The Roots feat. Common - UNIverse at war

[mychainheavy]

" niggas get on the mic talkin bout cars and clothes....soundin like ho's "

[weedpussymoney321]

Black thought should be in every1s top 10 mc's its a shame he never went solo then more would have heard of him

[Qadirsthought95]

@weedpussymoney321 yea definatlty, i was sond after i heard that no alibi

[Luvdrug]

this is in my top ten beats all time list

[fishfox67]

BEWARE THE NEW WORLD ORDER, THE DEVILS NEW RELIGION.

.talking bout cars and clothes...soundin like hoes! haha

[KVbeats]

I remember listening to heavy this album when it dropped. Ill samples, bangin' drums and rhymes that fit the bill.My favorite Roots release point blank.

[6zeros2commaz]

SLEPT ON CLASSIC AMAZING LYRICS

[alidaroxana12]

this is the only album of its kind... it is an essential....they were just on some other shit when they made this....

into the world of politics and mascara.........

[Chrigg1000]

EPIC



[alidaroxana12]

@Chrigg1000 yes... perfect word

[Ijelu77]

Yea Been on the Roots from there Organix jig.... If you ever get lost they will bring you back and remind you what it sounds like, feels like, taste like the sounds are original the way hip hop was when she was young and innocent.. Nuff Nuff Respect

[Haeter2]

only 70,708 views?

[jamaicand01]

come on ya'll...listen to the words ya!

i kno ya can read what im sayen, we need to spread the truth and bring this country together as ONE !

[dualwieldbacon]

Black Thought KILLS it from 1:37 to 2:24

[Dre36]

Love the title of this track...and it sounds criss

[BigL2502]

how the fuck have i not heard of this album before! shit this is insane! black thought is so so so so underated!

[Gonji]

The Roots are legit.

[DoctorScopes]

sounds a bit like a quasimoto instrumental

[Chrigg1000]

UNIverse at War....DEEP!!!!

[whawhawha]

i love this track.

[closer2god92]

"If you the true and living beware, new word order, the devils new religion"....DEEEP

[MarkieG100]

Common slayed this....Ain't Been Exposed To The 4's,Da Mo's & Disciples...lol

[lloney710]

Yo I've been listening to this Song for 2 days on repeat High out my mind.............

[HoraceHam]

@lloney710 welcome to my world

[TheFlygerian]

at least common knows

[2Black2Strong1]

Common went in on this joint

[petmore54]

classics

[4358151]

thought brought it so strong on this one...my favorite verses by him and some of the greatest of all time

[petmore54]

funking def production. what was the producer high on before he produced dis joint?

[JoshcRiddick]

@petmore54 i don't know what he was high on but i'll have a few ounces of it

[delltardboy]

@petmore54 the drummer Questlove is the producer really he makes all the sounds behind the group even tho theres a full band he pretty much tells them all what to do i actually met him back in 2004 when he was on tour with 311 i was backstage at the tweeter center in mansfield (comcast now) eating lunch back there with this kid whos dad is the manager there and my friends and Questlove walked over and sat down next to us and started eating

[electronicchronic]

did you no they come from the land that is ill ?

[TheDacy]

nice shit

[illkid814]

Man, Black Thought ripped that shit!!!

[mikkiemunday]

nice!

[biwo4t]

dope track by the roots with common blessin it wit his dope lyrics. doesnt get much betta than that

[spideymayne]

More Black Thought ranting: who remembers that fucking Blaze Magazine Top 50 MCs list from about 10-12 years ago? I went through the -entire list- once. No Black Thought. Then went through it again to make sure. No Black Thought.

Whole time, I'm thinking, Where the FUCK is Black Thought? Disgusting. Fuck Blaze Magazine.

[JoshcRiddick]

Im gonna find that list and laugh at how shit it is. No black thought? u gotta be shittin me

[extrahustle]

@spideymayne Real talk...Even Pun (RIP) knew you gotta respekt the Philly god....

[Divineaziatic9]

@spideymayne After The Put That Top 50 Out The Mag Fell Off LOL!

[NUmightyhealthyJERU]

@spideymayne That's pathetic. Fuck that magazine. Black thought is unarguably top 5 and arguably #1

[HipHop226]

common 1 of my top 5 mcs

[electronicchronic]

dont belive you

[xsT2142]

proper hip hop, f that rap

[quran777]

OMG this IS still one of the dopest albums ever!

[RedMambaYard]

Well done JoshcRiddick!

This album is a real classic.

[JoshcRiddick]

Cheers!

This album is probably the best i've ever bought

[I3ecause]

Ohh no Common said New World Order, the devils new religion!

[malikorama]

Call each other cuz, cause of how we relate. Sick!

[gittygittygoo1012]

wow this is such a classic song, too bad nothing like this will ever be made again

[moffarello]

just gotta know where to look

[Phenadanon]

the first track i heard from the roots featuring common sense. they go together perfectly.

[MichiVarela]

Listen to "Act Too (Love of my life)" from the album "Things Fall Apart" too ;)

[killsmaphobia]

YEAH DOPE

[icecoldxox]

Theres plenty of Hip-Hop out there thats good, mainstream or underground.... you just gotta look. KRS Kweli Lupe Zion-I Saul Williams ect... record deals dont matter, the MC is what matters... Do you think your favorite would be garbage if 1 million other people thought he was just as dope?

[excaliba360]

I think people dont really understand what they are saying when they say that....it just sounds like they want to be special because everybody doesn't listen to what they listen...I mean I listen to Jay Nas Dilla Tribe Wu UGK 50 Luda Kast Madlib Blackstar etc I want all of them to sell records...MJ had some of thebest music to come out and he sold more records then anybody does that take aways from Off the wall n Thrilla and Bad nope...people are just haters in all forms

[gittygittygoo1012]

MJ is nothing compared to prince, prince wrote all his songs made all his beats, and MJ never did that he never made a beat and only wrote 40% of his songs

[excaliba360]

Put the koolaide down-

[dunneja1]

bs mj had powerfull lyrics

[HipHop226]

mj produced alot of his shit b what are u talking about,i think prince is the greatest muscisian ever tho

[06alwilliams]

Thats the problem.....why u gotta dig and search for good shit. But you can't get rid of the bad shit bc it's thrown down your throat daily. I want to listen to real hip hop like you used to be able to and not this shit that THEY feeding us now

[icecoldxox]

You gotta dig because kids buy records and the radio plays whatever is selling. Plus theres 10xs more ignorant heads out there than intelligent, so the ignorant simple BS is whats goona be played.

[datboiraj]

hell yea tell me about it man...Real Music 4 ever man....

[Revolutionary45]

todays hip hop just cant compare unless its underground and a million miles from a record deal

[kunsura]

I see you are 22 years old, which means, you were born in 1987, a gold era for hip-hop, BDP, ROXANNE SHANTAE, HEAVY D AND THE BOYZ, FINESSE AND SYQUIS, LL COOL J, JUST ICE, KOOL MOE D, MC LYTE, SPARKY D, ROXANNE SHANTAE NEMESIS, JOESKI LOVE, THE PEE WEE HERMAN DANCE, WHISTLE, WE ONLY BUGGIN, BOOGIE BOYZ, A FLY GIRL, RUN DMC, RUN'S HOUSE, PUBLIC ENEMY, ERIC B AND RAKIM, K-9 POSSE, AINT NOTHING TO IT BUT TO DO IT, KROWN RULERZ, KICK THE BALL, TUFF CREW, BOTH PHIILY HIP HOP GROUPS. OLD SCHOOL CREW.

[kunsura]

Hey, OCUSA, as bad as it may seem, there should be more creativity, from reading your comment, you probably caught the "tail end" of hip-hop!

[rnbwsistah38]

"talkin' bout cars and clothes, soundin' like hoes......." That explains why music today SUCKS!!! new subject please.....

[hueston82]

fucking classic album

[resteep]

great song, classic period in the roots career.

but i sometimes wish people didnt idealize particular 'eras', or whatever. there is some ill shit being made today, there was wack shit made back in the day.

i fear much of the idealization is really just about a particular generation trying to do the same to their own youth.

but yeah, common's verse def. kill sit here.

[SlawtaProducer]

Just check the flow from 2:45 to 2:56, Black thought was crazy on this album. There were too many sick songs in this album, even the skits got your head boppin.

[spideymayne]

THANK YOU. This dude does not get nearly the credit he deserves. He's killed every single album he's been on, has not lost a step in skill, is part of multiple classic albums, and is part of (arguably) hip-hop's greatest live show ever. How the fuck is this dude so slept on?

[kunsura]

it is not unfair to compare the 80's and 90's real hip-hip will destroy today's commercial MC's; thanks to the BITCH ASS IDUSTRY!

[OCUSA]

There was wack commercial shit then too. Hell....Common himself was talking about how wack shit had gotten on "I Used to Love H.E.R."....that was in 94! One of the years cats glorify now....and one oif their heros was saying how wack things were at that time! Old heads need to stop the revisionist shit......there has always been dope shit and wack shit.....just like there is now.

[heymaria123]

th3 l.a. group U-N-I's name was a inspiration!! cool, i love this song .

[skila]

One of my favorite songs on a truly amazing album, definite classic!

[rnbwsistah38]

Never get tired of this one!!! REAL SHIT!!!

[senstud]

"Im from the state that is ill. " Tell em Common

[Chessboxer09]

The choruses on this album were amazing

[jaybird1616]

This is what HIP HOP is PERIOD....

[manonmission08]

lol..."rappers, get on the mic talkin bout cars and clothes, soundin like hoes!"...lol...Common set the precedent on this bitch...lol...im lovin it lonnie!

[strongrj]

I had to ween myself off of this cd when I purchased it. I just couldn't get enough of it. Especially this song!!

[JoshcRiddick]

I had to as well, it was under heavy rotation for at least 3 months of when i first got it, a bargain at £4!

[06alwilliams]

me too!!! Common ate it up on this one!!!

[06alwilliams]

Agreed Common killed it on this one!!!!

[santanaincubus]

The Roots is one of the best Hip Hop groups ever. These are ill MC's. They shoulda been mainstreamed during this time.

[bainksta]

"Get it off my bird chest, my words become flesh..."

Damn...that was said so well...

[idontagree6]

i like de la soul, and a tribe called quest , nas aND SO ON. im starting to get into the roots, what cd do you recomend

[JoshcRiddick]

Either illadelph halflife or things fall apart

[saga1825]

illadelph...but its kind of unfare to compare 96 to the 00's...music just felt better in the 90's

[duranward]

oh its called UNIverse at war

i got this off uncommon classics and they titled it u-n-i vs. all

[DivineAziatic7]

Peace To The Gods When U-N-I-verse we bring about a more higher and glorious elevation of understanding!!

[deezomaxima]

This jam is tight!

[icon200]

AS I SAID B4

ladies and gentlemen

THE ROOTS!!

LIVE AND DIRECT

yyyeeeaahhh!

[jubesjr]

Black Thought...one of da most underrated MC's to do it!

[rollituphomie]

this whole cd is the bomb of mentality that missing today. fuck dumbin down i'm to smart for that B.S.keep your hip pop i can't trust it.by the way i'm 15

[WOLVESVIDS]

so underrated,thoughts lyrics are consistently ill,his delivery and versatility are nuts..the roots are by far the illest live show in hip hop

[staypaidtre829]

Black Thought goes so deep on that second verse. He`s one of the most underrated ever.

[royal3sixty]

Com ripped that shit! Chi-Town All Day!

[CesarParker]

another great collab....

nice track

[twilson2821]

just bought this album a few days ago. it's amazing!

[jesuswalks25]

this shit is tighter than frog pussy

[HoraceHam]

I wouldn't know what frog pussy is like, but yeah i agree

[Fiasco9128]

Hahaha

[bigthruster1]

Lmao ....who does your research?

[strangealky]

LOL How would YOU know!?!?

[BabyTafari]

LOVE THIS!!! Old School Rules!!!

[aryanna242]

you are all crazy

[robbiejamez]

this is true shit im gonna get this album first chance i get, what other stuff like this is tha?

[JoshcRiddick]

A tribe called quest is your best bet

[rustyoldbanger]

de la soul

[Fiasco9128]

Main Source, Blackstar, and Little Brother.

[ONEZ2K6]

ANY NATIVE TOUNGE/D&D STUDIOS ARTIST YOU COME OFF LOVELY THOSE INCLUDED...

DE LA

GANGSTARR - HARD 2 EARN

TRIBE - MIDNIGHT MARAUDERS

KRS-ONE - I GOT NEXT, KRS-ONE, SEX & VIOLENCE

PETE ROCK - SOUL BROTHER #1

GZA - LIQUID SWORDS

JERU THE DAMAJA - THE SUN RISES IN THE EAST

IF YOU WANT REAL HIP HOP. THESE ARE THE ALBUMS TO HAVE..anyt'ing else is bobby socks I dont care who de guy!

[HoraceHam]

Couldn't agree more, especially Pete Rock & CL Smooth, totally underrated. I think The sun rises in the east is going to be my next album

[NoVacancY808]

Ok... u left out all but one album from the 90'2... plus u forgot Mc's like rakim, Nas, Pac, GF killer, RZA... but yeah liquid swords...donkey

[jaasmo18]

Common man! This man is the truth I like his hip hop it makes sense an African American Muslim who becomes a rapper now he's an actor this man is strong and close to GOD anyone who cusses him cusses themselves because your not perfect.

[htu]

reh43079 I don't want to argue but seeing as how you sound like you know what hip hop is I would like to know what do you think hip hop

is.

[lmurda07]

all i gotta say is wow.and no you didnt just diss the roots. thats it. peace. 1 love roots

[kingtutt661]

Your a faggot, you probably think hip-hop is Soulja Boy

[EliteWarGamer]

omg ya stupid 50 cent lover get of his dick first bitch

[Popvolution]

Roots and Tribe and Other old skool hip hop rule.. right now i think hip hop is dead because no new rapper can bring hip hop the way it was.. right now just ho, bling-bling and sex.. except neptunes sound and snoop dogg..

[1992Rigz]

FAG

[jaasmo18]

Fag your face you don't wanna know you're affraid that Common will finish you so get lost and know the truth.

[junkyarddog14]

haha "get lost and know the truth"

ima say that more often

[jaasmo18]

sorry and it won't happen again bro maybe you were saying it to someone else and I thought it was me if you wanna say that more often go ahead.

[vineweb121]

There so much truth in there lyrics that make you think about life.

[chrizzio]

1ne of the best tracks of their album!

[Dartmouth22]

Black Thought really came off on this song, common did his thing and common's second verse was much better than his first.

[classof77]

"Black Thought really came off ... common's second verse was much better than his first."

Yep, exactly. Nice track.

[staypaidtre829]

black thought outshined common, held his own with pun, he should be much bigger than he is

[pherstah]

agree wit ya,

by the way one of the best songs of the album

[chotaguy]

Great song but Commons verse wasn't on point

[JoshcRiddick]

Agreed its not one of his best appearances, but it does make the song one of favourite

[siggiddy]

wow...youre wack for that comment

[JoshcRiddick]

And so are you

[siggiddy]

lol..i responed to the wrong guy...relax son

[brazeau001]

Rappers get on the mic talking about cars and clothes sounding like hoses!! True that. This one's for all these bitch ass gansters. You can that you can front when revelation comes?? Good guys are harder!!!

[siggiddy]

^^^ hes wack for that lol

[JoshcRiddick]

Haha no probs mate