Nas - Affirmative Action (Live) ft. AZ, Cormega, Foxy Brown

Nas performs "Affirmative Action" with The Firm (AZ, Cormega, Foxy Brown)
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[@RalphyT]

90s is just an unexplainable era.. 🔥🔥

[@ILikeJuicyMelons]

90s and early 2000s are the only good eras🔥🔥

[@cwrichardson3]

There's a lot of comments here with people explaining it

[@stephenspagnolo1795]

This song was fire....90's was a crazy era...unless you lived it you don't understand

[@oerprd5529]

I loved it, nothing like it, 84 baby

[@CarlosThomas-ld2vn]

Real talk

[@Rumpleforeskin29]

​@oerprd5529 10-29-84 🤞🏽

[@howdyimdan]

man i was born in 96 but this song aged like fine whine

[@Rumpleforeskin29]

@@oerprd5529 88 baby not too far behind

[@DEREK2438]

This lineup for this song is fucking 🔥.

[@auntisthenes2754]

Burning hot ! but the lady kills it. Which is why She was on the official records. too bad she's half naked to sing. Unlike THE mentor Missy Elliot , still here today, with Latifah..kzbin.info/www/bejne/bGqpnKB7eL6Crrssi=2RuzJSiWtghPFknS

[@yaiqabhabalyasharahla4948]

💯💪🏾🔥

[@victorosong]

The Firm

[@jimmybootz1277]

When MC's actually mastered their craft, no hypeman, supreme breath control, and next level barz, respect the greats BIG'UP!!!✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾🥶✌🏾

[@EphOph]

No hype man? I count three

[@smalls12]

@@EphOphnah, just 4 mc’s

[@dwainwilson5080]

The term big up is played bro.

[@jeanemlicar]

My boy Nas straight lounging while spitting some 🔥 lyrics. That’s a true sign of a Hip-Hop 🐐!!!

[@theboombapkingdom8628]

Foxy Brown's breath control was crazy!

[@GucciHarris]

😂 outta breath 🫁

[@farouqdirani8486]

Legendary... Salute !!!!!! Az is a great rapper

[@NoHomeTraining27th]

💯

[@isaacfrimpongopuni7754]

His flow is always beautiful ❤❤

[@tiffanyh1274]

Underrated. 💯

[@AP-zc7lt]

Vintage Hip Hop at its finest right here they captured lightning in A bottle with this one

[@darkskinss]

She was GORGEOUS. Her skin!

[@jaydanmalm8029]

Still is

[@kaneel36]

tasty chocolade 💋

[@JukeboxJoeB]

She was arrested like 6 or 7 times over the years. I'm 50 and have never been arrested even once.

[@terrelljackson1995]

@@JukeboxJoeBwhat got too do with her music how dope she was

[@YoManG-to9cu]

@@JukeboxJoeB 🤣

[@dmoore319]

This son was fire back then and still is today. Crazy lyrics and delivery by all. I love all the artists. Fox and AZ should have been much bigger. Just know there are many people out there like me who recognize and appreciate your music and talent.

[@prof3ssor178]

We need another Firm album! They all alive still let's get it

[@yaiqabhabalyasharahla4948]

💯💪🏾

[@2KILLAVILLE]

Nas & AZ still killing it

[@bowlerfamily]

I'll take a song...album...mehhhhh

[@obeii1805]

Frfr

[@isaacfrimpongopuni7754]

​@bowlerfamily they did 'Full Circle' on King's Disease

[@Carlos-xz3vi]

Hip Hop peaked during the 90’s. There are great artists out there today, but in the 90’s it was legend after legend after legend.

[@BohemianRhapsody324]

She is absolutely stunning! I have always thought foxy Brown was the best female MC I've ever heard! Her flow is sick!!

[@ill619__]

90s hip hop was the best era. Glad I listened to this when it released

[@asteven388]

Foxy verses always come extremely fuckin HARD.

[@NoHomeTraining27th]

Nas wrote that Mane!

[@mrupstate3179]

​@@NoHomeTraining27thword you was there that's what's up 😏

[@2KILLAVILLE]

​@mrupstate3179 Nas did write alot of her lyrics..especially for It Was Written album. Nas & Jay wrote alot of her shit.

[@NoHomeTraining27th]

​@@mrupstate3179Says a 🏳️‍🌈🤡

[@NoHomeTraining27th]

​@@2KILLAVILLE 💯 Tell That Lame!

[@kevinshell8392]

Foxy’s come in was sick!!

[@oscarjr3145]

Foxy is so 🔥 love ❤️ her

[@urbannuance5151]

They KILLED IT!!! RAW HIP-HOP BABY! Man It was Written was my favorite Nas album and 1996 was my favorite year in music!

[@WashingtonNeedro]

To this day....To this hour......this hits hard.....

[@YvetteDeCosta-b3n]

NAS,AZ,Cormega....all three of them guys looking handsome,clean on stage!!!!!!!Go Boy!!!!!

[@dwilliams854]

Man can’t understand why AZ wasn’t much bigger.

[@firiesport8]

Ayooo

[@peterbadami4872]

I think the same thing that happened with Royce da 5'9 also happened to AZ. Both of them frequently collabed with 2 of the biggest emcees of their time Eminem and Nas and even released group projects with them. I personally thought AZ and Royce held their own on tracks and projects that they had with Esco and Slim Shady. But when you tag team with Batman, you are often gonna be perceived as Robin by an ignorant audience.

[@2KILLAVILLE]

His latest albums Doe or Die 2 & Truth Be told albums 🔥🔥🔥

[@Dipset415]

@@2KILLAVILLE💯💯💯💯💯

[@chosen_remnant]

​@@peterbadami4872exactly. The same can be said of Lloyd Banks with Fif overshadowing him.

[@RP.123]

Back when rappers knew how to perform live! No backing track needed

[@ThothOne]

What a performance. Truest hip-hop

[@DaLibraTay]

This is so 90’s NYC Hip Hop 🎉❤🔥

[@gerardochirichigno6051]

Incredible performance. 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼

[@SS-ii6nz]

Foxy smoked this track. She is no joke and a one of a kind Hip Hop Legend. Shout out to Foxy Brown. 💐 💐 💐

[@replicacity92]

this is the hardest verse I’ve ever heard by a woman and one of the hardest hip hop verses ever. This is unbelievable

[@yolondatheodore7694]

The Brotha's allowed Foxy to shine and eat on this track. Appreciated rare occurrence ❤🎉, Mega Naz AZ equally charged. 💯

[@daniellaedgerton9619]

Maybe they were honered to have her sing with them

[@GovernmentIssued]

They probably wrote her lyrics

[@sdrice2007]

She the queen.

[@yolondatheodore7694]

@@GovernmentIssued Naw never that..

[@changamiredombo3101]

The essence of hip hop/rap

[@cemsen5460]

imagine what the firm album would be if they continued this path, structuring the album like a movie/full mafia concept album with beats like this. Desperados, firm tap, la famila, firm fiasco are legendary, if we got 6-7 more songs like them, it would be one of the greatest rap albums of all time

[@juliopadua641]

Man, the 90s. What an Era it was. This is still Fire, the Foxy looking Beautiful!

[@rongeojohns7906]

This song always sounded like a saga!

[@naimnaimi1505]

Foxy killed this track

[@noorur]

Her verse was written by Nas,

[@weluvhoez100]

@@noorur even if it was she still killed the TRACK. Don’t let me catch u in the streets

[@jrobinson7765]

@@noorurHere we again!!! Dr. Dre doesn’t write shit but makes best mc list every time. Soooo many artists/rappers don’t write their music and still are praised for being the best.

[@damilolaonabanjo8132]

​@@noorursounds like it

[@StanUpGuy]

That’s a understatement

[@danas916x]

How is it possible I never knew this song was ever performed live? This shit is still on my playlist. 🔥🔥 And yes I am one of the people who fully believe It Was Written was better than Illmatic

[@kontjong]

It Was Written IS better... The Firm never took off.. It has everything and still missed something.. I don't know why.. Maybe its "The Bridge "...

[@mistamycall]

This clip's been on KZbin like forever 😂

[@yatoo4971]

Same! Never seen it live…I’d say Illmatic is more authentic and raw but it was written is more global and acceptable to a bigger audience.

[@gabrielgabriel5177]

Becouse there was no youtube nor even decent internet back in 90s

[@naimnaimi1505]

Foxy has nice skin color 😍 ✨️ 👌

[@Passportmelanated]

Hard body classic

[@VolkerRacho-uv2rs]

To be honest I think it is rather rare that rap performers receive a standing ovation at the end of their peformance. Song is lit

[@djairalert422]

Take me back to thee 90s!!!!!!!!!!🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@TPGRiT]

The drop on this song is legendary! WHAT SET OFF!

[@NeLLaGoodFeLLa]

For real man neck breakin

[@abubakr5627]

one of the greatest moments in hip hop

[@michellewilliams5206]

This performance was iconic and Foxy held her own.. Female Rappers representing.

[@dogecoinbrothermouzone2500]

I REMEMBER WATCHING THIS PERFORMANCE WHEN IT FIRST DEBUTED SHOWTIME AT THE APOLLO WAS BIG IN THE 90s & I WAS LIVING IN HARLEM LIVING THAT LIFE AT THE TIME 1996 🥂🍾🥂🍾💰💰💰🔫🪖🩸💯💯💯🤞🏿

[@BruklynGam3r]

WE MISS YOU FOXY OUT HERE IN 2023!!!

[@BETO-y5d]

She always been the crown jewel of this track

[@nvanguy6868]

Goosebumps always on this One of the best beats and lyrics combined, such swag

[@Raulski78]

This was my jam back in the day when i was in the military 🪖..

[@brothadre76]

A forever hiphop classic

[@simplyjay0748]

There was just something in the air during the 90s 💯 best times ever

[@rogermania4]

My favorite song from the album

[@redvlandro]

Oh man. Her skin. So gorgeous 😍

[@kenniet7125]

Cormega seems so happy & mesmerized at the same time. The original Firm

[@marcedwards2464]

Legendary 🏆

[@bx.6443]

CLASSIC...🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤

[@chasmitedolos2241]

Classic! Uncut.

[@ZiaireDavis-j4n]

Classic 1996 live show.

[@mozart6663]

Snare is f@ckin fire

[@betterself679]

What a time. What an era.

[@courtneyfoster209]

AZ like that fr🔥🔥🔥

[@ColumbusRuffin]

AZ is the Sosa of this shit Nas is Esocabar

[@AlexIsUber]

Legendary rappers

[@DashVisionLLC]

Showmanship 👏🏽

[@seanfelder3977]

When hip hop fun in the 1990s remember this song indeed

[@SibusisoMaseko1]

Foxy killed it on this track.

[@neddy5537]

The math doesn't work though

[@NoHomeTraining27th]

Nas wrote that!!

[@Hizzoner21]

​@@NoHomeTraining27th I always heard Jay penned that verse for Fox. You can almost hear some of Jay's cadence from his Reasonable Doubt style. Interesting.

[@NoHomeTraining27th]

​@Hizzoner21 NO! Any real hip hop heads knows Nas wrote that! Jay could never write that u tripping!

[@Hizzoner21]

@@NoHomeTraining27th Fam, it's really not that serious. I'm too old to be arguing about a 25 yr old verse. Just mentioning what I heard over the years. The verse was fire no matter who wrote it. "We stay incogni' like all them thug niggaz in Marcy" was the lyric that always raised an eyebrow. Foxy ain't from Marcy and Nas is a QB guy. But you got it.

[@OLUSHAKIR]

We need another firm album

[@oscarnkosanancube1188]

Thank you posting.I am reliving my childhood back in Zimbabwe right now

[@dammitdamian9413]

Love this so much

[@jbezel992]

We need that Nas and AZ album!!!!

[@keiththomas111]

Imagine how big this would have been with social media around a rap Avengers group Foxxy alone would have inspired many more with her beautiful presence if this was 20yrs later some things are before there time🧭🤔

[@mrj2875]

Legendary.

[@arshia2248]

Foxy brown was bad ass...

[@Djbandit23]

She had the best verse

[@stephon07104]

HOW!!???? listen again. she got the MATH from THEM.. man get out of here with the bs

[@tryrainey1]

One of the best hip hop performances ever. Nas didn't know what he had with that original Firm.

[@nickminja704]

90's real shit💯

[@samueloladelelayiwola2370]

😍 I still listened to this dope oldschoolshit track in 2024 unlimited times no doubt sh*t y'all. 💯🇳🇬

[@armanitransport2604]

This is one of the hardest albums back in my day. 🤔 I never seen this until December 30, 2023 and i didnt even knew this existed. Foxy Brown was definitely and always will be one of the hardest rappers, facts. ✊🏾

[@AngelGonzalez-fd2qs]

Love foxy brown she was always 🔥

[@quarmainestephenson8403]

2024 baby still hot 💯

[@mistercosmopolitan]

❤❤❤Foxy Brown ❤❤❤

[@Swimininmonet]

I love the hat choice Nas 🥰

[@sab1b2b8]

People don't realize how good all those MCs were back in the days. AZ, Foxy, Cormega and my homie Nas

[@KNR-777]

Best era hands down!

[@kfshorts1991]

A beautiful moment in time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Firm Biz!

[@bonniedrasco8166]

Pulled out a box fresh pair of wallabies only yesterday! Always gotta have a pair in rotation

[@angelguevara91]

Big Props to all of them! The Firm! East New York represent! Pitkin Ave

[@tongstimothy1978]

The Firm! Still the illest hip-hop track to this day!!

[@twumberima5998]

Foxy is dope 🔥

[@BigBoss-dg1lu]

90’s was Hard lyrics 💯

[@blairbosselmann5282]

Love the underated AZ, Nas the GOAT.

[@heruapocalypse2021]

My Dude A' was Mad Sharp! 😎👍🏾

[@nvanguy6868]

One of the greatest masterpieces in rap

[@SharmainTang0809]

The shoes that they were wearing are back in the track!

[@dannyrojas4433]

That's just really is ma african Queen.....so beautiful yal.

[@cmojj6761]

CAN NEVER GET TIRED OF HEARING THIS🔥🔥🔥

[@godstimeagudu]

One of the best rap songs ever... Escobar 😊😊😊. Listening from Ghana.

[@oliverlacey3765]

We didnt know how blessed we were back then

[@omartorres7031]

The way hip hop played Foxy- she was & is still the best hip hop rapper.

[@ToneRetroGaming]

I tell everyone I know once the decision to cut Cormega out of the group was made that was the beginning of the end for The Firm. Just listen to his verse on this. He was the muscle of the group, the enforcer. Nature is a dope MC, but he brought the same energy Nas and AZ brought and that's not what this group needed.

[@vlmshv]

Yeah this must be in the short span of time when Cormega was released from prison but right before they snaked him out the group

[@tryrainey1]

Facts my brother. That's when I became less of a Nas fan and then Mega's biggest fan lol. To this day. I will argue with anyone that Mega's catalog is just as good as Nas's.

[@ultramani6792]

Le petit renard est plein de charme 😁

[@23EstrelladeRootsRockHipHop]

Affirmative Action!!!

[@exnihiloexnihilo6310]

Yo, Foxy was Just That .. lyrical unmatched! She e has been shitted on but she held her own! Hands Down!

[@mikef6063]

Nas wrote her verse

[@juliopadua641]

​@@mikef6063it doesn't matter, she made it hers and ran with it. Foxy delivered 1000% .

[@mikef6063]

@@juliopadua641 No doubt, but the commenter was attributing lyrical genius to her, which in this case is a misattribution since I believe Nas wrote her verse. Thats all. Her delivery killed it though for sure

[@samuraishampoo3649]

@@mikef6063 You thought Foxxy Browns new single was hot? I wrote that shit in 5 minutes in a parking lot! - Mad Skillz kzbin.info/www/bejne/hKrCmJKLntWgeqM

[@charliehustle9779]

People keep saying Nas wrote it with no proof. Just mindless people repeating something over and over.

[@bororazor187]

Daaamn this song was and will be for ever 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 the Firm 4ever! Foxy is better rap artist then all todays female artists together! And she is so beautiful damn! All natural!

[@valiizajames925]

So miss Foxy...That was my homegirl growing up in my mind! 💐💐💐