K'NAAN calls out Gangsta Rap + Performs "What's Hardcore?" acapella

[Nismo1015]

He's tlkin bout dem bum niggas chantin about how they have cboppa's n their cars lol

[Blitz3677]

This dude K'Naan speaks the truth, today most rappers simply bite each other's lyrics (rap become very generic), it's been like that since the mid 90's, no originality

[jjd445]

RESPECT K'NAAN. give this guy some respect. Hes better than everyone

[jjd445]

Knaan blazed all them. Hes a great guy and has a very valid point. People dont need to be all that for no reason

[purplebui]

@gino2nino nigga you dumb dumb n soft obviously you dont know much about much

[purplebui]

Id rather smile then mean mug. But Ill still pop your skull open

[Mom0z]

I wanna see knaan in a song with Lupe Fiasco, Mos Def and Talib Kweli.

[AudioAstronaut5000]

@Mom0z i can do that

[MrWazzah]

K'naan is on point with main stream rapper i believe hes referring to rappers like Waka and all that, but there are underground rappers who are more real and honest with their music, just gotta find it!

[tbdeawh]

I couldn't have expressed my dislike of most rap today any better than this. Conscious music is slowly coming alive I think.

[spinbackremixes]

people need to realize gangsta rap isnt lil wayne soulja boy and wiz khalifa thats more pop music

GANGSTA RAP is rappers like too short eazy e ice cube dr dre mc ren mc eiht bg knocc out.

And btw people like lil wayne and wiz were born rich and try to be gangsta and pretend to be gangstas. real gangstas dont glorify it they talk about escaping it and how hard it is.

[Kamaal48]

real talk i rescept  K'Naan ur tha man

[j4mes570]

"i'd rather smile".... I Agree

[brothathoms1]

Man K'Naan on point with what he is talkin about.

[DONTHEMAGICWON]

See this dude knows what he is talking about! Figures he from Africa! Because not too many black men in amercia realize this!

Dont dress a way, or speak a certain way, or act a certain way just because the guy next to you is doing it...or because you seen it on tv (that not being real)! Be yourself, pull up your pants, grow up and be "real" a man! Lol, i see soo many fake thugs everday! Wake up man stop imitating!!!

[DALOCOSKI]

whats the beat in the end

[jahanziri123]

PGreed1 dude from both sides looka t US they invaded africa they r just figting 4 their freedom ok but people in 'the hood' arent they r just killing eachother just to say im better 4 example wtf is up wit this crip and blood thing wtf r they killling each other 4 like really do they think they r cool or somtin?

[PGreed1]

alot people from africa don't respect blacks in america. where this guy is from they are oppressed by there own in a war over control of nothing . here we still battle racial oppression, and in the hood most grow up with nothing and when they get something they ball. africa could be the most dominant place in the world if they would get their shit together. my point, k'naan, is we think the same about you. your people have their own country we don't. who's truly wasting oppotunity? y'all are.

[cookiesmonsterize]

@PGreed1 think before you speak do you know that war isnt cause by he's people ?? maybe you should google up before you say something soo heartless like truly speaking he never had chocie.war isnt caused by normal people only the damn goverment but off course just listing to american news evendo cia & arabs is in he's country cause war but jet get you dont realized that !!

[gino2nino]

knaan is fag

[gino2nino]

k'naan doesnt sound hardcore but

he is from where its really hardcore

just like most rappers, they're all sellout

especially k'naan making money out of our struggle

this fuckin soft guy

[smjx216]

@gino2nino was that a rap or something? that was god aweful, you need to learn something from k'naan

[gino2nino]

@smjx216 learn what ? how suck dick !

[smjx216]

@gino2nino oh nice one. I dont get why your profile says u like k'naan when u actually talk shit about him?

[gino2nino]

@smjx216 sub my b.g.... check my videos too u nosy groupie

I hijack knaan shit & make a new samples & sell it on the streets

to idiots like u.... u think we all look like each other

[GrindStreetMusic]

Post-traumatic slave syndrome. That is what K'Naan is speaking of, although he does not know it.

[745222]

im palestinian, k'naan knows whats up!

[mxmatc]

Like Dre said in The Show "Its all entertainment" none of these fools are drug dealers or gangbangers anymore IF they ever were!

[avantgarde84]

I respect and agree with what he says but he also has to understand that 'rappers' today especially those claiming hypermasculinity are just actors period...because real street dudes don't talk about what they do in the streets, that's just a well known fact...so one must not believe what one sees on tv(concerning rap videos and such) and I haven't listened to the radio in years b/c of the barrage of fake thugs and so on...but much respect K'Naan

[indagame9]

i'm a big fan of this guy i mean just listen to those lyrics, fucking insane. but i'm also a big fan of rappers like the game,ice cube, 50 cent and so on. i think people give rap a bad name cuz they only look at what's on tv and what used to get on the radio i mean now everything on the radio is fucking pop shit but A LOT of rappers out there that talk about the right stuff. you just have to find them through places like youtube cuz if girls don't like it it sure as hell ain't gettin on radio

[TheMasterpiece14011]

Real talk bro

[Peacemak3r914]

I dont listen to rap either,its pretty much all the same stuff.

[PharaohDaniyal]

LET'S GET ON TV SCREAMING OUT BET IS NOT BLACK OWNED! HIP HOP IS NOT REPUBLICAN, THAT'S JUST THE WHITE MOTHERFUCKERS THAT OWN THE PUBLISHIN' (Not racist).

[getyoasshome]

all those rappers have been robbed by real gangsters and been extorted by real gangsters...they hire crips and bloods as security then get on a record and act like they dont need no security. they pay gangs to be able to say "blood" and soowhooo and all that shit. they fake as a 3 dollar bill......ask T. Rodgers.

[ooougotsniped]

i respect knaan and what hes saying BUT you have to realize the usa and Somalia are 2 different countries that present different struggles its obvious Somalia is worse due to certain circumstances but at the same time its not new york city they dont have upper class people looking down on them. i once read about a guy who came from a third world country and move to where i live Toronto and said he had a harder time in Toronto then he did back home.

[rapscholar]

respect da man

[fleshnbone187]

Gangsta rap is the greatest thing ever in music, once any other sort of musical style gives me something as dope as Geto Boys then there's something that can challenge gangsta rap.

All those punk motherfuckers making that garbage so called "conscious" bullshit that's basically saying that hip-hop is worse nowadays need to go fuck themselves. They ain't even good enough to mention "gangsta rap" ever. Plus, which good rapper has never mentioned weapons or acted tough at least once?

[getyoasshome]

@fleshnbone187 which good rapper has never acted tough? gangster rap is an act. a real lyricist doesnt need to act hard. what good rapper has never acted hard? mos def, MF doom, KRS and too many to name. if you like studio gangsters great!!! THEY ARE ALL FAKE!! a real gangster rappers tells a story and he always has a consequence in the end, ice cube, ice T, NWA, schooly D are the real original gangster rappers. talking about killin and sellin dope is not gangster rap its FUGAZEEE!!!!

[fleshnbone187]

@getyoasshome You forgot to mention Geto Boys amongst the real original gangster rappers. But anyways, KRS has had his hard jams, songs like "Ya Slippin'" picture that. By hard I don't mean that he talks about gunning others down but doing it in a hardcore way. Also you forgot "9mm Goes Bang" and that KRS has a hand in the creation of gangsta rap?

[getyoasshome]

@fleshnbone187 the idea of being a gangster rapper is not to just get on a record and start yapping about shit we all know you dont do like rick ross, jeezy and wayne do..the idea is to be clever...9mm goes bang is a story...gettin on a record and just lyin is ridiculous...the geto boys were excellent story tellers...its like back in the day with horror movies...freddy and jason wasnt all gory and bloody....today they are all bloody and gory movies...less creativity.

[fleshnbone187]

@getyoasshome Reading this makes me realize I'm pretty close in agreeing with you too. Trust me, I despise today's "gangsta rap" like Jeezy and Ross. The idea of gangsta rap is to make creative stories or something that entertains and even makes you think. THAT'S what I like, you know kind of like G Rap, NWA, Cube, Ice-T, Geto Boys, Spice 1, MC Eiht and them. If the gangsta rap K'Naan is dissing is that Wayne & Ross garbage, then I agree, but I don't like having the legends underrated bc of it.

[getyoasshome]

@fleshnbone187 exactly...i dont think k'naan was specific about what genre of gangster rap he dislikes because if he says he dont like cube, dre, eazy, ice t and those other pioneers i would call his silly ass a liar. i think he is talking about the braggadocio rappers like wayne and rick ross who obviously have no street cred or creativity they just get on the mic and yell about being a blood and how they "know noriega" when we all know they lyin their ass off.

[fleshnbone187]

@getyoasshome Yep, that's what I hate about most rappers who diss gangsta rap. They shouldn't be afraid to call out names or be a little more revealing with what they say but the way they just call out gangsta rap on a whole makes someone think they are dissing even legends like N.W.A and Ice-T which is plain stupid. And I still got respect for K'naan cause he's a fellow Muslim brother.

[Nablezen]

@getyoasshome in the song he names a name: 50 cent. Whos obviously a fake.

[fleshnbone187]

@getyoasshome In addition to my first reply, most of the gangsta rap I enjoy IS stories, of course sometimes the rappers come out the winners but that's how it is, you can't die at the end of every story but you will get 5-0 on your back. And most gangsta rappers are not real life murderers which is a GOOD thing, I wouldn't like listening to a rapper who has committed real murders. G-rap is like entertainment for me, I'd rather hear murder than a "conscious" rapper talking about relationships.

[getyoasshome]

@fleshnbone187 most supposed gangster rappers have never been to jail period..ice cube is a college grad from university of arizona but he is a story teller and he is clever. G-Rap is the first to use that mafioso style of rap...ever since him and polo everybody wants to be capone and luciano lol...those rappers were conscious....a conscious rappers makes you think thats all....a lover boy rapper is just that.

[818vAll3r0G]

CALLIN OUT WAKA FLAKA GUCCI JZ RICK ROSS IF U DNT SLANG OR BANG DNT RAP BOUT IT FUKIN COMMERSIAL RAPPERS !!!

[PoetriiseStanzafyah]

thanku for portrayin reality

realness.. 

[QUANDONFAMILY]

london in the building

[JunioRakaKlepto]

man ice cube said it best dont talk about gangsta rap if you dony do gangsta rap...talk about that bullshit rap you be doing

[Darknight24x]

@JunioRakaKlepto yeah but ice cube sucks

[Lyingaboutmyage]

@Darknight24x

Nigga, go do your homework.

NWA called out the LAPD, one of the worst gangs in the united states.

[Lyingaboutmyage]

@Darknight24x

Nigga, go do your homework.

NWA called out the LAPD, one of the worst gangs in the united states. Cube can kept it gangsta and had positive, political songs.

[Zeph100]

@Darknight24x listen to Death Certificate from start to finish.

[IDGAFOREALZ]

Shout out to New York Rappers,but why the fuck they dissen Down South Rap imean u sayen we killen Hip Hop but why are yall underground? like Hip Hop is realy goin live on if u underground idnt live in The south i live in CAli actualy but im staten a fact......and everbodi got they own style of hip hop so stop haten and do u.

[getyoasshome]

@IDGAFOREALZ HIP HOP started in the underground...the undergound is hip hop's home. like Doom said "rappers dont blow up head do"

[skugl23]

"Cartoon gangster". Haha. Gotta use that sometime.

[playboyboy07]

gangsta rap for ever :D

[TheHaybot]

the average BET rappers are fuckin wanksters/posers, you already know about Officer Ricky. it's a shame kids see that crap!

[TheEmiliano7]

much respect to K'Naan

[gl0bal74]

this man speaks the truth

[CallMeCharlie11]

I really did enjoy this. He is speaking the truth, in my opinion. He is a bit refreshing.

[MzMiot]

Hmmm

[Zennybo0m]

he makes a lot of sense.

[TrayDaaai]

real talk i give u rescept for that , but B.E.T come on , pretty much ever artist that goes on B.E.T is fake , u need to hear really rap , cause in my opinon its 100times better than that fake shit on B.E.T & the Radio

[headstrong440]

@TrayDaaai cudi was on b.e.t. He isnt fake and he's more of an "artist" than any other rapper out now.

[SuperEDAV]

@headstrong440 ........cudi boring as shit son....he cant go in for shit.......he raps the same way on every song....if he can get some good beats and rip a track then ill reconsider

[TrayDaaai]

@headstrong440 i dont like cudi so that doesnt applie to me , nate dogg is way better at telling a story than kid cudi

[Sprafikk]

@TrayDaaai No doubt. I like to call it "House Nigga T.V"

[jamesbrowning1234]

Somailia !! Real SHIt!! <3 K'Naan !!

[FUMESTER]

CORNY!

[troopatroop]

About time, ppl wake up a realize the image being extorted by pop media.

[SMURF1272003]

i like his music man and he's right hope many people come to realization of what they are seeing is just a performance. the more exposure the get the more money they make. and u have heard of asll press is good press riiiiiiiiiiiiiite. well do sumthing crazy enought youll get press and that is exactly their motive

[emesvideo]

it is'nt gangsta rap :d 

[d15craxx]

K'naan is 100% correct... And the gangster rappers like Snoop Dogg where he talks about ''I do charities and help kids play football'' Yeah but when he finishes he goes on to talk about gun shootouts and crips and bloods. Thats like saying to children stop killing when the man who kills is the man who says it himself

[theHipHopHead]

people need to listen

[Ambitionz]

this video is mad old

[Inspirmentalist]

K'naan is so dope man. much respect. yea those katz from somolia are 100 times more hood then the standard usa gang member

[ParamnesiaFilms]

@ThisIsRizz thts just some sepia tone and film effects, u can get sepia tone with windows movie maker, but u can do all of that with sony vegas, very good

[lXpLoSiVe]

@ParamnesiaFilms + film clutter.

[gonner709]

i respect k'naan, but FUCK THIS.

its all music. even he knows that.

[ThaDeToX]

@gonner709 theres stupid people out there man who dont understand that. and LA families know that best

[dasterdley1]

now thats real talk smile love your fellow man enjoy your time on this earth it is precious

[neqquah]

Real talk

[emptytainment00]

Truth. A rare commodity in this day and age.

[ColtYohn]

K'Naan is the real thing!!

[anarkie]

respect.