The Four Owls - Life In The Balance Ft. Jam Baxter (VIDEO)

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  • Опубликовано: 24 ноя 2024

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  • @HighFocusTV
    @HighFocusTV  6 лет назад +47

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  • @jamesgibbons7472
    @jamesgibbons7472 9 месяцев назад +233

    Who's still hitting this masterpiece in 2024?!?

    • @JunglistuniteYT
      @JunglistuniteYT 8 месяцев назад +7

      Hell yeah brother UK hip hop will never die big up yourself

    • @alexmerritt4211
      @alexmerritt4211 8 месяцев назад +5

      Still will be in another 20 years

    • @jamesgibbons7472
      @jamesgibbons7472 8 месяцев назад +3

      Awesome to see these responses. Big up the UK Hip Hop scene and big up the Owls

    • @alexavfclineham7301
      @alexavfclineham7301 7 месяцев назад +2

      👍

    • @Outmageous
      @Outmageous 7 месяцев назад +2

      ofc

  • @Skadforlife69
    @Skadforlife69 10 лет назад +375

    "Sometimes I think do I know myself and if not is that why I can't control myself" Verb T is my man.

    • @sickdkid2035
      @sickdkid2035 7 лет назад +6

      Lisa Purrne props to him, some really thought provoking lines right here

    • @pumbuken823
      @pumbuken823 4 года назад +3

      @@sickdkid2035 trust me u need this for ur health🥒

    • @pumbuken823
      @pumbuken823 4 года назад +5

      Pickles man good shit

    • @jonessummer6511
      @jonessummer6511 4 года назад +2

      yes this, it is.

    • @butcher_Phil
      @butcher_Phil 4 года назад +1

      ❤️

  • @dcheezo203
    @dcheezo203 4 года назад +151

    Yooooo I use to get my girl to play this over the phone for me when I was locked up. It reminds me of those times but I got thru it and now im out. Taking it day by day. Stay up and stay blessed. Respect from Northern. Ontario. Canada

    • @SENSOR-
      @SENSOR- Год назад +11

      I hope you have stayed strong and on the straight and narrow my brother.

    • @LiamStewartMusic777
      @LiamStewartMusic777 Год назад +6

      Ups and downs bro hope your blessed fuck jail bruv

    • @mouseloverinternational
      @mouseloverinternational Год назад +1

      I love you brother ❤

    • @OjibwePillager
      @OjibwePillager Год назад +1

      So real bro

    • @MaybeBlooth
      @MaybeBlooth Год назад +3

      Beautiful dude…full on. But I love this is what you asked your woman to do and bless her heart for understanding and playing it as many times as you needed to hear it…bless you guys. Hope it’s good days now.

  • @dom7110
    @dom7110 10 месяцев назад +30

    12 years later and this video still works as therapy session

  • @TheRealKabrini
    @TheRealKabrini 5 лет назад +136

    this was the first hiphop song I ever listened to from the UK, almost 8 years ago now and its just as perfect as the first time.

  • @ItsMeAlfEe
    @ItsMeAlfEe 8 дней назад +1

    Time goes quickly

  • @ikon7470
    @ikon7470 Год назад +30

    They are insanely good. Leaf dog is some super human with his beats, rhymes, etc. The whole group are just crazy. Literally one of the best I have ever heard. They up there with wu tang, rhyme asylum, mobb deep, etc and plenty others!

  • @congressmanweezy3011
    @congressmanweezy3011 10 лет назад +321

    "Never put your faith in a fake individual"

    • @nickinthecave
      @nickinthecave 10 лет назад +21

      you just qouted the only wack bar from the whole song!

    • @congressmanweezy3011
      @congressmanweezy3011 10 лет назад +8

      lmao

    • @nickinthecave
      @nickinthecave 10 лет назад +19

      Congressman Weezy
      no it's not funny. its sad. some many dope barz, and you qouted this one

    • @narcoskeptic
      @narcoskeptic 10 лет назад +47

      nickinthecave please enlighten us all what is whack about this one bar that clearly represents what one is thinking, also it has flow to it and is jam Baxter, I am quite perplexed at your distaste for one little part of quite an overall masterpiece of a verse .

    • @bombwolf234
      @bombwolf234 10 лет назад +5

      Brandon Narcoskeptic oath. one of my favourite bars..

  • @madbrothazknowme
    @madbrothazknowme Год назад +9

    My mind still can't comprehend that this masterpiece was released 11 years ago.. Damn time flies...

  • @mitchellspanjaard3615
    @mitchellspanjaard3615 8 лет назад +30

    The most beautiful plant in the world

  • @ritishify
    @ritishify 2 года назад +39

    Such an inspirational beat. This is art. Wouldn't expect less from these masters.

  • @danbraddock4697
    @danbraddock4697 8 лет назад +33

    "And that don't stop the pain, just concentrate on the memories they left."
    BVA owned the feeling of this tune.

  • @kadafy8722
    @kadafy8722 11 лет назад +25

    I fucking love nature

  • @caliber5523
    @caliber5523 5 лет назад +42

    Deep message, soultouching instrumental and gorgeous video glued together with amazing flows. This could easily be the best hip-hop creation in Europe, even a top classic track in the US.

  • @DrPopify
    @DrPopify 2 года назад +5

    "Without bad there's no good, without wood there's no fire,
    Without the hood the posh house price wouldn't be higher" will forever be one of my all time favourite lyrics

  • @J_woodsz
    @J_woodsz 2 месяца назад +2

    Respect the Four Owls.
    From South Africa. Mahnn. We love what yall be doing 👊keep pushing.

  • @Pyro41694
    @Pyro41694 12 лет назад +20

    This is a good sign of the new hip hop. Tired of the simple beats and corny lyrics. These actually make about life as a whole rather than yourself all the time. Its just perfect for me. Gotta love it.

    • @Lioness78
      @Lioness78 2 года назад

      yeh agree. its refreshing

  • @bobsh0t
    @bobsh0t 8 лет назад +1

    happy 420 all!

  • @keeganmurphy1
    @keeganmurphy1 2 года назад +12

    These guys are true poets 🔥🔥🔥

  • @amoswun
    @amoswun 12 лет назад +22

    instant classic in my books, still gives me chills..

  • @t2p
    @t2p 11 лет назад +26

    Never gets old.....genius track.

  • @jakecallery1656
    @jakecallery1656 10 лет назад +14

    These lyrics are so wise and so true!

    • @SnoreProtection
      @SnoreProtection 10 лет назад +1

      Well not all of them, the shit about the mayan scrolls...

  • @kiriakosg831
    @kiriakosg831 10 лет назад +56

    Come to Greece guys!

    • @oAbraksas
      @oAbraksas 10 лет назад +1

      ερχονται μαρτη

    • @KiraleosAkis
      @KiraleosAkis 10 лет назад +4

      oAbraksas ερχονται μορτη

    • @krikotakle
      @krikotakle 10 лет назад

      Akis Kyraleos οο ναι 9 μαρτιου,15 ευρω τα προπληρωμενα

    • @DaleYaw
      @DaleYaw 10 лет назад

      krikotakle Ρε τρελέ δώσε κανένα λινκ να ξεκινήσει να οργανώνεται το θέμα!

    • @KiraleosAkis
      @KiraleosAkis 10 лет назад +3

      Παναγιώτης Ναδάλης facebook.com/events/668239196616243/690174571089372/

  • @piershudson6559
    @piershudson6559 10 лет назад +1

    Life in the Balance , Rise to the challenge

  • @greenvoltage6498
    @greenvoltage6498 11 лет назад +17

    most beautiful video ive ever watched

  • @vojta219
    @vojta219 8 лет назад +51

    Respect from Czech Republic!

    • @rubydacherry4711
      @rubydacherry4711 8 лет назад +5

      Vidím , že máš dobrý vkus :D . Škoda , že toto nie je CZ/SK scéna :"(

    • @bejko6186
      @bejko6186 8 лет назад +5

      aj Slovensko :D

    • @CROATme
      @CROATme 8 лет назад +2

      Vojta K. hrvatska Croatia!

    • @CROATme
      @CROATme 8 лет назад

      Benjamín Jonek croatian bro here

    • @filippk14
      @filippk14 8 лет назад +1

      eee yoo i ja isto hehe

  • @heckel2287
    @heckel2287 7 лет назад +3

    "Money buys everything but love, that's the finest gold."

  • @maeksmille8776
    @maeksmille8776 3 года назад +1

    Pure Liebe aus Deutschland/Hamburg... big Up from Germany

  • @pinkypiggy333
    @pinkypiggy333 5 лет назад +7

    Favourite song of all times 😊❤️

    • @eltonlotz1907
      @eltonlotz1907 5 лет назад

      Probably half of their views was from me ❣️

    • @andyc6542
      @andyc6542 5 лет назад

      No its not. It might of been your favourite song when you discovered it and first listened to it, but we all know you're attention seeking with the 'this is my favourite song of all time' line - It's not good to lie.

  • @Jonnydawg92
    @Jonnydawg92 Месяц назад

    This is one of the greatest UK hip hop tracks goin !!!

  • @infinitepossibility
    @infinitepossibility 13 лет назад +6

    Baxters verse on this is so deep.

  • @Makumba97
    @Makumba97 2 месяца назад +1

    Listened few songs of this Group. This songs hit my emotions the hardest. Greetz from PL

  • @haydz5
    @haydz5 10 лет назад +3

    'Some people fall in line &
    Some people dream'
    Simple but it's nice there putting that fact out there for people to see we all choose our own fate

  • @arcyone9394
    @arcyone9394 3 года назад +2

    Hip hop like this has grown me up. That true hip hop. Gotta be inspired.

  • @greenvoltage6498
    @greenvoltage6498 10 лет назад +44

    The track is real dope and reveiling too. Needed to be said. Its genuinely fly.
    Open up your mind and third eye. Boycot fluoride.

    • @deadfire18
      @deadfire18 10 лет назад +3

      Word.

    • @N00N3ATALL
      @N00N3ATALL 10 лет назад +2

      Fluoride is only bad above a certain quantity, just like anything. Radiation is bad for you but background radiation is always present and that doesn't effect us that much, I'm a chemical engineer ;)

    • @deadfire18
      @deadfire18 10 лет назад +1

      N00N3ATALL It still calcivies your pineal gland.

    • @N00N3ATALL
      @N00N3ATALL 10 лет назад

      At a certain quanitities. it doesnt all go to your pineal gland.

    • @jackmorton3893
      @jackmorton3893 9 лет назад +1

      N00N3ATALL The amount of fluoride in a glass of tap water is enough for you to be deemed 'poisoned' to the point of needing medical attention. So, your point still stands of course but the quantity needed for it to be toxic is infact very very low :/

  • @Crustapher
    @Crustapher 10 лет назад +1

    Leaf dog is straight fire.

  • @serious6037
    @serious6037 9 лет назад +79

    if you cant enjoy this track, just listen to that piano sound in the background and you'll change your mind.

    • @serious6037
      @serious6037 9 лет назад +1

      +Diego Collao yo i cant see it..

    • @hoyeahdude1
      @hoyeahdude1 9 лет назад +4

      +SeriouStuff It's a thumbs up emoji lol

    • @serious6037
      @serious6037 9 лет назад +1

      hoyeahdude1 lol. thanx

    • @serious6037
      @serious6037 8 лет назад +1

      Diego Collao clip? i think its sample. i am a beatmaker and kinda know stuf about it..

    • @Shoe_On_Head
      @Shoe_On_Head 8 лет назад +8

      +SeriouStuff u mean a producer ?

  • @ekay4495
    @ekay4495 Год назад +2

    One of THE absolute bangers ever

  • @rllch34
    @rllch34 11 лет назад +4

    when jam started rapping at the end instant chills

  • @maximquirk5492
    @maximquirk5492 7 месяцев назад

    “The fractal patterns I saw spinning in the currents of my mind once, it all ties up, if I can see a bright sky shine when my eyes shut” .. wholeheartedly resonate with this ❤

  • @uzi7462
    @uzi7462 9 лет назад +6

    Remember watchin this when i was 14 and it had like 2000 views. This song brings back so many memories. Big ups!

  • @stoneymind420
    @stoneymind420 11 лет назад +2

    Respect from Canada not a lot of people around here would even give this a chance so good though!

  • @mauis14a
    @mauis14a 10 лет назад +9

    This is amazing. So nostalgik.

  • @sso7742
    @sso7742 2 года назад +2

    Got to pop back every now and then to listen to this one 👌🏼

  • @mr1meth
    @mr1meth 12 лет назад +3

    I will say always, this is hip hop .... classic and simple! this is the future

  • @360PATCH
    @360PATCH 6 лет назад +1

    never knew a song could make me cry

  • @leokinvig6368
    @leokinvig6368 2 года назад +4

    still puts me in tears every time, I haven't consumed another piece of art since listening to this in 2012 that has hit as close to this when it comes to explaining the world. the answers are all here, albeit paradoxical, but such is life, all in the balance churr

  • @potofredo4633
    @potofredo4633 4 года назад +2

    the best i've ever seen, leaves are just vibin on the beat

  • @RevolutionFromBelow
    @RevolutionFromBelow 10 лет назад +3

    Diggin' ya Cats since a year. Big up to High Focus and all the lads, from sWEEDtzerland ! RESPECT !

  • @Roucaou13...
    @Roucaou13... 10 месяцев назад +1

    Bomb😮

    • @Roucaou13...
      @Roucaou13... 10 месяцев назад +1

      Ça c'est du rap!pas comme les rappeurs français qui chantent comme des robots!

    • @Roucaou13...
      @Roucaou13... 10 месяцев назад +1

      Pour pas dire comme des putes!

    • @Roucaou13...
      @Roucaou13... 10 месяцев назад

      Respect hight focus!

  • @shipuden97
    @shipuden97 3 года назад +5

    9 years later, such nostalgia

  • @terrenceallen1998
    @terrenceallen1998 3 года назад +2

    The memories!

  • @asqwert2121
    @asqwert2121 4 года назад +5

    The lyrics are so poetic. It really makes me emotional everytime I hear them.

  • @shiinkii
    @shiinkii 11 лет назад +1

    Man, i really mean it when I say, your lyrics are deep.

  • @TrueDaxter
    @TrueDaxter 12 лет назад +9

    Jam Baxter is a genius. His verse is too sick!

    • @samfoot7554
      @samfoot7554 3 года назад +2

      Equilibrium, see a billion desperate parts conjoined in deified brilliance
      To the fractal patterns I saw spinning in the caverns of my mind once, it all ties up . If I can see a bright sky shine with my eyes shut

  • @BudnGraff
    @BudnGraff 11 лет назад +3

    this is the best videoclip I have ever seen!!

  • @lazarus2249
    @lazarus2249 8 лет назад +272

    I'm High

  • @rinseoutdrycleaner
    @rinseoutdrycleaner 12 лет назад +1

    four owls videos, alwaysd on point, look at the leaves fighting for their place at the top

  • @ryanfield1497
    @ryanfield1497 8 лет назад +10

    The nostalgia I get when I listen to this is intense! It reminds me of the days back in 2011/12 when I was like 15 taking a variety of psychedelics on the daily with my pals and when the weed was A Grade. Those were the days yo

    • @ryanfield1497
      @ryanfield1497 8 лет назад +1

      The four owls were my soundtrack for that period of my life, same with contact play and early dike. 👌

    • @jackchaos100
      @jackchaos100 6 лет назад

      oath bro same here good times

  • @diabolowille
    @diabolowille Месяц назад

    Man I used to listen to this at like 12-13 and wow how these bars flew over my head

  • @Not2day-Satan
    @Not2day-Satan 4 года назад +6

    This is absolutely beautiful. A master piece .

  • @sebastiannielsen4690
    @sebastiannielsen4690 11 лет назад +1

    this rocks my socks. my life is in balance when this track plays.

  • @MrBonus88
    @MrBonus88 10 лет назад +4

    Love how the plants and piano work together in this video. Also how the plants rotate to the hi-hat. Nice.
    Good track.

  • @ryanmiep
    @ryanmiep 11 лет назад

    The best in town, baby!

  • @StylinOnYaKidz
    @StylinOnYaKidz 9 лет назад +6

    This is fucking righteous, I'm more stoked on the innovation going on within the UK rap game than anywhere else right now.

  • @ΧΡΗΣΤΟΣΤΖΙΩΤΖΗΣ
    @ΧΡΗΣΤΟΣΤΖΙΩΤΖΗΣ 4 месяца назад

    The first two 🎶 . Jazz as Fack . Perfection .....
    And after ..... The perfect beat and lyrics

  • @nathanbean8140
    @nathanbean8140 3 года назад +5

    "The rich feed ther rich while the rest just apply for loans" A truer bar every year that passes

  • @Valness11
    @Valness11 6 лет назад +1

    jam baxter killin it

  • @frankhernandez9662
    @frankhernandez9662 6 месяцев назад +4

    Most def bumpin this in 2024

  • @samkamara2890
    @samkamara2890 8 лет назад +1

    This is amazing. Some true ways of describing life. We all want love/happiness. Most ppl trapped in this system that we live in believe money and materialistic objects will provide them with this. So we do things we don't truly love because we are tolled in this life if we do certain things we will get happiness. Happiness comes from a pure place, from connecting with yourself on spiritual level and finding in what way you can find happiness from that pure natural place. Nature is needed. We can't just read books and expect to learn all though we can learn form them. Anyways we can't succeed without failing. Life is a balance ;) These verses help me connect back to nature, back to myself and help me wake up and realise. Most people stay asleep all there lives remember that. Open your eyes and u will see what I mean. And if you feel this track your on the right path already.

  • @matthewstewart8667
    @matthewstewart8667 10 лет назад +3

    Probably one of my favourite tracks. Clever play on words and a good topic.

  • @mokusone
    @mokusone 3 года назад

    I measure my work by my intellect.... what a words..

  • @Pi3ter4ev3r
    @Pi3ter4ev3r 8 лет назад +3

    Big up from The Netherlands

  • @tyler.w1726
    @tyler.w1726 8 лет назад +1

    Gonna hit the bong to this... Damn so dope! You never hear hip hop like this these days.

  • @djdshssjs6097
    @djdshssjs6097 10 лет назад +3

    High focus is amazing!!!! Life in the balance!

  • @isisibanez7204
    @isisibanez7204 11 лет назад

    Greeeaaatttt!! cute cute cute

  • @billycharley7545
    @billycharley7545 Год назад +4

    2023 and still a banger 💪💯

  • @jerome556
    @jerome556 3 года назад

    Wonderful Video
    ..lovely plantjes..
    💚💜💙

  • @JoshTheDoshSkateboarding
    @JoshTheDoshSkateboarding 4 года назад +4

    Seen these guys every year from 2011-2016 at nozstock mainly. This was the song that i found high focus now every time igo back to this my hair stands up !

  • @retsepilekabeli2536
    @retsepilekabeli2536 8 месяцев назад +1

    PERFECTION

  • @fckyow9907
    @fckyow9907 10 лет назад +4

    "Atoms, bound by compassion
    To fractal patterns I saw spinning in the caverns of my mind once
    It all ties up
    If I can see a bright sky shine when my eyes shut.."

  • @OliverFlinn
    @OliverFlinn 2 года назад

    STILL A FUCKING BANGER AAAAAAA

  • @guidoguido2245
    @guidoguido2245 4 года назад +6

    Can we please teach BVA’s verse in every school. That is insane, that is wisdom right there!

  • @M4KAV3Li87
    @M4KAV3Li87 Год назад +1

    The cadence of the beat complements the lyrics and vice versa, perfect

  • @DavidBrown-jd2st
    @DavidBrown-jd2st 10 лет назад +10

    Its like I'm standing on the moon, staring at the world.

  • @bcfcwill87
    @bcfcwill87 12 лет назад

    RUclips produces a diamond every now and again.. It's not often that you get a phat beat, sick bars and something beatiful to watch

  • @nicolasgonzalez7683
    @nicolasgonzalez7683 5 лет назад +5

    Wow man, the best lyricism out there for sure!RESPECT

  • @purepressure78
    @purepressure78 12 лет назад

    Yeah mate. Certainly is. I have listened to it since 93 and have gone back to its origins. UK is the realest and best yet. Challenge us world!!

  • @WonderlustThing
    @WonderlustThing 4 года назад +6

    Leaf Dog's verse tho💚🌱🙏🏽☯️🐺

  • @Barrab4s
    @Barrab4s 12 лет назад

    "..Never put your faith in a fake individual" keep it real!
    Respect & love from Sweden

  • @douglassoul1978
    @douglassoul1978 6 лет назад +4

    man I've been missing out this 6+ years since the song was released

  • @swanbra
    @swanbra 11 лет назад

    Baxters imagery is colossal

  • @AnOceanOnFire
    @AnOceanOnFire 5 лет назад +4

    I dont know why, but filming a timelapse of an unknown plant growing to find out that that plant is cannabis is odly fitting and poetic.

  • @dukeraoul1103
    @dukeraoul1103 8 лет назад

    nature is everything....and the music....

  • @rektorskinner4877
    @rektorskinner4877 8 лет назад +24

    bva's part kills it instantly damn bro u way talented and i think ur my favorite highfocus member. i think ur outstanding! peace and respect from austria we always enjoy your presens in this game! btw i love every highfocus member too :)

  • @toneinstrumental
    @toneinstrumental 2 года назад

    Flowing like water 🥶🥶

  • @biznasgratosdebairro6104
    @biznasgratosdebairro6104 8 лет назад +11

    respect from Portugal food job fellas real dela this shit is good

  • @sheldonarchie6158
    @sheldonarchie6158 12 лет назад

    I'll never get tired of this dope ass song...fuuuckkk yeahhhh rip that track...it keeps me living, growing...

  • @MobiusRoom
    @MobiusRoom 8 лет назад +317

    I remember when Hiphop died around '99. But no-one told me it had a secret British love-child!! Hear that 'merica??!! Real Hiphop is British now! And we ain't got time for your guns and hoes and fake bullshit!! This is easily up there with the best hiphop of the mid-nineties...

    • @LizardScoreisnoturanium52
      @LizardScoreisnoturanium52 8 лет назад +16

      a lot of american underground rap is great, its just mainstream went to shit. I am glad that UK Hip-hop took the 90's in a different direction

    • @MobiusRoom
      @MobiusRoom 8 лет назад +2

      thats good to hear man (also, what should i be looking for to sample these american underground treats?)….. the commercial machine has ruined many books,comics and musical styles in its mad lust to rip the heart out of anything that has one..

    • @LizardScoreisnoturanium52
      @LizardScoreisnoturanium52 8 лет назад +6

      +MobiusRoom Search up def jux presents II and enjoy. This is pinnacle to the underground society, it's a cd that showed people the power of def jux, one of the best underground labels. Going from there I would then check out Aesop Rock and the rest of the def jux catalogue. This got me into underground hip hop.

    • @MobiusRoom
      @MobiusRoom 8 лет назад +2

      Ive never been more glad to be wrong! Thanks for hooking me up with this stuff, you have done this complete stranger a solid, and it is much appreciated... i will be spreading this amongst my british brethren!!…..

    • @skullybwoii45
      @skullybwoii45 8 лет назад +1

      check out common i used to love her