Chill Rob G - The Power (NOT SNAP's VERSION)

[Ximbi]

actually not sure if they are using the original Joceyln Brown sample in this one, can't hear it so well on the YouTube quality. Maybe somebody covered it?

[Ximbi]

This is the original Snap Version. It uses the Chill Rob G acapella from Let the Words Flow. I have the original vinyl promo. The A Side was some techno thing, this was the B Side, but every DJ started to play the B Side, and Snap (which was just a project name, not a group) were in trouble as they did not license a single sample they used. Amazing that they managed to get away with it, very smart negotiating.

[sgreen4]

I remember I went to a concert years ago. Chill Rob G performed 'The Power' He said he didn't know how both versions of the song were created.

[NPSACobra]

Attention all dipshit commentors. This version is by Snap. The samples were unauthorized so they had to redo it with other singers/rappers. Both versions were done by the same producers (Snap).

[WilliamAztech]

Snap version is pure shit compared to this. I had this on a VHS tape... 200 years ago.

[kbanks45]

Snap version has to much singing... This is the better version.....

[rdiaz228]

Chill rob g is the man! originator!

[shellshok1968]

i always considered the Snap version of this song to be a watered down version of Chill Rob G's song that was packaged for the club scene and so that yuppies could be 'cool' even though the Snap version had no real message.

[WhoTheHellisKeith]

Has this on vinyl back in the day

[HappyBirthdaySANTA]

this is wakked compared to the version i got, but i dont have the snap version either! it's like a mix between both it goes hard!

[Timario007]

I KNEW IT WAS 2 VERSION JUS DIDNT KNO DUDES NAME good shit on the upload

[Thetan1974]

Something is totally wrong with the looping/editing of the beat here. It's way off.

Still, this is the real shit. Chill Rob G rules. This is hip hop - Snap's version is not.

[WilliamAztech]

@Thetan1974 Actually it's a problem with this particular video. Probably an issue with the uploader's VCR . There's another video for this track here on youtube which is fine.

[ervin6270]

@Thetan1974 snap's version is rap and it is muuuch better!

[arbonnegirl]

I forgot about this version. It's much better than Snap! version.

[blueman2bass]

I been telling people about this version for years i bought this back in the 90s when it first came out. I have them both (Chill Rob Gs) version of this song' is the one no one had but me.All the other D.J.s had the snap version. There is a different verse that he uses in this version that is not in the snap version . the version by snap came out after chill rob G. those were some good days (C &C music factory ' soul to soul ' black box ' Capitan Rap Bad Times. I can still smell the sweat

[theseniorvp]

Chill Rob G was a part of the Flava Unit with Queen Latifah, Naughty By Nature etc...His Album Ride The Rhythm was a great record. He was a skilled Emcee.

[hennylo68]

I like snaps overall song better with the vocals from the girl, but Rob G was amazing. His flow and delivery , and vocab is really hected.

[DullTorpor]

I'm confused about the origin of this song.

[dmosill]

any reall hip hop head knows that the snap version is WICK WICK WACK as hell lol. Chill rob is one the most slept on old school Mc's in the game.

[dejay1507]

Chill Rob G. I still got the tape only I need a cassette player. Rob did it better, Snaps version lacked the lyrical content both were delivered well vocally.

[kevkno]

YES! A Rap City flashback. Gotta love the hi-energy dancing from those days. Thanks for the history lesson in the description. Always wondered what the deal was with the two versions of this song.

[dejay1507]

@kevkno The Mayor Chris Thomas doing that Bankhead Bounce looking dance long before that shit came out. BIGUPS!!!!HAHAHA!!!!!BIGUPS!!!­!!!!

[43MILFify]

Chill G is definitely the better lyricist hands down

[Derlerner]

Saw him in 1990. Great show! gotta love the original!

[nyny74d]

Thank you for uploading this video! This is one of the best jams of all time! We used to rewind this video and dance our asses off! My brother and I were confused when the other version of this song became huge..!??!

[jackjude]

As far as I can work out this song is by 'Snap' or the two guys behind that name - they are credited on the Chilli Rob Album. As all the instrumentation and arrangements are by them - Chill Rob 'only' raps the segments they took from his tune "Let the Words Flow." - to create the song initially. A another version was recorder under the name 'Snap' with a different rapper and lyrics to avoid the problem of using samples.

[jackjude]

@jackjude in fact he covered or recreated the snap version using the lyrics they had grafted from his song (which dosent resemble 'The Power' as a tune only some rapped segments) and used the same Jocelyn Brown sample they had used. I would say its essentially Snap's song.

[djmmcee]

@jackjude Which Chill Rob G version does not sample Mantronix for the beat? Just like Rapper's Delight was not The Sugar Hill Gang's.... Snap photocopied, while SHG simply did not give due credit to the writer of "their" rhyme. Pretty damned hectic either way...

[jackjude]

@djmmcee ...hectic indeed. Tbh i'm kinda surprised Chill Rob won the case - it's exactly the same as SHG case you've cited. This tune is was created by Snap (they're version actually pre-dates this - this is essentially a cover) - they did lift the Chill Rob G lyrics for the verse - but as it transpired, they just eventually wrote there own - which they probably should have done in the first place.

[mayena]

This is the original I remember this video I know saw this once in 1989. I was young 15 years of age well no excuses when I saw the Snap version on Top of the Pops in 1990, I thought to myself that rapper had put on a lot of weight.

[uzamakininja100]

download link?

[Molleto71]

its getting,its getting,its getting kind of head it......thats Chill Rob G's voice(Snap copie that part)

[browjonb]

@Molleto71 umm that's 'hectic"

[Molleto71]

@browjonb my bad.

[kingrob29]

Miss the old Rap City show.

[kaliym1]

yo kid, as a future hip hop exect, i get the job done son, i know that we are smart enough to not let jazz or rock become hip hop, i went to see blackalicious at fillmores in sf and it was all white, just like in the 5 heartbeats.... now how stupid can we be to see it coming and still fall for that shit anyways... harambee, means to pull together.. so lets do that for the good of our cultures

[KILLBETTV]

@kaliym1 I GIVE IT TO THE TRUE WHITE KIDS WHO BEEEN DOWN SINCE THE EARLY 80'S... BUTHA NEW MONKEYASS EMINEM HEADS THAT JUST GOT INTO IT AINT SHIT... I FUCK WIT PETE NICE...SHAPE SHIFTERS...AINT TO MANY DOPE WHITE BOYS IN IT ANTWAY... I KNOW WE AINT GON GIVE THIS SHIT TO NOBODY

[myadeedus]

I dont see how people can say snap did the song first when snap or turboB is obviously copying chill robs style and bold rapping voice, also, CC music factory made a whole career from the influence of this one song.

[quietRockstars88]

In lamens terms.... they screwed him.

[keonta81]

first there was 2 groups singing ''the power'' and then later two groups singing ''woop there it is''

[Lovingchinchillas]

Way better than Snap's version!

[FIFTY212]

This And Snap Versions is Fire - Tha Chick In Snap Version ? Killed it - I dont think u can find a singer like that any more- i fux wit Both doh - Good Shit

[MatthewYoungProducer]

Good dance moves too btw :-)

[MatthewYoungProducer]

I thought I knew a lot about dance music but this is all new for me. "The Power" by Snap a collage of samples, unbelievable.

[MuzikJunkyAES]

They got the label wrong--it should be Wild Pitch/EMI. This version's better, too!!!! Peace.

[meterman432110]

what the woman in this video singing i got the power was n bush wright?

[skillrob1000]

@meterman432110 and still is...

[djmmcee]

Chill Rob sampled the beat from Mantronix, rocked the rhyme, and Snap! virtually photocopied it.

[mrcriplr]

@djmmcee That's exactly right!!!

[djmmcee]

@mrcriplr are you the only other one who knows this? ^5

[eselteee]

Chill Rob G is one of my favorite rappers of all time, but I recently heard his BLACKGOLD album and was disappointed by his selling out, talking about guns and money. Rob is a bright guy -- that's obvious. I wish he didn't have to conform to crap rap like 50 Cent, Eminem, and all those weak "artists." I'm glad Chuck D hasn' t sold out.

[skillrob1000]

@eselteee Problem with baking a delicious chocolate cake is, everyone now expects a chocolate cake from you... and when you decide to make Red Velvet or Lemon... "No thanks do you have any Chocolate", Noone wants to be pigeon holed in any way if it can be avoided. BlackGold is a substandard offering from CRG without question, but an artist must be allowed to use blue red or any other color they think of in order to grow...

[CzechRiot]

this is a million times better than Snap's. I used to have this video on a VHS tape recorded from Yo MTV raps in 1989.

Everybody is a critic , is getting kinda hectic!

Yeah!

[anonymousent]

Hmm ... 2 rap artists - CHILL ROB G & SNAP .... both get the SAME TRACK from the same producer & put out tha same track & the result is one has better lyrics less label backing .... the second - REPETITION of " so - so " lyrical verses / better video production / label backin' on funds - result MASSIVE HIT for mediocre mc while CHILL ROB G doesn't get deserved props ...... i blame PROFILE for not marketing this better cause ROB had better skills than SNAP

[avenuePad]

This is the original.

[actionjackson4441]

cHILL rOB'S SHIT SMOKED THE THE sNAP VERSION, BOY IS dope

[delight420]

HEY REMEMBER CHILL ROB G'S VERSION OF THE POWER ..... THIS WAS OUT BEFORE SNAPS VERSION.

[swtfac77]

Snap, version is better but who has the original song???

[EUSlayer]

Who's this freaking fuck? Man, this version so freaking sucks, rob fuck g has no power in his voice, not convincing, the dancers are slumballs, that black witch is so ugly, Snap! vs. Turbo B rocks!

[skillrob1000]

@EUSlayer 1st Turbo B is a member of Snap! so What do you mean by Snap versus Turbo B?

2nd STFU you don't know JACK!

Have you ever recorded a song? Do you Rap/sing write poetry/prose. have you ever attempted to do anything entertaining, or do you just hide behind your laptop and take shots at people who are actually doing something?

3rd STFU!!

[Antichrist91672]

i always preferred this version

[BossgameMedia]

I was stationed in Idar Oberstein, Germany when this dropped. Club Happy Nights. when the DJ dropped this it was official "To the dance floor"

[orgnice]

@BossgameMedia I was stationed in Kaiserslaughtern, Germany when this dropped and we had a crew called Prophetic Nation (similar to rhyme syndicate) and my homey Pablo Villafane was always politicing wit cats and we chillin in the club and they play the power but they play snap's version, which sucked, and I clowned the Turbo B cat as corny and my homey kicked me under the table cuz we were sittin right next to him lol

[BossgameMedia]

Always like both version, but his lyrics always sent chills through me on this. Flow was so underated.

[jummy2002]

wow, this is the version of this song, original or not, that I've been looking for, it was in the movie the Fisher King, and it's a great version, in my opinion

[kingrob29]

I can't remember which artist said it but whoever has the best lawyers wins.

[VirtMachina]

I don't care who did it first. Chill Rob's is Waaay better!

[kingrob29]

I haven't heard this in a long time thanks for the upload.

[NoDeity]

I always liked this version a lot better than the later one by Snap.

[Hez520Az]

the dance at 1:55 is CLASSIC hip hop!!!!...

[nolij360]

i slapped the cowboy shit out of turbo b in frankfurt one night at a club called upstairs downstairs........he overheard me ask the dj to play the chill rob power.turbo tried to get fly so punks jump

[bcareful]

dude had flow...he killed this joint...wish i'd heard more from him

[prophmurph]

Feeling like I got the power today.

[BIOGRAFIE23]

O.G. peace n greetz

[shacks29]

the funny thing is Snap made this version too,most people think Snap stole this song from Chill Rob but strictly speaking Chill Rob stole the Idea from Snap.

[blackloverules]

I was 13 when thiscame out in 1990. I remember confusing this with the Snap version.

[extragorgeous]

Ray and Junebug!

[MISTERRICHEART]

Is there a better version of this vid?

[MISTERRICHEART]

my boy is the main dancer in this vid and the one who choreographed the rest. He did that for a lot of the hot rap vids in the early 90s.

[maharajaRS]

I listened to let the words flow but where is the rip from let the words flow to snaps/turbo b version? have i completely missed it or is it another internet myth?

[B2THELAM]

This is unreal i was a young teenager when snaps version was the shit, and now so many years later i find out they bid it so hard - i feel bad for this guy, hopefully theyd had to pay him.

[blacktigerwu]

here in Atlanta this one got just as much play

[MrFin333]

"my rhyme is authentic so it shall remain, my writing exciting never mundane, in actuality my personality keeps my mentality based on real life situations not speculation but verbal illustrations of how I feel." Are u kidding me ?! Turn my swag on ? Are you kidding me ? !

[CARLSMITH508]

sounds like things worked out good for everybody..

most of the time when somebody gets ripped off for a song....thats the end of it ...your ass is just ripped off

but in this case both versions we're released.

wonder where they all are now?

[Jahrass7]

Chill Rob G was WAY fresher

[DimitrijAndre]

I bought the Chill Rob G cd way back in the day and I am still confused about the whole situation.

[ajsholdings]

This is the ORIGINAL/ Snap ripped it off because , if I remember correctly, Chill Rob G never copyrighted the dat.

[Mackadoeshez]

Interesting history behind this song.

Chill Rob G was making moves then just disappeared from the music scene- Court Is Now In Session, is a certified hip hop golden era classic!!

[terawattz]

this is the best version not the crap that snap put out,i point blank refuse to accept their version.

[terawattz]

i have the 12 by chill rob g but wmg are going on a way and removed the audio to mine but let others through

[crank212]

Wow, you obviously don't know your history. Chill Rob G was the original version of the song. "Snap" or Münzing and Anzilotti copied the lyrics to the original Chill Rob G song "Let the Words Flow" and were taken to court by the record label Wild Pitch. The two labels agreed that Chill Rob G, was to record verses using the Snap! sample.

[SlickFunker]

You're right crank.

The first version of the Power used the Chill Rob G sample. Turbo D was miming on stage to Chill Rob G's vocal.

[Bboybobo]

is turbo b :))

[BJSteigner]

Snap! recorded it first...Chill Rob G came out second...Arista was going to file legal action and won that in court.

[Jahrass7]

I miss these days...no internet

you had to actually be who you say you were

cats used to dance (everybody did even thugs)

Chill Rob destroyed it too

TRUE SCHOOL!

Bless

[Hellamar]

y wow

[prince48206]

Did anybody notice or maybe my eyes is playing tricks on me but ain't that N'bushe Wright on the roof saying "I Got The Power"

[skillrob]

This is to my knowledge N'bushe Wright film debut, she may have done something before this but at the time her biggest role was "Chick singing on the rooftop" in this video, and her weave was busted that day.

[hipshimmy]

Wow...you are right...that really does look her.

[youngofasho2]

yeah. I was trippin' off that too.

[KillerSim187]

it isn't turbo's fault they replaced chill rob g. Turbo just wanted a job and did it way better than chill rob g.

[skillrob]

Turbo is wack and this ain't his page... keep it moving smart guy, only true hiphop heads allowed here.

[MacoutesGabber]

Turbo sucks ass. Chill Rob G is the true MC!

[BJSteigner]

Turbo B was the first MC to record it...He should have made Chill Rob G admit that G stole the sample.

[rabidnocturnal7]

yall yall are some dimwit dicks if you can even THINK of saying the imitator'turbo'(even stole his wac ass name from breakdance)man this fat kinder egg head wannabee needs to get his fat pig ass burnt on a spit roast for even attempting to KEEP robbin classik old skool hip hop like this.face it your wac and ya mums wac,plastik fraud chumps,ask silver bullet he knows,man yall are PUSS.

[87Ricko20]

this is so hideous haha

[EUSlayer]

turbo's version is much much better! cheers!

[skillrob]

ur entitled to ur opinion no matter how absolutely idiotic it sounds to me its like sayin you prefer clones to real children

[WhoTheHellisKeith]

yeah, cuz remakes are always way more awesome

[bigmoo009]

Wow that's like saying " DRY ASS CORN FLAKES TASTES BETTER WITHOUT MILK"

[originaldna]

Original version Chill Rob G back in the Black Consciousness days with a hip house twist, man i miss thouse days

b4 white people invaded the camp.

[skillrob]

Dude you are wrong. If your friend Turbo told you he and Chill worked together he lied!! They only met and spoke once at a club in Miami AFTER the doo doo hit the fan, It was ARISTA Records who first stole Robs vocals and got your friend to lip sync in Germany. When they got greedy and wanted a US release they got your man to change his vocal and added extra singing by that chick whoever she was. I was there I should know.

[28thStonyisland]

My man Chill Rob G was robbed by snap! is that Nubushe wright in the video?

[itstrueenough]

Chill Rob G was not robbed. This is all media hype lol. His version was INTENTIONALLY released (whilst Snap! sat in the background with their copy waiting) to see how it hit the market. It didnt do well...and Turbo's powerful voice was added to the rap and Penny Ford's vocals. They all worked together...no-one was robbed :-)

[skillrob]

True enough you sound stupid... who the hell told u Wild Pitch and Arista decided to get together for a record? It is a fact Aritsa did some of the shadiest business in music history around the time of this release (ever hear of Milly Vanilly ) and yes there was genuine beef... Rob did suffer a huge loss so did Turbo cause he didn't even have a contract... stop spreading lies.

[itstrueenough]

Dude, I know Durron personally and THAT info came directly from him. Ask him yourself he has a myspace page.

[itstrueenough]

Oh and as for Arista...it was BMG fool. Arista had no rights to this. I'm a very close friend of T so if he was robbed I would be singing from a different hymn sheet and backing you up. Get your facts right before you start denigrating him.

[itstrueenough]

I'll tell you what. Do your research and you will EASILY find out that Chiil Rob G was involved in this whole concept. He ahd teh rights to the US version and Snap had the rights to the rest of the World. It was a collaboration. Get over it.

[Bboybobo]

this is the real music the real dance moves the real era of a great music yeah get down yo the power!