Camp Lo - Sparkle

[countofmonetcristo80]

This was my joint!!!! The whole album was smooth and on point for cruisin the hot summer days. Never forget-Eastridge reppin!

[jerryumeh1]

this shit is euphoric

[ImakulatDeux]

The best album that I couldnt understand shyt dem nyggz wuz sayin!! I'm stil deciphering the lyrics to this day and that is the beauty and futuristic charm of tha lo.

[NameBrandClique]

@ImakulatDeux Yeah, they're flow is crazy. Honestly, I don't think they were really saying anything throughout the whole album, but it sounds so DAMN good that this album should always be considered a classic.

[david323ful]

One of the best they dont get enough credit

[nudude16]

@ steelio82 ; I feel the same way ... I've been Bumpin this ; since it 1st Dropped !!! And I'm never gonna Stop Bumpin It !!!

[solidsnakeO7D]

this is HOT!!!!

[mlosterhoudt]

Thw whole damn album is good!

[Certs]

So opulent....lol

[daintyblu]

Brings back so many memories at HU. This CD was fiyah

[JusticeNicole100]

Man it is so sad for new school, camp Lo is still the shiz, SMH

[Braenchild1]

Coldest rap song I've ever heard in my life.

[Deleonj76]

This is HIP HOP at its finest! Im with you steelio, ill be ricking this till im old and gray! LOL!

[weppskilla]

2005? LOL They don't make Hot Shit Like This Anymore! what a shame!

[bigddagenius]

this album was absolutely flawless. i remember walking into fye and asking for camp lo. the guy found this shit in like 2 seconds and i was so happy i thanked him like 3 times lol.

[grazer770]

i love faggots with chips and beans.

[KKASPERDISCIPLE]

16 an i love it they not better then DOOM tho

[zarenj21]

Damn, freshman year cold passing periods... Getting nostalgic.

Oh wait, that was two years ago!

Don't worry gramps, youngbloods like me can carry on the torch of Hip Hop! Just max and relax, Lo-Ah.

[KOPKILLA1]

It's just crazy how old these tracks are n people still don't know bout this I'll shit! Open ya minds up folks, shots to the hardcore hip-hoppas, Peace!

[Shea354]

Really cool...nice chill out track

[stonecrazy89]

LOL!!! "Undercover faggot lovers". After all these years, I never forgot those words.

[countofmonetcristo80]

@stonecrazy89 exactly! I was thinkin when I had heard it I didnt think anything of it. NOW, grown man status Im like-oooooooooohhhhhhhhhhh!

[MrGrimey10]

Classic album!!!!

[cripbuddz]

i need 2 meet these guys

[stepdaddy81]

classy hip hop, music like this doesn't even exist anymore..... blaze the scama

[ThegiftedDelawarian]

camp lo can rap about gettin drunk without rappin about gettin drunk

[pcchillen]

for some one who is "socially concious" u really got the date all wrong lol

[dacrimney]

05'? more like 97' this was on the same album as luchini (or as some call it "this is it") and plus, music wasnt this good in 05' music isnt gettin better...... its accualy getting much worse

[ThaCircleGz]

Keeva is dumb as a rock...this song was on the same album as This Is It.....Camp Lo is one of the most slept on duos of all time though- WORD TO UGK, Ball n G & Outkast

[guttagrip]

2005??? More like 1997.

[TheDCminor]

@guttagrip Haha word... I was like uhh.

[damonjavon]

@guttagrip fo sho 97' ......i remember cuz i bought it da first day it came out

[guttagrip]

@damonjavon I only know cuz im a fan. I was 5 when it came out im just a old soul.

[damonjavon]

@guttagrip true dat.....and nowadays, an old soul is the best soul......He Gone

[wgbarnes101]

@guttagrip , I'm waiting for sociallyconscious to change the date too!!

[MacNutMusic]

@guttagrip Word!



[Revelator72]

@guttagrip

Yessir 1997 release, although the LP was recorded in 1995 but held back by the label.

[Keevarocksify]

I love this song see these guys really got it, this song came out at least 8 years after this is it! And they can still make songs for us all to enjoy Camp Lo is one of the best hip hop acts still. Thanks for posting!!!

[latay12]

I Agree with Randomnoobi.. No diss to Puffy; But when this dropped; Bad Boy was doing their thing and Switched the game up!

[Trollis]

2005???

[ninostar74]

sparklin real hip hop bring it back !!!!!!!!

[Rah49]

2005???

[jershmjaejaa1]

just love east coast songs yo!!!! the 90,s was good 

[glaciermoon]

this is my favorite song from what might be my favorite album

[Questbx1]

PURE DOPENESS ,, AND IM NOT SAYING THIS CAUSE IM FROM DA BRONX..

[Quronik804]

Jus Spark One... CLassic HIP HOp!!!!!!!!

[umusbcrazy]

They are so awsum...amazing!!! i know im late about knowing them but im so glad to be expose to dis type of hip hop...the one that dislike it should go screw dem selves for real....this (camp lo) is true hip hop

[urbankreatures]

This was one of my fav groups

[JamesKader]

Sparking...one of the smoothest hip hop songs for me

[steelio82]

ill be rockin this shit till im 75

[Atomikbrainfu]

Damn I miss this.

[Cosimo91991]

i used 2 smoke so much bud 2 dis song

[jbthegrinder]

@Cosimo91991 i used to fuck on this song

[TheMadrepore]

Its sad watching Awesome ass groups fade out.

[Detroyt313]

this my favorite camp lo song

[OcknReef]

LEGENDARY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!

[billyearl69]

GOOD MUZIK ALWAYS GET PASSED BY! PUT THIS ON AND JUST RIDE Y'ALL!!

[RKae858]

I used to walk to school, listening to this on my old cassette walkman

[peterpiessens]

These guys performed in Belgium copple a months ago, it was a thrill seeing them on stage!

[locario13]

throw a lil jazz and mix it with hip-hop and what you get?...THIS SUPER DOPE TRACK.

Camp Lo music never runs out of style, decades to come i'll still listen to there songs.

[thadizzie1]

@locario13 I feel u...THey don make hip hoop like they used 2!!!

[kankerturk123]

Omg this song is so good... Though this music wasn't from my time (I'm 18) I can definitely feel this.

[ganee6a]

Welcome Back Hip Hop

[TeeNighSeeFiii]

There's no appreciate for art like this.

[bigmetalbeatsmith]

@TeeNighSeeFiii of course there is. We are the appreciation. Music like this will always live on as long we have good tastes in music

[AnkhMusicLover]

smooth....my nigga suede....camp baby.....

[jermain703]

this song will be my shit for years

[meshies]

" Shakin ya block with the six million dollar BOP"

classic shit, you the best camp!

[0a170]

LOL i forgot how exagerrated chiba's smoove voice was

[dablacksquad]

love this fucking song they are so underrated imo

[dna231981]

classic beats..

[EzMoneyBoy464]

Love the album cover. Reminds me of that ole jazz painting, where everybody is gettin down & having a good time

[zarenj21]

YES! finally found out the sample, its "Leyte" by Cal Tjader thank you to EarlyDayz for giving me the artist, and somewhere in the comments i saw the word Leyte. So i typed in both key words in, and i got the sample!

[LABGangsters]

@zarenj21 Type 'Whosampled' in google. It's how i find out how people do thangs.

[zarenj21]

@LABGangsters yeah, but i wanted to do some kinda youtube 'crate digging' instead of just googling it. Just to make my Holy Grail Sample sort of a challenge. And plus, i went over alot of Cal Tjader songs.

[LABGangsters]

@zarenj21 hahha, i love youtube crate digging.

[betaultragroove]

@LABGangsters hahaha me too!!

[sensualwisdom570]

hey yea if more of this type of smooth rhythmic rap music was played, maybe the glorification with violence and rap would dissolve in the air like a whisper.....

[jazzsoulman55]

magnifique

[jazzsoulman55]

magnifique chanson

[jaxtyn09]

this the ishhh

[powerpuffMC]

who know from whitch LP the Motive was taken?



[MsNunununu]

yes! this song takes me on a natural high!

[bobbydrake0001]

man this use to be my joint. i say this was 1 of the most underated groups and albums.

[cblack126]

this is what i call real hip hop

[ninostar74]

we need this kind of hip hop back this was my shit

[MrWhatHappenin]

Classic music!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[jspears75]

aint heard this in years - used to be played every day

[havinthangs55]

damn, this is perfect for a chilled, summer night

[Nickytiti]

soothing hip hop

[kadeemstanley]

this is wat hiphop is man

[Solful38]

Adriana Evans' albums "Walking With The Night"

& "El Camino" now available in the US on itunes

& Amazon!!!!!!!!!!

[dtuj]

this is hip hop at its best

[CHARLESHARDIN96]

oh yea!!!!

[DestoDaGod]

Everybody aint up on this right here!

[asianhawk001]

buttery slickness

[koolfraser]

@asianhawk001 true man, the groove and the lyrical flow are all sorts of shmooooooooov

[910luv]

smooth hiphop ppl old school DONT HATE..!

[iseeulooknatme]

GREATNESS!!!!!!!!!!!

[zarenj21]

What did they sample?

[EarlyDayz]

@zarenj21 not sure, but i think they sampled a Cal Tjader song..

[BEATSINTHEMIND]

This is Hip Hop, not that mindless shit they're playing on the radio... Consciousness, lyricism, musical talent, groove, heart... you know, all the shit that you don't hear 5TARS*****

[callmealiaragain]

camp lo has to be my favorite rap group. its between them and wu tang.....and maybe heltah skeltah. damn new york holds it down.

[nvrfearhecshere]

Oooh WEE

[910luv]

@nvrfearhecshere THATS YOU KNOW IT

[csw1000]

one of the greatest and coincidentally most slept on hip hop album EVER

[tjsdvds]

@csw1000 So true CSW. I still have the same cd I brought back when this album first came out. Classic if you ask me. All my friends went and brought the album when they heard it. But I think because these cats had a different style alot of people looked them over.

[winterdunn]

niceeeee.

[rosco1121]

These dudes was tight. 96' right or 97'. FLLLLYYYYY!!!!!!!

[YoungGetMoney1]

Damn this take me back somethin u can thrown in the whip an ride out to

[lynstly]

some of the best rhyming i've ever heard, flow is smooth as silk too

[wiseoficu]

HAPPY NEW YEAR...POURIN ALL IN ME

[mapaka01]

this shit gives me goose bumps when it first starts. got damn.

[icedem34]

we need more music like this

[KataKlizMiK]

@icedem34 listen to money on my channel

[Randomnoobi]

This group was so slept on.

[projectcee]

@Randomnoobi totally....love this album still so much...

[Nickytiti]

@Randomnoobi yes they were

[EXTRABLK]

Nice lil groove!

[VEERnineone]

ski did it fucking big on this album

[jenghi21]

i love this song. i also like the "remix" or maybe its just another version, but its acapella and i LOVE it! lol

[spac3n1nja]

Harlem's finest!

[proh8st]

what the is the mutherfucker saying

[zarenj21]

i thought the sample was close to you by the avalanches??? maybe just different titles.....

[MarcusChavers]

Marcus Chavers

MJC Entertainment

Was here!

[warlion23]

man ya'll cant blame it on the south because the south has had some great hip hop hits back in the day also. look at ugk's- one day. u cant tell me u dont feel dat man.. but 2days hip hop is jus a different era man. they dont know about the 5 elements or 'tossting' because they haven't experienced it. they look at rap/hip hop music as a way to get rich and swagg on the laddies.. but then again.. what was EPMD's motto...

[alspoken1982]

Hip hop at its finest.....I remember being in junior high when this album came out and I still have my original copy to this day. Camp lo is arguably one of the most slept on groups in hip hop PERIOD......

[vancityhustler]

97" damn im old now but still love this art of hiphop 4lyfe.....

[zarenj21]

reminds me of passing periods during cold mornings in freshman year hahaha.

[liveguy]

This is a Classic joint. Takes me back! I miss those days!

[ryukenb2k]

its true bro shit was waay more realer then even in the street but now everybody  al pachino now and p diddy with superficial coco puff bitches who be really hoes undercover. ha ha fuck the old dayz tho, we struggling today gorilla up bitches ha ha

[loujencece]

See this is talent. Hip hop got ruined by the Derty south. I gives a rat's ass about bling, rims and all that stupid shit that's been associated with Hip Hop.

A true Emcee can spit rhymes without cussin all the time. that shit went out with the 90's

[liveguy]

While I agree.....they are talkin about the same shit niggas from the south do. Listen to what they sayin.

They just saying it differently, over a pretty, lush beat.

That's the only difference.

[Chris39206]

Keep tellin yourself that. LOL

[vancityhustler]

Well put homie!!! i agree 100% im 29 been listening to this art of hiphop since the FAT BOYS shits diffrent and ya the south killed it big time.

[jichigo76]

to this day i LOVE THIS FUGGIN SONG!!!! SPARKLIN

!!!

[Mawulisa2]

Oh my goodness. I ca't get enough of this song.

[chronwell]

Lo-wa is Princes of poetry!

[kanani97]

Under cover Faggot lovers

[frickfrock999]

Absolutely classic.

Gotta love the piano.

[djcas69]

My favorite song on this album!

[Braenchild82]

The dichotomy of Sonny and Geechie's flows is incredible. They're so different but they mesh so well. They play off of each's other energies and have swag all day long. These cats are killin' anybody that's ever come out with anything in the past decade. And that jazz beat is too... TOO cold to hold.

[mrpaulnyc74]

old school, this is true hip hop

[SwaGGaNoMiKZzTV]

mr.midnight stripped most of the sample and made it sample....i like this though too

[SwaGGaNoMiKZzTV]

i meant simple*

[SpecillK]

So ahead of their fucking time they are still INCREDIBLY MODERN SOUNDING even in these grim days for hip hop......Worthy of being thought as one of Top Ten Hip Hop Albums of all time!!!!! Hands Down!!!! Check out shit from buffalo NY such as myself Spec ill K or anyone out here Pseudo Slang,Bogustice,Fresh Guac,Ray Skilla,Keith Concept,Juggular Star,Midnight Gremlin......I swear we are suck in 1995.Youll love are shit.But even if you dont check us....keep shit like this ALIVE AND WELL

[cleverthoughts]

I couldn't agree with you more man. Well Said.

[SlaytanicWarrior420]

Youre from Buffalo?????

[SpecillK]

yep.......indeed i hail from the city of snow

[SlaytanicWarrior420]

Thats whats up same here guess there are some real hip hop cats in this shithole lol.

[mwhtw]

what genre of music is this and what are some other similar songs?

this is such a awesome song

[Konscious415]

check out digable planets they had a similar style influenced by the 70s also check out brand new heavies hope this helps

[bobbydee30g]

try The Roots, A Tribe Called Quest, Common (like water for chocolate album in perticular), The Pharcyde, Jazzy Jeff, Slum Village, Little Brother.....The list just goes on.

[LynxProductions]

this is real hip hop... old school and mellow man

[mwhtw]

thanks everyone those were good

[delorianstar]

why does your video say 2005?

this song came out in 1997..get it right....smh...

[j2sky]

I used to listen to this album on continuous loop in 1998.....dont know what theyre talking about but it always sounded good ;D

[KadmonHillz]

OMG Painted One of My First Pieces On The Solo To This Joint..Just had 2 Point It Out Cause It's So Real Like That.

[omaracc44]

smoooth

[soulja46]

smooth but mr midnight mix is even smoother trust me

[kgreasy]

great song to drink to

[itmslove]

i first heard this song sampled on Avalanches 'Diners Only' and I couldve sworn the 'got the bubbly...' part was Pharell. I was wrong. Love it none the less.

[CherryBluntBeatz]

get ya drizzy on !

[resha62886]

come back wit dis shit here maine hooootttttt

[R1PT0RN]

WERE U AT CAMP?? WE NEED MORE HITS!

[jbpanther20]

they just put an album out. stone and rob: caught on tape. i like it so far, but i was kinda of disappointed that a few of the songs were out a few years ago

[TBizzleMan]

got the bubbly pouring threw me!!!!

[suppamodel02]

Love this song! It takes me back to my high school days.

[TMundo]

supposedly the sample is from Cal Tjader's song Leyte. But somehow it sounds like a different recording of the song. different then the one featured on youtube. Anyone have any suggestions as to what the recording is that camp lo used?

[jbpanther20]

i think it's the same recording from the one u commented on. i can definitely hear the sample in that particular version of "Leyte"

[MicJones]

"Uptown Saturday Night" had some of the very best Rap samples in it EVER used. I personally believe that Dynasty's "Adventures in the Land of Music" (used for Luchini) is THE best sample in the history of Rap music. Then you have the Tjader sample here... AND..."A Little Spice" from Loose Ends (used for Rockin' It - Spanish Harlem). AMAZING album. Glad I own it.

[iancurtis86]

@MicJones yeah, and don't forget "Curtis Mayfield - Tripping Out" (Black Nostaljack), as well.

[MicJones]

@iancurtis86 Agreed!

[iancurtis86]

@MicJones Ski made a superb work here. They're not typical beats from '96-'97 (I like them as well), they have an old style flavor... I recently discovered this album (and this group, not pretty known) and I'm in love with it.

[MicJones]

@iancurtis86 I'm surprised more emcees haven't worked with Ski over the years. He produced "Luchini" for Camp Lo and "Dead Presidents" for Jay. Career-defining works...

[iancurtis86]

@MicJones word, that's the only work I knew from him before, his beats in Reasonable Doubt, and it's memorable as well.

[yaboy0327]

@MicJones you should check out the mixtape 24 Hour Karate School. it dropped last month. Dame Dash recruited Ski Beatz to work with Camp Lo again, Mos Def, Jay Electronica, Curren$y, Stalley and other new artists. its an amazing mixtape

[MicJones]

@yaboy0327 I heard about it. I even saw the promo video on YouTube somewhere. Haven't actually picked it up yet though. Is it dope?