One of my all time best memories is meeting Ness after a show probably almost 15 years ago now when he came to the uk. Really small intimate gig. Just came and chilled after. Few beers and games of pool. It was mainly filled with students from the university who just went to gigs just because it was hip hop so not a lot of people really new much about him. So when we started all chatting about his back catalogue and reciting some of his classic bars I guess he appreciated it.
Flow & Technical Skill: Percee Punchlines: Finesse Just like battles today, the person you picked to win depends on which style you prefer. Both of these brothers did they thing.
robert willard look up percee P let the homocides begin. its the song you hear in the background at the very beggining of this video, very ahead of its time
Back in the day my man Mike from the BX put me on to Percee P way before his verse on "Yes You May." He used to tell me about this battle and cite Percee's rhymes. Finesse tore it down with bars but Percee P killed it with flows. They both won this battle because they did it for Hip Hop. Salute the Funky Man Lord Finesse! Salute the Rhyme Inspector Percee P! Salute Mike from the BX wherever you are, my brother!
@@Black_unity597. Percee P got sloppy choked up and forgot his lines & needed help from his people to remember them. Finesse came thru after that are tore him up
The fact Percee could maintain composure and not slip up with that loud ass Mister Softee truck blasting out their tune is an accomplishment itself.. 😁🤣🤣
YOOOOOOOO!!!! 11:12 will never happen again naturally in LIFE!!! The way the ice cream truck melody goes with the Funky Drummer beat was natural and out of nowhere... You can't hear that shit if you ain't on another level... Peace!
This is such a gorgeous piece of film. Percee fkn slapping the alphabet around like they broke in his house. Glad to be 51 now and look back at the good ol days.
i spit lyrics that penetarte thru ya mindframe ya brain waves is enslaved to my insane rhyme flames i pick apart ya cerebral with the skills of an assasin a lyrical ninja doin damage igniting the mic after im done gassin thinkin you can beat me? Boy ya dead wrong i shoot lyrics that will pierce ya chest - even if ya wearin a vest - made of teflon so go head step up if you feelin ballsy - i beat mothafuckaz into comas when they wake up looks like dey got struck with a case of cebral pallsy
Lord finesse did his thing p was rapping lines he made with his boy u hear his boy back him up on some of the lines he is saying this battle was a classic
P crew knew his words that's not a battle no one knew any of Lord rhymes and he killed that I wish this was the battle of today's but they just talk about killing and drugs no lyrics but this right here is str8 classical
Idris Goodwin's book These Are The Breaks has a poem that immortalizes this battle in the voice of an announcer narrating a prize boxing match. That's what brought me here. Finesee 2-1, even without Percee's choke. Y'all look up the book. It's fire.
I fux with Lord finesse like you have no idea but Percy ate his food in this battle the wordplay is out this world his Cadence is bananas this here is a gem
“ya man cant be helping you remember now!” truuuue. but p’s verses were so dense and layered … his 16 is like an average mc’s 32. finesse was always nice, all praise due, but p’s cadence and flow? pshhh second to none
Both are dope, but like I’ve been saying, theres no question of who stood out the most, who was cleanest, who freaked the flow the best, obviously, hands down its Percee P. (Although he did fumble for a sec) still! Both these cats are ill and innovative, especially for 1989??? Both seem from the future! #realhiphop
@@mitsulegend 🤔 YES AZ + METHOD MAN YES you got a point there .. but not sure why you wana throw jadakiss styles p on same lyrical fitness as Kool G Rap ... come on my g g 😂
@@mitsulegend but even Rakim AZ or Meth not up on that top shelf for lyrical word play my g .. what you say .. we just agree to disagree ? or am i right g g
@@mitsulegend what about our boy carlton fisk .. he destroyed the whole of wu tang clan with those one or two verses he done .. i think on meth tical album
This video is everything. The way the sun is going down and theyre still rappin, the ice cream truck, all of it. It will never be 1989 ever again
synthesis Right now this is the youngest you will ever be again and the oldest you have ever been
Frfr! Brings back memories! Even though Percy really won this battle!
One of my all time best memories is meeting Ness after a show probably almost 15 years ago now when he came to the uk. Really small intimate gig. Just came and chilled after. Few beers and games of pool. It was mainly filled with students from the university who just went to gigs just because it was hip hop so not a lot of people really new much about him. So when we started all chatting about his back catalogue and reciting some of his classic bars I guess he appreciated it.
the government doesn't want you to know that everything was done for a reason. that god isn't anything but a man, and man is not a god.
Everyone knows Percy ps rhymes which ain't no freestyle!!!😂 Finesse finessed him
One of RUclips's Hidden gems
This is how you get down the Rabbit hole into the dark web haha
This needs to be remastered
Lol
Facts
Flow & Technical Skill: Percee
Punchlines: Finesse
Just like battles today, the person you picked to win depends on which style you prefer. Both of these brothers did they thing.
Shit I feel like Lord Finesse had flow and technical skill too. Word play is crazy
Finesse wins stylistically
Wrong
To
me
It
was a tie
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@@sundialseven8296
Rhymes and lines from Lung Collapsing Lyrics,Let The Homicides Begin,Throwback Rap Attack and even Puttin Heads To Bed. 🔎 💎 👍
Gezora Peace and blessings!
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Supa Dope Real Skillz........... Peace
@@kenf3897 Thanks for listening! Peace
Absolute legendary battle from two of the G.O.A.T 🔥🔥🔥🔥🙏🙏
Mr Softy in the background just makes the essence of this more majestic, more New York, but overall the pureness of Hip-Hop!
Whos Softy??
@@FamiliaCrew ice cream truck man
Omg, as a life long hip hop head I just found this gem. All I got to say damn! When words had meaning and mc’s had perspective.
robert willard look up percee P let the homocides begin. its the song you hear in the background at the very beggining of this video, very ahead of its time
I wish I can go back in time to witness this in person. I like these battles more than todays rap battles
me too brother
They weren’t reading from cell phones back then.
Most important, theyre rapping instead of just screaming insults on each other
@@krzysztof4607 that's why no one can beat the 80's
@@JosephPagepublic 90's can
This deserves a million views.. classic
This is the apex of lyricism in hiphop late 80's early 90s
Back in the day my man Mike from the BX put me on to Percee P way before his verse on "Yes You May." He used to tell me about this battle and cite Percee's rhymes. Finesse tore it down with bars but Percee P killed it with flows. They both won this battle because they did it for Hip Hop. Salute the Funky Man Lord Finesse! Salute the Rhyme Inspector Percee P! Salute Mike from the BX wherever you are, my brother!
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@@TheRealPerceeP1 Yoooo!!! Word
@@dariusperry8240 Peace and blessings
Hearing a bunch of my favorite Perceverence verses and seeing just how timeless they are. Proud to be black and from nyc.
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This should be in the hall of fame
Both sound great. Mad skillz on Percee, especially for '89.
Ice cream truck gave it that true ny summer feel
Percee P is about 5 million years ahead of his time. Finesse too!
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Literally, they were masters with words before it was even known like that
yeah how tf this 1989
@@TheRealPerceeP1bro you crazy with it
@@TheRealPerceeP1nah bro this is too much. Timeless bro you was going crazy
It's amazing that MCs today also battle with pre-written rhymes and still can't touch these two. Every aspiring battle MC needs to watch this video.
mozak912 you’re an idiot, you don’t hear p partner backing him up, how’s that possible if it’s freestyle.
They doing recited freestyles so enters you can tell
Lord Finess probably won more battles on accident than most people do on purpose
Well this one he really lost
@@Black_unity597. Percee P got sloppy choked up and forgot his lines & needed help from his people to remember them. Finesse came thru after that are tore him up
PERCEE P IS NICE!!! My old classmate!
U
bugging
@@gunique9700
This has become my morning walk song. I never get bored of this battle.
Keep coming back to this. Absolute Golden! Both these Cats are seriously Talented 🔥
2 great Emcees kicking it on the freestyle tip...nuff props to whoever had the cam recorder back then to film this ill piece of Hip Hop history
HIP HOP STEEZ ruclips.net/video/Y1P_ij7Oi7g/видео.html
Percee P Yo one love fam, much respect True Emcee...you are a legend in this Hip Hop shit, niggaz know your steez
Dope battle but it's all pre-written.
@@andrewbryce2707 who cares yo?? Ima hip hop head. Wish these new cats could do the same today
This is a gem and needs to be upgraded for sure imagine this in high definition but the rawness is epic this piece is nostalgia at it’s core
Oh, there you are hip hop.
The Ice Cream Truck made the freestyle battle more Crazy🔥🔥💯
The fact Percee could maintain composure and not slip up with that loud ass Mister Softee truck blasting out their tune is an accomplishment itself.. 😁🤣🤣
YOOOOOOOO!!!! 11:12 will never happen again naturally in LIFE!!! The way the ice cream truck melody goes with the Funky Drummer beat was natural and out of nowhere... You can't hear that shit if you ain't on another level... Peace!
I already said this years ago, just to remind y'all.
no one cares
@@ASSman864i do
Piano over those Drums lol
Peace to both of my dudes Lord Finesse and my manz Perc who is crazy too!
Hip hop at its most raw form. This brings me back to simpler times. Warms my soul
30 yeara. THIRTY years... Good God!
35. years...
I never get tired to watch this!
What a dope moment in Hip-Hop culture.
This is such a gorgeous piece of film. Percee fkn slapping the alphabet around like they broke in his house. Glad to be 51 now and look back at the good ol days.
Percee p is dangerous but I still love the Lord finess
fuck all touts ftra fap 2020 dude u fking love finesse i guess, u crazy g .
fuck all touts ftra fap 2020 wtf bro chill
P killed this battle lord was good but he didn’t win if everybody honest but lord was more popular at the time!
This is hip-hop, inspiring and dope.
🔥🔥🔥 Real skills! has can hear the ice cream truck in the background! Childhood memories 🔥🔥
Percee P is still active. I was live with the legend the other day. He dropping an album with Kool G Rap.
Yo classic great upload it's hard to appreciate what it was like in NY around that time... You had the best of the best rapping on the street
Why is there not a hip hop track with this Ice Cream Truck beat... I know y'all hear this.... Pure blessings.
flawless first verse
Todays the 28th anniversary of this battle July 13 #Legends
THANK YOU FOR THIS! DOPE
I hope this stays up for a long time :/
BaltazarSantiaqo 👍
Percee p has to be the greatest underground rapper ever.
"Gunnin' 'em down WITH LYRICS"
history on tape😮💨both went stupid hard
This is battle rap. For real.
I look up to these two MC's so much. my rap name is Crisp Finesse
That shit was trash
i spit lyrics that penetarte thru ya mindframe
ya brain waves is enslaved to my insane rhyme flames
i pick apart ya cerebral with the skills of an assasin
a lyrical ninja doin damage igniting the mic after im done gassin
thinkin you can beat me? Boy ya dead wrong
i shoot lyrics that will pierce ya chest - even if ya wearin a vest - made of teflon
so go head step up if you feelin ballsy - i beat mothafuckaz into comas
when they wake up
looks like dey got struck
with a case of cebral pallsy
Legendary, point blank period!!!
Lyrics of Fury !!!
Id watch that movie if this was the opening scene
Percee P Killed it straight 🔥🔥🔥
For real I always said this but lord was more popular so he got the win but in reality percee was by far way better!
... this is hip hop !
This is amazing.
The ice cream man tried to come with the remix
This is hip hop history bruh
Jacob C 🔎 💎👍
Percee P Hands down..... Dude's got two paragraphs per verse... Geee!!! Mo fo is smart as f....
Still 2k24❤
Mr Softee ice cream truck in the background,can't get anymore NYC than that lol
God!!!! P said you better walk like your fingers on the yellowpage. Damn.
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The ice cream truck killed me lol
Wow, 1989 is the year I began rhyming. These brothers are masters of the art and I respect them greatly ✊🏽
@@TheRealPerceeP1 peace family. You and I met in a studio in the Bronx a couple of years ago
@@Jophlo78 Peace and I believe we met at TME Studio in The Bronx owned by Dj Fred Ones.I hope all is well.
@@TheRealPerceeP1 Yes sir. Taylor's your niece right? Her moms my cousin.
Glad you're well, bro.👊🏽
@@Jophlo78 Yes she's my older brother Terry daughter. ✊🏾
That 1 dislike must be from Lil Xan
@18:00 is a verse from "Here I Come" that he released the next year
Wow they were just freestyling and spitting fire. I never appreciated this flow but im a believer now.🔥🔥🔥
Daunte Ray this isn't freestyle
Anyone know the lyrics for percee ps 1st part
I turned most of those lyrics into my song Throwback Rap Attack!
Finesse can never be fucked with 🔥🔥🔥
Mister Softee will always go down in Hip Hop history.
Who’s here in 2021? I’ll be back in 2022, 2023, 2024 to respond to myself.
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Still here?
@@DustyDigits yezzir.
@@Twizzledoc187 Respect!
I use this to educate my students
🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤 plus extra credit 💪💪💪
this is so Dope!!!
Hip Hop gold
Round 1: Percee
Round 2: Finesse
Round 3: ice cream man
Final: Finesse
Chris DeRoin 😂😂😂😭😭😭
Could not put it better myself lool
😂😂😂
lollllllllll. 🤣
Rap is a part of me - Percee P
I known Finesse was dope, but P was killing it too…
Lord finesse did his thing p was rapping lines he made with his boy u hear his boy back him up on some of the lines he is saying this battle was a classic
jimmy uncle hulk nah the rhymes were from a record percee put out. "Let the homocides begin" everyone in BX knew that shit
@@ASSman864 ok u put me up on something so since u saying old things who wins?
Lord finesse wins , come with fresh rhymes , and don’t let plp know there we’ll write
Super dope. I like the ice cream man showing up mid battle. Lol
Yes, yes yall, evolved to this in less than a decade.
we got some sick shit right here
This is what a Rakim vs Kane battle would look like...P=Rakim....Lord=Kane
P rap more like Kane than he do Rakim! Go back and listen you can tell can was his influence ask him he will comment back!
@@Black_unity597 Rakim influenced Kane too
This is BATTLING...
P crew knew his words that's not a battle no one knew any of Lord rhymes and he killed that I wish this was the battle of today's but they just talk about killing and drugs no lyrics but this right here is str8 classical
Finesse is one of the greatest rappers to ever pick up a mic.
@@mattstone12 Tru facts
CLASSIC
Idris Goodwin's book These Are The Breaks has a poem that immortalizes this battle in the voice of an announcer narrating a prize boxing match. That's what brought me here. Finesee 2-1, even without Percee's choke. Y'all look up the book. It's fire.
I say lord lost all percee is way better than lord in this battle hands down are you even listening to what P is saying???
Fuc up commercial rappers, peace to real street mc's
Give it up for percy
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Absolute legends.
real hip hop rapping like a sport shake hands after its cool no violence way it should be
Percy P is a mixture of "Kane & G Rap"
Fresh 4 89 where's the time stamps
The on site rhymes on deck era!
I fux with Lord finesse like you have no idea but Percy ate his food in this battle the wordplay is out this world his Cadence is bananas this here is a gem
Whenever anyone shares a modern freestyle by their favorite cookie cutter rapper I drop this link as a comment
The last line lord finesse said😅😅😅😅😂😂😂😂
Nice
Holy shit they were only 19!!! ...what the fuck has happened to the youth of today.
“ya man cant be helping you remember now!” truuuue. but p’s verses were so dense and layered … his 16 is like an average mc’s 32. finesse was always nice, all praise due, but p’s cadence and flow? pshhh second to none
Omg percee pe is nasty
Ali Riojas Photography Thanks for listening!
@@TheRealPerceeP1 thanks bro...I was wondering if u are availabe for interviews.. .(ps pardon the name change)
Legends Of NY Yes I am and please send contact percee308@gmail.com
@@TheRealPerceeP1 ok will do
Both are dope, but like I’ve been saying, theres no question of who stood out the most, who was cleanest, who freaked the flow the best, obviously, hands down its Percee P. (Although he did fumble for a sec) still! Both these cats are ill and innovative, especially for 1989??? Both seem from the future! #realhiphop
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Hiphop!!!
Well done lord finesse for following this
Trigger tone in the back ground
Lord Finesse. Kool G Rap . Big L + Percee P are the Greatest Lyricists in the history of Hip Hop
GURU, AZ, Styles P, Jadakiss, Redman, Method Man, of course Rakim and many more
@@mitsulegend 🤔 YES AZ + METHOD MAN YES you got a point there .. but not sure why you wana throw jadakiss styles p on same lyrical fitness as Kool G Rap ... come on my g g 😂
@@mitsulegend but even Rakim AZ or Meth not up on that top shelf for lyrical word play my g .. what you say .. we just agree to disagree ? or am i right g g
@@mitsulegend what about our boy carlton fisk .. he destroyed the whole of wu tang clan with those one or two verses he done .. i think on meth tical album