Third World Hip Hop Doco

Nas recently teamed up with The Guardian to produce a short six minute doc highlighting how Hip-Hop (specifically breakdancing) has had a deep effect on the youth in countries like Uganda, Colombia and Yemen

The clip serves as a trailer of sorts for Nas’ upcoming full-length documentary entitled Shake The Dust, which you can read more about at ShakeTheDust.

Time Is Illmatic [documentary]

The New Zealand Film Festival presents, 'Time Is Illmatic' - a film that chronicles Nasir Jones' creation of the greatest hip hop album of all time.

LINK TO BUY TICKETS: Time Is Illmatic

Nas - Illmatic At 20

This is not Nas' own documentary which is due out soon. It's just another Illmatic 20th anniversary tribute that is currently flooding the internet. Enjoy.

Nas - Coachella 2014

Nas' 5 Mics In The Source Review

From the April '94 issue. That's 19 years ago, making it "old school".
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The 1995 Source Awards

Oh yes, at the heart of all that East/West nonsense, it's the 1995 Source Awards live from New York. Featuring appearances from fucking everyone - Notorious BIG, Wu-Tang, Nas, Bone Thugs, Lil Kim (before the face torture) Dr Dre, Snoop Lion Dogg and Suge Knight directing that infamous shout out to Puffy. This is ignorance at it's finest during the golden era of hip hop. Watch. This. Now.

Parts 2 & 3 after the jump.

Nas Gets His Talk On With Anthony DeCurtis

Christmas Gift Ideas

Ohhh shot, its the second annual Christmas Gift Idea list.

More of a nice wall feature than an actual time keeping device.

GET IT FOR XMAS: Turntable Clock

CommoNasm - download

As far as mash-ups go, this is one of the best. CommoNasm (Common and Nas Meet Soviet Soul/Jazz) is an album created by Miami-based producer/sound engineer TenDJiz by blending the acapellas of Common and Nas with instrumentals based on Soviet soul and jazz samples. .

DOWNLOAD: CommoNasm

Amy & Nas: Me & Mr Jones [mixtape]

DOWNLOAD: Me & Mr Jones

Nas - The Don [video]

Taken from the forthcoming album, Life Is Good. What I could do with just a fraction of this video's budget on the next ad I have to make.

10 Things You Didn't Know About Illmatic

1. Large Professor Would Edit Nas’ Rhymes

2. Russell Simmons Passed On Signing Nas

3. Nas Did “N.Y. State of Mind” In One Take

4. It’s Short Because It Was Rushed

5. Nas Wanted To Sample “Juicy Fruit” Before Biggie

6. Nas Begged Large Professor To Executive Producer The Album But He Refused

7. Large Professor Almost Had To Smack The S**t Out of MC Serch

8. Busta Rhymes Could Have Had The “Halftime” Beat

9. Q-Tip’s Original Idea For “One Love” Was “My Summer Vacation”

10. AZ’s Verse On “Life’s A B***h” Lead To A Bidding War

LINK: Complex: 10 Things You Didn't Know About Illmatic

Nas Interview At SXSW

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Illmatic Live at SXSW

New York State of Mind

Footage from Nas performing the entire Illmatic album live at SXSW, in Austin. Hit the jump to see videos for  the 8 other tracks.

K'Naan - Nothing to Lose [remix] ft. Nas

Somalia & Queens connection

10 Years After Ether

Documenting the COMPLETE Nas Vs. Jay-Z Battle

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Ten years ago this month, Nas established the gold standard for diss records with “Ether,” the ultimate punctuation to the greatest Hip-Hop battle of all time. In today’s era of Twitter beefs, rap stars like Drake seem more willing to diss Kevin Hart on wax than they are to respond to shots fired by Ludacris. At times, it can be easy to forget what a real Hip-Hop battle looks like. “Ether” was an effort so devastating in its execution that the name itself simultaneously became a verb immediately upon its release. No one ever claims to have “Bridge is Overed” somebody or spit “Jack the Ripper” at an adversary. Nor has any rapper boasted about being “Takeover” or “Long Kiss Goodnight” than their competition. This distinction belongs to “Ether” alone.

One of the many reasons “Ether” remains so iconic is the mythology that surrounds it. As epic as the Nas vs. Jay-Z battle remains, very little has been accurately reported about exactly what led to their historic clash and the “Ether” atomic bomb that ended it in Hiroshima fashion. The following is a comprehensive look at the “Ether” timeline and everything on wax that led to its inception.

LINK: 10 Years After Ether: The Complete History of Nas vs. Jay-Z

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Common vs Nas

Common gets his Nas on and raps the first verse from Life's A Bitch. Anyone else a little bored by Common these days? Not checking for The Dreamer, The Believer but if you are it drops December 20.

RELATED: Common - Ghetto Dreams ft. Nas [video]

DJ Premier & Nas - Regeneration

Hip Hop meets classical music. Kinda similar to what they did back in the 90s with the The Rapsody Overture, just not as good. Here Primo gets his conductor on and waves the wand around (lol), and Nas continues his current trend of killing everything he's on with a nice little verse. Shame the beat couldn't have a little nicer.

Amy Winehouse - Like Smoke ft. Nas

Here goes the first leak/single from the posthumous Lioness album, due out early December. It's actually more Nas featuring Amy Winehouse, but either way, it's a very nice smooth retro track. Both are in fine form. Produced by Salaami Remi.

DOWNLOAD: Amy Winehouse - Like Smoke ft. Nas

Nas - Nasty [video]

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