"All you need is Boogie Down and Chuck D, Stetsasonic or the Big Daddy. " Ice -T was giving props to the New York rappers Boogie Down Productions , KRS-1 included, Chuck D of Public Enemy, the rap group Stetsasonic and Big Daddy Kane. True Hip Hop heads know the real pioneers.
Like him or hate him, Ice-T told the truth the way it is. These alleged up-and-coming rappers need to really pay attention and pay hommage to innovators like Ice-T. He paved the way and he deserves respect for that.
Ice T NEVER lied when he said that you can't buy no relationship because my young cousin was telling me and my Uncles that if you dont spend at least $50 on a 1st date, then you're getting kicked to the curb and I told my 92 year old mentor friend and he replied, " That means that she wasn't interested from the get go". More important things to worry about and there's too much trouble in the world to be worried about some woman that doesn't give a damn.
Ice got too many hits to go over, but this is one of my All time favorites with reason! This song made me straighten my self up when I was in grade school, blaming everything and everyone else for my failures to do my assignments. Then I realized I was playing myself with all them weak ass excuses I was making.
Props to Ice-T from Russia. Back in the days when i was a schoolboy i bought Power album on cassete. I didnt understand sh1t what Ice were saying i just rolled witta a flow and loved the music. Now i know.
I love this in addition to many of his songs like “Drama” and “Escape From The Killing Fields.” Ice T knew to get knowledge/educated, stay true to yourself, and give props to those who came before. He didn't front, step or play.
This is why wu ...boot camp mobb deep , nas goodie mob , outkast and 90s hip hop was so great this there blueprint was Ice T , BDP, PE, Lakim shabbaz. ....ultramagnetic MC, Juice crew..
Just heard this song on MTV classic's. It didnt sound good at first but when you listen to the lyrics you realized that There is a lot of Truth to this song. He done good with this!
Saw Ice at Glasgow Barrowlands in 91 on the Iceberg tour. He had Brixton's Hi-Jack supportin he'd signed to Rhyme Syndicate. What a show, these were the days, this was hip hop 👊💥
Agreed can apply this to life period.Mfs hate to look it the mirror and accept responsibly,he just used what he knew his base could understand for the message.Real talk though High Rollers changed the outlook on the game
I discovered Hip Hop, the culture, and Rap music, in 1983. (10 years old). I’ve heard all the dope shit, lived through the era, starting in the 80’s, through the 90’s, 2000’s, 2010’s, til now. I know what’s dope and what’s garbage. I don’t hate on current Rappers because i’m “old” or “out of it”. Modern rappers are garbage. There are a select few that are dope. But when you grew up hearing 90% dope shit? To now 90% garbage? That’s a huge shift in the culture. You can’t tell me shit. If anything? Stfu and learn something youngins. To diss Ice T is a joke. Ice T is one of the best to ever do it.
This shit was real. Dropping knowledge. Yes may never hear hip hop artists push music with these types of messages again. This was actually the original intention of rap music. To teach the youth about the pitfalls of life on different levels.
Facts. Rap Music was teaching, not preaching. That's one of the many reasons why it was so Powerful. When it became watered down and glorification of violence and sexual immorality began, it went downhill fast. The rap music off today is just a pitiful imitation of what it once was.🧐😔🙏🏽
I had no idea this song existed until I heard it on an underground radio station I had no idea who rapped it I just typed in played yourself and it came up im so greatful this is real rap and I love it I don't give a fuck if its ''old'' ice t has something to say most hip pop guys don't
There’s a million ways of people to beat you, rip you off and play you, but the worst thing in life is to play yourself. No truer words have ever been spoken
'Nobody put the crack into the pipe. Nobody made you smoke off your life. You thought that you could do drugs and stay cool? FOOL. You played yourself. Ain't Nobody else's fault. You Played Yourself.' One of the hardest,realistic lyrics I've ever heard. ICE T gave it to us straight, no chaser.🧐👊🏽🙏🏽
Too many oldskool OG's out here ended up washed up BC they weren't real to the game (disloyal) & true to themselves (faking it). "Don't blame anyone else ... No money no crew ... You played yourself ! ."...
Ice T always dropped PURE jewels of wisdom. He's the difference between a selfish scumbag who will lead young kids wrong and into a life that will either kill them, land them in prison, or in the ground, and an older, wiser street dude who quietly encourages younger kids to take a good look around, think, stay off the street, or eventually the street will get you. Ice is and has always been the latter. 💯 Solid brother.🤛
now this is fo real,,, The IceBerg video!!! had the studio session "whatcha gonna do?" on my ole account but got busted daamn warner mang,,,,,enjoy this classic,, ya played yaself
TAMLA TANETTE MOORE IS THE MOST HIGH AND UNSTOPPABLE TOO..WE ARE ABORIGINAL PEOPLE OF TURTLE ISLAND..RIP ❤❤❤❤❤..ASE HEKA AMEN RA AHO MOORE NATION GRAND RISING KARMA 🌎 🙌 ❤❤❤
The point of leaving Ice's commentary puts forward the argument that it's up to each and every one of you as to how your lives play out. Simply put - Ice says "dont do dumb shit..."
in my opinion ICE Ts best track ever.
💯
Best MC 4ever
He played himself!
Agreed
his worst track ever
Majority of people dissing ice.t probably weren't even born in this era. Step off fools. Old skool is where its at.
THEY LISTEN TO THE MANS RAPPERS WHO SEND YOU TO THE GRAVE, OR PRISON. F GAME AND YOUNG THUG !
+TheNorthman1957 lol
Gary Smart true ! They don have a clue 😎.
@@marshallsmith361 none!!!
Word. 100
Ppl be sleeping 😴 on Ice T rapping skills
I tend2@gree!
"All you need is Boogie Down and Chuck D, Stetsasonic or the Big Daddy. " Ice -T was giving props to the New York rappers Boogie Down Productions , KRS-1 included, Chuck D of Public Enemy, the rap group Stetsasonic and Big Daddy Kane. True Hip Hop heads know the real pioneers.
U ALWAYS GOTTA PAY HOMAGE TO THE EAST COAST WHERE IT ALL BEGAN🙅🏾♂️
Righttt!👍
@@kintarricrawford4976 Yep Hip Hop started in The Bronx, New York.
@@russelladams7134 Dont forget Ice T was born in New Jersey
Ice T always gave love since his NJ roots, he had problems with LL Cool J and some NY cats
To me - one of the greatest rap songs ever
All fax
Every lyric was raw and to the point
Like him or hate him, Ice-T told the truth the way it is. These alleged up-and-coming rappers need to really pay attention and pay hommage to innovators like Ice-T. He paved the way and he deserves respect for that.
Today wack ass trap hip hop garbage shit
Facts!!
James Brown - The Boss
James brown invented funk him and Fred Wesley the master of funk player getar ,sax funkyest sound ever most rap beats are based off of jb
Ice-T + James Brown = legendary track.
this is still one of my favorite ice-t tracks
MINE TOO
that sample..fantastic...james brown.
2020 and still dope as a mutha..OG with some serious past
Ice T NEVER lied when he said that you can't buy no relationship because my young cousin was telling me and my Uncles that if you dont spend at least $50 on a 1st date, then you're getting kicked to the curb and I told my 92 year old mentor friend and he replied, " That means that she wasn't interested from the get go". More important things to worry about and there's too much trouble in the world to be worried about some woman that doesn't give a damn.
Ice got too many hits to go over, but this is one of my All time favorites with reason! This song made me straighten my self up when I was in grade school, blaming everything and everyone else for my failures to do my assignments. Then I realized I was playing myself with all them weak ass excuses I was making.
Old post but FACTS ☝🏿💪🏿
Wow that’s what’s up ! Lol learned early !
The first verse predicted Hip Hop in the 21st century.
The second and third verses are universal; they are timeless.
50 YEARS OF HIP HOP THANK YOU 08/2023😊
So many people STILL play themselves to this day!
Ya (still ) can't buy no relationship.
(You'll play yourself)
Triple OG Ice T!!! And Darlene!!! Shake it baby!!! I still remember the album cover she was on from his album POWER. Boy she was a winner!!!
That cover was fiyah! 🔥🔥🔥
Ice T been around for a long time. Really a OG💯
Still revenant to this day.
Say it again ☝🏿
Arguably the greatest storyteller of all times! GOAT!🐐
Props to Ice-T from Russia. Back in the days when i was a schoolboy i bought Power album on cassete. I didnt understand sh1t what Ice were saying i just rolled witta a flow and loved the music. Now i know.
Dope bro he is, i from australia got this tape wen i was 16 changed my life love da dude and metallica rock on rap on ozzie ozzie ozzie oi oi oi
Pleše do Ford is
Life lessons from the Ice Man. Smooth. Don't play yaself!
He had the best girl ever. Never should have left her.
Horns, thumping bass and super ICE COLD FACTS
This song is relevant today! #timeless
Puff daddy drama took me to this song 😂😂😂😂😂😂
I love this in addition to many of his songs like “Drama” and “Escape From The Killing Fields.” Ice T knew to get knowledge/educated, stay true to yourself, and give props to those who came before. He didn't front, step or play.
You played yourself ain't nobody's fault You played YOURSELF 💯🔥
Darlene Was a dime before they coined the term ! 😈
Man I love the track 1st, but i come to see her too!
kevin Samuels coined the term - "hit the wall"
This is why wu ...boot camp mobb deep , nas goodie mob , outkast and 90s hip hop was so great this there blueprint was Ice T , BDP, PE, Lakim shabbaz. ....ultramagnetic MC, Juice crew..
This should have 226 Million views, not 226K.
Just heard this song on MTV classic's. It didnt sound good at first but when you listen to the lyrics you realized that There is a lot of Truth to this song. He done good with this!
That and the beat. James Brown paid the cost to be the boss. Youngster.
...didnt sound good at first? 🤯
The hook is immaculate 💫💥
Unk definitely deserves to be inducted into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame along with Body Count.
Saw Ice at Glasgow Barrowlands in 91 on the Iceberg tour. He had Brixton's Hi-Jack supportin he'd signed to Rhyme Syndicate. What a show, these were the days, this was hip hop 👊💥
Lord Finesse - Bad Mutha 🔥
His first album was fire!!! Of course dj premire was on the production side!!!
this should be shown to every elementary school every fck week to children. Let them learn from the best! Respect Ice-T
Agreed can apply this to life period.Mfs hate to look it the mirror and accept responsibly,he just used what he knew his base could understand for the message.Real talk though High Rollers changed the outlook on the game
my favorite ice t track by far
I discovered Hip Hop, the culture, and Rap music, in 1983. (10 years old). I’ve heard all the dope shit, lived through the era, starting in the 80’s, through the 90’s, 2000’s, 2010’s, til now.
I know what’s dope and what’s garbage.
I don’t hate on current Rappers because i’m “old” or “out of it”. Modern rappers are garbage. There are a select few that are dope. But when you grew up hearing 90% dope shit? To now 90% garbage? That’s a huge shift in the culture. You can’t tell me shit. If anything? Stfu and learn something youngins.
To diss Ice T is a joke. Ice T is one of the best to ever do it.
If you never liked this tune it's probably because ...you played yourself.
Zero dislikes good no one played their self real rap and I'm only 24 ma dad bumps Ice t still
Ice T has been the man since day one.
This shit was real. Dropping knowledge. Yes may never hear hip hop artists push music with these types of messages again. This was actually the original intention of rap music. To teach the youth about the pitfalls of life on different levels.
Facts. Rap Music was teaching, not preaching. That's one of the many reasons why it was so Powerful. When it became watered down and glorification of violence and sexual immorality began, it went downhill fast. The rap music off today is just a pitiful imitation of what it once was.🧐😔🙏🏽
Yup then came gangsta rap...which I love. But I see whachu mean
True game spitter
Ice T knows what he's talking about.
Underrated Raper in the 80s & early 90s! His albums are full of rhymes and hits!
Stop with "underrated" shit. Seriously.
Classic cut!!!
I had no idea this song existed until I heard it on an underground radio station I had no idea who rapped it I just typed in played yourself and it came up im so greatful this is real rap and I love it I don't give a fuck if its ''old'' ice t has something to say most hip pop guys don't
There’s a million ways of people to beat you, rip you off and play you, but the worst thing in life is to play yourself.
No truer words have ever been spoken
'Nobody put the crack into the pipe.
Nobody made you smoke off your life.
You thought that you could do drugs and stay cool?
FOOL.
You played yourself.
Ain't Nobody else's fault. You Played Yourself.'
One of the hardest,realistic lyrics I've ever heard. ICE T gave it to us straight, no chaser.🧐👊🏽🙏🏽
My favorite Ice T track!! First time I heard it was on DJ Red Alert show, 98.7 Kiss fm in New York.
Too many oldskool OG's out here ended up washed up BC they weren't real to the game (disloyal) & true to themselves (faking it).
"Don't blame anyone else ... No money no crew ... You played yourself ! ."...
Ice T always dropped PURE jewels of wisdom. He's the difference between a selfish scumbag who will lead young kids wrong and into a life that will either kill them, land them in prison, or in the ground, and an older, wiser street dude who quietly encourages younger kids to take a good look around, think, stay off the street, or eventually the street will get you. Ice is and has always been the latter. 💯 Solid brother.🤛
CLASSIC VIDEO
you played yourself was it bubba from the East coast to the West coast we was bumpin this💪🏿
This is it, dope from the fly kid.
The Ice mic is back with the high bid.
Loved ICE T'S Raw Uncut Style
now this is fo real,,, The IceBerg video!!! had the studio session "whatcha gonna do?" on my ole account but got busted daamn warner mang,,,,,enjoy this classic,, ya played yaself
2020 still one of the best
still the BEST rapper ever
LEGEND 👑 1#HOLY SPIRIT 🔥
this is one of da best. ya played yourself
In my opinion west coast rap(unlike most styles of rap) definitely teaches you a few things
Classic Old Skool Real Shit
Nuff Said
So nobody is going to acknowledge the fact that the word fool is a whole line in itself? 😂😂😂
Classic track, dropping knowledge over a smoothed out beat, Salute!!...Have to give Darlene a shout out too!!
One of the best Songs ever. Classic tune by Ice.
TAMLA TANETTE MOORE IS THE MOST HIGH AND UNSTOPPABLE TOO..WE ARE ABORIGINAL PEOPLE OF TURTLE ISLAND..RIP ❤❤❤❤❤..ASE HEKA AMEN RA AHO MOORE NATION GRAND RISING KARMA 🌎 🙌 ❤❤❤
My fav Ice T jawn! Just bumped it in Aug 2020
Remember hearing this on Radio 1, Jeff Young's Big Beat Show in 1990
' You thought you could do dope and still stay cool... Fool!' Tell em Ice!!
Sitting in coventry uk still choooning this shit in me front room xx
NAS.. GET DOWN .. THE GODSON ALBUM.. CRAZINESS
Try James Brown kid.
@@mightydoe ORIGINAL
MUCH LOVE, ICE. YOU are ONE of the OLDEST and REALEST O.G”s of RAP and STREET POLITICS. REAL REP, and LONGEVITY like a MUTHA!!!!!!!!
My fav track from Ice T...legend!
Ice T is the Original Gangster… He was pushing too much knowledge for anyone to handle back in the day.. Ice T is a Chosen One..
The point of leaving Ice's commentary puts forward the argument that it's up to each and every one of you as to how your lives play out. Simply put - Ice says "dont do dumb shit..."
Three greats used this beat, Ice Tea, Nas, and Lupe, i hope who ever uses beat next better not mess it up.
Great classic....
Words of wisdom!!💯
Darlene Ortiz ❤❤❤. Like the Asian lady on "Soul Train" Cheryl Song, Darlene couldn't dance worth a damn but I enjoyed watching.
"Ain't nobody else's fault--you played yoself!!" Truth when we wanna blame others for how we turned out in life!!
This is my theme song to one of my cousins who goes in and out of jail, but it's everyone else fault.
TWO OF MY EXES
DON'T STOP LOVING THE dude.
Pure dope!!
Tracy ICE TTTTT
Nach 34 Jahren klingt dieses Teil noch immer, wie frisch aus dem Tonstudio.
Das James Brown Sample ist aber auch extrem geil. 😃🍻
drop science now why not! classic
I remember hearing this as a teen. Taught me alot.
Icet is the man
AN ALL TIME CLASS OF A CLASSIC
i would love to meet you ice not in a dark ally though ha love ya you made my child hood great thank you x
loved ice from day one.
Ain't nobody else's fault... ya played yaself!
This should have millions of Views
This and High Rollers are masterclasses.
15 suckers and players down voted.. You played yourself..
20 and counting
Word!!!
Ice t. Ripped the hell outta that beat
That's right...ya played yaself...
True Hip Hop For Life Man.
Thank YOU Godfather James Brown! Many ate off THE Plate you prepared for your people !
Augusta my home wherever I rom.
Yes!
One of the best ever! I wasn't into rap but when this came out but I ran to get it, this shit was so hip.
Awesome Classic 😎✊