best nas verse on illmatic

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Poll Results

OptionVotes
ny state of mind v1 ('rappers i monkey flip em') 6
life's a bitch v2 ('i woke up early on my born day i'm 20 its a blessing') 4
it ain't hard to tell v1 ('i exhale the yellow smoke of buddha through righteous steps') 3
the world is yours v1 ('i sip the dom p, watchin gandhi til i'm charged') 3
memory lane v1 ('i rap for listeners, bluntheads, fly ladies, and prisoners') 2
one time 4 your mind v1 ('when I was ten I was a hip-hoppin shorty wop known for rocking microphones and twisting off a 1
one love v1 ('what up, kid? i know shit is rough doing your bid') 1
memory lane v2 ('one for the money, two for pussy and foreign cars') 1
it ain't hard to tell v3 ('this rhythmatic explosion is what your frame of mind has chosen') 1
the world is yours v2 ('we box up crazy bitches aiming guns in all my baby pictures') 1
it ain't hard to tell v2 ('the buddha monk's in your trunk, turn the bass up') 0
ny state of mind v2 ('be havin dreams that i'm a gangsta, drinkin moets holdin tecs') 0
represent v3 ('i used to wake up every morning see my crew on the block every day's a different plan that had us runnin 0
represent v2 ('they call me nas, i'm not your legal type of fella moët drinking, marijuana smoking street dweller') 0
represent v1 ('any day could be your last in the jungle get murdered on a humble, guns'll blast, ****** tumble') 0
one time 4 your mind v2 ('i hold a mac-11 and attack a reverend') 0
one love v3 ('sometimes i sit back with a buddha sack mind's in another world, thinking how can we exist through the fa 0
one love v2 ('dear born, you'll be out soon, stay strong out in New York the same shit is going on') 0
the world is yours v3 ('im the young city bandit, hold myself down single-handed') 0
halftime v1 ('before a blunt i take out my fronts then i start to front, matter of fact i be on a manhunt') 0
halftime v2 ('it's like that, you know it's like that i got it hemmed, now you never get the mic back') 0
halftime v3 ('i got it goin on even flip a morning song every afternoon, i kick half the tune') 0


flopson, Wednesday, 19 June 2019 17:43 (six years ago)

versatile, my style switches like a faggot

space invaders are smokin penises!!!! (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 19 June 2019 17:45 (six years ago)

Maybe, boringly, NYSoM 1

Oy McVey (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 19 June 2019 17:46 (six years ago)

Yeah, it's hard to pick anything over that.

Greta Van Show Feets BB (milo z), Thursday, 20 June 2019 13:07 (six years ago)

It's the right answer, but I'm still finding this hard.

pomenitul, Thursday, 20 June 2019 13:07 (six years ago)

I rap for listeners, bluntheads, fly ladies, and prisoners

recriminations from the nitpicking woke (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 20 June 2019 13:11 (six years ago)

Soft spot for verse one of The World Is Yours

old cloud yells at man (voodoo chili), Thursday, 20 June 2019 13:42 (six years ago)

my second choice

recriminations from the nitpicking woke (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 20 June 2019 13:42 (six years ago)

Or verse two

old cloud yells at man (voodoo chili), Thursday, 20 June 2019 13:43 (six years ago)

this herb votes for "the world is yours"

brimstead, Thursday, 20 June 2019 19:38 (six years ago)

v1

brimstead, Thursday, 20 June 2019 19:38 (six years ago)

nysom v2 > v1 imo. v1 starts off explosively and is like this vivid description of an action sequence in a crime flick, but v2 has so much more fun in language, so many single lines/images that get stuck in my head 'thinking of cash flow, buddha and shelter' or 'i'm living where the nights is jet-black' and 'life is parallel to hell but i must maintain' ' and 'full of black rats trapped plus the Island is packed'

flopson, Thursday, 20 June 2019 21:45 (six years ago)

It's the explosiveness tho like you say, the absolute breathless rush of it straight out of the gate. And "it was filled with children prob'ly couldn't see as high as I be" is probly my favourite sounding line on the album

Altho it's all favourites really so shrug

Rory end to the lowenbrow (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 20 June 2019 22:25 (six years ago)

Amazing to me that this album is less than 40 minutes.

recriminations from the nitpicking woke (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 20 June 2019 22:39 (six years ago)

Definitely part of its power, just banger after banger, no skits, no rambling

Rory end to the lowenbrow (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 20 June 2019 22:55 (six years ago)

Memory Lane v2 for me

paolo, Friday, 21 June 2019 08:01 (six years ago)

You could make a case for Nas not having the best verse on Illmatic...

paolo, Friday, 21 June 2019 08:01 (six years ago)

i love that verse but even the nas verse on ‘life’s a bitch’ destroys it

removed the az verse to spare us potentially embarrassing results

flopson, Friday, 21 June 2019 18:06 (six years ago)

oh my god this poll

k3vin k., Friday, 21 June 2019 19:48 (six years ago)

this is impossible

I know all these verses by heart but I will need a rescreen soon

k3vin k., Friday, 21 June 2019 19:50 (six years ago)

going for "i sip the dom p..."

always loved this line:

Understandable smooth shit that murderers move with

findom haddie (jim in vancouver), Friday, 21 June 2019 19:52 (six years ago)

listened to this for the first time in years the other day and damn

ciderpress, Friday, 21 June 2019 19:58 (six years ago)

memory lane v1 i think

ciderpress, Friday, 21 June 2019 20:15 (six years ago)

feel like it would be insane to say that AZ has the best verse on illmatic but I always felt he did

flappy bird, Friday, 28 June 2019 05:10 (six years ago)

voted one love v1

flappy bird, Friday, 28 June 2019 18:59 (six years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

System, Sunday, 30 June 2019 00:01 (six years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

System, Monday, 1 July 2019 00:01 (six years ago)

No wrong answer to this poll, but also the correct verse won

One Eye Open, Monday, 1 July 2019 13:53 (six years ago)

four months pass...

one love v3 deserved some votes

A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 7 November 2019 20:46 (five years ago)


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