He was doing this back in the 80's before it was cool. Everytime I hear it I learn something new. I know you have read the lyrics and heard the music true knowledge, true power know thy self. Johann F. Blumenbach, JA Blofener, and HS Chamberlain should be studied by all...start to illuminate others through a song.
Interesting. I find it odd that KRS would mistake Eli Whitney as Black. I mean, of all the inventions in the world you'd think he'd get the one about the cotton gin correct. That one simple mistake makes him look really bad. It would be like a Jew saying Mohammed invented Jesus. I hope you discovered this mistake in your paper and didn't replicate his mistake.
for all the youngsters who wonder why many of us old schoolers are critical of (most of) "todays rap"..this video gives you the answer 100%. Shout out to the youngsters though. We believe in you and believe you can elevate Hip Hop back where it needs to be..Just understand..THIS is the blueprint (see what I did there)
KRS-1 and Chuck D were the most influential artist of our time. They awaken Generation X to self awareness, BUT, by the late 90's it had all gone away.We let it slip away.....now we can't get it back. The most slept on teacher was Rakim and Gang Starr(RIP). I wish we could go back and do it all again.
This came out when I was 20 years old. I literally had to watch it over and over to catch EVERYTHING he was saying. Even today, this is easily one of the greatest hip hop songs of all time. I laugh at hip hop when i hear today's lyrics. I'm so lucky to have been a young man during the golden age of hip hop.
Lol but Uncle Luke and Snoop Dogg are prolific old school hip hop artists who talked about a lot of the same things: drugs, sex, booty, money, etc. And there's many many other old school artists who were out there also talking about violence and gangs. Not just in today's music.
Thats was done by design by these record labels which also own private prisons. Rappers like him was educating us and telling us to stop the violence against each other. He even pointed out that white kids began to call themselves n1ggas. Now why do you think they drove guys like him out of rap and replaced them with N1ggas With Attitudes. Stay woke brothers and sisters .
Reallest and best song ever made. Even though black people in this country are from the tribe of Judah from the Holy Bible, we are not egyptian, they had us as hostages in this Holy war, and Moses gave us the 613 Holy commandments which freed us frim captivity the 1st. time. Just like we will be freed and all our mistreatment by this current temporary world will be avenged! All praise The Most High in our Holy Messiahs name, for ever and ever. Amen, HalleLuYah. Follow the 613 commandments of the Old Testament from the Holy Bible KJV.
@Why Bother Even though I agree about why they pushed out gangsta rap...I will say NWA still brought awareness to police brutality so Dre didn't completely dumb it down and Diddy mostly pushed out r&b type of music no harm there...Still had Pac dropping knowledge,still had Nas,Epmd and more..It wasn't all dumbed down
That book was never kept in Israel, if the old father's did keep it there til the year 5005 would've stated they work ish be taken it in 1009 @d and it always stayed above the thrashing floor in the tabernacle of original 12 father's of the tribe of the israelites, never heard of the gentiles of Israel having it.
Wow. An entire world history lesson is one song. From Abraham to the Holocaust. With dope lyrics and impeccable, rhythmic flow. Still relevant and poignant 31 years later. This man KRS-One is the best Hip Hop artist EVER, in my opinion. Still Number One!!!
@@anythinggoesvideospart-2242 why you say that...she died...damn...Nga can't even rip a MFR without some silly ass Nga talking shit...shessssss....calm TF down...
The problem with Rap is that the old school rappers had to fight to get music into mainstream and fight against the same industry that is now using rap music to make billions off it. New generations weren’t exposed to KRS One and we who grew up with him know how talented he was in his prime. When I’m in the mood for a solid beat and great flow I go back to old school rap.
ONE MILLION likes for your reply. agreed. I can't listen to music today. In fact, KRS -1 was the primary reason (and Public Enemy) that I started listening to hip hop in the first place in the nineties cause I was listening to mostly house music during the eighties. So I had to go BACK and listen to all the hip hop i missed when in the Marine Corps. Today's music is filthy trash.
Yesterday my daughter who is ten, I sat her down and asked her to watch this video because I was 11 when this song and video came out, And she watched it four times in a row and she loves it!!!
Peace. Now that really great what you did. You should get this book so you could read it with her. That's what I did when my son was 10 or 11 years old. books.google.com/books/about/World_s_Great_Men_of_Color_Volume_I.html?id=Zqd-nLqwXdcC
This video is so relevant even today they don't want black history taught in school they're willing to create a law and make it illegal to teach black kids about their greatness ask yourself why 🙏
KoolAid Congo if that's what you think the song is about or that's what krs-1 is about and you're not paying attention to the music. It's not a history lesson it's not even about race. KRS ones music is about enlightenment and about trying to get people to open their minds and educate themselves both black and white. Because this music was made at a time when violence and ignorance reigned supreme in New York City and all KRS wanted to do was make people realize that knowledge is power
Noah Stone wtf are you disagreeing for? Did you listen to the verse. White supremacy is still a problem today because people like you are uncomfortable with the truth.
Ct Brown slept on? You crazy? Krs birthed every major rap style in existence. From rakim to nas to easy e to biggie to tupac to big pun. His influence is evident in every rapper from 1990 forward.
Canibus for sure. But AZ? nah. He only had a few good verses at most. His album was a flop. He was the weakest of rhe firm. His hottest verse ever was on lifes a bitch.
When I hear songs like these from the earlier days of Hip Hop, I can see why the higher-ups started to push gangster rap music they do not want us hearing this type of music
victornewman06 we are the same age and to hear this back when I was 15 is really hard to put into words. You get knowledge of self which one the most powerful things to know.
Same here, 15 in ‘89 and still have all my VHS tapes from back then taping Yo, MTV Raps along with a booklet writing down meticulously which tape had which tracks!😸 (..and I grew up in Germany!; )
This is what 10 year old me was reciting back in the Days.They took this type of Rap out of HipHop Culture, By design......Follow this song up with Jeru da Damaja " Can't stop the Prophet"
I grew up in New York City 🏙️ In The 1980s And 1990s listening to old school rap music 🎵 everyday on my cassette tapes boom box and my home stereo. Iam bumping this right now on youtube in the year 2023. Iam From The Old School Days.
Hosea 4:6 [6]My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.
KRS 1, the Master teacher. I played this song for my 10 grade class and told them to to write about what they thought about the lyrics. Across the board they hated it and wanted to write about blueface. Oh how have the mighty conscienceless died in hip hop.
WOW😱..are you serious😧???...why blueface 🤷🏽outta All the rappers Old & New...I mean, look... it's only been 2yrs and his self life has already expired...Absolutely, No One has his name on their lips these days... you'd probably get smacked silly & harassed on social media if you even utter his name in hush tones, now...
But it could sell -- the problem is that the corrupt industry does not want to promote it. They don't know what the people will or won't like if they never give it a chance to be heard.
@@suave_d I'm from an era where it DID sell, quite well (early 80s). However, certain people from outside of the urban Black community put big money behind "gangsta rap". Interestingly, it was about the SAME time that crack cocaine came into our communities and, things like " prison reform" and aggressive privatization of prisons, were instituted. I was there. I saw some of these things; very tragic!😓💔 God help us!
Still relevant 30 yrs later, facts
One of the greatest songs in Hip Hop history.
Amazing record, but I prefer the album version.....
Yeah the album version was the boom bap
True indeed
Yeah but didn't you check that battle between lil Boozie Spice and Lil Flooz E Ice?
100%
I graduated from college with honors from doing my final paper on this video!! He really is the teacher!
Deidra Leitner Your post brings tears to my eyes. Thx for sharing.
Deidra Leitner I have a Master's degree and he taught more in this song than all my years of schooling.
He was doing this back in the 80's before it was cool. Everytime I hear it I learn something new. I know you have read the lyrics and heard the music true knowledge, true power know thy self. Johann F. Blumenbach, JA Blofener, and HS Chamberlain should be studied by all...start to illuminate others through a song.
Interesting. I find it odd that KRS would mistake Eli Whitney as Black. I mean, of all the inventions in the world you'd think he'd get the one about the cotton gin correct. That one simple mistake makes him look really bad. It would be like a Jew saying Mohammed invented Jesus. I hope you discovered this mistake in your paper and didn't replicate his mistake.
I got an A on a report in college from this song as well
Youth of today....You must learn...it’s your turn
He a bad man real black talk
The most educational song ever written
for all the youngsters who wonder why many of us old schoolers are critical of (most of) "todays rap"..this video gives you the answer 100%. Shout out to the youngsters though. We believe in you and believe you can elevate Hip Hop back where it needs to be..Just understand..THIS is the blueprint (see what I did there)
Truth
True af
Use your platform to help us to learn. We need to know shit. YOU MUST LEARN. 🤔
Ignorance stupidity and tears. YOU MUST LEARN.
I'm 30 and this is facts 💯
KRS-1 and Chuck D were the most influential artist of our time. They awaken Generation X to self awareness, BUT, by the late 90's it had all gone away.We let it slip away.....now we can't get it back. The most slept on teacher was Rakim and Gang Starr(RIP). I wish we could go back and do it all again.
skip1lp Gang Starr is the duo... Guru is the emcee (DJ Premier is the producer/DJ)
Truth
I think you missed 2pac!
Who says we can’t get it back?
June 2020 time to get it back. ✊🏾
That third verse is one of the best verses in Hip Hop history!!
remind me of NAS's Last verse in his song - "I KNOW I CAN"
I swear to God it is we're not done we're not done he was going on that shit
Slept on...
Word! 💯
He made a few mistake on the time line like Justinian rule, but overall, it was nice.
This came out when I was 20 years old. I literally had to watch it over and over to catch EVERYTHING he was saying. Even today, this is easily one of the greatest hip hop songs of all time. I laugh at hip hop when i hear today's lyrics. I'm so lucky to have been a young man during the golden age of hip hop.
They don't even have lyrics today. Oh, they have words. But no lyrics to speak of.
The teacher
Ditto! I took was 20 when this came out . been bangin it for 33 years n counting!
He's taking rubbish in parts but this style is needed back in rap again
Lol but Uncle Luke and Snoop Dogg are prolific old school hip hop artists who talked about a lot of the same things: drugs, sex, booty, money, etc.
And there's many many other old school artists who were out there also talking about violence and gangs. Not just in today's music.
Of course this has under 500,000 hits. 🤦🏾♂️ If you’re under 40 and here, CONGRATULATIONS 🎉!
Every word clear and precise, not mumbled..........
Hell yeah my friend
Yes
Thats was done by design by these record labels which also own private prisons. Rappers like him was educating us and telling us to stop the violence against each other. He even pointed out that white kids began to call themselves n1ggas. Now why do you think they drove guys like him out of rap and replaced them with N1ggas With Attitudes. Stay woke brothers and sisters .
Damn right !!!!!
I didnt understand any of it
“They” don’t want you to listen to this.
Sad that this was the first time I ever learned about black history! Krs 1 the goat !
This type of rap doesn’t exist cuz the talent like this doesn’t exist. BDP was truly “edu-tainment”
This right here is a prime example on how ol skool hip hop is all about
I learned more about Black history from this video than they ever taught me in school!
All new rappers need to listen and learn this song!!
Big agree on that. Rap is supposed to elevate consciousness, too few examples of this even in the time of BDP.
👍🏿💯
@@aaronwilliams8150 Facts. KRS One himself once said one of the main things rules in hip hop is you must learn.
Hip hop desperately needs this kind of vibe to return
The Real Blueprint
The last 30 years in hiphop have been a CIA conspiracy
Reallest and best song ever made. Even though black people in this country are from the tribe of Judah from the Holy Bible, we are not egyptian, they had us as hostages in this Holy war, and Moses gave us the 613 Holy commandments which freed us frim captivity the 1st. time. Just like we will be freed and all our mistreatment by this current temporary world will be avenged! All praise The Most High in our Holy Messiahs name, for ever and ever. Amen, HalleLuYah. Follow the 613 commandments of the Old Testament from the Holy Bible KJV.
KAN REPEAT THESE FACTS AND THEY CAN'T LAUGH AT CHA
This is why they pushed gangster rap..straight gems on this...cop that book from babylon to timbuktoo..all this info is in there
You are so right!
TRUTH!😬
They needed to push gangsta to cover up all of the truth this era was pump’n out.
Yo, @realrap RIP.
@Why Bother Even though I agree about why they pushed out gangsta rap...I will say NWA still brought awareness to police brutality so Dre didn't completely dumb it down and Diddy mostly pushed out r&b type of music no harm there...Still had Pac dropping knowledge,still had Nas,Epmd and more..It wasn't all dumbed down
That book was never kept in Israel, if the old father's did keep it there til the year 5005 would've stated they work ish be taken it in 1009 @d and it always stayed above the thrashing floor in the tabernacle of original 12 father's of the tribe of the israelites, never heard of the gentiles of Israel having it.
Krs 1 is 57 and still the greatest rap artist alive or dead
Facts
@@donovanlongmore3390 TRUE DAT!!!
Abosolutely NO WAY anyone is getting shot or fighting when black folks come togetther like this. YOU MUST LEARN!
I remember sitting in a Mcd's listening to this on cassette 35 years ago ... 88/89 really was a good time for HipHop
It was indeed a great time. The entire 80s decade was great for Hip Hop!
You didn't need the news this is real Hip Hop I'm getting teary eyed man.🇱🇾🇱🇾🇱🇾🇱🇾🇱🇾🇱🇾🇱🇾🇱🇾🇱🇾
I always cry at this number. BPP changed my life at age 14. Still love KRS ONE. I'll never forget him.
I can't even lie.
Mane this Brother spitting jewels......
@@noffmemphisslim1377 Fasho
@@TemperMentalMissElayneous Word
A black man, Africa, repeat this fact, they cant laugh at yuh. That's genius rhymes...
The Greatest Emcee Of All Time In Hip-Hop!
From chile sudamerica hip hop dont stop..... 2024....
Yes Chuck d
Both of them
@@darrellappling9276 The Enemy Chuck D My 5th Greatest Emcee In Hip-Hop!🤷🏿♂️
Top 5 for sure.
Wow. An entire world history lesson is one song. From Abraham to the Holocaust. With dope lyrics and impeccable, rhythmic flow. Still relevant and poignant 31 years later. This man KRS-One is the best Hip Hop artist EVER, in my opinion. Still Number One!!!
The fact that he is speaking so much truth and it's over 30 years later and it's _still_ relevant. Peep a young Faith Evans @ 0:06.
Absolutely. I bought this when it came out and I'm JUST NOW getting to learn n understand most of what he taught us back then...
I read Faith's memoir and her mentioning being in this video brought me here
U r si right
@@cjjohnson936 Wow thanks for sharing that.
Wow. Really?!
RIP Ms. Melody
@@anythinggoesvideospart-2242 .. Daaayyummm.. 😂😂😂
@@anythinggoesvideospart-2242 why you say that...she died...damn...Nga can't even rip a MFR without some silly ass Nga talking shit...shessssss....calm TF down...
Just had my 19, 12, 11 and 9 year old watch this.😍
There ain't words to describe how good this!
If the industry would not have drowned this knowledge movement out with Other genre's. The world would have excelled in the mind!
this man drops science
This video was done many years back and it's a shame how relevant what it communicates is STILL so today.
BDP went from gangsters to political and then became hardcore
Rip 😢😢😢 to ms melody 🎶 and hype man amazing blazing willie d
this was real rap... unlike most of that current stuff
KRS One is like a rapping history teacher!!! 🔥🔥🔥
Facts
Edutainment alone 🔥
@analog eternally Thank you😀
@analog eternally Yes I am and so are you😀😎
What this did to my 18 year old mind back in the day still resonates today. Huge awakening! Miss this era in OUR music/culture.
Man you ain't lying!!! Had an impact on me TILL DIS' DAY!!!, TILL DIS DAY!!!
We're not done!
@@cedricreid1062 Word up!
If you ever saw KRS one in concert then you were blessed! And yes I am blessed!
The problem with Rap is that the old school rappers had to fight to get music into mainstream and fight against the same industry that is now using rap music to make billions off it. New generations weren’t exposed to KRS One and we who grew up with him know how talented he was in his prime. When I’m in the mood for a solid beat and great flow I go back to old school rap.
Education at it’s finest!
Back when hip-hop music made you wanna go to college. Nowadays, rappers just make you wanna do drugs and cry.
ONE MILLION likes for your reply. agreed. I can't listen to music today. In fact, KRS -1 was the primary reason (and Public Enemy) that I started listening to hip hop in the first place in the nineties cause I was listening to mostly house music during the eighties. So I had to go BACK and listen to all the hip hop i missed when in the Marine Corps. Today's music is filthy trash.
The REAL Blueprint
Yesterday my daughter who is ten, I sat her down and asked her to watch this video because I was 11 when this song and video came out, And she watched it four times in a row and she loves it!!!
Ali La'Var same I'm ten
Beautiful Im going to show my 4 year old nephew this
Peace. Now that really great what you did. You should get this book so you could read it with her. That's what I did when my son was 10 or 11 years old.
books.google.com/books/about/World_s_Great_Men_of_Color_Volume_I.html?id=Zqd-nLqwXdcC
I remember getting a similar reaction from my daughter!
My man, you’re passing the torch and I salute you!
Look at rap then; and rap now the war is lost. Positive music reduced to killing your own man.
K R S ...M F.... Original No Cuss Gangsta ..B D P!!
This needs to be played everyday to everyone
When this dropped I was a young shorty. Had no idea it would be more relevant NOW than it was then. And it was NEEDED back then..
It is needed now to in the era of Biden. moving towards a more police state and ushering the return of a more terrible Trump in a year.
wow, I wish everyone in the world would learn this history leason. Incredibly powerful, and inspiring
This is the epitome of Edutainment. 🙏🙏🙏knowledge reigns supreme 1 !!
WHOLE BLACK HISTORY IN ON SONG OMG!!!!!! BLACK CULTURE!!!! REAL RAP!!!!! YOU MUST LEARN!!!!
This is the most educational song in hip hop history ❤
Imagine if this style of hip hop smothered out gangster rap. We probably would be so far ahead of where we are now. Wow
Storytelling at its finest- this is what hip hop was meant to be.
This video is so relevant even today they don't want black history taught in school they're willing to create a law and make it illegal to teach black kids about their greatness ask yourself why 🙏
Dopest HISTORY lesson ever said on wax,not His story ! But OUR story.
The teacher. R.I.P SCOTT LA ROCK. 52 hiphop till I die 🏴
We are the Israelites in our Bible 💪🏾
The Greatest Emcee In Hip-Hop!
ruclips.net/video/O3kulxS3xR4/видео.html
3:00 when X Clan made that reference
Holy sheep....this video was way before it's time.
KRS' entire third verse is a straight up history lesson on the origins of White supremacy!
KoolAid Congo if that's what you think the song is about or that's what krs-1 is about and you're not paying attention to the music. It's not a history lesson it's not even about race. KRS ones music is about enlightenment and about trying to get people to open their minds and educate themselves both black and white. Because this music was made at a time when violence and ignorance reigned supreme in New York City and all KRS wanted to do was make people realize that knowledge is power
Noah Stone He's right. So are you.
KoolAid Congo yes he's the realest, this was divinely inspired.
stop! Noah is right and so is KoolAid
Noah Stone wtf are you disagreeing for? Did you listen to the verse. White supremacy is still a problem today because people like you are uncomfortable with the truth.
Video music box was our only window to the greats!
Krs one dropped some Jewels on this.
The most slept on M.C. ever
Ct Brown slept on? You crazy? Krs birthed every major rap style in existence. From rakim to nas to easy e to biggie to tupac to big pun. His influence is evident in every rapper from 1990 forward.
KRS ONE IS A legend one of the greatest by far, but the two most great emcees ever slept on are A.Z. & Canibus.
Canibus for sure. But AZ? nah. He only had a few good verses at most. His album was a flop. He was the weakest of rhe firm. His hottest verse ever was on lifes a bitch.
Noah Stone sugar hill top 5
Noah Stone Smh you don't know real shit if you really think A.Z. Ain't one of the best ever too bless the mic lyrical wise.
When I hear songs like these from the earlier days of Hip Hop, I can see why the higher-ups started to push gangster rap music they do not want us hearing this type of music
i learn my black history facts from this song a long time ago thank you kris!!!!!
And that's a sad fact. No shade towards you but towards the school system that failed you along with me.
He was waking ppl up in the 80's I listened back then but did awake, I'm awake now
U woke now, everything in its own time. ✊
Same here
The one hip hop song my dad liked.
Droppin' knowledge like droppin' books. Damn, he's good.
God! I was blessed to be 15 in 1989 and live through not only the golden era of hip hop but arguably the greatest year (1989).
victornewman06 we are the same age and to hear this back when I was 15 is really hard to put into words. You get knowledge of self which one the most powerful things to know.
Same here, 15 in ‘89 and still have all my VHS tapes from back then taping Yo, MTV Raps along with a booklet writing down meticulously which tape had which tracks!😸
(..and I grew up in Germany!; )
The 3rd verse is amazin
An unfortunately underrated track that educates people.
I don’t give a fuck that I’m replying to myself, I wish more people listened to this
This is probably the greatest rap song of all time for me.
This is what 10 year old me was reciting back in the Days.They took this type of Rap out of HipHop Culture, By design......Follow this song up with Jeru da Damaja " Can't stop the Prophet"
The best MC ever!
What this generation needs!
He's still here doing it! Check that Between Da Protests.
I grew up in New York City 🏙️ In The 1980s And 1990s listening to old school rap music 🎵 everyday on my cassette tapes boom box and my home stereo. Iam bumping this right now on youtube in the year 2023. Iam From The Old School Days.
Thank U KRS 1/ Big Up From Russia//!! Selekta!!
There have been many important songs released in hip - hop. This is one of them.
MORE relevant today than ever...
Heard this song when I was in third grade it taught me the black history I never learned in school,and it stuck with me for 31 years.
Bless your heart brother and peace to you ✌
2024 😂🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉best music 🎵🎶🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵 THIS IS REAL RAP / HIP HOP
KRS was ahead of his time. Still love all the back in the day hip hop.
This need to be persevered at all cost.
Hosea 4:6
[6]My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.
I used to listen to this when I was 63, and now I'm 17. This will forever be a classic.
RIP Scott larock and Miss Melody.We will never forget you
2024 We need more music like this
Facts. 💯
No words...other than thank you God for real hop hop
Very good song, My children greatly enjoyed it.😂😂😂🎉
Still friggin' brilliant, over 30 years later. KRS, THE TEACHER.
KRS 1, the Master teacher. I played this song for my 10 grade class and told them to to write about what they thought about the lyrics. Across the board they hated it and wanted to write about blueface. Oh how have the mighty conscienceless died in hip hop.
That’s a real shame
WOW😱..are you serious😧???...why blueface 🤷🏽outta All the rappers Old & New...I mean, look... it's only been 2yrs and his self life has already expired...Absolutely, No One has his name on their lips these days... you'd probably get smacked silly & harassed on social media if you even utter his name in hush tones, now...
This dude whenever he speaks brings tears to my EYEZ
I was literally saying the same thing.
When rap had a message.. Music companies change the narrative😞
Unrated and underrated.
They don’t keep it real like this anymore 🙌🏽🙌🏽
Right everything is booty shaking and BS .
@@jenniferfields7113 For real. That's why I started making music.
I would like to hear you music .
You aint lying@@jenniferfields7113
well done , this need to revamp in 2023
THIS kind of rap doesn't sell to "mainstream". However, it is the MOST PROFOUND to establishing human EXCEPTIONALISM in our urban communities!😎
Yet the rapper is still alive?
Yes
But it could sell -- the problem is that the corrupt industry does not want to promote it.
They don't know what the people will or won't like if they never give it a chance to be heard.
@@suave_d I'm from an era where it DID sell, quite well (early 80s). However, certain people from outside of the urban Black community put big money behind "gangsta rap". Interestingly, it was about the SAME time that crack cocaine came into our communities and, things like " prison reform" and aggressive privatization of prisons, were instituted. I was there. I saw some of these things; very tragic!😓💔 God help us!
Love that the teacher told someone you want to acknowledge HIP HOP now 50 years but not 49 years before.
Stand strong, Cris Parker ❤.