Nas | HOT SHOT Nas recalls hip-hop's early days in ''Made You Look''
HOT SHOT Nas recalls hip-hop's early days in ''Made You Look''
Music Review

''Made You Look''

Nas
Reviewed by Neil Drumming | Nov 08, 2002
EW's GRADE
A-

Details Lead Performance: Nas; Genre: Hip-Hop/Rap

On ''Made You Look,'' Nas ingeniously resurrects the pleasure and panic of hip-hop's party origins over a percolating loop from ''Apache,'' a famous break-dancing anthem. ''Do the smurf, do the wop, baseball bat/Rooftop like we bringin' '88 back.'' While he may just be referencing the old Bronx nightclub, the gunshots of the chorus (''They shootin'!'') will have you glancing skyward, especially in these sniper-wary times.

Originally posted Nov 04, 2002 Published in issue #681 Nov 08, 2002 Order article reprints

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