@kenterminatedbygoogle -- Are your serious??!!!!!!!! He was one of the greatest producers in hip-hop!!!!!!! You cant be more that 22 years old, maybe he' was before your time. Google him!!!!
Damn, I found this 8 yrs late. Brought a tear to my eye. As someone below said, RIP Phife, Dilla, and DOOM. Through your music, you all felt like close friends, f'real.
This video is so sad. Man, I wish Phife could've gotten his health under control. Taken from us too soon. Love this entire collective for everything they've given us.
I feel like Phife knew his end was coming. This song is one of the most unique songs I've ever heard. It combines Phife's reflection of his past with Dilla while bringing us to the present where health, stress, and life have brought Phife new appreciation in wisdom. What's so interesting about this song is the story we get about Dilla through the eyes of Phife but never fully expressing his feelings, leaving that for when they meet each other again. We will never be privy to this, but the feeling is not a goodbye but a see you later.
... Plus all the imagery/visuals is powerful! 2:49 I cry! Fo real... 10 mn earlier I was listening one of his beats while remembering what a unique moment in my life when I was at his last concert in Paris, with my Sony minidisc recorder and a mic. I recorded everything!! In my memory too. I was in front of the stage when this literally happened: The crowed splits and Jay Dee appears in a wheelchair with the help of his crew, they lifted him on the stage. Crowd was screaming but at the same time a lot of us wasn’t expected to see him so sick. I started crying,, my friends too. After a few minutes in front of him I stopped the recorder and get out to get some fresh air. I came back after 5mn, I didn’t want to miss more of it. Knowing this moment has a huge meaning for my man Dilla. His last tour. 👋
I met phone once, while I was a security guard, I had the chance to walk him to his tour bus. I recall him being extremely personable. I grew up listening to atcq and more bc my big brother introduced me to them. I love jd, slum, etc. Needless to say, Phife took my being a huge fan reall smooth with a smile thank you, and went on to talk about being a sports fan and spending a lot of time being involved in his own way in the sport of basketball. I felt such a relief and blessing to actually speak with him after growing up with his body of work. All I can say is, that still to his bus, made me feel like family and I sensed how it must be to truly be happy and content. RIP NOT ONLY TO JD AND phife to all the ppl reading this whose lost loved ones. It’s hope, simply hope to see our loved ones again that makes me a believer in the afterlife. Peace world
@@AfricanGirl In case you're not joking. The song is about one of the greatest producers of all time, J Dilla, who passed in 2006. He had a good relationship with ATCQ. Phife dawg, who made this song, sadly passed away in 2016 himself.
"Hold tight, this ain't the last time I see you, due time, that's my word I'm going to see u" That line hits me hard! I miss these 2 blessings to mankind. 😔
After hearing about Phife, I immediately broke down to tears. I'm only 16 but I listened to ATCQ a lot. All I wanted was to see them perform in my life at least once!
im 17 brotha and ik how u feel... discovered real hip hop in 2012 and tribe was one of the first i discovered. they had such a major impact on my life through music
If you dislike a video like this you seriously have some problems, best part is they probably dont even recognize legends like Dilla or Phife. RIP to both of them!!
Just playing devil's advocate... Maybe they disliked it to represent that they disliked that both these guys are dead??? I'm grasping at straws b/c I refuse to believe that there are assholes who would dislike this for spite.
Sitting in dialysis now because my kidneys gave up on me too...hits you pretty hard when doc tells you things ain't working like they're supposed to be. I'll be hooked up to a machine 3 days a week, 4 hours at a time. Some days it's too much...weak, tired and nauseous...but I come listen to Phife and ATCQ and it gives me enough ambition for another day. To all you young folks out there, watch your health. I was healthy and took care of myself...never smoked, not a big drinker...kidneys still failed at age 46. R.I.P. Phife...thank you for the inspiration to make it another day. 😉
I think this is the second time I cried and really tried to hold it in from death of a person I don't have any familial ties to. Tribe, De La, Slum, Wu...etc. In the 90s growing up as a non-black minority, hiphop was the only thing I could really relate to and be a role model to me because I simply had none. That ended up making me love the art form, DJed, made beats etc and even to this day. I decided to walk the road of going into health field later in life and sort of promised myself when I met phife as a fan, I would give him words of encouragement when I became a fully fledged doc years ago. I didn't get to do this which broke my heart. His death "ironically" fuels me to keep an eye for other people and their health. A good health is a long term process and often needs good guidance and support system. Phife you had a heck of a battle throughout your life. Diabetes isn't an easy disease deal with especially if you love to eat. I would know, I love cooking and eating and cannot imagine not being able to eat majority of foods. RIP and hope you are having a dope cipher with Sean price, Biggie, Pumpkinhead, Proof, Pac, Big L etc under beats Dilla make! If I weren't afraid to die, it would be for me to see THAT! Blessings to the families of the deceased ones
VHS GUY legit though, his production is actually progressing so much. It's kind of up to him which direction he goes though because he seems to enjoy modern era hip hop sounds
I never thought that there would be a more touching song to a friend than "T.R.O.Y", but Phife Diggy has done it. Welcome back Phife, this is how you come back.
Damn, RIP Dilla… RIP Phife. As a music artist from Brooklyn, y’all have had a huge impact on me. Y’all are part of the heart of hip hop. I gotta make a homage song like Phife did for Dilla
This makes me so sad omg. I was just going to listen this song this morning before I heard about his passing :(. That salute @ 3:34 has me in tears man. RIP Phife. :'(
This brought a tear to my eye. Dealing with an illness is not easy. I'm disappointed in myself that I've only just heard this song. RIP Phife, we still think about you.
You are right on the Point. As the music fades I think about all of the folks who I loved are gone,and I think of how will I be remembered!! Deep and somber but happy that I had a chance to Live Life🤔
the first time I saw this video two years ago it really broke my heart. ..the condition of his skin and the color of his eyes told Phife wasn't doing to good. ..he was high on phosphorus. .I used to be a dialysis tech and it saddened me at time to see a healthy patient one day and the next there gone due to kidney failure. .we will miss you Phife and thanks for the jams yo bo knows this and bo knows that. .lol miss you fam
His passing has hit me pretty hard, he's a true Hip Hop pioneer and A Tribe Called Quest will never be the same without him. It's such a shame, he was only 45. I really wish I had the opportunity to see Tribe live, I've always wanted to. R.I.P. Malik, thank you for your contributions to the culture of hip hop.
"Dilla dawg, I had a dream about you fam Its 2005, we in the same hospital room." - Phife Dawg on Dear Dilla "If this was my last video, I would die happy." - Phife Dawg on the Music Video for this song. His dreams, as quoted above, surely came true, RIP Phife. Just when Gene Simmons wished for hip-hop to die, Phife had to die. Why!?! :(
Everything in this song is bittersweet, from Phifes lyrics to the beat reminiscent of Dilla. It really feels like a farewell. Sometimes we know even if we don't know.
Well... This just made me cry...thanks for the beats... Thanks for the music... Thanks for the soul. Reminds me to stay strong no matter what you're going through. 313
I can't like this video enough. Disappointed I never saw it when Phife was alive but happy it didn't entirely pass me by....RIP Phife and J Dilla!! You both put so much love into the music it's ridiculous!! Can't imagine what Hip Hop would've been like without you both! Thanks for the music, the memories, and we gonna keep on rockin your music until we see you....again!!
I’m gonna comment on this every time I come across and treasure this video. Give flowers to those who can still smell them ppl please. Don’t let your ego get in the way of a good time
R.I.P. Pfife Diggy You will DEFINITELY be missed. A large part of my youth was spent with ATCQ as my soundtrack. They made it cool to have intelligent rap, and Pfife was one of the best to lay it down.
A dream about DILLA doing what DILLA does will always keep you going especially on the hospital bed right next to you. Man I love and miss both of you guys, major piece to this puzzle we call life. RIP MUCH LOVE FOREVER. *aaaaaggghhhhhhhh!!!*
R.I.P. Phife Dawg - you are so missed. I had a fantastic time being behind the scenes of you making the music video, "Dear Dilla" when it was filmed in Chicago. You was so humbled and appreciate the ATCQ fans. It is me at footage scene 3:06 with the red and white strip, and wearing my Chicago Cubs baseball cap. I will cherish this memory for the rest of my life.
If tears could build a stairway, and memories a lane. I would walk right up to Heaven and bring you back again. No farewell words were spoken, No time to say "Goodbye". You were gone before I knew it, and only God knows why. My heart still aches with sadness, and secret tears still flow. What it meant to love you - No one can ever know. But now I know you want me to mourn for you no more; To remember all the happy times life still has much in store. Since you'll never be forgotten, I pledge to you today~ A hollowed place within my heart is where you'll always stay. ...i hope you'r rock'n the stars! RIP Dilla RIP Phife 2 cool brothers...unforgotten!
lots of rappers just shout out their fallen brothers in their music but dedicating and writing a whole song for them is some real shit rip Dilla and Phife slowly taking the origins
Samples in this song: KC & the Sunshine Band - What Makes You Happy (Riff + Drums) J Dilla - Baby (Vocals) 0:40, 3:15 Slum Village - Hold Tight ft. Q-Tip1:41 Slum Village - Get Dis Money 1:43 Slum Village - Raise It Up 1:48 Steve Spacek - Dollar 1:53 Q-Tip - Let’s Ride 1:58 A.T.C.Q. - Find A Way (Drums)2:53 Slum Village - Climax (Vocals) 2:58 Common - The Light 3:03 Slum Village - Players 3:07 J Dilla ft. MF DOOM - Fire Wood Drumstix (Vocals) 3:10 RIP J Dilla RIP Phife RIP MF DOOM
“This ain’t the last time I see you, In due time” it’s sad when you realise phife passed away not long after this song was released. When I reach heavens gates my first question will be “what have phife and Dilla been working on up here?
Fuck man, as a fellow diabetic seeing all that imagery and him feeling like shit at the doctors and not being able to eat the same stuff his friends really struck close to home. Then the part with the insulin vials and needles, goddamn it I know that feeling. Wish I could've gotten the chance to meet Phife, would've loved to have a talk with him about our disease just to get some more understanding of it. Now the only living celebrity I know of with diabetes is Brett Michaels and I don't wanna talk to him.
L. Nelson Butler I can talk to a beat box, but why? I know not everyone can sing or have talent. This "art"(if you want to call it art) form is attractive to the lower class, no talent people. It is something many can relate to.
Anyone here in 2021 and coming back to show love to two of the greatest? I named my dog Phife and Dilla has been my favorite Producer for at least 20 years now.
I cried when I heard this. I just saw this today and cant believe it took so long. I really miss Phife RIP. Imagine if Phife, Dilla, and Mac Miller were all alive and making music together?
Listening to this on this sunday morning... chills all over. Man.... those 2 masters left us and gifted the planet with the priceless gift of their talent. We need their vibe more than ever in this disturbed world. Thank you Phife and Dilla for bringing positivity and Light !!
Here are some of the songs referenced here: 0:42 - Slum Village - Hold Tight 1:48 - Slum Village - Raise It Up 1:53 - Steve Spacek - Dollar 1:58 - Q-Tip - Let's Ride 3:02 - Common - The Light 3:07 - Slum Village - Players 3:10 - J Dilla - Fire Wood Drumstix 3:15 - J Dilla - Baby Unfortunately I can't figure out samples at 2:53 and 2:57 (they are muffled in the music video but are clearly heard in the track itself)
I’m sitting here crying 😢, I believe in making it to a better place & meeting both Dilla & Phife one day, thank God for their Souls n those who made this project thank you 🙏, God Bless Y’all..🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🔥#RealHipHop...
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Rip phife now you and dilla are together making real hip hop✊🏽
Who's Dilla?
*****
That isn't sayin' much.
...and we´ll follow someday to eternal music heaven
@kenterminatedbygoogle -- Are your serious??!!!!!!!! He was one of the greatest producers in hip-hop!!!!!!! You cant be more that 22 years old, maybe he' was before your time. Google him!!!!
I think he's great and I'm 19.
Damn, I found this 8 yrs late. Brought a tear to my eye. As someone below said, RIP Phife, Dilla, and DOOM. Through your music, you all felt like close friends, f'real.
Better late than never
Damn seeing this now that Phife’s gone hits different
Dude I don't know how I missed this six years ago but you're 100% right does feel crazy different. Weird even. RIP Phife
I agree 💯 gentlemen... How did I miss this!?!?
TRUTH!
Wooooord
For real, it hits different. Like he took hip hop with him....SMH
This video is so sad. Man, I wish Phife could've gotten his health under control. Taken from us too soon.
Love this entire collective for everything they've given us.
This song > all the new rappers
Yes sir. Love life and take care of yourselves people!
orlok visurit good song but cap
@@jimbo6519 bruh that new carti album trash b and many more albums to come this shit kills any rapper in the game b.
Real talk
RIP Big Phife Dawgg....one of the greatest to ever pick up a mic!!!!!
Indeeeed!
absolutely
R.I.P
peace
+Sledge “Smash” Hammer Amen to that...best ever!
RIP PHIFE
RIP DILLA
RIP DOOM
Don't forget Nujabes
R.i.p the real real ones
R.EY.E.P EYEDEA and CAPITAL STEEZ TOO
DMX too
RIP BIG PROOF
Quietly shedding tears for all those gone but not forgotten
CAN NOT EVER BE FORGOTTEN!!!💚❤️💙🧡💜
I want to scream like momma at the funeral.
Shits depressing
Amen !!! We keep their Spirits Burnin Bright
Yep these 2 men and MF doom.. this video with the visual and lyrics hits me in the feels 😢
I feel like Phife knew his end was coming. This song is one of the most unique songs I've ever heard. It combines Phife's reflection of his past with Dilla while bringing us to the present where health, stress, and life have brought Phife new appreciation in wisdom. What's so interesting about this song is the story we get about Dilla through the eyes of Phife but never fully expressing his feelings, leaving that for when they meet each other again.
We will never be privy to this, but the feeling is not a goodbye but a see you later.
krazysays 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾Well Said
Facts!!!!
Awhhhh exactly
krazysays good summary
... Plus all the imagery/visuals is powerful! 2:49 I cry! Fo real... 10 mn earlier I was listening one of his beats while remembering what a unique moment in my life when I was at his last concert in Paris, with my Sony minidisc recorder and a mic. I recorded everything!! In my memory too. I was in front of the stage when this literally happened: The crowed splits and Jay Dee appears in a wheelchair with the help of his crew, they lifted him on the stage. Crowd was screaming but at the same time a lot of us wasn’t expected to see him so sick. I started crying,, my friends too. After a few minutes in front of him I stopped the recorder and get out to get some fresh air. I came back after 5mn, I didn’t want to miss more of it. Knowing this moment has a huge meaning for my man Dilla. His last tour. 👋
Don’t cry because they died, smile because they were parts of our lives.
Both...always both...
Yea, hard not to get choked up but just glad these cats lived and delivered the world some great beats and vibes.
💯
Word!
Just do both! 😀😭
“Hold tight this ain’t the last time I’ll see you”
Rip Phife Rip Dilla 💔
Never seen a video where a rapper was this personable. Straight up real. We miss you Phife and J Dilla.
Who's here forever? RIP Phife.
Hip hop forever.
Every now and then I got to come and pay respects. ❤👊🏾👊🏾
I met phone once, while I was a security guard, I had the chance to walk him to his tour bus. I recall him being extremely personable. I grew up listening to atcq and more bc my big brother introduced me to them. I love jd, slum, etc. Needless to say, Phife took my being a huge fan reall smooth with a smile thank you, and went on to talk about being a sports fan and spending a lot of time being involved in his own way in the sport of basketball. I felt such a relief and blessing to actually speak with him after growing up with his body of work. All I can say is, that still to his bus, made me feel like family and I sensed how it must be to truly be happy and content. RIP NOT ONLY TO JD AND phife to all the ppl reading this whose lost loved ones. It’s hope, simply hope to see our loved ones again that makes me a believer in the afterlife. Peace world
Peace
Mad classy bro! Peace and blessings
Peace & blessings brother! Brought a tear to my eye fr.
And it's our hope in JESUS that will make that dream a reality! God bless you brother.
RIP Dilla & Phife!
Luke James Please review a dilla album in the archives
Who’s here in 2020..... RIP to these 2 legends 😔
Forever 🙏
who was they ?
@@AfricanGirl
In case you're not joking.
The song is about one of the greatest producers of all time, J Dilla, who passed in 2006. He had a good relationship with ATCQ.
Phife dawg, who made this song, sadly passed away in 2016 himself.
@@leoui1085 Aw. I didn't know that info . now I know
😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
Dilla truly changed my life musically..and at 65 I have heard everyone from louis to Coltrane
Phife and Dilla reunited in heaven.
"Hold tight, this ain't the last time I see you, due time, that's my word I'm going to see u" That line hits me hard! I miss these 2 blessings to mankind. 😔
This Is video Is More Sad 😔 When you go more in depth R.I.P. Phife Dawg
SO blessed to be able to see and feel dilla and phife every day through their music... RIP
RIP Phife.... man, I'm shedding tears watching this...smmfh
Damn, right there with ya. RIP to a legend
After hearing about Phife, I immediately broke down to tears. I'm only 16 but I listened to ATCQ a lot. All I wanted was to see them perform in my life at least once!
+Max Islas Same here. Smh.
im 17 brotha and ik how u feel... discovered real hip hop in 2012 and tribe was one of the first i discovered. they had such a major impact on my life through music
+Max Islas me too brother
Max Islas 15 and I'm just an old soul.
One of the most underrated tracks EVER in hip hop history! ✊🏾
Real shit cause I never heard b 4
the video was a great homage to a great person. thank God for our health. realize your talents while you're here.
Do you know the album this is on??
+BoyBlaze2002 it's a singal
+gtagamer single**
+Ermin Siljkovic he dead now
+Ermin Siljkovic he's now banging beats with Dilla up there.
Now you're with J Dilla. R.I.P. Phife n Dilla
A deadly combination
R.I.P. J.DILL,R.I P. P.DAWG
Sesay Muhammed they making godly music in heaven now
there gonna have heaven popping costantly
Proof and dilla and phife
i always seem to find new artists to listen to when the party’s all gone and over. RIP GREATS.
dilla never left! his beats made him immortal
I'm a 39 year old BLACK MAN... This is my music. it always strike and sooth my soul. It has substance , style, and meaning... Peace Dilla and Phife...
The Rhodes and keys at 4:00. Does something to my soul. That bass you can’t hear on your phone, but it’s there.
So good. Gets me right in the soul.
I'll play it then lol
same it makes my eyes water
Sam here!!!
forget how legendary they both are, who the fuck dislikes a dead guy's song dedicated to his dead friend ?
real fucking talk.
If you dislike a video like this you seriously have some problems, best part is they probably dont even recognize legends like Dilla or Phife. RIP to both of them!!
Just playing devil's advocate... Maybe they disliked it to represent that they disliked that both these guys are dead??? I'm grasping at straws b/c I refuse to believe that there are assholes who would dislike this for spite.
people that have different opinion, you fucking idiot
Aaron Grech Im black..
And your whole argument went down the toilet
Sitting in dialysis now because my kidneys gave up on me too...hits you pretty hard when doc tells you things ain't working like they're supposed to be. I'll be hooked up to a machine 3 days a week, 4 hours at a time. Some days it's too much...weak, tired and nauseous...but I come listen to Phife and ATCQ and it gives me enough ambition for another day.
To all you young folks out there, watch your health. I was healthy and took care of myself...never smoked, not a big drinker...kidneys still failed at age 46.
R.I.P. Phife...thank you for the inspiration to make it another day. 😉
TickleBiscuit stop eating meat and go to djheuty maat ra website. Be well friend.
Sorry to hear that brother ...I wish you a less stressful years to come
Update us on how you're doing please. I hope you are doing well.
May Allah grant you ease my friend. 🙏🏽
@@jasi1650 it’s sugars and alcohol to avoid.
Who here in 21'.........miss my brother man....passed dec 4th 2020.
Forever a proud midnight marauder!!! Rest in peace Phife !!!
+tasha777 R.I.P the real MC !
I think this is the second time I cried and really tried to hold it in from death of a person I don't have any familial ties to. Tribe, De La, Slum, Wu...etc. In the 90s growing up as a non-black minority, hiphop was the only thing I could really relate to and be a role model to me because I simply had none. That ended up making me love the art form, DJed, made beats etc and even to this day. I decided to walk the road of going into health field later in life and sort of promised myself when I met phife as a fan, I would give him words of encouragement when I became a fully fledged doc years ago. I didn't get to do this which broke my heart. His death "ironically" fuels me to keep an eye for other people and their health. A good health is a long term process and often needs good guidance and support system.
Phife you had a heck of a battle throughout your life. Diabetes isn't an easy disease deal with especially if you love to eat. I would know, I love cooking and eating and cannot imagine not being able to eat majority of foods.
RIP and hope you are having a dope cipher with Sean price, Biggie, Pumpkinhead, Proof, Pac, Big L etc under beats Dilla make! If I weren't afraid to die, it would be for me to see THAT!
Blessings to the families of the deceased ones
Beautiful comment
Word Brother!!
much respect..
much respect..
Respect and peace to you brother!
that precious J Dilla will never die, Hip Hop culture for life.
Imma miss you dude, but your legacy will live forever..Thanks for blessing us all these yrs famo. R.I.P.
Seriously shook by the loss of the 5 foot assassin, may you always be on point and say hello to Dilla for us
Dilla, Doom, DMX and the Diggy Dawg Phife... Eternally in our hearts never to be forgotten. Legends live forever. 🙌🙌🙌🙌💯💯💯🙏🙏🙏
Well throw some D’s on it 🥷! Deez nuts!
Looks like he's finally getting to reunite with Dilla again. Yall better be cooking up some flames up there.
"Hold tight, this ain't the last time I see you
Due time, that's my word imma see you"
😢😢😢😢😢
GOT ME IN TEARS
51 year old korean man in awe of the love empathy and triumph of these 2 men.
That new Tribe album brings me back to this, R.I.P. Phife miss you brotha
bitchassniggaeater 69 wheelz
bitchassniggaeater 69 can joji bring back hip hop?
VHS GUY legit though, his production is actually progressing so much. It's kind of up to him which direction he goes though because he seems to enjoy modern era hip hop sounds
ya watching this now wish i had been into it before. better than stuff we get now.
I never thought that there would be a more touching song to a friend than "T.R.O.Y", but Phife Diggy has done it. Welcome back Phife, this is how you come back.
Damn, RIP Dilla… RIP Phife. As a music artist from Brooklyn, y’all have had a huge impact on me. Y’all are part of the heart of hip hop.
I gotta make a homage song like Phife did for Dilla
Seeing Phifes sense of humor mixed with his compassion for Dilla makes me tear up. RIP Phife & Dilla
This makes me so sad omg. I was just going to listen this song this morning before I heard about his passing :(. That salute @ 3:34 has me in tears man. RIP Phife. :'(
This brought a tear to my eye. Dealing with an illness is not easy. I'm disappointed in myself that I've only just heard this song. RIP Phife, we still think about you.
The best song tribute to J Dilla, beautiful
Exactly
Natasha Letoh loved seeing ALI SHAHEED in the video clip. It's a shame QTIP was absent! ATCQ for ever!
Louise Belcher some fan you are, to not even recognize an old, fat qtip...he's here all right..
Mike Mlodzienski is Qtip in the video? time stamp pls.
debanjan banerjee 2:03
Ugh... Shed a couple tears today. I know Dilla and Phife are making music again though.
when the beat rides off in the end it chokes me up everytime
You are right on the Point. As the music fades I think about all of the folks who I loved are gone,and I think of how will I be remembered!! Deep and somber but happy that I had a chance to Live Life🤔
I skip the song and go straight to the End....I’m a Bassplayer and I’m a Bass Junkie
this track got a whole nother meaning now rip phife dawg. you can rap on a dilla beat finally
the first time I saw this video two years ago it really broke my heart. ..the condition of his skin and the color of his eyes told Phife wasn't doing to good. ..he was high on phosphorus. .I used to be a dialysis tech and it saddened me at time to see a healthy patient one day and the next there gone due to kidney failure. .we will miss you Phife and thanks for the jams yo bo knows this and bo knows that. .lol miss you fam
He died of Diabetes...
@@taseaniss
And what organ does that stress? Take a good guess. I'll even give you a hint -- it begins with a k.
theres such a bittersweet feel to this song i love how sad it makes me
His passing has hit me pretty hard, he's a true Hip Hop pioneer and A Tribe Called Quest will never be the same without him. It's such a shame, he was only 45. I really wish I had the opportunity to see Tribe live, I've always wanted to. R.I.P. Malik, thank you for your contributions to the culture of hip hop.
A tribe called hip-hop history love song best ever Good brother my Malik RlP mss music mom my music fan big good music video music history
"Dilla dawg, I had a dream about you fam
Its 2005, we in the same hospital room." - Phife Dawg on Dear Dilla
"If this was my last video, I would die happy." - Phife Dawg on the Music Video for this song.
His dreams, as quoted above, surely came true, RIP Phife.
Just when Gene Simmons wished for hip-hop to die, Phife had to die. Why!?! :(
Everything in this song is bittersweet, from Phifes lyrics to the beat reminiscent of Dilla.
It really feels like a farewell.
Sometimes we know even if we don't know.
RIP. You were one of my favorites and biggest inspirations. rest easy along with Dilla #ATCQ
RIP five foot assassin ☝🏽️🙏🏼.. Thanks for the music and the memories .. Tribe helped me fall in love with rap ..
Well... This just made me cry...thanks for the beats... Thanks for the music... Thanks for the soul. Reminds me to stay strong no matter what you're going through. 313
One of the nicest Emcees with the most laid back flow! Rest in Beats!
I can't like this video enough. Disappointed I never saw it when Phife was alive but happy it didn't entirely pass me by....RIP Phife and J Dilla!! You both put so much love into the music it's ridiculous!! Can't imagine what Hip Hop would've been like without you both! Thanks for the music, the memories, and we gonna keep on rockin your music until we see you....again!!
I’m gonna comment on this every time I come across and treasure this video. Give flowers to those who can still smell them ppl please. Don’t let your ego get in the way of a good time
Quite literally one of the best songs I’ve ever heard. Miss you Phife and Dilla. Thank you for everything
R.I.P. Pfife Diggy
You will DEFINITELY be missed. A large part of my youth was spent with ATCQ as my soundtrack. They made it cool to have intelligent rap, and Pfife was one of the best to lay it down.
Rip J Dilla
Rip Phife Dawg
2019 representing💯
That was a beautiful song. Now that's Hip hop
2020 til infinity
Now MF DOOM
this video breaks my heart and makes me smile all at the same time. love to both of these cats up above
A dream about DILLA doing what DILLA does will always keep you going especially on the hospital bed right next to you. Man I love and miss both of you guys, major piece to this puzzle we call life. RIP MUCH LOVE FOREVER. *aaaaaggghhhhhhhh!!!*
R.I.P. Phife Dawg - you are so missed. I had a fantastic time being behind the scenes of you making the music video, "Dear Dilla" when it was filmed in Chicago. You was so humbled and appreciate the ATCQ fans. It is me at footage scene 3:06 with the red and white strip, and wearing my Chicago Cubs baseball cap. I will cherish this memory for the rest of my life.
+Spicy Memes You're right, 3:05 was the accurate time that you saw me. Thanks for the clarification.
Tears of joy...life on Earth is just a test and for us to learn and to see God's GREATNESS
If tears could build a stairway,
and memories a lane.
I would walk right up to Heaven
and bring you back again.
No farewell words were spoken,
No time to say "Goodbye".
You were gone before I knew it,
and only God knows why.
My heart still aches with sadness,
and secret tears still flow.
What it meant to love you -
No one can ever know.
But now I know you want me
to mourn for you no more;
To remember all the happy times
life still has much in store.
Since you'll never be forgotten,
I pledge to you today~
A hollowed place within my heart
is where you'll always stay.
...i hope you'r rock'n the stars!
RIP Dilla
RIP Phife
2 cool brothers...unforgotten!
✌️😢
lots of rappers just shout out their fallen brothers in their music
but dedicating and writing a whole song for them is some real shit
rip Dilla and Phife
slowly taking the origins
Samples in this song:
KC & the Sunshine Band - What Makes You Happy (Riff + Drums)
J Dilla - Baby (Vocals) 0:40, 3:15
Slum Village - Hold Tight ft. Q-Tip1:41
Slum Village - Get Dis Money 1:43
Slum Village - Raise It Up 1:48
Steve Spacek - Dollar 1:53
Q-Tip - Let’s Ride 1:58
A.T.C.Q. - Find A Way (Drums)2:53
Slum Village - Climax (Vocals) 2:58
Common - The Light 3:03
Slum Village - Players 3:07
J Dilla ft. MF DOOM - Fire Wood Drumstix (Vocals) 3:10
RIP J Dilla RIP Phife RIP MF DOOM
what a beautiful homage that mashup is! RIP
I appreciate this old recommendation at the same time brings sadness to my heart. RIP Dilla and Phife.
Wish this kind of music still existed.
R.I.P Dilla and Phife
RIP Phife and DIlla, though you're gone; your artistry lives on...
“This ain’t the last time I see you, In due time” it’s sad when you realise phife passed away not long after this song was released. When I reach heavens gates my first question will be “what have phife and Dilla been working on up here?
Fuck man, as a fellow diabetic seeing all that imagery and him feeling like shit at the doctors and not being able to eat the same stuff his friends really struck close to home. Then the part with the insulin vials and needles, goddamn it I know that feeling. Wish I could've gotten the chance to meet Phife, would've loved to have a talk with him about our disease just to get some more understanding of it.
Now the only living celebrity I know of with diabetes is Brett Michaels and I don't wanna talk to him.
u next lol
"When's the last time you heard a funky diabetic?"
@@somedude5990 You like peaches little girly?
@dmaster5556
Brett Michaels..lmfaooo!! I didn't like him when he was popular as a wrestler.🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@dgermany030866 You're thinking of Shawn Michaels lol. Brett Michaels is the vocalist for the rock band Poison lol.
Man Phife Dawg was my favorite in ATCQ he's soooo underrated. RIP DYNO MUTT!!! J DILLA!!!
RIP Five Foot Assassin
Jay Fisar i
Word.
RIP the Five Foot Freak.
@@rillloudmother The funky diabetic...
On the edge of a new decade in 2019 brings me to tears. RIP Fife & J.Dilla. Forever 💖
Great tribute he was so underrated.
Rest easy homie. watching this video I know all about that diabetic struggle man. I hope they find a cure soon God. One luv from the west side
rip dilla, phife, and baatin🙏 it's sad these legends passed away at a young age. but there music and legacy will live on forever
J dilla Dope music awesome Cool good and baatn Classic hip-hop legality phife dawg reset peace both
Watch this every few months and have a good cry for the homies
Now he's chillin wit Dilla again RIPDilla RIPPhife
+Cliff Po Honestly I don't see where any talent was involved.
+george fish Way more talent than it took for you to post your comment I'll bet.
L. Nelson Butler I can talk to a beat box, but why? I know not everyone can sing or have talent. This "art"(if you want to call it art) form is attractive to the lower class, no talent people. It is something many can relate to.
I was going to laugh at you after reading your comment, but then I decided to laugh at you.
This gives me chills
Anyone here in 2021 and coming back to show love to two of the greatest? I named my dog Phife and Dilla has been my favorite Producer for at least 20 years now.
Every now and then I come back here to pay respects to Phife and Dillla. What a legacy they both gave us. The whole native tongue period..❤️👊🏾🙏🏽
I cried when I heard this. I just saw this today and cant believe it took so long. I really miss Phife RIP. Imagine if Phife, Dilla, and Mac Miller were all alive and making music together?
Listening to this on this sunday morning... chills all over. Man.... those 2 masters left us and gifted the planet with the priceless gift of their talent. We need their vibe more than ever in this disturbed world. Thank you Phife and Dilla for bringing positivity and Light !!
So rare to see a rapper dealing with real world things like diseases. I really appreciate that. I miss the good old times, guess I am getting old...
Here are some of the songs referenced here:
0:42 - Slum Village - Hold Tight
1:48 - Slum Village - Raise It Up
1:53 - Steve Spacek - Dollar
1:58 - Q-Tip - Let's Ride
3:02 - Common - The Light
3:07 - Slum Village - Players
3:10 - J Dilla - Fire Wood Drumstix
3:15 - J Dilla - Baby
Unfortunately I can't figure out samples at 2:53 and 2:57 (they are muffled in the music video but are clearly heard in the track itself)
There's also a reference to Dilla's LP/Album "Donuts" in there (I forgot the time)
Find A Way and Climax
@@smokinneedles Thank you for this masterpiece!
Yo gee your work is much appreciated
Also at 3:10 they sample MF DOOM’s GAZZILION EAR which Dilla produced
I’m sitting here crying 😢, I believe in making it to a better place & meeting both Dilla & Phife one day, thank God for their Souls n those who made this project thank you 🙏, God Bless Y’all..🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🔥#RealHipHop...
One of the best hip-hop songs of all time. This is the first thing that comes to mind when I think of "real hip-hop".
Hope both these two greats can give Hip Hop more strength & Soul from the Astralzone 2017 & Beyond
One of my favourite MC’s while growing up in the 90s. RIP. Phife Dawg, RIP J Dilla
why cant i watch this video without ever tearing up
RIP Dilla and Phife man gone too, too soon
I just loved the mash up God bless Phiffe,Dilla,DF Doom and all those we lost
it is still impossible for me to watch this video without a few tears.... powerful music and a great tribute. Jay Dee Forever ATCQ Forever
brendan cagney every single time i watch this i shed tears
Ive watched this like 20 times
We rest easy knowing Phife and Dilla are somewhere up there bumping and chowing on donuts
R.I.P J Dilla! Video gave me goose bumps!
Rest in Peace Phife. Jay Dee got someone to rap over his beats now
Pretty sure baatin was had that covered too already.
To me, this song embodies what hip hop is in its purest form. It’s magical the feeling it gives