Self Destruction

[1woek]

man i cant believe people pick young money shit over this!

[SpazzerElise17]

Im miss melody and im a born again rebel..fav part

[shabba628]

HIP HOP IS DEAD,THIS ERA OF THE 80S WAS THE BEST EVER WILL NEVER HAVE THIS REAL HIP HOP AGAIN

[QualityControlTV]

I hope all the Lil B and Nicki Minaj fans are listening.

[tennaj]

JUST-ICE is the most underrated MC in HIP HOP history

[TheYunghawk]

This came out when I was 10, now im 31, and im still astreet nigga but this what it was all about. Dope beats,great lyrics and a positive message story telling. Now these niggaz on TVaint talking bout shit, no subject matter. All the real shit now is underground or independent. I miss this era. Peace

[amaniloves1]

I used to have the biggest crush on D-Nice, Mc Lyte Crushed her verse as only LYTE Can, and my favorite verse of all Public Enemy of course. Much respect to Chuck D, & Flava Flave. RIP Heavy D.

[TheBillykiller]

RIP Heavy D

[sweetestrasta]

One of my favorites

[JulieBabe97]

43 ppl doesnt understand what is self destruction

[55sharonda]

stop the Violence check out Brother Tate x coming up new cd Message to the Black Man' KRS got it going on lets bring it back ' Rap is Back

[LawTheStryker]

"I never ever ran from the Ku Klux Klan, and I shouldn't have to run from a Black man!" Always my favorite line in this song. Even became part of the hook for the new one.

[blakdog90]

lot of love on this track.....im feelin it

[JewelieMinaj]

You little sucka...talkin' all dat jazz....

[TreBoyPlay]

If it wasnt for these female rappers then their wouldnt be no Nicki Manja

[BajamazGyal]

SERIOUS THINGS.....SAD THIS WHAT MADE IN 1989 AND IT'S 2012, SEEMS LIKE NO ONE LISTENED TO THE LYRICS OF THIS SONG!!!!

[maurice4111]

I always loved M C Lyte ad I still do, awesome.....enjoyed it very much.

[djcine1]

RIP TO MY MAN HEAVY D AND THIS MESSAGE IS ON POINT TO ALL REAL HIPHOP NOW CAN THE HIPHOP OF TODAY GET THIS NO THEY CANT' UNDERSTAND WHAT THESE LEGENDS PUT IT DOWN OF KNOWING THE EDGE OF LIFE OR WE ALL WILL SELF DESMANTEL AND DESTRUCTION CAN WE SAVE THE REAL HIPHOP FROM THE ONES WHO ARE KILLING IT NOW WHAT'S NEXT FOR HIPHOP TELL ME NOW

[fuferito]

Watching this video's line up is like seeing Superheroes, like, the early Watchmen, before things got cynical and shitty and we got older.

[C4bulldogs]

Public Enemy being last to flow made the song even better. They went off !!!

[thahman187]

The one song that eludes my iPod! Wish I was able to download.

[bgy2jk]

@thahman187 try this...listentoyoutubedotcom, usually works

[thahman187]

@bgy2jk Thanks dude! It works & it's clear!

[milavirji]

RIP HEAVY D~!

[lazyozos]

I guess the message wasnt kewl enuf for dummies fuk u lil gay and rick looser

[MrJooxman]

Damn, Moe Dee was ill on this track. Flow, lyrics, everything.

"...I never ever ran from the Ku Klux Klan and I shouldn't have to run from a black man..."

Real Hip Hop, I miss you so much.

[britneyslut]

@MrJooxman word

[hasbey1]

Wow, this was when rap had the power to effect positive change! I miss this voice in hip-hop!

[gavinbayne718]

Damn... Kool Moe Dee really do put the Cool in his swag... I'm about to get some shades like that even though it's 2011!

[realtalk206]

i was 4 or 5 when this came out....i remember it like it was yesterday...

[originalrobmarley]

come on people lets make this 1 mil. view (at least)

[jlovell40831]

RIP AJ...RIP LJ Perkins...RIP Andre Johnson...RIP Mo Money...RIP Jason Ewing...RIP Cotrina McLin...RIP to all my brothas and sistas that fell to senseless violence including my sister's unborn twins...You are loved and remembered...

[PrAnG2000]

@jlovell40831

I second that. They probably looking over you. Bless!

[NJSDance450]

41 People .. Self Destructed. [ 8^)

[TangerineWizard123]

fuck rap and hip hop and mainstream music, METAL AND ROCK FOREVER!

[tinimanejetson]

@TangerineWizard123 every music genre is pretty much mainstream cretin.

[TangerineWizard123]

@tinimanejetson No it's not, Do you see any Rock/Metal in the media or charts? No.

[TangerineWizard123]

@tinimanejetson Do you even know what Mainstream means?

[Ladywrip]

Who are the DUMB ASSES that dislike this song & video. Must be apart of that, "106 & Park, Skinny jeans & Bright Colors Crew"...Yep, DEFINITELY a bunch of dumb asses!!!

[momochihakuziros]

@Ladywrip ya know I dont even think its them, I think its the corporate scum behind them and the hiphop "stars" of today that want to keep rap from getting bacck to its basics

[gio16171]

R.I.P Heavy D

[diasporavisuals]

Wondering who dislikes this song...

[4ever2pacfan]

@diasporavisuals YMCMB Dislikes it because they cant touch the lyrics and the Flow

[diasporavisuals]

Wondering who dislikes this song...

[revrob0699]

This was the time of rap that they don't want us to hear! MINDLESS

[ThePerfectBlack100]

LoL!!!!! @denverbeast

[axilmar]

Back then rap music had a lot nicer beats ans sounds. Today's rap music is very repetitive.

[ldoublez]

There are probably 70% of artist that are commercialized (sell-out) now-a-days & yet the young generation continues to idolize them. I Wish We Had Mostly Pure Artist Like Before So This SELF DESTRUCTION message could be repeated.

LEARNING produces GROWTH

GROWTH produces KNOWING KNOWING produces SHOWING

[miamivice32]

these wicked white devils destory the unity of black people

[breezwonder]

Hip Hop Is Black Music/Culture. Non Blacks call it "Universal Music" or say "Hip Hop knows no color" cause they wanna be down with what we've created.

[bigkev9539]

@breezwonder, it's actually Black and Latino culture, due to the fact that both ethnicities lived in the Bronx when it started. But it's still primarily black though.

[breezwonder]

@bigkev9539 No its solely Black culture. Hip Hop was designed by DJ Kool Herc and Africa Bambatta in 1972 in the South Bronx to give us voice in America. Latinos came later in the mid 70's and gave "CONTRIBUTIONS" but it started as only Black.

[denverbeast]

@breezwonder False. It is universally known that hip hop was a collaboration between Latinos and African Americans. To say otherwise is to re-write history.

[breezwonder]

@denverbeast FALSE! DJ Kool Herc and Africa Bambatta are Black! like the comment below, I think you are getting CONTRIBUTION AND CREATION confused. No one is denying later contributions from Latinos but we are the creators!

[HaliB75]

@denverbeast End the conversation because PUERTO RICANS who are primarily the main group of Latinos from the Bronx are also very often of AFRICAN descent. If you are not from the east coast you may think Mexicans and Ricans are the same....VERY different cultures. Cool Herc was of Jamaican ancestry. Puerto Rico is also a Caribbean nation that had slavery at one time. Hip Hop was started and founded by people of AFRIKAN descent which are inclusive of east Coast Caribbean Latinos.

[Amidat]

@Didac1111 - well KRS ONE was very much into Stop the Violence as a motif - after Scott La Rock was killed in the Bronx... the city was too wild back then! Of course there is too much now... but its much more calm than back then.

[4realpeepl]

mc lyte hair was outta order.

[yourdad4president]

i luv west coast the culture n there music but they made monsters in hiphop now everybody wants to shot and kill n have sex n do drugs this was the begining and the end of good rap

[k9feces]

Kool Moe Dee scares me

[gooftroop1]

R.I.p heavy d you will be missed Mrgcs

[panamaniak]

RIP,Heav!! Remember skipping school with my ex and watching this up in my room on Yo! MTV Raps,lol

[Ladywrip]

@panamaniak Damn, dude reading your comment actually brought tears to my eyes because it was a harsh reminder of the the kind of music our generation may never hear again. Yeah, songs like these definitely bring back the best memories:-)

[Mr707BAYAREA]

Man they had all the ol skool hip hop heavy hitters in this one. This was the golden era of hip hop rite here. Now in these days and times they torture us with fake ass rappers like Lil Wayne and Young Money. Smh... R.I.P. Heavy D

[rcd2c2]

RIP Heavy D

[MsOlivia33]

I love this song.... You cant get the rappers today to come together and do this. It's everyone for themselves now days

[4ever2pacfan]

@MsOlivia33 Yea unfortunately :(

[incdogrobber]

still relevant & even more so now than when we heard this jam blow up in 88. didn't youse get the message up in here?

[clearview360x]

41 viewers are heading for self destruction..! sukkkaz

rashid, brixton

[dzynone]

Kane was looking too smooth in his cameos.

[clamadojuice]

41 people think we'll be watching Lil' Waynes videos with awe 20 years from now...

[jwh1999]

You will never see another video like this ever, all the top hip hop pioneers in one song, Drake and Wayne suck too

[PrAnG2000]

Kool Mo Dee and Heavy D smacked it on this cut.

[mrman3810]

i agree with sweet and everyone on this forum that this is a true message about the violences that black people deal with in a daily basis. rip heavy did an amazing job on this track as well as the hip hop heroes on this joint.

[Tkieron]

This message was true then and it's true now. It'll be true tomorrow.

[shamecia21]

black people wake up this is so true i'm a muslim living islam true faithof god sebastian bryant abdul raheem salim usamah jabalja

[runswithhamster]

this song has an actual message, no bottle poppin 1st class trips to who gives a damn and the women featured in the video are fully clothed and still look beautiful.

[Sw3etHotLuv]

I loved Hev...on this track!

[QualityControlTV]

@Sw3etHotLuv He had the best part.

[tooakki]

Now this is what "they" hate to see, young Black People United. We need a 2012 version.

[SuperPalpatine1]

yeah it can and UNDERSITHLORD1 will be an instrument in doing so. PRAISE GOD

[tom11zz884]

Old school hip hop like this had a message about:

Empowerment, community development and self determination and loving yourself.

Today's hip hop is about:

Money, drug, getting as many women as you can, nigger, bitches, and I got mine's, you got to get your's..lol

[abSOULuteD]

When I first ehard this, I bugged out.. a hip-hop aliance, united for a cause.

[3YECANDY08]

RIP H3av, such a D33p vid i miSS d!S 3rA

[therealbrooksie]

rip heavy d

[HipHopByThePound]

LOOK AT WHEN HIPHOP STOOD TOGETHER & FOR SOMETHING POSITIVE

[21stCenturyEnt]

Heavy D was incredible he went wild with his career 5x Platnium and left us with plenty to remember!

[compound00]

OMG - Heavy D Aka The overweight lover killed his verse. He was a beast In the rap game and a true artist and gentleman. R.I.P Heavy D. God Bless You. Thanks for your comitment to the community and rap game. Love ya Homie.

[zzzxxyy]

Rap will NEVER, EVER, be this awe inspiring or honest again. White execs decided that blacks acting stupid and violent is rap, and blacks fell for it. Can rap come back to this for self-preservation?

[styylinmark]

no bumrushin....best line ..R.I.P heavy

[lezail]

Heav was so cold he brought his own beat! R.I.P.

[TDRock8]

I will *never* stop absolutely loving this song. RIP D.

[triniblackheart]

HEAVY D WAS A RAP ICON AND THIS SONG WAS THE MESSAGE THEY SENT TO US...R.I.P. HEAVY... WE LOVE YOU.................

[2tim149]

Well, guess they self destructed. smh

[gotflava1]

This song easily make it in my top 5 greatest raps songs of all time. Yes, I said ALL TIME!!! This song is timeless and never gets tired. Heavy D's verse: CLASSIC  & GOLDEN!

[funmusac1]

RIP Heavy D



[thesh00ter]

lol i had know idea Tone Loc was in this vid.  lol he was double dippin if u know what i'm talking about.

[blairchuck4eva]

@thesh00ter Yea cus wasn't he also in the west coast video?

[thesh00ter]

@blairchuck4eva yup u got it lol. he actually did a verse in that one.

[TequilaKing17]

@rubango same with me. His delivery is soooo good. His message is sooo good and he deserves truly to be a legend.

[Skellsies]

@Rubango Yeah, me too!

[Skellsies]

@Rubango Yeah

[mtlgtexpress]

RIP to the Heavster....Heaven must be missing an angel!!!

[ringwormz]

NBA has there Dream Team, now this is rap's Dream Team!!

[hutchypoo1]

the youngins of today should listen to this track and play close attention to it and of course listen to what they are saying rip heavy d one of the best fallen stars

[hutchypoo1]

the youngins of today should listen to this track and play close attention to it and of course listen to what they are saying

[mrexcellent1]

RIP Heavy D. I agree that he had one of THE best lines on this song. This song is timeless. If only this message can be applies to the ills of urban society where violent crimes are committed, imagine how much more peaceful this world would be.



[Maafa1619]

Heavy's at the door, so they'll be no bum-rushing.

T.R.O.Y

[rcole718]

Hev ripped this.  His and Fruitkwon's verses were the best 1-2 punch on the song.

[dezmond1010]

Heavy D did that! RIP Heavy

[pcyeta]

This is the real. Missing the good old days of real hip hop. When rappers actually discouraged jail time and killin each other.

[wb7ptr]

We need MORE rap like this one, and less that advocates the slashing, shooting and stabbing that's out there in the real world! Artists, use your gifts to make this a BETTER world!

[ararejewel69]

RIP Hev!!!! Heavy at the door there will be no bum rushing!!!! love it!!!

[elderls1]

"Here's the situation, 'Idioticy - Nonsense - Violence' not a good policy"..."I don't understand the difficulty ppl love ur brutha them'em as an equal"... Classic lines from 'Heavy D' a.k.a. 'The Heavster'..."A TRUE RAP LEGEND"!!! Rip Bro. D

[Antagoinist89]

RIP Heavy D!

[jfmthuglove]

Love u heavy d r.I.p

[MIAMITVMIX]

END OF DAYS BRING HOME THE GOOD OF HEART.....

[derocdero]

RIP Heavy D, thanks for Hip Hop!

[Nice9212]

It's all right People Heavy's at the Pearly Gate now so there'll be NO BUM RUSHIN...R.I.P

[Rags2Royalty]

(4:31-5:00) r.i.p. Heavy D [Dwight Arrington Myers] (1967-2011)

[Rubango]

i came here to hear heavy d's verse. The golden age of hip hop.

[hiwaychile1]

@Rubango ,yeh Heavy certainly came correct,but so did evrybody,chuck d,Dougie fresh,KOOL MOE D...But the message was dissed cuz we still out here killin' each other! Need to truly STOP THE VIOLENCE!!

[SuccessJae]

@Rubango me too!

[MsMluckey]

@4:32 luv u Heavy...R.I.P

[thesh00ter]

couldn't help but shed a tear at Heavy's verse...thank you brother

[sexyamazon80]

RIP Heavy!!

[cagustilo23]

May Heavy D rest in peace!

[djdrewbreeze]

RIP HEAVY D

[Ultra80s]

Heavy D = An OG, a true hip hop/rap artist. You shall be missed big guy.

[carlyn2stars]

RIP Heavy D!!!!

[MrTrill1970]

Heavy D's at the door so they'll be no bum rushing. R.I.P Heavy D a hip hop LEGEND!!!!!!!!!

[debailey72]

R.I.P. Heavy D!

[JSBreezy918]

So damn sad.  Another hip hop pioneer gone...JMJ, PAC, Biggie, Pun, Easy, Guru and now Heavy.

[BillionGODSun]

Rest In Power Heavy D!!1 

[Cyndoo19]

RIP Heavy D you will be missed. He did such a great job in this song...(sighs)

[Mssassysabrina]

The best and most poignant verse of Self-Destruction.

Took a brother’s life with a knife as his wife cried cause he died a trifling death. When he left his very last breath was I slept so watch your step. Back in the 60’s our brothers and sisters were hanged. How could you gang bang? I NEVER EVER RAN FROM THE KU KLUX KLAN AND I SHOULDN’T HAVE TO RUN FROM A BLACK MAN. Cause that’s…

[galan98]

@Mssassysabrina "I NEVER EVER RAN FROM THE KU KLUX KLAN AND I SHOULDN’T HAVE TO RUN FROM A BLACK MAN."

That kinda says it all, doesn't it?

[0trumptight0]

Is anyone else here because they were listening to D12 "Rap Game" and heard Swifty say, "I walk in the party and just start bustin, right after the last verse of self destruction" lol didn't think so. But yea strange way to find this song but this song is awesome.

[AirlayLeekoh]

RIP HEAVY D!!!

timeless collaboration.

[TheSolarClipz]

R.I.P. Heavy D

4:32

One Love

[NewbianGem7]

Heavy D had one of THE BEST verses on this track. Love it. RIP Heavy D :(

[madcow310]

@NewbianGem7 I concur, my favorite verse...R.I.P. Heavy D

[rwrite1]

@NewbianGem7 I agree! rest in peace,Heavy D

[holcroft1969]

@NewbianGem7

Yep, fully agree R.I.P Overweight lover......another one gone too young :(

[jega0606]

4:32 RIP Heavy D...a sad day for hip hop...

[snipercheez]

R.I.P. HEAVY!!

[followEgypt89]

THIS IS WHAT YOU CALL PURE TALENT GENIUS MUCH LOVE POWER TO THE PPL<3 ONE LOVE

[19cambria]

we already there

[veryhonestman]

Drake hit the dislike button 40 times

[1974MILF]

my favorite rap song of alllllll time..

[MystroMusicMan]

The song is a bonafide CLASSIC!

The movement? A bonafide JOKE!

Here's 1 example why:

The founder, KRS-One and crew bullies P.M. Dawn off stage in one of their concerts. KRS explains this action by saying he's a "teacher of respect". Yeah, way to be an example of your own "Self Destruction" song, KRS. Sad.

22 Years later.. still "idiocy" (as Heavy D put it) in Black Culture fighting among each other but, making nice with 'the other' (and you know what that means, sellouts).

Anyway.. JOKE!

[daggertoungeomega]

It's time to clip the wings of the raven's and the pheonix, and let's get hard in the core because it's self destruction, let's make them naked.

[pookiebear281]

40 people want to be self destruction

[123ertr]

obama is elected because of this song . he heard the song ,took the message and acted accordingly and got in the white house .

[stretcherino7]

I'm white and I heard the message loud and clear.

[grizzlyfan41]

This one is on its way to a MILLION hits.....one of the most important rap songs ever made!

[ronnieboy219313]

Listen to Brother Ali. He has a verse on a track called "Secont Time Around". This verse best describes what Hip Hop has evolved into!!!!!!!!!

[ronnieboy219313]

40 Dislikes? must be souja boy fans!!!! This track came out when you had to have lyrical skill to get by. You motha fuckas don't know shit about real Hip Hop!!!

[peteblk]

40 ppl self destructed

[TreBoyPlay]

Gang*

[TreBoyPlay]

Blacks r headed 4 self destruction we need to bring back that old school fuck Lil Wayne Drake all them bring the East and West back We'er All In The Same Game

[TheErica71]

they need to bring this back.... this what i call old school rap....

[bornjust2003]

This is Hip Hop at its best, when it was, fresh, original, live and in New York. Suckers who never understood the culture got it, exploited it watered it downed and now we have all of these fatherless, pants hanging, future inmates, talent-less, criminals on the mic, who love violence, money, death and destruction. Embracing an intelligent thought would kill them!

[rcd2c2]

39people don't know real Hip-Hop

[re1nier]

This track is ill on so many levels ... As a single piece of music, its ill beat and lyrics, as a historical hip hop document, for it's engagement and positive message: just fantastic.

[UrlsGrrl54]

What's really fucked up is this 22 year old warning fits well with the times TODAY, meaning that motherfuckas either didn't listen or they didn't care.

[charlita25]

@UrlsGrrl54 I was thinking the same thing

[mustlose20pds]

Yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh­hh!

[RB215]

How can you dislike this ? It was probably some young kid who does not know anything and who only likes the BS crap they call hip hop of today. Black People need to listen to the words of this song and think. Everything they are talking about in this video is happening right now. Wake up black people. We are not headed for self destruction. We are self destructing right now.

[SapphireDiamond19]

why is there a dislike button?

[LauderdaleFat]

its a shame were we have taken hiphop too!