'97 Mentality - Cappadonna ft Ghostface Killah

[indioswash]

damm i wish i was 15 again this track brings me way back!!!

[expansie]

PS they were not jokin... its true, wu-tang is forever for those who grew up with it...

[expansie]

the best beat ever made!!

[realmofchaos100]

one of my fave tracks of all time this is classic from the beat to the verses WU TANG ARE THE MASTERS

[undergroundmasters]

fuck off man you talk the wu tang is the legend man in the fucking school the last generation mann the olddd homiee the history

[GunGemini]

the truth right here

[frunkiss]

TONY STARKS killin it as usual

[POLOGOD123]

@frunkiss CAPPA GOINES AINT TONY STARKS

[troncat77]

A lot of ppl slept on Capa back in the day, too! Good to the man get his props!

[kinstube]

THE YEAR WAS BORN GOD (97). A MARVELOUS YEAR TRUST ,IT WAS !!!

[smith3362]

yo! i love the way the chorus keep goin!

[smith3362]

dont snooze. there are days when i get up and i feal CAPPA 's the greatest of all time! i mean look at what he did on WU TANG 4 ever album. but then i listen to GHOSTand RZA and then what about O.D.B and MASTER KILLER for that fact !!! its just to HARD with these WU TANG niggaz they just to TALENTED!!! they said it the best when they broke it down in chambers.i guess its just how u feal on a certain day.1 thing 4 sure tho!!! this is the greatest HIP HOP story EVER TOLD !!!!!!!

[dogmannx]

@smith3362 The greatest rap group of all time fuck that. I cant front Ghost is one my favorite rappers. The Wu changed hip hop I was in high school when I first herd them, and since then I prolly got 80-85 % of all there music in the car right now. I got all Rae albums, Ghost, Gza, ODB. Shit I got Bobby Digital to.

[lwil2]

thrown' darts and leavn' jewels

[dhov21]

this beat is so wu tang it aint even fair

[lmnop2daj]

Cappa's th@ nugga...

[WalterWheat4]

Son lost his mind on this shit here,again Wu tang clan aint nitin 2 fuck wit!!

[blackwhirlwind]

Crack head niggas get snitches...you can't fuck with the stormy weather!

[SithLordNefaar022]

"I came to make LADIES out of BITCHES!"

I need to make that into a t-shirt quickfast!!!

[Akthentik]

"My devastating hot 97 mentality, keep me on point from a 4 digit salary"

I love this shit, I wrote it out for my trombone section in high schoo l back in the day...

Classic

[DEVROE420]

LIL WAYNE WHO..?

[BootCampWuTang]

@DEVROE420 Correct me if I'm wrong but I think, it's lil wayne the faggity ass cunt who thinks he's the best rapper in the world. I shall give myself a challenge today... Eat Alphabetti Spaghettis and shit out better lyrics than this useless wanker in the morning. I believe it could work.

[DEVROE420]

@BootCampWuTang FO,SHO.. HOMEIE...!!!

[theDRUMFIENDZclique]

@BootCampWuTang

best comment bout this fagg i read....

[ManWut410]

man these were the days when hip-hop was the shit..........

[kingamin77]

14 years later and this shit still banging!!!

[SiccShitXplicit]

@kingamin77

quality never gets old....it just goes classic^^

[blaccpr04it]

i use to go to sleep to this shit bro....

[shitdick745]

miss this hip hop

[erizzow]

"nahhhh mean"

best part of the song

[odemata87]

Lyrics on fire

[Tryandtakemyguns11]

that beat is fuckin awsome!!

[theborren1]

HE has SUPER DUPER FLOW

[talcomx]

'keep me on point for my four digit salary'.. lets see more rappers talk about how little they get paid. would fifty still be pullin shows at a buckfifty a pop? no. would the wu. prolly cuz thats all dumb niggaz pay real niggaz.

[NineInchLongSchlong]

IT'S THE BURIAL GROUND SOUND, DUN !!!

[MrSHiNRILLA]

sick track!

[tonyBats27]

there aint hip hop like this anymore. miss that shit

[Francential]

TIGHT!!!

[Bouvie79]

How could u deny pure flow?...this other shit baby food

[4nier7]

1 Dislike... I'll shoot the obvious, that person is mentaly ill.

[madmandjrobertson]

sorry that it takes ppl 14 yrs to give props real shit real times ONE LOVE

[2000hiphophead]

This is a straight classic. Cappa ripped this down. Just one piece of the legendary Wu.

[az718843illa]

I wish i still had that Tony Touch mixtape from years ago with Tone cuttin this shit up! But this shit still hard though. 97!!! Damn that's a long time ago.

[1onefix1]

dirt bomb niggaz

[lubui2583]

this has to be capadonnas best verse. besides winterwardz

[86EazyC]

"changes and switches, I came to make ladies outta bitches, crackead niggaz get stitches"

[ke26luke]

soooooo dope..... cappa at his best

[nastynas373]

did anyone notice the instrumental has more views than the original? haha peace to RZA...

[Sjoerd2212]

my devistating hot 97 mentality :D yeah man, respect one of cappa's illest verses :D respect i love this shit till my death.. when i'm 70, 80 even i'll pumping this shit for real man

[thePhunktOGraphist]

of course i got the album....wu forever

[maxthegreat13]

does anyone know the sample?

[S0SAproductions]

@maxthegreat13 mad lads - gone, the promises of yesterday

[maxthegreat13]

@S0SAproductions sick, thanks bro

[AceUnload]

Yo! It's the burial ground sound, Dunn!

It's real out here

Staten Island puttin chills in y'all niggaz

Forever in it.. yo

My devastatin hot '97 Mentality

Keep me on point for my four-digit salary

Heavyweight lyric never lost one calorie

I'm soon to be seen, on the TV screen

Gambino Cappacino to the Afro Sheen

Stay black, where I'm at, high road to rap council

[AceUnload]

Splash love to Wu in a orderly tonsil

Never limit to the diction, cause chaos to mixin

Brutalize a sound check, ripple through the intermission

Rap's under siege, held tight like a squeeze

Forced in the world 'Donna nuclear freeze

Through the damage to the wannabe Flipmode and Def Squad

Ruckus a whirlpool in the rap entourage

If you dare to test thirty-six, chambers of strangers

[AceUnload]

Livin large and in charge branch out Bon Voyage Twenty-four diamond government named God Alias Daryl Hill bring thugs back to kill Circle around my son, Daryl Jr. never eatin large Auntie Dauntie sixteen holdin me down AIDS of rap music may be contagious to sound Verbal the slang pushed back to create pronoun Method forcin J-Love to Bring the Pain from underground Realizin food for thought is self-compromisin Shaolin cut the crack into a triple-O sizin

[AceUnload]

Blue do what he do to keep that currency risin

Hopin I catch a deal so we can catch a full wheel

Instead of catchin bodies, niggaz not keepin it real

Dirtball niggaz that steal cake from stores

That's my type of niggaz I be wantin on my tours

Can't help it, my styles stay fat like Roseanne

Ruckus in the square I stay rough like the Clan

Panther on my arm, pen and pad in my hand

Punk motherfuckers better beware of the Shaolin

Defy interactive project Children of the Corn

[AceUnload]

Gats and my man keep em bustin till he's gone Style so ancient it sparks just like the unicorn 'Donna come through everyday my uniform changes and switches, I came to make ladies out of bitches Crackhead niggaz get stitches So what up with that kid, danger when I attack kid Watch how the slang hits you, just like the fat kid Form another pyramid, look how we slid All over Park Hill, Stapleton politic on a twenty dollar bill all in it together You can't fuck with the stormy weather, yaknahmean?

[seelo75]

who know the original sample of this

[shhhhhoIo]

@seelo75 The Mad Lads "Gone" 1971

[TheBK1977]

Capp killed this SICK

[lubui2583]

best capadonna verse. and winter wardz

[lubui2583]

best capadonna verse

[vinnydee2010]

this has 37,000 views........................ cute kitten videos have millions of hits, something is in the drinking water in america thats fuckin with peoples brains

[trevinog613]

@vinnydee2010 when I read posts like this, it hits me in the heart.

[nhrevolutionist]

@vinnydee2010 it's the fluoride homeboy

[TheHumanBallsack]

@vinnydee2010 Fluoride.

[Taberkalosis]

@vinnydee2010 5 months later...55,000 . - keep watching

[blink182mmatu]

@vinnydee2010 haha word, man :D

[Tryandtakemyguns11]

@vinnydee2010 it's flouride thats in the water man...no joke the same stuff they say is good for your teeth is really run-off from chemical fertilizer plants. The companies cant put it in landfills because it's toxic and dont wanna pay to have it disposed off...so they put it into our tapwater, shits fucked up

[ike1luv]

@vinnydee2010 Maaaaaaan you are spot on. Not everyone can be into hip hop, but this has got to be the sickest verse anyone has ever given us!

[ZeDtEk25]

@vinnydee2010 im an american and im saying the same shit. most of these mothafuckas are extremely dumb

[HarbourMaster11]

Yeah Cappadonna!

[jherikurl]

promises promises promises...

[tsarbomba01]

classic!

[Mois41]

yo you are right to many wannabe rappers storm the front but that's what happens if people who should to dance balett start to trying in the rap buisness only what i can say is RESPECT THE OLDSCHOOL

[BastianiBiati]

To the year Born God all the Gods strike hard

Fast from the swine hold down your boulevard

Father-U to C-Cypher, start the revolution

Middle finger in the air, for slang prostitution

[radd973]

i said it before and i'll say it again... never sleep on cappachino

[TheFunkologist]

I always wondered if 'Donna threw shots at Flipmode- and Def Squad on this joint. "Doin' damage to the wanna be Flipmode and Def Squad."

[evilevil001]

this is that shit!!!!!!!

[mercus151]

i prob just listend to this song like 8 times in a row ahahah

[MrNasillmatic]

changes n switches i came 2 make ladies outta bitches

[danbadd]

to the year born god all the gods strike hard, fast from the swine hold down ya boulevard, father u the c cipher spark a revolution, middle finger in the air for slang prostitution... 

[Bigboi572chevy]

Ahh the days of Wu...

[nnamdi25nyc]

THIS SHIT IS HOT

[undercoverbrother67]

i could spit to this joint all day

from Glasgow, Scotland

UK Killabeez

[CyoKid]

One of Cappadonna's best work. That hook Ghost layed out is SICK!!

[1235Holden]

I used to kill this song on da way to school every morning class of 99! This is real shit dat niggas need to listen too nowadayz

[thePhunktOGraphist]

its a real rap sickness....my people dont stop

[EyeEternalSunAllah]

Peace To The Gods!

[Anim3fr3ak100]

both ll and cappadonna ripped this beat nice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[BiZmOeT]

Hip hop was'nt that good since we been in the 2000 decade....

[Crysishawk619]

ok then go hang yourself fool

[acerbase14]

this beat paints a picture like being on a nude beach out in greece , add couple blunts, some bourbon , and a bad bitch ......... damn , i just gave myself a boner . i'll be back in 5.

[SnakeNaRainOGz]

@acerbase14 5 mins thats all dude

[acerbase14]

@SnakeNaRainOGz  5 days lol

[FuturedaveyP]

@acerbase14 you mean 3.

[GoWittDaFlow]

@acerbase14 fuck drugs! im makin love to my miss while u fucking a bitsh! bijjatch

[acerbase14]

@GoWittDaFlow u probably take orders from ur miss . AND LEARN HOW TO SPELL THE WORD BITCH ...... IT'S NOT BITSH OR BIJJJATCH .....OR ANY OF THAT OTHER GAY SHIT U PICKED IN WANNABE SCHOOL.

[acerbase14]

@GoWittDaFlow u probably take orders from ur miss , by the way , LEARN HOW TO SPELL BITCH !! IT'S NOT BITSH OR BIJJJATCH OR ANY OF THAT OTHER GAY SHIT U PICKED UP IN WANNABE SCHOOL.

[BiZmOeT]

still got chillz!!!!

[inspectol]

wu tang is the whole industry of hip hop

[ThreeOneNine]

fuckin amazing

[Jlmtik4]

F*** You Corrections Officer! Start the Revolution!

- Wu

[Cemssa]

To the year Born God all the Gods strike hard

Fast from the swine hold down your boulevard

Father-U to C-Cypher, start the revolution

Middle finger in the air, for slang prostitution . ..

THe best Wu !

[mcRioRemedy]

class

[tropicalpimp]

peace.

[MetaphoreWar]

THE GODZ ARE FOREVER!!

[heavydutydudes]

SLANG PROSTITUTION

[heavydutydudes]

BODIED

[meskwakiman]

Didn't finish school/ but yet still schoolin fools/ You knew thats the type of shit the wu do/ Your see through/ I see through you/ Faker then ya father yall are fuck/ On that stupid shit and yall are stuck/ Wu forever and thats wassup/ ............IDK But yeah Wu. Wu Tang. Wu Tang Motherfucker.

[OxnardJames]

thats whats up

[1scrilla1]

shafiyah just stop talkin u look like a goof talkin shit

....haters gonna hate and thats u

[shafiyah]

LMAO.....We're grown now, we know y'all negros were just making big words sound like it was some knowledge. More than half these dudes didn't even finish high school.

[shafiyah]

@Noisehorse.

I got your response. You're talking about one of the biggest wu fans there is. I was just really playing around, it's just an on going joke with my brother and I.

[sykoticwest]

This was so hot when it came out that they used to spin this on the early morning mix @ Hot97 in NYC. Papi Wardrobe King tore the booth down with this one here.

This is a brother's ringtone, I had to show love.

PEACE

[supastarnyc]

LL ripped this beat down on the G.O.A.T. intro. FIRE

[thematicbeats]

RZA on this beat, but all he did was speed the sample up a smidgen. It wouldnt have sounded right with drums added to it. Its hot as is.

[grt05]

Can anyone break down this song lyrically to me...too much supreme mathematics and alphabet for me to comprehend right now.

[shafiyah]

Honestly, this has to be the best response ever. This sounds like me and my brother making fun of the Wu and how we were fooled, although I do love this song though. Loved back in the 90's when rappers appeared to be smart by rhyming "ation" words...proclamation/dalmation­s/manifestaion/ check the creation...ahhh droppin' jewels son....LOL

[itstrbo]

HAHAHAHAA @ "Ahhh droppin' jewels son!.." I remember that's exactly how I sounded after rippin' the cd package off and listening to the first time....10+ years later I too realized those jewels weren't as shiny as I thought in my youth....still dope ass music 'specially this track

[hypemike]

anyone remember the version where they mix a breakbeat behind this? was it on a clue tape? obviously anyone could do this but it was the OG one that had the dopest vibe

[shafiyah]

You're talking about when Canibus spit over this and then incarcerated scarfaces came in I believe.

[bLuDcLoT06]

"light up the broccolli, throw the relish in ya back pocket"

[shafiyah]

LMAO....Me and my brother laugh at this to this day...Wu-tang..is for the children ya heard

[weeddegree]

gambino, cappachino to the afro scene

[LahzierGodAllah]

peace to the Gods

[Spiega]

This track is just like an offering...Wu Tang was deeply underground HIp Hop and touched your whole mind...admit it!

[bigmoob73]

The Song called the legacy was dope too on dat wu killa bees joint

[toddster87]

Its been so long since I heard this song I had completely forgot it existed.

Quality stuff.

[Mastagrip]

"Fast on the swine, Hold down ya blvd" means take care of yourself and ya fam. PEACE

[shadayafreeman]

(F)ather

(U)You to

(C)orrections (O)Cipher start the revolution

......means Fuck you to C.O.'s

Study your SUPREME MATHEMATICS!

[shadayafreeman]

......and (C)(O)PS!

[chrismatic82]

Who made the beats??

I never get sick of this song. Classic.

[sinitus]

i love this song but they aint do nothing to the sample the original is The Mad Lads-gone the promises of yesterday

[delorianstar]

"vast from the swine hold down your blvd."

allah u akbar

[shadayafreeman]

"fast from the swine..."

[delorianstar]

thats what i said...fast....

[dimviesel]

dat nilla capp did have his dress code magnonamous tho. yo dis kat rocka sky blue fleece wit da iron pressed leg joints topped it off wit da ghostface wallies penut butter camo wit da thick laces, i never seen a syle like it. wordagaadsun

[bkdavid07]

this was one of the few hot tracks on this suck ass album!! I bought it the day it was released and sold it at a used cd store!

[goonerash]

maybe not a classic album.....

but i think you safely slept on this one....

[minorstylo]

nice beat, but i don't understand why rza didn't put into it some drums, it would sound better. At least for me definitely

[strongdwarvenale]

i know this is from 2 months ago, but wtf is this supposed to mean?

[strongdwarvenale]

best capadonna joint. no doubt.

[Boone382]

I remember this album and N.O.R.E's first CD came out the same day. I got this and my cousin got nore but I had 97 mentality on a DJ clue "tape" (yes cassette tape) way b4 this album came out.

[lipephi]

i do remember, that was my third year in college. used to play this song ey day

[delorianstar]

i didnt know they came out the same day..lol..my older brother got nore..and i got the pillage back in april '98...those were my high school days.... good ol days...

[hypemike]

the clue version he spun drums behind it, right??

[azzman09999999]

It was on Dj Clue's "Show Me The Money Pt.2" mixtape...

[rcole718]

Damn, what happened to Donna? After the Ironman album, he got real wack (except for this).

[whoisstarkz]

U need to check out cappa's new joint slang prostitution tho, bangin

[joas2716]

i dont give a fuck what ur saying .they just wrecked it classic real rap them were the days

[liless67]

5*****

[wutangx13]

damn this shit is hot!!!!!!!!!

[DeXzMontana]

i'm hooked like a mawfucka!

[DaArsonist09]

Classic

[zigzagzig40]

Peace to the gods of the earth 9-7 mentality start the revolution arm leg leg arm head

PEACE??????????????!!!!!!!!!!!­!

[archimedesjs]

Nation of Gods and Earths are all frauds. Clarence13x was a con artist who manipulated people.

[bashthebandello]

true dat also a degenerate gambler!

[sechsa]

"i came to make ladies out of bitches"

[systembust]

one of the best wu tracks of all time, and definitely one of the best hip hop beats ever made

[johnuwey777]

The Gods tangling again. TO the year BORN(9) GOD(7) . Peace to the Gods and Earths. Supreme Mathematics marinated all in this cut. The Era of Born(9) Cipher(0) to Born(9) Born(9) was the Illest. Do your Math and fast from the SWINE. Peace GOD.

[archimedesjs]

Nation of Gods and Earths are frauds. You sound just as ridiculous as the 120 by quoting the "math". I haven't met one "God" who was intelligent.

[Tim0451982]

lol theres tons of sources to get that album from