De La Soul - I Am I Be

[TonyMergoza]

Salut, si il y a des francophones dans le coin quelle est la traduction litteraire de "i am i be" je vois mal ce que ca donne en francais lol, merci.

Super bon son sinon !

[Telepathy1]

I am 40

I be rockin these bells till I die...

[nosweetz4u]

i am ma, gwanma

i be enjoying watching new skool vibe with my skool

peace and love

[patrickriley360]

i am black

i be enjoying rap from baack in the day

[DiConscious]

I be like nobody else why does everyone act the same.

[DiConscious]

Real hip hop. take it back to 84HIpHop!

[bloodbathfan]

I am StarCraft Brood War and I love HIP HOP!

[pastillalk1]

i am crack

i be a fucking drug

[Ejak2021]

I am Sam-I-Am.

I be liking green eggs and ham.

[vibebuzz]

i am vibebuzz.  i be late on the post

[slboson]

I AM ADAM I BE GOD

[uhHiPhoPfienD]

i am a child of God

i be striving for His will.

[Ryanandrambo]

I rep De La Soul in the SF bay area every fuckin' day, we're bringin' it back ya'll

[uhHiPhoPfienD]

yo some one upload this video so it be able to listened to on mobileee

[kmkl5999]

I am Kemik Elles.

I be Soul

[iiSayyy]

You've Made Me So Very Happy - lou rawls :P

[MsElyonna]

my da got my name from this song

I am Elyonna Mone'

i be proud of my name

[uncomn]

i am sayin this track should be having a video!

[MyNameIsntGabriel]

I am 17, I be bumping De La on the regular.

[Labcabin96]

i am labcabin. i be looking for this sample.

[fleshnbone187]

Such an amazing song, just one thing: can anyone comprehend what the fuck Trugoy is talking about in the second verse?

[patrumer]

"i am q tip and i be friction"

[peaceink]

my fave de la album. my fave de la song (millie pulled a pistol on santa a close second). pce.

[JJJusea]

Thumbs up if you still listen to this!

[2tim149]

I am 50.

I be lovin old school rap.

Rap in the REAL.

[Tombizar]

Can you spot Busta Rhymes in the song?

[accantiere]

sick

[TheStitcher]

I am Kird

I be NostalMagic

[kenshiunderground]

I got to see De La perform this live and it's the most memorable live performance I've ever seen.

[PolarSmoke]

I am P-Smoke

I be occupying wall street

[ERNST205]

3 feet high and still prine

[dennisama]

Genius. 

[MrKenny1940]

Ah, I miss family in hiphop. As they are talking about Native Tounges not really speaking anymore, an appreance by Qtip, Dres, and I AM BUSTA! an honorary family member like Brand Nubian

The first song where the seemed to be reflective, grown up. So poetic and beautiully arranged with that Lou Rawls piano

[WannaTradePants]

I am Q-Tip. I be friction.

[CandyLiquorStupid]

Thank you P.O.S for showing me this song.

[ziabungle]

This record just makes you feel good. I use to see Posdous in the Village on the reg......Shout out to De La:)

[phenom2311]

I bring the element H with the 2, so you O me what's comin' when I'm raining on your parade.

Genius!

[rustyshite]

thumbs up for real music in this age of bullshit.

[funkyflautist]

quality!!

[goldenchild77]

If anyone has ever rhymed better than Pos on the first verse, I'd like to hear it. Simply brilliant.

[rustyshite]

@goldenchild77 i want to hear it too. i don't think it will happen.

[Felisette]

this is the song of my life, i love so so much, this is the fuckin most beautiful hip hop ever

[minimarioman]

I hate it when this song ends!

[kinkycommie]

i am chris

i be loving De La

[PrestigeWorldwideism]

Mike fuckin Carroll

[rayallen0]

It was weird; driving my dad's shitty 10MPG F-150 home after my Music & The African American Experience class, listening to this album on my iPod because the truck's stereo is shit, the first verse broke me down. I was really, really stoned in a hot box, but still. Always an interesting/strange experience.

[chixmex]

I just now started to listen to de la soul

I be on this shit like white on rice

[jules5434]

True School

[AlexMakesThings]

I am white

I be enjoying oldskool rap.

[nafe123]

@AlexMakesThings lol keepin it frank

[keithsimmons1911]

I have been on these dudes since '87-88'

I am Keef, i be cooling the %$%$#$ out!!!!

[MrAvillegas99]

The piano sample is Lou Rawls - You make me so very happy

[MrAvillegas99]

Anyone know the sample part @ 1:42 ?

[username8868]

Probaly one of the greatest tracks De La Soul has ever made.

[angecunan]

my favorite song on this album

[gzus820]

notice the 0 dislikes......hopefully it stays that way....R.I.P Hip Hop 1979 - 2005. You will be missed.

[darcy27]

@gzus820 1979-1998

[danako18]

first time i heard this track it raised my musical awareness to the next level and i felt so lifted. It was so unbelievable it made me restless to the point where i didn't know what to do because I wanted everybody to hear it like i was hearing it. Nothing like an adrenaline rush from the inside out. I was enlivened full of energy

[kinstube]

I LOVE THIS !!!!!!

[Linseneintopf1]

when it came out it was my favorite for a long time and it´s still one of my favs... great song, great time....

[sean0milan0]

i maximize, my soul is the right size

[mrnittynewyork]

20,000 Hits!! Embarrassing!!

[jeffmangumisgood]

if i wasn't making song, i wouldn't be a thug selling drugs.

but a man with a plan, and if i was a rug cleaner best believe pos would have the cleanest rugs....for real.

[TommyBowe91]

Anybody have any idea if the electric guitar on this track was played by somebody live or if it was a sample? Oh, and who performed it? Cheers

[danako18]

@TommyBowe91 its from a sample. "my guitar gently weeps" by jimmy ponder.

[TommyBowe91]

@danako18 Ah that's brilliant. Cheers, mate. How did you find this out? I've got the CD but it doesn't say on there nor can I find any information on the 'net. Unless, of course, you'd heard Jimmy Ponder's song beforehand.

[danako18]

@TommyBowe91 Ye ive heard it beforehand. The tracks been sampled lots as well. I just had to sample it myself as well :P. I couldnt leave it. ill track hey?

[Sensarmy300]

In a just world we would be playing joints like this instead of national anthems and commercials.

[bballandrap]

and if you saying they don't write their own lyrics come on dawg

[bballandrap]

the deeds of a natural are seeds that are no longer planted so the famine in the mind is strong... modern poetry

[xblazex94]

i love de la soul, theyre the shit..but i learned they dont even write their own songs

so i've almost lost all respect for them

but that doesn't stop me from listening to songs like these

[jeffmangumisgood]

@xblazex94 as in, they don't make their own beats?? there aren't too many rappers who do. if you're saying they don't write their own lyrics, then you just don't know what you're typing about.

[LaBelS11]

@xblazex94 I would like to see the proof please!

[mxm3133]

@xblazex94 they write alll their stuff, u should think before u write

[xblazex94]

@mxm3133 do some research before you write and you'll learn that im right

[innerspace428]

i watch for the power to run out on the moon..and that'll be somtime soon..

[wardeezee]

yea h...yeah ...when this came itwas love at first hearing it was that breath of fresh air that I expected fron the SOUL' the samples , the meaningful lyrics, the oh so colorful sounds engineered so rythymically and beautifully these guys were the cornell west of hip hop.

[jasonito23]

I am 34 years old I be feeling De La Soul.

[c2daj2dat]

@jasonito23 IM 40 ...I BEEN ON THEM SINCE 88!!

[Darcsav3r]

@c2daj2dat 33, oodles of O's got me Buddy ;)

[AdidasBoyzz]

So smooth..

[iwasanangryyoungman]

1.55 - check the organ break lifted from Jefferson Starship's "Miracles"

[991fal]

De la soul, Tribe called quest, Digable Planets. Thats what needs to be played on the radio today, Im sick of hearing about lil wayne and shit thats not music thats just a punk kid talkin about the same thing in every song, sex drugs and money. That just pisses me off. These guys new what they were talkin about and the had a real skill. 90s rap, rest in peace.

[Arsenalisthegreatest]

@991fal There would be car crashes everywhere across the country and people would be trying to figure out what the sound was

[melara111193]

@991fal those three groups are so ill....great hip hop

[keithsimmons1911]

I am Keef, I be cooling the fuck out!!!!

[keithsimmons1911]

I am Keef, I be cooling the fuck out!!!!

[kshintaku13]

this is one of my favorite songs of all time. "I guess we got our own life to live, or is it because we want our own kingdom to rule? Every now and then, I step to the now, but now I think back then, I might've acted like a fool." -Pos. One of the illest...

[nickfromdtown1992]

@kshintaku13 not only is he one of the illest hes also one of the most underrated. i appreciate seeing comments like yours giving props to him

[threetoednieka]

reminds my of school, happy days! peace all

[Spiega]

to me one the best produced songs of all time, Prince Paul is criminally underrated, he should be in EVERY top 5 producer list, I hope people will realize soon.

[4800990664]

I am Kursive

I be, a fan fa lyfe

[gramOneEpoha]

WHY haven't I heard this album before?

[djdigitalwarrior]

i be...a real alternative hip hop head

i be...disliking bling hop

[kinstube]

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! = I'LL LOVE THIS, ALWAYS !

[rballard27]

I am Reggie...

I be finally getting my shit together!

[juanonehh]

ei somebody whats the album name? or where i can download this album i cant find it xD....

[raisin212k]

@juanonehh

Buhloone Mindstate ;)

[juanonehh]

@raisin212k  Hey bro, thanks for ur help!!.....where u can download it!!

[ClarkesonTheMarksman]

always new....ahead of their time

[straydoglogic]

Check out P.O.S track de la souls. He does a good tribute to this joint.

[CajeMusic1]

one of the best groups of all time...and the only rap group that NEVER broke up...

"I am an early bird but the feathers are black so the apples that i catch usually are worms"...simply dope...pure hip hop lyrics at its best...

[pizza916]

Eveyone go listen to the song "De La Souls" by P.O.S... he uses some of the lyrics from this song it's great.

[blackpain2200]

i love the vibe of soul

[obieone87]

"As we go a little something like this look ma no protection no i got a daughter named ayana mone, and i could play the cowboy to rustle in the dough so the scenery is healthy where her eyes lay" This track is filled with tons of amazing lines but this one is perhaps my favorite

[obieone87]

only 6800 views such a shame

[WillMillion15]

@obieone87 well this was only put up less than 6 months ago.

[slickmadisyn]

I am thankful that my Dad listens to this kind of rap I be happy.

[TheLeo1973]

ALL I HAVE TO SAY IS EVERY ALBUM THEY PUT OUT IS PURE LOVE,,,,,AND FOR THE PARENTS THAT PUT THEY KIDS ON TO THESE DUDES, I GIVE THEM PROPS,,,

[xxplicitt004]

It hurts me so much to see only 6k views on such an amazing track. I remember my mom bought me some random jazz/rap cd as a kid and it included this track. I instantly fell in love.

I am Ernie I be a hip-hop fan.

[Vilify617]

on of my fav songs

[jojodangerfield]

i read the diction from the second page, i got the one-two gauge, baritone to the izm fan

[sean0milan0]

@jojodangerfield can you explain this line?

[LVilla74]

i am ... diggin this joint.

i be... pulling this joint.

[celt29]

I am P.O.S....



[neliiinhu]

this is the doppest rap of my life ...and its an abundant rap life lol ....this pace...how i miss this pace in nowadays stuff...even if its good stuff

[emoemoe2003]

i am q-tip, i be friction

[izzyheredia786]

wow this is dope

[charliesk8r123]

i am shorty, i be for 11

[jojodangerfield]

@charliesk8r123 I be 4'11"

[vjacq88]

Bumping Dela on a sunny day in LI....thats whats up.

Classic!

[Wildcock23]

I CHERISH THE TWILIGHT

[keyop30]

A true gem De La Soul 4eva!!!!!!!!

[Retrogradeify]

Put this in your earphones on a working day whiles walking the pavement/sidewalk in a metroplitan, bustling city (e.g New York, Central London) and observe whiles listenining...such therapy things seem to go in slow motion puts a whole lot of shit in perspective and I dare you not to crack a smile :)

[SW4TR3PP1N]

@Retrogradeify listen to Heltah Skeltah - Understand. I bet you'll love that also!

[jermain703]

SO SLEPT ON FUHREAL

[bluesplus1]

Damn good shit! One of the best and most influential hip-hop groups of all time. Thanks for existing, De La Soul.

[jyjade]

obilinx1 i thank you for being the 1 who finally posted a classic cut that i have waiting for what might as well have been FOREVER!

[swissnupe]

301 views? We got to tighten up on keeping that real hip hop alive

[SOINKEGOD]

simply amazing were the real hip hop heads at this need more views

[newjerseynj13]

Stetsasonic

"Sally"

In Full Gear

1988