • @zzz-ovidiu2015
      @zzz-ovidiu2015 Před 2 měsíci

      @@444grt Now everybody serenade the new faith of Kendrick Lamar
      This is King Kendrick Lamar
      King Kendrick and I meant it, my point intended is raw
      Fix your lenses forensics would've told you Kendrick had killed it
      Pretend it's a massacre and the masses upon us
      And I mastered being the master at dodging your honor
      And the chapter that read at 25 I would live dormant like five in the morning
      They raid your spot while Kendrick's performing
      And if they take everything, know I got
      Compton, Compton, ain't no city quite like mine
      Ay, Dre what's happening wit' it my nigga?
      Still I'm at it, peel the plastic off it, you can feel the magic
      Still I'm laughing at the critics talking, I can see 'em gagging
      When I'm back in the back of my city, back in the 'bach
      With a batch of them banging Dre Beats with me, look where I'm at
      It's the murder cap' and I'm captain at birthing this gangsta rap
      It's a wrap when I'm done and I come a long way from a hundred dollars a month
      To a hundred mil' in a day, bitch, I'm from
      Compton, Compton, ain't no city quite like mine
      So come and visit the tire screeching, ambulance, policeman
      Won't you spend a weekend on Rosecrans, nigga?
      Khaki creasing, crime increasing on Rosecrans, nigga
      Kendrick Conan, nigga
      Where you sword at? Hand on the cross and swore that
      I do it big as Rasputia for them shooters
      Kama Sutra, scream, "Fuck your position" and make you hold that
      I'm trying to stay grounded like four flats
      But I know flats and Piru Crip tats
      Will swarm on me like a beehive
      Hop in the G ride
      From the West to the East side
      Know that's just how Compton roll
      And that's a given
      I pass the blunt then pass the torch of course that's my decision
      I crash the Porsche then you report that you see me in Benzes
      I must report that we import the narcotics you bought it
      Then talked about it when crack hit the speakers, the music business
      I blow up every time we throw up a record
      Depending on what you expecting, I'm sure it's bigger than your religion
      Perfected by niggas that manifested music to live in
      Compton, Compton, ain't no city quite like mine
      So tell that gangster throw his set high
      Roll it up in a blunt, I'ma take you on the next high
      I did exactly what I wanted that's what made them checks fly
      In my direction, you never questioned when I said I
      Would be a mogul before I visit 2Pac and Left-Eye
      Eazy and Aaliyah when I see you we gon' test drive
      A Lambo' in heaven but for now I'm on the redeye
      Flying back to my city 'cause I'll forever standby
      Compton, Compton, ain't no city quite like mine
      Now we can all celebrate
      We can all harvest the rap artists of N.W.A
      America target our rap market, as controversy and hate
      Harsh realities we in made our music translate
      To the coke dealers, the hood rich and the broke niggas that play
      With them gorillas that know killers that know where you stay
      Roll that kush, crack that case, ten bottles of rosé
      This was brought to you by Dre
      Now every motherfucker in here say, "Look who's responsible
      For taking Compton international, I make 'em holla"
      Ayo, Just Blaze, good looking homie
      Just Blaze
      Ain't no city quite like mine, yeah
      In the city of Compton
      Ain't no city quite like mine
      Mom, I finna use the van real quick
      Be back, 15 minutes

  • @n-do
    @n-do Před 2 měsíci +3

    Happy 30 years Illmatic 🙌

  • @mikecrivillaro3966
    @mikecrivillaro3966 Před 4 lety +35

    NAS one of the Goats. This is real NYC rap.

  • @manolog205
    @manolog205 Před 3 lety +166

    Arguably the best hip hop song i've ever heard

    • @michaelwhack9124
      @michaelwhack9124 Před rokem +5

      Gangsta Shit by Scarface. You are welcome.

    • @user-oz4go5bq6j
      @user-oz4go5bq6j Před rokem +3

      Sing for the moment by Eminem. You are welcome.

    • @999petterson4
      @999petterson4 Před 10 měsíci

      @@user-oz4go5bq6j 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @tomalphonso
      @tomalphonso Před 9 měsíci +2

      14 years of rap or dance with the devil

    • @Name_lees
      @Name_lees Před 9 měsíci

      @@user-oz4go5bq6jnahh its good but nas is nas

  • @joewin141
    @joewin141 Před 2 lety +16

    Man I miss this era!!!!!

    • @scinnyc
      @scinnyc Před rokem

      If you miss that creative *90s* sound then ✔ out my tracks...I *specialize* in making old school-style hip hop...!!!👍🏾🎤🎧📀🎶💣🔥

  • @GabrielBigGera
    @GabrielBigGera Před 2 lety +11

    I swear this beat is screaming New York

  • @thbeam1239
    @thbeam1239 Před 5 lety +56

    Premiere.....dopest producer all time....thats how you make a BASSLINE

    • @20yearsfromthepast
      @20yearsfromthepast Před 4 lety +1

      Actually The bassline is in the sample

    • @thbeam1239
      @thbeam1239 Před 4 lety +2

      But to put it to a rap song is what im saying he had to find it....Peace

    • @stuartstogdill2406
      @stuartstogdill2406 Před 2 lety

      @@20yearsfromthepast the entire thing is a sample... Premiere didn't create any of the beat.

  • @jasonmontecalvo9574
    @jasonmontecalvo9574 Před 3 lety +54

    Might be the greatest rap song ever

  • @Closedeyewilly
    @Closedeyewilly Před rokem +26

    Pure Hip Hop..Telling our stories on a beat

  • @ozgurbahadrofficial3420
    @ozgurbahadrofficial3420 Před 7 lety +145

    All I need is one mic 👊
    Nas🙏

  • @Anita-max-wyn
    @Anita-max-wyn Před 5 lety +72

    0:30 We all stare at the out of towners. "Ay yo yo who dat?" in the background 😂

  • @Toastard
    @Toastard Před rokem +20

    This track makes the crowd go wild LIVE.

    • @Dominican1923
      @Dominican1923 Před rokem +3

      Yeah it has that stadium flow arena rap thing the chorus just gets you amped up

  • @troywitkowski3732
    @troywitkowski3732 Před 2 lety +7

    Nas is straight 🔥

  • @realvo1ce633
    @realvo1ce633 Před 3 lety +63

    Used to spit this bar for bar when I was homeless. This was truly all i had at one point. Hit so hard I would cry. This modern rap shit ain’t it.

  • @OudPlayerHBY
    @OudPlayerHBY Před 3 lety +227

    Honestly Nas put the bar too fucking high with this masterpiece, 9 songs and Intro all pure fucking fire.
    He had excellent albums after this one but still illmatic is on another planet

    • @CreativeLaelAsif
      @CreativeLaelAsif Před 3 lety +22

      Illmatic is a perfect album

    • @duckonquack6535
      @duckonquack6535 Před 3 lety +8

      @@CreativeLaelAsif 100% and imo greatest album ever but personally 3rd fav. Some others I believe that are perfect would be 36 chambers, liquid swords and Madvillainy.

    • @CreativeLaelAsif
      @CreativeLaelAsif Před 3 lety +2

      @@duckonquack6535 my favorite is It was written that was the most creative

    • @veesofficial9478
      @veesofficial9478 Před 3 lety +10

      Facts It was written is heavily underrated almost like it as much as illmatic

    • @chicdaburghone8940
      @chicdaburghone8940 Před 3 lety +3

      Until this came out, my favorite albums were Paid in Full and Long Live the Kane! I never thought I would like anything any more than those. This is it! And definitely not taking anything away from Rakim or BDK of course. They birthed him lol

  • @joshuagregoire9504
    @joshuagregoire9504 Před 2 lety +8

    "Because if I hit rock bottom, then I will be the son of Sam" 🔥🔥🔥

  • @gregdabeast9752
    @gregdabeast9752 Před 3 lety +15

    Nas is the definition of what real hip hop is

  • @meschoui760
    @meschoui760 Před 4 lety +40

    More than 20 years later, this masterpiece still shines bright.

  • @VengefulHater
    @VengefulHater Před 7 lety +2415

    Who bumping this in 2022?

    • @antcif
      @antcif Před 6 lety +24

      Jaylen Dunn they better be

    • @OGGenesis_
      @OGGenesis_ Před 6 lety +15

      Happy 24 years Illmatic 🔥🔥

    • @171TITO
      @171TITO Před 6 lety +9

      Jaylen Dunn maddd niggas still pump this whole album. You just not around them 😂

    • @2xxtrouble583
      @2xxtrouble583 Před 6 lety +7

      Me

    • @jeremyfriendship3691
      @jeremyfriendship3691 Před 5 lety +15

      shit you know i'm bumping this in the spaceship in Andromeda. this was made 2,000 years ago but i love ancient classical music.

  • @jimboliah4857
    @jimboliah4857 Před 3 lety +7

    In Represent, he sounds like a street king that everyone follows. That is why Nas is the Goat. In songs like The World is yours and NY State of Mind, he sounds like he's just a kid from NY talking 'bout his Life. In It ain't hard to tell and halftime, he sounds like a maestro + Poet making art. Add to this list.

  • @erdevon3257
    @erdevon3257 Před 3 lety +39

    One of the best tracks from the best debut album in rap history

    • @fakeaccount348
      @fakeaccount348 Před 2 lety +4

      I put this over Ready to Die, The Chronic, Enter the 36 Chambers, over all of them...if ever an album could be called perfect it would be this one.

    • @stelugud
      @stelugud Před 2 lety +1

      DMX released his first two albums in one year, both multi platinum.

    • @erdevon3257
      @erdevon3257 Před rokem +3

      @@fakeaccount348 All bangers but illmatic was the best of the best producing for the best rapper at that time...flawless

    • @erdevon3257
      @erdevon3257 Před rokem +1

      @@stelugud so? Record sales only equate to success for pop artists

  • @holidaystyles7952
    @holidaystyles7952 Před 7 lety +26

    This was my fav track on the album when i first got it, then i was fucking with Halftime,then changed again to NY State Of Mind and right now it's Memory Lane, thats when you know you got a classic album

  • @b-realruthless2828
    @b-realruthless2828 Před 5 lety +21

    Represent represent !!!!

  • @kzmajin1315
    @kzmajin1315 Před 2 lety +10

    They put that on 2k22, 2k16 vibes mannnnn

  • @dariuswilliams6683
    @dariuswilliams6683 Před 2 lety +9

    The BEST SONG on the album! 💯💯💯💯💯🎛🎛🎛🎛🎛🎛🎛🎛🎛🎛🎛🎛

  • @rDnhey
    @rDnhey Před 7 lety +63

    Let's make this classic trending! The best one

    • @joelwidgins6329
      @joelwidgins6329 Před 6 lety +1

      rDnhey thank you soley and I'm glad you liked it

  • @westcoastadventurers8504
    @westcoastadventurers8504 Před 2 lety +90

    "THIS GOES OUT TO EVERYONE LIVING A REAL F***IN LIFE "
    REALEST WORDS EVER SPOKEN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • @tamujin9678
      @tamujin9678 Před 2 lety

      czcams.com/video/FtPMctl5nkc/video.html #APREME

  • @isaactv7798
    @isaactv7798 Před 8 měsíci +6

    Represent!!!!!! Represent!!!!!! Represent!!!!!!

  • @francescobruschi4384
    @francescobruschi4384 Před rokem +5

    New York state of mind tour 2023, one of the best memory so far 🙏

  • @valtteri4888
    @valtteri4888 Před 7 lety +156

    New album? Finally!
    I'M JOKING

  • @SCOTTLDNE8
    @SCOTTLDNE8 Před 7 lety +45

    One love to my best rapper Nas always and forever

  • @Ana-yv5mo
    @Ana-yv5mo Před rokem +13

    Thank you Transformers for introducing me to this song 😌

  • @XMsDJFurious
    @XMsDJFurious Před rokem +4

    Nas! Queens will forever love him. And a Mets fan for life !!!

  • @CAPITALM123
    @CAPITALM123 Před 10 měsíci +4

    The way he started the first verse is just amazing!!!! I’ll never forget this song til I die❤ I love you Nas , he is the best rapper that ever did it period. He made history wit this shit man I could cry son!! Peace king 👑

  • @sleep6837
    @sleep6837 Před rokem +19

    Most underrated song on the album

  • @ghezaielmalek5990
    @ghezaielmalek5990 Před rokem +5

    THE MOST UNDERRATED TRACK IN " Illmatic " ALBUM ‼

  • @jacobmckenzie8793
    @jacobmckenzie8793 Před 2 lety +6

    One of the coldest beats of all time.

  • @costinmelniciuc9
    @costinmelniciuc9 Před 5 lety +28

    Romania it s here! Respect for the Bible of Hip Hop

  • @FinlandForceTeam
    @FinlandForceTeam Před 3 lety +97

    If you were born in the 2000s and listen to this, i salute you

  • @gordonjames9629
    @gordonjames9629 Před rokem +3

    From when a Red Neck like Ruth in the Ozarks is blasting this tune...Nas reaches all

  • @prsbeats4794
    @prsbeats4794 Před 2 měsíci +3

    30 years... Still an incredible track

  • @hook_em_up_kid7426
    @hook_em_up_kid7426 Před 4 lety +35

    To all the peeps in their 40s now like me, to be in our early 20s in the mid 90s and to witness the best hip hop will ever be was the shit 💨
    95 my personal favorite yr one y'all ✌

  • @joelsamuel9299
    @joelsamuel9299 Před 4 lety +142

    2020 🔥🔥🔥
    Before I die from Coronavirus I have to listen to this
    Toooo much fire

  • @Dsaliou78
    @Dsaliou78 Před rokem +5

    This record hits different... 🐐

  • @majinfoo
    @majinfoo Před rokem +3

    TIMELESS. Nas will forever be one of the fucking GOATS.

  • @LVOskarliNE
    @LVOskarliNE Před 2 lety +7

    I am so thankful to Ozark, because of this series i discovered Nas. This is so dope. And i recommend Ozark to anyone who has not watched it yet.

  • @beng9882
    @beng9882 Před 6 lety +21

    When Nas and Preemo come together you’d better believe there’s gonna be scorched earth

  • @imdarksider1999
    @imdarksider1999 Před 5 měsíci +2

    We are the reasons NY is onna Capital letters -NAS 🔥🔥🔥

  • @Blessedandforever
    @Blessedandforever Před 2 lety +26

    Proud to be able to bless my ears with this real kind of rap / Hip Hop.

  • @johomi9925
    @johomi9925 Před 6 lety +1032

    It’s sad how this masterpiece has 100k views but lil pump has millions .. people these days

    • @realhumanbean89
      @realhumanbean89 Před 6 lety +48

      Yeah i'm sad that this new generation hasn't heard of something no one has informed them about yet or they're not into.

    • @memecream752
      @memecream752 Před 5 lety +91

      Dude this album is ranked the #1 hip hop album of all time. I'm pretty sure this song is well known

    • @prescottbutler9792
      @prescottbutler9792 Před 5 lety +15

      There was another video with 8 or 9 million views...Still too low if you ask me but hey...

    • @MapleMaf1a
      @MapleMaf1a Před 5 lety +3

      Johomi kids these days.

    • @reubensingh1430
      @reubensingh1430 Před 5 lety +2

      Yess nas is underrated one of the best nas songs

  • @davidlagno7717
    @davidlagno7717 Před 2 lety +6

    2021 STILL HERE MAN.. Sometimes I feel old,we lost Prodigy and DMX. I feel like that East coast/West coast shit was yesterday. Nas shined above. Still one of the greatest ,GREATEST OF ALL TIME. HIP HOP &RAP MUSIC could never be what it is without NAS!!! STILL SHINING!!!

  • @rt5ww
    @rt5ww Před rokem +4

    I work as a cleaner from Iraq. Listening to this masterpiece gives me enthusiasm 👊

  • @davidjones1089
    @davidjones1089 Před rokem +2

    Premo beats is untouchable🔥🔥🔥🔥💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿💯💯💯💯

  • @Icardiyolog_
    @Icardiyolog_ Před 7 lety +57

    GOAT

  • @josemexable
    @josemexable Před 3 lety +51

    This is truly amazing. First album i ever listened to and i dont think ill ever get tired of it

    • @pavelludan7282
      @pavelludan7282 Před 3 lety +1

      Yes u can follow my Instagram page old_school_hip_hop_albums and see how reviewed Illmatic. U can write me and I will review more old school bangers

  • @demiurgosabaoth
    @demiurgosabaoth Před 2 lety +27

    I heard that classic in Ozark and I burn my joint with more force🤘

  • @waimunyan7007
    @waimunyan7007 Před rokem +5

    Bumblebee!

  • @patrickharper-aucoin4413
    @patrickharper-aucoin4413 Před 3 lety +7

    To date, one of the coldest tracks of all-time.