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  • Brooklyn rapper Jeru The Damaja talks about coming up with NOTOTIOUS B.I.G. in the 1990s -- shooting down rumors he was criticizing the late artist in his songs knocking materialistic rap - and lists off his top favorite MCs of all time. Jeru also recounts how he felt when he heard about MSNBC anchor Ari Melber quoting his lyrics while reporting on the conviction of ex-Trump aide Michael Flynn, saying “I’ve seen you do it before, but it’s always different when it’s your stuff” and that “the topics” are “
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    Jeru The Damaja’s Top 5 MCs & How Ebro & Khaled Use His Music | The Beat With Ari Melber | MSNBC

Комментарии • 168

  • @yochananmiller4889
    @yochananmiller4889 5 лет назад +143

    One of the most intelligent and best Lyricist of all time.

    • @joshuawarren8340
      @joshuawarren8340 4 года назад +1

      Without doubt

    • @TheHumanBallsack
      @TheHumanBallsack 4 года назад +4

      Back in 1995 Biggie rated Jeru and Nas a straight 10 out of 10 as far as MC skills go.

    • @TheHumanBallsack
      @TheHumanBallsack 4 года назад +4

      @Nicky Tarantino Google the original 95 article from his Canadian interview. He rated Nas and Jeru a 10, MC Eiht an 8 (a coincidence I'm sure haha), despite their alleged "beef" he said he couldn't knock Tupac at all, "dude gets busy", he said he absolutely loved Too Short and he had the utmost love for him, he said Lady of Rage was the coldest female in the game at that time, but he trashed Spice 1 and E-40 with straight zeros, which later led to him being threatened by E-40's goons in Cali, and he also spoke down on Ice Cube, Redman for switching his style to the psychedelic 1994 version (Dare Iz A Darkside), Naughty by Nature for not being motivated to produce more consistent albums and being content with putting a few big hits on albums to sell units...

    • @datniggaeazye.5968
      @datniggaeazye.5968 3 года назад +1

      @@TheHumanBallsack he gave props to Face Big Mike Quik and trashed KRS and RA the Rugged Man

    • @jayceonjudson3038
      @jayceonjudson3038 2 года назад

      I know im asking randomly but does someone know a tool to get back into an Instagram account..?
      I stupidly forgot the login password. I love any assistance you can offer me

  • @user-ft2vf9lk7v
    @user-ft2vf9lk7v 4 года назад +73

    Jeru The Damaja one of the best lyricist in Hip Hop period.

  • @Sinnerxxs4385
    @Sinnerxxs4385 5 лет назад +75

    A living legend and true MC!

  • @robertg9184
    @robertg9184 4 года назад +61

    This is great. The Sun Rises in the East is one of my personal favorite records.

    • @stacytaylor3233
      @stacytaylor3233 3 года назад +2

      One of my favorite cd’s it’s should be study by young rappers. Cadence flow style substance

    • @Somnivore7
      @Somnivore7 3 месяца назад

      It still sounds new today. And that album was immitated so much

  • @MentalStillness
    @MentalStillness 4 года назад +21

    Being from Houston I had to be the only Houstonian jamming Jeru in 1997. Much love to the legend Jeru.

    • @marqosmarqos1201
      @marqosmarqos1201 3 года назад +1

      I'm from trinity gardens and I was rocking Jeru also.

    • @hencan23
      @hencan23 3 года назад +5

      East Side Houston and I was rocking Jeru . Sad most houstonians don’t even know that the architect of the gutter New York sound is a producer from Houston- DJ Premier

    • @unclebrother6244
      @unclebrother6244 3 года назад +1

      @@hencan23 Nobody can work a mpc 60 like Premo! He's the king of the boom bap sound

    • @SavertonJr
      @SavertonJr 2 года назад +1

      He didnt get much commerical appeal and was very ny

    • @Highznberg
      @Highznberg 2 месяца назад

      Been listening to dude since Daily Operation, and I'm from SW Houston

  • @zorazorazorzzora8333
    @zorazorazorzzora8333 5 лет назад +28

    Ari is in heaven....in his element.... Meaningful conversation...

  • @melaninfuture
    @melaninfuture 3 года назад +12

    Great interview. Growing up in the 90s listening to hip hop exposed me to a lot of information, personalities, stories and etc. It's good to see one of the many emcees, whom admired as a kid, doing well and still doing his thing.

  • @1LORENZOUTUBE
    @1LORENZOUTUBE 5 лет назад +51

    Jeru looks healthy, some older rappers look old and fat!

    • @Ant-speakingfacts
      @Ant-speakingfacts 5 лет назад

      Some of them

    • @TheHumanBallsack
      @TheHumanBallsack 4 года назад +1

      Even Nas has been sporting a pot belly for quite a while now..

    • @subrocjr1439
      @subrocjr1439 4 года назад +1

      @@TheHumanBallsack Nas? You bugging

    • @TheHumanBallsack
      @TheHumanBallsack 4 года назад

      @@subrocjr1439 Seriously, go watch his vid for Cops Shot The Kid.

    • @Hermetic_
      @Hermetic_ 4 года назад +3

      Jeru does not drink alcohol or smoke, right?

  • @NealDamiano
    @NealDamiano 4 года назад +22

    Such an intelligent cat. And one of the greatest MC’s to ever bless the mic.💯

  • @staygold9798
    @staygold9798 4 года назад +20

    Jeru ... respect to the Gangstarr Foundation

  • @TheOneWhoDings
    @TheOneWhoDings 4 года назад +23

    He almost looks exactly what he looked like in 93'

  • @joshnippleton3449
    @joshnippleton3449 4 года назад +15

    One of the greatest Lyricists coming out of New York.

  • @KastleArtwork
    @KastleArtwork 4 года назад +14

    Dopest & so authentic and real interview on mainstream TV. 💯💯👍✌️ Jeru The Damaja is one of the OG Legends in Hip - Hop for all you youngsters out there.

    • @moshebgr8
      @moshebgr8 Год назад

      And he's not your average Ninja! 😤

  • @hoodoo457
    @hoodoo457 2 года назад +10

    I don't understand why legends like jeru, bigL, black thought etc don't get enough credit that they deserve.. It sickens me

    • @misham2563
      @misham2563 2 года назад +4

      Because they don’t fit what corporate and marketing people want. They aren’t mindless puppets that can be controlled.

    • @georgepierce2273
      @georgepierce2273 Год назад

      @@misham2563 Exactly.

    • @deryckcumberbatch3629
      @deryckcumberbatch3629 11 месяцев назад

      Cause there is an agenda to fill up the jails. Positive rap or reality rap don’t get pushed.

    • @Sylvester4571
      @Sylvester4571 10 месяцев назад

      @@misham2563bingo

    • @simondilling5353
      @simondilling5353 Месяц назад

      They are more profound in subject matter and today that is frowned upon in mainstream music.

  • @Etiker5
    @Etiker5 Год назад +2

    Jeru is one of my favorite artists from when I was about 16 years old. I'm 40 now. His lyrics and style are still the same in his 2022 album. I love that he has always kept it original.

  • @nicoleantoine7568
    @nicoleantoine7568 5 лет назад +14

    Ari is so cool. Love the way he uses rap lyrics to make us understand today's topics. Thank you for that.

  • @KCsFunHouse
    @KCsFunHouse 5 лет назад +18

    Talk about icon! Excellent interview Ari!

  • @intothevoid9604
    @intothevoid9604 3 года назад +8

    One of the most underrated rapper ever

  • @countstacks216
    @countstacks216 3 года назад +3

    I’m just NOW checking out this interview in 2021! How did I miss this? Great interview. Jeru kept it real as usual!!

  • @punaforager
    @punaforager Год назад +2

    Wow, I really looked up to jeru when I was a young man. Thank god for artists like him.

  • @pind507
    @pind507 3 года назад +6

    Love Jeru one of the best MC's word up!

  • @merrelldavis6040
    @merrelldavis6040 3 года назад +6

    He is one of the greatest, I still have his first single "come clean".

  • @bigbase1070
    @bigbase1070 5 лет назад +18

    Jeru's in my top 5!!!

  • @fitawrarifitness6842
    @fitawrarifitness6842 4 года назад +11

    Intelligent MC! Please listen to his music!

  • @TylerDurden-oy2hm
    @TylerDurden-oy2hm 2 года назад +2

    first time seeing Jeru...what a delightful man...hes so respectful and polite...well mannered and what an obliging guest!!...he needs more time and questions...and time to answer those questions.....great stuff....more Jeru please!

  • @kc7131
    @kc7131 3 года назад +4

    Just tripped upon a Gem of an Interview!

  • @slaykings481
    @slaykings481 5 лет назад +11

    Jeru speaking facts and dropping gems hip hop treasure

  • @MattSwiftfreelance
    @MattSwiftfreelance 3 месяца назад

    So cool to see his guy use his platform to big up and spotlight legends like Jeru. Salute 🫡

  • @ddrebrne3336
    @ddrebrne3336 3 года назад +4

    I love Ari for bringing content for the 'heads, being that he's one himself. Love seeing Jeru on here, for real.

  • @amenlion88
    @amenlion88 10 месяцев назад

    Good interview. Jeru was always my favorite from back in the days of Hip-hop

  • @Idontlikethatshit.
    @Idontlikethatshit. 4 года назад +4

    This is one of the coolest things I've ever seen..Peace to Ari and NBC for this

  • @nibbles187
    @nibbles187 Год назад +1

    Jeru looks younger than he did from back when Come clean dropped. His skin is glowing

  • @grawakendream8980
    @grawakendream8980 2 месяца назад

    jeru is a natural teacher

  • @seinfeldfan442
    @seinfeldfan442 2 года назад +1

    You make yourself afraid of things that might happen, jeru is so switched on and grounded

  • @defrocker0569
    @defrocker0569 Год назад +1

    I used to frequent the Village of Manhattan back in the 90's and I met Afu-Ra and Jeru selling black conscious books on 6th Ave, this is when Jeru was on the come up. The three of us were building for few minutes.

  • @defrocker0569
    @defrocker0569 Год назад +1

    WOW, I'm surprised he didn't mention Rakim, who definitely made an impact on rhyming, using metaphors, before him, emcees were rapping in a simple format with the exception of Melli Mel and Caz.

  • @cliftoncameron5632
    @cliftoncameron5632 4 года назад +2

    Fantastic. Thank you both. Building is Building.

  • @bikefiend12
    @bikefiend12 3 года назад +2

    wow Jeru..Classic!!

  • @jaharasadthemortgagemanmos2033
    @jaharasadthemortgagemanmos2033 2 года назад +1

    ❤️❤️❤️❤️. Yes Jeru, Kool G is my guy too!

  • @theexpert5085
    @theexpert5085 3 года назад +3

    One of the best hip-hop spitters ever....ever. pioneer n icon....shot out to Ari for this

  • @user-ft2vf9lk7v
    @user-ft2vf9lk7v 4 года назад +5

    Jeru The Damaja is my 4th Greatest MC Rapper of all time.

  • @joshuawarren8340
    @joshuawarren8340 4 года назад +3

    1 of my favorite emcees of all TIME

  • @gLaSz
    @gLaSz 6 месяцев назад

    One of the best host ever

  • @cheftekniqakabuletteborn8127
    @cheftekniqakabuletteborn8127 4 года назад +2

    i love jeru lps

  • @HighNoon23
    @HighNoon23 4 года назад +4

    Come Clean...one of the best songs in History!

  • @stuckinthetrees
    @stuckinthetrees 3 года назад +3

    Absolute legend!

  • @IamAngelaHodges
    @IamAngelaHodges 3 года назад +2

    Good interview

  • @craigdavis5407
    @craigdavis5407 Год назад +1

    True Legend!!!

  • @robertrainey2258
    @robertrainey2258 Год назад

    Just outstanding and insightful! 👏🏾✌🏾

  • @Blkg4u2
    @Blkg4u2 Год назад

    This has to be one of top interviews period!

  • @eliafuimaono94
    @eliafuimaono94 5 лет назад +6

    Dope show concept. Samesies.

  • @grimrealityhiphop2134
    @grimrealityhiphop2134 4 года назад +5

    A Hip Hop Legend!

  • @o.g.t.2041
    @o.g.t.2041 4 года назад +1

    Real respect tha real‼️

  • @nazirpalacios4899
    @nazirpalacios4899 4 года назад +2

    🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤( wish it was longer)

  • @troycrez5022
    @troycrez5022 Год назад

    One of the realest Mc's who practices Hip Hop in its purest form..

  • @theoriginal668
    @theoriginal668 3 года назад +1

    Jeru is definitely in my top 10. No doubt.

  • @TheBlackCrayon77
    @TheBlackCrayon77 Год назад

    Jeru was that early hip hop I was soon fed back in the day. He's such an og

  • @ericpaulgoldie
    @ericpaulgoldie 5 лет назад +6

    Just had a great idea, Ari could be the one to help squash the beef between Ebro and Envy?

    • @kevinscott59
      @kevinscott59 4 года назад +2

      Eric Paul Goldie
      Who cares about Ebro and Envy?

  • @craigdavis5407
    @craigdavis5407 Год назад +1

    Very Underrated!!!

  • @donaldodemorizi5212
    @donaldodemorizi5212 4 года назад +2

    Dope

  • @ClasherSports
    @ClasherSports 4 года назад +7

    This host keeps butchering Jeru's name! It's not pronounced JUH-RU ... It's JAY-ROO The Damager

    • @klubstompers
      @klubstompers 3 года назад

      Ari Melber lives and eats hiphop.

  • @cjhepburn7406
    @cjhepburn7406 4 года назад +6

    I thought with Ya Playin' Yaself he was countering the whole Puffy Biggie and Jay-Z gangsta era. I thought that was cool. He wasn't afraid of them/the message they wuz pushin'...The Sun Rises in the East.

    • @MentalStillness
      @MentalStillness 4 года назад

      At the end of the day its bigger than the Artist the Problem is the Greedy Zionists pulling the strings. It's bigger than Trump because the real rulers of The World are behind the strings such as the Rothschilds, Rockefellers, DuPonts, JP Morgans, etc.

    • @cjhepburn7406
      @cjhepburn7406 4 года назад +1

      @@MentalStillness Stephen, your reply seems a little tropey/anti-semetic. Have you any evidence the all the people u mentioned JP Morgan, Duponts etc are pushing the Gangsta agenda. I say a lot of it's coming from the Vatican, no doubt some people would say it's all coming from Iraq, Afganistan and Iran...and it goes on...

    • @raedlives9261
      @raedlives9261 4 года назад

      That's basically what he said but there was no need to call anybody out by their name, especially twenty-some years after the fact. We all knew exactly who and what he was talking about in the rap game.

    • @Richard-xo2uv
      @Richard-xo2uv 3 года назад

      Yea the same folks who claim they were not involved in the slave trade only to find they were the real slave owners and they hate our people which is why Shia Lebouf's ex is claiming abuse IMO

  • @shanemathews4177
    @shanemathews4177 3 года назад +1

    Best show ever 90s jehru

  • @kevinscott59
    @kevinscott59 4 года назад +4

    Dude looks exactly the same way he did in the early 90s.

    • @mattlarno8703
      @mattlarno8703 4 года назад

      Kevin Scott all he needs is the dope african hat.

  • @rodmills737
    @rodmills737 4 года назад +2

    Jeru is one of the most lyrical dudes ever, but how can he not have Rakim in his top 5

    • @patrickquinnsucks
      @patrickquinnsucks 4 года назад

      He wasn't gonna put Biggie Smalls im there originally, but that's maybe because he was gonna say De La Soul, that's why he added an extra

    • @CreativeLaelAsif
      @CreativeLaelAsif 2 года назад

      His opinion

  • @City2x
    @City2x Год назад

    Absolute Legend.

  • @yemusic2498
    @yemusic2498 4 года назад +4

    One day!

    • @staygold9798
      @staygold9798 4 года назад

      That was "either" before the either

  • @christophercarson4119
    @christophercarson4119 11 месяцев назад

    This world is crazy how the mind think. He looks safe now at this point but he’s the same person back in 93. Actually he’s even Extra wiser now. Never judge a books by cover!

  • @craigdavis5407
    @craigdavis5407 Год назад +1

    A Hip Hop Hidden Gem!!!

  • @SD80
    @SD80 Год назад

    I’m gonna keep saying it- Ari and Max Kellerman been representing the culture since the early 90’s.
    Nice show Ari!

  • @XGMC921
    @XGMC921 5 лет назад +3

    #1 rapper .

  • @MrSanman330
    @MrSanman330 Год назад +1

    It's cool to see CNN will air a segment on real hip hop with Ari. You think Fox News would genuinely embrace hip hop, a form of art they won't ever understand? No way!

  • @IntoTheVoid78
    @IntoTheVoid78 4 года назад +1

    Anyone know where I can purchase that Jeru hoodie?

    • @sicajessouca
      @sicajessouca 4 года назад +2

      Jeruthedamajastore dotcom (I got my hoodie from there too!)

  • @TheHumanBallsack
    @TheHumanBallsack 4 года назад +9

    G Rap comes up consistently as the favourite MC of cats like Jeru, RA Rugged Man, Big Pun, Big L, even Tupac back in the late 80s...

    • @Nihsohs
      @Nihsohs 4 года назад +2

      G Rap is the true GOAT in my opinion.

  • @higherlaw8716
    @higherlaw8716 2 года назад +2

    I was thinking Rakim for greatest MC of all time.

  • @Nilz-ie8li
    @Nilz-ie8li 2 года назад +2

    Hip Hop maybe American culture. But it's roots are from Jamaica. Let's not forget that. The bravado evolved from 'Toasting'

  • @cjhepburn7406
    @cjhepburn7406 4 года назад +1

    Shout out 2 Nate Wilson.

  • @leonwoods4052
    @leonwoods4052 3 года назад +4

    Eminem Can't hold Jeru the Damaja dirty Sock's.

  • @cjhepburn7406
    @cjhepburn7406 4 года назад +1

    BDK Go Brooklyn. RAW

  • @Hermetic_
    @Hermetic_ 4 года назад +1

    1:02 ...a year later, was Flynn playing himself?

  • @ThanksgivingBrown
    @ThanksgivingBrown 4 года назад +4

    NOTOTIOUS?

  • @TheMuddyMilesTrain
    @TheMuddyMilesTrain 4 года назад +3

    you can't stop the prophet

  • @LocsLoco
    @LocsLoco 9 месяцев назад

    Gang Gang 999

  • @rickdavenport9538
    @rickdavenport9538 2 года назад +2

    Jay Roo.

  • @keithwitcher5130
    @keithwitcher5130 Месяц назад

    Nice interview with music rapper Jeru The Damaja. Jeru The Damaja shouldn't have Big Daddy Kane and De La Soul on his top 5 music rappers list LOL. My top 5 favorite music rappers are Willie D, MC Ren of NWA, Redman, 2Pac Shakur(RIP), Gang Starr(RIP Guru). I also like Jeru The Damaja, A Tribe Called Quest(RIP Phife Dawg), Ice T, Run DMC(RIP Jam Master Jay), LL Cool J, Ice Cube of NWA. Jeru The Damaja shouldn't be living in Berlin overseas. America is the best country to live. I live in Maryland. I wonder why Jeru The Damaja don't live in america?

  • @Cashmere.Kufi_88
    @Cashmere.Kufi_88 2 года назад +2

    Must be mad at The 18th Letter....

  • @shanemathews4177
    @shanemathews4177 3 года назад +1

    Jay-roo, not je-roo

  • @sirac37
    @sirac37 5 лет назад +6

    I put him up there with easy e & biggie

    • @TheEdub1
      @TheEdub1 4 года назад +10

      Eazy-E self admittingly wasn't a good rapper and never wrote anything!

    • @shanemathews4177
      @shanemathews4177 3 года назад

      Yup

  • @raedlives9261
    @raedlives9261 4 года назад +4

    My top 5+1:
    KRS-ONE
    Big Daddy Kane
    O.C.
    Chubb Rock
    MC Lyte
    Nas

  • @DondiWhiteRIP
    @DondiWhiteRIP 3 года назад +2

    "Ari Melber": moneyed hip-hop fetishist-voyeur. Jeru should own the programme and be sitting in the seat

  • @cjhepburn7406
    @cjhepburn7406 4 года назад +2

    EPMD

  • @thetrainmon
    @thetrainmon 3 года назад +1

    Meh. Ari egged him on with Biggie. I agree with everyone else on the list, but swap out Biggie for KRS-One. I'll give Jeru credit for trying to clean it up, saying "Ya Playin' Yaself" wasn't a Biggie diss track--maybe not directly, but Jeru CERTAINLY wasn't fond the direction that Puff Daddy/P-Diddy was taking Hip-Hop as evidenced by the track "One Day."

  • @unhallowed45
    @unhallowed45 4 года назад +1

    Dirty ro’ro’ro’rotten scoundrels

  • @cheftekniqakabuletteborn8127
    @cheftekniqakabuletteborn8127 4 года назад +2

    uhhhhhh rakim and wu tang mr damaja

  • @frankiefingerz8047
    @frankiefingerz8047 Год назад

    What no rakim jeru u crazy

  • @noediaz143two
    @noediaz143two 3 года назад +1

    No rakim in his top 5

    • @jamesanderson3913
      @jamesanderson3913 3 года назад +1

      He probably looked at the video and was like man!! Forgot abt the R!! A lot of MCs do this.

  • @shesmypresident1637
    @shesmypresident1637 5 лет назад +2

    MSNBCannibal video game coming along today Andrea Chainsaw Boss level is last, Level 3 is Brain 'FrankenBerry' Williams chainsaw flail attacks

  • @ANYWHO420
    @ANYWHO420 Год назад

    Never thought Jeru would be a sellout. Never thought hip hop itself would be a sellout. Sold out to SATAN!

  • @stevechase2232
    @stevechase2232 2 года назад +1

    Cant even say his name right!!!!!

  • @dmoney668
    @dmoney668 2 года назад +1

    Ebro is a clown. Geek