J-Live and Thes One - Give It Up

[shaunewilliam]

Thes one has a ridiculous talent in his own right. The way he describes scenes of happiness memories,nature ect......... over some of the PUTS back catalogue is untouched,and trandends many mc's cliche's. , if your talking lyricle thats different coz you then have to take into account the whole game, and at the risk of feeling "I know why!" the backlash from many here, Id say old marshall mathers is a 8 miles ahead of any mc , if were talking the whole lyricle game - Wack beats tho....lol

[familybrothers]

YES!

One of the best of all time.... I think J Live is in the top top 5 for intelligent lyrics, clever word play, and I think he sticks to his subject better than most emcees, ever! I cannot remember J Live ever saying anything, ever, that made me think, ''what the fuck? what are you talking about? Or, why did he say that?!''......something I can not say for some of my other favorites....

I include Thes One as a lyricist in that same category....same goes for Talib Kweli.....

Ever seen him live?

[Zignaflyinblow]

Y'all are right, PUTS is sick as fuck but J-Live definitely tears it up in this track!

[brad5191]

clearly a thes beat...

[Zignaflyinblow]

I think this would be even better if Double K and Thes were rapping

[Agenda1988]

@Zignaflyinblow Whaaaaat? No disrespect to Thes and Double K but J-Live on his best days (as he is on here) is up there with the greatest of all lyricists. Thes and Double are dope, but can't touch J-Live when he's on the top of his game.

[Clempt90]

@Agenda1988 sorry but i totally disagree

[Agenda1988]

@Clempt90 Have you really listened to J-Live extensively? The extended metaphor he uses throughout this song is absolutely fantastic, and not many MCs could pull off a whole song with EVERY LINE having two meanings in the literal and metaphorical form, much less having the content be of great importance. Other songs like "The 4th 3rd" are absolute poetry at it's finest. I think PUTS can write some pretty dope lyrics, but there's a reason why several ppl comment on this song asking for the lyrics

[jesseincalgary]

@Agenda1988 thank you for making it clear how good j-live is. he is sooooooo underrated 

[jesseincalgary]

@Clempt90 j-live is one of the best lyricists of all time.

[monkeyRL]

Fan-bloody-tastic. Shame these days ya gotta hunt down real Hip-Hip!!

[sicknature]

big mac, fast food, and animal agriculture in general cause more destruction than most of what he mentions...notice how j-live has gained massive weight over the years?--of course he wouldn't bring up his eating practices.

[skateandcreate1234]

does anyone know where to get the lyrics for this song????

[InstrumentalHipHop1]

Pause the video and hold left to play the arcade game SNAKE. Its pretty cool.

[TheBoomBapBeast]

Damn oil spill )=

[Manacheli]

remember this song being on my ipod when on a snowboard trip, wish it was the season allready

true Hip-Hop there, nuff said!

[stylezNout]

thes and damu the fudgemunk - best in the game

[turningtide1]

people, we don't hear this on the radio cause the songs on the radio are soulful & will be felt years from now. - lazy, coward & ignorance

[jakesbm]

I believe that the 'bit of things about respecting women' is actually personification of the earth, treating it as though it were a woman.

[djdocstrange]

pisses me off. tracks like this are gold but the sheep out there just dont see it!

i keep losing faith in humanity. we need a new word to call this type of hiphop.. or better yet, rename the shit thats garbage out there. hip-pop.

[PprKut303]

fresh beat and dope lyrics

great collab between thes one and j-live!

[aniel198]

Happy to see those two get down together as a fan of them both

[acidzul]

the1 of the best ever hh. project to me

[TheLoyalists]

I'm very sad, Thes didn't do a verse on this dope dope joint.

[EarlyDayz]

give it up for the earth ladies and gentle men....

[DALEALEXANDERCARROLL]

this is a good jam. If you like the idea of a hip hop song speaking on the enviroment then check out earths essence my Mr. SOS. Dope aswell.

[rmgravis]

True underground loveliness.

[djkaseone]

Dope!

[bshaheed]

THE POWER IS YOOOOOOOUUUUURS!!!

lol another bad creation by thes though. big up.

[Serbinnhio]

This song blew my mind when I first heard it - clever metaphors and you're right - how many good hip-hop tracks can you name that address environmental protection.

[nemesis700]

lol...'im makin plans to live on mars cuz i got earth on lock'...........what happened jay?..lol..guess plans change...

[Agenda1988]

rofl... nice catch ;)

[skateandcreate1234]

@Agenda1988 do you know where i could get the lyrics for this song??????

[maddtapes]

east meets west, werdd!! classic drum loop production by thesone

[toblerusse]

J-live is a metaphor machine. This song makes me happy every time i hear it because it shows how music can be made to sound this dope and still be talking about being green/eco-friendly and shit like that.

What a novel idea.... :P

Spit for rebellion, spit for resistance

Spit for accuracy, spit for distance

I can't just spit that shit you could market

Even though I know we got the same target

And I can't just spit that old rhetoric

I gotta spit what's ten steps ahead of it

[kichichica]

This is definitely overlooked talent ....compared to what's out there...

[adrenelinryan]

thes one is one of the most over looked producers out there, he deserves much more recognition for the faultless beats he creates!

[rmgravis]

@adrenelinryan Totally agree. Just discovered him and PUTS through Pandora a few months ago. Truly amazing talent.

[shaunewilliam]

@adrenelinryan genious production, the best! when i was younger im 26 now, i used to say pete rock , but ive grown up with puts and the beats are so consistant n motherfuckin dreamy! great comment man

[yoothprospects]

sick collabo for sure!

[mightycanus]

thes one and j live are so under-rated !they deserve so much more!

Fuck the commercial bullshit nowadays!

[guzen411]

One of Thes 1's best productions ever!!!! ...SICK.....

[bandrok1]

Goddamn the breakdown at the end is sick. He should do a remix with that.

[scmtb49]

this song (and its message) = awesome

[eeto91]

Dope!

[7PietroNe1]

Nicest One!!

Quality Hip Hop!!!

[russestache]

I have listened to this song 7 times in the last hour.

[Agenda1988]

I was obsessed with it when i first heard too ;}

[Agenda1988]

btw there's a DL link for the song in the description if you don't have it yet.

[russestache]

im hooked.

j-live did it again.

[DonNinja]

dope

[wickstarr]

yo this tune is ill j -live allways brings the realness

[tuberlol2]

Your description of this song is very true! amazing song lyrically and beats are of the same level.

[spac3n1nja]

WOW, how did this gem get past me. EARTH SONG FTW!

[101Licious]

Sick beat! 5*

[Blingy98]

Wow, thanks for putting it up. Damn good song.

[lootpacker]

Simply amazing!

[mattgoff27]

incredible shit

[thejointbeats]

this is perfect i found my inspiration in thes one i feel his music like i made it its just what i understand as a hip hop traduced to a song that someone arelady made, awesome vibe.

this song is too much to describe it with words

[Clempt90]

I feel you brother . Thes is indeed one of the very best to do it. peace

[rigartoni]

This song kicks ass. Environmental hip-hop!? Unreal. Money cash hoes rappers should take notice. You can call me a tree-hugger for the time being, too.

[gimmieanamedamnit]

J Live & Thes....a dream combination

[FLOW3R000MANT1S]

Oh SH1T HEY BAYBEE! ;D N11C3 song...I'm bout to start callin j-live a tree hugger XP

But yeah I really dig the lyrix, he's really lettin peeps know whats up when it comes to pollution..thats the reason I know now I shouln't smoke-cuz in hindsight it's killing me a second hand smoker and the earth.

THATS BAD D<

I like how he says the devil has his hand all up in the earths dress~that shit is true! lol Somebody should paint that..

Oh and yes of course the beat is Niic3 ;}

[Louiemaxwell]

the chorus sounds sort of Slug.

[Louiemaxwell]

I mean to say the chorus sounds like Slug.

[nemesis700]

slug cant match j live.... on any level

[LaMOi1]

Thes One on production... never fails...

[Guidafunkyman]

From which album comes this song?

[Agenda1988]

You didn't read the description?

:/

[Guidafunkyman]

Which description?

[Agenda1988]

over to the right of the video, when you click (More info)

:D

[Guidafunkyman]

OK thanks, I didn't see it. ;-)

[Amelfan]

OMG!! i have been looking for this track everwhere!!! Thank u for putting it up!!!

[Agenda1988]

Wow!... never knew anyone who heard this song before!

=D

Anyways... I got this a few years ago from a site for free, legally... I'll put a link in the description for the download, ok?

[Amelfan]

haha Yeah, where i live there is a radio station that plays LOTS of songs like this. I just never knew the name of it till now. This and Movement-Crown City Rockers are my 2 faves. Thanks again, I really appreciate it!!

[Agenda1988]

no prob :)

[stopglobalwarming08]

5 STARS!!!!

[Agenda1988]

ha, cool, it got the attention of an environmentalist :)

[jwalk0]

Powerful track all around lyrically and beat wise, I liked how he had sounds from tha ocean around tha end. You seriously dont hear track akin to tha message this carries on much underground tracks. This is tha first time I've heard a track form J-Live and now I'm interested in tha rest of his work, I can tell already that they carry messages like this while still bein effective beat wise.

[Agenda1988]

Yeah, if you look up anything about J-Live you'll see he's quite the respected emcee... Though his beats aren't always too flashy... His most popular song is probably "The Best Part" produced by DJ Premier... My fav of his is "The 4th 3rd" though on that particular track, the beat is sorta weak, though the lyrics are PURE POETRY... I also have a song on my favorites where he rips Pigeon John on his own song... And "Braggin Writes" has his scratchin and rappin SIMULTANEOUSLY! o_O