"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 … read more
Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones, more commonly known as Nas (formerly Nasty Nas and Escobar), born September 14, 1973 in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, New York, is a prominent American MC. The son of jazz musician Olu Dara, he was raised in the infamous Queensbridge housing projects in Queensbridge, New York. According to the Nasty Songfacts, as a teenager rapper, Nasir first went by the nickname Kid Wave before adopting his more commonly known alias of Nasty Nas. By the time he released his landmark solo debut album Illmatic in 1994, Jones was known as Nas. Illmatic was a critically acclaime… read more
Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones, more commonly known as Nas (formerly Nasty Nas and Escobar), born September 14, 1973 in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, New York, is a prominent American MC. The son of j… read more
Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones, more commonly known as Nas (formerly Nasty Nas and Escobar), born September 14, 1973 in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, New York, is a prominent American MC. The son of jazz musician Olu Dara, he was raised in the in… read more
