The Roots - What They Do (Official Music Video)

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Music video by The Roots performing What They Do. (C) 1996 Geffen Records
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@Ric0974 25 күн бұрын

Who's here 2024?

@checkcheck2125 9 күн бұрын

@REAHSWAY2 7 күн бұрын

Neo soul hiphop😢❤ This needs to come back

@koshirodaio1895 6 күн бұрын

yesss!!!!.!

@FalconsFanForever 3 күн бұрын

@andrewadagiri 2 күн бұрын

☝🏽aye aye

@iamshyni69 3 ай бұрын

The fact that this song was written in 1995, and it hits even harder now shows how this gem is timeless.

@user-er5tm1et7e 3 ай бұрын

Nothing but a fact iam still stuck in the 90's and don't care what anybody says I could give a crap less.it was too good to just ignore hip hop came into its own in that golden era

@reptheh Ай бұрын

timeless g

@dominicchester0328 14 күн бұрын

95-96 era

@catchwreck928 10 ай бұрын

thats crazy the towers were still up, aaliyah, dmx, kobe, MJ, prince, Biggie, Big L, Prodigy, ODB, Freaky Tah, left eye, Heavy D, and so many of our loved celebrities and family members were all alive when this was recorded and released. Dam i miss the 90s

@Amari19_ Жыл бұрын

The 90s decade was and still is the best decade of Hip Hop Music!!

@NorthPhilly-zr7xc Жыл бұрын

We came from this to this smh

@stevenstrube726 Жыл бұрын

ABSOLUTELY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@triphop1681 Жыл бұрын

80s 🤙

@rmr3528 Жыл бұрын

Golden Era

@markdaytes1316 Жыл бұрын

Not sure bout that

@Kunalsharma0044 4 жыл бұрын

Black Thought never dropped a wack verse. Definitely one of the greatest.

@skll2081 4 жыл бұрын

the greatest

@bliffblam 4 жыл бұрын

@langston122 Em definitely has serious skills and bars, he just doesnt say anything. Totally different styles. But em has never been my go too. Rocking the roots, de la soul, tribe etc on a daily

@tomashorvath6323 4 жыл бұрын

I smoked a blunt with him once. My best memory ever.

@tomashorvath6323 4 жыл бұрын

@fuck all touts ftra fap 2020 he doesnt eat meath, they say

@layoung4513 3 жыл бұрын

@@Kunalsharma0044 He did NOT break the Colour barrier there were whiite rappers before Eminem

@chillback00 3 жыл бұрын

38 now and realizing how blessed my generation was to grow up to this level of creativity.

@theplug23 3 жыл бұрын

Exactly!

@roido6614 2 жыл бұрын

Also 38 here, and know real Hip Hop! Where did we go wrong man?

@pipedreamism1 2 жыл бұрын

Facts bro and look how lox beat up the dipset in veruz

@a.taylor8294 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, we were RIGHT at that great time of radio stations that played the old and the new, quality music videos, jumping parties, and people dancing!!

@MrDMC11889 2 жыл бұрын

I'm 32 and my sister is 38. Neither one of us can stand the current music scene.

@woz3018 14 күн бұрын

when I was 12 yrs old in 96..some jazz guitarist in community service gave a casette to me and told me to learn english and listen to the lyrics. I will forever be thankful Hauke Böhmer. Germany in the Fall of ´96 someone tried to teach me the truth before I even knew what was up.

@A1isDopee Жыл бұрын

How is blak thought not talked about when it comes to top lyricists? Mad underrated 🤦🏾‍♂️🔥 he bodied this shyt effortlessly.

@jeffreylittlejohn9584 Жыл бұрын

One the best to do it!

@Eliinfamous14 Жыл бұрын

Yea I never understood that. He has spit some of the best verses of all his peers back then

@wilsonmuholo4121 Жыл бұрын

Black thot, AZ, Nas,Eric sermon, method man, Red man, Dre, warren g,big L, etc always underated

@patriceadelemua2366 4 ай бұрын

I agree 100%

@mwauraedward7556 4 ай бұрын

Underrated! No, I don't think so. He not mainstream that's why they don't talk of him alot

@rayhanes1347 4 жыл бұрын

Damn this beat is smoother than decade aged cognac.

@robertmiller4712 3 жыл бұрын

Real music

@kennylo850 3 жыл бұрын

Gotta give Rapheal Saadiq his flowers while he here

@spooningwithyourmoma1769 2 жыл бұрын

Damn son were'd you find that.

@sanelesibiya5201 2 жыл бұрын

You ain't never lie, bro!

@G17x 2 жыл бұрын

Frfr

@DOOM-ir6wg 7 жыл бұрын

This is the most 90s music video ever

@nicolebrewer5075 7 жыл бұрын

xcfxhhj7op5 u4pl)

@TBoynyc 7 жыл бұрын

Yup and that ATLiens album cover!

@DOOM-ir6wg 7 жыл бұрын

TBoyislive :)!

@DOOM-ir6wg 7 жыл бұрын

blunty1 I realized after I commented, my bad!

@yoshiwall5870 7 жыл бұрын

I mean.. Two Dope Boys (in a Cadillac)

@KapitalizeProductions 3 ай бұрын

Black thought to me is the epitome of what Intellectual Hiphop is. He is one of the best lyrics to ever touch the mic.

@markquiswest6607 2 ай бұрын

You can't beat the 1990's Hip-Hop Music!

@puresunshine79 2 жыл бұрын

RIP King Leonard Nelson Hubbard. Iconic bassists from the iconic Roots crew. Sleep peacefully fam 🖤🤎

@legwasabellewn2444 4 жыл бұрын

Black Thought has the sickest pronounciation of All time.. Hands down.

@cainification 3 жыл бұрын

His flow is ridiculous, smooth as fuck. He just sounds dope there's no way around it

@herm2424 3 жыл бұрын

Jay Z too

@anthonylott7698 3 жыл бұрын

Him and Jay Z are carrying the torch for real and raw hip hop period.

@tyronetaylor5471 2 жыл бұрын

No doubt!!!!!!!!

@realitycheck1092 2 жыл бұрын

On crip

@drogbambumalanga8894 2 ай бұрын

2024 and this is still real HIP HOP

@jevinday Жыл бұрын

"the principles of true hip hop have been forsaken"

@NapoleonSuarez 3 жыл бұрын

I was a big sneakerhead when I was in HS, but I couldn't afford any of the hot pairs so I got a paper route and saved up my money for six months to buy the very first Iverson's with the blue toe. On the car ride home from getting them I opened the box to admire my first pair of cool shoes and when I did, I heard this song for the very first time on Power 99 (Philly/NJ/DE people know what's up) and this song brings me right back to that moment every time. CLASSIC!!!

@thuggin214 3 жыл бұрын

Crazy how music can trigger emotions that you felt the very first time you heard said song the exact same way it initially happened. Music is the universal language.

@a.taylor8294 2 жыл бұрын

LONG LIVE POWER 99!!!!!!

@KuttyJoe 2 жыл бұрын

Haha. That's a great story. That was a teachable moment for you. The sneaker game now has become a tragedy. Kids that can't afford anything are struggling to get shoes that cost $300.00 or $800.00.

@theabstract9568 2 жыл бұрын

Nostalgic picture you painted with that story. That's what real music is all about

@wendyhurtado1826 2 жыл бұрын

🔥

@TenshinhanIsKing 8 жыл бұрын

Black thought underrated under appreciated

@iveywebb 7 жыл бұрын

Yasin BMT FAAAAAACCCTTTTSSSS

@agustinmunoz6431 7 жыл бұрын

agree, top 10 def

@mlamulidhlomo7169 6 жыл бұрын

Cypher. But this line is def true!

@Popeyethesailorsman 6 жыл бұрын

Agustin muñoz top 2

@ejohnson4844 6 жыл бұрын

One of my all time favorites

@tysonjames2884 Жыл бұрын

Classic hip hop hits different when the message in the music is still relevant to today's lifestyle 🎤🐐 let's keep this genre alive 2023 & beyond 💯

@musiclover-cn7tb 7 ай бұрын

Exactly

@thephillipjosephshow7472 9 ай бұрын

Black thought has the perfect rap voice ever

@vidallopez1800 9 жыл бұрын

I'm here because of good music.

@anash578 4 жыл бұрын

“ you wanna be a man / then stand your own / to MC require skill / I demand some shown “ 👍🏾 if you agree

@robertmiller4712 3 жыл бұрын

👍🏿

@lifeismusikmusikislife4684 3 жыл бұрын

The most impactful verse of the song.

@markbanks7960 Жыл бұрын

I always liked this song, it's easily one of the greatest hip-hop songs ever IMO

@PStewart28 Жыл бұрын

Agreed, it has everything. Lyrics, rhythm, a message, and is still as relevant today is it was when it came out. Maybe more so.

@markbanks7960 Жыл бұрын

@@PStewart28 I can dig it! If you like this track, check out Silent Treatment by the Roots also! It's just as exquisite & lush, though you probably already know the track or record 😉

@MaximusRGZ Жыл бұрын

Indeed, without any doubt

@freekey_son 7 ай бұрын

It's my best hip-hop song of all time. In 98 I was playing it back to back like there isn't any other song, now this is 2023 and I'm still listening to the song, you can tell.

@shogun...... 5 ай бұрын

You guys heard any other hop? lolo

@maximus215 Жыл бұрын

What a delight! I'm just so happy to have lived the greatest time for Hip-Hop. Thank you The Roots!❤

@DJJamofThaDose Жыл бұрын

Blessed with Hip-Hop In This Timeline. #TheRoots

@magnnum100 10 жыл бұрын

"The principles of true hip-hop have been forsaken, it's all contractual and about money making..."

@MGB36913 4 жыл бұрын

2019 same but WORSE

@ajamucollins4395 4 жыл бұрын

Our truest hip-hop never left the streets

@alissa6 3 жыл бұрын

Oh really? Cause this certainly sounds far from Rappers Delight and The Breaks.

@gregh_777 Ай бұрын

@@alissa6 and what was it that rappers delight was promoting?

@iwillmusic6090 3 жыл бұрын

I feel so embarrassed but I wanna cry when the chorus kicks in... so soulful man, what a record

@miiiiisvibes 2 жыл бұрын

Don't be ashamed to show your emotions, nobody is going to judge, you're a human being❤️

@TwoLeftSh0es Жыл бұрын

Don't listen to Tomás, he's a European. Hold it down and bottle that shit up bro, emotions make you weak.

@OBZRV82 Жыл бұрын

Dope music has that effect.

@RyanHattingh420 Жыл бұрын

Only the real can feel that ! Love from South Africa ! ❤️🤝 I agree with you , difficult to have a female on the instrumental but still come off gangster yet so intelligent and sophisticated. These boys paved the way !

@nottelling4548 Жыл бұрын

@@TwoLeftSh0es 😂😂

@tree9171 3 күн бұрын

This song is a landmark in hiphop

@mrsam0496 4 ай бұрын

The 90s were golden coz all subgenres were on. This anti-gangsta movement was fire too

@marcusthomas227 9 жыл бұрын

The Roots were warning us about the commercializing of Hip-Hop music. Too many "Gangsters" and not enough real MCing going on, even in 1996. Twenty years later, this shit is out of control. Man or Woman, be original and never do "What They Do".

@lifestraight 6 жыл бұрын

Marcus Thomas Jeru the Damaja's "Ya Playin Yaself" and Common' s "I Used To Love Her" did the same things.

@blackrage244 6 жыл бұрын

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qspio5CL1p2liok.html

@nidla6391 6 жыл бұрын

Also De La Soul - Stakes Is High addressed this issue

@kardobo9101 5 жыл бұрын

So as 2pac, he said how we need more smart people

@kardobo9101 5 жыл бұрын

But dont worry, imma bring back the spirit of hip hop if i fail college. Imma have true lyrics and fresh new beats. I wanna rap better then a lot of rappers and organize hip hop more and fix world problems with a strong message

@Aaron-dk1rf 5 жыл бұрын

Pound for pound one of the greatest Hip Hop tracks of all time

@dynamic9016 5 жыл бұрын

N I used to love H.E.R by Common

@maryannappiagyei4277 3 жыл бұрын

Word

@MCCABEWORLD Жыл бұрын

What a Classic, I miss these soulful vibes ❤

@Duzykutas 7 жыл бұрын

This is the song that introduced me to the magic of The Roots.

@lol4793 7 жыл бұрын

Me too!!!!

@hotskullagyallis 7 жыл бұрын

Nicolas Brisson

@MazBringsby 7 жыл бұрын

When The Roots used to be cool...

@kencabinson9720 6 жыл бұрын

Maciek Kusnierz Love this song..Showing us how clowns in rap today be living and perpetrating a fraud....Rip 2pac..Youre a cutie....

@theironhorse8227 6 жыл бұрын

MazBringsby used to be???

@SlimeKingK 10 жыл бұрын

This kind of style is what today's hip-hop/rap is missing. So smooth.

@adalbertobeats 5 жыл бұрын

I agree bro i miss old hip hop

@wonderboytroy7484 2 жыл бұрын

Pro Era check them out

@cymatixgod Жыл бұрын

there not on paper

@germansausage3364 Жыл бұрын

true words

@RyanHattingh420 Жыл бұрын

This comment was 8 years ago and it’s still so relevant from then till today .. extremely sad that the real good music will never come back like this again.. no auto tune , no guns and drugs . Female on the chorus , instruments and words from the heart . Rhythm and poetry at its finest not this other newschool bullshit 😒😂❤️ LOVE FROM SOUTH AFRICA BORN AND BREAD🤝❤️

@mondialman Жыл бұрын

One of the SMOOTHEST and COOLEST hip hop songs of all time!!

@edgargutierrez137 11 ай бұрын

Perhaps the most well structured verses and layed down lyrics in history. 💯

@kharqas 4 жыл бұрын

its 2020 and im still listening to real 90s hip hop ...update: 2021 still jammin

@taraquinch1256 4 жыл бұрын

Cause it's real hip hop anything else just sounds whack and cringey..

@Nate_LDN 4 жыл бұрын

I feel played i just found this.

@kharqas 4 жыл бұрын

@@Nate_LDN better now than never

@mrmagicjunglistsoldier9997 4 жыл бұрын

Real hip hop

@2KLONEWOLF 4 жыл бұрын

as we say now, this is a bop

@snowgoons 3 жыл бұрын

R.I.P. the great Malik B 🙏🏽

@samueloladelelayiwola2370 3 жыл бұрын

👤Death is a fountain of life.🇳🇬

@djangofahi6130 3 жыл бұрын

❤️🙌🏾

@mahyo2512 3 жыл бұрын

: (

@Phearsum 3 жыл бұрын

His memory and music will live on forever. May Allah grant peace upon his soul.

@onepunchflan3071 3 жыл бұрын

Malik B is dead?? 😳

@EwMusik68KydAvonWestCarti 2 ай бұрын

Idc that half the music of my generation is "new" and changed because of technology, I'm always going to blame my generation for not making songs that EVOKE EMOTION like these do.

@KingNez89 3 ай бұрын

This the PURE art form of what hip hop SHOULD be....don't mistake it, all that bullshit you hear today is NOT I REPEAT NOT hip hop....that shit is drill music aka pop rap

@kelligutierrez7022 2 жыл бұрын

The fact the real video isnt around anymore is a big red flag.. This song is the truth.

@robbyandrews223 20 күн бұрын

I was wondering where are all of the subtitles pointing out everything was, and thought i was making it up.

@TheMarvDollaz 8 жыл бұрын

The moment u realized the message in this is more relevant today than it was back then smh 2016 hip hop a joke

@jarodtall7876 8 жыл бұрын

+Murda Marv roots are still active homie. dont be a close minded bitch.

@TheMarvDollaz 8 жыл бұрын

how sm i being a bitvh i said nothig negative

@jarodtall7876 8 жыл бұрын

You said 2016 hip hop is trash, the roots are 2016 hip hop. dont hate on the roots

@poeticriffraff 8 жыл бұрын

there's plenty of good rap music out right now

@sembouwmeester9650 8 жыл бұрын

+Poeticriffraff er but it still misses the oldschool sampled sound

@BOMBER_GBF_DBL_SUK_FBI Ай бұрын

Love that hook. Great tune of the golden era of Rap. True blue brothers. Peace n love …

@rohandavis5357 7 ай бұрын

One of the best rap group ever 💯

@Crazymike1975 3 жыл бұрын

Rest in Heaven Malik B.

@johnperkins8348 7 жыл бұрын

This Song Represents The End Of The Beautiful Golden Era Of Hip Hop (Cries Tears Of Nostalgia)

@nirvanatesfay5391 4 жыл бұрын

Lol I just commented nostalgia before looking at ur comment.....I have a different kind of nostalgia tho

@Aaliyahbaby19 3 жыл бұрын

💯💯

@jamboaxsum2641 10 ай бұрын

90's are the best years of hip hop! I'm glad I grew up with this music! The roots is one of the best of all times

@chicago23cub 7 ай бұрын

100

@user-gd4jj2yr9y 7 ай бұрын

They're the best. There is no such good lyricist as Black Thought

@MentalPistol 7 ай бұрын

director had em dissin Nas, Wu Tang, and BIG with this video.

@Stoney-Jacksman 7 жыл бұрын

This song is the perfect commentary on 'hiphop' right now/these days.

@youtubecreatorszr3 3 жыл бұрын

Rest in peace, Malik B. :(

@millygang2166 3 жыл бұрын

RIP

@agfromdai.e3806 3 жыл бұрын

RIP

@Thiccbutsexyblac 3 жыл бұрын

OH Nooooo is this why I'm here? Love and Light R.I.L King

@sliduyzamnoyu 3 жыл бұрын

Rip but roots didn’t like him no more for the longest

@blaze12day 3 жыл бұрын

@@sliduyzamnoyu biggest disappointment

@darryljoseph888 Жыл бұрын

Drink champs brought me here 🔥

@davidlyons6235 6 күн бұрын

Hip hop and R&B understood the value of the guitar on their tracks.

@Multifacted_Brotha 9 жыл бұрын

What's funny is this is WAY MORE relevant in today's music when this song and video was released...

@kitsontuli2713 9 жыл бұрын

Jeff Roberts right!

@mikehayes4378 8 жыл бұрын

+Jeff Roberts its amazing how timeless a track can be actually. love the roots. just good music period.

@kalilkash973 8 жыл бұрын

Word up dude!

@TopFlightSecurity415 8 жыл бұрын

+Jeff Roberts its like ten times worse now

@Crates94 8 жыл бұрын

+Jeff Roberts We saw it coming.

@FreddyJordaan 4 жыл бұрын

40 years old white boy and still bumping my head to these cool grooves

@renemunoz8965 4 жыл бұрын

I’m 19, Mexican American

@lastnamepinto7568 4 жыл бұрын

the love is real. ❤ nuff respect to ya'll

@Jose-ew7xg 4 жыл бұрын

Rene Munoz same but im 24 👍

@radical3072 4 жыл бұрын

back then when everything was fine, mum was still alive, always thankful for my childhood/youth and this music was a part of it ❤️ #bornintheeightiesraisedinthenineties

@Jaantastic 4 жыл бұрын

@@radical3072 ❤️🖤❤️🖤❤️

@willperez7930 9 ай бұрын

This track is truly timeless. Black Thought just has one of those allegorical styles that you can place a verse in any decade and it will sound current. The god Mr. TROTTER!!!

@kingsp.efeokotie3459 8 ай бұрын

Very true.

@musiclover-cn7tb 7 ай бұрын

I agree his voice is very poetic and those bars plus the gems he spits are amazing.

@Nate01_ Күн бұрын

THE LEGENDARY ROOTS CREW 👑💐

@brianengland8948 3 жыл бұрын

That base line illegal af.

@devonnehawkins-fipps7247 3 жыл бұрын

Lmao nuttin but truth

@verefiedxL 9 жыл бұрын

no need for subtitles...Unless you don't listen to lyrics. This is genius. The roots are on another level..

@SDSOverfiend 9 жыл бұрын

Wrong.. Sub explains "What they do" the reason for each camera shot in videos back then

@kaleitha 9 жыл бұрын

Walter, you need to watch the original. The subtitles explain the cliche ish rappers (and rock stars) do in their videos. Real hip hop doesn't need the typical or predictable...

@bongz8041 8 жыл бұрын

+Walter White People, they are NOT "subtitles" they are "CAPTIONS". And they are a must for this brilliant video.

@sirjackkoff5018 8 жыл бұрын

+Nick Layer Word up. Legends

@smackaleto215able 6 жыл бұрын

Nick Layer this album was the best album when it came out

@chito4768 Жыл бұрын

HIP- HOP at its finest🎶 i am 20 years old and todays generation music isn’t anything compared to what yall had back during the time of this dropping. i live for oldies

@musiclover-cn7tb 7 ай бұрын

20 and a genius 👏.

@SunniWrld 5 жыл бұрын

🎶”Never dooo, what they do, what they do, what they doooo...”🎶🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 #classic

@talkdattrashimmapullyacard4396 4 жыл бұрын

😍Marry me to this song😘

@fambertrini8032 4 жыл бұрын

Ugh love it

@derrickdallas3170 4 жыл бұрын

Sing that shit luv....

@ME-zh5ss 8 жыл бұрын

they did this video ON PURPOSE! Its fucking satire. You can always trust the roots to bring you that raw.

@jasonroberts557 7 жыл бұрын

Katie Grace I remember when this video came out, Jay-Z got but hurt... I LOVED IT!!!

@Kev27RS 6 жыл бұрын

+Katie Grace The original video has subtitles in basically each scene to explain some joke behind all that! Without it, it looks like any other normal music video… This music video is still great! Plenty of style!

@chrisclickner 4 күн бұрын

Anytime I want to listen to someone truly rap and who loves the art of rapping I listen to this album I’m not sure why or how this album could not be in everyone’s top five for sure. Just an unbelievable sick sick sick album

@alanluscombe8a553 11 ай бұрын

Man why isn’t rap still like this?

@akhenaten4582 10 ай бұрын

This song is rare

@AnaSpeirs 10 ай бұрын

Labels

@blackmoon8776 4 ай бұрын

The song itself explains why brother

@omarcaban9917 3 ай бұрын

They can’t keep us positive homie ,we are experiments the hood is concrete experimental project!!!

@yoshiwall5870 7 жыл бұрын

Black thought is the greatest rapper of all time

@GoodxJ 7 жыл бұрын

#facts

@368carameldelux 6 жыл бұрын

Definitely top 5. I have Chuck D in that position. [Lyricist].

@derrickhepburn528 6 жыл бұрын

Yoshi Wall he's lyrical, sharp, and versatile at least very well known but to say the greatest not sure about that.

@kurexx3424 5 жыл бұрын

Yoshi Wall MF DOOM is but Black Thought Top 3

@arnoldmhlanga3075 5 жыл бұрын

THAT IS VERY TRUE...

@tashaburnett12 4 жыл бұрын

This song just puts my soul at ease

@adiandrei3006 Жыл бұрын

one of the best rap songs ever made

@newrichchris2302 Жыл бұрын

Playing this right now for my nephew on January 23,2023 and still relevant.

@LittleMissSunshine721 2 жыл бұрын

One of the chillest hip hop beats ever made! 🎧😊🎧

@Kev_-qm1je 6 ай бұрын

You fine

@sirjackkoff5018 8 жыл бұрын

That first verse actually made me tear up.. I have to get their albums.

@emiliotorres9303 Жыл бұрын

So much love for this kind of prophetic delivery.

@reachshishir Жыл бұрын

There can never be anything like the 90s ever again. So blessed to have lived through that era. The Roots gave us some amazing numbers. The lyrics, the music....love it!!

@taratatabo 9 жыл бұрын

One of the best songs ever made.

@joanvg18 8 жыл бұрын

+Tom Verhoeven agree 100%

@nicksatie8072 4 жыл бұрын

Siitä voit lyödä sun nailonis vetoo, true that ;)

@tapio3376 4 жыл бұрын

Perkele

@aaqilian5.085 2 жыл бұрын

Stupid hyperbole

@johnsmith-zh1iv 2 жыл бұрын

Big facts

@anthonytruman 3 жыл бұрын

This is a perfect song. The instrumental plus every line by Black Thought is incredible

@chrisjohns4991 5 ай бұрын

One of the greatest, if not the greatest rap/hip-hop video ever made. But bring back the captions. It’s what made it so iconic.

@stixnpoles2564 Жыл бұрын

Back when Hip Hop was saving souls, not sacrificing them.🤷🏾‍♂️🔥💯

@jazzdagreat Жыл бұрын

Real Rap!

@luckap79 7 жыл бұрын

Lost generation, fast paced nation World population confront they frustration The principles of true hip-hop have been forsaken

@counterstrike1110 6 жыл бұрын

Gotta be top 5 intros to a hip hop song ever

@luckap79 6 жыл бұрын

lol 100

@kid2174 6 жыл бұрын

Crazy how this song relates to a lot of shit that’s going on in the current year

@deadlyforcesauthorizeddfa1721 6 жыл бұрын

Kid21 true as hell.

@alancosta8633 5 жыл бұрын

The hip-hop was created to be the message of the opressed people against opressors not the contrary like nowdays.

@josephsanders5308 7 жыл бұрын

that bass line is crazy!! simple but dope!!

@devintaylor8702 Жыл бұрын

Back when Hip Hop was really good the golden age for real 👍

@SeeMoneyMusic 5 ай бұрын

One of my favorite songs of all time. Still inspired hearing it till this day. To me, it means to never be "normal" like regular robotic sheep type people. Forever legendary.

@mudimabiriani6467 4 жыл бұрын

Who is Still Listening to this 2019 🔥🔥🔥🔥 Greetings From Dar es Salaam Tanzania 🇹🇿

@vitumbikomhlanga212 4 жыл бұрын

Am outchea boi, shout out to you

@nkcaleb 4 жыл бұрын

It is good East Africans are on the quest for beautiful music. I hunt for the realest hip-hop out here

@roderickmonday2600 4 жыл бұрын

Mudi Mabiriani Hotep neter I'm here

@alJaZz 4 жыл бұрын

im here still listening. Peace from Mozambique brother! 💯

@martinamelung4261 4 жыл бұрын

peace to all from germany ...still listen it in 19

@amaritheskater 2 жыл бұрын

This beat is crazy but my god Blackthought floated on this piece man

@teauxandretti66 Жыл бұрын

2022 and i’m still in the 90s

@williemontalvo5200 Жыл бұрын

If u are real hip hop u get the message.

@michellerice5226 4 жыл бұрын

Wheww Raphel Saadiq and that guitar...musical genius👑🎸🙌

@3rteenthdisciple 4 жыл бұрын

Baseline is sick on this track

@dominicchester0328 14 күн бұрын

2024 and still feels like it was yesterday on the radio during summer time shit!!

@rycordova5957 Жыл бұрын

Best song ever made

@KuttyJoe 2 жыл бұрын

This is one of those hip hop songs that ages very well, like a classic R&B record.

@annlinmatabane2071 3 жыл бұрын

I love this song SO SO SO MUCH. It basically set the tone for my entire adult life..."infinitely go against the grain".

@doeboy857 2 жыл бұрын

"but my bills thru the roof, can't do numbers like the roots" much respect to the legendary roots crew to never selling out

@josephdouglas4959 2 жыл бұрын

This is real hip hop classic bumpy bump

@Stoney-Jacksman 7 жыл бұрын

I listen to this and miss the feeling I had when I used to listen to this. So much happened in life..

@growngrownman5950 7 жыл бұрын

I'm with you and Stones. I miss it so much. It makes me happy and sad at the same time.

@northsiderz9468 7 жыл бұрын

Old Good Times:)

@nerdbamarich2063 7 жыл бұрын

James Cone same here my man...that nostalgia hits home...

@haniveljones7404 7 жыл бұрын

Stones Jones I second that homie!

@groundswelllegitcoffeeandb3810 5 жыл бұрын

Stones Jones bro! You just said it perfectly!!!

@DigitalDollars88 3 жыл бұрын

i’m here bc of Spitta (Curren$y) and i don’t regret it….. wow

@inTha803 3 жыл бұрын

same. (No Jumper interview)

@biglex42 3 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately it’s not the right version. The original had subtitles that explained the tropes and were funny as hell. I thought it was an automatic part of the video back when I was a kid, I’m on here waiting to talk about “I don’t even know who these women are” “what are they running from?!” And “booty cramp” lmao

@lspeak 3 жыл бұрын

@@biglex42 I share all of these sentiments 🤝

@MrJoshyboy504 3 жыл бұрын

We so real lol

@neige81 3 жыл бұрын

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@samanthaowens3054 8 ай бұрын

One of my favorite songs from The Roots!

@therealzak2930 Жыл бұрын

God bless you if your listening to this song/reading this right now I wish you high abundance & success give thanks my brothers & sisters 🤙🏽❤️

@claytonmogashwa 3 жыл бұрын

" the principles of true Hip-Hop have been forsaken it's all contractual and about money making " thank you Mr Trotter . 💯

@CHARLESHARDIN96 9 жыл бұрын

The subtitles were the genius of the video. They need to be reinstated.

@KNETWORK100 9 жыл бұрын

CHARLESHARDIN96 word !! watching it through the eyes of someone who may not rmmbr the subs is ill . its super cliche but still a well shot video .

@abysmalvsmarcus 9 жыл бұрын

CHARLESHARDIN96 The subtitles are gone cuz they work for Jay-Z

@ogfunk187 9 жыл бұрын

abysmalvsmarcus why is the subtitle version also on vevo then?

@rocoustile2161 9 жыл бұрын

CHARLESHARDIN96 Respect! I like the subtiltles, that's when we black folks didn't care what those pinks thought.

@bongz8041 8 жыл бұрын

+CHARLESHARDIN96 You are right. Only that they are not Subtitles. They are called CAPTIONS.

@lonelotis 8 ай бұрын

You had to be alive... Long live tru music.❤

@flysocietyotm Жыл бұрын

this is real hip hop. True hip hop

@youngiverson6228 8 жыл бұрын

So chill

@cedricg.193 7 жыл бұрын

This speaks volumes to today's music as well as society itself. Don't get caught up in trying to fit in with the majority

@CharlesMcKinneyIV 6 жыл бұрын

Cedde La_Soul: Yessir! March to the beat of your own drum and the rhythm of your own rhyme.

@ajamucollins4395 4 жыл бұрын

@@CharlesMcKinneyIV YES man, that is what and how music is supposed to feel like and represent