Nas - The Message (Unreleased) (CDQ)

[@FinessedAnalyzer]

The intro and the strings make this track much more sinister than the album version.

[@TheHumanBallsack]

Finessed Analyzer I was watching Scarface again the other night... when that scene came on.. it was great!

[@TheMariana0295]

Finessed Analyzer yes agreed. I was actually introduced to this song by this version and I thought it was the real one for years. Until a year ago I found out it wasn’t the original song. I can’t listen to the original version, it always makes me want to listen to this one.

[@shawnnaquin7164]

the stings are in the released version too

[@M.Sleeze]

@Rico Risken Thank you

[@pickD4prez]

@@shawnnaquin7164 ^

[@kadir1982]

His lyrics are, and the way he raps is just.....way ahead of its time, to say the LEAST... It's almost 20 years later and I still listen to this song and never can get enough of it...

[@mrdeluxe101]

total agree! i listen it every day

[@doshobg]

+kadir1982 he wasn't ahead of his time. the 90's. every 1 out of 3 songs were classics. he's just one of the greatest of the greatest hip hop years

[@HoffzehYT]

It can't be ahead of his time, because what came after his time is straight whack

[@maxfrezen-latynin4226]

He was born when he was meant to be. Children nowadays just wouldn’t understand. All in due time mashallah

[@solosphereentertainment9163]

Nas writes in pictures. His verses are movies. G.O.A.T

[@nielsbaumann6485]

"I used to print out Nas raps and tape em up on my wall. My n*ggas thought they was words, but it was pictures I saw." - J. Cole

[@Handcockmcgee]

Facts.

[@biglcorleone7289]

@@nielsbaumann6485 🔥🔥🔥

[@nomibe2911]

The beginning to this song gives me chills with the slow build up like in a movie when there is a suspense or anticipation to what comes next and then those beautiful strings come in. Trackmasters picked a great sample for this song.

[@RyanG-rq5fu]

not to mention his explosive delivery and rhymes on the first few bars. fake thug, no love, you get the slug, CB4 Gusto, your luck low , I didn't know till I was drunk though... just straight 🔥

[@KaizerBeatz-vf9wf]

10/10 track really. perfect album opener and if the rest of the album was on par with this then It Was Written would've been 10 times better than Illmatic. Truly cinematic Hip Hop track man :)

[@2pacinseattle]

Nas and 2pac are in a league of their own.

[@aaravsingh7049]

Nas Is The Best

[@capatapa5752]

2pac is under Nas.. sorry but its realery

[@lioicxc6827]

2Pac is Nas' god head. It ain't about just lyrics to you hip hop heads. It's the power of the words when spoken. 2Pac makes words have power. The gift can't be taught.

[@CauserHostCH]

@@lioicxc6827 2pac does have a powerful soul, simple words from him feel so REAL. Moves the soul.

[@ambersart5883]

Ain't no best

[@BigFreezo]

Can't spell Bananas without Nas bro.. Timeless cat for sure!

[@JayBabyEars]

I like that.....

[@Itz-ZezzleqioKid-0]

​@@JayBabyEars Same here!

[@geraldjordan6419]

My favorite Nas song

[@thebigdicechronicles7272]

Listen to project window featuring Ron Isley incredible

[@geraldjordan6419]

@@thebigdicechronicles7272 I've heard it dope song

[@biglcorleone7289]

Same here

[@iHD01]

... a thug changes, love changes and best friends become strangers. 100% my life.. Thanks for everything Nas, you saves lifes man, God bless you!

[@jamesjimjr.4727]

Tupac

[@andrewmclean7863]

Nas should of put this version on the album, I love the Scarface intro!

[@nomibe2911]

I read the Complex interview where Tone and Poke wanted to keep this intro of Scarface and Nas called them and told them to scrap it. I personally wish he would've kept it.

[@MaybackMusicGroup1]

heard NAS was inspired from movie Leon 1995 Sountrack

[@tbighic]

Who produced the track?

[@nomibe2911]

Trackmasters.

[@tbighic]

+nomibe2911 yo on the real I thought it was the Large Professor for the longest. Word to Trackmasters for the heat and The Professional for inspiration.

[@alexstafonis1763]

It Was Written is an incredible album, my favorite of all time. However, Nas should've put this version on the album. He also should've put the unreleased verse on Street Dreams, that verse was straight fire!

[@KillaYanTheDon]

what version?? this song and the original are the same. same lyrics etc...im lost here???

[@alexstafonis1763]

+Pepito Papi The beat is slightly different, listen more carefully. This one sounds more elegant and it just feels right to me.

[@KillaYanTheDon]

Yeah I noticed but reading the comments on here, ppl are sounding like there's a whole new verse or whatnot. Like you said, "slightly" different. It's not THAT different at all

[@MrZangetsu468]

Nas should've put Deja Vu on IWW, it would've been supreme.

[@ShinDrakken]

The Scarface intro wasn't on the album. I reallly like that part.

[@deadpoetxociety]

peeped you frontin i was in the jeep sunk in the seat tinted wit heat beats bumpin

[@donfuego8339]

'96 ways i made out, montana way the good f-e-l-l-a verbal ak spray"

[@MxGatti97]

A thug changes And love changes And best friends become strangers

[@wrexet8246]

Had to come back to this song to hear these words

[@blackmist1981]

sounds like everybody here would be a preem, pete rock, rza fan etc...can we agree that this a classic trackmasters beat? The combination is mesmerizing

[@madhash83]

The Bass overpowers the guitars in the released version

[@niko2514]

Just like it should

[@dkraz]

1:42 ... the n.y state of mind sample and the beat here just works so good together that make this a masterpiece I swear

[@damonckonstantellos271]

Always Keeping The 3rd Eye Open.

[@truthseeker8671]

That rhyme scheme in the first verse 🔥

[@MuseR.]

I like this version more, with the intro. and feels like the guitar isn't as strong as the original and I prefer it.

[@ErickGuira]

it's a sample from Sting

[@TheMariana0295]

Yes same love this version

[@zoningfam]

"the bridge touched me severely hear me so when i rhyme its sincerely yours be lighting L's sipping coors on all floors in project halls contemplating war on niggas i was cool with before"

[@vaughnmiller7298]

yeadatt Yo your graffiti is toy.

[@garrettkittel8061]

This is one of the best hip hop song ever written and this version is so dope ty KZbin

[@Therealmoseslupai]

Some of the illest rhymes I’ve heard in my life b. A true classic.

[@Peekum1]

Nas is the G.O.A.T. hands down!!!

[@ramondobrown1162]

1st time hearing this jawn, Mobb Deep brought me hear!!!! Love this ish!!!!!! Classic NAS!

[@andre42658]

And this is why nas will always be a legend in music...and jay-z wont. Nas paints a picture, basically letting you see threw his eyes

[@BreuckelensFinest]

andre gibson Well said homie!

[@kyleallanson3323]

Jayz is a music legend aswell bro

[@inspector760]

@@jrdn902 why not love both😂 i wonder cuz I do

[@inspector760]

@@kyleallanson3323 they are both legends indeed

[@egorpro420]

jay-z is cool, but nas is better

[@jimjankswankson]

Even Eminem says Rakim, Nas, LL, and Busta would kill him. Respect to that man because you seriously can’t get any better than this.

[@PharoahsKingdom]

I remember this. DJ Clue had this version on one of his mixtapes.

[@feynmanschwingere_mc2270]

Nas the GOAT

[@chxxstheory]

This unreleased version is so good

[@TheMariana0295]

I wish this was on the real track. I always gotta come to this video when I listen to this song bc it’s not the same w/o the Scarface scene

[@andrewmclean7863]

This version should of been on the album! Songs classic!

[@rinshaw6746]

A real life Street Poet. Living Legend

[@marabunya]

I will say this in a native tongue, Nas ke masepa, ke mpša o shorta fela ka mosela. The GOAT.

[@jalalcunningham3640]

love this version 🔥🔥🔥

[@bubblebubble692]

it was 31yrs ago, i was in middle school, borrowed this single from friend, started to listen hiphop music. yeah right, this track is my first hiphop track. i was shocked and could not get out from kick and snare.

[@kawaiiafangirl]

The intro would've made this already great song even greater had it been used in the album. I think w/ the actual album's intro being before this song would've made the sequencing sound awkward (having an intro to a song directly after the album intro) so I understand why they cut it out.

[@lna8250]

Oh yeah, with Montana intro that's the best version... will remain in top legend's Rap

[@Rosado596]

Ny will never be the same Hip Hop will never be same!!

[@robrodriguez1841]

Forever my favorite song.

[@safaklc9725]

There's one life, one love so there can only be one king

[@ekadirny82]

And yes the original song behind the lyrics is called " shape of my heart " by sting actually

[@joemckee249]

Proper under rated album this. Ima put it out there that its as good as illmatic.

[@RahIsOnFiree]

really rare track right here and the quality is amazing it doesn't even go out of tune at the beginning like some others do

[@review-report]

*NaS= G.O.A.T !!!*

[@nomibe2911]

I could see why Pac sort of felt Nas went at him with the opening bars to this song because on the clean version he says get robbed and laid out.

[@tbighic]

Yo I fell that. Especially when pac got shot robbed in Nyc. Yo shits clear as day.

[@nyfanatik]

Nas didn’t need to write ether , he could’ve thrown this at jay and still win!

[@AznYungztah]

@travelinman And another difference is the sample. The string sounds different if you compare the two.

[@Geemok]

Best version

[@matthewdevine9932]

this came from dj clue 456 one of the sickest intros ever!!!!

[@5godzilla]

Nas is the best, ever.

[@darknesseveraftergod]

Classic...

[@RMCDOG420]

Thug changes love changes best friends become strangers word up !

[@capatapa5752]

One life, one love, but only one can be king... this line is not only diss on Biggie, its hardest diss ever for every rapper who thing that he is better than N A S !!

[@Razah.]

You can hear Kool g rap in every verse nas spits in this song

[@antoniospetrou9861]

i have the cd in your picture

[@jeromegolden7245]

At this very moment I just realized they incorporated the storyline from Nas-The Message & put the character Black in the movie Belly then played out the scenario through the barbershop scene🤦🏿‍♂️

[@wavydago4578]

Am I tripping or does this sampled sound like juice worlds lucid dreams

[@OvrTheTopJustin]

It’s the other way around. Ahh youth it truly is wasted on the young 🍻😌

[@MacTheRipper1]

One life one love

[@bcon]

Classic

[@bossnian5615]

Verbal AK spray! What!?>! Timeless piece

[@AznYungztah]

@travelinman The one on It Was Written is different. It doesn't have the Scarface intro like this one.

[@CRM-ds2qm]

Sick!

[@utilisateur2710]

C'est la version que diffuse la radio Skyrock

[@travelinman]

That's right. That's the only difference I guess. Maybe they couldn't get the clearance on the movie or something.

[@MartellThaCool]

dope original version!

[@charliesmith887]

I peeped you fruntin...

[@Amenfantasy]

Easily one of the hardest rap songs

[@JaviBugatti]

great track!! where can i get it?

[@pratishvishwasrao2557]

why this song was not released

[@thanyaniraphasha926]

its on his album "it was written"

[@pratishvishwasrao2557]

@@thanyaniraphasha926 oh and can u tell abt stillmatic freestyle that was not released right? there is no original copy i tried so hard.im not talking abt ether.the freestyle lyrics and genius knowledge are the only things there on net abt stillmatic freestyle.you can finf song on youtube alot btw

[@staceyhumphrey3040]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@foreverbMT]

Lyrics matter 🔥

[@travelinman]

This was on It Was Written.

[@iysisrose]

NaS DA GOAT !

[@cyanure93]

bootleg version the best one !!!

[@jjcmark1]

We back

[@AznYungztah]

@shanatelevision I found the picture on Google image by just typing in Nas.

[@shanatelevision]

hello, may i ask where you got this photo of nas in front of the queensbridge sign from? i'm trying to find the same one!

[@mobshah6250]

May 2018

[@ibracadabraygol]

Alguien sabria decirme como se llama la cancion original de esta base? No es de Nas, el saco de la original la base para hacer este tema... gracias!

[@Meryto1]

Shape of my heart - sting

[@ibracadabraygol]

+c mery1998 gracias tio!!

[@prlysis]

Best quality

[@ziyad0311]

Lex with tv sets The minimum

[@danielroberts7440]

Party with villans

[@aytenkilmister9016]

asik oldugum cocuk ilk bu sarkiyi atti

[@stevnnvets7537]

Is it just me or does hit harder than the original

[@Quackatchu]

How did you do this? Where can I download it?

[@MurdaMacJones]

raise up for Nas nigga

[@elbashirsaror7184]

Crazy Warning to Pac, yet, including complaints to him as well... But it went over Pac's head considering all that beef shit he had.

[@emersonsmith5775]

Excellence

[@beyblademaster86]

I don't get the speaking at the beginning but amazing song

[@BlololzSec]

It's because, in the album intro, you hear a black slave being beaten by a white man presumably 100-200 years ago - it then cuts to '96 where black people are not slaves - The Message begins "do you understand the rights I have given you?" To which Scarface replies "I know all that bs physcho babble save your breath". The fed asking the question is white - but it was never for white people to give others their rights. When you hear Scarface reject the fed, this can be interpreted as Nas' thoughts on the matter, the notion that rights are given by one person to another. A white person giving a black person their rights. "Do you understand the rights I HAVE GIVEN YOU?" "I know all that bs physcho babble save your breath".

[@MrPSann]

nices intro

[@marcosofyanbiz]

El Pacino !”!

[@barshookshiphoptv3727]

🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤 status

[@KingDavid683]

Noting new here. lyrics don't change except he says "get fucked and ate out" . I wouldn't have paid for the scarface intro either would've been a waste of copyright money. It's almost 30 sec in that's too much just for that.

[@davidjones2235]

DONNIE HAMMONDS stfu and enjoy....... (Gd music)

[@KingDavid683]

course its good music Nigga, IT'S THE SAME F'N SONG! unless you made the mix which you didn't kick rocks. sensitive ass bitch

[@kyleallanson3323]

@@KingDavid683 Strings on the guitar are lighter compared to the album version.

[@TeemElohim]

2019?

[@plossy580]

lucid deams???????????????????

[@mynameisme6975]

that intro is better

[@wilkinsonb257]

Is the noise of the guitar string is what’s sampled in lucid dreams by juice world?

[@davadreviewer5509]

TrackMasters and Nick Mira both sampled Sting’s “Shape of my heart”

[@우주-r1p]

FAKE THUG, NO LOVE , YOU GET THE S.L.U.G

[@missmiss6228]

rise and fall instrumental of craig david and sting

[@charismacole3816]

N.Y.C🇬🇧✌to London ENGLAND