Blackstar - Respiration ft. Common

[TheTaistelukala]

Everyone. Don't watch the VEVO version. Stop this and let real hip hop live like it should be. Not cencored, not advertised.

[Wonfuuuuu]

Lol at the rack city ad.

[wbakj]

fuck u vevo

[EJandThem]

One of my all-time favorites!

[Gothadotcom]

real hip hop

[rhcp092192]

@ItsSoGiggity This is the version of Respiration off We Are Hip Hop, not the self entitled album, so it's different.

[ItsSoGiggity]

where is the second part of talib kweli's verse?

[MrArnazdestruction13]

True Hip Hop



[Jar0on]

Im dutch and I understand 90% of all my songs but just cant make a story from this, to bad as I know I will love it, Ill keep listening till I find out!

[BinaryStarofShaolin]

@blsonyrnk: absolutely, yours don't?

[BinaryStarofShaolin]

My ear finds this easy to masturbate to.

[blsonyrnk]

@BinaryStarofShaolin your ears masturbate?

[ghosted760]

When you look up "drop science" in the Webster's this is what you see.

[Gino6123]

this makes me feel real ashamed of my generation. Btw im 14.

[nikesbeast]

thats good theres low views so that kids these days will only know about waka flocka and gucci mane

[kjjhOG2350]

this should have about as many views as people who breathe

[NOWTA10]

770,000 veiws? I feel sick

[joaquinmiyansanchez5]

EXCELLENT

[kingkushdub420]

The mighty MOS DEF

[coreyisfame]

BONNAROOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!

[reljakool]

i want this played at my funeral

[wtfohno]

thanks to proxtube that i can watch it in germany!

[ss2lakhan]

I'm surprised as to why this song never makes a best hip hop songs list.

[Dave22204]

Wannabe rappers should be made to listen to this song so they can hear true lyrics from true MC's.

[PauloJrGong]

25 dont breathe...

[The808Prophet]

so glad i know what real hip hop is

[Mendo81toke]

You either make a way or stay sobbin, the Shiny Apple

is bruised but sweet and if you choose to eat

You could lose your teeth, many crews retreat

Nightly news repeat, who got shot down and locked down

Spotlight to savages... damm...

[gunnyblitz1]

niggas aint in paris we in the hood. respect the real

[Dawud82]

tru hip hop will never die it went back underground where it started fuck hip pop and all that wack ass shit on the radio these days miss the old days like a motha

[terraLiquidus]

Escuchela..La ciudad respirando

[pisspimp]

drake who? nothin but a toy ass child pop actor

[pisspimp]

drake who? nothin but a toy ass child pop actor

[P4DDY2K11]

This is one of the greatest songs ever made, fuck lil wayne, drake, rick ross and all them other little fairies, this is hip hop, this is real, this music at its finest.

[PuroSantaMariaDelOro]

This the shit!!

[rugedandraw]

ons of the greatest ever

[SlashPwnage]

@icmjazz "Escuchela la ciudad" Listen to the city...

[jazzwilliam]

That's whassup!!! Hip Hop...

[MarvinGOML]

"Matter fact you can take swag back, that’s the word rapper’s saying when they know they can’t rap" - Chamillionaire

[downsouth00]

@MarvinGOML what songs that from?

[g00n24]

@MarvinGOML i acknowledge that

[FRIGE147]

Fuck Drake This IS the Real UnderGround Music..

[Critical310]

@FRIGE147 who said drake was underground? lol

[adamhjoe]

who givs a fuk about swag

[sikolyfe]

No swag

[chdz92]

@sikolyfe swag is not in the hip-hop vocabulary

[sikolyfe]

Untouchable

[Bronxbomber82]

@the704hustle, you can't be serious? Lil Wayne can't hold blackstars jock strap. You talk about swagg. That is wack and you obviously don't know enough about hip hop.

[BrothaYasuji]

I'm so glad they're back together. Hip-hop is on life support and they're the shot it needs to live again.

[LifeFilms1]

@Ty4Thought, youtube/lifefilms1

[ritmoypoema]

2004? i see this video in 1998 o 1999

[thecrazyshowshow]

Lil Wayne's face in the corner looks like he just watched this video and realized how much more great these guys are compared to him

[THEKODYMULLIS]

Breath in... Breath out.... damn that is so much soul, these guys should be the ones on the radio not these wack rappers (drake wayne niki).

[Tha704Hustle]

I'LL ANALYZE THIS FOR YA'LL..OKAY OFF TOP COMMONS VERSE WAS WACK NO SWAG AT ALL AND HIS STYLE WAS LAME THE OTHER 2 GUYS WERE AVERAGE AT BEST AND THE VIDEO WAS LAME WHY ARE THEY IN BLACK AND WHITE LOOKING LIKE HOBO'S WHERE'S THE SWAG AT???I'D RECOMMEND BIG SEAN,DRAKE, AND LIL WAYNE OVER THIS ANYDAY FOR SOME REAL GOOF HIP HOP

[Edog722]

@Tha704Hustle y u tryin to start shit?

[BringTheBeats412]

@Tha704Hustle you cant be serious..........

get fucked

[THEKODYMULLIS]

@Tha704Hustle man how can u say that? you need to fresh up on your hiphop skill and style man, Mos Def and Common and T. are the eptimy of hiphop. na u wack man, generic and no soul power

[THEKODYMULLIS]

@Tha704Hustle and how can u call Mos Def average????

[Holloway6151975]

@Tha704Hustle You are definately apart of the commercial industry vs true hip/hop rap......smh......without the pioneer you disrespecting you so-called heros wouldnt be shit......you need to go hang arould some old heads so they can school you young buck

if you think you know with that attitudte you have no idea

[GRIMLUMINIA]

@Tha704Hustle Yeah they get tiresome, but this song never gets old for me, i can listen to a wayne song 4 times and get tired of it, but i've listened to this thousands of times. This is meaningful and poetic, thats just mindless rhyming shit.Also "wheres the swag at" If you think rap was about swag, you need to learn some goddamn history, cuz all this rappers gotta be rich shit is just a delusion.

[1woek]

@Tha704Hustle haha big sean drake and lil wayne.. the 3 wackest dude out their now.. what next u want lil b, soulja boy, and justin bieber to make a song.. haha man get out of REAL HIP HOP videos

[mikeylikesit2675]

@Tha704Hustle whaaattt? this guy. you dont know shit man, hush your childish mouth.

[maximerjb]

@Tha704Hustle lol I hope it was a joke?

[P4DDY2K11]

@Tha704Hustle you suck balls, come back when you know what real hip hop is, big sean is the worst rapper alive.

[PARABOLOUS]

Remove Lil Wayne's face from the side of the screen please

[anikaoolalaa]

LOL actually, in my sophomore world lit class, last night's homework assignment was to analyze and annotate the lyrics of this song. I guess those hundred years came sooner than expected.

[libanscult]

Definition of hiphop....peace in mideast

[zeroosex]

if this came out in the 90s it would of been one of the biggest hits ever, such a classic beat, it's on a another level

[Papajim202]

@zeroosex it did come out in the 90's

[FOURTEEFIVE]

@Papajim202 naw

[Papajim202]

@FOURTEEFIVE it's 98

[P4DDY2K11]

@zeroosex came out in 1998.

[HighStandardsMusic]

Real Hip Hip for the soul!

Me and my friends formed a Hip Hop group last year and we've got some songs/videos on our channel, check us out guys!

[maximerjb]

25? Mmmh.. Let me think.. Lil Wayne, Soulja Boy,Drake,Nicky Minaj,Justin Bieber, Rebecca Black, Gucci Mane, Rick Ross, Birdman, Gudda Gudda, Waka Flocka Flames, Plies, Jae Millz, Vanilla Ice,Shawty Lo,Tony Yayo,Yung Berg,Young Jeezy,DJ Khaled,Flo Rida, Mims ,Lil Twist, Nick Cannon,Hurricane Chris & Lil Boosie..

[1woek]

@maximerjb wow u name everybody that is wack for me.. but u missing ja rule and fat joe

[zqxwce92]

the video really suits the song as well

[sofuckinndope]

youtube dot com slash watch?v=GV7yFqfZtSk

[bigd934]

3 legends in 1 song

[oscarjets24]

0:36 lol who is that?Napoleon.

[Flowdaboyz]

throwback the good old day

[royalnaz1]

fuck drake his first album was ok but his latest shit is wack

[royalnaz1]

you just discovered black star. where the fuck you been. this song is real old dude

[royalnaz1]

one of the best rap songs of all time

[denker321]

i would like this video but i like the way 4,444 looks

[yellopanda]

censoring black star is like censoring porn... japanese

[13RaToK]

old school hiphop man im smoking a joint 2 dis

[ThesXeB34ST]

Love this song and Common, but if he actually believes he's the best rapper out there; he needs to take 15 minutes out of his day and give Macklemore a listen.

[ProfessorBigCat]

@ThesXeB34ST Macklemore isn't necessarily a rapper. It's hard to dub him so. His lyrics are more poetic like.

[ThesXeB34ST]

@ProfessorBigCat He's an MC and an artist. He's cut from a different thread, as much as I hate the label of being a 'rapper' because of what stereotypes are entailed in this day and age; Macklemore is a rapper.

Music is poetry, and there's no difference in the presentation between Macklemore and Mos Def, Common, Kweli, etc. the only thing that varies is it's quality.

[ProfessorBigCat]

@ThesXeB34ST All valid points, but in this era, it's hard for me to dub anyone a "rapper". Mackelmore's soul just makes it sound like catchy poetry i guess. The reason behind it is because rap is an "art", which in my opinion, is something expressed that people can affiliate with. So it's kind of hard to chastise someone on being a rapper or not, but he just seems so much more poetic to me.But i'm just a 13 year old, that grew up w/ diff. people. I guess i could be wrong. Btw, lovin the comms.

[LunaticAzyLhomme]

@ProfessorBigCat That's pure nonsense... Reminder: R.A.P means Rythm And Poetry

[ProfessorBigCat]

@LunaticAzyLhomme Very true.

[ThesXeB34ST]

Fucking disgusting that this video has an ad for Tyga and Demi Lovato attached to it..

[SOULSEEKA]

Most vivid memory i get: sittin on the bus, rockin earphones and a bagpack, bangin this to and from work...

[vittoriousbig]

Who is the woman speaking?

[gijsie123]

Man, there is no other feeling like the feeling I get when Mos begins his verse

[ilias900]

Mos Def verse is the best

[jimmyhapa]

If a new Blackstar album drops in 2012, and soon after the world ends as predicted, it would *still* be a great year.

[DarkSaber22]

@jimmyhapa imagine if it dropped the day of, or the day after the supposed "end of the world" in december. kinda cool imo

[rotshuizen]

holy fuck, i cant believe i just discovered blackstar. shit

[Mahatche]

@rotshuizen I'm happy to see some are still learning about

[Losx03]

classic shiet maynee

[Atypical82]

listen to their ad libs... man what power...

[LVilla74]

classic!

[ImBordCanYouTell]

I hope this will be the poetry that kids in school hundreds of years from now will study.

[MeesterMahcus]

@ImBordCanYouTell we just started poetry in my english class , and my teacher showed this song to my class :D

[EuphoniousPhonation]

@ImBordCanYouTell most inspirational statement I've heard in a long time

[AakwardAardvark]

@ImBordCanYouTell that would be amazing :)

[Adyugupta]

@ImBordCanYouTell I have to study this for poetry now :)

[theMeenDawg]

the black n white makes this video feel sooo old school

[1woek]

common's verse in this song> drake's wack ass albums

[051290ma]

@1woek Id rather hear common's interlude with his pops than any of Drake's song.

[LGDraecor]

@1woek Now that I have had someone close to me die...trust me his verse is much more meaningful.

[Portboy]

I cannot get over that first verse by Mos, absolutely incredible. Wow.

[theMeenDawg]

@Portboy true dat

[LunaticAzyLhomme]

Hey that's Common @ the beggining :D

[TylerA613]

@LunaticAzyLhomme this is common about 5 years in. gotta go further back than this to see his first shit :)

[mrmatthewstifler]

Talib Kweli is the best

[supafamouskid]

God dam old school raps is so great

[bklynsa]

This may Common Sense best verse of all time...#JMO.

[PurePassionEst1992]

If everyone reading this could take some time out of there day & check out my music I'd greatly appreciate it .. I'm a 19-Year Old rapper from Yonkers,NY trying to make something of his talent .. I've been used & misplaced by many people in the music industry & all I'm looking for is an honest shot to make it BIG ..With you .. The people .. I can be one step closer in achieving the only thing I want in life .. MUSIC .. Give me the chance .. I won't let you down .. ONE LOVE EVERYBODY

[h00may841]

@PurePassionEst1992 you dont wanna make it big! You wanna be real and true to yourself, just do you! Be original!you'll get some love bro!

[PurePassionEst1992]

@h00may841 Thanks man .. I appreciate the insight .. I'll always be true to myself & never stray away from my roots .. If I get big in the process than it's a win/win

[remyred228]

@baltimore117 Mitt

[7trainQbnyc]

Classic

[7trainQbnyc]

I feel u baltimore17

[Baltimore117]

Wish rap could go back to being like this.

[HipHopEnthusiast1]

yo i'm feelin' this.....shyt iz epic.

[Baltimore117]

Swear to god if i see another Mick Romney video i'll flip its fuckers like you that ruin this country. How about we put your ass in one of our black ghettos and see how you respond if not shot at first.

[mikewekesa]

# Now Add Nas To It And There You Get The Ultimate Poet Crew.

[EfackOne]

No poder sacarte un ritmo de la cabeza le llamo a esto, hip hop vive en latinoamerica y en el mundo, puños arriba por este movimiento cultural, Ni el 2012 nos destruira.

Saludos desde Chile :D

[JustGod7]

one of the most legendary compliations of all time! you had mos, kweli, and common on the same fuckin track with a dope ass beat! now this is hip hop u illuminati controlled mutha fuckaz!!!

[itomercenario]

lo mejor de lo mejor! LIMA - PERU HIP HOP

[MileHighCrusin303]

One of the best in the game today, thank you common for making good music

[MrPetey2120]

Best song of all time.

[Tribal4Produces]

you flatter me

[EverythingisFire]

This is pretty amazing! Wish I listened to these two (individualy and together) WAY way sooner. Put it off for too long.

[SheldonJaquay2009]

New sound with an old school vibe... real talk! Keep em coming gentlemen and I'll keep supporting.

[UndefinedMale]

Three lyrical geniuses getting together. Beautiful. Ugh if only Tupac was alive and could have been in this. Long live real hip-hop.

[hardenearl]

re-like

[Shamanhearts91]

I think I'm ready for the new album...I'm tired of waiting

[CdRomTrance]

I eat my own poop

[tim23tom23]

One of the greatest rap songs of all time.

[hlholden]

I love this song

I'll always love this song

always

and I'll always be a hardcore Kweli fan

but

Common's verse was the best.

[Holloway6151975]

thumbs up if you like how real common was to give somebody props in the video and still kept spittin his verse

[dinnerpartysaboteur]

The 3 Kings

[beliburcio09]

kweli & common are two rappers that i can say they got better in time

[Slimkidd730]

this song should have 500 million views.....PERIOD.

[GenOfGooNSquad]

real music!

[youstadvanture]

Mes couilles ! Justien Bieber comme publicité sur ce genre de lyrics ? Waow , tout ce barre vraiment en couille .... Tsss '

[iamchriish]

Because i was never good at anything else, i was awkward

Because i feel the need to express what other people arent able to

Because im always refining my craft because i love the art

Because i feel like like the music out there doesnt speak for everyone

Because poetry n truth in music keeps us all alive

Because i feel like this is my one chance to be myself

click my profile and watch my new video if you can understand how i feel. tumbs up, subscribe, anything you have in your heart.

luv

[wordisbond730]

Dreamer/believer dropping soon, best common sense album since Be!!! DIoN produced the entire album.. up there with resurrection, be, like water for chocolate if you a hip hop fan go cop!

[Danny928]

There is hope.... hip-hop is alive and well this is the last remnants of good music enjoy....

[AthIsm25]

The best hip hop song that's out right now! All that watered down bull shit needs to stop...

[KOinfinite91]

Escuchela La Ciudad Respirando

[90ctbrown]

blackstar VEVO

that's a fucking joke.

[countryboi304twhite]

@90ctbrown your out of your fuckin mind dude thas a sick ass beat

[90ctbrown]

@countryboi304twhite I meant it in the sense that everything they are against is what VEVO does... Like making money off of other peoples success.

[elamodelmerol]

Rapsusklei - Poetico Drama

[SmizzySmall]

i have seen this around, but i did not expect this here. please do not compare new generation rappers to these Geniuses. i'd rather listen to 3 lyrical geniuses spit poetical messages compromising a story that touches your heart ever so gently, than a song about big booty bitches and money

thank yoy