EC Illa - ON ILL

[TheBeschikbaarheid]

how fat is the sound at 3:52??

[TheBeschikbaarheid]

Born ill  :-D

[TheBeschikbaarheid]

how fatt is the graffiti @ 0:21 REST dope style belong in the streets! not for fame in the supermarket! with the baseballcaps....for kidz....

[futurekill77]

loved this since it came out.. classic. not from Chicago but EC ILLA was my shit! remember listening to this in the Air Force in Charleston, S.C. back in 96.. I was probably the only guy in town that owned these discs.

[RT378]

Wow. This brings back memories.

[SixTheLinguist]

Chi towns illest u never heard. Heavy percussion, classic boom bap, with a linguistic spitter wreckin the mic like it said "white boys can't rap"!!! Much love to chi towns underground and one of its top notch 5 deadly venom spitters!

[covertempire]

#classic

[nusense808]

2 PEOPLE CAN SUCK A BAG OF DICKS

[YungCitySlicka]

CLASSIC!!!!

[TheSuperfly1977]

Chi city

[kathy160]

he was the most conceptive rapper in that moment for me... real skills

[atatkfighter]

Chicago Cubs parking lot behind Kenmore.

[ageliki36]

cant FUCK with the skill, why the fuck censor it

[erange]

G'yeah!

[howardg93]

WHEN THIS SONG CAME OUT IS WHEN THE EAST WASN'T POPPIN AS MUCH

I TELL ANYBODY THAT ALL THE BEST RAP MUSIC CAME WHEN THE NEW YORK SOUND WAS POPPIN AFTER THAT THE WEST,MID-WEST AND SOUTH ALL SOUNDED MAD COUNTRY TO ME

[illclicks]

ha ha, i copped this single back in the day from gramaphones. E.C been reppin for the Chi cuzo pay homage

[sonfothegreatinmate]

ON THT KUSH IN THE ILL MY NUGZ!

[midwestvault]

Midwest in this - DJ jay doe

[upabittoolate]

This reminds me of that jam I went to when EC, Ang 13 & Rhymefest performed. How in the hell could we allow Yung Berg to say "Chi" without punching him in his mouth is beyond me.

[luukzorz]

Love this so much, never get tired of it! Respect from the Netherlands!!

[jcm88]

classic from chicago !!

[CannaConsumer]

so fucking ill

[sirsmokesdablunt]

that classic iLL chi town shit! crook county in da building. chicago stand up

[c2daj2dat]

oh yah on tv they called them NO LIFE!! ya now i remember!!!

[mikemagz]

@c2daj2dat hell yeah..i love illa...rappin with this motherfucker every time i put this one on. its just too raw

[c2daj2dat]

i been lookin for this since the 90z !!! cool i can still sing along w this!! i thought he went by a diff name tho....

[RealistikkVideos]

this is dope

[matzomaniac]

this shit is heavy!!! much respect from Belgium!

[poulpys]

@matzomaniac it's not every day that you see respects from belgium on the top commentary of some tune like this!!

respect, PEACE

[cynthiarich1]

damn dat nikka snapped on this track need more shit like diz on tha radio fukk alll that two step music n wana b gangsta mothafukaz chi on this shit..damnn E C illa sexii azs fukk yoo foe bein a white boii

[cynthiarich1]

damn dat nikka snapped on this track need more shit like diz on tha radio fukk alll that two step music n wana b gangsta mothafukaz chi on this shit..damnn E C illa sexii azs fukk yoo foe bein a white boii

[COBALT6ixty]

I still got this on VHS from BET thanks REY!!

[COBALT6ixty]

And one moron is not from Chicago !!!!

[nettledned]

KiniLa.. iddlarentargoose..

ez9Go)...onus.

[LASVEGASGHETTO]

saw this on bet rap city back in 96, classic.

[THEBURNZINATOR]

notice the mpc 60....represent

[krazymicky]

Fuckin love Illa he's my favorite rapper he's just tooo damn dope Northpole all day u already kno

[krono5el]

red line

[MiiZzDiiAbLiiTa]

u just cant fck wit da skillll ;)

[thebrucedeeuoukayeey]

The Bruce Deeuoukayeey Dominating Force

[nemelom]

Classic ish - DJ Mixx Massacre

[defstyles818]

helllll yea was the song back in the day.....ec illa had some other dope tracks too...

[yomamasophat206]

I remember recording this video back in the day. It was on BET rap city. Classic hip hop. The B-Girls were breaking. True hip hop.

[DruggyP]

hip hop!

[ac1dchr15t]

chitown 773 4 life

[hsmajor]

sick beat , great bassline

[adruss99]

Old school goodness, bottom line!!!!!!

[DJDopeMane]

Next Stop CHICAGO Mutha Fuckers

[yin1]

RIP Kay-Tone ill state gone miss ya boy

CHI-TOWN get da fuck up an support ya artists man!

[ObjectiveApproach]

Damn I remember that wall

[panamaniak]

Real Hip hop! Much respect to my birthplace the Midwest!

[thisricanyouwant]

FULLERTON & CICERO REP'. AMOR AMOR MLDN

[xoxoboomboomxoxo]

Omg I Know The Kid In The Video

Lol He Like Lives A Block Away From Me Now

Lol

[xoxoboomboomxoxo]

Omg I Know The Kid In The Video

Lol He Like Lives A Block Away From Me Now

Lol

[chiefm97]

@ jc i think ec aka white folkz a I.G

[kathy160]

this song is sick. love it, the albino black guy made a histroric song here.

[NONcorrupt]

a true classic right here

[JCRuinz]

e.c is a almighty latin eagle nigga !!!

e.c stands for eagle crazy i dont bang but its true!!!!

[12OunceProphet]

@JCRuinz  Nope , EC > EAST CHICAGO ILLA

[truepoetik74]

It was so hard to find this video back in the day unless it played on The Box. One of my faves that showed one of the Walls of Fame before they painted it over for Cubs parking. Ill State 4 lyfe, bitches!

[jdbankshot]

@truepoetik74 check this... dude named mic e. modest shows up in montreal in the mid 90s to study at mc gill u. gets his own show on ckut 90.3 fm. he's a chi town cat. played this track & i fa-lipped. i eventually took over as host of that sho when he went back 2 chi. thnx mic e., this shit is somthin spesh. & big up 2 e c & ill state.

[ERogersPark]

E.C. is FOLKS now. Some of the dudes playin the back in the video are/were Mickey Cobras.  NorthPole muthafuccas!

[PennySavinSuckaz]

so dope 

[listenupubitch]

man, they dont make em like this anymore. DOPE AS FUCK!!

[JHOFFA93]

dat chi hip hop!!!!

[MWE1013]

It's been a looooooooong since I heard this!!

[youngsm0ke]

dis shits on ill

much luv for da chi

[FutureKinjite]

This is some cool classic shit back in the mid 90's.

[missKaya09]

just discovered this.. A.D.D.I.C.T.I.V.E.

[THICKONER]

NORTHSIDE

[two210]

Damn Ec illa goes hard on this track!

EC Illa aka White Folks - One More Way

check that song out goes 2 hard!

Chi-Town all day!

[JimBrownski]

Wow this a fuckin classic!!! Used to love hearing this song on Rap City...I ain't even from Chicago and used to be walking down the street singing this...THis cat was criminally slept on....Damn I miss the 90's!!!

[mckolob]

Cant stop watchin dis video.....so damn good!

[lilbricks8037]

awesome song. chicago fo life

[cjjaxxon]

I remember this as well. Thanks once again for posting. I use to play this when I was on the road drivin' a truck. Usually when I was headed to Detroit. LOL!!

[xblChiT0wn]

real hiphop

[TonioGambino]

CLASSICK CHITOWN SHIT!!! SOUTHSIDE'S 61st INFANTRY REPRESENTIN'...ON ILL!!! 2010...

[MrTugzy]

60640 what!

[dreeders]

My shit back in the day!

[Torchjob]

Much love from Kamerling...773 fo life

[Ragzz1234]

ON ILL!

[PancakeRecipes]

dam this ish murders like 99% of shit out right now.

[matzomaniac]

fuckin massive! love the darkness. the beat has something to it that reminds me of "come clean" by jeru

[Nacho773]

This beat makes me think of cloudy, wet, dark, gritty, Chicago days with the elevated train tracks in the picture, taggings and throw ups around, dudes in hoodies... My favorite scene

[therush420]

i remember bumpin this back in '96.

[1justnig]

i grew up lookn at that

[jesse2006]

this song is tight, love it

[JAYSKI1994]

chicity is what its about...

riis park!!northside

i got love for all sides of this city though

[krylon100]

and rogers park!!!!!!!!!!

[krylon100]

i grow up with the breakers in the background. albany park what!!! champions!!

[nest790]

yo i'm from new york city, harlem. and imma keep it 100%, niggas out here think they hard but they aint got NOTHIN' on niggas from the CHI. much love for the city of CHI for keepin' it REAL, ORGANIZED & GANGSTA.

[theseniorvp]

@nest790 love for that! I have a circle of friends from Chi and NY and most of the NY cats know what you said is true but they won't say it - I'm like it's cool be we all know that CHI cats just don't get no realer. My NY cats get much love too but on average chi town is as real as it gets.

[upabittoolate]

@theseniorvp It's true. 

[211bkmob]

@theseniorvp yhea you right my nigga, niggaz no wuz up with chicago they just got 2 much home pride 2 admit another city go's harder,NY cats gotta be the most arrogant mothafuckaz on the planet,they think cuz their city is the biggest it mean some how is harder and better,i got a couple boys from the NY and they even admit gangbangers from the NY dont got shit on chicago,its like little kids leagues VS THE MAJOR LEAUGES.and YOU still gotta be born here 2 really know how deep this shit is.

[211bkmob]

@nest790 you a real nigga for recognizin that about chicago, my boy came from brooklyn NY and he was a crip from there,so he wanted start bangin again in my city,we started 2 put him on game,the nigga ended up sayin he was cool,"yall niggaz gangbang 2 hard" im like WTF? aint you supposed be a crip? he's like yall niggaz do shit here that we dont do out there,you niggaz would kill a muthafucka for having his hat cocked the wrong way,plus theirs 2 many enemies almost every block got gangs.

[cprojux]

CLASSIC!!

[nest790]

this shit mean dunn, this bettah be on limewire too.

[ROLLNONXTC72]

damn i had to sign is just to comment. been lookin for this vid 4eva. since i saw it on the box back in the day....been followin ec illa since. dope albums, dope music...stay up bro!

[2mm1982]

good shit

[linamorganfreeman]

the real hardcore is over there

[MrCurrySH]

MA ShYt !

[wukb80]

Chi City WE IN HERE

[illagen1]

that shit homie, NYC LOVE

[DreamMerchant904]

Miss the old school videos. Low budget but still tight. Dammm! This one here was leaking of hip hop!!

[MrThat1kid]

the girl thas is breaking is hot as hell........doable

[PAELofDI]

classic shit...

[Sensaye25]

LOL@them niggas chillin' at the crib with one girl there. That's the whackest party I've ever seen. This was the very last part of the real Hip-Hop era where videos like this could get on. I miss that shit.

[Sensaye25]

Yeeeahhh. I haven't heard this since like '95. This was my shit. Nobody in my hood liked it except me. This shit is still poison.

[JesseEvans]

this is hard. as. FUCK

[WutangNYC]

tru dat homie.. tru dat

[GIBEANER]

been jamming EC SINCE I WAS 15 I'M 23 NOW THIS MAN NEEDS HIS PROPS

[jaylyrikal]

i was the only nigga in detroit bumpin this Cd back in teh day......i put mad niggas on to this and live from the ill EP

[bokes312]

I4L!

[chitowngee]

im from da southside but in da beginning where they show all da pieces on that green wall, is that lawrence?

[Antainale]

Thats the Graceland cemetary wall..

Legendary in the 90s but theres nothing there now..

Red line between Montrose & Irving..

[potsknon]

I remember dat video came out,when I was 16. and it real dope.

[haitianpimp949]

yah nigga go to north wit me nigga he a skater his dad ill as fuk nigga

[xblChiT0wn]

this nigga's kid, dexter goes to niles north in a suburb. i was thrilled to meet his dad nigga..hes tight.

[ibreathehiphop10]

this is fukn ill

[1justnig]

you aint going to see this dude fip to a wanna be cop!

[Embasolkilluminati]

chi toooooooooooooown

[upabittoolate]

wow! back from the days on ang13

[sr166]

DaM I ReMeMbEr ThIs WaYbAcK ShIeT Was HaRdTo FiNd NoW I KnOw GooD LoOkIn Ec IlLa Da ReAL Sr166 LoSt GaTeS CiTy Of AnGeLs DoWnToWn!!!

[1justnig]

OLD CHICAGO! RIP

[ironcheese1]

I know this guys son lol i go to school and like skate with him lol

[xblChiT0wn]

dexter right>

[ironcheese1]

yeah

[coolrockertfry]

ha yep, close friends with me

[lbjmjqrich23]

anybody know what album or tape this is from

[illstateofmind]

EC Illa's "ILLA LP". You can get this on Itunes.

[therawuncut]

Still have the double-white vinyl of this album!  SO good.

[ChivistaxBarcelona07]

CHI-TOWN NIGGAS!!!

[GD3F]

EC Illa makes only the ILLEST songs, nothing else, EVERYSONG I heard from em is 100% Raw

[MrZEEL33]

Uptown 60640!

[tsmaron]

CHI-TOWN BABY!!

[bigdoughnut69]

I followed EC ILLA/ ILL STATE ASASSINS from day 1. This is hardcore chicago; the pure sound reflective of what Chitown felt like to live in. Ec Illa may not have commercially "blown up" but serious people can't deny his skills as an artist. My boys on the SOUTHSIDE(79TH&PULASKI) chiefed with EC after a show at the Congress theater and he's a cool muthfucka, JOE!

[darkcity9mm]

i remeber this video, i was young as hell when i first seen it, this shit go hard!

[lbjmjqrich23]

what gang is E.C. Illa in?

[illstateofmind]

I doubt he is in a gang. He had gang-affiliated people with Wicked Entertainment, but I doubt he was ever gangbanging.

[ninetreyblood000]

@illstateofmind he5 a gd

[scummieboi247]

Eagle cRazy

[oyamajiujitsu]

genarro got mercked

[MrZEEL33]

raw dillah...bigups e.c ill with the buggedout spot between wilson and montroes we still be out there bbqueing...uptown all day!

[suaved]

E.C. Illa never really struck me as having "gang-related" influences. Then again, I have only heard two of his albums (Ill LP and Power Moves), and nothing on those albums implicate him with gangster influences. If anything, I have gathered the contrary.

[illstateofmind]

Listen to the song on Illa LP and then listen to the clues on Power Moves (which has that one song that is full of metaphors and euphamisms. Then listen to Natural Born Illa... furthermore he did an interview with WNUR where he states that his first few albums were put out by people who were "gang-related".

[tuurroo]

this cut is a b-boy classic!!

[dougpark17]

EC comes with the pure hardcore!

[TeeTube91]

Illstate, I've been lookin for this cut for AT LEAST 12 years! Keep shinin the light on REAL Hip hop!!!!

[CHiTOWNsoLYDOWN]

its funny how EC went from bein a hip hopper 2 gangsta makes u think how gangsta is he?

[illstateofmind]

Not really. If you listen to all albums going back to Live from the Ill EP, he's had gang-affiliated songs/lyrics. Only thing that changed is his focus on subject matter and his production.

[bayareamayne]

Damn I been waiting for this for like ten years!! Thanks for uploading this!

[illstateofmind]

You're welcome.

[Torchjob]

Grand and Kedzie got your back...773 fo life

[sp123chi]

This is from the box

[damen74]

hahah..yea man i remember this all day..im from up north( damen and jarvis) and i use to take that red line to tony sports and see all that graffiti that was in this video..and one of my homies older brotha was wit that X-MEN crew too

[dookie5]

i bumped the shit outta this joint when it first came out, and im from "killah cali" my dogs werent feelin it cuz it wasnt "west coast" enough for them. i listen to mostly "anti-pop" shit. and this shit is for REAL hip-hop heads...on ill!!!

[rhibac]

so they aint listen to hieroglyphics, rass kass, digital underground etc that wasnt making gang banging tunes

[dookie5]

naw mann, they had an ENTIRELY different taste in music than i did...and i still bump rass kass "rassassination" like it just came out yesterday.LOL!!!and you cant 4get about pharcyde, kool keith(even though hes originally from the "N.Y."), blackeyed peas b4 "fergie" of course&souls of mischief, know what im sayin???

[rhibac]

co sign, so many tight HH rappers out west but overlooked...cause they dont fit the west coast rapper stereotype

[poetoftime]

Im illstate for life, you can see it in my eyes !

[deechillah]

I remember the brother Rek with the bears pull over let me do a beat on his mpc when I was a shorty..I kept on buggin' him then he gave in and showed how 2 do the shit..That was the year I discovered chicago Graff..Not even a week later I see this video..HAA! I was a little grunt, thought I knew everything about hip hop

[opeyg139]

illa looked young as hell in this when was this video made??

[illstateofmind]

1995

[mshelton0222]

Man I saw this vid on Rap City back as a teen & have never forgot it. Think they played it twice maybe but it was so dope!

[kingkev420]

HOLY SHIT!!! What up Reggie? Good lookin on postin this classic Chi-town banger! I remember first seein this on The Box, and even Rap City way back when, thinkin I saw Ogie and buggin out when he told me it was him! I didn't know you at the time so I used to tell people, "My boy Ogie was in a video on BET!" That's ALWAYS benn one of my favorite bars too,(I gotta tell you about this guy...) and boy do I miss that "flamin' ism"! Oh, the good ole' days!!! R.I.P. Big Jim!!!

[LIV3ONE]

ILL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Tran3two]

yeah....ill cracka! Chitown bitch!!!!

[breminmonk]

The shots of the graveyard wall are what make this video great.

[ConiferTreez]

North Pole Bitch

[sjlawr01]

chi town bitch

[suaved]

I have been looking for this video for YEARS! Thank you for posting this. I remember seeing this video on Rap City circa 1994 or 95?

Simple but hard beat with solid rhymes.

[illstateofmind]

95 and youre welcome

[ParadigmShift302]

I don't know what the guy said in the beginning but anyway I remember this on BET.

My track on the CD was always "Trilogy"

[CrowdPleeza]

What's that guy saying at the begining?