Ali Vegas: DJ Clue Didn't Blackball Me, It Was Nas! (Nas Was Threatened By Me) 

Mr. Johnson-That's repo man

Yep 👍🏾💯

@Trinidad Wayne Biggie album dropped in '94 so that's one right there. And I love Nas, my all time favorite MC. But '94 had heavyweights in the game in their primes.

Agreed

@Trinidad Wayne no doubt, Homey. Also would put Jeru Da Damaja up there too cuz Sun Rises in the East was a hands down classic and Jeru was in his prime then too. Dope lyricist with street consciousness. Meth had hard momentum too coming off of 36 Chambers and he dropped Tical in '94 which went platinum with two classic singles off the bat. '94 was a classic year in hip hop.

@@Israel-nb7ip biggie was dead nice but he wasn’t on Nas level biggie just rhymed about nigga street stuff Nas was way more creative and his delivery was (unbelievable) he made I gave you power when big was alive big whole career was drug dealing, robbing, designer cloths and chasing women that was out of his league🤷🏽‍♂️🍾

@@doncarter6705 you must not have read what I was responding to. Dude said that nobody was on Nas level IN 1994...that's false cuz when Ready To Die dropped, it took over the entire rap industry and he had NYC completely on lock late '94 and all throughout '95. It doesn't mean there weren't other classic dope MCs doing there thing but Biggie was the most successful and the hottest that year and a half. As for straight MCing skills, Biggie was most definitely on Nas level. Every aspect of rhyming, storytelling, wordplay and rhyme scheming Biggie mastered. Yeah, he mostly rapped about street shit but he was eventually going to do more and you saw a glimpse of it even in Ready To Die with Suicidal Thoughts and Things Done Changed. And in Life After with songs like Sky's the Limit, My Downfall, I Miss You etc. If Nas had died the same time Biggie had died, there work would be comparable. Matter of fact, Nas admitted to borrowing from Biggie in Last Real N Alive and his champagne sipping, designer clothes rhymes were straight out of Biggie's playbook. And Nas is my #1 all time MC but I'm just stating facts.

Louchon Christmon facts

Agreed

Niggas worshipped Nas back then though. Illmatic changed the culture. Congress just recognized that shit lol.

@@esotericguru7111 congress? A couple years ago CNN named him the best lyricist ever but Congress? Can you elaborate?

That happens so often that it's just natural until you have given time to find your own flow by keeping on doing it. NF and Hopsin for example sounded a lot like Em for a period, your influences come thru for many for sometime

@@BlackDotLiving he was always nice. But too bad he just didn't have the foresight to think "okay I'm going to take a few pointers from nas but let me find my own voice"; I think if he had approached it from that angle/perspective, he would be still highly regarded now and highly active in recording and his output highly anticipated as well.

Agreed.

I dont hear Nas influence at all

Mike Sykes dude you are way off he did a song when he was rapping like all of the current rappers doing their style better than them he was not a Nas clone what the f*** you should lean forward and cough cuz you choking n*****

Mike Sykes you say his ego is why he never got a shot but tell me this what does it afford him to bad-mouth NAS now he gains nothing from this come on bro this is not far-fetched Nas didn't even promote his own f****** team his own brother f*** out of here with this b******* man Vegas ain't hatin for what?

Truth fuc nas scared of everybody lyrically IMO his just a pen to pad storyteller that's it he ain't no MC, Mega Vegas Half a Mill etc...cuh nas is scared lmao

U really don't know industry politics @djant863

@Cliff Booth nah. Just cuz you may disagree doesn’t make my comment any less accurate

@@LogicOverEverything yes it does when it comes to the music industry

@@marcjones3847 not necessarily.

I get what you’re saying but sometimes it’s not the case , it be deeper than playing the blame game

Trevy Is-Famous Yup went bar for bar with AZ, Nature & Capone and held his own. That's saying alot. Especially doing it with AZ.

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STOP IT… Ali was average at best your 11 likes proves my point

@@darrellmitchell4338 but not one liking what you said proved what???? Absolutely NOTHING! 😂😆

@@Trevy_Is_Famous no it don’t because it’s under your comment that still has 11 likes… Stop it… 🤣🤣🤣🤣

He was a Nas/Jay-Z clone. He was never able to establish his own identity on the mic.

No he wasn’t

chuckaluckproduction Half A Mil was that dude

facts

@Cliff Booth exactly. Imagine him and nas over some trackmasters production in that time

Storm Hall do you think that's who that Nas verse was about. I thought it was about P,Jayz or Mega

SACE TV I feel it's was Nas rapping as if he were Jaz-O talking to Jay. "In 88'...... calling my crib, but I ain't even give u my number..... smiling in my face. Glad to break bread with the God". I don't think Nas was in Marcy like that in 88'.

I know it's really difficult for people to be open about new info it takes time to research and really pay attention to what's going on. And some times people don't wanna know the truth!

That's what it sounds like...

urbanflavorz I heard the story but this kid was not in the picture. it was Nas Rakim and Kanye... Classic. Rakim was pissed at Nas for doing the unauthorized biography of Rakim so as a way to make amends to the God Nas got him on with Kanye so they did the song Classic for NiKE... this kid was no where in the picture

darnell rogers You are mistaken. Vegas was the next in line. I'm from Chicago and his mixtape buzz was hot even here. This dude and J Hood got robbed of their time to shine.

AirunDevon, So if he was so hot why can't he use the the Internet and go independent, after enough buzz he can't be denied.

Sahib Brown exactly he didn't blow because he sounded like nas end of nas put a lot of peeps but they complain cuz they don't blow over night

AirunDevon I'm not saying the kid is not talented... but what I am saying is Kanye and Rakim. Why would Vegas fit into that class of artist? he doesn't fit. But if he was so dope someone would have picked him up.... other than dealing with other B rated artists

THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT IN THIS VIDEO. LISTEN AGAIN.

@@enzigenes i know he's talking about Nas hating on him, but what I said is on subject a little bit. Because it seems Trackmasters were giving him the info about Nas, but he never experienced directly. And the reason I bought Trackmasters is because Ali wouldn't be the first artist they gave the run around to. You should check out 50 cent's interview about them. They seem kinda shady...

Brandon I now he blaming nas pitiful

@@brandoni241 yea he caught some bad deals. but he still had a chance to do more others have overcame it. nas could only do so much he wasnt THAT damn powerful. if you dope and hustle people will hear your music. with the internet anybody can reach the people

@@brandoni241 they screwed over Nature too! I loathe the trackmasters

He also did a nice freestyle wit em too It's still floating around RU-vid somewhere

Capz MC I worked at def jam during this time period he's talking. I've never heard of Ali Vegas. I'm confused and this sounds like lies. Mind you I hated nas and clue.

Kamo Jerarchur wow that's kinda crazy being everyone I know to people I came across later in life heard of Vegas. I remember the clue diss, stack bundles dissed him. Now I'm seeing nas staggered his career which I can believe. But yeah working at def jam and not hearing about Vegas is crazy Brodie I ain't even gone hold you

***** lol i knew someone would say something like that. nah i really dont remember and for obvious reasons. who is hearing him now outside of this platform?

Kamo Jerarchur man prolly just the old heads bro!

Vegas dropped several projects independently

@@quintenpressley83 he clearly don't understand how that business works no one opens doors on there own some one can eaither open it for you or keep it closed for you this ain't a street hustle there a difference so in terms in that industry another man will stop your grind if they powerful enough

@@robbylangley5446 exactly thats why u have alotta niggas switch they whole swag when it comes to the business side

Alot of Nas business and relationships got tainted because of Steve Stoute. Steve brainwashed Nas. Nas turned his back on many of comrads in the industry. Mega, AZ, Capone and Nore. Nas been sold his soul.

Exactly when I hear this dude talking I was thinking he was a Cam’ron or Juelz level to say the least but he was ok though

Lol

Juelz is basura 🗑, corny with his cat in the hat rhymes.

Its a lie that Ali Vegas had to believe in order to convince himself why his career was a failure. He wasn’t that good.

jseward228 i dont quite agree...vegas was nice...yea he had a lil Nas in him but no more than Fab sounded like Mase in the beginning...but i dont think he jacked Nas...peace tho

Jay Day I feel u. I'm only referring to the 99-2001 era when he claim he was black balled. The song the specialist and The track he did on Half a mil album he sounds all the way like nas. I haven't heard him since 2003 so I can't speak on how he sounds now.

Bummy Davis He was better than Stack as a lyricist, no question.

I forgot about him until this Interview, he was in heavy rotation on the mixtape circuits back in the day, thought he was up next. If he had the channels that artists have today to build a following without a deal, he would have made it.

Bummy Davis u bugging

He way better than Stack. Ali’s situation was his voice was too subtle, and he was too laid back in his business handling

MrChiCity3 you a goofy he ain't sell his self out that's why he didn't pop all these niggas u seeing selling out scrub

MrChiCity3 facts

he CLAIMS he didn't allow others to give him success.. what a cop out excuse. nobody can take talent away from you if you have to blame the next man for why you never were succesful then I don't want to hear anything yo have to say. Making excuses is for weak individuals. Now he's saying Dre was going to put him on what remix with him and Eminem? Why would he do that? Forgot about Dre don't need Ali Vegas foh

MrChiCity3 well he said earlier in the first part of the interview he doesn't care about fame

Trenell Woods right that's the part ol boy didn't catch

I disagree. He probably was influenced but biting Nas style nahhhhhh.

Trumps

lmao thats a straight up Fact!

FACTS

Lmao 😂

Lol ok

KINGSEANFAME This happens all the time

KINGSEANFAME Nas is my fav rapper but he is not a god dude got phony and snakish ways I heard from many talented queens rappers.

Nope. Back then you didn't have the internet so you couldn't get instant access to fans. So you had to go through radio. And if a bigger artist told a station "I'm not fucking with you if you fuck with him" the radio station didn't.

I'm not buying it...he was okay but nobody bought him BECAUSE he sounded like dollar store Nas..

Agree.

It’s probably deeper than that.

It’s most definitely deeper than that anybody can put fuckery in anyone’s head it’s how you think & react at end of the day 🤷🏽‍♂️

Nah, he's from Queens too. Why he can't songs with other New Yorkers? This is why NY hip hop fall off.. instead of getting money together like outta State dudes

@cartierjoe So what he's from Queens. He trying to sound like Nas on all his songs.

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Elaborate. Give documented provable examples, if you dont mind

Yeah he lowkey blocked cormega too, but dude wasn't as great as he acting or he could just been independent

@@themanman4391 why don’t you go find them if you dont mind and i did say from where i got the info from. Read the book it’s documented

@@zimbabwe_twinnedwithanfield don’t shoot the messenger…

Corey Promo alot of niggas sounded like nas

Nas himself sounds like kool g rap

Zen Davis the murder inc thing was solely to get at jay nothing more nothing less to show irv gotti unloyalty you noticed hov and irv and ja ain’t been the same since even tho hov stop fuckin with me before that that shit sealed the coffin

@@SuaveChystmas16 facts that Quan got caught with illegal hardware and drugs in VA. Nas fell back from cuz of the hip hop cops. Quan was told to move differently when he got his deal and didn't. Cormega is jealous of Nas still and wanted his spot. Nobody makes 12 songs 30 interviews and a DVD over a contract dispute.

Marcus Woodard 💯

Good looking out.

nas fucked few ppl... he even blackballed cormega

@@floggyWM1 Yes he did. People forget

This is why the young guys hate them

@@floggyWM1 nas put cormega in the game. without the shoutout from illmatic, nobody would care about him. his album got shelved in 98 because he wasnt really that good and wasnt commercially appealing. In 01, he finally got his skills together and put out a masterpiece. he was destined to be what he is...not some mainstream commercial platinum rapper.

@一大 we talking bout back in the day buddy

nas just tried to shit on everyone...makes ya think for a sec

@bryant abodoh: I couldn't locate your original comment but here is a video of P mentioning some of what I said. Starts at about 3:45... ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-CX9tnmv3oSM.html

Mr Simpson facts bro cormega said the same shit about nas nas a big time hatter one of the best ever tho

R.i.p p

nas is woke and for our ppl you sound dumb

Probably was you know mega of course not you know Kanye tho

Maybe not a whole lot, but maybe a little since Nas slumped a bit with I Am and Nastradamus.

@@steeltownbrown52Agreed, he did flow like Nas during that Era which was Nas’s weakest era lyrically! 😂

Exactly how does that stop your grind?

Right 👍🏾👊🏾💯

What was that track please, did it have like scratching in it.

2 polar opposites. Half-A-Mill is one of the nicest emcees to ever Grace a 🎤

thank you for watching!

Yung Rez he was nice but sloooooooowwwww waaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyy down nigga he was never Nas level

+Andre Salazar W lol

Dre'Sean Hearndon -45

Son was nice but sounded just like nas listen to that song on the in too deep soundtrack

@mike dollars he never found himself who remembers when j cole was a jay z clone than he found himself and the rest is history even though he stole Rain flow from his hometown of North Carolina hes style my favorite right now

bronx bully Agreed your talking about Rain910. Rain is nice I hear he’s with Maybach Music now!!! Rain sure cooked T-Rex and them Dot Mob catz on that diss track!

@@TheYellowBrickRoadTV oh wow never hurd it

Oh wow I thought it was from queens

Deiron Horton he ghost write for hella people.

Fecal Matters who does he ghostwrite for

Even Nore said this about Nas so cant be fiction. That said I still rock with him hard but just saying.

Trenell Woods #facts

He was

Wasn't*

Vegas was on point fam. His storytelling was up to par. Him and Half A Mill was crazy with it.

Nas is legendary this dude is not enzigenes

He never said he was a legend. I never said that either.

Wait. So every single person that made it did "the ritual"? Smarten up guy.

@Carl Rice No, every single person who wasn't related by blood had to do the ritual. You need to "smarten up" and do research on these ancient brotherhoods that go far back into antiquity. I assuming you know nothing of these organizations besides "The Illuminati" and you probably think that all people that are into these things are all "illuminati". Come back when you've done some research