These teaser tracks that GOOD Music put out leading up to MBDTF are honestly some classics, I still come back every now and again. Especially this and Christian Dior Denim Flow.
This was my track in fall 2010. Brought me through some of my best and worst times. I remember when Kanye was dropping tunes every week, then the film Runaway came out. Greatness. Lupe verse is one of his best btw.
What's crazy is if you listen to Lu's verse on this and watch the Runaway film, his verse parallels Kanye's relationship with the phoenix he was in love with. It just hit me. LOL
@@SirDuppy its insane i cant vocalise how damn good this shit makes me feel, he nails that feeling of royalty and pure greatness. the violin on the mpc power remix and all these good friday sessions perfectly encapsulate that feeling.
Lupe Fiasco went over alot of peoples heads when he came out .. Food and Liquor was way ahead of its time and I don't think the people were on his level yet .. Lupe been killing shit and dropping mad gems and info in his music .. dude needs a resurgence right now cuz we need rappers like Lupe in the fore front no cap !!! 1 of my favs of all time real spill !! 🔥🔥🔥💯💯💯✌🏾
yep happens a lot w music… idk what the science is but hooks/guitar solos (for me bc i play) come around @ random times… especially for a goat like ye 🤘🤘
@Mars King I was speaking in relation to what happened in the X-men animated series. I know it's not related, that just popped in my head when I listened to his verse.
@@user-gz1su4mf9t nah, Big Sean freestyled pretty much everything until he started creating dark sky. A lot of his early work was just freestyles, especially his features
Don't look down, it's an impossible view Fly like an eagle, whatever you do Don't look down, it's an impossible view Spread your wings, aerial [Verse 1: Lupe Fiasco] Head's in the sky, wings raised and She's about to fly, and take her place in Out there in the stars, when she leaves the ground She'll see a broken heart, if she turns around But ain't no going back, this is how it must be He told her she'll be burned alive, she just told him, "Trust me" If funerals are beautiful, this ugly Knowing this, he told her, "You won't leave me if you love me" And he knows that, because he knows her Hard to hide his feelings, as it engulfs her Now she's a bright blaze, light rays A shooting out, a phoenix on fire burning up the nightscape So let's hear it for our heroine Applaud as her spirit just flies into the never-end One closed chapter, it opens up another part So this is more like, "The end, question mark" [Hook: Mos Def] Don't look down, it's an impossible view Fly like an eagle, whatever you do Don't look down, it's an impossible view Spread your wings, aerial [Verse 2: Kanye West] Don't let me hold you back, I only hold you back We're on a dead-end street, this block has got a cul-de-sac So fly baby, my baby so high Sometimes it's so hard to say bye We made it from the alley, straight up to the valley We pulled up at the valet, we'll teach our daughter ballet We'll raise us a Beyonce, maybe she'll be a Halle You woulda been the best mom, I woulda been the best 'Ye You see it all in my veins, like varicose I know that's very gross, but we getting very close To our end, though I kill most with a pen Soon as this flow end, I'ma let Mos begin [Hook: Mos Def & Kanye West] Don't look down, it's an impossible view Fly like an eagle, whatever you do Don't look down, it's an impossible view Spread your wings, aerial [Hook: Kanye West & Big Sean] Don't look down, it's an impossible view Fly like an eagle, whatever you do Don't look down, it's an impossible view Spread your wings, aerial Don't look down, it's an impossible view Spread your wings, aerial Don't look down, it's an impossible view How could you do it? How could you do it? [Verse 3: Big Sean] Okay now baby here we go, we go, no baby, me go You got my heart, baby this what it beat for I give it all, walk as far as my feet go What you mean "me go?" Why can't it be "we go"? What happens when people turn to tears? (huh?) Dreams turn to memories and weeks turn to years, huh? Been standing in the same spot for a couple of weeks Give me my feelings back, wish love came with a couple receipts Man, our vacation was coming next week Girl, I swear you was a trip, let's make it a couples' retreat (Do it!) How could my girl do this to me? Woke up to a note saying "The world did this to me" Now I'm testing, one-two, reporting live from the rubble Drinking all I can so I can turn to fire when I hug you One, two, three, four, five models on the double Give me head all at once, look like they lying in a huddle But it's not even half the feeling As hearing your "Seans, you know I love you" Shedding tears everyday (I know you do) And I'm tired of lying in these puddles I ask "Why?" sometimes like a fucking vowel Been hitting trees everyday like a fucking owl Trying to get high enough to cut the clouds Of the Phoenix Sun and Nash it out I mean ash it out so I could see you smile I-I know you can see me now [Hook: Mos Def] Don't look down, it's an impossible view Fly like an eagle, whatever you do Don't look down, it's an impossible view Spread your wings, aerial
This beat is very reminiscent of Can't Tell Me Nothing. It's definitely a signature Kanye West beat. Legendary Ghetto Super Hero Music. 10 years later and we still rocking in 2020..hahahaa💯
+Preem Clientele Right. Lupe has Tetsuo and Youth, The Cool, and Food and Liquor which are undeniable classics. I also like Food and Liquor 2 but it seems like a lot of people didn't like it as much. Nas has Stillmatic, Illmatic, and It Was Written. I also really like Distant Relatives and Lost Tapes, but once again their not mentioned a lot.
Powerful music right here. Amazing verses from everyone..... But can we talk LUPE FIASCO!!! his verse brang me straight back to good fucking times, this was a good time for hip hop when kanye was bringing all this talent together and handing these gems to us
Like what the other guy said, Lupe is lightyears ahead of punchline rappers, he's been incorporating crazy metaphors into songs with a meaning since the Fahrenheit mixtapes. The rest are just throwing random punchlines around in there verses to sound good.
Listening in 2022 fall man. Dude ye, I doubt you'll ever read this but if you do bro this mixtape is utterly amazing cause it's gospel all at the same time. Just like your new shit. Did people even notice??????
Yea Big Sean had a couple good rhymes in control and Jay's verse was really good. But I like how Kendrick just felt like tearing it up, not even just calling out everyone, but he had really good tone and some crazy rhymes but I usually prefer a verse like Jay's though
I hate people who say this guy is underrated that guy is underrated if you think so well they are ,if you like it you dont give a crap if he is underrated or not jeeez
I’m only here because the joy can’t be found online. “That beat deserves Hennessy, a bad bitch and a bag of weed the holy trinity” Best song on Good Friday.
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in the future we will wish this kinda hiphop back
.... definitely do
Truuuu
You were so right
Man you called it
Prolific
These teaser tracks that GOOD Music put out leading up to MBDTF are honestly some classics, I still come back every now and again. Especially this and Christian Dior Denim Flow.
Id add Christmas in Harlem to that list
This was my track in fall 2010. Brought me through some of my best and worst times. I remember when Kanye was dropping tunes every week, then the film Runaway came out. Greatness.
Lupe verse is one of his best btw.
Lupe is always so deep. My #1 of all time
Crazy how time flys...
What's crazy is if you listen to Lu's verse on this and watch the Runaway film, his verse parallels Kanye's relationship with the phoenix he was in love with. It just hit me. LOL
@@MrLawskinner exactly, I loved the parallels in Lupe's verse. Perfect story telling
They all murder this. BUT Big Sean’s verse it’s still the best till this day.
"What happens when people turn to tears? Dreams turn to memories and weeks turn to years? Huh?" - One of the realest lines ever.
And this was a free song?! Damn I would easily pay for this
6 years later and I'm your 100th like
song is a classic
@@24KMEDIA I'm 250th
300th🙋♂️
420th
kanye should make an album with lupe
there was s'posed to be a CRS album...then there was s'posed to be a Lu/Skateboard P album...neither happened =/
@@cfoBROOK. the game wasnt ready for that
The realest statement.
kanye lupe and cudi album would be the dopest
@@gkhac The world isn't ready.....
Ab Soul got a lotta influence from Lupe.
K-Will T.R.O.N
Who?
ImJuice225 he’s signed to TDE
ImJuice225 damn you are extra late
TRON (yea yea yea)
PROCEED TO THE NEXT LEVEL
Lupe Fiasco was DEFINITELY the BEST on this song. What lyrical talent...
That sht was trash
@rokyy4 bro ur cooked 💀
I feel like Kanye was at his peak when making these GOOD Fridays songs.
Trust me! I always say circa MBDTF to WTT was Kanye at his peak creativity. The projects/videos/singles were top tier
@@SirDuppy its insane i cant vocalise how damn good this shit makes me feel, he nails that feeling of royalty and pure greatness. the violin on the mpc power remix and all these good friday sessions perfectly encapsulate that feeling.
peak? still peaking.
@@user-si4nt6jb7y eh
@@user-si4nt6jb7y I don't agree
Such a great song. Mos Def absolutely nails the chorus
I always thought it was kid cudi 🤯
6 fucking years already, what the fuck! Life, slow down :(
Aizen Kazama and this comment was a year ago
and this comment was a month ago
Michael Cheslav this comment was from a month ago
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Dralen November dam this comment was 3 months ago, crazy wild
Does anyone else picture the phoenix girl flying into the sky from Kanye's Runaway film when Lupe spits his verse?
hell yea
Eloy Lopez i did
I think this was a throwaway from mbdtf
when throwaways are better than peoples careers
Yes
I was in 7th grade when this came out, where has the time gone
Shem Guy I swear same just sitting here thinking that
Me too fam
I was 17
I was 33 and now I'm so old....
Love Mos Def on the hook.
Govinda Jones Love Mos Def on everything
This is art. Please bring back GOOD Fridays.
Lupe’s verse was beautiful. That’s honestly the best verse I’ve heard from Sean. Gotta give credit where it’s due
Sean came hard!
Lupe Fiasco went over alot of peoples heads when he came out .. Food and Liquor was way ahead of its time and I don't think the people were on his level yet .. Lupe been killing shit and dropping mad gems and info in his music .. dude needs a resurgence right now cuz we need rappers like Lupe in the fore front no cap !!! 1 of my favs of all time real spill !! 🔥🔥🔥💯💯💯✌🏾
I know pretty much every Kanye song, and this is one of his best.
two words is also one of his greatest
b145701s Yes you're right. That song is great.
@@trevornyg3926 I would add “selfish “ on this list
@@kayo5011 and "the good, the bad, and the ugly"
@@kayo5011 that song is seriously good
THE LYRICS ARE EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED AT THE END OF THE RUNAWAY FILM !!!!
it should've been there ..
I honestly believe that video was based off of lupe verse
Kanye actually made lupe rewrite his verse to fit the film better and I personally believe it was meant for mbdtf
forgot about this gem. For some reason the hook started playing in my head after like 10 years since I’ve heard it
Same my dude!
lol same here
yep happens a lot w music… idk what the science is but hooks/guitar solos (for me bc i play) come around @ random times… especially for a goat like ye 🤘🤘
mos def hooks are catchy as fuck man, good night off graduation is an earworm
Same!
Lupe's verse = Phoenix (Jean Grey) leaves Cyclops and flies up to destroy the crystal.
Right was i was thinking ayy
sheesh
@Mars King I was speaking in relation to what happened in the X-men animated series. I know it's not related, that just popped in my head when I listened to his verse.
I thought o was the only one that caught that.
this is a mad underrated song yo.
this big sean’s best verse ever
Don't look down...
it's an impossible view...
FLLLLY LIKE AN EAGLE!
in whatever you do....
Probably Big Sean's best verse. Boy needs to return to those Finally Famous flows
mwood341 no the fuck he doesn’t lmao
Kaleb Ward EXACTLY, lol!!! His rap style has evolved nicely
ZionAmariTV I’ve never been a Sean fan but he’s definitely better now then that wack shit he made lol
Lupe breaks it down so awesome. he is BOSS, damn it!
This is proof big Sean was one the best artists kanye ever signed he snapped
Big Sean is the worst part of the song to me
Anybody listening 2022?
Big Sean verse really hit me hard
It's even better when you realize it's a freestyle
@@tallboiedd2846honestly, no way. Some of his metaphors were so fuckin layered on this song he was writing at his very best fr
@@user-gz1su4mf9t nah, Big Sean freestyled pretty much everything until he started creating dark sky. A lot of his early work was just freestyles, especially his features
Don't look down, it's an impossible view
Fly like an eagle, whatever you do
Don't look down, it's an impossible view
Spread your wings, aerial
[Verse 1: Lupe Fiasco]
Head's in the sky, wings raised and
She's about to fly, and take her place in
Out there in the stars, when she leaves the ground
She'll see a broken heart, if she turns around
But ain't no going back, this is how it must be
He told her she'll be burned alive, she just told him, "Trust me"
If funerals are beautiful, this ugly
Knowing this, he told her, "You won't leave me if you love me"
And he knows that, because he knows her
Hard to hide his feelings, as it engulfs her
Now she's a bright blaze, light rays
A shooting out, a phoenix on fire burning up the nightscape
So let's hear it for our heroine
Applaud as her spirit just flies into the never-end
One closed chapter, it opens up another part
So this is more like, "The end, question mark"
[Hook: Mos Def]
Don't look down, it's an impossible view
Fly like an eagle, whatever you do
Don't look down, it's an impossible view
Spread your wings, aerial
[Verse 2: Kanye West]
Don't let me hold you back, I only hold you back
We're on a dead-end street, this block has got a cul-de-sac
So fly baby, my baby so high
Sometimes it's so hard to say bye
We made it from the alley, straight up to the valley
We pulled up at the valet, we'll teach our daughter ballet
We'll raise us a Beyonce, maybe she'll be a Halle
You woulda been the best mom, I woulda been the best 'Ye
You see it all in my veins, like varicose
I know that's very gross, but we getting very close
To our end, though I kill most with a pen
Soon as this flow end, I'ma let Mos begin
[Hook: Mos Def & Kanye West]
Don't look down, it's an impossible view
Fly like an eagle, whatever you do
Don't look down, it's an impossible view
Spread your wings, aerial
[Hook: Kanye West & Big Sean]
Don't look down, it's an impossible view
Fly like an eagle, whatever you do
Don't look down, it's an impossible view
Spread your wings, aerial
Don't look down, it's an impossible view
Spread your wings, aerial
Don't look down, it's an impossible view
How could you do it? How could you do it?
[Verse 3: Big Sean]
Okay now baby here we go, we go, no baby, me go
You got my heart, baby this what it beat for
I give it all, walk as far as my feet go
What you mean "me go?" Why can't it be "we go"?
What happens when people turn to tears? (huh?)
Dreams turn to memories and weeks turn to years, huh?
Been standing in the same spot for a couple of weeks
Give me my feelings back, wish love came with a couple receipts
Man, our vacation was coming next week
Girl, I swear you was a trip, let's make it a couples' retreat
(Do it!) How could my girl do this to me?
Woke up to a note saying "The world did this to me"
Now I'm testing, one-two, reporting live from the rubble
Drinking all I can so I can turn to fire when I hug you
One, two, three, four, five models on the double
Give me head all at once, look like they lying in a huddle
But it's not even half the feeling
As hearing your "Seans, you know I love you"
Shedding tears everyday (I know you do)
And I'm tired of lying in these puddles
I ask "Why?" sometimes like a fucking vowel
Been hitting trees everyday like a fucking owl
Trying to get high enough to cut the clouds
Of the Phoenix Sun and Nash it out
I mean ash it out so I could see you smile
I-I know you can see me now
[Hook: Mos Def]
Don't look down, it's an impossible view
Fly like an eagle, whatever you do
Don't look down, it's an impossible view
Spread your wings, aerial
Praying for you Ye
Life was better when we had Good Fridays to look forward to.
Damn I forgot about how happy I was when this song came out. Glad I reunited with happiness
Listen to these tracks in 2024 Kanye was really on a different level around this time
Big Sean snapped on this verse
This beat is very reminiscent of Can't Tell Me Nothing. It's definitely a signature Kanye West beat. Legendary Ghetto Super Hero Music. 10 years later and we still rocking in 2020..hahahaa💯
He didn’t even produce this this was Swizz Beatz
@@pineapplevlogs1267 I get that but it still has That Can't Tell Me Nothing Vibe...or maybe its the high hats
Lupe is the GOAT.
+3DDoman Nas is goat gtfo
what?! Nas is...you're out of your mind
That's actually arguable.
+happypaingwin Nas would say Rakim is. It just depends on when you grew up.
+Preem Clientele Right. Lupe has Tetsuo and Youth, The Cool, and Food and Liquor which are undeniable classics. I also like Food and Liquor 2 but it seems like a lot of people didn't like it as much. Nas has Stillmatic, Illmatic, and It Was Written. I also really like Distant Relatives and Lost Tapes, but once again their not mentioned a lot.
Lupe Fiasco always go hard but i didnt expect Big Sean to go hard like this!
One of the best break up songs
It's been YEARS since I've heard this song... I'm glad it randomly popped in my head just now.
This in my top 3 GOOD Friday tracks... I'd go
1. Christian Dior Denim Flow
2. Don't Look Down
3. Lord Lord Lord
Bumping in 2022 and it still checks out
I'm Obsessed with Lupe's Verse
This whole track is simply phenomenal. Sounds like an anthem to the end of the world
Oh my god… the memories, the feels… I need this on streaming services
I enjoy Lupe's verse. Very visual. Piques my imagination. The other verses are alright.
seans verse was better you could feel the emotion
Lupe & Big Sean's verses were 🔥 this track is a masterpiece
Sean went crazy
Lupes verse is basically him rappin about the Jean Grey’s Phoenix in X-Men the Last Stand where she sacrificed herself
my favorite song ever
i was a junior in high school when this came out and i was also in love, this song gave me a reason to go to school in the am
Big Sean killed it
This is one of the greatest beats of all time.. especially with that hook
Powerful music right here. Amazing verses from everyone..... But can we talk LUPE FIASCO!!! his verse brang me straight back to good fucking times, this was a good time for hip hop when kanye was bringing all this talent together and handing these gems to us
Capital P they ain’t listening, straight up poetry in his verse.
Good Friday 2022…….Still coming back
"if funerals are beautiful this ugly"
Who here in 2024❓
Yup👌🏿
Lupe is theeeeeeee Goat
This is sooooooo good 😭 first time hearing this
Welcome to the Good Music appreciation gang!
Me too 🥺 so goodie
Damn Big Sean stepped his game up on this track tho
This song is pure perfection from beginning to end.
G.O.O.D Music + Mos Def = A Musical Masterpiece
Lupe all day, none the less he killed this track!
Like what the other guy said, Lupe is lightyears ahead of punchline rappers, he's been incorporating crazy metaphors into songs with a meaning since the Fahrenheit mixtapes.
The rest are just throwing random punchlines around in there verses to sound good.
Lupe is absolutely amazing
One of my favorites all time 🔥
This needs a streaming service release so fuckin bad. Would single handedly revitalize Kanye’s image
lupe, kanye, and big sean all went hard for real. they were all lyrical on this one.
Yo Big Sean fucking DESTROYED THIS. This is ART.
Big sean really spit the verse of his career on this track. G.O.O.D.
One of my favorite unknown Lupe verses. Super poetic and vivid.
can Big Sean go back to his original dopness like this pleeeeze
That would be nice. Wonder if he had to "up" his skills on this project. He almost spit the best verse on this one.
Randall S he definitely did.
SAMUELTHESIXTH ??? Hell no, bro Sean was in his bag in 2012-2016 after that he fell off and I like a lot of his work
this should be either on the deluxe version of MBDTF or a separate album
Kanye needs to put Black Friday Sessions on Streaming Services. Some of his best material came from that Pre-MBDTF Era.
I just got DELIVERED from this song
Fucking amazing to see these artist together.
Thank god this songs are still on RUclips 🙏🏻
Forgot about this song. Feels good to hear it again.
Listen to it now
I get why some of the good friday songs didnt make it to the album but this one seems like it would fit perfectly
why ya think mos and lupe font is bigger
Truuuuue
order in which they appear on the song
Less letters duh
Order of lyrical legendry
CiNo The God
Lupe is better than mos def lol. Mos is scared of Lu
So glad i found this music again
UNDERRATED. Nobody knows about this
This is more like THE END, question mark!🥷
Its like lupe referencing xxx
Listening in 2022 fall man. Dude ye, I doubt you'll ever read this but if you do bro this mixtape is utterly amazing cause it's gospel all at the same time. Just like your new shit. Did people even notice??????
still here May 26th 2018
Shit Kanye and Mos Def are usually great (especially together) but they got so outshined by Sean and Lupe on this one.
Drunk and hot girls was bad though.
Omotayo Rufai You kidding? I loved that track!
Omotayo Rufai except it wasnt
Did not think Big Sean could make an amazing verse.
Yeah dude surprises me sometimes.
Yea Big Sean had a couple good rhymes in control and Jay's verse was really good. But I like how Kendrick just felt like tearing it up, not even just calling out everyone, but he had really good tone and some crazy rhymes but I usually prefer a verse like Jay's though
It's not an amazing. It's just better than all of his others because he rhymes now and then. Terrible flow and style. Sounds exactly like Drake.
I agree
Shmakity STAR-V Big Sean =low-key heat dude is nice.
I hate people who say this guy is underrated that guy is underrated if you think so well they are
,if you like it you dont give a crap if he is underrated or not jeeez
Still here in 2021
I came here for "Mos Definitely"
Same
I wish this would be on vinyl
I fucking love big sean's verse in this song. On repeat.
Lupe sounds like the comic book guy from the simpsons
😂😂 can’t unhear
2021 and this still beams
This song is so fucking amazing, one of my favorite ALL TIME
love the whole song and the vibe to it
Sean massacred this man
I’m only here because the joy can’t be found online. “That beat deserves Hennessy, a bad bitch and a bag of weed the holy trinity” Best song on Good Friday.
Freshmen Year dam time flies
BRING BACK GOOD FRIDAYS!!!
Love Lupe. Sean killed this
2021 still a damn CLASSIC