This song is kind of a history lesson of Nas' life in rap. But mainly he seems to want to explain that there's some more background to his Jay-Z beef and so he explains it in a broad context.
In the first verse, he goes with his life before Illmatic and until Jay-Z goes on with his hit Ain't No Nigga in '96. He drops tons of names in there.
In the second verse, he hones in on the stuff with Jay-Z. He also lists all of his albums including The Firm and QB's Finest which had the hit Oochie Wally.
The best line has to be this one: "The Gift and The Curse? Fuck that shit, the first shall be last." (The Gift and The Curse being part of the title of Jay-Z's latest album at the time.)
And the line is "Bad Boy biting Nas album cover weight."
This song is kind of a history lesson of Nas' life in rap. But mainly he seems to want to explain that there's some more background to his Jay-Z beef and so he explains it in a broad context.
In the first verse, he goes with his life before Illmatic and until Jay-Z goes on with his hit Ain't No Nigga in '96. He drops tons of names in there.
In the second verse, he hones in on the stuff with Jay-Z. He also lists all of his albums including The Firm and QB's Finest which had the hit Oochie Wally.
The best line has to be this one: "The Gift and The Curse? Fuck that shit, the first shall be last." (The Gift and The Curse being part of the title of Jay-Z's latest album at the time.)
And the line is "Bad Boy biting Nas album cover weight."