Yo bro I'm born raised Bronx.. I'm telling you I was in 6th grade when I first saw this video on rap City bro. This joint will forever be my favorite of all time. This and Notorious thugs Bizzy Bone's verse.
Many people don’t know it was Juvie that put Cash Money on the map. He was the first one to drop critically acclaimed albums. 400 degrees is still the biggest selling album on cash money of all time. Wayne just became the face but we all no without Juvie theirs no Cash Money. And shout out Manny with the beats.
BINGO!! Old Wayne interviews say as much. He was SOOO GEEKED to join CMR, because Juve, and I think BG, had local hits and were hot on the club scene, and of course, he was running around the 'Nolia doing the dummy, so when they signed him he was sooo young, it was like 96/97, he was just there to add a verse or two. Juve was already ON locally. #LongLive #ClubKidsOfThe90s #OUReraKILLED
We do know this it's just that Wayne's bars completely transcended juvenile and b.g come on now lmao when Wayne passes on he will have college courses dedicated to his lyrics
You was a teenager when this came out ha? You in your late 30s, early 40s now ha? You got kids damn near your age when this came out ha? You got too many bills now ha? You wondered where the time went ha?
As a guy who came up listening to the much more complex and technical NY stuff, I couldn’t stand Southern hip hop. Then this song came out and I just couldn’t hate it, no matter how hard I tried. Still sounds fresh.
Probably because like most NY rap, Juvenile came out with a message instead of bullshit. Most NY rappers were spitting messages instead of "yeah what ok" "tv on the wall, yeah, "
This is actually POETRY. He perfectly paints a portrait of the personalities you encounter in the ghetto. It's sad some people will look down on this (and Rap in general) because of it's roughness, aggression, and lack of fancy words. What they fail to understand is, it's the grittiness that makes it an ACCURATE representation. This is ART.
100% - I actually had to re-listen to this 3 or 4 times in a row, after not listening to this for about 22 years; he paints such a vivid picture so efficiently, that at 18 I did not have any of the life experience to understand all the different people he mentions. Now that I'm gonna be 40 this year HOLY MOLY I can say I've met every form of person he's mentioned. I have a new appreciation for the genius of this record.
I’m glad someone knows that a lot of it is sarcastic. Like idk I can only understand it in my head. I know how he’s saying it. Can’t really express it tho.
For me that's wild you say that. I just rewatched my block for the first time in about ten years the other day... And it blew my fucking mind lol. I'm still Wiggin out on it. It's beautifully shot, the acting in it is so well done without them even saying a word, the concept is genius, and the subject matter is hard hitting and poetic.
Was in HS when this dropped. We spoke like this for 6months. Going to trigonometry, ha. Drinking from the water fountain, ha. About to cheat on my test, ha.
No joke, same here. I was on the phone with this chick and she told me she was taking a bath, just off the top of my head I was like "you keep ya body clean, ha" and we both fell out laughing. I smashed like 3 days later 😁
I remember when “HA” aired on BET for the first time in’98 the beat & video had me in a trance never heard anything like it, born in the south raised in the north it brought back a familiar time for me
I was one of maybe 20 kids at my 900 person high school that were all about hip hop. You had your malibus most wanted click, but I always got the feeling they just listened to rap for a image and jammed Vanessa Carlton and heart when no one was around. My swag was straight stoner skater. I remember master p ghetto d was huge, anything by bone thugs cause I lived in michigan. Even life in 1472 by Jermaine dupri. I want to say Ludacris came out like 01 02. I remember one of my favorite 2pac songs was that slow jam with Jon b r u still down. I had a Rockford fosgate 360 pushing 2 mtx 12s in the trunk of my 92 park avenue. When I first heard "ha" I could only understand the few versus in between the chorus. Had no idea he said "ha" til I bought 400 degrees but loved hearing it all anyways. Good times.
The fact that Cash Money rolled with this as their first mainstream single on a major label just shows how much faith they had in it. NO ONE was rapping like this nor was there a sound like this (only Ghetto Mafia has a similar sound (Big Tymers also rapped similar later on Get Your Roll On)) The video and song were straight gutta with subliminal Cash Money flashy elements
You can't say no one was rapping like this when No Limit was around. Ghetto D came out before this. Mystikal already had radio play with Man Right Chea and Here I Go. No Limit got popular first but Mannie & Wayne took Cash Money higher
For reals. I still remember when this video hit mtv. It was unique. Maybe not in the south or the underground, but on a mainstream scale, it introduced another style of grimy.
And the fact that they rolled with this as their first mainstream single on a major label just shows how much faith they had in it. The video and song were straight gutta with subliminal Cash Money flashy elements
swifftouch you right about that. For example you could tell which rapper is was on the radio simply because of their uniqueness. Those days are sadly over. R.I.P HIP HOP
Once Jay hopped on the remix it was really solidified, that's why I fuck wit Jigga he was always a fan of the real Southern emcees, UGK, Outkast, Face etc..
This song is a mood, pure nostalgia. One day, they’ll come back to truly hail The Godfather of Cash Money. This song gave birth to their entirety and those who came afterwards, up to and including YM collaborations.
That verse in this Hit is a MOTIVATIONAL SPEECH. Juvenile put Cash Money on the Map and they took off with Mannie Fresh. This shit brings chills because this year 1998 was the greatest era of Hip Hop.🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥🚒🚒🚒🚒
Rest In Peace to all the original projects across the country torn down, remodeled or gentrified. Gone but never forgotten.. you can take us out the project but can’t take the project out of us- juvenile
He came back on his own and Juve the Great was nasty ass FUCK ! Juve was the only one I liked back in Cash Money and still bump em all day! Just so hood haha
Juvie said he wanted to sound like drunk uncle on this song, (so he got drunk) and now I definitely hear it now😂and it makes it better because he killed it🔥🔥🔥That’s classic hip hop right there.
I remember watching Cash Money blow up in the late 90s-early 2000s and Juvenile was the star of the label hands down. Who woulda thought the little nigga with the braids would not only eventually be bigger than everyone on the label but become one of the biggest stars in rap?🤯
Morning Affirmation : You a paper chaser, you got your block on fire Remaining a G until the moment you expire…. You know what it is you make nothin' out of somethin'… You handle your biz and don't be cryin' and sufferin'…. You a paper chaser, you got your block on fire… Remaining a G until the moment you expire…. You know what it is you make nothin' out of somethin'… You handle your biz and don't be cryin' and sufferin…. Dead ass realest shit ❤️
Anyone can critisize this track but listen to it word for word and see how potent and raw this is. Juvenile showed the gritty southern style rapping and its sad Jay-Z was the only one to realize this track had raw lyrics and thats why he got on and complimented this track .This track will be up their in the hip hop library forever. Go ahead and bash this track but first see what you have accomplished in life. This track is very unique and showed the soul of New Orleans..
Thank you for this. I recently heard this on the radio after probably 15years and with new ears and adult experiences, I can see it for it's worth. This is a brilliant song about culture and who people aspire to be. Just incredible storytelling. Super underrated for sure.
Exactly, that's why I fucks with Jay-Z. He's one of the first niggas from the eastcoast to give major love to Southern artists. He even reached out to UGK, Jermaine Dupri, Scarface etc. Jay a real one...
This song is straight genius. Never gets old either. Raw, gritty, groundbreaking rap from someone who’s got something say about where he’s from. Keep bringing it! 😎🤙🏾👊🏾
I remember watching this for the first time on MTV in the 90s. Pre internet, pre Google image, pre anything, bro. So just IMAGINE how crazy for a boy from LA, who grew up in the hood, raised on west coast RAP as well to see this!!! It was next level at that time because Juvi not only sounded totally different from anything I had heard, but he took you to his hood in this video. Which ain't even a hood its a MF project Lol.. And it don't look no close to ours in LA!!! Absolutely legendary 🔥🔥🔥
New Orleans is very different from the rest of Louisiana in general! Really a whole different world 🌎! Just imagine living that reality,and still living this reality shit hits real Different when this your life and still 💕
Now imagine all the people that weren't from there! This video and song is powerful. Basically just reporting what was going on their hood and we ate it up no matter what hood we were in. Like: HERE'S MY WORLD. Us: WE SEE YA!
@@valeenoi2284 domesticated father of 4. Lost a lot of friends on the streets from those days. Teaching my sons and and daughter about how we were. No regrets. Was fun times. Grew and learned
@@showme443 I didn't know you lived in this project. It must have been wild back then. I hope your kids grow up in an environment that provides them more opportunities to succeed in life.
+superteefy BG is really the main reason Cash Money got a record deal. People forget BG was the man on Cash Money a couple of years before Juvie. Rap critics call BG'S 1996 album Chopper City an underground classic
+2012NuLife naw... his album came out before juvi and didn't get love until after juvi soooooo there's that. bg is hot but juvi had the most commercial appeal
The brilliance of this is he ends each bar with Ha, but if you listen close you hear the internal rhyme of each bar. Truly genius level imho. Not many can pull it off...
All u gotta do is make it rhyme then add “ha” to the end. Not tryna take away from the song but chill anybody that can rhyme sum bars can add ha to the end of each one
Yeah Juve was pretty underrated as far as his schemes. No one underrated his music but his actual ability to structure a song was pretty fucking high on a technical level.
winsbeyond82 amazing how much things have changed in just 20 years. I remember when I had to rely on album reviews from magazines to decide which albums I was gonna buy, now I got access to all the music of the world on my phone for free
Davo La Jones you must have got a big allowance cause when I was a kid I couldn't buy all the albums I wanted to buy so I had to read the reviews to decide between the dozens and dozens of rap albums that were coming out every month
Easily one of the most monumentally important music videos of the 90's. From where it introduced Cash Money, which arguably ushered in the dominance of the south in rap music and crossover success, to the unbelievably documentary style grittiness of the subject matter and cinematography. This was the New Orleans BEFORE Katrina, the place that already had one of the highest crime rates in the country. And this video showed the nation it's people, their environment, and the reality in the most succinct and affecting ways. Not to mention introducing millions to the undeniable sound of Mannie Fresh. Forever underrated, but completely an INSTANT CLASSIC.
+Lucas Blaine more like facilitating the degeneration of america's moral fiber and affecting the minds of impressionable youth to think crime, violence and poverty is cool.
+Tyler Harrison. everyone is responsible for their own moral character. these things existed in America before juvenile was born. America has always sensationalized crime and violence. al Capone, Bonnie and Clyde . baby face Nelson and all others that follows that lifestyle.
+Lucas Blaine Yea, Mannie Fresh has one of the most consistently good catalogs around check out Blackout from memphis who did a lot of FLy's shit or the old Gimisum Fam shit
What?? Cash money and no limit got A LOT OF LOVE IN NY...trust me..bout it bout it..I always feel like somebody's watching me...make em say ugh MAN UNCLE P WAS THAT NIGGA! And then .....there was JUVE THE GREAT 🎉
Being stationed in Biloxi Mississippi and seeing New Orleans first hand as this blew up was a trip. For a moment in time, the epicenter of rap music was a weekend 75 minute drive from where I lived. And it started with this and Master P’s “Make Em Say Ugh”
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One of the hardest hooks in hip hop ever!
Agreed
JUVETHEGREAT MADE CASHMONEY!
Cecilio Quintero
one of the most underrated songs in hip hop
Yea the hook is from his song Solja Rag
This shit will forever be a classic
FOREVER
AND EVER
Yo bro I'm born raised Bronx.. I'm telling you I was in 6th grade when I first saw this video on rap City bro. This joint will forever be my favorite of all time. This and Notorious thugs Bizzy Bone's verse.
PERIOD.
cant get in my head bitc
Many people don’t know it was Juvie that put Cash Money on the map. He was the first one to drop critically acclaimed albums. 400 degrees is still the biggest selling album on cash money of all time. Wayne just became the face but we all no without Juvie theirs no Cash Money. And shout out Manny with the beats.
BINGO!! Old Wayne interviews say as much. He was SOOO GEEKED to join CMR, because Juve, and I think BG, had local hits and were hot on the club scene, and of course, he was running around the 'Nolia doing the dummy, so when they signed him he was sooo young, it was like 96/97, he was just there to add a verse or two. Juve was already ON locally. #LongLive #ClubKidsOfThe90s #OUReraKILLED
We do know this it's just that Wayne's bars completely transcended juvenile and b.g come on now lmao when Wayne passes on he will have college courses dedicated to his lyrics
@@MzUpliftingTeaWayne was apart of the Cash Money family before Juve was
BIG OLE FACTS!!!
say it again
Juvenile lowkey has some of the biggest down south hits I’ve ever heard . 🤷🏾♂️
Not true lil wayne has more hits
@@shonybaby9982 my comment was my opinion … not meant to be true or false … 😒
@@MrCartier7 I agree with you . I'm from England and I been listening to Juvenile since the Hot Boys . He was by far my favourite member .
@@shonybaby9982wayne doesn't have one of these.
This is a pure CLASSIC. Wayne doesn't have that lol
@@shonybaby9982cap
How is juvenile not among the greatest rappers? He created his own genre of rap.
Because people don't know who can really rap!
That’s how you know your trash when you make your own genre
But he definitely is though
@@reignbeauty395 nah
His beats are fiyah
You was a teenager when this came out ha?
You in your late 30s, early 40s now ha?
You got kids damn near your age when this came out ha?
You got too many bills now ha?
You wondered where the time went ha?
A Person 😂😂😂
Omg amazing
lol I was 7 when this dropped
Right....lol
I like that one....marvelous
I don't care what success Cash Money has had with Drake and Nicki, ain't nothing like the golden era of CMR when the Hot Boyz was still together.
The hotboyz made cash money records what it is to day
Truth.
Faxx
Facts
Big tymers was first youngins
45 years old and I'm riding around town with this in my ride like it's still 1999
42 and same...❤
It's better than the shit they listen to now and days
Right?!! That's the golden era
47
Just turned 46 on da 18th , 1999 was a cool year !!!
This shit was amazing. No song ever sounded like this before...4x platinum
@Nichole JohnAtlanta ga
As a guy who came up listening to the much more complex and technical NY stuff, I couldn’t stand Southern hip hop. Then this song came out and I just couldn’t hate it, no matter how hard I tried. Still sounds fresh.
@@whereisevan
As someone from NY (During the time this dropped), I DEFINITELY co-sign your comments.
Evan S We in CA was Slappin this Joint More than any West-Coast Artists During The REAL CashMoney Days!
Probably because like most NY rap, Juvenile came out with a message instead of bullshit. Most NY rappers were spitting messages instead of "yeah what ok" "tv on the wall, yeah, "
This is actually POETRY. He perfectly paints a portrait of the personalities you encounter in the ghetto. It's sad some people will look down on this (and Rap in general) because of it's roughness, aggression, and lack of fancy words. What they fail to understand is, it's the grittiness that makes it an ACCURATE representation. This is ART.
100% - I actually had to re-listen to this 3 or 4 times in a row, after not listening to this for about 22 years; he paints such a vivid picture so efficiently, that at 18 I did not have any of the life experience to understand all the different people he mentions. Now that I'm gonna be 40 this year HOLY MOLY I can say I've met every form of person he's mentioned. I have a new appreciation for the genius of this record.
damn straight.
Real talk💯💯💯
Ahh yes, complete gibberish and saying ha after every word is poetry.
@@tazero2467 listen to what he's saying you airhead
The sarcastic witty-ness behind this track is brilliant
Siga. Asiendo. Esa. Música.
Right lol
I’m glad someone knows that a lot of it is sarcastic. Like idk I can only understand it in my head. I know how he’s saying it. Can’t really express it tho.
@@jackderawayactually hes not being sarcastic everything he said actually happens in the hood till this day
@@BrandonElpslol the whole song is him chastising people 😂😂
As a 38yo white blue collar turned white collar male this album changed my life. 🔥
Like, from a recent listen? or when it came out?
@@AjHx90x Ha. The 12 year old me. Juve's style just always made me hear other tracks different.
This came out in 1998 ha?
Song is 20 yrs old ha?
Still bumping in 2018 ha?
Way better than than the rap of today ha?
TSean Powell hell yeah the new shirt out today sounds garbage i don't play some of that shirt ha
TSean Powell fuq yeah ha
Yo!lmao
Totally agree
8/28/2018
this is like almost not even rap. this some epic spoken word poetry from a raw thug nigga.
As a certified street nigga myself I can agree with
Maybe if I could understand most of it.
@@GuyIncognito486 dude I'm white and understood everything. Go outside.
@@ricky7973 Civil engineer. I am outside a lot.
When I was younger I thought he was just saying anything, but he's really tapping into how the individuals of the ghetto think. This 🔥
You must of was just a normal east coast hater
@@strongcat2421 Relax, plenty of NYC hiphop heads appreciate southern rap
@@Wanderer25 I know New York have some real niggas I can't lie
Right me too
I was the same way. I prejudged it and didn't really see it for what it was. Back then I was into a lot of other things
"Ha" and Scarface's "My Block" are two of the most underrated videos of all time.
For me that's wild you say that. I just rewatched my block for the first time in about ten years the other day... And it blew my fucking mind lol. I'm still Wiggin out on it. It's beautifully shot, the acting in it is so well done without them even saying a word, the concept is genius, and the subject matter is hard hitting and poetic.
When rappers had their own style.
Agreed
Fax
@@abrahampalmer8761 Kodak lil baby NBA youngboy nle choppa young thug etc
@@quentelhill5074 None of them niggas can really rap and they all sound the same. This was when niggas was outside in the south lyrically.
Very true. Music is pathetic nowadays.
This is a straight poetry spit about fakers and wanna be gangstas.
Thank u I never understand it😂
Thank you Juvenile and Manny Fresh for this timeless hit!
Yess!!!
2024 checking in
And it's still as hard as you remember 🔥
Ha
Check ha
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Nice
Juvenile is such a legend. Nothing but respect for that man
💜💛💜💛
Dope video too
Facts
That gotta be one of the grimiest projects I've ever seen 👀
Folk lore
"You listenin' to this 20 years later huh!" (2018)
Pennywise the Dancing Clown it’s because it’s a classic ha
Ya
Ain’t that crazy I didn’t even realize it had been that long
Hell yea.. infinity and beyond
Yep, 2018 ha?
Was in HS when this dropped. We spoke like this for 6months. Going to trigonometry, ha. Drinking from the water fountain, ha. About to cheat on my test, ha.
No joke, same here. I was on the phone with this chick and she told me she was taking a bath, just off the top of my head I was like "you keep ya body clean, ha" and we both fell out laughing. I smashed like 3 days later 😁
Summer of 1998 and 1999!!!!!!
I bet you got A on dat test ha 🤣
Yessir, I feel like being a teen in that era was the best feeling in the world. We had the best music for summertime too, lol
@@MsBellasworld dang right 👍
I remember when “HA” aired on BET for the first time in’98 the beat & video had me in a trance never heard anything like it, born in the south raised in the north it brought back a familiar time for me
Being from SC it left me speechless….
@@easy8325we was definitely playing this in Washington DC 💯...ya heard me?
Right it was so different!!
I was one of maybe 20 kids at my 900 person high school that were all about hip hop. You had your malibus most wanted click, but I always got the feeling they just listened to rap for a image and jammed Vanessa Carlton and heart when no one was around. My swag was straight stoner skater. I remember master p ghetto d was huge, anything by bone thugs cause I lived in michigan. Even life in 1472 by Jermaine dupri. I want to say Ludacris came out like 01 02. I remember one of my favorite 2pac songs was that slow jam with Jon b r u still down. I had a Rockford fosgate 360 pushing 2 mtx 12s in the trunk of my 92 park avenue. When I first heard "ha" I could only understand the few versus in between the chorus. Had no idea he said "ha" til I bought 400 degrees but loved hearing it all anyways. Good times.
The fact that Cash Money rolled with this as their first mainstream single on a major label just shows how much faith they had in it. NO ONE was rapping like this nor was there a sound like this (only Ghetto Mafia has a similar sound (Big Tymers also rapped similar later on Get Your Roll On))
The video and song were straight gutta with subliminal Cash Money flashy elements
You can't say no one was rapping like this when No Limit was around. Ghetto D came out before this. Mystikal already had radio play with Man Right Chea and Here I Go. No Limit got popular first but Mannie & Wayne took Cash Money higher
@@ilovemikerogers this was a completely different sound from what No Limit was producing.
@@floridaman7 Thank you for understanding what I was saying and having basic comprehension skills
This song sounded like nothing that was on the radio
For reals. I still remember when this video hit mtv. It was unique. Maybe not in the south or the underground, but on a mainstream scale, it introduced another style of grimy.
Big Tymers had the first mainstream single attempts before this, didn't hit big tho (Big Ballin' and Stun'n')
This beat was ahead of its time and I always get goosebumps when juvenile is rapping the chorus.
It’s horrible
@@alberts1985 u crazy asf
DJ Mannie fresh
@@Bryanthebroker exactly that bounce beat knocks hard.
@@alberts1985 it's a bounce beat
Shot out to the director of this video. Is actually great considering this song came out in '98.
Marc Klasfeld. Hugely underrated director. Check his videography
@@mg19cal holy cow , this guys worked with every one!
I imagine HD cameras or at least I imagine this was a cinematic type camera were super huge and expensive back then lol
Yooo I was gonna say the same thing. This is super cinematic even for 90s rap videos which tended to be fancier than modern ones.
Timeless classic. These kids now a days don't understand how good this shit sound in a good system. Banging up the block rattling window and trunks
This was one of the most unique and creative records of all times. It was catchy, it was hood, it was straight up New Orleans mane. Juv & Fresh
HA!
U got it👍👍👍👍🙌🙌
And the fact that they rolled with this as their first mainstream single on a major label just shows how much faith they had in it. The video and song were straight gutta with subliminal Cash Money flashy elements
I Can’t believe he was only 23 years old when he recorded the 400 Degreez album! He was wayyy ahead of his time. the goat of the south. Fashooo! 💪🏽💪🏽
💯💯💯
1997-98 shit was so hot Jayz got on the remix
@taylor D yea he was
He was 23
@@upt3wardsoulja Yes… he was 23
raw video. showed the reality of the projects. beautiful
Something unique about the New Orleans projects
This is the real New Orleans, not that tourist shit
Kyle Davis Are you from the NO?
Riekel Dawson yess
Baby was onto something when he called these projects "3rd World Magnolia" lol
If you wasn’t outside in ‘98 you have no idea how hard of an impact this thang had! 🥵
This was even popping in NYC, that's why half the east coast tried to get on this
this was some other planet sounding shit when it first came out - i was like wtf is this! loved it tho
"You a paper chaser, you got your block on fire, remaining a G, until the moment you expire" Juvenile went hard on this track.
you know what it is, making something out of nothing you handle your biz,no more crying & the suffering
Never knew what he was saying during the chorus!
This is a dead m daily affirmation of positive achievement!
@@IllMasterLOS I agree, that's very well said.😁😁👍👍
This song coulda came out in 2020 and still been a hit.
What are you smoking
@@khari6k632 the same thing that you’re smoking ha.
Press X to doubt
Hell yeah
This song been a hit
Back When Every Rapper had their own distinctive, and recognizable SOUND/STYLE
swifftouch you right about that. For example you could tell which rapper is was on the radio simply because of their uniqueness. Those days are sadly over. R.I.P HIP HOP
Make Rap great again
If I miss one thing about this era that's it
swifftouch Absolutely!!!
@@TheHistorianKing ruclips.net/video/A0quvTaQaQM/видео.html
“You got a trespassing charge ha??.. You was lookin at them lil broads ha” is crazy
Grew up on New York style rap so I clowned him when it first came out🤣 20 years later I’m rapping every word! Classic for real‼️
Hell nah..my family from the south..I'm 1st generation of New York blood..and THIS SHIT WAS FIRE IN1998
I’m from London, NYC behaved like they were hip hop gatekeepers, we fucked with the south tho
Marshall Campbell I mean they were they started it lol but the south had classics
Once Jay hopped on the remix it was really solidified, that's why I fuck wit Jigga he was always a fan of the real Southern emcees, UGK, Outkast, Face etc..
One of the most underrated beats in rap
Juvenile the best in Louisiana cuz
Look up let me find out part 2
Yesssirrr yet the best
Manny Fresh is a beast in beat mode
Yeah it sound like they hitting foil lol
“You don’t come in the projects when it’s dark, huh?”
No, sir.
Lmaoooo
Good choice.
Sure don't lmaoooo
😂
lmao
“You listening to this in 2024, ha?
The music of today is trash, ha?”
😂😂😂😂
😂😂😂😂
Omg I just hollered so dang loud at this comment 😂😂😂😂😂
😂😂😂😂
Me
Juve rappin like an old southern preacher
💯💪🏾
Between Cash Money & No Limit. New Orleans had the rap game in a chokehold late 90s, Big Facts! & I’m from ATL
Big tymers and 504 boys too
Yea You Guys had some momentum.
NY was always the best but yea I agree ATL is pretty underrated rap wise
Agreed, but Three 6 Mafia were much better to me.
@@phantasyryder I agree, but once Cash Money took over, it overshadow all of Memphis, including Three 6 Mafia, 8 Ball & MJG, Playa Fly etc.
I miss the hell out of these days.... My God.....
Angelitta Hudson, good times. 90's and early 2000's were some special years.
Good times
Angelitta Hudson me too man
Wat u talkin haa ?
Angelitta Hudson awwh
"You keep your body clean ha" Still say that line 26 years later lol
the greatest hood video ever created
This one and dmx rough riders anthem
@@california650 I was about to say!!! top two
And Nellys lil drive by anthem
And Cam’ron’s Let me know
tough category to rank
Them Mannie fresh beats just hit different 🔥🔥🙌🏽
Yeah I know!
When New, Orleans and South rappers developed their own sound. Shit is amazing.
We been had our own sound long before this song came out
+IMxYOURxDADDY nah NY just Fell the fuck off
+ol305stunna thanks you
They made bounce music they been doing thier own thang since the 80s
+IMxYOURxDADDY southern rap didn't become mainstream until crunk music came about....
Em gave Juv his flowers before anyone else,gotta love slim
Juvie just said in an interview that he got Em to sign 50 Cent. What’s their back in the day relationship?
Yes sir Eminem 🔥🔥
Some where I can hear a em version of ha😂 the same breaking the 4th wall shit
@@csamantha2009he was saving 50 from signing his life away to Birdman like he did. Which is also how 50 knew and ended up signing Young Buck.
Birdman owe juve for this Seriously
I-am I-am Amen!
no cash money without this song
And Manny Fresh
Factz juv made cash money name known with this song and back dat azzup
This song is a mood, pure nostalgia. One day, they’ll come back to truly hail The Godfather of Cash Money. This song gave birth to their entirety and those who came afterwards, up to and including YM collaborations.
That’s why they call him Juvie the Great
Cash Money had been around for years when this came out. This was the first song released outside New Orleans.
BG and UNLV is cash money royalty bro
Juve and Slim, Magnolia kings forever.
Facts
my nizzle!!!!!!.. they dont understand how unique this video is.. crazy ass song.. he broke down the ghetto
Lak Gun
He's a Monster
That verse in this Hit is a MOTIVATIONAL SPEECH. Juvenile put Cash Money on the Map and they took off with Mannie Fresh. This shit brings chills because this year 1998 was the greatest era of Hip Hop.🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥🚒🚒🚒🚒
Juvenile made Cash Money
Death Proof I’m pretty sure the turdman er birdman got that record deal with universal based off of “drag em n the river” by unlv
teecee drinkmorebeer Most of the record execs said it was because of their consistency in dropping albums. They were really drawn to BG.
Damn sure did
Death Proof Yes indeed he did.
Melvyn Singleton Agree
Rest In Peace to all the original projects across the country torn down, remodeled or gentrified. Gone but never forgotten..
you can take us out the project but can’t take the project out of us- juvenile
Cleaborn Homes Memphis TN 1955-2011
@@ladarrylemccalpin Was Dolph from the projects in Memphis?
Lil Bricks (Felix Fuld housing) Newark,NJ. 1932-2009
@@Thefitnesstrucker88 you know chop? He from brick towers
Central Park village. Tampa Florida
I can pause at ANY frame of the clip and it'd make a great album cover, it's incredible
I just watch this video for about the millionth time, and it's undeniable how correct you are!
@Wilt - That's called excellent cinematography 👌
Eminem brought me back to this Cash Money classic
Yup
Which song?
Road rage dawg
@@gnice1465road rage
Lmaooo 😂😂 Literally the reason I'm here
Juvie put Cash Money on the map. Pity they didn't put more support behind him as they continued to build.
He came back on his own and Juve the Great was nasty ass FUCK ! Juve was the only one I liked back in Cash Money and still bump em all day! Just so hood haha
UNLV
B.G
No B.G. put them on the map
400 degrees was such a sick album
Juvie said he wanted to sound like drunk uncle on this song, (so he got drunk) and now I definitely hear it now😂and it makes it better because he killed it🔥🔥🔥That’s classic hip hop right there.
That’s awesome
😂😂🔥🔥🔥🔥
I was today years young when I learned this 🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️
This song will forever be a masterpiece in my eyes.
RIP Cousin Uua Assoc La. 🎉😢
video is a masterpiece too.
@@JonReynoldsESQvideo definitely legendary
Juve one of the goats...all his album were hitting
I remember watching Cash Money blow up in the late 90s-early 2000s and Juvenile was the star of the label hands down. Who woulda thought the little nigga with the braids would not only eventually be bigger than everyone on the label but become one of the biggest stars in rap?🤯
Morning Affirmation : You a paper chaser, you got your block on fire
Remaining a G until the moment you expire….
You know what it is you make nothin' out of somethin'…
You handle your biz and don't be cryin' and sufferin'….
You a paper chaser, you got your block on fire…
Remaining a G until the moment you expire….
You know what it is you make nothin' out of somethin'…
You handle your biz and don't be cryin' and sufferin…. Dead ass realest shit ❤️
Oh man, I thought he was saying, "Cryin' in your supper"
😂😂😂
I thought it was "You got your Glock on fire"
That's the lyrics then?
This has got to be one of the realest if not the greatest songs of all time. He spits the straight truth and he is talking shit and it's FIRE.
Anyone can critisize this track but listen to it word for word and see how potent and raw this is. Juvenile showed the gritty southern style rapping and its sad Jay-Z was the only one to realize this track had raw lyrics and thats why he got on and complimented this track .This track will be up their in the hip hop library forever. Go ahead and bash this track but first see what you have accomplished in life. This track is very unique and showed the soul of New Orleans..
Thank you for this. I recently heard this on the radio after probably 15years and with new ears and adult experiences, I can see it for it's worth. This is a brilliant song about culture and who people aspire to be. Just incredible storytelling. Super underrated for sure.
Exactly, that's why I fucks with Jay-Z. He's one of the first niggas from the eastcoast to give major love to Southern artists. He even reached out to UGK, Jermaine Dupri, Scarface etc. Jay a real one...
Real spit!
Cuh what! You’re preaching a song that a first grader can maje
Jay verse was wack tho frfr 💯
Yeah you already know this that 1997-98 school year. If you a 80s baby you already know where im going with this shit.
Classic, Mannie Fresh a fool with them beats, he a legend. 400 Degrees in my opinion was Juvienile's best CD.
Brandon Burden it’s 👌🏽💯
This the album that put cash money on the map
This shit is still hard AF.
This still sounds fresher than 99% of the shit coming out
So true
No lie....this is trash. I remember it being waaaaaayyyyyy better than this.
Timeless classic.
FACTS
We was representing in DC in 98...ya heard me? Ha? Big facts!!!💪🏿👍🏿✌🏾👌🏾💯
Manny Fresh went dumb on this beat! Still slappin in 18
courteo This Beat is 🔥🔥🔥
You know he got this from master Ace.
still bumpin in 2019 ha!!
Hell yea ha
No
You know how to play it, ha
Hell yeah ha
Niceeeee
This shit still slapping hard as hell in 2023. Way past the 99 into the 2000.
When Juvie said, "Cash Money Records taking over for the Nine- Nine and the 2000s!", that's exactly what he meant...ALL of the 2000s.
💯
@@jaystew730😂😂 dam I ain’t think of it that way but so true lol classics and classics from this guy and the hot boyz
This song came out in summer 1998
2024*
.....still listening 11/2024
Same lol
You better run Forrest, run Forrest, run🏃🏾♂️
Lil Wayne was sooooo young..lil baby face ❤
This song is straight genius. Never gets old either. Raw, gritty, groundbreaking rap from someone who’s got something say about where he’s from. Keep bringing it! 😎🤙🏾👊🏾
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How is this genius? Someone with no brain cells can make this song, like baby chaser and “handle yo biz” and “till the moment you expire”
I remember watching this for the first time on MTV in the 90s. Pre internet, pre Google image, pre anything, bro. So just IMAGINE how crazy for a boy from LA, who grew up in the hood, raised on west coast RAP as well to see this!!! It was next level at that time because Juvi not only sounded totally different from anything I had heard, but he took you to his hood in this video. Which ain't even a hood its a MF project Lol.. And it don't look no close to ours in LA!!! Absolutely legendary 🔥🔥🔥
That's how we lived down south.. Florida Alabama Louisiana ... I swear no high rises just crackheads and a 3 day play ha 😂
yeah Im from South Central L.A but this is a different level of ghetto. I live in TX now and realize the difference. @@wisesoul8648
New Orleans is very different from the rest of Louisiana in general! Really a whole different world 🌎! Just imagine living that reality,and still living this reality shit hits real Different when this your life and still 💕
Now imagine all the people that weren't from there! This video and song is powerful. Basically just reporting what was going on their hood and we ate it up no matter what hood we were in. Like: HERE'S MY WORLD. Us: WE SEE YA!
This beat was ahead of It's time 🔥🔥🔥
Mannie Fresh
ha?
Naw it was at just the right time
right...at that time everybody was trying to sound like Dre, Timberland, Puffy, or Rza
Sure is
Good old dayzzzz
Still one of the greatest songs to come out of New Orleans.
Haha makes sense
Facts
And any Curren$y album!! 🔥🔥🔥
"You a paper chaser, you got your block on fire
Remaining a G until the moment you expire"
You know what it is,
you make nothin out of somethin .. You handle ya biz,
and don't be crying and suffering ..
#Gcode
THIS LITERALLY CAME FROM 'SOULJA RAGS'
Woodie!!
@@orlandeuce6567 no it didnt
I was 19 when this album came out. I'm 40. Damn
Same🔥🔥
Yes time definitely flies I was 24 & my son was 2.✨
Just curious, what has life taken you after 20+ years?
@@valeenoi2284 domesticated father of 4. Lost a lot of friends on the streets from those days. Teaching my sons and and daughter about how we were. No regrets. Was fun times. Grew and learned
@@showme443 I didn't know you lived in this project. It must have been wild back then. I hope your kids grow up in an environment that provides them more opportunities to succeed in life.
Who Dat Is…it Juvenile…bad ass video! He captures life here in the projects. Ain’t no holding back here!
All of Juvenile's beats are incredible, definitely among the best in that time period!
That's Mannie Fresh!
put respeck on Mannie's name
This was and STILL is as raw as it gets; no capping,no clowning-just showing what it was and is to survive the madness of the streets!
Song was way ahead of it’s time. So under appreciated. Easily top 10 hip hop songs ever.
so hot that jayz had to hop on it and NYC didn't even fuck with the south like that ❤
This was not under appreciated.
This song was absolutely a banger when it came out and it put him on the map.
Not ahead of its time. Since rap was in its real golden age during this era in terms of variety of styles and output
I'm out of LOUISIANA..this song was true...go on up in DESIRE & don't know people you are in serious DANGER😂..
THIS Song?? MADE Cash Money Records. Without Juvenile? There Would Be NO Lil Wayne Or Birdman. FACTS. 💯
That's a lie BG Wayne and Turk would have put them on top even without Juve
+KINGSEANFAME cant forget my guy MANNIE FRESH bruh
+Kilan Williams ehhh naw Juvi had the voice. The other dudes weren't distinct enough. They were basically child rappers.
+superteefy BG is really the main reason Cash Money got a record deal. People forget BG was the man on Cash Money a couple of years before Juvie. Rap critics call BG'S 1996 album Chopper City an underground classic
+2012NuLife naw... his album came out before juvi and didn't get love until after juvi soooooo there's that. bg is hot but juvi had the most commercial appeal
The brilliance of this is he ends each bar with Ha, but if you listen close you hear the internal rhyme of each bar. Truly genius level imho. Not many can pull it off...
YUP
For real
Sound like a oldhead Schoolin you ha
All u gotta do is make it rhyme then add “ha” to the end. Not tryna take away from the song but chill anybody that can rhyme sum bars can add ha to the end of each one
Yeah Juve was pretty underrated as far as his schemes. No one underrated his music but his actual ability to structure a song was pretty fucking high on a technical level.
Juvenile this thing still slaps in 2024 ❤❤❤❤❤❤
he was just talking on the track and that shit was a hit😫
It was a hit because it was original. Nobody was doing this at the time. And. It has a ghetto ass beat 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@Militantreturns exactly he was ahead of his time. This song is probably the song that convinced Birdman that he could rap too.
@@revans100591 facts
That "ha" is what Nawlins people put at the end of their sentences
That's because he had very good producer
I remember deciding between 400 degreez and the Slim Shady LP cassette. I was a broke teen. I went with 400 Degreez and was not disappointed.
I chose the Slim Shady LP. It was good after a few listens. Then I literally threw it in the garbage.
Shit i recorded this song from my dads old ass kenwood stereo system on casette when mtv came on haha
winsbeyond82 amazing how much things have changed in just 20 years. I remember when I had to rely on album reviews from magazines to decide which albums I was gonna buy, now I got access to all the music of the world on my phone for free
@@morenitomoreno1282 I read reviews but always bought what I was gonna buy reguardless
Davo La Jones you must have got a big allowance cause when I was a kid I couldn't buy all the albums I wanted to buy so I had to read the reviews to decide between the dozens and dozens of rap albums that were coming out every month
One of the best music videos ever made
The director of this video is Marc Klasfield, he's directed for so many artists over the years. His resume is impressive AF.
back when dudes had respect for church people and still heavy thuggin lollllll
This video is underrated. The director caught the image of Urban New Orleans perfectly.
Easily one of the most monumentally important music videos of the 90's. From where it introduced Cash Money, which arguably ushered in the dominance of the south in rap music and crossover success, to the unbelievably documentary style grittiness of the subject matter and cinematography. This was the New Orleans BEFORE Katrina, the place that already had one of the highest crime rates in the country. And this video showed the nation it's people, their environment, and the reality in the most succinct and affecting ways. Not to mention introducing millions to the undeniable sound of Mannie Fresh. Forever underrated, but completely an INSTANT CLASSIC.
Agreed 100%
+Lucas Blaine more like facilitating the degeneration of america's moral fiber and affecting the minds of impressionable youth to think crime, violence and poverty is cool.
+Tyler Harrison. everyone is responsible for their own moral character. these things existed in America before juvenile was born. America has always sensationalized crime and violence. al Capone, Bonnie and Clyde . baby face Nelson and all others that follows that lifestyle.
+Lucas Blaine Yea, Mannie Fresh has one of the most consistently good catalogs around
check out Blackout from memphis who did a lot of FLy's shit or the old Gimisum Fam shit
@@tylerharrison8877 LOL, you mean the country that started from Genocide and Slavery.
This was a banger even in NYC!!!! Classic!!!! RESPECT!!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
That's crazy. We thought we was in a bubble when this stuff came out.
What?? Cash money and no limit got A LOT OF LOVE IN NY...trust me..bout it bout it..I always feel like somebody's watching me...make em say ugh MAN UNCLE P WAS THAT NIGGA! And then .....there was JUVE THE GREAT 🎉
@@chad77657Jay Z had to hop on the remix. Wym?
@@4glorysake646 that was after the fact and cash money was several albums in before 400 degrees.
In CA too
he was speakn facts...u on a 3 day flight ha..u full of dat diesal ha..herion bars 🔥
Being stationed in Biloxi Mississippi and seeing New Orleans first hand as this blew up was a trip. For a moment in time, the epicenter of rap music was a weekend 75 minute drive from where I lived. And it started with this and Master P’s “Make Em Say Ugh”
I never thought about making nearly every line in a song rhyme by saying "ha" at the end. Damn, that takes some talent.
It's so hilarious when morons don't realize what actually rhymes.
Ha ha, stay in school kid
8MoneyIzmyMission8 Lol I like the song. I was messing around.
+Mayfieldd Dom L
That shit was corny as fuck....😑
Lol Damn right.
One of best albums ever. I bought it twice 😂
4 times over.i was 15 when it dropped!
This beat sick... Mannie Fresh a beast!
yup this beat really put him in the spotlight - still sounds fuckin fresh today
Last night, my 2 sons (18 and 13) pulled up to my house after boxing practice, blasting this gem as they parked.
I’m a great Dad.
juvenile rapping like he was interrogating a drug dealer
Spike NoLee lol👮
Spike NoLee lmao
Spike NoLee wow just notice that shit was clever
Spike NoLee 😂😂😂😂
Holy shit