Mad Lion - Take It Easy

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  • Опубликовано: 23 ноя 2024

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  • @kahnthedetroitdiyfashiongu2957
    @kahnthedetroitdiyfashiongu2957 2 года назад +434

    this never gets old..........1994; what a time to be alive!

    • @stevecolombo420
      @stevecolombo420 2 года назад +3

      Yes. Sure. Was.

    • @tonywells7051
      @tonywells7051 2 года назад +8

      Yes it was i was 14 teen growing up in Detroit this was the shit

    • @celltherapy3191
      @celltherapy3191 2 года назад +4

      Going on 30 years... Wish I could go back to that time

    • @megatronn194
      @megatronn194 2 года назад +2

      Growing up as a pre teen in the 90's with my radio always on lock to my local urban station in Richmond VA trying to record the hottest tracks like this one onto blank cassettes is the stuff of good memories.

    • @sirresebethea
      @sirresebethea 2 года назад +1

      True indeed💯💯💯💯

  • @redreddington8755
    @redreddington8755 Год назад +236

    This was one of my dads favorite songs. Had them play it at his funeral service. Rest In Paradise pop 💜

  • @jon7465
    @jon7465 6 месяцев назад +218

    Who was listening in '94?
    (30 years ago son)

    • @shadowlaw809
      @shadowlaw809 5 месяцев назад +4

      Feels like it was yesterday

    • @lazbl1979
      @lazbl1979 5 месяцев назад +3

      My high school soundtrack.. squares would see me bobbing my head and walking with an infinite amount of swag I was bad youngn

    • @Ozman-ti1ti
      @Ozman-ti1ti 5 месяцев назад +2

      Brought the single cassette at sam goody's lol

    • @jesicamoure6715
      @jesicamoure6715 4 месяца назад +1

      Real music 🎉🎉🎉

    • @ilfantasticobananajothesci3922
      @ilfantasticobananajothesci3922 4 месяца назад

      still bangs - movement true heads

  • @JeromeGigante
    @JeromeGigante 3 года назад +356

    That NYC summer of 94!! soo many memories & what a feeling .. TAKE ME BACK 💯

    • @Rhythm973
      @Rhythm973 3 года назад +10

      I was 12 and I have memories so I can’t even imagine being of age to make some serious ones that summer Lol.

    • @smartsavvyandloved2095
      @smartsavvyandloved2095 3 года назад +8

      Facts

    • @JeromeGigante
      @JeromeGigante 3 года назад +12

      @@Rhythm973 Those times were GREAT times to be a kid & young adult!! 🙌🏾 , I miss it soo much lol

    • @vfergi8196
      @vfergi8196 3 года назад +5

      Wahhhhhh…bless up my Honduras massive! ♥️💛💚 Honduras 🇭🇳

    • @JeromeGigante
      @JeromeGigante 3 года назад +2

      @@vfergi8196 yess yess! , peace & blessings to you catracha 😘 #504

  • @Mia12946
    @Mia12946 9 лет назад +801

    This beat was way ahead of it's time.

    • @higherregion
      @higherregion 7 лет назад +8

      for real...

    • @MelWoods1969
      @MelWoods1969 7 лет назад +7

      Man....brings back so many memories

    • @michaelllehctim1757
      @michaelllehctim1757 7 лет назад +1

      Daniel Zaretsky facts

    • @whatup53
      @whatup53 6 лет назад +6

      Daniel Zaretsky beat is serious

    • @Slingersbullseye
      @Slingersbullseye 6 лет назад +17

      Boom bap is timeless not futuristic or from the past, agree though production is way above par

  • @StandUpForRealMusic
    @StandUpForRealMusic Год назад +277

    That NYC hip hop x Reggae link up changed the game. And YES I was there for it…living in the Bronx in the 90s. 🙌🏽🙌🏽

    • @kenniet7125
      @kenniet7125 Год назад +14

      Facts! I was there too. I was a young teenager then. I miss those times

    • @opinyinatedhomeydonpladat3212
      @opinyinatedhomeydonpladat3212 Год назад +4

      I'm gonna put ƴew in my book, its gonna be BibliKal.
      📖📖📖
      🪦👮‍♂️🪦👮‍♂️🪦👮‍♂️🪦👮‍♂️🪦🙈🪦🙈🪦🧱🧱🧱🧱🧱🧱🧱🧱🧱🧱🧱🧱🧱🏍🏍🏍🏍🏍🏍🏍🏍🏍🏍🏍🏍🏍🏍🏍🏍🏍🏍🏍🏍🏍🏍🏍🏍🏍🏍🏍🏍🏍🏍🏍🏍🏍🏍🏍🏍🏍🏍🏍🏍🏍🏍🏍🏍🏍🏍🏍🏍🏍🏍🏍🏍🏍🏍🏍🏍🏍🏍🏍🏍🏍🏍🏍🏍🏍🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶🔜🔜🔜🔜🥶🥶🥶🪦🪦🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🤮🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🤢🤢🤢🤢🍶🌌🍶🌌🍶🌌🍶🌌🍶🌌🍶🌌🍶🌌🍶🌌🍶🌌🍶🌌🍶🌌🍶🌌🍶🌌🍶🌌🍶🌌🍶🌌🍶🌌🍶🌌🍶🌌🍶💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋🏍🏍💋🧱🧱🧱🛏🛏🛏🛏🛏
      🛏🛏🛏🛏🛏🛏🛏🛏🛏🛏🛏🛏🛏🛏🛏🛏🛏🛏🛏🛏🛏🛏🛏🛏🛏🛏🛏🛏🛏🛏🛏🛏🛏🛏🛏🛏🛏🛏🛏

    • @Pleiades_74
      @Pleiades_74 Год назад +6

      Same, I was a teen in Queens back then.

    • @Chula92
      @Chula92 Год назад +9

      Brooklyn in the house this song was UP UP!!

    • @cookinwitp0ppin331
      @cookinwitp0ppin331 Год назад +9

      This was theee golden era! Growing up in the BX in the 90s was fucking lit. I’d do anything to go back and experience it again

  • @raysterE176Tremont
    @raysterE176Tremont 6 лет назад +615

    Damn, back when everybody sounded different and dressed different. The real meaning of what it is to breathe, sleep and eat hip hop

    • @hereisayana8207
      @hereisayana8207 5 лет назад +17

      Yes I miss all of the styles from back then, to the hairstyles, jewelry, earrings, etc etc.... now on Fordham road, there are mainly chain stores...smh

    • @peacheslovesjesus
      @peacheslovesjesus 5 лет назад +12

      ANd Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls ruled the NBA. #goodtimes

    • @ReaperCore15
      @ReaperCore15 4 года назад +23

      man this was the good times, you could always tell wich was the culture of someone because of much they were into it, hip hop heads, metalheads, punks, everything, it was so lively, i feel sad now looking at people, all feel the same.

    • @uncleruckus3094
      @uncleruckus3094 4 года назад +7

      @@ReaperCore15 for real man

    • @solomontrump
      @solomontrump 4 года назад +10

      @@ReaperCore15 and Every one is hella self indulged and sensitive

  • @tyese28
    @tyese28 7 лет назад +270

    who's still listening 22 years later??

  • @panamaniak
    @panamaniak 9 лет назад +895

    Man 92-97 was the SECOND Golden Age and I lived it! I was going to school over in Manhattan when this came out. Biggie, Pac, Groove Theory, Lil Viscious, Zhane, Brand Nubian, Naughty, SWV, Kut Klose, Nas, Kim, Foxy, Jay, Black Moon, Coco Brovaz, Lost Boyz and the list goes on... All had joints out. Like Blac Panther said SO MANY FLAVORS! That's when I met my wife. Miss those days of New York Undercover, Chinese food and Karl Kani! NYC4LYFE

    • @JeighEssdott
      @JeighEssdott 9 лет назад +26

      +panamaniak I'm reminded of high school dances and summer in the 90's when I hear music like this

    • @danrodriguez5182
      @danrodriguez5182 9 лет назад +34

      You're exactly right. That's the golden era. Just past that new jack era and just before that commercial Versace bullshit. RIP

    • @elliot2177
      @elliot2177 8 лет назад +11

      Brooklyn massive me de here!!!!

    • @jonathanmiller2537
      @jonathanmiller2537 8 лет назад +25

      The 90s are the most coolest years ever

    • @kaliallen5147
      @kaliallen5147 8 лет назад +13

      panamaniak wish our music could back OMG show the new generation what real rap is....lol....

  • @jasonbrooks5493
    @jasonbrooks5493 3 года назад +258

    I was 10 when this came out. I stayed by the radio for hours tryna record this song on tape. Thought is was the greatest beat ever when it dropped.

    • @MutedAds
      @MutedAds 3 года назад +8

      The beat just popped up in my head and I searched for it

    • @kylea-d4108
      @kylea-d4108 2 года назад +4

      Still is yoo

    • @BadTV1993
      @BadTV1993 2 года назад +6

      BDP crew had the ill beats..this, Loves gonna getcha, Im still #1 , Jimmy....damn near all of them

    • @jayjibsbeats
      @jayjibsbeats 2 года назад +4

      word. I also thought the lil kid in the video was the coolest kid I'd ever seen.

    • @ZOWO3000
      @ZOWO3000 2 года назад +1

      Man those were the days. Press record on your cassette player to Hot 97

  • @lloydwimbish1802
    @lloydwimbish1802 2 года назад +219

    53yrs old. On break in my car jammin!

  • @bahamianshaolin
    @bahamianshaolin 8 лет назад +310

    indeed. we took hip hop for granted. now it's fighting to survive.

    • @papiking1991
      @papiking1991 6 лет назад +10

      bahamianshaolin facts bro preach !!!! 90s hip hop was everything man the greatest era ever

    • @BeerfootBandit
      @BeerfootBandit 5 лет назад +3

      Only thing we could do now is keep these classics alive

    • @ChaudharyAakarsh
      @ChaudharyAakarsh 5 лет назад +4

      nowadays they produce perversion of hip hop called mumble rap with just stupid lyrics, somebody shoot drake, lil wayne, nicki minaj and most of todays rappers

    • @octm1
      @octm1 5 лет назад +1

      bahamianshaolin sad that this has to be said

    • @ricocrockett370
      @ricocrockett370 5 лет назад +6

      Born in 79 . Yes we let our culture slip from us .

  • @jediwalker2010
    @jediwalker2010 4 года назад +311

    This song still gets me hype 26 years later!!!!

  • @shufflePuff101
    @shufflePuff101 8 лет назад +764

    yooo someone pray for this shit to come back

  • @aubreynorton4470
    @aubreynorton4470 Год назад +207

    Man i remember back in the day this track was blasting out of speakers every weekend. Still slaps hard in 2023 and beyond.

    • @kenniet7125
      @kenniet7125 Год назад +4

      Hell yeah! I was a teenager when this came out

    • @dafameleague7431
      @dafameleague7431 Год назад +4

      2023 here

    • @kenflagg
      @kenflagg Год назад +2

      Freshman year of college this song was on both decks and my DJ friend would just cut back and forth, back and forth. I love this track so much.

    • @msmewiththat7532
      @msmewiththat7532 11 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@kenflaggyes, I remember this from freshman year as well. First time hearing it was on an opening episode of 'New York Undercover'.
      Seemed like that song took off thereafter much how you described.

  • @hiphopluvva1
    @hiphopluvva1 7 лет назад +472

    the energy back in those days was unbelievable

  • @nicarawata
    @nicarawata 5 лет назад +311

    When hip hop had that Jamaican influence, big up all dem west indians from Bluefields Nicaragua, we chat patois like dem...

    • @DubbyDubois
      @DubbyDubois 4 года назад +20

      NYC so Island heavy

    • @delvonceholmes8517
      @delvonceholmes8517 3 года назад +8

      SEEN

    • @Demas242
      @Demas242 3 года назад +38

      Hip-Hop was birthed with the help of Jamaican influence.....people don't want to talk about it.

    • @Dirtymoney8
      @Dirtymoney8 3 года назад +19

      @@Demas242 Not really, if you are talking about actually rapping Foundational Black Americans planted the the seeds here and were rapping way back in the 1940's long before Kool herc was born or even came to America. There was a Christian group called the Jubalaries that were rapping way back then. RUclips them.. 🇺🇸🇺🇸

    • @mieshamcintosh2432
      @mieshamcintosh2432 3 года назад +5

      Hell yeah! I grow up to this kind of music

  •  10 лет назад +277

    This is an underrated classic right here. One of the many Dancehall Reggae tracks that mixed with Hip Hop. If you don't understand this song. Basically this song is about putting the guns away and fighting with fists. Mad Lion was down with BDP (Boogie Down Productions) KRS One's crew for those youngins that don't know real Hip Hop. 

    • @maximus1318able
      @maximus1318able 10 лет назад +4

      The whole album is underrated

    • @deadmanlyndon
      @deadmanlyndon 10 лет назад

      he was supposed to be a much much bigger, i know his songs were tough and on tv. but i dunno what happened.

    • @rolysor7241
      @rolysor7241 10 лет назад +1

      Amen

    • @Madvillain213
      @Madvillain213 10 лет назад +2

      I just saw mad lion perform in la with krsone I Lost my mind Ill track

    • @tarrabarber5792
      @tarrabarber5792 10 лет назад

      I agree with you

  • @mattg9364
    @mattg9364 2 года назад +155

    2022 and this beat is still hard asf

  • @poody_Smoove994
    @poody_Smoove994 3 года назад +229

    fat joe was in almost everybody's music video from the 1994-1996 period

    • @Anonx82
      @Anonx82 3 года назад +26

      Joe has a rich history in hip-hop from DITC, down with BBP, and others. Most of his new fans do not even know. J Crizzy 😆

    • @AngelD68
      @AngelD68 3 года назад +9

      @@Anonx82 but he mad shady

    • @JAYJOSE100
      @JAYJOSE100 3 года назад +7

      i caught that and thought it was crazy

    • @IknowMoreThanYou
      @IknowMoreThanYou 3 года назад +8

      94-2021
      FIXED

    • @christianc8927
      @christianc8927 3 года назад +1

      @@AngelD68 like bitchmade 50 cent!Fuck 50!

  • @funkmasterfishdatdamnfish7442
    @funkmasterfishdatdamnfish7442 3 года назад +771

    Anyone else is going through all their favorite jams thinking about how life was back in the days ? Tell me I'm not the only one ✌🏼️

    • @THESHADOW97139
      @THESHADOW97139 3 года назад +7

      Me currently .... I continue 😋

    • @kerryalfaro9437
      @kerryalfaro9437 2 года назад +7

      Yup on Christmas night 2021

    • @LuvTHCD
      @LuvTHCD 2 года назад +2

      @@kerryalfaro9437 Same ☺️

    • @LuvTHCD
      @LuvTHCD 2 года назад +2

      🙋🏽‍♀️🙋🏽‍♀️🙋🏽‍♀️🙋🏽‍♀️🙋🏽‍♀️

    • @tyronewingo8653
      @tyronewingo8653 2 года назад +1

      Your noy the only one

  • @Leondrius
    @Leondrius 9 лет назад +388

    This is true hip-hop culture. Took it for granted back when it was still around.

    • @DaOldSchoolRapLova96
      @DaOldSchoolRapLova96 9 лет назад +2

      +Leondrius how old were u when this released?

    • @Leondrius
      @Leondrius 9 лет назад +2

      DaOldSchoolRapLova96 Mid to late teens.

    • @DaOldSchoolRapLova96
      @DaOldSchoolRapLova96 9 лет назад +1

      +Leondrius Very very lucky you are.

    • @Leondrius
      @Leondrius 9 лет назад +1

      DaOldSchoolRapLova96 Why is that?

    • @DaOldSchoolRapLova96
      @DaOldSchoolRapLova96 9 лет назад +13

      +Leondrius Come man? Why is this a convo haha. You were like 16-19 during all this!!! That is a blessin. U were probably banging these tracks in ur whip at the time, sparking memories with the at the time, natural girls who im sure came around. Parties, high school, styles, tv shows movies. I mean u walked outside it appeared and were instantly in the scene of that hip hop vibe.

  • @sevinatenine4444
    @sevinatenine4444 2 года назад +30

    I ain't Jamaican,but songs like this makes me wish I was sometimes😎😎😎😎

  • @1ronman32
    @1ronman32 5 лет назад +296

    Damn this song came out 1994 I was in 10th grade now I’m 42 years old and now it’s 2019 and it still be jamming

    • @adrianwhite3951
      @adrianwhite3951 4 года назад +3

      Celebrity wagon with rim's and tint 15 in woofer in the back

    • @ShaunMoore
      @ShaunMoore 4 года назад +1

      V Smith Baby Me.

    • @jediwalker2010
      @jediwalker2010 4 года назад +5

      I was in 9th grade!!!! Good times😩

    • @TraumaRider
      @TraumaRider 4 года назад +2

      I was a Senior in HS! Great times, Great Music! Miss those days

    • @m.j.w.2876
      @m.j.w.2876 4 года назад +2

      @@TraumaRider me too class of 94

  • @chriscaruthers4268
    @chriscaruthers4268 10 лет назад +402

    It's not fair what these new artist are getting away with.

    • @Leondrius
      @Leondrius 9 лет назад +41

      They are getting away with murder.....................Murdering my ears.

    • @anthonyclarke2253
      @anthonyclarke2253 7 лет назад +14

      It's highway robbery!

    • @gregpuryear8163
      @gregpuryear8163 6 лет назад +10

      We need the hip hop police in the worst way

    • @ralphnyg7018
      @ralphnyg7018 6 лет назад +2

      Chris Caruthers Amen!

    • @mfghost2165
      @mfghost2165 6 лет назад

      u just listenin in the wrong places man. Theres still A LOT OF FUCKING DOPE SHIT out there.

  • @christopherharper1972
    @christopherharper1972 10 лет назад +187

    I miss 94/95 almost brings a tear to my eyes. Thinking about NY in the summer. Jamaica Ave...the smells of food, the crowds, the dollar vans bumpin' this on a Saturday afternoon... Go to the city later with my wife and kick it.... Miss NYC....

    • @christopherharper1972
      @christopherharper1972 10 лет назад +2

      ***** Lol! You ain't never lied bruh! Worst song of 94,95,96 eats the best these kids got in '14! Fa real! lol... See you from my old jumpoff the Boogie Down! Queens bred but got my Ed in the BX lol

    • @christopherharper1972
      @christopherharper1972 10 лет назад +2

      I used to see Joe in Queens on Jamaica ave back in his DITC days lol! He's gone Hwood now lol! Thanks for the p-list! You got crazy joints! BTW Florida is one of my most hated states lol! I'm in Va now. Neither is good for NY cats lol! One!

    • @christopherharper1972
      @christopherharper1972 10 лет назад

      Lol! No doubt fam! Same to you! Lol

    • @lubui2583
      @lubui2583 10 лет назад

      lmao you aint lying

    • @shoot210
      @shoot210 9 лет назад +4

      Damn I wish I grew up in ny man reading yalls stories is dope

  • @Akeeyama
    @Akeeyama 3 года назад +133

    Bruh it was dope seeing this on the Krs-One vs Big Daddy Kane Tonight

  • @1720-l8e
    @1720-l8e 4 года назад +290

    2020 coronavirus lockdown and pumping this klassic. R u still pumping this in 2020?

  • @S.P.E.A.R.
    @S.P.E.A.R. 9 лет назад +80

    One of THE hardest Beats in Hip Hop.

  • @rickschannel8428
    @rickschannel8428 7 лет назад +150

    True hip hop mad respect to NYC and from the south.. I miss New York Undercover...

    • @MrTaz081
      @MrTaz081 6 лет назад +3

      Rick's channel every Thursday night

    • @thephoenix2176
      @thephoenix2176 5 лет назад +2

      - Just thinking that !

    • @alfredosilva713
      @alfredosilva713 4 года назад

      @@thephoenix2176 que ytt

    • @thephoenix2176
      @thephoenix2176 4 года назад

      @@alfredosilva713 Those same lips that wrote for me to be que ytt- can 💋 my butt

    • @IcedOutReek
      @IcedOutReek 4 года назад

      U know wassup bro 💪🏽 much respect to u too bro

  • @jddavisnyc
    @jddavisnyc 2 года назад +304

    Hands down, one of the sickest baselines ever created!!!! BX stand up!

  • @loveablearies
    @loveablearies 6 лет назад +157

    Real hip hop with a reggae flair! Classic

    • @nelsonkiiru7252
      @nelsonkiiru7252 4 года назад +7

      Hip hop and dancehall u mean!?

    • @tyleryoung7657
      @tyleryoung7657 2 года назад +1

      Thanks to early 91 nwa put reggae beats in their songs and had yardie man in always into something

  • @Trophy27
    @Trophy27 5 лет назад +99

    This went hard at every hooky party I attended in the 90’s 😭 dam I miss the golden era.

  • @trevormarshall8553
    @trevormarshall8553 2 года назад +34

    Thank you New York Undercover for bringing me back here

    • @Therealness8480
      @Therealness8480 3 месяца назад +2

      😂

    • @StoneKvtter
      @StoneKvtter 3 месяца назад +5

      That show had the best soundtrack

    • @tlrrob3767
      @tlrrob3767 2 месяца назад +1

      Same here lol. Was just watching a rerun and googled the lyrics and this is how i found it.

    • @dr.aliadixonnursepractitio6473
      @dr.aliadixonnursepractitio6473 24 дня назад +2

      The Best soundtrack my college dorm stayed lit watching New York Undercover dancing in my small dorm room 🇯🇲 The 90s era 🔥

  • @jamalpayne115
    @jamalpayne115 2 года назад +16

    Thank you New York Undercover!

  • @BirdsR
    @BirdsR 3 года назад +31

    I miss 90s Hip Hop. It brought people together from all walks of life ,Races and backgrounds. Better times.

    • @irishoconnell6283
      @irishoconnell6283 2 года назад +3

      Rite on

    • @habituallinestepper3927
      @habituallinestepper3927 Год назад

      No it didn’t , black people were demonized for rap music and culture , other races started listening to it and stealing and mimicking it.

  • @Technolasco
    @Technolasco 4 года назад +92

    One of those songs I'm happy to own on Vinyl!
    When this came out, NYC was FIRE, amazing decade of timeless pieces!

  • @mmone1178
    @mmone1178 3 года назад +334

    I remember this when I was carrying my son and when this beat come on he would move in my belly🙌🏾🙌🏾 He 27🥰🥰🥰

    • @JeromeGigante
      @JeromeGigante 3 года назад +11

      LEGENDARY!

    • @JeromeGigante
      @JeromeGigante 3 года назад +19

      90s was such a marathon & legacy , it is missed dearly 😔

    • @sunforrest896
      @sunforrest896 2 года назад +5

      Lol i luv it

    • @erikdiaz8341
      @erikdiaz8341 2 года назад +3

      So amazing, Epic 🔥🔥🔥💯💪

    • @jordanbruen3024
      @jordanbruen3024 2 года назад +1

      2 minutes 3 second into video 🔥🔥🔥

  • @Amidat
    @Amidat Год назад +9

    Memories... Jamaica to NYC... 80's and 90's... what times those were!

    • @elliot2177
      @elliot2177 4 месяца назад

      Brooklyn in dis bitch

  • @BIGARIESMCFLY
    @BIGARIESMCFLY 8 лет назад +99

    I was a little young boy when this shit came out, brings back so many memories.... I miss the 90s

    • @rashadcampbell8233
      @rashadcampbell8233 5 лет назад +1

      ARIESGANG757 Rip Uncle James Carter I remember listening to this song in the car On my way! To pay our respect back in 93’

    • @Forgemno
      @Forgemno 4 года назад +1

      Yo remember when new York undercover used this

    • @stein7904
      @stein7904 4 года назад

      ARIESGANG757 so do i

    • @JeromeGigante
      @JeromeGigante 3 года назад +1

      @@rashadcampbell8233 this song dropped in that late spring & early summer of 94 my brova 💪🏾

    • @SusanaGarcia-yj9vn
      @SusanaGarcia-yj9vn 2 года назад

      ☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆

  • @jasonduncan9747
    @jasonduncan9747 4 года назад +59

    One of the maddest intros in hip hop history

  • @matzomaniac
    @matzomaniac 8 лет назад +297

    That beat is ice cold!!

  • @neldadon
    @neldadon 3 года назад +10

    I get so much nostalgia. 80$ 90s
    Born raised Brooklyn Dominicano
    Salute to my jah Jamaicans n boricuas

  • @rafaelrosario3114
    @rafaelrosario3114 8 лет назад +64

    classic you don't listen to music like this anymore on the radio

  • @SOUTHEASTLA562
    @SOUTHEASTLA562 2 года назад +16

    I WISH I OWNED A TIME MACHINE!!!!

  • @daviddrysdale2746
    @daviddrysdale2746 8 лет назад +50

    One of the best riddims/beats ever... Straight..

  • @ColionWarez
    @ColionWarez 8 месяцев назад +574

    Take it easy Anyone hear in 2024 🇯🇲

  • @Gamingwithunc
    @Gamingwithunc 6 лет назад +115

    Back in 94 my boy Henry let me hold this single on cassette. Man I listened one time and said he not getting this back. Lol damn the memories

    • @ambientsounds1416
      @ambientsounds1416 5 лет назад +6

      In 93 I could record onto tapes, why not be a good friend to Henry and just makes yourself a copy and give him back the original, hiphop taught you to steal?

    • @sweetpeaches3137
      @sweetpeaches3137 4 года назад +5

      Shaheer Henderson I swear it’s 1994

    • @sirresebethea
      @sirresebethea 4 года назад +4

      Shaheer Henderson 94

    • @henrycastellanosiv1875
      @henrycastellanosiv1875 4 года назад +8

      Can I get my shit back bruh?

    • @kayriderbey1771
      @kayriderbey1771 4 года назад +2

      @@henrycastellanosiv1875 Lol

  • @sv101121
    @sv101121 7 лет назад +52

    Where my bamboo earrings, name plate everything!!!! Block parties, straight life, hot 97... ahhhhh good times

  • @TBrown-mi8ik
    @TBrown-mi8ik 4 года назад +88

    This is one of my favorite songs in the world the sickest beat ever God I miss the 90s wish I had a time machine it was some good times man I swear, I feel sorry for the kids in this generation that didn't get a chance to experience what us 80s / 90s kids did an I'm a 84 baby to be exact lol

    • @raycooper7743
      @raycooper7743 4 года назад +4

      Mrs. T. Brown, I couldn't agree more. You look great too.

    • @JeromeGigante
      @JeromeGigante 3 года назад +4

      Fr thoo , SOOO many great memories & what a feeling , LIFE WAS GREAT before social media

    • @seanfelder3977
      @seanfelder3977 2 года назад +3

      Facts it was blessing growing up the golden age of hip hop in 1990s

    • @Tc-jl9lg
      @Tc-jl9lg 2 года назад +1

      Facts 💯

    • @flavanationJ
      @flavanationJ 2 года назад

      you sure?

  • @csnodgers9025
    @csnodgers9025 3 года назад +9

    Man Wish I could have lived in the NYC during the mid-eighties early nineties. Seem like it was good and fun times with Hip Hop being at it's peak.

  • @ashyelbos
    @ashyelbos 3 года назад +59

    This always reminds me of the show New York Undercover...telling my age

    • @navielehayes5539
      @navielehayes5539 3 года назад

      Why does it remind you of it?

    • @Judah--YB
      @Judah--YB 3 года назад +2

      They played this on ny undercover

    • @fredataylor6618
      @fredataylor6618 3 года назад +1

      Riiiiight they played the entire song

    • @sharonwilkins3583
      @sharonwilkins3583 3 года назад +2

      🗽🇯🇲

    • @loopspringsteen1479
      @loopspringsteen1479 2 месяца назад +1

      @@navielehayes5539 they always played a hot record when the crime was being committed during the opening scene of the show. this was 1 of em

  • @ginoventura7226
    @ginoventura7226 2 года назад +5

    Look at fat Joe behind the turntables. Young as hell. What happened to hip hop ??? Miss these days. So glad I was born in 1980. I witnessed all the good shit.

  • @therealflamelit
    @therealflamelit 8 лет назад +377

    TOO MANY SUCKERS & NOT ENOUGH TIME..mad Lion knew what was gonna happen to the rap game

    • @CarlosDiaz-zp7bk
      @CarlosDiaz-zp7bk 8 лет назад +4

      trudat

    • @kawasakiali7685
      @kawasakiali7685 7 лет назад +5

      And What in the WORLD happened to those SUCKERS? 0:35

    • @CarlosDiaz-zp7bk
      @CarlosDiaz-zp7bk 7 лет назад +6

      ONCEUPONAMYTH REALITY really doe ther gone all disney music wit wack lyrics no pain no soul.

    • @shrill8836
      @shrill8836 7 лет назад +12

      Hold This L. Debarge hopefully we can go back to the 90s feeling again somehow..

    • @yolandafranklin8453
      @yolandafranklin8453 7 лет назад +17

      giving me 90's chills, the best era😋

  • @luisangeldrosnegron3445
    @luisangeldrosnegron3445 3 года назад +25

    This is by far one of the hardest beats/song ever!

  • @ghostdogfelton9789
    @ghostdogfelton9789 Год назад +4

    Besides being from Brooklyn, my brother and I were with the 82nd airborne division and this was his favorite song or one of them. We both like this song but this was his favorite my brother passed away and I played this song constantly. My brother was called Brooklyn. What is first name was Robert, so he is you, Robert Brooklyn, Felton

  • @thr3at26
    @thr3at26 7 лет назад +253

    This beat tho. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @onlyoneocean7910
    @onlyoneocean7910 5 лет назад +46

    This still one of the hardest beats i ever heard

  • @kennethlopez6527
    @kennethlopez6527 3 года назад +5

    Mad lion with black moon -- my first hip hop concert!!!! December 1992 Wilkes University Wilkes Barre PA..my hometown. I remember it like it was yesterday. 30.years later -- I'm still rocking out yo this.

  • @timray4988
    @timray4988 5 лет назад +53

    This shit still go HARD after all these yrs. dope as classic music. These new cats couldn’t flow over beat like tht

  • @MissZiona
    @MissZiona Год назад +10

    Thanks to 2023 BET Awards, remember this song since childhood. I was nine years old live in Yonkers/BX, NY. SN: STILL jamming!!!!

  • @lcd3001
    @lcd3001 4 месяца назад +5

    Glad I was raised 🇵🇷around my jamaican people they are the best ❤I’m 52 and miss my 90 era 🥹

  • @uniquelyevie
    @uniquelyevie Год назад +12

    New York Undercover brought me here! I remember always loving this song since I was little.

    • @higherregion
      @higherregion Год назад

      which epsidoe

    • @renj6531
      @renj6531 6 месяцев назад

      @@higherregion sins of the father

    • @renj6531
      @renj6531 6 месяцев назад

      same

  • @johnargue2977
    @johnargue2977 8 лет назад +190

    play this loud for 2016! bring it back

  • @l.christinejones8164
    @l.christinejones8164 6 лет назад +175

    17 years old, hanging on 125th in a car full of my friends on a hot summer night blasting this #90'sbaby😉

  • @christashoffner5013
    @christashoffner5013 2 года назад +11

    Mannnn…being a teenager in the 90’s was the best!

  • @kerryalfaro9437
    @kerryalfaro9437 2 года назад +59

    People DON'T understand what a great song THIS IS!!! Gotta take it EASY..

  • @charlycash
    @charlycash 9 лет назад +144

    They stripped Nyc of all of it's flavor. No more vibes people wouldn't understand if didn't live there.

    • @madface16
      @madface16 9 лет назад +5

      facts smh

    • @LouieV6
      @LouieV6 8 лет назад +13

      +charlycash Word bro. Nothing Hip Hop about New York anymore

    • @timafiggy
      @timafiggy 8 лет назад +5

      +charlycash yeah NY looks like louisvill now country as hell !

    • @charlycash
      @charlycash 8 лет назад +3

      +Tarkeema Lewis I don't know about that but a lot of things that made city great is gone.

    • @timafiggy
      @timafiggy 8 лет назад +7

      that is scary! so all we have is pictures and videos of the past.just great.i guess bloodberg did his job.

  • @islanddreams4805
    @islanddreams4805 2 года назад +27

    Such a dope ass track and lions voice is perfect for this track

  • @burrellesemaj
    @burrellesemaj 2 года назад +18

    This beat alwaysss knocked.. it had Ny on fire in the summer ❤️

  • @Swagandkicks
    @Swagandkicks Год назад +7

    Take it easy 2023🎉

  • @olivergutierrez4055
    @olivergutierrez4055 9 лет назад +73

    Damn man, I miss this type of music, shit was relaxed but tough at the same time

  • @Tavaras
    @Tavaras 7 лет назад +2549

    As the Jeans got Tighter, the Music got Wacker

  • @Bobbychristopher
    @Bobbychristopher 5 лет назад +58

    What was in the water in the 90s? My goodness...

    • @Stanlayy-em4fk
      @Stanlayy-em4fk 4 года назад +9

      It's kinda a mid-way point where A&R and record companies let the artist and streets dictate the music. It's why the 90's were so diverse. X-Clan, Krs-One, N.W.A., Too Short, Wu-Tang Clan, ATCQ could all top the charts on any given month. We had options and everybody got a chance to shine.

    • @ThizzlainyaTwizzla
      @ThizzlainyaTwizzla 3 года назад

      Hip Hop was alive and well

    • @BLAZENYCBLACKOPS
      @BLAZENYCBLACKOPS 3 года назад

      Passion and creativity, making something from nothing!

  • @SimplyDee12935
    @SimplyDee12935 2 года назад +23

    I was 8 years old when this song came out and I still remember the vibes back then. I love it!

    • @montelsprinkle8751
      @montelsprinkle8751 2 года назад +2

      Even though I was 3 and don't remember it lol its still hot

  • @davidgilbertson89
    @davidgilbertson89 4 года назад +83

    Mad Lion definitely had some shit he needed to get off his chest.

    • @rayray7906
      @rayray7906 3 года назад +3

      Right 🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @jdeezy1200
    @jdeezy1200 7 лет назад +21

    This beat is a damn classic man. Legendary!

  • @Brooklyn1Don
    @Brooklyn1Don 3 года назад +13

    Yo I remember when Mad Lion Preformed this at the tunnel night club in like 95 ! The Whole Club was Doing the Pepper Seed Dance ! Lol. The 90s Kid .. U had to be there ! They’ll never be another era like this …

    • @staygold15
      @staygold15 4 месяца назад

      Never ever again... We were so lucky to be part of it at its Golden Peak

  • @sxenae82
    @sxenae82 2 года назад +8

    I feel like crying right now. How could time pass by like this?

    • @staygold15
      @staygold15 4 месяца назад

      Im with you ... Sometimes i feel like cryin when i Hear Gems like this... But i hold tigntly to the fact we were so lucky an so blessed to been part of the greatest era of hip hop of all time

  • @DynamicallyDC
    @DynamicallyDC 9 лет назад +49

    Gotta Take It Easy.. Whaatt! Classic 💕

  • @foodwanderer2342
    @foodwanderer2342 10 лет назад +28

    this song is a hard classic

  • @dionnahfreyer8164
    @dionnahfreyer8164 5 лет назад +37

    2019 and i still loooooove his voice!

  • @ricardoagamez5427
    @ricardoagamez5427 6 месяцев назад +6

    REGGAE + HIP HOP + RAGGA MUFFING + R&B = OLD SCHOOL,.
    90'S OLD SCHOOL NEVER DIES,

  • @mr.tonyshiphopschool266
    @mr.tonyshiphopschool266 5 лет назад +32

    I hope this happens in the afterlife!!! Late 1980s and 90s hip hop please Most High!!!!!

    • @jdilla999
      @jdilla999 3 года назад +3

      Exactly 👍🏿

  • @binhiddin1
    @binhiddin1 9 лет назад +60

    fabolous did a freestyle on this beat, this what got me here. Classic

    • @mannycisneros5765
      @mannycisneros5765 7 лет назад +4

      binthakid biggie got one too but its just the first verse to unbelievable

    • @robertanderson5890
      @robertanderson5890 7 лет назад

      same

    • @joeybrown2356
      @joeybrown2356 6 лет назад +1

      And killed dat shit

    • @TC-uu8rh
      @TC-uu8rh 6 лет назад

      Oh shit going to find that in 2018. Beat go so hard

    • @robiningram285
      @robiningram285 6 лет назад

      binthakid he not playing no game's with the beat....

  • @vetvetgb2304
    @vetvetgb2304 9 лет назад +9

    I agree we had a lot of flavors in hip hop back then good times :-)

  • @Keezie27
    @Keezie27 5 месяцев назад +1

    Dope Hip hop/Dancehall collaboration. The beat goes too hard 🔥. Never get tired of it. This song was everywhere on the streets of Brooklyn when I was growing up. The 90's...what a time.

  • @LizEth10219
    @LizEth10219 8 лет назад +32

    that was filmed at my old Jr high school C.I.S. 148x... Charles D. Drew. ....
    .I would definitely take 1980's & 1990's hip. hop...over this crap we have now... ..

  • @bsimmons4284
    @bsimmons4284 10 лет назад +8

    This is one of the hardest beats of all time.

  • @jus3278
    @jus3278 5 лет назад +20

    Man I was never even the biggest Reggae fan but Take It Easy was always a classic. Big Ups to Mad Lion and the whole BDP!!!!

    • @DLCOrganization
      @DLCOrganization 2 года назад +1

      In this case, it was Ragga Hip-Hop. And incidentally, this very track
      was one of THE LAST prominent hits of the original Ragga Hip-Hop era.

  • @josesalazar-fk3gu
    @josesalazar-fk3gu Год назад +3

    My family and had the honor to meet and greet with Mad Lion at rhymefest 2023 yo this event was fire if you weren't there you missed it..

  • @JA-SF2TX
    @JA-SF2TX 6 лет назад +187

    Who's listening to this song on February 2, 2018 😎

  • @Tabby.cat2
    @Tabby.cat2 5 лет назад +10

    We used to be up in the club just sweating (dehydrated)and dancing to this joint right here!!! This was the jam!!! Brings back soooo many good memories of college FSU’s back at JCSU!!!

  • @TheOrdinal81
    @TheOrdinal81 Год назад +20

    This song takes me back to a place and time in history we'll never get again...

  • @darthyves
    @darthyves 9 лет назад +24

    Wow this takes me back..

  • @Bori-Domi-24
    @Bori-Domi-24 10 лет назад +57

    Still dope Props to MAD LION. Jamaica n Puerto Rico the hottest islands in the Caribbean. We the Caribbeans are still taking over the World Lol What I'm Mad Ready ..Jamaicans,PRicans,Dominicans,Cubans the Haitians we all Caribbeans. PLAO BUMBACLOT.

    • @Aesop101
      @Aesop101 6 лет назад +2

      LONG LIVE AFRICA

    • @nicarawata
      @nicarawata 5 лет назад +1

      In Nicaragua we chat just like Jamaica, we have dancehall artist since the 80s...papa bantam, kali boom, CARIBINGHI, Bluefieldsoundsystem...etc

  • @whitleykillerface
    @whitleykillerface 5 лет назад +31

    Finally found this damn song!!! Had it in my head since i was a kid 😜

  • @monicataylor6145
    @monicataylor6145 19 дней назад +1

    Why can't music now be like this?

  • @cigarcatfromwayback...lets380
    @cigarcatfromwayback...lets380 7 лет назад +10

    LOVED this cut back in the day! STILL listen to it on my ipod!

  • @jboogs80
    @jboogs80 4 года назад +29

    Still bumpin in 2020!