Wu-Tang Clan - America ft. Killah Priest

[FresHPheNoMenonN]

RZA'S verse is so DOPE!!

[russelltynes]

i remember taping this on MTV and being totally blown away once again by the Wu. Old DIrty stole the show as usual and now, almost 15 years later, I found myself thinking about this exact same clip I had watched live and taped and re-watched about 500 times only to find it exactly how I remember it here on YouTube. Wtf did people do before the internet?!

[delamasaoscura]

mortal el video lo vi en chile en el 1997 the real

[warnutztheloser]

this song so raw i started fuckin more bitches raw

[monkeyjack67]

raekwon wouldnt get that tshirt on these days.

[iamgramspolo]

classic

[pherstah]

Royal Fam, classic golden era performance, still tight and dope!

[MrBmoretoat]

@ 4:58 Raekwon was trying to sneak and smell his underarm real quick. Must of been one of those days where he forgot to deodorize. And ODB took it upon him self to freestyle over the song haha. Classic song and performance.

[truthsave]

Yo I been looking for this shit since I saw this.

[amaru2500]

Am I the only one who thinks Killah Priest's verse is fuckin beautiful? I love that guy.

[Manokmostamazin]

I remember watching this when it first aired, historical. Meth took off his hat revealing that he had cut off his hair. These are my hi

[yungkr]

Yo i actually remmeber this when it aired in "96" on Mtv at the time i wasnt sure was it was about, but this is timeless footage its craazy to see its up here.This is Wu Tang in rare form

[beatnuts1uk]

ODB at 3:20 is riffing off the top of his head like a jazz musician. I miss that cat.

[101250cm]

I'm 13 years old again!!!!!

[sunlargerecords]

Yo for real this is why I love the wu-the message and the emcees they put on a track to deliver the truth..

Prophetic darts aimed at american hearts

Don MegaBaron Menelik

[aboyd01]

Damn I miss Dirty!

[SDSOverfiend]

1996 still got this shit on tape.

[NOTCONCEEDEDIMWEEDED]

i like the way meth backed up ol dirty when dirty was rappin @4:11 in song

[negrogu]

@NOTCONCEEDEDIMWEEDED It's RZA

[mdfkcRu]

ODB ODB ODB ODB ODB ODB ODB ODB ODB ODB ODB ODB ODB ODB ODB ODB ODB ODB ODB ODB ODB ODB ODB ODB ODB ODB ODB ODB ODB ODB ODB ODB REST IN PEACE !

[monkeyjack67]

this was the first time i ever saw the wu doing it live, cementing my love,respect and admiration for them.

rip russell jones

[impyramental]

classic track classic performance

[DazeOfRealness]

Much respect for uploading this. Classic song with a very important message. R.I.P. Ol' Dirty

[lisgod3]

RZA reading off a sheet LIVE on MTV gets me everytime. so funny, and yet, so raw.

[killyourhead]

2 people doesn't respect that aids kill. 

[mdfkcRu]

RIP ODB

[mbproject21]

I remember watching this on MTV the day before I went to Jamaica for a month......ahh memories!!!

[daaan1979]

old memory`s ....nice to review this song...rip ODB

[BLACKFONZIRELLI]

claasiccccccccccccccc

[swellclimber]

In this song ODB spits a verse from "harlem world" (the last track from the Return to the 36 Chambers album)

RIP Ol' Dirty Bastard

[zulusp25]

Muito loko memo, da hora.

[CoachNeto]

Killah Priest or Dirty Bastard?

[TheManAtWar82]

Real hip-hop!!!! Now hip-hop is dying slowly

[ac1dchr15t]

Its so hard to believe that real hip hop was only flooding our airwaves 14 years ago. Look at MTV now. fuck this world.

[marcumus]

How can you dislike this??

[aserv948]

yo was this in a album ?

[PurplePills666]

@aserv948 The album is a collaberation album called "America Is Dying Slowly"

[josecahouse]

excelent wu tang song!!! KILLAH PRIEST IS DEF PART OF THE SHAOLIN STYLE!!!!

[TheManAtWar82]

ODB!!!! (r.i.p.)

[QBez1]

Killah Priest !!!!!!

[bmf336]

man i remember when this aired on MTV.. i was so hyped to see this performance.. the 8ball n MJG video .. but the classic moment is at the end when Method Man reveals his fresh cut lol.. i was like WTF METH CUT HIS HAIR .. i was on the phone callin everybody lol

[crackermustgo]

Bunch of Basebeans!

[spiritwolf50]

ODB is spirtually enlighten like a hindu monk, all of them nice but i give it to ODB never be another.

[spiritwolf50]

ODB is spirtually enlighten like a hindu monk

[kamhu90mc]

u say wu tang america i say wu tang latino...

[penone85]

DEFO ONE OF THE BEST TRACKS WHAT 90'S RAP COULD HAVE

WORD IS BORN AND TRUE WISDOM OF FUTURE SIGNS

ALL HOLD DOWN THIS WISE MEN!!

[daniel60943]

Looko O'Dory Quebra bamka Bom finado DOry

[howl8]

wow this is a really good track. first verse sounds a bit like some mf doom shit

[NsF73]

incroyable!!! peut etre en concert en suisse un jour. y a d la beu,de l flouzzz.......

[TheFRESHAgenda]

This is why I was always a WU TANG fan! Wu always was on some reality ill shit. I luv RZAs verse!! I didn't understand the reality of Rzas verse until I didn't my own personal research throughout the years, and found out what Rza said was exactly the truth. WU TANG Forever kid!!

[MilkDrinkerIntl]

America is the most fucked up country I've ever been (I lived in Germany, Romania, Denmark, Austria but those are 1st world countries not 3rd world shitholes like the US)

[phantonedelascalles]

ODB IS THA ASSASSIN ...

MY INSPIRATION

[NZA2]

ODB did something special right there

[juliustheman]

ODB...Always that character!!!

He killed this track!!!

[kru5h3000]

RIP ODB

[short45nine]

DOPE .!!!!! 

[D0CKTORDEATH]

R.I.P  ODB!!!

[byrzynski]

ODB rulezz

[jacobladders]

all of da wu-tang early solo joints were off the hook pa straight up and down no group was releasing albums as dope as these gods wu-tang is forever my heart for 15 years to all haters of wu fuck you cause we don't need yo wack asses thats why the hot boys and no limit was created for corny sounding motherfuckers

[GAMdS09]

AIDS was created in the laboratory to kill homosexuals, but they did not have husbands who have sex with transvestites without their wives knowing and so was spread faster, really regrettable, this damn disease swept the globe,I bought this disc, in da season, "see" ODB is really good, RIP fam, WU TANG CLAN FOR EVAH! TRUE 1

[rockisdead81]

odbs verse blows my mind every time. his delivery is insane. such a sick style. phrasing, rhymes, everything. mad abstract. a great moment in hip-hop history. makes the pop garbage today look like a joke.

[Spillberg]

@rockisdead81 dude....you know I have this video on VHS somewhere and whenever I used to watch it, Dirty's verse got me EVERYTIME! That shit was just mad different and unorthodox yo!No one could EVER father his style! RIP ODB YO! WORD LIFE!!!

[Kaknelson]

yes, this' way too real for television ..... wu tang wu tang

[GERGnAsH]

haha yeahhhh  wu my nigg-az 4 ever

[cheshiredolly]

Good shit

[MechanicalDirtbag]

ODB looks like he's possessed by a beautiful drunken spirit exercising demons

[cheshiredolly]

Nice

[funkberto]

@MechanicalDirtbag

''Mad Possessed Rappers'' in the hh history for me:

Rammellzee

Jimmy Spicer

Flavor Flav (Public Enemy)

Shock G

Busta Rhymes

Fredro Starr (Onyx)

and..ODB

[BLACKFONZIRELLI]

@MechanicalDirtbag yup i remember this night and episode. i miss friday nights

[bobbysoulfull]

yo did that cat RZA actually read his rap off of a paper. Thats mad crazy yo RAW skills man. Do you remember when Wu Tang was almost everybodies favorite rap group

[royalsteven]

lol even big old white guy clapping his hands to the beat 1.00

[ikoolsmile]

@bobbysoulfull and still the favorite for many

[bobsoulfull1]

@ikoolsmile I agree, they are still my favorite. I live in tucson az ad they dont even really know about good hip hop down here. its wack what they play on the radio

[Backsmascher]

@bobbysoulfull

Maybe this paper is a loveletter of a fan!!

The Clan is still the BEST

[pedropretozanin]

Good times, Yo! Raps, procurei por esse video por todo lado

[Iiquidswords]

ODB's verse or outro should of been on the studio version of the song, just for kicks.

[TheStok45]

man, I can't believe MTV aired this shit on TV. Look at everyone bobbing their fuckin head.

[cheshiredolly]

Lol ,those were the days :)

[johnwang80]

whoever put this video up should give themselves a big ass hug, this brings back good memories. saw the whole clan (except for rza and dirty r.i.p.) live in c2008, it was the best show ever!

[ree9c1]

props, back in 96 i got the nick name chuck cause of this song

[Sinamatics]

press pause for a serious cause lol

[bingelodes]

steeeeeee

[warnutztheloser]

rza fucked everybody up! i rememba thiz i wuz chewin cherrios and almost choked cuz thiz wuz so fuckin raw...

[esbeclothingco]

Just came across this...Nice vid man...

[MadeRude91]

at 1:00 you see the white dude just jammin to the hip hop vibe and the shit just make you smile dont it? Its only 100% pure hip-hop that can do that to anybody

[BackToBasikz]

yeah, a litlle bit out of rithim, but still wunderfull to watch...

[DownAzChicka]

so true

[HardBodyNyC]

He looks Puerto Rican...

[doencarza]

classic 100%

[KINGDAVID230]

old dirty killed this joint!!!!

FUCKING WU TANG FOREVER!!!

[broncahh]

papadogg escribe desde chile este tema es muy bueno

[laqzio]

las epocas bellas de wu tang

[Afonsorp]

Real Periferia tambem segue a linha, é nois maloqueiros, nois na fita pra quem desacredita

[themasterbuilder7]

inspectah deck killed this

[zillachix]

I can't stop watching this jernt az Dert-Mgirt goes off. R.I.P.

[zillachix]

Dammmb Dert-Dog killz this jernt!!

[zillachix]

this shit sounds crappy but this izza hot like fiyaa jernt tho, the Wu never dissapointz, 'nuff respect to the whole Wu-tang umbrella, thatz my piece

[knightwhatch]

old dirty wow...................

[chokewholeddotcom]

this is almost as raw as it gets! or maybe it is the rawest!

[grgson1]

next to C.R.E.A.M. & can it be all so simple, my favorite song.

[SixShottaJ]

I miss this era too much man, its ridiculous what the game has turned into..

[cortext36]

True indeed man.................

[maverick2215]

true that, im like 19 and mc and whenever i come up with something lyrical and good like this people to the other cheek and bump gucci, i do miss those days even though i was six lol.

[mickirish49]

actually im a big fan of this genre. i just heard the sickest shit though from the soul assassins crew, motherfucka named sick jacken, land of shadows, dopest shit i,ve heard in modern times besides KP!! oh and warcloud.

[garfus2]

lyrically i think KP is the greatest ever in this particular genre *of* lyricism, like triumph era wu-tang style. he writes better than ANYONE ELSE, in this style.

[wukillah92]

nah i think KP has great delivery 95% of the time,

[garfus2]

killa priest is a genius lyrically but his delivery isn't always that great yeah. its like he's sleepy or something. he's great on like umm "soldiers of darkness" (killarmy i think) and another one umm.. yeah cross my heart. kills it on those.

[royalsteven]

He kills it on Tai Chi & B.I.B.L.E. mostly -_-

[rzawilson]

●/ You say Soulja Boy, I say N.W.A

/▌ You say T-Pain, I say Tupac

/ \ You say Lil Wayne, I say Public Enemy

●/ You say Flo Rida, I say Wu-Tang Clan

/▌ You say 50 Cent, I say Genius/Gza

/ \ Copy/Paste if you still listen to real hip hop

Wu-Tang Brazil Forever!!!

[royalsteven]

This seemed like the best party to be at. Hip-hop at it's finest. Fuc the new school.

[morracoone]

Rza used to have this dracula, monster thing going on back then. It was f**king dope!!

[shaolinkin]

Dog what the fuck happened to hip hop. wish this was the kind of shit people still made.

[skydaish4ever04]

was rza reading off a page or was it me. besides from his accomplishments he has become a damn sellout. he sings christmas songs what a fool i thought he dropped jewls and alll that nonsense . in time people show how they really are

[ElindorValor]

WTF did I say that pissed people off so much? Was it because I said Killah Priest was no doubt the best out of Wu Tang? If that pissed people off get over it, cuz it's true! Nothing can match Heavy Mental, it's probably too deep for most of the retards out there, so no wonder I get hate from idiots that dont want to see hip hop evolution. PEACE!!!

[deelite19]

u're talking to a bunch of youtube kids man, most of these kids are too shallow, too ignorant. plus i find most of them say shit they have no clue what they're talking about.

[deadhead905]

heavy mental is good but how u can say thats better then Liquid Swords and Cuban linx??

[itachiyates]

i agree priest material is beyond normal and its very accurate but its the delivery that sometimes rambles and just doesnt come off tight. like, atoms to adams, to me his tightest shit is when he is doing spoken word verses like heavy mental and where pharaohs go. actually his verse on snakes is one of the best ever. but la the darkman and warcloud are also up there with greatest artist ever. warcloud especially. he is doing things with words no one has done before

[HardBodyNyC]

I wish america was dying faster

[shaolinkin]

agreed

[HardBodyNyC]

I actually wish FAKE americans were dying faster. I seem t obe surrounded by these hypocrites and anti-americans.

[Kesaurus228]

wish i could go back in time and go to this performance looks so ill

[Vladutzkaya]

yo the first verse is killahs right?:)))) daaaang the dude had some mad haircuts going on

[ElindorValor]

Killah preist is the best, ODB cant hold a candle to that man. Especially when you listen to thier albums. Seriously, what did ODB come out with that can compare with Heavy Mental? ...Thats what I thought, NOTHING...Killah Preist forever!

[Revelashun]

ODB put soul and drunk singin into it and killa brought lyrics but odb had more hit records if u want to compare but they are to different to make aqny comparison, son

[Revolt714]

Well, I hate to admit this shit, but ODB's style is untouchable. Everyone else sounds the same, buthis shit is unique!

[Squarel1981dawg]

ODB ripped that mutha fucka. He was on some outta space shit. I love that nigga style. One and only. RIP ODB

[warnutztheloser]

rza went wild on this..

[joopq]

FUCk it he said "AIDS was government made, to have brothers afraid, so they wont get laid (no babies are made) then the black population will decrease inside a decade" german warfare plot against the darker shade!!!!

dr. sebi cured aids in 1988 and proved this in a ny supreme court case after being arrested for advertising that h cured the disease and others

[joopq]

lol! look at the white dude at :59 secondws in the blue plaid shirt...he might be dancing to a different song but i dont see any headphones! just cuz he may be white doesnt mean is why he is off beat

[smoothshop]

Ghostly acc-u-rate! Ol' Dirty was in a trance huh???

[warnutztheloser]

i rememba thiz i wuz 2

[NewWorldRob]

Did anyone understand ODB?tell me his lyrics , if so

[captownstateofmind]

The termanology and psychology,

expect me to accept your appology,

what i say on the TDK(tape deck, one on record and the other on play, as i press pause for a serious cause, respect the intellect with a gratifying lost nooww,

that already let the music begin, as i detect what i wrote with my ball point pen,(he rapping about hearing an MC spitting the rhymes he wrote), Through the time that i spent money that i lent, rap records -idk this part-, then came a new way to get payed,

[captownstateofmind]

They said RHYMIN ON THE MIC, was the number 1 TRADE, as a brotha get the feelin that he wanna play cool, you discombobulated diabolical fool, HOG FLESH MC GO PLAY IN THE MUD, nother' 20 century modern day CHUG, cannibal humaniod underground dweller, cuthroat loose from the god damn celler, dont be mad while your walking in rome, you've A.quired I.mmune D.eficiency S.yndromeee.

that last part sounds like a battle rhyme just dissin on someone, epic shit.

[NewWorldRob]

Damn, that shit crazy!! I was trying to copy and paste your texts, but Idk wtf Im doing...Im gonna just write this shit down!!! It AMAZES me that you actually know the words he says!!!!

Thank you very very much and Have safe happy holidays!!

[captownstateofmind]

anytime, im a huge ODB fan, he spits alot of jewels in his rhymes when you listen close.

[heavilycharged]

no disrespect but it aint that hard to understand that LOL

he just sounds drunk HAHAAH

[Jdem88]

20 century modern day CHUD

[Jdem88]

CHUD not CHUG

[Jdem88]

rap record went up about 8 cents

[keilyngodson26]

"Aids is gov't made to keep brothas afraid so they wont get laid and babies wont be made decrease the population within one decade its a war plot AGAINST THE DARKER SHADE!" Hey white people; You still love Wu-tang for that one?

[dilladawg]

yes. they are speaking the truth and trying to get the word out to the masses

[du0t0ne]

hahaha... yeah... i still love them...

they dont mean me personally...

there are many white boys who did worse things... stupid itiots... but there are black guys they did the same... or yellow asiatics....

because we are all humans... same shit... one blood... the one is white... the one black... what the fuck?!?

[3R1Co3N6L15H]

Dirty SNAPPED on that one...!!!

[MrMidnight36]

ODB wasn't even supposed to have performed on this song and he came on and gave the best performance!!! RIP Dirt McGirt!

[jillurmalik]

brings back memories, when Wu tang were in their prime! ODB never fails to dissapoint, just his presence makes the difference to Wu tang. RZA go his lyrics written down, classic!

[freegg888]

Dirty's verse....there's just no words, just no words.

[mickyfonky]

j m rappel de ça!j etais gamin est j mater mtv en cachette j enregistrer les clipes apres j les montrer a mes poto est on etais a fond

[brxazilian]

Str8 classic

[OutlawYafu]

ODB just waiting 2 step in !!!

CLASSIC

[OutlawYafu]

O.V. Wright - Let's Straighten It Out

[kanarvin]

wow, i still have this tape. classic.

[SDSOverfiend]

Damn inspektah You came outta no where and killed it.

[vollveith79]

i still got this recorded on vhs,too!!!

[Mannywallace]

I still got this recorded on VHS...

[freegg888]

I used to, wish I still had it.

[aDoB23]

the censor are dyin slowly FREEDOM

[Masolone]

damn. the gods in effect! wu! dirty's mic stance is hilarious.

[Aleesus]

shit man, back in the good ol days. i was only in 4th grade here, but fuck it

[byrzynski]

resppect this

[xtrawalk]

Dirty is not on the album version.....matter of fact he just bumrushed the last minutes of the track just to make sure he wasn"t left out!!!

Dirty at his finest!!

[ParadigmShift302]

I remember this. I still got the CD too. You can't days like this!

[lexdiamond1]

Amazin ODB doin what he did best!! R.I.P Dirt Dog. Wu-Tang 4eva

[jahindaeair]

it aint cheating if you the one who manage the game and spitting razor sharp lyrics of the brain is not always neccesary for a god like the abbot if he does its al good thats just gravity

[PoeticProphetic]

is rza holding a paper with his lyrics on it?? that's cheating

[Jonny89718]

if you dont get it then your lost lol

[warnutztheloser]

he wuz high

[Themba88]

Wu Tang Clan- Oh Daddy, Old Dirty!

[royalsteven]

Classic. Is this ever released as a single?

[royalsteven]

Classic. Is this ever released as a single?

[Kryp420]

CLASSIC....DIRTY @ HIS BEST

[antbanks35]

This is the most important work the Wu Tang Clan had ever done!!!!

[antbanks35]

This is the most important work the Wu Tang Clan had ever done!!!!

[GMile]

RZA is one deep cat "decrease the population in one decade, its a war(?) plot against the darker shade"

woah MTV would be too pussy to allow that these days...and people tripped bout Kanye's "Bush dont care bout black people"

INS killed it

[GMile]

that was raw as hell

rza was reading it like he was in a coffee shop, spoken word type style i love it