Nasty Nas: 20 Years & Counting Coachella 2014 Performance (Full Set Video)

 Coachella 2014, day two, brought real hip-hop back. Nasty Nas hit the stage just in time for the 20-year anniversary of “Illmatic,”- one of the most pivotal hip-hop albums of all time. Decked in well-dressed finesse, Nas brought the aura of classic boom bap into the new millennium. “I bet this is older than some of yall out there…but we here tonight, because life is beautiful,” a poetic Nas glares through themic. Guzzling a bottle of Spirit Hennessey, Nas performed the Illmatic track-list in its entirety. Surprising crowds with a special guest appearance from formal rival Jay-Z, the collaboration on songs “Dead Presidents,” and “Where I’m from,” reminded us why Hov and Nas remain culturally relevant in the hip-hop game today. In the sea of bobbing hands, brave hearts, and incandescent strobe lights, Nas took his performance one step further by bringing out rap mogul P.Diddy to perform the classic anthem “Hate Me Now.” Diddy mystified the valley crowd with a bottle of Ace of Spades champagne sending crowd hype levels into a state of elevated craze. Nas proved why his music is forever timeless as he closed out his set with “One Mic.”Explore rap and tell me Nas aint all that- what he stands for, speaks for itself. Enjoy 43 minutes of an emcee who still possesses lyrical rawness....and even after 20 years…Nas still got it.

-Morganne Nikole 

Full Set List

 The Genesis”
“N.Y. State of Mind”
“Life’s a Bi**h”
The World Is Yours”
“Dead Presidents” (Jay Z)
“Where I’m From” (Jay Z)
“Halftime”
“Memory Lane”
“One Time 4 Your Mind”
“One Love”
“Represent”
“It Ain’t Hard To Tell”
“Made You Look”
“Hate Me Now” (Diddy)
“One Mic”

Morganne Nikole
Original Article Published at Saint Heron: http://bit.ly/1jQzBjb