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  • Hip-hop is a different class of music than rap...first and foremost the message. Hip-hop is not dead, nor is anything happening to it. Underground is where it's been all along......underground. And if you think a message can die, you're only kidding yourself. You can never kill an idea, especially the idea that's the voice of the voiceless. The fact that I can hear this song over and over says it's not dead. New artists still put these hits out....they're UNDERGROUND.

  • @FreedomIsInTheMind Well said bro.. i agree completely.. it always pisses me off when i hear idiots say hiphop is dead. Real hiphop lovers know where its at and how to find it.. i havent listened to radio/tv in years and i have no problem finding real music... Im always discovering new/old underground talent that stays true to the artform and blows my mind away. Underground is where its at for sure.

  • @ChompingDiMystik exactly... Doing your own research (finding your own music) shows a desire to do your thing and that's what we need more of today in my opinion. Individuals who think for themselves and don't just want to go along with the status quo and mainstream. esp..dudes. bless bro, and stay positive. always nice to hear from the independent thinker!!!

  • @FreedomIsInTheMind Likewise family.. I hear that. We definitely need more individualism in today's society - there are WAY too many sheep running around waiting to hop on the next bandwagon or trying to be accepted by others. Pfft.. shit's pathetic to be honest. Anyway, big respect bro.. Stay Real !! Blessed.. Love and Good Music =)

  • this is tru hip hop in in its purest form ,i grasp this as taking the underline messages of the culture and taking heart beat of the culture to convey a message that is timely and riveting to the culture to uplift and strengthen as well as something to vibe to..lol hip hop,,not a fan of the era of depraviety and self indulgence that destructs the mind of the listener and those colllectively listening with a ear to obey...

  • mos def seems like the nice guy of rap music, now why would those fags from eminem wanna mess with him? sounds goof. . hip hop indeed is cracked the fuck out with all mainstream whos mos def working for hae cant straight up say the truth?

  • @somejerkoffborgnoob

    if eminem is such a fag why did mos def work do a freestyle with him?

    

  • @BlueSoul3455 all mainstream is fag. and i think i had it wrong the eminem crew never messed with mos def. but marshal is still a satanic homo.

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  • this song has more words as the whole Carter IV

    Mos Def <3

  • true art

  • dam straight

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  • Your an overrated piece of shit fagget

  • @CastleWhite43 you're**

  • This shit sucks balls Mos Def should stop rapping and go back to working at Mc Donalds I don't know why people listen to this shit

  • @HulkHooligann Mos Def is a legend. Why dont you go back working at Mc Donalds and stop posting useless comments on the internet instead?

  • @CarmellaLouise hes as legendary as the next guy get out of his ass for once and realize the shit he puts out sucks balls

  • @HulkHooligann then why you here? to praise drizzy and minaj or lil geezy? who say the same shit on their albums who say they keep it real when all they do is keep it real dumb for igorant ass people like you

  • @marlon170000000001 I don't listen to that shit but this is shit as well...Nicki has more skill than Mos Def Im sure about that Drizzy as well altho they're garbage as well

  • @HulkHooligann you are fuckin trippin!!!!!!! how in the blue hell can you even compare them bitch ass rappers to legends. when they were in their diapers mos was rappin bout gettin out the hood. while all these new faggot ass rappers say is stay in the hood sell crack get bitches. its ignorant ass people like you that ruin music. sayin nicki better mos is like sayin weezy is better than pac. trippin LOL

  • @marlon170000000001 man Im just stating facts okay you don't like the facts its fine you can live in your little imaginary world whatever. FACT: Mos Def is overrated piece of shit MC you're stupid if you think otherwise

  • @HulkHooligann NO this is FACT is this.trolls come on the internet because they lack the human abilit to communicate with others and they feel the only way they can vent is post behind a computer because if they went up to some and confronted them they would get their ass handed and made to a lil bitchboy or what you would call a g. OPINION: Mos def can do cirlcle round what you would call MC and your a shit head other wise. get them strait meow

  • @marlon170000000001 okay and what do trolls have to do with me? trolls also don't like mos def cause he is a shitty rapper?

  • @HulkHooligann the fact that you are one

  • @HulkHooligann and i don't know why you comment on his music ;)

  • @93AllStarz I'm commenting on his music cause i hate everything thats whack I'm the "hater of whack" the "master of track" i can spit ill through my ass crack, a fact, mos sucks he can't rhyme jack, shit just listen to it, listen him spit, and tell me this nigga ain't a faggit .

  • @HulkHooligann lol go ahead do better than him... than go suck lil wayne's dick... real hip hop fan will understand what I mean ;)

  • @93AllStarz I just rhymed better than him, mos def bitch stealing rhymes from RA-KIM, you eva seen...mos on your tv screen? thats cause nigga is shit and always been i like to keep it clean and cast away the shitty music from within listening to mos should be a sin, real rap FOR THE WIN, mos should commit suicide with a string.... WHATS UP MOTHERFUCKER THATS SOME WICKED FREESTYLE RIGHT THERE SON CHECK IT!!!

  • BROOKLYN NUMBER ONE!

    

  • Yo...these youngns doing they thing, but when you hear beats and rhymes like these, you cant help but wonder if these youngns ever heard hip hop in its realest, rawest form....Man...Fuck these Racks on Racks niggaz!!!!...Real talk.

  • MOS DEF!!!

  • Mos Def where are you!

  • Ahhhhhhh, nothing better than some real ass hip-hop

  • how come i haven't got off my ass and listened to him before !??!?! this dude is like the american Gracias...we have this rapper here in Finland, called Gracias..and his protege: Noah Kin and their friend Ekow...go listen ! dope shit like this ! This kinda flow is not learnt! It's God given! wow..it's like a modern Biggie all over again <3

  • Yeah real hip hop! Respect from italy!

  • unreal tuuunnnneee!!!!!

  • Do not care about the dislikes. Without bad, we can not feel the goods.=]

  • is this the nigga from 16 blocks ?

  • @JoeKickasz Yes.. Hes a legend.

  • Mad verses. Straight

  • FUCCKKKKKK

    

  • Theres dislike buttons on Mos Def songs? What the hell is wrong with the youtube community!?

  • @caidyncasper I know, luckily you don't see any red. (: be happy 'bout that (:

  • click like? mos def

  • Brooklyn No.1!

    

  • @PotentThorn

    See what I did there? I pulled a Jay, made a collage of other artists lyrics and then claimed them as my own while simultaneously proclaiming I'm the best rapper alive. Typical Hov style right there. But hey, like you said, it doesn't matter where the lyrics came from. If they're good it makes me good too. Shit, I must be the best rapper ever 'cause I can equally match any rap verse ever written by anyone.

  • @PotentThorn Don't justify stealing. Fuck all you niggas with lies Don't you see I'm the best rapper alive? Jay-Z is gettin gunned up and clapped quick how much of biggies rhymes are gonna come out his fat lips? im so wavy, too hardcore to be a jay-z all up in your ears like them fuckin dre beats no one on the corners got swagger like you cause no one on the corners fuckin 42 when jay talks, hes just blowin shit, innapropriate jay-z went from sellin crack to smokin it
  • Does anyone Know who produced this beat???...biiiig tuuunne

  • @PoeticalJustus

    Diamond D and Mos

  • @PoeticalJustus i think dj premier

  • @michaelgiannes

    Expressing your feelings for killing infants isn't cool just because it's different (Tech N9ne). Promoting rape and suicide to the youth isn't cool just because it's different (Tyler, the Creator).

    Acting like a serial killer out of an asylum isn't cool just because it's different, especially when you were a Disney Channel star as a kid (Hopsin).

    And rapping like Mickey Mouse isn't cool because it's different either (SwizZz).

    All these neo-psycho rappers suck.

  • @riariasesG hopsin aint bad he has some deep raps and he was on the disney channel because he got the chance to make money.. and he doesn't portray himself as a serial killer

  • @riariasesG Look up Earl sweatshirt hes the exception.

  • @osar0 No he isn't but just my opinion

  • @riariasesG Fuck that man, if the songs good then it's good. Who cares about the background story. I hate it when people can't just like music for what it is, music.

  • @PotentThorn Music is a fucking art form it is missing something when the lyrics aren't original, to be honest i have heard some sick jay songs but i also had not heard he steals other people lyrics, have to see if that shits true if so might build up a bias but to each there own if you can get over that fact then more power to you no need to give a fuck on anyones behalf when it comes to the internet if you wanna argue a point do it somehwere it matters.

  • sick beat damn good rappin

  • Hip Hop went from selling crack to smoking it

  • Mos Def would laugh his ass off at all you guys trying to play high school cliques with whose favorite rappers are the most "hip hop".

    It's all rhyming. Grow up.

  • Kool keith enunciation

  • this song is so bad, faq niggas

  • @HuUAe wrong url m8

  • @HuUAe seriously.....you must enjoy young money

  • My favorite Mos Def song !

  • 11 people are fucking gay

  • @Rockin5teve

    They're just plain no good. They can't hold a subject, their vocabulary is limited, they don't even have a flow other than speaking really fast and connecting mostly one syllable words like they're straight out of preschool, and subject matter is everything.

    I hate to pull this out but Justin Bieber is a crap artist, even though his lyrics aren't bad (for the pop genre) and he has a versatile voice. It's his subject matter that people hate him for.

    You learned something new today.

  • this whole damn song is a quotable and Diamond D killed the beat. Hip Hop's in the heart and can never die!

  • @clem2025

    Those are some of my favorite rappers right now. They're all lyrically above just about everybody signed to a label. There are few commercial rap artists I like. J. Cole, Drake, some Li'l Wayne songs for the beats (not the lyrics) and some others.

    All of the people I named are seriously skilled but most their songs have got like 10k views. They don't sell short with psycho fad sh** like Hopsin, Tech N9ne, Tyler the Creator, SwizZz and them fags. They're real hip hop artists. Check em.

  • @riariases Tech and Hopsin are dope. You can't say they're fags just because their subject matter is different.

  • @riariases real hip hop is people expressing themselves to the beat. so dont go hating on people who put themselves out there and do something different. fuck lil wayne

  • @clem2025

    Stealing from people ain't respecting. And Mos Def is DEF not on a higher platform than everyone. Nas (see anything from Illmatic), Elzhi (see anything from the Illmatic remake Elmatic, AZ, Moka Only (real underground artist from Vancouver, BC. check It Don't Matter), Dead Prez (check Hip Hop) Otis "Black Shark" Eskabel (very underground from Toronto. check his Li'l Wayne Cannon remake), Cashew (from Edmonton. check Voice of the Northside) and Kendrick Lamar (check Hiii Power).

  • @riariases shit son i dont need a lesson i know all that shit haha... i like mos alot but thats just my opinion i guess

  • Sweet

  • @clem2025

    And look at their relationship now. Jay is shitting on Biggie in his grave and stealing the deceased mans artwork. If we both drive through the same car wash, does that entitle me to be able to steal your car and get away with it? So what makes you think that just because Jay and Biggie went through the same experiences, Jay-Z is allowed to steal Biggies work?

  • @riariases ehh its an industry. not saying its cool but alot of people in his shoes prolly would too. i kinda think hes just respecting him in his own way i dunno. mos is on a whole different plateau then anyone anyways.

  • Same drum break as "it aint hard to tell" Dopeness

  • Gangstalicious

  • pure vibin track. Can't hate on this. too pure

  • @maximerjb

    Plagiarists always call their stolen work "inspired". I just didn't know inspired lyrics means copying lines word for word, just substituting verbs.

    If I said this was "food for thought, bitch" and then you said this was "food for the mind, bitch", does that mean you didn't copy me? Now eat up because your mind is starved after feasting on all of Jay-Z's crumbs leftover from Biggie.

  • @riariases hahahaha ! you'r funny man. I've already said that i don't like Jay Z..

  • @riariases jay z and biggie were tight though and had a very similar story to project aswell, so along with being inspired by biggie he was inspired by similar events and a similar struggle

  • @GreasemonkeyCGI

    ...guys cars, but you would just say they're you're moms friends. That's what Jay-Z fans do. Jay-Z is their mom, their role-model and they don't want their role-models image tarnished, so they lie to themselves in order to maintain an innocense of their hero. Jay-Z fans are just children with a whore mother.

  • @GreasemonkeyCGI

    Imagine if we knew eachother for all of our lives. Now imagine if I was always calling your mother a prostitute and a whore because she would hang out on the street corner with other scantilly dressed women, but you would just say it's just your mom hanging with her friends and smoking. Now imagine if I caught her in the act and one day brought over some pictures of her getting into various...

  • I'm Gettin big props with this thing called HIP HOP

  • This Tune brought me to a different level of life as a teen. If you can see what i mean. Just a whole nother dimension.

  • @Mylifedecoded

    What he's done for hip hop culture? Jay-Z is a thief. Listen to "I'm So Wavy" by The Game, Swagger Jacker by Cam'Ron or Ether by Nas. They all expose Jay-Z for what he is. A snake that should just be a blood stain on the bottom of Notorious B.I.G.'s boots. Ever wonder why Jay-Z's album sales and popularity drastically dropped so suddenly? Because there aren't any more Biggie rhymes for him left to steal.

  • @riariases lol calm down man, Jay Z is not my favorite emcee but you must admit that he made very good tape, Heart of city, Encore,Dead President II,Hard Knock Life.. and sometimes when you call a singer a thief, in most of cases he is inspired and influenced by another emcee's style.. ( sorry for my english if i made mistakes)

  • @maximerjb right on man, not a jay z fan myself but dead president II to this day is one of my fav hip hop tracks

  • @riariases I didn't believe it at first but there are videos on youtube that show that he did steal Biggie's lyrics. How could no one notice? I didn't really know anything about Biggie back then so I wouldn't know.

  • You're all ignorant if you think Jay-Z doesn't belong in that class. Just because he is very mainstream, don't forget where he came from and what he has done for the hip hop culture. Reasonable Doubt, Blueprint and the Black Album will go down as classics. He is a hip hop legend to those veterans who understand is.

    As will Mos Def. One of my favourite rappers.

  • WOWWWWWWWW, that was most definately amazing

  • @razzerRam

    Haha mos def amazing XD

  • the best !

  • Blown outta my mind

    and all I gotta say is

    THE MIGHTY MOS DEF!!!!!!!!!

  • Excellent ☆★

  • Mos Def the king of hip hop

  • WOW

  • Can i haz more hip-hop like this ?

  • can i be hip hop if I never did sell drug or smoke it ?(sorry for my bad english)

  • @Danidddh Of course you can.

  • Sends Chills Down My Spine.. It's all The pictures of Hip-Hop Flashing through my Head.

  • Now This Is Hip Hop.. I come from Madagascar, and I've recently discovered a video that you'll probably love /watch?v=DPm_S14hMMs LMFAO, it is in Frensh

  • oh love love this and thanks for posting entire lyrics the first time i could rhyme thru knowing the full lyrics, that was so exciting even though its a decade old

  • Well I'm tired of people commenting and saying Lil Wayne is an accomplished lyricist when he's just use broken metaphors and punchlines when he rap. It's fucking annoying, that's why HE"S A RAPPER and NOT AN EMCEE REPRESENTING HIP HOP. I mean there is a difference between rap and hip hop...perhaps some people need to follow the art from it's origin and see how the styles of hip/hop and rap are totally different and quit comparing Wayne to true lyricists when he's just another club rapper

  • ALL CITY LIKE PHASE II !!!

  • It’s so annoying when I mention old school and all people think about is Big and Pac I mean there alright and all put itz not all about them Mos Def and Nas Common all these great rappers being over shadowed by two people

  • @dabronxkid360 They're dope. We need to appreciate EVERYONE to understand hip hop as a movement.From Biggie, to Tribe Called Quest, to Nas, to Outkast. ALL of it, underground and mainstream.

  • @dabronxkid360 i agree. only cuz they had their feud and died early, people started worshiping them like total rap gods

  • brother sam

  • real hip no ganster shit hop!

  • hip hop from selling crack to smoking it!

  • I'm only 1 month old and i dig this shit

  • u all sucks, this music rocks, motherfuckers

  • How about this.Lil wayne is hip pop and mos def is hip hop.Now stop flaming.

  • feelsgoodman

  • along way from the shell tops and the bells L rocked

  • well I do agree that wayne or any type of "rap-pop" should be bashed cause he is part of this whole new generation that is "killing" rap

    because of ppl like wayne there are lots of noobs who dont know what is rap cause they are influenced by everyone and there's no way for them to know real rap artists so the more we bash them, the more the chances are of someone learning about real rap

  • blaaaaaoowww!

  • hey CHECK OUT ! friends to me by Explode its dope

  • Let's not hate on things this video has nothing to do with, Mos is sendin a message, lets just listen.

  • 11 people have a different taste in music

  • I agree wayne shouldn't get bashed, but we do need to establish that music like Mos Def, Fuze the Mc , Talib , and Jay-Z are in a whole nother league of creativity and talent .

  • @SteakSauceChampion jay z sucks idiot

  • @jjluffsme Another narrow minded prick. Reasonable Doubt, Black Album >>> the capacity your mind can cater. He is one of the most lyrical MCs to touch a mic ever.

  • @MrCommenterguy if only he stayed like h was, early Jay-z was one of the best.

  • @jjluffsme haha calm down, i am not a Jay-Z fan but you must admit that he has made few dope songs (Heart Of City,Encore,Dead President II,Hard Knock Life..) The 90's Joy-Z was hip hop

  • @SteakSauceChampion Jay Z....., really ?

  • @PurbaProductions true that

    

  • @PurbaProductions Jay-Z goes hard back then. He's alright now.

  • @PurbaProductions Jay z is sick nasty. So is Mos. Get over it. Diff Styles.

  • @PurbaProductions Mann why do i see Jay-Z Some appreciation for hearing this song for free should be at the top

  • @SteakSauceChampion fuck Jay-Z he used to be good. now he's just another commercial rapper. and who in hell is Fuze the mc?

  • @kevind15 -_-

  • @SteakSauceChampion i agree completely except for jay-z

  • @Bboy283 Love your name

  • @SteakSauceChampion take jay z out

  • @SteakSauceChampion Its a different genre O_o. This is rap, Lilwayne should be classified as like prap(pop rap???) Any other suggestions?

  • @wizy5353 Noise would be most accurate.

  • @SteakSauceChampion Jay-Z hmmm not take him out of that then i agree too

  • @r3dical1 yeah take out one of the greatest emcee's out...lol get the fuck out

  • I'm not a big fan of rap music but I have huge respect for Mos Def and everything he represents. To me it feels like he's an intelligent person and unlike many other rappers he really has a message in his lyrics. Great song this one and good album!

  • @perusbaltero then check out lowkey, immortal tech, logic etc

  • <3

  • "Hip hop went from sellin crack to smokin it"

  • @wrestling743 B.E.T can be the drug dealer

  • Real True Hip Hop. You dislike this vid you just dont know Hip Hop!

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  • Man he's not just singing about himself. Some record exec's burying this deep under a stack of arrogant idiots with no rhythm.

  • how the hell does anyone like this

  • @kkn0e how the hell do you NOT like this? ITS MOS DEF SON!

  • @kkn0e Why do you not like this?

  • God damn it, why i did not find this artis earlier? This is amazing song and amazing artist.

  • Waynes not bad..

  • i really miss the old skool hip hop...for fuck sake!

  • "we went from picking cotton to chain gang line chopping to beat bopping to hip hopping." dope!

  • @slickleg100 "hip hop went from sellin crack to smokin it" word

  • @emceeschwartz "Hip Hop is prosecution evidence The out of court settlement" yo! haha

  • one of the best tracks ever

  • MOS DEF IS THE SHIT!!!!!!!