Grandmaster Melle Mel & The Furious Five - The Message

[Compuser84]

To all you tv and video game people, I still have the ORIGINAL cassette with this song on it. Enjoy! :)

[Luna7ick]

A mans on a ledge - says he gonna jump........

[MisterSenseless]

you're running the record fast, it's about a half step too high

[Luna7ick]

@MisterSenseless Nope , sounds original to me,

[MrCandycake]

gay

[JurisicSantiago]

Man you messed up with the pitch bend

[bluepeas510]

Who gives a flying rat azz what Joe Budden (is that his name?) has to say about OG Rappers ..

[mrcheese977]

DONT PUSH ME CAUSE IM CLOSE TO THE EDGE! IM TRYING NOT TO LOSE MY HEAD! HAHAHAHA

[mrcheese977]

1:15

[mrcheese977]

1:16

[GeishaGirl171]

Amen, brother, exactly my feelings, you preach the message niggas.........

[slipknotfan7]

666 likes .. win

[FeCoNiCu93]

GTA soundtrack? Oo

[Jedithun]

I smashed a Kia ...It was great !

[NolaVascular504]

THUMBS UP IF YOU BBOY<-----

[Moonsamy2]

whats with all the thumbs up bullshit ?...

[GamingMUSICandMovies]

@FerretLover333 Thumbs up if you know I used the your word without the apostrophe correctly, and this is not an english lesson. You use you're when you're shortening down the you are E.G You are a fucking retard= You're a fucking retard.

[sparticus515]

@GamingMUSICandMovies You didn't use it correctly, you should of used you're, not your.

[GamingMUSICandMovies]

@FerretLover333 The awkward moment when some cunt replies to your comment. thumbs up if your a sad twat

[GamingMUSICandMovies]

thumbs if you hate me for saying thumbs up and your tired of people saying thumbs up and people who say thumbs up are cripples who have no thumbs to thumbs up....... thumbs up if you agree

[tomytza123]

is only me or this version is a little fast foward ? i mean the disk spin just a bit to fast ?

[Mr1964fletch]

A Great Song And A BIG THUMBS UP,It"s how I Feel Now

[ZurVoLT]

Just listen to the fucking song no-one gives a binladns' ass where you heard it !!

[HawtPocketsxD]

What kia commercial played this? I learned about this from Everybody Hates Chris. O___o'

[kmacmuzikmafia27]

I never listened to the lyrics of this song...wow.

[Ankelo123]

thumbs up if ur a bitch

[jasont2211]

Thumbs up if you heard this off of san andreas!!

[kiddyoung]

@jasont2211

Nah, that was "Check yo self".

[MrBballlegend123]

Lol good song!!!

[LeonSKennedy967]

san andreas

[MegaTrippp]

VICE CITY !!!!!!!:)

[990kozak]

@MegaTrippp

the best game !

[ChibiNCake]

10 people got pushed

[zipthelite]

Man,wtf is all this spam about GTA and cars doing here ? Hip-hop ,punk,reggae and rock in the late seventies early eighties ,we had it all going on and a lot of it was conscious and political too...not consumerist macho b/s. Not bad to get down and boogie to neither !

[LILIANA6519]

I TRY TO GET AWAY BUT I COULDNT GET FAR!!!!!

i swear i might hgh jack a plaine !!!!!!!!!!!!!

jjjjjaaaaaaaaaaammmmmmmmm!!!!!­!!!!!!!

[peasah2005]

Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five were a self-concsious rap group that spoke the truth with mass under-employment, bad housing, drugs, prostitution and police brutality that was destroying African people in-particular.

These were a great rap group that inspired us with their truthful sounds than the wotless crap of so-called gangsta rap.

These are the self-conscious lyrics which young people should listen to and to uplift one another.

[LionOfBedStuy]

The fact that this reminds everyone of GTA San Andreas is a testament to how amazing Rockstar Games is and how pitiful Hip-Hop Nation is now.

[TheLOLgameplay]

the car ad brought me here

[IEWestSide]

FORGET THE SAN ANDREAS VIDEO GAMES. THIS IS REAL HIP HOP PEOPLE. CLASSIC JAM. YOU DON'T HEAR THESE ANYMORE. ON THIS NEW FAKE MAINSTREAM HIP HOP ERA.

[codlover713]

gta san andreas all the way... didnt ice cube do sumfin like this??

[DaMovieKnight]

Thumbs up if it doesn't really matter when you heard a song

[cosmos1999ify]

c'est trop la classe !!! les années 80.. YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSS

[9kuuby9]

Just reminds me of GTA Vice City.

[nathan3945]

style wars bought me here :P

[MuffinFB]

ONE M 0:00 RE TIME!!!

[12345678939348]

love it

[M00NBL1NK]

Thumbs up if you heard this from lacoste commerical

[xelitesniper1]

Kia is shittttt song is mintttttttttt

[bauuau18]

Kia is one of the worst cars u can buy

Dont get fooled by good marketing

[GlobalFantasyDirect]

same beat to the Puff daddy and Ice cube song.

[MrTalibanDan]

Ohh Yehh !!!!!

[LordRome100]

This rocks big time.....kia got so lucky!

[Darthvies]

Tune :) Also white lines (don't do it) is a awesome song.

[DEFINEMETALisBACK]

sexy tunez

[Nafly2K9]

Ice Cube robbed this beat 

[CallieDotBoi]

a tuuuuuuuuuune!♥

[caolanmccreesh]

Kia actually got big now.

[RLO7RYAN]

This song is just pure awsome

[yhff5ty7]

kia ad alll the way :)

[mparisi6904]

Freak'n Awesome......

[TehLiquid]

reminds me of truckers delight

[cumalideniz]

GTA san rules man give me a thumbs up and i will share videos of me playing GTA san with this music on it

[XlightassassenX]

@cumalideniz Get out.

[reecester2k8]

Kevin Ian Andy hahaha hurray for Kia

[SPaDiiCtEd]

I heard this on GTA SA first then a Kia add and i was like like Gta + Car = Yay!

[soulevolving]

bless kia, amost fortgot it too :(

[23snowy23]

thumbs up if you didnt hear this on the Kia ad

[CallsPrankFunny]

Lol thank you Kia add for reminding me off ths song, no offence i almost forgot about it.

[nassah2010]

lyrics are actually pretty slick

"Gods smilling on you but he's frowning too

Cause only god knows what you go through

You grow in the ghetto, living second rate

And your eyes will sing a song of deep hate"

[BigLiam123]

@SuperHotMale11 Lol the Kia ad has just been on and I came straight on youtube

[snowman15888]

why is this so fast

[denzeltjes]

You do know that your record is playing to fast dont you ?

[thegreen895]

eminem influenced from this

[pure634]

the beat is so great..

[GoonerMC14]

Reminds me of GTA Vice City... Willstyle (Y).

[MRmonkey122]

just love this song,

[LiamLikesMetal]

It's the Same beat from Ice Cube, and P. Diddy but they both copyied mann =]

[MrDaniiel]

If you read the predators track list properly you could've seen that it said: ice cube check yourself (THE message remix) also, ice cube made 2 versions of that song. This songs from 89 ice cubes version is from 92.

[andrs519]

that beat is ice cube check yo self ?

[AS495AS]

This is a funk classic. I say the words when the work gets too tough.

[derssan]

... can ppl stop trying to be funny about the ppl disliking the song just to get highest rated comment?! Enjoy the song instead on focusing on the ppl hating, then you are just as bad.

[13motive]

the reason why they voted dislike is because they are haters

[bikerty67]

5 people dont know funk

[Polkamouse]

Lyrics correction: "so so so ditty" = "Social Security"

[blowfly1111]

WOW sounds very well !!!! One of the BEST from GRANDMASTER FLASH (melle mel) That was really RAP & music not so an shit like all copy old grooves ...

[MellzQueen]

I love it when that lil penguin says ir in that movie ! DORABLE !

[bennettjamin]

militant black guy! :)

[BunglingOaf]

my son said daddy i don't want to go to school cause the teacher's a jerk he must think i'm a fool and all the kids smoke reefer i think it'd be cheaper if i just got a job learned to be a street sweeper i'd dance to the beat shuffle my feet wear a shirt and tie and run with the creeps cause it's all about money ain't a damn thing funny you gotta have a con in this land of milk and honey

[jjpds1]

thanks fer uploadin this

[paradigmswifter]

I heard this song before. I think it was in GTA Vice City, right?

[deucebigalo4life]

@paradigmswifter yea it was

[RossRTS]

@paradigmswifter check yourself before you wreck yourself is in GTA san andreas and uses the same beat might be that

[tristanc365]

Chicky Check

[thesdboxer]

Those 3 thumbs down... LICK BALLS!

[terrking24]

muahahha

[jkoster16]

@hk9449

You are a genius

[edgar1987puebla]

man i love this song i hope hip hop never dieas

[HxCUNstopABLE]

@edgar1987puebla ur lack of spelling sure has not died...

[crashj71]

rats in the front room, roaches in the back, junkies in the alley with a baseball bat!! haha yea!!

[r4d4101]

is there a reason I love hip hop after hearing this song?

[jjpds1]

FUCKING SLAP

[scuba945]

Old's cool!!!!!

[cyberlocs]

Aaaaaahhhhh man! This is my cut, ya'll!

What happened to all the good music?

[juliusvee]

cant take the noise

[kingflynn1]

just class

[AndersForEverybody]

Super rockin' mr magic WILDSTYLE

[Ginga007]

Just reminds me of GTA San Andreas.

[shannoraahil]

@Ginga007 its vice city!

[suj2k]

@Ginga007 lol I swear xD

[watchthelot]

@Ginga007 same wat raidio is it opn is it radio los santos?

[babis8142]

@Ginga007 actually this song was in Wildstyle radio station in Vice City!

[mattyveal92]

@Ginga007 Thought this was on vice city?

[drizzyshak]

@mattyveal92 yeah it was on vice city

[cravendave]

@Ginga007  FUCK YES

[emilogostilo01]

@Ginga007 ohhhh yeah :)

[Coongettez]

Music is shit these days



[SadiSays]

Yo, I'm just 3 months old and this is the cut!

LMAO!!!!

[TTThatguy90]

i heard this on that Kia ad and IT GOT IT STUCK IN MY HEAD FOR 2 DAYS!!!

[JAYDIZZL3]

@TTThatguy90  same thing happend 2 me lol

[xxZeeeRohXX]

@JAYDIZZL3 SAME :D

[troyrkd]

im generally not a fan of rap and hip-hop, but this is a great song!

[erpuzzetta01]

This song was back in the good days of gaming - Vice City.

[martyj11]

who is the one that doesn't like this? what is not to like?

[bobcrzy54]

brings me back to the 80s the best of everything !!

[lachlanSB]

its the same beat as ice cubes check yourself befor you reck yourself

[peace24252630]

im only 10 and i like this

[FlashBomb69]

Thumbs Up If The Ad Brought You Here

[joeyisafreak123]

This song is awesome goes so awesome the ad in aussie

[SuperHotMale11]

Thumbs up if you heard this on the Kia ad

[antz350]

@SuperHotMale11 kia sucks balls

[suawek]

@SuperHotMale11

I was thumb nr 69!

the greatest number EVER! :D

what did I win?

[KiDunKnowN89]

@SuperHotMale11 haha u read my mind!!

[HITMANCCC]

@SuperHotMale11 yea

[Rabbidlepricons]

@SuperHotMale11 Thumbs up if you heard it before that

[stoph2]

@SuperHotMale11 shut the fuck up

[pmckeown40]

@SuperHotMale11 why im here = )

[BangXD]

This isn't hip hop. he hasn't talked about killing someone yet! or used the words "mother fucker"

[jesusinacan2]

@BangXD no no im sure this is hip hop :)

[MrRadaikon]

Um..that isn't a criterion for hip hop. You're referring to "gangster rap" a sub-genre of hip-hop that arose from the crack epidemic  of the 1980's. Crack was a cheap and highly addictive. Dealers and so called "gangsters" made a significant profit off of the already suffering inner city black community. The people who witnessed this at the time would talk about what they saw in their music. It later went mainstream and became the standard formula for the next decade or so.

[BangXD]

@MrRadaikon it was a joke. i was being sarcastic. Sarcasm was first recorded in English in 1579, in an annotation to The Shepheardes Calender: October. In English, sarcasm in actors is often distinguished from sincere speech by speaking more slowly and with a lower pitch, or fundamental frequency. But other research shows that there are many ways that real speakers signal sarcastic intentions. Although many other studies show a sarcasm being used with the raising of ones fundamental frequency .

[123perrin]

awesome shit

[Hexed10]

remembers me when i played gta vc, great songs they have there on gta vc

[jackthakingify]

@Hexed10 good old days man

[B12e3n]

this is like eminems favourite song

[cricket2197]

@B12e3n lol wow

[EskimoesOnIce]

A sample of this was used in Horrorshow's song, In. (Horrorshow is Aussie hip hop)

[liucciboy9acmilan]

MAD SONG GOTTA BUY THIS SUMWERE!!!

[romloyschol]

True Hip-Hop with real lyrics!!!

[bigmama1307]

BAD ASS SONG. This is real music

[tip10184]

Watch Takers Streaming Online Free streamdirectmovies{dot}org/wat­chtakers{dot}htmlx <= remove the x and replace the {dot} with .

[golfcarpc]

i love this song

[WhoGivesASpark]

this song is the first hip hop song that actully hit the charts

[LouishNucky10]

my favourite retro

[Trip2seE]

I used to listen to this on a mix tape called Grandmasters of Rap back in 4th grade. I would carry around a cardboard box with me every where I went try to breakdance battle but no one here in cow hampshire was down

[Samadhiatman500]

Original shit, that is what I am talking about.

[Shakyvideos]

chickity check yo... oops nope.

[GxRATE]

7 minuts of nonstop rap... when did this day go

[MonumentalKB]

This is the slap!

[DASJOTUNHEIM666]

this really is a jam

[tha1calldgeorgiep]

today's generation, as well as the younger ones, if this is your first time listening to this, take notes to the last verse of this joint.  now that's "true story"

[Thelongmanable]

No disrespect but I belive there is some more to this story that meets the eye. Example doesnt anyone find it kinda strange that he talks entirely to well as in he talks proper and has almost a educated dilect to his voice. Sorry but he sounds white and that makes me think that he was maybe typica of rappers today never involved in crime or street scene but rap about it. Does anyone agree with this.

[commucommu]

this shit straight up changed the whole direction my life went. became a dj in 84, still one to this day because of this song

[juleslove2u]

DONT PUSH ME.......

[spacegasp]

Most heard in 83.

[Seas14]

old school bitches not like lil wayne and souljah boy!broken glass everywhere...

[NINskier]

@Seas14 Those 2 faggots are a big part of why i don't listen to hip hop anymore!

[Seas14]

@NINskier haha me too bro!i hate their lifestyle and their behaviour!they act like they own the world just cause they make crappy songs!

[r4pidz8]

it's like a jungle sometimes it makes me wonder how i keep from going under..

[SuperEnima]

man i never get sick of this song,lol so badass:)