Rather Unique - AZ

[sanoalecs]

i fking love that shit!

[IaintNoNewBoyz]

AZ the birthfather of rap, he needs to come back and record some more underground musi, FCK MAIN STREAM

[iamsukafree]

man AZ was spitting some of the best lyrics on doe or die.i hop he go back 2 spitting like this on doe or die 2.& i hope he have a song with nas as good as essence.essence is the greatest hip hop record 2 be recorded

[scunnysum]

If Illmatic had a twin it would be Do or Die, except Do or die would be the slightly less popular, and slightly uglier twin. even tho bith the twins are fine as shit

[b4ld012]

East NY BABY AZ one of the nicest

[TheGeebeats]

this is a great meet up of the mc and the beat maker sounds so smooth to the groove feel me and feel the track , one Geebeats.

[RomeloHillTV]

...Peep dis Uniqueness

non believers, im leaving speechless

Left 'em choked

As if the skunk smoke was coming thru the speakers...

[westside159]

with unexplainable behavior

[bobbyberosinill]

I've been listening to this song for 15 years and it's still good

[Jobobajake]

If he releases a Rather Unique Part 2 i will cry from sheer joy.

[MegaAbacadaba]

@joeysteez do you know when is Nas' album is supposed to drop?

[joeysteez1]

AZs gonna be on the new nas album. gonna be ill to hear some of his new material. hip hops missin you right now AZ..get em

[Rjjr510]

How can I be weak!?!? I'm rather unique! He starts to turn shit up around 1:50

[AdrianDaTruth]

This is cold

[Boneyslim88]

AZ has fuckin bars

"Got a style sick as hell sicker then sickle cell anemia slaughter ya circulatory like leukemia

Feel velocity who want parts of me I'm viscous mad malicious cus it's real on this road to riches"

[plokmji]

In 1995 the industry wanted to cash in on the Talent, Realness, and Pain of NY rappers by creating "mafioso rap." This album is the exact tipping point, half Illmatic and half it was written. Imagine a whole album of this............. 

[YouKnowWho2112]

AZ and Masta Ace are the most underrated rappers EVER!

[isaz36]

Oi Oi Oi Youtube needs an auto repeat button so this track can loop ALL day EVERYDAY!

[isaz36]

This cat has the lyricism, mic skills and he's got the look to be a megastar. Just goes to show nepotism and butt licking only works in the music industry. AZ has stayed true himself long may it continue. Hip hop's MOST UNDERRATED!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Bypolarrrr]

this song always leaves me speachless az at his best

[SodaNSoap]

best beat i herd in a while. i was looking for this song for the longest.

[xKidJordan23x]

Az lyrics = godly

[westside159]

TECHNIQUE SPEAK IM RATHER UNIQUE

[westside159]

Since a minor i been fucking with mary jane

[chookston]

Doesn't get much better

[90Alpine]

This song is the shit. I listen to it every mornin

[NOSIDDa0043]

az is one of my favorites of all time for sure. if you guys like a complex lyrical style, check out my raps, you won't be disappointed....

[TheRedirkulous]

OMG AZ gets no credit as lyricist this motherfucker right here is one of the best lyricist of all time he has one of the smoothest voices and his flow is nice

[mirivi38]

@TheRedirkulous moves b major with unexplainable behavior tne ghetto savior SICK!!

[magua4]

az could have been as big as NaS if he ever had the same production behind him. he could have had 20 more songs just as good as this. NaS knew it and always was partnering with him. its a damn shame az never blew up. he was better than everything coming out of the west.

[axtg710]

most slept on hip hop album of all time

[Omegadaofficial]

Y'all thought I forgot about it, didn't you? #TLA ;P

[simpsonsrock06]

would have been sick to see an AZ/Nas/Pete Rock album

[shuthefuckuphaters]

@simpsonsrock06 dont forget big L man..

[shyrenegade]

one of best east coast rap songs eva!!!!!! I heard hundreds of times, and I could listen to it a million and more, and neva get tired of it. What a production, a unique atmosphere and the rapper, wow!

[clarencejones07]

AZ put his knowledge in the illest book

ever -- H.O.W .::TO ...R.A P

reeeeally great read, all the top lyricists contributed to making it

[clutchmc22]

I remember buying this cd on accident thinking it was the new Do or Die" album best mistake of my life

[Rjjr510]

Gimmie yours and this is my shiiit..I feel bad that I just discovered his shit months ago.

[Prodigy51992]

classiccc and it's rather unique

[cptorangutang2]

"Got a Style Sick as Hell, Sicker than Sickle-Cell Anemia, Slaughter your Circulatory like Leukemia"

That's some of the sickest shit i ever heard!!

[bournebeats]

@cptorangutang2 no pun intended

[legitSmith]

@cptorangutang2 everytime I hear it..I just shaky my head..some serious lines from this dude man. Make sure you check the Gimie Yours Anniversary version.

[KidKapamTv]

@cptorangutang2 Check ou my music please 14 years old real lyrics, like this comment! thank you!

[superzenmachine]

lil wayne or drake cant see ya boi AZ, come on b

[superzenmachine]

BROOKLYN !!!



[HighGravity777]

My boy thinks Jeezy is better than AZ...He's my boy but I didn't even know how to respond to that kind of ignorance..He also thinks wayne is the best rapper....soooo sad

[DragonAurora]

The flow on this track is sick..."unique" indeed.

[ripwoodydawg]

everytime i view if i click like will it increase the likes everytime??

[cptorangutang2]

@ripwoodydawg good question, try it out and count to see if the number increases, i don't believe it will tho

[ripwoodydawg]

east new york gets props from south cali

[PGMizz]

I always wanted AZ and NAS to be a Duo, "he Firm" was different, it wasn't just them two

[westside159]

Skunk smoke coming through the speakers

[westside159]

causing any battle to be tragical child 

[BallerXZ]

It's gonna take more than your astrologist to acknowledge this.....physiologists couldn't even figure out the exoticness.....I love this ish.....AZ

[SL4VE0WNER1904619]

at first i thought this was nas when i first heard this...sounds like a song from illmatic

[rabbiltube]

Are you kidding me?! (translation: this track is fkn flawless!...too bad too many people will never know or respect this rather unique art properly)

lmao (in a good way) at: "east new-yahk, east new-yahk"

[d63372]

Ever since a minor, I've been fucking with marijuana...

[westside159]

my mic devotion brings out my deepest emotions

[MrGuliad]

People who admire real hip hop, (and I know that there's that small percentage that love hip hop the way the way it should be loved) would not only say that AZ is THE most underrated artist to of ever been in the game, but he's lyrics are on par with the best to have done it (Nas, Eminem, Rakim & Biggie). Word for word this track is dope, not a single flaw. Reminds me of Em's Infinite or Nas' Memory Lane. Classic!

[mystical609]

@MrGuliad infinite and memory lane are the shit! but add big L to that list and its perfect

[Lozuki92]

@MrGuliad well said



[Godsunz]

i remember riding trough southeast dc with a banging this on a walkman cassette tape player Wow you can time travel with music

[COSMICNUTZ1]

bumped this ish when i had my first cady. way back in 95. dam I miss thoes days,,.!!! ; ) >

[superads91]

Best rap beat ever

[mnymatt]

Who gives a fuck? Why even mention these artist!?

[MEDiC8WiTHKUSH]

my whole persona is kinda layed back like a recliner and since a miner ive been fucking with marijuana.

ready to let my clip spit dramatical verbals release shells like automatics do music is magical causing any battles to be tragical child!!

got a style sicker than sicklselinimia slaughter your soclatory like leucimia...feel velocity..

who the fuck would dislike shit like this lyrical from beggining to end that probably because they cant pronounce half the stuff he says!!

AZ+AZ=LEGEND

[MSGROOTS]

who the fuck would dislike this shit??!!!

[YoungShadTv]

One Of The Best To Do It

[Elnegritodemalibu]

feel like flowing when i hear this beat forgive me as i peak into you cereberally just reaching out of your speech\then reach into every human being trying to cling to life as i multiply then choose to divide then fly into the night sky\ if you ask me where i reside it's deep inside the mind what i eat is the thoughts of you ever trying to succumb to defeat\slowly is how you must breathe rising while internalyzing that negativity is paralyzing\for this beat i choose to be rather unique\peace

[agenthelios1]

@Elnegritodemalibu Shut up bitch....you sound stupid as hell, just listen to AZ and relax.

[killlilwayne]

Peep this uniqueness

nonbelievers I'm leaving speechless

left to chokers and skunk smoke

was coming through the speakers

surgically nice with any verbal device

trife, breathing life into mics

my insight's beyond the twilight-AZ

[Richie2k6]

how can you say he's not one of the best lyricists...?

[TheWisdomBeing]

AZ + NAS MAKE A KILLER TEAM BUT THEY HAVE 2 DIFFERENT STYLES THEY BRING TO MUSIC

[TheWisdomBeing]

got a styles sick as helll sicker than sickle cell, - do you think that was a kinda indirect to that guy from mobb deep?

[killlilwayne]

AZ..... James Bond of this rap shit.

[hiphopheadkingmag]

@killlilwayne he claimed that on "the hardest" w/ styles p. check that shit out! peace!

[killlilwayne]

@hiphopheadkingmag yup! i love how they made two versions of that song

[hiphopheadkingmag]

@killlilwayne yeah i like em both. i think styles picked up the slack on az's version (undeniable). his verse on his own version didn't go as hard tbh.

[killlilwayne]

@hiphopheadkingmag yee i think they did that on purpose its sick as fuck

[Boxoholic1994]

lets get this to 1mil views :)

[enjaykix]

"My mind's divine, heavenly entwined with Ghandis." The first 4 bars of this song shit on any of these new songs out right now.

[TheNewarkbadass]

I LOVE AZ ...BLACK KING 

[tkwk1433]

az + pete rock = michael jordan + pippen

[MrFrodiggs]

classic. i'll flow and lyrics

[westside159]

Technique speak

[TheYup11]

Your favorite rapper's favorite rapper

[kobe24mvp81]

AZ is so underrated I might just squeeze him in my top 10 haha, AZ always keeping it real

[THEREALMAJESTYMELL]

@kobe24mvp81 Hes in MY Top 5 replaced Nas easy

[PerrettaProductions]

Infinite = a total rip off of this album

[MrFredHoogendoorn]

@PerrettaProductions How is infinite a rip off of this album?

[PerrettaProductions]

@MrFredHoogendoorn Similar production, similar rhyme scheme, Similar subject matter on a few songs ... If I played Both Albums to someone with no hip hop background they couldnt tell the difference

[shmayy]

this my fav girls fav song

[HipPopFan4Life]

Got style sick as hell sicker than sickle cell anemia slaughter your circalatory like lukemia Az in my top ten because surgically nice with any verbal device

[noiserrr]

@HipPopFan4Life that line is just genius. his flow blows you away. always liked his doe or die era style of rhyming cause it paid homage to the 80's rakim style of delivering your lines.

[TheKjackson38]

eminem and az are two different-styled rappers, both sick in their own way. Been listenin to both forever and theyre both ill so dont campare

[slimbullet96]

I remember when I was in 6th grade my big bro was watching a lil wayne video ("stuntin' like my daddy") and I asked him who he was.

He said he is the best rapper alive, and he pointed at the view count with a million 900000 views which was alot back then.

We came far ever since.

[trevor123698123]

@slimbullet96 at least you came along...i wish the rest would

[assman3467]

so chilled

[browseyfillerman]

I was always a fan of AZ....I wonder y he didn't blow up....Where is Nas..Mobb Deep, and Killa Army....I can go on..R.A.P = R.I.P.

[imisrael92]

YO IM SORRY I DIDINT KNOW ABOUT THIS NIGGA AZ, JUST DISCOVERED HIM RECENTLY AND HES FUCKING DOPE!!!

[ipnoyonei]

got a style sick as hell sicker than sickle cell anemia slaughter your story, gory like lukemia

[SoCalDude805]

Look up Eminem - Infinite, this is how he sounds!

[BathingApeCOD]

@SoCalDude805 Don't bring eminem onto an AZ video...

[ineverplay]

@BathingApeCOD to true eminem is shit he dosent know what real rap and hip hop is

[Bayfotter]

This just make me wanna travel to New york just for the nightlights at night and just walk around with it. fuck AZ is dope.

[heyheyhey1830]

az needs to teach kayne how to rap!!

[plod78]

@heyheyhey1830 who the hell is kayne?

[NellStalgya]

hes flow here is untoucheble,really,,one of thest hiphop tracks ever

[simpsonsrock06]

"The word's on the street so keep your ears to the concrete"

ill shit.

[chuckieboy1988]

yo this how to rap book sounds like spam, im just saying....if its so good drop a quote from the book and stop with the "real science" bullshit. i can listen to his songs when i want to hear his message....

[floridakees]

1:50 -- 2:13

[egokilla732]

he stole mad lyrics from dis cat in prison and got sued still nice

[ChrisAnjelo]

@egokilla732 no faggot

[Fl1pmo]

Pete Rock never disappoints.

[gdiggedy]

No words can describe how ill this joint is.

[tenseman08]

The indomittable king of lyricism!! All hail the A

[HipPopFan4Life]

thumbs up if your gonna buy do or die 2 and support AZ

[MrPound4Pound1]

20 people don't know what REAL Hip-Hop is!!!!!!!!

[floralru]

This man been underrated, slept on, it's just crazy how he fell off!! He's very intelligent..... sad

[HipPopFan4Life]

favorite az song def top 5 all time him and nas r the same hopefully do or die 2 is great

[Yewell81]

! FAVE !

[McLovinMcNugget]

Kool G Rap style, AZ is dope! just got in to him after "Life's A Bitch" by Nas, and im stunned. AMAZING TALENT!!! just like G Rap the legend!

[youlookgoodtoday]

that first verse is top 3 dopest verses ever spit

[0GuRu1990PrEmO0]

HOT BARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!!!

[phonemanbiz]

Tight

[dgrestini]

Just go look up the lyrics to this track if you can't understand it. Fucking mind blowing skill on the mic.

[shortyca22]

2:37 So its gonna take more of your astrologists to knowledge this physiologists couldnt even figure out the exoticness

if that aint a dope line idk wat is

[Dromattic25]

Puffin trees that leave me high as trapeze lookin Japanese at ease while im stackin g's <--- ILL Shit!

[a7exisonfire17]

shades of Big L and Nas

[druha10304]

whats the sample

[MyJunior1975]

@druha10304 "Anticipation" by Les McCann. He's a very underrated jazz musician, and another sample of his was used in another classic song. His song "Go Ahead And Cry" was used in Mobb Deep's "Right Back At You" from "The Infamous".

[0GuRu1990PrEmO0]

@MyJunior1975 i like people that know what theyre talking about when it comes to this business

[MyJunior1975]

@0GuRu1990PrEmO0 There are people who claim to love hip hop, but they are very limited in what they know about the music- and the culture.

I have to make a slight correction, though. While Mobb Deep did sample Les McCann, it was actually the song "Benjamin" for "Right Back At You". Les' other song "Go Ahead And Cry" was used by Lords Of The Underground for "No Pain" as well as the Cella Dwellas for "Good Dwellas". As you can tell, Les McCann was used on a lot of East Coast hip hop, LOL.

[aone415]

@MyJunior1975 the ill shit is that "Anticipation" is only 53 seconds long

[MyJunior1975]

@aone415 Don't you hate it when a great song is really, really short? Case in point: Dave Sancious' "Just As I Thought" which was used on Erykah Badu's "Agitiaiton". A minute and a half? Like seriously???

[SlimShady4eva1]

Check out the up and coming rap group from NY called Slacker Crew. Just search for the songs "Creative Mind" or "F.I.S.H". You can also look for "Eye 4 An Eye J Cruz" or "Too Deep J Cruz" which are 2 dope freestyles.Any feedback/criticism is welcome and appreciated. Be sure to check out all of the Slacker Crew and J Cruz tracks in the suggestion videos. If u are a fan of old school hip hop and lyricism you wont be disappointed

[ThaNsaneOne]

WTF GOD DAMMM HE KILLED THIS. wow

[jtmenniti1]

I got a style sick as hell, sicker than sickle cell anemia, slaughter your circulatory like leukemia - one of the illest rhymes ever

[hakeemfizzy1]

One of the best flows in history

[plasterdat]

Oh man...when I first found this joint on YouTube, it only had 7k views...classic.

[JohnBeast824]

I swear those 15 dislikes was clicked by accident, cause there's no way a soul on this earth would not like this

[boss089]

Man.. Shit's deep

[VickDaVillain]

WOOOOOO THIS TRUELY REAL HIP-HIP!!!

[Jiwansp01]

I wish this kinda music and these kinda rappers were the 'popular' rappers like lil wayne, drake and all them shitheads

[NittyNilt]

East New York .... BROOKLYN

[johnsmdm]

i fucked lex and westside in the asshole sirs...im a silverback white....

[kusto99]

15 people like soulja boy

[Bigrog1988]

One of the best CD's ever

[geronjenkins18]

@Bigrog1988 One of the best rappers ever in my eyes.

[NTC01934]

Pete rock on the beat..... awwwwwwwwwwwwww yeaaaaaa

[staten84]

@19osfp91 sounds kool g rap influenced to me. 1 of the best agreed.

[19osfp91]

he sounds a lil bit like shyheim on this track i think...ain't he? i wonder coz az is definitely unique but his voice is different as usually...at least to me ;)

one of the greatest, no doubt

[jackiemoon04]

Simply the best

[s0upy119]

i swear to god i found this song by looking at a list of the best rap songs of all time and I was shocked because I never heard this song and I was a fan of AZ. Easily one of my favorite songs now. Peace AZ the god

[TheMelkManNYKfan]

@s0upy119 lol ur a az fan but didnt know this song wtf?

[Antlynn781]

14 people dont know music true talk

[BooMBAPManiaK]

Rock Tha House...

[jdector53]

g-a-n-d-h-i

nobody spells it right

[FactActVideo]

Verse 1: AZ we was already loyal to people's minds and mulianis now we more fucked up with a mayor named Guliani you can try to bomb me analyze but can't define me my mind's divine heavily entwined with Ghandi's far from feeble, I leave your nostrils hard to breathe through cause my cerebral's are more of a higher plane than the Hebrews my mic devotion brings out my deepest emotions overdosing wannabes posing sending them through convulsions - Part of first verses lyrics.

[TopKidd1]

14 people who are hating really hard .

[LaCliqua1340]

Pete Rock......

[bripell62]

AZ put down some real-science on MCing in - HOW' .'TO'. 'RAP

which is that book they done to help save-the art form of MCing by gettin the legendary MCs to sit down and spit game all in one book --G Rap, Kane, Chuck D, Pharoahe Monch, OC, Q-Tip, so many legendz in that boook...

[gangsterboy50]

@bripell62 i've heard so much 'bout this book but could never find a place where i could buy it...

[DerkaDerkaMikeTyson]

@bripell62 You forgot esoteric.

[slimbullet96]

@bripell62 Yo that HOW TO RAP book is a great list of rappers but it isnt really a great book. Just scattered information and quotes from "OG legends"

[MrFan32]

why didnt this guy ever blow up?

[mr76dukestah]

@MrFan32 i have no idea. hes considered like the #1 most underrated rapper ever but whatever i know who he is

[UPTBlockObama]

@MrFan32 because he dont talk a bunch of dumb shit

[luckyhouston91]

@MrFan32 because hes good