Brother Ali - Star Quality

[n1ggaplz420]

I'm Atheist, and could not give a fuck what Brother Ali's religion is.. I'd still listen to him if he was a Morman or a Scientologist

[Mettmog]

Brother Ali's ability is just on another planet.. The way he rides beats is unmatched. Flow is untouchable.. Mash'Allah

[MrKinkysloth]

Eviction notice flipped over and wrote a song on it....

Word up... Every metaphor is just sooo on key and delivered clean

[wierdandontgivadamn]

after discovering Brother Ali and Atmosphere i find it hard to listen to other rap that isnt talkin about things that actually matter.

[DdrewMC]

@wierdandontgivadamn Grieves and Eyedea man, actually the whole rhymesayers crew

Along with immortal technique if you like politics

Cormega if you want actual gangsta rap (Best song journey and fallen soldier)

[getTUBED6]

Brother ali shows you dont need to rap about bullshit to be good

[651TARIK612]

ill take the compliment and pass on the sex

[irish4evar]

its depressing......why cant other rappers be as good and true as this lyrical star. Brother Ali is THE SHIT!!!!!!!!

[2krew4life]

i skate to this song everyday. skateboarding+brother ali=good feelings all day

[JAKENOBRAKEZ]

I did a remix over this beat! Check it out!

Non Profit of course...Its called unlawful reality!

[TheMOTAvator4]

"If i would have known that tonight was ladies night i would have stopped and swabbed my balls with a babywipe"

Ain't that the truth!!!!SD760hhhh

[tripodprodux]

Make sure they never sleepin deep enough to DREAM of beatin' me WHAT!

[tripodprodux]

Hold your sorry little life in my hands, watch me toss it in the sky and swing right for the stands, BATTLIN ME IS LIKE TRYNA RIDE YOUR BIKE IN THE SAND....

[THEster8]

i can handle this/if my man ant would just/give me a chance to splatter some antics across his canvases

[Allsofficial]

Brother ali is one of the realest rappers ever. Countless quality messages in his songs. I aspire to do the same in my songs. I beleive that I am as good as brother Ali, but i havent had the studio time to perfect my talent. If you have the time, take a second to give me some feeback on the songs on my page. i would really appreciate feedback coming from people who enjoy Brother Ali's music.

[TheMOTAvator4]

Brother Ali is one of the dopest ever to step into the game!!!!

[bryan3184]

Instrumental destroyed, your turn Ali.

[StylesPac617]

2 ppl r lil wayne fans

[LaXPlayr15]

Two people don't know the way real hip-hop should sound.

[FrynseDK1]

Your show on Roskilde Festivalen (Dk) was fantastic... Hope too see you again in litle Denmark.... ;-)

[dillons1924]

love this song

[HighandMighty609]

This is tough man....real music for real ears...you gotta love it....underground artists like MURS, CYNE, BLU, BRO ALI, ESOTERIC, TOP SCHOLARS, Jay Electronica, Big KRIT ALL NEED TO BE LISTENED TO BY THE MASSES!!!Please pay them their respect!

[RhymeAnalyzer]

@HighandMighty609 But then they wouldn't be underground and would lose their finesse.

[TimeIsMoney860]

@RhymeAnalyzer no they wouldnt the mainstream artists would die off is all that would happen if every1 started to pay respect to real lyricist

[CommercialRapKiller]

Battlin me is like tryin to ride your bike in the sand...WHAT?!?!?! THIS TRACK IS FIRE!!!!!

[lyricalgod100]

"my style's a little belligerent isn't it, considerin' that I'm belittlin' men with a little more than my pad and my pen and my sentiments."

[CommercialRapKiller]

CRAZY!

[rluongo19]

deep cut, never heard this be4

[itzkillz]

Got enough hastle and stress with One woman cashin my checks, I'll take a compliment and pass on the sex.

real.

[alberts1985]

great rhyme scheme on the first verse

[JimenezLeon]

Classic album from ali

[onlylettersinname]

my favorite brother ali album by far!

[SuperMedicali]

swab my balls with a baby wipe.

[ian5ane]

This vid should have hundreds of thousands of views

[MaztaTing]

Nice1; From wollaton, nottingham uk

[gdizzle1986]

god mc in the building. peace! uk loves you ali :)

[CaliforniaUke]

by far my favorite song ever <3 we need more brother ali's in this world

[jellybeanfreek44]

MINNESOTA

[johngorgis]

peace peace

[BigTiggaR]

diz iz weck lil wayne all day lil weezy get money and whores all day young money soulja boy all day....sorry folks just wanted to see how it is to turn off your brain and ignore good music like this

[ALBDOPE]

brother ali holding it down for the nowadays generation, hip hop lives!

[TheFelt13]

This is just flat out great. it's definitly in my favorites. the beat is fucken awsome!

[MatthewLedZepfan]

Just when I keep thinking Hip Hop music is dead...It takes one artist like Brother Ali to make me realize that there are real rappers out there who care about making great music

[andy589]

Any one know the lyric at the very start?

"Its the ??? in the flesh"

[metrodorus]

@andy589 "It's the OCK in the flesh" From Urbandictionary: "Short for Akbar. Akbar means 'great' as in "Allah ackbar" (God is great) but also refers to King Akbar of India, 'Akbar the Great'. Also, and in this case, an akbar is a great man and the shortened form, ock, was adopted into the Hip Hop lexicon from the Five Percent Nation (see five percenter, an offshoot of the Nation of Islam. Calling someone ock means they're a good guy, a friend."

[andy589]

@metrodorus Excellent. Thank you so much. This is probably my favourite Ali song and this was bugging me. I knew all the lyric sites were wrong!

[anonymous26555]

@metrodorus while that maybe an alternate definition they actually use it to mean brother.akh in arabic or,how the americans pronounce it ock, means brother and sometimes you might here ockee or akhee meaning my brother.

[demari93]

Brother Ali is extremely underrated..Theres still plenty of people who need to hear his message...Real music...Why so many good artists not gettin the recognition like they should like jay elec,currency,immortal tech, top scholars,etc?

[stegz]

@demari93 Immortal don't even write half of his own shit,

[Gen2pAc]

@stegz word? who write his sh*t? Diabolic?

[06STiBOi]

this beat is sooooooo illmatic!

[feelsgood0022]

Revelutionary sound!! Brother (albino) Ali 5/5. Need more music like this. Rhymesayers out it too...WHOOP!

[jhine1387]

C P says its the freshiss shit since ive been gaspin for breathe \

[oliveed1]

listen to the pothead :) (kidding) 90% of the people that try and have a conversation about idea's and beliefs should do some research first. 1) Why trust something you read on youtube from an unknown source?

2) GodLovesUgly :)

[tokealldayeveryday]

shut up with religion and enjoy some real hip hop

[ericsvendsen]

We're always growing up in my opinion

[BIE13POLLAR]

yo how is something that affected someone so much that they changed their life to make it theirs not real?

i dont get it?

and i aint tryin to start shit, i'm truly perplexed at that.

[DThorVIII]

You pray five times a day, and let me know what the first thing on your mind is. Islam is obviously a source of strength to him. I don't agree with what a lot of people have to say, but I always respect when someone believes in what they are saying.

[radiokilla222]

brother ali was tight but these days he plays the "im muslim" card way to much in his songs it aint real and he's just alienating himself from fans

[MookieSays1Love]

how is it not real

[radiokilla222]

because religion aint real

[MookieSays1Love]

agreed but some people still cling to it

[JayDomination]

Religion is very real...

Dumbass..

Like I consider myself a Zeitgeist, or a Athiest, whatever you want to call it.. For fuck sakes, i've changed the beliefs of christians in my past.

But it's very real, you have no right saying otherwise. If that's what they believe in, that's fine, of course it's bullshit, but some people need to look into a higher power to motivate them.

[KonataAngel]

Brother Ali, Atmosphere and Delario for evah!!

[e3mpty]

yeah he's indian LOL n00b

[imtheFreshest]

WOOOHAAAAA!!!

B.A.

Remember growing up with bumpin this in the first iPod....

So fresh.

one to all the real Hip Hop heads...

[imtheFreshest]

yeah. and?

[Zioniu]

Just curious but what age do you stop growing up? I personally think you finish when you die, but I'm interested in hearing what other people think. This isn't me trolling by the way I'm being serious :P.

[Suliaan]

24...

[bayhustler]

i think when we leave from our parents wings we are grown physically but mentally we never stop growing unless we choose to close our minds...

[HipHopPolooza]

Physically-21

Mentally/Emotionally/Spirtuall­y-Never stops growing.

[crazyrabbits]

Found this on a random search, and I love, LOVE it.

[dashiznit1001]

same...idk y brother ali is so unknown his music realy is some of the dopest shit out there....i hope its not jus cuz hes albino, that wud realy say something about society

[Rhaegar1]

real music is not on tv or radio thats why :O

[WyattTheRiot]

sadly i feel like unfortunately there might be a large group of people that think that way (about albinos or anyone "different", so ignorant)

[xSensualSeductionx]

Brother Ali is the shit, I loooove him :]

[Truekite123]

Hip-hop died and they buried it, now it resides underground.

[flipado14]

Love Brother Ali. Sioux Falls, SD. Lincoln, NE, Tempe AZ.

[jgvtc559]

is he indian

[biggiesmalls0909]

awsome beat

[speeches]

Street Corner Society Org. Where the children still matter. Where Knowledge, Wisdon & Understanding is princepal..... Miami 6-13-2009.

[cherisafuller]

true but thats a little cliche to say

[cherisafuller]

i 100% agree all this mainstream is BS

[Jonny13laze]

Now that's a catchy chorus....T-pain aint got nothin on Brother Ali!

[xXClassic]

Real hiphop isn't dead...

It's burried DEEP Underground. !

[kaozgurke]

its sad that nobody knows him

[1mooninphilly]

yeahhhhhhhhh boy!!!!!!! screamn till i lose my voice and breath.....

[jbag03111111]

hahahahaah way to miss quote the song.

It says:

Last night i screamed til i lost my voice i guess

[misterskeleton]

classic track, so sikk, his lyric and delivery in this is truly brilliant

[lethert]

Juice on the Loose!

[Keysteeze]

Brother Ali is star quality. Too bad most hip hop fans today have no taste and no longer listen to lyrics.

[jbag03111111]

truuuuuue.

[DevilDiablo13]

I 2nd that!

[lilpacfromreno]

i 3rd that!

[anjiikoo]

vittu brother ali is the shit

[supadupadennis]

Best that I could do for you, is ingore you

Cause Id probably conquer you if I explore you

[Bobokrull128]

Man... u just gotta love the, shadow on the sun, album every track is a sunbeam:)

[mcd8528]

agreed

[ItsKnucklez]

@Bobokrull128 whats with, the commas, in, random places

[lobsterman85]

he hasnt made a single shitass song. he puts so much feeling into his rhymes.he grew up in the ghetto in detroit. he is amazing.

[sykopath66190]

He's from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Not Detroit.

But still an amazing lyricist.

[Ryeburnyard]

amazing. he grew up in the ghetto but he doesnt talk about the ghetto constantly.

He's a true artist.

[boost4longtime]

thats our policy when we step out there its star quality ;) UNDISPUTED CHAMP

[liquidswordsmasta]

shadows on the sun classic!!!

[sonofpain]

If I would've known that tonight was Ladie's Night

I would've stopped and swabbed my balls with the baby whipe LOL

[katiesachter]

Thanks for posting this.

[bargeye]

chaps a fuckin animal with the lyricism...

[raekwonq]

yo this song is so ill, brother ali is a dope as emcee, he has a unique style fillied with soul and rythym

[bgsk8r]

/\ /__\ MPLS REP!

[PunchBowlGeek]

whaddup!

[somebigchorizo]

i saw that rythem roots show with rakim & ghostface too. but in hollywood. thats what got me into this cat. RAKIM ripped that show. ghost had way too many hypemen. he was dissatisfying

[OGDonJuan]

I saw ghost live and he was a dissapointment aswell, he had the whole theodore unit there and they tooki away from his performance. He didn't have as much energy as I expected either..would love to see the R live though, he's a living legend

[yankeessuck1987]

Ali is par with Nas and Pac, he needs to be in every hip hop enthusiasts collection.

[lyricalligraphy]

BRAPP!!! second dat!

[CheeezMaster]

i'll brapp!! that too.

[StarangWonda]

Brother Ali is a large, bald albino with red eyes - he's not what most people picture when they hear his amazing rap. I got the chance to see him live, opening forGhostface Killah & Rakim at a show in Seattle. Probably the dopest show I have ever seen...no DJ..they had a fucking 9 person band playing all the beats! The Rhythm Roots Allstars. Amazing show, amazing MC

[juicebox550]

thats the new style and its tight usin the live band over DJs

[PunchBowlGeek]

Turntablism lives, bro.

as Great as a live band is, you can't push q-Bert aside.

[yankeessuck1987]

The roots started that revolution. They've been doin that since day one. Good to see that its catchin on.

[lyricalstyles]

brother ali is my favorite emcee of all time!!! yall heard one of his tracks called "the session" his flow is dooooooope

[ThaPlatform]

i wanna see him do a song with some other underground emcees like hasan salaam, immortal technique, or k'naan

[musicsgoodforyou]

hell yea immortal technique and brother ali would be fuckin tight

[superzerox1]

He'll get his. Don't worry folks. He's dope enough he'll get what he's got comin and then some.

[samdahabib]

FUCKING VIRAL FLOW!

"IF I woulda known that tonight was ladies night, I would stopped and swiped my balls with a baby wipe" hahahaha

[borikuoso]

This song is fukin SICK!

[gOnads77]

sWiFT!.

[Zwikster]

Dope track and really dope album cover!

[sacking11]

trying to catch me with the ass and the breast i dont mean to be rude lady iam just passing a test ...

[Flowlines]

sooo clean brother ;) CLEANFLOW!!!

[blacksmith84]

minneapolis what!

[afsar34]

nice song

[meeeeeandadope]

ali is the truth

[kingjaz1]

Love his flow... and that he's not gangsta.

[playing4keepz]

Ali is Gods gift to hip hop

[NaerKhan]

So true man its sad to see that great artist like him dont get much credit from the media cos they are not branded to sell to the general crowd.

[chipokitty]

wow I cannot believe I hadn't heard of this guy. He definitely gonna take the spot from Immortal technique and Sage Francis as my favorite rapper, for now. Actually immortal probably still better....idk very good though.

[rezyserbey]

I LOVE YOU man.........HAKAN DEMİR

[warmshaw]

this track is outta sight. as far as conscious rap goes, ali's tops... big ups to rhymesayers, and all those damn fools hustlin in the cold.

[kingkoopa1984]

luvin it