Pete Rock & CL Smooth - They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.) (Official Video)

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  • Pete Rock & CL Smooth - They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.) (Official Video) from the album 'Mecca & The Soul Brother' (1992)
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    Lyrics:
    [Intro]
    (I reminisce, I reminisce)
    (I reminisce, I reminisce)
    (I reminisce, I reminisce)
    I reminisce, I reminisce
    Uh! (I reminisce, I reminisce)
    Yeah (I reminisce, I reminisce)
    (I reminisce, I reminisce)
    (I reminisce, I reminisce)
    [Verse 1: C.L. Smooth]
    I reminisce for a spell, or shall I say think back
    Twenty-two years ago to keep it on track
    The birth of a child on the 8th of October
    A toast, but my granddaddy came sober
    Countin' all the fingers and the toes
    Now I suppose you hope the little black boy grows
    Huh, eighteen years younger than my mama
    But I rarely got beatings 'cause the girl loved drama
    In single parenthood, there I stood
    By the time she was 21, had another one
    This one's a girl, let's name her Pam
    Same father as the first, but you don't give a damn
    Irresponsible, plain not-thinking
    Papa said chill but the brother keep winking
    Still he won't down you or tear out your hide
    On your side while the baby maker slide
    But mama got wise to the game
    The youngest of five kids, hon here it is
    After 10 years without no spouse
    Momma's gettin married and a house
    Listen, positive over negative for the women and master
    Mother Queen's rising a chapter
    Déjà vu, tell you what I'm gonna do
    When they reminisce over you, my God
    [Bridge 1: Pete Rock]
    My God
    It's so
    Yeah, so lovely
    That's how we like to do it in the 90's
    Pete Rock & CL Smooth comin' atcha
    [Verse 2: C.L. Smooth]
    When I date back I recall a man off the family tree
    My right hand Poppa Doc I see
    Took me from a boy to a man so I always had a father
    When my biological didn't bother
    Taking care of this, so who am I to bicker
    Not a bad ticker but I'm clocking pop's liver
    But you can never say that his life is through
    Five kids at 21 believe he got a right too
    Here we go while I check the scene
    With the Portuguese Lover at the age of 14
    The same age, front page, no fuss
    But I bet you all your dough they live longer than us
    Never been senile, that's where you're wrong
    But give the man a taste and he's gone
    Noddin' off, sleep to a jazz tune
    I can hear his head banging on the wall in the next room
    I get the pillow and hope I don't wake him
    For this man do cuss, hear it all in verbatim
    Telling me how to raise my boy unless he's taking over
    I said pop maybe when you're older
    We laughed all night about the hookers at the party
    My old man standing, yelling "Good God Almighty"
    Use your condom, take sips of the brew
    When they reminisce over you, for real
    [Bridge 2: Pete Rock]
    For real, baby
    Like that
    We for real
    Comin' atcha
    In '92
    Pete Rock & CL Smooth
    Yeah, c'mon, hit me!
    [Verse 3: C.L. Smooth]
    I reminisce so you never forget this
    The days of way-back, so many bear witness the fitness
    Take the first letter out of each word in this joint
    Listen close as I prove my point
    T to the R the O-Y, how did you and I meet?
    In front of Big Lou's, fighting in the street
    But only you saw what took many time to see
    I dedicate this to you for believing in me
    Rain or shine, yes, in any weather
    My Grandmom Pam holds the family together
    My Uncle Doc's the greatest, better yet the latest
    If we're talking about a car, Uncle Sterling got the latest
    I strive to be live 'cause I got no choice
    And run my own business like my Aunt Joyce
    So Pete Rock hit me, 'nough respect due
    When they reminisce over you, listen
    [Outro: Pete Rock]
    Listen, just listen
    To the funky song as I rock on
    And that's word is bond
    I'm not playin'
    Everybody, just coolin'
    This song we dedicate
    To the one and only
    Never be another
    He was my brother
    Trouble T-Roy
    It's like that y'all
    And you don't stop
    Pete Rock and CL Smooth for '92
    And we out, later
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Комментарии • 6 тыс.

  • @dirtykay6002
    @dirtykay6002 3 года назад +3617

    One of the coldest beats in hip-hop history💯

  • @ghostlover951
    @ghostlover951 3 месяца назад +181

    It breaks my heart that we'll never experience another era like the 80s, 90s, and early 2000s

    • @TheHoodfella201
      @TheHoodfella201 3 месяца назад +11

      Real Talk! Shit is very Sad.
      😢

    • @lstruggy
      @lstruggy Месяц назад +5

      🥹

    • @jinb6242
      @jinb6242 Месяц назад +4

      Facts🥺

    • @Roshea
      @Roshea 29 дней назад +3

      And now with AI music creation it will be even more unlikely unless music goes underground again like metal and trance.

    • @Squincy
      @Squincy 21 день назад +2

      Just the 80s and 90s

  • @pbwmanagement
    @pbwmanagement 3 месяца назад +108

    It's strange how I could sing this word-for-word 30 years ago, but it's only decades later that I understand it.
    Song hits deep.

  • @deeletke1536
    @deeletke1536 3 месяца назад +616

    2024 anyone

  • @4u2cre8
    @4u2cre8 2 года назад +5037

    Almost 30 years later, and STILL one of the greatest Hip-Hop songs ever made.

    • @bigboyope
      @bigboyope 2 года назад +44

      Facts 👍🏾

    • @NorakTheDon
      @NorakTheDon 2 года назад +50

      Ever made!!!

    • @NAzTRAdamUS
      @NAzTRAdamUS 2 года назад +35

      still fresh

    • @shocker3448
      @shocker3448 2 года назад +62

      You can just tell when shit real 🤦🏾‍♂️ this definitely top 25 one of the best Hip hop rap songs in history🔊 🔊🎵🎶🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎧

    • @davidgerald133
      @davidgerald133 2 года назад +31

      Omg...30 years.....wow I'm old lol

  • @brownhulk2344
    @brownhulk2344 3 года назад +2054

    I get the chills as soon as the horns(saxophone) kick in.

    • @jbarral6509
      @jbarral6509 3 года назад +67

      Same here man it feels like I'm gonna cry when someone I know died

    • @computerguy6264
      @computerguy6264 3 года назад +14

      Yes

    • @TheAlmightyClipse
      @TheAlmightyClipse 3 года назад +25

      If you don't, you must not have a pulse!!

    • @ShyraR
      @ShyraR 3 года назад +22

      I feel it too! I'm from the neighborhood in Queens, NYC. I love it. Nice comment.

    • @coreyoz
      @coreyoz 3 года назад +25

      Tom Scott

  • @nscurge
    @nscurge 8 месяцев назад +422

    The 90’s was the best era for hip-hop

    • @AbrahamPalmer-wj5cb
      @AbrahamPalmer-wj5cb 4 месяца назад +10

      Correct

    • @user-ym7vn2lg7f
      @user-ym7vn2lg7f 3 месяца назад +8

      We still here ❤ keep pushing our beautiful generation ❤

    • @Col-dk6pi
      @Col-dk6pi 3 месяца назад +7

      No doubt

    • @turbotone5058
      @turbotone5058 3 месяца назад +4

      By far

    • @Ricemon58
      @Ricemon58 2 месяца назад

      The 70s and 80s hip and early early 90s hip hop sounded trash 😂

  • @ebonpaladin
    @ebonpaladin 2 месяца назад +144

    2024, ya out there? Man, there are songs, then there are songs that are anthems - this is one of the anthems of the 90s. What were you doin when this hit dropped? I was still a teen running amok in the streets in NY, loving life and not knowing what the future held...

    • @BLAZENYCBLACKOPS
      @BLAZENYCBLACKOPS 2 месяца назад

      This is the jam.

    • @sureslick1
      @sureslick1 2 месяца назад +3

      This is the anthem that made every thug, crook, hustler, graduate, scholar and teen salute! A pure masterpiece1

    • @lordmavbmp
      @lordmavbmp 2 месяца назад +2

      duh son... this the damn jam. im 29 btw, 30 coming soon and besides the crack era, I wish I was alive and conscious to hear this as a new track on the radio. prolly killed the streets!!

    • @elledaog
      @elledaog 2 месяца назад +2

      I came on the earth the day after this song came out 😂

    • @ebonpaladin
      @ebonpaladin 2 месяца назад +2

      @lordmavbmp It did. Trouble T-Roy wasn't just a dancer, but friends with these guys...that they made a song (and Hev dedicated his next album to him) speaks volumes.

  • @shaunglover7251
    @shaunglover7251 2 года назад +1433

    My man is telling his whole life story, and remembering those who helped him become greater.
    I mean, damn.
    The love. The respect.

    • @luispadilla8628
      @luispadilla8628 2 года назад +59

      Its in memory of his friend TROY who died in a freak accident fell 20 feet off of the stage. RIP TROY THEY REMINANCE OVER YOU.

    • @shaunglover7251
      @shaunglover7251 2 года назад +67

      @@luispadilla8628 Of course, but it's also a rundown of Smooth's life. Trouble T's passing was the event that inspired Smooth to look back on people he loved and lost, including Troy.

    • @sabrinaking2477
      @sabrinaking2477 2 года назад +10

      Hip Hop today compare. This song is my all time favorite.

    • @alexanderbeck7953
      @alexanderbeck7953 2 года назад +9

      Hell yeah brother. Classic tune of all times. Peace and love man.

    • @sol3407
      @sol3407 2 года назад +8

      @@shaunglover7251 damn now it all makes sense 😔 appreciate that knowledge

  • @vincesza8464
    @vincesza8464 2 года назад +1022

    The most nostalgic beat ever 🔥🔥

  • @deweytucker5413
    @deweytucker5413 9 месяцев назад +236

    I’m almost 50 now. I grew up in the greatest musical era. Nothing but gratitude as this music ages like a fine wine. Peace

    • @aliciastalksessions
      @aliciastalksessions 4 месяца назад +5

      i'm 50 now and yes you did

    • @miked2090
      @miked2090 4 месяца назад +2

      Im 51, & yes we did! There was so much knowledge & truth in music of all types made back in the 80s & 90s...we are truly blessed to have grown up in this time.
      May God bless us all!

    • @steelhere5519
      @steelhere5519 2 месяца назад +3

      - Turned 50 last week. This is the very best of Hip-Hop.

  • @guymoredudethanman
    @guymoredudethanman 5 месяцев назад +87

    Greatest rap song of all time. Not an ego trip, not about body count, not about money, not about fame, instead a personal familial tale & tribute to a dead friend. Poetry with a perfect jazzy beat coinciding with these beautifully delivered lines. CL’s voice, Pete’s production & beat, truly the peak of the genre. Should be the rap-equivalent of the Beatles when it comes to artists taking inspiration from the originators. Both of their records are hip-hop masterpieces

  • @adamfitzgerald911
    @adamfitzgerald911 4 года назад +1316

    It wont ever be this good, ever again. That's what makes us reminisce to begin with.

    • @toreytownsend4705
      @toreytownsend4705 4 года назад +13

      Adam Fitzgerald You are right about that!!!!

    • @bashlove9641
      @bashlove9641 4 года назад +9

      WORD!

    • @theminister7
      @theminister7 4 года назад +8

      Man what!!!! 💯

    • @kimberleychoudhury3358
      @kimberleychoudhury3358 4 года назад +2

      i promise you this is a nostalgic album ruclips.net/video/re-a6gbq0_M/видео.html (i bet you a 5er u will like every song on the ep/album)

    • @jonb903
      @jonb903 4 года назад +10

      Things will change as new generations of "conscious" thinkers will follow us long after we are gone. Time changes all things. There are new groups popping up all the time. Some of them refuse to do what the studios want them to do, and we either never hear from them anymore or they are never even allowed to have their songs/music released.

  • @BlackDollCollectors
    @BlackDollCollectors Год назад +1237

    I loss my mom in 1990 to cancer… I was a freshman in High school that year… When this song dropped in 92. It touched my soul. The lyrics were so profound…This entire album..but this song right here.. no words for how it connects me so deeply to my beautiful mom…. I love hip hop.

  • @Dru9120
    @Dru9120 9 месяцев назад +91

    This is what you call ART. A timeless classic.

    • @krisfalkenberg
      @krisfalkenberg 6 месяцев назад

      Eat the hearts of one another and digest it with understanding thee, before eating or influencing the mind and have one, united. The body is not used often for a job if one can hold it and the animal doesn't discriminate; why we are dependent on the brains. Walls don't separate the soul from another, but the flesh and blood from its relative and relativity. There's plenty of life for those who apply its principles with a contract and commitment, than following others, bread crumbs an ordinary line through a threshold. For everything has instructions, but they don't always answer and what the conscience don't need, don't apply to them; life always makes things better. Children don't argue to be praised, influence and pride honors those who follow it for worship and fortune, fighting to the end, short of it and fame......

  • @oscararias3353
    @oscararias3353 7 месяцев назад +267

    No nigga, no cursed words, pure rap!!! Legit rap!!!

  • @mustangvsz2897
    @mustangvsz2897 Год назад +839

    As a little kid playing NBA Street Vol 2....Was amazed. Made me start checking out older hip hop and found a bunch of joints...

    • @strums5441
      @strums5441 Год назад +40

      Same here. I was born in 98 so there were so many older classics I found just from street vol 2

    • @acuso1994
      @acuso1994 Год назад +37

      Had to have stretch Monroe on the team fasho 😅

    • @LeapofFaith47
      @LeapofFaith47 Год назад +20

      Takes me right back to those ps2 days definitely was the best system as far as overall gameplay

    • @LeoDopeland
      @LeoDopeland Год назад +24

      The Choice is Yours and Chief Rocka

    • @vanpuldo
      @vanpuldo 11 месяцев назад +3

      YES SAME

  • @DomPeriod
    @DomPeriod 2 года назад +411

    Lost my uncle in November of 2019. We used to sit on the balcony late into the evening blasting hip hop classics from the speaker and enjoying a beer or two. This song in particular was one of his favorites. Can't believe it's been so long. I miss you, old man. Hope you're doing good on the other side.

    • @023djg
      @023djg 2 года назад +21

      He is man, for sure.

    • @samrose3205
      @samrose3205 2 года назад +21

      Sorry for your loss man, what a cool uncle he was

    • @Gianfranco_69
      @Gianfranco_69 2 года назад +12

      Damn you made it smokey in here...

    • @y2jaz685
      @y2jaz685 2 года назад +8

      🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

    • @weare9770
      @weare9770 2 года назад +9

      May He Rest In Power

  • @sausagegabbagoochi1959
    @sausagegabbagoochi1959 Год назад +228

    i’m a white man, italian descent this song always makes me cry i believe God is somehow in this song. it’s so special. that bronx horn in the background…it’s so beautiful. never be another ❤thankful n humble. glad to be in this generation

    • @kingkillmonger74
      @kingkillmonger74 10 месяцев назад +46

      Grief and loss is universal. All of us no matter what our ethnicity can rock with this classic.

    • @corymiller536
      @corymiller536 8 месяцев назад

      Italians are not white

    • @themountainsandthesea4121
      @themountainsandthesea4121 6 месяцев назад +10

      ​@@kingkillmonger74yes

    • @IDontKnow-pf6en
      @IDontKnow-pf6en 3 месяца назад +12

      ayyy! im Sicilian-Italian, and i too love this song! God Bless!

    • @thewatchmen4920
      @thewatchmen4920 3 месяца назад +6

      On this 🌍🌎🌏 really all are family. What other 🌏🌎🌍 we can live safely on. If only are governments leaders would understand that 🇺🇲

  • @BENJIBKNY
    @BENJIBKNY 9 месяцев назад +41

    One of the greatest rap songs ever created

  • @gloryricot1016
    @gloryricot1016 3 года назад +889

    If you're still in love with this song in 2021 like me you're a legend😎

    • @arjanmandemakeram
      @arjanmandemakeram 3 года назад +7

      Nothing beats the classics

    • @Clifffields
      @Clifffields 2 года назад +1

      ❤🙏🏾

    • @MyBrothersKeeper101
      @MyBrothersKeeper101 2 года назад +5

      From the very Day the song came out my brother!

    • @tkm2609
      @tkm2609 2 года назад +3

      Timeless

    • @yungchobe
      @yungchobe 2 года назад +3

      @@arjanmandemakeram masterpiece I miss this face of hip hop

  • @robfugelseth8374
    @robfugelseth8374 Год назад +504

    I miss this era. A timeless song!

    • @therougechipmunk8058
      @therougechipmunk8058 Год назад +9

      It'll be 2045 and will still be playing all these great old school hits, they don't make music like they use to anymore.

    • @lynnify6
      @lynnify6 Год назад +1

      #BIGFACTS💯💯💯💯

    • @Michiganmemer
      @Michiganmemer Год назад +1

      Me too brother!

    • @leoj.l.9887
      @leoj.l.9887 6 месяцев назад +1

      💯 😢

  • @cypress420ful
    @cypress420ful 8 месяцев назад +48

    A CLASSIC!!!
    How many people can listen to this, reminisce and go back to a time when you were young and living your best life???

    • @krisfalkenberg
      @krisfalkenberg 6 месяцев назад

      Eat the hearts of one another and digest it with understanding thee, before eating or influencing the mind and have one, united. The body is not used often for a job if one can hold it and the animal doesn't discriminate; why we are dependent on the brains. Walls don't separate the soul from another, but the flesh and blood from its relative and relativity. There's plenty of life for those who apply its principles with a contract and commitment, than following others, bread crumbs an ordinary line through a threshold. For everything has instructions, but they don't always answer and what the conscience don't need, don't apply to them; life always makes things better. Children don't argue to be praised, influence and pride honors those who follow it for worship and fortune, fighting to the end, short of it and fame......

  • @NdigoDavalos
    @NdigoDavalos Месяц назад +8

    My mom called me today to remind me of this song that’s why I’m here. This the first time hip-hop felt real and authentic to me. 😢I love my mom.❤

  • @idriveanywhere
    @idriveanywhere 3 года назад +309

    It was 1992 and I was living in Brooklyn. I was taking a cab home at like 6 in the morning, and I was 2 of my boys. One of them pulled out a tape and asked the taxi driver if he could play it. This is the first song that came on and I was blown away by this sound. The taxi had a system too so he pumped it and I remember this song making me feel so good. Everybody in the cab was rocking their heads back & Forth including the cab driver. Memories of Brooklyn, memories of tape deck's. I reminisce on that New York City that once was, and is now gone.

    • @jm-je4tl
      @jm-je4tl 2 года назад +3

      I'm not american. What do you mean by 'NYC is gone'?

    • @bosceltics4569
      @bosceltics4569 2 года назад +39

      @@jm-je4tl I’m not from there so I can’t give a great explanation but basically all these NYC natives lived there and made the city what it was and great in its own way. Over time more and more people have drove these people out due to price and gentrification taking away the people that made NYC great.

    • @jasoncataldi2053
      @jasoncataldi2053 2 года назад +10

      @@bosceltics4569 well said! Exactly right!

    • @jasoncataldi2053
      @jasoncataldi2053 2 года назад +15

      I reminisce about the Old NYC days all the time. It’s SO gone , unfortunately. Be well brother.

    • @idriveanywhere
      @idriveanywhere 2 года назад +10

      @@jasoncataldi2053 you ain't lying, it'll never be the same again. Be well Bro. 🙏🏻

  • @rukididennis2795
    @rukididennis2795 2 года назад +283

    This track sounds good in every generation....

  • @Rizzlyricist
    @Rizzlyricist 8 месяцев назад +134

    I used to listen to this when I was 63, and now I'm 17. This will forever be a classic.

    • @somedudenameddes0121
      @somedudenameddes0121 7 месяцев назад +6

      Bro same ong💀💀💀

    • @Michelle-rm1yk
      @Michelle-rm1yk 6 месяцев назад +2

      😂❤

    • @hilcobosman8736
      @hilcobosman8736 5 месяцев назад +4

      I used to listen to this when i was 17 im 48 now i reminisce

    • @whofuckingcares420
      @whofuckingcares420 5 месяцев назад +1

      bopped when i was 20, then i was 50 and struggling with sin and getting it but man now im 25 and im cryyin and reminising and feelin it freal baby like that this will forever be a class

    • @suiken3149
      @suiken3149 3 дня назад

      Who are you, Benjamin Button?

  • @glennwilliams491
    @glennwilliams491 20 дней назад +6

    Listen to how mature he sounds as a young man. You don’t get this anymore. He sounds wise beyond his years. This was truly the golden era of hip hop.

    • @parkerdavenport2542
      @parkerdavenport2542 11 дней назад +1

      We don't get a lot of this in popular music, no, but I am blessed to see a lot of conscious hip hop in my local scene. I believe it exists, but it isn't what's marketed/marketable anymore.

  • @jamesmorgan4800
    @jamesmorgan4800 2 года назад +453

    Ruth was rocking this one on "Ozarks", old school hip hop will never get old

    • @houjo5476
      @houjo5476 2 года назад +33

      I just finished the ozarks I had to look this up again. This was on NBA Street. I remember Playing the game on game cube. This song brings back good times

    • @edcwlk4416
      @edcwlk4416 2 года назад +14

      Ozark was my first time 😁

    • @Joseph-jx8bl
      @Joseph-jx8bl 2 года назад +11

      Just got done watching that episode! 😆. I remember by the cassette when it was released. Good memories.

    • @carlosroque955
      @carlosroque955 2 года назад +3

      @@houjo5476 sameee 😢

    • @jennifervenendaal8273
      @jennifervenendaal8273 2 года назад +5

      I heard this tonight and was like what… forgot this one!

  • @roryslaine7896
    @roryslaine7896 2 года назад +206

    "But only you saw what took many time to see. I dedicate this to you for believing in me." I absolutely love that line.

    • @RapFanatic4ever
      @RapFanatic4ever Год назад +1

      GENIUS

    • @roryslaine7896
      @roryslaine7896 Год назад +3

      @@RapFanatic4ever Sure enough my brother. I also didn't realise until like a couple years ago why the song is actually called "They Reminisce Over You." It's for his fella Troy who tragically died when he was young. That's mad respect.

    • @RapFanatic4ever
      @RapFanatic4ever Год назад

      @@roryslaine7896 I found that out a few years ago

    • @MJWRTRCT
      @MJWRTRCT Год назад

      reading this just made me cry rn❤

  • @MrBuzz1187
    @MrBuzz1187 20 дней назад +4

    Lost my brother 2007 to gun violence. Still remember that night like it was yesterday. I play this song and it brings all of those good times up. What a song man.

  • @remy5301
    @remy5301 2 месяца назад +10

    A white fella that always comes back to this to relive my childhood.

  • @jasonott4368
    @jasonott4368 3 года назад +422

    The sax in this track is so classic!!! As soon as you hear it,it takes you back!!

    • @CaptainVideo75
      @CaptainVideo75 3 года назад +14

      Look for "Today" by Tom Scott

    • @masmoney5731
      @masmoney5731 3 года назад +4

      Tom Scott wrote the sax 🎷 and these guys sampled it and never paid him a dime, regardless of how sampling can make beautiful tracks, it’s straight up plagiarism.

    • @andyjackson4505
      @andyjackson4505 3 года назад +4

      On Tom’s podcast today, 6-14-21, on “Tom Scott’s Podcast Express” he implied that he was still enjoying the royalties from that sample. That was in response to a comment Dave Koz made about Tom’s lick being used. Maybe he got paid through a different channel or didn’t want to admit that he didn’t get paid at all.

    • @Chinookman
      @Chinookman 3 года назад +1

      @@andyjackson4505 no. According to his TikTok he was never paid a penny. The rights were legitimately owned by the record company and Jefferson Airplane which Tom Scott was covering received co-writer credit.

    • @andyjackson4505
      @andyjackson4505 3 года назад

      Makes sense. Good info.

  • @vincentsmith8284
    @vincentsmith8284 2 года назад +662

    This is arguably the best rap song ever

  • @bigrickb84
    @bigrickb84 7 месяцев назад +13

    I'm 39. To this day this song brings me to tears. Just reminiscing over loved ones. Love this song.

  • @jacksavage279
    @jacksavage279 10 месяцев назад +11

    The greatest hip hop song ever written.

  • @kennedymrshall9641
    @kennedymrshall9641 8 лет назад +3962

    no gangster talk, no hoes dancing around , no coke boys flashing money, no extra bragging, no fancy cars...just poetic hood stories of what growing up black and life was really like and of some of the good men that have passed away....there is a name for this..it's called hip hop...according to me at least..salute

    • @ronnrogers9459
      @ronnrogers9459 4 года назад +39

      True that

    • @jermainemitchell2002
      @jermainemitchell2002 4 года назад +14

      @@ronnrogers9459 facts

    • @deniawiseone95
      @deniawiseone95 4 года назад +34

      And one of the baddest songs...2019

    • @SuperMissy37
      @SuperMissy37 4 года назад +25

      Right !!! In rap was really rap.

    • @dazbray1255
      @dazbray1255 4 года назад +9

      Damn right, booooooom, no, Booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooom 💣💥

  • @mathewm6294
    @mathewm6294 Год назад +507

    The opening sax still gives me chills, and no matter how much I revisit this I come away with full tears in my eyes due to memories stronger than nostalgia✌️

    • @derekwargo3999
      @derekwargo3999 8 месяцев назад +4

      Very beautifully & well said!!

    • @RawDogJenkins
      @RawDogJenkins 8 месяцев назад +4

      I can dig it

    • @user-qn8cq6lx1n
      @user-qn8cq6lx1n 8 месяцев назад +4

      "nostalgia" in the hard knocks of life, "some people get rich. Others eat sh** and die"

    • @musiclover-cn7tb
      @musiclover-cn7tb 7 месяцев назад +2

      Yessss I always felt it since I was a kid that part had me stuck .

    • @musiclover-cn7tb
      @musiclover-cn7tb 7 месяцев назад +1

      Exactly Mathew M.

  • @JayzoTheNextKobeBryant2.0
    @JayzoTheNextKobeBryant2.0 2 месяца назад +261

    Who All Still Listening To This Song In 2024 ?

  • @coolvidzman
    @coolvidzman 11 месяцев назад +29

    NBA STREET VOL 2. The developers including classic hip hop was an absolute win. Salute!

    • @Killernaut16
      @Killernaut16 4 дня назад

      Comment I was looking for. Favorite sport game of all time. The opening put me on to this song so many years ago. It's nostalgic now.

  • @samsiryani9023
    @samsiryani9023 2 года назад +478

    Sweet memories every time I hear great beat with the lyric flow to match.
    0% curses
    0% violence
    100% lyrics
    100% respect

    • @jamesleon2990
      @jamesleon2990 2 года назад +17

      The shiiiiiiiiiii!!!!!!!! Great music with a message

    • @Thespeedrap
      @Thespeedrap 2 года назад +23

      We need this kind of Hip-hop come back.

    • @Thespeedrap
      @Thespeedrap 2 года назад +14

      At least you can understand what they're saying unlike these guys now what the hell how is that even popular with folks nowadays.

    • @mjohnson1741
      @mjohnson1741 2 года назад +10

      And the song had a message.

    • @jamesdean9943
      @jamesdean9943 2 года назад +1

      Yep this what Hip-Hop was, sure we had drama but nothing like it is today.

  • @adamfitzgerald911
    @adamfitzgerald911 4 года назад +1512

    A key component in 80's-90's hip hop, which is obviously lost in today's mess, is the influence of Jazz.

    • @BobMarley-oc6oj
      @BobMarley-oc6oj 3 года назад +22

      The touch of Fuel injected JazzMatazz

    • @weirdfish1216
      @weirdfish1216 3 года назад +101

      @@BobMarley-oc6oj listen to To Pimp a Butterfly by Kendrick

    • @kwamestamps35
      @kwamestamps35 3 года назад +21

      You ain't never said nothing more true.

    • @cora_m
      @cora_m 3 года назад +59

      I beg to differ :) there are so many great hip hop artists that are heavily influenced by jazz and make use of it too. Madlib, Mf doom (well...), Quasimoto, Joey badass, Tyler the creator, Ivan Ave, no name... And that's just at the top of my head. Music nowadays is great too! :)

    • @jbarral6509
      @jbarral6509 3 года назад +28

      @@cora_m you forgot the tribe called quest

  • @Tuco_V.
    @Tuco_V. 8 месяцев назад +10

    At 53yrs old imo this whole album is in my top 3

  • @nathanhargenrader645
    @nathanhargenrader645 9 месяцев назад +25

    All these years later this give me chills every time. One of the best hip hop songs of all time

  • @rpina420
    @rpina420 2 года назад +452

    Still one of my favorite beats reminds me of my childhood playing NBA street vol2 and this was the opening menu song 🥲 my step dad really opened my mind to hip hop best blessing in the world

    • @charleshuse4585
      @charleshuse4585 Год назад +17

      Yes!!! It took me a while to find this song. I know it from NBA street volume 2. I learned the title from someone I follow on social media. Good times my friend.

    • @jamarcushall6727
      @jamarcushall6727 Год назад +7

      Yes bro good times with my older brothers

    • @YBKBigB
      @YBKBigB Год назад +10

      I was looking for this comment 😭

    • @williedakid263
      @williedakid263 Год назад +5

      This it for me...Playin wit North Carolina mj

    • @mikhailanzueta5356
      @mikhailanzueta5356 Год назад +7

      I swear, it never fails. Greatest basketball game of all time.

  • @treyparker3775
    @treyparker3775 4 года назад +325

    The perfect hip hop joint.....I miss the 90s

  • @lawrencerodeback
    @lawrencerodeback 3 месяца назад +6

    You don't know you're a 90's kid until you're feeling on songs you haven't heard for 30 years

  • @xlgoldfish
    @xlgoldfish Год назад +2

    I reminisce over this song. June 2023

  • @anajuliasilva5358
    @anajuliasilva5358 3 года назад +210

    His flow is surreal

  • @lilrog51
    @lilrog51 3 года назад +83

    That saxophone gets me emotional every time

  • @Westsideplayer1
    @Westsideplayer1 6 месяцев назад +13

    this song makes me feel good.iam 50 years old and this song always takes me back to the 90's.nuff respect do 💯❤️ Chicago in the house baby.

  • @insuchaway
    @insuchaway 14 дней назад +2

    The saxophones in T.R.O.Y and U.N.I.T.Y are outstanding!

  • @AM-ri9ut
    @AM-ri9ut 3 года назад +336

    My son found this song when he was 11, he's 19 now, and told me this is still his favorite song. 😁💯

    • @iennefaLsh
      @iennefaLsh 3 года назад +20

      Cultured.

    • @friscofunksta7528
      @friscofunksta7528 2 года назад +5

      I hope he also knows the story behind his favorite song...

    • @Crowens
      @Crowens 2 года назад +3

      He'll cherish it for the rest of his life, it only gets better with time

    • @j_h_o
      @j_h_o 2 года назад +3

      your son is dope as hell

    • @SuperMurray2009
      @SuperMurray2009 2 года назад +3

      Lemme guess. Your son's favorite game of all time is NBA Street Vol 2.

  • @PRODBYLIIVID
    @PRODBYLIIVID 3 года назад +8678

    RUclips is the closest thing we got to a time capsule.

    • @henryhayes4167
      @henryhayes4167 3 года назад +185

      Deadass, also great music taste comrade✊🏽

    • @superperson7325
      @superperson7325 3 года назад +67

      @@henryhayes4167 musical solidarity for the comrades

    • @henryhayes4167
      @henryhayes4167 3 года назад +55

      @@superperson7325 Jazz Hip-Hop will no doubt be the official music of the Communist states of America, one day amigo.😪

    • @peterhenshaw6654
      @peterhenshaw6654 3 года назад +32

      And a man cant catch a memory without commercial. Own you from the born just a numereal

    • @rasheemthebestfirstone3274
      @rasheemthebestfirstone3274 3 года назад +16

      Mfing facts

  • @JayzoTheNextKobeBryant2.0
    @JayzoTheNextKobeBryant2.0 2 месяца назад +9

    This Song Hits Harder Now Then It Did Back Then

  • @jonah6212
    @jonah6212 8 месяцев назад +21

    Insane production levels for a 1992 joint... unreal. Pete Rock is the one and CL Smooth the only MC that could have blessed this track at the time. Prophesied track.

  • @415Dwilliams
    @415Dwilliams 4 года назад +1337

    This song is so heartfelt and personal. Grooving to this still in 2020.

  • @abigailvalenti
    @abigailvalenti 3 года назад +217

    This is when hip hop was more philosophical and meaningful. ❤️❤️

    • @CJCPROSUB-
      @CJCPROSUB- 2 года назад +2

      True. Money for sex is wrong. Some men not all do this. ??? JULY 2021 WAS SAID. THURSDAY LOOKS BLUEBERRY MUFFIN SEXY.

    • @wayz415
      @wayz415 2 года назад +2

      Notice no cuss words needed in this song? Pure class

    • @DogonChild
      @DogonChild 2 года назад +2

      ❤❤❤

    • @kil44ua43
      @kil44ua43 2 года назад

      still is

    • @eugenedantzler4485
      @eugenedantzler4485 2 года назад +2

      💯💯💯 Abigail.🌹

  • @leoj.l.9887
    @leoj.l.9887 6 месяцев назад +9

    I miss this era...this was peak of true hip hop...

  • @curtiskent2916
    @curtiskent2916 5 месяцев назад +18

    Im 60 and I remember this like it was yesterday. Never gets old 💯💯💯

    • @wanttobeengineer
      @wanttobeengineer 5 месяцев назад +8

      Never meet you. But I'm glad you made it to 60. Here to many more years!

  • @imyournewdaddynow4757
    @imyournewdaddynow4757 3 года назад +101

    The instrumental alone speaks for itself

  • @donrobinson5662
    @donrobinson5662 Год назад +898

    These young artist today don't even have a clue....This is true art that can't EVER be duplicated!!

    • @zahidkhan5733
      @zahidkhan5733 Год назад +51

      isn't it crazy what is known as hip hop today is literally 95% garbage, I mean the 90's was an absolute golden age wow

    • @donrobinson5662
      @donrobinson5662 Год назад +8

      @RUNITJAY 954 It's all good...im sure you young and don't understand music today ain't worth jack

    • @lanceuppercut4963
      @lanceuppercut4963 Год назад +14

      Cringe

    • @zahidkhan5733
      @zahidkhan5733 Год назад +5

      @@SuperJfresh111 let me guess you think xxxtechdead is good music

    • @Imxpertgamer
      @Imxpertgamer Год назад +1

      @@SuperJfresh111 you know TeeJayX6 sampled this?

  • @ryandarko2115
    @ryandarko2115 6 месяцев назад +9

    The old school can’t be beaten

  • @moedollars7050
    @moedollars7050 Год назад +330

    Quintessential NYC hip-hop sound. Reminiscing down memory lane myself. This will never be duplicated. Timeless.

    • @zahidkhan5733
      @zahidkhan5733 Год назад +3

      well said

    • @generfeld
      @generfeld Год назад +2

      absolutely one of the best songs. it sums up all the feelings in life

    • @krisfalkenberg
      @krisfalkenberg 6 месяцев назад

      Eat the hearts of one another and digest it with understanding thee, before eating or influencing the mind and have one, united. The body is not used often for a job if one can hold it and the animal doesn't discriminate; why we are dependent on the brains. Walls don't separate the soul from another, but the flesh and blood from its relative and relativity. There's plenty of life for those who apply its principles with a contract and commitment, than following others, bread crumbs an ordinary line through a threshold. For everything has instructions, but they don't always answer and what the conscience don't need, don't apply to them; life always makes things better. Children don't argue to be praised, influence and pride honors those who follow it for worship and fortune, fighting to the end, short of it and fame......

  • @KlitKommander
    @KlitKommander Год назад +604

    Almost 2023 and this shit still gives me goosebumps.

  • @guyfieriismyhero2445
    @guyfieriismyhero2445 2 месяца назад +4

    Still makes me tear up

  • @kkash824
    @kkash824 5 месяцев назад +2

    My favorite sample ever, Tom Scott, “today” birthed this masterpiece.

  • @natemoss7437
    @natemoss7437 2 года назад +227

    To this day that classic NY rap is untouchable……………🔥🔥🔥

  • @SuperPussyFinger
    @SuperPussyFinger 3 года назад +472

    This is the greatest beat of all time.

  • @wachutalmbout6985
    @wachutalmbout6985 7 месяцев назад +8

    I was 22, living my best life, and this was my soundtrack

  • @ranbutch7544
    @ranbutch7544 Год назад +10

    One of the greatest hip hop songs of all time

  • @nickbradfordsr80
    @nickbradfordsr80 Год назад +131

    My pop took me to a barbershop on Bancroft street in north philly when I was 11 & as soon as we walked out the shop, this car drove by blastin this track. At the same time this kid was riding a bike humming the horn melody. This song hasn't left my mind since 💯 thank you PeteRock & CL for this magic

    • @ryanhys
      @ryanhys Год назад +9

      Best comment ever. Thanks for making my day

  • @jayelbee1111
    @jayelbee1111 4 года назад +249

    This song may go down as one of the greatest Hip-Hop songs ever recorded. This is definitely a classic masterpiece produced by D.J. Pete Rock!!!

  • @user-vg7ny8hk9c
    @user-vg7ny8hk9c 3 месяца назад +5

    It's a shame that there's no labels that will promote this type of creativity nowadays ✌️

  • @lifetimesofamultiplemediam1003
    @lifetimesofamultiplemediam1003 Год назад +28

    These two definitely flowed smooth like silk! ✊🏿

  • @stevenmcmenimen9208
    @stevenmcmenimen9208 Год назад +293

    Today’s rap can’t touch this masterpiece

  • @MMoturi22
    @MMoturi22 3 года назад +375

    We'll be reminiscing over you DMX.

    • @kingkev6407
      @kingkev6407 3 года назад +5

      Yeaaaa... 😔😔😔🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

    • @richmondraider716
      @richmondraider716 2 года назад +8

      Facts... never be another

    • @gregroycampbele5880
      @gregroycampbele5880 2 года назад +19

      2pac biggie biz Markie eazy e black rob DMX heavy d mac dre and every body else we lost

    • @kdogg716
      @kdogg716 2 года назад +3

      FACTS

    • @djibsondasilva454
      @djibsondasilva454 2 года назад +3

      Word up!
      RIP *X* 🙏

  • @resp0nse_beats
    @resp0nse_beats Год назад +14

    The feeling of unity when they dropped this track live in concert was something special.

  • @user-mf9in6is7w
    @user-mf9in6is7w 5 месяцев назад +5

    Makes me wanna cry child hood song

  • @skyeboogie703
    @skyeboogie703 4 года назад +118

    Anyone else get tears in your eyes when this track spin ?

    • @Akasha2023
      @Akasha2023 3 года назад +6

      Yep right now smh thinking back to them days

    • @skyeboogie703
      @skyeboogie703 3 года назад +2

      @@Akasha2023 the good days indeed

    • @janicemorales2754
      @janicemorales2754 3 года назад +2

      Me

    • @msladylibra8373
      @msladylibra8373 3 года назад +4

      Yes I do i miss the 90's 😢

    • @francescagirone2552
      @francescagirone2552 3 года назад +4

      Haven't been able to listen to this for so many years due to memories; but now I am and it's the bomb

  • @pauldennis2859
    @pauldennis2859 2 года назад +103

    Still hits hard in 2022 ...legends

  • @MichaelZodok
    @MichaelZodok 5 месяцев назад +3

    Rest in Power Delana Kaalund and Chris Kaalund. I love and miss you every day. From Shen.

  • @johngainey8277
    @johngainey8277 7 месяцев назад +6

    Still pumping this in 2023 and I'm 55....takes me back to the 90s....a great time in rap....

  • @jamesbooth532
    @jamesbooth532 3 года назад +74

    'Never be another, he was my brother' beautiful stuff.

  • @jesuschrist3165
    @jesuschrist3165 Год назад +80

    This beat embodies the spirit of hip hop

  • @Dukez2051
    @Dukez2051 2 месяца назад +4

    still reminiscing in 2024 🙌🎵🔊!

  • @josephchimenti820
    @josephchimenti820 Год назад +18

    One of the greats of all-time

  • @mikehuntz187
    @mikehuntz187 3 года назад +150

    I'll never get tired of listening to this

  • @johnbaxter3439
    @johnbaxter3439 3 года назад +72

    Greatest hip hop song ever! Pour out the liquor to everyone that’s not here with us.

  • @atdubya9576
    @atdubya9576 7 месяцев назад +5

    Pete Rock is never mentioned among the greats like he should be! His beats perfectly complemented CL

  • @printland7895
    @printland7895 3 месяца назад +4

    Certified Classic
    I swear Pete Rock is one of the best producers in the world, and he can rap too =)

  • @missg1727
    @missg1727 2 года назад +144

    Me and my sister wrote down this song just to get those lyrics down packed. We'll once it was wrote and we started to read the lyrics it just completely opened our eyes. Imagine being that young 12 and 14, growing up in the crack era, and completely understanding the meaning of this song. It I think it's one of the greatest songs in Hip Hop..

  • @spooky686
    @spooky686 3 года назад +60

    New York at its finest, I was 16 and that shit still hits home.

  • @OctaviaWilson-pg7ei
    @OctaviaWilson-pg7ei 6 месяцев назад +12

    MANE MISSING MY MOM LIKE CRAZY EACH SECOND😭😭😭😭💔💔💔 I JUST WANT MY MOM.BACK SO BAD THIS SOON MY MOM SHOULD STILL BE HERE NOW...I REALLY WISH HEAVEN HAD VISITING HOURS ALL DAY EVERYDAY ITS BEEN A YEAR NOW 😭😭😭😭💔💔💔...I CANT WAIT TIL..I BE WITH WITH GOD AND MY MOM AGAIN IN HEAVEN

    • @stogey_the_bear
      @stogey_the_bear 4 месяца назад

      She couldn't handle the undercase p it killed her rip whore

    • @shlev13
      @shlev13 3 месяца назад

      bro

  • @sentekiwanuka8968
    @sentekiwanuka8968 8 месяцев назад +14

    This song came out the same year My Beautiful Mom died in a Car Wreck.
    It’s bitter sweet for Me to hear! RIEP Momma…you are Loved and Missed!❤🥰🤲🏿🙏🏿😇

    • @krisfalkenberg
      @krisfalkenberg 6 месяцев назад

      Eat the hearts of one another and digest it with understanding thee, before eating or influencing the mind and have one, united. The body is not used often for a job if one can hold it and the animal doesn't discriminate; why we are dependent on the brains. Walls don't separate the soul from another, but the flesh and blood from its relative and relativity. There's plenty of life for those who apply its principles with a contract and commitment, than following others, bread crumbs an ordinary line through a threshold. For everything has instructions, but they don't always answer and what the conscience don't need, don't apply to them; life always makes things better. Children don't argue to be praised, influence and pride honors those who follow it for worship and fortune, fighting to the end, short of it and fame......

    • @themountainsandthesea4121
      @themountainsandthesea4121 6 месяцев назад +1

      🕊💓

    • @riecosuave
      @riecosuave 3 месяца назад

      Don’t know you personally my brotha…yet we share a loss of our mama. Just sending you love my guy. As you grieve walk like a man and stand strong…she is proud of you.

  • @jdl7354
    @jdl7354 3 года назад +133

    This entire album is a masterpiece. Every song, front to back, is amazing. It’s quite possibly the greatest hip-hop album of all time.

  • @robynsegg
    @robynsegg 4 года назад +94

    This song is damn near every black kid's life wrapped up in less than 5 minutes. 💋

    • @CJCPROSUB-
      @CJCPROSUB- 2 года назад

      Robynsegg- You have a good and safe week for life. X Love

    • @PurifyLoveTruth
      @PurifyLoveTruth 2 года назад

      Wow, YESSSSS!!!

  • @rexx9496
    @rexx9496 2 месяца назад +3

    This song was hiphop in its purest form.

  • @Zigowski
    @Zigowski 2 месяца назад +4

    That song is a greatest hit for the all time!❤

  • @resonatingtruths
    @resonatingtruths 2 года назад +237

    I was born in May of 92. I love that fact that this song entered the world just a month later. I’ve had this song playing in my head for as long as I can remember and it’ll never go away. This is what pure perfection sounds like.

    • @Therealmoseslupai
      @Therealmoseslupai Год назад +4

      May ‘94 here! I can relate.

    • @resonatingtruths
      @resonatingtruths Год назад

      @@hunduns9901 ???

    • @hunduns9901
      @hunduns9901 Год назад

      @@resonatingtruths how did the song enter the world just a month ago?

    • @resonatingtruths
      @resonatingtruths Год назад +1

      @@hunduns9901 I didn’t say it entered the world a month ago.

    • @Holyghost_444
      @Holyghost_444 Год назад +3

      @@resonatingtruths happy belated 30th