Slick Rick - Behind Bars (Official Music Video)

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  • Опубликовано: 23 ноя 2024

Комментарии • 8 тыс.

  • @sloppymelon445
    @sloppymelon445 4 года назад +8867

    the softness of the mic and his voice make it feel like a dream

    • @grim9287
      @grim9287 4 года назад +69

      @@okden8331 ????

    • @artyom1792
      @artyom1792 4 года назад +54

      @@okden8331 shut up 😑

    • @scramboee
      @scramboee 3 года назад +88

      @@okden8331 Ok I see we just throwing that word for literally no reason now...🤦🏽‍♂️

    • @okden8331
      @okden8331 3 года назад +4

      @@scramboee *joke*

    • @scramboee
      @scramboee 3 года назад +67

      @@okden8331 Dead joke

  • @dudemcradguy
    @dudemcradguy 4 года назад +15555

    I love when music sounds so dreamy that it doesn’t seem like it’s real

    • @rgkong8783
      @rgkong8783 4 года назад +49

      Zack P love the beat

    • @Bruh-zn7ss
      @Bruh-zn7ss 4 года назад +206

      I never knew how to explain this kind of beat until you just explained it for me

    • @liam8765
      @liam8765 4 года назад +97

      Raphael Tesfaye songs can still have a beautiful tune and lyrics even if what they’re saying can be graphic, lmao. Beautiful doesn’t have to be G-Rated, lol

    • @NaosiriumKinesso
      @NaosiriumKinesso 4 года назад +16

      Then you can also try to listen to some genres like Ambient or Dungeon Synth :)

    • @j.clementec.m.1558
      @j.clementec.m.1558 4 года назад +44

      like a fever dream

  • @emandleni1735
    @emandleni1735 5 лет назад +36787

    If this was in your recommendations you're my kind of people.

  • @axelace4463
    @axelace4463 7 месяцев назад +607

    we keepin' it slick in 2024 fr. This is legendary.

  • @n0denz
    @n0denz 3 года назад +5960

    I can't imagine how long it took to animate this. There just aren't words for how much I love and appreciate this kind of rough, hand drawn animation.

    • @ungalunga2951
      @ungalunga2951 3 года назад +239

      I love rough, brutal and crude art like this, especially when it fits with the song’s style: mysterious yet straightforward.

    • @Sleepy_Spaceman
      @Sleepy_Spaceman 2 года назад +61

      Bed bath and beyond bars

    • @CactusforceX
      @CactusforceX 2 года назад +8

      @@Sleepy_Spaceman lol!

    • @koro3326
      @koro3326 2 года назад +17

      @@ungalunga2951 do u kno any artists that have the same art style like this?

    • @ungalunga2951
      @ungalunga2951 2 года назад +4

      @@koro3326 Nope, unfortunately not.

  • @squilldx5055
    @squilldx5055 5 лет назад +3534

    Rick always had a chill voice. It's one of the things that set him apart from the others for me

    • @wr5349
      @wr5349 5 лет назад +6

      Facts

    • @mongoose1618
      @mongoose1618 5 лет назад +36

      Snoop Dogg clearly is inspired by Slicks suave delivery.

    • @laskkoovisualz793
      @laskkoovisualz793 4 года назад +3

      Sahil Sahadevan never thought about that I hear it now !! plus warren G Cool with Snoop so ik he got influenced

    • @mongoose1618
      @mongoose1618 4 года назад +4

      @@laskkoovisualz793 Yep, Snoop had said publicly he's a big SlickRick fan. Here's a clip of him singing La di da di. Special Mention - Doug E Fresh's unbeatable beatboxing. ruclips.net/video/d61tWnYYwYc/видео.html

    • @blitz8647
      @blitz8647 4 года назад +6

      @@mongoose1618 Q Tip too

  • @goat3779
    @goat3779 5 лет назад +12413

    This shit aged well, both sonically and visually.

    • @deleteduser87
      @deleteduser87 5 лет назад +32

      Yes

    • @gloriaborger6192
      @gloriaborger6192 5 лет назад +97

      The videos cool but the audio is so weird I can't really understand much of what he is saying lol

    • @pDreams-ct9ri
      @pDreams-ct9ri 5 лет назад +64

      Sonically

    • @xanders.8650
      @xanders.8650 5 лет назад +7

      OnJah? IKR? I mean... SOME people just don’t get why nostalgia from rappers including DJ’s that have been around longer are better because nowadays there is less of this and more of “BahehaaaahHAHeheeerereeee” and shit LOL

    • @pDreams-ct9ri
      @pDreams-ct9ri 5 лет назад +3

      @hey lil mama lemme whisper in ya ear this this nigga swear on pandora

  • @AndFeli
    @AndFeli 7 месяцев назад +58

    14 years after its release, RUclips recommended this gem to me, thank you RUclips

    • @Chuy_PR
      @Chuy_PR 4 месяца назад +8

      This is almost 30 years old not 14

  • @RossOzarka
    @RossOzarka 5 лет назад +3719

    The idea of the prison scenes being in near-total darkness, with the animation moving so fast you can barely keep up, paints a darkly disorienting picture of prison existence.

    • @stirfryguy
      @stirfryguy 4 года назад +19

      deep...

    • @iMThatOnlyBeast13
      @iMThatOnlyBeast13 4 года назад +70

      I wonder if it was a stylistic decision or its cause of what you said. When it shows the cop it’s all bright. Clever either way

    • @kennyyy4L
      @kennyyy4L 4 года назад +5

      Or it's just a normal animation? You're thinking too hard bud

    • @jojolafrite90
      @jojolafrite90 4 года назад +17

      Not dark enough. We invented hell. I think the binary biased Manichean basic way of thinking of most people wanted a global blind system of vengeance and torture. Prison may be caused by archaic religious way of viewing everything.

    • @jojolafrite90
      @jojolafrite90 4 года назад +10

      I'm high.

  • @mutton7891
    @mutton7891 4 года назад +829

    I love how he recorded multiple verses then lays them over each other like he cuts off his own verse with another one playing the role of someone else. Also playing around with the stereo panning. Really cool.

  • @bezbez1
    @bezbez1 7 лет назад +567

    Such a mysterious flow.

    • @taifun9579
      @taifun9579 5 лет назад +36

      Story telling flow

    • @T3NDI3M4N
      @T3NDI3M4N 5 лет назад +1

      Yessssss that is what i was thinking

    • @jeremybear573
      @jeremybear573 5 лет назад +1

      Touché

    • @Corgi_fax
      @Corgi_fax 5 месяцев назад

      kids these days be callin this lofi or some shit

  • @chop.b6045
    @chop.b6045 2 года назад +106

    who ever animated this is crazy, love the style.

  • @mightyraccoon7155
    @mightyraccoon7155 4 года назад +2179

    I love how creepy but detailed this music video is.

  • @sisepuedemaybe
    @sisepuedemaybe 7 лет назад +256

    Slick Rick's songs always creeps me the fuck out because of the vivid way he describes these sad, realistic situations in such a nonchalant, whimsical voice, like he's a pied piper or a puppet master.

    • @elijahlopez6595
      @elijahlopez6595 6 лет назад +1

      I know

    • @tronixfix
      @tronixfix 6 лет назад +6

      And we are the little kids watching the show LOL 🤣

    • @shailterrell8341
      @shailterrell8341 6 лет назад

      sisepuedemaybe

    • @elijahlopez6595
      @elijahlopez6595 6 лет назад +3

      C U T S A N D S K A R S

    • @notmyles712
      @notmyles712 6 лет назад +3

      sisepuedemaybe he makes it so discriptive and every word sounds like they were meant to be together

  • @creamytwinky2515
    @creamytwinky2515 4 года назад +12085

    The animation looks like a weird combination of adult swim cartoons and red bull commercials

    • @narcisoanasui246
      @narcisoanasui246 4 года назад +118

      It doesss

    • @khiraqq
      @khiraqq 4 года назад +180

      reminds me of 90s cartoons

    • @gunfuego
      @gunfuego 4 года назад +104

      or something from MTV Liquid Television....

    • @T33K3SS3LCH3N
      @T33K3SS3LCH3N 4 года назад +52

      And the Werner cartoons from Germany.

    • @Sapsche
      @Sapsche 4 года назад +29

      @@T33K3SS3LCH3N haha Werner, I have to say it reminded me of Bill Plympton's style :)

  • @outsideiskrrtinsideihurt699
    @outsideiskrrtinsideihurt699 Год назад +257

    YES!!! ITS BACK! THE OLD BEAT IS BACK!

    • @GrinkMode
      @GrinkMode Год назад +5

      thank god

    • @Kaiden-9226
      @Kaiden-9226 Год назад +3

      Let’s go

    • @saunajoe5973
      @saunajoe5973 11 месяцев назад

      thank the heavens

    • @IIBeefII
      @IIBeefII Месяц назад

      Just came back in my recommended after I saw it in 2020 and it catalyzed my interest in this era of rap

  • @Hybrid420
    @Hybrid420 5 лет назад +1832

    when i was young i use to skate around my city to this song.

  • @Jordan-zk2wd
    @Jordan-zk2wd 2 года назад +2951

    It didn't occur to me until now how vulnerable and cool it is that Slick Rick chose to share about a rape attempt on him while he was in prison. There are a lot of jokes about sexual assault in prisons, often tied up with emasculating black and latino men. Behind Bars is very honest, Slick Rick is always a storyteller but this feels like a diary entry in many ways.
    Even though he ultimately underscores his survival and he sometimes acts brutally in the song, the aesthetic of the song doesn't glamorize it at all. It's so low key, smooth but with a hint of bitterness, sadness, and even boredom (the monotony of being locked up that long). "Had to stab a ***** in the eye with a pencil" isn't an assertion of dominance, by saying "had to" you get a sense of him feel trapped, not wanting to but not seeing a way out. There's something passive about it all, that feeling of waiting. Similarly with "they hit the cell, rape attempted / luckily it failed", saying "luckily" implies that he doesn't feel like it failed because no one could get the jump on him as this alpha dog Chad gangster or what have you. He could have told the story that way if he wanted to, he stabs someone in the eye and this attempted rape failed, those could be framed like fought his way through and proved himself or something. That's not the vibe he's going for though, because his jail time was not glamorous. The inner truth that Slick Rick is sharing through. He's exhaudted. His life wasted away like the lives of so many people we put behind bars today. It didn't prevent violence, it subjected him to it. It didn't bring any ultimate justice, it exposed him to injustice. This song for me as the tone of one long sigh as he remembers his time behind bars. That vibe really sets it apart and hits home a solid message and such.
    I wish him many many more good years, thanks for the dope track

    • @funkytransport
      @funkytransport 2 года назад +7

      "Had to stab a *** in the eye with a pencil" thats not the line but whatever....

    • @Ponkdonker
      @Ponkdonker 2 года назад +217

      @@funkytransport So what? It's close enough. Pointless comment.

    • @somedude5990
      @somedude5990 2 года назад

      Another one that ends with him getting raped in jail is "The moment I feared" but that one's a lot less serious.

    • @Dolando17
      @Dolando17 2 года назад +76

      @@funkytransport come on man

    • @gullyblanchard5750
      @gullyblanchard5750 2 года назад +108

      This song isn't entirely about his own prison experience, he's just telling general stories about anyone's experience in prison. He has done interviews and a documentary while he was in jail when this album was released and said pretty much everyone was cool with him and nothing really happened outside of people talking shit when he first got locked up.

  • @bloxxer420
    @bloxxer420 4 года назад +669

    It’s so fast pace but so slow and dreamy at the same time

    • @Daniel_JT.
      @Daniel_JT. 4 года назад +15

      you can say this song has good flow get it fast and slow sort of make flow whan you mix them together

    • @squiggleline3321
      @squiggleline3321 3 года назад +1

      Thats known as a polymeter ooooh wow

    • @Kyle-hi5od
      @Kyle-hi5od 3 года назад

      theres so much lyrical content while also pacing it very well. that takes some real damn talent

    • @epic.6608
      @epic.6608 2 года назад

      420

  • @Jm-ki4su
    @Jm-ki4su Год назад +926

    sometimes, things don't need to be remastered. the former beat was perfectly fine
    EDIT: the beat has been reverted to its original

    • @mrpurpletux7419
      @mrpurpletux7419 Год назад +55

      Yeah wtf is this 🐂

    • @osooyabun2701
      @osooyabun2701 Год назад +26

      Yo that Warren g version was more better.

    • @paul974
      @paul974 Год назад +32

      Why not post it as a different video?... ofof

    • @_finncognito
      @_finncognito Год назад +15

      Yeah I came here for the Warren G version and they full switched it

    • @JERRYYVNG
      @JERRYYVNG Год назад +16

      I was wondering what happend to the beats, this one sounds wacky

  • @wastelandking
    @wastelandking 8 лет назад +3687

    Such a mysterious beat, and the wordplay is pretty sick. Tried attempting to rap this, but I got tongue tied doing so. Gotta love Slick, man...

    • @vondoom3141
      @vondoom3141 8 лет назад +11

      Haha sick

    • @chuckturnher4986
      @chuckturnher4986 8 лет назад +62

      Vocals have a bunch of Over Dubs... PHIYA!

    • @blade7506
      @blade7506 7 лет назад +49

      Jaey Lopidas you gotta stretch first

    • @ellomynameisjohnny
      @ellomynameisjohnny 7 лет назад +44

      You can tell this is multiple takes edited together but he is the godking nonetheless.

    • @calebcdl1014
      @calebcdl1014 7 лет назад +34

      this popped up on my recommend glad I listened to it. (it probably was on my recommend because I listen to mf doom) 🔥

  • @mydulablyat3758
    @mydulablyat3758 4 года назад +4525

    SlickRick rolled out 2020's biggest banger in 1994.

    • @bighatman3572
      @bighatman3572 4 года назад +60

      man time traviling

    • @hibiki28
      @hibiki28 4 года назад +81

      In the 94 was far worse the situation dude

    • @TheFightingGentleman
      @TheFightingGentleman 4 года назад +33

      He wrote this song a long time ago...a real long time ago...FEEL MAH!

    • @sasazivanovic777
      @sasazivanovic777 4 года назад +2

      @@TheFightingGentleman Hahahaha... 😅👍

    • @johnbean9797
      @johnbean9797 4 года назад

      Fax

  • @dwalker112
    @dwalker112 5 лет назад +3841

    I have a strong feeling the “The Story of O.J.” Was inspired by this.

    • @Legittuber
      @Legittuber 5 лет назад +84

      Yea I definitely agree on this too

    • @xbebe
      @xbebe 5 лет назад +92

      Not a bad call on jayz part

    • @fiolds350
      @fiolds350 5 лет назад +6

      Danny yep exactly

    • @Pav42O
      @Pav42O 5 лет назад +18

      Yep, thats exactly what I though looking at the thumbnail

    • @puffy_jr7521
      @puffy_jr7521 5 лет назад +90

      There very different. The only similarity is that it's animated.

  • @KLartrandM
    @KLartrandM 16 дней назад +4

    Warren G did his thang on this. 💪🏿💪🏿🔥🔥🔥

  • @doodoop.
    @doodoop. 5 лет назад +464

    This is one of the best-animated music videos I've ever seen, and the song is fantastic to boot. I'm gonna be playing this for awhile.

  • @Jsunexodus
    @Jsunexodus 8 лет назад +1797

    THIS IS SO TIGHT. WHO ANIMATED THIS MASTERPIECE ?

  • @protectedsouls415
    @protectedsouls415 7 лет назад +56

    Rick could always storytell effortlessly in that unique way of his, plus he's got one of the most recognizable, iconic voices in Rap history. Legendary status!

  • @Nathanialmosley-ih3xc
    @Nathanialmosley-ih3xc 5 месяцев назад +10

    Slick Rick, the goat of storytelling, such an inspiration for us younger generations, much love and respect for your music and careeer

  • @dolaopposite
    @dolaopposite 11 лет назад +1929

    I swear Ricky D can make some dark ass content sound light hearted.

    • @Vino_Czar
      @Vino_Czar 8 лет назад +31

      +dolaopposite This x10

    • @subzero9024
      @subzero9024 7 лет назад +4

      youngguru2000 this X9000

    • @yolkycoin0801
      @yolkycoin0801 7 лет назад +17

      dolaopposite cause of his British accent

    • @evanjones7832
      @evanjones7832 7 лет назад +4

      TheSbitenshchik I thought he was just born there

    • @Creeperzom90
      @Creeperzom90 7 лет назад +18

      Nah man, hes was raised there, I dont remember for how long, but hes got a strong British accent. Just listen to Childrens Story. Strong as hell

  • @R0FLC4T5
    @R0FLC4T5 2 года назад +745

    Slick Rick was the OG for talk rapping.
    He was a fuckin minstrel. Just rhyming on the beat and telling a story that drew the listener in. It wasn't until 5 lines in you realized that this wasn't just bragging on a rhythm, it was a full story that rhymed and had cadence throughout.

    • @Satanperkele
      @Satanperkele 9 месяцев назад +9

      That's why this is genuinely really fucking good music

    • @Nccasmexth
      @Nccasmexth 3 месяца назад

      Im too glad people recognize this hard to achieve form of art…

  • @chineseboxingstylekanye7147
    @chineseboxingstylekanye7147 5 лет назад +584

    slick rick got a flow thats hard to replicate
    its a different life in there

    • @looowlayrs9584
      @looowlayrs9584 5 лет назад +1

      Uh biddy dum, biddy biddy, dum dum.".".".

    • @krischurch3763
      @krischurch3763 5 лет назад +2

      aint that the truth

    • @plush2192
      @plush2192 5 лет назад +4

      imo a tribe called quest is kinda similar

    • @_Dylanm
      @_Dylanm 5 лет назад +5

      It's hard to imitate because it's like 50 different takes cut together 😂😂. Still fire tho

    • @unitedasleeds
      @unitedasleeds 5 лет назад

      @@plush2192 the beat maybe, that's all

  • @LOL-2-cringe
    @LOL-2-cringe 7 месяцев назад +11

    - i love when music sounds so dreamy that it doesn’t seem like it’s real🔥

  • @emanconroy1005
    @emanconroy1005 5 лет назад +3351

    I'm getting this recommended in 2019? It is fire tho

    • @SluggedNugg
      @SluggedNugg 5 лет назад +34

      @Eric Johnson Why you tryna start something

    • @ChathamASGhetto
      @ChathamASGhetto 5 лет назад +2

      2019 and still fire.

    • @destinyplummer3176
      @destinyplummer3176 5 лет назад

      Same my dude!

    • @puffy_jr7521
      @puffy_jr7521 5 лет назад

      @@SluggedNugg I want to know to tho. Why does the year of the recommendation matter?

    • @f30joey
      @f30joey 5 лет назад

      Puffy_ninja bc i would've loved to listen to this sooner and it's barely being recommended rn

  • @XxCastleClanxX
    @XxCastleClanxX 5 лет назад +2671

    That cop had no business being that *THICC*

  • @zere6520
    @zere6520 5 лет назад +367

    I love this guy's voice

    • @canalabandonado6433
      @canalabandonado6433 5 лет назад +1

      Me too!

    • @cesarvialpando7736
      @cesarvialpando7736 5 лет назад +28

      Because he was unlike all rappers, chill. He just had a chill voice which is soothing

    • @tobyread9590
      @tobyread9590 5 лет назад +16

      It's because he's British

    • @Jamesharveycomics
      @Jamesharveycomics 5 лет назад +1

      The Ruler!

    • @yohgt
      @yohgt 4 года назад +9

      Listen to the children's story. Dope song by slick rick

  • @axziahthecat9863
    @axziahthecat9863 10 месяцев назад +53

    My dad introduced this to me a few months before he passed, it reminds me of him.

    • @lennyjudd123
      @lennyjudd123 10 месяцев назад +2

      Im sorry for your loss, i hope you're doin alright.

  • @CecinaTacoo
    @CecinaTacoo 5 лет назад +430

    I clicked on it aight!!!??
    And I don't regret a damn thang

  • @greg6441
    @greg6441 4 года назад +700

    If there was a series like this that was like psychological and drawn like this but 3 minutes of well thought out songs, adult swim would literally drown in money.

    • @altrumodi5694
      @altrumodi5694 4 года назад +85

      That sounds so " It was really good but ran out of budget and got cancelled in season2"

    • @val4128
      @val4128 3 года назад +8

      pink floyd did that, but a movie

    • @xvndobruxo
      @xvndobruxo 3 года назад

      ruclips.net/video/fCMbtGigPp0/видео.html

    • @nazthe1_252
      @nazthe1_252 3 года назад +1

      What. An. Idea

    • @user-uo8ny1kj4c
      @user-uo8ny1kj4c 3 года назад +4

      @@altrumodi5694 the show that comes to mind when i think of that is hihi puffy amiyumi

  • @eddyhdz1
    @eddyhdz1 6 лет назад +753

    The fat cop and the rat remind me of one of the redbull comercials lol

  • @zergeistrush460
    @zergeistrush460 Месяц назад +6

    This video and music gives me "late-night" vibes. Reminds me of when I'd wake up at night all groggy and turn on the tv and see the oddest things.

  • @wbarn003
    @wbarn003 8 лет назад +117

    One of the best story tellers hands down!

    • @Cutiepie-rc3wv
      @Cutiepie-rc3wv 7 лет назад

      Wayne B #THEBEST!

    • @puebes6298
      @puebes6298 3 года назад

      He started it also started the big chains trend

  • @jaedii7287
    @jaedii7287 7 лет назад +1885

    randomly just popped up in my recommendations, ty youtube

    • @ModalSoul
      @ModalSoul 7 лет назад +7

      y would u even sub ? same, this style of cartoons is so awesome im in love with it. Boutta go peep the instrumental version too

    • @tazer2902
      @tazer2902 5 лет назад +1

      Same here

    • @albert-cw9mz
      @albert-cw9mz 5 лет назад

      @CCmagnus ma boii same

    • @karimmaftoun3163
      @karimmaftoun3163 5 лет назад +1

      That just happened to me

    • @thecommentnigga5720
      @thecommentnigga5720 5 лет назад

      y would u even sub ? Facts

  • @asdada882
    @asdada882 3 года назад +132

    this man was so eloquent with his rhymes, never heard anything like this. instant favorite, im in love

  • @ClintRayJohnson
    @ClintRayJohnson Год назад +964

    this song literally changed. i’m not kidding. this video used to sound different

    • @ricfed
      @ricfed Год назад +55

      Tf happeneddddd

    • @FoxyFilth
      @FoxyFilth Год назад +71

      Ya I thought I was trippin

    • @malefactory
      @malefactory Год назад +97

      It happened like last week, bc I was just listening to it not even 2 weeks ago, this sounds so much worse

    • @ALIEFGATA
      @ALIEFGATA Год назад +18

      You're right..I thought the same shit

    • @-hduiawhdiuhawu
      @-hduiawhdiuhawu Год назад +27

      Yeah wtf happened

  • @matthewhyman2208
    @matthewhyman2208 4 года назад +740

    Slick Rick is the was one of most underrated rapper of the 90's

    • @PanCioPL234
      @PanCioPL234 4 года назад +13

      A lot of peps says the Big L is underrated hahahaha

    • @matthewhyman2208
      @matthewhyman2208 4 года назад +2

      @@PanCioPL234 homeboy got some long ass fingers😭 nonetheless, RIP

    • @sonofhate2157
      @sonofhate2157 4 года назад +5

      AZ is, not Slick Rick.

    • @angelj4818
      @angelj4818 4 года назад

      what about Yella?

    • @matthewhyman2208
      @matthewhyman2208 4 года назад +3

      @@PanCioPL234 I honestly think that big l is top 5

  • @1precipice1
    @1precipice1 6 лет назад +530

    this song gives such an eerie vibe off in my opinion, especially when most of the backgrounds in the vid are black and have so much shadowing. Overall amazing song and vid

    • @KronosFIT
      @KronosFIT 5 лет назад +3

      Yee shit was eerie

    • @hudso7211
      @hudso7211 5 лет назад +3

      Levstir 69 i mean, it’s about how crooked cops are so that’s a good thing

  • @vpajuluoma
    @vpajuluoma 5 лет назад +40

    This song is just so fucking good.
    Like, seriously. This is 90’s rap at it’s finest.

    • @maclavaitz
      @maclavaitz 5 лет назад +2

      Why would you censor the word

    • @simonnilsson7606
      @simonnilsson7606 5 лет назад +1

      @@maclavaitz why didn't you say the word

  • @Temalechu
    @Temalechu Год назад +23

    Wtf how did it go to this bro wtf I was just listening to it a while ago and outa now where it just changed

  • @cru3lw0rld_96
    @cru3lw0rld_96 5 лет назад +107

    I’m so glad I found this while stoned.

  • @Wessybland
    @Wessybland 3 года назад +768

    Can we just appreciate the cops dance moves, man was killing it

  • @hamoodj792
    @hamoodj792 5 лет назад +12850

    Video : gets 9 year old or older
    RUclips algorithm: allow us to introduce our selves

    • @pablobarea3322
      @pablobarea3322 5 лет назад +13

      Same thing to me lol

    • @nasirprince9239
      @nasirprince9239 5 лет назад +11

      Ha i get it cause of slick rick part in auditorium thats nice right there

    • @pablobarea3322
      @pablobarea3322 5 лет назад +1

      @@nasirprince9239 do you mean that auditorium and behind bars are very related? How? (haven't paid attention to the former's lyrics)

    • @mattfrench4121
      @mattfrench4121 5 лет назад +1

      @@pablobarea3322 He's saying it showed up in his recommended because he listened to Auditorium by Mos Def, which has a Slick Rick feature

    • @franciscoverdugo4021
      @franciscoverdugo4021 5 лет назад +1

      Auditorium is dope

  • @SerialSleeper30
    @SerialSleeper30 8 месяцев назад +1

    This song is actually one of the best things I’ve ever heard. It’s so mellow and just easy to listen to. Slick ricks voice is so nice.

  • @cyphrix3952
    @cyphrix3952 5 лет назад +696

    Not going to lie I’ve never heard this before and I like it thx for recommending RUclips 👏

    • @anesthesiaawareness8614
      @anesthesiaawareness8614 5 лет назад +14

      I'm not even a fan of rap and hip hop, but the flow is just so good and the song is relaxing.

    • @cyphrix3952
      @cyphrix3952 5 лет назад +2

      Anesthesia Awareness yeah

    • @Deleted11100
      @Deleted11100 5 лет назад +1

      why would you lie? What is there to lie about?

    • @RAMIR3Z0
      @RAMIR3Z0 5 лет назад

      @@Deleted11100 He would lie about him hearing it.

    • @cyphrix3952
      @cyphrix3952 5 лет назад

      I heard everything nothing to lie about

  • @sababugs1125
    @sababugs1125 4 года назад +5691

    High schoolers after they get detention for vaping in the bathroom

    • @joaquinespinoza5144
      @joaquinespinoza5144 4 года назад +96

      You mispelled raping

    • @slumpgod1459
      @slumpgod1459 4 года назад +7

      I would like this comment but iss 420 likes so I'm good

    • @sababugs1125
      @sababugs1125 4 года назад +9

      @@slumpgod1459 now it's 419

    • @slumpgod1459
      @slumpgod1459 4 года назад

      @Feddy dueber damn bro I see how it is guess I just was too slow 😥

    • @Yvngmanyvngwrld
      @Yvngmanyvngwrld 4 года назад +2

      @@aaaarrr-bm4oh no

  • @vancitiot
    @vancitiot 10 лет назад +115

    Slick Rick isn't on enough peoples top 5s......Rick can we please get a new album my man???????

    • @williamperson3577
      @williamperson3577 10 лет назад +31

      He's the definition of your favorite rapper's favorite rapper.

    • @63huncholeaks75
      @63huncholeaks75 10 лет назад +31

      Slick rick is the best story telling rapper and one of the best rappers period.

    • @firstnamelastname489
      @firstnamelastname489 9 лет назад +1

      +Phillip j Fry ONE OF the best. Just not top 5 material.

    • @bronxreaper9095
      @bronxreaper9095 6 лет назад

      Shit hes been in my top 5 for year's.

    • @PaddyDTyson
      @PaddyDTyson 6 лет назад +3

      snoop dogg said he is the best rapper thats how I found Slick Rick lul

  • @peregrinecovington4138
    @peregrinecovington4138 2 месяца назад +6

    One of the best music videos

  • @BitestheStuff
    @BitestheStuff 3 года назад +292

    This is beautiful hand-drawn artwork. Not to say you wouldn't see smooth animation, but the texture of it all is really cool to see. Despite being animated, it almost makes seem real, as if these are drawings from Slick Rick himself.

  • @freddyvidz
    @freddyvidz 8 лет назад +35

    '94 was a good year for Hip-Hop/Rap

    • @HDitzzDH
      @HDitzzDH 8 лет назад

      Many classics that year indeed.

  • @Jerry11201
    @Jerry11201 7 лет назад +222

    This actually may be the most underrated song of all time. Does anyone have this version uncensored, without Warren G verse? No disrespect to him, but it's rare and one of the greatest performances of all time.

    • @lonelypatios
      @lonelypatios 6 лет назад +3

      ive been tryna find FOREVER i dont think theres THIS specific version

    • @martinvill8604
      @martinvill8604 6 лет назад +2

      warren g doesn't have a verse on this one. So do you mean this version ? Just use www.mp3juices.cc/

    • @lonelypatios
      @lonelypatios 6 лет назад

      yea like theres no straight audio of this anywhere but ima use this tyty\
      update it didnt work lmfaoo

    • @martinvill8604
      @martinvill8604 6 лет назад +2

      It works for me just when the other tab opens it takes a while to go away.

    • @DeadJoker-fn8oc
      @DeadJoker-fn8oc 5 лет назад

      Wtf does this have to do with this video

  • @cubedmack
    @cubedmack Месяц назад +2

    One of the best smooth story teller.

  • @gekko24
    @gekko24 4 года назад +401

    For some reason I need to revisit this on a weekly basis

  • @billclinton3537
    @billclinton3537 4 года назад +73

    Why does this song envoke nostalgia that I never even had.

    • @CephlonMayngrum
      @CephlonMayngrum 3 года назад +6

      Tune is dreamy. the Tunes activate memery

  • @reignperk
    @reignperk 3 года назад +152

    Just now finding this pure gold after 11 years, crazy.

    • @jay_frfx
      @jay_frfx 3 года назад +31

      this came out in 94

    • @DamienDarkside
      @DamienDarkside Год назад +6

      @@jay_frfx He might be 11

    • @KHAN0875
      @KHAN0875 Год назад

      Video came out in 2009

  • @solfischer613
    @solfischer613 Год назад +7

    Thank God it's the original beat again

  • @oiBashyy
    @oiBashyy 5 лет назад +27

    Mad respect to all the people who worked on this song and music video.

  • @romeob6403
    @romeob6403 4 года назад +939

    This song just gets more and more relevant

  • @jah7940
    @jah7940 4 года назад +5974

    Who got this in there 2020 recommended

  • @christophermccutcheon2143
    @christophermccutcheon2143 2 месяца назад +17

    Oh this is actually real hiphop. With the intro i was expecting them to launch into some gangster shit, but they're actually just telling it how it is/was

    • @catinkab3177
      @catinkab3177 2 месяца назад +2

      This is best first class old school hiphop ❤

    • @ColHogan-zg2pc
      @ColHogan-zg2pc 2 месяца назад +1

      You must be new if you don't know slick rick lmao.

    • @christophermccutcheon2143
      @christophermccutcheon2143 2 месяца назад +1

      @@ColHogan-zg2pc nooo I am a rock and metal person. More rock than metal. But I like old scratch hiphop so I get random recommendations for old hiphop in general sometimes

  • @formula1fan07
    @formula1fan07 4 года назад +48

    This video is depressing and beautiful at the same time.

  • @coachc125
    @coachc125 3 года назад +38

    Slick Rick's smooth flow and Warren G's smooth beat is a perfect combination! #classic

  • @targetdemonchains
    @targetdemonchains 5 лет назад +205

    this animation is just amazing, almost bill plympton but less abstract. song is good too.

    • @NordikVision
      @NordikVision 5 лет назад +7

      So true! Kinda reminds me of those old mtv cartoons! Even maybe Danny antonucci vibes.. so dope!

    • @targetdemonchains
      @targetdemonchains Год назад

      still dope af, the animation is just legit

  • @kurtmagnus5243
    @kurtmagnus5243 2 месяца назад +1

    There will never ever be a rapper as great as this man!!!

  • @pokenbby
    @pokenbby 4 года назад +56

    school house rock is different from what i remembered.

  • @qtxoxo
    @qtxoxo 4 года назад +286

    Why is this getting recommended to me 10 years later?

    • @duncanwatson2516
      @duncanwatson2516 4 года назад +1

      bruh moment

    • @oodfty3740
      @oodfty3740 4 года назад +1

      Because it’s a chill ass song

    • @qtxoxo
      @qtxoxo 4 года назад

      Oodfty YeeY i’ve heard the song years ago, just weird that its getting recommended again

    • @iMThatOnlyBeast13
      @iMThatOnlyBeast13 4 года назад +1

      Just be happy RUclips recommend something really good, it’s not common

  • @Shaheedaka
    @Shaheedaka 3 года назад +92

    Its nice knowing there are thousands of other people with a similar taste in music

  • @Qahtanite
    @Qahtanite 2 года назад +15

    slick rick is that one rapper that u stumble upon every now and then. hes legendary, his music is so chill its awesome man

  • @christianrosales4612
    @christianrosales4612 8 лет назад +1577

    Slick Rick The Ruler

    • @vondoom3141
      @vondoom3141 8 лет назад +15

      mf doom reminds me so much of slick

    • @amritgosal2856
      @amritgosal2856 8 лет назад +10

      +Von Doom I know what you mean, I think it's the conversational flow they have in common

    • @axunthethrice-greatest9123
      @axunthethrice-greatest9123 8 лет назад +22

      Their both black from London and raised in New York

    • @davidparker8978
      @davidparker8978 7 лет назад +8

      *Slick Rick Da Ruler

    • @k-mal1046
      @k-mal1046 7 лет назад +14

      You have good taste in music, according to your account picture and the Comment

  • @stevencolby49
    @stevencolby49 3 года назад +78

    This video is so ahead of its time I don't even think we've caught up to it yet?

    • @lamontkhoza2856
      @lamontkhoza2856 3 года назад +7

      Tell us how joe is making China great again

    • @snakezase2998
      @snakezase2998 3 года назад +2

      This most ironic comment

    • @vvskeltergeist
      @vvskeltergeist 3 года назад

      @@lamontkhoza2856 Biden is doing pretty good for a guy with dementia

    • @Jones_707
      @Jones_707 3 года назад

      @@vvskeltergeist sad that are leader is basically prehistoric

    • @johnnymermaid2446
      @johnnymermaid2446 3 года назад

      @@Jones_707 joe is pre-Cambrian 🤣

  • @jman0509
    @jman0509 2 года назад +31

    This song will be capturing people's attention and imagination for generations. I'm 27 and heard this song for the first time a few weeks ago and I can't stop coming back, his style is INCREDIBLE. I knew Slick Rick was a legend but I didn't know he had shit like this! And he did these raps the same year Illmatic came out, I always considered him an 80s rapper.. I can't wait to start diving into his discography for real this year

  • @friedsand2776
    @friedsand2776 2 года назад +69

    that officer ain't got no business bein that thick

  • @Yung-Douche
    @Yung-Douche 5 лет назад +5519

    *that cop is dummy thicc*

    • @neomcdoom
      @neomcdoom 5 лет назад +48

      yung douche Dummy thuccus

    • @braxton5391
      @braxton5391 5 лет назад +4

      agreed

    • @Oldsah
      @Oldsah 5 лет назад +47

      Pleade leave. Don't come back ever again.

    • @squid1712
      @squid1712 5 лет назад +9

      I didn't like this comment, not because i don't like it, but for the sake of that sick 69

    • @jasco5001
      @jasco5001 5 лет назад +13

      T H I C C

  • @bbvnny360
    @bbvnny360 4 года назад +2745

    This animation looks like something off of Adult Swim.

    • @palth9757
      @palth9757 4 года назад +99

      it actually reminds me of nickelodeon except darker

    • @StinkyScrublet
      @StinkyScrublet 4 года назад +28

      Much higher quality than Adult Swim tbh

    • @oranwax5848
      @oranwax5848 4 года назад +7

      @@palth9757 yeah yeah me too old school nickelodeon and this show "Doodlez" especially

    • @Dakidpepe
      @Dakidpepe 4 года назад +5

      90's cartoon

    • @cynical9159
      @cynical9159 4 года назад +3

      no it doesn't

  • @chrispagliarulo7009
    @chrispagliarulo7009 3 года назад +69

    Can we appreciate how much time and work must have been out in this music video and it came out this good

  • @KanesCryptonomicon
    @KanesCryptonomicon 7 месяцев назад +1

    Reminds me of my childhood. Just nostalgic, the mood and the actual melodies. The sick rhythm of rhyme...reminds me of when I would wait til my parents were asleep and watched Spawn on HBO

  • @lorddrac_dontaskmetodance
    @lorddrac_dontaskmetodance 4 года назад +30

    This is one of those songs that are truly ageless; I've heard several songs of this kind released the past 5 years.
    Still, Slick Rick did it best.

    • @Ginronmaster1994
      @Ginronmaster1994 4 года назад +2

      ageless, because our system never changes...

  • @damianallen4893
    @damianallen4893 4 года назад +10

    Look at all the different hip hop artists in the 90s...so heavenly..

  • @Dkvizu
    @Dkvizu 4 года назад +3313

    For those sheltered... when a stranger asks what size are those your about to get robbed.

    • @gibbelzoob
      @gibbelzoob 4 года назад +285

      No hate But I think most people know that but I do suppose you clarified for some

    • @clayton8296
      @clayton8296 4 года назад +249

      @@gibbelzoob nah you would be suprised

    • @imgamerful
      @imgamerful 4 года назад +488

      That's when I pull down my pants and show them my size

    • @Medeovcra1
      @Medeovcra1 4 года назад +443

      @@imgamerful then they shoot you and your the fool who died with no shoes and his flaccid hanging out 💀

    • @alexhamilton7098
      @alexhamilton7098 4 года назад +76

      They my size man

  • @Nomad_786
    @Nomad_786 18 дней назад +1

    Slick Rick was a real nigga R.I.P

  • @jaysongnos5778
    @jaysongnos5778 3 года назад +24

    He tells serious real stories but in a smooth way .

  • @Mr.benjamin88
    @Mr.benjamin88 2 года назад +31

    This video is legendary... the hidden jewels are in the message of the video as well as the lyrics. Tune in family

  • @13lood13ath
    @13lood13ath 2 года назад +111

    Shout out to the animators! This must have taken tons of work.

  • @corrystevenson9293
    @corrystevenson9293 Год назад +9

    This one of the dopest beats and flows ever, Rick and warren killed this

  • @JaCKal_646f67
    @JaCKal_646f67 3 года назад +10

    My Lord, those lines got a truly has something to interpret

  • @christycullen2355
    @christycullen2355 4 года назад +64

    Nothing like a 25 year throwback in my recommended see

  • @Gorevet
    @Gorevet 10 лет назад +63

    This is such a dope music video

  • @mackavelly
    @mackavelly 2 месяца назад +3

    this is such a damn classic

  • @artsiomliash8623
    @artsiomliash8623 4 года назад +1763

    This song came out in 1994?!!!!!sounds so modern as in the beat and looks even older than what it is like from the 70s
    -Edit-Thanks for the likes🙏!

    • @Blu-ray
      @Blu-ray 4 года назад +151

      not really in fact its meant to look old, the song reeks of the 80s and 90s. its a banger tho

    • @darkjanggo
      @darkjanggo 4 года назад +85

      the lyrical stucture and beat of the song is definitely more 90s

    • @Octxel
      @Octxel 4 года назад +1

      @@Blu-ray I was wondering where I seen that type of animation with the cop I just couldn't put my finger on it

    • @artsiomliash8623
      @artsiomliash8623 4 года назад +7

      christv_55 yes although I was comparing it to Jay z story of O.J. type animation

    • @spookshow6999
      @spookshow6999 4 года назад +18

      No it doesn’t. New Rap sounds like shit.

  • @Srrp868
    @Srrp868 5 лет назад +25

    Rick a story teller from long time

    • @KlotziKlotz-c6i
      @KlotziKlotz-c6i 2 месяца назад

      I know your comment is 5 years old but can you explain to me why everyone is saying that he’s a story teller?

  • @AQuestionofCharacter
    @AQuestionofCharacter 4 года назад +21

    One of the greatest greatest greatest instrumentals ever made. I sit and get lost to those chords and keys. So beautiful.

  • @Sigma_07812
    @Sigma_07812 2 месяца назад +1

    The greatest story teller