Drect - Grind Time Now History Lesson part 1 (Prod. by Benjamin Beats)

[Jesserican]

wheres part 2?

[Nopacs]

fucking awesome as always d

[addicted2aa2]

Yo it's been a month, wheres the next one at?

[GhosTownM2P]

@addicted2aa2 thats what i came here for too haha! dude needs to learn how to keep schedules.

[BANANABOY210]

yo Drect Props to ya big homie you doing the damn thing!

[awinter15]

Hey WolfPack .. that's what he's doing.

[WolfPackCoalition]

DRECT U SHOULD MAKE A PART 2 AND MAKE IT A SERIES AND KEEP MAKIN THEM THAT WOULD BE DOPE

[mistahmeaner]

Who was in the very first GT battle??

[fezile]

I really enjoyed this video. I think its important for people to see the origins of Grind Time

[nuocmat]

instrumntal?

[SopeySope]

Drect 4 Prime Minister!

[khalillio]

this kicked ass....shud do an extended version bout how freshcoast owned it, battle of the bay etc, NY hittin with ill cats.....lotsa shit happened.

maybe do one bout all the classic battles like dumb vs tantrum n ish like that

[ARMOUR311]

this is dope drect keep it up..much love from Northern ireland been followin GT for long time now

[VILEHINTZ]

i couldnt even tell you the first gt battle i seen, i remember iron ate mic assassin and then mic assassin battled nems in his hood, idk if it was on wrc though.mightve been a 2 on 2.

[e2d2y2]

Damn old Gt was more funny tho

[terrellcommer]

damn i forgot all about g money he use to be hilarious what happened to him

[nuocmat]

what instrumental is that?

[bL4zEd2mXcN0]

ahh sht this iz dope..GT has had sum of the sikest fkn battlez

[flarobo]

I BEEN FOLLOWING GT SINCE ITS FIRST BATTLE S O M VS U P

[TheVerbalAxiom]

Damn, shows how much I should of been up on. Too bad I didn't discover underground until 08'. I never knew Lush battled Orthodox LoL. And I also didn't know Cortez and Hollow go way back in GT either.

[GhosTownM2P]

With each part of each history lesson Drect should upload a playlist with all the battles he's talking about.

[AubreyLover]

HOLY shit this is tight.

[EazyDoesIt491]

yo this is legit... i kno you lookin to get more views on the old vids but at the same time a damn good history lesson for the new dudes. lookin to see the rest of the vids. mad props

[yaboylef]

thats whats up Drect! Way 2 school the kiddies on the history fam. Much love.

[Matty3]

DOPE Vid, I been following since day 1!! GT All day!!

[GetThatDoughBoy81]

Best part of this video is, "Coroner was wack..." AHAHAH.

[TheGodOfPez]

Such a dope concept. You're the shit, drect!

[mlop129]

man ive been watchin grind time when it first came out and when mosh jelton was sober in his battles but he was still garbage

[ImJussaBeast]

I love grindtime :)

[G22790]

this beat goes hard

[TrimeC317]

good idea drect im lookin forward to the future parts

[ttysonn]

This brought me back a few years! Been watching since day one and this shows the foundations that built what the league is today. You need to keep coming back to that, the start where it began, getting creative, showing people what they haven't seen.

[BlackTyeChi]

yo drect, post the lyrics in the video description, nigga!

[BoriZ]

Been watching since the beginning, remember those battles in that park lol.

Wheres DFD vs Tantrum?

[tatertots00]

Youtube makes it a bitch to search through videos on a persons channel without knowing the name of the video, Also Drect can you tell me what the batte at 1:16 is you say "funny ass voice and the italy bars"

[Drect]

@tatertots00 jee money vs state of mynd

[malicious1986intent]

@tatertots00

what were you searching im curious? fat italian vs skinny guys rap battle LOL

[tatertots00]

@malicious1986intent I didn't search anything in words. I meant you can't just go to Drects channel find his 1st video and look though the videos in chronological order Youtube makes it a bitch it used to be much easier

[malicious1986intent]

@tatertots00

i think you may be wrong homie...go to drects page, click on uploads, then click on date added, they will be in chronological order, lemme know if this helps

[tatertots00]

@malicious1986intent Yeah you can look from most recent to last but not the other way around.

[malicious1986intent]

@tatertots00

just go from the other direction lol

[tatertots00]

@malicious1986intent you can't

[thasco]

Nice one on the history lesson Drect.. you could have easily let it slide and have peeps discover the early battles on their own via curiosity, but this is some progressive sh*t to school us on the foundation. This type of business is the reason why GT is, without question, the best battle league.

[EscapeMyFatee]

can we see soul kahn battle chuck steaks or diz

[war1931]

YO Drect who was the guy that pulled out the gun?

[Drect]

@war1931 Lil 8th Ave

[Jayjee123]

@Drect it wasnt lil 8th ave, it was the dude with him. his name is munch or some shit

[richieonce]

@Drect lol stop snitching drect, bet yall had to start searchin muhfuckers after that battle.

[burntsouljah]

@Drect wasnt it lil 8ths homie, during his battle rev told him "if one of yall are gangstas pull the gun out... ahh nothing but crickets crickets, oh wait there it go/ but i still you carry the purses and you wear the lipstick// lol haha that is a classic.

[lhipsher]

@Drect hey, when are we gonna see a Blind Fury battle?

[iron3624]

@war1931 lol wow u havent seen that ? shit was hiliarious revanon goes and imitates iron solomon and shit

[MrHennRock]

BA-DA BAH BAH BAAAHH, im loving it

[GetThatDoughBoy81]

Hahaha, Drect, Im really feelin' this shit man, because it gives me a true lesson on how GT really started. And I agree, some of those first battles were some of the illest battles!! Haha, for anyone who hasn't seen some of the first battles, check those out!

[SicSheist]

That's dope Drect. I've seen it happen homie, thanks for the memories

That Mosh Jelton vs Johny Storm made me fall in love with GT

[burntsouljah]

@SicSheist mosh vs johnny storm is what made GT what it is today, it showed cats what can be done with writtens and freestyle ...it definitely set the bar!

[heatfilter]

Hot man, keep goin & blowin up. Much love cuz, Heat filter out.

[yaboizactha1]

Nice video, love the beat. Drect went in on it! Good shit bro!

[yaboizactha1]

Hey this is throwed! I like the beat too! Drect you goin hard bro!

[909YoungMoney504]

Sooo lemme understand something..you have been lagging on putting up Grizzlemania battles because u were writting and recording this?? ok. thats all i needed to know

[SCREAMOUTPRiNCE]

shit was tuff. keeping it real in this record.

[mcpacman3lyrical]

Yo what's good me and my krew got 7 tracks that include me the homie "Axe" and "Sik Minded" full of sick verses and 1 real song with me and the Homie "LB" so peep those songs on YouTube at "mcpacman3lyrical"

PacMan Diverse

[meualreadyno]

drect u might make it cause u got a lot of dick riders and they know who they are! lol

[yofatface]

when is soul kahn and dizaster battle going to be uploaded?

[HackBennys]

When are we getting another Cam'ron impression, Drect? :p

[JusBeaTboX]

good lyrics,

tight beat,

boring delivery.

your delivery was boring man, sorry. i know you sound better than this.

[tatertots00]

What battle is that at around 1:26 and where he says: "3 long rounds all I remember is bitch"

[Drect]

@tatertots00 unorthodox phrases vs sham

[Weed4daSoul]

yo Drect, that shit was ill. Im already lookin forward to part two

[Deltacide1]

That was great.

[jazzyfr3sh5]

this was a good video !! let us know about the history and that "all i remembered was bitch" was funny lol

[TheYUNGSHADY]

vmoney always took a L

[TheYUNGSHADY]

what happened to wise guy.dude was good

[z0t1]

thanx

[mkp25]

hardkore vs sham.. it wasnt ill enough haha this video's sickk, early followers gonna love this shit, nice shit drect

[bigman32193]

i'll be honest, i only started following GT after watching WRC's and hoping to find the saurus or illmac in more battles. then i saw saurus vs madness, knew they both battled iron solomon so i knew itd be a sick battle.

[bboyhap]

that was dope. i wanna check out them old battles

[GotPang]

haha niiiice, this joint came out Illy, dude did his thing on the beat too!

[posajnejkwahb]

Nice!

[SSSSSeanSSSSS]

fucking love the concept....drect delivered it well too

can't wait for the future parts

[SirkleMusic]

Yo, Drect, you mind postin up the lyrics man?

[Representt]

Just a tip to DRect, don't post all the battles y'all get. Post all the battles y'all get on your website, post the dope battles on YouTube so when a new GT video comes in their sub box they know it's a must see. It's too easy to miss good quality battles and videos like this one with all the garbage that has been posted lately.  We know it's garbage, you know it's garbage, so why damage public interest by posting it?

Anyway, great video. Well done.

[jsbigedmk]

Damn this was a nice ass trackk..It hit that much harder because I remember watching Grind Time when it was at this point...That UP vs State battle got me hoooked..ever since then, I've been a huge fan..HUGE UPS to GRIND TIME and DRECT for making it all happen..Battle rapping wouldnt be looked at the same without you homie...Much Respect

[DJSe7en403]

Wow, this was very very dope. I wasn't expecting what the final product was haha. RESPECT D. This video was illy as fuck. Cosign. I dig it

[kikred]

"The Sham battle was the funniest shit/ 3 long rounds and all I can remember is "bitch".

[414MAYNE]

i dont care if this was wrote..this is pure fuckin skill right here.

[JohnVirgilio91]

this is dope like how you put it all together bruh!

[yourboymaleko]

Good shit DRECT! 

[LosAngelesWeedSmoker]

Fuck Grindtime, the reason you don't see big names because this faggots like to take ad money, yet not pay people to battle and have a prize, CASH. It's like going to rap at a show, and they keep the money, all you get is exposure. Lame... even Immortal Technique pulled out his own cash when he heard there is no prize, fucking chumps. At least scribble jam had real SHOWS, and paid the winners.

[MaestroMetaphorics]

@LosAngelesWeedSmoker why the fuck do you come on and hate on every GT video?!?...if you ain't fuckin with Grind Time keep it moving dude...your negativity on EVERY video is fucking annoying!

[SirkleMusic]

@LosAngelesWeedSmoker and that just proves that you know absolutely fuck all about hip-hop, chump

[belvedere954]

I don't know what was more of a one-sided battle Revanon vs Lil 8th Ave or Soul Khan vs J Ka$h.

[belvedere954]

I wonder how many of y'all just started jumping on the bandwagon. Thumbs up if you been following Grindtime since Phrases vs SG era.

[dscjnky]

@belvedere954

I've been watching GT since the beginning... but, thumbs down for asking for thumbs up.

[JacobPattersonArt]

@belvedere954 I wouldn't call it jumping on the bandwagon; it's more like discovering a world of inspiration. Taht said, I hav ebeen watching freestyle battles and immersing myself in the culture for about three years.

[1337ballin]

@belvedere954 And 24 band-wagoner's just thumbs up'd your comment xD

[TheeAuracle]

@belvedere954 u feel big?

[belvedere954]

@TheeAuracle

Super.

[TheVerbalAxiom]

@belvedere954 I discovered undeground hiphop in 08 and the first league I seen was GT. I wouldn't leave it.

[gopio9]

@belvedere954 i doont jump bandwagon the and im not the type of dude to run my mouth online i rather in person like real men do it the only reason i watched this shit was cause of swave sevah i was looking for his music saw this rap battle shit i wwas like this shit nice than i became fans of nocanda dna hollow the don dirt bag dan nocando syd vicious and like so many others

[TheRealist]

@belvedere954 Word.. too many people jumping on this without knowing the history of GT or even the battlers themselves, the top tier ones anyway.

[notmetube15]

@belvedere954 i dont think it should matter... im the only one of my friends who watches battle rap so theres no bandwagon where im at

[kingslomotion]

shit was ill, def didn't think d rect was gonna do it all in ryhme form, wild.

[AWASHA]

Dope shit D. Keep up the good work.

[alcass12]

pat stays history lesson was better

[NyBeatMaker]

really liking this... gt has grown so much since then

[sublizzel]

People need to respect Mosh Jelton. He always comes fresh.

[LunaticK631]

Everytime you downplayed a battler i laughed my ass off hahahaha

[HayzeRagex]

DOPE!

[ecentrikshoes]

Really dope shit Drect, diggin the GT history lesson. Can't wait for the next part.

Oh yeah, Mosh vs Storm = Classic!

[meualreadyno]

i see y drect be hostin...he's trash...stay behind the scenes drect u aint ready yet!

[cobralaw]

@meualreadyno You might not like it but it smashes on everything you spittin on your channel.

[meualreadyno]

@cobralaw shut ya dick ridin ass up!

[cobralaw]

@meualreadyno Don't be all butt hurt cuz u WHACK AS PHAWK my dude... Just step your bars up.

[meualreadyno]

@cobralaw its always the nigga that cant rap talkin shit put some videos up whore...u cant fuck wit me....clown!

[SharpWanker]

@meualreadyno damn son you a hater it's a recap son not some supposed to be ill verse

[TheSaurusWins]

very dope shit Direezy. ill son

[NKretibull]

been riding with GT since battle number 1 but shit is going downhill.... fast.

[85CYP]

This was dope, good shit DRECT. Now upload some battles!

[blockz51]

fuck yeah,,,yo drect i´m impressed. good shit!

[Dangerous1NZ]

Mad, wasnt expecting that was bloody awesome mate

[ivano1987]

This is actually really cool, great idea drect. Excited for part2.

[Jughand]

anyone else think this video seemed really gay?

[SKRiiLLa]

@Drect im guessing there might be a part two of this track or even part three???

[Drect]

@SKRiiLLa yup

[mdsklz]

its called part 1 ? good guesss retard

[alrefaie1234]

fastforward to the part where dizaster beats the saurus haha

[daseahawkss]

and to think, the new grizzle 2 vs 2 battles dont even have the grindtime logo on them, thats a damn shame, what the hell is going on

[sneakerheadforlife]

I bet Tank Lipp still has that shirt

[stuslegend]

daamn, fkn sick

[ba11a818]

haha very dope. in other words, kap aint got shit to do with it and the greedy bastard needs to see the big picture

[Hollywood1127]

Nice rap.

[njdboy973]

niiiccceee!

[aminova83edition]

Nicely done Drect.

[xEVANNx]

G Money destroyed people back them.

[grantdeeps]

the battle @ 0:58 with sean kush was one of the funniest battles i ever seen

[skateDT]

This is dope!

[beatsbythefans]

whats the battle at 3:24 can i get a link to that?

[Drect]

@beatsbythefans search "state of mynd vs ill-logic"

[youngmanfresh152316]

@Drect getting your Skillz rewind on.. good shit cant wait for the rest to come on ..

[SinCityMadman]

this ish was dope as fuck!

[def037]

well done Drect!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! its like time traveling

[beatsbythefans]

yo can i get a link to the battle at 3:24 i think i know that guy

[baysick]

tight

[RhinoDigital]

Ahh , Good Times ...

[KAP1KAP]

I wont lie, drect that was kinda sick!!!

I came in to grindtime around the Lush v phrases battles and stayed ever since.

Best Battle Rap League In The World!

[nikE9d0h]

It must be a great feeling living off something you built for something you love.

[Doonie602]

This video was well done. Drect has good lyrics too.

[SomethingEssendon]

damn... wasnt expecting this to be dope. would def check drect's music in future.

[knownprop]

Damn D, this is ill as fuck. Props for the track and BIG props for startin' up grindtime. I've been following ya'll since day 1, I'm hooked... checkin' the Drect channel everyday for a new battle haha. You thinkin' of jumpin in another battle anytime soon? You body bagged Z.M EASILY. I'd deff like to see the founder of the best battle league in the world kill atleast one more mutha fucka haha.

[awptions]

REALLY sick..

i want part 1 to a million on this going through every battle grind time has every dropped.

it was like you were telling a story.. in a creative way.

[KJtheMC]

that jee-money vs. state of mynd changed the game man

[SinkaSwim]

ive been on it since the beginning just by chance... but i think what drect is doing is definitley necessary.. the references to past battles will make far more sense if all the past battles are even just touched on slightly... GT forever

[desmondthebest]

whats the battle from 1:23 to 1:27?

[Drect]

@desmondthebest Sham vs Unorthodox Phrases

[ThisisDF]

dope track i love grind time. 

[Naywein]

Hollow VS Con

[PlatinumBD]

Thesaurus and Madness was a classic.

[Alex703rockstar]

Good shit. I like this idea.

[NeoThePaladinOfLight]

For some reason, every time I hear grind time, I think slime time live. I'm such a kid.

[jumpman3210]

@Drect hey Drect wut is the name of the track in the beginning of the Ivan da Great vs PT battle?

[pokerchip503]

I liked how he aknowledged Mosh was killin fools back then...damn Mosh!!!

[dapurpman]

dope shit D

[Spulecki217]

This was RIDICULOUS. Makes me want to watch all of those. 

[StillAware]

Good idea to remind people some of the great battles that didn't get their shine back when this first started. Makes me want to go back and watch some of the older Jee Money battles with his dope freestyle rebuttals.

[dallasbagley]

Haha, this was awesome! Can't wait for the other parts!

[BUHHeadBust]

THROWBACKS !!!!!!!!!!!!!

[mdsklz]

jokes i been watching GT since the first vid 2 so i enjoyed this

seen every single battle son

[wokzilla]

SICK

[kenyata]

was that a real gun @ 1:43?

[Drect]

@kenyata yup

[Mulder1nc]

REAL TALK DRECT KEEPS IT UP!

[KidTreacherous]

Every MC that was in GT should bow down to Drect

[MastaKneeGrow323]

@Drect Dope video can't wait for the rest what gave you this idea?

[Drect]

@MastaKneeGrow323 all the emcees that deserve a lot of shine they are not getting. hopefully people will see these, then go back and watch the dope battles.

@Drect It's a good idea. I'm going to check out all the battles you referenced too. Seen most of them but there were a few that I missed.