Nas Reveals His Favourite Rappers Of All Time | Learn + Pass It On | i-D
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2 жыл бұрынLegendary New York rapper Nas reflects on his favourite rappers, the meaning of life and shares his advice for the next generation.
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@andreradman 2 жыл бұрын
Nas is a living legend
@malcolmmasimini1916 2 жыл бұрын
Nas mastermind
@nicksandz3209 2 жыл бұрын
Agreed
@mubafaw 2 жыл бұрын
🙏❤️
@Goalpost1998 2 жыл бұрын
All day
@Crews1 2 жыл бұрын
we're lucky to still have him and hes still dropping music too
@ontherealyourgay 2 жыл бұрын
When nas speaks you listen. Much love to nas!
@emestea1898 2 жыл бұрын
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@andrewmohlala3262 2 жыл бұрын
Definitely 👑👑👑
@TheHumanBallsack 2 жыл бұрын
In my opinion, this man's poetry should be taught and studied in universities across all of the world, not just the US but EVERYWHERE, just like Tupac, Rakim, etc. He is incredibly important to the Hip Hop culture.
@allan8877 2 жыл бұрын
Tupac and Biggie considered Nas a rival
@DrugBa642 2 жыл бұрын
You can't compare pac with Nas.. Pac is one of the greatest, but he can't touch Nas
@SuperAlejandro310 2 жыл бұрын
@@allan8877 BUGGIE? 😆 You eff’d up for that brah
@carlostharealest5637 2 жыл бұрын
@MoneyMakinG That's fair to say this, But I think Nas has surpassed Pac in my opinion far as skill and longevity, Pac will always be the man far as the movement and what he stood for. Nas and Pac my 1 A and 1 B greatest emcees of all time
@wgliam 2 жыл бұрын
@@carlostharealest5637 Of course he had a longer longevity, Pac died in case you forgot. Nas is one of the greatest of all time. One of the most meaningful storytellers, made the greatest rap album of all time, and is insightful in much of his music. Pac, as the person before said, was a true movement. If he was alive for longer he would've changed the world in unimaginable ways. He was starting a new revolution, and was a true artist in every sense of the word. Not just a rapper.
@dawolf856 2 жыл бұрын
His analysis of RunDMC was correct and on point
@emestea1898 2 жыл бұрын
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@Ramble79 2 жыл бұрын
I’ve been listening to Nas since his first verse on barbecue I was 12 then. I’m 42 now still listening to Nas on a daily basis.
@MRB1199 2 жыл бұрын
Same I'm 38 I remember hearing half time in 1993 it blew my mind
@TheNyn8tiv3 2 жыл бұрын
Right behind you. Im 36 and still a avid listener. Killing it this year! 2 albums?
@Ramble79 2 жыл бұрын
@@TheNyn8tiv3Yeah, man Escobar season. Nas is keeping hitboy busy. I still need that premier nas album
@TheNyn8tiv3 2 жыл бұрын
@@Ramble79 true indeed! I wouldn't mind a jadakiss and Nas mixtape just for nostalgic sake😎
@Ramble79 2 жыл бұрын
@@TheNyn8tiv3 I really want a ghost, Raekwon and Nas collab album.
@Eastpointe 2 жыл бұрын
This is one person that’s always in my prayers. The Most High has a blanket of Divine Protection over Nasir Jones.
@emestea1898 2 жыл бұрын
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@desireehodge32 Ай бұрын
Amen
@FYourOpinions 2 жыл бұрын
Magic is another classic! Nas does it again. 💪🏾
@emestea1898 2 жыл бұрын
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@KD_SWAGGER 2 жыл бұрын
Nas is one of the greatest rappers of all-time! Nas has always been consistent with quality music. To me he never had a bad album. This interview is short, sweet and simple.
@KD_SWAGGER 2 жыл бұрын
@Aaron9 I love Nas' music but to each their own. Too many rappers I can put in that number 1 spot.
@ghostshipone 2 жыл бұрын
That Kanye album album was average but the song Everything was dope as Fuck
@JA-mj9re 2 жыл бұрын
Wrong Nas is THE greatest ever untouchable. 🐐
@larryconnerjr1835 2 жыл бұрын
Anybody name 5 hit nas songs
@doncardi8699 2 жыл бұрын
@@larryconnerjr1835 If I rule the world Hate Me I gave you power Black Girl Lost Made you look. Notice how I didn't have to drop anything from Illmatic.
@marcy-brooklyn161 2 жыл бұрын
AZ has always been his best collaborations to me
@oliverjones1845 2 жыл бұрын
They had perfect chemistry
@emestea1898 2 жыл бұрын
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@ZeeZeeFaa 2 жыл бұрын
Ghost and Rae
@citiessportsbar6475 2 жыл бұрын
Superfacts💯
@Kobra_CardCollector 2 жыл бұрын
Big facts!
@JackT13 2 жыл бұрын
Nas’ raps should be locked in a cell, it ain’t hard to tell
@TheNaz1996 2 жыл бұрын
He actually gave some advice that one can keep in mind as opposed to the cliche people give like “work hard and stay true to yourself”
@debrajames3865 2 жыл бұрын
Make your list. For time is going by really fast.
@litosway9875 2 жыл бұрын
He’s really the goat 🐐
@emestea1898 2 жыл бұрын
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@nofacade100 2 жыл бұрын
Nas is just like his music…….timeless
@Portthefirst 2 жыл бұрын
Remember, he's half man, half amazing!
@carlostharealest5637 2 жыл бұрын
This is my favorite emcee of all time for sure, Nas is the epitome of Lyricists People still be selling Nas short like he ain't that dude. We all know he's the 🐐 But others do too. They just won't admitted 💯💪🎧🎤✊🏾🙏🏼
@nasteeboy101 2 жыл бұрын
*STANS* 😝👉 😭🍼
@carlostharealest5637 2 жыл бұрын
@@nasteeboy101 🤡👍🏼
@emestea1898 2 жыл бұрын
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@ShadyVargas30 2 жыл бұрын
Nas still looking younger than most youngins nowadays
@czakialczikemwi 2 жыл бұрын
Nas' voice is so relaxing and catchy it just makes you listen and absorb all the words he is spitting. Shit, I'm gonna cry like a baby when he dies, he's a definition of a legend.
@do7hemath937 2 жыл бұрын
I'm proud of Nas for naming Run DMC. I remember growing up they made me not give a damn about designer clothes. & they taught me how to talk to the girls at school. 😀 " IF YOU FIND THAT YOU DON'T LIKE MY WAYS, YOU CAN SEND ME BACK IN 30 DAYS " Not to mention " YOU KNOW IM PROUD TO BE BLACK Y'ALL & THAT'S A FACT Y'ALL & IF YOU TRY TO TAKE WHAT'S MINE, I TAKE IT BACK Y'ALL ". They were real role models teaching us how to be strong men and women. Run & D deserve their flowers not now, but right now.
@dylanp552 2 жыл бұрын
and Jam Master Jay
@do7hemath937 2 жыл бұрын
@@dylanp552 giving someone flowers is a old saying that means show people they are appreciated when they are alive. The original saying goes something like " The people in their coffins can't smell any of the flowers at their funeral ".
@dylanp552 2 жыл бұрын
@@do7hemath937 yes but it comes from giving flowers when people die
@sunshinewday 2 жыл бұрын
love his insight, he's so real
@geoffferreros6401 2 жыл бұрын
Nas has always been the realist
@OmarScruggs 2 жыл бұрын
The QB chain has to be his fav. Its an all timer in hiphop
@Sean1877 2 жыл бұрын
Yup even 2Pac copied his chain back in 96
@emestea1898 2 жыл бұрын
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@ernestocaro9802 2 жыл бұрын
Nas' "Gave you power" and "Rewind" are 2 masterpiece songs
@chrisisslick 2 жыл бұрын
"How you like me nowww..."
@dylanp552 2 жыл бұрын
The bullet goes back in the gun
@2KILLAVILLE 2 жыл бұрын
So many 2nd Childhood, Undying Love, Life's a Bitch, World is Yours , Silent Murder, NY State of Mind, One Mic, Fetus, No idea's Original, Store Run, 10 Points, Last Words, God Love Us, Mastermind, Last real Nigga Alive, America, Slave & Master, Yall my Niggaz, Queen's Get the Money, Queen's Wolf, No Bad Energy, Some of us Have Angels, Live Now , Let There be Light, Cant forget about you, Nazareth Savage, Message to the feds, World's An Addiction, Money is my bitch, The Truth, Dedicated, & more.
@Nellaahlove 2 жыл бұрын
I love Nas!!! He’s my favorite
@sweetpuppy8949 2 жыл бұрын
Everything bout Nas is classic
@Afrocypher9590 2 жыл бұрын
Life's a bitch without MC's like him. 💯
@blackceasar2141 2 жыл бұрын
Word
@EstaterLamasticot 2 жыл бұрын
Life’s a bitch but god forbid the bitch divorce me
@shawnboogz7546 2 жыл бұрын
The best,the illest,most thought provoking lyricist of all time!!!
@BTRAXX 2 жыл бұрын
Word!
@thatosehularo1419 2 жыл бұрын
You ain't lying 🐐
@shawnboogz7546 2 жыл бұрын
@@PatriceONealStash G in his prime…Kane had a two year run…Nas had moments where he wasn’t consistent…but as a whole body of work…No comparison…imo
@shawnboogz7546 2 жыл бұрын
@@PatriceONealStash all those you named are supreme lyrical giants..but if Nas came back in the form of ‘95,96 Nas…it would be an epic situation!!!!
@shawnboogz7546 2 жыл бұрын
@@PatriceONealStash you’re crazy b…Pun was super nice…but Nas got 30 years to pull from…
@citiessportsbar6475 2 жыл бұрын
The world NEEDS this man right now💯🇨🇦
@thugspoet 2 жыл бұрын
This was beautiful...loving the background music to.......Nas u saved my life...✌👑
@CreativeLaelAsif 2 жыл бұрын
NaS inspired me to read learn and really pay attention to lyrics
@2KILLAVILLE 2 жыл бұрын
🐐 stay in Rare Form!! I just listened to Live Now on my player..Deep.especially 2nd part he switch his voice emceeing as a female who 's about to die talking to himself
@MADMELO 2 жыл бұрын
One of the last living 🐐
@judahscattered4corners757 2 жыл бұрын
This dude got me thru so many rough times and taught me so much¹. Im forever debted to Nas. Thanks Nasir🍻🙏🏾💯💪🏾
@ladytmoney5806 2 жыл бұрын
I love the way his mind works. He’s brilliant!
@shaquilleburton1611 2 жыл бұрын
Only Nas in music i recognize he is a legend and he is in my top 5 and when the tragic day comes when we lose Nas and everyone just becomes a Nas fan out of nowhere for the record i was here before we lost the legend.
@abrahamotomewo9242 2 жыл бұрын
Love listening to NaS, his music in interviews. He has so much wisdom.
@thisisbrookzyall 2 жыл бұрын
Goosebumps
@thatosehularo1419 2 жыл бұрын
🐐 To ever hold the mic period.
@malcolmmasimini1916 2 жыл бұрын
Nas mastermind
@Tru_Self 2 жыл бұрын
Half Man Half AMAZING!👏🏽😏❤
@JEDIAL9 2 жыл бұрын
I've been listening and supporting NaS for over 20+years because he breathes life in his rhymes. No, he isn't perfect, and there are things that I disagree with, but he represents life.
@thomasnelson5758 2 жыл бұрын
A true living legend and a POET. His way with words should be taught in schools
@zemaspaze1211 2 жыл бұрын
Integrity matters the most, I gave the street hope
@moxmann 2 жыл бұрын
Nas music is timeless.. every time he speaks it's genuine. Not too long ago I saw him perform live with Erykah Badu and he rocked it it was like watching poetry in motion.
@impressiveblu5077 2 жыл бұрын
Wise words from a decent man!!
@adriansmith4064 2 жыл бұрын
Nas is Hip Hop Royalty 👑💯
@jovannicoeleedoe8852 2 жыл бұрын
And looks like he's 24 this guy dont age and he is major talented I put him up there with pac this man gets 10 mics hands down
@loganleatherman7647 2 жыл бұрын
Love this. His mindset, and advice, is amazing. Nas is easily one of the, if not the, G.O.A.T.s and he’s still making quality music. KD2 and Magic were both dope asf
@smoohtalker321 2 жыл бұрын
King nas...dropping gems..
@desireedeanda2108 2 жыл бұрын
I just love me some Nas 💙✨
@2KILLAVILLE 2 жыл бұрын
Nas stay in Rare Form! Listen to Live Now if you've never heard ..Deep & especially 2nd part he switch is voice as a dying female talking to himself.
@rustyjuice9493 4 ай бұрын
I love Nas. He's so calm and collected but you can tell when he's excited about something. He shows a lot more emotion and eye contact when he talks about Run DMC and the meaning of life.
@dice6338 2 жыл бұрын
Nas always has am interesting mind, and I love it when rappers speak their mind, and speak on their life and also how they can inspire other people who wanna come up on the game. Much respect to the king NAS!
@debrajames3865 2 жыл бұрын
We value your lyrical greatness and voice. Nas stay winning. Just respect the ladies and we will be good for life .
@soulintent4129 2 жыл бұрын
I love to just sit and listen to nas speak, he got wisdom all over his words, i didn t run dmc to be his favorite rappers, the way he described them is so dope, nas of the greatest to ever do it, long live Legend ❤
@curiouslymavismade 2 жыл бұрын
Love you, Nas.
@Man_-hf4ix 2 жыл бұрын
I'm not from US, and in my youth we listening eurodance and techno music, but my first real rap video was "Boom Shake The Room", and first real rap album was "Down With The King". It was another universe. Still the best album to me
@mobetta2092 2 жыл бұрын
1:40. His “QB Piece” that had made us “tuck our shyt in.”
@Bartman35SeasonsStrong 2 жыл бұрын
Facts
@RighteousFiyah 2 жыл бұрын
Nas is top 5 for me. Illmatic and It Was Written are two legendary albums
@Stifler4220 2 жыл бұрын
Group 1: Jay-Z, Kanye West, Nas, Kendrick Lamar, Drake. Group 2: André 3000, Biggie, 2Pac, Lil Wayne, Em. Group 3: Rakim, MF Doom, Mos Def, Ice Cube, Black Thought.
@Stifler4220 2 жыл бұрын
Honorable Mention: Lauryn Hill.
@RighteousFiyah 2 жыл бұрын
In no particular order Tupac Nas Canibus Killah Priest Black Thought
@EHN2024 2 жыл бұрын
And Stillmatic
@Stifler4220 2 жыл бұрын
@G Wells ??? Old head and boomer. Drake is the biggest rapper in the world right now. Giant. IYRTITL is classic bro.
@cynthiahatley6315 2 жыл бұрын
I am so proud of you GODSON you did exactly what you said you were going to do
@HarlemzFlyGirlLynnEBrice 2 жыл бұрын
Love him 🥰✊🏾 Love his dad😍 Olu DARA, more. Much Respect🎤
@toneionson6064 2 жыл бұрын
personally can remember where I was listening to illmatic for the first time! Life changing.
@Dmaccabees 2 жыл бұрын
Nas is Dope still 🔥💯🔥
@anthonymcmillan8273 2 жыл бұрын
A man of 30+years of hip hop experience spitting facts! The advice about contracts are still shady so this advice should be spoken about a lot more often than before. If he wasn't honest about how the music business is being conducted then he'd have no problem saying cliched things from beginning to end! Been a fan since Illmatic! He's my T5 DOA👍!
@fiyahlikeayanna5432 2 жыл бұрын
Beautiful advice!
@ozmphahlelele9592 2 жыл бұрын
I got to see him perform live in south Africa..what a legend
@jjg6619 2 жыл бұрын
I love how people still arguing the G.O.A.T of hip hop, just shows how legendary they are.
@jonathancoleman9266 2 жыл бұрын
Wow never knew nas never had a real job
@KtotheG 2 жыл бұрын
He was on the benches pumpin' and then he got his deal at 18.
@billiondollarambition 2 жыл бұрын
Nas is in the same class as Rakim, Kool G rap, KRS, Kane…ect… remember, he came out in 91 on main source & was crowned the golden child after saying when I was 12, he went to hell, for snuffing Jesus.
@OwlCapone8630 2 жыл бұрын
Not
@frank-xp6pj 2 жыл бұрын
People in NewYork city said that Nas was the second coming of Rakim & he actually started that way with his verse on Live at the Barbecue & then his 5 Mic quality fist LP “ Illmatic “……..unfortunately Nas stepped off the Rakim path when he started to do a bunch of commercial mafioso type stuff & rocking the gators & P Diddy type suits.
@billiondollarambition 2 жыл бұрын
@@frank-xp6pj if I’m not mistaken Nas It was written album went platinum despite what critics say about him going commercial, u talking about puff… hate me now is & classic off of a classic album( I Am )
@frank-xp6pj 2 жыл бұрын
@@billiondollarambition true but after Illmatic Nas sound changed from that cold winter underground NewYork city sound…..Hate me Now etc….had a commercial sound & yes whenever something goes platinum it’s a sign that others are buying it…..Just look at the video for Who’s world is it & check how authentic it looks & feel, not a bunch of money in the video, just that NewYork city grimy hood shit..,,.everybody has there own opinion & it’s cool BUT for myself I prefer Illmatic over anything Nas has ever done after it.
@PLBoogie 2 жыл бұрын
I disagree but would say that he is the offspring of Rakim, Kool G Rap, Kane, KRS and EPMD...He is in the same class as the Black Thoughts, AZ, Common, Ras Kass and the Most Defs
@JayVenom 2 жыл бұрын
This dude right here. Virgo brother. Legend. Icon. Game changer. Salute to you.
@terrancewilliams5687 2 жыл бұрын
The Best Ever!! ✊🏿
@yousseftheking7052 2 жыл бұрын
I'Love This Man,God Bless You King Esco
@sharonfranklin6479 2 жыл бұрын
Mr. Nasir Jones swag always been on 💯👍🏾❤️❤️🥰🥰🥰
@oldladydog2427 2 жыл бұрын
When nas dies I will mourn my dream was to always just meet him to say hi n listen. He's so insightful
@thugspoet 2 жыл бұрын
There are ways to do it make it happen. I did it on his 44 birthday. Life is to short and the pandemic has made that clear.
@jonathancoleman9266 2 жыл бұрын
I met nas in 2002 when I was 6
@andrewmohlala3262 2 жыл бұрын
And you right by people.... I felt that👑👑👑❤️
@locominyana8916 2 жыл бұрын
The track he puts down with Killa Priest is like hearing 2 Deities deliver a sermon.
@anttonhellsten794 2 жыл бұрын
Nas is timeless!
@orbform 2 жыл бұрын
love nas 🖤
@lostsheep9391 2 жыл бұрын
Nas is so humble
@JonnyMCKeller 2 жыл бұрын
One love! no more words
@syldoukpa9768 2 жыл бұрын
This man is a vampire lol never get old. #legend
@BixbyLBC Жыл бұрын
Nas is the GOAT living rappers for more reasons than one and he's fine as hell 🔥🔥🔥🔥😍😍😍
@ninjasrose1653 2 жыл бұрын
Been my GOAT for over 20 years! He is just be default now.
@SigmaMotivatlon 2 жыл бұрын
God gives you clay its up to you how you shape it or mould it This video shows how intelligent and wise Nas is
@swayne7301 2 жыл бұрын
Legend
@hoodoo457 2 жыл бұрын
Nas will always be my top 5
@nathanielcox3720 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Nasir.
@PRECIMANIA2455 2 жыл бұрын
He's my favorite rapper for a reason
@TravelGuy7 2 жыл бұрын
This man is the greatest of all time.
@diwasneupane282 2 жыл бұрын
Much LOVE from the STREETS of CAT-MAN-DO!!!
@stephenbwalya4554 2 жыл бұрын
Legend!!!
@andred4473 2 жыл бұрын
Find ya wealth 💎
@gweah7821 2 жыл бұрын
Such a great song
@electricloup 2 жыл бұрын
This is the King speaking some Truth!
@marlonvarnell3098 2 жыл бұрын
👑NaS THE 🐐💯💪🏾✊🏾✌🏾👑
@L.ATRAFFICNMADNESS 2 жыл бұрын
Arguably the greatest to ever do it
@lesilebarber261 2 жыл бұрын
I love listen to the story yr telling bless u 🐐✌️😎
@IIIILOIIII 2 жыл бұрын
All Time Favorite Artist, Much Love for Nas - whats this background music btw, someone post it!
@subzero296 2 жыл бұрын
Let’s go Nas
@marcotaproot 2 жыл бұрын
Nas my favorite rapper ever.love from Portugal
@jeremiahwoods3060 2 жыл бұрын
Yep RUN DMC great answer👑 NAS Escobar 📿
@dynamic9016 2 жыл бұрын
Respect Nas.
@ericstewart7536 Ай бұрын
100% what people don’t realize is that Run-DMC was a rock group that rapped DMC himself said that and if you listen to their music there’s no doubt about it just listen to Rock Box, the melodies they use that’s all 80s rock That made them special and that’s why there’s never been another group like them
@intenseninja8241 2 жыл бұрын
Nas is the 👑 of Queensbridge, respect to that legend.
@CHEF1187 2 жыл бұрын
Watching the legend from 🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦
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