Gang Starr - Jazz Thing

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@rodtknight 4 жыл бұрын

Me and my dad use to listen to this. I'm 42 now and he passed in 2000. When I hear this, he is who I think of. Great Times music bonding

@AbeyTKO 3 жыл бұрын

That's powerful

@theodorepullins3124 3 жыл бұрын

💪🏼💪🏼

@primepeternice1318 3 жыл бұрын

That's good stuff brother. Thank you for sharing

@MrCualpha06 3 жыл бұрын

@Rodrigus Knight RIP to your dad..It sounds like the moments you shared with him were special and I hope they continue to be special for you

@thatmanbolt7684 2 жыл бұрын

May it bring you joy at a sad time 🎙️

@BJSteigner Жыл бұрын

Still bangin' in 2023.

@walteranders9396 3 жыл бұрын

When hip-hop really taught you history and knowledge. Rest in peace Guru🎼🎹🎷🎺🥁🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶

@waynejohanson1083 4 ай бұрын

The song does teach you about the history of jazz.

@drewski363 Жыл бұрын

Hip hop legends paying respect to their origins. I love it.

@raymondjones5909 3 жыл бұрын

Jazz and Hip Hop was so 90s 🔥🔥🔥

@speedingpullet7400 5 жыл бұрын

This is possibly my most favorite tune in the world, ever. Still makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up when I hear it, even 25 years later. Thank you for resurrecting it!

@bensondeadfromtheneckup5057 5 жыл бұрын

Speedingpullet right!!! Dope!

@bensondeadfromtheneckup5057 5 жыл бұрын

Speedingpullet agreed! It’s dope and slick.

@jedwing 5 жыл бұрын

Same here.

@topbanana4013 4 жыл бұрын

just a normal tune/song what ever ??? lol also i hate lyrics that create segregation in colour

@EdwardRobinson15580 4 жыл бұрын

Man I have listened to this song SO much I know the words....VERBATUM. What a tribute to JAZZ MUSIC!@!!!!!

@kryssifree 4 жыл бұрын

Such a rich history lesson back when I was younger. RIP to Keith Elam.

@reggiemccoy3265 5 жыл бұрын

Scott Joplin's, Bessie Smith's, St. Louis, King Oliver's, Satchmo, Diz' and Byrd, Theolonious Monk, Charlie Mingus, Max Roach, John Coltrane, Ornette Coleman, Betty Carter, Sonny Rollins, The 90's Basically Speaking About Black History Folks 💯

@jeshun7071 5 жыл бұрын

Guru pays homage to Jazz, also telling it's history. Rap meets Jazz & this is just brilliant from Gang starr. R.I.P Guru, he pays respects to Scott Joplin, Bessie Smith, King Oliver, Satchmo, Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonious Monk, Charlie Mingus, Max Roach, John Coltrane, Ornette Coleman Betty Davies & Sonny Rollins, this was also available on the excellent Mo Better Blues movie soundtrack

@bensondeadfromtheneckup5057 5 жыл бұрын

J Eshun damn good.

@jeshun7071 5 жыл бұрын

@@bensondeadfromtheneckup5057 Just awesome, Guru was a Jazz man

@dwightlove3704 4 жыл бұрын

@@bensondeadfromtheneckup5057 I said this before but I enjoy what you are saying as well.

@sirjer73 4 жыл бұрын

I absolutely luv this and a dope sound track all the way thru. But Miles should've been mentioned an glaring ommision

@1archengdes111 3 жыл бұрын

Yes J Eshun, and Dont forget he also pay respects to Miss Billie Holioday, the Lady of Blues Jazz

@kaylabattle9532 Жыл бұрын

This is what real rap music is supposed to be. I’m 18 and I still prefer old school music over today’s music.

@Hs3u39 2 жыл бұрын

I latched onto this amazing album in 1990 after having seen Spike Lee’s film. I wore this tape out twice. Still one of my all time favorite “Hip hop groups..” RIP Guru.

@Gary-59 5 жыл бұрын

Greatest fusion of rap and jazz with perfect sampling of Bird.

@Capcoor 5 жыл бұрын

G The main sampling came from “Dujii” by Kool and the Gang, IIRC.

@andreysleepdeep 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks the knowledge, classic bass lick. Great to find out about the original.

@MikeyRumi180 5 жыл бұрын

he didn't sample Bird...it was a collaboration dude. Bird actually played for this album with gangstarr.

@zolixiv Жыл бұрын

@@MikeyRumi180 GURU'S Jazzmatazz feat. DONALD BYRD - Loungin' :)

@lw97nilslinuswhitewaterweb93 3 жыл бұрын

In my opinion the best tribute song to jazz music. Who's with me?

@lw97nilslinuswhitewaterweb93 3 жыл бұрын

Jazz rather

@kareemsupremet.v.5189 Жыл бұрын

Facts bro

@andrewilliams4180 Жыл бұрын

💯

@sirjer73 Жыл бұрын

The Last Poets got a song that name drop everybody. I love this song but you got 2 mention Miles Davis in some way shape or form.

@waynejohanson1083 4 ай бұрын

I'm with you.

@usedblazers 3 жыл бұрын

Gang Starr introduced me to jazz in a major way. Salute.

@philhongkins5520 Жыл бұрын

He would love that . I remember all the shit he took when he said Jazzmataz was coming .

@usedblazers Жыл бұрын

@@philhongkins5520 Guru was criticized for saying he was making a jazz record? That’s a shame. By who??

@philhongkins5520 Жыл бұрын

@@usedblazers other rappers said he was dissin the Now by going back to the past . Said rappers where rappin about Hoes , rims , crystal , mo Hoes . Whilst Guru was a " know thyself " path . His reaching out to jazz legends was an absolute guarantee that the Jazzmataz series would succeed . He was so akin to the Native tongues ideology . Uplift your people with your words . 🤔

@philhongkins5520 Жыл бұрын

@@usedblazers plus those times every rapper was into the diss scene , now the Hip Hop rappers well they were about something else . 🙏

@SAMack-xd2fn 3 ай бұрын

Same for me😊

@ajtowin 3 жыл бұрын

Jazz ain't dead in MY head, nah, Never dat 🔈🔉🔊 🗽 🎷

@dannybx78 2 жыл бұрын

One of my favorite Gang Starr classics.

@dwightlove3704 5 жыл бұрын

This was Guru's best effort it was Music with a historical message!!!!!!

@lakeisharobinson2132 3 жыл бұрын

July 2020! 😎😎

@dwightlove3704 3 жыл бұрын

@@lakeisharobinson2132 Yes this beats anything out right now ppl today all they hear is negativity.

@michaelvicks6396 3 жыл бұрын

Mo better makes it Mo better 90' classic Spike Lee film and Soundtrack on 🔥 I still love this after 31 years. Branford Marsalis and Terence Blanchard great Jazz collaboration ✊🏿

@abduljalil7623 5 жыл бұрын

THE JUNK that these young Punks born AFTER 1999, Call Rap or Hip-Hop today, CAN'T TOUCH THIS!

@topbanana4013 4 жыл бұрын

really listen to the lyrics most do not even roll of the other sounds good tho . and to many made up words that do not exist

@dwightlove3704 4 жыл бұрын

@@topbanana4013 You can't understand what is being said by these ppl and what you can hear is usually negative.

@jeffreynel643 3 жыл бұрын

Word!!

@bassysimpalah1791 2 жыл бұрын

That was 1 of spike Lee's best films.

@Bangheadda Жыл бұрын

Can´t thank Gang Starr enough for bringing Jazz closer to People who don´t know (including myself). Now i know a few famous artists and already have some Cds by John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Dave Brubeck and a fine Blue Note Sampler. They´re all very dope! Rakim once said he got this flow from listening to John Coltrane. Who ever thought this? Really interesting

@sirjer73 Жыл бұрын

Rakim came up playing the Sax and had musicians in his family.

@user-jo9bt4gu5r 11 ай бұрын

The song is from the movie Mo Better Blues,a Jazz movie from the early 90s,it's on the Soundtrack to the movie, there's another good song called Pop Top 40,where they makes fun of the lyrics, in the love songs on the radio stations. JazzyT.

@sinseers 4 жыл бұрын

This joint made me an INSTANT Gang Starr fan when it first dropped. I still remember when the video world premiered on Video Soul with Donnie Simpson. I was MESMORIZED!!!

@therealflamelit 4 жыл бұрын

I liked this song too back then as a kid- but when Manifest dropped...whew!

@dwightlove3704 3 жыл бұрын

Louis Farrakhan in a speech said the obvious BLACK PPL we are the foundation of American Music.

@josemenendez6789 4 жыл бұрын

Shouts Out Spike Lee For Putting The Battery On Gang Starr’s Back For This Masterpiece 🙏🏽

@vicvega24 2 жыл бұрын

Guru = King Of Jazz Rap

@cesarbaca 3 жыл бұрын

Premo found the best loop👊🏽

@kareemsupremet.v.5189 Жыл бұрын

I'm going to New Orleans this spring and this song will be the soundtrack to my vacation.

@maureencora1 2 күн бұрын

The Older I Get the More I Love Jazz Music, Feel the Music.

@martinward2262 4 жыл бұрын

R.i.p guru legends never die.....

@scottjohnson5303 4 жыл бұрын

I Love. Jazz music! Bill Nunn.

@dongray6834 2 жыл бұрын

BRADFORD MARSALIS and TERRENCE BLANCHARD . "Mo' Better Blues" is a collaborative album by Branford Marsalis Quartet and Terence Blanchard. It was released in 1990 through Columbia/CBS Records as a soundtrack to Spike Lee's 1990 film Mo' Better Blues. Recording sessions took place at RCA Studios and Sound On Sound in New York. Production was handled by Bill Lee, Delfeayo Marsalis, Raymond Jones and DJ Premier, with Spike Lee serving as executive producer. It features contributions from film stars Cynda Williams, Denzel Washington and Wesley Snipes, and American hip hop duo Gang Starr.

@VBaskin2010 5 жыл бұрын

R.I.P. to Guru and Bill Nunn.

@samushunter0048 4 жыл бұрын

All time greats!

@corduerorose9747 4 жыл бұрын

Don't forget Robin Harris

@scottjohnson5303 4 жыл бұрын

Vaughn Baskin That’s right

@lakeisharobinson2132 3 жыл бұрын

Respect 🙏🙏

@VBaskin2010 3 жыл бұрын

@@corduerorose9747 Him too as well!

@Etcher 4 жыл бұрын

One of the best gangstarr tunes - this, I'm the man, you know my steez and above the clouds are my gangstarr jawns.

@taylorlomba 15 күн бұрын

🎯 I agree with your taste ✊🏾✌🏾

@mr.sinister1279 4 ай бұрын

Gang starr by far is in my top 3 best rappers of all time.. damn he had a r rhythm like no other!! R.I.P my brother ur missed!! Love this track!! Stil blasting this track in 2025!!

@msladylibra8373 3 жыл бұрын

One of my favorite songs dm the Mo better Blues soundtrack Rest in Peace Guru ❤

@michaelriedel6567 2 жыл бұрын

Jazz Thing, Buddys, im met Guru in 92 in Hamburg and i Love him, Premiere and his music since the first Time 😘 now Iam 48

@abumc5104 Жыл бұрын

sometimes i think that i'm grown in the no.1 city of the german republic. HH brought us the best in the world of music. i would say, musically, hamburg is the place 2 B, or it used 2 B.

@MuzikJunky Жыл бұрын

I got into jazz big-time because of Gang Starr! Peace.

@craigdavis5407 Ай бұрын

This Is True Hip Hop For Life Man!!!!

@alpeaceandlove 7 ай бұрын

Gotta respect this man really is timeless

@rogersmith6411 3 жыл бұрын

20yrs later. JAMES BIG MAN F... AKA OMNI MALL. MIAMI

@koolpopjones6499 4 жыл бұрын

Still miss you Guru. RIP

@chet732003 3 жыл бұрын

Wonderful timing. Real slick project. Definitely ahead of masses. Great ode to the greats. Jazz is the closest relative to hip hop. Ultimate creativity

@reneehurt387 2 жыл бұрын

Rest in peace birthday wishes to king guru. 7. 17. This is my favorite from mo better blues

@radiophonica7188 3 жыл бұрын

Immortal Band and its iconic songs to the end of this World..

@jeffreynel643 3 жыл бұрын

Respect the Oldskool!!! newskool wouldt not excist without pioneers like Guru and Premier.....Blessings from the Netherlands

@willardjenkinsjr.7191 2 жыл бұрын

This remains a classic of the genre!

@rogersmith6411 3 жыл бұрын

DOUG M FASION...WOW LOVE U ALL THAT ON A HOTPLATES

@GRANDKUSH Жыл бұрын

I'll always remember this at the end of MO Betta Blues! Great Cut!

@SAMack-xd2fn 3 жыл бұрын

This beat tho...

@chrisrj9871 3 жыл бұрын

This may have been the first time (at least in the 90s) that jazz and hip-hop were fused.

@atriptoasia6979 3 жыл бұрын

Why doesn’t this have more views ?

@mcknih1020 8 ай бұрын

Mo Betta Blues has such a great jazzy sound track Terrance Blanchard out did hisself on this one

@ivanezell2112 4 жыл бұрын

There is something really soothing about this!

@fleetwooddelegance8288 4 жыл бұрын

Guru paid hommage to all the past legendary Jazz icon's and D.J Premier orchestrated one of The Best Hip-Hop Jazz Songs ever made and beyond everyone's expectation of creative genius of a "Pinnacle Point" of "Rap Music"! The Beat just keeps Thumping and Resonates to a Level of Highly regarded *(Bassline Contrast)* rising to *(Mega Finesse Flow)* to a *(Incredible Production)* of *(Creativity to Excellence)* 🗣⚡🎙⚡🎷🌟🎻🎶🎺🎆🏆✨🍾

@bassthumper7331 4 жыл бұрын

What a BLESSING from GANGSTAR....GURU REST BROTHA and THANK YOU.....!

@bierlichen1 2 жыл бұрын

I love us soo much. And R.I.P. GURU.

@BurninBushMaster 3 жыл бұрын

Top 3 all time period.

@anwarphilip7460 3 жыл бұрын

I'm HERE IN 2021.... I LOVE JAZZ MUSIC 🎷🎺🎶🎵😍😌

@Rating64 5 жыл бұрын

This is just beautiful, a proper tribute, a big old tone!

@philhongkins5520 3 жыл бұрын

Supreme from the first note . GURU hit the spot 👌 🙏. 😎💜🖤

@TipToe67 Жыл бұрын

Underated track.

@4akat 4 жыл бұрын

great film. Mr Lee, thanks

@tonytyson9080 Жыл бұрын

Guru is a legend rest in power brotha

@scarsdale22 2 жыл бұрын

Great piece of music… a part of my regular listening to this day….

@scottjohnson5303 4 жыл бұрын

DENZEL in the hizzie !

@harvichsambo3331 5 жыл бұрын

I ♡ jazz!! Gang☆ foreva!! Peace 2 preemo!!

@geoffreyfeinberg9792 5 жыл бұрын

Always liked the intro.

@vondelpark8141 3 жыл бұрын

Timeless

@hilltophouse Ай бұрын

I love those early GangStarr recordings like "Jazz Thing", "Positivity" and "Step In The Arena". Highlight to me is that Bass Sample from Kool & The Gang 🎷🎵🎶

@lordluvsme9378 9 ай бұрын

This is damn near a perfect song ❤ period

@harshgsxr 4 жыл бұрын

as smooth as custard

@willhaynes2190 5 жыл бұрын

The GURU thanks my brother for enlightening us with your skills made me a better man with your great story telling while I lived among all kinds of negativity in the streets if Brooklyn during this Great Hip Hop era. PEACE and BLESSINGS travel in harmony brother.

@thatmanbolt7684 2 жыл бұрын

RIP Guru🎙️

@LMedlock33 2 жыл бұрын

A documentary in such short time

@bigwee4911 4 жыл бұрын

Love you Guru, one of the most consistent Legends.

@Kitu74 3 жыл бұрын

We did it again and again..aka ..The originals..facts

@Bangheadda Жыл бұрын

Very Smooth. Immortal Music!

@shamumaga Жыл бұрын

This is hip hop that shit you undeniably feel in your soul

@djcatchukdnb 3 жыл бұрын

My jam Always Rip Guru 🙏❤️🎶👌

@esotericguru7111 2 жыл бұрын

Monotone is a 🔥 style.

@christophercoats8275 8 ай бұрын

Now we need a version of a hip hop thing........RIP Guru and real Hip Hop!!!!!

@bigal0172 Жыл бұрын

Legends are never forgotten. Rest In Peace Keith! Never forget the date: April 19, 2010.

@bensondeadfromtheneckup5057 Жыл бұрын

I love this, I get down through it all!

@nestorzaragoza191 5 ай бұрын

What a great song!! RIP Guru.

@RedVenomofficalpage2023 6 ай бұрын

the most underrated mc of all time guru ! rest in beats

@craigdavis5407 Ай бұрын

A nice music history lesson my friend.

@bluvishenproductions1548 5 жыл бұрын

Beat is fire

@joemasters2270 5 жыл бұрын

Haha wow Denzel was a youngster :)

@101enj 5 жыл бұрын

AN EXCELLENT/DELICIOUS TRIBUTE AND HOMAGE TO JAZZ, REPRESENTED BY TWO OF HIP HOPS FINEST!

@mizzjacquettaxx6974 Жыл бұрын

The beat still slaps tho

@user-em3rn4fq5c Жыл бұрын

Love the spike Lee joint and song takes me back to 1990 Mo' Better makes it Mo' better

@marvick099 3 жыл бұрын

This song explains the history of hip hop & music

@waynejohanson1083 4 ай бұрын

No. This song explains the history of jazz music.

@kingsindian8948 24 күн бұрын

Love this track . A classic .

@each1teach1academy43 3 жыл бұрын

90s Hip Hop > Any genre

@paulbolton7508 2 жыл бұрын

Tune. Guru's update of Gil Scott Heron's 'Is that Jazz'. Missing them both mightily. Kudos to anyone who rhymes Thelonius Monk with melodious punk!

@williamwbreak7673 5 жыл бұрын

Respect from Campinas Brasil

@arnoldbliss6238 4 жыл бұрын

"The Musick Called Jazz!" :~[]

@mikeraeburn190 8 ай бұрын

Miss U my brother Keith Elam! Gangstarr 4eva!

@roberthalyard683 Жыл бұрын

Still a vibe

@rogersmith6411 3 жыл бұрын

RIP JAMES JOKE VIRGINIA