+malikorama First of all let's talk about these ill capers And fly ass frontin bitches that now caught vapors Niggaz run up on you with guns, snatchin papers Outlined body chalk, is how they would scrape ya From off the pavement, I hate gettin locked up cause that upstate bus reminds me of the slave ships But then the bible never saved shit I guess that's why every juvenile is in the same predicament You wanna slang crack, or hold tecs, and do the concept You can't make loot, when your moms is smokin up the product I try to tell ya, don't let these streets fuckin fail ya The way niggaz be gettin clapped shit'll fuckin scare ya But in the dark, we ran wild, so we killin em Niggaz scared, can't stand still, like fuckin helium Fake niggaz, they don't go platinum they go aluminum Got em cloned the fuck up son, that's why we losin em I'm lookin at this niggaz longevity To make a big play, but then it might be a mistake Cuz if I get sent to D.C., I'm sendin Dice to DE With three p's, so when I get out, he can see me for real, cuz the streets is filled with snakes and rats The snake will be that bitch and that rat will be that cool cat With swollen pockets we gonna take you back home Master Allah Rule Savior, never clone
He definitely set the tone. I thought all these Niqqa was The Roots when this came out in 96'. I was disappointed when there was only one emcee apart of The Roots after the smoke disappeared lol. Frfr this was like some Philly protect ya neck type shit to let Ninjas kno, ain't nothing sweet when it comes to representing real Hip Hop. They definitely represented Philly too, because I never heard of The Roots before this song and didn't even know that they were a band or that they had other songs, and albums out before this track. Side Note: I was born and raised in NYC. I moved to Philly in 2003, and when I went back to listen to this album I started to understand a lot of the lyrics in this album shit was amazing. iLLadelf Half-life definitely put them on the map, and this song Clones put the entire Hip-Hop culture on notice.
A Tribe Called Quest, The Roots, EPMD, De LaSoul, BDP, Public Enemy, Wu Tang, Jungle Brothers, Naughty By Nature,etc.That was the era of groups/duos. It's a shame that groups can't come together anymore to make decent music.
Sad day in Hip Hop, Malik B, "Roses" This man changed my life. The ROOTs changed my life, their message, their image, their musicality truly and honestly did. It transformed an average MC who was soul searching into a furious lyricist who spat fire for more then 13 years touring my country. Salute to a true & inspiring MC, a true legend and a real life super-hero. An immortal... His body may have left the building but his verses shall... "...proceed & continue, to rock the mic..." 1 LOVE, stay safe & healthy Montreal, Canada
I would like to say alongside here, Montreal Canada; I knew I heard more from roots here was one throwback I had stayed unsure who and what was the name of this Rap Song. I was very young at the time but this video as well! Stomped hard idk like so hard from when tv music video's began. I got blessed this a.m. what the this throwback. If 110 percent capitulates this mastered work if art so be it the inspiration is one of the originations with this "clones".
Still to this day. This track goes in the Hardest definitely the return of the "Boom Bap" style it never gets old.The youngins,could learn a lot from this one.
Just found out today that Malik B passed away. One of the best MCs ever along with black thought. The roots crew will be one of my favorite hip hop groups of all time that I will bump until my death. Rest in paradise Malik.
At 0:04 in this video, the intersection is Greenpoint Ave and West St (Brooklyn, NY). That area looked abandoned, now there are parked cars everywhere.
they broke down 4 elements of hip hop what its about. im 41 years old from clevland oh remember this like yesterday. blaack thought coldest rap name i ever heard in my life. krs 1 should b proud of this style of rap
They shot this video in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. The coastal area looked like a warzone back in the day, now it's all cleaned up and gentrified. It's crazy!
After listening to the whole album, I don't think I heard a single bad track on here. Even the skits are dope. I'm still vacillating on whether this record or Things Fall Apart is their best album.
0:58 I never knew The Arsonists we're B-Boys before they ended up making their own rap albums together. That's sick as hell especially since they were featured 3 years before they dropped "As The World Burns". One of my other favorite rap albums of 1999. Crazy the stuff you find in hip hop you never knew you'd love to see. 2:48 Same as Rahzel too.
I hope young'ns nowadays are able to appreciate these classics and understand how dudes like black thought and Malik blazed the trail for their favorite artists today
rest in peace Malik B! rest easy king!
RIP Malik B. One of the greatest posse cuts ever. Everyone SLAUGHTERED it
“ Yessir “ 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Too hard to even pick a favorite verse ..
they are ALL 1st 🤣
Facts … Malik coming on the block on a bike with bars is so cold
Always #MalikB 🎉🎉🎉🎉
Right on 👍🏽
🙏🏿💯❤ respect and love forever
Black Thought is the GOAT. Has been in this game for over 20 years and is yet to drop a wack bar.
SUPER LYRICAL!
yeah! and when he did that thing with the late PUN.... shoooooooo!
Agree!
100.
30 years this year. Him and Questlove got together in 87.
The homie Marz (first verse) has never got enough credit for his verse. He bodied it!
Absolutely!
malikorama Yeah M.A.R.S RIPPPED IT!! "You can't make loot when your mom's smoking up the product!!....Niggaz in the bible never saved $hit!!... :d "
+malikorama
First of all let's talk about these ill capers
And fly ass frontin bitches that now caught vapors
Niggaz run up on you with guns, snatchin papers
Outlined body chalk, is how they would scrape ya
From off the pavement, I hate gettin locked up
cause that upstate bus reminds me of the slave ships
But then the bible never saved shit
I guess that's why every juvenile is in the same predicament
You wanna slang crack, or hold tecs, and do the concept
You can't make loot, when your moms is smokin up the product
I try to tell ya, don't let these streets fuckin fail ya
The way niggaz be gettin clapped shit'll fuckin scare ya
But in the dark, we ran wild, so we killin em
Niggaz scared, can't stand still, like fuckin helium
Fake niggaz, they don't go platinum they go aluminum
Got em cloned the fuck up son, that's why we losin em
I'm lookin at this niggaz longevity
To make a big play, but then it might be a mistake
Cuz if I get sent to D.C., I'm sendin Dice to DE
With three p's, so when I get out, he can see me
for real, cuz the streets is filled with snakes and rats
The snake will be that bitch and that rat will be that cool cat
With swollen pockets we gonna take you back home
Master Allah Rule Savior, never clone
yoitsgiook Respec in all aspects big up
Word bond he ripped it apart....no half stepping...
That first homie who rapped needs more credit. His verse could be the best verse on the entire track, it's so deep
Thanks for the luv! (M.A.R.S CO-OP)
Mars destroyed this shitt much love from Moz ... África
Thanks! 😎👑💯
He definitely set the tone. I thought all these Niqqa was The Roots when this came out in 96'. I was disappointed when there was only one emcee apart of The Roots after the smoke disappeared lol. Frfr this was like some Philly protect ya neck type shit to let Ninjas kno, ain't nothing sweet when it comes to representing real Hip Hop. They definitely represented Philly too, because I never heard of The Roots before this song and didn't even know that they were a band or that they had other songs, and albums out before this track.
Side Note: I was born and raised in NYC. I moved to Philly in 2003, and when I went back to listen to this album I started to understand a lot of the lyrics in this album shit was amazing. iLLadelf Half-life definitely put them on the map, and this song Clones put the entire Hip-Hop culture on notice.
FACTS
This is real rap. Real hood. Real gangster. Real clothing. Real OG shoes. This is what hip hop should be now.
Reading This in 2020 ...WAP👀👀👀😂😂😂we are doomed
@@nongcebomchunu3894 deadass smh 😭😭
Yes because one awful song represents an entire diverse era of hiphop.smh Old heads like you don’t know what you’re talking about
You are 100% right👍 Real real Hip-Hop
And what it should be forever. That’s why rap legends are rapping again to keep that Essence going.
Rest in Peace to the M-ILLITANT, Malik B.
Rest well👑 M Illa tilla we Love you thanks for this it's Philly in the house
Dice Raw killed that shit. This whole album was fire.
A Tribe Called Quest, The Roots, EPMD, De LaSoul, BDP, Public Enemy, Wu Tang, Jungle Brothers, Naughty By Nature,etc.That was the era of groups/duos. It's a shame that groups can't come together anymore to make decent music.
TDE
kbw1970 can't forget DAS EFX
phife dawg
Mos def, Onyx, Fugees..
Why make groups when you can just whore out features.
Man hip hop sounded soo much better in the 90s. There's good rappers out right now but there's something about 90s hip hop that just brings me back.
RIP Malik B, one of the nicest wingman MCs ever.
Say it again!!!!!
RIP to him
No wingman... Malik was ill dolo or with Black T.
@@ronaldmunroe1616 malik b was just better. You can hear him in taughts flow
Malik B and BT were both nice. This album is where BT started to pull away tho.
Sad day in Hip Hop, Malik B, "Roses"
This man changed my life.
The ROOTs changed my life, their message, their image, their musicality truly and honestly did. It transformed an average MC who was soul searching into a furious lyricist who spat fire for more then 13 years touring my country.
Salute to a true & inspiring MC, a true legend and a real life super-hero. An immortal...
His body may have left the building but his verses shall...
"...proceed & continue, to rock the mic..."
1 LOVE, stay safe & healthy
Montreal, Canada
I would like to say alongside here, Montreal Canada; I knew I heard more from roots here was one throwback I had stayed unsure who and what was the name of this Rap Song. I was very young at the time but this video as well! Stomped hard idk like so hard from when tv music video's began. I got blessed this a.m. what the this throwback. If 110 percent capitulates this mastered work if art so be it the inspiration is one of the originations with this "clones".
RIP Malik B. Listening to you tonight
Love that The Roots are an actual hip-hop BAND.. drums, guitars, keyboards, and of course MCs!
Dice Raw is too nice. Killed that verse.
Malik B .. illadel legend. RIP. Thank you for the dope bars.
Word...R.I.P Malik
One of the ILLEST beats ever! Lyrical onslaught. #HipHop #NeverClone
RIP Malik B...love yall, you make me proud of Philly.
"You can't make loot when your mom's smoking up the product"
Talk about imagery,
Still one of my favourite Hip-Hop beats, this instrumental can play all day if it were up to me!
Still to this day. This track goes in the Hardest definitely the return of the "Boom Bap" style it never gets old.The youngins,could learn a lot from this one.
murray trapp FACTS
If you had to explain hip hop to an alien this is where you start.
haha word
Fucking Great Comment!!
Marc Coleman 💯 💯💯💯💯
Marc Coleman 😂😂WORD!
hahhahahaaha. yes. im white. from L.I. i feel it
RIP MALIK B! One of the GREATEST✊🏼
Rest in Paradise Malik B. 🙏🏼🙏🏼
Rest Up Malik B!!!!
Just found out today that Malik B passed away. One of the best MCs ever along with black thought. The roots crew will be one of my favorite hip hop groups of all time that I will bump until my death. Rest in paradise Malik.
The beat slaps and they all killed it
These are the roots i want back. When Malik b was on the roots. Dope song
My car speakers never sounded so good once this album came out.
Classic throwback! Still in my rotation 14 years later!
At 0:04 in this video, the intersection is Greenpoint Ave and West St (Brooklyn, NY). That area looked abandoned, now there are parked cars everywhere.
BROOKLYN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!(WHAT)😏😏😏😏
I get goosebumps listening to this…nostalgia at its finest
I concur... Takes me back to great times
The homie M.A.R.S snapped on this track!
If this is not in your top 50 joints of all time, something is wrong.
they broke down 4 elements of hip hop what its about. im 41 years old from clevland oh remember this like yesterday. blaack thought coldest rap name i ever heard in my life. krs 1 should b proud of this style of rap
Bad Lieu = #1 MC GOAT, all era, period.
BPM & BARS PEOPLE!!
#stopthemumblenow
Damn damn damn, one of my favorite jawns of all time, RIP Malik B
One of my favorite songs from one of my favorite albums and this is the first time ive seen the video
It’s a masterpiece ❤
Why this video isn't at 100 million is absolutely wild.
They did not need to go this hard but they did. They did for us.
The Real Hip-hop Classic 🔥💣👊🙏✌🎤🎼🎙
When hip hop was hip hop The Roots for life🎤🎧🔥💯👌
malik b killed everything on this
Peace Malik B. 4eva Legendary with the Legendary Roots crew!
Malik B has that ill flow, Kool G Rap jr
Thoughts verse has to be one of the sickest verses to ever spit. His flow is a monster!
🔥 The Roots added so much to HipHop back n the day... we need a new album!
PS. That Michigan #4 jersey is still iconic 🙌
Rest In Power Malik B!
Rest in power 👑Malik-B
One of the dopest Roots songs ever written.
The sustained relevance is amazing. Timeless.
so prophetic for its time
Rest in Power Malik
Just a collection of brothers from off the corner: giving up those rhymes hardcore and raw, Philly style
One of the illest beats reppin 215 to the fullest !!!!!!
Chris Gundaker twenty one #! All day!
Rest In power, Malik B! This was my favorite verse of yours. I know it by heart. You are already missed.
INCREDIBLE RAW TIMELESS HIP HOP MUSIC.
The band was never the same after Malik B and Rahzel left. RIP Malik B.
sending this one out to these kids, nowadays, walking around listening to mumble rap too loud from their iPhone...
CLONES
Banger 💯
This is how it should be done. Real Hip Hop rite there! Respect to one of my favourite rap groups of all time!
darkodasefx 👏👏💯💯
Malik B legendary Emcee Rest High
How many here after hearing of the death of Malik B? Rest In Peace
See Kids, This Is Real Hip Hop
They shot this video in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. The coastal area looked like a warzone back in the day, now it's all cleaned up and gentrified. It's crazy!
Legendary 😮💨🔥
The era of fitted cap, b-ball jersey & saggy jeans ..
Oh~ and good music~~!!
Miss the 90s & good old dayz
After listening to the whole album, I don't think I heard a single bad track on here. Even the skits are dope. I'm still vacillating on whether this record or Things Fall Apart is their best album.
One word to describe this jont...Fire!!!!!
Rest in peace malik b😢
PHILLY,JERSEY,NY WE GOT THAT ENERGY
back when, Hip hop was stll Alive!
These guys should get more of a mention in 2024.
Rest in Peace Malik B.
Rip Malik B ☝️‼️ Classic
I miss quality hiphop.. love your music!
R.I.P. Malik B.
How amazing is this oldskool video? No fancy rappers with a big ego driving around in expensive cars. Just showcasing pure talent.
Rest in peace Malick, 2020 be damned...
Large cloth , Real Hip hop, Real freestyle, Real 90's.
RIP Malik B ♥
This video is incredible
realest of the realest hip hop ive ever listened too
Saw The Roots in Chicago last night and when Black Thought spit Clones I went bananas in the crowd. Shit was 🔥
absolutely LOVE everyones flow that contributed in this. the instrumental of the song itself definitely fits the backgrounds of the video. well done.
Such a hypnotic groove
0:58 I never knew The Arsonists we're B-Boys before they ended up making their own rap albums together. That's sick as hell especially since they were featured 3 years before they dropped "As The World Burns". One of my other favorite rap albums of 1999. Crazy the stuff you find in hip hop you never knew you'd love to see.
2:48 Same as Rahzel too.
Nothing today can touch this!
Clones on your mainstream music areas!!!
NICE ONE
+G. BROWN lol...😎👍😁
I hope young'ns nowadays are able to appreciate these classics and understand how dudes like black thought and Malik blazed the trail for their favorite artists today
Straight Gutter!!! This is what got me into the Roots. A fan (important part of Hip Hop) for life.
THE "REAL" HIP-HOP WILL NEVER GET OLD.
One of the best hip hop tunes about. FACT
one of the best tunes ever..
Such an amazing track. Sick beat and incredible lyrics. Speaking that REAL Hip-Hop shitt
I love this s*** right here. Real HIP HOP.
This was one of my breakdancing songs I use to rock in high school. This track is the definition of hip hop.
Rest in power Malik✊🏿✌🏿
mannnnnnnnnnn i forgot about this for about 14 years and here i am, bringing me back.
The roots have one of the illest flows. All the philly rappers seem to them and Jedi mind are super unique lyrically
the Legadeny roots crew keep it 100 hip hop music keep the music Alive God bless 🎧🎹🥁🎤🎸