My grandfather gave me a CD with this, Rob Swift, NonPhixion, and a few other underground classics on it. Brings back memories. R.I.P. James Griffin Sr
Dee dee chicka de dee, webill oh's... Ruben from Logan's drive just got us a code blue merit badge. Remember kiddos, enchanted schnauzer's and pre-rain campouts are never taken for granite. Mo’ ranch with those greens score p-ons less when you and I go to bed with me. Before lusting after each other remember to lust in this order so as not to cause jealousy to exceed it's natural potential for shrine worshipping. Love you 😘😁♥️❤️♥️😘😁😘😘❤️😘 God, country, family, self,
bruh I remember Non Phixion haven't heard them in years lol gonna go look them up. I used to listen to the Coup and all this kinda stuff when i was in high school late 90s been looking it all up again and listening these past couple weeks. Its all still amazing music.
Sorry To Bother You is true story telling. Its all of his concepts and ideas turned into a perfectly directed masterpiece of a film. This man is a genius.
Use to play this song at parties back in the day, one of my favorite rap beats EVER, and Boots is just an amazing MC. The Coup has always been an example of true hiphop!
Perhaps the most relevant and intricately detailed lyrics ever made into a song. This is that song that takes years and good headphones to fully appreciate. Kendrick Lamar is returning us to this kind of well thought out masterpiece. I've listened to this hundreds of times.
This is my absolute favorite story from any rap song. His picture is incredible. My favorite line "There's beauty in the cracks of the cement, when I was 5 I hopped over them wherever we went to prevent whatever it was that would break my mama's back" was such an amazing way of laying out the old kids saying.
Just learned of Boots Riley and The Coup from a show called Thought Crimez yesterday. Can't stop listening to them now. Wish I knew of this a lot earlier.
Always been one of my favorite tracks. Realized yesterday it's got the same bass line as Gil Scott Heron's "Angel Dust". Both tunes are easy to get teary-eyed to..
Another talented group who didn’t get love their talent deserved. Extra points for having a DJ cutting up record in DJ Pam aka The Funktress. RIP baby. I hope whatever realm you are in you are still cutting up records and giving them that Oakland Funk.
So good. I never heard of them way back then. They should've been bigger. I hope they are still creating. I love the irony of using the name of the savior in connection with a tragic, tragic life (the opposite of what the christ, Jesus who is the christ, wants for us).
Check out the lead rapper/producer Boots Riley's movie that he wrote and directed- it's called Sorry To Bother You. He also has a TV show coming out called I'm A Virgo.
its amazing that albums from the 90's still sound 100 times better than most of the trash being released now. Im glad I was born in the late 70's and I grew up listening to dope hip hop
Boots & co may not have gotten the adulation on scale with their effort, but those of us that know offer a quality of appreciation that I think more than offsets the quantity that’s missing. The Coup live is exceptional, don’t miss a chance should one appear
Metal is almost unmatched in finger skills on the guitar, but rap (good rap) is almost unmatched in beauty of lyricism. all music genres can be awesome, hell i even love some country :)
To this day the hardest song ever written. Gotten me through some tough times for literally no tangible reason because it's not even relatable. Literal artwork.
And the struggle with Loyalty, finding one's Manhood, Hurt people Hurt , Survivial, Depression, Unconditional love, and so much more. Boots sat down and wrote an incredibly detailed masterpiece.
it's called the art of storytellin..a lost hip hop artform and this was one of 90's top examples of how you do it and one of the greatest examples of that art overall. and by far the greatest real hip hop tune of that kind
i wonder if this is a true story... or at least inspired or based on a true story from one of the coup's friends.. because the story is surreal and hard-hitting... great story and message!
@ElvenFury75 Me too. Normally listen to death and thrash metal, but I've had Coup in my iPod for years. GREAT song. Gives me chills when I listen to it sometimes.
There is a novel based on the song. I think it's called "too beautiful for words." Boots didn't write the book, but imagine someone eing inspired to write a novel based on your song.
Triple Iv Ronnie A It's been yrs since the post. It inspired an author by the name of Monique Morris the title of the book is "Too Beautiful for Words" and it's in its 10th-anniversary edition.
Fuckin great song n i thot i didnt think too much of rap... Getn on a little bit n years as well,just shows you never no wot you truly like till you hear it.
Literally was made into a movie thats DOPE AF too. Its especially impressive cause its the first thing he wrote and directed .. a lot of times that can come out good or bad but overall the movie is great.
peep out 2:40 when he said that Jesus is missing an arm in the painting. well that's how it was always remembered but for somehow the painting was changed as if it never existed. this Mandela affect is something else
@@MMAGamblingTips yeah the last supper painting. When I was younger I remember my cousin saying he only has one arm showing but now you can see both arms are on the table. Shit blows my mind cuz I heard it on this song
jdubb82 music channel No you’re definitely confused about Jesus and the last supper. This is one of the things that I am certain of. I was really big into the novel the da Vinci code by Dan Brown & the whole plot centered around Leonardo da Vinci‘s painting of “the last supper“. You might be confused because Jesus has a shroud that drapes across the left side of his body and his right hand is obscured a bit, but it has always been BOTH hands visible on the table. Again, I know this because it’s central to the theory from “The da Vinci Code”. If you’re interested or haven’t read or watched, here is the theory: Dan Brown uses the painting to promote the idea that Da Vinci painted Mary Magdalene into “the last supper”, at the right hand of Jesus: Yep, there might actually be a hidden message in Leonardo Da Vinci’s The Last Supper? The famous allegation is that the figure to the right of Jesus, actually is Mary Magdalene, not John, as was traditionally understood by the Church and art historians alike. The individual has flowing red hair, delicate folded hands, and the hint of a bosom. It was, without a doubt … female” The Last Supper practically shouts to the viewer that Jesus and Mary Magdalene were a pair” Dan said Some indicate that Jesus and the figure to His right are forming a 'V' shape, which represents a female womb and thus homage to the "divine feminine." Additionally, the shape of Jesus and the mysterious figure to His right are also said to form the shape of the letter "M," perhaps for the word "matrimony" or "Magdalene." (Look at the painting & you’ll see definitely the “V”. Finally, Da Vinci appears to have forgotten to paint the cup of Christ," (The Holy Grail chalice) indicating that the absence of an actual cup in front of Christ proves that the grail is something other than a literal cup- perhaps the bloodline of Jesus Himself! That Jesus had a daughter that escaped with Mary Magdalene to France and his bloodline continues to be hidden by the Vatican church. There is so much more!
Glen, I get that this is about capitalism and the issues that take place in society. I'm curious though, how is this song about religion? It seems different from the blasphemous music that Jay-Z and others make. I'm not looking to debate, just interested in hearing your thoughts a little further on it. Thanks.
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to any aspiring artist in the world... remember that this work of art never got the adulation it deserved... keep doing you!!!
I gotta say, that's pretty inspiring! Sometimes its better to be a legend in your own mind to reach the people..
valhallan19 la adulación es la unica moneda que empobrece a quien la recibe
@@leoferrersherman793 no really if you are an artist, you shouldnt be working for money anyway
I've adulated this song since I was like 13
@@leoferrersherman793 Said "flattery is the only currency that impoverishes the recipient"
This is up there with the best rap music ever made. Outstanding.
My grandfather gave me a CD with this, Rob Swift, NonPhixion, and a few other underground classics on it. Brings back memories. R.I.P. James Griffin Sr
that is one dope grandfather.... RIP
Dee dee chicka de dee, webill oh's... Ruben from Logan's drive just got us a code blue merit badge. Remember kiddos, enchanted schnauzer's and pre-rain campouts are never taken for granite. Mo’ ranch with those greens score p-ons less when you and I go to bed with me. Before lusting after each other remember to lust in this order so as not to cause jealousy to exceed it's natural potential for shrine worshipping. Love you 😘😁♥️❤️♥️😘😁😘😘❤️😘
God, country, family, self,
bruh I remember Non Phixion haven't heard them in years lol gonna go look them up. I used to listen to the Coup and all this kinda stuff when i was in high school late 90s been looking it all up again and listening these past couple weeks. Its all still amazing music.
The art of storytelling.
Sorry To Bother You is true story telling. Its all of his concepts and ideas turned into a perfectly directed masterpiece of a film. This man is a genius.
Honestly, the story could fill a 90 minute movie.
jesus christ the writing on this song is incredible. Boots is such a talented dude.
RIP Pam the Funkstress! Much love to The Coup
Use to play this song at parties back in the day, one of my favorite rap beats EVER, and Boots is just an amazing MC. The Coup has always been an example of true hiphop!
I could imagine playing this at a function... those that get it are the only ones I'm ending the night with
@@bdworth56 Well said!
Hip-hop is like the bible in a sense because it's the truth and the truth can hurt sometimes. I love hip- hop. Hip-hop saved my life.
when people try to tell me rap music is meaningless or negative or a fad ... this is the song I show them
It's a pretty negative song. Not saying it's not a good song, but it's one is the most negative songs I can think of.
Told my buddy I hated Rap so next time I stopped by he had a play list of this and some other coup songs and changed my mind on the spot.
They still won’t listen
@@muhaski never heard of dance with the devil I’m assuming
@@jamesthegr8100 I have. I said ONE of the most negative.
This came up on my shuffle.... cruising in the rain going to work... str8 fire
HIP-HOP AT IT'S FINEST HANDS DOWN!!!!!
Almost 2021 and I’m still in awe over this track!
Perhaps the most relevant and intricately detailed lyrics ever made into a song. This is that song that takes years and good headphones to fully appreciate. Kendrick Lamar is returning us to this kind of well thought out masterpiece. I've listened to this hundreds of times.
Not even close bro. Kendrick overrated mainstream. This that real real
@@theadamcalebshow7045 youre literally only saying that cause kendrick is popular or you just haven’t listened to any of his albums💀
Real hip-hop. Literally the art of storytelling.
💯
This is my absolute favorite story from any rap song. His picture is incredible. My favorite line "There's beauty in the cracks of the cement, when I was 5 I hopped over them wherever we went to prevent whatever it was that would break my mama's back" was such an amazing way of laying out the old kids saying.
Some of the best storytelling i’ve heard in a song
Just learned of Boots Riley and The Coup from a show called Thought Crimez yesterday. Can't stop listening to them now. Wish I knew of this a lot earlier.
This song is still amazing.
Gil Scott Heron -angel Dust brought me here heard his sample it was also🔥
One of the best stories I've ever head in a song.
1 of the greatest songs ever!
An incredible lyricist, highly underrated
underrated banger
One of the best hip hop songs of alltime been listening to this for years and still great
Always been one of my favorite tracks. Realized yesterday it's got the same bass line as Gil Scott Heron's "Angel Dust". Both tunes are easy to get teary-eyed to..
ngl i shed some tears listening to that song
one of my all time favorite songs
Another talented group who didn’t get love their talent deserved. Extra points for having a DJ cutting up record in DJ Pam aka The Funktress. RIP baby. I hope whatever realm you are in you are still cutting up records and giving them that Oakland Funk.
still bumpin this shit in the new decade 22 years later
greatest song of all time
ever
period
"I said he missin a arm and he seem like a pee pee head"... love that shit to this day - always make me chuckle
Exactly how a lil 6 year old starts to figure shit out
So good. I never heard of them way back then. They should've been bigger. I hope they are still creating. I love the irony of using the name of the savior in connection with a tragic, tragic life (the opposite of what the christ, Jesus who is the christ, wants for us).
Check out the lead rapper/producer Boots Riley's movie that he wrote and directed- it's called Sorry To Bother You. He also has a TV show coming out called I'm A Virgo.
"theres beauty in the cracks of the cement"
its amazing that albums from the 90's still sound 100 times better than most of the trash being released now. Im glad I was born in the late 70's and I grew up listening to dope hip hop
Best rap group ever! The Coup has some amazing songs and albums
"You're just to beautiful for words"
🥲 it got emotional at this point
Boots & co may not have gotten the adulation on scale with their effort, but those of us that know offer a quality of appreciation that I think more than offsets the quantity that’s missing. The Coup live is exceptional, don’t miss a chance should one appear
I used to listen to them years ago . THe MC was in YA with my lil bro.
Metal is almost unmatched in finger skills on the guitar, but rap (good rap) is almost unmatched in beauty of lyricism. all music genres can be awesome, hell i even love some country :)
Me too. I love heartfelt narratives, good timing, and wonderful melodies, The best country songs have all that.
Bay area rap in particular has a crazy amount of live instruments but further great guitar
Since 84 by Mac Dre comes to mind
One of the best hip hop stories of all time
To this day the hardest song ever written. Gotten me through some tough times for literally no tangible reason because it's not even relatable. Literal artwork.
LOVE THIS
pogo dancer me to I love the beat
Awesome song just heard this I've missed out man
this song aint just about pimps, its about capitalism and religion as well.
And the struggle with Loyalty, finding one's Manhood, Hurt people Hurt , Survivial, Depression, Unconditional love, and so much more. Boots sat down and wrote an incredibly detailed masterpiece.
@@dimitri.l.clark.7756 True^^
This is a song about fatherhood and life
CLASSIC, TRUE HIP HOP!!!!
Wow!, your beliefs is your beliefs. God gave us free will. This dude got bars!, big ups from New York City!, no matter what.
it's called the art of storytellin..a lost hip hop artform and this was one of 90's top examples of how you do it and one of the greatest examples of that art overall. and by far the greatest real hip hop tune of that kind
Indeed
This is amazing! Thanks for the upload!
i wonder if this is a true story... or at least inspired or based on a true story from one of the coup's friends.. because the story is surreal and hard-hitting... great story and message!
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Something almost more beautiful than the song itself is the 0 dislikes!
@ElvenFury75 Me too. Normally listen to death and thrash metal, but I've had Coup in my iPod for years. GREAT song. Gives me chills when I listen to it sometimes.
This entire album is amazing
This some ol' gangster noir/ Donald Goines shit. Great tale. I'd love to get my hands on a novel if he decides to write.
+dafullclip black girl lost.
There is a novel based on the song. I think it's called "too beautiful for words." Boots didn't write the book, but imagine someone eing inspired to write a novel based on your song.
He wrote and directed Sorry to Bother You :)
sad to see no one is here in 2018!
2019
@@TomCorbett420 we in here
2020 still banging till my days are up
2023
AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If you ever had any question about Boot's influences here ya go. PFunk all day every day
You're just to beautiful for words.
This song is so sad to me.
Triple Iv Ronnie A It's been yrs since the post. It inspired an author by the name of Monique Morris the title of the book is "Too Beautiful for Words" and it's in its 10th-anniversary edition.
The album this song's on is a homage to "Steal This Book".
Best song ever and no one cares if you're third or second or whatever.
Yup, new album is on its way, cant wait (:
Fuckin great song n i thot i didnt think too much of rap... Getn on a little bit n years as well,just shows you never no wot you truly like till you hear it.
Early in the morning when the sun starts to creep
When the birds start to chirp and crackheads go to sleep
dope.thanks for the info.
Hip hop foreva!
classic
this is what hip hop is
Whos still;here in 2025🎉?
🔥🔥
i love this song, a girl i knew called my dad jesus the spanish pimp because of it.
Prolly not a possibly but she was a keeper my dude from 12 years ago lmao
Esquire's Summer 2023 issue interviewed Boot Riley and he recommended this jam.
Why did he recommend it? It's my favorite track from them, and probably one of the best told stories on wax.
2020
i would highly reccoment you check out
"Scarface - Now I Feel Ya" as well
Ok The Best story teller ever!! Htown Legend in here... Go check out Street Military" tears came from making this dream"..
This is what Rap was meant to be.
Boots just announced on Twitter that their new album "Sorry to Bother You" is dropping September 25th on Epitaph Records and Tapes.
And now the movie is out
Literally was made into a movie thats DOPE AF too. Its especially impressive cause its the first thing he wrote and directed .. a lot of times that can come out good or bad but overall the movie is great.
RIP Pam
@ElvenFury75 The whole album is genius, very underrated.
This song is so sad.
oakland killa kali home of the Mack ! story telling. all day 👊 up.
The artist ain’t kidding
peep out 2:40 when he said that Jesus is missing an arm in the painting. well that's how it was always remembered but for somehow the painting was changed as if it never existed. this Mandela affect is something else
Johnny Valenzuela Something to really 💭 about???
jdubb82 music channel
I am aware of the Mandela Effect but what are you talking about here? What painting? The Last Supper?
@@MMAGamblingTips yeah the last supper painting. When I was younger I remember my cousin saying he only has one arm showing but now you can see both arms are on the table. Shit blows my mind cuz I heard it on this song
jdubb82 music channel
No you’re definitely confused about Jesus and the last supper. This is one of the things that I am certain of. I was really big into the novel the da Vinci code by Dan Brown & the whole plot centered around Leonardo da Vinci‘s painting of “the last supper“. You might be confused because Jesus has a shroud that drapes across the left side of his body and his right hand is obscured a bit, but it has always been BOTH hands visible on the table. Again, I know this because it’s central to the theory from “The da Vinci Code”. If you’re interested or haven’t read or watched, here is the theory:
Dan Brown uses the painting to promote the idea that Da Vinci painted Mary Magdalene into “the last supper”, at the right hand of Jesus:
Yep, there might actually be a hidden message in Leonardo Da Vinci’s The Last Supper?
The famous allegation is that the figure to the right of Jesus, actually is Mary Magdalene, not John, as was traditionally understood by the Church and art historians alike. The individual has flowing red hair, delicate folded hands, and the hint of a bosom. It was, without a doubt … female” The Last Supper practically shouts to the viewer that Jesus and Mary Magdalene were a pair” Dan said
Some indicate that Jesus and the figure to His right are forming a 'V' shape, which represents a female womb and thus homage to the "divine feminine." Additionally, the shape of Jesus and the mysterious figure to His right are also said to form the shape of the letter "M," perhaps for the word "matrimony" or "Magdalene." (Look at the painting & you’ll see definitely the “V”.
Finally, Da Vinci appears to have forgotten to paint the cup of Christ," (The Holy Grail chalice) indicating that the absence of an actual cup in front of Christ proves that the grail is something other than a literal cup- perhaps the bloodline of Jesus Himself! That Jesus had a daughter that escaped with Mary Magdalene to France and his bloodline continues to be hidden by the Vatican church.
There is so much more!
for the last 20 years I have refused to go anywhere near prostituion thanks to this song
Boots is the man!!!
peace 2 the coup!
Real rap !
great use of 'angel dust - gil scott heron '
The coup is slept on very good story telling like slick rick or krs one
Oakland do you wanna ride!!!!!
2:56 Elsa jams out ❄️
Equipto brought me here lol
How did I get here from Jalopnik?
A lost Art
🔥🔥🔥😢😭🙈
r u serious whats the book called? and who's it by? has to be a good book if it's inspired by this song!
Gil Scott Heron - Angel Dust sample
Glen Goins/Parliament - do you wanna ride
...good night Jesus
Tight...!
respect the lyrics to this
@@soultribej the story telling on this is incredible
THIS BEAT IS THE SHIZNIT
“Oakland do you wanna ride” does anyone know where that audio was taken from???
I heard it's from a black panther rally. It's riot not ride I think. I can't remember where I heard this from but I'm pretty sure it's true
Its from a live recording of a Parliament-Funkadelic performance at the Oakland Coliseum from the 70s or early 80s
Oakland do you want to Riot?! I can't hear ya? Oakland do you wanna Riot tonight?!
Someone to explain the story? I don't speak english, just basic things. I read the lyrics but it remains unclear
Microsoft motherfuckers let bygones be bygones
But since I’m macintosh, i’ma double click your icons
Like Butter. 101.
Glen, I get that this is about capitalism and the issues that take place in society. I'm curious though, how is this song about religion? It seems different from the blasphemous music that Jay-Z and others make. I'm not looking to debate, just interested in hearing your thoughts a little further on it. Thanks.
you want to say that is a bad song?
if yes, then i dont know what to say"