Most of these teens can't keep up today and will swear Nas is washed up. Smh...sad they don't truly study the craft to even pay proper homage. Nas is pure poetry in motion. 🔥💯🔥
Yoooo... the face you made after you really heard the 'snuffing Jesus' line, is EXACTLY the face we made in the 90's when we heard it, is EXACTLY why he was called Nasty Nas, and EXACTLY why the hip- hop world was waiting for more from him. 🔥🔥💪🏾 It's the crazy, screw face, squinted eyes, 'I smell (but really hear) something funky', face 😄. Can't be faked or denied
This was the beginning of Nasty Nas I remember sitting around with my homies listening to this and we all lost our minds when he said I went to Hell for snuffing Jesus you gotta listen to Grand Finale and 5Burroughs of Death 💪🏾
'I Went To Hell For Snuffing Jesus'..that's the same reaction I had back in '91 when I first heard this 😂..now close your eyes and imagine that's the first time anyone had ever heard NaS on record..let anyone with that flow.. unbelievable 👊🏿
You gotta check their whole 1st album to be honest. Don't miss "Atom" & "Think" Main Source was one of the groups that helped develop that jazzy, more soulful hip hop of the 90s.
What makes this record so iconic is all of North Queens came together n made something so timeless. Queensbridge, Lefrak, & Wastelanz you gotta love it!!!
Check out Nas verse after that in 1992 in a track called "Back to the Grill" from White Rapper Mc Serch's "Return of the Product" Album & if you check out Nas 1991 Demo Tape make sure you peep "Everything Is Real","Nas Will Prevail" & "On The Real" feat. Cormega,Akinyele & Kamikaze
Back to the Grill Again,young Nas has a verse on that one too.....as far as dudes who where way ahead of their peers...Nas on Live at The BBQ,and Rass Kass Nature Of The Threat...he was around Nas age when he dropped that classic....
Yeah brotha my generation is different (Gen X) we were really encouraged to use our talents to the best of our ability. I see you have great taste in music bruh..keep exploring the 80s and 90s..it was the Golden Age..the Best of Hip Hop till this day.
I remember when this dropped. This was Nas's first time getting featured. When it dropped people went bananas. Look up Akinyele. Dude is a beast. Your reaction was priceless on Nas's verse lol
Main source is a group from Queens... led by frontman and super producer large professor... Two Joints you should check out from them is their first single... Looking at the front door... And friendly game of baseball
Queens stand up! This song is basically the link between Rakim/Kane era lyrics and what was about to come after, I'm not even going to add my usual story here because the track doesn't need it 😂
Initially I thought he was saying he was snuff in meaning snorting cocaine because in pictures the depict Jesus is white and so as coke. So your point of snuffing is definitely right and crazy that he still came up with that line 🔥🔥🔥😭😭😭
Hip hop started in the Bronx, but when it comes to greatness in New York, the rappers from Queens, NY take a backseat to nobody in the world. We are the king of the five boroughs. By the way, this is New York beef. LOL Kool G Rap LL Cool J 50 Cent Nas Run D.M.C Canibus Nicki Minaj Large Professor Akinyele MC Shan Beatnuts (Juju + Psycho LES) Capone-N-Noreaga (C-N-N) Salt-N-Pepa Public Enemy (Chuck D) Roxanne Shante Mobb Deep Pharoahe Monch Lloyd Banks Onyx Marley Marl Lost Boyz G-Unit Mic Geronimo 3rd Bass Chubb Rock BlackSheep Action Bronson Cormega Phife Dawg Q-Tip Kid and Play Eric B
Large Professor was nice too. You can react to “Looking at the Front Door”. One of the first hip hop songs I listen to as a child. He made me wanna listen to more Lyricism. Him and LL Cool J.
