Pete Rock & CL Smooth - They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.) (Official Video)

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Pete Rock & CL Smooth - They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.) (Official Video) from the album 'Mecca & The Soul Brother' (1992)
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Lyrics:
[Intro]
(I reminisce, I reminisce)
(I reminisce, I reminisce)
(I reminisce, I reminisce)
I reminisce, I reminisce
Uh! (I reminisce, I reminisce)
Yeah (I reminisce, I reminisce)
(I reminisce, I reminisce)
(I reminisce, I reminisce)
[Verse 1: C.L. Smooth]
I reminisce for a spell, or shall I say think back
Twenty-two years ago to keep it on track
The birth of a child on the 8th of October
A toast, but my granddaddy came sober
Countin' all the fingers and the toes
Now I suppose you hope the little black boy grows
Huh, eighteen years younger than my mama
But I rarely got beatings 'cause the girl loved drama
In single parenthood, there I stood
By the time she was 21, had another one
This one's a girl, let's name her Pam
Same father as the first, but you don't give a damn
Irresponsible, plain not-thinking
Papa said chill but the brother keep winking
Still he won't down you or tear out your hide
On your side while the baby maker slide
But mama got wise to the game
The youngest of five kids, hon here it is
After 10 years without no spouse
Momma's gettin married and a house
Listen, positive over negative for the women and master
Mother Queen's rising a chapter
Déjà vu, tell you what I'm gonna do
When they reminisce over you, my God
[Bridge 1: Pete Rock]
My God
It's so
Yeah, so lovely
That's how we like to do it in the 90's
Pete Rock & CL Smooth comin' atcha
[Verse 2: C.L. Smooth]
When I date back I recall a man off the family tree
My right hand Poppa Doc I see
Took me from a boy to a man so I always had a father
When my biological didn't bother
Taking care of this, so who am I to bicker
Not a bad ticker but I'm clocking pop's liver
But you can never say that his life is through
Five kids at 21 believe he got a right too
Here we go while I check the scene
With the Portuguese Lover at the age of 14
The same age, front page, no fuss
But I bet you all your dough they live longer than us
Never been senile, that's where you're wrong
But give the man a taste and he's gone
Noddin' off, sleep to a jazz tune
I can hear his head banging on the wall in the next room
I get the pillow and hope I don't wake him
For this man do cuss, hear it all in verbatim
Telling me how to raise my boy unless he's taking over
I said pop maybe when you're older
We laughed all night about the hookers at the party
My old man standing, yelling "Good God Almighty"
Use your condom, take sips of the brew
When they reminisce over you, for real
[Bridge 2: Pete Rock]
For real, baby
Like that
We for real
Comin' atcha
In '92
Pete Rock & CL Smooth
Yeah, c'mon, hit me!
[Verse 3: C.L. Smooth]
I reminisce so you never forget this
The days of way-back, so many bear witness the fitness
Take the first letter out of each word in this joint
Listen close as I prove my point
T to the R the O-Y, how did you and I meet?
In front of Big Lou's, fighting in the street
But only you saw what took many time to see
I dedicate this to you for believing in me
Rain or shine, yes, in any weather
My Grandmom Pam holds the family together
My Uncle Doc's the greatest, better yet the latest
If we're talking about a car, Uncle Sterling got the latest
I strive to be live 'cause I got no choice
And run my own business like my Aunt Joyce
So Pete Rock hit me, 'nough respect due
When they reminisce over you, listen
[Outro: Pete Rock]
Listen, just listen
To the funky song as I rock on
And that's word is bond
I'm not playin'
Everybody, just coolin'
This song we dedicate
To the one and only
Never be another
He was my brother
Trouble T-Roy
It's like that y'all
And you don't stop
Pete Rock and CL Smooth for '92
And we out, later
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@dirtykay6002 3 жыл бұрын

One of the coldest beats in hip-hop history💯

@tiathecreator8557 3 жыл бұрын

Facts!

@PatinaEdochie 3 жыл бұрын

Agreed 💯💓

@AwestaKhalid 3 жыл бұрын

Nobody does it like Pete Rock

@dirtykay6002 3 жыл бұрын

When I hear the intro I think about Street ball vol 2.

@BecomeYourOwnBank 2 жыл бұрын

1000% One of my all time favorites!!

@deeletke1536 3 ай бұрын

2024 anyone

@niknicolec9847 2 ай бұрын

Yep

@deeletke1536 2 ай бұрын

Already

@RoshiUsedBulkUp 2 ай бұрын

Always@@niknicolec9847

@JimBob1589 2 ай бұрын

You know

@nolaru7615 2 ай бұрын

Ya’ in the now!

@ghostlover951 3 ай бұрын

It breaks my heart that we'll never experience another era like the 80s, 90s, and early 2000s

@TheHoodfella201 3 ай бұрын

Real Talk! Shit is very Sad. 😢

@lstruggy Ай бұрын

🥹

@jinb6242 Ай бұрын

Facts🥺

@Roshea Ай бұрын

And now with AI music creation it will be even more unlikely unless music goes underground again like metal and trance.

@Squincy 22 күн бұрын

Just the 80s and 90s

@nscurge 8 ай бұрын

The 90’s was the best era for hip-hop

@AbrahamPalmer-wj5cb 4 ай бұрын

Correct

@user-ym7vn2lg7f 3 ай бұрын

We still here ❤ keep pushing our beautiful generation ❤

@Col-dk6pi 3 ай бұрын

No doubt

@turbotone5058 3 ай бұрын

By far

@Ricemon58 3 ай бұрын

The 70s and 80s hip and early early 90s hip hop sounded trash 😂

@4u2cre8 2 жыл бұрын

Almost 30 years later, and STILL one of the greatest Hip-Hop songs ever made.

@bigboyope 2 жыл бұрын

Facts 👍🏾

@NorakTheDon 2 жыл бұрын

Ever made!!!

@NAzTRAdamUS 2 жыл бұрын

still fresh

@shocker3448 2 жыл бұрын

You can just tell when shit real 🤦🏾‍♂️ this definitely top 25 one of the best Hip hop rap songs in history🔊 🔊🎵🎶🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎧

@davidgerald133 2 жыл бұрын

Omg...30 years.....wow I'm old lol

@brownhulk2344 3 жыл бұрын

I get the chills as soon as the horns(saxophone) kick in.

@jbarral6509 3 жыл бұрын

Same here man it feels like I'm gonna cry when someone I know died

@computerguy6264 3 жыл бұрын

Yes

@TheAlmightyClipse 3 жыл бұрын

If you don't, you must not have a pulse!!

@ShyraR 3 жыл бұрын

I feel it too! I'm from the neighborhood in Queens, NYC. I love it. Nice comment.

@coreyoz 3 жыл бұрын

Tom Scott

@pbwmanagement 3 ай бұрын

It's strange how I could sing this word-for-word 30 years ago, but it's only decades later that I understand it. Song hits deep.

@ebonpaladin 2 ай бұрын

2024, ya out there? Man, there are songs, then there are songs that are anthems - this is one of the anthems of the 90s. What were you doin when this hit dropped? I was still a teen running amok in the streets in NY, loving life and not knowing what the future held...

@BLAZENYCBLACKOPS 2 ай бұрын

This is the jam.

@sureslick1 2 ай бұрын

This is the anthem that made every thug, crook, hustler, graduate, scholar and teen salute! A pure masterpiece1

@lordmavbmp 2 ай бұрын

duh son... this the damn jam. im 29 btw, 30 coming soon and besides the crack era, I wish I was alive and conscious to hear this as a new track on the radio. prolly killed the streets!!

@elledaog 2 ай бұрын

I came on the earth the day after this song came out 😂

@ebonpaladin 2 ай бұрын

@lordmavbmp It did. Trouble T-Roy wasn't just a dancer, but friends with these guys...that they made a song (and Hev dedicated his next album to him) speaks volumes.

@shaunglover7251 2 жыл бұрын

My man is telling his whole life story, and remembering those who helped him become greater. I mean, damn. The love. The respect.

@luispadilla8628 2 жыл бұрын

Its in memory of his friend TROY who died in a freak accident fell 20 feet off of the stage. RIP TROY THEY REMINANCE OVER YOU.

@shaunglover7251 2 жыл бұрын

@@luispadilla8628 Of course, but it's also a rundown of Smooth's life. Trouble T's passing was the event that inspired Smooth to look back on people he loved and lost, including Troy.

@sabrinaking2477 2 жыл бұрын

Hip Hop today compare. This song is my all time favorite.

@alexanderbeck7953 2 жыл бұрын

Hell yeah brother. Classic tune of all times. Peace and love man.

@sol3407 2 жыл бұрын

@@shaunglover7251 damn now it all makes sense 😔 appreciate that knowledge

@adamfitzgerald911 4 жыл бұрын

It wont ever be this good, ever again. That's what makes us reminisce to begin with.

@toreytownsend4705 4 жыл бұрын

Adam Fitzgerald You are right about that!!!!

@bashlove9641 4 жыл бұрын

WORD!

@theminister7 4 жыл бұрын

Man what!!!! 💯

@kimberleychoudhury3358 4 жыл бұрын

i promise you this is a nostalgic album kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qMtdlJmYx9eUj4E.html (i bet you a 5er u will like every song on the ep/album)

@jonb903 4 жыл бұрын

Things will change as new generations of "conscious" thinkers will follow us long after we are gone. Time changes all things. There are new groups popping up all the time. Some of them refuse to do what the studios want them to do, and we either never hear from them anymore or they are never even allowed to have their songs/music released.

@JayzoTheNextKobeBryant2.0 2 ай бұрын

Who All Still Listening To This Song In 2024 ?

@JayrinStafford 2 ай бұрын

I am fasho 💯🔥🔥🔥

@judahnatzarah 2 ай бұрын

right here in Tokyo rocking out!

@gaow-oz7du 2 ай бұрын

sup

@ianjensen123 2 ай бұрын

Me it’s gold

@ianjensen123 2 ай бұрын

Vancouver!

@deweytucker5413 9 ай бұрын

I’m almost 50 now. I grew up in the greatest musical era. Nothing but gratitude as this music ages like a fine wine. Peace

@aliciastalksessions 4 ай бұрын

i'm 50 now and yes you did

@miked2090 4 ай бұрын

Im 51, & yes we did! There was so much knowledge & truth in music of all types made back in the 80s & 90s...we are truly blessed to have grown up in this time. May God bless us all!

@steelhere5519 2 ай бұрын

- Turned 50 last week. This is the very best of Hip-Hop.

@vincesza8464 2 жыл бұрын

The most nostalgic beat ever 🔥🔥

@rachealsilburn901 2 жыл бұрын

RIGHT!!!!

@Metamophisis Жыл бұрын

Facts 🎯

@StylistecS Жыл бұрын

Absolute facts.

@ohmanhotham8823 Жыл бұрын

I recommend listening to the instrumental of famous dex “lucky”

@vincesza8464 Жыл бұрын

@@ohmanhotham8823 I’ll check it out!

@PRODBYLIIVID 3 жыл бұрын

KZfaq is the closest thing we got to a time capsule.

@henryhayes4167 3 жыл бұрын

Deadass, also great music taste comrade✊🏽

@superperson7325 3 жыл бұрын

@@henryhayes4167 musical solidarity for the comrades

@henryhayes4167 3 жыл бұрын

@@superperson7325 Jazz Hip-Hop will no doubt be the official music of the Communist states of America, one day amigo.😪

@peterhenshaw6654 3 жыл бұрын

And a man cant catch a memory without commercial. Own you from the born just a numereal

@rasheemthebestfirstone3274 3 жыл бұрын

Mfing facts

@oscararias3353 7 ай бұрын

No nigga, no cursed words, pure rap!!! Legit rap!!!

@Baobao-qf3wv 3 ай бұрын

no what?

@ball3677 2 ай бұрын

@@Baobao-qf3wv 😂

@ShadowNinjaGuy686 Ай бұрын

True dat

@oscararias3353 Ай бұрын

@@Baobao-qf3wv no cursed words!!!

@user-rg2yx4mc1y Ай бұрын

Fino

@Dru9120 9 ай бұрын

This is what you call ART. A timeless classic.

@krisfalkenberg 6 ай бұрын

Eat the hearts of one another and digest it with understanding thee, before eating or influencing the mind and have one, united. The body is not used often for a job if one can hold it and the animal doesn't discriminate; why we are dependent on the brains. Walls don't separate the soul from another, but the flesh and blood from its relative and relativity. There's plenty of life for those who apply its principles with a contract and commitment, than following others, bread crumbs an ordinary line through a threshold. For everything has instructions, but they don't always answer and what the conscience don't need, don't apply to them; life always makes things better. Children don't argue to be praised, influence and pride honors those who follow it for worship and fortune, fighting to the end, short of it and fame......

@mustangvsz2897 Жыл бұрын

As a little kid playing NBA Street Vol 2....Was amazed. Made me start checking out older hip hop and found a bunch of joints...

@strums5441 Жыл бұрын

Same here. I was born in 98 so there were so many older classics I found just from street vol 2

@acuso1994 Жыл бұрын

Had to have stretch Monroe on the team fasho 😅

@LeapofFaith47 Жыл бұрын

Takes me right back to those ps2 days definitely was the best system as far as overall gameplay

@LeoDopeland Жыл бұрын

The Choice is Yours and Chief Rocka

@vanpuldo 11 ай бұрын

YES SAME

@BlackDollCollectors Жыл бұрын

I loss my mom in 1990 to cancer… I was a freshman in High school that year… When this song dropped in 92. It touched my soul. The lyrics were so profound…This entire album..but this song right here.. no words for how it connects me so deeply to my beautiful mom…. I love hip hop.

@diversitydeliverer7094 Жыл бұрын

God bless your mother

@mikimiki6202 Жыл бұрын

God bless!

@NicoleA.C.-PhD. Жыл бұрын

Peace be with you 🤲🏽✨

@BlackDollCollectors Жыл бұрын

@@diversitydeliverer7094 thank you

@BlackDollCollectors Жыл бұрын

@@mikimiki6202 I appreciate it

@sausagegabbagoochi1959 Жыл бұрын

i’m a white man, italian descent this song always makes me cry i believe God is somehow in this song. it’s so special. that bronx horn in the background…it’s so beautiful. never be another ❤thankful n humble. glad to be in this generation

@kingkillmonger74 10 ай бұрын

Grief and loss is universal. All of us no matter what our ethnicity can rock with this classic.

@corymiller536 8 ай бұрын

Italians are not white

@themountainsandthesea4121 6 ай бұрын

@@kingkillmonger74yes

@IDontKnow-pf6en 3 ай бұрын

ayyy! im Sicilian-Italian, and i too love this song! God Bless!

@thewatchmen4920 3 ай бұрын

On this 🌍🌎🌏 really all are family. What other 🌏🌎🌍 we can live safely on. If only are governments leaders would understand that 🇺🇲

@guymoredudethanman 5 ай бұрын

Greatest rap song of all time. Not an ego trip, not about body count, not about money, not about fame, instead a personal familial tale & tribute to a dead friend. Poetry with a perfect jazzy beat coinciding with these beautifully delivered lines. CL’s voice, Pete’s production & beat, truly the peak of the genre. Should be the rap-equivalent of the Beatles when it comes to artists taking inspiration from the originators. Both of their records are hip-hop masterpieces

@jamesmorgan4800 2 жыл бұрын

Ruth was rocking this one on "Ozarks", old school hip hop will never get old

@houjo5476 2 жыл бұрын

I just finished the ozarks I had to look this up again. This was on NBA Street. I remember Playing the game on game cube. This song brings back good times

@edcwlk4416 2 жыл бұрын

Ozark was my first time 😁

@Joseph-jx8bl 2 жыл бұрын

Just got done watching that episode! 😆. I remember by the cassette when it was released. Good memories.

@carlosroque955 2 жыл бұрын

@@houjo5476 sameee 😢

@jennifervenendaal8273 2 жыл бұрын

I heard this tonight and was like what… forgot this one!

@robfugelseth8374 Жыл бұрын

I miss this era. A timeless song!

@therougechipmunk8058 Жыл бұрын

It'll be 2045 and will still be playing all these great old school hits, they don't make music like they use to anymore.

@lynnify6 Жыл бұрын

#BIGFACTS💯💯💯💯

@Michiganmemer Жыл бұрын

Me too brother!

@leoj.l.9887 6 ай бұрын

💯 😢

@remy5301 2 ай бұрын

A white fella that always comes back to this to relive my childhood.

@glennwilliams491 21 күн бұрын

Listen to how mature he sounds as a young man. You don’t get this anymore. He sounds wise beyond his years. This was truly the golden era of hip hop.

@parkerdavenport2542 12 күн бұрын

We don't get a lot of this in popular music, no, but I am blessed to see a lot of conscious hip hop in my local scene. I believe it exists, but it isn't what's marketed/marketable anymore.

@DomPeriod 2 жыл бұрын

Lost my uncle in November of 2019. We used to sit on the balcony late into the evening blasting hip hop classics from the speaker and enjoying a beer or two. This song in particular was one of his favorites. Can't believe it's been so long. I miss you, old man. Hope you're doing good on the other side.

@023djg 2 жыл бұрын

He is man, for sure.

@samrose3205 2 жыл бұрын

Sorry for your loss man, what a cool uncle he was

@Gianfranco_69 2 жыл бұрын

Damn you made it smokey in here...

@y2jaz685 2 жыл бұрын

🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

@weare9770 2 жыл бұрын

May He Rest In Power

@kennedymrshall9641 8 жыл бұрын

no gangster talk, no hoes dancing around , no coke boys flashing money, no extra bragging, no fancy cars...just poetic hood stories of what growing up black and life was really like and of some of the good men that have passed away....there is a name for this..it's called hip hop...according to me at least..salute

@ronnrogers9459 4 жыл бұрын

True that

@jermainemitchell2002 4 жыл бұрын

@@ronnrogers9459 facts

@deniawiseone95 4 жыл бұрын

And one of the baddest songs...2019

@SuperMissy37 4 жыл бұрын

Right !!! In rap was really rap.

@dazbray1255 4 жыл бұрын

Damn right, booooooom, no, Booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooom 💣💥

@Rizzlyricist 8 ай бұрын

I used to listen to this when I was 63, and now I'm 17. This will forever be a classic.

@somedudenameddes0121 7 ай бұрын

Bro same ong💀💀💀

@Michelle-rm1yk 6 ай бұрын

😂❤

@hilcobosman8736 5 ай бұрын

I used to listen to this when i was 17 im 48 now i reminisce

@whofuckingcares420 5 ай бұрын

bopped when i was 20, then i was 50 and struggling with sin and getting it but man now im 25 and im cryyin and reminising and feelin it freal baby like that this will forever be a class

@suiken3149 4 күн бұрын

Who are you, Benjamin Button?

@NdigoDavalos Ай бұрын

My mom called me today to remind me of this song that’s why I’m here. This the first time hip-hop felt real and authentic to me. 😢I love my mom.❤

@gloryricot1016 3 жыл бұрын

If you're still in love with this song in 2021 like me you're a legend😎

@arjanmandemakeram 3 жыл бұрын

Nothing beats the classics

@Clifffields 2 жыл бұрын

❤🙏🏾

@MyBrothersKeeper101 2 жыл бұрын

From the very Day the song came out my brother!

@tkm2609 2 жыл бұрын

Timeless

@yungchobe 2 жыл бұрын

@@arjanmandemakeram masterpiece I miss this face of hip hop

@idriveanywhere 3 жыл бұрын

It was 1992 and I was living in Brooklyn. I was taking a cab home at like 6 in the morning, and I was 2 of my boys. One of them pulled out a tape and asked the taxi driver if he could play it. This is the first song that came on and I was blown away by this sound. The taxi had a system too so he pumped it and I remember this song making me feel so good. Everybody in the cab was rocking their heads back & Forth including the cab driver. Memories of Brooklyn, memories of tape deck's. I reminisce on that New York City that once was, and is now gone.

@jm-je4tl 2 жыл бұрын

I'm not american. What do you mean by 'NYC is gone'?

@bosceltics4569 2 жыл бұрын

@@jm-je4tl I’m not from there so I can’t give a great explanation but basically all these NYC natives lived there and made the city what it was and great in its own way. Over time more and more people have drove these people out due to price and gentrification taking away the people that made NYC great.

@jasoncataldi2053 2 жыл бұрын

@@bosceltics4569 well said! Exactly right!

@jasoncataldi2053 2 жыл бұрын

I reminisce about the Old NYC days all the time. It’s SO gone , unfortunately. Be well brother.

@idriveanywhere 2 жыл бұрын

@@jasoncataldi2053 you ain't lying, it'll never be the same again. Be well Bro. 🙏🏻

@BENJIBKNY 9 ай бұрын

One of the greatest rap songs ever created

@cypress420ful 8 ай бұрын

A CLASSIC!!! How many people can listen to this, reminisce and go back to a time when you were young and living your best life???

@krisfalkenberg 6 ай бұрын

@mathewm6294 Жыл бұрын

The opening sax still gives me chills, and no matter how much I revisit this I come away with full tears in my eyes due to memories stronger than nostalgia✌️

@derekwargo3999 8 ай бұрын

Very beautifully & well said!!

@RawDogJenkins 8 ай бұрын

I can dig it

@user-qn8cq6lx1n 8 ай бұрын

"nostalgia" in the hard knocks of life, "some people get rich. Others eat sh** and die"

@musiclover-cn7tb 7 ай бұрын

Yessss I always felt it since I was a kid that part had me stuck .

@musiclover-cn7tb 7 ай бұрын

Exactly Mathew M.

@jasonott4368 3 жыл бұрын

The sax in this track is so classic!!! As soon as you hear it,it takes you back!!

@CaptainVideo75 3 жыл бұрын

Look for "Today" by Tom Scott

@masmoney5731 3 жыл бұрын

Tom Scott wrote the sax 🎷 and these guys sampled it and never paid him a dime, regardless of how sampling can make beautiful tracks, it’s straight up plagiarism.

@andyjackson4505 3 жыл бұрын

On Tom’s podcast today, 6-14-21, on “Tom Scott’s Podcast Express” he implied that he was still enjoying the royalties from that sample. That was in response to a comment Dave Koz made about Tom’s lick being used. Maybe he got paid through a different channel or didn’t want to admit that he didn’t get paid at all.

@Chinookman 3 жыл бұрын

@@andyjackson4505 no. According to his TikTok he was never paid a penny. The rights were legitimately owned by the record company and Jefferson Airplane which Tom Scott was covering received co-writer credit.

@andyjackson4505 3 жыл бұрын

Makes sense. Good info.

@lawrencerodeback 3 ай бұрын

You don't know you're a 90's kid until you're feeling on songs you haven't heard for 30 years

@MrBuzz1187 21 күн бұрын

Lost my brother 2007 to gun violence. Still remember that night like it was yesterday. I play this song and it brings all of those good times up. What a song man.

@rpina420 2 жыл бұрын

Still one of my favorite beats reminds me of my childhood playing NBA street vol2 and this was the opening menu song 🥲 my step dad really opened my mind to hip hop best blessing in the world

@charleshuse4585 Жыл бұрын

Yes!!! It took me a while to find this song. I know it from NBA street volume 2. I learned the title from someone I follow on social media. Good times my friend.

@jamarcushall6727 Жыл бұрын

Yes bro good times with my older brothers

@YBKBigB Жыл бұрын

I was looking for this comment 😭

@williedakid263 Жыл бұрын

This it for me...Playin wit North Carolina mj

@mikhailanzueta5356 Жыл бұрын

I swear, it never fails. Greatest basketball game of all time.

@vincentsmith8284 2 жыл бұрын

This is arguably the best rap song ever

@joshuaphillips9810 2 жыл бұрын

Fact

@Dougfresh7919 2 жыл бұрын

It could be I agree

@grasshopperplus8318 2 жыл бұрын

I agree

@_Z4Y_ Жыл бұрын

Agreed

@itz_akuma Жыл бұрын

I agree tbh

@coolvidzman 11 ай бұрын

NBA STREET VOL 2. The developers including classic hip hop was an absolute win. Salute!

@Killernaut16 5 күн бұрын

Comment I was looking for. Favorite sport game of all time. The opening put me on to this song so many years ago. It's nostalgic now.

@reginaldroundtree1325 7 ай бұрын

This is hip-hop in 2023, 3023, and in 4023.

@AM-ri9ut 3 жыл бұрын

My son found this song when he was 11, he's 19 now, and told me this is still his favorite song. 😁💯

@iennefaLsh 3 жыл бұрын

Cultured.

@friscofunksta7528 2 жыл бұрын

I hope he also knows the story behind his favorite song...

@Crowens 2 жыл бұрын

He'll cherish it for the rest of his life, it only gets better with time

@j_h_o 2 жыл бұрын

your son is dope as hell

@SuperMurray2009 2 жыл бұрын

Lemme guess. Your son's favorite game of all time is NBA Street Vol 2.

@adamfitzgerald911 4 жыл бұрын

A key component in 80's-90's hip hop, which is obviously lost in today's mess, is the influence of Jazz.

@BobMarley-oc6oj 3 жыл бұрын

The touch of Fuel injected JazzMatazz

@weirdfish1216 3 жыл бұрын

@@BobMarley-oc6oj listen to To Pimp a Butterfly by Kendrick

@kwamestamps35 3 жыл бұрын

You ain't never said nothing more true.

@cora_m 3 жыл бұрын

I beg to differ :) there are so many great hip hop artists that are heavily influenced by jazz and make use of it too. Madlib, Mf doom (well...), Quasimoto, Joey badass, Tyler the creator, Ivan Ave, no name... And that's just at the top of my head. Music nowadays is great too! :)

@jbarral6509 3 жыл бұрын

@@cora_m you forgot the tribe called quest

@bigrickb84 7 ай бұрын

I'm 39. To this day this song brings me to tears. Just reminiscing over loved ones. Love this song.

@jacksavage279 10 ай бұрын

The greatest hip hop song ever written.

@donrobinson5662 Жыл бұрын

These young artist today don't even have a clue....This is true art that can't EVER be duplicated!!

@zahidkhan5733 Жыл бұрын

isn't it crazy what is known as hip hop today is literally 95% garbage, I mean the 90's was an absolute golden age wow

@donrobinson5662 Жыл бұрын

@RUNITJAY 954 It's all good...im sure you young and don't understand music today ain't worth jack

@lanceuppercut4963 Жыл бұрын

Cringe

@zahidkhan5733 Жыл бұрын

@@SuperJfresh111 let me guess you think xxxtechdead is good music

@Imxpertgamer Жыл бұрын

@@SuperJfresh111 you know TeeJayX6 sampled this?

@samsiryani9023 2 жыл бұрын

Sweet memories every time I hear great beat with the lyric flow to match. 0% curses 0% violence 100% lyrics 100% respect

@jamesleon2990 2 жыл бұрын

The shiiiiiiiiiii!!!!!!!! Great music with a message

@Thespeedrap 2 жыл бұрын

We need this kind of Hip-hop come back.

@Thespeedrap 2 жыл бұрын

At least you can understand what they're saying unlike these guys now what the hell how is that even popular with folks nowadays.

@mjohnson1741 2 жыл бұрын

And the song had a message.

@jamesdean9943 2 жыл бұрын

Yep this what Hip-Hop was, sure we had drama but nothing like it is today.

@guyfieriismyhero2445 2 ай бұрын

Still makes me tear up

@MockeryManor 29 күн бұрын

💯

@Tuco_V. 8 ай бұрын

At 53yrs old imo this whole album is in my top 3

@rukididennis2795 2 жыл бұрын

This track sounds good in every generation....

@ceeceetracey9839 Жыл бұрын

TIMELESS

@nachc6459 Жыл бұрын

That Jazzy tune marks a great era

@jumahbrady670 Жыл бұрын

Facts 💯

@PetsNLuv Ай бұрын

Yup

@roryslaine7896 2 жыл бұрын

"But only you saw what took many time to see. I dedicate this to you for believing in me." I absolutely love that line.

@RapFanatic4ever Жыл бұрын

GENIUS

@roryslaine7896 Жыл бұрын

@@RapFanatic4ever Sure enough my brother. I also didn't realise until like a couple years ago why the song is actually called "They Reminisce Over You." It's for his fella Troy who tragically died when he was young. That's mad respect.

@RapFanatic4ever Жыл бұрын

@@roryslaine7896 I found that out a few years ago

@MJWRTRCT Жыл бұрын

reading this just made me cry rn❤

@user-vg7ny8hk9c 3 ай бұрын

It's a shame that there's no labels that will promote this type of creativity nowadays ✌️

@insuchaway 15 күн бұрын

The saxophones in T.R.O.Y and U.N.I.T.Y are outstanding!

@415Dwilliams 4 жыл бұрын

This song is so heartfelt and personal. Grooving to this still in 2020.

@alearolisonikele101 4 жыл бұрын

Hell yes

@Vandalio_Saez 4 жыл бұрын

April 2020

@alexanderlawal8706 4 жыл бұрын

Me too

@fade2black001 3 жыл бұрын

RAP music these days don't tell stories anymore. Its all about drugs, bitches, cars, and money

@lancehusser2702 3 жыл бұрын

August 2020 💯🔥

@MMoturi22 3 жыл бұрын

We'll be reminiscing over you DMX.

@kingkev6407 3 жыл бұрын

Yeaaaa... 😔😔😔🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

@richmondraider716 2 жыл бұрын

Facts... never be another

@gregroycampbele5880 2 жыл бұрын

2pac biggie biz Markie eazy e black rob DMX heavy d mac dre and every body else we lost

@kdogg716 2 жыл бұрын

FACTS

@djibsondasilva454 2 жыл бұрын

Word up! RIP *X* 🙏

@OctaviaWilson-pg7ei 6 ай бұрын

MANE MISSING MY MOM LIKE CRAZY EACH SECOND😭😭😭😭💔💔💔 I JUST WANT MY MOM.BACK SO BAD THIS SOON MY MOM SHOULD STILL BE HERE NOW...I REALLY WISH HEAVEN HAD VISITING HOURS ALL DAY EVERYDAY ITS BEEN A YEAR NOW 😭😭😭😭💔💔💔...I CANT WAIT TIL..I BE WITH WITH GOD AND MY MOM AGAIN IN HEAVEN

@stogey_the_bear 4 ай бұрын

She couldn't handle the undercase p it killed her rip whore

@shlev13 4 ай бұрын

bro

@nathanhargenrader645 9 ай бұрын

All these years later this give me chills every time. One of the best hip hop songs of all time

@KlitKommander Жыл бұрын

Almost 2023 and this shit still gives me goosebumps.

@kendallwilson4825 Жыл бұрын

Tears for me

@latashamitchell2060 Жыл бұрын

It’s 2023 and this shit still gives me goosebumps. 💯💯💯💯

@MT-yx5cu Жыл бұрын

2023 March

@edgarfriendly9462 Жыл бұрын

1ove it !!!

@monogramadikt5971 Жыл бұрын

2023 and the goosebumps are still happening bruz

@abigailvalenti 3 жыл бұрын

This is when hip hop was more philosophical and meaningful. ❤️❤️

@CJCPROSUB- 2 жыл бұрын

True. Money for sex is wrong. Some men not all do this. ??? JULY 2021 WAS SAID. THURSDAY LOOKS BLUEBERRY MUFFIN SEXY.

@wayz415 2 жыл бұрын

Notice no cuss words needed in this song? Pure class

@DogonChild 2 жыл бұрын

❤❤❤

@kil44ua43 2 жыл бұрын

still is

@eugenedantzler4485 2 жыл бұрын

💯💯💯 Abigail.🌹

@curtiskent2916 5 ай бұрын

Im 60 and I remember this like it was yesterday. Never gets old 💯💯💯

@wanttobeengineer 5 ай бұрын

Never meet you. But I'm glad you made it to 60. Here to many more years!

@xlgoldfish Жыл бұрын

I reminisce over this song. June 2023

@SuperPussyFinger 3 жыл бұрын

This is the greatest beat of all time.

@slumpdawg4156 3 жыл бұрын

Facts hardest sample of all time

@scorpioonthelow7783 3 жыл бұрын

Good, but no.

@aliciastalksessions 3 жыл бұрын

exactly

@riesykes961 3 жыл бұрын

You mean song

@TheNrp8598 2 жыл бұрын

@@scorpioonthelow7783 What's better?

@anajuliasilva5358 3 жыл бұрын

His flow is surreal

@bretonquentin9549 3 жыл бұрын

Do you refer to SP?

@jeremyleveille1532 3 жыл бұрын

His flow on this song is so damn smooth. Smooth flow/delivery. Must be why he's called CL Smooth

@oratiletsimatsima9643 2 жыл бұрын

💯

@JayzoTheNextKobeBryant2.0 2 ай бұрын

This Song Hits Harder Now Then It Did Back Then

@treyparker3775 4 жыл бұрын

The perfect hip hop joint.....I miss the 90s

@angiefromChi 4 жыл бұрын

Trey Parker PERFECT!!!!!

@blackpanther1269 4 жыл бұрын

Me too

@matthewdowns7045 4 жыл бұрын

Agreed 👍

@debfia8652 4 жыл бұрын

You're not the only one. The '90s had the best of everything!

@lilrog51 3 жыл бұрын

That saxophone gets me emotional every time

@AbrahamPalmer-wj5cb 4 ай бұрын

Same it sounds so blissful and beautiful

@CoryTheDestroyer 7 ай бұрын

I’ll see y’all in 40k years

@sentekiwanuka8968 8 ай бұрын

This song came out the same year My Beautiful Mom died in a Car Wreck. It’s bitter sweet for Me to hear! RIEP Momma…you are Loved and Missed!❤🥰🤲🏿🙏🏿😇

@krisfalkenberg 6 ай бұрын

@themountainsandthesea4121 6 ай бұрын

🕊💓

@riecosuave 3 ай бұрын

Don’t know you personally my brotha…yet we share a loss of our mama. Just sending you love my guy. As you grieve walk like a man and stand strong…she is proud of you.

@moedollars7050 Жыл бұрын

Quintessential NYC hip-hop sound. Reminiscing down memory lane myself. This will never be duplicated. Timeless.

@zahidkhan5733 Жыл бұрын

well said

@generfeld Жыл бұрын

absolutely one of the best songs. it sums up all the feelings in life

@krisfalkenberg 6 ай бұрын

@natemoss7437 2 жыл бұрын

To this day that classic NY rap is untouchable……………🔥🔥🔥

@eugenedenbrook322 Жыл бұрын

Truth

@dark8prince201 Жыл бұрын

facts

@ClemClark Жыл бұрын

no WU for me thooo

@user-ip2rc4ff9j 11 ай бұрын

@@ClemClarkwe should kick you out of NY for that comment

@FuturesPast1 11 ай бұрын

💯

@jonah6212 8 ай бұрын

Insane production levels for a 1992 joint... unreal. Pete Rock is the one and CL Smooth the only MC that could have blessed this track at the time. Prophesied track.

@MichaelZodok 5 ай бұрын

Rest in Power Delana Kaalund and Chris Kaalund. I love and miss you every day. From Shen.

@stevenmcmenimen9208 Жыл бұрын

Today’s rap can’t touch this masterpiece

@erdevon3257 Жыл бұрын

@Open-Minded Skeptic 😂

@trainelavalais6280 Жыл бұрын

It sure can't.

@frenchconnection3640 11 ай бұрын

Never

@kobeisgoated29 10 ай бұрын

Kendrick lamar duckworth

@darealestalive205 10 ай бұрын

Jermaine. Cole.

@imyournewdaddynow4757 3 жыл бұрын

The instrumental alone speaks for itself

@Westsideplayer1 6 ай бұрын

this song makes me feel good.iam 50 years old and this song always takes me back to the 90's.nuff respect do 💯❤️ Chicago in the house baby.

@kkash824 5 ай бұрын

My favorite sample ever, Tom Scott, “today” birthed this masterpiece.

@skyeboogie703 4 жыл бұрын

Anyone else get tears in your eyes when this track spin ?

@Akasha2023 3 жыл бұрын

Yep right now smh thinking back to them days

@skyeboogie703 3 жыл бұрын

@@Akasha2023 the good days indeed

@janicemorales2754 3 жыл бұрын

@msladylibra8373 3 жыл бұрын

Yes I do i miss the 90's 😢

@francescagirone2552 3 жыл бұрын

Haven't been able to listen to this for so many years due to memories; but now I am and it's the bomb

@jayelbee1111 4 жыл бұрын

This song may go down as one of the greatest Hip-Hop songs ever recorded. This is definitely a classic masterpiece produced by D.J. Pete Rock!!!

@TheCinderellaman10 4 жыл бұрын

Aka Beat-man

@oldschoollee 4 жыл бұрын

Yes

@adomix 4 жыл бұрын

Yep

@matthewallen1834 3 жыл бұрын

THE greatest

@SodaPopinksi 3 жыл бұрын

This and maybe beanie Siegel feel it in the air

@printland7895 3 ай бұрын

Certified Classic I swear Pete Rock is one of the best producers in the world, and he can rap too =)

@LadyHavana74 3 ай бұрын

*Rest peacefully my eternal love, my twin soul, my husband-in-Spirit "Southeast Mark" (4/26/1973 - 7/1/2003)... until I come join you and we love again. I REMINISCE OVER YOU (I.R.O.Y)." ❤❤‍🔥💜🌹💯*

@robynsegg 4 жыл бұрын

This song is damn near every black kid's life wrapped up in less than 5 minutes. 💋

@CJCPROSUB- 2 жыл бұрын

Robynsegg- You have a good and safe week for life. X Love

@PurifyLoveTruth 2 жыл бұрын

Wow, YESSSSS!!!

@nickbradfordsr80 Жыл бұрын

My pop took me to a barbershop on Bancroft street in north philly when I was 11 & as soon as we walked out the shop, this car drove by blastin this track. At the same time this kid was riding a bike humming the horn melody. This song hasn't left my mind since 💯 thank you PeteRock & CL for this magic

@ryanhys Жыл бұрын

Best comment ever. Thanks for making my day

@NomadSupreme911 Жыл бұрын

This is what rap was when i was a child. I feel sorry for today's generation.

@themountainsandthesea4121 6 ай бұрын

Me too. Today's generation doesn't know real hip hop

@teste_juggler 3 ай бұрын

@@themountainsandthesea4121 trust me, we do

@leoj.l.9887 6 ай бұрын

I miss this era...this was peak of true hip hop...

@Ares14 9 жыл бұрын

I miss when Hip hop music use to tell stories that were meaningful. There use to be art to it.

@IbrahimKhalil-gw4yt 4 жыл бұрын

Still is. You're just looking at the wrong crowd.

@1aml3g3nd13 4 жыл бұрын

Ibrahim Khalil It’s just some bullshit comment for upvotes. There’s PLENTY of storytellers out there like you said. You just have to look for them.

@kimberleychoudhury3358 4 жыл бұрын

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@elimun10 4 жыл бұрын

1aml3g3nd13 Difference is that back in the day this was the regular. Everyone had their own style and storytelling or sending a message was the main focus. You didn’t really have to look for it since it was all around. Now you have to really search for it, and it sucks because these types of rappers get no recognition so most can’t continue making songs

@brandonmcclain9988 4 жыл бұрын

Illogic, Saba, J.I.D, a lot of dreamville, to name a few

@mikehuntz187 3 жыл бұрын

I'll never get tired of listening to this

@Paula-nt2uc 2 жыл бұрын

Right

@stephaniejordan9066 2 жыл бұрын

😐

@Thespeedrap 2 жыл бұрын

That's when you know that's good music when there's no time limit when hearing.

@theruddyone6443 2 жыл бұрын

@@Thespeedrap Actual Factual

@changes6901 6 ай бұрын

Took me from a boy to a man so I always had a father when my biological didn’t bother hits me every time. Even tho me and my step pops don’t get along or see eye to eye, I still respect the fact that he raised me since I was 6 months old. He is my father and I still give my biological father grace as he has stage 3 cancer. This song just really touches my soul

@do3807 7 ай бұрын

They're reminiscing about a previous era, while we're reminiscing about their era

@missg1727 2 жыл бұрын

Me and my sister wrote down this song just to get those lyrics down packed. We'll once it was wrote and we started to read the lyrics it just completely opened our eyes. Imagine being that young 12 and 14, growing up in the crack era, and completely understanding the meaning of this song. It I think it's one of the greatest songs in Hip Hop..

@ariansoutherland8398 Жыл бұрын

Keep going!...

@kishacole4861 Жыл бұрын

Facts

@BlackDollCollectors Жыл бұрын

Hip Hop..touchEd the souls of so many of us…

@jamesbooth532 3 жыл бұрын

'Never be another, he was my brother' beautiful stuff.

@Dukez2051 2 ай бұрын

still reminiscing in 2024 🙌🎵🔊!

@tanishadixon404 4 ай бұрын

I remember rapping this song with my big brother and our salute to T.Roy with them at the end now he’s gone and I reminisce over him to “our” jam❤❤❤ Never be another, he was my brother😘(love you always, Bubby🙏🏽🕊️)

@pauldennis2859 2 жыл бұрын

Still hits hard in 2022 ...legends

@Hoosierfan95 4 жыл бұрын

Its 2019 and this hip hop song is still rolling

@hiphopguru81 4 жыл бұрын

Word up

@toreytownsend4705 4 жыл бұрын

Yup!!!

@rangerwalker5369 4 жыл бұрын

Chris Vieweg 27 years strong

@Hoosierfan95 4 жыл бұрын

@@rangerwalker5369 amen!

@Greeno420 4 жыл бұрын

And it *_always_* will be. _When ppl comment the year..._ 😆 It says when you posted. Why are y'all so thirsty for likes? 🤔😆

@franklinyoung 8 ай бұрын

Im 46 we all know this song hits home i was born in 77 so yall know what it means ❤

@ayekuchabr 5 ай бұрын

R.i.p to the people who couldn’t find this song 😔🙏🏽

@cwdadvan7875 5 жыл бұрын

This song makes me cry sometimes.

@marvin405 4 жыл бұрын

Its so grounded in reality. The reminisce part is so emotional and using the name Troy, which is also someone he knew.

@angiefromChi 4 жыл бұрын

CW & Dad Van me Too ♥️😢💯

@getoheisman1776 4 жыл бұрын

I feel you reminds me of the good times I had in highschool life has change for the worse

@calitostratford5751 4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely. When I was in the 6 line on the way to work. In Texas now but this is what molded me.

@SmokinAcesProd 4 жыл бұрын

It’s weird because it always hit me like that too. But not in a sad way if that makes sense

@OhItsThat Жыл бұрын

When I think of NYC hiphop in the early 90s I think of this. The beat is so NY.

@l.y.twassap Жыл бұрын

N.Y state of mind as well

@NorthAyase Жыл бұрын

The instrumental is actually from LA.

@rachelmurray9268 Жыл бұрын

@@NorthAyase lol

@josecordova4044 6 ай бұрын

When I was listening to this song. It's going to be about my mom who is dying at the hospital hospice section of the hospital. I'm always with my mom. I love my mom because she has given me love and appreciation throughout my life. I love you "mom" ❤