And Beef is when wack👮🐍💯 sitting with the 🐀69. beef is when kids are shooting on internet live and beef is when kids dieing like fly's in Chicago and allover U.S and AK'S reporting like it's some fckin game or sum on beef we lost sum real one's big n pac dreako Dolph Slim nip X mo3 van n pop... RIP 💔🙏☝️
This is using hip hop as like tool .. and in a positive way ... but at end of tha day hip hop is art n is about expressing yourself n tha way u think n things you think about... n tha type of art hip hop is , there's so much stuff to do
@@alldogsgoheaven the "Minneapolis Movement" in hip hop was based on spoken word poetry, run dmc was based on rock & roll, public enema (lol) was explicitly political with socio-economic consciousness at the fore front, outkast was from outer space; all the notable acts have a distinct direction. These guys are public enemy with a much higher level of technical sophistication as lyricists.
this one changed my life too. me and my lifelong buddy had always been in love with this show because it was easy to watch and funny to a kid with the corniness but also made me feel mature and connected with me through pop culture. here i was 9 or 10 no idea who mos def or talib kweli was and this performance marks the exact moment i thought maybe this guy dave wants to teach me and make me understand something just as much as he wants to make me laugh. Not only did i bob my head to the musicality and the skillful rhymes of these two legends but after the song a curious me had to hit google. “what is gaza strip and west bank?” “what was the the aids epidemic?” “why cant people get jobs?” Shouts out to mos def and talib kweli for invoking these thoughts in a young mind and shout out to dave for continuously educating me and introducing me to dope artists. (i was born in 2001 chappelle show had been off the air for some time by the time i was 10 but aired on late night comedy central and my friend had them on dvd. We both remembered our parents/siblings watching it when we were little so we hit that age and went “Hmmm what was that show??”)
Some of the realest rhymes ever put down in Hip Hop. And it just gets more true with age. I only wish this was released as a single or with their album...
It was. "Beef" on the Mos Definite record. ruclips.net/video/q8Fl2Vlrqi8/видео.html And the beginning verses from Kweli are from "Going Hard" off his Beautiful Struggle album. ruclips.net/video/zpVM_aITxn4/видео.html
They weren’t prolific at all? Look up the definition of prolific. It means that they put out a lot of music. Blackstar only put out one album so while they are great, they are not prolific.
Man, it's so different from today. you'd never see something like this in a live proformace, ever. To many doing music, all they think about is a catchy rhythm, and a few bars are all you need to make a hit. Back then it was more about the words being said, I'm willing to bet not many people like the beat to this song, but the words hit harder because of it, plus there's a few versions of this song
@@loofonme I'm thinking about stuff like people dying over fights that started online, you're absolutely right though, it's the same problem, just a more modern version
The beauty of music (art in general) is that it lacks a statute of limitation. It can speak to many and even generations later, one can still go back and listen to it. Otherwise no one alive could claim a right to listen to Beethoven. Instead of putting down the younger generations for not being alive when these works of art we’re being created, how about we encourage them to listen to them without being patronising?
Amazing. I remember hearing this originally. I like to share this with people who traditionally don't like "hip hop". The second verse is the best. So good. The line about George Bush, and the dead soldier, always hit me.
The realest Shiii I ever heard bruh that's wha real hip hop is even 2day Iraq the west bank and Gaza stripis still a killing Fields yh the varus 🥶🥶🥶 RIP 💔🙏☝️to the 1's passed on
Beef is Weldon Irv not bein' here with me When a soldier ends his life with his own gun Beef is tryin' to figure out what to tell his son Beef is oil prices and geopolitics Beef is Iraq, the West Bank, and Gaza Strip
Bro, what year is it? Now what year were these gentlemen rapping gaza? The gentleman rappers were rapping about this stuff 20 years ago. Now look where gaza is? And here’s the thing that pisses me off, bro there’s a lot of people not necessarily the Palestinians, but definitely the Lebanese that look at Black people as animals. I don’t see white people crying blood in the American legislature for dead Palestinian children, but I have seen Black people do it. Y’all folks need to recognize that!! You all folks need to recognize that the black man in America are your allies and don’t deserve to be treated badly by people that look like you!!
@@jimmothyniaanywhere but here? Obviously not familiar with the politics of Mos Def or the lyrics in this video “Beef is oil prices and geopolitics, beef is Iraq the West Bank & Gaza Strip”
@@ElverGarico it’s been covered in the media ever since I can recall. Like I said when I hear about the Gaza Strip this song comes to mind. I guess it depends on how much attention you pay.
"Those who trade in freedom for protection deserve neither" This IS the problem today!!! We have the universal right to protect ourselves from all real individual and community threats by any means. Blessings to all.
Beef is not being able to find this on Spotify
And Beef is when wack👮🐍💯 sitting with the 🐀69. beef is when kids are shooting on internet live and beef is when kids dieing like fly's in Chicago and allover U.S and AK'S reporting like it's some fckin game or sum on beef we lost sum real one's big n pac dreako Dolph Slim nip X mo3 van n pop... RIP 💔🙏☝️
It was never fully released .
beef is spotify only having mos defs discography in the CENSORED/EDITED versions
Lol
YT music way to go
But that’s real beef
"Beef is when a gangster aint doing it right and other gangsters done decided what to do with his life"
One of the coldest lines ever
Daaamn, absolutely.
Yep mos had lot to say in this one…
Mos Def was a made man and the microphone wasn't. And we had to take it. It was between the italians
Cold and real talking
For real homie
“When a soldier ends his life with his own gun, beef is tryin to figure out what to tell his son...”
DAMN! That one hit me in the chest. I've been there.
@@chrisgreen177 fo'real ??
@@chrisgreen177 truth, bro…
One of the deepest bars ever written.
That's deep
Freestyle popped in my head as this Hamas-Isreal beef flared up
"Beef is oil prices and geopolitics. Beef is Iraq, the West Bank, and Gaza Strip" - Mos Def (2003)
same
This is what you call real hip hop. MCs rapping about real shit.
This is using hip hop as like tool .. and in a positive way ... but at end of tha day hip hop is art n is about expressing yourself n tha way u think n things you think about... n tha type of art hip hop is , there's so much stuff to do
@@alldogsgoheavenlike ALL art, it is what you make of it; Black Star was highly sophisticated in their use of the medium
@@LIONTAMER3D I never thought about it like that is so true
@@alldogsgoheaven the "Minneapolis Movement" in hip hop was based on spoken word poetry, run dmc was based on rock & roll, public enema (lol) was explicitly political with socio-economic consciousness at the fore front, outkast was from outer space; all the notable acts have a distinct direction. These guys are public enemy with a much higher level of technical sophistication as lyricists.
@@LIONTAMER3D public enema 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂 and true that about higher level of sophistication in their lyrics
literally talking about the Gaza strip like 20 years ago
It’s been a long engagement there it was relevant then and relevant now
They've been fighting over that area for 3000 years nothing we do now is going to stop it
@@ItsNikolaior completely irrelevant depending on how u look at it 😂😂😂
This prime cut is still on point and aged like fine wine!
This is an indelible moment and I was there for it live. Total classic. Chappelle had it all every ep.
was this at SOBS in NYC? it looks so much like SOBS
Yo, you were in the audience?! That’s amazing
no lie. this performance changed my life as a kid in the 00s trying to make sense of it all. Thank you.
Good for you 👍👍👊👊
How did it change your life exactly?
this one changed my life too. me and my lifelong buddy had always been in love with this show because it was easy to watch and funny to a kid with the corniness but also made me feel mature and connected with me through pop culture. here i was 9 or 10 no idea who mos def or talib kweli was and this performance marks the exact moment i thought maybe this guy dave wants to teach me and make me understand something just as much as he wants to make me laugh. Not only did i bob my head to the musicality and the skillful rhymes of these two legends but after the song a curious me had to hit google. “what is gaza strip and west bank?” “what was the the aids epidemic?” “why cant people get jobs?” Shouts out to mos def and talib kweli for invoking these thoughts in a young mind and shout out to dave for continuously educating me and introducing me to dope artists.
(i was born in 2001 chappelle show had been off the air for some time by the time i was 10 but aired on late night comedy central and my friend had them on dvd. We both remembered our parents/siblings watching it when we were little so we hit that age and went “Hmmm what was that show??”)
Mines too. The ‘00s rap was the best time for conscious rap. Glad to live in that era.
Chased by sexual predators Talib!!
This was one of their DOPEST songs EVER!!
Word up
Facts!!!
What's your profile pic??? Its driving me crazy i can't remember his name lol
@@mattasticmattattack8546 crayon shin chan, the og of all ogs lol
Is, I think you meant is.
Dis shit never gets old
Beef is when the judge is calling you defendant with beef it come with a long jail sentence handed down to you in a few short minutes! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
The REALEST line ever!!!👍🏽☝🏾✊🏾🎤
Bruhhh🔥🔥🔥 them 2 bro's talib😎 an Yasin😎 2 of the realest they talk the talk realll shiii wha we love a real hip hop MC'S🔥🔥🔥
We love yasiin bey ..formerly mos def. Great actor and more so his intellect and verbal skillz
Was so young the first time I saw this and it hasn't left my mind since
Some of the realest rhymes ever put down in Hip Hop. And it just gets more true with age. I only wish this was released as a single or with their album...
It was. "Beef" on the Mos Definite record. ruclips.net/video/q8Fl2Vlrqi8/видео.html
And the beginning verses from Kweli are from "Going Hard" off his Beautiful Struggle album. ruclips.net/video/zpVM_aITxn4/видео.html
Beef was a track on the album Mos Def a released in 2003/4.
one of the most underrated rap song I have ever heard
Seeing this on chappelles show when I was a kid is what made me fall in love with hip hop.
Relevant Today.
Holy shit shut up
0:27 “Those who are trading their freedom for their protection deserve neither!” That’s it!!! 🔥 🙌🏻
Thomas jefferson quote
it was a post 9/11 reference but still rings true today regarding covid (and many other things)
@@andro3041Ben Franklin I believe
@@aaronbrett317yep
So happy there’s no ads on this
I have remembered every lyric from this song since I saw on Chappelle Show like 10 years ago
Can listen to this all day,REAL HIP HOP!!!! Went bananas when I saw/heard on Chappelle's show
Legends. Say no more..
One of the most prolific groups ever, this joint here My Lord "What yall call beef aint beef at all."
They weren’t prolific at all? Look up the definition of prolific. It means that they put out a lot of music. Blackstar only put out one album so while they are great, they are not prolific.
@@ddriveddrive4986 I will find a more suitable term, all good. The content of their music perhaps
@@thornhillacquisitions593 Maybe you meant profound?
Perhaps, wrong term used
They don't promote raps like this! It's all about drugs, women, cars, jewelry & violence! Wake up my black people! ✊🏽
Yessir. Some of Talib Kweli’s music was just beautiful. That Train of Thought album. Sweet memories and Four Women. 👌🏽
Man, it's so different from today. you'd never see something like this in a live proformace, ever. To many doing music, all they think about is a catchy rhythm, and a few bars are all you need to make a hit. Back then it was more about the words being said, I'm willing to bet not many people like the beat to this song, but the words hit harder because of it, plus there's a few versions of this song
this song is just greatttttt meaning and all
"Beef doesnt come with a radio edit"
Mos def one of the greats in hip hop
I think we need an updated What's Beef for 2020
It’s the same beef today as it was then my friend.
@@loofonme I'm thinking about stuff like people dying over fights that started online, you're absolutely right though, it's the same problem, just a more modern version
REAL Hip-Hop ✊
I love coming back to this
Mos Def's verse on this, and on the 'rape over', are among the boldest and most brutally honest verses ever in hip hop.
Thats why theyre always going after him lol Or they undersell Talib Kweli.
Most rappers need to listen and learn from this
This is a thought provoking piece of art
20 years later, and this sone still knows what wrong with our nation
This generation will never understand this masterpiece! This shit belongs in a Museum.
The beauty of music (art in general) is that it lacks a statute of limitation. It can speak to many and even generations later, one can still go back and listen to it. Otherwise no one alive could claim a right to listen to Beethoven.
Instead of putting down the younger generations for not being alive when these works of art we’re being created, how about we encourage them to listen to them without being patronising?
Still rings true .. every line in this song
BlackSTR.....miss this in the game
This has been a Blackstar PSA. Classic.
Yooo I forgot how HARD this performance was, STILL hard today🤯
I fell in love with hip hop because of Mos and Kweli. And the larger golden era renaissance of the late 90s.
They ate this. Still relevant today. We beefing wit the wrong people.
Yasiin always brings emotion.
How are you ?
AMAZING!
I always come back to this 🙌🔥🔥🔥🔥
This should have 100 million views
Amazing. I remember hearing this originally. I like to share this with people who traditionally don't like "hip hop". The second verse is the best. So good. The line about George Bush, and the dead soldier, always hit me.
Mos Definitely! ✌🏼🙏🏻💎🎤
now that's hip hop
Beef Is Not What Ja Said To 50 🔥🔥🔥
That's 100% pure colombian grade hiphop ladies and gentlemen.
The baddest freestyle of all time!
"Beef is Iraq, the West Bank and Gaza Strip" for the time, this was incredibly informed.
Unfortunately this lyric still applies to this day.
@@a-chail9720 exactly.
The realest Shiii I ever heard bruh that's wha real hip hop is even 2day Iraq the west bank and Gaza stripis still a killing Fields yh the varus 🥶🥶🥶 RIP 💔🙏☝️to the 1's passed on
This sh been going down since the end of WW2!
@@xenofyl1no this has been going on since before Jesus was born almost 3,000 years now didn't start after world war II by any means
Miss the lyricist lounge show.
Such a great show
They were musical guests on The Chappelle Show
Beef is Weldon Irv not bein' here with me
When a soldier ends his life with his own gun
Beef is tryin' to figure out what to tell his son
Beef is oil prices and geopolitics
Beef is Iraq, the West Bank, and Gaza Strip
This is forever hip hop
And 20yrs later this has yet to be touched
DON'T SEEP ON MOS! TOP 10 OF ALL TIME (Yes, up there with Rakim, Jay-Z, Biggie, etc.)
Or Talib Kweli. Reflection Eternal, Quality, Beautiful Struggle. (etc)
yup they both easily the most underrated
This is RealBeef....how did I.miss this in my hip.hop
Yooooo! Never seen this until now. You just gave me a real Black Friday blessing........BlackStar!
One of the most important moments in hip hop imo🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 the message will always be relevant
Mos def is highly underrated!!! He got barrs!!!
FREE PALESTINE
Bro, what year is it? Now what year were these gentlemen rapping gaza? The gentleman rappers were rapping about this stuff 20 years ago. Now look where gaza is? And here’s the thing that pisses me off, bro there’s a lot of people not necessarily the Palestinians, but definitely the Lebanese that look at Black people as animals. I don’t see white people crying blood in the American legislature for dead Palestinian children, but I have seen Black people do it. Y’all folks need to recognize that!! You all folks need to recognize that the black man in America are your allies and don’t deserve to be treated badly by people that look like you!!
ANYWHERE BUT HERE MAN
@@jimmothyniaanywhere but here? Obviously not familiar with the politics of Mos Def or the lyrics in this video “Beef is oil prices and geopolitics, beef is Iraq the West Bank & Gaza Strip”
Best rap song/album
when i tell ya'll this is one of the songs that made me start writing my own songs....
Aubrey could never
Checking in....ohh aight this shit still here. 😎
This was sooo freshhh 🔥🔥🔥
When Rap meant something In terms of telling stories
Absolute lyricism. There's a lot of rappers today that missed this era of hip hop and it shows.
OMG 😮😮😮
I Love Mos Def Verse
💣 💣 💣 💣 🚒 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥
What Hip Hop was supposed to be
It can still be this way. We can not let it die.
It’s brain dead and on life support
I’m watching this right now ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️💪🏾
Love mos definately
Yo this sh still gives me chills after watching it a million times.
2021 & the Gaza Strip has flared up. Evertime something goes on there, I think about this song. They got real beef!
It’s always been real ... media just doesn’t cover it
@@ElverGarico it’s been covered in the media ever since I can recall. Like I said when I hear about the Gaza Strip this song comes to mind. I guess it depends on how much attention you pay.
You’re right. I guess I’m desensitized to it
They don't talk about Gaza unless the zionists get hit, otherwise they keep it hush.
Symphony!!!!!🎶🙏🏼💘
Who Still Miss Chappelle’s Show
I remember watching this when I was like 14 years old and it hit so much different now that I’m more conscious❤
Brutal truth. Brilliance
They had to kill this movement as quick as they could. They was like bring in the mumble rappers to dumb them down again.
Facts
shoutout to all the messengers
Powerful song
This type of hip hop needs a resurgence
I could not agree more. We are working to keep the spotlight on thought-provoking lyricism.
Classic legendary fire
beef is Iraq, The West Bank & Gaza strip...
Beef doesn't go away. The people in charge need beef.
Forget the comedy, let's talk about the HIP HOP on Chappelle's Show because this & Kanye "The Food" were among many jaw-dropping performances
He's soo talented!
Real hip-hop. Speaking on the realest shit from wisdom.
"Those who trade in freedom for protection deserve neither" This IS the problem today!!! We have the universal right to protect ourselves from all real individual and community threats by any means. Blessings to all.
Crowd unable to realize the Royalty before them.
I can just imagine these lyrics over Common's The Corners beat...that would be a fire mix
RIP real hip hop n dave chapelle
Blackstar.
TRUE MC’s.
“High blood pressures and bad credit a loan for your home and your to broke to get it.”
RIP DJ Kay Slay
This my first time hearing this and my God they went yanky🫡🫡💯
Mos is Top 5 of all time
Timeless🔥