Def Jef feat Etta James - Dropping Rhymes On Drums

[jdlolluvme]

i hav this track and record plus a record player to play this song

[jdlolluvme]

vluv is my dad craig is my uncle and def jef is my uncle im 12 and wow man i luv old school stuuf better than this new stuff

[sossma]

Didn't even realize that was Etta James 'til this week. I was trying to remember the song and I said to myself I wonder who that woman was and then it hit me.

[harryfritter]

This track sits in my vinyl collection, and at 23yrs old, is still one of my favourites, in the era when it was cool to feature dancing in vids, nothing cheesey about this...RIP Etta

[calixa]

RIP etta, have always loved this track.

[solesirching73]

R.I.P. Etta James

[matt08526]

if def jef ever came back with a new album he would put todays rappers like jay z eminem lil wayne and even snoop dogg out of work

[johnjnukemsheridan]

@matt08526 Amen to that!

[CanvassBlack]

Jeff was a New York transplant that moved to LA. I remember seeing him back in the 80's when he came home to visit his fam in the Bronx. No one but me recognized him because at that time rappers like Rakim and Kane were the stars.

[craigandrach]

i jus wanna hola till my soul feel free now!

tune

[MegaManMax1]

Damn this brings back memories....I danced my butt off to this when I was clubbin!!!

[IceManLikeGervin]

Def Jef in full & total e-f-f-e-c-t ='s pure dopeness!

[Geebop360]

Yeaaah Bwoy

[jayrow38]

whoa! SHOUT OUT TO THE SOUL BROTHERS....HA YEA...WHAT UP DARRIN!

[decevioj]

NEW WEST ORDER AND DECEVIO ON YOUTUBE 2012 PHARROH

[nubonyx]

This joint is a classic!

[bertfreez]

i really miss that fast funky hip hop....

[bobbitt187]

dance moves rocked in the late 80/early 90s

[MrTecism]

Dope!

[richard1g3b]

This is FUNK!

[TRB1946]

Love Jef's flow on this tune, and the Etta James sample is sublime.

[TheGruffOgre]

Bought this CD for 5 bucks (Australian) back in the early 90's. Way ahead of its time.

[OGNYTOWL]

WHAT UP MOSES!.....SUBJECT,,,,SOUL BROTHAZ...4 LIFE

[PacificDark]

Jeff is groov'n at 1:46

[dmarco46]

Whoever left that weak ass comment, I never was into Jef like that. My son (you dumbass) is into old school got dissed by this man. you called me a groupie??? I was laughing my ass off that you even think he got fans LEFT. So, being the dick-rider you are of someone that made no waves whatsoever need to get a clue. We are in 2010 now.

[75andalive]

Jef and the Soul Bros came 2 I high skool SUN NUFF RASPECT @@!

[dmarco46]

Muthafuck Def Jef Played out ass. He has no consideration for his fans.

[abovefilms]

let me guess: he didn't sweat your groupie ass. of course you get laughed at as i 'drop rhymes on drums.' rofl.

[mildseven2006]

I've heard lots of stories of him being a dick to fans back when he actually had a chance at a career. But he did himself in. If you have a good experience you tell 2 friends. If you have a bad experience you tell 10 friends. It's a simple marketing principle.

[nynteen9deez]

what is the original song he sampled this joint from? I've seen and heard a lot of bboys jamming to it.

[soulbrotherlegendary]

@nynteen9deez Its a Song Called "Blow Your Whistle" by Chuck Brown and the Soul Searchers..Etta James is actually singing the hook of the original song

[fbeg84]

In L.A. when this came on in the club ,you had to get busy!

[whynot1888]

10/10......1love

[2nd2nun1]

Great song back in the day. Great shots of Def jef and his crew dancing at the campus at USC.

[chino1922]

I've been looking for this song for ever! Used to bump this in the car hard! Rock the hood!

[Javidogg]

Classic Hip House.

[sincere383]

b boy classic

[face6iny]

All day on the Video Jukebox kid!

[TheKoreanX]

I always wondered why my 9th grade math teacher called me "Def Jeff"...

[jcdinkins]

This is better than 99% of the stuff out these days. And it's 20 years old.

[nateword]

never was a def jef fan but he was spitting on this shit!!

[only1monk]

CLASSIC. I remember my homies and I taping this and studying the dances.

[face6iny]

Right there with U fam....had to hit the streets with hot dance moves and routines.

[Olutunu]

@only1monk so did we. The soul brothers were the shit!!!

[crunk617]

what's up with posting the Cali is Fly video?

[berkbizerk]

Def Jef could rap his ass off.

[slanguage1]

Yo man gimmie that typing pad and sit down this was are unseen culture back in L.A when muthafuckers were getting their brains splattered for no good reason. Theirs plenty of untold soldiers that had to pick between their hoods or there dance crews. Some chose the wrong path and some of us chose to dance. R.I.P to all the lost souls.

[MrAkverdoni]

yehhhhhaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!­bigg rebel!

[attaboy83]

2:51 that split was nuts

[attaboy83]

hs dancers were way before there time, fools were doing the running man and cabbage patch when these guys were rockin

[1lifestyle]

they nice,but nobody could F wit scoob and scrap

[attaboy83]

soul brothers were fuckin ill

[coolsweetgroovy]

Wow I had no idea Etta did rap this is cool

[1lifestyle]

i think the only way hip hop can change is if hip hopersare ahead of all record labels not indies

[cmptrwhiz]

THANK YOU

[newkidd2k3]

The thing I really hated about Def Jef was his production. Just like so many other dope (Yeah, I said, "dope!") MC's, Jef was always the victim of lame tracks like this one and "Give It Here". Now "Black To The Future", "Here We Go Again", and "(I Know I Got)" Skillz with Shaquille O'Neal... dem joints was bangin', Son!

[1lifestyle]

i blame the labels

[COMPACTASS1]

fuckin jam

[crunk617]

i gotta find some baggy overalls

[soulbrotherlegendary]

The Soul Brothers are still active....Check "The Suns of James Brown" Documentary or add me as a friend and you will have the entire hook up

Peace

Soul Brothers

[nynteen9deez]

whats the original song to the dropping ryhmes on drum track from ?? thanks !!!

[djinfrared1]

when real rappers got down, awesome

[isaacstovall]

I copied all of the Soul Brothers moves back in those days. Whatever happened to them?

[soulbrotherlegendary]

The Soul Brothers are still active to this day...Check the Yearbook, they are all over Youtube with new 2008-9 shit...They are on the best dance documentary ever The Suns of James Brown and they are here right now writing this message

[88GURP]

Yeah man I'm from the Bay and I remember going to a Def Jef record release party, and I don't know if it was the Soul Brothers but it was some cats in there ripping it. I used to dance too and that shit got me pumped, first time I seen housing. I was fresh out of High School with a fake ID. These Soul brother cats were definitely one of my favorite dance groups. Good shit if you still doing the damn thang stay up. They also ripped on that show Rap Summit i thinkt thats the name.

[soulbrotherlegendary]

Bay Area Playa What Up

Its Soul Brother Legendary...I love the Bay so I had to hit you back, Yeah that was us back in the day....Rap Mania was the joint you were talking about, hit me up on my messages so I can send you the Suns of James Brown Documentary

[dulaone]

good look'n, u should also check out this bboy documnetary called "WRECKIN SHOP FROM BROOKLYN". both have the same genre and era of bboy styles and is one if the best bboy docs ever.

[hiphopyoudontstop34]

tune nuff said

[malsamma]

i want the link to his album.. can anyone help a sista out??

[orlanduce]

the same Etta James from 'Cadillac Records' the movie.

[Barber42]

Classic battling song.

[DVL32]

I couldn't have counted the many of times I played this ill ass song in my Datsun 510. This was and still is tha shit, so so sad for the young hip hop fans of today.

[Mac510BC]

we are all african

[bigja2008]

Wow this video is off the chain. My mom is in this video she's shown for 2:51-2:32 seconds with the gold bamboo triangle earings and that lady right next to her is our friend Lidea. "Wow"! look at my mom and my aunt Lidea famous and doing the damn thing. When I met Jeff again recently which was last year that's when I learned that my mom and Lidea was in one of his videos. So cool Jeff you the man.

[soulbrotherlegendary]

Tanya is your Mom's??? I was about to say whats up little JAH but I see you BIG JAH now...You use to be the flyist dressing little dude in the hood...Your gear game still on point..This is one of the dancers Legendary What up Big JAH

[1lifestyle]

i have this performance but i dont know how to upload videos from a dvd

[ANCIENTMYS]

CRAZY ! And the dancers were nice as hell.

[lotuspetal7]

Soul Brothers! THIS is HIP HOP. This is what the corporate HERBS took away from the masses..

[CrowdPleeza]

Well some believe by MC Hammer having 50 dancers on stage and in his videos this had an overkill effect on dancing in Hip Hop back in the 90's. But dancing is making a comeback.

[yugpud]

TY TY TY TY TY TY TY TY TY TY TY TY TY TY TY

classic

[WhoTheHellisKeith]

this is going onto my hip hop favs playlist

[oXKenyaXo]

Damn i remember tearin up the garage floor to this!!!

[1lifestyle]

anyone know where i can find african medallions

[75andalive]

fly ! We have them here at out swap meet in Berkeley !!and any concious book store should carry them 2,I use 2 and still sometimes wear up to 5 at a time !!

[djinfrared1]

This is definately a raw ass hip-house cut.

[Rainbowshow]

Dis is Hip Hop, my freind.

[Shiiklos2008]

Damn, I always loved this track!! How sad is the state of Hip Hop when the 20 year joints are light years ahead of the current sh*t.(With the exception of Em, Kanye, Wu, Outkast, and a few others that actually built on the contribution of True MC's like Jeff.

His lightning syncapated flow was overlooked because he was a West Coast MC, before Snoop blew up in the early 90's. He also produced arguably the greatest Rap track of all time...Boss's "Progress of Elimination".

[byan213]

Rap has gotten so wack these days. It's nice to see a classic Def Jef track. I think it's headed back though.

[crunk617]

this is still one of my favorite jams

[Javidogg]

This track "Droppin Rhymes On Drums" by DEF JEF was well received in Chicago, labeled Hip House. Played on radio B96 and Clubs all over Chicago, def a classic.

[pugmastaflex]

sampled from Blow your whistle by the Soul Searchers

[heavyspitters]

CLASSIC!!!

[barriobajaj]

Props to Def Jef for having Etta James sing the chorus. Do it! Do it!

[1lifestyle]

anybody know where i can find african medallions

[chart3]

try an african american bookstore. many cities have african summer fairs or festivals with goods like that.

by the way, i just found out that the great Eta James is the singer on this track. I had no idea! just found 20 years later after the fact. hahahaha...

[ghettobeats]

you can find them in the late 80's.

[jflores949]

man i use to spin this jam at house parties ..hall parties you name it when this came out...thanks for his post

[chart3]

this was true hip hop- west coast, east coast, whatever- at it's best... i'm startin' to miss those days... but times do change and what goes around comes around so maybe it's time for this style to come back again?

[redfan45x]

yeah mainstream rap these days sucks its all racist and only talking about drugs and money and killing cops, back then it was everybodies music.

[moshichi]

nice uptempos

[crunk617]

Big up to the Soul Brothers

[Bone69for2]

Big up to all those whose recognize game. brotha be spittin.

[haitek]

he produced the theme song to 'that's so raven'

total sell out

[beornborg]

waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa­aah!

[1world1man]

Def Jef spitin'.

[MzSherice]

Def Jef was an underrated lyricist. He had a pretty good stage show too. His dancers were ALL THAT! They came with it!

[sanmuhammad]

This rapper lead me to Nation of Islam!

Check my Vids.........

[crunk617]

he had some the baddest dancers

[nda5150]

Damn. This song brings back so many memories.

[nateword]

i hated def jef but his ass was flowing on this one.....

[eszteca50]

WAAAaah Peoplessssss!!!

Even me!, living in Holland Amsterdam.. this was shown on yo mtv raps early 90's and those dancers man!! tooo dope! They gave us dancers a big piece of Hiphop fundamental.. even a big part of house dancing was born out of the dancing those days!

Gratefull for the oldskool! Fundamentals, Fundamentals!

[SnuggieWhops]

Yea...The Soul Brothers were my favorite dancers back then....whatever happened to them dudes?

[crunk617]

they still around. type in soulbrotherlegendary. they just came out with this sick dvd called Suns of James Brown.check out the trailer

[zedek3147]

The dancers the dancers the dancerrrrrrrrrrrs! Remember those days?? The guess overalls and shit? Bopperheads they were called. We listened to this album on the bus at High School.

[sisterbrothers]

Oh yeah, I own this album on CD. Bought it primarily for Downtown, at the time, but it's a real fave now.

[bigdap100]

I was too young to realize it back then, but Jeff is straight with the lyrics. I think I was on Big Daddy Kane back then.

[kutmastak]

what is soul brothers and scheme team doing lately?

any info?

[soulbrotherlegendary]

Soul Brothers ae still Active....check the documentary "The Suns of James Brown"

[attaboy83]

soul bros r the shit

[SelmaGoods]

Great song!! Anything that Etta has lent her legendary vocals to has got to be good!!!

[TechnoWX909]

Yeah,I remember when the chemical bros. (a UK trip hop duo/techno-electro group) used to be named the "dust bros." until the real dust bros. laid claim to their name and forced them to forfeit that name to become the chemical bros.

[TechnoWX909]

Are you guys the Easy Mike and King Gizmo that started delicious vinyl from back in the day at KSPC 88.7fm at the claremont college campus? "THE BIG BEAT Showcase!"

[deliciousvinyl]

Ez Mike & King Gizmo, the Dust Bros were DJ's / Engineers/Producers that connected with D.V. early on, worked on some of our releases and found more success with Beastie Boys...

[abovefilms]

damn, look at how young the soul brothers (name of jef's background dancers) looked. WHAT UP CRAIG, VANCE AND LEGEND! lol

[stororiginal]

These dancers were my back bone for dancing hip hop 4 real

[predikt]

Straight up man, Scheme Team is where it's at. Straight influenced early 90s styles

[deliciousvinyl]

our pleasure - Etta Rocks the House!

[Reebblu]

Thanks for posting this. I'm a huge Etta James fan and had never heard or seen this. Good ole school!