Capone-N-Noreaga - Closer

[sd21z]

Sometimes I look up in the sky and be like why got to be like this

[sd21z]

My shit for real

[tont760]

Word, beats like this were different back in the day. I have every other version of Closer possible, except for this dope one. Thanks for post.

[avelifemusic]

complexions



[T3RR0RIZH1M]

FOREVER CLASSIC!!! 

[lilBPride]

niggas dont't know about dis

[Bypolarrrr]

btw i had this cd when i was younger i was 17 when this album dropped and this was the version on it but on my ipod its a guy singing the hook

[Bypolarrrr]

im a little confused is this the original song or the remix cause i jus added this album to my ipod and they play a diffirent version of this song on my ipod. But then they played this version on my ipod so i was confused but when that happens it usualy says closer remix or closer part 2 but it only says closer yet it has two versions. Any one had the same thing happened ???

[christblaka]

@Bypolarrrr This was the original back in the day on cassette. The actual video was the closer remix featuring Complexion. But when I bought the CD later it had the remix on it. IDK WTF was up with that.

[Bypolarrrr]

@christblaka on my ipod the remix is the version that plays not this version but whats fucked up is that once i heard this version on my ipod, Idk shit is real weird cause it doesnt say on the song title " closer remix" even though is the remix that plays. Then how did i get this version as well ? Maybe the ppl who worked on this album messed up idk

[MrKervBall]

Yup shyheim also used the same sample... Label said too foul too thugged out

[Tdogg288]

this beat is so sick.. miss the 90's

[larsy1313]

YO CHECK OUT

Eli G - No Matter What

[WOODWORKTV]

This shit hard.

[2high4pie]

Correct me if i'm wrong but I believe the sample used is from "Shyheim - Shit Iz Real"

[luckynicky789]

@2high4pie they both used the same sample off a past track

[oyu8]

instrumental anyone?? : )

[Uprising771]

militant rap...ahh takes me back to new york in 1998 baby..those were the days

[jjbiggs21]

twitter FOLLOW ======>@Prophecy_beatz

[4310hortee]

ooh yeah_its closer baybe!

[300619r]

queens allday rams 88ave salute

[Heyhey2545]

This album is a classic!! Noreaga's influence went so deep I carried a nore for like 12 years of my life. I love this nigga.

[DudesaLibra]

@Heyhey2545 Me too. I knoe he duz reggaeton music now..but I was on this .NORE and Melvin Flynt the Histla...Dude was hellafied talented

[Heyhey2545]

@DudesaLibra yeah that reggaeton shit is killing me bro! So disappointed but fuck it his classics will live on. In New York we branded his style of tight ass fades as Nores' so I rocked one like that for atleast a decade Nore style even brought that lingo to Da Chi Logan square what what!! Ha ha peace ma bro

[WrzosuProdukcja]

One M 0:00 R time

[xXRandomCommentzXx]

Fxckinnn ROLLER !!!

[UncenFuckinsored]

Maybe one of the best track i've never heard... O_o!!!!!

[BigL2502]

this album is like a junior infamous to me...gritty and grimey like the mobb's classic!

[cocksnauze]

@SorBill07 wtf?

[thehiphopdepot]

@Sharingan6277 you should check out the website thehiphopdepot

[drexcia2]

one of the best hip hop tracks i have ever heard and i have heard loads but none compare to this except big pun punish me which is on par wid dis but i do prefer this wicked chooon

[alecboi84]

this era was HARD and fly as fuck..all this auto tune bullshit is killing me..90's rap n R&B will always be the best music..

[thehiphopdepot]

@alecboi84 you should check out the website thehiphopdepot

[MURDAMAMi187]

Maa shitttttttt Knowledge is what makes thugz grow!!!

[TheSaik21]

@MURDAMAMi187

wooooooooooooord!

[zion443]

swag

[chuckblaze80]

i miss the war report days damn were does time go

[tim87350]

HANDS DOWN " CLASSIC"!

[DOUBLEWARLORDXX]

WAR report WAS THE BEST ALBUM

[jestergala]

if i would'a got locked, yo, i wouldn't even care

[pipefittinJA]

These dudes are def some of the most under rated ol school artists.... There dope as F*ck

[neofunkyman1]

'only u make me happy' comin through here

[TheVisualiza]

@neofunkyman1 not really, "closer than friends" is comi' thru', but no need to wonder, both by "surface".

[SouthjerzDa856]

I had this on cassette, War report = Classic

[union410]

Man this album is a classic. So slept on too.

[Kyshaun0010]

Classic

[OJSO4life]

THIS DUDES ARE REAL HOOD NIGGAS THEY SPEAK THE TRUTH.

[erthrydr]

N.O.R.E. is just one of the best....Aint no frontin' with him

[shawill22]

This is a str8 classic. Shot out to everybody in the struggle that can relate to that first line...."I always look in the sky and ask why....why it gotta be like this?" Thumbs up if you said that too...

[theUNE54]

Love the sample on this track. They don't make em likt this anymore!! What What!

[19may0001]

@theUNE54 what song its sampled from?

[theUNE54]

@19may0001 - This Capone N Noreaga track sampled "Closer Than Friends" by Surface. You might also like "Fast Life" by Kool G Rap feat. Nas. They sampled Surface too, a tracked called "Happy."

[Kheyaire1]

Imm Onlyy 11 Andd I Lovee It !

[1q3er5]

Whats the deal with noreaga always reppin iraq and kuwait in his songs??? anyone?? This cd was awesome, the production was SICK, don't really dig this tune though.

[NajjaciMedJebaci]

@1q3er5 they nammed different parts of new york after countries that are/were in a war.. iraq is queens (as far as i know)

[kahnny23]

@1q3er5 Iraq is what they call Lefraq houses, where ther are from.

[MrSlik25]

This shit is crazy...i was fourteen when this dropped...the soundtrack to the absolute best times of my life...wish i had a hot tub time machine and could just swing by '97 real quik...shit would be ill...and i got my first seed due August 31, 2011...so everyday i been thinkin bout that line i been sayin my whole life..." It shocked me..thinkin bout a little me!!! " dam i love anybody who hold this music and album close to heart cuz it means we one in the same..CNN still live on WHA WHA!!

[ghosttownboy167]

look how young CNN was to the war report 2 album

[LowriderMisa]

dope asss shit, remember listenin to this cd back in the 96. too bad they nver got back to that level

[ghosttownboy167]

this song makes me feel like i was in the old days on sum real shit

[ghosttownboy167]

eveybody got to remember this track real talk

[Luchini731]

People like the Sam Sneed version better than this? Wow.

[Corporateamerican]

Smh......music!

[chronicriminal87]

Lets be honest people, this is shite. I am a hip hop fan but seriously, expected better....

[Bossasaurus510]

@chronicriminal87 Listen to the sam sneed version which is the original album version it's much better. Kent has put down some dope shit but this isn't as good as the sneed. If you're a hip hop fan you can't hate on the first war report CNN! if that heart stops beatin I'll go back in time!

[DPCorcoran2]

@chronicriminal87 this is also from the early 2000's late 90's so what are you judging this against?

[chronicriminal87]

@DPCorcoran2 I suppose i just find it incredibly bland, when hip hop was at its peak ( imo 90's) there was so much variation, not hating i just feel there is so much better music out there, including previous tracks from Capone-N-Noreaga.

[TMundo]

@chronicriminal87 I agree, this album however, was one of the better transitional modern gangsta rap albums, but I prefer the early nineties jazz funk poetic awareness movement

[DJMSmooth]

So dope yo,

[Robertnuns]

dope

[louieworldvideos]

lefrak shit loving it.

[MoBsTeRz20]

@liarhuntaz I dont think so, Im not sure because people use the same beat and its usually everywhere!

[MoBsTeRz20]

@liarhuntaz That beat didnt come from QBC.

[verbalpage]

this beat was on the original album. I think they changed it cause of some BS rights or something. Personally I can't stand the other version. I can't tell you how many times I played this song back to back everywhere. Thanks for this one

[nicoleayanna]

hey i have a question...I have went to a lot of dif places...why do the men in nyc seem to have a resentment towards woman and girls that have been hurt before or they say that woman over age 25 are damaged goods..where do they get these ideas from?...like they purposely ignore them and try to treat them like their no good...is this for their male ego or do they just get pleasure out of seeing them feel bad ?

[GDonism]

@nicoleayanna --i think you are being quite prejudice towards "men in nyc"...Capone and Nore are makin music..they're not politicians trying to appease the masses with being nice....I don't know how or why you would judge about 4-5 million people(men in nyc) over some hip hop..you DO have the choice not to listen to them, instead go watch Ellen Degeneres and you'll feel better little lady..

[nicoleayanna]

@GDonism my question has nothing to do with capone & nore....at all...i posted it here because i know that a lot of men from nyc may be on here and able to answer my question.... its not merely a judgement that Im making but actual observation from being in nyc for about 20 plus years. anyway if u can't answer the question...then hopefully someone else will be able to

[YoungHorusMedia]

nostalgic.

[thegamepeeper]

i like the other version way better

[cyenceMillenium]

@thegamepeeper yeah Sam Sneed version is 10 times better. This one actually brings the album down imo

[kingmula2]

real hip-hop. fuck the comerialized garbage

[schnitzel0715]

i never heard this version

this album is 1 of my favs

[tont760]

word word word...this is what you need to bump in the whip...turn some ignorant heads

[rogeedodge]

fucking love this version... my war report had a different version on it :(

[brilliano7]

Classic heat!!!

[GodsS0N1]

This shouldve got 5 mics

[rmassie11]

@GodsS0N1 this whole album is classic

[minhasc]

DJ Clark Kent baby, that's why this bangs so hard in the summer!

[yanfrom1987]

CLASSIC

[fraysherkrane]

War Report is an epic album. 

[clevaclay]

cnn is one of the best hip hop albums of all time!!!!!!!!!!

[Caspthereaper]

probs one of the best albums ever made this is what im on 24/7

[opydopy]

war report 2 is gonna be fire.

[ThaOnlyKing23]

@opydopy yea that joint "with me" is mad dope son

[dustinf819]

real music fuck lil wayne and these new fucks east coast baby

[5200007]

chris rest in peace 1997 in the building

[tapper7724]

Such a good track. something to rememba

[9mmDEagle]

one of Nore's best songs dont know what you lames talking bout 57th ave 41st side 4life fuck boys

[shawnbat100]

Damn evrey one wants to post Closer the worst noreaga song ever, one wants to post 3 of the best noreaga songs. Drivers Seat, Stick You, and Hed. You know "GETIN HED IN THE WHIP AND NOT CRASHING IT"

[TR1F3DAGOD]

hed was that shit bak  in tha day word up son i can't find it on youtube some1 post it

[Frankie3112Nld]

I need to take a huge crap after listening to this

[sunlikeacandle]

whats the story with the two diff versions? I used to have the album with this version on it, but I just downloaded it online and its got a diff version of closer on it.

[mase8069]

this that crack!!!!!!! never skip a track this is cnn! Monsters!

[Spyder8561]

The remix is fire too

[jonesbunny]

LMAO @ cnn-closer album version wtf lol,lmao classic!! hee hee na remix better

[cassiepigeon]

fdgg

[XXXXNanoXXXxxx]

wheres the other songs on youtube?? WTF

these songs from the album sucks !!!

POST POST POST!!

cnn- Blood Money

cnn-Live on live long

cnn-Never die alone

cnn-black gansta

cnn-Closer ablum version wtf LOL

cnn-iraq

these songs from the album amazing POST!!

[Dabeat19]

this album is ok should of been better

[sm101nbg]

i skipped a few tracks too

[Spyder8561]

sm101nbg.....If you skipped any songs on this album then you're not a true hiphop fan.

[sm101nbg]

i only remember a few albums i didnt skip at all. like warren g - g funk era, dr dre - the chronic (both), nas - illmatic and stillmatic, a tribe called quest - love movement, mobb deep - infamous and infamy, obie trice -cheers, 50 cent - grodt(dope album to me), paris - guerilla funk, wu tang clan - enter the wu,raekwon - obfcl 1 and 2, royce da 5`9 - rock city, scarface - the diary, cypress hill- black sunday, dj quik - quik is the name, the roots - illadelph halflife ...well thats about it

[ogfunk187]

good list, how could u forget snoop -doggystyle, ice-t - O.G original gangster, public enemy- apacalpse 91, cypress hill 1, domino - domino, ice cube - death certificate, nwa - straight outta compton?

[StealOnU]

are u fucking HIGH on crack?

*takes hip hop pass*

beech ass neega smh

[Spyder8561]

Dabeat...shut the fuck up...this is one of the best albums that came out of NY

[rob1020jw1]

classic shit right here.thugged out..eastside all day

[oxfordkingpin24]

sounds like the beat from ill biskits "better day"

[goldentrophy]

Yeah same sample, i prefer the Ill Biskit version slightly more.

[MRVISDOME]

whats the name of the sample

[SentientSound]

this version fucking blows

[hennylo68]

this version sucks that other version is way better.

[libidinoussavior]

the remix is much better.cept they took the audio off here.

[kdaprince718]

why didnt they put this version on the album instead

[oneswtwld]

they did...#19

what underground mixtape did I hear this on... was it a Clue tape... one of the Show me the Money tpes?

[ANTICHRISTisFunny]

On the album i had they put this version.. i heard the other version later.

[stali28]

this was my shit ...classic shit i love that war report album

[toocho1]

classic and magic..!

thx for my ears.

souvenir,souvenir^^

[Meat1856]

somebody please put the other version on here

[panokset]

These guys come to Finland soon!!!

Im so there ;)

[TonyStress360]

theres another version of this song too. both of them is my shit. classic tracks!!!

[knowntyrant]

whoever said CNN common n rass kass r one that same lvl.

thats fake

[calibar38]

blud ur not ready for old skool ras kass type in 'capital ras' listen 2 that riddim than tsay suttm

and some one tell me what the fuck is up wid track 16 (the skit) on this album... whats capone talking about...

[hershl89]

not sure why we are comparing, wu with cnn and ras kass is thrown into it too? Common.. they were all classic and we should be thankful that their stuff is up here on youtube for us to enjoy and reminisce about the good years of rap, how are you gonna compare ras kass (one of the best lyricists ever agruably) to other groups that had their own distinct sounds and styles..

[kanarvin]

This album was just as classic as the first WU and im the biggest WU fan!

[pushinweight]

ill biskits - a better day....much better imo

[realhiphop37]

Yeah i agree cnn the war report was a tight cd,probably not a nice as wu tangs first cd but still raw.real hip hop back then in the 90's!!!

[inzzo3000]

Nuttin can fuck with Enter The Wu Tang!!! That's up there with Straight Outta Compton and It Takes a Nation of Millions! But The War Report was a fuckin classic New York City album. I'm from B- More and a long time NY rap fan. I know good NY rap and that was it! You can rock that album straight thru! Noreaga won the MVP that year!

[SouthBxkrills]

yo CNN War Report i think that shit is universal, i', from NYc Uptown Washington Heights and got love for my B more niggaz, but CN is so underrated eppin for NYC u dig

[calibar38]

youve got them trinitario youts in washington heights init... machette weildin mudmun....

[SouthBxkrills]

yea they bad new I don't fuck with them niggaz, give us Dominicans a bad name!

[DyckmansDiablo]

the real Dominican gangstaz are in the DOMINICAN REPUBLIC! These Trinis here are NEW YORK gangstaz, even if they don't speak a word of English and just got off the banana boat this is still NYC, so NYC street culture is what influences cats. Dominican niggaz on the corner look just like Blacks in Harlem, du rags, jeans sagging lettin they drawers show, Timberlands, North Face and other NYC/East Coast wear

[calibar38]

what is north face still gwarnin wid tings in new york??

in London Uk in lyle & scott, emporio armani and versace

[DyckmansDiablo]

Na man street niggaz ain't fucking with Versace and alladat, that's Kanye West shit, a NY nigga on the corner keeps it gully, we frown upon that shit. Not me personally, but most street cats in the 5 boroughs ain't fucking with that UNLESS they Don's and not corner boys, ya smell me?

[calibar38]

yeah i know g... but im not talking about the pawns on the chess board... if ur talking wee wee talk... than thats nike air, adidas u get me the dons in UK wear dolcie and garbana, gucci louis vetong... u get meeeeeeeeee

[blockmovement82]

bout time a nigga that think like me my niggas wearing wearing prada and shit i keep akademiks on and fitteds timbs and air forces

[reggie1507]

let em know

[chepe371]

thats some metrosexual shit

they wear flip flops too?

gotta keep it guttagutta, cant get locked wearin that fassy shit.

[espltdm251playa]

i remember chillin in front of carvel in leffrak smokin a blunt like what real drunk, and i took a piss on the side door and the manager came out and we almost wooped him hahaha them were the days kid

[SouthBxkrills]

CNN QB 4EVA HATAZ EAT ASSCHEEKS!

[cycq88]

cnn <3

[TaziqBeorBorn]

... Bold face gat in your face stay in place!

This was the best album in '97 i don't care what no body says. Nore carried this album on his back. The remix for thisn song is way better than this version, though.

[calibar38]

naa wu tang forever was better rudeboi... and there were a cuple more...

[TaziqBeorBorn]

NOW CIPHER!!!! And this is coming from one of the world's biggest Wu Tang apologists. I wasn't feeling that album. That shit was directionless. The CNN album was so great, because nobody expected to be great. They were the '08Tampa Bay Rays of Hip Hop. Granted, the Wu are vastly superior lyricists, but song for song, the War Report holds up to both of the Wu Tang Forever CDs.

[calibar38]

"tampa bay ray" explain that plz rudeboi.... im from london i dont understand...???

naa heaterz, duck season, triumph and itz yourz... would crush any tune on da cnn album...

[inzzo3000]

The Rays are a major league baseball team. They finished in last place every year of their existence until last year where they went to the world series. Nobody expected them to be shit and they became great. CNN embodied that underdog spirit. Halfway Thug, TONY, and LA,LA were better than those three songs you just mentioned...well maybe not Triumph, Triumph was phenomenal. Listen to that War Report album and take in the realness. I know my Brixton massive would feel that shit!!

[calibar38]

i hear that g. but wht your sayin T.O.N.Y LA, LA, and halfway thug, there no where near the best tracks on the album.... u got bangers like chanel 10, black gangstar (capones verse) stick you parole violators, iraq see the world... thats the hardcore proper sounds fam... and what you know about brixton cuz?? u been london??

[LEPUYQUIN]

i rember these days fucking and smoking

[espltdm251playa]

hahaha i still be doin that kid

[azadzaheer]

back in da days they were doin they shit ...but whut happened to dem now ....just anotha sad story

[aesopk]

nore happened to them

[kidkish01]

this song remind me of when I thought i was grown out there smoking weed! damn the good ole days

[MasterBluntt]

all Luv for Thiz One!

[trinirich]

anyone knows who is the girl on the chorus?