Jeru Da Damaja - Ya Playing Yourself

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  • Опубликовано: 18 окт 2024
  • Jeru Da Damaja - Ya Playing Yourself
    a classic video from one of my favorite emcees

Комментарии • 630

  • @Hembane
    @Hembane 15 лет назад +2

    We've lost something in recent years that old school gave us, namely conscious politics. Thanks for posting a tune that is even more relevant today. Peace.

  • @mccobb3221
    @mccobb3221 17 лет назад +3

    Everybody in the African Community needs to put this song in their i-pod, car stereo, and in your home stereo. I love this GUYS MUSIC!

  • @stuadam4442
    @stuadam4442 12 лет назад +1

    Intelligent emcee + Dope producer = Straight up Hip Hop! Classic.

  • @rodsig78
    @rodsig78 14 лет назад +1

    Jeru was on some real level hip-hop here folks and he was talking this back in 96'.
    I miss joints like this man, need some real shit brought back to the forefront.

  • @oasisfilms1914
    @oasisfilms1914 9 лет назад +95

    The 36 people who gave this the thumbs down, ya playin yaself...

    • @raizo5577
      @raizo5577 8 лет назад +3

      lol right!!

    • @3rdparty-r.a.p.revolutiona582
      @3rdparty-r.a.p.revolutiona582 6 лет назад

      wit dem rah rah thumbs down they playin demselves they playin demselves
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  • @barlog20
    @barlog20 12 лет назад +1

    This song came out like 16 years ago and this song is still applies to todays rappers.This song is a true classic and Jeru has always been one of my favorite conscious rapper.And the people who voted dislike is the people Jeru talking about that `s why they voted dislike.

  • @radragonmc
    @radragonmc 15 лет назад +1

    Criminally Underrated. Hip Hop is Culture not worshiping money. Jeru called out puff daddy, 2pac called out puff daddy. Puff and Suge actually work for the same organized crime family and had Pac and Biggie ASSASSINATED.(Check the L.A. Times article) But so called hardcore rappers don't have the GUTS to speak the truth about the people who have tried to kill REAL HIP HOP which is a movement , culture, art, and many other things. Jeru represents what HIP-HOP is. Real Hip-Hop will never Die.

  • @binarystar89
    @binarystar89 12 лет назад +9

    I swear Jeru has the most original delivery mixed with some of the best lyrics. Combine that with some of the best production Premo has to offer and you have two of the best albums I've ever heard.

  • @ameilavideosofkenneth4099
    @ameilavideosofkenneth4099 2 года назад +3

    Juru da damager is a 5 percentage spiritually supporting reality

  • @NobuWatts
    @NobuWatts 12 лет назад +5

    The REAL most underrated in the game. He should've easily been as big as Jay Z and Busta and all them.

  • @JAMmOatZart
    @JAMmOatZart 10 лет назад +17

    KNOWLEDGE, WISDOM, UNDERSTANDING

  • @drake1673
    @drake1673 17 лет назад +3

    one of my favorite songs by jeru!!! he just murders this primo beat. it's like this was purposely made for jeru and no one else. who else could do any justice to a beat like this???

  • @timoverton7030
    @timoverton7030 9 лет назад +23

    Still relevant today. Obama should have played this at that speech about the Oregon shootings.

  • @TruckerLerone
    @TruckerLerone 9 лет назад +33

    I never knew hustlers confessed in stereo :-)

  • @jeeps005
    @jeeps005 16 лет назад

    this is timeless.. Its even better now than it was b4 imo. Its just so much more relevant to me than it used to be when i was a kid. Pure genius Jeru. "Knowledge, wisdom and understanding brings long life and health think anything else and ya playin ya self."

  • @Tonik23
    @Tonik23 15 лет назад +3

    Wrath of the Math is one of my Fav albums of all time!

  • @poe-tryy729
    @poe-tryy729 10 лет назад +22

    jeru dismantled biggie and the badboy crew in this. sun rises in the east> ready to die
    he wasnt about to rap about material bs and because he wasnt apart of puffs bling era he didnt blow up : / his 07 and 2014 albums are like time machines though!

    • @AntonChigurh-
      @AntonChigurh- 9 лет назад +3

      Big words there (pun definitely intended). I like them both, but in my opinion Ready to Die and The Sun Rises in the East are tied. Both unbelievably great albums. I have some days where I rather listen to TSRITE instead of Ready to Die and vice versa.

    • @tskone8326
      @tskone8326 7 лет назад +2

      POE-try Y / A Lyrical Pugilist/ a part of the Gang Starr Foundation also GENIUS LEVEL in my eye 👁

    • @3rdparty-r.a.p.revolutiona582
      @3rdparty-r.a.p.revolutiona582 6 лет назад

      ruclips.net/video/B8e76XpXD1o/видео.html&list=PLSGBaDXfzApDURVSOo9Bh4KHEh92LvWRu&index=2
      3rd Party - R.A.P. (Revolutionary Awareness Party)375 videos97,220 viewsUpdated today
      Conscious Rap - Political Rap - Political Hip Hop
      The realest compilation of Political & conscious rappers.
      You could save this playlist.

    • @channel_abc123_
      @channel_abc123_ 5 лет назад

      Ya Playin yaself is in the "Wrath of Math" Album

    • @suave_d
      @suave_d 3 года назад

      @@AntonChigurh-
      Both albums are good, but Ready To Die had more skippable tracks, IMO. I can listen to The Sun Rises In The East from start to finish. I give the edge to Jeru.

  • @sandman9000
    @sandman9000 10 лет назад +1

    The best rap video ever.......bar nun.From Brooklyn turning 40 on Friday,This is real Hip Hop.

  • @JBAN81
    @JBAN81 15 лет назад

    one of the most slept on emcee's out there! all you shinny suit rapper loving cats won't like this but this is real hip hop. shut and listen...and love

  • @danrodriguez982
    @danrodriguez982 12 лет назад

    I could not agree more. Jeru was getting mad love in the early to mid 90's.

  • @MEXIKAYOTL2012
    @MEXIKAYOTL2012 15 лет назад +3

    Best lyric on this track is....
    " I never knew Hustlers confessed on stereo"
    Jeru!!! this album is sickness!

  • @jasonpfinch
    @jasonpfinch 4 года назад +2

    My favourite song of all time, even though I love KRS-One more.

  • @G0dspelronin
    @G0dspelronin 11 лет назад +4

    Preach it!!! The days of Queen Latifah and Public Enemy are gone. No more education, just empty messages...

  • @HellaHellaHellaSauce
    @HellaHellaHellaSauce 16 лет назад

    jeru can be funky and real at the same time, and those two things alone make him better than 99% of hip-hop

  • @laiyenma
    @laiyenma 9 лет назад +14

    OH MY GODD No way, the place they filmed it is my hometown,Never seen a gangsta rap video that is made in hong kong. Thats soooo dope

    • @YaYaMan
      @YaYaMan 8 лет назад +20

      +laiyenma Its not gangsta rap... its anti-gangsta rap ;-)

    • @laiyenma
      @laiyenma 8 лет назад +1

      lol

    • @MuzikJunky
      @MuzikJunky 8 лет назад +4

      Conscious hip-hop! Peace.

    • @mattfinn
      @mattfinn 6 лет назад

      Fully expected a huge Kung Fu fight the first time I went to HK! Best city in the world!

    • @itayizinzombe947
      @itayizinzombe947 6 лет назад

      Not gansta but I love Hong Kong though, beautiful place!

  • @childgarvey
    @childgarvey 15 лет назад

    One of the best Hip Hop classics in terms of content ever.

  • @valley-jo-apache6515
    @valley-jo-apache6515 10 лет назад +21

    Anytime a song can predict the future of Hip hop like this song did that's hands down to me a classic..... Sad truth is what he's talking about just seems to get worse every year.( You fools you work all week to give back the devil his loot for jewels...

  • @sumwan923
    @sumwan923 8 лет назад +1

    Thanks for your visit in Greece master! what a cool guy, for real..

  • @poetgrande08
    @poetgrande08 16 лет назад

    I just found a brand new copy of "Wrath Of The Math" on vinyl 5 days ago and it hasn't left my turntable. This is REAL HIP HOP and reminds me of some great times I had in The NAVY back in the 90's. The video is a classic that actually enhances the track, which is a D.J. Premier masterpiece. Criminally underrated artist and LP that was shamefully under-promoted.

  • @suave_d
    @suave_d 5 лет назад +3

    That Crane style was dope -- even though, he got his ass kicked. Lol

  • @jameone
    @jameone 16 лет назад

    one of the most player hated, underrated ,illest mc's of our time, i miss this ill rhymin, brings back memories kid, ask suckers about jeru, theyve never heard of him, i like that, i want his rhymes all to myself. respect

  • @vitorbelfort
    @vitorbelfort 15 лет назад

    this man speaks truth, pure intellect and real music. rap is certainly not music anymore, its pop which isnt anything special. this shit is special

  • @pbrown711
    @pbrown711 12 лет назад +1

    This has to be one of my favorite Preemo beats ever!!!!!!!

  • @MentalPistol
    @MentalPistol 14 лет назад

    Still to this day say that Jeru is one of the illest in history. Happy to have had to the chance to bump into him at the old Beat Street downtown BK in 97.

  • @JesseFlowinz
    @JesseFlowinz 14 лет назад

    Thanks for posting this video, haven't seen it since pop up video aired it like 10 years ago for having the most kicks and karate chops EVER in a music video! Hands down, Premo, Jeru and Afu-Ra was illing back in the 90s!

  • @sotocapo
    @sotocapo 17 лет назад

    knowledge, wisdom and understanding are the keys to wealth....hmmm droppin jewels on the gods around the earth in mass production. no doubt jeru!!!

  • @chj2
    @chj2 16 лет назад

    DAYUM! This is TIMELESS! Jeru should re-release this today. And what is really phucked is someone (who wasn't sayin' much) sampled this joint in the early 90s - I ain't gonna say no names, but those that know, know, and those that don't, don't.Peace!

  • @Heroinedown
    @Heroinedown 13 лет назад

    A visionary, that's what he was since most of these things are still valuable for todays so called rappers...

  • @ecee77
    @ecee77 17 лет назад

    The funny thing is.... This song is old, but still very relevant. This is hip-hop... Not the commercial/product placement fest we have to listen to today. Thank god for cd's and mp3's....

  • @sashtopone
    @sashtopone 4 года назад +1

    🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
    King Style 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @JagoFettNZ
    @JagoFettNZ 12 лет назад +3

    The ' Villain ' is the Director, star and writer of one of the greatest comedy movies EVER MADE !!. "KUNG-FU HUSTLE "

  • @spikew10
    @spikew10 12 лет назад

    This reflects most rappers and societys today. This is possibly the most important rap song ever!

  • @terrencewilburn9081
    @terrencewilburn9081 5 лет назад +2

    To the 51 people who disliked this classic track, you're playing yourself.

  • @suave_d
    @suave_d 15 лет назад

    You are exactly right. True MCs will always speak righteously because they do not always represent "corporate interests." They represent cultural, real life applications.
    They are the antithesis of "rappers" who will say ANYTHING to sell a record.

  • @MrJaywood87
    @MrJaywood87 14 лет назад

    brothas should listen to this right now. cause everything he is saying stands today. Real hip-hop

  • @DoubleAG90
    @DoubleAG90 15 лет назад

    YESSSS....i remember recording this to vhs..man i loved this..i was saying the words the next day of school lol

  • @mdk29
    @mdk29 9 лет назад +5

    Real hip hop with bars! My generation right her. Its still getting played in 2015. Death to wack shit today.

  • @anthonymcgrath
    @anthonymcgrath 4 года назад +1

    2019.. still so fresh and the vid is epic 👍🏽

  • @bkr0127
    @bkr0127 13 лет назад

    Man, I've been sleeping on Jeru for a while now. He's dope as hell.

  • @DoubleAG90
    @DoubleAG90 17 лет назад

    thank you so much for leavin dis video on youtube....i been lookin fo dis for so long..since the first time i seen dis video on tv

  • @tomeruzan2911
    @tomeruzan2911 16 лет назад

    great song.
    great flow great lyrics and great production..
    love it.

  • @eZeKr3zT
    @eZeKr3zT 16 лет назад

    this is hip-hop..
    much love straight from South Los Angeles..

  • @EmpOnelove
    @EmpOnelove 13 лет назад

    Serious.. ; 00- Heavy .. straight.. Real Talk.. b ig ups and Respect.. . Thanks Adamant Station for uploading.

  • @oldfilikin
    @oldfilikin 13 лет назад

    HipHop at it's greatest, this rapper has flow like no other an them beats man, pure hypnotise me

  • @mufongo
    @mufongo 15 лет назад +1

    the fight scenes in this vid are actually pretty dope..
    damn..i love hip hop

  • @msvybe916
    @msvybe916 15 лет назад

    Just came across dude 2day on MTV Jams. Hella love his rappin ass style. This is what I always loved about East Coast hip hip. I luv his annunciation...Dude is sick. I'm a new fan.

  • @ReyRizzay305
    @ReyRizzay305 12 лет назад

    best music video ever.....one love for the JERU! just saw him in miami ....he's one philosopher yo..

  • @raizo5577
    @raizo5577 8 лет назад +4

    I had to hear it 3 times, I miss real hip hop.......

  • @mindmasterd
    @mindmasterd 17 лет назад

    this is one of the throwdest vids i've ever seen..... much respect Jeru and Afu

  • @matlloydpoet
    @matlloydpoet 14 лет назад

    One of the best tunes and videos ever!!!!!

  • @12tribeff
    @12tribeff 17 лет назад

    E.H.HTP
    Much respect this guys pure truth.
    If you cant respect yourself how can u expect respect from anyone else.
    Ash-Tree

  • @SonantLucidity
    @SonantLucidity 16 лет назад

    ADAMNT - I know you added this over two years ago...but all the same, thank you very much.

  • @geniusgza7
    @geniusgza7 17 лет назад

    hes a real emcee....peace jeru...ur a legend 2 me!

  • @suave_d
    @suave_d 18 лет назад

    This brings back good memories.
    This is a dope video!

  • @Purrrelll
    @Purrrelll Год назад

    Thank you for the video, but ya playing yourself🤩

  • @Forty6andDeuX
    @Forty6andDeuX 16 лет назад

    I remember this video coming on late on that station that used to play videos... M something or another. Great song and video.

  • @jfitchet
    @jfitchet 17 лет назад

    Haven't seen this in years, good post. I agree with the intelligent rap quote, you don't see art like this around today. It's all about the big willy style nowadays.

  • @abuben12
    @abuben12 13 лет назад

    Perfect voice & rhytm of rapping, sounds chilled and decent.
    Word up and respect to real hip hop.

  • @VuPhamMusic
    @VuPhamMusic 9 лет назад +9

    Real hip hop!

  • @lCaKeSl
    @lCaKeSl 10 лет назад +7

    Is it possible to get better at rapping than Jeru? Damn soooo good

  • @Chunkypopscrak
    @Chunkypopscrak 14 лет назад

    nice view of reality, nice way to show the truth
    we're playing ourselves...

  • @xFreestyleKingx
    @xFreestyleKingx 14 лет назад

    real hip hop!!! throw back memories!! luv this

  • @armonocracy
    @armonocracy 17 лет назад

    One of the most creative & entertaining hip hop videos ever! I remember this back in 96. And his message is more relavent today than ever in this world of carbon-copied rap music which speaks on shallow/overplayed topics that have no conscience.

  • @suave_d
    @suave_d 15 лет назад

    Much respect to you. You seem to be very wise beyond your years.

  • @yal100
    @yal100 16 лет назад

    What a novel concept, speaking english and delivering a message, hello! Nobody would every call Jeru a minstrel like you Soulja Boy and your kind in the game today. Believe that! "You fools".

  • @ukmonk
    @ukmonk 16 лет назад

    the beat is great and what an awesome video!! love the mix of hong kong style action with hip hop flavor :)

  • @brollya
    @brollya 12 лет назад +1

    wow!!!!! rap city days... shout out to nitty gritty radio for remindin me bout this

  • @B15SDMDESIGNS
    @B15SDMDESIGNS 11 лет назад +1

    Major nostalgia of this one ...damn!

  • @maridjata11
    @maridjata11 13 лет назад

    the conscience of hip hop like the root,talib kwali,mos def etc...jeru is simply the damaja;say outloud what you think low!!!!!!!!!

  • @samiidris
    @samiidris 15 лет назад

    I Love This Song!!!! .....Hip-Hop I miss you and will remain underground till you come back .

  • @drixxxe1
    @drixxxe1 15 лет назад

    Che cartella raga!!!!! Paura e panico che stile!!! Big up!

  • @herby2475
    @herby2475 11 лет назад +1

    so good....i miss these sounds........

  • @AllyLamont
    @AllyLamont 15 лет назад

    Absolute, 100%, undisputable stone cold classic.

  • @dabstick
    @dabstick 11 лет назад

    im on a jeru journey! iv been sleepin
    jeru much needed dopeness

  • @YesLioness
    @YesLioness 15 лет назад

    REAL HIP HOP MUSIC! VOCALS, BEATS, TIGHT RHYMES & MEANING in the MESSAGE!

  • @44danoc
    @44danoc 12 лет назад

    Yo Premo just bless cats with the hottest beats. Premo is my #1 hiphop producer ever!!!!

  • @Psa1mist9
    @Psa1mist9 15 лет назад

    Prophet for real!! Exposing the FAKE RAPPERZ... "I Never Knew Hustlas confessed on STEREO" Damn Jeru, we need ALOT MORE OF THIS!!

  • @redevil858
    @redevil858 13 лет назад

    Real hip hop is still around all we gotta do is change it!!

  • @pauljones731
    @pauljones731 12 лет назад

    Saw Jeru in Hackney in 2001, what a legend!

  • @rasbrandon
    @rasbrandon 15 лет назад

    big up jeru for being the peaceful warrior that he is

  • @Sjoepiepap
    @Sjoepiepap 17 лет назад

    really great this guy, saw him bout 2 years back.

  • @JupilAire
    @JupilAire 16 лет назад

    Yeah Jeruuuuu the Damajaaaaa! Men this guy has so dam nice lyrics!
    First & second awsome albums produced by Dj Premier, and he made his first step on "I'm the Man" of Gangstarr's Deadly Operations album.

  • @keymusic100
    @keymusic100 14 лет назад

    yo this one of the timeless master pieces.this relvant today.LISTEN!

  • @noDwitheNVy
    @noDwitheNVy 13 лет назад

    Great song, fun video. Back when videos were still creative. I liked the big money braggin MC's of the day too, but it was cool to hear Jeru do something that would really make you think.

  • @klubstompers
    @klubstompers 12 лет назад

    One of the best trax ever!! Sick beat and the message is so true!!
    What happened to hip hop? Now it's all; ice, bling, big rims, $. I can't relate to that shit, livin like a predator. "what eva happened to the M.C., times done changed for the M.C."

  • @Dabeat19
    @Dabeat19 15 лет назад

    i remmber this i seen this once when iwas younger and i liked it its funny how somthing you like catchs up to you 90s 4 life

  • @420drunken1
    @420drunken1 12 лет назад

    i bought this when it came out- on casette! still badass today!

  • @danaallanyoung7306
    @danaallanyoung7306 9 лет назад +3

    Thank you.

  • @manchild1219
    @manchild1219 13 лет назад

    his first two albums are classics in my mind both produced by primo! nuff said.

  • @jtsk8er12
    @jtsk8er12 16 лет назад

    love this song