Nostalgia Alert: Nas w/ Lauryn Hill - "If I Ruled The World"

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This track sounds mighty fine, especially given L-Boogie's recent career choices (which I don't mind so much, but this is a Nostalgia Alert). And the video was directed by Hype Williams! BEFORE he was HYPE WILLIAMS! Of course, the same can be said for Nas.

So, yeah, go ahead and talk about how shitty it is.

― David R. (popshots75`), Wednesday, 11 September 2002 03:30 (twenty-three years ago)

i really love lauryn on this track, the rest i can really take of leave

― simon trife (simon_tr), Wednesday, 11 September 2002 03:39 (twenty-three years ago)

take OR leave

― simon trife (simon_tr), Wednesday, 11 September 2002 03:39 (twenty-three years ago)

merely a prequel to the Tears For Fears homage, surely

― Al (sitcom), Wednesday, 11 September 2002 04:05 (twenty-three years ago)

nas was nas before he was nas in 1996? i don't think that really works. but, yeah, it's a pretty thrilling piece of knowledge that hype williams directed this video. in the way that's it's pretty thrilling to think about the fact that the version of "you're all i need" (best r'n'b/rap collabo ever?) that most people are familiar with can be credited to sean friggin combs. or that bill "faceless and thoroughly exchangeable" paxton directed the legendary "fish heads" film clip (and i believe was a barnes and barnes member?). just reassuring to know that people like this once had some semblance of an aesthetic backbone i suppose.

― marek, Wednesday, 11 September 2002 04:12 (twenty-three years ago)

"aesthetic backbone" was such a ridiculously invalid thing to have said because hype williams so very clearly has one. i was just trying to intellectualize an obnoxiously sentimental impulse to say "some semblance of a soul" or something. but i think i do have a point here.

― marek, Wednesday, 11 September 2002 04:13 (twenty-three years ago)

I wish this thread were titled "Nastalgia Alert" and started a series of similarly titled ones.

― Sterling Clover (s_clover), Wednesday, 11 September 2002 15:55 (twenty-three years ago)

Marek, I was thinking of the pre-crucifixion Nas, the one with a li'l less ego and a lot more humility. Compare this song to "One Mic" - in the former, he's just offering ideas, he's not setting himself up as The Man, the documentarian for all this injustice (at least, not implicitly).

Sterling, why don't you get the ball rollin', kid?

― David R. (popshots75`), Wednesday, 11 September 2002 16:16 (twenty-three years ago)

B-b-but "Big Poppa" and "One More Chance" came out before this and those were the videos that made Hype Williams themanthemyththeLEGEND...

A Hype Williams chronology: Note he also did high-profile videos for LL Cool J, Craig Mack, K7, Adina Howard, Montell Jordan, The Tony Rich Project, Gravediggaz and Brandy before doing this Nas video.

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 11 September 2002 17:33 (twenty-three years ago)

five years pass...

i really love lauryn on this track, the rest i can really take of leave

-- simon trife (simon_tr), Tuesday, September 10, 2002 11:39 PM (5 years ago) Bookmark Link

weird opinions

― and what, Sunday, 20 April 2008 20:03 (seventeen years ago)

This is like the best Nas single ever. The synth bleeps in the background + Lauryn singing "and then we'll walk right up to the sun, hand in hand" + Nas's wish fullfilment lyrics = so touching and bittersweet.

― Tuomas, Sunday, 20 April 2008 20:41 (seventeen years ago)

popshots really fucked up not calling this thread 'nastalgia alert'

― and what, Sunday, 20 April 2008 20:55 (seventeen years ago)

Didn't Nas say on some tune that his last album would be called "Nastalgia"?

― Tuomas, Monday, 21 April 2008 07:16 (seventeen years ago)

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