On today’s show, we’re joined in-studio by special guest Sean Ahern for a deep dive into the seminal 90s hip-hop track “N.Y. State of Mind” by the one and only Nas, aka Nasty Nas, aka the King of Queensbridge, and one of the great rap lyricists of all time. We’ll discuss the track in depth and take a look at his career as well as some of his hip-hop contemporaries in the history of New York rap and the genre as a whole.

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“Halftime” on the Zebra Head Soundtrack

Nas’ track on Breaking Atoms by Main Source: “Live at the Barbecue”

The “Yeah!” sample - from Mountain’s “Long Red”

“It Ain’t Hard to Tell” Demo

The World Is Your’s 

Ahmad Jamal Trio sample: I Love Music

Kool & the Gang “Live at P.J.s”

The “Flight Time” Sample from Donald Byrd

The Joe Chambers song Mind Rain

Tour by Capleton

Eric B and Rakim “Mahogany”

Miss Info's podcast with Nas called “The Bridge

A look at Queensbridge

A short history of Queensbridge

good aerial view (go to 1:58 - 2:27)

All about the Berghof

To Scale: Time

Universe Size Comparison

Key and Peele: What It’s Like Being Married to Neal DeGrasse Tyson

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