Nas – Who Are You

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    New Nas for the new year. Not sure where this track is going yet.

    275 thoughts on “Nas – Who Are You

    1. OK I GOTTA BE REAL, NAS IS A SORE LOOSER !DUDE IS 38 WITH 2 BABY MAMA’S, BUT HE STILL RUN’S AROUND STICKING HIS DICK INSIDE NUMEROUS HOES VAGINA’S THEN COMES ON RECORD ACTING ALL CONCIOUS AND SHIT ! FUCK YOU HOMMIE ! YOU USED TO BE MY FAVOURITE MC BACK IN THE DAY, BUT I’M ALL GROWN UP NOW, NO MORE FAIRY TALES. IT’S KINDA SAD WHEN YOU FIND OUT YOUR HERO IS JUST ANOTHER ASSHOLE !

      1. either u r a jealous broad or one faggot ass motherfucker…either way stop putting personal lives in the way of music. good songs come in all different shapes and forms…let go of the irrelevenve

      2. He had a child when he was young…and he was married and had a child…How does that make him an asshole exactly? He suppose to stop having sex like you?

      3. I was gonna lecture you on how wrong you are, but instead I’m just going to say this: You’re ignorant.

    2. Man why do you niggaz praise this nigga? He sucks balls.

      Worst Rappers Ever
      1. Eminem
      2. Nas
      3. 2pac
      4. Kanye West
      5. Jay-Z
      6. Immortal Technique
      7. Tech N9ne
      8. Atmosphere
      9. Murs
      10. Andre 3000
      Wiz Khalifa, Kid Cudi, B.o.B, J. Cole and Drake are the future of wack hip hop.

      Real Hip Hop is:
      1. Gucci Mane
      2. OJ Da Juiceman
      3. Waka Flocka Flame
      4. Soulja Boy
      5. Shawty Mane (Justin Bieber)
      6. Shawty Lo
      7. Frenchie
      8. Wooh Da Kid
      9. Fabo of D4L
      10. Game
      Lil Wayne, Biggie, Eazy-E, Lil Kim and Lil Chuckee are good too.

      1. he’s fuckin with everyone. there cant be somebody this stupid. my advice though is if your being serious i would keep that to yourself. alot of people gonna be feelin sorry for you….

      2. im suprised your faggit ass aint even put britney and bey in there. but then its people like you who dont appreciate music, and to all my true music lovers that know where the talent lies we have to allow the people like this dick and continue supporting the idols such as nas.. fuck your top ten nigga dnt mean shit !!

    3. hey i just watched a vh1 NAS documentary on youtube his life story is fuckin crazy if your a fan you have to watch it

    4. My favorite rapper, this track is SMOOTH and DOPE…Other than the DJ talking on the track. 5 STARS for the GREATEST…

    5. Top 15 Hip-Hop songs of 2010

      1) Protaganists (Grieves & Budo Remix) – Felt
      2) The Biz – B.o.B
      3) Shine (Feat. K-Flay & The Grouch) – Eligh
      4) As We Enter – Nas & Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley
      5) Midnight Hour (Feat. Estelle) – Reflection Eternal
      6) Leave Me Alone (Feat. Danny Mana) – J. Cole
      7) Graveyard (Feat. Sheisty Khrist) – Kno (of CunninLynguists)
      8) Role Of Life – Vinnie Paz
      9) Sit Down, Man (Feat. El-P) – Das Racist
      10) Monster (Feat. Jay-Z, Rick Ross, Nicki Minaj & Bon Iver) – Kanye West
      11) One Thing (Feat. Raekwon) – Freeway & Jake One
      12) Nikes On My Feet – Mac Miller
      13) Travis Says – Travis Porter
      14) Nasty – Packfm
      15) Going Through Changes – Eminem

    6. Nas is one of the few artists you can listen to as you grow older without being embarrassed that you still listen to hip hop. Leave the majority of the industry to cater to the kids, but at least there’s a legend who continues to put out thought provoking music worth paying attention to in his 40s.

      1. u right playa. im 24 years old and but i REALLY don’t fuck wit most of today’s hip hop music. i don’t see myself jammin none of these new rappers albums now cuz dere album its not really timeless its jus “hot for the moment and forgotten about” albums. i wuz 10 years old jammin the ATLiens album mayne……..u kno wut 10 years olds are listenin to now?????? str8 nonsense. i miss my golden era (1995-1996)

      2. He’s the greatest of all time he puts so much time into all of his music. Also i don’t think nas even broke his 40’s yet lol hes like 37

    7. nas fell off his matter of subject is jus not tha same he done with,last three albums trash one hot album every 10 year average .j cole better hun timez

      1. Did your dumb-stupid-delusional fucked up ass just say J.Coles is better 100 times? RFLMAO!!! Hahahaaa!!! that’s some hilarious shit…Go jump off the nearest cliff and never listen to Hip-Hop again…J.Coles over NAS? RFLMAO!!! No comment…Fuck J.Coles… J.Coles = No album,Jay got his ass waiting and will keep his ass waiting until J.Cole decides to step off from under his wing just like Young Chris did,J.Cole doesn’t rap about shit and he’s a tiny irrelevant little young ass pebble underneath NAS’ nike sneakers,and last but not least J.Cole can’t even make one fucking hot single that’ll blaze the charts like Drake did…J.Cole doesn’t have Billboard power like Drake does so he won’t last long with Hov…People need to get off J.Cole and Drake’s dick because they are both just bland ass desperate hype that the music industry manufactured and used to make you clowns believe that Hip-Hop is still alive and it’s dumb asses like you that actually fell for it…Shut the fuck up about J.Cole and that goes for everybody else and get off his dick because soon enough somebody new is gonna step in the game and surpass J.Cole and Drake like it’s nobody’s business and then we’ll see if you clowns will continue to stay on J.Cole and Drake’s dick because they are nothing but bitch ass hype…

      2. I agree. J. Cole isn’t better than nas, but please learn how to spell his name. its not “J. Coles” and also its not “RFLMAO”. its ROFLMAO.
        J Cole does have talent. nas is a legend and one of the greatest ever. drake is ehhh

      3. and what the fuck is J.Cole’s subject matter? “who dat who dat bitch i got the flame (x3)
        so dont worry bout no muthafuckin name” now tell me what the fuck is that? Lmao! sounds like some kindergartner corny bullshit chorus. never did like that corny ass chorus. i’ve heard better catchy clever choruses from NAS,Jay,and Biggie. Sorry but J.Cole and Drake are both some corny ass rappers. Hate it or love it. And I love you buffoons stay on J.Cole’s dick. Most of his subject matter is corny and will never match up to NAS’. NAS’ word play is just too smooth and never comes corny. J.Cole is corny and so is his boyfriend Drake. It’s funny how you clowns continue to suck the life out of those two fruit cakes. Jay is gonna play J.Cole exactly how he did Young Chris. Jay ain;t even thinking about putting out J.Cole’s album or Jay Eletronica. Jay-Z only cares about Jay-Z. Go ask ya homie LL Cool James about that one. Sorry but J.Cole is too corny for me and 5 years from now I don’t see him sticking around. His word play is corny and his concepts are corny.Another wards, J.Cole is just straight up fuckin’ corny and if nobody else has the guts to say that since they are so fuckin’ scared to say it like a bunch of bitches in pink panties then I will say it for you. That “Who Dat” song from J.Cole was straight ass and straight corny which is why it died out so quickly. It’s funny how Drake can make some smooth corny ass songs and still hit the top of the charts and go Gold/Platinum with it. I don’t see that shit happening with J.Cole. All I’ve been hearing from J.Cole is straight up talk about how he’s better than Drake and how he’s good and this and this and that but yet no album. Jay-Z got that little boy on string. Jay-Z didn’t want to sign him to begin with but felt sorry for him and gave him a chance.Watch what J.Cole will amount to in the next 5 years because someone new is bound to come hard fresh out the gate and just shit him and on Drake also so I suggest that you be on the look out for him. You can stay worshiping these two cornballs all the fuck you want to but I see absolutely nothing raw,hardcore,or dramatic that’s there sorry. NAS is straight raw wizardry at it’s best and is already a legend. Fuck outta here with that corny ass sarcastic comment you just made.

      4. What the Fuck are you 106 and park ass, metro-sexual, no knowledge of real hip hop mothafuckas listening to? This shit should not even be a discussion right now! Nas-The GOD MC, having to put his catologe against J.Cole? Seriously??? Nas aint drop nothing hot in a minute- Go get that distant relatives and stop letting MTV tell you who the hottest MCs are you fucking degenerate! It would be pointless to continue this conversation, Plain and Simp… BEST SONG OF THE FUCKING YEAR! UNTIL HE DROP ANOTHER ONE!!!!! 7

    8. wacka wacka wacka bricksquadddddd greatest in the game nas sucks dick ny sucks dick southern flame nikka gold grillz in ya mouf feel me burrrrrrrrr gucci gucci bandana gucci gucci bandana stupid swaga stupid fruity swag yellow diamonds two tone cutless

      1. haha you’re kinda right. he can be boring as hell sometimes. illmatic and some of his older stuff like “one mic” was fucking great, but most of new shit all sounds the same. this kinda shit would be alright to bump if i was chilling on a yacht, smoking a blunt and sipping on champagne, but sadly i’m not.

    9. hiphopbaby76

      ALL U FUCKERS HATING ON NAS, HE IS A LEGEND, STILL BRINGING INTELLECT TO HIPHOP AFTER ALL THESE YEARS. PLUS HE GOT WAY MORE SKILLS THAN ANY OF THESE SO CALLED RAPPERS OUT HERE. KEEP TELLING YA’LL THAT THE REAL HIPHOP IS COMING…..NOW!!! NAS,KOOL G RAP, KRS-1, LIST GOES ON. 2011 IS THE RETURN OF THE BOOM BAP, HIPHOP IS ALIVE..OH YEAH 5 STARS ON THIS SONG GREAT JOB NAS

    10. He came with that snitch song and this. Both of them got Nice beats. Nas Listens?

      This Dude been puting it down for years. The best to ever do it in my opinion excluding myself..Lol

      Nobodys messing with him lyrically. His content is above dam near everybody in rap.

      He’s an Artist like Buju is an artist. Never selling out his principles when it comes down to their music.

      soundclick.com/showtimeny

    11. They say Hip Hop Is Dead… here are 5 Rappers who can save Hip Hop…

      1. Justin Bieber
      2. Christian Beadles
      3. MattyBRaps
      4. Jesse McCartney
      5. Cody Simpson

      Face it, real Hip Hop was made for White Boys.

    12. I fuck with Nas for years but I swear these days all he fuckin does is talk about ‘the white man’ Stop bitchin and bringing race into every single one of ur songs nas it gets tiresome. Im a real hiphop head but I don’t wana here a racially themed song all the time from u thats all u speak on now, wtf is ur problem like

    13. man nas is a black man. i don’t know if some of you guys commenting are white or not. no disrespect but this is how black people see a lot of things. not saying that nas thinks all white people are not good. but just the face of the united states doesn’t look very pleasurable to a black man. don’t take it personally boss thugs. i feel him because i’m in the struggle everyday too. our people are in the hood and do you think the hood is the way it is because black people are ignorant and violent and don’t appreciate anything? that’s not how it is. we are a product of an environment that was created from a mindstate. a mindstate that was forced on us. we have a lot to deal with and i’m not saying that there aren’t any white people with things to deal with. but you can’t say our struggle is the same.

      1. your delusional son, poor black people don’t have it any harder than poor white people do and that shits a fuckin fact, a white person with no money can’t buy more food with his empty pockets than a poor black one can and anyone who thinks otherwise is retarded

        it’s also not white people performin drive bys in the pjs it’s not white kids on the corner of the block selling poison to those in his neighbourhood

        goverments don’t make communities the people who live in them do

      2. Doc you started off good, race doesn’t affect the empty pockets etc, etc. But then you flip the script with saying only blacks sell poison in the streets, or do drive-bys. Wtf are you thinking? We are all a product of our environment. Race has nothing to do with it. Are you saying that if there’s an interracial “hood” only the black guys would be out doing dirt?

        Also, kennyken got one thing right: Our struggle isn’t the same. You’d be ignorant to believe racism doesn’t exist in America.

      3. of course im not stating that “in an inter racial hood only blacks would do dirt” that would be beyond ignorant especially since Europe is filled with poor inter-racial hoods where all races sell drugs and bang

        that said the discussion was clearly relating to american pjs which are fact 99% black/hispanic and in those places also fact it isnt white people selling drugs or killing black people its black people doing it, so to blame white people actually any outside forces just because of the state you community is in is dumb

        all you need to live happily is oxygen water and basic sustenance anything more is irrellevent, greed and ignorance are why the poor neighbourhoods are horrible to live in nothing more.

        the gov arent turning up everyday abusing the residents, they arent beating them in the streets, and they arent standing on the street corners selling drugs or organising gang violance, that again is a result of ignorance and greed within the minds of the people within those communities

        and youd be ignorant to believe only black people face racism in america, a country where their is condoned racism against white people

        lemme put it to you like this, if a white comedian was doing the sort of material dave chappel or chris rock does about black people the black community would riot. If a genre of music predominatly white had its artist racially insulting black people people would riot, rap music gets away with racism everyday with cats like kanye, nas, jay electronica, mos def all spittin racist lyrics with no outrage

        B.E.T. is another example, Black history month another,

        if your not racist then you dont view yourself as part of any race other than human

        America and its people are obsessed with continuing segregation and with viewing themselves as Black men, White men, instead of just as men

        and as far as communities go I say again the people in them make the community what it is not outside forces, Jus because decades ago a community was founded to keep people segregated doesnt mean that today it has to be the same way nor does it mean that because we arent financially wealthy we have to poison each other to get ahead and kill each other

      4. I should of also added cowardice and laziness to why the poor hoods are fucked up too

        Cowardice because in those area’s its generally the minority who are selling and being a part of gang violence the majority are just trying to get by and keep themselves to themselves when reality is they shouldnt tolerate it, yes it can be dangerous to fight back against gang members and dealers but thats the choice summon the courage to fight for your right to live in a better place or live as a victim of your environment

        and Laziness because their is this mindset that outside forces should fix these problems that communities can fix themselves

        fixing the community gettin rid of drugs and gang violence these are the reasons why HIP HOP was created in the first place

      5. I should of also added cowardice and laziness to why the poor hoods are fucked up too

        Cowardice because in those area’s its generally the minority who are selling and being a part of gang violence the majority are just trying to get by and keep themselves to themselves when reality is they shouldnt tolerate it, yes it can be dangerous to fight back against gang members and dealers but thats the choice summon the courage to fight for your right to live in a better place or live as a victim of your environment

        and Laziness because their is this mindset that outside forces should fix these problems that communities can fix themselves

        fixing the community gettin rid of drugs and gang violence these are the reasons why HIP HOP was created in the first place…

      6. @ doc….i feel like your coming from a everyone is responsible for their actions standpoint which i guess is respectable….the fact is though nobodys struggle is the same but the black struggle is what created this music were listening too…the pj’s create these ppl like my man said were products of our environment these outside forces put these guns and drugs in our community the communities dont have access to these thing there given to us…additionally hiphop was created to speak on the problem hiphop isnt suppose to fix it….the govt has to fix it….if we come together as communities to do things on our own “black panthers” “naacp” we face backlash from the govt…fact is homie it may be alittle old for us to be blaming the “govt” for our problems but they are a responsible & this song speaks to that

    14. You Nas haters make me sick. You downplay good music for what? Let me guess if Lil Wayne made the same song you would say it was a perfect 5 huh….

    15. Man……I rocked my head through the entire song……
      and again this nigga is the greatest of all time.

    16. He shoulda swapped this track for the one with Chris Brown and Game on “Untitled”. That track was weak and didn’t fit the album. This song here woulda made the album even tighter.

    17. Nas will go down as one of the best Mc’s ever. I feel that he never lived up to the potential that he was supposed to either before or after Biggies death. Low record sales pretty much since his most successful LP It Was Written. Since the success of Jay-Z, Kanye, 50, and Eminem he’s been pretty much forgotten. I think he need’s to call it a career.

      1. What are you talking about? Nas has not been forgotten people need to stop talking like idiots! Nas has went platinum several times after IWW!

      2. Forgotten about??? WTF?? Perhaps you were so engulfed in the mainstream market, you didn’t see Nas everywhere, on everything after Him and Damian Marley released “As We Enter”. Or maybe you haven’t heard Stillmatic, Godson, The N album, etc. High album sales just mean that white america and children listen to you. There’s a whole world out there beyond 106 & Park and facebook. Like Too Short said, go “Buy U some”.

      3. Illmatic, It Was Written, I Am, Nastradamus, Stillmatic, God’s Son, Street’s Disciple = Platinum or better

        Hip-Hop Is Dead = Gold

        Not that sales have anything wit his skills, but if he wanted to make an album with nothin but club tracks n shyt, he could and it would sell. He would catch tha backlash of it tho, like he did with Nastradamus. I’m happy 2 have an MC of Nas’ caliber in hip-hop. Those that hate, stick yourselves…..

    18. not bad, but i always expect so much from nas so hoping he will come stronger, his flow was not as on point as it usually is, but content was good…

      1. aint bout the beat. thats the problem with hip-hop. listen to the lyrics asshole. Nas is 1 of the best lyricist ever

      2. Its not JUST about the lyrics. if that was the case there would be spoken word tours and no hiphop. it should be about the beat, the lyrics, the flow, everything. yeah nas is a great lyricist, but he’s falling off on everything else. “every encore aint a good one”

    19. I never cared about what ppl thought about Nas, wether its his personal issues, ppl counting his money…etc. But ill tell you this, he’s a great artist and I believe he’s the best lyricist Ive ever heard….Ppl talk about his beats….but they fit for what he speaks on and it sounds beautiful….

    20. Now this is nice.
      And as for the platinum albums he’s had… not that I care, but those albums tookYEARS to go platinum, due to the fact that he doesn’t have a crossover fanbase like everyone else. I used tolook at NAs as the G.O.A.T. as I was getting into the REAL hip hop a few years ago (I’m only 20) but I’ve matured personally and I don’t relate much to his music as strongly as I did before, and that’s the only reason why I dont think so anymore , but he is always top 5.

      1. Nas is one of the few rappers actually displaying any real personal and artistic growth…you don’t ‘grow out’ of Nas’ music.

    21. WAIT THIS CAN’T BE RAP IT DOESNT SOUND LIKE ALL THE OTHER BULLSHIT I CAN ACTUALLY FOLLOW A STORY AND TAKE SOMETHING FROM IT

    22. its amazing to hear NaS from illmatic to now. hes maturing the way we all should. i hope this is on his 2011 album. GOAT.

    23. This is Nas real shit love it. IS This lost tapes vol 2? If not im still a real fan since day 1. beautiful music. im frm nebraska.

    24. I’m John Barbero if you care…Nice song but I need more ampedness at the moment since I’m getting for work Cashius Clay!!!Keep up the good work!!!People should never tell you how you should live based on how they live!!!What do they want??? clones like themself running around???Everyone is different…And there are many different ways to learn things…Me…I basically had to learn everything myself…The way I did it was I took good parts of peoples personalities and I soaked them into my Brain My Way to create many good emotion filled personalities to adapt to any environment!!!

    25. the subject matter on dis song is so damn real. Nas truly is one of the greats. i can’t stop jammin dis trak. 5/5

    26. Beat is HOT. Nas taking in back to the late 60’s early 70’s. These are some of Nas’ best lyrics of the decade.

    27. nas is the greatest lyricist of all time. his topics are divers and he definitely aint the same nas-escobar that we remember in the late 90’s. but damn i miss esco!!

    28. Now if anyone is questioning Nas’s beat selection on this needs to slay yourself this is what hip hop need/needed enough of the strip club music this some bump in the whip shit for real

    29. sounds like my next door neighbor who slams me cuz i didnt go to college like his son..im glad he made it but that dont make him better off

    30. Nas is always one of the GOATS, if not THE GOAT…My personal top 10 ILLEST LYRICISTS are Nas, KOOL G RAP, Em (especially his unreal untouchable prime of 97/98-02/early 03), Big Pun, Pharoahe Monch, Black Thought, Elzhi, Louis Logic, Diabolic, Common (especially his 12 year prime minus a few albums of 94-2006).

      Wu, Redman, Rakim, Pac, Big, Big L, Tonedeff, Andre 3000, Jadakiss, Slaughterhouse (crooked i/royce are illest to me, but think all are dope), Copywrite, Cunnin Lynguists, Rhyme Asylum, Juice (JU-Ice is a super dope lyricist from the CHI), Rhymesayes click, Most of AOTP (Apathy, Chief Kamachi, Vinnie Paz, Celph Titled), RA the Rugged Man, Blu, Phonte, Sly Boogie, One Be Lo (super dope) to name a few more

      1. If you’re not the coolest fucking guy ever in life. Swear you’re a rare human being who actually know REAL fucking music. Thank you for having a brain. I appreciate it. You should look into J. Cole he is TOO nasty. New Hip-Hop to save us from Lil B.

      2. Dude, I’m glad there is still some niggaz who listen to Hip Hop. Mine are Common, Black Thought, Mos Def, Nas, Guru, Talib Kweli, Rakim, Kool G Rap, Big L.

        This are the real deal.

        Shout out to you my nigga.

      3. Yall are forgetting Blu, Lupe, Black Milk, and all The Tribe and De La shit! And Ortiz is definitely the nicest in Slaughter house. But he was better on “The Brick” as a solo artist.

    31. on some real shit, niggas aint bumpin this shit in the hood.
      gucci is sick, but my man wiz khalifa is where it’s at..hes running shit rite now!!

      1. bitch stfu youve never been in da hood n ignorant people listen to ignorant shit so who gives a fuck..about who bumps wack ass gucci

    32. Sound like my nigga Nasir was talkin about the “Jigger” in the first verse.

      Keep making that grown man music god son. We all got to grow up some day.

    33. “and I respect everything you accomplished, but hope that I never get old and talk that nonsense”
      Real Talk. Nasty Nas, Nas Escobar, Nasir Jones, God’s Son, The GOAT.

      Who the fuck are you to judge him

    34. RAP IS ALIVE IN 2011!! STRANGELY, I THOUGHT WAKA, GUCCI AND SOULJA WERE GONNA REIGN SUPREME!! THANK GOD THEY AINT!! 5/5 NAS

    35. Nas and Jay ain’t even thinking bout each other so stop wit the battle talk that shit been over with they are just makin music that diss record talk is dead for them move on ….Damn

    36. The beat is a little weak but its good, the lyrics are real. I like this track, Nas has always kept it hip hop. I can’t get enough of good music too bad there isn’t enough out there. Radio track just to break off dividends, Nas is about the art and is a lyricist. Nas should collab with a dope WestCoast producer/artist/engineer from LA by the name of KevDaKhemist.com he is one of my favorite producers that sounds like a futuristic Dre with East Coast flavor.

    37. Shit is ok but how u gonna sell records of shit like this.Make some shit that make u bounce sometimes.Like Jayz said switch up your flow your shit is garbage what u trying kick knowledge.He anit garbage but switch up your flow and beat selection please.

      1. Shit as soon as Nas drops something for the club.. then they say Nas fucked up.. Nas lost.. blah blah blah…

        Nas does him cuz no matter what niggas gonna complain about what you do…

        So Nas just does what he does… plus this is probably a left over from Untitled that was never released

    38. Who else but Nas has been around for so long and so strong and still building in strength? Who else has gone head to head with a name as big as Jay Z, leaving him crippled for life? Yes Ether is that crippling record that young kids stumble upon while searching through their parents or older sibling through-backs and go, “who said that about him?” Who else went against 2Pac and Biggie and survived? Who’s doing big things…making major moves with no other than the biggest Rasta who ever lived Bob Marley son, (Junior Gong) Damian Marley?
      In 2012 vote Nas for vice president. He has to keep performing so he’ll be too busy to dedicate his life solely to running the country. With Barack and Nas in office things are bound to change for the better…

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