Masta Ace - Alphabet Soup

[Fressroboter]

unbelieveable. great. dope. sick.

[Reijerkolle]

They should use this song in schools to teach kids with

[JRamsey244]

lets see drake or weezy pull this shit off! i dont think soo...

[SteelSnarf]

Am I the only one that sees "[insert rapper's name here] tells you his secrets to rapping in the book HOW TO RAP"

I swear I see that shit at least 5 times a day lol.

[DaMuzikFreek]

Is it selfish to be thankful that Masta Ace never "made it"? Fuck it, at least Ace stayed real to hip hop, and didn't sell his soul to a major label.

R.I.P. Hip Hop

[JagerforSatan666]

@DaMuzikFreek Hip Hop's only dead if you don't believe anymore. As long as there's a single real MC and a single listener, Hip Hop is alive and well. If it died most crews wouldn't survive the smell.

[stevieb274]

shout out to brookdale hospital place i was born

[SupremeNostalgiaTv]

Hands Down One Of The Most Slept On Emcees Ever...smh I Can't count how many times I mention Masta Ace and get faces like 0.o there is so much good music kicked under the rug for commercial garbage.

[Super9999999999999]

To everyone reading this I did a song called "Connecticut" for my state CT I only use words that starts with letters C and T check it out on my channel thanks..

[jshnfrk1]

check out visionaries - audible angels

[Shootin1s]

@Ricearoni80 Shut Your Fuckin Face, How Is It The Other Way Around When Masta Ace Came before Eminen, Hop off Eminems Ball Sack, Come Correct before You Start An Argument, or your gonna look as stupid as your name

[scienceandhiphop2011]

Why is this album soooo expensive online?

[Yewell81]

! FAVE !

[AgressoR87]

papooses alphabet soup is harder!!! :)



[dOcToRcHrOnIc23]

@AgressoR87 true.... but masta ace been out since 88\

[FBGM306]

this song isnt getting enough credit, to go through the alphabet i dont think ppl are realizin how hard that is to put together

[SmilesBroLol]

H-TOWN

[rush1er]

youngins be like... "whats a pager"

[wabbsey]

same sample from prince paul prince among thieves track macula?

[Yewell81]

<3

[DeerpawAV]

5 people dont kno the A B Cs lol

[ComboNational]

No way, this is too genious. #Wordplay.

[Tonylowk]

i dont

[tagger205]

5 ppl dont know the alphabet

[BLAZE69007]

@gerryg1982 where u get this book? im up in canada btw

[Tonylowk]

you guys are srtaight talkin outta your asses..

like you know who influenced whoo

nigggaaa.. thats a neck

[kaaazim16]

@Tonylowk Your the only guy talkin sense, how u gonna know who influenced who more?

[gwal31]

shit i played this song at a party in my class and whole class was bitchin about it shit THIS IS RAP SHITTT

[MusicMaster509]

i had to listen to this song twice,, its dope how he goes threw the alphabet... masta ace is sick wit it im glad i found him

[platkas122]

he got so much style you tought masta ace was a group

[jmarrvin]

It's like... it's like "gimme the loot" and "alphabet aerobics" all in one!

[CareyboBarry]

Eminem got his influence from Masta Ace, so.

[RKOunion]

@CareyboBarry You got it the other way around, Masta Ace is the one who got his from Eminem. This album came out AFTER Eminem was famous.

[rakimkoolgrapwutang]

@RKOunion lololololololol masta ace came from da late 80s. he used 2 b in da juice crew wit kool g and big daddy kane. eminem was influenced by ace. ace was influenced by rakim. rakim was influenced by kool moe dee. kool moe dee was influenced by melle mel. im not sure who influenced melle mel.

[RKOunion]

@rakimkoolgrapwutang Listen to Ace's songs before 2001 and after and see the difference in the style.

[rakimkoolgrapwutang]

@RKOunion yeh but masta ace 1st influenced eminems style. b4 eminem was famous.

[iArt1st]

"One word that begins with A is Ace"

[awesomekasim]

take back that 300z he just bough her

[Phonetik831]

@cypressnirvana and @Blaze264 How in the fuckin world did you think this is eminen??? It's Masta Ace , retards

[Blaze264]

@Phonetik831 smd. my friend told me that, so i asked. i know it isnt eminem now, lmao.

[mascez87]

Hungarian rap on this music:

watch?v=XaVdBGtzGRU

[WKaliberr]

Masta Ace is MASTER RACE!!!

[gerryg1982]

yo, the best book with Masta Ace speakin in it is the HOW;;TO..RAP book that came out a little while ago, its also interviewed dudes like Kane, G Rap, Q-Tip, Black Moon, Pharoahe-Monch and all the dopest ever emcees...

[wepaonAK]

@gerryg1982 i wish there was some other rappers in there like Canibus and shit. I still haven't read it though, shits worth the read?

[demigodkai]

Does anyone have the instrumental to this? pls email it to me get @ me through my profile or show me where its at.

[MeesterBlonde]

Agree with JaystarOne. How the fuck can you think this is eminem. Clearly a black guy. This is the first time i've listened to this song and I can easily tell. Fucking n00b

[bamboneski]

@MeesterBlonde u a fucking big bad ass online...punk ass cracker

[Blaze264]

Em said Nigga, bout time i heard him say it

[JaystarOne]

@Blaze264

thats not eminem son, check yourself

[SOUTHPARKMEX713]

This is Awesome ,Why is this the 1st time listening to Masta Ace ! ...DamnnN!

[Acmilanfan33]

Em actually admitted he bit off this guys style a bit, but I think after Disposable Arts Ace bit a little off em actually. It's kind of ironic.

[skigh45]

yeah whats the sample...heard it before in anothre song

[njdude420]

any way anyone has the instrumental for this track?

[DRAK720]

Why do you little bitches mention eminem-inem on EVERYONE of ACE's videos.

WTF??? Stop talking about him and talk about MASTA ACE

[skigh45]

lol eminems not in this song wtf ?

[JuzasAA]

same sample here too watch?v=aUxams5bKxM

[plutonium87]

wtf? same beat... lol

watch?v=h2bZF1RnOyQ

[MrMegaKaffeebohne]

ganz ehrlich, ace entwickelt sich immer mehr zu einem meiner lieblingsrapper. der typ hats echt drauf, super beats einfach realer rap.

[RickyD909]

LOL funny masta ace sounds so much like em on this album or vise versa but eminem is not even on this album much less this song sorry cypressnirvava do your homework b4 you make outlandish statements just more proof of hip-hop in the wrong hands diminshing an artform with ignorance.

[hamer123itsme]

is this song sampled from Ann Peebles I'm gonna tear your playhouse down

[hamer123itsme]

is this song sampled from ann peebles I'm gonna tear your playhouse down

[hamer123itsme]

like a ghetto symphony, beautiful.

[theforgottenchosen]

the master, even when he faces disaster

ace is great

[JordanSeriously]

why are you people arguing em vs ace. their styles are like polar opposites.

[Yewell81]

ohh myy good..luv dat beat....and masta ace!1

[frankbones100]

without ace theres no eminem...are u retarded if it want ace hed of jus been listening to someone else EVERY RAPPER is influenced by some other rapper..without bambatta there WOULD BE NO RAP

[SHAOLINISLAND35]

A son how you B im chyllin and i C you D go out and make a killin but where E yo F that nigga he makin G's... lol damb the mastaaa teacher

[blah350]

Masta Ace INFLUENCED Eminem

''Eminem mentions Masta Ace as one of his influences in his book ‘The Way I Am’, saying, “Masta Ace had amazing storytelling skills – his thoughts were so vivid”.''

[SillySantaHat]

@blah350 So? We are still gonna come in here and arbitrarily bitch and argue over who is better. That is what this is all about, right?

[blah350]

@SillySantaHat well no not really in my opinion what i said was a reply to what illvizions1 said, and to everyone debating who is better or who is a true artist

i'm just saying what em said

and i think both artists are great anyway

i'm not gonna argue about who is better because i just simply cant be asked

[DZA9mm]

Syl Johnson, syl Johnson, Syl johnson... man crazy asss beat!!

[illvizions1]

Ace is a true artist unlike eminem who was ill at the time until he sold his soul to the industry, but anyway, Ace is the original cat mixing it up when hip-hop was sprouting roots.He is one of many true charactors around in hip-hop.unlike eminems which has become progressively worse over the years.comsume bad music and support''artists''that don't even write thier own music with horrid beats& display no relative meaning in thier songs whatsoever besides occult symbolization & product placement.

[Caveman1006]

lol em bit off this niggas style any niggas who listens to both should know

[BadMeetsShady]

eminem is the best i think ive heard a lot of american and german rap....but since encore i dont like him that much....not a lot good rapper get main stream look at masta ace he s gr8 in my opinion but in germany noone knows him...and too much bad rappers become famous like lil wayne i think the game is very sad

[Tryste]

is he talking about Tarik of the Prince Paul album (Macula theory)?



[Super8403]

Badass Way of Singing Your ABC's

[cypressnirvana]

While Eminem's newest music (not referring to this song) sucks for the most part, all of his albums before Encore were excellent examples of GOOD mainstream rap. Remember those days? When you could turn on the radio and maybe actually hear a good song?

Eminem's rap in this song isn't even that bad, it isn't great by any means, but it's better than 95% of the shit that comes out today.

[monstersball45]

@cypressnirvana You do know that Eminem isn't in this song right? Just thought i'd let you know...cuz it isn't Em, it's Ace.

[ndnplaya49]

@cypressnirvana srry pimpin em aint on this 1

[JaystarOne]

@cypressnirvana

that aint eminem guy, idk why the fuck you would think it is...

[notjohn100]

@cypressnirvana this isnt even eminem

[crhymes104]

@notjohn100

lol amen

[crhymes104]

@cypressnirvana

ya eminem aint in this song dude

[suicidaljay]

@cypressnirvana lmao@Mainstream?? have you ever listened to a eminem album?? I mean actually listened to the words? There was never anything mainstream about him..Why you think he was banned from so many radio stations and tv?? Mainstream is morely clubby and about money..Em was murder,hate,rape, <<Just those 3 will never be mainstream,

[Ali3343]

Alphabet soup>Alphabetical slaughter

[Ali3343]

too much eminem talk... he sucks.

[grantos24oxy]

y is it on ebery ace vid people gota say him an em are on the same level. they ent at all there totally dif. i like both but depends what mood im in who i listen to ace is def real hip hop i love his mellow style

[Calqulate]

dood this song is SICK

[XXSciKoOXX]

lol look eminem does not copy him ace is just one of his influences they are both cool in real life and made songs 2gether theres no point in comparing them

[Raab321]

Masta ace is eminems influence, without masta ace there is no eminem. Em is still sick tho, jus sayin..

[IceMann402]

@Raab321 not jus ace but nas and AZ also, Em did nas and AZ imitations on Infinite which is why that album wasnt well recieved by the masses but it was still dope

[mikeytoon24]

@Raab321 Without doubt early-Ace influenced Eminem (especially storytelling). But Ace's work from Disposable Arts (2001) onwards was definitely influenced by the Slim Shady LP (1999), his rhyme schemes and multies were very similar. obviously Ace had his own twist on it, but there was definitely influence both ways, strangely. Still, two of my favourite emcees ever.

[SonnyDable]

@Raab321...Maybe so but ESHAM was and still is eminems main influence...

[TheMastaPlan]

@Raab321 all they need to do is listen to "dont understand" and everyone will understand....

[stonekapolo]

@TheMastaPlan yeah

[CrazyBanana298]

@Raab321 he isnt ems main influence though so without ace there is em

[401reppintime]

@Raab321 nooo Nas is eminems influence listen to infinite...you can tell from that whole album

[tegaffer]

@401reppintime eminem said with his own mouth master ace is his influence

[TheStfu1000]

@Raab321 did em and masta ace know each other or somin?

[bigdubdavis]

@TheStfu1000 they did a song together with j-black called "hellbound" but he was just a big influence on em

[hillbillyshit]

@Raab321 your a fagget

[Ricearoni80]

@Raab321 Other way around, dipshit. Masta Ace got his 2001 and beyond rhyme style from Eminem. They flow nothing alike, and never have. Masta Ace is stop-and-start, bar-to-bar flow. Eminem's is nothing like that.

[AbstractVice]

@Ricearoni80 fail, eminem even stated that masta ace was his influence, presumably from his first album (take a look around - 1990)

[Ricearoni80]

@AbstractVice False. Eminem NEVER stated that. EVER.

[AbstractVice]

@Ricearoni80 Yes he did, both in a joint radio interview and his book "the way i am". I believe the exact quote from Eminem was "When I heard Masta Ace, like every time I would listen to him he would make me wanna rap"

[Ricearoni80]

@AbstractVice For the ten millionth time: He never said Masta Ace was an "influence." EVER. He said that exact same "made me want to rap" line to LL Cool J when he called into his radio program. He says that to every older rapper he comes in contact with.

Eminem didn't even know the lyrics to his verse on "Hellbound." Masta Ace, OTOH, did. Eminem barely talked about Masta Ace in his book. He mentioned about 80 rappers, and Ace was one of the least talked about.

[Ricearoni80]

@AbstractVice Eminem has also paid homage to dozens of rappers in songs, but never Masta Ace. He didn't mention Masta Ace on his "Till I Collapse" list. And Ace never rapped even remotely like him until 2001 (trying to copy Eminem's multi style, paying homage to his lines in Who Knew, borrowing from the Stan concept in "Dear Diary").

Notice how nobody is on any pre-2001 Ace tracks talking about Eminem...because Masta Ace sounded absolutely nothing like him back then. 

[heliosrayne]

@Ricearoni80 Eminem paying homage to other rappers as well is irelevant, people can have multiple influences. The point is that as Abstractvice said, Masta Ace was credited as one of them. The magnitude of the influence does not matter, the point is that Eminem acknowledges it is there. Now quit this ridiculously stupid argument once for all and agree that all rappers influence each other in some way or another. A rapper is a conglomeration of the work of others as well as their own self.

[Ricearoni80]

@heliosrayne Eminem has never used the words "Masta Ace" and "influence" in the same sentence.

Your last two sentences basically state that it's not even worth talking about. If all rappers influence all other rappers, why are people even talking about Masta Ace "influencing" Eminem? Why not talk about Masta Ace influencing Celph Titled and Common?

Please.

[heliosrayne]

@Ricearoni80 "When I heard Masta Ace, like every time I would listen to him he would make me wanna rap"

That quote alone from Eminem means that Masta Ace, in some way shape or form, motivated Eminem to rap i.e. he influenced him. People are simply stating that Masta Ace influenced Eminem, my statement says its possible that Eminem in turn influenced Masta Ace. He could have influenced Celph Titled and Common, i don't know, but a) this was not explicitly mentioned b) eminem is more well-known

[Ricearoni80]

@heliosrayne Jesus fucking Christ. Eminem says that about EVERY rapper when he's asked about him. He used the exact same fucking line about LL Cool J within a few weeks of that interview. It is an utterly meaningless line because it's his go-to line about any older rapper.

People aren't simply saying Masta Ace was one of 100+ rappers who Eminem liked, or who inspired him. They're flat-out making ridiculous claims about Eminem "getting his style" from Masta Ace, when it's the other way around.

[heliosrayne]

@Ricearoni80 Just because he says it about a lot of people, doesn't necessarily mean he's making it up, it just means that he was influenced by a lot of people. I understand that some of the claims of "getting his style" are ridiculous, but I'm simply stating that Eminem acknowledged that Masta Ace was an influence. That's all I'm saying.

[AbstractVice]

@Ricearoni80 Take it easy bro, just chill. All we be doing is chillin'

[stevieb274]

@Ricearoni80 check this out Eminem accepting the GRAMMY for Best Rap Album at the 45th GRAMMY Awards

[MoneyBlocc868]

hhahahaaha i love hw in the end the bitch shot em' ...lmaoo kooolll ...but yo this song is madddd dddoooppeeeee...creative tho'

[80sproductbaby]

Masta Ace is an O.G. , fuckouttahere with Eminem being on this level. Ace is the hood, he's been through shit like Eminem, but he doesn't complain about it cause he's a wise and headstrong man. That's wassup. Fuck negativity.

[Damian2354]

@80sproductbaby Yea yea, thats nice and all. But not everybody is a cold triple OG like Masta Ace lmao. Lots of people go through depression and its sometimes too much to handle.

So fuck you and your positivity.

[BlackPoisonxX]

@80sproductbaby word...

[Launicanumba1]

this is sum real hip hop 2 listen to needless 2 say im vibin to this beatin juice right now n burnin up sum heads big up 2 real artists makin real muthafukin tunes dunno

[cripbuddz]

ok people listen to this song called me and the biz by masta ace. Eminem cant touch him

[cshaw105]

@cripbuddz that song sucks... you couldn't pick a better one? go listen to 97 Bonnie & Clyde, 25 to Life, and Stan by Eminem

[cripbuddz]

@cshaw105 fuck you dat songs da shit wat da fuck u talkin about man. That shits da real old school funk rap shit.

[Artis28700]

one of the best text in the rap game i think.

peace

[tempus5]

crazy beat

[dmoneysierra]

fuckin genius

[FreakshowRita]

people are saying that 'eminem is better than masta ace', or 'eminem can never top ace'... but you are comparing 2 different dudes here. I LIKE masta ace more, I think his style is more me. But if others think eminem is better, it's their thing.

Masta Ace, really dope. Like your music, never heared a song i didn't like :).

[boottom]

@FreakshowRita yeh eminems better...if you like listenin to some squeaky voice rapping about repetitive bullshit in every song.

[austintoebosch]

Eminem and masta ace have similar styles? yeah i dont think so...

[StreetballAttitude]

@austintoebosch word boy

some1s talkin trash xD

[undergroundmoe]

@austintoebosch check out the early years

[RealHipHopTunes]

eminem got his style from ace, i can't believe em stans won't acknowledge this

[itzFundamental]

@RealHipHopTunes

word. Em himself said Ace had a huge influence in his music

[cshaw105]

@RealHipHopTunes yeah and Masta Ace changed his style to model Em's around 2001

[RealHipHopTunes]

@cshaw105 actually ace never changed, trust me i've been around ace since 1989, his style never changed, eminem said himself that ace influenced him

[Tigerlion789]

eminem better dan masta aceeee u fucking nuts me sure u na skinhead masta ace all day long fucker

[daggakid90]

GURU might be gone but Ace is still around

[KnotTheMan]

Why are people talking about Eminem over this amazing Masta Ace concept song?

[MastaaAce03]

Fuck eminem and fuck whoever the fuck bekay is let stop talking about those fags and listen to Ace

[SpartanMKIV]

Masta Ace and 300Z(x)....best of both worlds

[EricSchwin22]

ZatoSama, yea Eminem is raw no doubt, but you cannot deny the best MC artists way before his time...Masta Ace, Rakim inspired Eminem to start rapping.

[ZatoSama]

bekay? eminem was fukking raw before going mainstream... u guys seem deluded

[swoj53]

burn an l to this please

[Lotoman5]

how the fuck did this turn into an argument about Eminem? Take a moment, chill, and listen the dope lyrics comin from your speakers..

[ParkHillProjects]

@Lotoman5

perfect couldn`t say it better, yo, peace!

[lovetv13]

i didnt really like it... its Cool but wen my friend told me about it... idk I just thought it was gonah be better =/

[bob333336]

Ya Bekay is better/as good as Eminem was in his prime... In reality Bekay is way better than em of today, I'm sorry, back when Em came out I was a huge fan, I'm still a fan, just I don't see him making the same amazing music as before, he still makes good music though, just its not AMAZING like before...

[vielohhsof]

!!!RIP!!! Biggest respect out of BERLIN, listening to him since ages, one of the most intelligent raptracks of the US-Rap-Scene besides "JediMinds-UncommonValors".

At least in my German eyes! Still loving it, stop writing for now cuz im sittin on chrome! ;>

[raoulhery]

eminem obviously stole his style

[GUSCHTUV]

is that so?

i dont think just cause there some similaryties

[jenn1ifer]

he didnt steal his style. he was influenced by masta ace.

[gijz321]

@jenn1ifer yeh you're right man..

everyone should stop shitting around, they're both great rappers

and they respect each other

[jelll4]

This is sick!! Usin every letter of the alphabet, damn! Shits dope!

[oneluvchops]

prince paul and big daddy kane used this beat before...maculas theory

[oneluvchops]

Prince paul and Big daddy kane used this beat before....macula's theory

[90876589]

this tune is ill,i didnt clock all the letters used for a while,but i did get the cd when i was like 9, ace is ace!

[montener]

One of best rappers ever produced by Domingo. Check my songs produced by Domingo

[illriginalized]

why are you goin onto other's youtube channels promoting shitty artists? You guys are annoying.

[geckogangsta]

yall are stupid em is em ace is ace they may have similar styles but at the end of the day im bumping both of their shit.

[SaintBstard]

@geckogangsta ditto

[thundervinc22]

@geckogangsta I agree man, I need both music to stay alive

[ZatoSama]

Both of them are very skilled... But i cant see how its possible for anyone to say that em is better than ace.. no way man.. But you dont have to be black to make good hiphop music.. fool

[fhsquarterback20]

this gardeezy500 is fuckin dumb if eminem was black this whack ass bitch wouldnt be talkin shit.

[gardeezy500]

eminem is a wannabe nigga. the real old schol is where it's at.

BIG, Tupac, Gangstarr, Eazy-e, Dr. Dre

Eminem doesnt know shit about his own shit

[kleminem2pacthug]

go see a psychiatrist or just go to an asylum, are you crazy, from the ones y ou listed eminem is the best by far.

[KingMalik45]

please do it for me, faggot

[XFULLFELTX]

real Rap!!

[ZatoSama]

domingooo