Casual "That's How It Is"

[JinxCharkahn]

yaw slept on this album cuz

[davidWgruUP909]

Still relevant and slammin.

Do The Knowledge, cuz it is good.

[truesubstance]

Sick ...

[grandine1980]

underrated classic!!!Casual is a monsta!

[crisoner]

2 Dislikes probably came from members of the Hobo junction....

[AliotiK]

@crisoner lol

[gethomel]

To 519 eh folks I feel ya I grew up in the bay and listenin to these cats but just the other day my fiances two boys was tryin to talk about wat I listened to they come tryin to tell me Drake and little wayne is tight......MAN they done lost they minds! And who the hell is Walle?

[Arsinek1]

This song > Tupacs whole catalog

[dawb86]

@Arsinek1 I could hate, but its your opinion so I wont. I wont even question why u felt it was relevant 2 say that rather than just give Cas props 4 a classic. I mean, don't u think bringing up another artist sort of takes away from the greatness of the artist in front of us if everyone's constantly comparing them? Just sum food 4 thought.

[wheresrolie]

Anybody remember the Casual vs. Saafir beef?? Good ol' fashion beef!!!

[sixsensefoundation]

thank GOD somebody uploaded this!

[519bdotgangsta]

its sad if you ask anyone nowadays is they know CAS or the souls or alkoholics there like whoo? yo you should peep this new weezy track like fuckoff nigga i dont wanna hear that wack shit.thig is when cats say hip hop is dead thats almost as worse cause the shit wont ever die..EVER. when my son is born im gunna play guru and souls of mischief and jeru the damaja and tribe called quest and mos def and common while hes asleep in his cradle. hes gunna spread the word when hes my age. adn thats how

[519bdotgangsta]

@519bdotgangsta you keep hip hop alive

[MaggotNoodLeSoup]

Try to flow, but they sound like ME A YEAR AGO

smh nobody rapsd like this anymore on the west....Heiro and likwit had this style on lock back mid 90's/// love it <3

[Phokhotic]

THE GREATEST HIP HOP BATTLE EVER,,,,,,, HIEROGLYPHICS VS. SAAFIR!!!

[Fnkychld]

SOM took over hip hop in '94. Completely freaked the artform in a different, innovative, lyrically complex yet funky style and changed it forever. Everyone in Cali was on that G-funk or Gangster style, then these dudes came out of nowhere and flipped the script on everyone.

[519bdotgangsta]

you get fed to the alligators lurkin in da MOTE......

[tfewell73]

when choose the best crew of M.C.s and turn 'em into refugees.

[mrcaptaincooke1]

"to the hoes i'm cute so I always got boo's..." Casual flexin!

[NORMNormalones]

@mrcaptaincooke1 Actually, it's "Boots" as in Knockin boots. . .it's 90's slang.

But it's raw regardless. . .

[mrcaptaincooke1]

@NORMNormalones hahaha oh well I like "Boo's" better ;) Casual commin correct either way... I still hear new shit in old heiro i've never heard, good looks homez!

[nemesis700]

your whack and its all your fault

[kidsareoverrated]

top five ever. dude is so slept on.

[991sublime]

Got this on wax when it came out. Classic hip-hop fo sho.

[Aristadoe]

-Dam it took me awhile to find this...I remember back in 94 I would play this back to back. I first heard it on the bobito show.

[MrGooie]

SICK TRACK

[immaculatespanishkid]

 "i write raps and when niggas bite i clap cause there shit sound better now '" when i first heard that back in the day i knew cas was gonna be ON! and for those who just finding out you like the ttle of s.o.m song thats when you lost.PREACH

[Boogers4dinner]

This beat to this day is still one of the hardest beats I've ever heard. Sounds like niggas going to war. Damn! This beat is hard as fuck yo!

[chestafeel]

in my top 5 mcs

[dubblesc]

This was the first track I ever heard by Smash Rockwell, aka Casual. This dude would trump almost any rapper lyrically. When Cas steps into a battle, he doesn't take prisoners.....

[rwrite1]

anybody got "eye examination" ? its the b side of mistadonolina by del the funky homosapien.i'm really surprised its not on youtube...

[ojones46]

You're wack and it's all your fault. Ended that SO hard! HEAT!

[loopn3rd]

YO!

[jview77]

I think I still have this tape. Love Hieroglyphics. They stand the test of time.

[esotericwun]

check the GMC TYPHOON in the video. First time I seen 'em was in this vid. Oackland be up on they car game. At that time it was the only truck that could keep up wit a vette, stock.

[jazzplastik]

the version of this thats on a stretch and bob album is even better, this is still dope though!

[Lbionic]

Sick

[Joycebattle]

Yo! Shout Goes Out 2 My Fav Homie Herb Watson Da Brand Nu Casual Of Da 2009-2010 Era We Rock Da Hiero Way Yo.

[PaypahChasah]

dis shit iz dope ma nigguh, fuckin live mah dewd im high frum dis track cuz...weres dis nigga frum?

[jamezthompson3]

@PaypahChasah this cat is from Oakland, Cali!

[SulMonee]

I'm from PHILLY...and I was bangin this shit back in 91 while I was in high school!!! CLASSIC SHIT!!

[CheezyDonSenior]

BIG UPS

[slevels1]

91 this didnt even come out til like 94

[recapz]

o o o

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[therealflamelit]

Cousin Harold? lol....Big Up to Saafir

[therealflamelit]

Bring this style back..and the Nautica jackets and timbs  and 501 levis

[Hakim2325]

That is my mfing man. I need that aibum!!!!!!!!!!

[XGeneralOfDemonsX]

Dope

[Kemet09]

Bah-Nan-nahs!!!!

[Vertsk8er419]

"they try ta flow, but sound like me..a yea AGO"

[kinstube]

PEACE, FROM THE BAY!

HIEROGLYPHICS CREW AND YOU DONT STOP!!!!!!!!! BEING INNOVATIVE

COME VIBE;

KiN CAMELL(GOOGLE THAT)

PEACE TO YOU & YOURS & YOURS

[certifryed]

your wack and its all your fault

[kasmasters]

The rawest song

[BigCee916]

damm, this brings back memories.....

[MusculosoJitgi]

Audio Two Top Billin homie

[Kevodah]

I sho' got this cassette single with the the Me-O-Mi-O remix on it. Classic!!

[phantom12311976]

This is an underground Classic! Oh how I reminisce about the golden era of Hip Hop early to mid 1990s.

[tphoyas]

"...enuff of these muthaf%*kas biting Das EFX..." word...seem like er'body was "iggity - diggity" back then...Especially ya boy Snoop Dogg, lol....

[ausar02]

casual FTW

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[BarackPrez]

Rarely heard and almost entirely forgotten song...A Shame.

[shaneroner]

ur wack and its all ur fault

[blacksultan85]

Alternative hip hop at its finest right here!

[stikkontakt4]

just hip hop

[nptrock]

raw shit...shit was very under-rated!

[thirdshift47]

This definitely wasn't underrated back in '94,with cats who knew the time:The underground rocked the fuck outta this joint.Cas was just 17 spittin' like this!

"Now how much harder can it get?"

[mitcy]

loves it

[bigzizzo]

the most underrated album of 1994 a slept on classic

[lookingatcrap]

@bigzizzo the truth

[4Micahful]

@bigzizzo yeah man

[sotocapo]

@bigzizzo dude...that is everyone who is down with Hieroglyphics; slept on hard!!

[j123na]

"ya dun let me downnn, cuz i thought u would be dope, but instead, your shit's dead...u gets fed to the allligators lurking in the moat, peep what i wrote, u bit so hard i thought the shit was a quote..but still im taxing, askin for competition, and any wack men i stomp and diss em EASILY, and u can feel the pressure bust. when i bust MC's'll BE...travelin into each other, tryin to exit, when i flex it, the way i wreck shit is not unexpected"

this is one of the rawest tracks ever!!! HIERO!

[harry202020]

casual is unreal! had as much talent as any hiero rapper, INCLUDING DEL! But he never had the right marketing and his production wasnt good enough on later releases. O well, true heads no.

[DJRawSauce]

Sooooooo Classic!!!

[twashington9737]

U enjoying urself, clown?

[zacatetas]

I write raps and twashington9737 bites I clap, cus his skin is redder man

[AK76er]

correction:

I write raps.. and when N#gg@z bite i clap.. cuz their sh#t sounds better now...

[twashington9737]

This song and vid were my shit and that tape was dope. Hiero was doin' it, back in the day.

[zacatetas]

I know you lieing!!! pinche mocoso

[jawjam21]

Timeless!

[druckman]

Still have this cassette somewhere.. One of the best ever!

[patg074]

dis my shit!!! i used to beat dis in high school in chi-town!

[Timski007]

CLASSIC SH!T

[1SAMIAM]

do y'all think Biggie was up on Casual or/and Souls of Mischief? is is possible Hiero had influence on Biggie???

[harry202020]

he had probably heard him, but I doubt biggie was very or much at all influenced by them. His flow was pure NYC.

[IronFistAlchemist]

Look how Peplove is dressed,

a sweater and shorts with boots,

FRESH

:)

3dy-CFG

[staircase8]

Yeah this the joint for real ★O★★★★★★★★★★ ★★B★★★★★★★★★ ★★★A★★★★★★★★ ★★★★M★★★★★★★ ★★★★★A★★★★★★ ★★O★★★★★★★★★ ★★★B★★★★★★★★ ★★★★A★★★★★★★ ★★★★★M★★★★★★ ★★★★★★A★★★★★Copy and paste if you are voting Spread

[staircase8]

Hiero Still Doing It Too

[Jayo151]

I see where Biggie got some of his flow from .. Cas is dope bottom line always has been ..

[IronFistAlchemist]

this guy style is too fresh,

im glad I heard him on the beat basement.

3dy-CFG

[dougpark17]

oakland in full effect!!

[NastyNak]

f'n classic!!!!!!!!!!! I stand by "Fear Itself" as the best Hiero album.

[alchemistvstiger]

yup

[Rowlexxx]

Got Damn!!

There is too many things I used to Love about this video..

...Del geekin' in the background!!!

...dude in the red jacket feelin' it!!!

...the Saafir scene..lol!!!

...Toure cuttin' the livin' shit outta them records...

...the edit sound when Casual cusses!!!

Why, oh why can't hip hop sound like this again???

[avalino79]

if ur down with this.... chek out my page i GOT THE BATTLE against HOBO on there.

plus i have the reciept when i bought this on august of 93 at the Sam Goodie on Roscoe and Van Nuys...

thats how it was and that how it is!!!!!!!!!!

[Kevodah]

Freestyled off the head and still phat!

[KenPatera78]

Still Dope!!!!

[mentalect]

your wack and its all ur fault!.....im expecting saafir s part after this song like on the lp

[xenojive]

do you have the whole battle? I only have snippits of it

[thirdshift47]

I used to have about 46:00 minutes(most of it)about 4-5 years ago,but I lost most of those downloads.

You can still find it on soulseek.

[mistatwo47]

Bragadocious! But I still liked Saafir better.

[hanktoni]

saafir? LOL! cmon cas killed em!

[xenojive]

In the Wake Up Show battle? Come on man Saafir ripped him that day.

....but...Casual till this day says that Saafir was using writtens and Casual came straight from the head.

If thats the case then Saafir should have automatically lost. But it's all in Hip Hop history now

[bugstrut]

Where can I hear that battle?

[hanktoni]

i found the battle on kazaa or limewire a few years ago, maybe its on youtube just search saafir vs casual

[hanktoni]

I always thought Cas got the better of him. Cas rhymes were funny saafir was off imho.

[xenojive]

the funny part is that neither of these cats were really from the ghetto part of oakland

Casual was from the hills of oakland

Saafir was from Fresno

"the fresh prince of bel air with a slang dictionary

you used to play pictionary with MOM and DAD

you used to hang with wingdings named BUFFY and BRAD

you used to talk like this THATS RAD lets go surfing

jerky like a nerd with real niggas in the land now whats happenin with your clown ass clan"

[thirdshift47]

Saafir used written(some of which were used on the song 'Comewiddit')as well as straight improvised verses.

That's why i myself,being a freestyle purist,gave the battle to Casual.

Saafir is still my favorite emcee of all time,though.

[xenojive]

word, like I said if Saafir used writtens he would automatically lose

but it needs to be said that Saafir approached Casual and told him before hand that he would be using some writtens and said that Cas should too.

[thirdshift47]

Opio was about the only somebody from the crew that had a verse that,being a flawless yet impersonal verse,sounded like it could have been written.

Heiro usually pride themselves on their integrity as improvisors though,so i give 'im the benefit of the doubt.

[GiantGemini]

This bassline was my cut!

[rrzorin]

i was just bumping this cassette 3days ago. I was in high school in NYC when Del, Souls and Casual dropped and I was hooked. I'd never heard anything like them before. NY radio wasn't playing too many artist that wasn't from NY. I heard them on a mix tape and I've been hooked ever since. Hella Raw.

[thirdshift47]

@rrzorin

That's the truth on mainstream New York radio,but Stretch Armstrong & Bobbito Garcia's underground show at 89.9--WKCR,broadcasting out of Columbia University,not only played Heiro into the ground but also had those cats on the show as a part of their legendary freestyle sessions.

[ghettoManga]

yes, yes, y'all!  classic material...

[blacksun73]

That's what is!

HIERO FOREVER..

[mindbully]

Ill ....