i started playing my cassettes in my car yesterday, this song comes on today from my 1989/1990 tape and not only does this song sound good (and he's a better rapper than Eminem) but analog in general sounds better than digital
G Rapp merked the track! Dr. Butcher engineer, Marley Marl on the break beat., DJ Polo on the cut! ..missing is the end.."yo! Marley Marl., Yo stop the break beat!"
Just... what the fuck? Really, this guy was so ahead of his time, if this was dropped as a new release today, cats would be buggin' out. G Rap, undisputed legend.
@ncfrvc I realize your comment is 5 months old, but I uploaded "Thugs At Work". You can download it right off youtube here. Just go onto google and type youtube to mp3 converter and the site will come up. You just paste the link for the song you want converted into an mp3, convert the song and then save it to your computer.
@jazzhopin First it matters what you consider 'freestyle'. I think of freestyle as ad-libbed lyrics. These lyrics were clearly written down beforehand, and they are some of the dopes rhymes put to paper. I haven't asked Kool G himself or found some reference that explains that this was a made-up, one-the-spot bust. In the end, it doesn't matter, anyone can believe what they want, but its hard for me to believe some random YouTube posting saying, 'This was freestyle, I know because I said so."
@JamalStevenson Sorry you didnt read up, but Grap spit this song as a freestyle then turned it into a track with some added punchlines. But like most songs they are molded from free styles and turned into what you would call pen and paper. One
@jazzhopin How do you know this? Where is your proof? This is another waste of time, he even states it when he is rhyming...
"Sparks shoot out from the mic when the rhyme ignites
All types of words I write, put in flight
Rappers evaporate to vapor, I drop science on paper
And then build a skyscraper."
"But like most songs they are molded from freestyle...", Are you a producer, a MC, or anything, are you are just making stuff up. I am done, you win, worthless youtube.
@JamalStevenson Chill J. You are right on this one, it is a written rap. G could freestyle, but could'nt record them because of a SERIOUS lisp. And remember production quality was'nt the same as today. So G had to take time to record. Which included lots of punching and re-takes. Not because he wasn't one of the greatest EVER, just had a bit of an impediment. Which actually adds to his greatness.
You can really tell that only grown up people listen to this, cause I see no comments about someone killing the disliking people, nor any Justin Bieber stuff.
Anyway, this song is dope, true oldskool freestyle :)
@Kingru77 How did you come to that conclusion? I mean did you listen to G RAPS body of work? Yo you could hear his rhyme patterns in damn near every Artist out today. Pun RIP, Jada he just slowed it down Fab Elzhi Nas Joel Ortiz Cory Gunz come on bruh. Did you ever listen to letter P by Saigon Feat G RAP tooked the song. I know everybody got opinions but I gotta disagree. Most of the lyracist has used one of G Raps rhyme patterns just listen to em. Even Em I mean Black Thought just listen bruh
..cont. Pac's flow and lyrical skill transcend the era's like Rakim. I do think Pac gets a lot of love because he was the peoples champ but I think it also overshadowed his ability.
When I think of how good a person is whether it's sports or music the thing that it boils down to for me is can this person be placed in time period and still be considered the best or one of the best of that era. I think Rakim is one of those guys, Pac is one of those guys. Kool G Rap is dope, but I don't think he'd be considered one of the best today. As much as it is about his lyrical skill it's also the flow. His flow would fall on deaf ears today. Pac's flow and underrated lyrical skill....
Hell yeah! Pure hiphop right here I log on my computer EVERY DAY just to herar the ol'school shit I grew up on like this cut right here because the rap from the last 11 to 13 yrs has been nothing but an embarassment to the hiphop forefather and the entire black race. Just my opinion. Old school rap forever!
I want get into a debate with who's the greatest rapper. That's a matter of prererrence, but any reasonable, rational and practical person would agree this is one of the greatest rapp recital's ever! I've never heard a consistant flo ever. I'm not talking about speed, high octane on every bar with raw content!
One of the greatest poems ever written ,what people may or not realize is the music he is speaking over is before it's time.Everyone was scratching their heads to this one ,Im sure even the greats in the game ,except probably KRS..knew he was Queens finest G Rap Rex.. Sincerely the late 1980s
But at the same time most of the people that think tupac is the greatest r the people that lived n da struggle he was talking about n can relate to it not saying that nobody on here hasn't. But he is the peoples CHAMP or was the peoples CHAMP like it or not.
@Slyboyarea14thland Yeah Pac was the Peoples champ. But the greatest MC ever? Nah dude. Not even close. Having energy,charisma,message & conviction does not make you a great emcee. It makes you a great person. & Pac was a great Person period. If he wasnt a rapper he still would of been great. Like Huey Newton or Malcolm. But as Emceeing goes he was far from the best. HE cant even hold a candle to CL Smooth or Pharaoh Monche
N if u want an example of what im talking about there r two songs bi Tupac u should listen to 16 on death row and resist the temptation the original versions. and Violence on Tupacalypse.
let me jus say this tupac is not considered the greatest rapper of all times because of his metaphorical capabilities he is considered the greatest rapper of all time because of the heart felt pain n reality of the songs he made. N because of that nobody can touch TUPAC he is the deepest complexed artist to ever step foot n the mainstream period. He is the king of sorrow n pain rap wise he is the king of maken real shit.
@Slyboyarea14thland : Tupac aint have no records out in the 80's. What are U talking about? Demo's dont count. Making tapes in the hood dont count. He was introduced to the industry by Digital Underground when he moved to Cali. Tupac was never Lyrical as lets say G RAp,Kane or Rakim. Or even LL for that matter. He is great for being a emotional emcee that spit deep shit about ghetto living. Lets stop making him more than he was. Its like the Elvis disease.
@TheSonsOfLight MAin man he was talking about sumthen yea all of those rappers u named r great but u have to have a serious topic a buncha metaphors that rhyme will get u recognized but serious topics will send u above all the topics tupac touched on were extreme and reality at its finest. im jus letten u know y the majority thinks hes the greatest of all time. N yall think hes the greatest of all time to because if u didnt u wouldnt compare him to others n every other comment.
@TheSonsOfLight Y do u you tube niggaz always have to get disrespectful when sumbody disagrees wit u look man im telling u simply y he was considered the greatest u can b a bitch n denial but i dont give a fuck u have to speak real shit point blank dats what makes u the best not super complexed metaphors that have no specific topic.
@Slyboyarea14thland : I;m not a you tube Nigga I'm an Emcee, and a Hip Hop historian. People consider him the greatest because he is dead that all. If he was still alive people would still call Rakim,Kane,G Rap the greatest. Same with Pun & Biggie. When someone dies we tend to make them greater than what they were. I call it the Jesus phenomenon.
i am the creator of the "HipHopApostles" group on facebook and would like to share my tastes in music with the people who give respect to the real hip hop
check out Kool G's comments on this song in book "How To Rap" (foreward by G Rap )- talks about how hard this song is to perform, so didnt do it much,but how Black Thought (The Roots) kiled it & had crowd going crazy...lodsa ill quotes in this book & over 100 acclaimed rappers interviewed exclusively
G Rap murders this track in a way brutal way. I love MCs like this, can't give a fuck about harsh they are towards someone, G Rap has that awesome "I'll kill you and not give a damn about who you might be" attitude in his songs.
Proudly hearing this in my eardrums wherever I go, I'm one of the only at my school enjoying real hip hop. One of my friends is incredibly knowledgeable when it comes to golden age rap but he still hasn't listened to much Kane or G Rap, who am proud to introduce.
I tried to rap to this it's so hard I nearly had a hart attack his breath control back than was amazing I done the first verse half way through the secong and had to stop for a breather lol
@TRIPLESIXSICCNESS SHiit u got TUPAC FUCKED UP U OBVIOUSLY AINT HEARD NONE of his really old shit around this same time as this before he was even with DIGITAL UNDERGROUND TUPAC COULD MATCH ANIBODYS FLOW SON.
@TRIPLESIXSICCNESS Ima say this Pac and Big who got more airplay and bigger status than G rap neither can hang with G Rap hell even when G Rap was in an older state in 1998 on roots of evil they still couldnt fuck wit him. Tekilla Sunrise is better than any song either ever made
Aiight peeps when you go to the top 10 rappers of all time list here on the tube, you rarely see G-raps name. I personally put him in my top 5 with Rakim, KRS, Nas.
He's equal 2nd for me with the D.O.C. I put Ra at 1, and then after those three its a big pool of pretty good rappers like Nas and KRS and Wu-Tang then everyone else.
I'm glad to see heads realize the the Kool Genius of Rap is one one the most slept on rappers from the '80's. HE started this fast, break beat attack rap shit. I remember in school, cats debated on who was the sickest G Rap or Rakim. Personally... I think if you match them up hit for hit ? Fucking hands down, Kool got that. Rakim was just a lot more radio friendly.
"There'll be bloodshed, in the meat shop/Those who beef get sliced into pork chops/Until your fork stops stabbing my rhymes/From the latest and the greatest of all times" GODDAMN!!!
Kool G Rap is #1 on my all-time list of best lyricists. (and in no order) Treach, Rakim, Kane, KRS, LL, Lauryn (yes, she's that good), Pharoahe Monch, Eminem, Jay-Z and maybe 3 more that I can't think of are part of what I reffer to as the goosebump crew. Im talking word placement syllables, timing, Metaphors, similies, punchlines. Not just hot tracks and gimmicks. These emcees can go without music and give you goosebumps. Whoa!
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LeeNewellUK 1 week ago
i started playing my cassettes in my car yesterday, this song comes on today from my 1989/1990 tape and not only does this song sound good (and he's a better rapper than Eminem) but analog in general sounds better than digital
GrumpyOldAssFart 1 month ago
Kool G Rap,Rakim,Big Daddy Kane God;s Of Hip Hop
tome865 1 month ago 3
this is true lyricism!
jabril0519 2 months ago
six heads aint got no work,,hahaha!!!!
chilleymost 2 months ago
G Rap would murder most of these "rappers" out today
fresh224ful 3 months ago
@fresh224ful
damn straight!! :-)
and he does this all with his lisp
GrumpyOldAssFart 1 month ago
this was SICK when i was a kid, but its CRAZy NOW!
dtrainx 3 months ago 2
G Rapp merked the track! Dr. Butcher engineer, Marley Marl on the break beat., DJ Polo on the cut! ..missing is the end.."yo! Marley Marl., Yo stop the break beat!"
hrmsmk 3 months ago
according to Necro his album with Kool G is reminiscient of this track and poison. now this sounds awesome.
bboytrix1 4 months ago
CHYEAHHHHHHH REAL LYRICISM
killahqueenzbboy 4 months ago
My Defeat is like a mission impossible, my brain is unexplain, not illogical. ILL right here.
TheHiphopHead11 4 months ago
whos not a fan? you aint kool dummy. you dont know shit about rap. drake ass bitch
headcocktail 4 months ago
One of the most underrated rappers of his time. His flow was way ahead of his time. Not to mention he killed everything he was on.
bxborntenant 4 months ago
One of the most underrated rappers of his time. His flow was way ahead of his time. Not to mention he killed everything he was on.
bxborntenant 4 months ago
THANKS FOR UPLOAD THIS SONG NEVER HEARD IT <3
TheSmileWalk 4 months ago in playlist More videos from doc312
his rhymes back then take out most rappers NOW(jz)
hcsyp1 5 months ago
Top 3 DOA
KoolGNasBlackThought 6 months ago
Kool G Rap one of the best of all time.
AZDoeDieNasIllmatic 6 months ago
KOOL G. RAP & NECRO - THE GODFATHERS - FULL ALBUM 2012
ENTIRELY PRODUCED BY NECRO
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: NECRO & DOMINGO
DRUTTTTTTA 6 months ago
i mght be kool but im from from a fan..!
mayor187 7 months ago
Just... what the fuck? Really, this guy was so ahead of his time, if this was dropped as a new release today, cats would be buggin' out. G Rap, undisputed legend.
Reachwun 7 months ago
Greatest Rap song ever! lyrically untouchable! ur favorite rappers favorite rapper!
............Kaotic Sapreme
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kaoticsapreme 7 months ago
deadly rhymes
HDBZProductions 7 months ago
THE FLOW ON THAT SONG = PERFECTION
MrAnybody 7 months ago
kool g rap , one of the best rappers of all time
slagkilla 8 months ago
Me and my man kept alot of shit real with this one. Lit or not Lit,shit was off.
mgatewood72 8 months ago
dude went in for three minutes before he hit the first hook...wtf!
23aloof 8 months ago
@swswa221 GOOD LOOKING OUT HOMIE
dapcduck22 8 months ago
amazing
imperialshalom 8 months ago
the only opponent of this track is Ra's Lyrics Of Fury
hungtienboi 9 months ago
@hungtienboi thats so true To beastly songs from two God level Mc's
yultome 7 months ago
Check my channel for the remix to this song with Cormega. Thanks.
cormegaful 9 months ago
@ncfrvc I realize your comment is 5 months old, but I uploaded "Thugs At Work". You can download it right off youtube here. Just go onto google and type youtube to mp3 converter and the site will come up. You just paste the link for the song you want converted into an mp3, convert the song and then save it to your computer.
FUCKLittleWayneBITCH 10 months ago
Black Thought killed this beat as a tribute as well.... Thought@Work
ThaNotoriousBEN 10 months ago
Top five of all time
iccatering 10 months ago 2
Can't be duplicated. Unmatched. Legendary.
mgatewood72 10 months ago 2
@mgatewood72
only thing that comes close is his "jive talk" on the next album...
23aloof 8 months ago
Heard an amazing remix of this recently, seriously! - combined with N64's Mortal Kombat. Can be found on bandcamp: PK Mao Raptendo Vol 3
doogleearth 10 months ago
Why did he have to change his style on later albums????
doogleearth 10 months ago
Fucking epic
not to mention that he didnt curse once
blackstar21595 11 months ago 13
@blackstar21595
yes he did... 1:39 but it's still a dope display of lyricism
Alfiex20 5 months ago
"THEY WANNA BE G LIKE THE BEE GEES"-CLASSIC LINE
CHOCOVELLI 11 months ago
Best Freestyle! You guys do know this is a freestyle right?
jazzhopin 11 months ago
@jazzhopin Lol. Are you kidding...
JamalStevenson 11 months ago
@JamalStevenson na this shit is a freestyle.
jazzhopin 11 months ago
@jazzhopin First it matters what you consider 'freestyle'. I think of freestyle as ad-libbed lyrics. These lyrics were clearly written down beforehand, and they are some of the dopes rhymes put to paper. I haven't asked Kool G himself or found some reference that explains that this was a made-up, one-the-spot bust. In the end, it doesn't matter, anyone can believe what they want, but its hard for me to believe some random YouTube posting saying, 'This was freestyle, I know because I said so."
JamalStevenson 11 months ago
@JamalStevenson Sorry you didnt read up, but Grap spit this song as a freestyle then turned it into a track with some added punchlines. But like most songs they are molded from free styles and turned into what you would call pen and paper. One
jazzhopin 11 months ago
@jazzhopin How do you know this? Where is your proof? This is another waste of time, he even states it when he is rhyming...
"Sparks shoot out from the mic when the rhyme ignites
All types of words I write, put in flight
Rappers evaporate to vapor, I drop science on paper
And then build a skyscraper."
"But like most songs they are molded from freestyle...", Are you a producer, a MC, or anything, are you are just making stuff up. I am done, you win, worthless youtube.
JamalStevenson 11 months ago
@JamalStevenson Chill J. You are right on this one, it is a written rap. G could freestyle, but could'nt record them because of a SERIOUS lisp. And remember production quality was'nt the same as today. So G had to take time to record. Which included lots of punching and re-takes. Not because he wasn't one of the greatest EVER, just had a bit of an impediment. Which actually adds to his greatness.
docbofromerrick 11 months ago
You can really tell that only grown up people listen to this, cause I see no comments about someone killing the disliking people, nor any Justin Bieber stuff.
Anyway, this song is dope, true oldskool freestyle :)
rethxoth 1 year ago
100% BEST SHIT EVER G RAP G O A T
hueybshootin 1 year ago 6
i always wondered why this was never released. after Poison, this was the lick
pumpkinsouthlondon 1 year ago
I liked pun but this is the blue print to his style
bigpotent 1 year ago
goddamn kool g rap is definitely one of the greatest lyricists of all time. marley marl's productions are masterful as well
Hoodsss 1 year ago
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Hoodsss 1 year ago
i need to listen to this song more -_-
wa6515 1 year ago
While I'm using my mind to make a design, Polo puts up the Men at Work sign!
deipan 1 year ago
FUCKING BEAST.... ENOUGH SAID
xManBearPigxOC 1 year ago
im tired of telling people Pac was a revolutionary that happened to rap so quit comparing him to rappers SIMPLE. He was ahead of his time. im out.
gamal01 1 year ago
@smoovej03 Exactly
ThaFlyestMoor72 1 year ago
@Kingru77 How did you come to that conclusion? I mean did you listen to G RAPS body of work? Yo you could hear his rhyme patterns in damn near every Artist out today. Pun RIP, Jada he just slowed it down Fab Elzhi Nas Joel Ortiz Cory Gunz come on bruh. Did you ever listen to letter P by Saigon Feat G RAP tooked the song. I know everybody got opinions but I gotta disagree. Most of the lyracist has used one of G Raps rhyme patterns just listen to em. Even Em I mean Black Thought just listen bruh
ThaFlyestMoor72 1 year ago
@ThaFlyestMoor72 thats because he started it, he's the originator
smoovej03 1 year ago
@ThaFlyestMoor72 REAL TALK
delirious44 1 year ago
Unbelievabe....Damn good !
MCShae1985 1 year ago 2
@MCShae1985 first time hearing and ahhh man i speechless
Omegax9000 1 year ago
..cont. Pac's flow and lyrical skill transcend the era's like Rakim. I do think Pac gets a lot of love because he was the peoples champ but I think it also overshadowed his ability.
kingru77 1 year ago
When I think of how good a person is whether it's sports or music the thing that it boils down to for me is can this person be placed in time period and still be considered the best or one of the best of that era. I think Rakim is one of those guys, Pac is one of those guys. Kool G Rap is dope, but I don't think he'd be considered one of the best today. As much as it is about his lyrical skill it's also the flow. His flow would fall on deaf ears today. Pac's flow and underrated lyrical skill....
kingru77 1 year ago
Ill
MariosLasagna 1 year ago
Kool G>Big daddy
ThatIncredibleJordan 1 year ago
Hell yeah! Pure hiphop right here I log on my computer EVERY DAY just to herar the ol'school shit I grew up on like this cut right here because the rap from the last 11 to 13 yrs has been nothing but an embarassment to the hiphop forefather and the entire black race. Just my opinion. Old school rap forever!
cheetie72 1 year ago
@doc312
ayo, Kool G Rap just wrote the foreword to the book "HOW TO RAP: The Art & Science of the Hip-Hop" - have you read it?
Should get it if you're into MCing... interviews with G Rap, Kane, Chuck D, Masta Ace, etc. - dope read
clarencejones07 1 year ago
I want get into a debate with who's the greatest rapper. That's a matter of prererrence, but any reasonable, rational and practical person would agree this is one of the greatest rapp recital's ever! I've never heard a consistant flo ever. I'm not talking about speed, high octane on every bar with raw content!
kazinogoatcheese 1 year ago
One of the greatest poems ever written ,what people may or not realize is the music he is speaking over is before it's time.Everyone was scratching their heads to this one ,Im sure even the greats in the game ,except probably KRS..knew he was Queens finest G Rap Rex.. Sincerely the late 1980s
jamesbubetube 1 year ago
"in your ass so fast it'll fascinate"
hahaha
kennyconga 1 year ago
But at the same time most of the people that think tupac is the greatest r the people that lived n da struggle he was talking about n can relate to it not saying that nobody on here hasn't. But he is the peoples CHAMP or was the peoples CHAMP like it or not.
Slyboyarea14thland 1 year ago
@Slyboyarea14thland Yeah Pac was the Peoples champ. But the greatest MC ever? Nah dude. Not even close. Having energy,charisma,message & conviction does not make you a great emcee. It makes you a great person. & Pac was a great Person period. If he wasnt a rapper he still would of been great. Like Huey Newton or Malcolm. But as Emceeing goes he was far from the best. HE cant even hold a candle to CL Smooth or Pharaoh Monche
TheSonsOfLight 1 year ago
N if u want an example of what im talking about there r two songs bi Tupac u should listen to 16 on death row and resist the temptation the original versions. and Violence on Tupacalypse.
Slyboyarea14thland 1 year ago
let me jus say this tupac is not considered the greatest rapper of all times because of his metaphorical capabilities he is considered the greatest rapper of all time because of the heart felt pain n reality of the songs he made. N because of that nobody can touch TUPAC he is the deepest complexed artist to ever step foot n the mainstream period. He is the king of sorrow n pain rap wise he is the king of maken real shit.
Slyboyarea14thland 1 year ago
@Slyboyarea14thland : Tupac aint have no records out in the 80's. What are U talking about? Demo's dont count. Making tapes in the hood dont count. He was introduced to the industry by Digital Underground when he moved to Cali. Tupac was never Lyrical as lets say G RAp,Kane or Rakim. Or even LL for that matter. He is great for being a emotional emcee that spit deep shit about ghetto living. Lets stop making him more than he was. Its like the Elvis disease.
TheSonsOfLight 1 year ago
@TheSonsOfLight MAin man he was talking about sumthen yea all of those rappers u named r great but u have to have a serious topic a buncha metaphors that rhyme will get u recognized but serious topics will send u above all the topics tupac touched on were extreme and reality at its finest. im jus letten u know y the majority thinks hes the greatest of all time. N yall think hes the greatest of all time to because if u didnt u wouldnt compare him to others n every other comment.
Slyboyarea14thland 1 year ago
@Slyboyarea14thland : You Tupac fans are idiots.
TheSonsOfLight 1 year ago
@TheSonsOfLight Agreed on that.
romainelettuce2 1 year ago
@TheSonsOfLight Y do u you tube niggaz always have to get disrespectful when sumbody disagrees wit u look man im telling u simply y he was considered the greatest u can b a bitch n denial but i dont give a fuck u have to speak real shit point blank dats what makes u the best not super complexed metaphors that have no specific topic.
Slyboyarea14thland 1 year ago
@Slyboyarea14thland : I;m not a you tube Nigga I'm an Emcee, and a Hip Hop historian. People consider him the greatest because he is dead that all. If he was still alive people would still call Rakim,Kane,G Rap the greatest. Same with Pun & Biggie. When someone dies we tend to make them greater than what they were. I call it the Jesus phenomenon.
TheSonsOfLight 1 year ago
@Slyboyarea14thland : We talking about emceeing dude. Not about subject matter. Do you emcee?
TheSonsOfLight 1 year ago
TOP 5 MC'S OF ALL TIME G RAP WAS SPITTIN CRIME RHYMES IN 85-86!!! STILL RELEVENT TODAY!!! CRAAAZY SUN!!
grandgroovyj 1 year ago
I loved when MC's just kill it with no hook!! Damn!!
djt2012 1 year ago 2
i am the creator of the "HipHopApostles" group on facebook and would like to share my tastes in music with the people who give respect to the real hip hop
HipHopApostles 1 year ago
"here to perform, having a brain storm, making rain form, how rap groups run to keep their name warm"
"nerds are scared to be heard so they talk low"
"the innovator, with greater data, deeper than a crater, of course polo's the boss of the cross-fader"
CLASSIK LYRICS!! Harder than anything heard over the past 10yrs. And this is 86!!
G-Rap all time top 5!!!
docbofromerrick 1 year ago
G Rap, Rakim, BDK, KRS-1, Slick Rick, Gang Starr, Biggie, Big L, Big Pun, Jigga. Nas, Public Enemy, EPMD, Wu, etc.
iiNDiTC 1 year ago
towelheadradiodotcom ON AIR! they tried to shut us down but they failed!
frenchie83 1 year ago
spitting and all he was the coldest rapper in his time frame hands down
iccatering 1 year ago
Like this if you think Soulja Boy sucks.
pimpinballer94 1 year ago
@pimpinballer94 bro that name dont deserve to be anywhere near a kool g rap track. do us all a favour n get that pathetic shit gone
GeoOneloveHipHop 1 year ago
@GeoOneloveHipHop Sorry, brah, didn't mean to seem like I was a fan. SB is wack as hell, I agree.
pimpinballer94 1 year ago
@pimpinballer94 no worries bro, hope i dint cause you and offence. peace to a fello hiphop head! x
GeoOneloveHipHop 1 year ago
He had the most relentless style hip-hop has ever seen.
HalSamuel 1 year ago
RAtheRuggedMan (Twitter):
Kool G Rap spit this over 20 yrs ago & still destroys every 1 of you rappers today. Be Ashamed.
iiNDiTC 1 year ago
check out Kool G's comments on this song in book "How To Rap" (foreward by G Rap )- talks about how hard this song is to perform, so didnt do it much,but how Black Thought (The Roots) kiled it & had crowd going crazy...lodsa ill quotes in this book & over 100 acclaimed rappers interviewed exclusively
tess57 2 years ago
Black Thought is another Great MC, VERY underrated.
TRIPLESIXSICCNESS 2 years ago 3
flowin like his life depend it on it! bring heat i haven't seen since!
kazinogoatcheese 2 years ago 2
g-rap,rakim,chuck d,b.i.g,jayz,j.a.d.a,,d.m.x,nas,melle mel,tupac/ t.i.... top 10
BIGNUMA2 2 years ago
ti? ti? even dmx? dmx?
that shit is sad
TRIPLESIXSICCNESS 2 years ago
@BIGNUMA2 ti???T.I?? You gotta either be young or your kidding...
phreekbaby 2 years ago
TI = SNITCH BITCH
thorazine666 1 year ago
Oh My God!!!.... The Man Is Deadly...Seriously
52SG 2 years ago
The reason Perfect Eclipse Rhymes. Check em On you tube
pclipse 2 years ago
To formburnunit
The song sample is called "Sex"
The group is Lover maniacs
tlarock 2 years ago
1989
lockandload042774 2 years ago
what year i sthis??
PEERAMIDEYE 2 years ago
what song is that guitar loop sampled from?
formburnunit 2 years ago
Guitar sample is from, "Sex"
Recorded by lover maniacs
tlarock 2 years ago
Real mc shit right here! Kane couldnt fuck with him. He was just more popular. This shit was hard as HELL!!!!!!!!!
chromepump 2 years ago
@chromepump Kane was a whole different animal, he flowed in a different way.
but dont get me wrong, out of Kane, Ra, and G. Rap the last is my favorite.
TRIPLESIXSICCNESS 2 years ago
nobody who listens to hip hop ever slept on kool g. he probably will kill everyone of the so called legends.
bigpotent 2 years ago 2
N he killed B D kane on the Symphony ...1 and 2 ...end of.. G Rapp Rakim Krs my top 3 lyrisists of all time :) Peeeeeaaaace !!!!!!!!!!
Teesbigdk 2 years ago
This is what rappin' should be like. G Rap has always been one of my favorites of all time.
t2shyfromphilly 2 years ago
G Rap murders this track in a way brutal way. I love MCs like this, can't give a fuck about harsh they are towards someone, G Rap has that awesome "I'll kill you and not give a damn about who you might be" attitude in his songs.
Proudly hearing this in my eardrums wherever I go, I'm one of the only at my school enjoying real hip hop. One of my friends is incredibly knowledgeable when it comes to golden age rap but he still hasn't listened to much Kane or G Rap, who am proud to introduce.
fleshnbone187 2 years ago 2
G Rap killed this shit
word up
niggaz don't wanna battle g rap
str8 lyrical rape
word2mutha 2 years ago
G rap is ALL OVER dat drum loop...MC's..DIS is how ya GO IN!!!
GStrongRAW 2 years ago
"I might be cool but I'm far from a fan"-Kool G Rap, lol sick.
tjmack010 2 years ago
bananas
Nowrule1 2 years ago
this is as hard real
mamiso0fresh23 2 years ago
best rhyme over a break I ever heard!
cashdolla2 2 years ago
One of the best songs lyrically. Kool G Rap is a beast, and probably the most slept on rapper.
Raphilliac 2 years ago 36
I tried to rap to this it's so hard I nearly had a hart attack his breath control back than was amazing I done the first verse half way through the secong and had to stop for a breather lol
namkooc 2 years ago
my favorite rap track ...all time
Ionisus 2 years ago 3
at the end "Yo Marley Marl let's stop the breakbeat"
PWizzySheff 2 years ago
Did he say, "my shadow grows when I walk slow, nerds are scared but they hear so they talk low". WOW
Mizvision 2 years ago
Close. He said:
"My shadow grows when I walk slow, nerds are scared to be heard so they talk low."
MrHolipsism 2 years ago
I wrote my first rhyme after hearing this joint. G Rap is the illest of all time. THE BEST!!!!!
Mr. O
chann30 2 years ago
just picked up the album for three dollas
hahahahhaha niggas dont know what they got
themerchant2 2 years ago 5
whoever thinks this is wack can suck a dead mans dick g rap is fn sick he def changed rap 4 the better his flow and lyrics are on another level
thectulu 2 years ago 3
classic.
panzerfaust2000 2 years ago
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WACK SONG
RealHipHopSucks93 3 years ago
your mom is wack, this song is a sick breakbeat
xavier426426426 2 years ago
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fag
RealHipHopSucks93 2 years ago
im a fag for liking good music? and you're not a fag for hatin good music? get a life faggot!
xavier426426426 2 years ago
let's settle down ladies
dontsaynuthin 2 years ago 3
YTCensorsTruth is an internet stalker BLOCK HIM FROM YOUR CHANNEL.
ONE
MrHolipsism 3 years ago
Lyricly 2PAC and Big Daddy Kane isn't in Kool G Raps league. Biggie is. That one would be debateable.
freakboy40 3 years ago
tech4156 3 years ago
2pac cant hang with those MC's
TRIPLESIXSICCNESS 2 years ago 23
@TRIPLESIXSICCNESS SHiit u got TUPAC FUCKED UP U OBVIOUSLY AINT HEARD NONE of his really old shit around this same time as this before he was even with DIGITAL UNDERGROUND TUPAC COULD MATCH ANIBODYS FLOW SON.
Slyboyarea14thland 1 year ago
@Slyboyarea14thland 2 Pac didnt have any records when this was out. this was out in 1997/88. Digital Underground wasnt even out yet. lol
TheSonsOfLight 1 year ago
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Slyboyarea14thland 1 year ago
@TRIPLESIXSICCNESS Ima say this Pac and Big who got more airplay and bigger status than G rap neither can hang with G Rap hell even when G Rap was in an older state in 1998 on roots of evil they still couldnt fuck wit him. Tekilla Sunrise is better than any song either ever made
puzzake 1 year ago
Did they ever release this on 12? Other than Poison, this was the tuuuuuuuune!
ardkorejack 3 years ago
Aiight peeps when you go to the top 10 rappers of all time list here on the tube, you rarely see G-raps name. I personally put him in my top 5 with Rakim, KRS, Nas.
portknoxxa 3 years ago
He's equal 2nd for me with the D.O.C. I put Ra at 1, and then after those three its a big pool of pretty good rappers like Nas and KRS and Wu-Tang then everyone else.
vespasianbonaparte 3 years ago
1:46 "The innovator with greater data, deeper than a crater Of course, Polo's the boss of the crossfader". damnnnnnnnn
onlyrealhiphop12 3 years ago 4
What is the guitar riff in this? G-RAP IS THE BUSINESS-NO DOUBT.
ISIS72 3 years ago
Man this is slammin DAMN
chowoods 3 years ago 2
this song was the inspiration for the Roots "Thought @ Work" from the Phrenology album...highly slept on!
Black Thought clearly modeled his flow after G Rap.
jaybillzusuccaz 3 years ago
G Rap & Kane. He said so
Dijitol 2 years ago
No doubt. Can't 4get about Kane
jaybillzusuccaz 2 years ago
dont get me wrong. No one can see g. rap. not even his mirror
sidmrsid 3 years ago
a while back someone said Lauryn is trash compared to G. Rap, Treach, Nas, Kris etc. I philosophy
Possibly speak tongues
Beat drum, Abyssinian, street Baptist
Rap this in fine linen
From the beginning
My practice extending across the atlas
I begat this
Flippin' in the ghetto on a dirty mattress
You can't match this rapper / actress
sidmrsid 3 years ago 3
my shit!
koolkeith244 3 years ago
one of the hardest fly style rappers to ever come out.
terrence5940 3 years ago
Not in order. Rakim, Nas, G Rap, Jay Z, LL Cool J, Biggie
There is no better!!!!
Mizvision 3 years ago
I'd replace Jay-Z with GZA, couse Jay-Z sucks.
illmaticnastynas 3 years ago
where is big daddy kane? and jay z don suck, i thot so 2 till i heard his old shit.
ifukinhateusernames 3 years ago
Kane was my favorite as a kid, but looking back he makes the top ten not five.
Mizvision 3 years ago
this is good after every replay
username12546 3 years ago
wow...
J2theMillz 3 years ago
damn and i thought nas' it ain't hard tell was ill. this is some next level shit.
divineoverlord1990 3 years ago 2
I'm glad to see heads realize the the Kool Genius of Rap is one one the most slept on rappers from the '80's. HE started this fast, break beat attack rap shit. I remember in school, cats debated on who was the sickest G Rap or Rakim. Personally... I think if you match them up hit for hit ? Fucking hands down, Kool got that. Rakim was just a lot more radio friendly.
SHindustries 3 years ago 2
"Developing pictures in ya brain like a darkroom"- the best ever
sidmrsid 3 years ago 3
"Rappers are captured and tortured with rapture/In 3-D it's a G coming at ya" yeah, that first 68 (WTF?!??!) bars is a Hip Hop Classic!
My fave flip was in the 2nd verse (3:38):
"There'll be bloodshed, in the meat shop/Those who beef get sliced into pork chops/Until your fork stops stabbing my rhymes/From the latest and the greatest of all times" GODDAMN!!!
Def one of the best lyricists ever.
The8nfinite 3 years ago
sic rhymes yo
moniz187 3 years ago 2
Great Lyricism but if u want some gritty G Rap listen to 'On the Run'
G rap is a Real Gangster nigga
Reggnem 3 years ago
WORDPERFECT!!!!
therulerevr 3 years ago
Kool G Rap is #1 on my all-time list of best lyricists. (and in no order) Treach, Rakim, Kane, KRS, LL, Lauryn (yes, she's that good), Pharoahe Monch, Eminem, Jay-Z and maybe 3 more that I can't think of are part of what I reffer to as the goosebump crew. Im talking word placement syllables, timing, Metaphors, similies, punchlines. Not just hot tracks and gimmicks. These emcees can go without music and give you goosebumps. Whoa!
sidmrsid 3 years ago
lauryn is trash compared to those nice mc's
TRIPLESIXSICCNESS 3 years ago
))====D~~`-_
Yeah. It was that good.
40BelowTr00per 3 years ago
Another one of my great teachers. The 80's is what made me invincible TODAY.
therealrebelxd 3 years ago
The God father of intelligent rap T La Rock told me to check out Cool G, all I can say is "DAMN"
uthmanamoni 3 years ago
black thought did a cover-song for this. fuckin smashed it! check it out its on youtube