Word up brother... I jus said the same thing!!! It makes u wanna actually look and be attracted to them... N they all like in their 40s & 50s now but they was badd back then and prolly still is cuz black dont crack!!!
I'm pouring out some lemonade for one of the greatest to ever bless the mic. Grateful he is no longer suffering. Another legend that will be missed. May he forever R.I.P.
That line is so dope cause its simple. He tells us the drink used to popular and you know what,,,its still popular,,okay lets move on. Like he answered his own question. Love that line.
man i always said guru was one of, if not the most, underrated rappers ever. he never got the airtime or the spotlight he deserved. and sadly this generation dont even know him....
Yes! Guru kills it. Rap genius. Cool, calm and smart like Rakim. Plus you gotta love the fine ladies in the video - nice smiles, just all goodness! Lol the dancing at 4:00 XD
I always thought he had the best verse. He killed it with those big words. "Smooth, I drop jewels like, paraphenalia I'm infallable, not into failure Like a rhinocerus, my speed is prosperous And pure knowledge expands from my esophagus"
Dat was sum hard ass lyrics rite there wasnt it?? 💯 Dey killed dis track!!! And its timeless... We can listen to it today n its gon be bangin like it did back n 92'..
@@hennylo68 Yeah Smoove B was nice on da MIC... No one cud ever take that from him... His partner wasnt as fly on da mic as him.. greg nice was iight but Smoove B was a terror compared to him
(Maybe Eminem. But yeah, not only to use it in a rhyme but have it make sense. Props!) Bust seriously, I came here after learning that all of the Luke Cage episodes will be named after Gang Starr songs. I'm hoping one episode is either named after or features Dwyck.
Every time I hear this song, I think of my cousin. He has a bad stuttering problem for years. Whenever I play this song in my car, he raps the word off flawlessly, as if you couldn't believe it's him. One time, I told complimented him on his flow and he would say like, "T-T-T-Thank Y-Y-OO-OO-OOU"! Thanks for posting this!
I remember seeing them perform this song live, at a club in Chicago, about 13 years ago when I was in college. When the opening bass-line dropped, the crowd exploded -- the roof almost blew off of the place. The entire crowd was rapping the lyrics word for word with them. You couldn't even hear the MC's! Aaah, those were the days!
This is real hip hop right here! Nothing will ever beat it & Kids of this day & age will know understand. Also to the geniuses who think that's prodigy from MOB DEEP that's DJ Red Alert, he even says it "Peace to red alert & kid capri" ? Kids don't know anything. Damn
RIP from S.C. 864, Dirty south always have had mad love for NY and northern Mc's. Paved the way for Hip Hop as for as lyricism goes. Lyricism is what he mastered.
first time i seen this video was august 22, 2008! we never had cable... thanks for posting! thanks alot, dj's in boston used to mix this record up like crazy back then!
Gangstarr killing it once again on the verse. Why the fuck is this shit not more popular? It's the dopest form of music out, and barely anyone even knows what it is. I've just turned 16, and I've been listening to shit like this since I was 13. Very rarely can anyone top GangStarr, this is dope. Cheers for helping me with my homework btw GangStarr ;)
Glad to see someone else my age into stuff like this, my dad got me into hip hop and old rap, and i fell im love with it the first time i heared it, if you want new stuff too listen to from this era then listen to jaguar skills, he has a sick 1 hour mix from where it all started with sugar hill gang, and moving through the years until hip hop started to get shit in the 2000s, seriously recomend giving it a listen :)
apenjong99 I know Guru is on the vocals, and Premier is behind the beat. I was talking about gurus verse, but I used the term gangstarr because if premier is making the beat and guru is singing, it's a full on proper gangstarr verse yes? All im saying is that in the part I was talking about, it was a guru+premier, which =Gangstarr.
"Subtract, Delete/ all of the wick-wack that wanna be abstract but they lack the new nac thats comin from WAY WAY BACK" I love timeless lines like this, that really have more impact and meaning now then they ever could back in 92'
I also remember seeing this song perormed live. It was at the New York City club Tramps in 1997. It was the final song of GangStarr's show. The crowd was so hyped, they did the song a 2nd time!!
Jon Robert Anderson II That shit was so true. I said DAMN...I miss this era so much. Those two beats Shook one's and Ice Cream...Then there's Gang Starr The mic GOAT and the DJ 🐐
Jon Robert Anderson II The writer of the Luke Cage series is none other than Cheo H. Coker. Those of us that came of age in the golden era remember the he began his career as a member of The Source magazine's original mind squad.(Before the magazine turned wack in '95 with the hostile takeover of Benzino and David Mays.)
Classic throwback. The whole squad ripped it, but Smooth had the illest verse. I left my Philly at home...do you have another...I wanna get blunted my brother WHATTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!
But mainstream music doesn't make sense, this kind of hip hop music is the type that will last for a long time, those that are in mainstream will be forgotten after their death
so mainstream music makes sense? please tell me how this makes sense: www.complex.com/music/2013/03/the-40-most-ridiculous-lyrics-on-lil-waynes-i-am-not-a-human-being-ii/squirrel
Ohhh man! You started something up in here. I still know the words to this song. Came out in 92. I had the maxi single in HS, broke the damn tape cause I played it so much!
I still bang this joint along with countless of Gang Starr Bangers. I've been a fan since day uno, and i will always be one until i die . The brother GURU, always drop jewels for the dumb,def and blind people.He gave his true insight on situations, that where affecting Black people in everyday life. I love Hip-Hip music, REAL FUCKING HIP-HOP R.I.P. GURU (SALUTE ) ONE.
I consider myself to be biggest GANGSTARR fan eva, Been a fan since late 80s when i saw Guru sitting on the bench with Chris Thomas first host and mayor of BET's Rap City back in the day. RIP Guru
man...first saw this track on yo mtv raps back in the day........what a loss,classic mc always kicking that knowledge......sorely missed....one love uk.
Yooooo.... I used to bump mad Gangstarr music in my G ride back in the day.... it seemed like they would always drop sum-in right b4 the summer.... Guru you will be missed my brotha...... Gangstarr 4LiFe!!!!!!!!!
Did y'all catch when the guy interrogating Misty Knight offers her lemonade (around 4550 mark on Netflix)and says, "it's a popular drink", then she says, "and it still is"....:-)
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Real women with real body parts
As Teddy Riley would say, yup yup!
Word up brother... I jus said the same thing!!! It makes u wanna actually look and be attracted to them... N they all like in their 40s & 50s now but they was badd back then and prolly still is cuz black dont crack!!!
I'm pouring out some lemonade for one of the greatest to ever bless the mic. Grateful he is no longer suffering. Another legend that will be missed. May he forever R.I.P.
Lemonade was a popular drink and it still is
I get more props and stunts than bruce willis
I like pink lemonade still a popular drink
That line is so dope cause its simple. He tells us the drink used to popular and you know what,,,its still popular,,okay lets move on. Like he answered his own question.
Love that line.
I LEFT MY PHILLY AT HOME, DO YOU HAVE ANOTHA? I WANNA GET BLUNTED MY BROTHA!
@@wildchild9675 Now may make a mark? Then make a spark over this phat track! Or should I say dope beat, subtract, delete!
This is what rap is really all about... spitting out creative lyrics and spelling out a message... these guys killed it!
ok boomer
Rest in Peace Guru, 6 years and never forgotten.
Guru....rip
💙 Guru R.I.P.
Amen
suspekt29 one of the best!!
My favorite rapper of all times RIP GURU
Smooth B had the illest verse!! This is definitely a hip hop classic.
man i always said guru was one of, if not the most, underrated rappers ever. he never got the airtime or the spotlight he deserved. and sadly this generation dont even know him....
One of the HOTTEST summer time classics.
You will be missed, R.I.P Guru
"Lemonade was a popular drink, and it still is." Obviously he knew. #RIPGURU
Dat boy said He get more props n stunts than Bruce Willis!! 💯
For sure The REALEST move Gang Starr Nice and Smooth ever made!!!!
This joint never gets old
R TYPE 90 truth
NEVER
Lemonade was a popular drink and it still is
I get more props and stunts than Bruce Willis
one of my fav hip hop tracks ever.
Rip to Guru 1 of the all time greats! Real hip hop baby!
mane I miss the 90's. I'm glad I got the chance to live it. damn Hiphop is changing for the worst it seems.
Christopher Williams I swear
Yes! Guru kills it. Rap genius. Cool, calm and smart like Rakim. Plus you gotta love the fine ladies in the video - nice smiles, just all goodness! Lol the dancing at 4:00 XD
Nice and Smooth awkward flow fit this beat like a glove.
Remember when this video came out back in Rap City days. Was dope then, dope today. Beautiful girls!
True.
I write in the night, to bring truth to the light. My dialogue is my own cause smooth b will never bite. YeP!
I always thought he had the best verse. He killed it with those big words.
"Smooth, I drop jewels like, paraphenalia
I'm infallable, not into failure
Like a rhinocerus, my speed is prosperous
And pure knowledge expands from my esophagus"
Bars, indeed....
One of the most underrated verses of ALL TIME.
Dat was sum hard ass lyrics rite there wasnt it?? 💯 Dey killed dis track!!! And its timeless... We can listen to it today n its gon be bangin like it did back n 92'..
@@hennylo68 Yeah Smoove B was nice on da MIC... No one cud ever take that from him... His partner wasnt as fly on da mic as him.. greg nice was iight but Smoove B was a terror compared to him
Guru was a goat and still is. Rest in Power. already a decade :(
No current MC could ever rhyme esophagus!!
(Maybe Eminem. But yeah, not only to use it in a rhyme but have it make sense. Props!) Bust seriously, I came here after learning that all of the Luke Cage episodes will be named after Gang Starr songs. I'm hoping one episode is either named after or features Dwyck.
It's not that hard to rhyme esophagus tho
Denzel Curry did it in Ultimate.
Kayne did on Monster
Flight of the Concords did on 'hiphopopotamus'
"Premier's got more beats than barns got hay" is my personal favorite line
one thing that makes it timeless is that each MC spit so that you can feel they meant every bar the dropped
This is one smooth classic hip hop collaboration right here.
One of the iLLest tracks in hip hop..
Every time I hear this song, I think of my cousin. He has a bad stuttering problem for years. Whenever I play this song in my car, he raps the word off flawlessly, as if you couldn't believe it's him. One time, I told complimented him on his flow and he would say like, "T-T-T-Thank Y-Y-OO-OO-OOU"! Thanks for posting this!
Greg Nice is one of the illest freestyle MC ever!!
I co-sign. His verse on this is one of the best in rap history.
Guru's voice is classic and will live forever. This song was one of the soundtracks of my college experience. R.I.P. Guru!
G nice just killed it, i love it,
I DONT CARE!
On sum party rockin type shit too... He had it jumpin thats prolly why his verse was first!!! He hyped everyone else up that came in after him! 💯
Classic! One of those songs that are so incredible you remember exactly where you were at the first time you ever heard it!! Timeless! RIP GURU
And that my friend is HIPHOP!
Dean Lee ok thank u
For real
I remember seeing them perform this song live, at a club in Chicago, about 13 years ago when I was in college. When the opening bass-line dropped, the crowd exploded -- the roof almost blew off of the place. The entire crowd was rapping the lyrics word for word with them. You couldn't even hear the MC's!
Aaah, those were the days!
Lemonade was a popular drink....still is....classic 90s struggle bars
lmao
The golden era ⭐Big up DJ Premier💖
This is real hip hop right here! Nothing will ever beat it & Kids of this day & age will know understand. Also to the geniuses who think that's prodigy from MOB DEEP that's DJ Red Alert, he even says it "Peace to red alert & kid capri" ? Kids don't know anything. Damn
RIP from S.C. 864, Dirty south always have had mad love for NY and northern Mc's. Paved the way for Hip Hop as for as lyricism goes. Lyricism is what he mastered.
I could listen to this all day
first time i seen this video was august 22, 2008! we never had cable... thanks for posting! thanks alot, dj's in boston used to mix this record up like crazy back then!
Gangstarr killing it once again on the verse. Why the fuck is this shit not more popular? It's the dopest form of music out, and barely anyone even knows what it is. I've just turned 16, and I've been listening to shit like this since I was 13.
Very rarely can anyone top GangStarr, this is dope.
Cheers for helping me with my homework btw GangStarr ;)
Wow!!! Your comment gives me hope for the youth! U truly are 1 in a Million!
RIP Guru
Glad to see someone else my age into stuff like this, my dad got me into hip hop and old rap, and i fell im love with it the first time i heared it, if you want new stuff too listen to from this era then listen to jaguar skills, he has a sick 1 hour mix from where it all started with sugar hill gang, and moving through the years until hip hop started to get shit in the 2000s, seriously recomend giving it a listen :)
Yeah! Man he fucking totally killed it man,!
***** lmao it was pretty obvious that the kid who wrote the initial comment had no idea that gang starr was a duo
apenjong99 I know Guru is on the vocals, and Premier is behind the beat. I was talking about gurus verse, but I used the term gangstarr because if premier is making the beat and guru is singing, it's a full on proper gangstarr verse yes?
All im saying is that in the part I was talking about, it was a guru+premier, which =Gangstarr.
Is it just me or does this shit really still sound good? Wow , way ahead of its time
man! the days the memories, the summer this knocked in every car with a system in every hood on long Island
Just seen 'em perform it live in 2012 in Camden, London. Was awesome. They still got it! Smooth B cried during this one. It was a touching moment.
Pour some lemonade for guru.
R.I.P.
lmao
He'd appreciate it. He was one of those conscience type fellas.
one the greatest.
A decade of Gangstarr CD,
by far the best purchase I have ever made.
One of my favorite hip hop tracks. GREG nice
"Subtract, Delete/
all of the wick-wack that wanna be abstract
but they lack the new nac thats comin from WAY WAY BACK"
I love timeless lines like this, that really have more impact and meaning now then they ever could back in 92'
That bio Smooth ripped it!!!
I also remember seeing this song perormed live. It was at the New York City club Tramps in 1997. It was the final song of GangStarr's show. The crowd was so hyped, they did the song a 2nd time!!
This was killing shit whn it dropped...GURU RIP!!!
"Feelin' satisfaction from the street crowd reaction" - this should be EVERY MC's motto!!! RIP Guru!!
GURU... ONE OF THE GREATEST
RIP
One of the simplest and most amazing beats ever in hip hop. Where is the real hip hop today???
I tripped when they dropped the line on Luke Cage.👍🏾
"lemonade was popular drink and it still is "..........investigation room with Misty Knight....episode 9...lol
Shaheed from Tribe Called Quest worked on it with someone else, I forgot who.
Jon Robert Anderson II That shit was so true. I said DAMN...I miss this era so much. Those two beats Shook one's and Ice Cream...Then there's Gang Starr The mic GOAT and the DJ 🐐
Jon Robert Anderson II what ep was that on?
Jon Robert Anderson II
The writer of the Luke Cage series is none other than Cheo H. Coker.
Those of us that came of age in the golden era remember the he began his career as a member of The Source magazine's original mind squad.(Before the magazine turned wack in '95 with the hostile takeover of Benzino and David Mays.)
Classic throwback. The whole squad ripped it, but Smooth had the illest verse.
I left my Philly at home...do you have another...I wanna get blunted my brother
WHATTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!
I'm 17 and listening to this. Wondering why people listen to mainstream shit
Because it's their choice like it's yours to listen to this.
But mainstream music doesn't make sense, this kind of hip hop music is the type that will last for a long time, those that are in mainstream will be forgotten after their death
How does it not make sense? Anyone can argue that this doesn't make sense. It's basically the same thing on a different type of beat.
so mainstream music makes sense? please tell me how this makes sense:
www.complex.com/music/2013/03/the-40-most-ridiculous-lyrics-on-lil-waynes-i-am-not-a-human-being-ii/squirrel
Tell me how Too Close by Next (which is an old song) makes sense?
When rap was still good. Brings me back. Guru, Premier, Nice & Smooth- greatest combo
smooths verse was sharp as fuck .
R.I.P. - Guru!!! Thx 4 yr contributions!!! Blessings to u and yr family. Peace!
You heard we quit? No way. Bullsh*t! I told you before we come back with more hits!
Dats my shit rite there... Love this song!
Greg nice with the intro just sets the tone on this one.
I love this One from dat Era!! Freschissimo!!! ;) peace
yeah~~ :)
I have been listening to this at least 10 times a day for the past month, somehow it sounds fresher and fresher every time.
THE REAL HIP HOP
Ohhh man! You started something up in here. I still know the words to this song. Came out in 92. I had the maxi single in HS, broke the damn tape cause I played it so much!
I want to get blunted my brother...
lemonade is a popular drink, and it still is ..............classic. Premiere dope as always!!
Smooths verse is my favorite.
+coldaziceee so smooooth
+coldaziceee Smooth B was soooooooo cool!! Greg Nice was super hyped, but Greg Nice used to be on that mellow isht all the time!
coldaziceee hip hop junkie
Fuckkkkk that man guru fucking destroyed this
"i write in the night to bring truth 2 the light"
Gotta fockin luv that verse on more than one level!
I say Muhammad Ali, you say Cassius Clay
Slip Amo I originate you duplicate
I say butter, You say Par-Kayy
I was 12 in 92 bumpin this
"Oooh la la ah wee wee I say Muhammad Ali you say Cassius Clay clay..I say butter you say parkay Kay..."
Papa duneberry ok . Love it
Classic Hip Hop joint!! This song brings back memories!! the early 90's..hip hop was much more appreciated then..
RIP Muhammad Ali, Cassius Clay
I still bang this joint along with countless of Gang Starr Bangers. I've been a fan since day uno, and i will always be one until i die . The brother GURU, always drop jewels for the dumb,def and blind people.He gave his true insight on situations, that where affecting Black people in everyday life. I love Hip-Hip music, REAL FUCKING HIP-HOP R.I.P. GURU (SALUTE ) ONE.
The Guru ......
RIP GURU!!! THis is one of the best Hip-Hop songs of ALLTIME, from one of the best teams in Hip-Hop history!!!
Greg Nice killed it
Guru...One Of The Greatest Real Emcee's ...Premo...Turntable Titan....Nice & Smooth...On Point...
Is it me or does it seem like Smooth B is where Snoop got his earlier style from 🤔🤔🤔
Snoop definitely was influenced by Smooth B's delivery
Its just you..
I can hear the influential roots from smooth in Snoops old flow for sure!
miss you Guru Preme still holding it down DWYCK one of their dopest classic...type in D.R.U.M.S RUGGED (What More Can I Say) on RUclips
cats cant flow like this no more
Le Monsuier agreed!!!
They sure can't. Not At All.
The greatest rap song of all time...been saying that for over 15 years.
True HIP HOP
2018 I'm still bumping it.any one?
RIP Guru
I consider myself to be biggest GANGSTARR fan eva, Been a fan since late 80s when i saw Guru sitting on the bench with Chris Thomas first host and mayor of BET's Rap City back in the day. RIP Guru
Shout out too Luke Cage for name his espidoes after hip hop song
man...first saw this track on yo mtv raps back in the day........what a loss,classic mc always kicking that knowledge......sorely missed....one love uk.
smooths verse makes me feel funny
"Lemonade was a popular drink and it still is"
Best lyrics of all time.
Luke Cage AKA Power Man
Yooooo.... I used to bump mad Gangstarr music in my G ride back in the day.... it seemed like they would always drop sum-in right b4 the summer.... Guru you will be missed my brotha...... Gangstarr 4LiFe!!!!!!!!!
Clips I inserted into my gun so I can take the money never had to run.
Hip Hop will never have such a Poet again... respect the architect
This is why I have this username
Smooth b had one of the best verses in hip hop period.........murdered it!!
luke cage
yes
high school for me
Did y'all catch when the guy interrogating Misty Knight offers her lemonade (around 4550 mark on Netflix)and says, "it's a popular drink", then she says, "and it still is"....:-)
Yasss Luke Cage brought back the funk!
Representing the REAL hip hop!
Seth Rogan
brooks parsons yep
GURU
R.I.P.
Realist of the Real
When I was comin UP!!!!
He taught me what was real, back when no one knew. Puttin in work!