Anthony "Young X" Jones at the 2008 Urban Word NYC Teen Poetry Slam Finals

[ka3l33ma]

this my bestfrd/boyfrd anttttt

[AIDSDFG]

My nigga Young X went in! Swag!

[jmcgoogan43]

my fault dat u ain't da only 1 wit da IQ of a bacon

[Chronicspitta]

Okay son. I wasn't feelin it at first, until that "If he's the shit" line.

[rschott22]

looks like Gary Coleman at 2:23

[shessoalsome]

killed it

[09thegreat]

I'm diggin this dude was spittin for real..

[DeucexDeuce]

haha i know this guy i went to highschool wit him

[PoppaKev19]

Fire my nigga... i fucks wit it, didnt know u had that in you

[miiszwayncecarter]

my dude blacky! he really that good ya"ll. a true poet. hes is one with the word, respect.

[lookwotisaid]

looooo:'if he's the **it call me the f'ing excertory system' dat line killed it loved da hole lil role play thing that was hot.great poem

[jjones6686]

yea x

this my lil cuz he hot so get off his dick and get ur money up

[daisy33304u2luv]

If you touch ya hat one more time! This wass good!

[musicboy21203]

@daisy33304u2luv that was show the different personalities backwards was rap forward was poetry

[Abestube]

Hot shit right there!! That young spoken soldier was on point!! Nuff respect!!

Dtruth ha spoken...

[purexample]

Had to watch this 3 times to get everything. But, my God...how does someone so young and with such a baby face have suce ability to but these expressions into words and emotion? So great. I never really thought of poetry as giving birth to rap. This is hot.

[roudyruf]

He is funny!

[Ashanti718]

he did Better yesterday at the 2009 Urban Word ...it was poppin...keep doing ya thing

4/3/09

[HeartBreakpoet212]

Bi polar much lol

[PrettyGoodGood]

i got blind man saying thats the deafest shit I ever heard

[swagarificness]

he was good...

FUCK THE HATERSz BOO!!!

[musicguy1987]

he is essentially doing the same thing that the 'rapper' does..he's just using bigger words.

[MshizzleDizzleFizzle]

and ryhming

[populars6]

ya boi is the truth he spit wild crazy and his poetry is def

[Hrd2FndaNme]

I don't understand how this video got so many positive comments when other Urban Word Poets' videos like Carvens Lissaint, B. Yung, and Miles Hodges got a bunch of negative comments.

This is wack. Keep in mind, I'm leaving this comment after one viewing the first 15 seconds of the poem, but compared to the 3 poets previously named, it's not even worth the rest of the time.

I kno a lotta poets that'll chop him. Myself being one.

[ABsDaKidNYC]

@Hrd2FndaNme dats straight hate

[Hrd2FndaNme]

@ABsDaKidNYC It might have been. Lookin' back on my comment, it was really ignorant. I can admit that. I mean, my dude has talent obviously. If he didn't, he wouldn't have advanced to UDub finals.

I still stand by my initial point, tho. When it comes to slam, there are a bunch of poets bringin' it harder than him. Not that that really matters. I take back sayin' he's wack, tho.

[ABsDaKidNYC]

@Hrd2FndaNme

[thereisnospoon26]

It bugs me when people don't speak directly into the microphone and assume they'll be heard.

[OzymandiasD]

Not the best

[musicguy1987]

He has a really good stage presence

[lizandtim8182]

That was pretty good.

[Omegawhat]

lol dis guy taking this to the bank,

[cdh9439]

Awesome! What else can I say?

[AstroLadSupremicist]

sounds a tiny bit like ghostface. Mos def better than most of these other poets

[crneroses]

was that a free style? top of his head?

[morbid2be]

meh

[hawaiintropicz]

that was so awesome..i loved it....

[NBBDespiserz]

Beautiful.

[sakpase19]

worrrrd son thats hot

(but baby, ya flow like gravy smooth thru my ears like the Lord's word came to save me but wit all those expletives added as interjectives, makes it a lil harder for ya meaning to reach and phase me)

[jmasterdude89]

this dudes got skills, but i had trouble hearing some of it from 2:00-2:10

[deeppoet21]

im definatly diggen it great job