See Nas, Jack White Perform Breathless 1920s Version of ‘One Mic’

See Nas, Jack White Perform Breathless 1920s Version of ‘One Mic’

Nas revisited his “One Mic” single with a scrappy unplugged trio, including Jack White on piano, for the recently aired PBS documentary The American Epic Sessions.

Nas stood in front of the microphone with his hands clasped calmly behind his back as he delivered lines from “One Mic,” a fierce, tongue-twisting ode to the power of rapping. The emcee barreled through triple-time verses before returning to the single’s defiant comforting refrain: “All I need is one mic.” White, seated behind Nas at the piano, played emphatic,…