Positive K - Step Up Front

[simonjamaica]

thats always hot miss those days

[YhwhKhai]

Now this is what I'm talkin' about. No drugs, hoes, half-naked girls in bathing suits, cars, money thrown around - just real hip hop here.

[WilizmEnt]

3:30pm, UHF, ch 31, that's all I'm sayin

[dukeentdotcom]

@WilizmEnt I was always tuned in with the VCR on record...

[tygahstyle718]

@WilizmEnt CHANNEL 31 SUN THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYIN, NIGGAZ TALKIN ABOUT SOME BULLSHIT CABLE TV

[WilizmEnt]

@tygahstyle718 That's all I had. This, Chuck & Red on fridays & saturdays.

[arijspieter]

classic hip hop stays the best

[AcuteAngelito]

My man Ralph McDaniels V'Jaying

[WeetodidDan]

Wow, I haven't heard that in years! I've been searching for this song for a decade! I couldn't remember the name if the song, and for some reason I thought it was Special K. For years I was searching the wrong artist. Then one day last week it just hit me like a drunk driver!!! Positive K. Damn!

[beddenfabriek]

@WeetodidDan i thought i was the only one i thought it was milk d l

[KingLeroyDavid]

@WeetodidDan happened to me a few years ago.. i'll never forget the name of this damn thing ago

[sabu1973]

banger hell yea

[sabu1973]

banger hell yea heah ezay

[MrPhillyrick1]

i loved this waaay before i got a man came out. pos k had a sickazz flow!

[rahsaan71]

im from da bronx and i was looking at all this on T.V. with ralph mcdaniels, lol i hope i spelled his name right, wow this was a long time ago im a producer look for me soon to let off volumes (ORPHEUS IS THE NAME)

[colenbrak]

where is the "step up front" sample from?

[TheXCOWABUNGAx]

@colenbrak "The Gentleman The Rapper, Lost 1988 Album"

[hitmusicsingles]

@colenbrak Thunder and Lightning - Bumpin' Bus Stop

[bloktv]

pos k was a beast 

[uncomn]

amazing! this isnt on the lp is this available elsewhere?

[mahalat84]

Where can I buy this album??????

[coldrockdaspot]

A classic, they don't make Hip Hop like this anymore.

[epistemic1]

if Positive K was British he would have been knighted fucking years ago. This is pure Hip Hop class. Absolute 100% genuine gold. Dumps all over modern KRAP!!

[TripleRp]

This is the Positive K I messed with the hardest, those '80s days were great. I saw "I gotta man" for the first time I was like "What the #%$* is this?' It was iight but it wasn't like this. Pos didn't get a lot of props for his lyrical prowess but real heads know, Pos was dope, These Priority days were tight.

[MRHANDSOMification]

This is my joint! Reminds me of senior cut day...those were the days...

[sydshell]

My favorite videos took place on Rooftops -- Halftime, Check the rime, even the drifters. That's when you didn't need a big budget, you just needed great music

[MsBlackandbeautiful]

what happen 2 positive k he was da man

[544001]

kill bill theme?

[epistemic1]

HEAVY DOPE SHIT

[TheRenegadeAssassin]

Dam! Memories.

[eyeshadow35]

man dis was my shit!!!!!! Every Sat. at the car wash in jersey, washing my Escort GT!!!!!!!!!!!

[Herkimer291]

Man, this is winter 89 in BK all day. This was the shit. But I cant help but to think how many niggas got robbed for there shit back then too.. polo gooses starter hats, fronts lol!

[jvalencia4]

lol

[chillhood]

Positive K looks like Caine (from Menace 2 Society)'s father

[trezuru]

Positive K was the sh_t!!! I have an old mix tape with this and Grand Puba's " Step to da Rear.."

[suspekt29]

Was this song released as a single? I have this on an old Mr. Magic mix, but its not the greatest quality.

[capitalmindz]

Aint none of them broads naked.

Ain no rims.

Just rhymes, beats.

Flavor.

[Jasoneberhart]

true indeed, i said the same thing to my boy 2 weeks ago. I got this video on vhs recorded from video music box.

[mcultra]

"word to the mother!

mother to the word!"

pos was off the chain. one of my fave records of his was "impulse on three" with barsha, off of that first priority basement flavor compilation.

[acdegrees421]

That album was a posse classic!!

[huffnupe71]

This song is classic! I remember when this first came out. I always thought this was one of the most underated songs ever! This is when you actually had to have skills to be in the rap game. Pure hip hop.

[Jasoneberhart]

i remember this from 1989.this video always came on when video music box was going off

[acdegrees421]

I couldn't hear this in B-more; heard this on KISS coming thru NY to play a game at Westchester CC. Dropped a pass that game, but my greatest thrill was taping this joint, Kam's "Go With the Flow", some Ultramag joints. Shyt I never heard here in B-more. You NY-NJ people are hella blessed to have REAL HIP HOP

[meechamaka411]

I'm surprised DJs from down that way didn't migrate up this way (back then) to snatch a few of these classics to spin back down there!!! I look @ B-More jus' as much as family as we do Philly...

[acdegrees421]

Very few!! There only a few of us "hip-hop connoisseur" down here. How bad is it? "Wild Style" is wack, "Who is 'Cold Crush'?' Pos K's 1st joint was "I Got a Man", Puba's 1st group was Brand Nubian. I could go on and on, but you get my point. Fact is, I got most of my stuff from NY and Philly radio, and bought my wax from mom and pop stores that had the joints as "cut-outs" (remember those)

[mrslideinsideu2]

@acdegrees421 Yo son Cold Crush was one of da first illest crews in NY. Cats used to go all the way uptown (Harlem & The Bronx) To get a Cold crush tape.Them shits is valuable like Gold. Gotta do ya homework. Trust me they were da shit. Big up grandmaster Caz & da cold crush

[acdegrees421]

@mrslideinsideu2 Just read your comment after all this time. My comments were what people have said to me when I hit 'em in the head with Cold Crush or WIld Style or Ultra Mag or Pos K. I ha Cold Crush tapes down here in early '81. Homework has been completed in turned in. Caz is my favorite MC of all-time, Cold Crush my favorite group and WildStyle my favorite movie. PERIOD. Wish I had grown up in the BX. Peace

[Wolviepayne]

"From the Mac. to the Mineral"

Science Dropage!

[QBORO007]

Yo peep Da dapper Dan jacket. cutomized channel..lol and mad drug dealers in da cut.if u were down back than,,COOL if not COOL just watch da vid and exhaust a jewel!!!

[QBORO007]

Uncle Ralph thx for playing this shit wen I was coming up..Good Luck on Onfumes website..you are the epitome of hip hop SuN!

[rotheshep]

i just bought this on ebay ...cheap!!!

happy person here

great song

[BeeSoe1]

positive gay

[acdegrees421]

I'm getting this 3rd party, Pos and Puba were tight, Puba like the big brotha on the rhyme tip. Based on that, I don't believe Puba wrote this for Pos. I heard Pos in the cipha, that cat don't need someone ghostwriting.

[ret23867]

When Hip Hop was Hip Hop I love it.

[BIGPETEPOKER]

Still HOT !!!!!!

[KenPatera78]

That's the joint right here!!! Remember the First Priority Label had a movie "Survival Of The Fitest" M.C. Lyte, Pos K, Milk & Giz?

[QBORO007]

I remember..round the time that Antoinette tried to diss MC Lyte!

[TripleRp]

@KenPatera78, I can't find that joint anywhere, but I remember that day.

[tokeloc]

pos k leaves the mic busted

[rosrex7]

got more rhymes than meat in yo freezer!!!!

you cant make that shit up ...

[Jahbril30]

I believe that Grand Puba wrote for Positive K listen to the flow and the flow of Puba's around that time WOW

[macky765]

positive and grand puba was best friends back then. they had a similar flow many people tried to duplicate but could not

[Jahbril30]

Macky but Grand Puba did alot of Ghostwriting back then for alot of your favorite rappers

[macky765]

i didnt know he did ghost writing, many people in the industry back then was like puba was lazy he didnt want to tour or do much of the work to be a success. so who did he ghost write for? i know pete rock kinda made a couple songs that had that puba flow

[Jahbril30]

no don't get that confuse he wasn't lazy at all he did alot of studio work and he toured. Puba got crazy money homey he did write for Pete Rock the Creator and Don't Curse was one of the 1st songs he wrote for him. Mary J Blige he has written for and Positive K I do believe he has written for. Remember Puba's two albums are Hip Hop Classics

[SaintIzzle]

hell hyeah he did some ghostwriting...but not for Pos K....let me explain how I know this.

The way Big wrote for Kim...you can hear the similarities. Plus the audio leaked of Biggie saying the lil Kim verse for Queen B....You can hear Treach in D-Nice "Time to Flow." also in Eazy E's "Tell me how you want it." The writers influence usually come thru. Not so in the case of Pos and Puba.

[Jahbril30]

yeah if you say so it must be cause Puba is still going strong and Pos K isn't

[SaintIzzle]

I know..I heard his new album sold 5 mil.

[Jahbril30]

HA HA HA LMAO you belong on Def Comedy Jam. how many albums has Pos. K dropped? TWO hmmmmm how many classic shit Puba been on.

[bmore77]

son... damn i remember seeing this video once when it came out and I was ready to record it. Well, 20 years later, I finally get my chance to see and download it. This definitely takes it back.

[acdegrees421]

I first heard this in '88 while in NYC, never heard it again except on my tape (Baltimore was never down). This is what I get for growing up in B-more.

[DNIGGYNICE]

lol nyc always had its own special flava..

[acdegrees421]

Word up, NYC has always been the key, the battery, the starter, and the alternator to hip hop.

[DreBarret]

I thought that I was the only old hip hop head alive!!!!!!

[n0gar]

Video is whack, cut is classic!

[macky765]

hahah me too running home to watch Video Music Box . hey check out the models they had in the video that was walking behind him, a big difference from model chicks now loo

[DarkCeaser7]

If you remember this you Definetly atteneded class every day. Class meaning in front of your tv after school watching VIDEO MUSIC BOX or listening to RED ALERT CHUCK CHILLOUT or MARLELY MARL.

[zendynamics]

haha dark ceaze we all remember video music box... used to run home after high school to cacht it at 3:30 pm lol

[skillvill]

fucking classic...the real hip hop is over here

[coldrockdaspot]

oh hell yeah

[AbbottSupreme]

Step up

[udaman38]

This reminds me of Old DJ Chuck Chillout, Red Alert, and Mr. Magic radio shows.

[zendynamics]

i'm ol school ... bx brotha... 92 was it when this came... i may be an exec today, but at all my partys i always hit back my crates

[capitalmindz]

Ahmen to that brohter. BX here too. I run my own company now but still feel like that 19 y/o knucklehead a lot of times :). This brought me back.

[WordUpPeace4138]

the good ol days

[WordUpPeace4138]

the good ol days....

[6Soul7]

never seen the video but i played this tune to death. Nice one.

[rhkingpin]

I never thought that I'd be able to hear or see this again. Thank you

[DevaDozja]

That was cool. Youtube is great for helping me to get educated on this shit. Thanks for posting this

[Alphatrikma2]

This was my shit. Thanx for posting.

[PhenomAJ]

Pos K was raw, but he looks funny, so you don't take him serious....good song