Amazing tune. I'm sure I recognise the strings melody from somewhere, I may be wrong but does anyone know if it sampled from another song? with long female vocals on the choras perhaps?
Straightforward message from the soul, why can't people blast this on my bus....listening to people blast flocka and khalifa get's old and redundant after a while.
Some excellent quotes by Pharoahe Monch in that book he's in: "Writing a song is like writing a screenplay - you can go back as a screenwriter and rewrite scenes and leave more to the imagination, leave more hidden clues for people to find."
They really put in work for that book, it's the ''How-To-Rap" one... got all the best guys contributing, Styles P, Little Brother, Tribe, Pharcyde, Black Moon, Smif N Wessun - brilliant read.
WOOOOW!!!!, This Is Amazing, It's about time Pharoahe & Styles did an Album with Production by Mike Loe, Neva heard MONCH over DJ Premier while STYLES over Premier never gets Old, Pete Rock, 9th Wonder, Statik Selektah, Large Professor etc, WHO'S WITH ME, Peace
These are my favorite 3 rappers. Pharoahe is one of the most creative emcees and I'm glad that he has not played us short . Phante always had my ear. Styles you know you my G. Good look!
WOOOOW!!!!, This Is Just Amazing, It's about time Pharoahe & Styles did an Album with Production by Mike Loe, Neva heard Monch over DJ Premier & Styles over Premier never gets Old, Pete Rock, 9th Wonder, Statik Selektah, Large Professor etc, WHO'S WITH ME, Peace
WOOOOW!!!!, This Is Just Amazing, It's about time Pharoahe & Styles did an Album with Production by Mike Loe, Neva heard Monch over DJ Premier & Styles over Premier never gets Old, Pete Rock, 9th Wonder, Statik Selektah, Large Professor etc, WHO'S WITH ME, Peace
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A great music video. I love it. I'm a man and I don't cry, but I actually got choked up and lost for words when I saw and heard this video. I could write a whole paragraph about how much i love the music, message, and video. But I won't because this is youtube and I ain't a fag. So I'll just say.......give me five on the black hand side
Shit Is Deep I LOVE THIS SONG I'm Glad A Brotha Is Making A Song That Speaks And About Problems Of Our Society Today Much Respect Keep Making Music Of This Caliber
This nearly made me cry man. Damn. I love my Black people. We can be doctors, we can be psychiatrists, we can be engineers, we can be social works, and we can also be truly free. Its there, just reach for it man.
how we not even get a verse from phonte.. this some bullshit.. tigallo be pissing me off with his singing shit.. everyone wants to hear him rap.. phonte better than both monch and styles and dude only sings on the track.. smh
@StrosB4Hos Nah, Pharaohe has been nice ever since Organized Konfusion not to say that Phonte ain't nice but..I don't think he could mess with Pharaohe like that
@StrosB4Hos Yeah no doubt. When I first heard him on the Chitlin Circuit 1.5 for the first time, I was hype! BUT you know, he's a jack of all trades musically so I can appreciate his singing & rappin' all day
in all honesty, this may be in top 3 hip hop songs of all time-the rhymes, the positive message, the violins, the beats, its just beautiful beyond words...
The track is a response to the loss of connection we once had. Our Elders tried to instruct us to remind each other that we are a people apart, different, but together. We missed the last part. We fell apart, now things fall apart. Pharoahe is quite often ahead of his time, right smak in the middle of time, and pushing you ahead in time. With this one, he's pushin'. Pharoahe Monch, a MASTER in the Art form.
What the fuck is wrong with society these days. Real, authentic, passionate music like this just doesn't get played anymore. It's so sad. The music most of us listen to on the radio, BET, MTV and VH1 is a pure reflection of our society.
Someone explain to me how the fuck wayne sold a million in his first week, but pharoahe can't sell at least 50k. I know dudes are tired of wayne being bought up, but the carter 4 is garbage. I'm not hating, I heard the album and it really sucks. WAR is a modern hiphop classic with OBFCL 2, fishscale, godson, and blueprint. This album is really the shit on the real. Niggas claimed that real rap no longer exist, but it is literally right there in niggas faces.
@blackplaque617 do you know what it all boils down to the fact that whit kids all over the world will buy Waynes album. hence why it seems that everyone is selling out to become commercial. Not for the love of music but for the love of money.
The punks that claim real rap no longer exists are the ones who listen to radio all day every day, full well knowing they aren't gonna hear this song on it.
i must say, as black people we aren't buying our peoples music , we download. and i am guilty. :-(
simplest answer for that is great promotion.wayne has had great promotion throughout his career so the shit sells itself now pretty much on top of the fact that it was highly anticipated.although w.a.r was highly anticipated also it lacked that type of promotion. why? not because the quality of the album or thinking ppl wouldnt listen but since its an indie label they simply dont have the money to promote as well as ym.that being said if pm wound up signing with diddy way back
he would most likely have to compromise his not necessarily his quality but his sound.there are plenty mainstream rappers with high quality music but have still compromise the creative direction of their work.I think the problem comes into play when fans worry so much about album sales so much.so what if lil wayne sold a mil in a week everybody talking about it is only making him that much more powerful.unintentional promotion. REAL RAP RAW
@blackplaque617 Please don't hate on Lil Wayne. I heard the album to, the hype for it is what let us down. Only a couple songs caught my attention.
But Wayne worked hard to get where he is now. He started off the same way this guy did, with the little amount of views. He didn't just jump in the rap game and pop out selling 1mil per week per album, no, he worked and made a name for this shit. He has some great albums and mixtapes, such as Carter II and Da Drought 3.
@blackplaque617 Personally, I'd much rather have 50,000 real fans than 1,000,000 people who listen to the singles and let the album die away in a month.
@blackplaque617 I have a theory, Wayne & these corn ball niggas aren't really selling that many albums. I'm seriously starting to think the mainstream record companies are just cutting these wack artists a check and telling them they sold all these albums. It just doesn't add up, I remember back in the day when an artist sold a lot of albums, YOU COULD SEE IT cause everyone you knew had that album. I dont know anyone who has lil waynes album, nor CD or Itunes on their computer. . . .do you?
@blackplaque617 the problem is "they" have been brain washed since the cash money days to love that trash. i mean while most of us were listening to internal affairs peeps were backin that ass up. it's super sad dude.
@blackplaque617 I agree and disagree. I think the Carter IV is a GREAT album and it's defintiely the best one of the 4. The problem is their is no balance. Even if Pharoahe sold what Wayne sold, it would be all one way. It would be all Pharoah and no Wayne. And you can't have that either. You might not like it but Wayne puts out some good stuff and I think they both need to be there. The question to be asked is, why didn't both of them sell a million records the first week.
cont'd....I just don't get how people listen to this and dont feel it. I know not everyone can like everything but you mean out of all those tracks you don't like none of Pharoahe? Its mind boggling.
@blackplaque617 Hip hop ain't dead :) Only those who said it are to be more likely closed minded people who don't follow up on the news from the Underground MC's . No further comments.
@blackplaque617 Most of duckown artist are hot Black Robs shit hot as hell and they dont have the sales its all about payola pay for play its a money thing if you got the funds to pay the djs off and mtv you get the record sales its all corrupt thats why we need to support duckown and other indepenent labels if you want to continue to hear good hip hop
This video is life changing, to me it speaks on 2 spectrums of life, like hip hop in a sense. One is how hip hop is supposed to be real, delicate, lyrical etc hip hop with color. The other is the pop, mainstream, bull crap music society portrays 9the black and white spectrum. Well thats just to me.
My guy is right about it not getting into rotation. It won't. Yes, the industry is to blame as they push pop culture & nothing else. The one thing that everyone seems to miss is that it's Rap music in rotation on the radio & videos... HipHop culture is still alive & there is some dope stuff out there if you're prepared to spend a little more time looking.
Mass consumption drives the market... all we can do is keep finding these jewels & sharing them with as much people as we can.
The Fact its Hip Hop went Mainstream now that money involved its not about Good Music its about hit records and platinum albums. That why you see the same video with the girls and bling bling and shit. But you will NEVER here people like immortal Technique and Styles P, Pharoahe Monch on the radio. to change Hip Hop you have to change the mainstream and its stars by not listening to the radio. When need to change Hip Hop back to Good Music and its starts by supporting MC's like Pharoahe Monch.
@ZpHiX2 I get that, but there's a difference between that and the fact this type of hip hop (the issue is really bigger than hip hop) is not on the radio. It isn't because the major labels and radio stations don't want to disrespect Pharoahe. It is already not promoted/sponsored by the mass media INTENTIONALLY. How many videos have been banned from BET for literally being too intelligent for their audience? I don't support purposefully dumbing down our peers, I don't know why s3kshuun8 does.
Its called the Matthew Effect Research it... based off of fourth grade exams...
Jerushajustintime 2 days ago
real hip hop all
ALLEYCATZ1986 6 days ago
Man I love this song.
kitchentakeout 1 week ago
this track goes hard though...
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PhenomMusik 2 weeks ago
wow... i used to have a PSN name called pharoahe monch and i didnt know it was a guys name.. :)
JDawgzz24 2 weeks ago
Amazing tune. I'm sure I recognise the strings melody from somewhere, I may be wrong but does anyone know if it sampled from another song? with long female vocals on the choras perhaps?
jamieacrawford 2 weeks ago
Straightforward message from the soul, why can't people blast this on my bus....listening to people blast flocka and khalifa get's old and redundant after a while.
WesternLatino1 2 weeks ago
love da monch
SuperStoneyboy1 2 weeks ago
I can listen to this joint over and over and over.
asgjdafghesyusgf 2 weeks ago
FINALLLY REAL RAP// FUCK IT NEW STYLE A LIKE WAKA FLOKA. RESPECT FROM RUSSIA FAR EAST. HEY DOGS LETS DO IT TOGETHER?
MsZemlyk 2 weeks ago
HIP HOP !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You the love of my life
1980HiphopFunk 3 weeks ago in playlist Favorite videos
sick song i really dig it, only thing that could have improved this joint would have been phonte dropping a verse!
boomheadshot321 3 weeks ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Pharoahe Monch
Some excellent quotes by Pharoahe Monch in that book he's in: "Writing a song is like writing a screenplay - you can go back as a screenwriter and rewrite scenes and leave more to the imagination, leave more hidden clues for people to find."
They really put in work for that book, it's the ''How-To-Rap" one... got all the best guys contributing, Styles P, Little Brother, Tribe, Pharcyde, Black Moon, Smif N Wessun - brilliant read.
Wjc15824 3 weeks ago 5
@Wjc15824 So sick of hearing about that book...Do you guys get paid for promoting it out the ass?
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NubiahoodRadiotv 3 weeks ago
Love the video concept along with the song.
SwagQuest 1 month ago
WOOOOW!!!!, This Is Amazing, It's about time Pharoahe & Styles did an Album with Production by Mike Loe, Neva heard MONCH over DJ Premier while STYLES over Premier never gets Old, Pete Rock, 9th Wonder, Statik Selektah, Large Professor etc, WHO'S WITH ME, Peace
LivingHipHop17 1 month ago
Shout out to all the real Young Black Professionals ... that you don't see in the Mask Media ...stay intelligent
TheUrbanSoundStation 1 month ago in playlist Urban Sound Station Tv Hit List
Yeah!
TheUrbanSoundStation 1 month ago in playlist Urban Sound Station Tv Hit List
wat kinda glasses is pharoahe monch wearing?
YahYizzle 1 month ago
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namkooc 1 month ago
Damn Straight Butter here .
1980HiphopFunk 1 month ago in playlist Featured Videos
Nice!
eyewitness043 1 month ago
DOPE!!!
dudegotbars 1 month ago
X-CLAN!
Tygabone 1 month ago
The chicken and fries at the start of the video looks nice ..just sayin'
FlameyFlamee 1 month ago
Gotta love it!
mrheale26 1 month ago
Yeeahhhhh mee encantooo -----------[<3]
annrooka1728 1 month ago
Best song of 2011
STIFFHOOKZ 1 month ago in playlist REAL SHIT
@STIFFHOOKZ Most needed song of 2011
STIFFHOOKZ 1 month ago in playlist REAL SHIT
@STIFFHOOKZ couldnt a said it betta
mhlm100 1 month ago
@STIFFHOOKZ best of 2012 probz aswell fuk yung money
fcukyourcoutch 1 month ago
@fcukyourcoutch I second that
STIFFHOOKZ 1 month ago
Yeah!
TheUrbanSoundStation 1 month ago
Monch, Styles, and Phonte are some of the few reasons I still listen to Hip Hop.
dwiggles1 1 month ago
<3 P Monch
lnottingham84 1 month ago
Yeah!
TheUrbanSoundStation 1 month ago
Glad yall posted this. Been my joint since last summer.
its843 1 month ago
These are my favorite 3 rappers. Pharoahe is one of the most creative emcees and I'm glad that he has not played us short . Phante always had my ear. Styles you know you my G. Good look!
blackandnobel 1 month ago
Ill Vid. Good Ol' hip hop.
Doeja 1 month ago
Ms. PoeticLikeNas. " I still see the remains of the whips and the chains." What a vivid picture. Love this song pls keep those glasses on :)
PoeticLikeNas 1 month ago
This song especially... just gives PEACE TO MY SOUL.
kaaliyahkls 1 month ago
omg the instrumental part at the end is just beautiful and the goberment is so negative :)
ArmyOfMe010 1 month ago
a phonte verse on this track wouldve been illegal ...
boronka 1 month ago
very nice.
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WOOOOW!!!!, This Is Just Amazing, It's about time Pharoahe & Styles did an Album with Production by Mike Loe, Neva heard Monch over DJ Premier & Styles over Premier never gets Old, Pete Rock, 9th Wonder, Statik Selektah, Large Professor etc, WHO'S WITH ME, Peace
LivingHipHop17 1 month ago
Love this song! good lyrics and good voice! Great message
MsDecsa 2 months ago
dis shyt goes hard!!!!
BLACKLAWREBELMUSIC 2 months ago
Phontiggas hook --- Song of the year
Leezo2k10 2 months ago
Amazing!
leozitu13 2 months ago in playlist The black hand side
yo this is that real hip hop.... that shit that make u think and rly listen to the lyrics and vibe out..
harlem585 2 months ago in playlist Favorite videos
They scared of real hip hop !!!!
Originalmanone 2 months ago
man are you kidding my why isnt this playing on mtv or on the radios? no we gotta see this whiz khalifa shit. this new school fuck is everywhere
ps895 2 months ago
Powerful!!!!
roborapter 2 months ago
lmao!! te Getting gangta @ 3:15
ncstateofmind 2 months ago
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ncstateofmind 2 months ago
I'm white and I like this track , stop with the racist shit , that pissed me off !
1desjardins 2 months ago
11 People need a BACK HAND side ...
nazjavadi 2 months ago
Real music like this..makes me feel good about hip-hop again..
YoungBloodz0007 2 months ago 2
WOOOOW!!!!, This Is Just Amazing, It's about time Pharoahe & Styles did an Album with Production by Mike Loe, Neva heard Monch over DJ Premier & Styles over Premier never gets Old, Pete Rock, 9th Wonder, Statik Selektah, Large Professor etc, WHO'S WITH ME, Peace
LivingHipHop17 2 months ago
I want Pharoahe' s Glasses
brownseed777 2 months ago in playlist hip hop 4
How can you dislike this video?!
brownseed777 2 months ago in playlist hip hop 4
foda memuuuuuu!!! precisa ser mais divulgado
SEQUELAXI 2 months ago 7
Foda ! Zica !
JuniorLageSantaFe 2 months ago
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creepsen96 2 months ago
Lil Wayne, Chris Brown, Usher, etc ... Dislike's this.
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raytruth1962 2 months ago
Give me five Bro, give me five!!!!!!!!
xarxasopayaso 2 months ago
How the hell could u dislike this...crazy
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djNY11 2 months ago
And one more thing.......who in the hell would dislike this video?
packers21cw 2 months ago
A great music video. I love it. I'm a man and I don't cry, but I actually got choked up and lost for words when I saw and heard this video. I could write a whole paragraph about how much i love the music, message, and video. But I won't because this is youtube and I ain't a fag. So I'll just say.......give me five on the black hand side
packers21cw 2 months ago
a better reason for a music video...peace
ApexWizard 2 months ago
Shit Is Deep I LOVE THIS SONG I'm Glad A Brotha Is Making A Song That Speaks And About Problems Of Our Society Today Much Respect Keep Making Music Of This Caliber
jayrealdahiphoplover 2 months ago
Yep!
MrNarayana100 2 months ago
THE GUN, THE TAPEDECK , THE CAMERA. ITS RADIOACTIVE!!!!
1tripz 3 months ago
Loving this track!
SlickBeatzEnt 3 months ago
this that real hip hop right here.not that other bullshit out right now and the video is real.
harlem585 3 months ago in playlist Favorite videos
tuff ass track!!!
BiggMeatz 3 months ago
King!
LollyVOMITO7 3 months ago
GOLDIE SPARKLES.COM
viislandgoddess 3 months ago
This shit is fire! Te' should've spit a verse too
keysib 3 months ago
This nearly made me cry man. Damn. I love my Black people. We can be doctors, we can be psychiatrists, we can be engineers, we can be social works, and we can also be truly free. Its there, just reach for it man.
moddy327 3 months ago 2
Unpackin' the hell out those newports hahaa
Heartbreakidyaa 3 months ago
how we not even get a verse from phonte.. this some bullshit.. tigallo be pissing me off with his singing shit.. everyone wants to hear him rap.. phonte better than both monch and styles and dude only sings on the track.. smh
StrosB4Hos 3 months ago
@StrosB4Hos Nah, Pharaohe has been nice ever since Organized Konfusion not to say that Phonte ain't nice but..I don't think he could mess with Pharaohe like that
BlackJack719 3 months ago
@BlackJack719 yea pharoah is nice i guess im just more upset that tigallo aint spit on this smooth track.. phonte is just one of my personall faves..
StrosB4Hos 3 months ago
@StrosB4Hos Yeah no doubt. When I first heard him on the Chitlin Circuit 1.5 for the first time, I was hype! BUT you know, he's a jack of all trades musically so I can appreciate his singing & rappin' all day
BlackJack719 3 months ago
7 people are white
boss216able 3 months ago
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boss216able 3 months ago
great song and great video...
authentic76 3 months ago
WerdUp! To Change Fillin this POSITIVE FORCE over Me cant get ENOUGH!
sr166 3 months ago
Amazing song man. Good to see these cats keeping hip-hop alive.
Juniversal 4 months ago
duckdown always keep it dope!
george06gr 4 months ago
in all honesty, this may be in top 3 hip hop songs of all time-the rhymes, the positive message, the violins, the beats, its just beautiful beyond words...
vicokwaro 4 months ago 38
@vicokwaro ANd sadly it'll stay largely unknown.
Crsenhuvv 3 months ago in playlist Favorite videos
@vicokwaro I feel the same way.
brownseed777 2 months ago in playlist hip hop 4
man..this song touches my soul...powerful...Pharoahe Monch-the greatest rapper nobody knows, life is just not fair...
vicokwaro 4 months ago 2
Epic tracc
djoogz 4 months ago
Music with some substance...I BEEN NEEDING IT.!
danewceo 4 months ago 44
Someone should do this instrumental...!
Luluus 4 months ago
This album is potentially album of the year. Phonte's album may be also
camplo195 4 months ago 3
@camplo195 for real
TheMidwestboarder 4 months ago
all the drums in this album are unbelievable awe4some beats
autte 4 months ago
add me to facebook calimap25@yahoo.com or oovoo me markell007
markell331 4 months ago
Where's Phonte in the track?
jumpoutatree 4 months ago
@jumpoutatree He's the one singing the hook.. brotha is talented
SouLSyLo 4 months ago
@SouLSyLo Ahh.... I didn't know Phonte could sing like that. Must be him on the hooks for Little Brother.
jumpoutatree 4 months ago
keep those glasses on brotha
HustleEdicit101 4 months ago 3
The track is a response to the loss of connection we once had. Our Elders tried to instruct us to remind each other that we are a people apart, different, but together. We missed the last part. We fell apart, now things fall apart. Pharoahe is quite often ahead of his time, right smak in the middle of time, and pushing you ahead in time. With this one, he's pushin'. Pharoahe Monch, a MASTER in the Art form.
Mister006 4 months ago
this song makes me smile yo
jadasic 4 months ago
THUMBS IF U WANNA SEE THE PHAROAHE MONCH x STYLES P COLLABO ALBUM HAPPEN ND COME OUT!
ronnizamov96 4 months ago in playlist More videos from duckdown 2
The song right here folks is Hip-Hop and all these three brothers are a credit to the art form
MalenkoMijito 4 months ago
Real musiq
Xyzztops 4 months ago
REAL SPIT EVERYTHING aint ALWAYS BLACK & WHITE...VISUALIZE SEE IT IN POSITIVE LIGHT, MY LIFE!
sr166 5 months ago
WTF!!!!! only 60k views?!?!?!?! this right here deserves MILLIONS! real talk
stormblade717 5 months ago
he smokes a cigarret like a J true black man
ship1888 5 months ago
I just love this track
BossFLOYD29 5 months ago
definitely feeling this joint.
Inspirmentalist 5 months ago
Music you can relate too is the best. I don't have millions, 8 whips, hoes & 37 necklaces!
xs3kShUun8x 5 months ago
i want monches glasses
MusicBlend3r 5 months ago
this shit is a masterpeice.
encdee 5 months ago
love love love that my man back on the scene showing these clown "rappers" what Hip-hop really is and hes along with one of the greats Styles P!!!...
mzTremias808 5 months ago in playlist mzTremias808's Favorited Videos
It almost brought tears to my eyes.. Why can't we all live like brothers like we should
ezekielthaprophet 5 months ago
What the fuck is wrong with society these days. Real, authentic, passionate music like this just doesn't get played anymore. It's so sad. The music most of us listen to on the radio, BET, MTV and VH1 is a pure reflection of our society.
IEtherianSoul9 5 months ago
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markell331 5 months ago
yo, the most important thing about this video is the MESSAGE....stand up people
elpacastyle 5 months ago in playlist The black hand side
I just randomly clicked this video-this is proof that Hip Hop isn't dead, it's just not played enough in the mainstream
CarsRapTrack 5 months ago 2
amaazing track
ZForbesOfficial 5 months ago
Someone explain to me how the fuck wayne sold a million in his first week, but pharoahe can't sell at least 50k. I know dudes are tired of wayne being bought up, but the carter 4 is garbage. I'm not hating, I heard the album and it really sucks. WAR is a modern hiphop classic with OBFCL 2, fishscale, godson, and blueprint. This album is really the shit on the real. Niggas claimed that real rap no longer exist, but it is literally right there in niggas faces.
blackplaque617 5 months ago 84
@blackplaque617 You know what Music Industry is ?
They pay, they do, they show what sells the most.
But I don't gve a fcuk about POP STARTS. :)
Masshuu4400 5 months ago in playlist BB-BOOM
@Masshuu4400 its about who wants to be an illuminati pupppet to be honest
janess89 5 months ago
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Masshuu4400 5 months ago
@blackplaque617 do you know what it all boils down to the fact that whit kids all over the world will buy Waynes album. hence why it seems that everyone is selling out to become commercial. Not for the love of music but for the love of money.
The punks that claim real rap no longer exists are the ones who listen to radio all day every day, full well knowing they aren't gonna hear this song on it.
i must say, as black people we aren't buying our peoples music , we download. and i am guilty. :-(
DaNewBlack 5 months ago
@blackplaque617
simplest answer for that is great promotion.wayne has had great promotion throughout his career so the shit sells itself now pretty much on top of the fact that it was highly anticipated.although w.a.r was highly anticipated also it lacked that type of promotion. why? not because the quality of the album or thinking ppl wouldnt listen but since its an indie label they simply dont have the money to promote as well as ym.that being said if pm wound up signing with diddy way back
Batistaisbest 5 months ago
@blackplaque617
he would most likely have to compromise his not necessarily his quality but his sound.there are plenty mainstream rappers with high quality music but have still compromise the creative direction of their work.I think the problem comes into play when fans worry so much about album sales so much.so what if lil wayne sold a mil in a week everybody talking about it is only making him that much more powerful.unintentional promotion. REAL RAP RAW
Batistaisbest 5 months ago
@blackplaque617
i hate the term "real hip hop" but its not necessarily that people wont listen to it.its just that people dont know about it if that makes sense
Batistaisbest 5 months ago
@blackplaque617 Modern classic? Neeeeeegro pleeeeeease!
maxw0n 5 months ago
@blackplaque617 nothing to add on that comment! Fucking sad and true!
skarametch 5 months ago
@blackplaque617 Please don't hate on Lil Wayne. I heard the album to, the hype for it is what let us down. Only a couple songs caught my attention.
But Wayne worked hard to get where he is now. He started off the same way this guy did, with the little amount of views. He didn't just jump in the rap game and pop out selling 1mil per week per album, no, he worked and made a name for this shit. He has some great albums and mixtapes, such as Carter II and Da Drought 3.
NeoSlayer93 5 months ago
@blackplaque617 Personally, I'd much rather have 50,000 real fans than 1,000,000 people who listen to the singles and let the album die away in a month.
CMLiedtke 5 months ago 3
@blackplaque617 I have a theory, Wayne & these corn ball niggas aren't really selling that many albums. I'm seriously starting to think the mainstream record companies are just cutting these wack artists a check and telling them they sold all these albums. It just doesn't add up, I remember back in the day when an artist sold a lot of albums, YOU COULD SEE IT cause everyone you knew had that album. I dont know anyone who has lil waynes album, nor CD or Itunes on their computer. . . .do you?
ChuloBadGuy 4 months ago
@ChuloBadGuy that is a pretty damn good theory...
truthspeaks01 4 months ago
@blackplaque617 Amen. A-fucking-men.
CrawFish914 4 months ago in playlist More videos from duckdown
@blackplaque617 the problem is "they" have been brain washed since the cash money days to love that trash. i mean while most of us were listening to internal affairs peeps were backin that ass up. it's super sad dude.
truthspeaks01 4 months ago
@blackplaque617 well it is simple, it is marketing. Marketing is everything.
gasoline 4 months ago
@blackplaque617 I agree and disagree. I think the Carter IV is a GREAT album and it's defintiely the best one of the 4. The problem is their is no balance. Even if Pharoahe sold what Wayne sold, it would be all one way. It would be all Pharoah and no Wayne. And you can't have that either. You might not like it but Wayne puts out some good stuff and I think they both need to be there. The question to be asked is, why didn't both of them sell a million records the first week.
Certain 4 months ago
cont'd....I just don't get how people listen to this and dont feel it. I know not everyone can like everything but you mean out of all those tracks you don't like none of Pharoahe? Its mind boggling.
Certain 4 months ago 3
@blackplaque617 illuminati
MurvMuzik 3 months ago
@blackplaque617 Hip hop ain't dead :) Only those who said it are to be more likely closed minded people who don't follow up on the news from the Underground MC's . No further comments.
KSATica 3 months ago
@blackplaque617 Most of duckown artist are hot Black Robs shit hot as hell and they dont have the sales its all about payola pay for play its a money thing if you got the funds to pay the djs off and mtv you get the record sales its all corrupt thats why we need to support duckown and other indepenent labels if you want to continue to hear good hip hop
Lostinpanama 3 months ago
GIVE ME FIVE BRUH GIVE ME FIVE!!
Stanton02 5 months ago 2
yo this song gives me chills pure hip hop at its finest Phonte killed the hook
Stanton02 5 months ago 3
this hot 4 sure comeback muziq
09INTENSITY 5 months ago
This video is life changing, to me it speaks on 2 spectrums of life, like hip hop in a sense. One is how hip hop is supposed to be real, delicate, lyrical etc hip hop with color. The other is the pop, mainstream, bull crap music society portrays 9the black and white spectrum. Well thats just to me.
SkyThePoet1 5 months ago 3
MADNESS keeps attract the black men.......lets do better
crealkillah 5 months ago
Pure hip hop
OjMayo11 5 months ago
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this is the type of song nate dogg wudve RIPPED UP! RIP N8!
TheSimba511 5 months ago
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TheSimba511 5 months ago
My guy is right about it not getting into rotation. It won't. Yes, the industry is to blame as they push pop culture & nothing else. The one thing that everyone seems to miss is that it's Rap music in rotation on the radio & videos... HipHop culture is still alive & there is some dope stuff out there if you're prepared to spend a little more time looking.
Mass consumption drives the market... all we can do is keep finding these jewels & sharing them with as much people as we can.
stay blessed
mistajones06 5 months ago 2
LEGENDARY
markaaron102 5 months ago
Hiphop forever
markusquomatic 5 months ago
This music is too deep and thought provoking it will never be in rotation on commercial radio. Pop culture controls the youth.
Truintell 6 months ago
Masterpiece
sdaoud31 6 months ago
The Fact its Hip Hop went Mainstream now that money involved its not about Good Music its about hit records and platinum albums. That why you see the same video with the girls and bling bling and shit. But you will NEVER here people like immortal Technique and Styles P, Pharoahe Monch on the radio. to change Hip Hop you have to change the mainstream and its stars by not listening to the radio. When need to change Hip Hop back to Good Music and its starts by supporting MC's like Pharoahe Monch.
sespaillat 6 months ago
@ZpHiX2 I get that, but there's a difference between that and the fact this type of hip hop (the issue is really bigger than hip hop) is not on the radio. It isn't because the major labels and radio stations don't want to disrespect Pharoahe. It is already not promoted/sponsored by the mass media INTENTIONALLY. How many videos have been banned from BET for literally being too intelligent for their audience? I don't support purposefully dumbing down our peers, I don't know why s3kshuun8 does.
Trendead2 6 months ago
yeeeboy
Samarmy11 6 months ago
LOX FOR LIFE
NEVRSTOPBANGIN
LISTEN UP
ROUGE AND MODO
1PinaYStaR1 6 months ago
One of the best songs released in 2011. Masterpiece.
Ntzex 6 months ago
so fucking real and the video is great! real music!
BournemouthKID 6 months ago
guna see him un a coupla days or so croatia croatiaaaa!
BournemouthKID 6 months ago
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