I think AZ initiated that flow and Nas followed suit. AZ was flowing like that on Aziatic. Both of them got busy on their second verses but Nas sealed the deal...
This duo can murder any swagster rapper on top of tha charts anyday. If they would've dropped a collab album in their prime it would've been a huge huge classic.
I'm strapped when I come to concerts Attack with 100 monsters They black and they running bonkers That whole 2nd verse might be the most gangsta shit AZ ever spit.
I remember one night Marley Marl was tearing this up on the radio. Wonder what the radio station did with all them ACL remixes? The Cassidy Remix for I'm a hustla was FIRE!!!!
this is song is fire...from beginning to end....anyone who thinks Nas or Az has slipped wih time or age all I can say is you can't be serious.... still the grittiest point blank period!
good to see convos on real mc's and real rap..both are certified legends straight up and down. Nas has clearly more bars on this but its live to see these 2 brothers going at the track so aggressive. Nas also has received much more critical acclaim in the history books but you can't sleep on AZ at the same time. The best duo no doubt, AZ is in my top 5 easy.
How's this not have a million views yet?? Bruhhh this blows my mind. AZ my fav rapper growing up. One of the hardest tracks ever right here. Love the competition and chemistry
This is one of the illest hip hop tracks of all time and it's hard to find if you don't remember the name of the track. Those samples from "Last Bongo In Belgium" are a producers dream. The flows from both AZ and Nas are incredible. I feel like Nas knew it, he used this rhyme style for "Ether". Personally I would like to hear Nas and Eminem on a track going back and forth on the same style like AZ and Nas did here.... but I'm not holding my breath. I doubt Nas'll ever do a track with Em. I agree Nas and AZ should've done an album. I read Az's interview about it, he was ready, Nas wasn't.
this is top 3 in the greatest hip hop songs i've ever heard without doubt. both are unbelievable.. i can recite this back and forth..my professor was talking about recording with AZ and asked the class if we knew who he was..most of us started laughing
Let me bring back a forgotten duo: The Smith Brothers, aka Smoothe the Hustler and Trigga the Gambler. Throw "Broken Language" into the ring, shit could get real ugly.
It’s been 10 years since I’ve commented on this song. In those 10 years, it’s still the best flow I’ve ever heard. The best multisyllabic rhymes that have ever hugged a beat. This belongs in a hip hop time capsule. If I’m lucky enough to be alive in 10 years, I will say the same shit. No one is topping this song.
I haven't seen it written better, you culminated it and broke it down in such a empathetic and concise way, the only reason I didn't bother writing what's good - the deal, is because you've already done it...! bless you sir Peace you on point. Word up.
Nas is the GOAT. How many other "top rappers" would get destroyed trying to employ this rhyme scheme/ flow pattern? I love Jay but he could only do this for a verse, Weezy would drown even trying this, Kanye aint there yet, Em would do OK, but not as well as Nas and AZ on this, Big Pun would have been crazy on this, Lupe would be nice but Kool G Rap would be ill because he's the Godfather of this style.
Eccentric, I'm live, but calm too/cordial but crazy cautious/stroll through with some crazy gorgeous hoes, bodies like lady horses/like....my whole stampede serious/ya'll niggas is funny like Eddie Murphy's Delirious" Damn that shit is ill
