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  • Shits raw as fuck man, to all the young ones, this is real hip-hop.

  • yes im gonna hit the skip button fred

  • real hip hop

  • this beat iz fire..cant stop listenin..perfect to freestyle too

  • aww mane i remember being stuck looking at my speakers when i first heard this

  • rockin dem "hand gestures" ......HIP-HOP is THA shit

  • hands down best band in the whole world.. Roskilde '12

  • the song that got me into their music. i thought the beat was a breakbeat. i learned that they were a band, so i took notice from then on. i think this track was aimed subliminally at the Wu. just saying. i really liked M.A.R.S. performance here, but he isn't a Roots member & didn't put out much work.

  • @eutue quick question... why do you think this was subliminally aimed at the wu??? just curious... & if any of ya'll down with 420 or real hip hop with true lyricism, then check out my channel!!!

  • @eutue Couldnt fuck with wu

  • We are forever in debt to the roots. One of the best albums of all time.

  • taking out the swear words ruin the fucking flo of the song it makes it song choppy and sadly bad. but its still good but not ya dig?

  • seriously! vevo!?

  • i never get tired of watching this music video and listening to this song.

  • T.U.B T.V.1

  • vevo HIJOS DE PUTA CORPORATIVOS DE MIERDAA!!!!!

  • notice how at 2:40 dice raw has a RL logo then it gets covered at 2:53

  • @emoney187 haha the blackout

  • @d2techknow what they doooooooooo..lol

  • how did vevo get a hold of the roots wtf??

  • YO CHECK OUT...

    Eli G - Skills

  • im a new comer to this and im never turning it off

  • Why does every body hate VEVO? , I don't get it what's so bad? , I think it's good that they're putting good quality videos up so i can enjoy some music? :3

  • ..I've Thumbed Up So Many Comments 2 This Video (Including Fuck Vevo lol)....

    It Is Clear Many Of Us Who Are Fortunately Old Enough To Appreciate This Gem, As A Song In The Soundtrack 2 Our Memories Of The Last Dayz Of Hip Hop Purity On The Airwaves, Realize What We Took For Granted. As My Kin Dead Prez Said "Freedom Wont Come Till We Regulate Them!"

    Hip Hop Class Of '96 --STAND THE FUCK UP!!!!

  • ten numer jest zajebisty

  • Mars Co-Op 1st single "Blackceaser" comes out on itunes nov 24th

  • fuck you vevo

  • Fucking love the roots, Check out my remix to this song and sub if your feeling it! One love for the music-AJG

  • Bueenaas desde chiile Visitan mi canal

  • COME ON MAN WHY THE VOLUME'S SO LOW?

  • The roots are awesome but this is way different than the old roots thought

  • @Whiteboyawesome894 You do realize this is the old roots.... this was before phrenology even which you probably think was the old roots...

  • I don't even have anything to say...Dopest shit ever!

  • Big pun destroyed this beat differently

  • musicians nowdays don´t go platinum they go aluminum.

  • to all the jim carrey assholes

  • I want to enjoy some fine music, not read your bitchin about VEVO...

  • @Tomsky93 Then don't look at the comments....

  • What a track!!!!!!

  • FUCK VEVO

    ohh sorry...

    F*** VEVO

  • @BartolomeussPL Why? D:

  • @DavidJF123 because Vevo is censoring rap!

  • fils de pub !! Quand allez vous comprendre...trop de pub tue la pub....c parfaitement insupportable ce racolage permanent....merdeuuuuuh !!

  • This is real hip hop not all this wild shit now. we need to bring real rap and hiphop back pls.

  • REAL ASS NIGAAS HERE NO LITTLE WAYNE PUSSY ASS SHIT TALKIN BOUT BITCHES N HOMES

  • i have this cd,the same year 1996!!!!!!!!

  • Nobody know your record, nor who you opening for...

    ILLNESS

  • Bring Hip Hop back! Love this!!

  • ahhhh i remember this one....freshman year in college...played this every day!!!! by the way how many of yall went to college in the late 90's and early 2000's???? wasnt the college dorms just like the fucking project in the ghetto...from niggas selling and smoking weed to robbing people and burglarizing people.....my first 2 year in college was no joke ....im just realizing that shit!

  • @nutlil2 damn fam what college YOU went to lol

  • @ronmatthews im from brooklyn, new york ...and went to a college in long island for only 2 years....but that shit was total ghetto shit....everyone from new york city went there and they were on some beef shit like we wasnt in college!!!!

  • @nutlil2

    Did any of those college thugs graduate?

  • @CrowdPleeza i know some of them did..

  • @CrowdPleeza some harsh shit there man

  • @CrowdPleeza Did you?

  • 11 lost souls disliked this track

  • @Dziczek1 I disliked it because I can't stand their music... I just feel that everytime I hear them I know rappers much better than them and they can be so awkward somethimes and it comes off as pretentuous.. just saying, it's my opinion

  • FUCK CHUI

  • Black should have just slamed the mic down,to make sure its broke!

  • Attention whack ass rappers, take notes! This here is called talent and content.

  • vevo go fuck yourselves

  • this is real hip hop at its best !....not the watered down bull that is played all day on radios and tvs everywhere....search the group "INRG - TAKE A PICTURE" for some more great hip hop songs!

  • The title is perfect for 2011's music industry

  • @ThisIsVice No, aint no one makin music this good

  • @kaine969 Cause they're all...CLONES - every sucker sounds the same, a mix of pop and house with a autotuned voice -> next billboard hit dunn..

  • m.a.r.s. sounds like ghostface

    

  • @rookieangel88 Oh my god, he really does! lol

  • @rookieangel88 lol word up..

    

  • @rookieangel88 I swear the first time I heard it I thought the same thing,espicallly because of the title and subject of the song,with the whole babys on album covers thing.

  • Christopher mintz plasse is the best

  • One of the best albums the genre's ever produced (and by the looks of how things are going at the moment, is ever going to produce. :/)

  • @Westbrom16 you're ignorant to the dope shit coming out if you think that

  • @Westbrom16 kendrick lamar changed my mind :)

  • A blonde was swerving all over the road and driving very badly, so she got pulled over by a cop. The cop walked up to her window and asked, "Miss, why are you driving so recklessly?"

    The blonde said, "I'm sorry sir, but wherever I go, there's always a tree in front of me and I can't seem to get away from it!"

    The cop looked at her and said, "Lady, that's your air freshener!"

    i just thought i should share a joke with you.

  • When songs like this are playing makes me proud to like hip hop, and not the 85% of new shit. Forever in our souls true hip hop

  • Dear Vevo, let me start by sayin get your corporate asses off youtube! Ever since these big companies started paying off youtube so they could post their videos we can't post ours. We are flagged for infringement evry time we include a song we like in our videos.

    This is YOUtube, the place where we can post OUR videos. If we wanted to listen to music from you we'd go to your damn website.

    To people who want greedy corporates gone thumbs up and copy and paste to all Vevo

  • Thumbs up if you dont ask for thumbs up or care if your comment gets top comment, but appreciate it when it happens. Lol....

    Hey 11 dislikes on a 1 million plus video is as good as perfect to me. I'm sure those 11 people just don't like Vevo and in no way was it a reflection on this song.

  • Thumbs Up if u LOVE and feel bless of being hearing tha GOLDEN ERA OF Rap. period

  • My neck hurts! but the beat is just tooooo ILL!!

  • Fuck Vevo

  • I love the street scenes from abandoned city before it all burned down.

  • gonna c them in sf this weekend!

  • Illadelph Halflife.Get that shit.I don't mean download it!!!!

  • true hip-hop d-_-b

  • this is the men´s world

  • Some say that I dance crazy, some say that I can’t dance at all. All I know is that I love to dance, so I’ll keep on uploading them

  • Just heard this on Sirius XM Shade 45 this morning. Shit is tight!

  • DOPE!!!

  • My favorite Roots song from their greatest album ! MARS had the best verse, but everybody was bringing it. Whatever happened to MARS anyway ?

  • black thought had the weakest verse.

  • its real ................shadice

  • Illadelph Halflife...probably there best work!

  • big big shout to the legendary roots crew.for years ive been rockin with them .from philly to new haven connecticut .black thought is in my top 3 mc s of all wish a nigga would say something different .ill take his whole right off real talk

  • big big shout to the legendary roots crew.for years ive been rockin with them .from philly to new haven connecticut .black thought is in my top 3 mc s of all wish a nigga would say something different

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  • Chris Webber U of M jersey.

  • sum mainstream is good :)

  • Dear Vevo, let me start by saying get your corporate asses off YouTube! Ever since these big companies started paying off YouTube so they could post their friggin videos we can't post ours. We are flagged for infringement every time we include a song we like in our videos.

    This is YOUtube, the place where we can post OUR videos. We don't want to watch the damn ads either.

    To people who want greedy corporates gone THUMBS UP and COPY & PASTE this.

    Peace

  • 1:15 - 1:19

    what song is that from?

  • Great track listen too kulu change of heart on youtube.

  • Fake zaggin, they don't go platinum, they go aluminum......

  • good stuff. heard of roots. they dont dissapoint

  • all these years I never noticed that homie on the corner had on a Webber Michigan jersey.....adds to the classicness of the video NICE!!!!!!!!!!! glad to see a video and dudes not wearing small ass clothes

  • lol..the webber #4 was fire

    @407MikeG

  • all these years I never noticed that homie on the corner had on a Webber Michigan jersey.....adds to the classicness of the video NICE!!!!!!!!!!!

  • THE "REAL" HIP-HOP WILL NEVER GET OLD.

  • @cheeseyall It Does Gets Old But It Never Gets Bored

  • @cheeseyall dude I hope it get older because real rap is like wine, the older the better ; )

  • great dream to have

    @AskateC 

  • All Elements Holding it down.....

  • Can't nothin' or no one out now in 2011' fuck with this.. the essence of REAL HIP HOP AND RAP!!

  • vevo l' murt della censur!!

  • type in "ceej in for the kill" man this dude is sickk!!!!

  • yes

  • "I use the mic to slap ya in the face"

  • @612Dank Dice raw .... what can i say

  • "i hate gettin locked up, cause that up state bus reminds me of the slave ship"

  • follow @ruthlessyoung on Twitter

    suscribe to my channel

    thnx 4 supportin real muzik!!!

  • Illadelph Half Life is one of The Roots best works of art. Lyricism at its best

  • where is Hub in this video?

  • I'd love to hear Raekwon on this beat!!!

  • FUCK OFF VEVO! Nothing beats real hip-hop

  • Original hiphop the roots stay true

    

  • No bullshit, just pure skills!!!

    THE ROOTS...THE FOUNDATION!

  • I like how dice raw is wearing RL but covers the symbol with tape

  • What are the best The Roots albums?

  • @FINbball my fav is things fall apart

  • @FINbball

    I have heard all their albums and honestly I am not a fan of this group, but if you are looking for their best album then this is the one for you (Illadelph Halflife - 1996) it is the album that single handily made me a fan of the lead M.C. Black Thought, he was simply incredible and it is the album that stands out the most, they went real hard & it was so raw compared to anything else they've ever done.

  • @FINbball Illadelph Halflife is my all time favorite album. It combines some sick ass lyrical verses with the most bangin dark jazzy beats! Notice there's no cheesy ass hook in this song. Just 4 MCs tearin it up droppin verses about real life shit. This is real hip hop. Black Thought and Malik B were in their prime on this album. They haven't been the same since Malik left though.

  • @FINbball Illadelph Halflife is my all time favorite album. It combines some sick ass lyrical verses with the most bangin dark jazzy beats! Notice there's no cheesy ass hook in this song. Just 4 MCs tearin it up droppin verses about real life shit. This is real hip hop. Black Thought and Malik B were in their prime on this album. They haven't been the same since Malik left though.

  • @lgheel Thanks!

  • Unique!

  • It's crazy if you look at the difference between rap videos in this era and now. Early hip hop was all about being raw and shooting a video in the hood, while nowadays half of them take place inside, on, or near a private jet lol

  • Where is beatboxin?

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  • @BABU91100

    They're showin' rahzel at 2:49

    @josuedelatorre35

    Hell No Dawg, You trippin

  • Towards the end of the video, there are some famous Philly DJs. Tat Money was with Steady B, Comic Kev used to be on Power 99 radio station, and Cash Money from the Cash Money and Marvelous (check out The Mighty Hard Rocker).

  • Sounds just like wu tang! C.R.E.A.M!

  • m.a.r.s looks like t-pain

  • @MattMacAulay27 nah t pain look like mars

  • VEVO suck"s !

  • anybody peep the nigga catch the record in the last shot

  • simple beat but EFFFECTIVEELY DOPE!