Def Poetry - Black Ice - Or Die

[shshshooKya]

1:37 that chick came

[MrKeefuh]

18 herbs got pushed out of their comfort zone.

[Cherry007d]

Wiz prime example

[mzitchbay]

is there 2 black ice?

[CoDaC35]

YESSS!!!!!

[IamSmokey2020]

YA'LL MUST NOT LISTEN TO SUNNI PATTERSON!!!!

[Leyah2552]

@IamSmokey2020 or Daniel Beaty especially Knock Knock.... but its all powerful stuff.

[ToniaY1]

Mr. BLACK ICE, you are the best I have heard thus so far. Keep the poems/poet coming and I will continue to listen my brother.

[thedoe056]

The best poet out there today! Always keeping it real one love Ice!

[IcebergSyndicate47]

So prophetic, even Fabolous used it as an intro on 'Real Talk'.....

[Gorillagal247]

wow.....he is so inspirational-x

[stealthyboi839]

real.

[MelMediaServices]

"There's no money in good health..."

"i challenge you to find something that really willing to die for...and then LIVE for it!"

[GarrettBroadnax]

You could stand up and shoot me in the face and I would still clap for you.

[jcurry3school]

The Mack quote: "They keep you lookin good but noooooo dough" lmao too real.

[TheAraber93]

"I challenge you to find something to die for.. then live for it"

If you don't get goosebumps everytime he says that, then I don't know what's wrong with you.

[chefawkes]

illest flow on def jam poetry

[ddparker95]

this is black ice why yall talkin bout dmx ?????? just wondering

[Lissenen]

FIRST OFF!!!!! This is a DMX rap. Good job though.

[donhonki1]

"Donhonki" "First ever crown court BANNED uk rap-poet" (2009-2014) #SuperInjunction

[banwait]

SHIVERS DOWN MY SPINE

[MESSIAHTHEgOD]

messiah the POET love this poem !!!

[fudgelover2009]

Hot DAMN! RESPECT!



[celerysaltsteve03]

Greatest ending line...ever.

[Eoto123]

damn

[KN0WLEGE562]

one of my fav poets

[BeyBoards]

NICE. ICE:)

[MATTisAkoala]

holy shit, i got chills on my arms and tears in my eyes after that.

[CowboysBaby10]

This guy speaks the truth

[TheAraber93]

"I challenge you to find something to die for, and then live for it"

Gotta love this poem, gotta love this guy.

[thatnigga1023]

thats how u end a poem

[salzxizxme]

LUVD that last line cx

[Gvargas123]

I really feel your poetry. Please keep writing you are very good. BLACK ICE......

[shaneedah16]

deep

[cj06feb]

Mmmm wow this just blew me away Love't

Truth be told

[sergilus]

Videos of Black Ice always seem to send chills through my body. Def Poetry was definitely a good program !

[roflcopterpls]

This was spoken to the extent of a man of experience and heart

[Knack4Success]

Lol I know this poem by heart cause of Fabolous' album haha never even saw this performance before... This is real shit

[AlexTheMusicPhene]

ahh man....that last line...that shit touched me, word up.

[hersheys10179]

The truth i feel this brother

[ItsGambitFromBklyn]

My favorite poet of all time....

[bluenyne357]

real talk

[nicolelove30]

i sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo­ooooooooooooooooooooo love this brother i have never heard of him before that was the truth!!!!!!!

[mztwin2]

SIck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!

[kiryt]

... i knew this whole thing by heart n this is the first time i saw this video cuz i have fabs real talk album lol... niceee

[watsonr1234567]

This guys is awesome



[blaqueindian]

Black Ice is the bizness 4 sho!

[Dam3r]

This was on the intro to Fabs Real talk album

[TheHeart216]

@Dam3r right. thats how i got hip to black ice.

[grn100cash]

@Dam3r yo i knew it was him, i used to play this poem a lot on my ipod

[MrDemonshalo]

I challenge you to find something that's really worth dying for, and then live for it...

[okowrygo]

WORD UP

hip hop is not dead 

[BayramJ]

Boonaa Mohammed should be here.

/watch?v=ySf0hCJfdvU&feature=s­hare

[fosterchild777]

I'm a white guy who hates rap, because it is all about money, "the game", and other mindless drivel. THIS is intelligent, THIS honest, THIS is what music should be!

[subzero628]

@ 1:07 when he says "when they get a bitch they got a bitch" reminds me of lil wayne. he is definitely the industries biggest bitch n he will say anything they tell him.

[teashia1boo]

im so inlove with every true word he says....

[BludStatic123]

This is what songs should be like..... And that crowd should have been wayyyy louder than that

[ikkinnikk]

Wow he went in. Hmmm he has something here.

[TGATAP]

I RIDE WITCHA HOMIE

[odgreez2004]

SICK



[terrell1213]

lost for words..

[Czirro]

At the start of the video, that woman on stage, who was waving to the crowd and walking backstage, who was she?

Also, Black's last line was very powerful. Seriously, dude moved me.

[thesunwillshineonme]

black ice you da shyt

[shelbymarie0220]

holy shit this is amazing

i only wish i could be so monumental...

cuz thats what i live for too.

Maybe someday i will die for it and be recognized...

[atlascassidy]

How the fuck did that bitch kanye sell one record with a guy like this around! If you dont hear this shit your a fool!!

[3423350]

this is what we need more of the truth, teaching our young brothers what we must do to achieve in this industry words of wisdom

[loydbank33]

"When they get a bitch they got a bitch."

[TheVictoriousone1]

This Brotha right here.. Lawd have mercy! Shakin it up.

[ATACXGYM]

Find something you're willing to die for...and then live for it. Dang. Black ice own it (on it) tuff.

[botf]

yeah, it's from "Real Talk". the first track "Exodus".

[bm0to]

isnt this from fab's album?

[realdanimusiq]

when get a bitch

that go

[9thDilla]

Dat nigga cold as ice

[Deelightment]

When they qet a bitch ; they qot a bitch ----.Ain't that a bitch It's soo true

[kueenjones09]

its that illiuminate shit! this nigga aint dumb he kno exactly what he tlkin bout, 

[itsneverWATItseems]

no one can explain it any other way. wake up black ppl

[TFUProductionz]

I'm pretty positive he's talking about Illuminati ...

[blackreign22]

wasnt he on the end of a Kayne song? crack music?

[KahoolJB]

@blackreign22

Nah, that was Malik Yusef..

[blackreign22]

@KahoolJB

Your right... This poem was used as the Intro for the Fabolous 'Real Talk' Album.... Thats where I heard it...

[LuckyStarr22]

Hi, I am an up & coming poet from Chicago!!! Check out my Poetry!!!! Thanks & Enjoy!!!

[MRANKH360]

Black Ice is one of my favorite writters out here. He's the muthaphuckin' truth in my book... period!!!

[anisahamoako]

I love dis!!!!

Have u heard of da poet Suli breaks?...now he's hard.

SULI BREAKS

[canibusLE2]

What hiphop album is this a skit on? thats gunna annoy me till i remember

[mindstatekrew]

my life is wat im realy willing to give for it, i challenge you ta find somethin thas realy willing ta die for, an then live for it....dudes tha truth

[HotInkFactory]

Brother Black Ice Is Bonafide to it!!!

[natechatman]

dis is my SHIT damn this brotha can spit

[jamaalsimeon56]

Black ice is truly an inspiration to A LOT of young, urban lyricists. I for one am myself. I pray one day to gain the ability to release my words of thought in such a vivid picturesque manner.

[b3n1614]

Passion.

[rapejuicesoldhere]

I love black ice

[KevinLT100]

That was deep, I love it

[SINGERROB21]

GRACIOUS SOUL

[KennySiegel87]

this is prolly my fav one of his poems... dude's dope

[davekeays]

keep artistic control? Isn' that what Ludacris was saying in 'tell it like it is"

Sign yourself to yourself and start signin' ya own checks

[DeviousBarbiedoll89]

So inspirational DAMN HE FIIOONEEEEEEEEEEEEE. Baby whats your name? You gotta girl? You do? Its cool....I'm not the jealous type.

[sooontobestar]

i love it thats all i can say

[jpkp012345]

he speaks alot about wat the illuminati does...i wonder if he does research on them

[dlastqueen]

..one famous label that will remain nameless cannot keep their artists longer than 3 years. After their one-two hits, they get dropped from the label. Research how Prince, Alicia Keys, and Maxwell did their record contracts...FULL ARTISTIC CONTROL. All I'm saying is don't be dumb, READ, ask the RIGHT questions, and don't be DESPERATE to sign with the first label that comes around sniffing.

[dlastqueen]

If you going to sign with a record company, go in with your EYES WIDE OPEN!! If they're going to front you money that you have to pay back later, you NEED TO KNOW THAT!! Tell them that you want it put in the contract FULL ARTISTIC CONTROL of what you create and you want to keep YOUR MASTERS....and see how they react. Do your research on the record company that's trying to sign you...How long have the other artists been with the label? Check out their longevity...

[birdsong40]

This man is the truth!!!

[DeftFlow]

@birdsong40

no doubt

[DUNGNMASTER]

this kid is ill

[SkittlezAddict4Eva]

The ending is so moving, "I challenge you to find something to really willing to die for and then live for."

[liosama]

"I challenge you to find something you're really willing to die for, and then live for"

I can't say this enough now :)

Word

[foreverblunted718]

"my life is what im willin to give for it. i challenge u to find something u really willin to die for, and then live for it. "

hip-hop is dead till others see the truth. we have to make a stand and let these record companies understand they cant control hiphop, we got other plans but goddamn what the fuck is it gonna take and what is the cost to make people comprehend wtf is really at stake

ok so he said it betta than i cud but

the corprate world is diluting our culture for PROFIT - nas

TRUTH

[rock90123]

motha fuckin P I M P

[KathrynMischief]

Black Ice needs to watch Nigger Niggas & Niggaz

[somadinho]

hahaha funny XD

[sirak79]

Diabolic can spit flames though...

[JoeBe1115]

this was used in fabolous album real talk intro beautiful...check out the music on my page

[kaleexto]

sad thing to hear all day long things like chicken noodle soup...... wit a soda on the side... ima try my best to translate this poems and try to touch el alma de alguien en mi pueblo...

[derrickdd]

i feel you brotha dont give up im with you

[jdizle1izle]

He Broke THe Music Industry Down

[mrthinksalot]

...Love that brother. He's like a positve DMX. lol

[FaShiioNistaChiq]

lolss dats s0o true..i luvv me sum black ice...i started doiin poetry becuz ppl like him!!

[TheRapResurrection]

DMX doesnt have shit on This cat.

Dont even compare them.

[cwolf2035]

@TheRapResurrection He has like 6 felonies...and 3 boatloads full of coke on this guy.... DMX is the sh**...He has a different style, and raps about different things becuase his life has been different! but that doesnt mean one is better than the other, they're just different... Even though Black Ice is Dope, So is DMX so don't go dissing one of the greatest hip-hop giants. don't you ever compare them!!!! (By the way, I'm an Avid DMX fan, and I understand what your saying, but it's my duty.....)

[eggmanslim]

@TheRapResurrection dmx nd this guy speak about the same tyhing.. thats why they were compared.

[TheRapResurrection]

@eggmanslim In a way, but DMX falls off subject easily, and i dont think he has the intellectual capabillities to drop shit like Ice. I got respect for X though

[omann888]

@TheRapResurrection dmx is pretty deep, listen to his poem... def lil wayne and these other gay rappers, but dmx is real

[TheRapResurrection]

@omann888 Ive heard it, and X is does have some deep, emotional tracks, i like his music. BUT, Lyrically, he has nothin on Ice.

[geniusthadon]

I was saying the same thing... i said to myself he is like the angelic version. DMX is the dark and black ice is the light. he has a similar energy when talking about the rap game and the music industry

[tarnold1177]

COME ON ICE DON'T HURT'EM. THESE DUMB ASS RAP NIGGAS CAN'T "RAP" THEIR MINDS AROUND THE KNOWLEDGE YOU DROPPIN. ITS LIKE TRYING TO TEACH ROCKET SCIENCE TO A CRACKHEAD. They just won't get it.

[alishajoh]

Exactly! BlackI ce always spitting the truth.

[brasilsronaldo]

this man and immortal technique should get torgether n make a track

[QueenMinii]

immortal technique is a fucking monster! He album is the truth!

[neonubia]

how profound?

[MESSIAHTHEgOD]

hotep! i got love for this black man his soul is not for sale! this is the black messiah the poet.

[neonubia]

Please don't wish death upon my hip hop. That's all some of us have.

[almasdp]

Allow it man ... u becoming really annoying. i love hip hop my brothers are all MC and I mean my blood brothers.

but all i am saying is dont listen to commercial songs.

The industry is fucked up ! u do ur bo but this is my opinion and I know what I am saying

I get information fist hand.

U should search on it! u want to rap go ahead, but black ice should stay a poet

If u think my opinion is wrong u no nothing,

and this comes from the heart.

[neonubia]

So your opinion is basically to suggest what Black Ice should do w his talent? hmm. I will continue to MC, Bboy, spin and write. The rest of the hip hop will too. Hip Hop is a culture and cultures progress with the environment or dissipate. Yeah record labels are fucked up which is why our culture is evolving to millions of independently own labels that organize street teams and promote their music online. IN japan they have hip hop vending machines. ur bros should look in to it

[almasdp]

U are been miss leaded man there aint no independent record level.

The big ones own every thing

if u got a record level it is got to pass thought to the big ones first.

independent record levels and brothers owning business is shadow over the true. Everyone knows this!

I aint saying u got to kill hip hop I am saying it is dead !.

[almasdp]

U want to MC do it on the streets at home with ur friends, dont make a living out of it.

Because baby I am telling u when u hit the glass silly and realize that wat u gotta do to pass it u aint gone like it any more.

any way I can feel ur love for hip hop keep it up.

[neonubia]

How could you say everyone knows anything? Some people don't know their own birthday. Crooked I, e-40, too-short, Master - P, Living legends, rawkus records. I guess they don't. See the difference is you operate on opinion and I operate on the here and now. Fact. I know people with independent labels. There are foreign companies right now, paying to distribute records to hip hop kiosks globally. Internet distribution, ringtones, & even stores. I know because I'm on those records. Hip hop lives.

[neonubia]

They don't count*

[almasdp]

u see why do i bother with u ...

now u saying that my opinion is wrong and that i live in fantasy land and u the real brother down to earth that knows it all . cuz u know it all.

u dont even know me !

realize that I havent gave an opinion about u? Basically cuz I dont know u

I based my self only on what u said .

But u got to take it personal.

[almasdp]

All I said is I am glad that black ice aint a rapper what does it got to do with u. plus I was talking about big hip hop stars making big money I am glad he aint one of those.

So from there and there I dont know wat u talking about .

This is getting ridicules I aint arguing with u. but I have seen all of my brothers and even my husband trying hard to maintain their record levels.

[almasdp]

People aint there for hip hop any more, no one wants to hear good lylircs and real naggers with talent all they want is nod their heads to the bit. And only commercial songs sell

Arent u seek entire of hearing the same people over and over again on the radio on tv and basically every were? That is all I am saying men

[neonubia]

All I'm saying is there's tv and radio for real hip hop too.

[d1lo78]

TV IS FOR SHEEP

[mussman717word]

This is what hip-hop came from, and somewhere along the lines, the media got their hands on it, and raped away it's soul.

[almasdp]

yeah tell be about it it has not only turned wicked

it is highly offensive to.

and like u said hip hop was supposed to be poetry.

Now it is the most dangerous industry to get on

and most brothers sold out physically and their souls to

it is sad to watch u know.

[PreCurSeD]

DIABOLIC - THE TRUTH

[zagfan10]

@mussman717word

truest comment i've ever read

[complexbrother]

@mussman717word I could NOT have said it any bertter .

[almasdp]

he is a true brother ! Finally God created a messenger that the devil couldnt make a rapper!

He speaks the true and he speaks with stile. ! God bless him. and i hope he never sells cuz hes words are worth a million and hes talent is priceless.

[neonubia]

What are you talking about? Who made you the judge over what the devil does? Rap itself has nothing to do with the devil. We created this culture.

[almasdp]

well baby .... all i am saying is all the rapers i know.. talk about shit that dont matter .( money biches. party)

as long as he dosent become one he is staying true to the him self and hes people.

have u never hear RIP hip hop?...

why u think that is?....

were have u been for the pass 12 years?.. wile hip hop was daying?...

u mean it use to be our culture.... nah man is over...

[neonubia]

Well I guess you can attempt to convince the hip hop community on your own and why you feel your hip hop died. Try to convince me on why I should quit emceeing. Or K.R.S one. Tell the b-boys to stand up straight and put on a suit.

[neonubia]

Just because someone says something about hip hop doesn't make them the editor in chief of hip hop. We created this and hip hop is infinite. Go get a blackalicious album. Wu-tang dropped how many albums this year? like at least 5. oh yeah and nas just got with dj premier and rakim and kanye for nothing right? I guess the roots aren't bringing thousands to shows worldwide. Even Craig G just dropped an album. hmm? rock the bells tour was the funeral? Wake-up show is worthless.

[neonubia]

Please don't forget mos def who just dropped and banger that people like you sleep on. You have a tragedy complex. HIp hop will never. I might have been blind over these 12 years but only while investing in my hip hop. Even soulja boy is doing hip hop. Rakim dropped paid in full? oh that's money. Run dmc all they said was rock the party. As far as bitches are concerned hey that's another topic. There's a difference between a woman and a bitch. I speak on both. If you do nothing for hip hop. thx

[almasdp]

i have never wished to death of hip hop it just simply die it self i am a big hip hop lover

but there aint a living soul on earth that will convince me that hip hop is no evil.. if thats ur industry than u will fin out for ur self

I rather this talented man to be a poet and still be a poet

Cuz I know wat the price to enter industry is and hes is worth way more than a fuking record deal.

And if u dear to call any women a bich u should try and wash ur mouth with bleach blaspheme.

[neonubia]

Woman and Bitch is a difference. So only you have the jurisdiction to call things evil but a man doesn't know a bitch when he meets one? Double standard. That's a part of the real world. You don't have to have a record deal for hip hop.

[almasdp]

like i told u my brother all of those that wish to call their women a bich should try bleach at list one time.... and probable the last time... cuz if u get punish for something u dont do it again.

the industry has become shit pure shit...

and as long as i have free wile i swear to god i will do whats on my hands to never listen to hip hop until better news are confirm.

RIP hip hop yall !!

[neonubia]

You're losing it. Learn how to speak and spell english before you run around with your infantile and unseasoned opinion. RIP almas credibility.

[almasdp]

baby i am using slang... who ask u to go around with a dictionary with u at all time?

looks like i am not the infantile one here as i at list go respect.

u dont like wat i got to say dont talk to me ... but dont blame me for having my own ponion.

dont take it personal here with the RIP almas and all that stupid crap cuz whatever bad u wish anyone will come rite back at u.

as for now i am done talking to u.

as u aint even got respect for peoples opinions. peace out KID

[neonubia]

You don't pay very close attention to detail at all do you? Saying list instead of least is not slang, that's just misspelling and i didn't say rip almas i said rip almas credibility. I don't think you ever began talking to me. You pretty much just rambled on foolishly about your wrong opinion. You say rest in peace to an entire culture and think killing or crucifying an entire culture is better than one person being crucified. Do you even know what hip hop is?

[almasdp]

yes dear we all heard u

ur opinion is very valid but no one alses

now shalom!! i am not interested any more on this argument that is leading no were and yes it is slang ea = i when u pronounce it but whatever.

I gave u my opinion ages ago if u disagree with it to bad. Foolishness is the feeling that makes u insult and other people for having an opinion. Oh no wait thats a ignorance. I dont know if u realize that u lost the argument when u started insulting.

Enjoy it.

[neonubia]

Goodness. I see why you get all defensive about the word bitch. FYI, You didn't address one point I raised in this debate. And I didn't insult you for your opinion, I attempted to show you why it was wrong and why most of what you say is a double standard. Ignorance means uninformed. And believe that I stay pretty inform about hip hop. Once again you're entitled to your wrong opinion. Saying rip hip hop is a waste a breath and you are a waste of keystrokes, thx for not listening.

[neonubia]

Why did you bring up bleach?

[almasdp]

I will tell u one more time if u think that u have any reasonable motive to call a women a bich I subject u wash ur mouth with bleach!.

Because ur ignorance was making u justifies the fact that there are certain motives or moments in the one is justifies to call a women a bich ! which is the most ignorant comment I ever hear.

[kaiyeem]

lol there is no such thing as freedom, we are governed from the womb to the tomb, how can you be free if you have to adhere to laws. Your only free in your thoughts, but the minute you speak out loud it's lost. Why do you think people always tell you to watch what you say? Freedom of speech is a joke, because our politicians, law enforcement agencies, and the citizens can strip you of it at anytime.

[iLovePurple4321]

I don't care what nobody else says, this man is GENIUS!!!

[JustAnn11485]

That last line was powerful

[kokninjakok]

wtf