Divine Sounds - What people do for money

[art1716]

ahead of there time. can u feel it and my mother, and the brooklyn jam, they were always on tiime.

[DaaddyAnt1971]

=====+God+===== of must of been a part of the Hip Hop Sene

HHHHHHHHMMMMMM?????

[Kingpin2147]

"gotta love old school"

[haterfromkalihi]

my fuckin jam....slammin dis shit imy 63 all day!!

[MISSLYNN73]

WOW 5TH GRADE

[pleasuremaster291]

he was down for THE MONEY!!

[chickensoup551]

my dad is the guy at 1:55 no lie

[appleman2500]

@chickensoup551 COOL

[TheCristina123456]

que classico do miami cara isso sim é funkkkkkkkkkkkkk não essas porcarias de bonde disso ou daquilo

[therealraybaby]

WORD!

[trushawncarter1]

What People Do for Money by Devine Sounds definetely has a message peep it!!!!! Check this joint out...

[pleasuremaster291]

this is the REAL SHITTTTTT!!!!!

[fleiva30]

i love money!!!

[5burowz]

Makes me wonder if Run-DMC jacked this style or if it was the other way around?

[dokokai]

@5burowz I grew up in NYC & was 14 in '84 when this came out & this was blowin up all over. There were so many groups & joints coming out weekly & sometimes on a daily basis that it was hard to keep up with. But the one thing is that, because there were so many groups & it was all new & creative, groups sometimes influenced each others sound without realizing it or intentionally trying to bite each others styles so some of it may sound similar but Run-DMC didn't jack it or vice versa.

[5burowz]

@dokokai

That makes sense. But you can't deny all the biters:)

[dokokai]

@5burowz I'm definitely not letting the biters off the hook... and there's a lot out there. Then and now. Just wasn't going in that direction with my reply. Peace.

[coreystuart]

This is when hip hop freaking RULED...it made you feel good, shake a little, and smile.  :)

[bigboy200043]

is it suppossed to be off time like they were singing wrong lyrics

[matti4me]

AlL you WANNa B Rappers YOU SHOuld read theses boards B4 YOU write sum OF the BS you PUT OUT ON THE RADIO!!!!!! JUST SAYING....

[loukie1000]

I miss those days

[Gunnercv]

i haven't heard this for years!

[jabmalassie]

It is a black and latin inner city art form that spread through out the world.

Back then with limited media you actually had to have a relationship with people in the community and that was nice. Music bringing people together. Now you can just look up internet and copy. It was harder to be hip back then! It is hard to describe what I am saying but the clothes the language and the music was kind of being part of a little cult.

[dkd2918]

THAT ISSO TRUE!!!! PEOPLE DONT HAVE THERE OWN SOUND THESE DAYS!!!

[SUGA4ONE]

SEE BACK IN DAY THEY REALLY ROCKED (ORIGINALS AND THEIR ON BEATS) TO BAD EVERYONE SOUNDS THE SAME THESE DAYS

[ThomsonBreaker]

Classic Divine song ;)

i like dancing for this rtack =]

[reezellthia]

always thought whodini sung this :O

[VoodooUprising]

dope crew

[jaie25]

Life was so simple back then

[77redwing]

i loved this song when it came out!! thanks for posting it!

[peregrine68]

It's priceless that you posted this. Right on!

[peregrine68]

It's priceless that you posted this. Right on!

[diamondz4lfye313]

kinda got da samme beat as its like dat by run dmc

[cassiopol]

SOM DE PRETO, AÍ MALUCO !!!

[Futura2500]

wow love this tune

[dp100eboggan]

These cats were tellin all kinda truth. Great song

[hustletv]

I love the Old School. This song popped into my head after watching my beautiful sisters disgrace themselves for a few dollars.

Real Shit!

[mikedj38]

old school...reminds me of n.y.....

[funnyrina]

i was so lucky growing up with that kind of music..thx to youtube to feel the youth again :-)

[jbalode]

Damn, after hearing this I remember how good hip hop use to be. I am so sick of this studio created crap that gets passed off as hip hop now adays.

[cyril32a]

Man, this is classic sh*t!

[tisjken]

nice! ik heb het originele 45t vinyltje nog!

[penguin911111]

This is a great track. I've been looking all over for it to download. Anyone know where I can get it?

[MsAnnamg]

FLORES s.g.v in the house to all the high rollers in my hood yeah you remember those days. tu homie diabla emf

[blacksuave]

Talk about throw back! This was the jam! It was a joy growing up with hip hop! Anyone remember a song called "Street Love?" If you have info on it, post it here. I want that song for my collection.

[ncast54]

Man it was fun back then, experiencing hip hop at its birth, Give all the respect to these ladies and gents if it wasn't for them there will be no hip hop as we know it today

[GadgetVision]

this shit s older than me and i enjoy it so much.the hip-hop feeling, u know?

[rambam1204]

I've heard this song only once—and that was over twenty-two years ago.

[spiritc4u]

this track was massive great to dance to love it

[9Haens1]

old school rulez

[joelowrider69]

lol i know um i was dj long time ago with old school my friend there oh god i am for realllllly real love it them rappers old it frist one year is 79 that come from in nyc i live in there in ny bronx and diffrent place it real live in bronx i have famliy there in nyc

[1world1blood]

Lekkerrrrrr..

[vangjackie]

old school break beat hell yeah

[ANTISLAVEBOY]

got this tune on electro 3 Vynl,LOVE IT!

[blownnbabe]

they sure dont lol

[funkfan48]

They don't make videos like this anymore!

[littleprettyplp]

This tune reminds me of my late bredrin from Hackney Free Earl aka Early Daze. We used to get jiggy to dis. RIP BRO. Peace & Much LOVE ALL da old skool krew. BRAAP!!!

[fnkdrmmr]

Yeah, these guys are from Bed-Stuy in Brooklyn NY. They lived on Stuyvensant Avenue & Lafayette Avenue. A lot of rappers stole from this song, Run-DMC, Whodini, etc...After college I even worked with one of the singers at Bond Street in the downtown section of Brooklyn. This song brings back memories...

[iconforu2c]

just a question. Why did they never make another song? or mabe they did but i never heard of it yet. This was my all time fav for years but i didnt know the name of the band but i found it in the late 90's...they should totally come back with another hit...im sure they would make it big time.

[titopuenteee]

SO FRESH!

[picposter67]

I never knew who performed this song until now. They sounded a little like Whodini. So for years that is who I thought this was. Thanks for the memories. I miss the 80's.

[dieudonneMC]

Da shit!!!!!!!!!!!!

[LatinPercussion]

always wondered why this tune is related to italo music?? ok, so it's around the same time 1984 but still, it's from US and italo is...welll euro disco ?!!

just beats me lol

maybe italo heads can answer that ...

[iconforu2c]

does anybody know what happend to divine sound???? im my opinion I think they were the soul of rap..but what happend to them?

[funkfan48]

That's what I'd like to know!

[ogfreddyb]

yo this is freddy b. i tried to go to mikes funeral but i found out a bit late ernie d from the dynamite 2 told me .yeah man rip mike we did shows together miss u homie!

[ncast54]

Bronx New York where it all started,Im pround as a New Yorker of that

[wildonc]

hey did malcolm mclaren make this beat

[SCHAAF20000]

nice which from germany

big music

rene

[rootsandvulture]

Norwich man dem BRAAP!

[deenyce11216]

i loved this song! this was the golden 80's!

[senorrsoup]

this video is fresh. hip hop had such a different vibe in the 80's...

[kell7wlt]

RIP Mike, Peace Shelt and Rich!!!! Brooklyn in da house!!!!!!1

[felixtijuana]

esta era una de mis canciones favoritas en 1983 que curada volverla ha escuchar

[cooljoeski]

One of these guys is now Haqq Islam who I think discovered Dru Hill.

[Misaster77]

Haqq Islam is DEFINITLY NOT in this video. He did discover Drew Hill, Maya, Pure Soul, Prophet Jones and i believe Terry Dexter. He was one of the founding members way before the record was released. Mike Music and True Mathamatics, who name is Haqq Islam now are blood cousins. I do see where you had the connection of him being in the video. Mike Music, Disco Richie and Shelton D is who graced the video. Haqq was part of the group in the mid seventies, when they originated the group divine sound

[laron214]

ok, i know this was the way things were back in the day, but this video is cheesy. but the song was a jam!

[Misaster77]

Well in the early days of Hip Hop, they really didn't have a huge budget for video making. And this was when videos began to spark, right at the beginning. So yeah if you compare this to what thye are doing now...od course no comparison. But if you really watch the video the guys tried to incorporate a story with video. Todays video have no real substance. They could be rapping about Obama and still have a vido whore in the back dancing..as you see all of them are basically the same. no Director

[Misaster77]

So Shelton D is your niece's Dad. Shelton d from Bed stuy Brooklyn. He use to live on Patchen Ave Between Lexington and Quincy....yeah Disco richie and of course big bad Super Producer MIKE MUSIC.....He is the best Dee Jay to rock the Brooklyn Streets. Shelton D got down just before the record dropped. Before him ..you had Omar E, M.C. Cee..they called themselves the Capri MC'S...Tell shelton i said holla...heard he in Calt

[DIRTYTORQUE]

classic.....

the bomb

[chixaladymusic]

These rappers from this era were kind od like poets/prophets. The reality in what they are saying is scary! They realized alot.

[redd7188]

man look at whats going on today and what they were rappin about back then. Classic example NUCLEUS- COMPUTER AGE (PUSH THE BUTTON)

[alstan631]

When this first came out people thought this was Run DMC.

[DIRTYTORQUE]

did they ..

dumb fuk

[alstan631]

You're an idiot!

[DIRTYTORQUE]

you the one who said you thought they was Run Dmc...

u might as well have said you thought it was the fucking beatles

[alstan631]

Re-read what I wrote genius. I said PEOPLE thought this was Run DMC. I never said I was one of them. Hell DMC even said in an interview that some people thought this group was Run DMC.

[MikeForbess]

I thought the same as well.

[sharif1986]

da dude on right hand side is my niece's father!!!......real talk!!!

[flaviopool]

mui massa este som, em 1986 arrazou aqui no brazil, nunca mais ouvi um som como este, este é som o resto é sonzinho !

[sevenjustice]

this is hip hop in it's purerest form

[psylentknight]

This was stuck in my head an hour before searching for it. What a timeless message :)

[empoyrule]

Yup everything for money..Classic Thanks for the my Old School for memories.

[Tampa0123456789]

OMG dam hadnt heard this since i was like 8yrs old. I remember my older brother use to play this all the time.LOL YOU tube has got to be the greatest invention ever. I alwayse amazed at how much they dont play on the regular media sources.

[aldeshsa]

Classic old school. Thanks for the post!

[adamgrimsley]

Sweet, great lines

[shockinggenius]

Youtube, can you please remove this song?

[shockinggenius]

this is the dumbest song in the world

[MakeMusicNoWar]

My bad. This is the real one.

[markbongers]

I only edited the video to make this  synchronous with audio. Music is from maxi-version :)

[FunkyVinylJunkie]

I appreciate that, made the video much more enjoyable. Great jam! Thanks for posting

[MakeMusicNoWar]

Great job piecing together a video... good enough to make people think its the real thing.

[nova1234]

I like it. Lyrics sucks but the bassline rocks.

[Seattle2G]

Is this Divine Sound? OK here's the strange part; the performers in this video really don't look like the Divine Sound that I saw perform live at a night club shortly after the record was released. I remember Big Mike, and one of the guys in the video looks like "Shell" but they looked far better in person. One of their female dancers had phat booty beyond belief! (O' my Lord...) Does anybody know if the guys in the video are the original Divine Sound?

[Misaster77]

Well Mike Music passed away Oct 08. Yeah all the guys in the video are Divine Sounds. They are my blood brothers. Mike and Disco Richie that is.The video was shot in Orange New Jersey. Shelton dee is living out in Cali now. Disco Richie is out in Long Island. Well thanks for remembering BIG MIKE MUSIC...may he rest in peace.

[kell7wlt]

Shelt in cali?

[bigLissuperawsum]

yo were these guys from brentwood

[Misaster77]

They were born and raised out in Brooklyn Bed stuy. Disco Richie moved out to brentwood back in 1986. Family resides out in Brentwood LI. We also did many parties in brentwood and other towns in on the Island. In brentwood we rented out an old chinese eatery called China Palace on Fith Ave. Also we rented the Rec Center in brentwood. We brought out Dr. Rock from the Force mc's to brentwood back in 1983. White flash big steve the greek. Yeah memories

[abelaldana1]

this song is still the shit!

[mattylga]

This song got so much air play in Manhatten. It seemed like every store I walked into had the tape or the radio dj was playing it.....I mean every fuckin store!!!! Classic.

[SWIFT545]

Rest In Peace Mike Music

[ShawnWhite2007]

NYC shit.

[UNIQUEBEATZ]

rip....dj

[dviousd]

RIP To the DJ of Divine Sounds

[NoelLozano]

might sound sad, or might sound funny, but that's what people do for money

[gloriamichaelc]

hey yo..my own family scammed my moms into buying there home and charged her 5.5 times the marker value.. i will play this beat after we crush them in court..tight beat.. MIKEY!

[Drew1914]

True Dat! I havent seen this in 25 years!

Gotta love that Old School Hip-Hop that preached a message of social consciousness and positivity!

Peace \/ :-)

[Krazy3912]

@Drew1914

That's what I used to love about rap back in the day. While I wasn't hard core with it....whenever I listened to rap it made me listen...to pay attention to the lyrics/message that was being talked about. Today....folks would have to strain their ears to find rap music that's thought provoking.

[polymarchs2000]

this is a kick ass song

[djdanger1969]

A true CLASSIC....... right up there with Radioactive by Royal Clash!

[marktimmer2212]

united again!

lost my tape in 86! tytyttyty

[pivitalmedia]

I went to Boys and Girls HS on Fulton in Bed Stuy with one of Divine sounds The younger one graduated in 84

[loki3965]

now i will take old rap over new rap anyday 80's will live forever peace

[KamenHanya]

"now i will take old rap over new rap anyday..."

I AGREE with you over 100% me too!

[DJJohndice]

i agree too

[cornutus11]

Way before its time and never to be reduplicated.

[ret23867]

BED STUY Brooklyn stand up...Devine Sounds

[wajimya]

Never ever get tired of this song. Great stuff.

[BGPBijlmer]

ws! 4life amsterdam bijlmer! One Love

[silky1700]

CRAZY SCRATCHING

[Sihvirynno]

Som de preto, aí maluco !!!

[EvilMonkey51]

new rap sucks (95%)

i'm 16

[Rhondi8]

@EvilMonkey51 Smart kid! Stay that way.

[dblbeats]

Good ole days of hip hop summer 1984 RIP-HIP-HOP Big shout out to those heads who knew what it was all about back in the day ...STAY FUNKY FRESH WORD

[basj1970]

LOL. This takes me back to the good 'ol days.

I think this was my first or second 12" record I bought in '84 or '85.

[Mikeypanda]

We use to battle to this song back in the day..

[b00too]

..everyone did!

[CoolWhiteChick]

You Tube is the best thing that ever happened for our STARS of OLD SCHOOL - YAY!!!!

[elynoon]

Man this takes me back! Wayyyy back :)

[dirtyfighter34]

God bless you and YOUTUBE! Love this Classic.

[locutz]

sorry about the spelling people i was work up by the vid it's been so long thanks mark for the memories you brought back son

[locutz]

oh shit i remembered this i was five years old when this came out break dancing was was do shit back then especially when you had the red converse roller skates with the fat laces snif the good old days

[xEmoFuckingPrincessx]

its been so long...wow

[hypnozcrow]

Great! best of the best

[Dablkwid0w2008]

Who dug in the video crates for this golden hiphop oldie

[GiselaNYC1]

yo this was the jam back in da days...love it.

[Juweeltjes]

Great!

[catfromsc]

This was one of the hottest jams of the 80's the DJ used to slam this a lot at the skating ring back in the days.

[00327437]

best of the best

[Bacopa68]

Two dudes, one white one black, rapped this to a zapped vocals edit they scored at a record store in Carverdale when I was in HS in Houston

[brohaywood]

I remember the 12" version of this and it was bad as hell!!!

[ahhyo2006]

When I was 14 years old, I remember hearing this on the radio (Jam!). I also remember hearing a follow-up rap called "What females do for money" does anybody remember that? If so, post the song. It's an East-Coast thing in case you didn't know.

[lunderdog13]

some don't even need money

[HAYUPAKARINGID]

Dang!!! I remember this song!!!! and I still know all the lyrics:) ooops, I'm gettin' old! LOL

[Tramm1180]

I was stationed in Meridian Miss I still know all the Lyrics Dig This it's great to get old

[gloriamichaelc]

This is one of the best beats ever!

[DanceDance411]

hey littlefingers so do i

[littlefingers]

I like this song!!!

[tynamic]

To answer the question above. The emcees were Disco Richie, Sheldon D, and the DJ was Mike Music. Do or Die Bed Sty was my cut though. The DJ even kicks a funky verse.

[highwayhazzard]

I will play this song at my wedding!!

[92SidVicious]

I love this song, one of the best songs I've ever heard in my whole life. But the todays rap music SUCKS... I hope it will be like it was in before, again.

[92SidVicious]

I hope the rap music will be like it was in the 80s, again*

[nuyawk55]

I know one of the MC's was Disco Richie, who is the other guy? Does anybody know?

[Sheels1976]

The Golden Age of RAP!!!! Thanks for posting : )

[tootone73]

sounds alot like run dmc.

[SteelyEyedDan]

No, run DMC sound a lot like Divine Sounds

[jrwalts]

run dmc came out 1st in 1983 and these guys came out in 1984 so who sounds like who

[mkfused]

beside's the point, their both awesome.

[jrwalts]

i know but this guy was saying run dmc copied them and i just had to set him straight. run dmc is better because they came 1st and lasted longer then divine sound

[mkfused]

Fair enough, i just love the old school electro game and they all sound great...word!

[Bradlinho12]

their both good.But i prefer RUN DMC.DMC has more of a hip hop devine has more of a electro sound.I like both.better than music today

[sgvrepn]

I am from LA, so I would always hear this song at lowrider shows. Never knew there was a video, man, what happened to hip hop?!

[mkfused]

Dat's ma word is born!