The Brand New Heavies - Sometimes Feat Q-Tip (Ummah RMX)

[fluffyface911]

wow... just found them...awesome....

[lbushquizeanic1]

What sample Dilla used on this?

[lennox112]

J DILLA was responsible for this smooth groove..... RIP

[micljnes]

OMG, i was just checking credited artists to the brand new heavies, and I did not know until today that 'sy smith' had done vocals for them 8 years ago, and for those who may not know, her I think a good starting place would be 'MY Story'. Back in the day, among all the pop music being passed of as R&B this is 1 of the few tracks I prayed they would play, and in honesty much of the stuff I love rarely gets a look in, because of who actually makes the serious money from it's exposure. Thanks YT.

[1blessedbrotha]

I first  saw this video on BET, and was floored because I'm a child of the sixties, but I wouldn't watch BET today and all that soft porno garbage they call music for all the tea in China!

[Rainham1968]

Good track from an excellent group who just complemented each other. The very epitomy of chique!

[Randtp]

kaif

[mobrownable78]

i prefer the album version. this one is way bassy. bassy aint a bad thing. but not for this song. i guess this was the urban version

[tobisweden]

Sooo coool! Love it.

[mandabala]

Sou/

[RememberTheTime09]

1997....the last really GREAT year in music! Song brings alot of great memories as well as sadness.

[kbyer]

@acgunsam1 UMMMMMMM Yes it Is!

[acgunsam1]

UMMMM thIs is NOT the BRAND NEW HEAVIES

[dj4monie]

@acgunsam1 Yes it is.... This is the Umma Remix (Jay Dee, Ali Sheed and Q-Tip)

[iancurtis86]

@dj4monie yeah, that's The Ummah, but you'll know they didn´t produce as a whole, even though they credited themselves as a whole. This is Jay Dee's.

[bigdaddykwam]

@acgunsam1 This is after N'Deah left the group

[namkooc]

yes it is

[NaturalMystic101]

this has to be one of the best tunes in the world ♥ ♥ ♥

[Maoribrotha]

This jam...the video...the vibe...the bizness...strictly the bizness...

[Pinskip2]

Drummer's eyebrows are something else.

[filththatisi]

Coolest video ive seen, when my gurl goes in crouching tiger stance I couldn't stop laughing!

[mayonn]

Not good at all. BNH need Davenport. Garett is not cutting it...she's always going to be too '80s

[EdiBlazE]

WOW talk about retro lol never seen this vid on BET

[MyJunior1975]

@EdiBlazE Actually, it was in heavy rotation on BET- both the remix and original versions.

[MrStyles73]

OFFICAL!!!!

[bowlinjones]

N dea left the group for a little while to do solo project. Siedah Garett took over as lead singer in her absence

[AntDaGamer]

where is n'dea davenport at. what is this?

[logikorganik]

This Is J Dillas Beat. Any time you see Ummah, thats practically a Dilla Beat. and Yes, Q-Tip does produce. He recently produced 90% of The Reneissance. Repect to All these brothas.

[GuNiX]

whats the name of the original beat? :)

[PabloZaragoza]

Q-Tip kick ass !

[toop4]

DILLLAAAAAAAAA

[laityarts]

Man "This" is music! Siedah is...oh my lord. Hot! Miss her talent.

[jarbon5]

I dig! Has a very cool vibe to it:)

[gwizz83]

this video is awful, but loved the track

[BackEddy29]

That Hef is a rat bastard.

Good vid and awesome group!

[Hamzy786]

J DILLA!!!!

[eatadicc]

@Hamzy786 Are you say Dilla produced this track? I'm pretty sure Q-Tip did it sounds like his production.

[eatadicc]

@eatadicc I know Dilla and Q-TIP are Ummah tho.

[Hamzy786]

@eatadicc Yh... Dilla was part of tht group and he was only part of it.. as Q-Tip saw how he could create soulful beats. if u watch his interviews.. he mentioned, he never got recognition for his beats.. as Tip was in charge of the process.. Q-Tip even named Breathe And Stop.. His Beat!!! Dilla mentioned that as wel.. This is what the market did to Dilla. he was behind the stage too many times since Slum Village Apeared.. R.I.P the Beat King!

[iancurtis86]

@Hamzy786 Q-Tip said in a interview "Breathe..." is Dilla's, and that Vivrant Thing is his. I can give you the link if you want to. Stop hating. Q-Tip introduced Jay Dee to the music world. Jay Dee was nobody. Nobody even knew him. Just 2 years after knowing Tip, he had worked with The Pharcyde, The Roots crew, Common, ATCQ, Busta Rhymes, De la Soul, he was introduced to everybody in the game, he almost appears in Biggie '97 album. I'd love to have a cicerone like that

[kuriosity89]

@iancurtis86 Actually Amp Fiddler really got Dilla's start in music - he introduced him to the MPC, and then he introduced him to Q-Tip. So if anybody is gonna take cred for the discovery Dilla (other than, of course, Dilla himself), it'd be Amp Fiddler.

[iancurtis86]

@kuriosity89 yeah, Fiddler discovered Dee, and introduced him to Q-Tip, but it was Tip who introduced Dee to everybody in the industry and made him the name he has. Almost every artist that collaborated with Dilla, at least in the first days, did it because of Q-Tip, not Fiddler. Fiddler only introduced Dilla to one man. You know who. The man who knew and was friend of everybody in the game.

[kuriosity89]

@iancurtis86 Yeah that's true too, I just also kinda wanted to put Amp Fiddler's name out there because I think he rarely gets the credit he deserves lol.

[blockymock]

@eatadicc the instrumental was released under one of dillas albums so im sure it was him but idk i dont wanna sound like a know it all

[justacrazyfool]

@eatadicc q-tip doesnt produce, ali shaheed does all his tracks

[iancurtis86]

@justacrazyfool Q-Tip produced almost entirely the 3 first ATCQ albums, Nas' One Love, Mobb Deep's Temperature's Rising, Apache's Gangsta Bitch, various tracks for Busta, shit for Diamond D, Craig Mack, his own albums... even shit for Whitney Houston. Stop hating now, men!

Ali Shaheed, in fact, barely produces (I love Ali).

[funktasticworld]

Absolutely great tune!!

[RadReese73]

damnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn....

I didnt know the had a video for this joint...!

This 1 snuck by me...lol

This song sounds better than any r&b joint I've heard in the past 5 maybe even 10 years... thas krazy!

[MrCarnubia]

loved this back in the day and still freshnow

[strictlyriddim]

I love this track....I had this on vinyl with the Masters At Work remixes.

And personally, The Ummah was one of the best production teams of the 90s.

[MrCarnubia]

cover me in honey baby!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[jymyxxx]

impresionante.....delicioso ¡¡¡¡¡¡ hip hop & fusion en estado puro

[vet786]

hugh hefner at end,man he"s got da gals in playboy mansion

[micljnes]

No ones gonna stop this guy bouncin' to this track, what a luge riddim, DO IT, Ehh, do it Dilla R>I>P

[neyetroglys]

Please note that the Ummah is: Q-Tip, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, and Jay Dee(J-Dilla)! The Ummah sound is not J -Dilla's, it actually is heavily influenced by Ali Shaheed's jazz affection, and Q-Tip's sense of production. Just some History!

[Jankas15]

mmmm personally i rekon that bass line and drums has dilla all over it...

[sebeasy]

Le gagó. They sound better over a hip hop break.

[drmad21]

J Dilla!

[chulanegra]

Thats Siedah Garrett not N'dea on lead vocals.

[JimmyTee73]

Um, let's just talk about (and look at) N'Dea in this video. Top vocal as always

[turboe2]

The Umahh Unstopable i still feel you.forever.

[Luda1985]

this is timeless music !! i still enjoy this joint when the dj lets it spinn

[GupRadio]

When the Ummah came togehter, they were ahead of their time. Dilla started getting MAJOR praise after he passed! RIP J Dilla.

In 1996, alot ppl I knew fronted on Beats,Rhymes and Life. They just weren't ready for it.

[KINGBOSS32]

damn i missed this

[kem1kal]

this one IS primarily a dilla production though. aside from the fact that you can hear him all over this track, it's on his "jay deelicious" delicious vinyl compilation

[djcas69]

Love this song. I play it all the time. Never seen the video tho.

[moneydepp]

just perfect

[pebblist]

dilla changed my life

[isportfades]

lol...

[nemesis700]

yes...he made u into a dickrider

[DadoJungleCityMusic]

RIP Dilla.. Great rmx..

[poetuvdapeople]

love this remix!!!!

[PrinceApocalypse]

when i was a kid this was one of my fav vids.....damn what happened to BET????

[chaliceofchange]

BET was sold off and is a travesty now a monument to pure crap! Ughh. This song is the cream though

[rcd2c2]

BET sucks because all of they good shows is gone like uncut, rap city, top 25 music countdown, bet's student center, and more. Fuck BET!!!!!!!

[maz2aru]

Totally feel you, but CHALICE comment below is unfortunately true, they DID sell out real soul...I pay 13 extra dollars for BET JAZZ to see REAL R&B and neo-soul soul and hip hop vids...i get like 40 more channels w/that pkg, but i only got it for BET JAZZ. They knew what they were doin when they kept the kiddie 106 on reg BET. Kids aint payin for cable.

[PrinceApocalypse]

BET is acting silly now.....they got other channels that I watch and just like you said they have excellent shows on the other channels. It would seem like they would put some of those shows on the main channel. Or else change their name to Black Entertainment for Teenagers.....

[eatadicc]

@PrinceApocalypse VIACOM

[KTHREE31]

@PrinceApocalypse I am far from a racist, although I do like to run. However, the reason why bet is full of self degrading ghetto trash, is because of the founder, a black man sold it or sold out to the wrong white man. But then look at mtv, it'z all garbage now. The musiK industry is full of 1 dimensional puppets.

[damme]

Horrible version of the song. The non-remix is awesome though.

[RavishingRedheadd]

now here is a band with class.

[HispanicImpression]

FUCKIN' HELL IS THIS AWESOME !!!

This track kicks ALL HipHop and R&B-Songs produced in this decade in the ass ...

[affeschaedel72]

One of Dilla's most underrateds..

[harry202020]

just because it's the "Ummah" doesn't make it Dilla. I'm tired of dilla getting to much credit, he did not produce all of Beats rhymes and life! It's Dilla, Tip(who taught him alot, and one of the greatest in his own right), and Ali Shaheed.

[affeschaedel72]

i agree in general.. but this particular one was produced by dilla!

[hdjusw]

tru at the same time q tip does refer to dilla as one of the greatest producers ever,and people say q tip takes too much credit for ali shaheed s work ,dilla did do much of the work on the love movemennt ,at the same time people should do their research before they start saying whos who in the producttion industry

[supafiend]

i am so in love with n'dea davenport!!! hate that the group broke up and replaced her. but they got back together and it's like they never left!! still waiting on heavy rhyme experience vol.2 though!!!

[StoicTwo]

And Im also in love with N'dea Davenport,lmao she is the woman for real!

-Stoic1!

[1solo]

i love this track, i love this video....

i love Siedah Garrett in this clip!

have all style!

peace

[xoaaraox]

bowiedancequeen siedah is an extremely talented singer songwriter. Check her out on quincy's back on the block cd, she wrote "man in the mirror" and many great hit songs. I like N'dea with bnh also, but research siedah and check her lyrics.

[BOWIEDANCEQUEEN]

Siedah Garrett sucks...shes corny and she tries too hard, not to mention she can't really sing. N'dea is the greatest! I miss u!

[HiddenDragon711]

Shut up and like the damn song and video hater.

[BOWIEDANCEQUEEN]

Yo mind ur goddam business, i was def. not talkin to you

[StoicTwo]

Lmao!

-Stoic1!

[HiddenDragon711]

A youngster. Wants to be grown but still got cum behind her ears. Shouldn't you be somewhere doing the stanky leg or something???

[MARANTZamp]

Wrong..Siedah is an amazing vocalist, but N'dea is fantastic as well, and is a better fit for the brand new heavies overall.

[joedgillis]

you are right. i respect this vocalist but ndea Davenport will always be the brand new heavies to me. her solo efforts never reached her bnh heights. They got so close to being huge. this is a great track from a weak album

[blacklannmuzik1]

Real soul! I luv this remixed classic!

[cyberpsych1]

Eddybergman, are you trippin? This remix is straight "HEAT!!" If you're going to lay down a remixed groove, this was a way to do it, "heavy style" at that!!!!

[BlazeApe]

CLASSIC

[suninmymouth78]

omg i was obsessed with this song when it first came out. i had no idea that it was DILLA!! but of course it makes sense. dilla's music is timeless.

"sometimes a fella needs to do the thing that's right, whether it be makin love or holding a mic..."

[unavailheart]

Never knew Saieda (don't know how to spell her name)replaced N'dea. This is good though.

[ziman822]

ndea davenport is a better fit,not knocking this girl just what i perfer. Bigger News..what about this fat beat by the one and only...JDilla. Qtip was the iceing on the cake. Ozone circa:1978

[djdeac]

Much respect to Siedah but they aren't quite the same without N'Dea.

[silvershogun]

dillas legacy can never quantified

[posionivy2929]

this is a tune

[virgopowers]

Q-Tip's name, voice and touch on ANYTHING just spells a classic! -Three of my favorite artists working together this jam was just bound to be monumental!

[aminkhalil]

DAMN DAS A GUD GROOVE

[awhodatt]

Wow...I was too young to truly understand this song - hated it back then.

Loving it now.

Think I'll go look for the album actually...nice vibe to cruise to.

[SURtifiediLL]

Q-Tip the most original voice in the whole industry

[guessone]

tip has got such a voice. It sticks to the songs perffffffect. Get shivers all over my body.

[glanza]

this brings back so much memories of when music was GOOD MUSIC !!! the world is missing good hip hop/ R&B and Soul....to much crap out now that people call music .

[tygerrstile]

whats ummah?

[applefresh83]

Jdilla,ali shaheed muhammed and q-tip formed the ummah in the mid ninties.

[EddyBergman]

Wauw this song is raped!! Gimme the original.

[konquest1976]

I grew up off this type of music soul hip hop real music

[helicop]

1976 we share the same and I assume were born on the same. Recently Rock died too, did you hear? :)

[PrettyToez07]

Brand New Heavies....they were underrated...

[LLMelvinL]

Too much of a classic!

[Budykiller]

Absolutely love this beat, this vibe, and especially the original video clip !! The 70's ! That's what's up, too much bling and bitches in clips nowadays.

[rago]

Word. Cats have lost their way!!!

[brownrice1]

Yo I have the same problem as Tip!

I can't go into clubs w/o girls doin kung-fu at me.

[Cedrusdeodara]

I think the hip hop scene could use more of: brand new heavies, tribe called quest, Pharcyde, Damien Marley, De la soul, Lupe Fiasco, Black sheep, etc., etc. Less sellout/gangsta, more roots/intellect.

[kooljuice93]

I wish more people felt like that and would do something about it.

[konquest1976]

I agree need more real hip hop and less pop.

[rago]

agreed

[eatadicc]

@Cedrusdeodara VIACOM

[aroundtheworlda]

Im always listenin to a track thinkin this beat is ill then I find out its a dilla beat.. again!

[taaffeman123]

ha it always happens man!

[AcousticUplift]

I second that.

[znewtron]

word

[uikiuiki]

haha same wit me

[nelsonmalo1983]

Jay Deelicious on the track.

[applefresh83]

you can hear dilla all over this.

[datmyshit]

Dope ass song here!

[SickD]

Been bumpin this for a couple of months now, i forgot it had a video. dopeness!

[mardenhill]

i absolutely love n'dea davenport and think she fits the combo like a glove, but »sometimes« with siedah garrett is my favorite song of theirs.

[jay5]

This is whats up! Good Track! Good Vibe! Good Lyrics! Weezy and Soulja boy need to listen to this and get with the program.

[npscholes]

not only weezy and souljaboy but i would say the whole muisc industry from rappers to rockers, this is just good muisc that we do not hear these days

[pynkchynadoll]

Some get right, feel right music right here!

Q - Tip and The Brand New Heavies!

[newcastleredskinsfan]

Great, great, Great Music, Brand new heavies,tribe called quest,Slum Village,common the roots, its getting hard to find the true jems of the rap/r&b music sceaas said by radio star personality Kidd Chris"Tribe Called Quest cameback because rap was starting to suck"

[bigmik817]

amen to that,music sucks so bad right now!

[Jazzybreaks]

the dilla beat is just..WOW.

makes me mad at the world that no one makes music like this anymore

[blkhef718]

This joint was slept on....

Pure Fire!!!! I still bump this shit.

[LAKERSFANINJAPAN]

I remembered rockin this joint all year when it came out. Shit is fire!!!

[sarubado]

that is definitely a j dilla snare sound rite there

[bzrwon]

siedah garrett!!!! ever changing times! check it out.

[dogshit71]

rock on Jay DEE! R.I.P.

[isgoedjong]

Damn, I forgot this remix. Jay Dee really left his mark here.

[Hamburger247]

Feel great music right here