That opening verse by Nas is just insane.

The way Nas melted himself into the beat....damn!!!

1992-1998 hip hop fans were spoiled

Nas’s flow is so seemless you’d think that this was a deep-cut off of illmatic. Arguably the best to ever do it. Period.

I'm convinced Nas can rap to any beat. Flow is so smooth , love the way he rides this beat. Ras Kas killed it too.

Wow this Nas verse is amazing, smooth flow, genius.

Nas had the best flow out of everyone on this track . His voice just synced with the beat ..

The way Nas used to ride the beat was monumental

These were better times in my life.. for hip hop and the west coast undergroud.. box car sessions

This shit cold as fuck. Nas and Rass Kass snapped on this. I just wish Lauryn Hill dropped a verse on this joint.This beat was insane! One of the best ones I ever heard!

Still one of my favorite things to listen to. I remember driving to LA to go school shopping when I first heard this as a advertisement. It floored me and my buddies. Imagine, driving mid day in LA traffic and hear this just to promote the show. Brings tears to my eyes

I remember hearing this for the first time when I was fresh outta high school and it blew me away. I grew up in Los Angeles and was sad that no one else could hear it. Now everyone can hear it. It still holds up to today. We were spoiled in the 90s.

Damn NaS, his early ‘90’s flow is STILL ahead of its time

THE GOAT KILLED IT!!! NAS!!!! I'M CONVINCE NAS IS THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME!!!! LISTEN TO THE FIRST VERSE AND CALL IT A DAY!!!

ras kass's verse makes my freckles hurt..thank god for peer-to-peer file-sharing!

Nas's verse is seriously one of the best i've heard from him.

Nas flow on this song is pure MADNESS! Ras Kass and Monch tore that sh*t up too!

Nas and Ras ripped this man!

If you say Hip Hop is dead, Your not looking hard enough because Nas is still going hard against Babylon...

How did Jay-Z even consider getting into a beef with Nas?

man i wish that Nas verse never finished....too ill son..word up!!!!!!

My best friend recorded this on a cassetta tape. We were in HS and would listen and vibe. This was before Nas dropped his second album. Everyone were anticipating it to drop. Hip hop was so alive - you could feel it in your soul.

I gotta give ras kass props on that 🔥 ass verse

Nas murdered that verse, and that flow uhh >> Kass had the second best verse in my opinion.

"Mellow with Ganja that makes my eyes turn yellow" I love how Nas uses his words and this beat is a drug lol

Saafir closing this out was incredible.

Nas, Ras, Monch, Prince Po, Saafir… in that order. All legendary verses.

Memories....this the OG. I made sure I never missed one. Respect to everyone this joint

Big mistake putting nas first. Made everyone else look bad. He was too smooth... damn

So much talent. This is why I would have my audio tape ready to record to either The Beat or Power.

NAS is something else GOAT

Ahhhh the memories. Much respect to sway and tech for bringing us the wake up show. This was one of the few ways for heads to discover dope hip hop back in the day. This was our pandora.

Kids these days have no idea what good hip hop is... THIS IS THE AWESOME SHIT RIGHT HERE!

Nas killed this, damn.

Nas and Saafir killed it. 90's hip hop...Timeless!

My fav MC, Nas, killed it. Love him!

That was dope! Lauryn Hill on the hook & Nas on the first verse. Can't get better than that.

I miss this. Takes me back to when hip-hop was alive...

" yo, tune it up, it's the corrupt novelist naas"... and the way how nas blends into this beat. just whoa

THE GOLDEN AGE OF HIP HOP!! IT WAS IN ITS PUREST FORM, YOU HAD TO COME WIT IT, COMPETION MAKES YOU RISE TO ANOTHER LEVEL!!!

Ras and Nas killed that shit, this track is madd nice, too bad I can't find it on iTunes

shiiiit !!! this joint woke me up everyday for school ! So many great memories !! Pura nostalgia conchesumadre !!!

So dope, completely forgot about this song, haven't heard it in ages! Classic

more people need to listen to Ras Kass, he's one of the most under rated of all time. he's arguably the greatest lyricist on the west coast. his first album "Soul on Ice" is a classic

Born and raised in LA. Listened to this shit as a kid. 2019 still bumpin it!

my favourite track

so oldskook, fresh outta high school ...nas was brand new at the time, how time flew

FYI, Pharoahe Monche and Prince Po (Organized Konfusion) appear between Nas and Ras Kass. Dred Scott was mad slept on. He kills this.

Dman this is a classic, so many lyrical heavyweights on it. Love the way Nas rides the beat, he is one of the few mcs that can rap to any beat. Fast, slow, east, west, south beats he kills them all.

Everybody is focused on the track. But if you from LA area. You was tuned in every weekend for the whole show

I remember being in highschool 94-98, this was on Power99 FM out of Philly. Classic

Some of THE most incredible MCs ever born, in their prime, together on ONE TRACK. Straight classic of Hip Hop history.

OH MY GODDD!!! This beat is unbelievable!!!

Heard this song 100 times but i aint heard the other artists. I just kept on rewinding to NAS THE GOD MC

NASTY NAS - best rapper to ever bless the mic.... mellow with ganja that makes my eyes to yellow

Everyone talking about Nas’ verse but I feel Ras Kass’ verse is massively underrated. Fire verse.

Nas is sick dude said no pork just knowledge and im born once more whooo!!! Mr.illmatic cypher divine.

93.5 the Beat & after Power 106.5 fm. Sway ,Tech & Dj. REVOLUTION. ......💿💿💿💿💿

Nas obviously killed it, but tbh every other rapper was dope too! Love Lauryn's hook

Too lit up, Its the corrupt novelist, Nas envibed in this, Liveness, Radio wave slaves thrive inside of this, Wake up so flow, Hip-Hops alarmclock, The bomb spot, Mellow with ganja that makes my eyes turn yellow

wow! damn..i slept 15 years and wake up today, listen to this and say all is good :)

This brings back so many memories man... Daamn.. I got something in my eye.. Its alright.

Nas killed this one

another classic !!!!!! memories ,,,,,....!!!!

its the beat that blesses the street deep in the '94

Damn nas killed that beat off the top of the dome

for anyone who's wondering what the sample is u wont be able to find it, this beat was made by dj joe quixx specifiacly for this freestyle

First time hearing this. I miss this hip hop

nas is the BEST rapper to ever live. Tupac and biggie can fight for second bus NAS is KING

Nas destroyed it, but I love Organizeds back-to-back as well....and Saafirs verse is underrated.

Nas, Organized Konfusion (especially Pharoahe Monch who is in my personal top 15 FOR SURE...po is nice)....Nas kills it...I'm surprised I had never heard this...The Anthem in 99 is FIRE too...Em, Tech 9, KOOL G Rap, Pharoahe Monch, Chino XL, KRS-One, RZA, Xzibit...I think I like the 99 one better, but this one is pretty dope also...On that one I think Em and KGR have the 2 dopest verses w/ Chino/Pharoahe/Tech 9 also killing it

Come on someones got to have the instrumental on this fine piece

Nas killed this smooth beat........

Nas killed it !!!! The corrupt novelist lol

this song accompanied me the last 15 years :-)

Damn, i miss the '94' Nas!!! sick sick sick!!!!!

Hell yeah it is a classic, dope man

I FOUND THE SAMPLE!!!! It's called Jazar's theme from the Shaft in Africa soundtrack

Damn hip hop will never be like this again. Rappers that spit bars, not some shit that sound like Mush Mouth from Fat Albert

Out of all the Sway and Tech freestyles this is my favorite simply because it has most of my favorite MCs on one song. I like Nas, Shyheim, Pharaohe Monch and Saafir. The last album Sway and Tech came out with is "Back 2 basics(05)".

Nas and Ras Kass SLAUGHTERED this track. I wish L-Boogie rhymed on this...

They use to let people call in and just battle verse for verse another cat over the air. I know a lot of stations did that, but I miss those days. Because if you was wack...straight dial tone before you could finish. No cut and paste Internet raps back then

Still have this on tape live from waaaaayyyy back...

These were the days! I remember being mad when the wake up show went nation wide, it was our little secret, our own pice of Hiphop!

That's my all-time favourite! Never heard a better one so far!

Yes sir! And don't forget about We Are All in The Same Gang

There was a stretch in time that there was no better than Nas. DOPE...good to hear Shyheim from back in the day as well.

Hiphop has seen better days, deeper emcees and realer music. not what you hear these days. bar a few handful i switched to jazz

nas dangerous but they are all verry goog great song

Bro this is the dopest shit ever wtf

i play this everyday!

Great band !

“No pork, just knowledge”

this was my shit. I used to turn into the Wake Up Show every Sat. night. They would jam until like 3 in the fuckin mornin with DJ Jam afterwards. Classic Dope!

Track was over after the first verse. Take any rapper from any time in hip-hop history, but drop them in 1993-1996 and Nas is destroying them.

when the whole beat dropped at 1:01 my mouth dropped

I use to listen to the Wake up Show in the 90's on Saturdays. I remember this joinnnnnnt.

Classic Saturday nights getting ready for a crazy Los Angeles night this had us focus for the mission Sway is a legend

I still got this in my heart mind n soul from my teenage years..it ain't goin nowhere

This and Verbal Intercourse are Nas's best verse IMO. You would have to be a write writer to really understand the level he took it to.