O.C. - Jewelz

[gobshiteMGC1]

4 dislikes? Certain people need to have serious words with themselves....

[larsy1313]

YO CHECK OUT

Eli G - Underground King

[UndrgrndKnowledge420]

This is sicker than a child molester, son.

[Redboy1ism]

This song is crazy , the only thing that missing is Prodigy.

[SaleRuthlessEazy]

Great song

[BeatsByWeight]

He needs to make another album !!! Id buy it

[Kenster1025]

Yo my stress brought me here, and this really let it go.

[973BrickzISshinin]

Beautiful indeed! Love the music from back in the day!! Ay if you love and miss it to, check my page out! Subscribe come vibe wit ya boy!

[013Siro]

dope beats, rhymes and cuts!

[UnDaGrOunDKrew805]

SHieet This Beat Is Incredible Kidd.! Keep It Real Hip HOp Son Still Bumpin This In 2011 Word Up

[cebulator]

Old school?? hmmm f*word chodź, pomaqluj mój Świat....Big Up!!

[westside159]

got grey hairs and only been here 25 years "

[faisal99911]

Yo my movement motion

Smooth or rough as the ocean

Sometimes it slip away and I lose devotion

My judgement get cloudy

Then I wanna get rowdy Like Arabia

Terrorize like Saudi Arabia!! BOOM

[Jamal249999]

I Love The Little Piano On This. It Gives Me Chills.

[ResurrectingHipHop]

Crazy track, anyone notice it's the same sample that marley marl used for raekwon's "pyrex vision"? still like this version better because it's a full song.

[KrumB1sc]

still have this disc.... gettin pretty worn out ... but i wont stop playin it til she breaks!

SMEAR CAMP

1.

[thegod104]

ill be bumpin this album long into my senior citizen years.. timeless hip hop!!!!!

[bcchronicking]

@thegod104 when me and you are hella old, music will be like... the sound of people chewing or something, and songs like this will be the rolling stones - paint it black of our generation

[96Z24]

Who did the beat? I lost (or someone stole) my CD. I'm bummed I wanted to bump this shit for old times.

[WuTangBoston]

@96Z24 Finesse

[96Z24]

@WuTangBoston Yep. I just found my disc! Put it in the ride instantly and been bumpin' it. Didn't remember how much Premo did on the album. Old school hard beats.

[ThisIsVice]

I just love this guy^^

[yeti433]

OH MY GOD HIP HOP IS DEAD EVEN FEW TRUE MC'S ARE ALIVE EMINEM,NAS,JAY Z

[JackBanger]

Dis shit's gonna make me pull out my old cd's...where my Jeru Da Damaja at?

[SonOfDonkeyman]

@JackBanger head's up, cause you're dropping some shit

[finsoto]

oh yea i just remebered he did a Club song with Robyn, good for a pop i found this link..... watch?v=Ccsj5q0LVq0track!!

[finsoto]

this is what hip hop is....., haters

[multiuploadvids]

Damn he is on the same level as Guru and Big L, the story tells

[bigindalbc]

No words needed just sit back and enjoy...

[Druggy24]

diggin in the GREATS

[mchizzo]

i bet this is a premier production.. i think i heard just heard him say d&d. the true master..

[sdsteez]

@mchizzo It's Lord Finesse



[slygodallah]

@mchizzo Lord Finesse but the production is love.

[mchizzo]

ditc. this album got much play in the riviera back in '97... real hip hop neggahs. act like ya know..

[DLcKxFTR]

songs like this make me feel old, but in perspective.. it feels good, im glad i was raised in the "O.G" era, where you could find some dope jams on mtv, and can by a tall can for 1 dollar..... now i just sit back, reminisce, smoke an L, and bump the jams...R.I.P the Old schooll

[TheeMaskedVandal]

@DLcKxFTR same here. i look around at all the young bucks wearing skinny jeans and bright colors and shit, and i think to my self "my pops would have beat my ass if i ever came home dressed like that.." lol, but times change g. so like you said, smoke an L and be glad we were raised in the golden era...

[Kranda123]

@DLcKxFTR You ain't old, you are real.

[213ARod]

@DLcKxFTR lol I ain't mad at that, go 'head now.

[96Z24]

@DLcKxFTR lol Definitely makes me feel old as well but I'm 30. Back in the late 90s we could still get 40s for 99cents. I would give anything to go back.

[raptechnician]

@DLcKxFTR

word.

[flipgood89]

@DLcKxFTR ....hey, father time is undefeated. We are all young, and then we all age. Its how it is, nobody is immune or special. The key is to grow old gracefully, which it seems like ur doing. Props!

[DLcKxFTR]

@flipgood89 no doubt"" one

[imanintelect]

@DLcKxFTR These types of tracks make me feel nostalgia, and I never heard them before. It's an effect of good music.

[ThisIsVice]

@DLcKxFTR how about research instead of watching M(ainstream)TV

[DLcKxFTR]

@ThisIsVice trust me kid, i know what's up. i was only saying how it's a bit fucked up how kids these days have yo go out of their way just to hear some dope music unlike me who got to hear real shit on the radio and tv

[FINbball]

same sample as Raekwon -Pyrex Vision

[abtecas]

O.C. the nigga brought that..I used to rock this over and over in my car (had the tape then, so had to rewind and not hit no 'back button')

[freedomland11]

When Some Poser wanna talk about how they know hiphop and don't mention O.C..I call dem a POSER

Queens, NY

[Jljujubeats]

Sometimes i really gotta thank God for music like this.

[Smo0ochMyGooch]

Samples are free domain for the most part so its not stealing from other MCs because technically lots of rappers steal from the original artists!

[TopFlightYeaKnow]

@Smo0ochMyGooch

musical artist steal/borrow period, no sense in singling out rappers......and if you get permission its not stealing

[Evileater]

whats the sample?

[Nomis2779]

@Evileater The sampled is J.J. Band - Changing Face.The sample starts at around 1:52 on the original song.

[kay19833]

real hiphop lives in the heart of real hiphop fans and not 16yr olds!

[XaniothsEllinas]

@kay19833 real hip hop fans can be 16 years old

[0escape0the0fate0]

@XaniothsEllinas true,

[mafiastatus]

classic album ... glad im not the only fan Oc never really got air play were im from

[sapius12]

wow!

[Nateshaf]

Whos talking junk...about this. If so fuct your life kid

[FearDrippingTears]

@gerryg1982

Are u getting percentage of sales??? This message is posted in pretty much every cool hiphop-track ;)

[callmealiaragain]

@FearDrippingTears thank god some one else noticed i see this dudes comment all the time. The first like five times i might have thought he was sincere but now its annoying...and wtf is allen iverson-jewelz. He dont rap does he?

[FearDrippingTears]

@callmealiaragain Its probably the new age of marketing - social media is becoming a promotion platform...

To answer your question: dont know but dont think so....

[BIGMANBYER]

@callmealiaragain Iverson did rap for a minute...this happened a 10 yrs ago, and david stern disowned it.

[WillMillion15]

@FearDrippingTears It's obviously marketing. it's spam and getting annoying.

[seasunrisesunset]

Stress, frust, make me wanna bust

Make me wanna cuss

I lust, for living a life a righteousness

With invisible forces stand in my way, keeping my mind off course

[Bottlez1]

Had this song on tape for years and years and i never knew who the artist was untill now. Growing up to that era of hip hop was unforgetable. I can remember riding the bus home from work jammin to this track. Brings back some youthfull memories.

Cheers

[jaydarce]

mad underrateddd mc

[Spillberg]

I remember RUSHIN to Media Play to get this joint! CLAS-SICK MATERIAL! '97 was a the beginning of the end for Hip-Hop with all the commercial phase startin to come in but thank God OC was able to bless us with Jewelz before the wackness started to settle in! I used to cut grass to this whole album yo! Sentimental album yo!

[l33tmad]

this a primo beat?

[Spillberg]

@l33tmad Produced by Lord Finesse for Funkyman/D.I.T.C. Productions

[tommywreck]

@l33tmad Lord Finesse produced this gem. D.I.T.C

[goldenc88]

"Semi-wet as I write this, dragging a cancer stick, smoke thick, Hennessey shots to my wig...half-naked while I jot this, lounging in my boxers, dreaming Tahiti...even settle for the Bahamas...I get a boner when I'm asleep, dreaming that I'm lounging on a yacht (chill in the sun) BOOM, bout to leave the docks...

Reality I wake up to, feels like I woke up to a cloud-filled room with angel dust..."

[TheInfam]

Classic Album!!!!Big Up 2 O.C. And whole D.I.T.C. Crew!!

[TeSTiiMoNyX]

Yooooo, THIS IS HOT MAN. I cat believe I've never heard this track before. I like this beat.

[SCHM00VNESS]

lord finesse on da beat

[Prophetic94]

Classic track, legit lyricss!

[grahamoustra]

I lust for livin a life of righteousness

but invisible forces stand in my way

keeping my mind off course

droppin jewelz

[MACramento916NorCal]

Genious

[bboysheaD]

what other song uses this same beat, slitley diffrent?

[tonic1233]

@bboysheaD

raekwon - pyrex vision

[tonic1233]

@bboysheaD raekwon - pyrex vision

[Prophetic94]

O.C. is raw

[dazeofreality]

this album has some of my favorite Premo beats

[TOMMY562K]

reminds me of high school smokein blunts bumpin ths shit dope

[youaintsmokin]

i need this album like a motherfucker!

[Undiabolical]

Fkn rap right here.

[bigp2g]

hip hop

[XaniothsEllinas]

which album is worth bying more? jewelz or world?

[dazeofreality]

@XaniothsEllinas Honestly, I would say get both. Word...Life is a classic album. But this one, as you can hear, is pretty amazing also. And if you're a Preemo fan, you have to get this

[XaniothsEllinas]

@dazeofreality i would agree its just that im on a tight budget and have digged more LPs I want

[1900CBS]

poep is echt

[Nastradumas]

This is the last song of the album...that has to be one of the best songs to ever end an album.

[Daftendirektour]

@Nastradumas 100% AGREE. Heard that Raekwon track sampling the same song. Its bullshit...

[Nastradumas]

@Daftendirektour Thanks I prefer this OC Jewelz to this. I just think it's a great song to end an album, especially considering how the album is called Jewelz. Raekwon need to get it together.

[nycblaze]

Lord Finesse & OC = GREAT CHEMISTRY

[nega2k6]

@nycblaze Yeah, but Buckwild & OC is a better one.

[brad4418]

One of my favorite tracks of all time.

[ello34]

i have this album. retail

[KagsMagnus]

One of the greatest MC's of all time.

[jonathan2]

what a wonderful way to end an album. one of my favorite tracks off this great cd. still remains as my favorite o.c. albums.

[mrgerbiksuncle]

check out my born to live remix!

[Lyrikk09]

Yo, I never heard this song. It sounds pretty good. Shout out to the 90's. I truly miss that era when hip-hop was authentic.

[GOTTKGO]

I played this tape the entire summer of '97. Wow, this just takes me back to when people would actually BUY albums. There was a love for the music then. This album was slept on heavy

[kwkable11]

Yeah, I hear you. I didn't sleep on this album, copped the CD, still have it. It is a great album, much skillz. O.C. Jewelz! Peace.

[LilDiablo718]

Damn, im trying to DL this kant find it.. FUUCKK!!

[mistask8a]

if by download than just go to media converter(dot) org. if not than idk.

[tarek404]

man OC is a great rapper he got crazy beats, i dont know how the fuck he is so unknown

[socalmikee]

@tarek404 oc is a legend he is known

[iancurtis86]

Now you know how a closing track is made

[Abosone]

same sample as pyrex vision on raekwons cuban linx 2

[MFdoomJR]

amazing...........

[RealHipHopTunes]

O's version is better than rae anyday

[omardcu]

hell na... chef's is more grimey like his voice

[neobloodgouki]

real hip hop from da soul

Rhyming is a gift and not a option

-The Last Emperor

[Alduderino2k]

this track is called "stronjay" btw

[chicagoconnoisseur]

nah man, it's jewelz

[Alduderino2k]

@chicagoconnoisseur...right lol...must have been tired

[illD24]

i been looking for this instrumental for a while n cant find it..anybody got it??

[RealspitHiphop604]

great song

great album

[jdmred1]

D.I.T.C the illist crew ever! O.C. Jewelz a 4ever underated classic! i put this album upi with nas-illmatic and jay-z reasonable doubt! dope rymes dope beats! what more could you as

k 4? true m.c.ing a forever lost art!

[PhilaBul]

GOT DAMN! I was looking at the production credits for Raekwon's "Pyrex Vision" and came across this track and a song called "Changing Face" by the J.J. Band....this is a slept on classic

[joeyjuggaknotts]

well the raekwon joint was by marley marl. but i think o c's lyrics makes his more. just more not just because its longer.

[censoredmunky88]

word!

[JrHansum]

Raekwon version has nothing on this one. OC bodied this one. Classic song classic album.

[oplzimso1337]

yeah i'd say he bodied this sample but Raekwon's is just so much filthier and gritty. hits a sweet spot. if only it was longer.

[jankileo]

Truer words have never been spoken about these two songs!

[JrHansum]

@oplzimso1337 first off this version is much crisper and clearer sounding then Rae's version. Secondly I do not wanna hear a whole song about cooking crack! I'll pass homie. I'm 28 and too old to find shit like that interesting. It doesnt move me anymore. The beat on this version just sounds better to me and lyrically I can feel what O is saying. I'm taking O's version over Rae any day.

[oplzimso1337]

JrHansum, I respect that. I don't wanna hear a bout cookin crack either lol. I just like the lower key and kind of darker feel to it.

[JrHansum]

fucc it. We'll jus agree 2 disagree. Not really feeling Rae's version. But its all good!!!! Props to OC tho. Jewelz is a classic album. 2 cats dat dont got it go get it!!!! Its real hip hop.

[Wobbothe3rd]

@JrHansum But it ISNT a whole song... rae's song is only 1 minute long.

The topic isnt important, it's what the poet does with the topic. - both emcees are brilliant

[JrHansum]

@Wobbothe3rd It has 16 bars right? On the album does it say interlude or skit? No. So it's a song in my eyes. And it can be five minutes long. I still like O version better. Dats just my opinion. To me the topic is important. I just didnt feel what he was saying. Its like I said i'm 29. dont wanna hear the coke rap anymore. Especially since its already a cuban linx 1.

[OriginalSamples]

lord finesse got skillz

[urfavejen26]

Love this shit...hot ass CD

[Eniyi04]

impressive

[bboySTIL]

O.C always RAWKS

[sfknns]

Raekwon used this beat on pyrex vision

[LiquidSwords1000]

Same sample, but different beat.

[CEEPMDEE]

Raekwon's was too short yet STILL SOUNDS WAY BETTER

[Terrorist63]

DAMN YOU

[bloodmoneymvp]

real shit man real hip-hop konw more kels

[dotsch4]

Beatiful!!:)

[DJYNOT2]

Realness forever man!!!!

[danako18]

is this a chopped youngbloods sample?? anyone know?

[drawek]

This is J.J. Band - Changing Face. Sample is somewhere in 1:50.

[danako18]

awesome. thanks for the heads up

[royalsteven]

♥♪♫♥ This Beat.

[4nathaniel]

dis is my shit!!! what happend to this hiphop man!

[phatlip2]

@MrAI3answer Tward

[detumus]

if u miss this type of stuff check out detumus youtube page some raw hip hop

[ryanmare1]

this aint jewelz

[OriginalSamples]

dope track

[pellepellecorps]

real hiphop

[gatz83]

Tracks like these change ur whole state of mind. The 90's was an amazing period of music. Wish is was the same!! NEW YORK all day B!!

[freedomland11]

@gatz83 I feel you G!! I remember as a kid popping in Main Source, Pete Rock&CL smooth, Rakim...ect in my cd playa heading to school!! DAYUMM, wft happened?..........

[MastaSplintah]

Jewelz has so much diamonds.

Jewelz, War Games, My World, Dangerous...

One of the nicest LP's ever, production and lyrics!

"Shed tears for niggaz I knew for life, now lifeless

When u died to us, was like the Iranian crisis " - O.C.

[DiamondDallas]

I Bought this tape in like 10th grade on the strength of Far From Yours gettin Luv on Power 99 in Philly

[WuYorkYankees]

Yo i can't believe you said that cuz that's exactley why i bought this album too!!!

Listenin to that radioactive or whatever it was!!! Peace fam!!!!

[thugstar14]

pyrex vision - raekwon samples this beat

[MRVISDOME]

nah same sample not sampled from this beat

[sualel]

rae's better, but this is still tight

[WuYorkYankees]

i can't stop playin CL2, but this here is unbeatable.

[natehxc89]

yeah same here

[brothabl]

word, rae need to record a longer joint and put ghost on it

[WreckRoom]

This album is a straight up classic.

[gurmz820]

damn i miss music like this. RIP Hip Hop

[RapMastaR]

They don't make like this no more...

[gurmz820]

i absolutely agree man. it's said that hip hop had to die.