Tragedy Khadafi ft. Nas & Noreaga - Calm Down

[@NdosiMagaye]

If you are here, congratulations you're in the dungeons of rap

[@JohnDoe-ru1md]

Facts

[@shatter617]

Where fake niggas don't make it back!

[@BryanEllis]

Amen

[@SanshoTheBailiff]

J DILLA ONN PROD

[@SanshoTheBailiff]

RealHipHop4Life that’s an Ahmed Jamal piano riff no?

[@kevinestrella5002]

Who's here in 2024? Real hip hop no mumbling

[@tykimikk8048]

Me bro

[@aborigineturtleislandg49]

Of course us 😂

[@ryanazariah5148]

Yoo I'm back

[@atrueearthling4326]

✌🏽

[@Scotty_GLL]

W

[@Raf.b313]

0% nudity 0% flexing 0% mumbling 100% pure HIP HOP 🙌🏽

[@Phillybloodline]

nuthin but food for thought and jewelz for the seeds Realrap

[@7na88na7]

6

[@inevitableexpertise1016]

Unfuckwithable

[@torrellstewart8305]

Well said B

[@graphuponlinemarketing3829]

word!

[@shakmarega]

Nas's storytelling flow and how he flirts with words effortlessly makes him the greatest of all time. His verse on that one is an example.

[@judahblack4327]

I agree Esco makes it look easy.

[@cuselax68]

nas the best

[@LLsmoothJay]

preach the GOAT

[@2018StudentIsaiahLucky]

I agree with that.... Nas is the goat!!!!!!

[@TheCodedtestament]

I love this verse “’I’m tired of it!’ said a cat whose name I’mma leave anonymous / Cuz he might take it as some kind of dis” Damn

[@GM-ir8uh]

This fucking beat is on the next dimension

[@louididdy]

Anyone not respecting NORE’s verse isn’t seeing the English/Spanish word play and Puerto Rico references. All while making words from two languages rhyme and using multi syllable rhymes. It’s absolutely insane.

[@mlunguomnyama5518]

nothing against his verse per se, he just sounds annoying

[@samsami5231]

😂😂 Yo ask meho he know I pay my bill at Teko My Chick she’s a freak tho I give some Lays chips and Fritos I don’t stop I keep go Let me stop and Lay low Just say hi to J Lo 🤪🤪😂👌🏼👌🏼

[@cjnv48]

No way he wrote that tho lol

[@paulsetti9484]

​@@cjnv48 It's not exactly deep lol. it's the same flow he always has. The Spanish isn't deep either lol.

[@cjnv48]

@@paulsetti9484 who said it was deep

[@uchihasendo1041]

Nas's verse was so hard hitting and Chilling

[@nikolaytsonev803]

Nas’s verse is about 2Pac

[@noamanpatel3784]

What's naS talking about in his verse.... what's the meaning?

[@pressure1982]

Sounds more two dudes from his hood one was thugged the other dude was a who lived in that hood who was clearly on point.

[@toyotoyo8410]

@@nikolaytsonev803That’s what I immediately thought when I first heard it. I had to check the title to see if this was a Pac diss.

[@MrHnic95]

This is shit u listen to while riding the train , with a old school walkman with sony headphones, rocking a champion hoodie and a carhartt jacket!

[@1JSONTHEDON]

W

[@Conwayunderstanding]

Yocat 100

[@timgerie5310]

And Suede Tims. With a scully w a brim!

[@onrustgebouwB]

word brother

[@SavageJackalope]

And timberlands

[@JenniferTiradoSierra]

me and my husband love this shit right here!!!!! This one of our wedding songs because of him. NY Love!

[@ahmedkaram5946]

I wish have a wife like you 😁

[@timgerie5310]

Thats so dope. salute. Damn. I gotta find a woman like that!

[@LightWeight22]

u a real one! congrats on ya marriage!

[@Dialloreese]

🏆 take this trophy

[@demietriusd2133]

Jennifer Tirado Music make these thugs calmmmm downnnn....

[@shahid8545]

This is the pinnacle of hip hop. This was hip hops peak. This is studying hieroglyphics in an Egyptian tomb, its like the dead sea scrolls. Pay hommage to these concrete jungle gods.

[@jamaalcurry8990]

Real talk this the zenith of rap. The culmination of all the best elements

[@shahid8545]

@@jamaalcurry8990 💯

[@polodiesel7826]

Well said!!

[@CL-ty6wp]

@@jamaalcurry8990 was a peak of culture too, the internet really f'd everything up.

[@jamaalcurry8990]

@@CL-ty6wp agreed

[@TimoLoud]

That chorus by Nas is beyond brilliant! He flipped that Evelyn Champagne King sample into a deeply reflective street poetic flow. Everybody is spittin Crazy on this song.

[@Lolife86]

LOL It's a Bette Midler sample, not Evelyn Champagne...

[@iqdonnelljackson7840]

He's referring to the hook​@Lolife86

[@the9elements]

"Shoulda knew what love is/before we learned what a thug is/now we left our seeds to be raised by they mothers" - CLASSIC!!!!!!!!!

[@shatter617]

Eeewwwww that was nasty!!

[@Apreme]

@@shatter617 kzbin.info/www/bejne/rHuVhnaeqq2joLc FUCK TRAGADY KHADAFI

[@Apreme]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/rHuVhnaeqq2joLc FUCK TRAGADY KHADAFI

[@donjonestv]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@pedrorigney8721]

@@Apreme why you hatin

[@oullerslb]

Noreaga slang and flow is so unique no one sound like him

[@Noodles8ify]

oullerslb noreaga went in head first! Prob my fav of his- just had flip on it and those highs and lows.

[@tommyinreallife]

NORE bodied this. I fuck with Nas and hes one of the GOAT but NORE's flow here is SO original and cool he just kinda outshined the other cat's verses imo.

[@Spyder8561]

Wrong....He sounds exactly like Tragedy Khadafi. Borrow his whole style om War report. Thats why Nore solo album sounds completely different...

[@teamgreatnessmedia7257]

@@Spyder8561 exactly. His early flow was all Trage

[@archiebf4524]

@@Spyder8561 thats because tragedy wasn't fucking with Nore's style when he first met him, but Tragedy had taken Capone under his wing and Capone wanted to bring Nore in with him so Tragedy basically forced Nore to change his style at first.

[@edwardcharette7518]

I'm a Brooklyn dude but these queens cats got the rap game on a smash .much love to my queens dude.

[@dash_9764]

Why can't Hip-Hop sound like this anymore?

[@KEYBEATZ]

It can it's just no one (or should I say not enough people buy it) it doesn't sell. If it sold like dance/pop records this is all you'd hear

[@KEYBEATZ]

I make beats like this often the only beats that get a decent amount of play is the dance and pop beats

[@90srapclassics]

i feel u, i think it's a 90's thing... peoples nowadays don't like that kind of beat and style... i dunno what it is...

[@KEYBEATZ]

Stylezzz101 you never know it this sound might come back either that or there'll be some other rhythm or style that comes out that this generation will hate or not like

[@KEYBEATZ]

LXWvids it's funny because this sound right here was the "new school" hip hop sound and the 80's generation liked the sound. But the 80's and 90's generation doesn't like the current sound

[@shamumaga]

Queens bridge has the greatest depth of quality emcees of any hood ever

[@havoc1426]

Truue

[@user-vg5dj6qi9b]

Real shit

[@TaleHatez_Management]

Word is Bond

[@mike_t_007]

Yessir

[@thesungod2360]

Duke University of Hip Hop Facts

[@typo9584]

I'm forever staying on this vibe

[@tommyinreallife]

NORE's flow is RIDICULOUS here. Changed my whole perspective on that dude! I love that verse so much

[@whooelse9444]

Yeah he does has his highlights on a lot of songs.

[@kelvinmiles1065]

I Was Telling my Dudes in the Midwest that IRAQ was Lefak, Queens way before they started calling Chicago Chi-raq

[@nikkidotts1279]

ABSOLUTELY

[@columbusohio72]

Nah you mean the media. People have been calling chicago that since the 70s. Try again

[@KtotheG]

@@columbusohio72 Man, Iraq wasn't even a US enemy in the '70s. Fuck outta here. Chicago's original nickname is Chi-town or the Windy City.

[@LordRakim]

@@KtotheG don't forget #goill

[@vens_USSR_19]

LeFrak man , not "lefak"... - LeFrak City...

[@tamarawilkins7584]

I remember the clue tape I had in 96 -97 had this on it this classic queens music.

[@jaywarner1976]

I had that same tape!! wish I still did..

[@progress426]

Show me the money Pt. 2 side A- 3rd or 4th song! Yup!

[@alfredparker9474]

@@progress426 it was the 3rd song.. you on point with it... I still have that mixtape on cassette

[@shatter617]

My first time hearing this smh the clue tapes was always the music in the background

[@jasonmoan]

Clue!

[@LahnaNolen]

Glad these brotha's made peace. Nas is the illest and N.O.R.E. seems like a cool dude. RESPECT.

[@Adgeatic]

Lahna Nolen yes!

[@uwasntthere8218]

N tragedy still hating

[@davesylvindeckerii4528]

@@uwasntthere8218 tragedy is far from a hater

[@millcityflexxx4770]

90s hip hop was hands down the best era no question

[@perrynnlynch3811]

Great comment.

[@CubanoKid913]

KZbin is closet thing we have to an time capsule. Forever a 💎

[@patrickwilson6418]

Nore had the best Spanglish verse ever!!!!!😂😂💯💯💯

[@DubbyDubois]

😂😂

[@pboissie]

Got that Bodega flow 😂

[@drewnaverse4617]

On god he did

[@saadieroc]

😂😂

[@SamuelHonore-lr4tf]

Real talk ! Because of this lyrics I wanted to learn Spanish

[@MrONE50]

This give me the chills everytime.

[@nikkidotts1279]

Everytime‼️‼️‼️‼️

[@ar-1597]

Fr

[@Guapiitooo]

Nore's verse on this is one of my favorite verses in hip hop.

[@rapperwiz99]

Esaie Dumornay yea!!!!

[@tommyinreallife]

Mine too

[@icecold602]

Wtfffff😂😂 his verse is garbage in this. He ruined this song🤦‍♂️

[@jamoris5784]

i never felt his verse on this! just my opinion

[@frxtheraptor8671]

@@icecold602 yeah I have to agree... his flow doesnt match the track very well

[@MrBlacksun777]

If you listening to this September 2024 then you on to great shit 💪🤙👌

[@donatas6055]

Queensbridge classic.

[@davidbraae9735]

Hip-Hop Kung Fu that joint u been tryna find

[@seanhamlet1463]

@waffenevolutionss lefrak city and queensbridge a super classic.

[@jimmymontana6564]

Malawi Africa we still listening

[@guysimmons4305]

Damn what a classic. Damn i miss Nore's old flow. So unorthodox. Its the flow that made The War Report a certified classic. Tragedy is one one of the true unsung heroes of hip hop.

[@dannydealin6858]

This beat with nas was a stone for the temple.

[@4partmedia]

Tragedy... smh... "Should of knew what love is/ Before we learned what a thug is/ Now we left our son's to be raised by their mothers/

[@elshowgun15]

LOL..personal jab at the mahdi? huh..

[@4partmedia]

+tahh vasquez ur clueless, I was quoting one of my favorites MC's.

[@elshowgun15]

shut up devil.

[@4partmedia]

nigga shut the fuck up lol if u ain't a fan of this song, the fuck you typing for? I personally don't give a shit about his personal life. IU m hearing listening to track, you dumb fuck.

[@elshowgun15]

what? i heard and been a fan of this joint since it was released..get the fuck outa here

[@goldenhiphop894]

The beat, the lyricism, the flow, no gimmicks just straight bars..hip hop forever!!

[@boomdat3493]

RIP E Money Bags both versions of this song classic 🔥🔥💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾💯💯

[@trentyates418]

NY rap from da 90s-early 00’s was the dopest music ever, this the NY rap we need back.

[@Bigknicksfan]

Noreaga's verse is fire!

[@icecold602]

Hell no it was garbage tf🤦‍♂️😂 nore fucked this song over 😂

[@grimeywarlock8887]

@ice cold Absolutely the dumbest shit I’ve ever heard in my life. You must b 12 talking like that! BLASPHEMY!!!!

[@oblack6351]

@@icecold602 facts destroyed the whole concept

[@stephenheath8465]

@@icecold602 Nore cadence and delivery is kind of Off Beat,but he is original with it

[@nikko6493]

@@icecold602 you good? Anymore emojis and it would look like your having an emotional break down 💀

[@tomwall8518]

Here from London commenting, Just got back from New York, I strolled around Queensbridge Projects with this in my headphones, it was deep. Big up QBC

[@darkshadows7262]

Tragedy is the greatest that outlasted them all and is still putting out that hardcore hip hop

[@byron4622]

This beat sends you to another zone! Can’t ever get enough of a dope beat with a sick piano!

[@jamaalcurry8990]

And the throwback chorus

[@rduva115]

I love Nores flow everything rhymes with Puerto Rico lol 😂

[@Xxtra_Butter]

I miss the old Nore

[@whooelse9444]

i think its safe to say tragedy dropped the jewels, nas did his thing with the storytelling & nore brung the most energy, correct?

[@ogmusic2027]

Indeed

[@nikkidotts1279]

Nah, they ALL brought GREAT ENERGY TO THEIR VERSE; they ALL hv different flows so I MOST DEFINITELY FEEL AS THO EVERY LAST ONE THAT SPIT ON THIS TRACK, MURDERED IT💯💪💪‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️

[@Apreme]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/rHuVhnaeqq2joLc FUCK TRAGADY KHADAFI

[@jamessanders6788]

Yep.

[@whooelse9444]

@@nikkidotts1279 yes but nore's energy stood out the most.

[@abdallahelibrahimi557]

Back before you tube you could only hear joints like this on mixtapes that you had to cop close to NY OR NJ

[@progress426]

Abdullah El Ibraahiimii Not Really. Clue’s tapes were so 🔥back then that vendors knew it would sell. They were either bootlegging it or calling Big Skane@ Desert Storm direct, for 100 tapes or more. Bottom line is I’ve seen clues tapes as far west as the Slausson Swap Meet in L.A and as far South as Dade County/ Coral Gables-University of Miami selling Clue Tapes. Just Saying.

[@abdallahelibrahimi557]

Just my experience I guess

[@Vicchapastyle]

This is fire I miss this hip hop NYC stand up

[@jaywarner1976]

Word up!! #QU

[@mallyy1251]

For some reason 90s hip hop hits different.

[@josephenright2824]

You will never see rap like this ever again

[@tommiejackson8620]

Joseph Enright i argee

[@Itsprodog]

I spit that like this 💎 ⚔️ Schooled by a Brooklyn Killah Raised in Killah Cali Music droppin soon Pro Money aka Pro doG 🐾 ⛅️ ☀️

[@mafiagang20]

EVER

[@MarlowRicky]

An absolute underground all time classic.

[@Funkyphresh]

This song's off of Tragedy Khadafi's album Thug Matrix 2, if anyone's wondering.

[@Funkyphresh]

nog baby Probably but Matrix 2 is more like a mixtape with different song's on it. Not sure if this was off of something else but I know it's on Matrix 2.

[@Funkyphresh]

nog baby Could of been a left over B side track that was recorded for Capone N Noreaga's - War Report album or Channel 10..that was never released ..never know. Sick track though.

[@oskamadison]

+Gerald Duval It was for The War Report. Nas and Tragedy wasn't vibin' so Nas wouldn't clear his verse, if I'm not mistaken...

[@oskamadison]

*****​ I swore I remember reading some interview and it was over Nas and Tragedy falling out. The sample clearance issue makes sense though. Hell, could have been both...

[@clarkbar]

OfficialHybridBeats crazy. if this had been on war report it wouldve taken that album from my personal top 10 to top 3

[@garethclueless90]

To this day I wsh I was a teenager in the 90s. Born in 95 I only truly delved into hip hop three years ago (2018) Sad I know

[@chrpol5]

Shhhhhhit all day bumpn 2023 we taking flight on this one for the real ones. NYC FDR drive 4AM to Queens in the winter with your bubble jack

[@oskamadison]

I love early Nore joints. He was so random with his, like dafuq you talkin' 'bout? lol...

[@Ray1Billy]

word I was just listening like DA fuck he said

[@oskamadison]

Billy Ray​ Word is bond, lol...

[@superg7495]

But to some it was right on point no questions

[@Apreme]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/rHuVhnaeqq2joLc FUCK TRAGADY KHADAFI

[@moegatz1955]

Nore shit use to be all over the place but still hard though ..if you don’t understand Spanish you really wouldn’t comprehend a lot of his shit .

[@Octane44]

Noreag always stood out! His flow strangled that beat! Make you wanna dance & smile. Even it was a personal song!

[@DaboooogA]

He weakest on the track by far bro

[@Octane44]

Never just because it went over your head doesn't make it wack! Nas bit Tragedy style!

[@DaboooogA]

I dont think NORE has or ever will go 'over' my head

[@michaelviens4129]

I’ve never heard of this verison of music. This is a real classic

[@Zmloys]

Each verse paints a vivid picture

[@danalewis3027]

Mannnn nothing beats my era of music. I ran this song in the ground when I first heard back then

[@tesscobarofdeadprezz]

Real ones listen to that shit Lyrics and vocals are on another level Its been 27 years and still in race with nowadays trashes Listen to Oldschool kids N-A-S-I-R call him Escobar👑

[@BsnssInstdaGame]

this beat is an all time classic

[@trentyates418]

This piano makes you wanna shed a tear for real hip hop like this to come back

[@SithLordFromFlorida]

I remember the first time I heard this. Real Hip Hop stands the test of time.

[@moetarawally-maldonado1768]

I remember being young boy in Dyckman Washington heights,New York with my uncle in the car playing this song 🎶🔥 in the car

[@seka-vt8lf]

Even the piano is crying on how hip hop use to sound...

[@4partmedia]

Tragedy's verses single handedly crush anyone else on the track. This verse of his is classic visual real shit-- detailed and very real to 90's NY streets... not that much has changed tho. These kinds of verses are timeless cuz they represent the reality that hasn't changed.

[@beewalk34]

Queens had the hardest rap game when you u compare it to other areas

[@ghosttown1452]

I 2nd that n I'm from the bx

[@stilllyte]

I'm a Brooklyn resident my whole life but prefer rappers from queens growing up

[@ghosttown1452]

Me too.. nas mobb cnn mega n a couple others ran the 90s era in hiphop

[@francisalbert1799]

Don't forget about that dude Cormega. Every1 always forgettin him

[@ghosttown1452]

Mega Montana... that was my guy..

[@KtotheG]

The sampled piano loop came from a 1970s Bette Midler track, "Superstar," a song that Luther Vandross later remade in the '80s.

[@CreativeLaelAsif]

NaS verse on here clearly means don't judge a book by its cover

[@GatsDomineaux]

Propz word up

[@MedinaTheOne]

This era. the true era! Of hiphop is the soundtrack of my life.

[@davidcarga4034]

Sorry to be late. I'm Colombian who grew up in 80s . This is all I knew. Understand. Nas even called himself Escobar. Don't ever bust.a Latino being to much. We all brothers. Blessings to my Latino emcees Noriega Fat Joe Big Pun beatnuts Cypress Hill They my Saints.

[@andref4467]

hands down one best tracks ever made. Ny run hiphop no question.

[@haydenfromda251]

Ran

[@havoc1426]

NY was way too cold just dope

[@blizbx]

Tragedy absolutely killed this

[@gcseve]

I found this gem on limewire when I was 13. Im 32 now…still years later an amazing track.

[@moneybuilden]

I still hear DJ clue just before this song drops

[@Guhsteh]

Nas killed this shit.

[@kenanmccaleb8327]

@Guhsteh On everything I love Nas destroyed this best. Amen 🙏

[@josephfries7734]

These days aren’t ever coming back are they?

[@iernie1]

Unfortunately not

[@elijahexpecttheunexpected2600]

NOT UNTIL THE MOTHERSHIP ARRIVES…

[@tykimikk8048]

No idts

[@domonicjames137]

Nope😢

[@wannabegolfin24-72]

Not a chance

[@queensexist7087]

Still my go to when I’m riding and vibin Dolo

[@rippfkmarlo647]

Is your name queens exist or queen sexist

[@ODDONYC]

Love when a old playlist pop up and bring you back to 1999

[@Zenitsu_is_the_honered_one]

I'm glad I grew up how I did in the late 80s and 90s . The streets made taught me alot and made me who I am,

[@joepecora1601]

Nas still has it. He's prolly the only one that will NEVER fall off

[@saeedbihi349]

QB classic. man took me back in the days.

[@T_TYME]

Nothing can't compare its just a feeling thats unexplainable the essence of Queens captures you in this masterpiece....

[@Sicario-Gamer]

I didn’t need any recommendations for this. I knew this song existed because I was in my teens when it came out. Legendary track. Respect to Nas and NORE

[@johns4780]

One of the best tracks of all time nore def did his thing even though he always made up words hes better then anything today..

[@investergambler4374]

The nore verse hits hard , the entire song hits

[@Ctcap01]

"The victor had become the victim Thought he had a smooth n**** caught but a smooth n**** licked him" Important lesson for us all.

[@pabloesco3373]

Charles Tumazos 💯💯

[@n3utr0n3]

Timeless piece right here. So many jewels drop on this. No disrespect QU had New York on lock D for a few years. Beats were dope and lyrics were lit. The era of mobb, nas, LB, if you know you know. Peace to the tri-state though

[@moisesalonzo2893]

The black moses and the name of my home city san juan my paps home that's insane its classic legends like rakim when i be on da mic and gang starr above the clouds that mention either my name or something that resembles me its why I listen to it and because of what they rap about nothing but real music experience is the best teacher.

[@lordfire1799]

Noriega's verse still on repeat since this joint dropped back in the day 👽

[@namtran9]

the drum pattern is just on point man i cant get enough of this song

[@patrisfaruku7892]

Ill man is just ill

[@true.school]

I listened to this when I was young on my bike driving through the rain... Still love listening to this when it's raining 🌧️🎶❤️

[@thommomuchopz]

STRAIGHT UP ONE OF THE ILLEST TRACKS EVER

[@highexpectations9164]

2024 and we still here 🔥🔥🔥

[@Mafioso_PR]

So mad I haven’t heard this in years when I use to bump this daily when I was younger

[@timgerie5310]

I honestly feel like Trag is THEE most underated MC of all time. Notice I said "MC" not just rapper. Big difference. From the Juice Crew days, to Intelligent Hoodlum and so on....Trag always been mega nice....and Mega slept on. He literally gave Havoc his name. Him and G Rap birthed the whole QB Movement. Believe that.

[@whooelse9444]

Tim Gerie G rap aint even from qb. Hes from lefrak just like nore.

[@timgerie5310]

+whoo else Technically speaking, yes you're correct. First off, do you know close those 2 places are to each other? Secondly,G Rap always Repped Quenns!

[@whooelse9444]

Tim Gerie of course he always repped queens. lenghtwise, qb & lefrak are pretty close to each other but mutually, qb & lefrak wasnt clickin too much back in the day.

[@timgerie5310]

+whoo else Oh no, not at all! lol. In fact it was so bad, if you look at the inside of the War Report, the picture with Pone and Nore was actually photoshopped, because they couldn't put the Lefraq dudes together w the QB dudes because of all the beef them dudes had. Saw in an interview with them, that that's actually 2 seperate pictures of them and their respective squads

[@timgerie5310]

+Tim Gerie Alot of that goes on in NY, from what I've heard anyway. Harlem and Brooklyn don't like each other, The S Bronx, Quenns thing is no secret, so on and so forth. Again, Just what I've heard. Personally, I'm a Philly dude, so Idk NY street politics from personal experience, just what my NY folks tell me about it.

[@eazyb6710]

Why is khadafi so underrated?

[@Mal_77]

Pure art, real hip hop with the foundation of music( classical) if you don’t have goose bumps you don’t have good taste- shout to the real heads -29 now been bumping this this I was 16

[@raiderjones2238]

Heavy Flow with nothing but Bomb ass memories before cell phones…. Unexplainable conversations, freestyle sessions and live party scenes off this track!!! Word is Bond lol😂

[@zdro1216]

Why try to defend an era when it is gone. Just enjoy what we were given and appreciate real music. 17 and loving this music makes me think how stupid today's life is and I wish I could have lived through this time. Props on your respect.

[@SithLordNefaar022]

"This one kid had STAYED rich while we slang the grave shifts. "I'm tired of it" said a cat whose name I'ma leave anonymous cuz he might take it as some kind of diss....." Nas' verse = Lyrical story telling at it's best, he paints such a clear picture with the words & you can follow along bar for bar, and that story is shit that happens in the hood EVERY damn day

[@TvLOverdose]

Yeah it's even more astonishing when you think about how Nas didn't life that live at all. It's sick how he can tell such a great story that's just written(lived) by others. Remember, Nas aint a thug at all.

[@MrHnic95]

@@TvLOverdose just cuz u didn't live that life. He grew up around that life...he came from that life.. His neighborhood was that life.. If he lived in Mansion with a butler all his life, you would have a point. He live in the same bldgs where what he talked about was going on.

[@jamesbbrown3929]

Actually nas did live this lifestyle it’s well known in queens and amongst all the rappers there in in nyc that’s why he never was dissed about it or “exposed”

[@pabloesco3373]

SithLordNefaar022 💯

[@oxman5803]

Yocat word that Shi becomes you , your surroundings make you wether you choose to believe or not he had to abide by the same rules if not they would of marked him victim

[@davidgarcia1419]

2019 still out here pumping this fire right here...

[@Greeno420]

_When ppl comment the year..._ 😂 It _says when_ you posted.

[@Yvng_1999]

Who's here in 2025? if you're here congratulation !

[@kavienjay8]

Nas' raps & the flow he uses to deliver those raps leave an image as clear as HD n ur mind

[@SchraderBeatz]

One love from germany 2 da kingz