Keeping real Hip Hop alive.... Check this kid FonZo out, all the way from South Africa. Kids LYRICS n metaphors are DOPE as hell!! Keeping Hip Hop alive globally. (/watch?v=cQ_oCQhNJ9Y ) Well worth it.
hey i would really appreciate if you were to check out my channel im just a rapper that's trying to make it and give people good quality music to feel and listen to
That second verse hits me harder each time I hear it. I don't know whether it makes me want to pick up the pen again, because I remember my inspiration for writing in the first place, or if it makes me want to put it down because I can never reach something of this magnitude. What an incredible song. Blu & Exile need to work together again and put out a new album.
Yet again another dope mc I find accidentally 3 years after his album drops. All around grade a no question. I'm getting this album shipped to me today
if u like blu check out fashawn he just dropped an album called boy meets world last week...hes from the westcoast too and blu makes an appearance on that album shits dopee
break it down like diiis. yo hip hop yea tht the cultere n rap yo tht tha bussiness a old skoler let me into ths cultere n broke it down like tht to me so keep it real P.E.A.C.E.
Too dope. I love the play on the classic symobolism of dancin in the rain, and it is ironic how he talks about how he has trouble using the struggle as motivation to write but yet it did help him write this very song. Deeper meaning, story telling, no gimmicks, mad flow and soulful Blu is the truth.
"Dont nobody wanna liberate the weight of the pain-
just move yo ass" whaaat I guess virgins don't get it...
i interpreted it as the idea that people are conditioned towards apathy or at most being merely content with life. Instead of being happy for the sake of being happy and freeing ourselves from the pain, we have been conditioned to accept it and just keep movin' on.
I think that there is a difference between Hip Hop and just straight up Gangsta Rap or rap music. The difference is that most Hip Hop is deep, reflective, versatile, and relevant to the world as a whole or to an emotion that is common in everyone. Rap on the other hand is a genre that is exploited in mainstream audiences and has more of gangster undertone to it. Rap is characterized by a beat and slapstick and stereotypical lyrics, or at least that is how mainstream depicts it. Some rap is good.
Just discovered this dude a week ago and loving him. This is hip hop. I'm not gonna say this is "real" hip hop, because there is ONLY real hip hop. Everything we call "fake " hip hop just isn't hip hop, period.
honestly I dont want it to be on top like most commercial rappers..because it will become lame..and it will become like nothing anymore..it holds this special thing when its listened to people who can REALLY appreciate it..not just people who learn the song for the month..for style.
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yall gonna hate me when i say this, but even tho i agree this shit is jamming sometimes music like this is too boring. when i hear this, i cant help but agree this is good music, but would i listen to it again? nothin really draws me back. thats my opinion
if i was hating i would say he was a bitch ass like u, but i didnt i said he got skills but i wudnt bump it after the first time, so read my shit again cuz u def didnt read it right the first time, theres no hate if anythin i gave him props. i think we done here
Yeah, I see what your talking about Ryver. Sometimes Hip Hop can be a little too chill and a little too complex for people to care to listen to it. You also got to take into consideration that not everyone sits down and listens, most people don't have time. I could see how this would be boring to people, but I like this Hip-Hop, so its not boring to me.
timmy, the name of the track is In Rememberance of Me. yeah, that show was hype! and you could download the album on amazon. i think you might be able to get the actual cd at tower records. Im diggin blu hard right now. they def have a new fan!
i was there too at bb kings last night. i never heard of blu but he was sick and a good opener for kweli and idle warship. i think lupe would be hot on this track too
I agree with ademan11... the first verse go hard, and i really love this track the most... It really take you back to when hip-hop was at it's best... not saying we don't have hott artist today, but alot of these kats don't be talkn about no real shit... so... i just wanna say.. keep doin' ya thing... and you have my support bro!! One
O M G! First verse is so sick. Had my first real hip-hop audiogasm. I thought lupe' did it but naw... This fool reminded me what they felt like. I haven't had one of those in forever. My heart jumped. Pants rolled up at the bus stop dancin in tha rain... simply golden.
8 people couldn't move their ass! move their ASS!
ILUVjuggie 1 week ago
almost as good as Shad
youngice6004 2 months ago
Been on Repeat for the past hour!
Blu & Exile = Monsta's!
RecKLess2o9 2 months ago
...I ain't touchin nothin' but a mic...! Yessir...
3000rueda 2 months ago
B L U . <3
solasole89 4 months ago
very good !
TetrapakProdzekt 5 months ago
Blu at his best. Wtf was that NoYork shit, every track except Hours was wack as fuck
Leezo2k10 5 months ago
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DarKnight46664 5 months ago
God
itsmistersmoke 6 months ago
blu is a beast
ThisisDF 7 months ago
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ApolloDior 7 months ago
my god damn hero
g0a1ieguy 8 months ago
he speaks on REAL SHIT, REAL problems <3
bernieberniebernie 8 months ago
not gonna lie, i only listen to this song for that guitar
MrFan32 9 months ago
MY CALL RINGTONE PURE GOLD!
iamzen 9 months ago
sample?
hosssssss122 9 months ago
Pimpin
evildevildmon 10 months ago
I often wish that Blu and Dilla coulda collabed.. :( but wayy too late.
fruit017 10 months ago 8
That second verse hits me harder each time I hear it. I don't know whether it makes me want to pick up the pen again, because I remember my inspiration for writing in the first place, or if it makes me want to put it down because I can never reach something of this magnitude. What an incredible song. Blu & Exile need to work together again and put out a new album.
ripmeast21 11 months ago
Blu needs to work wit the top scholars asapppp!!!THUMBS UP IF YOU AGREE!!
HighandMighty609 1 year ago
Smile..
truvibez 1 year ago
wat happpnd to blu.?????? after Exile left he became wacckkkk
youngkiddfo 1 year ago
@youngkiddfo come on due he will never be wack lets get real. he dont need exile blu knows how to produce also lets not forget
rj689 1 year ago
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rj689 1 year ago
So ILL!!
clonekillerz 1 year ago
so sick proper chillout music
mrcromemusic1 1 year ago
HIP HOP HEADS CHECK THIS OUT...
/watch?v=EjSah-j0xmQ
illric5 1 year ago
cat is sick
spidy05 1 year ago
is it weird that every time it rains outside i bump this in the car on my way to work??? just seems fitting
HoVa094 1 year ago
this is amazing, i wish shit like this could be played on the radio instead of commercialized bullshit.
mrapple8 1 year ago
The 4 people that dislike this are drake fans
MrFreshforeva 1 year ago
i love you.
guitar4life9 1 year ago
if it wasnt for youtube and songs like these.....well lets not think like that ahahah
UrBrandNewHero 1 year ago
This song got me through some dark times.. too chill. Be like pressin the back button each time it ends.
somuchsoul 1 year ago
DAAAAAMN!
tavobo 1 year ago
ill beat, check my freestyle for this...
/watch?v=EjSah-j0xmQ
illric5 1 year ago
I swear this dude has the smoothest/chillest voice ever!
1L4MK 1 year ago
toooo good.
thizzlegeeah 1 year ago
what a smooth guitar rift sample
LOGIC42369 1 year ago 2
ahh i fuckin love this song!!<3333
16roachy 1 year ago
edit: verse 1, line 11: 'my lady callin buggin'
thanks for the upload and lyrics
likeOMGitsUNLTD 1 year ago 11
@likeOMGitsUNLTD Ha ha thanks, you deserve a Smiley Face sticker :D
theironmic 1 year ago 14
@theironmic haha you're welcome man. couple more. no biggies, its up to you if you wanna change em.
verse 2:
line 11: 'but that's them see, I can't handle...''
line 13: 'my girl needs more [attention]'
line 16: ain't
line 24: plus the many times [when] i was homeless
line 26: hopeless
line 27: diminish
likeOMGitsUNLTD 1 year ago
chills you down so hard
niggimescudi2 1 year ago
this is sooo cool omg
Hurtufurytauren 1 year ago
weer wat leuke muziek gevonden, cool!
annvanmiegem 1 year ago
hoeraaah! weer wat leuke muziek ondekt!
annvanmiegem 1 year ago
OMG THIS BeAT IS AMAZING SO CHILL AND MELLOW
sukrill 1 year ago
This is my favorite joint on the album.
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Lucincorporated 1 year ago
exile is such a good beat maker
Jamesmill82 1 year ago
Anyone what Exile samples in this?
barnabywsm 1 year ago
this go hard
subzero49 2 years ago
this song is truly deep.. gives you his backround and struggles.
PurpKidd 2 years ago 3
dopest emcee to date.
mavtherecka 2 years ago 3
hey,hmm i think its "and if you ask me, stress is a bitch....my gun needs more attention than my record label is desperate for hits".
ninjaunit7 2 years ago
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@ninjaunit7 "and if you ask me, stress is a bitch. My GIRL needs more attention and my record label is desperate for hits"
wordandcharacter 2 years ago
@ninjaunit7
its
"..my girl needs more attention..."
veganate 2 years ago
my favorite.
andregray1 2 years ago
i aint fukin touchin nothin but a mic
5 o clock n off a work n im ready to write....
that was dope.....
HipHopMusic03 2 years ago 4
muthafuck a struggle we dancin in the rain
paulgrantt 2 years ago
♥
MrMLD72MLD 2 years ago 2
Ain't nobody wanna, Blu/I'll dance wit ya!
TrueMissRobinson 2 years ago
Very chill....niceeee...
Sk8xBored5 2 years ago 3
this is smooth
jcab594 2 years ago
Great track and immense mixtape.
TonyLothario 2 years ago
Yet again another dope mc I find accidentally 3 years after his album drops. All around grade a no question. I'm getting this album shipped to me today
nolove4dacrook 2 years ago 58
if u like blu check out fashawn he just dropped an album called boy meets world last week...hes from the westcoast too and blu makes an appearance on that album shits dopee
jskyl14 2 years ago
@nolove4dacrook Real Hip-hop is timeless. Doesn't matter if you find it a year or 10 years after release. It keeps its value.
LostCookProd 1 year ago
@nolove4dacrook man it always goes that way
GUNSandMEASURES 1 year ago
@nolove4dacrook Seems as if I only find good music by accident.
ubiquitousrevolt 7 months ago 7
@ubiquitousrevolt same with me !!!!!
LEWISPEAR 2 months ago
smoke a blunt to this!- this song is dope!
Queen B.
StrictlyDaB3st 2 years ago 2
dis song is soooo nice
dis is def on my myspace playlist
lilearl09 2 years ago
That's wsup.
StrictlyVibical 2 years ago
feel like I'm finna shoot my own dome with chrome to escape
Arielbson 2 years ago 6
Lyrics are really good
zymography 2 years ago 6
i love thiss.
i'm afraid when i find a good undergroud artist.. b/c chances are.. they'll become popular and become mainstream and then fall off.
courters26 2 years ago 4
blu will never become a ringtone rapper! (i hope)
goodraplover 2 years ago 37
Aw, BUT I JUST PUT HIM AS DEFAULT THO! =(
JDILLADOOM 2 years ago
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this beat would make an awesome ringtone
thegov08 2 years ago
@goodraplover hope too^^
elschmaen 1 year ago
@goodraplover Some instrumentals wounld be a bad ring...
ACreativeTension 1 year ago
not all of them do.
gemini61091 2 years ago
great shit
TobiasxFunke 2 years ago
damn i can relate to this song.
hustleeArt 2 years ago 3
wow , he is nice on the mic. much props from Ga
mjmick2001 2 years ago
love blu.
dontworryaboutthings 2 years ago
soo fucking good..
xXaliXx420 2 years ago 2
whats the sample??
woodsmando 2 years ago
I usually don't like rap but this shit is sick.
FuhQaHole 2 years ago
this song is unbelievable...
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IllyDizzle 2 years ago 2
on my mamma this shit go.
sum1fromsanjo 2 years ago
Lol what?
larsattack 2 years ago
my shit rite here!
damn dope song.
deviousmelanie 2 years ago
Try waking up 2 this.... dam.
911popos 2 years ago
this song is so chill.....
Darvy09 2 years ago
DOPE!!! Thats flavor right here!
mondestin1029 2 years ago
damn this is shit
bumblebeeknee 2 years ago
Damn this is hot I haven't heard of them before till now always good to find good stuff
ablackguydg 2 years ago
The whole album is insane...do yourself a favor and pick it up.
KaLeeDo2 2 years ago 3
This joint is HOT!!! I love it! ;-)
mayahotblaze 2 years ago
pynclan my man your well comme.P.E.A.C.E
bobbycherenfant 2 years ago
the best rap song ever....i fuckin love it, can't stop to listen this song.....
jahmaiko 2 years ago
honestly, the greatest hip hop song of all time.
the musicality of the exile beat plus the rawness and honesty of blu's lyrics, it just kills it.
and to think he was only 22 when he wrote it, so much lyrical maturity.
AEOuriel 2 years ago
if you wanna check out a real young upcoming real hip hop artist...type Tasoma n listen to dreamy.
Shout ot to blue
TaSoma92 2 years ago
YO, let me help out some of you .HIP HOP is the name of the culture and RAP is it's music and that's that. PEACE( Dice.b)
bobbycherenfant 2 years ago 3
break it down like diiis. yo hip hop yea tht the cultere n rap yo tht tha bussiness a old skoler let me into ths cultere n broke it down like tht to me so keep it real P.E.A.C.E.
PYNCLAN 2 years ago
opening verses as real as it gets
blackgn82 2 years ago
loooove this song. gets major plays in my ears daily
arieleshellacute 2 years ago
SMOOTH
TheGreatMozeek 2 years ago
i think i just found my new fave emcee.
emceenomoney 2 years ago 3
Too dope. I love the play on the classic symobolism of dancin in the rain, and it is ironic how he talks about how he has trouble using the struggle as motivation to write but yet it did help him write this very song. Deeper meaning, story telling, no gimmicks, mad flow and soulful Blu is the truth.
"Dont nobody wanna liberate the weight of the pain-
just move yo ass" whaaat I guess virgins don't get it...
khopskins 2 years ago 3
i interpreted it as the idea that people are conditioned towards apathy or at most being merely content with life. Instead of being happy for the sake of being happy and freeing ourselves from the pain, we have been conditioned to accept it and just keep movin' on.
turnbugu 2 years ago
You can leave me on an island with this song playing for eternity!
bust14u21 2 years ago
real music finally
boons50 3 years ago 2
west coast tha best coast
hatchish 3 years ago
I think that there is a difference between Hip Hop and just straight up Gangsta Rap or rap music. The difference is that most Hip Hop is deep, reflective, versatile, and relevant to the world as a whole or to an emotion that is common in everyone. Rap on the other hand is a genre that is exploited in mainstream audiences and has more of gangster undertone to it. Rap is characterized by a beat and slapstick and stereotypical lyrics, or at least that is how mainstream depicts it. Some rap is good.
bribri825 3 years ago 2
amen
PuertoRicanTakeOva 3 years ago
wikipedia that
X831HUSTLER 3 years ago
Hiphop is rap, graff, b-boying & DJing..
So you're just talkin' outta ya ass right now dawg..
LazyRay86 2 years ago 2
dawg tell how an LA man is lyrical ?? how did that happen lol...rareee...
hashhs1990 3 years ago
lol your ignorant on westcoast hiphop if u didnt know that they had lyrical rappers
nemesis700 3 years ago
hoshang ur an idiot lmaooooooo dawg take in ras kass lyrical mc from da west coast
AiYPremo 3 years ago
tell me how you still going around saying "dawg"
anthonyigo 3 years ago
this dude is dope
alanmorrison1986 3 years ago
Just discovered this dude a week ago and loving him. This is hip hop. I'm not gonna say this is "real" hip hop, because there is ONLY real hip hop. Everything we call "fake " hip hop just isn't hip hop, period.
anthonyigo 3 years ago 2
true say ;)
zulastewka 3 years ago
word to big bird
PuertoRicanTakeOva 3 years ago
what????????
phloating 3 years ago
old skool hapnin
elliotmck42 3 years ago 4
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munnier 3 years ago
I dont get it man why isnt good music on top anymore? Isnt that the objective....to make GOOD music???
Well until it gets back up there ill still be bumpin blu!
dtsfounder 3 years ago 4
me too man, me too
munnier 3 years ago
honestly I dont want it to be on top like most commercial rappers..because it will become lame..and it will become like nothing anymore..it holds this special thing when its listened to people who can REALLY appreciate it..not just people who learn the song for the month..for style.
TophyTaffy 3 years ago 4
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yall gonna hate me when i say this, but even tho i agree this shit is jamming sometimes music like this is too boring. when i hear this, i cant help but agree this is good music, but would i listen to it again? nothin really draws me back. thats my opinion
RyvertDy 3 years ago
I don't know what you're talking about
anthonyigo 3 years ago
dumb ass
you gotta chill to it bitch ass
shutthefuckuploser 3 years ago
i'm a dumbass cuz i dont chill to Blu? im not hating on him, so YOU should chill.
RyvertDy 3 years ago
you were hatin nigga.
shutthefuckuploser 3 years ago
if i was hating i would say he was a bitch ass like u, but i didnt i said he got skills but i wudnt bump it after the first time, so read my shit again cuz u def didnt read it right the first time, theres no hate if anythin i gave him props. i think we done here
RyvertDy 3 years ago
shut the fuck up
you were hating so go home bitch
stop just get off the computer dont even write back to this
shutthefuckuploser 3 years ago
Yeah, I see what your talking about Ryver. Sometimes Hip Hop can be a little too chill and a little too complex for people to care to listen to it. You also got to take into consideration that not everyone sits down and listens, most people don't have time. I could see how this would be boring to people, but I like this Hip-Hop, so its not boring to me.
bribri825 3 years ago
BLU & EXILE are the truth.
saw these dudes at the Key Club in L.A.
they fuckin killed it. along with Wale and U-N-I.
and i co-sign whoever said that they need to put out another album together.
jcortiz88 3 years ago 4
u nice
reeses01 3 years ago
blu needs to get back in the studio with exile.. whenever all the bullshit on youtube gets too much for me i just throw on blu and chill
blindswordsman11 3 years ago 5
man this is music right here!! makes you feel good
babyphat4t 3 years ago 4
love Blu & Exile they da shit
underdogg08 3 years ago 2
This s*** is crazy! Blu is sick as hell with the storytellin . . .
rherna27 3 years ago 2
Great shit. Theres a lot of great artists coming out since the death of hip hop. They just dont have the exposure they used too.
This wack candy-rap shit cant and wont last forever though.
Viva La Revolucion!
alumni187 3 years ago 8
word to life sonn!! hip hop making its come back
TyRoNe9nyc 3 years ago
very true. I admire this album...i love it as much as illmatic.
It's hip hop in its purist form, it's just brilliant.
Fuck lil wayne.
Goron333 3 years ago 14
Yes sir...Below the Heavens is epic...co sign that an fuck Lil' wayne...an I'm from the south too...d:-(D>
havocprodigy 3 years ago 7
its only a matter of time before the hotness is back in style
MusicalGenius88 3 years ago 12
Yess true hiphop is comin
HolyMaccaroni 3 years ago 5
This sounds like it belongs to an Adult Swim bump.
razedeezy 3 years ago 4
I wished Blu and other good artist would come to Holland.
JDM46546 3 years ago 3
timmy, the name of the track is In Rememberance of Me. yeah, that show was hype! and you could download the album on amazon. i think you might be able to get the actual cd at tower records. Im diggin blu hard right now. they def have a new fan!
pnklmonade127 3 years ago
i was there too at bb kings last night. i never heard of blu but he was sick and a good opener for kweli and idle warship. i think lupe would be hot on this track too
pnklmonade127 3 years ago
you were there too?
BLU put on a hell of a show!!
i cant stop listening to his tracks now.
I really want to buy his album, but i couldn't find it.
do you know the name of that song he did where the hook goes "take me back, take me back, i remmember, i remember, i remember that"?
timmytibble 3 years ago
i saw Blu perform live last night, he's SICK.
one of the best i ever heard.
timmytibble 3 years ago
this would be a sick track if lupe fiasco jumped in it...before yal talk smack, i never said this track sucks wit out lupe.
MOSES199 3 years ago 3
ahhh i love lupe, he would be perfect on this
brittistheshitt 3 years ago 3
This is such a good song
CBound107 3 years ago
eh thier kinda the same but this ones alot slower if they are
douknowmyabc 3 years ago
the beats from Commons-The Questions
Shortbusrider123 3 years ago 2
No...not the same beat but they're both dope beats...
hermayegee 3 years ago
I agree with ademan11... the first verse go hard, and i really love this track the most... It really take you back to when hip-hop was at it's best... not saying we don't have hott artist today, but alot of these kats don't be talkn about no real shit... so... i just wanna say.. keep doin' ya thing... and you have my support bro!! One
browneyesqc 3 years ago 2
O M G! First verse is so sick. Had my first real hip-hop audiogasm. I thought lupe' did it but naw... This fool reminded me what they felt like. I haven't had one of those in forever. My heart jumped. Pants rolled up at the bus stop dancin in tha rain... simply golden.
ademan11 3 years ago 5
what song from lupe you tought was tight?
MOSES199 3 years ago
Um, everything lol. Lu is the man. Blu is going to be a legend when it's all said and done.
marlymarrr 3 years ago
favorite trak on the whole shit....period