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Boricua Guerrero
admit it you thought it was then googled it only to get urban dictionary as a the resultJust Kidding silly!!!!
Remember what is was like when "Nas Is Like" dropped?
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thegreatest
Pro
It's like someone said, rappersused tofear when naswasabout to drop because shyt would have everyone else looking at their raps like
and hitting the pad hard!
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Rapmastermind
Superstar
It was late 98 early 99, I was a freshmen in college. The "I am" bootleg leaked all over campus and of course I had a copy. Believe it or not, the 1st record I heard from the album was "Small World" and I thought then NaS was about to drop some serious heat but I was visiting a friend on another campus and a female was driving us around and she had the single. Once I heard that beat it was wrap. That sample was just unbelieveable, the song is just Hip Hop at his purest form. But he dropped the ball having "Dr. Knockboot" on the single.
The song always came off like a wannabe Biggie record, the beat even sound like "Get Money". But "NaS is Like" till this day is a Top 10 NaS song and had dudes thinking NaS was really about to smash the game. Though the released version of "I am" wasn't better than the Bootleg, it was still epic. It remains NaS highest selling 1st week ever. Lyrically NaS tapped into his NaSty persona and Premo gave NaS two classics on that album. I mean if "NaS is Like" wasn't enough, he gave us this gem on the same album:
The song always came off like a wannabe Biggie record, the beat even sound like "Get Money". But "NaS is Like" till this day is a Top 10 NaS song and had dudes thinking NaS was really about to smash the game. Though the released version of "I am" wasn't better than the Bootleg, it was still epic. It remains NaS highest selling 1st week ever. Lyrically NaS tapped into his NaSty persona and Premo gave NaS two classics on that album. I mean if "NaS is Like" wasn't enough, he gave us this gem on the same album:
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DoomzdayzV
Banned
nikkas playin the original Grand Theft Auto. Forgot about that.
KingOFKings
All Star
It's funny.. just had this cd playing in my car today.... I AM is slept on.
Oztradamus
Hold G's, Guns, and Grams...
I first heard it back in early 99 on wwww.iamnas.com they had a 30 second real audio clip that I had on repeat.
That's my GOAT
That's my GOAT
Roberto Dinero
Dropped from #TnT
nikka had the same shiny suit as puff on Mo Money video
Nah man, dude was rocking a red leather suit. Its not the same. U see it shines a little but that's cause of the lighting from the cameras or whatever.
It was a red leather suit. Not the same.
CEITEDMOFO
Banned
it was ill as fukk
I was gonna do an appreciation thread on this but figured someone must have already done one.
This track singlehandedly made me a Nas fan. I remember it clear as day. I had heard It Was Written before and thought it was light. I was 14-15 at the time, shyt was too slow and deep for me.
Then Nas is Like drops, and it just worked. It was a phenomenal beat that got you moving, and then the RHYMES were just
the absolute truth
bruh.... I remember the first time I heard this shyt. That 2nd verse had me
It was like hearing God speak.
"messiah type... before the Christ, after the death, the last one left! sooner or later we'll all see who the prophet is" I was like "whoa whoa whoa! REWIND!"
I'll always say that the real genius of Nas is Like is in the beat. That shyt is so atmospheric and captivating you think you're in the clouds with God (who doesn't exist but that's beside the point). Finding out years later that Premo got the sample from a religious Christ-in-the-manger church record makes total sense.
yep.
That beat was holy. Almost literally.
This track singlehandedly made me a Nas fan. I remember it clear as day. I had heard It Was Written before and thought it was light. I was 14-15 at the time, shyt was too slow and deep for me.
Then Nas is Like drops, and it just worked. It was a phenomenal beat that got you moving, and then the RHYMES were just
the absolute truth
The rumor at the time was Nas couldn't go back to QB, then this video came out.
I remeber the second verse when he was going HAM on everything he was like, I had to keep rewinding the CD player to catch everything.
And of course N - A - S are the letters that spell
bruh.... I remember the first time I heard this shyt. That 2nd verse had me
It was like hearing God speak."messiah type... before the Christ, after the death, the last one left! sooner or later we'll all see who the prophet is" I was like "whoa whoa whoa! REWIND!"
I'll always say that the real genius of Nas is Like is in the beat. That shyt is so atmospheric and captivating you think you're in the clouds with God (who doesn't exist but that's beside the point). Finding out years later that Premo got the sample from a religious Christ-in-the-manger church record makes total sense.
yep.
That beat was holy. Almost literally.
Song was like a good meal. It hit all the right spots (pause)
Whatever it was that nikkas thought was missing from the game was in that one song. Can't remember the first time I heard it, but I listened to eat whenever it was on.
Whatever it was that nikkas thought was missing from the game was in that one song. Can't remember the first time I heard it, but I listened to eat whenever it was on.
Alexander Wiggin
All Star
what makes nas above all the other mc's is it's like when he dropped some lyrics it's like they are direct quotes of some obscur holy book
he have a way to flip definitive formulas like
"nas is like the afroentric asian, half man half amazin"
"blood of a slave, haert of a king"
"Heaven and hell, rap legend, presence is felt
And of course N - A - S are the letters that spell"
and to think the two first bars don't even rhymes
Freedom or jail, clips inserted, a baby's bein born
Same time my man is murdered, the beginning and end
he have a way to flip definitive formulas like
"nas is like the afroentric asian, half man half amazin"
"blood of a slave, haert of a king"
"Heaven and hell, rap legend, presence is felt
And of course N - A - S are the letters that spell"
and to think the two first bars don't even rhymes
Freedom or jail, clips inserted, a baby's bein born
Same time my man is murdered, the beginning and end
General Mills
More often than not I tend to take that L.
My nikka was spitting so much fire he had to cool off his paws.
Nas is like earth, wind and fire,
rims and tires Bulletproof glass, inside is the realest driver
Planets in orbit, line 'em up with the stars
Tarot cards, you can see the pharaoh Nas
Nas is like Iron Mike, messiah type
Before the Christ, after the death
The last one left, let my cash invest in stock
Came a along way from blastin', techs on blocks
Went from Seiko to Rolex, ownin' acres
From the projects with no chips, to large cake dough
Dimes, givin' fellatio, siete zeros Bet my nine spit for the pesos
we need a nas album
