You knowing Kurtis Blow’s song was a nice surprise, good for you! Lol on the last verse Nas says Running from Jakes, these are The Breaks…” I believe that is another shoutout to Kurtis as well
Pure classic.....smh..dam....yes lil sis Da jakes is police....and just to let you know other stuff lol....."thun" is another word for son, my man, my brother but it's specific to Queensbridge projects lango which is where Nas and Mobb Deep is from, when he said "Open every cell in attica (prison upstate ny) send them to Africa". In the movie "Against the wall (attica uprising)" the inmates rioted and took over the prison in 1971 (true story), and the black inmates wanted the Governor to send planes to take them to Africa. So that's where that line comes from. I think you should do the street dreams remix video Nas feat R Kelly. That too is a classic...
Nas dropped so much knowledge on that second verse rappers never did in their entire careers. Its a no brainer dude was ahead of its time even back then . Miles ahead of everyone else
“Jake’s” is the cops 👮🏽 There used to be a TV show in the 80’s called “Jake and the Fat Man” which was a cop show. Jake is NY slang for cops, especially in the 90’s
Great video love how you analyze the song to perfection Nas is very poetic and complex with his rhymes glad you were able to point out that perspective of things.
There was a police detective T.V. show in the 80s called "Jake and the Fat man" , which is from where and when we labeled all detectives " Jake".........so, yes. Jakes are detectives not so much cops tho.
