12 days later, just watched 16 Blocks with Mos Def and Bruce Willis (excellent film, basically should have been Die Hard 4), had to come rise this for a while.
Call my girlfriend fat booty and she never believe me that's why I like her that's why I love her one thing she didn't believe it OCD suicide but naked
True definition of "underrated". This song is a complete masterpiece displaying: storytelling, wordplay, flow and not to mention the sample in the background
@@anwjuice I disagree. I listened to this song over 200 times before the actual meaning of it had hit me. I think a lot of people listen to this thinking its just like a lot of other rap songs rapping about some chick with a big ass. This song is a warning! It took me getting crushed by a girl not unlike the one in the song to realize the significance of it.
It's a gift to be able to tell a detailed story, rhyming within a unique pattern, using little to no filler words, over a dope ass beat. Remember when it was in that order?
Yes! I notice myself nodding, smiling, reacting during the lyrics, like he is sitting next to me telling me the story face to face! Such a great work of art, in many ways!!
Agree. 1999 was special with the return of Dr. Dre with his classic '2001' album while an young and hungry Eminem broke out with his amazing Slim Shady LP album. Cash Money, Rocafella, Ruff Ryders, Aftermath, Murda Inc, Bad Boy, Rawkus and No Limit were the hottest rap labels while Nas and Mobb Deep ran QB and Mos, Pharoahe, Roots and MF Doom brought heats.
@@kilo-watt Rawkus was the s---, for real.....a lady friend of mine from NY gifted me with Soundbombing II back in 1999.....I still bump that in the Benz with the roof wide open.....so many joints on that thing I can't even pick my favorite, but I gotta go with Mayor & Patriotism.....we ain't nevva gonna hear music like that again.....
Now its "I got your b#&$$ head in my lap aye Catch a flight go anywhere on the map aye Pull up to the hotel give keys to a loser (Loser)...smash yo girl in the morning im caller her a uber Skeert"
Try listening to Kendrick Lamar, J. Cole, Earl Sweatshirt, Isaiah Rashad, Earthgang, J.I.D., Denzel Curry, Joey Bada$$, Ka, Capital Steez, MAVI, Danny Brown, Tyler the Creator, Brockhampton, Freddiw Gibbs, Little Simz, Slowthai, Noname, Big K.R.I.T., Open Mike Eagle, Run The Jewels, Saba, Rapsody, Lupe Fiasco, Quelle Chris, Aesop Rock...
I think I was 16 when this came out, my brother was 14/15, we absolutely loved the video after seeing it on YO MTV raps, this song will always have a place on my playlists and heart, my brother isn't here anymore but this song serves and a reminder for me and the things we loved together!
Such a masterpiece! I notice myself nodding, smiling, reacting, feeling him like he is sitting next to me telling me this story, every time I listen to it (which is multiple times a week). Imo one of the best hiphop tracks ever made!
RIP Aretha Franklin, we should all be grateful for the incredible music she provided to the world. So many mad tunes of hers carried over into hip hop and that to me is amazing
Push the fucking pack off of the porch or break a pound down Get this strap, if it happen to blow, it makes surround sounds Pussycat on my lap, push it back and go to town down Putting rap on my back, and I'm blackin', snatchin' crowns
You can tell by how well everything is put together that he is obviously very involved in the song making process. He doesn't compromise and has resolution in his vision. Respect.
Everything about this song is perfect. The storytelling, lyricism, and delivery are all too notch, and I LOVE the production. The instrumental is so good. The sample is one of the best ever, and everything in this song works so damn well. Perfect song, one of the best of all time :) Side note, I even love the ransom stuff mos says between verses haha. It adds to the storytelling so well, like he’s just casually telling you what went down ;)
It's because he's a real lyricist rapping about real life and important shit not money, guns, and hoes like other more "famous" rappers. He's a great actor too, warch Something the Lord Made (2004). He is brilliant in that movie.
The whole album is so good! Probably top 10 hip hop album I've ever heard. The beat on this song is great, yet it's probably the 4th or 5th best song on this CD. That's how good the entire album is.
21 years later i feel this jam..hotter than it was back then. Mos Def is the highly underrated hiphop artist of all times. The flow and rylics still so fresh and undisputed. Genious
“I know I can't stop for a moment that it's too soon to forget you.” I swear this song is the best instant classic real genuine Hip-Hop ever. One of the best history 80s 90s ever and never ever get old 👍this song is still on my playlist forever. I am listen to the music right now ☺️I will never and ever never get tired of this☝️🙏✊💯❤️
Push the fucking pack off of the porch or break a pound down Get this strap, if it happen to blow, it makes surround sounds Pussycat on my lap, push it back and go to town down Putting rap on my back, and I'm blackin', snatchin' crowns
@@chuckplaysgames7925 Seems like his baby mommas should have figured that out before they became the next baby mamma. Doesn’t mean he’s disrespectful. Just means he’s irresponsible and they (the mothers) are just as irresponsible and STUPID.
@@cheatahmame6663 Don't judge. Maybe Def just likes laying his seed and maybe those mamas like having his babies and raising them on their own or with another. To each their own.
@@BicycleFunk No judgement, just facts. They are obviously not all happy if they put him on child support. That still doesn’t mean he’s disrespectful, that was my original point.
@Moon Rise Man U are obsessed with skin colour! This the second comment I’ve read of yours on this page that talks about skin colour randomly. U need to stop thinking about th at/ whatever some other racist person said or did to you is damaging worse the longer you let it affect you .
@MitchellRhoades my top 3 always changes but the one album for me that always remains top 3 in my list is "Black on Both Sides" other honorable mentions are "Wu-Tang Forever", "When Things Fall Apart", "Like Water For Chocolate", "The Black Album", "It Was Written" and these are all albums that I always go back to whenever I go back to Hip-hop.
u got great taste man 👊🏼 my top 10 according to influence and overall quality: no order is illmatic, it was written, capital punishment, lodpad, ready to die, life after death, the infamous, paid in full, it takes a nation of millions to hold us back and the great adventures of slick rick ... HM: bobs, black star, do or die, lost tapes, stillmatic, the blueprint, be, food & liquor, moment of truth, the listening, FNL, naughty by nature, GKMC, me against the world, criminal minded, e. 1999, wu tang forever, enter the 36 chambers, ob4cl, liquid swords, revolutionary vol. 2, midnight marauders, below the heavens and ATLiens
people are mostly focusing on Nas, big pun, biggie, big l when it comes to east coast hip hop. They be missing out on Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Rakim, AZ, LL Cool J, Kool G Rap ...
Damn, lyric wise he says so much in his songs you gotta listen to it 20 times to listen to it all. Used to love when he showed up on Chappelle show. He is funny AF. Extremely talented.
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This is rap. This is a lyricist. One of the best songs ever made.
Check out my remix I did to this track
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Mos def was underated
@@keyboardgangsta6890 definitely...class artist
You know how many songs are one of the best ever made
stop exaggerating bro.
Who still watching / listening to this classic? ✋🏽
Timeless classic! Shame he switched to dance music.
Meee
me
@@christophermontague8326 👍🏽
@@FW_Trick 👍🏽
Mos Def is highly underrated. This joint still knocks hard.
Mos Def!!! Lol
If you think he underrated... you are a child.
I agree
He's not underrated. He's just not as commercially successful as he deserves to be.
Love me some Mos ...he is so fine .talented...💞💞💞
One of the coldest sampled hooks. Thank you Mrs. Aretha Franklin
❤ I wondered 🤔 if the beat was sampled or original. Thanks 👍 😊
then to Surround Sound much much later
Thought this was Patti Labelle??
😅😮
@@BluePhoenix2013no
I’m here on Dec 9th, 2024. Who’s here with me??? MosDef aka YasinBey is one of the best storytellers ever. THANK YOU KING.
12 days later, just watched 16 Blocks with Mos Def and Bruce Willis (excellent film, basically should have been Die Hard 4), had to come rise this for a while.
Yep memories came up came over to hear❤
Right here
Last day of 2024 rocking with you
so thirsty for likes you can see it from the FRONT
This song is timeless. Sounds just as fresh as the first time I heard it. Done the Aretha sample justice. Mos Def is mad under rated.
yeahh lemons bruvva
I thought that was Patti?
Ayatollah🎶🔈👈
@@markeetaroane3 I thought it was Patti too until I heard the original sample. It’s Aretha sped up.
I agree, he is underrated from a rapping standpoint, and from an acting standpoint, he's really not a bad actor, I love Mos in monsters ball.
in terms of lyricism, cultural references, humour, visualisation and narrative, this is one of the greatest hip hop songs ever imvho
Yeah man, Mos Def made the lyrics count. That man is : YES
Mos Def is criminally underrated
No argument here. This song has been my shit for years!
The beat is perfect too
Yup absolutely right!! One of my favourite hip hop tracks since 1998!!
2023 and this song still slaps. Good songs never die
It's also sampled all the time
For real
asi es. saludos desde Colombia
💯
❤❤❤
Mos Def is one of the best story tellers in hip hop period.
right after Slick Rick
Jeremy Weaver Hence why I said "One" of the best. Everybody knows Slick Rick was the man.
TheDeFiler316
chek on me
***** Not feelin it back to you rick
together with tupac and eminem
Mos Def is quite possibly the most underrated rapper of all time
Underrated by who? 13 year old music fans who never heard of him.
@@necromax13 nah man he's underrated by a lot of people. When's the last time you saw a top 5 or top 10 list that included him?
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True say !
People truly don't appreciate how talented that Brotha is!!!
This beat is one of the best hip hop beats ever
Gotta here the original by Aretha it’s called one step . It’s slower but it’s fire
Sooo agree with you!!! That's why I really listening to it
Who made the beat
@@ziyadkidemokafo3487 ayatollah
🙏
Call my girlfriend fat booty and she never believe me that's why I like her that's why I love her one thing she didn't believe it OCD suicide but naked
True definition of "underrated". This song is a complete masterpiece displaying: storytelling, wordplay, flow and not to mention the sample in the background
Song Def not underrated bro
@@Official2Shitty dudes probably one of those gen z'ers that think everythings underrated for some weird reason.
under-appreciated
Underrated? Tf you mean? This is one of the most well-regarded albums in hip hop and this MV alone has millions of views.
🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️
One of the best songs in hip hop history.... this is an example of story telling.
Great song but there alot better songs with storytelling as an example
@@anwjuice I disagree. I listened to this song over 200 times before the actual meaning of it had hit me. I think a lot of people listen to this thinking its just like a lot of other rap songs rapping about some chick with a big ass. This song is a warning! It took me getting crushed by a girl not unlike the one in the song to realize the significance of it.
@@irrelevancepersonified6973 lmao u slow af
That Aretha Franklin sample was genuis!
Beat is incredible
It's a gift to be able to tell a detailed story, rhyming within a unique pattern, using little to no filler words, over a dope ass beat. Remember when it was in that order?
V.
Yep real hip hop
ONE OF THE BEST STORY TELLER TRACKS IN HISTORY. DELIVERY & VISION. HE PAINTED A PICTURE WITH WORDS.
FACTS!
Yes! I notice myself nodding, smiling, reacting during the lyrics, like he is sitting next to me telling me the story face to face! Such a great work of art, in many ways!!
i agree man everybody seems to disregard this type of music nowadays but holy shit this song kicks ass 🤙
im only 17 but fuck i love this song till death
This rap song is literally PERFECT in every way. The beat, the storytelling, and the video! I adore this song 🔥 🔥🔥🔥🔥
The art of storytelling is missing in a lot of hip hop. This one is perfect
Facts🔥🔥🔥🔥👽👽👽👽✍🏽✍🏽✍🏽✍🏽
Did you actually type "the art of storytelling" without doubling down on the Slick Rick ref?
Yes he makes you imagine this whole song perfectly. The remix is great too.
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2020, and I'm smiling thinking about how blessed I am to have been a teen in 90's and lived through this era. Real hip hop is forever.
Fr, fr... early '80s babies in the house!
90s....meh. Early 80s here. Both eras definitely better than anything 2000+.
I feel you on this!! 👏🏾👏🏾
2001 here, anything compared to this shit must've been lit on lice ass fire...
Is better than today
Wish Hip-Hop was still like this..
It is
LouieK322 no its not
how?
LouieK322 it is still like this just dont look to the mainstream rappers to get this quality rhymes.
NexicRap it is, just check The 4 Owls(and the members individually) + all HighFocusUK rappers.
THIS song ALONE proves without a doubt WHY 1999 is STILL a part of the Golden Era of Hip-Hop!!!
Agree. 1999 was special with the return of Dr. Dre with his classic '2001' album while an young and hungry Eminem broke out with his amazing Slim Shady LP album. Cash Money, Rocafella, Ruff Ryders, Aftermath, Murda Inc, Bad Boy, Rawkus and No Limit were the hottest rap labels while Nas and Mobb Deep ran QB and Mos, Pharoahe, Roots and MF Doom brought heats.
I was blasting everything Rawkus put out. I first started DJing in 1999 so I’ve got tons of great stuff on vinyl from back then.
97 98 99 best years of hip-hop! Nothing cant come close to those three years
NO 96 is the golden year of Hiphop
@@kilo-watt Rawkus was the s---, for real.....a lady friend of mine from NY gifted me with Soundbombing II back in 1999.....I still bump that in the Benz with the roof wide open.....so many joints on that thing I can't even pick my favorite, but I gotta go with Mayor & Patriotism.....we ain't nevva gonna hear music like that again.....
Underrated by the public, and highly respected by every rapper in the game!
Facts
a lot of good artists are like that, you can tell they’re great if most of their fans are other (more successful) artists
When rap made sense and told stories and took you places you never had been
Now its "I got your b#&$$ head in my lap aye Catch a flight go anywhere on the map aye Pull up to the hotel give keys to a loser (Loser)...smash yo girl in the morning im caller her a uber Skeert"
Kevin Frazier lowkey pretty hard 🤔
The industry stripped the culture down to reduce empowerment. Facts.
Try listening to Kendrick Lamar, J. Cole, Earl Sweatshirt, Isaiah Rashad, Earthgang, J.I.D., Denzel Curry, Joey Bada$$, Ka, Capital Steez, MAVI, Danny Brown, Tyler the Creator, Brockhampton, Freddiw Gibbs, Little Simz, Slowthai, Noname, Big K.R.I.T., Open Mike Eagle, Run The Jewels, Saba, Rapsody, Lupe Fiasco, Quelle Chris, Aesop Rock...
Oh so u mean how it still is?
Most definitely - one of the greatest songs in hip hop ever, instant classic and I still have to play it every few months to get my fix!!!
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Same here , the entire album was very underrated!! 🔥🔥🔥
Me too!
@@mauricesullivan1565 Agreed.
You!!!!
This tune is a national and cultural treasure. There was so much quality back in the 90s.
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I think I was 16 when this came out, my brother was 14/15, we absolutely loved the video after seeing it on YO MTV raps, this song will always have a place on my playlists and heart, my brother isn't here anymore but this song serves and a reminder for me and the things we loved together!
Sorry for your loss bro.
R.I.P to your brother.
Sorry for your loss
My condolences. Your brother's memory will forever burn in your mind and heart through songs like this you share. Rest In Paradise to lil bro❤️
🙏 R I P
Sorry for your loss bro
Man's painted a whole picture true artist
The art of storytelling
@@uproxx man got a reply 8 years later
And turned people on to other artists
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Yes he did!
20 years later and this song is still on my playlist while driving the streets of NYC.
as it should
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On my itouch all day everyday
It's still 9ne of the best rap songs ever. Still drive blasting this gem on the streets of Chicago!!!!
And me here too, driving here in the streets of Ceilândia, Comptom here in Brazil. Beautiful thing
Such a masterpiece! I notice myself nodding, smiling, reacting, feeling him like he is sitting next to me telling me this story, every time I listen to it (which is multiple times a week). Imo one of the best hiphop tracks ever made!
:)
I agree. Genius! Aand Mos is not hard to look at!
The song should be a national treasure.. this is the art of putting pen to paper and mining a diamond.
@@drf4270 what why
'Cuz this thing called rhymin' no different from coal minin'
We both on assignment to unearth a diamond
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I Agree 👍
This song is pure genius. It's 10/10 no questions asked.
yes
2019
The Art of Storytellin.
That's Slick Rick
+Ernest Campbell Outkast
+Ernest Campbell Guru!
Dope poetry Cool good awesome Cool vibe can rap good poets please music new peace hope love radio Dope
Ernest Campbell yes but also def. Both tell storys well
Mos Def is underrated.He is probably one of the MC's in New York,New York.He wilds out and kills beat.True East Coast rap vet.
Yea agreed
wtf does this even mean
This is my first time hearing this and I can’t stop replaying it. The way he put this story together is lyrically unbelievable!
+Dennis Braxton how old are u?
This is something special....!
"Drama" ~ Ice T is another Great Story track...!
Same
@@Mjbentertainment86 He May not even be “young”. Not everybody grew up with hip hop or rap ya know. Regardless of age
@@sharnya8332 I understand…I was trying to be funny…and honest at the same time lol
The Aretha Franklin sample from "One Step Ahead" gives me chills every time. Shout out to Yasiin Bey yo
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@@limazulu55 thx, my man.
RIP Aretha Franklin, we should all be grateful for the incredible music she provided to the world. So many mad tunes of hers carried over into hip hop and that to me is amazing
She's the 2nd most sampled artist after James Brown.
Al Green, Diana Ross and MJ or in the top 5
@@phraze410 uh you forget isaac hayes
lol is not like she wrote or produced those songs she sang. It's not really her songs is it.
@@TheSavagedoll why you gotta be a little bitch
This Hip Hop gem will never get old or outdated
"I know I can't afford to stop for one moment
That it's too soon to forget you."
I LOVE THIS SONG! It'll never get old to me...
Nightnurse... you're pretty!!
@@antoniomorgan731 CREEP!!
The sample itself is a Classic
Push the fucking pack off of the porch or break a pound down
Get this strap, if it happen to blow, it makes surround sounds
Pussycat on my lap, push it back and go to town down
Putting rap on my back, and I'm blackin', snatchin' crowns
@Nightnurse 117 sing it baby!🤗🤗🤗
Headbobbing to this song is a must
samsutliff Head-bobbing while liking & commenting.
^^for real tho. Damn this shit is fire
Yup on Xmas eve in 2017
samsutliff it’s too hard not to
On god
You can tell by how well everything is put together that he is obviously very involved in the song making process. He doesn't compromise and has resolution in his vision. Respect.
Everything about this song is perfect. The storytelling, lyricism, and delivery are all too notch, and I LOVE the production. The instrumental is so good. The sample is one of the best ever, and everything in this song works so damn well. Perfect song, one of the best of all time :)
Side note, I even love the ransom stuff mos says between verses haha. It adds to the storytelling so well, like he’s just casually telling you what went down ;)
Plain & simple: All-time-classic.
I love beats like this
Listen to more Madlib beats then
Madlib didn't make the beat tho
I know, but if he wants more beats like this, Madlib is the guy
Brittany Lee fuck you too 🖕
@@Yes123786
Ayatollah
Rest in Peace Aretha. One of the greatest samples ever, from one of the greatest artists of all time.
If Jid brought you here... YOU LATE.. this been our beat since 1999💃🏽🎶🎧💎♥️
real
Why can't it be the song of the newcomers as well, brother? Let the old school live through them as well so it never dies
when i heard the Jid song iwas like dam where is that from, oh yeah mos def !
Facts! Real hip hop
such level of disrespect is uncalled for.
One of the most underrated rappers in the game
3rdWorld America
Not by those who know
MOs Def was never underrated.
Always overstated never underestimated
Stayed origanal
It's because he's a real lyricist rapping about real life and important shit not money, guns, and hoes like other more "famous" rappers. He's a great actor too, warch Something the Lord Made (2004). He is brilliant in that movie.
That Gregory Isaacs line....genius creativity !!!
That was perfect.
Rasta mr cool ruler gregory issacs
This song will forever be fire. Lyrical storytelling.
Most def n Pac would of ate this beat together!!!!!!
@@michaelwimbley9127 that would've been awesome
2023 and this shit is STILL FUNNY AF, CLASSY AF, AND ARTISTICALLY INSANE!!!!
Mos Def is HIGHLY UNDERRATED!
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Mos Def killed this joint frfr #ClassicMos
Dee Nice k he w
whos here 2019.hands in the air now
we hereee my G!!!!
🖐🖑 🖐🖑 🖐🖑 🖐🖑 🖐🖑
every year til i die
🖐️
musah king 👐👐👐🙌🏾💯
His flow on this is amazing
Legendary and timeless album. Slaps from start to finish
Amen! Black on Both Sides was my GOAT album for a few years. It’s iconic.
This is one of the greatest samples of all time. Song is a classic.
Walked away smiling sing gregory issacc. Mos def lyrical poet and a good ass actor aswell
Top 10 all time imo. He's so real
Definitely top 10 of all time
He is so fucking underrated. Common too.
Still crushing and listening to Mos Def😂❤
The whole album is so good! Probably top 10 hip hop album I've ever heard. The beat on this song is great, yet it's probably the 4th or 5th best song on this CD. That's how good the entire album is.
Feelin Nice thats how good hiphop/rap used to be
TV TV
thats right brother :) for me "Speed Law" is his best song on this record
This whole album needs to be on the radio today.
Travis Yep, Mathematics and New World Water hit tough too.
Mos is the type of rapper that makes rapping a science and he’s like a professor that breaks it down piece by piece.
KRS-1 is the true hip-hop professor real talk
Corey Kindle na man he's a smart man and a good rapper but he ain't got phds and shit u want a nigga like that hit up rass kass
Facts
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add Big Pun to that list, that guy was reading entire dictionaries in his spare time to become a better rapper.
21 years later i feel this jam..hotter than it was back then. Mos Def is the highly underrated hiphop artist of all times. The flow and rylics still so fresh and undisputed. Genious
Mos Def still here 2024!! I cry on the inside because hiphop is not the same at alllll!! They really out here wildin today
That moment you stumble across greatness. I've always liked mos def. But never heard this gem. Dude got lyrics and is also a great actor.
This is one of the greatest song and beat of all time. Just a clean song can’t stop listening
“I know I can't stop for a moment that it's too soon to forget you.” I swear this song is the best instant classic real genuine Hip-Hop ever. One of the best history 80s 90s ever and never ever get old 👍this song is still on my playlist forever. I am listen to the music right now ☺️I will never and ever never get tired of this☝️🙏✊💯❤️
Ayatollah🎶🔈👈
Push the fucking pack off of the porch or break a pound down
Get this strap, if it happen to blow, it makes surround sounds
Pussycat on my lap, push it back and go to town down
Putting rap on my back, and I'm blackin', snatchin' crowns
D
*This song will always be on my forever Playlist ♥️*
Notice that even though he felt like ol’ girl played him he didn’t disrespect her not one time ~ not even around his boys. The Art of a Real Man!
😂🤣 you must not know how much this man owes in child support. He got more baby mommas then you got likes on this comment 😂🤣
Reach. And men don't owe women who play them any respect
@@chuckplaysgames7925 Seems like his baby mommas should have figured that out before they became the next baby mamma. Doesn’t mean he’s disrespectful. Just means he’s irresponsible and they (the mothers) are just as irresponsible and STUPID.
@@cheatahmame6663 Don't judge. Maybe Def just likes laying his seed and maybe those mamas like having his babies and raising them on their own or with another. To each their own.
@@BicycleFunk No judgement, just facts. They are obviously not all happy if they put him on child support. That still doesn’t mean he’s disrespectful, that was my original point.
I love how proper, this classic remains, throughout time.
Damn I feel like this came out yesterday. Where does the time go? Almost twenty years old???
Aaaand it still sounds fresh to this day. 😕
Dope poetry Cool good vibe Classic hip-hop and poet powerful
lol i saw you on the 93 til infinity one too.....ahhh good taste.
Sheels1976 bitch you look 30
Robb Dark why u give a fuk haha
Definitely was a good era n hip hop
"Cocking her knees up... Champion lover nah ease up". That Bwoy cold with the flow.
classic mos under-rated
Exactly. He is too underrated! Mos Def ❤
Word. I wanna see him and Jay Electronica battle.
+Holly Wooldridge factz!!!!!
One of the greats!! Mos Def, definitely underrated.
With this 4 mins of song you can make a 4 hour movie ong
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FACTS.
I was walking down Ocean Drive in South Beach a few days ago and a car passed by blasting this classic! I’ve had it on rotation ever since!
"Black on Both Sides" still, in my opinion, one of the top 3 hip-hop albums of all time.
@Moon Rise Man U are obsessed with skin colour!
This the second comment I’ve read of yours on this page that talks about skin colour randomly.
U need to stop thinking about th at/ whatever some other racist person said or did to you is damaging worse the longer you let it affect you .
@MitchellRhoades my top 3 always changes but the one album for me that always remains top 3 in my list is "Black on Both Sides" other honorable mentions are "Wu-Tang Forever", "When Things Fall Apart", "Like Water For Chocolate", "The Black Album", "It Was Written" and these are all albums that I always go back to whenever I go back to Hip-hop.
@@josemontano4729 liquid swords is crazy
u got great taste man 👊🏼 my top 10 according to influence and overall quality: no order is illmatic, it was written, capital punishment, lodpad, ready to die, life after death, the infamous, paid in full, it takes a nation of millions to hold us back and the great adventures of slick rick ... HM: bobs, black star, do or die, lost tapes, stillmatic, the blueprint, be, food & liquor, moment of truth, the listening, FNL, naughty by nature, GKMC, me against the world, criminal minded, e. 1999, wu tang forever, enter the 36 chambers, ob4cl, liquid swords, revolutionary vol. 2, midnight marauders, below the heavens and ATLiens
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Who is gonna turn this joint up in summer 2021?
Iiiiiiiiiiiii
Me
Me
Listening as I type🤣
Right here
hip hop perfection! I always play this a least 2 times in a row.story,beats,sample and that flow.we will always need those elements in hip hop
This will forever stay a classic 🔥🔥
I can't imagine a song so in depth on the radio, EVERY VERSE TELLS A STORY
Most definitely this man absolutely undeniably, irrefutably, incontrovertibly, incontestably, unmistakably brilliant. Haha
Oh snap!!
🤓🤓🤓🤓 Yes chum you would be correct
Unmistakably brilliant-bly...
This song is over 20yrs and still bangz classic real genuine hip Hop.
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This song gone forever be a masterpiece 💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽🥶
Timeless classic 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
This track is a classic
Still 100% 🔥🔥
Always knew about Mos Def but never checked him out. However, I was so impressed with his performance in 16 Blocks, I had to give a listen.
After so many year and so many times listened this still blows me away. Classic
Love the storytelling of this song. Mos Def deserves more credit as a rapper.
TERRANCE OUT
TERRANCE OUT
Thanks Terrance!
can't believe its been 20 plus years omg this song still banging
1999....
@@lannybrown4117 2020 - 1999 = 21
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Save this song for future generations, as blueprint for real Hip-Hop
it truly feels like a blessing to be from the 80s 90s early 2000s legendary music from all types and culteres.
Absolute
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HELL YES. I am always going back to the music from these decades!
Big Factz
Yes
This right here is storytelling at its finest.
This is the most New York thing I have ever witnessed
Happy 49th Birthday Mos Def!(Born December 11, 1973)😃🥳🎂🎉🎊🎈🎁🍾🥂👍🏾👏🏾🙌🏾
Happy birthday to the king🥳
Bliss this man for creating this art for our generation
50 now
Moss is turning 51 in few days!!!
Yesin !!!!
This song is genius, Plain and simple
It's 2022 and I'm STILL feeling and Rocking to this. Can they ever get back to REAL MUSIC again!
The queen of soul Aretha Franklin + the might mos = creativity and class
They are using the hell outta this sample now 2024
Now everybody thinks it's new. 😂
people are mostly focusing on Nas, big pun, biggie, big l when it comes to east coast hip hop.
They be missing out on Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Rakim, AZ, LL Cool J, Kool G Rap ...
Your right except switch Cool J and Big L
Don't forget the ghostface killa!!!
How y'all speak east coast rap and don't speak Big Daddy Kane.
Mos was excellent in 16 blocks
not all of us; Rakim is the God. KRS-one, KoolG Rap, Kane, Nas, Mos Def
Sadly Hip Hop is just not made like this anymore, miss you Mos. Wish he would drop Anotha LP
Then hop on the mic 🎤 make something original 😌
Damn, lyric wise he says so much in his songs you gotta listen to it 20 times to listen to it all. Used to love when he showed up on Chappelle show. He is funny AF. Extremely talented.
Stop asking who's still listening.. We never stop listening 😊