Special Ed - Taxing

[genefury75]

special ed this came out when lyrics mattered and you could not be wack

[Sensaye25]

Most underrated MC....EVER. He was doing rhyme patterns and double entendres at 16 that niggas still can't digest now.

[PHILLY2727]

My older brother used to bang this for months after it came out....miss tha late 80's.

[dvharris75]

This shit will NEVER get old.

In the year 3011 people will listen to Special Ed and say "Damn he was dope"

[darkmanunknown]

Classic, I still have the tape! Sometimes I play it in the ride.

[mrworldwide8]

this my shit...this the first bumpin joint off the album....i dont feel like spellin yungist in chargs...

[biggmandem1]

He was sixteen when he dropped this... Ed was even nasty with the patois flow. Crazy underrated. Anyone remember "HoeDown"?...

[worknman2k]

@biggmandem1 He was only 14-15 when this was made, using an 8-track in Howie Tee's garage. Contrast Ed with assclowns now days who are twice his age, but have ZERO skills; they have access to much more equipment, and still manage to sound worse than rappers in the 80's. They apparently also need auto-tune just to even sound tolerable.

This album was a classic in the golden age of hip hop, days long gone.

[kwkable11]

@biggmandem1 Yeah, I remember that. I had that album on tape when it came out, now I have it on CD. Yeah, he was 16 when he dropped this, thus the name "Youngest In Charge"! Holla!

[smith3362]

Also understand this was before record lables had expensive promtion ! but for some reason for MANY MANY years when the SPRING came , we would all have to search for our SPECIAL ED tapes , or go out and buy one just to get in the right frame of mind for the summer . buy some new clothes! have mom buy us some new sneakers ,and listen to some SPECIAL ED it was so cool

[smith3362]

amazing word play ! the songs a classic & so was his first 2 albums! UNDERSTAND ! with his smooth, witty ,lyrical attack . cool& laid back conficence Special Ed was the NAZ or JAY -Z of his time . even tho LL Cool J had a few smooth songs, when we first saw SPECIAL EDs video i got it made. We thought WOW this guys so dope but he' s not yelling !!!! others that come to mind woud be RAKIM or MC SHAN but SPECIAL ED sounds like he's having so much more fun playing with the alphabet !

[Lagritigos]

The rest of the fucking USA still don't know what "taxing" means in the east coast.

[dvharris75]

@Lagritigos They dont know what "g pack" means either or where the term "dun" came from.

[TallChief42]

@Lagritigos U right, kid. This is why the rest of the US started sayin "Fuck it" and doing their own type of hip hop. They got tired of pretending and putting on fake NY accents. (God rest her soul but damn you couldn't tell Left Eye that she wasn't Salt of Salt n Pepa).

[bumrush57]

a yo ya name anit . . . .

[wallyworld776]

The beat is sick and Ed come in flowing crazy...After I pose for the photos address the press take a rest, and let my rhymes digest into your brain you sustain and cultivate it take a penny for my thoughts from copper I gold plate it . Enrich my mind like wine. Ed is absolutely the most underrated MC ever.

[NOWYUKI]

THIS IS THAT BROOKLYN GANGSTA MUSIC...YA DONE KNOW!

[techniqstechnishion]

thank u kind sir for this classic!

[Komocean]

He didn't have the best albums my any means, but he had some classic songs...

[1995RangeRover]

One of the best cuts!!! This should have got mad run!!!

[upinposting]

My Favorite Special Ed song. I'm born in 83 so this a lil before my time, I always remember hearing I got it made or about that joint. Always enjoyed it til I got this best of special ed album and I found this gem. This joint is so dope, everything about it is just so perfect. I cant believe this is on his first album and to know he was 16 when he made it, that shit just blows my mind. Special Ed was definitely WAYYYY ahead of his time.

[howeverclever]

Everybody always says Rakim was ahead of his time with his rhymes (true!) but you gotta give Ed his props. He was juggling lyrics crazy dope back in the day. He also was ahead of his time cus not many had the vocab and the witty rhyme style like he did. Rakim, Big daddy, Slick Rick, all incredible, but let's give some love to Special Ed!

[themayorofchicago]

my favorite emcee him and qtip

[MrIamtheflash]

Yo tyvm ser pz 1

[TallChief42]

Ah! 89! My flat-top fade and skinny as FUCK!! LOL. We won a talent show dancin to this, my twin bro and me. Doin all that Kid N Play kickstep, Scoop and Scrap, Sean and Kenny ish!!!! I used to bop dis cut with Do Dis My Way and Gettin Funky by Kid N Play, Road to da Riches by Kool G. Rap, Set it Off and Warm it Up Kane by Big Daddy, and mad other up-tempo joints from 88 and 89. This was one of the illest hip hop years EVER!!!

[BeyondInfinit]

beets knokkin...rymez vibin....bess song onda album...

[odyessseus1]

sickest song on the album lyricly

[StoicTwo]

Ah, man I remember when I was at my cousins house and he played this all I could do was nod my head, lmao..cold just cold beat and lyrics favorite joint of this album and oh this is what is called HIP HOP!

-Stoicone!

[kensley94]

this shit kills nigga and the djembe wooow african shit.

[CrowdPleeza]

This is my favorite song on the album. This song sounds good in my ride.

[kwkable11]

@CrowdPleeza Yeah, this was always my favorite song on the "Youngest In Charge" album, even though it wasn't a single. It was very appropriate as the first song on the tape though.

[GooodthingsgrowinOnt]

my name is special ed eh yo your name ain't ...

[b121h3nd12y]

i let the others call me eddy

but for you, it's special ed

because i said so spaghetti-head.

[tpmc13]

one of the best hip hop songs ever

[krpton07]

dis song was fire. it's a shame nobody played it.

[ironmantis666]

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[Rawx2010]

beats bin in my head for ages

treu classick

respect yo

also check out my own video

SNOLLIE by RAWX

[dominoize]

Sgt. Peppers Lonely Heart Club Band (Beatles) sample! HOWIE freakin TEE!!!

[nybornFunk]

TAXIN sound outta BK....you / used to rob dudes in Fulton street to this shit. Jux !!!! Then I went upstate in 92-96 ****** Ha ha !!!!!!.........still Taxin, Get ya NorthFace and ya ring, Remember my Steez !!! *******ShamRock Brought Back Memoirs of a Thief !!!

[ti3walker]

Props to Shamrock...

Golden Era forever!!

Upload that Hoedown bro!!

[cdawgns]

Hoedown is the shit!

[byrzynski]

5/5

[amarcare]

on tha mic he is definately a lyrical droid.

[RC51Legend]

Shamrock... you my dawg! When I look for those true school jams, yo ass pop up often!

[Chrigg1000]

Classic!!!

[Aristadoe]

wuv this beat.

[dominoize]

Dude!

I bin waiting 4 someone to upload this!

Thanks,

Domino

[RC51Legend]

Ha! me too!

[sydshell]

Take me back to 89 when skills mattered, especially when a 16 year old kid could rip it down like this. Classic

[RC51Legend]

Hell's yeah... I beat tyson on Punch-Out to this song!

[msmaiad]

lol. this was definately rewinded in my walkman, i wish i could bump this in my car now!!!!