Mos Def - Ms. Fat Booty (Official Video) [Explicit]

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  • Mos Def - Ms. Fat Booty (Video) [Explicit] from the album 'Black On Both Sides' (1999)
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Комментарии • 6 тыс.

  • @ceo_felcone
    @ceo_felcone 3 месяца назад +935

    Who’s still watching / listening to this classic? ✋🏽

  • @justsaying5311
    @justsaying5311 2 года назад +1979

    This is rap. This is a lyricist. One of the best songs ever made.

    • @GQwalker1
      @GQwalker1 2 года назад

      Check out my remix I did to this track
      ruclips.net/video/KX1S3KRYwCE/видео.html

    • @keyboardgangsta6890
      @keyboardgangsta6890 Год назад +42

      Mos def was underated

    • @keepingitreal.544
      @keepingitreal.544 Год назад +9

      ​@@keyboardgangsta6890 definitely...class artist

    • @XRT818
      @XRT818 Год назад +6

      You know how many songs are one of the best ever made

    • @nwameperez9075
      @nwameperez9075 Год назад +5

      stop exaggerating bro.

  • @tremainedejohnson8136
    @tremainedejohnson8136 4 месяца назад +183

    One of the coldest sampled hooks. Thank you Mrs. Aretha Franklin

    • @juliaoko2208
      @juliaoko2208 3 дня назад

      ❤ I wondered 🤔 if the beat was sampled or original. Thanks 👍 😊

  • @pennysmurf
    @pennysmurf Год назад +810

    2023 and this song still slaps. Good songs never die

    • @JB-sv5pr
      @JB-sv5pr Год назад +7

      It's also sampled all the time

    • @markalewisjr8543
      @markalewisjr8543 9 месяцев назад +1

      For real

    • @Xatarino
      @Xatarino 7 месяцев назад +1

      asi es. saludos desde Colombia

    • @kimfoster6755
      @kimfoster6755 6 месяцев назад

      💯

    • @camyly
      @camyly 6 месяцев назад

      ❤❤❤

  • @PakiRaja
    @PakiRaja 5 лет назад +4593

    in terms of lyricism, cultural references, humour, visualisation and narrative, this is one of the greatest hip hop songs ever imvho

    • @elrenato82
      @elrenato82 4 года назад +87

      Yeah man, Mos Def made the lyrics count. That man is : YES

    • @mattthompson9395
      @mattthompson9395 4 года назад +121

      Mos Def is criminally underrated

    • @esmooth919
      @esmooth919 4 года назад +45

      No argument here. This song has been my shit for years!

    • @chiefchiefer5005
      @chiefchiefer5005 4 года назад +60

      The beat is perfect too

    • @9charlie84
      @9charlie84 4 года назад +16

      Yup absolutely right!! One of my favourite hip hop tracks since 1998!!

  • @jerryg6230
    @jerryg6230 2 года назад +3825

    The art of storytelling is missing in a lot of hip hop. This one is perfect

    • @rigger49er
      @rigger49er 2 года назад +25

      Facts🔥🔥🔥🔥👽👽👽👽✍🏽✍🏽✍🏽✍🏽

    • @Brewnoe
      @Brewnoe 2 года назад +45

      Did you actually type "the art of storytelling" without doubling down on the Slick Rick ref?

    • @giasamuel7822
      @giasamuel7822 2 года назад +8

      Yes he makes you imagine this whole song perfectly. The remix is great too.

    • @KuntaKinteToby
      @KuntaKinteToby 2 года назад

      ruclips.net/video/F0tamp9XdqU/видео.html

    • @alexnathalieodenthal3018
      @alexnathalieodenthal3018 2 года назад

      ruclips.net/video/v62QkD_q1bs/видео.html

  • @lavishmorrow7899
    @lavishmorrow7899 5 месяцев назад +224

    If Jid brought you here... YOU LATE.. this been our beat since 1999💃🏽🎶🎧💎♥️

    • @Walter_White465
      @Walter_White465 3 месяца назад +4

      real

    • @Chrysler133
      @Chrysler133 3 месяца назад +31

      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

    • @soulcleric
      @soulcleric 3 месяца назад +10

      when i heard the Jid song iwas like dam where is that from, oh yeah mos def !

    • @sophiashea1266
      @sophiashea1266 3 месяца назад +4

      Facts! Real hip hop

    • @DanielVasilev-cw6bp
      @DanielVasilev-cw6bp 3 месяца назад +2

      such level of disrespect is uncalled for.

  • @LocoMenteClaraOne
    @LocoMenteClaraOne Год назад +178

    THIS song ALONE proves without a doubt WHY 1999 is STILL a part of the Golden Era of Hip-Hop!!!

    • @mbeas9612
      @mbeas9612 9 месяцев назад +7

      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
      @kilo-watt 7 месяцев назад +1

      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.

    • @Randii225
      @Randii225 4 месяца назад

      97 98 99 best years of hip-hop! Nothing cant come close to those three years

    • @wandaworx1217
      @wandaworx1217 3 месяца назад +1

      NO 96 is the golden year of Hiphop

    • @fredtolliver4798
      @fredtolliver4798 21 день назад +1

      @@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.....

  • @trentb1511
    @trentb1511 4 года назад +4458

    Mos Def is highly underrated. This joint still knocks hard.

    • @andreward8268
      @andreward8268 4 года назад +40

      Mos Def!!! Lol

    • @jonb3167
      @jonb3167 4 года назад +127

      If you think he underrated... you are a child.

    • @frankbridges2171
      @frankbridges2171 4 года назад +5

      I agree

    • @metaphyzxx
      @metaphyzxx 4 года назад +84

      He's not underrated. He's just not as commercially successful as he deserves to be.

    • @cranna6263
      @cranna6263 4 года назад +7

      Love me some Mos ...he is so fine .talented...💞💞💞

  • @mmrw
    @mmrw 3 года назад +3315

    Mos Def is quite possibly the most underrated rapper of all time

    • @necromax13
      @necromax13 3 года назад +190

      Underrated by who? 13 year old music fans who never heard of him.

    • @mmrw
      @mmrw 3 года назад +208

      @@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?

    • @limazulu55
      @limazulu55 3 года назад +3

      ruclips.net/video/ySntSwWYg4g/видео.html

    • @dazzler6871
      @dazzler6871 3 года назад +10

      True say !

    • @dantegreen4094
      @dantegreen4094 3 года назад +74

      People truly don't appreciate how talented that Brotha is!!!

  • @kylonbelle6113
    @kylonbelle6113 Год назад +343

    True definition of "underrated". This song is a complete masterpiece displaying: storytelling, wordplay, flow and not to mention the sample in the background

    • @Official2Shitty
      @Official2Shitty 10 месяцев назад +12

      Song Def not underrated bro

    • @Jamie---
      @Jamie--- 7 месяцев назад +8

      @@Official2Shitty dudes probably one of those gen z'ers that think everythings underrated for some weird reason.

    • @jdoxx.
      @jdoxx. 6 месяцев назад +2

      under-appreciated

    • @youtubeuserdan4017
      @youtubeuserdan4017 4 месяца назад +3

      Underrated? Tf you mean? This is one of the most well-regarded albums in hip hop and this MV alone has millions of views.

    • @joshuasimmons6443
      @joshuasimmons6443 4 месяца назад

      🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️

  • @llabtoof91
    @llabtoof91 Год назад +213

    Underrated by the public, and highly respected by every rapper in the game!

    • @AbrahamPalmer-wj5cb
      @AbrahamPalmer-wj5cb 8 месяцев назад +1

      Facts

    • @kaphizmey6229
      @kaphizmey6229 4 месяца назад

      a lot of good artists are like that, you can tell they’re great if most of their fans are other (more successful) artists

  • @outlawzzz
    @outlawzzz 3 года назад +1327

    Man's painted a whole picture true artist

    • @UPROXXVideo
      @UPROXXVideo  3 года назад +141

      The art of storytelling

    • @oedor3411
      @oedor3411 3 года назад +35

      @@UPROXXVideo man got a reply 8 years later

    • @stephenivavages4605
      @stephenivavages4605 3 года назад +2

      And turned people on to other artists

    • @limazulu55
      @limazulu55 3 года назад

      ruclips.net/video/ySntSwWYg4g/видео.html

    • @russelladams7627
      @russelladams7627 3 года назад

      Yes he did!

  • @Ayplus
    @Ayplus 8 лет назад +3662

    The Art of Storytellin.

    • @j.campbell8491
      @j.campbell8491 8 лет назад +100

      That's Slick Rick

    • @sammyboy7163
      @sammyboy7163 8 лет назад +38

      +Ernest Campbell Outkast

    • @fazijslive
      @fazijslive 8 лет назад +15

      +Ernest Campbell Guru!

    • @victoriaappiagei1482
      @victoriaappiagei1482 6 лет назад +6

      Dope poetry Cool good awesome Cool vibe can rap good poets please music new peace hope love radio Dope

    • @ryandavis568
      @ryandavis568 6 лет назад +6

      Ernest Campbell yes but also def. Both tell storys well

  • @marcussmith3934
    @marcussmith3934 Год назад +98

    Happy 49th Birthday Mos Def!(Born December 11, 1973)😃🥳🎂🎉🎊🎈🎁🍾🥂👍🏾👏🏾🙌🏾

  • @Nina-05
    @Nina-05 6 месяцев назад +75

    This rap song is literally PERFECT in every way. The beat, the storytelling, and the video! I adore this song 🔥 🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @ryanmc8169
    @ryanmc8169 3 года назад +2762

    This beat is one of the best hip hop beats ever

    • @jsmith3692
      @jsmith3692 3 года назад +79

      Gotta here the original by Aretha it’s called one step . It’s slower but it’s fire

    • @marmarjjordan
      @marmarjjordan 3 года назад +12

      Sooo agree with you!!! That's why I really listening to it

    • @ziyadkidemokafo3487
      @ziyadkidemokafo3487 3 года назад +7

      Who made the beat

    • @eliasignasio
      @eliasignasio 3 года назад +37

      ​@@ziyadkidemokafo3487 ayatollah
      🙏

    • @robertbritton5846
      @robertbritton5846 3 года назад +3

      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

  • @NexicRap
    @NexicRap 9 лет назад +2315

    Wish Hip-Hop was still like this..

    • @LouieK322
      @LouieK322 9 лет назад +50

      It is

    • @LoganLuqman
      @LoganLuqman 9 лет назад +97

      LouieK322 no its not

    • @LouieK322
      @LouieK322 9 лет назад +2

      how?

    • @LeslyC25
      @LeslyC25 9 лет назад +74

      LouieK322 it is still like this just dont look to the mainstream rappers to get this quality rhymes.

    • @mihaiberci8373
      @mihaiberci8373 9 лет назад +1

      NexicRap it is, just check The 4 Owls(and the members individually) + all HighFocusUK rappers.

  • @lucyrushing2126
    @lucyrushing2126 Год назад +56

    2023 and this shit is STILL FUNNY AF, CLASSY AF, AND ARTISTICALLY INSANE!!!!

  • @arnoldgarzajr1164
    @arnoldgarzajr1164 Год назад +83

    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.

  • @TheKingmusah
    @TheKingmusah 5 лет назад +2542

    whos here 2019.hands in the air now

  • @treetop1283
    @treetop1283 6 лет назад +738

    One of the best songs in hip hop history.... this is an example of story telling.

    • @anwjuice
      @anwjuice 4 года назад +4

      Great song but there alot better songs with storytelling as an example

    • @irrelevancepersonified6973
      @irrelevancepersonified6973 4 года назад +17

      @@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.

    • @Jblah
      @Jblah 4 года назад +2

      @@irrelevancepersonified6973 lmao u slow af

    • @StraightOutThaBar
      @StraightOutThaBar 4 года назад +6

      That Aretha Franklin sample was genuis!

    • @p.tabron1326
      @p.tabron1326 4 года назад +1

      Beat is incredible

  • @hungryluma27
    @hungryluma27 5 месяцев назад +59

    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 ;)

  • @milzp8030
    @milzp8030 Год назад +43

    This tune is a national and cultural treasure. There was so much quality back in the 90s.

  • @blacklight4075
    @blacklight4075 3 года назад +352

    The Aretha Franklin sample from "One Step Ahead" gives me chills every time. Shout out to Yasiin Bey yo

    • @limazulu55
      @limazulu55 3 года назад +1

      ruclips.net/video/ySntSwWYg4g/видео.html

    • @abualofenkasi5634
      @abualofenkasi5634 2 года назад +3

      @@limazulu55 thx, my man.

  • @estlhm805
    @estlhm805 5 лет назад +612

    When rap made sense and told stories and took you places you never had been

    • @phraze410
      @phraze410 4 года назад +17

      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"

    • @bottlecapman213
      @bottlecapman213 4 года назад +6

      Kevin Frazier lowkey pretty hard 🤔

    • @duaneforhire
      @duaneforhire 4 года назад +10

      The industry stripped the culture down to reduce empowerment. Facts.

    • @jakubspendlik2389
      @jakubspendlik2389 4 года назад +12

      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...

    • @ItsValWow
      @ItsValWow 4 года назад

      Oh so u mean how it still is?

  • @pienharuna6282
    @pienharuna6282 Год назад +58

    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!

    • @togonumber
      @togonumber 7 месяцев назад +2

      :)

    • @KS-ql3hm
      @KS-ql3hm 5 месяцев назад +2

      I agree. Genius! Aand Mos is not hard to look at!

  • @SnoopySkee
    @SnoopySkee 4 месяца назад +7

    They are using the hell outta this sample now 2024

    • @natethan2204
      @natethan2204 4 месяца назад

      Now everybody thinks it's new. 😂

  • @Itgyrl909
    @Itgyrl909 3 года назад +518

    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!

    • @chuckplaysgames7925
      @chuckplaysgames7925 3 года назад +41

      😂🤣 you must not know how much this man owes in child support. He got more baby mommas then you got likes on this comment 😂🤣

    • @hussein6173
      @hussein6173 3 года назад +17

      Reach. And men don't owe women who play them any respect

    • @cheatahmame6663
      @cheatahmame6663 3 года назад +18

      @@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.

    • @BicycleFunk
      @BicycleFunk 2 года назад +5

      @@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.

    • @cheatahmame6663
      @cheatahmame6663 2 года назад +3

      @@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.

  • @DOUG-E-BEATZ
    @DOUG-E-BEATZ 2 года назад +343

    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?

  • @Dutchessdbabi
    @Dutchessdbabi 8 месяцев назад +11

    Still crushing and listening to Mos Def😂❤

  • @oluwadaraarmstrong-mensah7405
    @oluwadaraarmstrong-mensah7405 Год назад +6

    JID came back with the same sample reminding me to listen to Mos Def
    Goated

  • @TheDeFiler316
    @TheDeFiler316 10 лет назад +727

    Mos Def is one of the best story tellers in hip hop period.

    • @jeremyweaver2763
      @jeremyweaver2763 10 лет назад +25

      right after Slick Rick

    • @TheDeFiler316
      @TheDeFiler316 10 лет назад +24

      Jeremy Weaver Hence why I said "One" of the best. Everybody knows Slick Rick was the man.

    • @DaInfidel
      @DaInfidel 10 лет назад

      TheDeFiler316
      chek on me

    • @YoungBrada
      @YoungBrada 10 лет назад +2

      ***** Not feelin it back to you rick

    • @iskanderx4523
      @iskanderx4523 10 лет назад

      together with tupac and eminem

  • @dbourke7385
    @dbourke7385 4 года назад +465

    20 years later and this song is still on my playlist while driving the streets of NYC.

    • @finnstrijker1410
      @finnstrijker1410 4 года назад +17

      as it should

    • @limazulu55
      @limazulu55 3 года назад

      ruclips.net/video/ySntSwWYg4g/видео.html

    • @joebruce4826
      @joebruce4826 2 года назад +1

      On my itouch all day everyday

    • @luisgallegos2877
      @luisgallegos2877 2 года назад +3

      It's still 9ne of the best rap songs ever. Still drive blasting this gem on the streets of Chicago!!!!

    • @djnasaonassis
      @djnasaonassis 2 года назад +2

      And me here too, driving here in the streets of Ceilândia, Comptom here in Brazil. Beautiful thing

  • @vincentwashington4106
    @vincentwashington4106 Год назад +16

    This Hip Hop gem will never get old or outdated

  • @t-virusterrance4734
    @t-virusterrance4734 Год назад +69

    Love the storytelling of this song. Mos Def deserves more credit as a rapper.
    TERRANCE OUT

  • @hattorihanzo6621
    @hattorihanzo6621 3 года назад +606

    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.

    • @Jimmy1982Playlists
      @Jimmy1982Playlists 2 года назад +12

      Fr, fr... early '80s babies in the house!

    • @AnimalLover-dw2wu
      @AnimalLover-dw2wu 2 года назад +5

      90s....meh. Early 80s here. Both eras definitely better than anything 2000+.

    • @rhodniajohnson1731
      @rhodniajohnson1731 Год назад +3

      I feel you on this!! 👏🏾👏🏾

    • @marcusa4193
      @marcusa4193 Год назад +1

      2001 here, anything compared to this shit must've been lit on lice ass fire...

    • @ettorearciello5627
      @ettorearciello5627 Год назад +1

      Is better than today

  • @Basedshuckle
    @Basedshuckle 8 лет назад +513

    This song is pure genius. It's 10/10 no questions asked.

  • @BGSlimBG
    @BGSlimBG 8 месяцев назад +7

    New rappers, listen carefully! You can get enough rhymes for your following 3 albums, only from this song!

  • @elviswairia1320
    @elviswairia1320 Год назад +69

    Legendary and timeless album. Slaps from start to finish

    • @manuginobilisbaldspot424
      @manuginobilisbaldspot424 6 месяцев назад +3

      Amen! Black on Both Sides was my GOAT album for a few years. It’s iconic.

  • @aali87
    @aali87 3 года назад +441

    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.

    • @AustenLomas
      @AustenLomas 2 года назад

      yeahh lemons bruvva

    • @markeetaroane3
      @markeetaroane3 Год назад +1

      I thought that was Patti?

    • @AYATOLLAHBEATS
      @AYATOLLAHBEATS Год назад +1

      Ayatollah🎶🔈👈

    • @danjenkins2064
      @danjenkins2064 Год назад +5

      @@markeetaroane3 I thought it was Patti too until I heard the original sample. It’s Aretha sped up.

    • @largec
      @largec Год назад

      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.

  • @terrencehollowell9566
    @terrencehollowell9566 4 года назад +1164

    Its Ms. Fake booty in 2019 damn shame

    • @rustyshackleford2185
      @rustyshackleford2185 4 года назад +29

      Underrated Comment

    • @LogicA002
      @LogicA002 4 года назад +11

      Lol nice true

    • @Jblah
      @Jblah 4 года назад +16

      LMAO preach

    • @terrencehollowell9566
      @terrencehollowell9566 4 года назад +13

      @@Jblah and the sad thing of it J they push that shit on so called reality TV on a daily basis

    • @terrencehollowell9566
      @terrencehollowell9566 4 года назад +16

      @Da Royal General you can add those stupid ass eyelashes with it as well hahaha

  • @ScrapWitDatFye
    @ScrapWitDatFye 6 месяцев назад +4

    We need Mos Def back

  • @mohsinilyas5625
    @mohsinilyas5625 Год назад +4

    Still awesome in 2023

  • @Tromitize
    @Tromitize 4 года назад +617

    He said man I smashed it like a Idaho potato

    • @MeiT4073
      @MeiT4073 4 года назад +22

      Hes a baaaad man 😏

    • @mg19cal
      @mg19cal 3 года назад +14

      My favorite line in the whole song lol

    • @MrUgobright
      @MrUgobright 3 года назад +2

      I smashed and mashed it like Idaho potato

    • @dequanmiles6767
      @dequanmiles6767 3 года назад +7

      That line is famous with alot of rappers

    • @tmccz1940
      @tmccz1940 3 года назад +3

      Smashed it like cornbread

  • @leedza
    @leedza 4 года назад +317

    The song should be a national treasure.. this is the art of putting pen to paper and mining a diamond.

    • @atillacnar5785
      @atillacnar5785 3 года назад

      @@drf4270 what why

    • @atillacnar5785
      @atillacnar5785 3 года назад +3

      'Cuz this thing called rhymin' no different from coal minin'
      We both on assignment to unearth a diamond

    • @limazulu55
      @limazulu55 3 года назад

      ruclips.net/video/ySntSwWYg4g/видео.html

    • @averyfreeman6283
      @averyfreeman6283 3 года назад +1

      I Agree 👍

  • @Redyfiboogie
    @Redyfiboogie Год назад +3

    "Cocking her knees up... Champion lover nah ease up". That Bwoy cold with the flow.

  • @naohaotingala6433
    @naohaotingala6433 Год назад +6

    JID referencing Yasiin and this song via the sample in his song "Surround Sound" took me by surprise

  • @holidaystyles7952
    @holidaystyles7952 9 лет назад +215

    classic mos under-rated

    • @hollywooldridge1743
      @hollywooldridge1743 9 лет назад +9

      Exactly. He is too underrated! Mos Def ❤

    • @NYG1991
      @NYG1991 8 лет назад

      Word. I wanna see him and Jay Electronica battle.

    • @natashachange6770
      @natashachange6770 8 лет назад

      +Holly Wooldridge factz!!!!!

  • @Gildedbutterfly1976
    @Gildedbutterfly1976 6 лет назад +1432

    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. 😕

    • @victoriaappiagei1482
      @victoriaappiagei1482 6 лет назад +15

      Dope poetry Cool good vibe Classic hip-hop and poet powerful

    • @maxforce
      @maxforce 6 лет назад +13

      lol i saw you on the 93 til infinity one too.....ahhh good taste.

    • @jlawthegod3618
      @jlawthegod3618 6 лет назад

      Sheels1976 bitch you look 30

    • @jlawthegod3618
      @jlawthegod3618 6 лет назад

      Robb Dark why u give a fuk haha

    • @allangles3gee
      @allangles3gee 6 лет назад +4

      Definitely was a good era n hip hop

  • @cleowright6883
    @cleowright6883 3 месяца назад +2

    Its 2024 and its still my favorite cut

  • @DanielKim-ju9fj
    @DanielKim-ju9fj 6 месяцев назад +4

    I've never heard a better hip-hop song than this one in the last 10 years

  • @3rdworldamerica452
    @3rdworldamerica452 5 лет назад +406

    One of the most underrated rappers in the game

    • @cornybeef
      @cornybeef 4 года назад +19

      3rdWorld America
      Not by those who know

    • @Gapeaches77able
      @Gapeaches77able 4 года назад +17

      MOs Def was never underrated.

    • @enzudesign
      @enzudesign 4 года назад +3

      Always overstated never underestimated

    • @emmanuelparra5655
      @emmanuelparra5655 3 года назад

      Stayed origanal

    • @medved4030
      @medved4030 3 года назад +2

      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.

  • @thataintfalc0
    @thataintfalc0 5 лет назад +345

    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

    • @melaninenriched7844
      @melaninenriched7844 5 лет назад +13

      She's the 2nd most sampled artist after James Brown.

    • @phraze410
      @phraze410 4 года назад +5

      Al Green, Diana Ross and MJ or in the top 5

    • @wakeupstopsleeping6300
      @wakeupstopsleeping6300 4 года назад +1

      @@phraze410 uh you forget isaac hayes

    • @TheSavagedoll
      @TheSavagedoll 3 года назад +1

      lol is not like she wrote or produced those songs she sang. It's not really her songs is it.

    • @thataintfalc0
      @thataintfalc0 3 года назад +3

      @@TheSavagedoll why you gotta be a little bitch

  • @tomodota3128
    @tomodota3128 Год назад +9

    Save this song for future generations, as blueprint for real Hip-Hop

  • @lovelettuce
    @lovelettuce Год назад +5

    This is how you sample ❤

  • @tanhuulusoy
    @tanhuulusoy 3 года назад +677

    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 ...

    • @clarkthakuria
      @clarkthakuria 3 года назад +46

      Your right except switch Cool J and Big L

    • @trevorwilson8617
      @trevorwilson8617 3 года назад +46

      Don't forget the ghostface killa!!!

    • @rodhayes9119
      @rodhayes9119 3 года назад +44

      How y'all speak east coast rap and don't speak Big Daddy Kane.

    • @vinceyoung5912
      @vinceyoung5912 3 года назад +12

      Mos was excellent in 16 blocks

    • @tysa1999
      @tysa1999 3 года назад +20

      not all of us; Rakim is the God. KRS-one, KoolG Rap, Kane, Nas, Mos Def

  • @Balancingcodes
    @Balancingcodes 3 года назад +547

    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!!!

  • @blumpy18
    @blumpy18 Год назад +6

    I miss this era of hip-hop

  • @son1nekortez464
    @son1nekortez464 Год назад +3

    Happy Birthday to this Album... 10/12/1999

  • @3cko792
    @3cko792 3 года назад +112

    With this 4 mins of song you can make a 4 hour movie ong

    • @limazulu55
      @limazulu55 3 года назад

      ruclips.net/video/ySntSwWYg4g/видео.html

    • @mstyles2667
      @mstyles2667 3 года назад +2

      FACTS.

  • @b00gie645
    @b00gie645 3 года назад +150

    Who is gonna turn this joint up in summer 2021?

  • @jaye739
    @jaye739 Год назад +4

    This joint should have 100 million views.

  • @tysonsa
    @tysonsa Год назад +16

    imagine not loving hip-hop 🛐❤️

  • @jayfranchize
    @jayfranchize 3 года назад +293

    ONE OF THE BEST STORY TELLER TRACKS IN HISTORY. DELIVERY & VISION. HE PAINTED A PICTURE WITH WORDS.

    • @mstyles2667
      @mstyles2667 3 года назад +1

      FACTS!

    • @pienharuna6282
      @pienharuna6282 Год назад +1

      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!!

    • @loganmacdonald2900
      @loganmacdonald2900 10 месяцев назад

      i agree man everybody seems to disregard this type of music nowadays but holy shit this song kicks ass 🤙

    • @loganmacdonald2900
      @loganmacdonald2900 10 месяцев назад

      im only 17 but fuck i love this song till death

  • @philmagroin990
    @philmagroin990 6 лет назад +138

    Walked away smiling sing gregory issacc. Mos def lyrical poet and a good ass actor aswell

  • @noelperez79
    @noelperez79 2 года назад +20

    Sadly Hip Hop is just not made like this anymore, miss you Mos. Wish he would drop Anotha LP

    • @irvingr7538
      @irvingr7538 Год назад +1

      Then hop on the mic 🎤 make something original 😌

  • @VaigVizion
    @VaigVizion Год назад +5

    I miss this era of HipHop

  • @linkface9180
    @linkface9180 6 лет назад +141

    Most definitely this man absolutely undeniably, irrefutably, incontrovertibly, incontestably, unmistakably brilliant. Haha

  • @Deadsea_1993
    @Deadsea_1993 4 года назад +119

    Mos is the type of rapper that makes rapping a science and he’s like a professor that breaks it down piece by piece.

    • @coreykindle5892
      @coreykindle5892 4 года назад +5

      KRS-1 is the true hip-hop professor real talk

    • @tazallordofpog5559
      @tazallordofpog5559 4 года назад +3

      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

    • @SJ20KGAMING
      @SJ20KGAMING 4 года назад

      Facts

    • @limazulu55
      @limazulu55 3 года назад

      ruclips.net/video/ySntSwWYg4g/видео.html

    • @beaukito2169
      @beaukito2169 3 года назад +2

      add Big Pun to that list, that guy was reading entire dictionaries in his spare time to become a better rapper.

  • @Jamie---
    @Jamie--- 3 месяца назад +2

    Been back in my Mos Def bag the last few months. I'm gonna be here for a while

  • @MadClowdz
    @MadClowdz Год назад +5

    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.

  • @diongreen4017
    @diongreen4017 2 года назад +328

    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!

    • @andykerste1
      @andykerste1 2 года назад +17

      Sorry for your loss bro.

    • @nigelbrowne1408
      @nigelbrowne1408 2 года назад +8

      R.I.P to your brother.
      Sorry for your loss

    • @RaineSim
      @RaineSim 2 года назад +7

      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❤️

    • @nf5011
      @nf5011 Год назад +6

      🙏 R I P

    • @malikstmaliktv8082
      @malikstmaliktv8082 7 месяцев назад

      Sorry for your loss bro

  • @mr.steelroots335
    @mr.steelroots335 5 лет назад +318

    R.I.P Aretha Franklin 16/08/18

  • @bossanova3292
    @bossanova3292 2 года назад +22

    This is one of the greatest samples of all time. Song is a classic.

  • @imhigherthanagiraffesassin5060
    @imhigherthanagiraffesassin5060 Год назад +2

    the rhyme schemes are crazy

  • @ike6209
    @ike6209 5 лет назад +76

    That Gregory Isaacs line....genius creativity !!!

  • @dennisbraxton3770
    @dennisbraxton3770 2 года назад +149

    This is my first time hearing this and I can’t stop replaying it. The way he put this story together is lyrically unbelievable!

    • @Mjbentertainment86
      @Mjbentertainment86 2 года назад +3

      +Dennis Braxton how old are u?

    • @2869may
      @2869may 2 года назад

      This is something special....!
      "Drama" ~ Ice T is another Great Story track...!

    • @sharnya8332
      @sharnya8332 Год назад

      Same

    • @sharnya8332
      @sharnya8332 Год назад +3

      @@Mjbentertainment86 He May not even be “young”. Not everybody grew up with hip hop or rap ya know. Regardless of age

    • @Mjbentertainment86
      @Mjbentertainment86 Год назад

      @@sharnya8332 I understand…I was trying to be funny…and honest at the same time lol

  • @Beautifro
    @Beautifro 4 месяца назад +3

    Mos Def still here 2024!! I cry on the inside because hiphop is not the same at alllll!! They really out here wildin today

  • @3MUnique
    @3MUnique Год назад +3

    “Aww, Damnit!!”😂

  • @crownejewell
    @crownejewell 3 года назад +260

    They not spitting lyrics like that anymore what an lost art

    • @limazulu55
      @limazulu55 3 года назад +1

      ruclips.net/video/ySntSwWYg4g/видео.html

    • @Yah.get_it
      @Yah.get_it 3 года назад +5

      Listen to earl Sweatshirt & Kendrick Lamar not lyrically better than this but their still up there maybe a bit less

    • @lyrics2challenged
      @lyrics2challenged 3 года назад +1

      @@Yah.get_it "Maybe" a bit less. Lol, that's generous to both of them.

    • @icytidal3228
      @icytidal3228 3 года назад +3

      @@Yah.get_it as much as I love mos def, Kendrick Lamar is the best poet in hip hop history

    • @Yah.get_it
      @Yah.get_it 3 года назад +1

      @@icytidal3228 yea pretty easily I was talking about lyrically

  • @spha-m
    @spha-m 2 года назад +28

    JID just brought me back here to this classic.

  • @himanshu-gx3sc
    @himanshu-gx3sc Год назад +4

    I mos def can't stop listening to this...just can't..

  • @dunnamang
    @dunnamang 3 месяца назад +2

    This is the only hiphop I still listen to… 90’s - early 2000’s. It’s what I grew up on and I’m still loyal to it. One of my favorite songs of all time right here.

    • @noodle457
      @noodle457 2 месяца назад

      You need to listen to more new school rappers

  • @soulotech
    @soulotech 8 лет назад +784

    love the ending. Mos def was falling in love with these strippers way before Drake.

    • @Sheeezus
      @Sheeezus 6 лет назад +17

      This is quite a spicy post now!

    • @Khi.252
      @Khi.252 5 лет назад +9

      Sheeezus You right about that. Drake bringing light to this comment right about now lol

    • @RAA10382
      @RAA10382 5 лет назад +8

      😂😂😂

    • @devons28
      @devons28 5 лет назад +33

      Naw... Mos didn't know. Drake did. Huge difference 😂

    • @hulkgroover5838
      @hulkgroover5838 5 лет назад +13

      if you go to a strip club you're going to fall in love with a stripper just for that night

  • @samsutliff
    @samsutliff 9 лет назад +326

    Headbobbing to this song is a must

  • @jeramiahkirby2134
    @jeramiahkirby2134 Год назад +3

    This is what happens when you be kind and rewind

  • @edub90
    @edub90 6 месяцев назад +2

    Mos Def was born to bring us this masterpiece

  • @phraze410
    @phraze410 4 года назад +487

    The first "I fell in love with a stripper" song lol

    • @theeyesbutterfly6089
      @theeyesbutterfly6089 3 года назад +7

      That’s what you got from this ? Hm

    • @blacklight4075
      @blacklight4075 3 года назад +3

      dont be ashamed. it happens. Im fb friends with the loves lol

    • @bayeisha
      @bayeisha 3 года назад +14

      @@theeyesbutterfly6089 Aint that's what the song is about? I had forgot about this song, then my sister played it a few weeks back. I downloaded it and started listening to it, and was kind of confused and shocked by the end, so I came to the video to make sure I wasn't tripping. Outside of showcasing lyricism and the art of storytelling, it's about him falling in love with a stripper and suffering the consequences.

    • @TilTheBreakADawn
      @TilTheBreakADawn 3 года назад +2

      @@bayeisha I honestly never got that in all the years I've been listening to it. The reveal line is when his friend calls him and says, "I saw Charisse at the kitty club with some bangin' ass Asian playing lay it down and pick me up." Because the video doesn't show her stripping at all (perhaps because Mos Def wanted to be more tasteful than the standard garbage that's put out) and the lyrics talking about a "banging ass Asian which means from Mos that's a female, I thought it was about finding out she was bisexual. But now that I see the same woman from the club as his waitress, yes, I guess it is about her stripping to pay bills.

    • @brandonbates9259
      @brandonbates9259 3 года назад +2

      It's the way he constructed the story in the song is what it made great

  • @britbrat951
    @britbrat951 7 лет назад +321

    I love beats like this

    • @Yes123786
      @Yes123786 6 лет назад +1

      Listen to more Madlib beats then

    • @ludwinrios4140
      @ludwinrios4140 6 лет назад +2

      Madlib didn't make the beat tho

    • @Yes123786
      @Yes123786 6 лет назад +2

      I know, but if he wants more beats like this, Madlib is the guy

    • @HDONOVLEPSIAS737
      @HDONOVLEPSIAS737 5 лет назад +1

      Brittany Lee fuck you too 🖕

    • @toddpace4588
      @toddpace4588 5 лет назад

      @@Yes123786
      Ayatollah

  • @inDaStreetzGaming
    @inDaStreetzGaming Год назад +3

    Why did mos stop because we need bars like this today dead asssss

  • @petoebirgantaemusic
    @petoebirgantaemusic Год назад +17

    This song gone forever be a masterpiece 💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽🥶

  • @hughg.rection5446
    @hughg.rection5446 2 года назад +152

    i’m 18 so this kind of music is before my time, but this song is better than almost anything i’ve ever heard of modern hip hop

    • @hjillumi880
      @hjillumi880 2 года назад +3

      what before your time, our generation is here. thanks

    • @hughg.rection5446
      @hughg.rection5446 2 года назад +10

      @@hjillumi880 i did say that… what’s your point?

    • @frangg8139
      @frangg8139 Год назад +3

      i recomend u hear J.I.D

    • @hughg.rection5446
      @hughg.rection5446 Год назад +3

      @@frangg8139 oh yeah i like J.I.D actually that guys pretty talented. i do like some modern hip hop but not much 🤣

    • @RM-wp7df
      @RM-wp7df Год назад

      ​@@hughg.rection5446 you like Cole and Kendrick, don't you??🔥

  • @Dee_Nice89
    @Dee_Nice89 8 лет назад +86

    Mos Def killed this joint frfr #ClassicMos

  • @user-ht3nb9nm3n
    @user-ht3nb9nm3n 5 месяцев назад +4

    нашла этого исполнителя на Royal radio и я влюбилась в его треки, это просто потрясающе!

  • @ogice2312
    @ogice2312 Год назад +3

    That surround sound sample

    • @aizen_3d
      @aizen_3d Год назад

      You mean aretha franklin

  • @hiphoplives3545
    @hiphoplives3545 9 лет назад +314

    Back when rappers could flow for minutes.
    Now it's just "I'm in love with the coco." And a nice beat. BOOM ur famous.

    • @kaz9687
      @kaz9687 6 лет назад +14

      Hip Hop Lives 3 years later and nothings changed lol

    • @cyclopsmastermind4183
      @cyclopsmastermind4183 6 лет назад +5

      KAZU ` there still are great artists Believe me look at Joey badass and Kendrick. But mainstream wise you guys are right af.

    • @alonalove3118
      @alonalove3118 5 лет назад

      Hip.hop.u so.right and speaking in a language u can't understand

    • @RubesOne
      @RubesOne 5 лет назад +2

      36 is a kilo!

    • @swayv1964
      @swayv1964 5 лет назад

      That's not really true

  • @mackeym10
    @mackeym10 2 года назад +10

    jid fan here to respect a og

  • @contateste6549
    @contateste6549 Год назад +5

    🔥🔥🔥1999 🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @Phenny1982
    @Phenny1982 2 года назад +60

    “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☝️🙏✊💯❤️

    • @AYATOLLAHBEATS
      @AYATOLLAHBEATS Год назад +1

      Ayatollah🎶🔈👈

    • @forever9043
      @forever9043 Год назад +2

      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

    • @Bigmall100
      @Bigmall100 Год назад

      D