Official Music Video for Respiration performed by Blackstar featuring Common. #Blackstar #Common #Respiration
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@L_corleone4 ай бұрын
Who’s here in 2024
@raihanshrk19554 ай бұрын
2025 here
@BigEmpySpaces764 ай бұрын
Still a fresh breath of air.
@Batemanronny.4 ай бұрын
@@BigEmpySpaces76real talk
@fdpunchypops78144 ай бұрын
if you watch this now what other year can you be in fool?
@terrancehugle1414 ай бұрын
i'm with u @@raihanshrk1955
@jweezy86452 жыл бұрын
Man when Blackstar dropped I had just graduated high school. Earlier that day I was kicked out of my house by my snake ass stepmom, pops didn’t stick up for me due to him being strung out on dope and she was his way of getting tons of money to feed his addiction. I had no car, no job and nowhere to live. But I had that Blackstar CD though. That gem got me through some real hard times fam.
@omegamanGXE2 жыл бұрын
damn
@ButcherOfBeek2 жыл бұрын
How are you doing now buddy?
@jweezy86452 жыл бұрын
@@ButcherOfBeek Doin real good fam. Married my high school girl. Have 2 kids, one boy and one girl. Both of them are in high school and my son graduates next July. Half to say I’m actually happy in life lol. Not many get to say that. Appreciate you.
@Maasai-El2 жыл бұрын
Write a book
@simonjakefrances64332 жыл бұрын
Peace fam. Blessings sir
@thatshim47245 ай бұрын
We didn’t realize how much we missed this era of hip hop, until it was gone!
@samicarter15275 ай бұрын
They still about my bro Long life for all of us ✊
@erykahhoney5885 ай бұрын
Unfortunately so do realize it and it hurts,but here right now to relieve that “pain”
@ast30775 ай бұрын
its in our hearts its not gone juwst on vacation for a bit it seems
@thatshim47245 ай бұрын
@@erykahhoney588i feel your pain ma!
@sharemeth4 ай бұрын
everything is change and can't be forever,be happy this era exist and enjoy it
@groovysoltv478818 күн бұрын
A top 5 Common verse easily. Maybe top 3. “Asked my guy how he thought traveling the world sound, Found it hard to imagine he hadn’t been past downtown”
@J.A.Z-TheMortal5 жыл бұрын
This should be the official link to the term Hip Hop in Wikipedia. All time classic.
@checkle14 жыл бұрын
@erock755 Redefinition of
@perrynnlynch18834 жыл бұрын
Great comment.
@andykerste13 жыл бұрын
100%.. one of the greatest hiphop songs of all time. Along with thieves in the night.
@rollin1773 жыл бұрын
P
@rollin1773 жыл бұрын
@@andykerste1 the p lol mopmlollpmllllpoplpoopll on I'm p Op poop love look pretty pleased kpki I op
@carlosfigueroa16375 жыл бұрын
"no batman and robin, can't tell the difference between the cops and the robbers, they both partners, they both heartless"
@SpearFire4 жыл бұрын
💎💎💎🔥🔥🔥
@bryan75384 жыл бұрын
@@TRUMPWAV you prolly listen to playboi carti
@arsenelupin18544 жыл бұрын
@@TRUMPWAV must be a mumble rap fan
@RoganRicheart4 жыл бұрын
That line always stood out from day one.
@lycan24944 жыл бұрын
@@TRUMPWAV someone listens to mumble rap
@marcusgrimes81820 күн бұрын
"So much on my mind, i just can't recline. Blasting holes in the night til she bled sunshine" Rappers don't write like this anymore. Blessed to have lived through the boom bap/golden era 🙏🏼
@lennon47012 ай бұрын
Hi-Tek is such an underrated producer, this beat is incredible.
@lisasimpson80032 ай бұрын
I agree! kinda sounds like a premo beat, and i mean that as a high compliment to Tek, not to take away from the brother's brilliance
@aharon7183 жыл бұрын
One of the greatest Hip Hop songs ever written.
@castroleiro3 жыл бұрын
lyrically its one of the greatest songs ever written, period.
@MrBigR9283 жыл бұрын
💯🔥🔥🔥
@rikinine3 жыл бұрын
No doubt
@arsonravengarcia83702 жыл бұрын
Best hiphop song ever written.
@HypnoticHollywood2 жыл бұрын
Also one of the greatest Hip Hop songs ever produced too.
@MyKhanyi4 жыл бұрын
This is my niece's account. She is fast asleep. I just wanna make sure that she sees and hears this joint ;-)
@AQtee4 жыл бұрын
How thoughtful and loving of you.
@joekate1216094 жыл бұрын
Breath in breath out
@najam98324 жыл бұрын
peso
@zwiamudau70494 жыл бұрын
Its the paradox we call reality, so keeping it real will make you a casualty of abnormal normality....
@najam98324 жыл бұрын
@@zwiamudau7049 that is what the song says well done
@IcebergSlim19782 күн бұрын
When this joint dropped it was an Instant classic. Definitely holds up 25 years later. Clever lyrics over a dope beat with a gritty video. Perfect.
@L.A.Killah2136 ай бұрын
Mos Def is one of the most underrated rappers of all time He's a lyrical genius
@themountainsandthesea41215 ай бұрын
Yes
@L.A.Killah2135 ай бұрын
@@themountainsandthesea41214 sure
@dynamic90165 ай бұрын
Indeed
@rufusdaniel15783 ай бұрын
When this dropped, it was the first time I could say that's my favorite Emcee, me and my boy's would always debate Chuck oR Krs, and when I heard this cadence from Mos, I said that's my favorite Emcee right there!!
@MrDiyar13 ай бұрын
Underrated? Says who?
@Drizzyfor68 жыл бұрын
One of the best hip-hop songs of all time
@leighd19717 жыл бұрын
Agree
@TemisanAdoki7 жыл бұрын
One of the best hip-hop albums of all time. A masterpiece from front to back.
@thetruth42467 жыл бұрын
Oh yeA
@kwania.l16677 жыл бұрын
am 14 and this my favorite song
@efdavis7 жыл бұрын
you may be right sir
@ZacharieVibertGuigue3 жыл бұрын
Mos def should really get more recognition. He is such a dope MC. The flow, the voice, the lyrics he has got it all.
@edub99303 жыл бұрын
He a GOAT in my book 4 sure
@sirwoodofeast94972 жыл бұрын
Do not forget he also was a pretty decent actor.
@Carl-lk8zn2 жыл бұрын
All around black superhero
@47times142 жыл бұрын
Alll
@ANDWEROCK172 жыл бұрын
Wtf you talkin? The mans a legend globally
@adamgordon2572 Жыл бұрын
0:54 “ The cost of living is preposterous “ Mos Def said this in 1998.. it’s 2023 now and the cost of living is even worse 💯
@herpsmaltwatta2 ай бұрын
Rights it is! 2024 5 6 7 ..... Up it will keep trickling.
@007alztruli2 ай бұрын
Keep supporting the same people that are the reason why your hoods are the way it is and be expecting a different result
@justinspano2682Ай бұрын
A lot of 90’s hip hop prophecies are true today.
@shihanhermes60564 күн бұрын
Before smoking PURPLE, there was the PURPLE TAPE. Way years ahead of its time. Beats, lyrics, stories, and emcees really bringing their own version of HIP HOP. ORIGINALITY AT ITS FINEST. WUUUUU FOR EVER.
@J.5.M.3 жыл бұрын
"Surrounded by hate, yet I love home" This song is too good
@dionewilliams22962 жыл бұрын
That's so true!!!!!!
@busyrand Жыл бұрын
"Veteran of the Cold War... It's Chica I Go for..." Common is my all time favorite emcee...
@mariopantoja8259 Жыл бұрын
Being from the west side Chicago.. this bar made me cry
@busyrand Жыл бұрын
@@mariopantoja8259 I feel you...
@filmerdennis7 жыл бұрын
Fuck man, I wish I went through my teenage years through the 90s. I love this shit way to much.
@LeeBo3187 жыл бұрын
I did bro, it was a fuckin blast! I can't get with this new mumbling bs
@filmerdennis7 жыл бұрын
+Corey Lee for reals man no talent at all, no originality.
@usuckeggs14797 жыл бұрын
"90s", this was made in 2004
@LeeBo3187 жыл бұрын
+Cerebro Wtf are you talking about? Lol, this is 90's
@usuckeggs14797 жыл бұрын
late 90's mb
@shortminute4 ай бұрын
1997 Common and Souls of Mischief played at a small Canadian club in the midst of a blizzard here in Calgary. We were never as blessed to have such a show. Truly honoured to have seen them.
@Tricklarock2 ай бұрын
Oh damn, consider yourself very lucky!!!!
@charlesnelthorpe925212 күн бұрын
right? we get those super weird and surreal shows here in the north sometimes, like... how the fuck am I at a Pendulum show in one of the smallest clubs in town with 100? ppl... its sweaty and dank downstairs and since its November outside? ITS FUCKING FREEZING.
@bdgeiger48 жыл бұрын
"look in the skies for God, what you see besides the smog is broken dreams flying away on the wings of the obscene" unbelievable levels of poetry in this masterpiece
@Williamdzi7 жыл бұрын
Talib's verse is one of the best in hip hop for all time. "It's a paradox we call reality, where keeping it real will make you a casualty of abnormal normality" That's practically a philosophical paper on existentialism reduced to one line.
@lifestraight7 жыл бұрын
Exactly. That part alone is the part I think of when I say Talib Kweli's verse is the best on this track.
@Kasatali137 жыл бұрын
"Some cats be MCing to illustrate what we be seeing. Hard to be a spiritual being when shit is shaking what you believe in. For trees to grow in Brooklyn, seeds need to be planted. I'm asking if "y'all feel me?" and the crowd left me stranded"
@Pibscu7 жыл бұрын
Killer. Kweli stay in the top 5.
@DeeNyce9737 жыл бұрын
swearing you got pull, when the only pull you got is the wool over your eyes, getting knowledge in jail like a blessing in disguise
@frozenray00797 жыл бұрын
"Sometimes I take the bus home, just to touch home". That's too real.
@helioszxc5 жыл бұрын
What does he mean with touching home?
@brianbadonde92515 жыл бұрын
@@helioszxc basically to feel how it feels in his hometown. Or how it felt before the game and money. That's what I inferred from it. Peace!
@helioszxc5 жыл бұрын
@@brianbadonde9251 ah i see.makes sense.thanks for the reply
@anthonyali73095 жыл бұрын
Migos get in there. Lol💯🕯🔥🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤✌✌
@BRev6735 жыл бұрын
@@anthonyali7309 migos?😂😂😂
@danielgray6510 ай бұрын
The beat, the 3 immaculate verses, the impeccable filmography that perfectly captures NYC in the 90s... this is the greatest thing ever produced in hip-hop history.
@brandonpeterson48619 ай бұрын
I’ve been where you’re at 👈🏽
@curtismiles91738 ай бұрын
I believe Commons scene was shot in Chicago. But your comment is on point. Peace!
@OUTLAWinTX6 ай бұрын
This entire album is that!!
@ericcheatem62615 ай бұрын
Ny AND chicago. Common verse was in chicago
@yepyolochannel4 ай бұрын
Listen to massari old songs. Them beats hit different
@BboySlushy7 күн бұрын
"Getting knowledge in jail like a blessing in disguise" That hit. It all hits.
@lookitsapanther7 жыл бұрын
Common was always like an unofficial member of Blackstar to me. Even though he wasn't on too many joints, his sound and style fit perfectly with Talib and Mos. Imagine those three with a pre-fame Kanye producing for them, shit would have been crazy yo.
@seandafny7 жыл бұрын
Damn
@chdz927 жыл бұрын
Iconoclastic damn that would be 🔥
@nikeboy32117 жыл бұрын
Iconoclastic old Kanye production would be nice
@johngarth25117 жыл бұрын
Iconoclastic agreed.
@shawncharles72707 жыл бұрын
You dont mix real hearted rappers with fake rappers that produce music. It sounds like shit. Kanye and Diddy and Cockafella fucked up a lot of peoples flows and made them sound wak. Theyre too mainstream and dont understand the real struggle to be working with these titans of rap. Itd be like having lil yahty produce a j cole song. It would be so wackkkk!
@wendell71736 жыл бұрын
dislikes on pure hip hop is blasphemy. This song is iconic.
@frankcano4065 жыл бұрын
some people don't want to think
@GeraldHarris-cf2zh5 жыл бұрын
Over 1.4k dislikes in 2019...who are these people
@MyUniqueVibe5 жыл бұрын
@@GeraldHarris-cf2zh 1.4k wannabe mumble rappers.
@TheSnipes15 жыл бұрын
Hip hop sucks today!!!classic!!!..😉
@scinnyc5 жыл бұрын
*If you miss that 90s sound then peep my tracks out...I specialize in making 90s-style hip hop...!!!👍🏾🎤🎧💿🎼🔥*
@arthurcesar99358 ай бұрын
25 YEARS AGO. ONE OF THE GREATEST HIP-HOP DUOS OF ALL TIME.
@AyyOhhhhАй бұрын
Man it’s really been that long geez
@theb-moregoochzn1829 күн бұрын
Amen!!!!
@brandonblue51902 ай бұрын
“Breath in, breath out” Those words are the reason why I NEVER get tired of running for a while
@tea-zekialgiles23093 ай бұрын
“Sometimes I catch the bus home just to touch home” 🔥🔥🔥
@Rob23802 ай бұрын
Love that line too. Extremely relatable to many people. Especially if you struggled and have moved up in life.
@patternviewАй бұрын
Can someone explain? Is it a pun? I am german and dont get it.
@christiancruz87378 күн бұрын
@@patternviewcatch is equal to grab, depend on the context so when he says that line is a wordplay between catch and touch.
@Shaolin-Jesus8 жыл бұрын
real rap is timeless
@MrBeastknows8 жыл бұрын
+Jedi Maneuvers Blackstar's Respiration: 2 million views, by now likely to barely reach 3 million. MC Hammer's Can't Touch This: 177 Million views. Just sayin'.
@Shaolin-Jesus8 жыл бұрын
"just sayin" what exactly ?
@MrBeastknows8 жыл бұрын
***** Wow okay. I'm not going to explain something that is REALLY fucking obvious.
@Shaolin-Jesus8 жыл бұрын
Shane Benjamson no need to be condescending buddy, just tryna understand your point. are you implying just because something acquires allot of views it is therefore more timeless than the one that doesn't ?
@MrBeastknows8 жыл бұрын
***** Yeah sorry my b was in a bad mood I guess. Basically, yes. The more it has been seen by people, the more likely it will be remembered. More people will therefore remember and notice MC Hammer than Blackstar.
@piotrekzprod7 жыл бұрын
this is kind of songs I feel like no one will ever do again
@xTerrierHD7 жыл бұрын
piotrekzproductions This were others time that will never return.
@CaptainKirkCrunchComedy7 жыл бұрын
piotrekzproductions substantial, jdilla, black lotus, nujabes, five deez. check em out
@coneyoster12756 жыл бұрын
The is how hip hop should make you feel. GOOD!
@coneyoster12756 жыл бұрын
I M DeDaluS__ you can find stuff that makes you feel like this, hard part is finding someone to enjoy it with.
@ericdemby46446 жыл бұрын
Naw you just gotta dig
@RobertEcheverriaIII2 күн бұрын
im here in 2024 for sure
@skalg51058 ай бұрын
Common's verse is really a strong contender for a spot in the top 10 best guest verses in hip hop
@jambostringo5 жыл бұрын
"It's a paradox we call reality So keepin' it real will make you a casualty of abnormal normality" That's gotta be one of the sickest verses in the history of hip-hop.
@alto30564 жыл бұрын
pirandelliana
@NikaSixtyten4 жыл бұрын
Fast forward two decades: “Gucci gang gucci gang gucci gang gucci gang.”
@carissarashea95984 жыл бұрын
Andres zabala my favorite bar!!!!
@bongisizwendlovu33784 жыл бұрын
Damn! Word Zabala
@anthonyharris4834 жыл бұрын
We living the abnormal normality unfortunately
@mikechekkah83814 жыл бұрын
Mos Def bodied this.
@231994C3 жыл бұрын
as usual.
@justinhunt47673 жыл бұрын
Incredible flow
@rawrizord3 жыл бұрын
hes one of the goats for sure
@alantaylor6953 жыл бұрын
Mos Bodies Everything son
@edwardsmith88143 жыл бұрын
Love me some Mos Def!
@williemcelrath488929 күн бұрын
This song taught me how to not only love my city,but to become one with my city. Nashville TN, reporting for duty.
@wdkbeats4 ай бұрын
After 25 years I still get goosebumps every time I hear this track. Timeless classic, incredible in every way.
@viking420.4 жыл бұрын
Who’s banging this on 2020?? TUUNEEE
@langatsimba59044 жыл бұрын
I feel so old, I remember how young I was when this first dropped... and now we listen to Mumble music... tsk tsk tsk
@GeriDoc84 жыл бұрын
Right here bro 🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤
@alimantado3734 жыл бұрын
his best album
@jasonhawkins61874 жыл бұрын
Right here
@magloresaleh39924 жыл бұрын
2020 February 10th 3am we herrrrr
@tobijonathan82423 жыл бұрын
“I can feel the city breathing, chest heaving, against the flesh of evening, sign before I die like the last train leaving” this verse will stay in my soul for the rest of my life!
@simonjakefrances64332 жыл бұрын
👌
@thomassankara1391 Жыл бұрын
"So much on my mind that I can't recline, blasting holes in the night 'til she bled sunshine" Wow this is deep. Basically Saying he's got a lot on his mind so he can't sleep, and on top of that there's gunshots until dawn. Also blasting holes could mean his eyes being open in the night until dawn. This song is a masterpiece
@lenglain Жыл бұрын
"sigh" before I die... In train stations the sound of steam leaving the trains sound like a sigh
@michaelwillett63534 ай бұрын
Kweli's next 4 bars tho..best ever
@iwouldliketoorderanumber1b79 Жыл бұрын
“Ask my guy how he thought traveling the world sound, found it hard to imagine he hadn’t been pass downtown”. It’s actually guys in Chicago who haven’t been pass downtown, that was so true when I first heard this song. All 3 killed it, this is timeless.
@reallgreen5 күн бұрын
YES we all here in 2024
@Coreyrob269 жыл бұрын
I cannot believe that this only has 2 million views. This is one of the best hip-hop songs ever made...
@mrpostman7309 жыл бұрын
This use to be number 1 on RAP CITY on BET! I taped it on VHS the day it became number 1 too!!!!
@MarcusVisionaryUPA9 жыл бұрын
mrpostman730 you should upload man... let me know if you do
@Trudon9 жыл бұрын
its not a mainstream song
@iprofessionalamateur9 жыл бұрын
If u don't use the word "Pu$$y","A$$","Fcuk" or "B!tch" more than 10 times u do not Qualify for advertisement in the Hip Hop catalogues. Only the True Hip Hop Listeners will search for this kind of music.
@EasPoetloveWater9 жыл бұрын
mrpostman730 yeah i remember. it was #1 on Rap City for 7 or 8 wks (maybe longer). Was surprising cuz this was the time when dirty south music (Master P, JT Money) was popular. Fundamental Hip Hop lived
@willieosler92595 жыл бұрын
Brooklyn and Chicago connection is flawless! Hip-hop forever
@abaileyjr972 жыл бұрын
New York and Chicago connection is special period.
@Biasrauc2 күн бұрын
My brother showed me this when I was 10 and I had no clue what it was. 13 years later and this is a banger to me
@darkhorse100362 күн бұрын
This keeps me alive. Thank you BlackStar
@darkhorse100362 күн бұрын
3:15 Amen
@illastr8ed1253 жыл бұрын
God level hip hop. Where everything is perfect. The is incredible, Talib, Mos Def and Common weave an amazing narrative that paints a great picture of the street of New York and the people within. Everyone who contributed to this song helped to craft a truly timeless gem. I was so blessed to hear this at such a young age. It made me realize we are the curators and protectors of this culture. It's important to share these songs and if your a hip hop artist like me it's important to keep this culture strong and forever vibrant. Peace to you all.
@shizz8122 жыл бұрын
,,,MOVE...,,,
@Unc0mmonSense2 жыл бұрын
Real talk. This is one of the songs I often play when people question the talent of hip hop when they usually haven't been exposed to real lyricist.
@LeonExile052 жыл бұрын
The culture has been shit on by this new generation. This is the realest it was ever gonna get. The only ones keeping it even close is rappers like Cole and Kendrick. Otherwise it’s RIP.
@atkiltgeleta60772 жыл бұрын
Blackstar - Brown Skin Lady // m.kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Ztlpp82QuqrekXk.html
maybe one of the best hip-hop tracks ever recorded....
@deathhimself83708 жыл бұрын
I agree
@tyronenewsom30478 жыл бұрын
+asa zimbabwe Maybe? Three of the best ever, in their prime, dropping some absolute knowledge over a heavy beat. I'd say definitely one of the best. I love all the verses, but Common just drops some soul music on here.
@ellisgill13378 жыл бұрын
+asa zimbabwe thieves in the night too
@dantegood21958 жыл бұрын
It's definitely in the argument. And I don't say that lightly
@alebarajas30458 жыл бұрын
Right next to platinum plus by Big L and Big Daddy Kane
@jayfunk598815 күн бұрын
This timeless track still kills all day 24/7❤
@nigel813Ай бұрын
shit like this reminds me why i’m a fan of hip hop
@CarlosGarcia-we8bi4 жыл бұрын
Mos def was mos definitely ahead of his time this right here depicts on whats going on today everyday. Whos still jammin to this in 2020?!
@mc123583 жыл бұрын
From 98 to today. I had Black*Star on CD from early on. Think I got it at Target, IIRC. Definition and Re:definition were on heavy rotation on 102 Jamz down here in North Carolina. My favorite track was the posse cut near the end of the album, but I didn't sleep on Respiration either, this track is timeless!
@edub99303 жыл бұрын
Street prophet
@tawainahollis47702 жыл бұрын
2021…….
@CrashJC1237 жыл бұрын
Def what a rapper, Kweli and Common rip it up as usual but fuck me Def is unbelievable
@CrashJC1237 жыл бұрын
He's the Illest of all Villains. Everyone loves DOOM
@x3i4n7 жыл бұрын
WORD
@SigmaMale1440p7 жыл бұрын
He's MOSt DEFinitely one of the best. Undisputed.
@CrashJC1237 жыл бұрын
ari haha very nice
@highlybaked84177 жыл бұрын
FACTS
@shanemiller10553 ай бұрын
Hip Hop so dope in the 90's. I'm telling this is when it reached it's peak.
@user-bo4yc3zt4m26 күн бұрын
That's too much talent on one track 😁👍
@gabrielmercado16368 жыл бұрын
I swear Kweli and Mr. Bey were like "who can drop more truth in a verse?" lmaoooo i swear this is just TOO MUCH/GOOD
@westindian108 жыл бұрын
yeeah
@zinzosiphoqobo19408 жыл бұрын
+Gabriel Mercado I agree....
@j-imperial47788 жыл бұрын
kinda fucked up they cut talibs verse 8 bars less. smh. my favorite part was cut. oh well still a classic.
@phillipwattsjr.47148 жыл бұрын
+j-imperial: That's what kills me about RADIO EDITS...like it would kill the radio programmers to play those extra 20-30 seconds. Not to mention, the radio never gave a fuck about this song, especially when they're too busy shoving P-Diddy and Masta P down our throats, so why bother making this a radio edit at all?
@cliftoncunningham24386 жыл бұрын
Gabriel Mercado and Common Didn’t?
@shawnneedham49614 жыл бұрын
Mos Def's verse on this song is probably one of the most beautifully written and performed piece of poetry I've ever heard. If I had to pick one song to illustrate the beauty and artistry of hip hop this would be it. Other notable songs I would recommend are The Roots "Act Too: The Love Of My Life", Common "Nag Champa", Slum Village "Fall In Love", etc.
@lestry78783 жыл бұрын
Just came to the comment section to look for somebody who feels the same as me. Every time I listen to this song I can't help but be amazed at Mos Def's verse. It's just so beautiful and poetic. The rhyme schemes are there, the content is there, and then his amazing voice and that delivery. To me it's one of the greatest verses of all time. Together with the hook since it blends so well with the verse.
@83osoy2 жыл бұрын
Those are indisputable classics. “Act Too” is on my favorite song of all time in any genre list, and “Nag” and “Fall in Love” are on every playlist I make
@83osoy2 жыл бұрын
And Mos’ verse is a hell of an opener. He paints the greatest verbal illustration I’ve heard- And it IS pure poetry
@chelsea66712 жыл бұрын
Fall In Love actually has on of my favorite instrumentals ever.
@sihleduma8481 Жыл бұрын
Put 'thieves in the night' in there
@rawilly4364Ай бұрын
In 2024 this song still RINGS TRUE! All Time CLASSIC
@rashonkelly35984 ай бұрын
Common came through repping the Chi the right way with the fur and lyrics NY will always respect you 💪🏽🔥
@bprice27847 жыл бұрын
My nigga Common said "young girls w/ weak minds but they butt strong", he said "ask my guy how traveling the world sound, then thought it was hard to imagine if he had been past downtown", incredibly deep, that's a true South Side Chicago nigga for you that's really from the hood. We see this shit everyday here on the South Side, everyday. It's thousands of Chicago niggas on the South, West, and East side of the city that ain't never been downtown cause they "stuck in the trap". That's real shit right there.One of the realest songs known to man. Some of the realest artists known to man.
@lifestraight7 жыл бұрын
That's not limited to Southside Chicago though. That is true for a lot of hood dudes all over America. Most don't have the financial means or courage to travel to places and spaces they are unfamiliar with.
@bprice27847 жыл бұрын
The World is a hood lifestraight yes I certainly agree. However I am only referring to what I have seen here in Chi.
@lifestraight7 жыл бұрын
The Truth OhI feel you. The same can be said of New Haven, where I'm from or a lot of places. Most are limited in their means of travel.
@richiebuz7 жыл бұрын
The Truth Same in Milwaukee. The majority of Blacks and Browns on the North, East & South Side of Milwaukee is struggling.
@rome3687 жыл бұрын
The Truth Educate your brothers and get them to see more than being inside the fishbowl. Different city but Richmond and Petersburg the same way. Reach and teach my man.
@See-lj6gv4 жыл бұрын
When hip hop was ORGANIC
@FCastillo0003 жыл бұрын
Word
@michaelmcmillan14253 жыл бұрын
This is so BULK UP. MAJOR PROPS to Mos, Def, Talib Quali, and Common for this. This song is MUCH better than Sex. FACTS!😄
@ndhavukogift99033 жыл бұрын
Now it's inorganic coz of mumble rapper🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@carlosbarrientos5942 күн бұрын
I remember playing this song as a sophomore in Palm Springs high in California. I just had moved from Los Angeles and didn't know any one but this album and my love for graffiti got me through some shit.
@ransomron860225 күн бұрын
1:28 that run down the road...kills me every time. 🤣
@sonzalez10 жыл бұрын
There's a paradox we call reality So keepin it real will make you a casualty Of abnormal normality
@eladiogarcia50110 жыл бұрын
Love that part
@sivumntuyedwa74110 жыл бұрын
"Of reality I touch, but for me it's hard to keep" - COMMON
@baldswagg797 жыл бұрын
Word to Life
@christopherjeter59006 жыл бұрын
Ahtnamas2 Dope
@gideonfiyahmovement91835 жыл бұрын
🔥🔥🔥🔥
@donsolo82584 жыл бұрын
"..gets you capped like the NBA salary." these guys are poets.
@alexandrahopkinson1748 Жыл бұрын
I always think that's the only rubbish line in the whole track
@donsolo8258 Жыл бұрын
@@alexandrahopkinson1748 the only line eh? Damn, I must be an absolute clown shoe. Thank you for pointing out my idiot understanding of sports referenced lyrics.
@4TheFuture13 күн бұрын
4 ever the real OG's
@TenTenorioArt21 күн бұрын
I remember getting this CD with money I made from one of my first jobs. I listened in awe, mesmerized by the pictures it painted.
@spicegalni4 жыл бұрын
“Blasting holes in the night ‘til she bled sunshine.”
@lebrigand41154 жыл бұрын
In 2003, Complex interviewed Mos Def and David Bowie. Bowie said this line was one of the most beautiful he ever heard in a song. Needless to say, Bowie knew a thing or two about song writing...
@GeronFletcher4 жыл бұрын
LeBrigand Thats dope!
@dondaddan4 жыл бұрын
@@lebrigand4115it's through his ear and understanding of songwriting we got Luther Vandross, everyone overlooked Luther till David Bowie came through
@neneolivares67432 жыл бұрын
Commons verse is really underrated makes me shed a tear every time.
@tutuletters6664 Жыл бұрын
What makes you think his verse is underrated? All three of them shined.
@neneolivares6743 Жыл бұрын
@@tutuletters6664 I’ve seen videos glorifying Mos defs verse all over social media but I’ve never heard no one talk about Commons. That’s why.
@jammawun Жыл бұрын
@@neneolivares6743 That's because Mos had the best verse, and he deserves that. Doesn't mean that Com's verse is a sleeper or anything. It's just like on the Tribe song, What's The Scenario. Busta had the best verse, though everyone on the song had great verses.
@mariopantoja8259 Жыл бұрын
I always nod no but it's true
@torrywilliams Жыл бұрын
Chicago finests
@EdwardHarris-uw1omАй бұрын
for some reason this song puts me right where i need to be
@user-wn8ps6fl9z11 ай бұрын
Beautiful to know there are black boys were once extremely conscious of what they produced and delivered in Hip-Hop. No girls shaking their asses or flashy cars just pure lyricists.
@ericjohnson418111 ай бұрын
Now morality check, black MEN not boys
@tush904 жыл бұрын
This song brings tears to my eyes, makes me think how good hip-hop used to be.
@MCVessels4 жыл бұрын
And will be again.
@goldenchildtheater3 жыл бұрын
Me too my friend
@patrick_k_3 жыл бұрын
So funny, I was just thinking the same thing. Tears to my eyes as well.
@layers34582 жыл бұрын
it's still good, you just gotta listen to the right people
@buckstrickland28332 жыл бұрын
Same
@tmtkchris3 жыл бұрын
Mos Def made the greatest ad lib vocal ever at 3:02
@JsiadiNoon3 жыл бұрын
Bro that shit was crazy
@omegamanGXE2 жыл бұрын
What did he say
@zorrosubrepticio6 ай бұрын
The begining hits different for us Spanish speakers ✨
@themountainsandthesea41215 ай бұрын
Nice
@1deepsoulja3 ай бұрын
Right
@j-dub85583 ай бұрын
"Hey don't da bass ride out like an ancient mating call ?" - Mos Def 🎉❤
@TechniqueLee9 жыл бұрын
Damn you can really feel the energy of city life in this song. On an east coach college trip I was on, my bus full of me and my fellow students were driving to New York City from Lehigh University late at night and everyone was passed out. Suddenly, across the Hudson River, NYC stood colossal and bright against the night. I remember playing this song and it was EPIC!
@Trudon9 жыл бұрын
its so late 90s
@iwouldliketoorderanumber1b79 Жыл бұрын
A perfect mix of two cities, with common from Chicago and mos def and talib from New York.
@ChannLi9 жыл бұрын
Stay alive, you play or die, no options No batman and robin Can't tell between the cops& the robbers They both partners they all heartless with no conscience , back streets stay darkened where unbelievers' hearts stay hardened My eagle talons stay sharpened
@MrNegatron768 жыл бұрын
Channicia Parrish these points have never been sharper than they are now. Stay awake to the ways of the world.
@towertito21495 ай бұрын
Best song on the album. But more importantly. ONE OF THE BEST TRACK EVER WRITTEN.
@insulin801Ай бұрын
Absolutely insane hook, so creative. Rappers don't use this level of brain power anymore.
@UNDERGROUNDskateco5 жыл бұрын
I took an introduction to poetry class in college and played this in front of the whole class start to finish 👊
@kwamestamps354 жыл бұрын
What was their reaction?
@obinator90654 жыл бұрын
@@kwamestamps35 they all started clapping. Can confirm, I was there. r/thatHappened
@UNDERGROUNDskateco4 жыл бұрын
@@kwamestamps35 It went over the majority of people's heads, looking back I should have played the lyric video but I didnt think to do that lol
@NardoC644 жыл бұрын
@@UNDERGROUNDskateco or... Maybe you should have read the lyrics, then played the song. Anyway, I completely understand it soaring over their heads. Easily. Kudos to you for trying.
@yvettetaylor13233 жыл бұрын
Even if it went over their head at the time, I bet they still listen to it now 👊
@SeanDot3 жыл бұрын
“This shiny apple is bruised but sweet, and if you choose to eat, you could lose your teeth.” In a song full of highly skilled poetry this one line outshines the rest. The apple is New York City, the “Big Apple”. The profit motive underlying city life is enticing (shiny, sweet) but whether you pursue via Wall Street (Manhattan) or Main Street (Brooklyn) you have to be a “gangster of Gotham” to succeed (the game is bruised, ie unhealthy for you), and it’s high stakes (lose your teeth). Eat the forbidden fruit (the shiny apple) and die like Adam and Eve who committed the original sin of greed. Of course the actual original sin in Gen 3 was wanting to become like gods. But Mos can be forgiven for a little artistic license.
@shaunmc0132 жыл бұрын
Commons first line gives it competition though… but I feel you… he’s talking about gentrification
@SeanDot2 жыл бұрын
@@tasjaki Mostly science, history, world religions, philosophy. Book cases are the household shrine.
@sohaylmusic2 жыл бұрын
@@SeanDot can you suggest some good philosophy books or history or wherever you get your knowledge from
@enemdes37352 жыл бұрын
@@sohaylmusic you get your knowledge from your own mind
@sohaylmusic2 жыл бұрын
@@enemdes3735 omygod did u really just say that🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@scottwallace5764Ай бұрын
One of my top albums of all times. They got so slept on at the time because of all the Bling Bling Rap going on...but real heads knew.
@ronaldash3425 Жыл бұрын
Purity....this is a "young/hungry" God MC Talib Kweli....with the man that I've always said that he is the "literal" face of "Real Hip-Hop" 🎤🎷🪘🥁🎻🎺🎸🎉 Mighty Mos Def....and the greatest/most poetic, Brotha Common, showing the Aliens, from the depths of space, what "Conscious Rap/Real Hip-Hop" truly is = WE HAVE TO SHOW THEM ( the Aliens 👽🤙💯 ) THIS VIDEO FIRST....BEST RAP VIDEO/SONG EVER = Gone....
@jordanbean117 жыл бұрын
i like how all the best 90s rap videos are in black and white
@vincentb46595 жыл бұрын
G
@raelockletree38585 жыл бұрын
jordan archuleta Hell yeah lol
@BUSTARBEAT5 жыл бұрын
Brenda's got a baby
@abdullahabdussaheb31525 жыл бұрын
jordan archuleta passing me by - the pharcyde
@elmalanmalan21755 жыл бұрын
not all are black and white
@mrcrackdonald_15 жыл бұрын
this is lyrically the strongest rap song I’ve ever heard EDIT: Mural by Lupe Fiasco takes number 1 spot actually
@1995yuda5 жыл бұрын
Listen to the Album Liquid Swords by GZA. That said, Mos Def's verse here is untouchable.
@bardistass4 жыл бұрын
Modern rappers pen game just doesnt even come close..... Mos Defs first verse is a fucking masterpiece
@KomenCents4 жыл бұрын
Are you a youngster who just realised this stuff exists?
@nikkil_994 жыл бұрын
@@KomenCents I found this song on Hip Hop Evolution (amazing series on netflix) and I've been listening to these artists nonstop for weeks. I'm ashamed to say a year ago I didn't know this song existed. Truly amazing, lyrically, musically, it's a masterpiece.
@1995yuda4 жыл бұрын
@@nikkil_99 Glad to have ya buddy
@deemunson2919 Жыл бұрын
"Tried to call or at least beep the Lord but didn't have a touch tone." "It's a dog eat dog world, you gotta mush on."
@davidvaldivieso36 ай бұрын
El Hip Hop vivirá mientras sigamos escuchando estas obras musicales callejeras. Saludos desde Chile hermanos!
@frednicolas94543 жыл бұрын
This was the very first mp3 I downloaded off of Napster. Believe that.
@alltrue82173 жыл бұрын
Props, OG!
@chanellee60343 жыл бұрын
That's what's up!
@theowilliams15173 жыл бұрын
Mos Def killed this
@edub99303 жыл бұрын
Mos aint dropped a wack verse his entire life. He couldnt even if he tried
@johnrandall6083 ай бұрын
I’m 41 years young , this my era young bucks
@ryutheocean43343 ай бұрын
Ol “you don’t know nun bout this young blood.” head ass 💀😭🤣 but nah tho this so refreshing!!!
@manumercado11275 ай бұрын
So much on my mind, I just can't recline Blastin' holes in the night 'til she bled sunshine Breathe in - inhale vapors from bright stars that shine Breathe out - weed smoke retrace the skyline
@travistaylor26872 жыл бұрын
The beat on this track is honestly top 3 beats of all time. Not only does it sound amazing, but it fits in with the narrative. The voicing of the 2 guitar chords sound with they're breathing in and out, which plays into the concept of the song about a living, breathing city. Pure perfection.
@FakefulandDisgracedSlaveClass Жыл бұрын
Amazing production no doubt. It has a very melancholy and vintage feel to it.
@stephgel Жыл бұрын
Hi-Tek produced it
@jessicamusto54266 ай бұрын
Fucken editeddddd .. junkkkk
@rufusdaniel15783 ай бұрын
Well said, it's hard to put words on the real, like this #speachless
@j-r-hill3 ай бұрын
Less is more, this beat is a masterpiece
@HelpMeFindTheseSongs6 жыл бұрын
The location where Talib Kweli is walking on 2:15 is the Black Lady Theater on Nostrand Avenue in Brooklyn. You can barely see in the video the mural of a white guy shooting lasers into the eyes of a black man. That mural is still there today.
@oofogman420oo24 жыл бұрын
Cool man i eat ass also!!!
@presscorpse Жыл бұрын
Poetry rap hits different
@melissagleason156526 күн бұрын
Axiom - so much on my mind is why I'm here. I knew it was the mighty mos they sampled on that track
@notorioushz33618 жыл бұрын
Top 5 track of all time
@PhiloInfinitum10 жыл бұрын
Thumbing this down is true blasphemy. Top 10 songs ever created.
@glitchripple3699 жыл бұрын
Very true!!
@tommypearson92609 жыл бұрын
Thomas Mudrick Kalapuya soul Me being a True West Coast Hiphop person I can say this is one of the Baddest Tracks i ever heard especially getting Blown on some good Greens
@grahamchandler8028 Жыл бұрын
One of the greatest songs of all time …. Still here is 23
@nickbillups31514 ай бұрын
90s was the greatest decade for rap. So much competition back then.
@FuzzyFruits7 жыл бұрын
Blackstar, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Common, Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, Nas, Gang Starr, Pete Rock and C.L Smooth, Rakim, J Cole and Logic all my favorite artists to listen to. Edit: Yall got me shaking my head in these comments lol. To each their own. Just to name others that didn't make the insanely long list. Kendrick, Tupac, Biggie, T.I., Lupe, Tech 9, Drake, Nipsey, Joey Badass, Kid Cudi, Mac Miller, Wiz and the list just keeps going, we all got our shit we rock with or don't.
@Tomanna7 жыл бұрын
FuzzyFruits you haven't listened to enough rappers then
@FuzzyFruits7 жыл бұрын
Free Nation Rebel Soldier I can't name them all, but I've listened to plenty! that's just the common names I listen to more frequently
@Tomanna7 жыл бұрын
FuzzyFruits you need some Souls of Mischief though
@FuzzyFruits7 жыл бұрын
Free Nation Rebel Soldier 93 till infinity, maaan kill all that wack shit!!
@TheTelevisionRobot7 жыл бұрын
dude, listen to wu tang clan, they're rad
@sethwalsh22213 жыл бұрын
Word, common said, "surrounded by hate, yet I love home." Deep bars 🔥🔥🔥🔥
@mario_actually27 күн бұрын
What a masterpiece this track is.
@Agccalles707 Жыл бұрын
I'm born after the 90's and still realize that this is actual music. Commons' verse is dope af, whole song just flawless.🔥