The Nonce - Who falls apart

[uhHiPhoPfienD]

real dudes, real lyrics, nothing better!

[taylz1200]

This song is so sad. Very powerful music here...

[snoopdog44144]

yes i remember this...classic

[PublicMenace22]

fuck ya

[stOOpid68]

dope group

DOPE album

unfortunate name....

[auraliztic]

these guys weren't heard enough..

[lionkillingnebbish]

What sort of nonce falls apart? I mean not even Johnathan King would fall apart.

[funkbruno]

@lionkillingnebbish Gary Glitter did.

[eatenbybats]

Beat is F*ckin' good though, damn.....

[eatenbybats]

Dope as f*ck beats and rhymes, WARNING! if you tour in the U.K you must change your name to Capital N or some shit because over here the word Nonce means sex offender, rapist, child molester etc. Be aware, unless you want special branch or MI5 kicking your hotel windows in and chuckin stun grenades and cuffin' ye

[Richard77Mecca]

super track, both, LP or EP, are dope, it´s chillin´, but it´s not soft. Yusef Afloat R.I.P. !!! Baraka´Allahu fik

[lostcaused]

DAMN THIS SHIT IS TIGHT!!!!!

[funkbruno]

@lostcaused ....said the dirty fuckin nonce.

[kadarakaa]

R.I.P 4 all good MC's !

REAL HIP HOP !

THE NONCE !

BLESS YA

[dosedose317]

R.I.P. Yusef

[805zep]

this takes me back to when real hiphop was king!

[darinnakamoto]

What happened to hip hop, it's really sad. Bring back the early to mid 90's college radio hip hop. Thanks

[ezlrockwell82]

Damn, this beat is ill. Heard it first on Tony Touch's 50 Freestyles -- Lil' Dap's rap I think.

[lookatthatgoof]

shit is ill

[yeszirrrrrrr]

Beautiful man...

yo check out Consciencemindstate on the mind or way back, also a nice chill underground feel emcee

Peace to all those keeping hip hop alive

[TheBluntedKid]

I used to jam to this track in my ride with my system blaring these beats... good times in the late 90's! Makes me miss my youth! RIP Yusef!

[nahlidgabel1]

I used 2 bump this shit 4 hours & hours! I miss this track & Yusef! R.I.L.!!

[ZorbinEUR]

love this beat

[topik627]

REST IN POWER, Yusef Afloat....peace SACH!

[fonkeeOne]

wow, dats dope yo !

[amwunski]

WOW! I HAD SACH ON MY OLD COMP. ASKED HIM FOR A COPY OF THIS AND HE AINT EVEN HAVE ONE! MAN THIS WAS MY SHIT. REST IN PEACE YUSEF

[jafanek]

I had this "Bus Stops" all black single and this joint was on the B side. So nasty..wish I could get the embed joint thou..all G thou.

[overdosed78]

li`l wayne missed the like-button. one reason to hate him even more. by the way, sickest nonce-track ever!!!

[krondoeoner]

sik ass track anyone know wut album its from?

[Malder7]

I miss Dj's cuttin it up at the end of songs.......

[hydroloco]

Can't stop listening this song ! So Dope.

[FLCL7]

@hydroloco its gotta be that bass. turn up your sub-woofer. haha

[taylz1200]

@hydroloco Me too...

[kpowell927]

I still have this 12" I remember meeting these cats while still working college radio. Talked about Rodium tapes and listen to them deny that the Bus Stops Remix was a New Edition sample :). Got to hear Gift of Gab freestyle over this, unfortunately no recording equipment on hand :(( h ad to be there.

RIP Yusef Afloat.

[fromBulgaria]

great

[louiscoxx]

christ sake yes, the name means something bad in britain, who cares man shit is so dope!!

[FredLabosch84]

derbe fetter sound

[FLCL7]

yeah I know it means something bad.... right?

but I think these guys never toured Europe or heard the definition of that word (their name)

[ghostface2006]

@FLCL7

worse than bad, it means pedo haha

[FLCL7]

@ghostface2006 I'm sure back then the group had no clue to what it really meant...

[mbgreen20]

Lil Dap did a freestyle to this beat which was off the chain.

[FLCL7]

source? where'd you hear it

[mbgreen20]

I heard it on the radio in philly. They were playing underground tracks and he was live in the studio just going off which I was lucky enough to tape at the time. It had another Gem by BY the Burroughs which I still have on vinyl. I haven't been able to find the freestyle since on vinyl, CD, or the internet unfortunately.

[indyvinylz]

@FLCL7

tony touch - power cypher 1 (tape 50) ..at the end of side 2. thats where i first heard this beat !! so dope + lil dap was great.

[ThaBlackBach]

LETS HEAR IT FOR THE GREATEST!!!

[indyvinylz]

i wouldnt say this version is better. the 12" version is still beautiful and has also a dope sound with another bass and snare..

[wasupmain]

beat to lyrics one of the best songs made..glad its on the unda cuz its got much more meaning to it....and crazy how The Nonce sang this song and they ended up being the subject of there own song w/o knowing it

[FLCL7]

the death of Yusef Afloat is a mystery.

[phono]

RIP Yusef Afloat

[nahlidgabel1]

This 1 is waay better! The beat is bangin!

[ezeerb]

strange, this version sounds different from the 12" version

[self1der]

I liked these cats alot they was on some real hip hop expression, I miss that, but to the new cats who may read this lets get back to it. Nuff respect to The Nonce.

[rs562408]

The Nonce had a lot of classic songs, but there's something about this one... I'd say it's my favorite.

[Maximize3rdEyes]

Word. This and Old School Rap are my favs from The Nonce.

[krylon100]

one of the original hip hop flavor. mad kats fell asleep on this.

[Effort1er]

one of my favs... wish I could embed...

[BLEST1ABSCREW]

R.I.P. Yusef Afloat...

[BlkDmna]

anyone seen "this is the life" project blowed documentary? find it. nice section on The Nonce. wondering why wikipedia mentions Yusef Afloat's alias, but in the video he has a totally different name.....also the recount of his last moments by Jah Orah are truly indeed chilling. Kinda makes the mind wonder what if....peace.

[WurmNadasdy]

That Yusef Afloat situation seemed a bit too coincidental... but what do i know..

[BlkDmna]

"This is the Life" the Project Blowed documentary is a must see! The Nonce have a very informative section in the video. The description by Jah Orah is very chilling indeed. Makes the mind wander....

peace.

[FLCL7]

I cant find it anywhere, i've been looking around record stores...

[altaariq]

@BLEST1ABSCREW

what, he died, never knew that. And this beat was sick too

[BLEST1ABSCREW]

@altaariq yeah man.. Died in May of 2000.. Cause of Death Unknown..Supposedly found dying on the side of the Freeway??? Weird... Glad I got to see them live before he passed away..

[KILLBETTV]

@BLEST1ABSCREW MAN I HATE TO MISSS THE HOMIE LIKE THAT....YUSEF AFLOAT

[MrBeefmuncher]

The Nonce lol... I thought it was something to do with Wacko jacko

[FLCL7]

i know in european slang it means something nasty but.... this group never been to Europe at all, and dont even know anything nasty about the word.

[secondbest21]

i still favor the original vocals for this track. they fit the track a lot better. they sound too hype on this one as opposed to the more somber flow they have on the original. it's still hot and i have the original on tape so no love lost...

[FLCL7]

thanks for listening secondbest21

[GitchaMindWrite]

ive been a nonce fan for a looooong time. it's funny how on this track the voice and flow on the 1st verse reminds you of the baw that spits for "the gorillaz"...

[FLCL7]

like one of their songs?

[mendmatic]

you mean del tha funkee homosapien.

[FLCL7]

really? that's the guy who sang for the gorillaz? what song was he in? (i never heard nothin about this)

[mendmatic]

listen to clint eastwood, he's the buff gorilla called rudy that spits.

[kbholla]

nice record speaking the truth

[ahc1283]

This track is the $hit. But the original version on the Bus Stops single is better. More raw and basic. But the piano riff is so nice.

[waldon100]

Im really feelin this track

[Division1985]

Finally found this joint. Thanks.

[FLCL7]

no problem.

[populvuh]

my favorite track on the album. i had the cassette single of "Bus Stops" & this was the b-side...

[m3sr6c83t0]

Nice video :))

Mostly every thing about this subject is overused but i like yours :D

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[TheStreetCorner]

funny, i just found out about this song so i decided to look it up and you just uploaded it today... awesome.