@Delken You're trying to call me ignorant yet you don't know the difference b/w your and you're??? Look chump, my question askin' if you're new to hip hop is because all hip hop songs back in the day sampled parts of older song/music. Again, what are you new to hip hop jackass???? You're stupid about you're own false intelligence. The gig is up fraud, u outted yourself.............
your crazy to even say something like that right there "little known fact: jay-z wrote this" lmmfao. im a jay-z fan for life but...................... LL has been in this longer then 24 years. i thinks its safe to say he can write his own stuff. lol
@bigcicel IT's not really a lil known fact.. Jay-Z DID write this... Many f your big name artist have done this tho'. it's not really new.. plus look at the time frame.. This is 96' everyone and their mom was writing for each other. But this? not a lil Known fact.
@ONEZ2K6 what a ridiculous statement. This whoLe rhyme scheme is pure cooL j. And You're really not a good student of the music if you dont detect l's ego aLL over this one.
aaaw man this sample is one of the most used joints in hiphop u'd be surprised who else has used it, its killing me I can't think of the name of the original.
@Jaeskee21 Not to sound like a prick but if u knew how to make beats u would know that this beat is very easy to make...This is a sample of David Porter's "The Masquerade is Over" if u listen to it around 3:40 - 4:10 u will hear the sample used...the rest is a Snare, Kick, Hi-Hats and Bass drop...the most complicated part is the DJ scratching which is also the producer named DJ Scratch...just thought I'd shed some light to your question...and this probably one of my favorite true Hip-Hop beats.
One of, if not the Best track on that Funk Flex/Big Kap Cd. LL and Dj Scratch a combo to Die for. All of the music they've done been blazing.. Peep Rampage and the Six traxks off The G.O.A.T. cd for those who Slept sucking Canibus Dick!!!
I meant I know he was born in N-Y, but he lived in Baltimore most of his youth, and then once he was tryin to get on he went to Cali....
I think that's why he spit so hard, he experience the craziness of Baltimore during the crack epidemic, then went to LA and caught the vibe of Dre and Snoop and eventually found his sound coming back w/east coast lyrics....
LL cool is not g.o.a.t. definitly not. He forgot about tupac, biggie, eminem and big pun? he used to make girl songs, hasnt made an album in years worth listening 2.
YOU DID NOT LISTEN TO HIOS CD'S DOG. LL makes versatile music period. 10 million stars, feel the beat, 1 in the morning, niggy nuts, they play his girl stuff on radio cause they haters. His cd's are always mixed up period. You need to do that research dog and stop being a top 40 cat, u feel meh??? The goat cd was tight mixed up like a drank!!!!
For all those who don't want to give LL his props for this are just str8 haters...when the east/west fued was going on ll did choose his and stayed loyal to it...say what you want about LL no matter how many radio singles he drops, movies he's in or tv shows, when it's time to battle the man doesn't run. How many emcees you know would have lasted after "2nd round KO"? The man took it throw some fired back and it was canibus carreer that got roasted?
Damn this Track is crazy!!!!!
1MegaGcruz 1 month ago
TO TODAYS YOUTH: HERE'S THE PEPSI CHALLENGE, FIND A SONG OF TODAY THAT'LL BEAT THIS!!!
101doctorlove 1 month ago
G.B.O.A.T. = Greatest Beat Of All Time! Thumbs up if you agree!
mikescorpio1108 1 month ago 3
This is Primo right????
Drew00621 1 month ago
@Drew00621 DJ Scratch
chuckmak1979 3 weeks ago
gravy!!
madmiixes 2 months ago
hot hot
hot hot
1isean1 2 months ago
always loved this track..
lunatiksAlterEgo 2 months ago
Strong Island City stand the fuck up!!@#
alecboi84 3 months ago
QUEENS NYC EASTSIDE!!!!!
gs430430 3 months ago
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gs430430 3 months ago
You know its a god beat when your arm hair stands up every time your hear it!!
Love to the classics from Norway!
MrJPetruz 3 months ago
Nice...takes me back to my high school days in new york baby...this track still bang today.
AmERicaNGreed323 5 months ago
Tight.
huskerjeff1 6 months ago
got damn L still da greatest of all time be on da lookout 4 BIG BANKROLL da next n line straight from da 305 MDIG all day baby
MDIGMusicGroup 6 months ago
LL gangbanged the track
henri2hanni 6 months ago
L ain't worth paper? Ask Russell Simmons who put him up in that skyscraper!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
omunozl 6 months ago
Styles P. - Call My Name....rips this fuckin beat in half
Mdukes12 6 months ago
@Mdukes12 fuck yea
jizzle313 5 months ago
this Casey Anthony's favorite song
howardave 7 months ago
yo this song brings back so many memories.....this beat is sick n LL is fine
lachulaliz1 7 months ago
real hiphop not that bullshit u hear on the radio
hotbeats718 8 months ago
2 people like system dick!
najebkowiczz 8 months ago
Listen to this in ya headdphones fucccckk yeeeah
MrBoxinB 8 months ago
thiz iz my shit
xflykid2011 8 months ago
ll cool j + funkmaster flex=DEADLY COMBINATION
bossiotr 8 months ago
Straight up motivation music!!!
reeleast 9 months ago
i could spit to this shit all day
DaGroundUnder 10 months ago
dope dope dope
ProjektUlicaTHC 11 months ago
this is beautiful music
Smokegerbs21 11 months ago 2
tusavant new tpy of hip hop tusavant new tpy of hiphop lison and subcribe
TUSavant 11 months ago
yes!!!!1
robloxquenton1 11 months ago
lol, your all noobs !
The beat was stolen, yes, STOLEN from 70's funk and not created by "cool" J
Delken 1 year ago
@Delken shut the fuck up
VaginalVador 1 year ago
@Delken yes and?so what the whole album the tunnel is just other songs beats
robloxquenton1 11 months ago
@Delken lmao, what are you new to hip hop?????
ChrisinEC 5 months ago
@ChrisinEC
David Porter, "I'm Afraid the Masquerade is Over" 1972.
30 years before your "original" gangster started "producing" - your a big enough idiot to not know that you don't know
Your ignorant about your own ignorance, retard
Delken 4 months ago
@Delken You're trying to call me ignorant yet you don't know the difference b/w your and you're??? Look chump, my question askin' if you're new to hip hop is because all hip hop songs back in the day sampled parts of older song/music. Again, what are you new to hip hop jackass???? You're stupid about you're own false intelligence. The gig is up fraud, u outted yourself.............
ChrisinEC 4 months ago
@Delken SAMPLED YACKASS... LEARN HIP-HOP!
ONEZ2K6 4 months ago
Anybody who says this beaet is Not sick, you'll don't know hip=hop!
bhorvath5270 1 year ago
pshhh this shit is still sick! smoking a L driving through manhatten latenite~
kingcea 1 year ago
does anyone know where i can find this instrumental?
tcbostock 1 year ago
@tcbostock David Porter "The Masquerade is Over"
Ryan01970 1 year ago
@getjasonborn
your crazy to even say something like that right there "little known fact: jay-z wrote this" lmmfao. im a jay-z fan for life but...................... LL has been in this longer then 24 years. i thinks its safe to say he can write his own stuff. lol
bigcicel 1 year ago 2
@bigcicel IT's not really a lil known fact.. Jay-Z DID write this... Many f your big name artist have done this tho'. it's not really new.. plus look at the time frame.. This is 96' everyone and their mom was writing for each other. But this? not a lil Known fact.
ONEZ2K6 1 year ago
@ONEZ2K6 what a ridiculous statement. This whoLe rhyme scheme is pure cooL j. And You're really not a good student of the music if you dont detect l's ego aLL over this one.
veautifulstranger 11 months ago
@ONEZ2K6 not true this song was origionally written by ll cool j
robloxquenton1 11 months ago
@ONEZ2K6 my dude this ifrom 99
tremblay679 10 months ago
if he did write it why he aint rap to it
prazemjkb 1 year ago
Little known fact: Jay-Z wrote this.
getjasonborn 1 year ago
the sample is from David Porter - the masquerade is over... sounds even better...while listening check for some other famous samples.
mythmanoner 1 year ago
This song epitomizes the tunnel!!!
bikerchic650 1 year ago
ll truly the greatest of all time rapping put his thing down on this .. the beat is slammin. and it's straight eastcoast hard core.
art1716 1 year ago
ya'll niggaz aint ill ur illogical!!!!!!!!!! wow! this mutha phucka LL is the man bruh! hard shit and that shit for the ladies! Strait Lethal!
lakermajik 1 year ago 2
One of LL COOL J best songs rhyming at it's finest......
IRON5 1 year ago 3
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His best song he ever did !!!!!!!!!! Beat is something serious
thatdude199 1 year ago
damed hot stuff bitch
janikiller88 1 year ago
Dj Scratch niggas....
pSmurf954 1 year ago
i was talking to big kap the other day about this record i told him yall should have made a video to this. the tunnel best hip hop club ever
o by the way the sample is masquerade by david porter same song with who shot ya
SOURDIEZELDVD 1 year ago
Ive been mean to know the guy who is singing the choir on the track people...
femi37 2 years ago
East Coast 4 Ever !!!
Lakedaimonas 2 years ago 5
brings back memories....
YOUSCREW11 2 years ago
wats the name of the song dat Dilated Peoples used this same sample?
jontriton 2 years ago
I was 14-15 when this joint came out, my favorite LL jam! The jam and flow is the best on the whole CD
njhth 2 years ago 7
@njhth He got more. Versatile cat LL is.
tateavery21 2 weeks ago
great memories...
YOUSCREW11 2 years ago
that beat is so bad ass, it just screams NEW YORK!
ll ripped it too
5 stars
JuveStriker 3 years ago 66
@JuveStriker
Word!
LmsRampage 9 months ago
dope shit
big ups to fmf and ll
ci5co011 3 years ago 2
I use to kill this track! lol..damn!
Pernbaby 3 years ago 4
Dilated peoples have a song with the exact same beat! Worth to check it out! Live At Master Control!
DaGirlsTheyLuvMe 3 years ago 2
One of the hardest songs LL ever put out. This is a banger for real.
monex5 3 years ago 12
I've heard this countless times but never knew who did this. Not bad LL.
kamesan 3 years ago
There are alot of tracks peeps do not know he did.
tateavery21 3 years ago 3
this is a grimey beat
solomon911 3 years ago 2
rappers don't really wantit they mite claim they do/
they know im catching bodies g'head name a few/
TopShotta10904 3 years ago
a beat like this will bring the beast out of any real mc's, but LL murdered it so much anybody else might not sound right on it
SHOKMAN10 3 years ago 3
Old skool LL - Cant be tested!! Lyrically hes a beast on this track - and flows sick, hardass beat plus LL = Ill bomb!
B1gbaig 3 years ago
amazing track. dj scratch is a sick producer.
blaz1971 3 years ago 3
cracking album....... this tunes the iceing on the cake
mohsdef 3 years ago
how u make a beat like this??smh
this is 1 of the hardest beats in hip hop
Jaeskee21 3 years ago 37
well its a sample.
from the same song they took Duel Of The Iron Mic And Who Shot Ya Off Of.
This The Best Part Of The Whole Song Though
Dj Scratch Is The Man For Doing iT.
wewillwin9999 3 years ago
DJ Scratch indeed, he's choppin it up.
aaaw man this sample is one of the most used joints in hiphop u'd be surprised who else has used it, its killing me I can't think of the name of the original.
TopShotta10904 3 years ago
"The Masquerade Is Over" David Porter
Around 8 Minutes In.
wewillwin9999 3 years ago 3
yea nasty sample!!!
MTLean 3 years ago
@Jaeskee21 you'd find it VERY easy if you heard the sample.
getjasonborn 1 year ago
@Jaeskee21 - BOOM BAP My Nigga. Lil Wayne and Drake is scared of shit like this. It takes real bars to spit over this.
SDSOverfiend 1 year ago
@Jaeskee21 Indeed
RHYMePRIMe 8 months ago
@Jaeskee21 Not to sound like a prick but if u knew how to make beats u would know that this beat is very easy to make...This is a sample of David Porter's "The Masquerade is Over" if u listen to it around 3:40 - 4:10 u will hear the sample used...the rest is a Snare, Kick, Hi-Hats and Bass drop...the most complicated part is the DJ scratching which is also the producer named DJ Scratch...just thought I'd shed some light to your question...and this probably one of my favorite true Hip-Hop beats.
robbdakidd22 6 months ago
@robbdakidd22 Make a beat quit worrying about somebody else shit.... The epidome of a ho!
kenwood1971 5 months ago
Whoa!!Boy Marley Marl Production what yall
know bout dat.Queens,Nyc who`s fuckin with it.
9ways2win 3 years ago
This isn't Marley. It's DJ Scratch (EPMD).
metrotheme 3 years ago
One of, if not the Best track on that Funk Flex/Big Kap Cd. LL and Dj Scratch a combo to Die for. All of the music they've done been blazing.. Peep Rampage and the Six traxks off The G.O.A.T. cd for those who Slept sucking Canibus Dick!!!
curtis75black 3 years ago
This aint Premier..... DJ scratch beat.
Rigggs 3 years ago
This shit hot, period!
Liveness 3 years ago 7
ll come wid da preemo joint, fuk da bitches tracks
VENOMOUSBRAIN 3 years ago
"Be EASY ,you should've teased me, instead of bein sleasy, I WOULLDNT DO YA GREASY"
THATS 2PACS LINE FROM "I GET AROUND"
NY niggas shure do like to "borrow" them lines from a nigga! lol
bust14u21 3 years ago
Thats an old line back when LL did this track he did with Marley marl all LL did was reclaim his line. He did this line in 84 underground
tateavery21 3 years ago
NY started hip hop and look how it grew. Lil do people know, Tupac is from Harlem. he grew up in LA
Laughfiend65 3 years ago 3
i know that, but wasn't he born in manhatten
Dustkicker009 3 years ago
I thot he lived in Baltimore first???
TopShotta10904 3 years ago
I meant I know he was born in N-Y, but he lived in Baltimore most of his youth, and then once he was tryin to get on he went to Cali....
I think that's why he spit so hard, he experience the craziness of Baltimore during the crack epidemic, then went to LA and caught the vibe of Dre and Snoop and eventually found his sound coming back w/east coast lyrics....
TopShotta10904 3 years ago
do u know how many cats borrow from NY rappers???? we been doin it since the 70s clown!!!
go listen to Nas- NO IDEA'S ORIGINAL
TopShotta10904 3 years ago
this shit still bangin 10 years later....farmers, linden, far rock
qufinest14 3 years ago 2
ask russel simon who put him up in the sky scraper and dawgs at fubu who made them a major
401471 3 years ago
call my name :)
hdhkff 3 years ago
this shit right here is BANGIN.....REAL hip-hop beyotches..."lay the facts out until the cats OUT"....he murdered this...
hiphoplegend1 3 years ago
Yeh dis shit bump hard, that sample is off tha chain i had dis album.
thabill 3 years ago
ohhhh my god whata fucking beat oO.... mastabeat ^^
caaan2 3 years ago
man LL came back and mashed niggas with this.niggas thought he fell way the fuck off.i think he still got it he jus fall back now he like 40
mrouteboss 3 years ago 2
pimp shit!!!!
kis005 3 years ago
who made this beat? he chopped this shit rediculous
KarDee190 3 years ago 2
dj scratch made the beat
thompsonjohna 3 years ago
BANGER!!!
blackxmasq 3 years ago
This was my shit I forgot all about this album!
JBGrimey 3 years ago
The sample is from "I'm Afraid The Masquerade Is Over" performed by David Porter.
lbishopwright 3 years ago
Does Anyone know the sample here?
Rubberbandits 3 years ago
"I'm Afraid The Masquerade Is Over" performed by David Porter.
lbishopwright 3 years ago
LL cool is not g.o.a.t. definitly not. He forgot about tupac, biggie, eminem and big pun? he used to make girl songs, hasnt made an album in years worth listening 2.
Aliscool88 3 years ago
YOU DID NOT LISTEN TO HIOS CD'S DOG. LL makes versatile music period. 10 million stars, feel the beat, 1 in the morning, niggy nuts, they play his girl stuff on radio cause they haters. His cd's are always mixed up period. You need to do that research dog and stop being a top 40 cat, u feel meh??? The goat cd was tight mixed up like a drank!!!!
tateavery21 3 years ago
i dont really listen to LL, but this song is fire! oh yeah
Aliscool88 3 years ago 3
Well if you like this then you need to stop listenin to just the radio. All his cd's are mixed up cause he is versatile.
tateavery21 3 years ago
to KBoogs719....Flex did not produce this beat, if that is what you meant. DJ Scratch made the track.
ilikesmoke 4 years ago
no doubt do you know where to find "say what" by LL? Cant find it anywhere online hit me back
KBoogs719 4 years ago
OST deep blue sea
Stromi100 3 years ago
@Stromi100 My hat's like a shark's fin...
teddy169 1 year ago
does anyone know where i can find this beat with ali vegas freestylin over it?
Aeo 4 years ago
G.O.A.T
Slambagz 4 years ago
thankz for postin well crazy tune long mist credit to ya x
letstalkmagic 4 years ago
For all those who don't want to give LL his props for this are just str8 haters...when the east/west fued was going on ll did choose his and stayed loyal to it...say what you want about LL no matter how many radio singles he drops, movies he's in or tv shows, when it's time to battle the man doesn't run. How many emcees you know would have lasted after "2nd round KO"? The man took it throw some fired back and it was canibus carreer that got roasted?
blacklionSM 4 years ago 3
CORRECT you are dog.
tateavery21 3 years ago
one of his best plus flex did a great job
KBoogs719 4 years ago
anyone know where i can find "say what?" by L?
KBoogs719 4 years ago
WoW........haven't heard this in a minute. Beat is fire
streetdreamz153 4 years ago
FUKIN FRESH!!!!!!!
blackxmasq 4 years ago
1 of the last great LL Tracks
bust14u21 4 years ago 3
Wrong he have more u just aint listenin to the cd's
tateavery21 3 years ago
This is a great track. Great beat, great flow, great lyrics.
slamg 4 years ago
thanks for posting this haven't heard it in years....didn't think I would again....sick!!
da10862 4 years ago