Whats up with nas not being able to perform live

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I thought Nas ripped it. He does seem to sometimes forget lyrics but I don't hold it against him.

His performances also vary greatly, sometimes he's crystal clear sharp with lyrics and other times he leaves small gaps while performing songs.

I didn't even watch the video cuz I was there. The only song I remember him fckin up was One Mic and Hate Me Now. BUT Hate Me Now was over the "Deep Cover" instrumental and it was AMAZING how the whole crowd basically did One Mic Acapella, lyric for lyric.

I saw females who knew the song word for word :mindblown:

I know at least four white chicks who aren't even into hip-hop like that that know the "One Mic" lyrics by heart. Go figure.
 

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Jay z forgot the lyrics to you dont know over the weekend at a concert. He had to stop and get his thoughts together. Grandpa hov bring the walker to the mic.
 

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yeah Nas is terrible live. He has no steam at all, hes gonna have an asthma attack onstage one of these days.
 
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crazy part is cats try to say he's not that bad, or make up excuses for why it's not that bad.. :youngsabo:

i'm the biggest nas stan on earth but son is awkwardly weak on stage... he screams when he's rapping, that's why he's always running out of breath (duh) and his memory is shot to sh!t, he's always forgetting.. this is why i'm glad him and jay aint do an album together, it would hurt my soul to see how terrible nas looked on stage next to jay-z, who has performed entire albums without forgetting a lyric or awkwardly running out of breath.

yall see the ether performance he did when the beef popped?? LOL, Worst..Performance..Ever

back in the day, during the illmatic days, he was like a ninja on stage, i don't know what the f*ck happened to him...
 

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I saw nas at rock the bells in MD a few years ago where he and damien were the headliners. damien had a family emergency and couldn't make it, so nas brought out AZ, styles P, and maybe pharoahe (i forget) but nas/az reunion on stage and i was like :ohlawd: :whew: :wow:


And that not saying all the lyrics shyt towards the end of sets I think is just how it works out for him. He ends up gassed running out of breath so he skips lines here and there. Also I think he feels like he doesn't need to say all the lines

We were pretty far away but that was probably the best hip hop performance I've been able to see :fire:

Even my homie who couldn't get excited about shyt all day (except raekwon), was :dj2: to his set
 

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Yeah I saw Nas for the first time in 2002 and was a little disappointed. He's not that good live.
 
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Saw him in Mountain View; he was great live. OP needs to stop living his life through a laptop screen.
 

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First off, I despise to the nikka that made this thread. Anyway..

Nas isnt the goat performer on stage. However, he does this thing where he pauses to let the crowd say most of the lyrics and when they follow with along it's dope, other times it looks weird. He also smokes way too much weed so he forget sshyt from time to time and when it comes to new records he isn't as sharp as songs he recorded years ago.
 

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Saw him in Mountain View; he was great live. OP needs to stop living his life through a laptop screen.

I have only watched the nikka once and that was around the time god's son dropped & it was same story then, dudes was losing breath/wouldnt' complete songs. Just saying for a nikka that considered one of the best dudes pretty average live :manny:
 

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Nas has never been great performing live but most rappers aren't . Jay-z and Kanye are maybe the only two u can say that u got ur money's worth if u attend one of theirs shows.
 

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I saw nas at rock the bells in MD a few years ago where he and damien were the headliners. damien had a family emergency and couldn't make it, so nas brought out AZ, styles P, and maybe pharoahe (i forget) but nas/az reunion on stage and i was like :ohlawd: :whew: :wow:


And that not saying all the lyrics shyt towards the end of sets I think is just how it works out for him. He ends up gassed running out of breath so he skips lines here and there. Also I think he feels like he doesn't need to say all the lines

We were pretty far away but that was probably the best hip hop performance I've been able to see :fire:

Even my homie who couldn't get excited about shyt all day (except raekwon), was :dj2: to his set

First off, I despise to the nikka that made this thread. Anyway..

Nas isnt the goat performer on stage. However, he does this thing where he pauses to let the crowd say most of the lyrics and when they follow with along it's dope, other times it looks weird. He also smokes way too much weed so he forget sshyt from time to time and when it comes to new records he isn't as sharp as songs he recorded years ago.

These two have it: he smokes way too much weed. His breath control and memory are shyt--especially his breath control. He pauses like that because he gets winded.
 

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crazy part is cats try to say he's not that bad, or make up excuses for why it's not that bad.. :youngsabo:

i'm the biggest nas stan on earth but son is awkwardly weak on stage... he screams when he's rapping, that's why he's always running out of breath (duh) and his memory is shot to sh!t, he's always forgetting.. this is why i'm glad him and jay aint do an album together, it would hurt my soul to see how terrible nas looked on stage next to jay-z, who has performed entire albums without forgetting a lyric or awkwardly running out of breath.

yall see the ether performance he did when the beef popped?? LOL, Worst..Performance..Ever

back in the day, during the illmatic days, he was like a ninja on stage, i don't know what the f*ck happened to him...

see I disgaree. godson performs WAY better than nas escobar. ngga was 2 high 2 drunk then. eminem too (jus bringin up performers) I seen the ngga almos die on stage.

the most amped/best Nas I ever seen was Distant Relatives performance at Rock The Bells and then a seen the tour stop in Brooklyn.

so sorry Pop, I respectfully disagree. I seen jayz last time at the Garden w/ Mary J n this ngga barely moved and cut off his dopest joints and rocks all his singles :scusthov:
 

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I was there for his performance at RTB this yr, and he tore it down. He didnt spit every single lyric like Meth and Red, but he definitely did his thing and had the crowd MOVING
 
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ive seen mad dudes live... and most of em sucked besides Meth, Red, Rakim, KRS and Monch

everyone else i seen live was assssssssssssssssss

rock concerts are much better live IMO
 
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