The World Is Yours - Nas

Not a real jumpy track on Illmatic yet.

Let's see what Pete Rock and Nas can do about that.

           A more upbeat track for Illmatic. Not as philosophical as Life's A Bitch of course, but still clever lyrics and an absolutely killer performance by Nas. A lot of clever lines, but there is no direct message. Other than the world is yours, and with those simple words it becomes a motivational song. Looking at the entire song it really does bump you up, with the uplifting beat, and the fun and slick rhymes from Nas.
          I will just put some of my favorite lines down:

I sip the Dom P, watchin Gandhi til I'm charged
Then writin in my book of rhymes, all the words pass the margin
To hold the mic I'm throbbin, mechanical movement

Understandable smooth shit that murderers move wit

Wipe the sweat off my dome, spit the phlegm on the streets
Suede Timb's on my feets, makes my cypher, complete(quoted a lot)

 I trip we box up crazy bitches aimin guns in all my baby pictures

Beef with housin police, release scriptures that's maybe Hitler's

How ya livin large, a broker charge, cards are mediocre

You flippin coke or playin spit spades in strip poker

I can actually say I like the 3rd verse the most. Believe me I love them all, it is just I couldn't think of one rhyme up from that verse, therefore I didn't wanna just post the entire verse. Yet, you could really say any line is my favorite. They are all so well blended I even had trouble selecting the lines. I tried putting in one rhyme and thought, "Oh! That line is laced with that one right before it!". Ha, very good job Nasir, kickin' ass on the track. Oh yeah and so is Pete Rock.

           The beat is really cool. Has that old school feel to it, drums are hot. And that piano chord is absolutely catchy and really puts the happiness in this song. And my next favorite quality of this track is the scratching. Pete Rock does an incredible job cutting and scratching after the 2nd verse, when he says, "Break it down!". He is also the one that says the chorus along with Nas. Really fun track, and the scratches are just great. He breaks it up throughout the track. So you are really focusing on a lot. Which makes the track a terrific one, making you jump from one thing to a next. And all those things; verses, beat, and scratches; are all in top quality. There you have it another great track from Illmatic.

BTW: Samples:

Piano: Ahmad Jamal- I love music(love the song title)

&

T La Rock's "It's Yours" for the drums.