"Funkin Lessons" by X-CLAN/ BROTHER J poem-"ATLAN"

[ImaniHekima]

Brother J's poem was truly great - respect.

[nahylkathyse]

Aint no one hattin on this cuz its old skool :)

[Jubel06]

@nahylkathyse No one hatin cause this is protected by the Red the Black and the Green

[dlacc187]

sisssssssssssssy

[cda7s]

Take notice that the brothers didn't go for the fat gold chains and all that

[Wisebrother78]

You know the white power structure wasn't going to have all this "proud to be black" shit going on! This is how we got the N.W.A's and others who called us niggers and our women bitches instead of Africans.

[RecordStr8]

This was very conscience Hip Hop, they used the Parliament-Funkadelic derivatives as bait in order to get their message across. What is funkier than P-Funk? Hence the title: 'Funkin Lesson.'

[maysonbanner]

X-Clan had to be the worst offenders of pillaging Parliament Funkadelic songs.

[mrdiamonde]

@maysonbanner how can you pillage when George Clinton encourage them to sample it? they keep the funk relavent to a whole new generation.

[zandax1]

that went way over most of their heads

[Deezasterful]

0 Dislikes, that's logical.

[KyleJoyner]

shrine!

[RealHipHopSucks93]

wack 90's hip hop

[galacticox4]

@RealHipHopSucks93 If you don't like this you know nothing about Hip-Hop. I'm sure there's some Justin Beiber and Lady Gaga videos here for you.

[jbowersj]

mASSIVE

[shwenda]

wow i remember this song. It was the shit back in the day

[justsusleeg]

walkin stompin in my big black boots, living off the earth eating herbs and fruits, the children await me by the mountain and the river, and gather 'round the fire for the scrolls that I deliver. (Grand Verbalizer)  DAMN I MISS REAL HIP-HOP!!!!!!!

[fattboi101]

omg i grew up to this. this is cleaning and house music

[kamelgee]

dam! x clan gave us egyptology, krs 1 gave us metaphysic, public enemy gave us fore front defence against white surpremecy........and out of nowhere n w a,, negative gangster rap took over ,..and our youth lost their minds just when we were raising conscious..co winkydink? I DONT THINK SO

[AvEryBadApPLe]

@kamelgee you what funny, but sad? on express yourself, dre say he didn't smoke weed. a few summers later, his cronic cd sold millions.

[MrFrodiggs]

@kamelgee

I feel ya, good analysis. They f'ed with the NYC recipe and it tastes awful now. There were some good groups outside NY but it just went south in a weird way.

It's like there is a row of seats up front and some of the youth would rather be in the back drinking n gettin' lap dances while they twitter about nuthin'

[Gangstabatsch]

whats the name of the hairstyle (brother J)

sry for my english im from austria

thx

[Spanglemaker42]

High-top Gumby fade.

[tswift101]

One nation under a groove- Funkadelic

[FUNKINTIME]

What song is this sampled from?

[baelsharon]

yes it sucks, I remember when the music industry didn't care if songs were sampled. Then they started suing and clamping down. Copyrighted. Greed took over and the true artists threw up their hands. Now look what happened. Current rap / hip hop sucks, music industry is known more for suing mp3 downloaders than for music itself.

[crysjumar1]

this is real shit right here.

[diamondjayhiphop]

The golden age of HIPHOP!!! Sampling at is best(along with De La Soul and, DJ Pooh,Dr Dre).No Pc -No Frutty Loops or Modern Samplers with 10 min sampling times. Could the Limited instruments in the 80's..be the reason why there WAS so much creativity at that time.Think about it.

[StoicTwo]

It's crazy how Mexican claim ATLAN but that's African/black/mooris werid!

-StoicOne!

[m1muzik]

ITS called, AZTLAN

[StoicTwo]

Oh, ok learned somehthing new!

-StoicOne!

[gl0bal74]

Brother J is very very dope

[carguydee79]

I love this group, I was just thinking about them the other day. They need to come back out we really need this type of music.

[chj2]

X-Clan IS still out - I saw them live with PE a couple years ago and they had an album out called "Return To Mecca". One of the highlights was a historic joint called, "Speak the Truth" with KRS-ONE - it's HOT!!!! It's on youtube too. Check it out!

[rocyoknot]

Yo this was the ish I was just a shorty. Now and days you can barely get two verses from an artist. Ol chorus rappin ass splinters. one of his verses is todays artist whole song.

[DavePretty]

Seriously, how did X-Clan get clearance for all the crazy samples they have in their songs? I don't know who their DJ/Producer was, but that guy was a sampling guru.

[xmikerx666]

tune probably just old enough to be prior to the mahor wave of lawsuits that really ended the sample based hip hop...other than the sample stabs used by premier etc...or dre having session muso's to get around the rules...now someone post the damned remix!!! cheers!!!

[pinkybrooklyn]

simply beautiful....

[nap426]

I have met him really nice guy, humble too. Love him!

[BramMeindersma]

Goosebumops

[35nomoon]

this is real hip hop, todays rap is garbage they will never come close to real hip hop

[xmikerx666]

can someone post the remix? cheers

[633390]

crazy good

[scoob75]

I remember being a teen and how "GOOD" this music made us feel! NWA was good, but this was good for you.

[kalif151byccrew]

he's got more rhymes than these fake faggots of today. AND his lyrics have SUBSTANCE

[Moody1995]

SSSSIIIIIIIISSSSSSYYYYYY

[gambit1357]

Wow!! hot shit homie!! Thanks for the post!!

[efrnmasonry]

cumin from SCLA on 21STS estas rolas are firme...

[badactin]

i guess im blacka than they shadow in the darkest alley that they always scared to go in-BOO!!

[melaninelectric]

brother j best mc all times

[ECKOYCOI]

real HIP-HOP.... a true banger u sissssyyyyy

[dt3223]

R.I.P. PROFESSOR X

[rayodele]

classic!!!!

vanglorious!!!!

[rayvrivera]

I used to bump this track when i was a dj

back in the day. nice to hear this

[freddyjaye]

CLASSIC!!!!

[dimcry7]

i wear boots and beads, bags and braids, stick and scroll, razor shades, walked in the light of the moon but i never been a batman, African called a blackman!

[dreckka]

Hell Yea...

[dt3223]

YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH­!

[LAd3ycak3z]

X-clan be kickin major knowlege, Sissyy ! !

[scatman44]

To Bro J....Don't worry, finishing it off with "sissyyyyy" wouldn't have hurt nobody!

[cruzjesse117]

I think me and my brother Brandon were the only hispanic hip hoppers who would listen to X-CLAN

[chupaqui10]

no youre not.  im chicano from so. cali and i love xclan.

[phucdadevils]

black -n-brown PRIDE AND UNITY FO EVA!!

[PIOSystems]

He has such a dope voice while rapping...This group was like the edger version of 'Arrested Development...

[rocktown61201]

wheat bread, taste the jam....

[Funkmaster4061]

This was the jams during Desert Storm

[cherriesandicecream]

love the george clinton sample!!

[thirdshift47]

"Let me tell you about blackness/Grits and cornbread/How can you act this"

[MTXSHO9732vV8SHO]

anybody got an equalizer...? I'm not into worshipping Egyptian Gods or Ancestor Worship but X Clan did their thing. To the East Blackwards was the BOMB. R.I.P. Suga Shaft.

[Authulhu69]

they kick ass seen them like a year ago

[musicmixingguru]

driving pink caddies..they don't know bout that real hip hop...

[ixeosixe]

Wow, this was my joint. The album was phenomenal

[psychodela]

check this....

"Jak nie ty to kto? feat brother j"

[gregjones7]

It's a shame there is no room for expression like this in rap!

[thirdshift47]

All hail the immortals.