Three Times Dope - Greatest Man Alive

[77musica]

Big up Philly, the next New York...

[deadsirius]

Stumbled across this joint while watching a Kwame video. I used to play this cassette single in my hatchback between classes. One of my favorites for sure.

[regsr74]

Dripping with the fluid that wets you when you do it !

[hiphop4life24678]

Back when hip-hop had soul...

[MsAndybobandy]

@hiphop4life24678 I'm SAYIN. CanNOT sit still. I bot a parakeet who's just been SIITTING in his big cage. I bot him treats, toys, I let him out once a day- nothin. I put this track on---

HE BOUNCIN! HE SINGIN!

[phillybaguettez]

yep cannon. this my shit.

[revenge781]

some truly fly shit

[fordxbgtfalcon]

thumbs up if you think we should bring back the halffro!

[DjCastenStonez]

"hot"

[DParker1225]

Im from Philly, this was the years. We didnt do what NY did. We did I did our own shit. EST, Cool C Steady B.  The Dancing In the videos, High Top fades. Oh Yea dont let me forget Schooly "D", the original gangster rapper in "85"

[mcteeosupreme]

@DParker1225 Heavy D rip always danced in his vids... Doug E Fresh danced so much they named a dance after him on the west coast.... Precise Just Ice was kickin Gangsta in the early 80's..

[MechSmk31]

This is that Philly ish from back in the day!!

[MrSP1200]

Love this LP so much ..great beats man ...can you get more Hip Hop than this ..rocking the Sequential 440 live with one turntable! ..love to get my hands on one of those ...the only sampling drum machine that can give the SP a run for its money.

[tpcwizz]

yea est was dope and slept on

[tygerwoodz22]

all the young bols know is meek mills and state property. I be telling them that rap was poping in philly. we really held it down

cool c,tuff crew,three times dope

[FDINDUSTRY]

@tygerwoodz22 how you forget Kwame the boy genius, and DJ Jazzy Jeff? And I'm from NY!!! SMH

[RLGBABY]

ANYONE who even knows about 3 times dope,cool c,etc.,is a real rap fan.Period

[MsAndybobandy]

@RLGBABY We UP here! tORONTO

[KiloCharlieOne]

Brings back memories. Have this on on vinyl with a b-side of "funky dividends". Scratched up due to tape deck sampling and scratching LOL.

[pminckler]

I wish I still had my cassingle

[bigrawdaddy]

enable this for playback on the iphone!!!!!!!!

[silky1700]

What i can't understand is why we who grew up on original hiphop hatin' on Lil' Wayne and these new kids? Real Hip Heads don't even acknowledge that crap. If my son wants to listnen to him all I can say is that is a watered down version of real hiphop. We had our time people and took alot of crap from adults who said that is just noise we were listnening too remember guys. It's their music and we had ours the difference is that our HipHop is and always will be bettter...Right???? Lol...

[silky1700]

Yep it's all that even back on MTV Raps...Lol...Tight beat and everythang...Lol.

[DB25islive]

This was my shit

[philadelphical]

da PARK NIGGA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[brownfoxx76]

Can someone please define 'acknickulous' for me! lol Ive been wondering since 1988... ;)

[MzCajun318]

@brownfoxx76 LOL me too...If I had to guess, I think he trying to say he is the most acknowledgable number one rapper :-D

[BigTihee]

@brownfoxx76 the top

[melliemel32]

OMG! This was my cut!

[sangobemi71]

you can definitely tell that blackthought of the roots was inspired by est.....very similar cadence and syllabics

[dieesau715]

One faggot loves lil wayne bitch ass!!!

[unique74muzik]

"now all I need is a gold medallion" (WHAT!!) #classics

[unique74muzik]

goes hard!

[dslimm70802]

this shit is so hard. if he rapped this song on a street corner you could hear the hunger.

[yesmanboy]

da man could rap

[0pine0tron6000]

Ackniculous, basically.

[superugly75]

3XD went HARD

Shouts to Philly mcs.....

[broli28]

CLASSIC HIP HOP BEAT. IT STILL KNOCKS.

[BadNewzDarby]

Damn near broke my neck listening to this joint! That beat go hard!

[mxpassion17]

@BadNewzDarby lmao...good stuff playa

[Saanc8]

BRING BACK THE GUMBY!!

[avel393]

the minute i heard this song, I went and bought the album. CLASSIC!!!!!!!!!!

[rob3161974]

this was rapping, gud shit

[bighawk1971]

Loved this album my freshman year in college

[BlacksAreBeautiful]

What are these dudes up to these days?

[QueSaRahNYC]

"Dripping wit the fluid that wetz U when U do it".... classic She was right...He's 2 Good 2 be true!

[EMoThaGr8]

@QueSaRahNYC Hardest line on this hard ass track!!!

[intgerman1]

New school can't even compare to true HIP HOP. Why did music had to change and go "white"

[cullenstalin]

@intgerman1 It didn't go white, it went GREEN

[TheHomeDaD1]

70s babies baby..

[jclimiejr]

definitely the best thing that's happening...

[sorstudios]

OMG can't believe I'm watching this. Brings back good memories. Seen them live in 89

[namwhite]

MY FAVORITE !!!!

[fatchino]

steinski mix.

[eric646]

bobby dance and miz played this non stop.

[1realdeal]

this was hot

[Shipwreckher]

LOL! Whatcha know about this? Now this is fo sho classic

[viralvinyl]

"E.S.T. would eventually go on to become a songwriter for artists such as Destiny's Child and Mario, and he received a Grammy nomination in 2005 for Destiny's Child's song 'Cater 2 U'."

thanks for this. sound quality is awesome!

[DYNOMITEKEITH]

philly stand up these niggas had it im from brooklyn props

[arobinson68]

one person actually thinks Drake can rap, and came to the wrong page!

[cocheselives]

@arobinson68 One day I was driving and listening to the radio and on one station drake was on, and on another was Cyndi Lauper's Time after Time......I chose the latter

[arobinson68]

@cocheselives Amen! Preach on!

[ichypalm1]

est



[ministryofsumthing]

shit is haard

its amazing that there was a time when u actually had to have the ability to rhyme in order to be an mc

now its gotten more about everything else but the music

[Bluewonder96]

THIS WAS THE JAM!!!!

[marcuscombs1532]

I LOVE THESE DUDES

JOUNG MC'S LEARN WHAT YOU CAN SAY ABOUT YOURSELF WITH OUT DRINKING AND SMOKEING

[phillynupe87]

Philly hip hop at it's finest. E.S. doesn't get enough credit as a pioneer of that Philly style of rhyming.

[rocknsoulbro]

@phillynupe87 True dat indeed. Now I could be wrong, but didn't E.S also pioneer that whole "Izzle/Izm" vocabulary that people want to credit Snoop with?

[myaccountsdisabled]

Straight kicking dope, funky fresh to the flesh, new school can't mess, with the old, true school best, they straight up pest acknickulous land lay them suckers to rest.

[rakim467]

What a track! Still sounds good today.....

[busterb1971]

@rakim467 No doubt. I went to basic training the year this came out. Me and my boys would sneak our walkmen and bump this along with other great 80's hip hop. Big up Gary Harris and all my other boys in Ft. Benning the summer of 89'

[Eric52860]

Real Talk this is the JAM! Im young but still i was raised on this something serious...Especially growing up around the philly area!!!!! Let me be home and this come on the radio...Shouts out to POWER 99, 103.9, and 105.3 WDAS FM!!! Real people from out that way know what im talking about and feel what im talking bout!

[iggyds89]

studio 440 !

[BigMrGXXX1]

Shoutout to the generation that gave birth to Hip Hop! I'm 44 years old and this used to be my JAM when it came out!

Big shout out to the Blues generation too. I just love the Muddy Waters loop in this record. Borrowed from his song: Manish Boy.

[datboysha40]

@BigMrGXXX1 I'm 44 as well. I remember when I was at home watching this when it 1st dropped on Yo MTV Raps! Went to the club that night and cut some rug to this track!

[fordxbgtfalcon]

bring back the halfro!!

[mikevytal]

@fordxbgtfalcon NNNOOOOOOOOOOOO...LMAO!!!

[kevyblack]

@fordxbgtfalcon  Hell nawl! Called it the halfro!

[cazzmanntube]

I WAS LIVED ON 15TH AND ERIE AVE IN NORTH PHILLY WHEN THIS CAME OUT MY AUNT BET LIVE ACROSSED BROAD ST NEAR 13TH ST WHICH IS CALL HUNTINGTON PARK WHERE 3D (3XDOPE) I SAW THEM AT A PARTY AND THEY ROCKED THE FUCK OUT IT! STEADY B COOL C TUFF CREW LADY B POWER 99 JAZZY JEFF& THE FRESH PRINCE WAS THE SHIT THEN I'M IN NORTH KAK NOW BUT I'M PHILLY FOR LIFE!!

[iowabadkids]

dopest fucking track that was ever made motherfuckers

[toobtyed]

@iowabadkids That's straight-up, stone-cold, old-school knowledge-ass wisdom iowa!!! This is easily in my Top 5 real jams of all time!!! And I'm a 45 year-old white metal-head! But i duelly love my REAL rap jams! With a tight beat and lyrics that you can actually quote and understand!

[mrjonz72]

@toobtyed Great post my man!

[neec1427]

1st "tape" I've ever bought....^_^ still one of the bestt albums out there...

[DIONNESMITH99YAHOO]

just make me miss Philly!!! Olney High

[718meshellee]

:)

[omegaVocaal]

i swear the summer of 2011 im bringing all this music back

[SuperOmnicron]

@omegaVocaal ...awesome track! Great video , too. mixed in the Robert Palmer style 80s joint All time classic! Cant f%&k with Philly!

[Alexltavares]

@omegaVocaal

I was thinkin' the same thing. I'm in the process of putting together a live 'ol skool hip hop cover band from the golden era. With all the wack non-inspirational hip-hop out there, there will be a re-emergence of the old skool; what I call the "real skool".

[RJBbass2000]

@omegaVocaal Hell yeah! Cuz alot of the music we hear today on the radio is garbage! 80s and 90s hip hop sound is what we need these days!

[IceManLikeGervin]

Old school Philly hiphop- don't stop!!

[kebry63]

Philly represent always shout out to Bayard St Mt Airy 7900 (eithy-b)

[KevinBreeze]

Classic, this used to bang in the clubs!

[TheLilstormy]

i caint say enuff how dope shit was.

[ikoyiwinn]

Thank you for posting this banger!!  Classic joint!!!!

[monsterdime]

i'm bringing that hairstyle back out i'm an unusual suspect i mean fellow

[WappsOps]

this kicks total and unmitigated ass

[BKaneNp8]

CLASSIC!!!!

[gigijones276]

Love them. Shout out to E.S.T. for writing Dangerously In Love for Beyonce'...UR still the Greatest Man Alive!!!

[RickNYC2000]

Banging song! I remember playing this joint day and nite. I have this single on wax!

What happened to real Hip Hop?

[terntablreka]

Classic, I used to bump this joint all the time in high school.........and still today

[missnjerry675]

This is what's up!

[circaa2]

late 80's when rappers actually had original stuff!

[SEANVANN218]

est my nigga will fucks it up again and again the greatest man alive still definitely da track to drink a 40 to!

[jronimo1933]

I miss real Hip Hop SOOOO much!

[cocheselives]

if i listen to this and then try to listen to drake i break out in hives......

[glennadelaware66]

@cocheselives -how bout dat?!!

[mrburrus1]

@cocheselives Yes indeed. This is REAL hip hop. Period.

[KarmalBeauty]

@cocheselives LMAO! I also noticed how back then, it was COOL to pay respect to black women! It was a wholesome time for hip-hop. Nowadays, EVERY song is about the DISRESPECT of black women and how many they can be premiscuous with. total polar opposite.

[cocheselives]

@biggbadmilt lmao do dat shit bro!

[samthemute]

Anyone know where I can get a HD version of this video? Cheers!

[macdease]

Yo I remember when they use to work @ Micky Dee's but this was my shit the first big hip hop group from philly.

[Devestato72]

OOOOOOOO, Dis My Jammmmm!

[tjhale]

I have been looking for this video for over a year. THANK YOU!!!!!

[AkhuRE999]

thank you for postin this fire!!!!

[geriatricgoonsquad]

This is how Hip Hop should be..... A lot of rappers these days could take notes... 3XD

[igromodon]

That track was @#$% ridiculous! E.S.T. the Akniculous One!!!!

[roscoe75]

I really miss 80's rap music.

[rezones]

DOPE!

[skoobdaer]

Know it like a poet cause I'm di di di dope.True dat shit EST and 3XD

[MegaColts44]

old school at its best

[hynroc69]

Philly hip hop at its finest!

[MultiTeebag]

i miss you 

[bigrawdaddy]

This was one of the dopest beats i've ever heard!!!! and I make beats and this is still tight as hell!!!!!!!

[dwsgrho]

i remember going to play in a softball game at olney high school and we saw him! we were like...hey its EST!

[Statick1]

This is my jam right here!!!

[TopNoTchVSOP]

This my throwback all time classic joint!

[ErnestRhodesTV]

This track is the sh*t!!

[nyra9799]

one of my favorite songs of the 80's hip hop

[emmit068]

This was my shit back in the day.

[Mackadoeshez]

Philly hip hop- don't stop!!!