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One Mic” is a single by rapper Nas, and the third to be released from his fifth album, Stillmatic. The song uses a portion of Phil Collins’s In The Air Tonight. It’s been considered one of the greatest hip-hop songs of all-time, ranking #54 on about.com’s “the 100 Greatest Rap Songs”.
From Nas:
“I’m a huge fan of Phil Collins and I just wanted to take the vibe from “In the Air Tonight”. “One Mic” is just about the power. It’s almost like Hip Hop is Dead in its infant stages, saying how much this is a blessing to be out here, speaking about what’s happening in my neighborhood, having the whole world understand and relate. I can’t understand how Bill O’Reilly can be angry at a song called “Shoot ‘em Up”. If I didn’t have a microphone, I could never talk about “Shoot ‘Em Up”, and I was talking about Queens, New York, being shot up. What do I have to do to get somebody to turn around and hear what I’m saying and take it serious? I’m not here just to be in your face talking nonsense, we’re talking about reality. For him to be upset or people like him to be upset is insane to me. It just shows how ignorant people are. “One Mic” just gives me the ability, no matter how much ignorant people are mad that I’m exposing or talking about our country, no matter what the language is, I’m talking in a language that the people can hear, I’m not sugar-coating it. So if it scares people and people feel guilty, people feel like they’ve got to make up excuses to why the world’s this way, no matter what they say, like they’ve got their mic, I’ve got mine, and that’s what that song’s about.”
One Mic” is a single by rapper Nas, and the third to be released from his fifth album, Stillmatic. The song uses a portion of Phil Collins’s In The Air Tonight. It’s been considered one of the greatest hip-hop songs of all-time, ranking #54 on about.com’s “the 100 Greatest Rap Songs”.From Nas:
“I’m a huge fan of Phil Collins and I just wanted to take the vibe from “In the Air Tonight”. “One Mic” is just about the power. It’s almost like Hip Hop is Dead in its infant stages, saying how much this is a blessing to be out here, speaking about what’s happening in my neighborhood, having the whole world understand and relate. I can’t understand how Bill O’Reilly can be angry at a song called “
Shoot ‘em Up”. If I didn’t have a microphone, I could never talk about “Shoot ‘Em Up”, and I was talking about Queens, New York, being shot up. What do I have to do to get somebody to turn around and hear what I’m saying and take it serious? I’m not here just to be in your face talking nonsense, we’re talking about reality. For him to be upset or people like him to be upset is insane to me. It just shows how ignorant people are. “One Mic” just gives me the ability, no matter how much ignorant people are mad that I’m exposing or talking about our country, no matter what the language is, I’m talking in a language that the people can hear, I’m not sugar-coating it. So if it scares people and people feel guilty, people feel like they’ve got to make up excuses to why the world’s this way, no matter what they say, like they’ve got their mic, I’ve got mine, and that’s what that song’s about.”
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S-Kayos wrote:
Greatest rap song in history.
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Mostahlak wrote:
all i need is your voice. your voice. your voice. your voice. NAS
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MiXmAsTaRoB wrote:
Nas Best Rapper Alive..
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BroadwayBrooks wrote:
"One God to show me how to do things his son did.. pure.." This track is a certified timeless piece of art...
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Yung_Dinero wrote:
too egotistical!
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BOOGIEDOWNJOE wrote:
ONE OF NAS BEST SONGS......
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no1likei wrote:
climax!...this a jam...All I need is this track...
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poppinfun wrote:
This song has such energy.
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Aini92 wrote:
Nas made a top quality, meaningful song.
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mariahfan wrote:
Oh yeah, I remember this song, love it!
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UrHomie wrote:
very very powerful song! [2]
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XavierViolet9 wrote:
very very powerful song!
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SwordSpiTTer wrote:
Authentic. Speaks true words.
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LYRICZ2DIE4 wrote:
my fav rapper ... best track jay-z not comin close 2 this one
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djbart1218 wrote:
why must it be edited...
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nomanstanding94 wrote:
amazing song this song is powerful.
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far7east8boy wrote:
one life..one love..one mic..
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bkboricua5290 wrote:
wow...just wow...will alwayz <3 dis song
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Chuckar0o wrote:
Respect for what was once real...
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TheDouce wrote:
NaS Lost
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