+Ryan J. Before I even listen to AZ today for the first time ever. To say I'm a huge Pac fan.I would've argue with you. But AZ is the goat!! Dude is a problem!!
Never to busy blasting incoherent mumble fuckers...i wont even call them rappers or artist cause there just drug addicts with record deals... Remeber the days an artist was so intelligent it required deciphering to understand there lines..gone are those days
+Oth3rside yeah, i often ask this question to myself. if tupac was alive, I bet he'd still do featurings with drake and lil wayne and all these other bullshit rapers, but what to do man - that's life.
At the beginning of his career, to me, lyric for lyric, on par with Nas. His 'appeal factor' just wasn't there. Highly lauded by fans and his peers. But not necessarily by the big industry players.
@@goodmanfilife9131 definitely. Throughout his career AZ shown (imo) that he could go toe to toe with about any other legend or great. Dude been legit.
My cousin just passed and the bond we had was strong due to music. He was 8 years older than me, he was surprised when he found out I was a true hip hop head. We grew closer due to this, always trying to one up each other with tracks.
Damn taking me back to high school. Coogi and Avirex Jackets, I love it. Sadly when this released i swear i only saw it twice on t.v. I constantly waited for this video to play but no luck. Instead i had to sit there and watch Nelly videos in hopes that this would come up next on BET. Thank God theres RUclips now.
that's because the industry had an agenda to block any hip hop artist that spoke about what it takes to be a man. AZ was conscious. Not only was he conscious but he had the rapping abilities to go toe to toe to even Jay. But the industry can't really make money bumping AZ drop jewels VS Nelly programming a whole generation of girls to be smuts. If it wasn't for the internet people like Lupe Fiasco would have died down to oblivion for the same reason
Az is one of the best story tellers of all time , nas is a great too. Wu tang, biggie, Fuck it; the whole east coast in the 90s had a story to tell. That was the greatest era ever! One Luv!
there really isnt much to re-master dude its basic as fuck lol, nice but fucking BASIC, aint no depth to hear on good headphones or speakers, its more for AZ's rapping that you wanna listen to
Doe or Die is a Klassik & dis is DOPE, but he came out the Golden era so Nas, Red.a .eth & Rea of Wu- Tang Biggie,Jaz-Z & Smooth da hustler were peers but he overlooked but 'Real heads know' he gets his flowers
people dont know AZ was a big time hustler back in the day at a young age. he said Back in the day I did dirt but I hid my work. Hes telling you he had the sweetest connect in his rhymes. Hes at the table with Jay Z for a reason....He was a boss.
I'm from Jersey, and know cat's from BK. They co-signed this info. This is why he is so well respected in the game. He was making moves back in the day quietly. If you listen to some of his lyrics, he's telling you. AZ brought foxy brown to the table with NAS. He was and still is the man. One of my favorite MC's.
+NYCmadeME Yeah he making moves quietly, making money quietly and doing his thing. I try to tell people, he been in the game for a long time, moving from borough to borough. BK cat went to queens to find NAS and NAS put him on. Seems like he's cool with everybody.
Facts 💯% 😐 our ppl so quick to demoralize & break one another down its ridiculous and lame as hell, time to change that way of thinking & living but unfortunately nowadays it's like a sport especially in this age of the internet/social media platforms when ppl can hide behind their computer keyboard SMDH 😌✌.
AZ will forever be on my very shortlist of greatest mcs and as cliche as it is to say it there's no denying he's criminally underappreciated...but to me he's such an amazing mc that if anyone is talking greatest mcs and u don't mention AZ u ain't hip hop to me..just the lyrics alone on this classic still literally gives me chills but then the Debarge sample with El who has one of the most beautiful voices ever takes this one over the top
I love seeing comments of ppl who appreciate real hip-hop and bars... says a lot about character and those who really have a ear for it.. keep doing yall. Az the legend.. you knoooow!
I remember when this song came out I was bumping the shit out of it all the time! This is when Hip Hop was Hip Hop! AZ will always be one of my favorite rappers from the East Coast...😎✌🤘
Yes indeed just 1 of Mr. AZ classic joints that I love 💯❤😌 he is 1 of the best to ever pick up a 🎤 👑 my era ( 80s,90s and early 2000s) was Liit as the youngins say today and the Real Hip Hop & RnB artists back then was churning out the hitz one after the other and they're now classics 💯% Facts 😉 unfortunately I don't see that happening with the music of today 😔✌.
I love the contrast in this video, let alone the humongous rhyme and beat festival; the white and the black, up and balling to the down and trying. AZ, you is a god, just like Pac, Bigs, Nas and others. Live long and good, u’ll always be acknowledged and listened to. Salute.
Him and Nas are the real kings of NY, i feel like AZ should have got more credit for his work.
Nas and AZ are better lyricists than Tupac too!
+Ryan J. Before I even listen to AZ today for the first time ever. To say I'm a huge Pac fan.I would've argue with you. But AZ is the goat!! Dude is a problem!!
Jarvase O'Brian dundy Fasho!
***** Big L is the shit and he's better than PAC also
Aissata Diallo Biggie > Pac
AZ most underrated rapper of all time
Him, cormega, and Big Noyd
+Marquis Bryant Im gonna have to throw SEAN P in there as well! RIP RUCK!
NYCmadeME oh yeah I'm stupid... How could I forget about him
yep
+Felix Klemenz You guys are not wrong, but you forgot all about The D.O.C
Only rapper to beat nas on his own track
Which one realest?
Nas feat AZ Life's a bitch @@user-sp9np8ho4b
A shame no one is giving AZ his flowers, but I will, bc he’s one of the most tightest lyricists on this 🌍
Every single time I listen to any of his songs I am glad that he is still alive. He deserves all "flowers" from around the world.
A.Z's flow is perfect
flawless
Thomas Zizzo very unflawed if any...dude doesn’t hiccup with this shit
Not perfect but good, could still improve
PerfecT!!!!
@@aubasanchez1566 lets hear your flow!!
25 years later and still 🔥
What were you doing the first time you heard this song
Ditto RC
I remember buying this album. This video used to get alot of airplay on BET back then. I'm 40. I still rock with AZ. His word play is A1.
Same here bruh real shit 💯💯💯 bet the box all that lol i remember when i bought my first cd burner and my first wip i play this all day 💪🏾
AZ has incredible charisma.
NaS and AZ should have done more work together.. Two of the best out of N.Y.
So true!
+Reach.one Teach.one Big L,Pun?
+Reach.one Teach.one They have over twenty songs together.
+Reach.one Teach.one I disagree. They did a ton of work together... I prefer AZs solo stuff way more.
Nas in my top 3 but he a D-Bag when it comes to working with others...Everybody wanted to see a Nas & AZ collabo. Maybe it throw Corners in to.
AZ, one of the greatest lyricists and the realist, and Do or Die is one hell of an album.
I agree! Heard it for the for the first time this morning
Yes, it was.
@C you mean - Doe or Die - is the album title
*Again...THE MOST UNDERRATED RAPPER/LYRICIST OF ALL TIME. When will the world stop sleeping on AZ?! I feel bad for you, sons and daughters.*
Never to busy blasting incoherent mumble fuckers...i wont even call them rappers or artist cause there just drug addicts with record deals...
Remeber the days an artist was so intelligent it required deciphering to understand there lines..gone are those days
@@ArMiNiSfUCkinRedicK that's true yo 😥
The real ones know about AZ and his sick ass flow.
@@derekfelix8188 He has some bars but tbh he has a lot none flowing moment. Also most lines are easy expressed.
@@stillgotyourmomr or too Hyy6h TT y he he
kind of rappers that will be appreciated only after death
+Oth3rside yeah, i often ask this question to myself. if tupac was alive, I bet he'd still do featurings with drake and lil wayne and all these other bullshit rapers, but what to do man - that's life.
McAinsworth i feel you man but one thing that brake me is nad popularity.
fucking 6 million max and shitty rappers like drake gets 400M im done
+Oth3rside TRUTH! DRAKE SUCKS! I SAID IT!
+Oth3rside So sad but so true at the same time brother.
+Oth3rside Word
I'm highly upset I sat down and started listing to az so late in my life better late then never but never late is better
At the beginning of his career, to me, lyric for lyric, on par with Nas. His 'appeal factor' just wasn't there. Highly lauded by fans and his peers. But not necessarily by the big industry players.
@@goodmanfilife9131 definitely. Throughout his career AZ shown (imo) that he could go toe to toe with about any other legend or great. Dude been legit.
I spent at least ten years of my life looking for this song, this is the legacy that my dead cousin has let me. We keep hip hop alive!
God bless your cousin and I’m soo glad you found this track bro! Bump this in his name forever ! 💯
May you cousin rest in peace, be blessed brother... 🙏🏾
@@pitmanzek5436 that real my guys 💯💯💯💯
R.I.P 🕊
My cousin just passed and the bond we had was strong due to music. He was 8 years older than me, he was surprised when he found out I was a true hip hop head. We grew closer due to this, always trying to one up each other with tracks.
One of my favorite rapper. Pac,Nas,Az
Name an ARTIST who's as underrated as a.z. is?? In any genre of music. His flow and albums are classics
Masta Ace
CL Smooth
Sandpeople (a group to be correct)
OG Loc
maximus1318able Darude Sandstorm
One of the most underrated rappers of all time.
thats original
Damn taking me back to high school. Coogi and Avirex Jackets, I love it. Sadly when this released i swear i only saw it twice on t.v. I constantly waited for this video to play but no luck. Instead i had to sit there and watch Nelly videos in hopes that this would come up next on BET.
Thank God theres RUclips now.
One of realest rap.
Ikr. They would never play this very much
that's because the industry had an agenda to block any hip hop artist that spoke about what it takes to be a man. AZ was conscious. Not only was he conscious but he had the rapping abilities to go toe to toe to even Jay. But the industry can't really make money bumping AZ drop jewels VS Nelly programming a whole generation of girls to be smuts.
If it wasn't for the internet people like Lupe Fiasco would have died down to oblivion for the same reason
Wrong this video played all the damn time on rap city
Amen
Az is one of the best story tellers of all time , nas is a great too. Wu tang, biggie, Fuck it; the whole east coast in the 90s had a story to tell.
That was the greatest era ever!
One Luv!
Why were 90s rap music videos filmed like a movie with the cameras.Rap videos now days look like they filmed off a cellphone
Lol 😂
it was art back in the day ......nowadays it's like anybody can be a rapper .
It’s cause half of em are
Barrz.
True.
Az, Nas and the wu. So fucking dope!
AZ one of the most respected Hiphop artists and very unique style of rhyming, the legacy can't be erased.
AZ is on my top 10 list.
AZ on my top 6
Rakim AZ Big Pun
On a list of lyricists hes def in top 10..
@@e2daz265 all in my too 5.
Ra
Kgr
Pun
AZ/3k
Scar.
Top 3!
The funniest part is the beginning of this video because that particular model Benz us notorious for PROBLEMS 😆 🤣 😂
One of the dopest beats ever. I really wanna hear this remastered.
there really isnt much to re-master dude its basic as fuck lol, nice but fucking BASIC, aint no depth to hear on good headphones or speakers, its more for AZ's rapping that you wanna listen to
@@BrainztormProductions Remastering just means better mixing. He isn’t talking about added instrumental elements.
@@BrainztormProductions shit it's like the beat to unbelievable i still think it sounds ill af
That has Preemos name all over it
Remastered? What ?
this was anthem in 08 when i lost my job, but now im back on my feet .
45 year old an still rock with AZ. Gangster from Morocco 🇲🇦
AZ deserves roses, it's so unfortunate he has never got em'..but today,I proudly give him his FLOWERS 🙌
Glad to see everyone agreeing on RUclips for once... AZ THAT NIGGA! MOST UNDERRATED FOR SURE
The goat. Or least one of them
Doe or Die is a Klassik & dis is DOPE, but he came out the Golden era so Nas, Red.a
.eth & Rea of Wu- Tang Biggie,Jaz-Z & Smooth da hustler were peers but he overlooked but 'Real heads know' he gets his flowers
Redman, Rea & Meth of wu-tang
AZ one of the coldest flyest niggas from NY!
he is so fine i always loved him.... I wish i can meet him
Me too.
people dont know AZ was a big time hustler back in the day at a young age. he said Back in the day I did dirt but I hid my work. Hes telling you he had the sweetest connect in his rhymes. Hes at the table with Jay Z for a reason....He was a boss.
Are you just going off the rhymes or do you actually know from ppl in his hood?
I'm from Jersey, and know cat's from BK. They co-signed this info. This is why he is so well respected in the game. He was making moves back in the day quietly. If you listen to some of his lyrics, he's telling you. AZ brought foxy brown to the table with NAS. He was and still is the man. One of my favorite MC's.
Wow good looking
+Michael A. Kush He is still making moves Quietly. ;) Top emcee from the Boroughs. Always most underrated,.
+NYCmadeME Yeah he making moves quietly, making money quietly and doing his thing. I try to tell people, he been in the game for a long time, moving from borough to borough. BK cat went to queens to find NAS and NAS put him on. Seems like he's cool with everybody.
The precision in his bars are amazing
AZ doesn't get the respect he deserves. He's one of the greats and should be recognized for it.
so underrated
An underated legend....
Aw man this shit blows my mind. Most underrated rapper of all time. Real talk
shoutout the production on this track the chops are phenomenal 🔥🚬😤
"Yall rather see me hit... Then see me rich..." AZ
Facts 💯% 😐 our ppl so quick to demoralize & break one another down its ridiculous and lame as hell, time to change that way of thinking & living but unfortunately nowadays it's like a sport especially in this age of the internet/social media platforms when ppl can hide behind their computer keyboard SMDH 😌✌.
The only thing to not like about this song is that its not long enough
Most. Underrated. Rapper. Ever.
Who’s here reminiscing while puffin on the AZ 9Lives 😅💨🙏
Niggaz that deserve more shine get high praise.. respect AZ cause he rather unique
3.7 million ????? Thats disrespectful.....wait for the remix ...... Big up AZ ..... Bars.
He so fine ❤
Who is listen this in 2019 ?
Big Support from Germany
My bro used to blast this when I was a kid. I'm 30 now. This is going on my playlist!
AZ will forever be on my very shortlist of greatest mcs and as cliche as it is to say it there's no denying he's criminally underappreciated...but to me he's such an amazing mc that if anyone is talking greatest mcs and u don't mention AZ u ain't hip hop to me..just the lyrics alone on this classic still literally gives me chills but then the Debarge sample with El who has one of the most beautiful voices ever takes this one over the top
YESSIR 🙏 AZ, Nas, Prodigy, BIG and all of Wu are essential.
AZ my favorite rapper.
Ah had some problems and none seems to survive them, you found the Answer and told me to take a chance,O'lord
Give my man his props shout out AZ.Brooklyn
Just watched him live in Manchester. Unreal, the man was on fire 🔥 one of the best to do it for me.
Real recognize real... 2020 we still here 🔥 🔥 🔥
AZ is what I think about when I visualize real NY HIP HOP/style.
And he’s so fine 😍🔥
My level of loyalty is for dudes from his era. I hate I was born in 91 😔 These dudes my age and younger TRASH
Still one of my favourite rap tracks of all time. Respect to the brotha AZ the visualiza!!!
I love seeing comments of ppl who appreciate real hip-hop and bars... says a lot about character and those who really have a ear for it.. keep doing yall. Az the legend.. you knoooow!
If I was to pay a ghostwriter, I would want these barz 🔥
He could still GET it! Luv AZ!!!
I remember when this song came out I was bumping the shit out of it all the time! This is when Hip Hop was Hip Hop! AZ will always be one of my favorite rappers from the East Coast...😎✌🤘
I miss early 2000s
Aged like fine wine
You can tell ppl style by they ways of parking.. Thats NYC if you neve been. One of the simplest best bars i ever heard
2024 still hitting
Az real hip hop heads understand you ache..!! 2019 im still listening..💪💪🔥
Good Morning Y'all! And thanks.
Love u
That DeBarge sample is fkn nuts🤯💥
AZ is a Legend who really flew under the Radar, Hopefully this man gets all the grace he deserves
Timeless classic track, AZ is so smooth
Remember watching this shit in my basement TV. Watching Big Tigger on Rap City. AZ the most underrate.
az and big krit most underrated
The 90's vibe is so deep in this song
This right here is was hot in 01 and is still hot today. One of the best underrated rappers in the business. Who could dislike this.
AZ always got 🔥 🔥 tracks!! He is in my top 5 hands down no question ask!! Most underrated rapper in history!!!
One of the dopest tracks of all time !!
AZ was Fine asf...
only AZ and Mega can flow like this..
Nas? Kool G?
Different flows all together
C.S. B Chill B, Mega couldn't see AZ through the Hubble...
Dome CAI agreed
Nigga u buggin az & Cormega is equal
2016 still blasting this out my car. real hip hop
AZ is a living legend half man half amazing he needs his 💐 and 🌹 🥀 while he is still alive hall of fame 🎁🍾🍾🥂🥂
Still one of my favorite jawns... Respect real rap, real skills, true MC's... Word
Yes indeed just 1 of Mr. AZ classic joints that I love 💯❤😌 he is 1 of the best to ever pick up a 🎤 👑 my era ( 80s,90s and early 2000s) was Liit as the youngins say today and the Real Hip Hop & RnB artists back then was churning out the hitz one after the other and they're now classics 💯% Facts 😉 unfortunately I don't see that happening with the music of today 😔✌.
Original song ? 🤔
My favorite Rapper ever since i was a youngin' ..90's
His lips😍
This is what a rapper should sound like!! ✊🏾 2020 still banging this in my hoopty!!
AZ please drop another album for the real hip-hoppers.
ogkeeps1 doe or die 2 is dropping no true release date yet tho
He dropped it ... 🔥🔥🔥🔥
As look like a baby, with his cute self. AZ will always be one of my top 5's. I wish he was on verzuz.
I love this nigga real to the core I remember being a younglin and wanted to be this man nowadays these rappers need a soul
when people ask me one of my favorite rappers and i say AZ people always respond "oh its called jay-z dumbass not ay-z" ....
That's cause they're mainstream dumbfucks, keep it real with Big L too
Ben Blackman both are so raw
this whole thing is unbelievably amazing.. everything about it
You Know! One of the best soul samples of all time
I love the contrast in this video, let alone the humongous rhyme and beat festival; the white and the black, up and balling to the down and trying.
AZ, you is a god, just like Pac, Bigs, Nas and others. Live long and good, u’ll always be acknowledged and listened to. Salute.
He so underrated, don't get the recognition he deserve
stay real AZ
That D'Barge sample if fya fya🔥🔥💨💨
Rock timbs if its summer or 10 below..so true
Dequan Parham true facts
true New York Shit 💯
Dequan Parham East Coast for real and you know that’s how we get down!
With camouflage fatigue pants, hoody and a skully with the brim
Fax
Classic
I was at work and the song that the producer sampled for this beat. Made me want to hear this.
that raw new york rap 🔥🔥🔥🔥
az and pharoah monch most underrated MCs ever...