Cold Crush Brothers - Live @ Harlem World 1981

[germxv]

before bone thugs n harmony it was the force mds and before the force mds it was these cats. straight up.

[apb38]

Where ever i went, this mix tape went with me. i was the only one who had one, i got it from my older brother and made a copy.  everybody wanted it. then my brother lost his copy and jacked mine, a week later that was gone..........forever gone....until today.......God bless Youtube....

[oss1]

PEACE WE ALL RESPECT THE COLD CRUSH STILL GOT THE OLD TAPES

[bart6017]

the cc 4  RESPECT

[123ivyisme]

ozulu 45.... thats some real disrespectful shit. you got NY dick on your breath and, to blame NY for the fall of hip hop is crazy!!!!!!!! BRONX KEEPS ON MAKIN IT, MY MAN slide down a mountain of razor blades into a pool of alcohol.. see yau and, let welfare feed ya cause ny dont need ya...... for real though

[case1ish]

YEAH THEY NEVER GOT THEY'RE SHOT... LISTEN TO THIS ROUTINE .. C'MON MAN!!!

[hiphoplegend1]

30 years later and this is still the shit

[MrSlamCAC]

AFRICA ISLAM AND THE WORLD FAMOUS SUPREME TEAM SHOW 105.9 WHBI NEW YORK !!!!

JAMS IN THE PARKS WITH ELECTRICITY FROM THE STREET LIGHTS, THE SYSTEM THAT DISSED 'EM, AND A NASTY D.J. ON THE WHEELS OF STEEL !!! TAKING THE TRAIN TO MUSIC FACTORY TO GET THE BREAKS, DIGGING IN THE MILK CRATES FOR THE FUNKY BREAK BEAT, SHOWMANSHIP, TRUE MIC SKILLS ANT TURNTABLE MASTERY !!! THIS IS WHAT IT WAS ALL ABOUT

[maccagrabme]

And Dj's could hold a beat without freaking out with the crab scratch and orbits, flares all over the place sounding like a complete mess.

[mikemillion2000]

@thefnmonster1 I could not have said it any better... I remember when we were all trying to get the tape!!!! Then I found the CD in a store in Connecticut, and you know I had to snatch it up!!!

[BIGGDOGG423]

Damn good old school shit

[ozulu45]

uhh new york niggaz lost their roots! yall got caught up in that hood to hood crap! i havent heard an NY "M.C." with real flow since KRS-1! when yall started soundin like wack ass versions of west coast and south hillbilly bubble gum yappers! i tuned yall out! some of yall may have benefited off of that shit! but overall?? yall did some embarrasing ass backwards ass shit! go back to school and remember where ya came from!

[meandminespro7]

remember the sepreme team 105.9 2am

[gangsta8k]

hip hop back then was golden now look at hip hop today smh

[caccycacman]

I remember that "rocket in the pocket"

[trookula1]

I was in about 13 years old and couldn't go to these joints. I looked too young. Some cats in Junior High with me went to see the CC4 cause they were 16 or 17 years old in the 8th grade and had mad facial hair. HAAAAAAA. One of the dopest Hip Hop groups of all time. Their cassette tapes of the shows use to be copied so much that this why they invented dolby.

[attalishit]

M.I.C

[lahism7]

NOBODY TILL THIS DAY KILLED ROCK IT IN THE POCKET LIKE THEM

[blue44theta]

A true musical classic, Period! My aunt was part of the ownership of Harlem World back then and I was growing up in The Bronx with the Cold Crush. A historical moment that I was not cognizant of at the time. Peace to all the Brothers who we came out of The Bronx and Money Making Manhattan, at the time!

[papasha9]

The L the L wanna going to heaven but im going to hell pushin more power than a duracell better than the oldest and da newest THE COLD CRUSH WAS THE BEST EVER .BEFORE THERE TIME.Peace to GMC my brother.

[Themaddprof]

Probably the best live early hip hop recording.

[skytonezz]

wow I Grew up in Brooklyn i was too small to get in broadwy or the fever but dam those cassettes were in the hood like loose cigs and white tees .... dam we watched history (listened) to it too.man those blook party days when they shut down entire avenues like flatbush for example. shit can never happen now days. blocks and blocks of diffrent music and djs and don't forget the up rock break battles BOY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[genepryor]

do the wop

[HoodRelatedEnt]

I had the sharp g777 i think it was, the one with the blue grill and the four speaker and two tape wells rocking the hell out of this in front of 42 park a week after it came out.

[boehm145]

oh man i remember this shit.i use to rock this on my boombox.. damn !!! where can i get a copy of this on tape...

[Powerules]

I still have my tape from this show. I remember when I first secured this in my possession, I would walk around playing it on my JVC, and strangers would approach me offering to buy it. I'm sure the current generation will say, "What's the big deal?" But, back in 1981, when you had a tape of this magnitude in your possession, it was all about the status that went along with exclusive ownership. This was, and remains, an incredible stage set.

[BlacksAreBeautiful]

@Powerules Tape of this magnitude!!! Very accurate description. You were damn near a celebrity if you just owned this!

[WillClyde]

Funk Master Flex played this on July 4th, I remember when I was a kid and the older boys on the block would Bump this track at every Party. When got my first car in 86 it was on of my first mix tape joints I Banged out of my Ford Escort. "OLD SCHOOL "

and the Fantastic Five should not have won that battle ( STRO )

[daone2no]

someone needs to start a fund so these old school cats can get paid for paving the way. ! WORD.......!!!!! let us never forget , they r the reason that these rappers r rich , balling , and whatever else today, been here since day one,,,,, THE NAME IS ROMANCE>>> I had it FIRST ,,,NOW bite it,,

[daone2no]

someone needs to start a fund so these old school cats can get paid for paving the way. ! WORD.......

[ivorysoap1984]

Ahhhhhhhhh. That's. My shit I seen Cold Crush. Do that show in Paterson CCP rec. Center in Fu@king 81 or 82. Ha ha

[MultiLeozinho100]

dopeeeeeeeeeee

[ardentepatience]

LOVE

[genepryor]

cc4............enough said

[genepryor]

cc4............nuff said

[IronStaffImmortal]

HYPED!!!!!!! up just listening to this shit.....I used to have all this fly ass shit......I just wish someone would credit these pioneers

[IronStaffImmortal]

I used to have all of the this fly ass shit.......I just wish someone would help to credit these pioneers!!!

Chills.........is an understatement peoples.........

[Fam4ever127]

I breathe this stuff! I Iived in Brooklyn during the 80's and my friends use to call me uptown because I had tapes from the Harlem World, T-Connection, and places from uptown. I was about 16 and didn't make to some of the early lengendary hip-hop spots but Harlem World and the B'way International were some of my favorite hang-out spots!

[lesterhalfjr]

that beat is so weird

[flatbush46]

i was about 10 or 11 and I had older cousins that lived in Wagner Projects and I brought this tape to them and they were bugging out that i knew about harlem world. I was from Brooklyn.... I never got a chance to go but the stories and music reached my block in bk... Much Love...

[tonylords]

Yes, yes my mother was screaming inside the party to get my ass out but I couldn't be found:) Ha, ha....

[TheEman67]

can't believe my mom was there

[831dennis]

Man, this is the type of shit i could never get enough of. I have tears in my eyes to think of my past. those dudes took me back there. I love them and i am a fan for life. One love to old skool hip hop

[infniteplateau]

beat sick ass fuck...... Giving back the roots.... Thanks Fam....

[gilinnc]

it;s too bad new generations forget about the past

[11972886]

OMG!!!!!!! YO THIS TAKES ME BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 116 N Lenox!!! real !!!!! A bag of that De hardest hard n that old lady!!!! u real old school cats will know what i'm talking about if you were there!!!!!! true old school!!!!! lmbao!!!!

[muggledon1]

@11972886 116th and Lenox!!!!!!!!!

[Imakebeats65]

2 dope for words!!!

[TheEman67]

my mom was there cool shes 48 now

[iam01]

Love Moms for that!

[TheEman67]

@iam01 lol

[khaliamoon]

I am so glad this has been preserved. I still have a few tapes (that I have posted onn my channel) from back then. I was only 12 or so but I held on to them.

This was real rap music. Skills and all.

You could actually go to a party and not have to worry about 5 niggas hollaring at you or getting shot!

[thefnmonster1]

I HATE WHAT RAP TURNED INTO ..IT WAS A MOVEMENT AND NOW ITS JUST ABOUT THE BUSINESS OF MONEY..ITS JUST SAD......

[themightyhyatt1]

This is hip hop not that little Wayne bull@#it.

[CENCERE40]

CLASSIC!!!!! GLAD TO BE PART OF THIS ERA!!!!

[dualityny]

Awww, this is my shit.

If anybody still has this on vinyl, put it in a safe. PRICELESS.

I remember these brother had killa rhymes for all those who step up.

(Rick Cerrone~Rocket it the Pocket )

E.

[OKrepresent]

"You got the two DJ's on the wheels of steel / Charlie Chase and Tony Tone at the top of the bill" THIS MUSIC IS LEGENDARY!!! Wish I could have ever been there! Creativity and pure flavor combined. ANyone who got to be there, and experience this type of scene in the original days, YOU MY MAN ARE A LUCKY DUDE!!!!

[germxv]

this is 2pac killa all day every day. word is bond.

[aanglero]

this reminds me of the jams in the park and school yards. Wearing my "Master Minds" Sweatshirt....Speedy......Spac­e......Buc.......Rom.......Tho­se were the days

[jamesbubetube]

I was so young I being in Far Rockaway , there was word of mouth from the Bronx , I was too young to take the train to find these men ,.and How come they never came to Far Rock high or Beach channel., for shows . not that I would be able to get in But being outside was just as good .Hip Hop , The birth ,the early years ... ROUTINES... ,are a lost art..

[stew127]

the shit nuff said if i start to talk about this it would be over

[chronwell1]

Cold Crush Brothers are 4 rap emperors! Much respect to the architects!

[moshua947]

i was at that show

[nate3715]

@jfiggaro1

This is Cerrone-Rocket in the Pocket

[MrTYBO2020]

@nate3715 LIVE VERSION

[brew62]

this was the first "Mix tape" I ever heard back in 82!!

[gshumo]

I was there!!!! Classic Shit!!!

[MYoung23]

29 years later and this is still the shit.

[germxv]

@MYoung23 yes sir

[shelfpup]

@MYoung23 30 years later and this is still the shit.

[bigtimelucky]

wow I was a Little Kid, and my brothers used to play this in the basement...I'm def a product of Hip-Hop!!!

[skeerod]

All year long this was what you played when you went out with your boys and your BOX

[karimbaqi]

16 years old...I was able to ski mask my way into Harlem World to see the battle...4th of July, 1981...and Silverback, the CC4 never saw a dime, but the Fantastic did after they won the battle...which I don't think they did but history is history!

[SilverbackII]

This is when everything was done for the love of it. They never saw a dime for anything. Thank you for this,I realy mean it.

[twosmooth2009]

thats why im over chargin niggas for what they did to the cold crush

[Misaster77]

@SilverbackII Yes this is what the game is missing. No real money being made, just cats wanting to have fun. Old school!!!!

[khaliamoon]

I had tears in my eyes when I heard this again. OMG, does this send goosebumps through you? This is when Hip Hop made some sense and the brothers (B-Boys) really put their heart into what they did for pennies!

[BranNuClassix]

@khaliamoon you sound like you would like Bran Nu Classix...!!!

[DTM1864]

I screamed when I heard this. I haven't heard this since 1981. I was a just a little kid with just a couple of cassette tapes of a few jams like this. Once this original era of rapped ended I basically stopped listening. This is truley old school not LL Cool J or Run DMC; no disrespect to them. Thank you csmcrckrs. I grew up in the Bronx a few blocks from Fordham and the Grand Concourse where rap basically originated. This music has a piece of my heart.

[SilverbackII]

This when lyricaly skills and rhymin really meant something

[BranNuClassix]

@SilverbackII BNC understands and respects that completely

[funkberto]

Cerrone- "Rocket In the pocket" live

[kell7wlt]

Continued from my prior comment. They got the new school perved out, but we will be back because its so obvious and the money will be ours! Same thing happened to ROCK AND ROLL!!!

[nuevayoriquenyo]

@kell7wlt - you make a point about the money finaly being ours but its the reason rap is in the bind its in now...then again I can't front...

It was always about the money...thats the truth.

[kell7wlt]

The first ryhmes came from nursery ryhmes, check this and see if it sounds familier: "The cats in the cradle and the silver spoon little boy blue and the man on the moon when you comin home dad i dont know when but we'll get together then." its the song cats in the cradle the same melody cold crush uses here. Never the less busy bee uses SHA NA NA. my point: Shame on duress exploiting music executives who dont understand us and believing we believe we are strangers to who we are!

[missayawk]

@ kell7wlt you are SO right,but I think the song you meant was "Alone again ....naturally"

[kell7wlt]

Let the show carry on! LOL! I love this one! The first time i heard them do this one live was at the Sumner Ave Armory down the block from where i live! Check my channel i tried to put all these together!