A Hip Hop classic T La Rock It's Yours

[Life4daGame]

when im depressed and life makes no sense, i play this song!

[saynwhatuwont]

ONE OF THE BEST HIP HOP SONGS OF ALL TIME.....

[ramzdalastpharoah]

TOP 20 SINGLE HANDS DOWN T LA ROC IS a HALL of FAME CALIBER LYRICIST 4 ALL HEMEANT to RAP

[PLANETCAMDEN]

TUNE.......................



[Juan321C]

Back to BASICS! Real Hip Hop right here!

[Black1roses]

This is original Hip Hop...Breakdance music......This will never die cause it is raw and in its purest form..cuts scratches and kick drums....Work of art...T la Rock I know youre on here...Thanks

[Jerry197400]

i used to think i was "T-La Rock".

[djt2012]

Peanut Butter Wolf!!

[xx7Txx]

I grew up on this!!!!!! A difining Track!!

[69RedRooster]

another turning point in hip hop- the educated rap/ emd, LL,kool moe dee, and t la rock... but t la rock was one of the best....no doubt!!

[thesouthrapsucks]

dope

[Bigplayantx70]

Classic S*** this is on point!!

[Robby3Gs]

@85RetroFan Afrika Bambaatta

[VoodooUprising]

dope

[MrFunkyFuck]

it rocks...guuys..omg just admit that most of the old songs suck...that's not even DJing!! and he's just telling a story...sooo booring??!!

Just because it started sooo baad, it doesn't mean we have to continue with this ugly trash...

...start listen to real art: Tua, Maeckes, Krizz Kaliko, Marteria!

[sicky1226]

im 14 and i prefer this to any mainstream any day ;)

[priceyhabits]

and now it's 20 people that think hip hop started in 2000

[theyoungcommander]

This song is one of the most important songs in hip hop history. It set the template for two generations of hip hop. This song made popular: 808 beat (with complex arrangements), the overdub scratches, complex rhyme schemes.

LL made this template popular with 2 singles: "I need a beat" and "dangerous." He was crowned the new prince of hip hop but T La Rock set the stage.

There's really no way to explain to people how important this song is. If you weren't there you can't really grasp it.

[imantrek]

@theyoungcommander real talk..you had to be there...

[thalesrenato]

Maan, Im not a big fan of hip hop but seriously, what the fuck happen with the rhytm and talent? The people killed the music with soul.

[Ievolovel]

@thalesrenato Hip-hop ain't dead my brotha... it's just under ground.

Check out Edan, Mr. Lif, Akrobatik, Percee P, Lord Finesse, Rob Sonic, Aesop Rock. I can give you more names if you want. Just ask.

[thalesrenato]

@Ievolovel :D

[spacetraveller2521]

who cares about what other people think,

everywhere I go I see so many comments on the dislikes jeez

[jacb630]

What year was this song first released? Mystikal did a remake of it back in '97. It was actually a pretty good remake.

[XxFourTwentyxX]

Goes to show, you just can't re-make hip hop. This is something nobody could ever have come up with today!

[FRODIS77]

paul revere?

[tlarock]

@FRODIS77 Original Sample is from the album - " Uncle Louies Cabin" The sample was used on Its Yours us first,. Before it was used for Beastie Boys.Paul Revere

[charmcity401]

@FRODIS77 yea,wth he spoutin?its a differnt beat...wtf..rick rubin made paul revere on a drum machine and ran tthe track backwards...jazzy j made this...wth

[Rawstylesify]

its yours!!!!hot!!!!!!!!!!!!old school classic hip-hop

[LazarusEinstein]

CLASS-IC yo!!! Peace.

~LE, Cali

[buccy64]

man i love that old school scratchin'

[djlz1]

"BOOM BOOM BAP BA BOOM BAP"

[blackmale78]

Commentating, Illustratin......his flow was sick

[Ruffas100]

im a young person of this generation bt damn, old school hip hop rules......cnt we bring back these moments coz im tired of hearing bou sex, drugs n beef between singers....n ths bubblegum music, i cnt evn keep up wit the latest beat..... everydae they produce albums,nt even singles, killin the quality of the song....damn

[MAYDAY019]

not scrathing, SCRATCHING

[MAYDAY019]

this is hip hop at it's greatest, great to hear scrathing playing it's part with a good rapper and a jamming beat - TRUE HIP HOP

[charmcity401]

its obiously not 20....yall so dumb! its not urs

[nickshel]

It makes you wonder if there's any hope for the future. Back in the day even when people started getting popular and went commercial they kept their music integrity. Nowdays only the underground and the old skool still has integrity. In the future will no one have it?

[Gradeous3]

ol school style too.

[kb420ps]

Classic, Uncut, Pure, Raw, Unadulterated

OLD SCHOOL HIP HOP!!!!!!!

[BKaneNp8]

Its Yours!!!

[jacb630]

Mystika did a remake of this back around "97. It was on his album entilted "Unpredictable." Check it out. It's the bomb. Peace & luv Markelok.

[Tymikaification]

This was my jam! Philly block parties.......good times, good music. This is true hip hop!

[ZC0RE1]

As simple as the beat is...I will take this over any Lil Wayne song...ANY SONG (Word!)

[Euro3urger]

move aside shit hop this is the real deal from the oldskool !!!

[kinstube]

NaS = "REWIND"

[webbusinesskit]

How the fuck did we go from this to the garbage of today?

[prettyray100]

REAL HIP HOP .. THE BEGINNING .. HEARD ALL THIS WHEN I WAS A YOUNG MAN .. MANTRONIX IS STILL KING OF THE BEATS

[ayarlett]

I grew up listening this to this shit in England as a teenager in the 80's. This was the bomb underground music back then. Thank you T-la Rock for dropping this tune and i must have gone through 50 needles scratching the shit out of the 12" vinyl. Good times! Great beat and still gets my head nodding. Classic.

[ayarlett]

I grew up listening this to this shit in England as a teenager in the 80's. This was the bomb underground music back then. Thank you T-la Rock for dropping this tune and i must have gone through 50 needles scratching the shit out of the 12"

 vinyl. Good times! Great beat and still gets my head nodding. Classic.

[DoeJopz]

thats the first single released by Def Jam

[kaoss0515]

peace 2 all my hip hop brethen! yo, dont b mad at those that dislike joints like this, many of them have been programmed to only like whats 'hot' at the moment! they dont even know what real hip hop is or should be! classic joints like this sound 'old' to them. you gotta pity & try to educate those zombies!

[49freightliner80]

this is one of the tracks that made me wanna be a part of hip hop. it was a banga then and still is to this very day....and i'm from the south h-town to be exact.

[yusufmhassan]

Come on T, you've got to release something Indie. There's still a lotta luv out here for you.

[Bexly]

YEEEEEEAAAAAAAHHHHH BOOOOOOOOYYYYYEEEEE!!!!

[illogicalism]

THE 17 WHO DONT LIKE THIS ...ARE UNDER THE AGE OF 17..SO IT DONT MATTER....DUMB ASS KIDS...SOMEBODY NEEDS THEIR ASSES KICKED..

[DWIWindsands]

This song is the motherfucking shit. Classic diamond right here. It would take a nigga like Q-Tip to give this song the respect it deserves.

Good shit old school claccis.

[coulddone]

hip hop was young and innocent

[jklash1987]

@coulddone Yep, now its just a slut of corporate media, being used by everyone...

[berniebarnett]

This is a top "ten" hip hop song of all time!

[djpdoubles]

This is the ultimate hip hop beat.You can just bang this on a table

[909sug]

STILL BANGS TODAY!!!!!

[teeosupreme]

how can 17 cornballs not like this track? Had it not been for cats like tlarock those assholes would not even have hiphop in their hoods. This is a classic tune and still kicks the shit out of the so called hiphop that's on the radio.

[nebuluz]

@teeosupreme probably young cats.... no love for history...

[909sug]

@teeosupreme TRUE SHIT!!!!! THEY DONT EVEN KNOW WHAT THIS TRACK DID FOR HIP-HOP.......

[ednoroirika]

@teeosupreme Rick Rubin god father of the big beat.

[webbusinesskit]

@teeosupreme amen brother

[kelseybud]

@teeosupreme you are right!

[jacb630]

@teeosupreme That's because they are exactly what u said they were-cornballs! They don't know what REAL Hip Hop is. I appreciate people like yourself who do understand & appreciate where Hip Hip came from. It doesn't get any realer than this. Peace!

[mcteeosupreme]

@jacb630 nuff respect fam. I'm an OG from way back still rockin mic's ya heard? check out some of my music. I'm going back in the studio to get at all these rap bums with pure hiphop lyrication! 100's

[charmcity401]

@teeosupreme because cornballs have no sense of reality...this joint started the flow....before this nigga,it was hip hip hippy 2 the hippity....white lines and shit....this change the whole rap game kid....the 2o dislikes,fuck em

[imantrek]

@teeosupreme because they weren't there...I remember recording over this instrumental in the 80's, and its still rocks...real hip hop...

[sieman78]

@teeosupreme

idiocy, its more than a word its a genetic defect for some. but good question nonetheless

[deejayryder]

@teeosupreme you no its true i used to bang this on 4 eights in da trunk with the windows down and people were like what is that blocks and blocks man !!!!

[Royfokker73]

@teeosupreme There is a difference between liking and appreciation. You can appreciate what T did but it doesn't mean you have to like his music.

[fredogzw]

To all who dont know!!! THIS IS HIP HOP...not this wack ass shit we hear nowadays!! BROWNSVILLE BROOKLYN REPRESENT!!! REAL HIP HOP FOREVER!!!!! YA' DIG!!!

[teddyhembree]

def jam records produced it

[oldschoolbx1970]

8th grade at I.S. 74 in The Bronx near Spofford and the infamous Hunts Point area. This joint still rocks unlike clown/faggot ass rappers like Drake,Soulja Girl,Lil Shit Stain,and others.

[ramzdalastpharoah]

LUV YA LIKE A BROTHER ,UTAUGHT ME THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A LYRICIST an A PERFORMER AN YA GOT BE BOTH !PS-I MISS GOIN IN YA SECOND FLOOR ROOM AND LOOKIN 4 THROUGH YA MASSIVE AMOUNT OF RECORDS ANYWAY ID LOVE TO HOOK UP AND POLITIC WIT YA HOWS TONE AND YA OTHA BRO THAT WAS IN LA [CAZ] ! 2LOOSE

[CAPITALBEE]

who produced this ???

[djpdoubles]

@CAPITALBEE Rick Rubin when he was a student in NYU.This record started Def Jam

[Gunnercv]

that go hard!

[ROBBNU2]

I remember this song was the shiz back in the day and dropped so hard !!! I loved this song and still do and the remixes are that much sweeter !!! I know this sounds funny but I hade forgot about this song over time but I had a dream that I was listening to this song again in my car years ago and I just had to find it again !!!!

[systemhalodark]

As, gamers would say, this is 1337 !

[cappavellie]

i used to bump "annihilate" non stop on vinyl back in '87. At the time, I didn't know that t la rock had been puttin' down for years. we need a old school reunion tour for heads like t la rock.

[kevhar12]

Rick Rubin was one funky dude for producing this cut. I mean, Damn! this is a true hip-hop classic.

[andersingram]

did premo use this for the  Nas track its yours (the world is yours) ? ... off Ilmatic

'Its yours' ?

[tlarock]

@andersingram Yes

[JmdeeBeat]

The first time I heard this track I was shocked,thought I was listening to the music people will make in twenty years.The earth stood still for 3mns.Pure Genius

[dua72]

The start of Def Jam

[tlarock]

@Demo1975P PRODCED

[Demo1975P]

@tlarock my bad homie.i tried doing a lil research on it.but much respect though.youre part of the reason why i love this shit.i was bumpin that hard a couple of days ago.what you up to now.

[baya72]

this was one of my favorite joints to break dance too...back in th e dayz

[texaslonestar11]

Would just like to say thanks T-La Rock for this song which is surely a part of Hip Hop History. After all this time it still goes hard! I remember back in the day breaking to it, and rapping over the instrumental...

[Justice777Allah]

@ T LA ROCK, I've been a B-Boy since the 70's as a shorty in Kingston, Jamaica going back and forth on summer vacations to NYC. Came to the Bronx to live permanently in 84, so I'm a true Hip Hop fan. I gotta say, I was just talking to a few of my dudes the other day and we were talking about greatest emcees, we keep it unbiased and included some of the rappers today, like Andrew and Jigga bcuz we still listen to Hip Hop, U WERE ON OUR TOP 20 LIST, YOU ARE ON OF THE TRENDSETTERS!!!!

[tlarock]

@Justice777Allah Thanks for the LUV & RESPECT

[Gunnercv]

I must do a backspin now!

[DjabloOfficial]

gotto luv it bigup 2 this pioneer

Djablo

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[DjabloOfficial]

gotta luv it man ,big ups fo this pioneer

1

Djablo

[63RaySS]

GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! song ,better memories

[nevawrong]

this shit sounds waaaaaaaaaaaaay better than any crap LIL WAYNE ever made

[GiantBozak]

T-L-A-R-O-C-K USUALLY THE REASON FOR A VERY NICE DAY ... WHERE'S MY CARDBOARD

[blackezi3]

Thats why I LOVE Nas's album Illmatic. Cause samples and pays homage to 80's Hip Hop

[kwkable11]

@blackezi3 It's mine, it's mine, it's mine! Peace homie!

[insanelook]

Got tons of original old school joints from the early 80's for sale, hit me if interested.I also have this for sale.

[skatetolive34]

can you hear the yiddish influence? hahaha! Rubin "produced the blackest record" with this one- Russell Simmons quote

[TheSpritz0]

MARKELOK- if you have "On a Rampage" by T La Rock I'd appreciate it if you could upload it, this is one song I remember but CANNOT find anywhere!! It was BIG in the day...

[tlarock]

@TheSpritz0 I think you are talking about the record I recorded, T La Rock " On a Warpath"

[TheSpritz0]

@tlarock You're right and yes I finally found it here on YouTube!!!  Sir, it is a very high honor to finally say hello to you- your music was and is THE BEST. When you were at your peak I was in the Army and your music was with me through 2 wars!!! Damn near wore out 2 cassettes.....

[tlarock]

@tlarock Correct, I released an LP. Tittle - T La Rock " On a Warpatrh"

Lyrical King From the Boogie Down Bronx as also been re released last year, With 4 additinal songs added, Including "Its Yours"

2011 " Its Yours " remix coming

[NYOLSKOOL]

@tlarock yo T when u guna drop remix..ur cuz d`von up in soundview projects says keep ur head in the game !!

[tlarock]

@TheSpritz0 I recorded a record - " On a warpath " Is that the record you are thinking of?

[mastermike4145]

@tlarock T La Rock, I just wanna say that you are one of the best MCs I ever heard I have played this song over 100 times! I just can never stop listening to you man peace man

[tlarock]

@mastermike4145 I appreciate the LUV & Respect you've shown me.

Have a very merry Christmas ( If you celebrate Christmas) & A happy new year.

[MyJunior1975]

@tlarock You are a legend and you made a classic record...that is all!!!!

[iAzzaDee]

doya wannit?

[mizzoe860gc]

thats why young cats still cant get the message old skool rules new skool fools.

[MrShanky7]

i have this cat as a friend in facebook :)

[illadvised50]

A classic among classics. To me It's Yours was the standard back in the day. T La Rocks mellow flow and that BEAT. This was basically the beginning of the end for the old electro sound.

[insanelook]

Well, the sound is phat and helped a lot to make it a killer !

[agentleexx]

Rick Rubins early days.

[enmaxus]

Now this is pure hip-hop. We use to jam so hard to this.

[Mizvision]

I just got chills down my body when the beat dropped yo!

[EvilFingers]

I miss the 80s, especially the Music and Club Scene...now its all bullshit and violence.

[MrFrodiggs]

legend,

Mantronix the beat master

Sleeping Bag

what!!!

[aubyn7]

Yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh... ...Dope!!

[addict1974]

wow. I had this song in my head on the train today. I come home, look it up AND TLA ROCK IS ON HERE POSTING THE LYRICS!!!!

[tlarock]

Note, I did not post my lyrics to "Its Yours" in the order they appear on the record.

The lyrics are rearranged.

[JackitDownBrown]

this beat is fresh 1985 herb, namean? yo u and jazzy j and rick put it down man!THEY CALL ME MR ULRTAMAGNETIC AKA MR MILWAUKEE AKA BEAT GODand i just want 2 let u no that ur music changed my life i love u man,.. not like that tho i aint sick i love music man,... peeeeeeeeace

[tlarock]

@JackitDownBrown Thanks for acknowledging my lyrical skills.

Much respect goes out to you.

[JackitDownBrown]

king tim 3 was the first on wax right? so do u remember what year electric light orchestra came out i think with that one joint beethovens fith? and what are you doing now?

[tlarock]

@JackitDownBrown @JackitDownBrown Thanks for acknowledging my lyrical & musical skills.

Much respect goes out to you.

[JackitDownBrown]

um, okay,... but what do u think about the state of hip hop now? me myself, two 12s and a mic is real hip hop i think that the state of hip hop is phony now u no, t, im like u one of the last b boys, our natural swagger tells it all,.. i eat shit sleep real hip hop i AM A B BOY.

[planetoftheapes]

@JackitDownBrown say what you want but this is real hiphop! you should try some boogie down or gangstarr if you want to hear some hot joints

[tlarock]

Computer programmed with just one finger,

Made complete for the chosen singer,

Once lyrics are finished, The picture is done,

The difference is this picture has no sun,

There's plenty of bright,

Kaleidoscope light,

No color supercedes

Cause the balance is right.

Listeners are pleased cause anxiety is freezed,

Can only be thawed when the music is ignored.

[tlarock]

Common talk deserves a walk, The situations changed,

Everything from now on has to be prearranged,

Definitely, You will agree, Just let your mind be free,

Relax yourselves, Do your dance, This is the place to be, Listen !

[tlarock]

Sound plus rhythm done up with finesse, Is equivalent to the adjective, Best, Now its time to introduce, Neo rhymes combine with a group with juice. Dance, To the musical tune, On the microphone I'm gonna make you swoon. T, L, A, R, O, C, K, Usually the reason for a very nice day. I came here to represent the ultimate act, Which only occurs when the party is pact, So full of endurance, For your insurance, Everything's fixed, Just listen to the mix Breakdown !

[tlarock]

Do you like it

Do you want it

If you had it would you flaunt it, its yours

[tlarock]

Taking a record that's already made with the help of the mix board using the cross fade,

Rhythms can be kept at a self choice pace,

Depending on moment or depth of base.

I don't really know,

But somebody said,

Some musical rhythms can mess with your head,

I don't know,

If its true,

ill leave it up to you.

[tlarock]

Commentating, Illustrating, Description giving, adjective experts, People of the universe this is yours.

Do you like it

Do you want it

If you had it would you flaunt

Its yours

[welloftruth13]

Lol @ LL popping up when T said, "do you like it?". Hahaha!!!! I know what that means... Not Many people know about LL Cool J being a shark emcee back in the day.

[Icerocjr]

this is a classic

[cipherkam]

This is one of my all time favorites! It told you what hip hop is and that it was coming.

KamalSupreme

[ThaFlyestMoor72]

@TLARock Yo you taught me the Art Of Sampling with this Jam! We really loved this Song in the Mia, I mean the 808 use to pound the speakers! You were one of the first artist I tried to imitate when rhyming. Yo what happened to that film about your life did it come out?

[Dablkwid0w2008]

thats not T-LA Rock on the pic tho :(

[tlarock]

@Dablkwid0w2008 Check the pictures while song is playing, It flashes pretty quick. That is me on the album cover.of my single, " This beat Kicks "

Im waring a red Kangol hat.

[Dablkwid0w2008]

@tlarock

OK :)

[dragunovful]

beggining sounds like a sample from 100 miles and running

[tlarock]

@dragunovful beginning of the song is sample taken from the intro to a break beat,

of a song, The name of the song is, "Uncle Louie's Cabin"

If you are referring to the very beginning of the song, That starts with a scratch.

[MalikCola]

4EVEA LIVE THE OL SCHOOL!! I LOVE THIS

[kevhar12]

Nice pictures chosen for this video. Thanks for this blast from the past. This is part of my era of growing up.

[OneStepAhed]

so that where doc scott ot his sample from....

[IHS7]

Damn - I remember this joint at a block party in queens. Stay Gold!

[042766]

Great stuff - wonder why we don't hear from other artists? (i.e. Profile,Tommy Boy, Sutra, Enjoy, Sugar Hill labels etc.)

[isdesmondhume]

Only in Hip Hop will you see an artist as big as T La Rock commenting on a song as big as 'It's Yours' on here.

This song changed and created things.

[yegsmitty22]

FRESH

[tlofee]

One word to describe this song and video....vintage.Peace to the pioneers of hip-hop music.

[RedruMU1971]

classic

[bbejr]

This is one of my favorites of all time!!

[oldschoolbx1970]

This is from back when the Hip Hop culture was in its authencity. Now in this day and age the originators are doing what they can to bring it back just to eliminate all the bullshit and commercialism that's going on today.

[psyker40000]

the father of big word lyrics

[NYOLSKOOL]

back to the back to the beat to the beat....

[pitolove71]

I don't think 99% of any lyrics in any song out now can touch these verses. And this was made in 1984. I listen to these lyrics and Rakims lyrics and then I listen to the rappers out now & they can't touch these guys line for line, creativity & originally, intelligence factor, poetically. They just can't touch it. I'm sorry but it's true.

[charmcity401]

@pitolove71 if ur a tue fan of hip hop,u realize this jam changed the surface of rap,before ll,rakim,krs,big daddy...all the niggas...Listen,Tla Rock invented flow,with wiity lyrisim!

[primomysterio]

@charmcity401 t la rock didnt invent it bro...he just was nice thats all...lotta brothas at that time were equally nasty @ the mic ...

he did have a funky style though and it was fresh as could be at the time...moe d and a few others were equally nasty@ the mic though

[stickywickedy]

@pitolove71

I'd have to disagree.

99% is a bit exaggerated, don't get me wrong, i have a lot of respect for the "founding fathers" of hip hop.

But hip hop has evolved lyrically.

I'm not talking about mainstream, but a lot of rappers have become even more creative with lyrics.

You just need to find the gems in all the garbage hip hop of today.

People need to stop sayin' that only the 80's and the early 90's were any good.

I still listen to old skool hip hop but you just gotta look further.