Genius Meanings
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Nas – Get Down
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[Produced by Salaam Remi] / [Chorus: James Brown sample] / Get, get, get down! / [Verse 1: Nas] / Uh.. uh.. uh.. / New York streets where killers'll walk like Pistol Pete / And
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Nas (Ft. Mr. Books) – The Get Down: Episode 1 - Where There Is Ruin, There Is Hope For A Treasure
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I came from the city / Yeah, got my name from the city / Where? The most dangerous city / Let's take a trip back, back into time / 1977, it was maximum crime / The President
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Nas (Ft. Mr. Books) – The Get Down: Episode 3 - Darkness Is Your Candle
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Now on July 13th, 1977 / The blackout, streets is lookin' like Armageddon / Swelterin' heat, suffocate in this Hell within' the 5 boroughs / It's like the Sun roastin' the Earth
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The Get Down (TV Series) – The Get Down Soundtrack [Tracklist + Album Art]
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Track List: / 1. Jaden Smith - Welcome To The Get Down / 2. Michael Kiwanuka & Nas - Rule The World (I Came From The City) / 3. Miguel - Cadillac / 4. Raury & Jaden Smith - Losing
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J. Cole – Let Nas Down
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The story goes that when Nas heard J.Cole’s radio single, “Work Out,” he was apparently disappointed in Cole for abandoning lyricism. Now, No I.D. was in the same room when Nas
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Nas & Michael Kiwanuka (Ft. Mr. Books) – Rule The World (I Came From The City)
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[Intro: Michael Kiwaunuka] / Do I want to rule the world? / Or will it conquer me? / Do I (?) / Or will it turn to me? / Do I lose my mind? / Cause it's been wandering / Will they
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Nas – The Genesis
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“The Genesis” begins Nas' hip-hop Bible known as Illmatic. The track begins with vocals from his debut verse on Main Source’s 1991 track “Live At the Barbeque” and dialogue from
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Nas (Ft. Lauryn Hill) – If I Ruled the World (Imagine That)
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Nas' exercise in Utopianism – inspired by Sir Thomas More (and Kurtis Blow).
Nas told Complex:
Being a hip-hop fan and Krush Groove fan, Kurtis Blow was my favorite rapper when I
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Nas – Made You Look
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“Made You Look” was released on September 10, 2002 as the lead single for Nas' sixth studio album God’s Son. The single peaked at #9 on Billboard’s US Hot Rap Songs chart and #32
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Nas (Ft. Ginuwine) – You Owe Me
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This is probably the most negatively criticized and misogynistic rap song to ever be published by the legendary rapper Nasir Jones.
The whole song is about Nas asking a woman for
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Nas (Ft. Diddy) – Hate Me Now
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Ever wonder what it would sound like if Nas rapped about his wealth over a classical piece while Diddy shouted obscenities at you? Well, wonder no longer!
Nas tells Rolling Stone
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Lil Nas X – SUN GOES DOWN
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“SUN GOES DOWN” is the second single for Lil Nas X’s debut album MONTERO. Unlike the album’s anticipated prior single, “MONTERO,” this track’s existence was revealed by Nas X just
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Kanye West – Dark Fantasy
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Preceded by the darkest period of Kanye’s life, which culminated in the infamous Taylor Swift incident, this conceptual album digs deeper into the dark side of fame.
This track
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Nas – Angels with Dirty Faces
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In “Angel Dust,” Nas recounts PCP’s destructive effects on the New York City during the 1970s.
The single appears as the opening track for Episode 9 of the Netflix-original
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Nas (Ft. Keon Bryce) – What Goes Around
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[Produced by Salaam Remi] / [Intro: Nas] / Yeah / [Chorus: Nas] / Ayo, it's poison / Ecstasy, coke, you say it's love, it is poison / Schools where I learned, they should be burned
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Nas – Represent
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After slowing things down on “One Time 4 Your Mind,” “Represent” finds Nas getting hyped up with his crew from Queensbridge backing him up in the studio. DJ Premier sampled Lee
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Pharoahe Monch – Get Down
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It contains a popular James Brown sample, which you may recognize from the Nas track of the same name.
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Spotify – This Is Nas
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This is Nas. The essential tracks, all in one playlist.
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Nas – Black Zombie
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Nas laments the current state of blacks in the United States. They have accepted and embraced every one of their stereotypes. The result is that they are no longer autonomous
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Nas – Ghetto Reporter
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[Intro: Alan Watts and Richard Pryor] / Close your eyes / Listen (Listen, listen) / They give niggas time like it’s lunch down there, Jack / You go down there looking for justice
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A Tribe Called Quest – God Lives Through
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There’s a whopping 5 samples for this song in total.
The Trumpet hook of the song is from Dig on it by Jimmy McGriff
The other elements like the bass and tempo is from On love by
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JAY-Z – Blueprint²
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The Blueprint 2’s title track. After the “Ether” vs “Takeover” debate was derailed by the “Supa Ugly” debacle, Jay was down but not defeated.
Most in the Roc-A-Fella camp believed
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Nesty Gzz (Ft. E-Wuu, Lee Drilly & Say Drilly) – Deadly
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[Verse 1: Say Drilly] / Dummy gang, tryna sign us a check / Noah got stomped, like, nigga, who next? (Like, what?) / Drilly gang, but I pull up with Jets / Yellow got shot (24 is
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Pharoahe Monch – Get Down
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It contains a popular James Brown sample, which you may recognize from the Nas track of the same name.
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Nas – The Message
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Similar to his debut LP Illmatic, Nas first begins to rap on his sophomore album It Was Written on the second track “The Message.” The song is considered as one of Nas' best songs
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Lil Nas X & Jack Harlow – INDUSTRY BABY
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Lil Nas X recruits Louisville native Jack Harlow for “INDUSTRY BABY,” a boisterous song where the duo rap about their fame and success, blowing up, and their newfound statuses in
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Nas – The World Is Yours
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“The World is Yours” was the third single from Illmatic that saw Pete Rock provide a jazzy boom bap backdrop with a piano sample from Ahmad Jamal’s “I Love Music” mixed with a
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Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five (Ft. Duke Bootee & Grandmaster Melle Mel) – The Message
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Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five’s “The Message” may not have been the origin of conscious-rap in the early ‘80s, but it took the idea, ran away with it, married it, had
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Lil Nas X (Ft. Billy Ray Cyrus) – Old Town Road (Remix)
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Lil Nas X enlists established country singer Billy Ray Cyrus for a surprise remix of his smash breakout hit, “Old Town Road.” Cyrus previously co-signed the original song via
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tana & yvngxchris (Ft. Luisss) – off the leash!
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[Intro: tana] / I don't think I understand / Mm-mm, yeah / Ayy, yeah, what, yeah / Stop playin' with me and Lil Luis, man, just got off the FiveM, hahaha / Stop with that shit, man
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Spotify – This Is Nas
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This is Nas. The essential tracks, all in one playlist.
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MC Serch (Ft. Chubb Rock, Nas & Tone) – Back to the Grill
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The popular posse cut from MC Serch’s debut album Return of the Product. This notably features a guest appearance from Nas, then known as “Nasty Nas”
The song’s title, a double
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Gucci Mane & Nicki Minaj – Make Love
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“Make Love” is the first single from Gucci Mane’s eleventh studio album, Mr. Davis, released on 13th October, 2017 continuing his post-prison hot streak. The track finds him
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Rema & Selena Gomez – Calm Down (Remix)
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In “Calm Down,” Rema talks about his attraction to a certain female despite his reluctance to approach her, while Selena Gomez provides the feminine perspective, as she also
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Herizen Guardiola & Justice Smith (Ft. Nas) – The Other Side (The Duet)
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Mylene: / In my room staying up late / And I'm planning my escape / Cause I know I can´t stay / In my veins, I got the feeling / There must be something more / Never been so sure
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Eminem – Square Dance
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This song has political roots while also serving as a diss towards Canibus.
In fact, the song may be a direct response to Canibus’s song “Draft Me”, in which Canibus threatens an
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