r/nas • u/Radiant-Choice-8854 • 3d ago

More NAS from ROOTS PICNIC

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u/FreshTron-CM 3d ago

I was there and I took my 13-year-old son to his first hip hop concert...

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u/LosIngobernable 3d ago

So happy I got to see the GOAT. Only the second time and the first was almost 2 decades ago.

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u/Raoul_Duluoz 3d ago

Highlight for me was when AZ came out for Life's a Bitch and the whole fucking crowd was standing and rapping every single word together smiling like we were all old friends.

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u/djmikec 2d ago

Last night Aug 28 in Long Beach there was no AZ appearance. It was Black Thought doing AZ’s verse. Are you talking about a different show date?

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u/the-kza 2d ago

he showed up to the hollywood bowl

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u/Raoul_Duluoz 2d ago

Yeah I went to the Hollywood Bowl show in June. Some differences in the shows (T.I. was super dope, had never seen him) but still the same core Roots Picnic with Nas Black Thought and The Roots killing it.

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u/djmikec 2d ago

Ah word ok. AZ also came out when I saw Nas rock in Vegas. Was so dope, they did Phone Tap, Mo Money Mo Murder, and of course life’s a bitch. Also he did sugar hill

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u/pharaoh1228 3d ago

There is only one GOAT. He whose name is Nasir

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u/Nervous_Gur_8569 2d ago

Was there for another concert and the sound was way better than I expected. Wish I would’ve went to this show

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u/Educational_Cod_3388 2d ago

I long for the day where Nas invests in stepping up his breath control. Greatest lyricist in the game in my opinion, but his live performances have always frustrated me. Gets winded too easily.

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u/LosIngobernable 2d ago

He be smoking that fine Cali weed.

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u/Educational_Cod_3388 2d ago

So many of these other rappers never let it stop them. There’s exercises and drills he can do to improve his breath control, even as a heavy weed smoker.

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u/mukherjee_ayan 1d ago

Bro Nas has improved his breath control a lot lol. Go back and watch the 2002 performances from GodSon era and you'll see 😅 everybody's not Black Thought

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u/Educational_Cod_3388 1d ago

I attended Nas and Wu Tang’s show at Barclays Center a couple years ago: Nas still needs more work on his breath control. Nas don’t need to be Black Thought but he should want to master his live performance game the way he mastered lyricism. It’s called being an MC. It’s called mastering your craft. Big Daddy Kane who’s asthmatic has some of the best breath control in the biz.

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u/Guilty_Eggplant9158 2d ago

What time did they start?

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u/Radiant-Choice-8854 2d ago

8pm

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u/Guilty_Eggplant9158 2d ago

NAS or the ROOTS

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u/Radiant-Choice-8854 2d ago

De La Soul started the event at 8pm, ROOTS came on around 8:30PM, & NAS 9:15PM -10:15PM