Mos Def - Mathematics
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15 жыл бұрынAlbum - Black On Both Sides(Please Rate and Comment)
Production By Dj Premier....
@Horrortelltales 8 жыл бұрын
Thank you Mos def, i passed calculus because of this tutorial math video.
@MasterAirsoftGunner 8 жыл бұрын
Same
@101Jman 7 жыл бұрын
even more impressive
@101Jman 7 жыл бұрын
I passed mathematical logic
@alechaynes4377 7 жыл бұрын
I solved the problem down there.......
@brocksprogramming 7 жыл бұрын
I was able to create a high powered rocket engine thanks to this video. Thanks def :-)
@distantandvague 7 жыл бұрын
I hope someday young music listeners hold Mos Def in the same light as they do 2Pac.
@whitedeath7003 7 жыл бұрын
IMO Biggie, Nas and L are better than Pac. His message was good but he's a little overrated
@octopussy1771 7 жыл бұрын
Brandon Henderson I do
@sietev4286 7 жыл бұрын
Brandon Henderson Bro I'm only 12 and I know almost all the songs and "Black on both sides" album so you better believe I look up to Mos Def
@maxz9204 7 жыл бұрын
i do and im 15
@khalilmason 7 жыл бұрын
Brandon Henderson He and his work deserves to be covered in a textbook with a whole chapter dedicated to this song alone.
@Yah.get_it 3 жыл бұрын
“Young bloods can’t spell but they can rock you in PlayStation” man this aged so well
@zachary2750 3 жыл бұрын
"40% of Americans own a cellphone" didn't age so well
@Yah.get_it 3 жыл бұрын
@@zachary2750 it’s all mathematics
@Yah.get_it 3 жыл бұрын
@Winston Thomas 🤝
@legm5298 3 жыл бұрын
@@Yah.get_it Indeed it is
@unclegardener 3 жыл бұрын
@Winston Thomas the Mighty Mos Def
@tinygod81 Ай бұрын
Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Slick Rick, Pharcyde... the early 90's in general. I miss story telling hiphop, I miss when it meant something...
@Nauseoussplatter 19 күн бұрын
This isnt story telling this is a concept song
@danielwilcox419 7 жыл бұрын
"40% of Americans own cell phones/so they can hear everything that you say when you ain't home" Mos Def calling it years before Snowden
@XxXDjEnigmaXxX 7 жыл бұрын
SUCH A GENIUS DUDE
@letmethink90 7 жыл бұрын
I guess Micheal Jackson was right, you are not alone. O. O
@patrickmann3123 7 жыл бұрын
Have you not heard of 1984 or Brave New World "D" ?
@dakotahines3841 7 жыл бұрын
You can't really say "the idea of surveillance" portrayed though those books means his line wasn't legit. I mean when did they start wiretapping? Once that happened you don't need to take from fiction.
@patrickmann3123 7 жыл бұрын
When the phone was invented,thats when wiretapping started...Na more like when Morse code was up and running Dakota.
@Cure4theCold 4 жыл бұрын
Damn, listening to this at 40 years old knowing it was probably written in his early 20s realizing how intelligent some of these rappers were at the time for their age. Wow
@shrianeequestrian9110 4 жыл бұрын
Raphael Granger I think you mean mature, I’m not sure IQ change with time
@Grunt_007 4 жыл бұрын
@J Talanian IQ is in comparison to the rest of the population. If you start preparing for an IQ test whilst said "rest of the population" hasn't, you're basically cheating, and the result if that test is no longer able to tell you anything about your intelligence.
@brianburtis7262 4 жыл бұрын
It is insane
@RuffRyder2011 4 жыл бұрын
Raphael Granger I bet he was from and went school in New York like big pac jay z busta nas big pun and so on those English and music teachers in New York in the 70s and 80s needed a damn raise 🤣
@Cure4theCold 4 жыл бұрын
@@shrianeequestrian9110 you saw me mention anything about IQ?
@enjoydavision933 4 ай бұрын
I’m here to support real hiphop
@JironMitchell919 4 ай бұрын
Say it loud 💯💪🏽
@GodsSolider 3 ай бұрын
It goes mos def j cole then whoever else after . Real lyrics real rap . Real heart . Intellectual . Only thing that breaks my heart is this song and panties is so timeless i just wish he had more . The panties mathmatics sunshine and kalifornia baby ❤
@Ugurnac 24 күн бұрын
explain 'real' ma man
@Ugurnac 24 күн бұрын
dude lyrics wise athleticism in poetics is key for establishing a solid foundation in your craft when your spitting innit. Aight, we got it. But I don't feel shit when I am listening the groove. I need ambiance brahs. Sinister voices do or die kind of bass lines an shit you know what I am saying @@GodsSolider
@PatoNani18 2 жыл бұрын
Conscious Hip Hop at the highest possible level. World class rappers today may be more versatile and have more options to express themselves as artists but Hip Hip in its unpolishedness has reached its peak in the 90s with masterpieces like this.
@elrondhubbard7059 2 жыл бұрын
That's a really good way of putting it. Conscious hip hop. That is what seems to be missing these days.
@reddwing4368 2 жыл бұрын
The whole wide world has lost its conscious Even if it ever had one son Don't deny it people Just feel the steel As it cuts you wide open again Hotter than Broadway n Myrtle
@niko4628 2 жыл бұрын
Black on Both Sides and The New Danger are both wildly experimental for their time. Mos Def new how to explore his creative limits while still keeping his music squarely in the hip-hop genre.
@theiiiraven6137 2 жыл бұрын
I agree but I'd add the first mayeb 3-4 years of the 00's
@aaronzaloum7986 2 ай бұрын
Hip Hop is concious, everything else is Pop.
@eztrainz3489 3 жыл бұрын
This song is way out of it's time. Mos Def is one hell of a lyricist.
@coreymerrill3257 3 жыл бұрын
"Timeless" is what you are looking for. The man is brilliant.
@edlg9608 3 жыл бұрын
Sup zeke
@Limerick502 3 жыл бұрын
Stellar!!
@limazulu55 3 жыл бұрын
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@TheFunLuvnCRIMINAL Жыл бұрын
Alot what he said, we knew back then. But I'm talking about us theorists, the real 1st gen woke. Not the joke woke of today.
@momoseck7094 3 жыл бұрын
"Numbers is hard and real and they never have feelings But you push too hard, even numbers got limits" Bars upon bars upon bars.Much respect Yasiin.
@limazulu55 3 жыл бұрын
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@hanssolo6107 2 жыл бұрын
But they do not have limits
@noddlecak3279 2 жыл бұрын
@@hanssolo6107 i might be looking to hard into this but I don't think I am, "Numbers is ... real" = real numbers real numbers do indeed have application limits, most notably complex numbers however they also have pure mathematical limits as exampled by 0.999... = 1
@SaturninePlaces 2 жыл бұрын
@@hanssolo6107 There are also numerous examples of "limits" in mathematics, in exponential functions, derivatives, integrals, graphing in general, it's a multi-faceted line for sure.
@cosmo9238 2 жыл бұрын
bro no are of two type real no and complex no so as numbers is real... real no that mean real no too have limit and from there complex no starts
@nathanjordan1782 2 жыл бұрын
I loved Mos Def as a kid because his rhythm and the beats were so good, but coming back to his music almost two decades later looking for some nostalgia, I’m realizing that by focusing on the hip-hop I was missing out on an incredible message and mission. I always thought he was underrated, but now I know for sure that he is.
@user-wt2me2fe5t Жыл бұрын
Well said. I felt the same way when I went back to listening to Gang Starr. Guru was sending messages. Incredible!
@LeefwasThere Жыл бұрын
Underrated for sure but respected by the respected
@AIRRAID2 Жыл бұрын
Word!
@samuelreed2994 4 ай бұрын
When I was back then, I wondered why most of my friends didn't really hear the messages I was hearing in Hip Hop of that time... Now, it makes sense why most people didn't notice when the message was all but erased from modern day, so called "hip-hop" which I refer to as "pop-hop". Lol😢
@jp-ul9ry Жыл бұрын
This track is genius on every level, lyrics, beat, delivery, subject, composition. Not many songs achieve this level of perfectly balanced. Mos def & primo is a perfect combo. Honestly primo makes the perfect tailor made beat for everyone, like an expensive suit. Straight nuclear fission 🔥
@Carrythe2 5 жыл бұрын
"16 ounces to a pound, 20 more to a ki, a 5 minute sentence hearing and you're no longer free" is a great way of remembering that weight conversion. Seriously, it's helped me out many times.
@limazulu4306 3 жыл бұрын
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@Ze_Moose 2 жыл бұрын
I don't get this line 🤔
@leonrossiter2651 2 жыл бұрын
@@Ze_Moose he's talking about the weights of drugs. Get caught with a kilo of drugs, it's a 5 minute court hearing and then you've lost your freedom = sent to prison
@Ze_Moose 2 жыл бұрын
@@leonrossiter2651 You're doing the work of Rap Genius. Appreciate it 👍🏽
@Semscure 8 жыл бұрын
Another masterpiece from DJ Premier.
@xOriginalModz 8 жыл бұрын
Semscure One of my favourite of his beats!
@lynxcane 8 жыл бұрын
oh shit! I didn't know it was a dj premier beat! he makes some fire beats though
@cpmow831 8 жыл бұрын
Semscure true! He is a poet
@MopisOota 8 жыл бұрын
+Chad Mower wait... da fuck?
@timothyfaunce5485 8 жыл бұрын
+Semscure Premo and Ant Banks take the cake. sorry dre lovers :)
@trisval2586 Жыл бұрын
Probably the best hiphop track of all time. Still relevant in 2023.
@theXhy 4 ай бұрын
When will it not be relevant tho honestly it's a timeless bop to say the least
@ShaunTheNavigator 2 жыл бұрын
One of the sickest and most intricate rhyme schemes of all time, period.
@trollking202 2 жыл бұрын
Complexity laid bare it's all mathematics 😁👌 I revolve around science "what are we talking about here" awesome all round composition with a message that stands the test if time.
@TheKassicRock2 10 жыл бұрын
Never has there been so much truth on one song "Youngbloods can't spell, but can rock you on playstation" whew
@bobschnare293 10 жыл бұрын
you better learn how to add
@ThePulkitt 10 жыл бұрын
the irony of the ps4 commercial before this song
@TheShane1929 9 жыл бұрын
Pulkit t its a shame how its even more relevant now then it was back then...thank god i grew up when kids still played outside
@MBPace 4 жыл бұрын
2020 who else is rocking Mos Def with me
@ebayfx1355 4 жыл бұрын
M.B. Pace me bro
@King-Quiznak 4 жыл бұрын
Ayeeee, every week!
@26muca07 4 жыл бұрын
Mos Def is a great mathematician according to this song, and his equations will live long forever through human history.
@joske7804 4 жыл бұрын
Literally everyone watching this video.
@SPARKY4944 4 жыл бұрын
Yes sir
@rmadrazo Жыл бұрын
I believe Mos Def is the best rapper of all time.
@Hhuhater Ай бұрын
Only real hip hop heads know 💯
@kmputertechsupplies2374 14 күн бұрын
I respectfully disagree. There is no best rapper. Ever artiste has their strong points. Cadence, flow, rhythm, rhyming schemes, word play, story telling, authenticity and emotion. No one rapper does it all, and as much as I would like to disagree with the next statement, Kendrick has the most points.
@rmadrazo 14 күн бұрын
@@kmputertechsupplies2374 I began my statement with the words "I believe", which clearly indicates it's my personal opinion. You can disagree that he's the best rapper, but. you can't disagree that I believe he's the best rapper.
@ninjasrose1653 2 жыл бұрын
One of the best songs ever written. (Not just in Hip Hop.) Everything from the content, flow, cadence, wordplay, substance, sheer lyricism and delivery. Mos needs to drop an album or at least we need to see that Blackstar 2 album. Mos is undeniably top 10 ever!!!
@tggb9294 2 жыл бұрын
he is called mos def.. haha
@jaethegoddexx 2 жыл бұрын
My top 5 ⚡🔥
@MattWebz 2 жыл бұрын
This shit does go stupid hard.
@sidneyodu4982 2 жыл бұрын
Well it's here you got blackstar 2 yet?
@bajenbilly 2 жыл бұрын
@@MattWebz goes stupid hard but leaves you educated
@gophop 10 жыл бұрын
"... but you push too hard, even numbers got limits..." I was kind of impressed. Clever, clever.
@Intuicean 9 жыл бұрын
Sucks that we live in a world where this stuff is less appreciated than songs about getting wasted, making money, and having sex.
@johnmacdonald8700 9 жыл бұрын
Nocean So true man.
@manulembrouille 9 жыл бұрын
Nocean you're damn right man... such a bautifull world full of idiots who don't even see the fucking difference between what's good and wrong...love mos def he's a great and a "real" artist
@manulembrouille 9 жыл бұрын
Overlord Sweg Yeah man...fuck the comformist!!
@overlordsweg8399 9 жыл бұрын
can you not read? i'm saying that you guys are idiots.
@Intuicean 9 жыл бұрын
Overlord Sweg It only becomes a problem when these people who listen to mainstream bullshit call THIS stuff shit and the stuff they listen to "good". I seriously showed this idiot in one of my high school classes "God's Bathroom Floor" by Atmosphere, the dude laughed, called it shit, and then put on "Wassup" by ASAP Rocky and told me that THAT is good music. Yeah, lets throw millions of dollars at artists who spend a total of 10 minutes writing an entire album because it's simply a load of garbage bragging about their money and the girls they fuck but leave *real artists* who make *real* music and put *effort* into their music struggling to even sell a fraction of how much music mainstream artists sell. Yep, sick fucking world. You can't deny in any way shape or form that the majority of music people listen to now is worthless trash. Everybody needs lyrics spoon fed to them, so they bag on stuff like this that requires you to have some knowledge and think about what the artist is trying to say. Play on words, references; nobody gets that shit anymore. They need everything spoon fed to them in "Pussy, Money, Weed" format for them to appreciate and recognize as music. Sad. Plus, don't make this into "people's lives", this isn't about their lives, it's about their shitty taste in "music".
@robingronwald7993 2 жыл бұрын
This song predicted quite a lot of things extremely accurate, a masterpiece
@ryno4ever433 Жыл бұрын
You got it wrong fam. This wasn't a prediction. It was a description.
@VIAl1 2 жыл бұрын
"Mathematics" is mos definitely an exemplar of hip hop .
@KnuckleHeadMusicUK 8 жыл бұрын
'69 Billion in the last 20 years spent on national defence but folks still live in fear' - perfect, this song is just spot on in every way, g'damn!
@kendalljones5211 8 жыл бұрын
+Danny MusicFreak True hip hop
@nbaPoonie 8 жыл бұрын
+Danny MusicFreak I started reading this right when he said it.
@G0DofRock 8 жыл бұрын
+Crazy MusicFreak Kinda way off though, its 598 billion..per year. But great lyrics
@KnuckleHeadMusicUK 8 жыл бұрын
+ChronicCuber Sheez.. No wonder people say 'it costs a bomb'. I'm in England, encase you've never heard anyone say that ha.
@G0DofRock 8 жыл бұрын
Crazy MusicFreak Hm i dont think I have, Im from Canada but depends on the expression I guess but yeah it's pretty ridiculous how much goes to military spending, and it increases each year, more money spent on defence than the next 8 nations combined and every other problem in America gets shrugged off or immediately outraged like "Yeah where are we gonna get the money!? (Gee I wonder) You aint takin my guns or our military's either.." lol Guess how much money NASA's budget is? When Neil degrasse Tyson asks people, most will guess around 10-20% which is what it should be if we were interested in space exploration and the advancement of our species..but it was actually 0.5% and now 0.4%
@Thedubsteppr11 8 жыл бұрын
"my pencil so hot it burn through my journal " why is this so dope?
@TheJofrica 8 жыл бұрын
+3rdi RedemptionShotz It's dope because no one writes with paper anymore lol
@supernaturalswampaids8083 8 жыл бұрын
Simplicity = elegance
@zachunderwood663 8 жыл бұрын
its ink not pencil
@HashashinHameed 8 жыл бұрын
Yeah, it's; ''my ink so hot, it burns through the journal''...
@dreamsnetwork9132 8 жыл бұрын
its the flow
@NAMlNG 10 ай бұрын
Mos def is the definition of hip hop..Happy 50th anniversary 🎉
@martavilches1916 9 ай бұрын
HBD🤘🏽HipHop🗽🗽🗽🗽🍾🍾🍾🍾🍾🍾🍾
@flimpeenflarmpoon1353 3 жыл бұрын
Only just realized he counts from 1 to 10 in both verses. "There's ONE universal law, TWO sides to every story, THREE strikes etc"
@wrathofgrothendieck 2 жыл бұрын
Genius ass
@amarildopires2979 2 ай бұрын
Please explain curious
@DumbledoreChrist 2 ай бұрын
@@amarildopires2979 At the beginning of both verses of this song, Mos Def has lyrics that count up from 1 to 10. 1st verse: Yo, check it 1 for Charlie Hustle, 2 for Steady Rock 3 for the forth-comin' live future shock It's 5 dimensions, 6 senses 7 firmaments of heaven and hell 8 million stories to tell 9 planets faithfully keepin' orbit, with the probable 10th 2nd verse: Yo, it's 1 universal law, but 2 sides to every story 3 strikes and you biddin' for life, mandatory 4 MC's murdered in the last 4 years I ain't tryin' to be the 5th when the millennium is here Yo, it's 6 million ways to die from the 7 deadly thrills 8-year-olds gettin' found with 9mils It's 10PM, where your seeds at? What's the deal?
@tabyloveselephants5929 7 жыл бұрын
"The streets too loud to hear freedom ring." Damn😯🔥🔥
@Squizzle1000 5 жыл бұрын
Best line
@mr.nobody9697 5 жыл бұрын
@@Squizzle1000 nope. "killing fields need blood to graze the cash cow"
@unwichtig1179 5 жыл бұрын
You really hot :)
@mr.nobody9697 5 жыл бұрын
@@unwichtig1179 the thirst is real
@GameMinds 8 жыл бұрын
mighty mos def
@MarleyKay 8 жыл бұрын
+GameMinds mighty af
@ro_dawg4720 8 жыл бұрын
simple mathematics..
@thelessworld 8 жыл бұрын
+GameMinds Check this remix, "Mos Def in 2016 sound" :) /watch?v=PC8a10ykE0E
@zapcodeknock4503 8 жыл бұрын
+RonanSkates 247 Spit Fyah
@SexStarize 8 жыл бұрын
straight up nigga
@jamvan1000 2 жыл бұрын
Most Def is my favorite conscious rapper. He knows what he's talking about at a pretty deep level and it shows. I can take his political and social commentary more seriously than 99% of rappers.
@SurfingBullDog 2 жыл бұрын
If these rhymes were relevant in 1999, then they are damn near prophetic in 2022.
@hueycotton 3 жыл бұрын
One of the most perfectly penned songs ever created
@tylerpendley2389 3 жыл бұрын
PREACH
@MrLeonDude 3 жыл бұрын
Agreed, still listening to these words!
@fredoctober292 3 жыл бұрын
One of the real masterpieces.
@limazulu55 3 жыл бұрын
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@tomisaacson2762 3 жыл бұрын
Mos Def has a talent for thoughtful and clever lyrics. There's layers of meaning to uncover but it's a great song even if you don't listen to the lyrics.
@jamesp1998 8 жыл бұрын
Young bloods can't spell but they can rock you in PlayStation Pure gold
@DEVINEJUSTICEALLAH72 5 жыл бұрын
DOPE LINE!!
@ldbboosha 4 жыл бұрын
A surprisingly timeless line.
@danterosenberg7506 4 жыл бұрын
I heard that!
@piouseniola1337 4 жыл бұрын
James Pascale can you please explain the bar to me?
@Jersey08110 4 жыл бұрын
@@piouseniola1337 really bro?
@Muk1R1 Ай бұрын
One of my ALL TIME favorite HipHop bangers. Absolute fire 🔥 Listening from Kenya 🇰🇪
@seankelly4157 3 жыл бұрын
One of the best albums of all time. And absolutely one of the best tracks of all time. The Mighty Mos Def.
@Sonnypowar 10 жыл бұрын
Young bloods can't spell but they'll rock you at playstation. One of the realest bars about todays generation
@dandavis6319 4 жыл бұрын
This was an instant hip hop classic the second it got released
@ermislyr 4 жыл бұрын
I think he knew that xD
@wize.been.chopping9934 3 жыл бұрын
It was a classic as soon as they went into the studio.
@limazulu55 3 жыл бұрын
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@YouTube_OG 2 жыл бұрын
I watched Mos Def perform for free in Central Park in the late 90's.. dude spits pure fire.. experience of a lifetime!
@mariorodrigues2467 3 жыл бұрын
Respect to anybody that’s still bobing the head to this it’s mean you got a personality that is true and not media fake
@Wheresmy240 7 жыл бұрын
Wow, just wow. Mos Def is a feckin legend.
@smashypeople 7 жыл бұрын
actually he's kinda fucked now
@smashypeople 7 жыл бұрын
he changed his name to Yasiin Bey
@karimhussein3975 7 жыл бұрын
he wasn't brainwashed he is a muslim all the way and likes it
@DarkSoulja3323 7 жыл бұрын
Wheresmy240 say that 8 more times. then say underated a million
@khalilmason 7 жыл бұрын
Wheresmy240 Mos Def Presidency anyone?
@IndigenousMonk 3 жыл бұрын
this is my neighbours favourite song , even if they don't like it.
@unlikelysuspect5491 3 жыл бұрын
Doing donuts blasting this and ju$t run the juels
@gestaltgaragellc.9893 3 жыл бұрын
Blast it yo lol
@olusha 3 жыл бұрын
🧐🤣👏
@tobiasronnholm2389 3 жыл бұрын
At first I was like why would they be playing it if they don't like it 🤷♂️🤔......ohh🤣😂😆
@suf8455 3 жыл бұрын
lol
@fly7188 2 жыл бұрын
A lot of people think this song was prophetic or predictive when it is really accurate and descriptive. Some things still ain't changed, and some things never will. Mathematics indeed.
@jakey........ 2 жыл бұрын
Underrated comment
@justingriffin2546 4 ай бұрын
Man this guys got a heart-i got here via a interview of his take on the world, the usa, and humanity-bought me to tears...the guy is a genius.
@RekoneInkings 10 жыл бұрын
One of the best albums ever made in Hip-hop culture, in my opinion!
@JulianJJM 10 жыл бұрын
Yes Holmes, in the top five for the last 10 or so years
@TheKassicRock2 10 жыл бұрын
JulianJJM but dis is from 1999
@agent42q 10 жыл бұрын
John P it's all mathematics.
@stackeyboss 10 жыл бұрын
you clearly havent heard finally rich.
@sayeedmorgan3413 10 жыл бұрын
Pete Nguyen chief keef ha
@webesorrytho 10 жыл бұрын
i think it's safe to say that this is one of the most quotable songs that has ever graced hip-hop.
@BenDover-fv4zv 10 жыл бұрын
immortal technique harlem streets.
@LAMEHERC1 10 жыл бұрын
both of you are incorrect. the correct answer is just about any song on criminal minded or by all means necessary.
@webesorrytho 10 жыл бұрын
how did this turn into a pissing contest? lol, i said "one of," meaning, "one of many."
@JustinGabriel425 10 жыл бұрын
Isn't the most quotable song C.R.E.A.M. by the Wu Tang Clan?
@JustinGabriel425 10 жыл бұрын
***** Cream(Cream), Paid in Full(Dead presidents), or Shook Ones(aint no such thing as half-way crooks)
@Mohgenstein Жыл бұрын
Mos Def underrated. He should be mentioned in everyone’s top 5
@andrewholub1632 Жыл бұрын
Best hip hop album of all time and one of the best songs of all time.
@XiloChannel 8 жыл бұрын
I went to the same high school as Mos Def, they have his poster in the hallways.
@XiloChannel 8 жыл бұрын
+Rondo TheStreets CAS in the village.
@Tyler-jv6tt 8 жыл бұрын
+Rondo TheStreets stfu bitch
@XiloChannel 8 жыл бұрын
***** Who do you think you are BTW saying I didn't go to school with him like you know me and him?
@XiloChannel 8 жыл бұрын
***** you're a bitch.
@PCGaming300 8 жыл бұрын
+Rondo TheStreets why are you everywhere
@princemush8277 8 жыл бұрын
This is the era where you had to listen to a record at least 3 times because it was so real..... #CLASSIC
@theghostofchillhop 6 жыл бұрын
Prince Mush the entire album too
@baileysincere8809 6 жыл бұрын
Prince Mush Mos def us cut from another cloth of rappers LIKEBlack thought Pharoh Manorch
@jamesdelcol3701 2 жыл бұрын
I met Mos Def. I was hanging out in Central Park, Manhattan and Mos walked up to me, smiled, sat down and played a guitar with a big happy grin on his face. The music we were all dancing to was very good music. They were pumpin' old school disco beats in the skate park and there were girls and interesting people everywhere. He was lovin' the music. I told him I was a fan, but I didn't want to bother him for any kind of autograph. He's a star and it isn't cool to run up on a person when they are enjoying themselves. I didn't want people to rush him and ruin this experience for him. We all just enjoyed the music. He's got Brooklyn humor. Mos and his friends talked like people I know from Brooklyn. He's a cool person. In my mind, Mos Def is #1 rap with crazy flava. Mos has a creativity and spirituality that is very tangible. The music is missing this element now. Mumbles. WTF?
@samm552 Жыл бұрын
One of my all time favorite Hip-Hop bangers. Listening to this timeless classic from Kenya🙌🏾
@tevbuff 9 жыл бұрын
Why are people bringing up Eminem on a Mos Def video? Sigh...Can't we just enjoy the fucking music.
@andytaribo5660 9 жыл бұрын
Tev apparently not... young people who know F all about Hip Hop go around mentioning Eminem.
@justWatchin97 9 жыл бұрын
Tev rabu rabu rabu rabu rabu rap
@viewtifulzero 9 жыл бұрын
Eminem is a shitty rapper
@jackbauer555 9 жыл бұрын
ItsNotSuperEffective name someone who is better please
@andytaribo5660 9 жыл бұрын
jackbauer555 Jadakiss, Nas, Tupac, Biggie are all better than Eminem, that isn't to say Em is shit (I don't think he is) but he isn't the greatest.
@ByGraceThroughFaith777 7 жыл бұрын
dude dropping truth on cell phone tapping way back in 99, wow
@Ben-rz9cf 5 жыл бұрын
That was even before the patriot act
@drdread9896 4 жыл бұрын
@Lord Lucan 💯 King Zohar
@titsmcgeeyolanda3755 2 жыл бұрын
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@straightouttacomicbook Жыл бұрын
When I was a senior in high school back in 2015. I had a history advisor that could only play instrumentals in class no lyrics. This was the first beat I ever heard from mos def, shout out to Mr. Protz
@colekinser407 Жыл бұрын
“Killing fields need blood to graze the cash cow” love that saying.
@gamermk2 7 жыл бұрын
If you can state official statics and rhyme with a sick flow, you're a true HipHop G.
@theonlyDJunceen 10 жыл бұрын
I can't hit the like button hard enough.
@ianriddell5635 10 жыл бұрын
Gavin Davies looks like you used it on the caps lock key too! hahaha
@holybible5157 Жыл бұрын
"Budget cutbacks, but increase police presence " bars bro bars
@bobkelliher9032 2 жыл бұрын
Anytime you want to talk about lyrical poets.....this man is up there!!!
@wizkaqueefa9003 7 жыл бұрын
This song deserves every one of those 20m views. Much respect to mos def top 10 lyricists of all time.
@ThePlasma159 5 жыл бұрын
Isn't uncle ruckus supposed to hate black folk
@nathanielwingti9058 5 жыл бұрын
Dude you got Ruckus all wrong. He hates black people
@slackzsek6907 4 жыл бұрын
top 3
@broncosstampede494 4 жыл бұрын
TOP 10..I GOT HIM TOP 5!!
@fuckcancer6651 9 жыл бұрын
My favorite ice cream flavors 1.chocolate 2.vanilla 3.bubblegum 4.strawberry just my opinion
@jdawgdabeast 9 жыл бұрын
Rank 1 comment NA.
@SentientGravy 9 жыл бұрын
i don't really like bubblegum
@SentientGravy 9 жыл бұрын
yea mint chocolate chip is the real mvp
@jdawgdabeast 9 жыл бұрын
MMLP > Chocolate!
@SentientGravy 9 жыл бұрын
what's MMLP
@kyledavis3123 3 жыл бұрын
this song man...... i have not heard in a minute the mass amount of poetry/storytelling/flow and the beat is just legendary and untouchable and will never die good times
@NominalInterest 2 жыл бұрын
This man is a lyrical genius, ladies and gentlemen, appreciate this rap God while you can!
@themaster804 4 жыл бұрын
This song is so relevant right now its scary.
@thomn8371 4 жыл бұрын
Exactly. He knew decades ago
@mastershadowreaper 4 жыл бұрын
@@thomn8371 more like nothins changed
@ericcookson168 4 жыл бұрын
❤
@LushhN 4 жыл бұрын
Always been relevant brother
@ripgeorgesmith9021 4 жыл бұрын
*He's a Prophet*
@dubplateriddim 3 жыл бұрын
"5 minute sentence hearing and your no longer free" it hits hard when you living it.
@limazulu55 3 жыл бұрын
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@theXhy 4 ай бұрын
I hope you and those you love are ok
@allenlal142 4 ай бұрын
1 of the sickest baddest ever!!! LEGENDARY!! ❤🔥💯💯💯💯💪🔥🔥🔥
@ernierosas8422 2 жыл бұрын
Every bar in this song is aged like fine wine
@fotoldghoust 8 жыл бұрын
this track is amazing.
@legendary9440 8 жыл бұрын
Damn it is.
@erinowens8195 5 жыл бұрын
Mos Def: lowkey makes a song about sociological statistics
@abstractforeigner 4 жыл бұрын
Lowkey? This type of math is available for everybody to see and learn. However, like most people doing a math homework, they don't want to sit for themselves and do the numbers. Great song but it's as explicit as it can get.
@facejobby 4 жыл бұрын
Low-key?
@---gh0st--- 3 жыл бұрын
Like others said, I don't think you know what lowkey means My man's is telling you facts point blank, nothing lowkey about it
@johndoe6047 3 жыл бұрын
These mathematics have been here before our we just add to the cypher
@NoOne-ty5uw 3 жыл бұрын
*High key.
@bran6396 2 жыл бұрын
Ay man, i met this dude in Observatory, Cape Town a couple of years ago. In lower maine street. He was in SA and in trouble with our law here so was grounded here. He came out of one of the hang out places in Obs n my friend saw him, he proceeded to give me his phone said..." Take a picture" and ran to man like a groupie. Anyway, man didn't wanna take a picture cos he moved around unnoticed, which I respect. We greeted n Mos went his way. I'll never forget that day. He was just like regular dude but yet he's legendary.
@hermanshula9449 6 ай бұрын
"Youngbloods can't spell but they can rock you on PlayStation."
@bigjuni2102 4 ай бұрын
I learned how to convert fractions into decimals playing 2k.
@hermanshula9449 3 ай бұрын
How did those Mathematics happen?
@bigjuni2102 3 ай бұрын
@@hermanshula9449 for instance , if someone shot 6/20 ik off the top of my head that he shot 30%. Or 6/16 = .375/38%. I can’t show you over text well but yeah. Just ironic because depending on the mind you can learn from anything. It helped me pass math through school.
@vonschuhart 4 жыл бұрын
I can't get over how sharp of a lyricist Mos Def really was in 1999. It's the level of quality where it actually makes you mad, not because you're jealous, but because you didn't even realize someone could be that good. It defies all logic.
@errolneal9789 8 жыл бұрын
"The white unemployment rate is nearly more than triple for black front liners got they gun in your back bumble and crack ; jewel theft and robbery to combat poverty and end up in the global jail economy. Stiffer stipulations attached to each sentence. Budget cut backs but increased police presence but even if you get out of prison still living join the other 5 million under state supervision this is business! No faces just lines and statistics from your phone your zip code and ssi digits.." This is probably one of the greatest set of bars in the history of hip hop. Every time I recite it I get chills because this song is how old? And these lines still ring true. And more than likely, in another 20 years they will still be true!
@STAYYZ 8 жыл бұрын
+Errol Neal Combat poverty
@keltonsanderson4366 8 жыл бұрын
true
@CapricornQueen80 8 жыл бұрын
+Errol Neal the best comment posted. You can tell who awake and who is sleep. These "funny comments" ain't funny. It's real life and it's not a game out here.
@flaquis2729 8 жыл бұрын
+Errol Neal "sixty-nine billion in the last twenty years spent on national defense but folks still live in fear like nearly half of America's largest cities is one-quarter black That's why they gave Ricky Ross all the crack..." This whole track still gives me the chills. It's like the best mathematics lesson that should be taught.
@davidbush4664 8 жыл бұрын
so true.
@eld8494 7 ай бұрын
The GOD KILLED IT !!!!! It’s all MATHEMATICS. !
@YungPhonzy 5 ай бұрын
Here From The Drake Interview 🧏🏾♂️🔥
@walrusmcgee 10 жыл бұрын
The beat in this song kills.
@bouqalwa 10 жыл бұрын
Indeed ! Primo is a genius !!!!!
@walrusmcgee 10 жыл бұрын
I liked his work with Group Home. Listen to suspended in time to hear some of Primo's best work.
@walrusmcgee 10 жыл бұрын
Oh yeah.
@Madbandit77 10 жыл бұрын
Like a Sam Peckinpah film. :)
@tkbreezy21 7 жыл бұрын
no lie no joke played this song before a maths test and got 95%
@rey024 7 жыл бұрын
thats what happens when you listen to genuises, like a baby listening to mazart to become a prodigy
@alexgerrit 7 жыл бұрын
mazart lmfao
@aneesniazi7918 7 жыл бұрын
*Mozart. Clearly, you weren't one of them. JK.
@gedski88 7 жыл бұрын
hahha u mean muretzhart
@rey024 7 жыл бұрын
***** thats a couple of languages mixed, somethings are said differently in other cultures, like I could not translate ''fuck you'' to my native language it won't make sense, but I told him to blow himself..
@Mr.InbetweenFX Жыл бұрын
For me it's "Working class poor better keep your alarm set Streets too loud to ever hear freedom ring Say evacuate your sleep, it's dangerous to dream For cats get they cha-paow, you dead now" That fucking gets me every time.
@brownkiddy77 2 жыл бұрын
I was listening to this 20yrs ago sounds even better now it’s a hard track! Mos Def is Underrated
@py_a_thon 2 жыл бұрын
Yaasin Bey(mos def) voluntarily allowed himself to be waterboarded. Christopher Hitchens did the same shit. They both called it torture yet Hannity is still spitting bullshit. And he is still thoroughly not waterboarded. Mathematics.
@dsj80 5 ай бұрын
Facts!
@Popu_GTB 3 жыл бұрын
Samples in this song: The Fatback Band - Baby I’m a Want You Wu-Tang Clan - C.R.E.A.M (Lyrics)<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="65">1:05</a> MJ - You Are Not Alone (Lyrics) <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="98">1:38</a> Mos Def ft. Q-Tip - Body Rock <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="119">1:59</a> Fat Joe & Big Pun - John Blaze <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="121">2:01</a> Big C - Look Alive <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="122">2:02</a> Raekwon - Criminology <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="124">2:04</a> Angelis D. Interview By Art Seigner <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="126">2:06</a> Erykah Badu - On & On <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="140">2:20</a> James Brown - Funky Drummer <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="144">2:24</a> Cutty Ranks - A Who Seh Me Dun <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="160">2:40</a> <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1">0:01</a> Lol preemo is hitting that guitar note so crazy 😂🤣
@lyrics2challenged 3 жыл бұрын
BRO first time hearing this was 20 mins ago on Pandora I thought my shit was glitched 🗿🤣🤣 he highkey made you do the numbers.
@fohduhskreets8301 3 жыл бұрын
I feel like this artist can bring 90s hiphop back kzfaq.info/get/bejne/l5eGmdyUx7PTg6s.html
@limazulu55 3 жыл бұрын
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@unclegardener 3 жыл бұрын
Is that Big Pun or Fat Joe in this video?
@Popu_GTB 3 жыл бұрын
@@unclegardener it’s Fat joe
@IrvOfficial 4 жыл бұрын
This math still adding up in 2020
@DM-wr1to 4 жыл бұрын
Except pluto
@DM-wr1to 4 жыл бұрын
Nobody saw that coming tho not even the scientists
@joshb9516 4 жыл бұрын
Simple mathematics... Mighty mos def...
@limazulu55 3 жыл бұрын
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@deedontworry 3 ай бұрын
Still listening in 2024! 🔥 Old skool music is the best!
@elpopo5407 5 ай бұрын
Oh Lord...I miss this kind of hip hop soooooo much 😢
@Mbub7 3 жыл бұрын
No matter how much time passes, how many times music trends change or how the art itself evolves, this will forever be one of the best written songs ever.
@gerardpeter8761 2 жыл бұрын
Holy fk I can't believe I only find this now, incredible
@aristotelisdiomidis9350 6 ай бұрын
More words in one song than a whole album from the top “hip hop” artists nowadays
@OPBaNaNa49 10 жыл бұрын
Dope.
@Alexander_McDoneaux 8 жыл бұрын
it should be illegal to be this lyrically gifted 😂😂😂. Mos def is phenomenal
@vaeyaxzaveriastarnovae3744 5 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@corylackland8377 4 жыл бұрын
I'm so glad it isn't yet. They're working on it. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Z6qqlr2imM3acY0.html
@aaasdghj1 2 жыл бұрын
I'm just glad to see this has over 10 million views by now. There just might be hope for humanity
@wc6442 4 ай бұрын
This is just one reason why asking this pioneer rapper about his opinion of Drake is simply insulting. Respiration, Black Star, is another.
@illcavalry 10 жыл бұрын
Mos Def and Premier always keeping it real. The Cavalry approves!
@LAMEHERC1 10 жыл бұрын
this song is so fucking good my god
@limazulu4306 3 жыл бұрын
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@coreyhendricks9490 Жыл бұрын
DJ Premier on the beat is top notch 👍
@slimjakeymusic6597 2 жыл бұрын
One of the best songs ever recorded
@gov3rnor17 5 жыл бұрын
“ _Even numbers got limits, why did one straw break the camels back here’s the secret, the million other straws underneath it, it’s all mathematics_ “ 🔥 🎤
@gov3rnor17 4 жыл бұрын
balle733 Me either I just fw the reference
@gabriels335 4 жыл бұрын
@@balle733 It was just wisdom. "how could that happen" It only looks like one thing caused it, when variables are in the millions to accumulate to one event. The line was dope in the context of this song.
@slmeucalesa1 4 жыл бұрын
Story behind every Revolution ever.......
@YoutubeChannel-ol7zx 4 жыл бұрын
Amen brother
@danielreece3996 4 жыл бұрын
@@slmeucalesa1 populist movement old as time
@TheTibbzify 6 жыл бұрын
Bucka-bucka-bucka-bucka-bucka-bucka, haha! Epic intro, epic lyrics, master piece. Very few songs speak so much truth. One of the best songs ever written period.....
@nick_whaaaaat5717 5 жыл бұрын
Tendayi Mutemararo I’m glad I’m not the only one, it’s crazy how much more intelligent lyrics used to be
@JohnDoe-uo4px 4 жыл бұрын
Yea, this one is great, thieves in the night is the greatest
@NOBODYZWATCHINUUU 4 жыл бұрын
Ever
@Nickyfreeman19 3 жыл бұрын
Ukaridza iyi pa state house ED anotiza
@yourworstnightmare1332 7 ай бұрын
This song is a singularity ripping blackholes apart to give way to light.
@Maasai-El 2 жыл бұрын
This man is a triple threat: ACTOR, LYRICIST, AND (BECAUSE OF THE TWO SKILLS JUST MENTIONED) ARTIST! IVE BEEN A FAN FOR @ LEAST 25 YEARS!
@Mattherat203 10 жыл бұрын
I promised myself I would listen to this once and then go to bed Here I am still awake :s
@HeyFizzy 10 жыл бұрын
true that.
@Mattherat203 10 жыл бұрын
Yes thank you lol
@Mattherat203 10 жыл бұрын
^ ur cool
@davidhockley1860 10 жыл бұрын
Mos Def contributed various methods in that B0OK wich conserves the classic tecniques of spitting-- H0;W .T,0- R-A P
@norbertorocha1228 10 жыл бұрын
same shit man xD
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