Remember what is was like when "Nas Is Like" dropped?

[Alexander Wiggin]

internal rhymes

that's reaching a little bit

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on paper it looks like it's rhyming but when you listen to the bars it's not

 

[KENNY DA COOKER]

mane.....when that song dropped it felt like the Second Coming of Christ.....

it just felt sooo good to hear a raw NAS track that reminded you of the early ILLMATIC days.....

it was surreal. ..

what did it for me was the VIDEO...

seeing Premier in the opening scene saying.....

"NAS u ready??"

right then I realized....

"Oh this gone be sooo good"

and his wordplay was soo in point as usual......

the alliteration. .the effortless casual flow..

I could just cry quoting these lyrics

Nas is like.." Earth Wind & 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

 

[JustCKing]

Y'all talking about Jay's Primo tracks but IMO they can't ever touch " I Gave You Power". The concept, beat and storytelling. Whoa . tell me u don't agree

IMO, that's the best song Premo's ever produced for the reasons you gave. Still, "Nas Is Like" is up there though. I think Premo gave more heat to Nas than he did Jay.

 

[SirBiatch]

I think for me, being an out and out DJ Premier stan I always concentrated on the beat too much.

I can just beat box the drum like it was nothing. At the beginning of the track they came in so hard and clean, then birds chirping put my mind in the state of being in a village somewhere in Asia, on a wooden stilt house over a river and the over-arching trees freeing themselves of these singing birds.

Then the hard drums come back in. Then the "Nas is.." scratch comes in and the infamous bars "Freedom of jail, clips inserted..." are revealed to my ears and then I'm taken away from my Asian fantasy and put firmly back in the streets of Queens Bridge, NYC.

This track to me is immovable in regards to the best hip-hop track.

That's what being a great producer is all about: being able to stimulate imagination/feeling.
It's not about what machine you use and new kits and how clean is your mix. It's about the vision.

 

[big_controversy]

Nas Is Like was for the underground hip hop heads

Hate Me Now was for the general public

 

[Sound (∀√a) Maths]

that's reaching a little bit

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on paper it looks like it's rhyming but when you listen to the bars it's not

I hear you but the rhyme hits in the middle (first snare of each bar) instead of the end (second snare). The end bars may not rhyme yet there is a rhythm in the flow.

 

[Alexander Wiggin]

I hear you but the rhyme hits in the middle (first snare of each bar) instead of the end (second snare). The end bars may not rhyme yet there is a rhythm in the flow.

can't be more agree with you. that's whats I wanted to saying. Theses bars are not rhyming properly but nas keep a certain rhythm that make the flow work. that's art

 

[Pifferry]

Why can't people just keep the GOAT's name out of Nas threads and vice versa

 

[Methodical]

Nas Is Like without cussing words in this song when I realized later in years and had me and

 

[The War Report]

Nas closing out the 90's out with a classic.

 

[The War Report]

yea fukk does that even mean?

better than 'schwepervescence' tho

He was probably talking about magma.

 

[mr. smoke weed]

This song & CNN's Invincible always remind me of the original And One street ball mixes. I'm not even a Nas fan like that but this song is crazy

YUP especialllllllly Invincible

 

[IllmaticDelta]

 

[TruDatz]

ive said it before n ill say it again

theres a level nas reaches on some of his songs that jay has never attained. and i say that strictly IMO

 

[smokeurobinson]

And then when you seen the album cover to "I am.."




I dont think the overall hype was met when the album actually dropped tho. Source gave it 4 1/2 mics but it was more like 4.