Aretha One Step Ahead

[jumpoutatree]

Didn't Nas do a song over this?

[bsides44]

amazing .... <3

[markus8696]

timeless

[frreshprincessz]

Thank you God for songs like these

[huggeylicious]

@DrCell94 i love hip hop but good oldies definetly dont need hip hop help to stay alive...good oldies stay forever!! The jacksons.Aretha,The detroit spinners,Temptations,Supremes.­...they'll live for ever

[DrCell94]

Hip Hop keeps good oldies alive !

[SALOE310]

ASS SO FAT YOU CAN SEE IT FROM THE FRONT<3

[thatsrightisaidit909]

Thank you Ms. Fat Booty.

[coco222345]

IN SHE CAME!

[SeriDoja]

how can you put an advert before aretha

[shocked88ify]

shit is wild right

[honeyjunkyable]

This song is definitely not long enough

[kenshirothefist3000]

es un exito pero para la billboard no fue rankeado dentro de los 100

[MiDuHi]

Sinto uma paz ao escutar esta canção...

[sauceka]

Beautiful !!!!!! Thank yo 

[hidalgo699]

Beautiful track

[soulsisterforlyfe]

Great Job, I like to knw where it started, Ms Fat Booty, but respect to Mizz. Arethra Franklin

[VswayZ]

I know I can't affor the stars......MOs Deff yall did the damn thang to this!

[luke4djojo]

0:35

0:55

1:04

1:31

1:21-1:24

(testing)

[djQmak]

0:52 MISS FAT BOOTY :)

[brandy2133]

Wow, great song & MosDef, great ear.

[tas6010]

Is this from her Columbia sessions? I don't have this and I have most of the essential Atlantic recordings.

[ernest671]

Such a beautiful song.

[bow2urepnoy2]

I think the majority of the views are from hip hop lovers. sure my prime source of music is hip hop but I won't forget where good music came from as well!

[infearandfaiith]

mad lib - fuckin genius

[etk1995]

Who else keeps replaying 0:35 to make that beautiful Ms. Fat Booty beat?

[afrosheen6]

You see, this goes to show that good music, real music, will never die no matter what. I never would have known about this joint if it wasn't for Mos. BIG TUNE...

[READY4REVELATION]

I thought i was the ultimate Aretha fan but i can honestly say i have never heard this before. Thanks for posting this.....it proves just how versatile she was. What a wonderful singer she is.

[1prettyricky]

ok we know mos def sampled it

but songs are 10/10

[RTistic]

Six clowns are two steps behind

[keturahchampion]

@RTistic Hahaha!

[Imakebeats65]

who are the clowns that disliked  this song??

[bennyblanco14]

@Imakebeats65 really!! how can they hate this beautiful song...

[appleman1324]

same here, fat booty got me here hahah

[madde23]

what does this song mean??

[XTh7]

i wonder what aretha thought when she heard 'ms fat booty...'

[papiaaa]

den iparxei. den iparxei. 2009 all over again......... this song is FUCKING DOPE

[xagelos1]

@papiaaa hahah to akuro ellhniko sxolio! metraei h aretha!

[zibby78]

Lovely.

[poeticoldsoul]

ORIGNAL BABY! :-D

[SecOfunk]

Classic!

[YouLaToya]

Lmao! MS FAT BOOTY!!

[DJPrimaryLotus]

mos def ms fat booty

[xbrowniebabex]

0:35 miss fat booty

[enteralif]

@xbrowniebabex Lmao!!!!! Das Crasy!!!!!

[DJHarvey7]

Thumbs up if Xaphoon sent you here!

[RaynMan718]

Xaphoon you crazy!

[mckizle69]

play 0:35 over and over

[xVINSIx]

мартышка

[metalfreak212]

Ms. Fat Booty!

[helorobino]

MS FAT BOOTY

[Eccehomo01]

Love touched hearts, @ first sight, platonically promising concentrated, commitments sexual closure, secretly betraying infidel, adulterers betrayed secret, closes sexual commitments, concentration promising platonic’s, sighting 1st. a, heart touching love !

[supadanman]

fantastic anyone know where i can buy a copy

[Hissyspit]

@supadanman I think the only place you can get this one Aretha song officially on CD is on the new "Complete Aretha Franklin Columbia" recordings box set. It's not cheap! But lots of interesting rare stuff.

[jairptv8]

hear in electro sauhash

[kinstube]

GOOSE BUMPS !!!!!!!!!!

[fmazeus]

this reminds me peace and calm ( :

[JaySNiP3R]

no this real artistry this song is old and still sounds good. She truly is a living Legend!!!!!

[CityPriestess]

beautiful beautiful song. Let us not forget that we can also sing and make beautiful melodies -- it doesn't all have to be heavy beats and hard lyrics about the same old subjects all the time. Let's go back.... waaayyy back.

[hiphopmoment]

Hip Hop [Rap] Contest Going Down :) Cash Awarded To 1st Place :) Subbles

[MrRayDarren]

No doubt the Mos Def sample was legendary, but let's not to forgive to pay homage to her heiness, The Queen of Soul...

[austinpowers369]

when i saw Mos Def live, he first had the dj playing this song for about a minute. an then the miss fat booty beat dropped !!

[fayettenam5]

miss phat booty sample

[shamarone]

even the queen herself has to smile when she hears ms. fat booty in rotation.

[stalesteez]

try to keep clicking 0:35 seconds on beat :)

[BalletDancer26]

@stalesteez lol, actually made me smile(:

[stalesteez]

@BalletDancer26 :)



[blacksultan85]

Aretha Franklin looked so beautiful in the 60's!!!!!!!!!!!!

[taino20]

@blacksultan85 My brother, Aretha was, is , and will always be beautiful! Peace!

[QuoteNotes16]

God damn Ayatollah snapped when he chopped this 1

[youngzacc]

0:36 was used by Ayatollah & Mos Def.

[beautifullsex]

I love this song

[ASignofTheAges]

Aretha rules! Long live our Queen Of Soul.

[peezyhustle]

Ayatollah sampled this, not Mos Def.

[OhenmaaFan]

Get well soon, Queen of Soul & Gospel

[kukanakamaoli]

yes! this is the bomb! those 6 people are fooling no one but themselves. they are really closet aretha fans!!!!! yea boii!!!

[pogistarr]

She mad pretty too!!!!

[pogistarr]

This is SO dope! I'ma play this at my next DJ set and blow people's minds! I love playin' the original joints that people have heard sampled.

[PS3xMedia]

im 16 and a dude who listens to old school rap, and i have fallen in love with music like this. anyone know of any other stuff like aretha franklin? i know latimore and the isley brothers.....

[GodsS0N1]

@PS3xMedia I feel ya playa, I got some good music you might enjoy on my channel

[andyf2280]

@PS3xMedia Marlina Shaw: California soul (apologies if you already know that one)

[PS3xMedia]

@andyf2280 nah i aint heard it before, but its dope, cheers son

[andyf2280]

@PS3xMedia also Nina Simone: funkier than a mosquito's tweeter

[KingRizlaa]

@PS3xMedia... Check out whosampled . c o m, if you're into discovering the origins of the real! Peace.

[luvureally]

@PS3xMedia Dee Dee Sharp - "I Love You Anyway", "I Really Love You", Ooh Child, other great stuff. These are my favorites by her. Maxine Brown, Baby Washington, The Dramatics, The Manhattans, Ann Peebles (did original I can't stand the Rain), another great Peebles tune is "I Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down". The Dells (original "The Love We had Stays On My Mind"). Barbara Lewis, Jerry Butler, Sam Cooke, List goes on and on.

[pablorubiolugo]

What a beautiful song. Truly a jewel

[Airamghal]

What a beautiful song....love it!

[GhettoBlaster100]

and she's got a fat booty XD

[PopsTake4]

cute ☆☆☆☆☆

[foxnews63]

got it on vinyl

[Partyphotographer]

@foxnews63 okay

[thomasnagus]

Love how youtube allows us to share hard to find real music not commercial stat driven industry

[sexsavannah43]

I can't find this song in iTunes either, thank God for YouTube

[bubblejomay]

Not '68 '64 on Columbia records.

[bubblejomay]

This is one beautiful. But guess what it can't be found or at least I haven't found it. It is not on itunes I just don't know. I have the original greatest hits album but know for sure the album sounds like bacon frying on the stove. If anyone know where I can find a copy of this song let me know.

[rza0rected]

a few years back mos def was at usc....best performance of ms. fat booty yet...he started by singing this song by aretha then went into his own version and at the point where he say's if i dont if i dont have you he flippd it into the gregory issacs song with great transitions...my mind was blown by what i had seen

[solangeedna]

Brilliantly sampled in Ms Fat Booty. Very pleased to finally get to hear the original, beautiful.

[Primrose269]

Absolutely luv it such a beautiful song::::to my baby m:)

[Micshortii96]

Ma dude ma boy ayatollah Killed the beat on this on Ms Fatbooty MOS DEF of Course

[zjedzmacoche]

0:35<3

[nci3music]

..."I can't afford this stuff"? Mos Def used this classic and both sounds NICE.

[STLBFF]

@nci3music I think she says "I cant afford to stop for one moment"

[kingrob29]

@STLBFF U are correct carbon based unit (my classification to avoid gender mistakes. lol

[STLBFF]

@kingrob29 Haha! ok I had to read that a couple times.. Thanks for not Sir-ing me :)

[Jofran111]

I don't know why but since ever. every time that I hear the second part of this song, almost cry. It's so sweet and sad...and that soft swing dance at the end. I really love this song.

[IAMISEE]

Ayatollah chopped this proper for Ms. Fat Booty

[goodessarts3374]

Timeless.

[yungrich1124]

mos def made this song famous 

[zhtraveller]

beautiful!!!!!

[JsTheEmcee]

i keep playing 0:37 over and over acting like im making a beat lol

[EshaRyan]

@JsTheEmcee i did dat too lmao!!!

[fupster]

@JsTheEmcee Mos def did it too and made a great song ;-)

[Thatzmysh1t]

@JsTheEmcee i never paid attention like that but that would be a great beat....

[LOVEd3xt3r]

@JsTheEmcee awesome!

[bigbrian340]

@JsTheEmcee lol mos def probably lookin like "hell naw nigga" lol

[puddingpants7]

Beautiful. Aretha is a legend

[carlenemadusa12]

love dem both'

[vidaa22]

lol i was trying to let :54-:1:01 play then skip to 1:21-1:24 to get the mos def sample. i did it! lmbo!

[vidaa22]

she was so gorgeous back then. i love ms fat booty also.

[dondaddan]

can't believe AYATOLLAH flipped this, using an MPC 60 by the way, which only affords him a 6 to 10 second sample

[PicklesDip]

Thank You Mos Def Now This Brings Back Memories O_O

[haronsidi]

greatest

[asbutler]

thats creative them jokers got talent to take just that sample and make a fiyah joint like that!

[GS455Stage1]

I believe I have the original album that this beautiful song debuted back in 1968 and it sounds just as beautiful here today. This is truly a blessing in remembrance of "Sweet Soul Music" will last forever & a day.

Sport67

[trixr4kidsdawg]

grreat song, mos def sample !!!

[PHANTASTIKMUSIK]

this song makes me sad...

[xxxNaruGurlxxx]

ahhhh thank aretha for making this song, not only is it dope, but mos def sampled it and made a amazing song too!!!! <3

[SuriKartel]

wauw never heard this one before.Its almost impossible to have heard every hiphop sample. love the way how mos flipped it!

[jarzymaing]

you turn into a diva when you're hungry

[bubblejomay]

Guess what, itunes don't even have this, how about that.

[bubblejomay]

This is one of the most soulful songs she made for columbia records. Man this woman was AWESOME in her prime, there was no song that she could not sing and make it sound beautiful, for real.

[VAwisdom]

I allways thought Aretha was a fox

[sly111111]

Pure fire. Who hasnt been there.

[19NuS92]

now I remember where I've heard this before!

MOOOOOS DEEEEEEEEEEF - Art! LOVE IT!

[thebattleweapon]

luv this sung

[toprookie]

It's too bad she doesn't sound like this anymore.

[m1dnigh7]

Hehe, funny to see the comments, as I play this song for the same reason. "This is an awesome sample". I really wanted to hear the original. Great song. For now and then. Great voice indeed!

[blueragebull]

Queen Bee!

[aykayn]

i love her this song!!!

awesome!

[rachelwrite46]

OMG mccavel187 I totally agree

[tcw00]

I can't stop listening to this beautiful Song

[utoob3r]

Truly the queen of soul.  What a beautiful voice!

[jonmwb]

Ass so fat that you could see it from the front!

[michtenn16]

lovely

[danijanimi]

wow aretha has such a beautiful voice.... (:

[feeltherealness]

yesss. 53 seconds in

[jimjimmenez]

@feeltherealness

miss fat booty!!! yeah finally figured it out myself

[ways87]

Beautiful ...

[N3DRB]

I cant believe this isnt on itunes.

[davetherave333]

I think its all about Another Step - Oliver Twizt, what I fukin tune!

[boomboi1990]

i always wondered where Mos Def got dis sample from. i like dis though. on da real.

[GS455Stage1]

This beautiful song by Aretha Franklin brings back lovely memories of my early days living in Eastern North Carolina (Nash County) year-1968. ONE STEP AHEAD!

Sport67

[bubblejomay]

@GS455Stage1 I hate to disappoint you but the song came out in '64. This was before she made her phenominal run with Atlantic records.

[GS455Stage1]

@bubblejomay

There is no disappointment here as I know from having the original song on the first major release of her album. Whether or not is was in '64 or not, the big exposure of this beautiful song was on her album release along with "Ain't No Way" which debuted in late 1967 or early 1968. The reason I know this to be true, I was attending N.C. A & T State University when the release was in the South.

[openarms777]

a every one if you look at this pic,it look a little like cece when had that same hair cut

[trademark1874]

I think Mos Def sampled from this song with respect..

[shaqlucas]

@trademark1874 yeah!

ms. fat booty

[RDoubt96]

@trademark1874 STFU. Nobody thinks "Oh gosh I so respect Aretha Franklin" when they sample. They just do. And its Ayatollah not Mos who sampled this.

[trademark1874]

@RDoubt96 I have no idea who pressed the sample button in the studio, or who brought sandwiches to the crew when recording it!

[takadubplate]

@trademark1874 yeah he did !! its called MS.FAT BOOTY !!

[SmokeyLah1]

you guys are giving props to mos which is great but give the man AYATOLLAH his respect for flippin the sample and making a hot beat out of it.

-peace

[tevitaakolo]

wen i was in fith grade they had this song in the music book wen i was in music class

[gocopley1]

How do I buy this Song? It is not on i-tunes.....

[disco2482]

@gocopley1 Use limewire, or install the the add on for Mizilla "DownloadHelper".

[trademark1874]

@gocopley1 Or download "Realplayer", and you can download directly from youtube. When downloaded a song in Realplayer, theres an easy converter, that will convert the file to your mobile, ipod, mp3 etc...