So Wassup? Episode 33 | Jeru The Damaja - "Ya Playin Yaself"
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- Опубликовано: 25 апр 2022
- In episode 33 DJ Premier takes us through the process of how "Ya Playin Yaself", from Jeru The Damaja was created.
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We need another Jeru and Premo album.
Facts
All day. But on some Sun rises in the east or Group home type vibe. I'm sorry to say Wrath of the math was a no go for me
Absolutely
Mad overdue
Very long over due, i love Jeru but not without Premier!
Wrath of the Math eradicated the whole sophomore jinx myth. Brilliant from beginning to end. Premier is the heart of Hip-Hop.
Ppl slept on that album
@@davidcampbell215 Actually back then it was a big hit here in the underground community in the Dominican Republic, we played it endlessly, I had a radio show in 88 5 FM and played most tracks regularly, as well as in every party we would hold, but probably you mean commercially speaking, then again I do remember the video for Playing Ya Self on Mtv and all so it did get its fair share of play. To paraphrase Frederick Douglass, good musical taste is a road seldom travelled by the multitude lol. The masses are distraught most of the time
Preem, Pete & 9th - the triad.
@@JuniorPolancoLaCoalicion I loved that album too back in the day. As well as his first one. Who do you guys like now as far as hip hop goes?
Did it really (eradicate the whole sophomore jinx) because the album sells on Wrath of the Math didn't do as well as The Sun Rises in the East that year.
One of the most genius reworkings of a beat ever. Completely changed the dynamics of sample chopping.
Say it louder the idiots in the back please.
The best part of these videos is to hear how many people Premier shouts out. You can tell he's just a generous, grateful dude.
I can listen to Premier tell stories all damn day. Please don't ever stop making these.
Everything Jeru speaks on is unfortunately all that pollutes the industry these days. One of Preem's illest beats ever.
>illest beats ever
really tho..lol. I could name a few on "moment of truth" that are more creative and sound better than this beat
#JeruWasRight
I agree with you player.. Brotha Jeru dropped Science and Knowledge on both albums.
@@doderiolarkisso4038 I said ONE of...learn to read bro.
@@dj_jazzywhut i can read quite perfectly, thank you. My reply still stands though lmao
I can't believe after listening to both tracks for almost 30 years I didn't realise they used the same sample 😅 shame on me
Same😆
Laaaaaaaate.
Yeah man, same here.
almost the same when Buckwild and Pete Rock using that same kenny burke sample back in 94
One of my favorite Jeru songs and one that's even more applicable today than in the 90's. The second verse should be listened to by 99.9% of the female rappers these days.
I agree the lyrics...
Why do they need to listen to Jeru, when Jeru never really sold any records, while todays current stars are making millions? It’s called the music BUSINESS for a reason.
@@dantegood2195 that mindset is part of the problem.
@@zncuentertainment712 - What mindset? You’re aging now. You’re not supposed to understand the music today’s teenagers like. Just like your dad, mom, and grandparents didn’t understand the rap you loved when you were a teenager.. When people age they need to maintain perspective from when they were young.
@@dantegood2195 "Jeru never really sold any records, while todays current stars are making millions." But Jeru still has a reputation for creating one of the best hip hop albums of all time "The Sun Rises in the East." The album peaked at #36 on the US Billboard 200 and #5 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.
"Wrath of the Math" peaked at #35 on the Billboard 200 and #3 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. Those are great numbers! I honestly don't know if these albums went gold in the states, but they most likely have by now. I'm sure it went silver and gold over seas.
And besides, record sales do not reflect whether an artist is great or not. If that were the case DJ Premier's albums and singles would be multi-platinum and diamond several times over. The masses do not always know what great art is. That is obvious by the garbage that is popular in the mainstream.
"You’re not supposed to understand the music today’s teenagers like." But certain music is timeless. And 90's hip hop has more of that timeless quality than today's hip hop which is why a lot of people still listen to it and would even agree that it's some of the best hip hop ever created. Many of these people are teenagers born after the 90's and they love it as if it was just released!
Afu-Ra the body of the life force album is massively slept on! 505 representative
i would like to see "Afu Ra - Defeat" next, that beat was serious too!!
Dj PREMIER 🇨🇱🇨🇱💯🎤🏧
That is one of my all time faves from Preem no doubt
Ohhhhhhhhh yes. Wirlwind through cities remix
word one of the first preemo beats i heard and i still get goosebumps hearing it today!
Voodoo child ( premier remix ) !
Always liked how the sample was chopped in this song as opposed to a straight loop. Preem is like hip hop's uncle, just endless stories about how these dope tracks came to fruition. Props!
The humbleness and detail that Premo breaks down his own catalog is like watching Hip-Hop PBS.
The best Wu Tang video WuTang never did.
Could you please do "One Day"...that IS still my joint! This is another classic What's Up!👏🏽
"Player's Anthem" by Junior Mafia & "Ya Playin' Yaself" by Jeru The Damaja are both classics.
I’ll be honest. Im glad junior mafia and biggie got a hold of that sample before Jeru did.
@@dantegood2195 You might be on your own with that one :)
@@DuckAlertBeats - Junior Mafia created a classic anthem with it. Ya played yourself was coo, but it was just a regular old underground type song.
@@dantegood2195 but you have no idea what their song could have been had it used that sample. I mean yeah, jeru wasn’t really mainstream and it’s not likely that it would have been a huge hit like players anthem was, but it still could have been another unsung street classic like some of his other tracks. I agree players anthem is a classic but you never know what could have been had another scenario played out. You can’t go back and see what might have been, but who’s to say / maybe it would have been the song that blew Jeru up so everyone knew who he was and he had a huge hit. You never know.
@@mutedmutiny9542 - I think I have a pretty good idea since the song was always going to be “ya played yourself”. There’s no indication the concept would have been any different if premo used the original sample. The song was always going to be the same.
That album was something else!
Jeru was ahead of his time on his sophomore joint:
He talked about radical 3rd and 4th wave Feminism,
girl's trips,
girls living their best life going raw,
the Juice and their mastermind controling ways,
BET being sold to VIACOM,
"disgusting" intellectual CD, a masterpiece.,
Black American CEOs ruining their artists (before Bad Boy Ent, Harrell's Motown post Jheryl Busby, and Uptown had subsided)
One of my fave Jeru songs
"Scientifical Madness" was dope too
its cool how Afu is talking with Premiers voice in the video of the song
DJ PREMIER IS LEYEND 🇨🇱🇨🇱🇨🇱🇨🇱🇨🇱💯💥💥🔥🔥🔥🇨🇱🇨🇱🇨🇱 CHILE
Aprendí a crear mis primeros beat escuchando a dj premier 💪🏧
I see that Sine album behind him. Big respect Primo
The sample flip, the video, the concept....Superb. You had to be there!
I didn't realise these used the same sample! Great stories, classic jams 🔥🔥🔥
Knowledge wisdom understanding is the key to wealth💯👑wether on vinyl, cassette or cd this song has been on my play lists for over 2 1/2 decades
Jeru has more talent than the whole of Junior Mafia combined.
Now we gotta get the backstory on "Kick In The Door".
That "Now.." at 11:48 is perfectly placed..
"We'll see if Puff knows what's up, cuz he's the one getting him drunk and fucking his mind up." Still one of my favourite albums
Jeru was the truth back then 💯
This song was the first song I've played in my new apartment! GangStarr Foundation forever! GangStarr forever!
This is one of the illest beats ever
What a time to be alive musically.
OLD ENGLISH, KING OF BEERS! 2022
YES!! I see you, Primo! Washington between Greene & Lafayette. Clinton Hill represent! I was a block over on St. James Place - Biggie’s old street! I miss Brooklyn! 😭😭
This is gonna be classic
Both songs are absolutely epic. What a coincidence though.
One Day. Love that song.
I am a producer from the 90s based in Germany. The way you tell the stories, it‘s easy to understand the culture and relationships. Bless you and keep making those episodes.
Wrath of the Math is an all time classic
DJ Premier is one of the dopest producers of all time. Salute to you.
Premo is one of the, if not THE greatest hip hop producer ever. It is incredible to hear the stories behind the music that formed the soundtrack of my youth. Love this series!
this gotta be one of my favourite series on youtube period! Love hearing these stories preemo keep them coming!
This time period was the BEGINNING of the shift of Hip Hop from street corner rap to lavish rap.. to what it is today... this song is relevant to this day
I always thought at the time, Jeru was like the last stand against the tide of commercialism in lyrics and image or corporation which Bad Boy helped make popular. Players and thuglife led to what we have today, a mass dilution of the art, knowledge wisdom and understanding. 1
Jeru will always be a Underground Icon😎😎
That beat in the background goes hard!
Jeru flow...is 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Scientifical Madness is one of the best songs
Preemo is a genius
Back when I had first found out that the sample used was the same one Junior Mafia had used (years ago), my mind was blown. It shocked me how Preemo had made it sound completely different from the source.
Preemo's beat is so much better!
Do what we do
Thank you so much for talking about the actual sample. Such an integral part of the whole song. Much respect
With all respect due to Primo, ‘One Day’ was on the B-Side of ‘Ya Playin Yaself’ (in Europe at least). Was on the same album, so it might have been recorded first, maybe it got pulled out on radio or on mixtape though. But even if, as Premier said, Jeru was about his word as far as naming directly the ones he’s aiming, Big ‘nem can’ t be excluded from the people that were dissed in ‘Playin Yaself’, it’s just a bigger picture. Shoutout to Clark Kent too, cause them chords he put on the Junior Mafia weren’t from the original sample.
This is the only channel where i hit 'like' before every episode, it goes without saying!!!
Much love to puff daddy goodman, and the NFL out East is looking really good this year.
the funny part of that song is the scratch at the end where it goes - "I Don'T Play"
De La Soul
Jeru's flow on this track Is One of the illest thing ever created, everytime the second verse starts I just melt. God bless Premiere for this series, keep It real man ❤️
Song still go crazy😤😤😤
I swear it's such a blessing to have Premo take the time to tell us these stories week after week, being the legend that he is, such an important figure in hip hop culture.
S/o to anyone and everyone who makes these videos possible, and of course to DJ Premier himself.
Salute and Thank you! 🙏
Yep
M.O.P.....Handle Your Business....Because that beat in a baseline that DJ premiere did .... Straight 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🚒🔥🚒🚒🚒🚒🔥🔥🔥
always loved this track and Tha Bullshit off this record
Please give us a breakdown of Paula Perry’s ‘Extra Extra’
Glad I was knee deep in the no biting samples era. Kept everyone sharp & NOTHING sounded the same...
Preemo fuckin’ genius
I never realized it was the same loop as the Junior Mafia track. Preme flipped that nice.
I remember when “Ya’ Playin’ Yaself” dropped summer ‘96 Jeru was on one putting mad weak rappers on blast (and exposing wack rapper cliches.)
At that particular time is when it felt you like you had to chose sides: get with that fake flossy x glossy Puffy jiggy ish or stay down with da underground and Ru was like a hip-hop super hero holding that torch! Saw him open for De La Soul that same summer and he even had a red, yellow and green cape! He was even freestyle battling dudes straight out the audience and crushing them live on stage!
Jeru x Preemo = always ILL ISH!
This funny!...this intro stops my video,whn it says "ok computer"😃😆
If Primo ever turned a blind eye it would be here. Everything about this track seems directed at Puffy's style and camp. What drove that sentiment on that album were lyrics like :" Let's see if Puff knows what's up, cause he's the one getting him drunk (hip hop) and fu∞¢ing his mind up." lol. Great tracks all around though!
yep he's speaking garbage here now that he's a made man
👍
As the weeks go by and these keep going, all I can think is classic after classic after classic after classic…
Congratulations. You played yaself
I remember this time so vividly and had an idea of the history. Thank you for sharing
video title - ya playin ya self, mentions Conspiracy and Players Anthem, then I put the 2 together before he explains it. the flip was too good. didn't even catch it umpteen years ago
Dj premier is the best.
Ex girl to the next girl is the one. Gotta hear that story
Yes!👊🏿
Good pick
The scratches and sample are unforgettable , next
Gotta thank Preemo for making us witnesses to history. So many greats have come and gone without us knowing the story behind the music. So thanks for that Preemo.
S/o to Jeru ☮️💟☯️
Would like to shoutout the supreme editing where Preem says 'now' just as Jeru is opening the verse by saying that!
Thought Preemo was gonna continue with “… I don’t push a Lex!…”
@@ninshaiTV haha that would have been it! 😆
Pugilistic linguistics from the cat with the vocabs. Mad flow, yo! 🙄 Then Preem's beat on this one whirlwind throo cities.
"pugilistic my linguistics are Jeru the Damaja" - Killer Mike, "Ooh La La" RTJ4 w/Premier and Greg Nice
I still listen to jeru and afura
Y'all hit up that like button for ya man !!
Amazing Gem. Didn't know this...and very surprised that I couldn't notice off hand.
So Wassup? Another great episode of classic beat one of my favorite Preemo and Jeru joints. The way Preemo flipped that to make it unique to the Junior Mafia version is genius. When Ya Playin Ya’self came out I didn’t even put two and two together with the sample being used in Player’s Anthem. I just knew it was Fyah and Jeru dropped serious jewels on that joint Salute 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Me either and it was only a year apart.
Best episode so far
Come clean is the illist beat ever created.
On, “kick in the door”, Big also dissed…...of all people…preemo.
Weak diss tho all he said he suprised he "you run with them " more of a shot at people he produced than anything , and big did it on a preem beat with preems acknowledgement so they was always on good terms
@@lewisalba7825 yea but preem said he had to “stop the tape” on him and check big in front of everyone
This is what I wanted Preme to mention in this clip.
Thank you for being you preem
Props to jeru shout to premo dap guru all pinnacle top notch talent. We need this in today sea of garbage
The power of memory
MASTER☮︎PEACE
Classic material. Thank you Preemo
Jeru's album is solid and timeless
Massive Classic
I've been bumping wrath of the math past 2 weeks staright I still got the original cd almost 30 years of play. black cowboys beat is ridiculous!!! no one better then premier period
Invasion and Whatever got sooo much play from me on the USS Arctic in 96'. Had my supervisor from New Orleans noddin to it afterwhile. Lmao
One of my favorite songs ever. My jam! Salute to Jeru and Premo
The BIG back story added so much more nuance and I love it. Because it gives us a picture and feel of the era. Which was like no other. On top of that your flip was so dope and clean, that I kind of appreciate it more. As always thank you for sharing Preemo.
That was SMART Premier
Man, I can literally can listen to these all day. Premo is a hip hop national treasure. Not only has he blessed us with countless tracks, the soundtrack to my life, he now hit us with the back stories
Back in the 90's there were very few songs under 90 BPMs that were club joints. I could probably count them on one hand. Junior Mafia's "Player's Anthem" was definitely one of them.
Both jamming