Street Knowledge/Cheap Thrills Prods. was in the house to capture Nas live and in rare form at the Hammerstein Ballroom in NYC. The show was presented by Live Nation and produced a sold-out crowd, eager to see their favorite M.C. God's Son aka Nas.
After a warm-up performance by DJ Mister Cee and introduction by DJ Funk Master Flex, Nas came out to the sounds blaring through the sound system of Marley Marl and was warmly greeted by his loyal fans. Nas started the show with the classic cut " New York State of Mind" and continued to run through his catalog from the beginning of his career to his most recent album "Hip Hop Is Dead." Briefly speaking on his most anticipated album to date, the upcoming "Nigger", Nas promised the hip hop faithful that the album would be packed with thoughtful and controversial themes and how the controversial title had mainstream Americas's "panties in a bunch".The show was brought to another level of excitement when Busta Rhymes came out and gave a fiery but abbreviated performance, and proclaimed in no uncertain terms that everyone should laud Nas as being the best MC period.
The crowd wholly agreed and were treated to a rousing performance of one of Busta's most recent hits "New York Shit." A rejuvenated and reunited Brave Heart performance seemed to overshadow the fact that neither AZ or Foxy Brown (incarcerated) were there to perform. Songstress Chrisette Michele proved why she will be a superstar soon with her beautiful voice as her and Nas did their collaboration "Can't Forget About You".
Though Nas did rare classics and gave the crowd his all, a persistent chant of "Ether, Ether" keep the crowd from totally going bananas. It is something that he will have to address one day, because his die hard fans still thirst for the historic battle track that brought him back from the brink of fading to black (no pun intended. Overall the show was fantastic ,though a couple of no-shows would have made it hands down the best show of the year and that is including the 50, JMJ and Jay-Z soirées. Countdown to Wu-Tang vs. Shaolin at the Hammerstein...Majesty
COMMENTS
nigger
Da best "Nigger" in the game right now Period.....
nigger
The Dudes in the back needs to get hype also.
Can't just be back there noddin ya head and stuff.
Need to learn from Diddy.. He have all types of shit at his
shows.
I read about this and saw a few videos of it at MTV.com, they said the was kinda bad because at times Marl wasn't doing too good.
Happy new year y'all..
that live at the bbq verse was a classic
NAS IS THE BEST!!!!!!!!
how old is he? serious question
nevermind he's 35..eh thats not that old
he can still rap but i hope another album isnt on the way..sorry nas fans but truthfully this is the time where you switch paths. you kno like act or write a book, trust me its for the better
what do you mean "trust you" how many albums you put out? i think nas could keep making albums till hes 50 not saying that he should but who are you to say he should write a book or somthing??
Its funny cuz nas can be 107 and still rap better than any of the popular rappers today.
THATS A BIG MODAFUCXIN CHAIN. WORD UP.
"There is never too much pride or ego in a real nigga............NAS IS THE BEST."------------Busta Rhymes
NUFF SAID! Nas = Greatest of all time, everyone included (dead or alive).
Props to Busta for being a real nigga and not having a stick up his ass. Magic, Bird, Dr.J,etc.... all claim without doubt that Jordan is the best. Rappers need to be more like ball players and put their little egos aside and praise the King.
Naz is one of da best Nigger in da game right now ... Get Em'
nas is the greatest alive point blank
Yeah N Da Wind we fucks with Esco congrads on the new album he is one of the best i dont know about The Best but eveyone is intilted to their own oppinion just dropping through if it cost too much attention pay Me no mind Ya dig
nas is like