King Sun - Be Black

[geechie9]

Overlooked and underrated. King Sun was speaking truth.

[iam01]

CLASSICKINGSUN!

[SugarMami]

Peace to the Moor King Sun!

[MythObject]

this shit is beast!

[IdoubleL2]

Where are the cuts???!!!

[ralphlow187]

Peoples, this is before ZIONIZM..

[SuperMpare]

M P A R E!!!

[mackblagic]

this is awesome!

[SuperEquence]

This is for real my guy. Love his music. We grew up together in Paterson,NJ. East 33rd ST. Peace God

[BeingOStupid]

This song makes me want to be a black man.

[Lorenshyne]

Funky joint with soulful meaning. what happened with this guy, this was his only major hit? He is political like X-Clan.

[electronicchronic]

he was friends with mf grimm

[djdabblin]

Tyme Machine Tuesday!!!

[ellwoodpway3rd]

i cann't find this song i love it!!!!!!!!!!

[electronicchronic]

@ellwoodpway3rd yea same i went to video 2 mp3 doot com. Download their plug in for Mozilla it works awesome

[domajanet]

Allot of People try to act as if they live a life of Hip-Hop, if you want to see how Hip-Hop should be lived go visit King Sun In Bronx NY, better yet Gunhillroad! He never left the hood, even after selling gold with his second album Righteous But Ruthless. Like a prophet he stayed amongst his people bringing some of the most ferocious lyrics and songs to come out the Bronx.

[Kuahmel]

@domajanet Uhhh, King Sun actually lives in L.A. now, and has for years.

[truciph7]

PEACE KING SUN!!

[DieserPenisRockt]

Black Power !



[YoungBlackStud95]

@DieserPenisRockt Black Pride!

[screamtherapy2010]

rap music of today is a missile of destruction aimed right at our black youth. Positive messages are sorley needed nowadays instead of stupid hateful songs about all the material things to waste your money on. You really wanna be somebody in this world don;t be a thug..go to college.

[smlz50]

was king dissin @ 0:49-0:50..about back to dressing cotton...was he taking a jab @ de la soul and jungle brothers? idk maybe im analyzing too much.

but anywho..this beat is crazzy dope! he does sound a lil like rakim..maybe thats y he didnt make it major back in da day cus of that

[Sleepyfist]

@smlz50 Well, that was the going style at the time however it's obvious that Jungle Brothers were ambassadors of that style. What's ironic is how he talks about women in tight fitting clothes then he turns around later and does a video called Undercover Lover.

[smlz50]

@Sleepyfist

lol.thanks I might check that video out.

[smlz50]

was king dissin @ 0:49-0:50..about back to dressing cotton...was he taking a jab @ de la soul and jungle brothers? idk maybe im analyzing too much.

[YoungBlackStud95]

IM FROM AFRICA! What city? UUUUH Jamaica!. ROFL!

[69ways2sunday]

fucking dope

[IceManLikeGervin]

Positive over negative- knowledge of self, grab that book off the shelf!

[cabagool]

Always liked King Sun, not a mainstream mc, but definately a skilled one with his own style. Had both his cd's once, quality!

[suaved]

Who cares if he sounds like Rakim? He didn't bite his style or rhymes; he just happens to have a voice that sounds similar. He can't help that. Listen to the message and stop nitpicking.

[HipHopApostles]

i am the creator of the "HipHopApostles" group on facebook and would like to share the real hip hop with the people who give respect to it

[kotep777]

king sun murdering it

beat is slammin!!!

[djdottieb]

did anyone peep that was f gary gray with fro in the first break?

[TheDOLMET]

Back when HIP HOP was REAL

[smggangster]

lmfao he sounds like rakim xD

[2965islyfegodfrey]

I always felt Paris and Sun was battling to prove who was the best Rakim clone lol

[maryjanezilovhiphop]

yeeeeeh ;D dis is sooo absolutly classic. like da beat most!

[Krisando]

This is fonkey.

[robertoalmazansales]

en mi otra vida fui negro c me hace a wuevooo ke siiiiii

[boots13100]

Is it me or is King Sun Sounding like Rakim

[yohanntimban]

@boots13100 agree 100%

[MrPappypaws]

@boots13100 He sounds just like Rakim LOL

[gdub520]

lol i haven't heard this song in ages

[MrJaymoe38]

That pretty strong message, what is King Sun into now days?

[triunemusicgroup]

real shhhhht

[5magyes]

Look at what hip hop has become, he's dissing people who fronted and used the medallions and pro black as a gimmick in hip hop, now the money, bling shit is the gimmick. I'd rather have the pro black be the gimmick. wordup

[puppaducka]

@5magyes Not only that. He dissed De La Soul and 3rd Bass

[trademarktaz]

@5magyes the problem is that it really was a fashion trend and most people didn't stand for that shit that it was suppose to represent. i think it shows us how artificial many people are in today's world. in fact king sun talks about all this in this song we're listening to lol.

[5magyes]

@trademarktaz Yeah no doubt, its a shame yo

[MrBlackmask27]

relavant record

[dijufos]

Get's no reallah killah

[yohanntimban]

he sounds like rakim

[MUZIKLUVA420]

the lyrics is dope mayne this was 90 dam 20 years ago

[biasdad]

Yo that's why i love this joint, he was going against the grain on this joint, ya dig?

talking about how for the most part why he was feeling redbones, and how he was screaming on cats wearing them African medallions instead of gold he was just telling mufucka's to dig themselves and quit buggin out.

[biasdad]

Yo where are the joints like this nowaday's, aint no more morals, no more community...Like Nas said!!!

[LOOPWHOLEBEATS]

WORD UP.

[iKiLLfAKeNi99AZ]

ALL DAY NU99AAAAAA!!!!!!

[Kataklyzim]

Now THIS is true hip hop and how its done! I don't know WHAT that stuff is that they are listening to today is called but I DO know it's straight gahbage!

[dodgerfan90]

@Kataklyzim hey you know it dogg, i am 37 and i am sedated in the 70s and 80s but also grew up on old school hip hop.i still listen to all of this today, this was a great track 20 years old now man i am getting old, lol great memories of my teen years but you are so right todays rap does not make any sense and wannabe tough guys who are rally pussies and fake , good post . old school forever

[bornjust2003]

FOR ALL YOU YOUNGSTERS THIS WAS THE THEME OF MOST OF THE ORIGINAL HIP HOP SONGS. MANY GODS (5% ers) WERE RAPPERS, THAN CAME CALI ........... AND YOU SEE WHERE WE ARE NOW. (F THIS F THAT SH--, ASS KILL YOU NIGGER, NIGGER, HOE BITCH, GANGSTER). WHAT A SHAME.

[PremierLegend]

Nice!!!

[RichyJA]

I thought he was Zulu he throwin up some 5%shit

[AliasGATC]

i wish i was black :(

hahaha

[NikodeemNJ]

I'll bet this record pissed a lot of people off...brothas wearing medallions w/o knowledge of what it means, morons who think bigging up lightskinned sistas is a sin...but the brotha's definitely intelligent and makes some interesting points. This cat should always be mentioned in discussions about great, slept on emcees.

[RichyJA]

@NikodeemNJ yo dats red cafe@3:20

[Tamemoe]

Music with rhymes that are still true to this day.

[palmandre09]

This is my brother king Sun...my names Andre Auram im from norwalk california and the day i met this brother was the day i realized what an honor it is to be a part of the hip hop culture...the truest form of conscious expression that we need to bring back!!!! one love yall,,, King Sun one of hip hop's greatest! Peace to da Gods

[hustletv]

Damn, I want that fuckin Jacket. Peace to the REAL Gods and Earths!

[Trex8008]

Classic

[shabazz120]

PEACE GOD!

[NotAsOtherz]

Real hip hop like this is still around. Its just not on tv anymore

[shahiermoenna]

@NotAsOtherz yes like so many white rappers and averbody in the world thinks eminem is the best white rapper. it's a pity

[Irockgswift]

Rap music like this is very long gone. Its about materialism and nonsense.

[jonblazeinc]

big up urself king sun! spitting truth and knowledge! anybody want a short black history lesson listen and digest all the words in this song! makes me want to dig up my krs one,tragedy :intelligent hoodlum and public enemy albums and buy x-clan, poor righteous teachers, etc.

The black activist rappers of late 80s and early 90s were ahead of their times!

[okaythenbob]

The 5%s had a lot of sway back in the day..

[FlowmasterNYC]

It's too bad King Sun didn't get more credit. I heard that record execs didn't want to promote his album for some reason. He was mad talented and a lot of hot tracks that no one has ever heard! He deserved more play during his time.

[DJCW]

@FlowmasterNYC Too black too strong especially for the time.

[STLEO1]

@AngryNewYorker2 I agree with ya 100%

[LeedsPieman]

Oh yeah! Remember this well. Saturday mornings chillin and watching Yo MTV Raps - Rap should still be like this!

[Goodlife51]

wow........if we still had a message in the music,where would we be?

[Jahrass7]

"snap out of the negative and into the positive"

whoah...if you only knew how many people missed that

[AvEryBadApPLe]

jay-z and lil wayne should hear this song

[qwandiddy]

And that little faggot pussy ass SOuljaboy doesn't know shit about this REAL Hip Hop Here.

King Sun Ruled the Hip Hop!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[AvEryBadApPLe]

he's just one of the many pawns that's murdering rap music. the artist representatives, video directors, producers, djs, vjs and most of all the folks that will buy ANYTHING with a sales sticker on it.

[rpj1]

@qwandiddy Peace family...i understand you wanna make a point about the culture but please be careful about beating up our seeds...i'm not a souljah fan( i don't buy his stuff) but i don;t blame him for doin what he do...i blame US!...those who know the culture but lost sight of the program...had we stuck 2 the plan(each one teach one)...we may have a lot less soulijah's and gucci's...peace and blessing

[STLEO1]

@AvEryBadApPLe they both fag they aren't original at all they all about the Benjamin

[AvEryBadApPLe]

not only that, there so many so called rappers following the exact formula when they pick up a mic. the shit is corny.

[barrjail]

afrocenticity at its rawest form. king sun big ass bronx nigga!! raw ass lyrics.

[habbadou]

Arm Leg Leg Arm Head LOOOOL!!

[coldrockdaspot]

classic 90's Hip Hop, thanks for this video.

[simonpheenix]

damn what happen to rap!? BIG UP 2 KING SUN!

[johnjnukemsheridan]

@simonpheenix Till I hear some King Sun I say we do em till it's done ;)

[jordan3649]

I shook King Sun's hand outside of a KRS ONE concert in Miami last year. He sounded a little tipsy but he was in a good mood and he could tell i had alot of respect for him, he even gave me advice...I like his music even though i wasnt born till '88

[PowerIBismillah]

Peace to the Gods & Earths. Sun u did it with this one beloved.

[MsAntoinette191]

long time ago still hothot iLike

[macksun]

Shame his career aint work out. Hope he went on to play basketball or something.  Dudes like 6ft 7"

[rekouche]

This tracj is HOT TO DEATH and pure truth!! Lessons all day long...

[suaved]

This is what is SORELY missing in hip hop.

[PESA505]

DOPE SONG

[Alxsezz]

But thats true what he said about women

[Alxsezz]

Wanna be Rakim

[mxpassion17]

yo im from africa, Ok name one city? "AAHHH jamaica? wrong!

HAHA!

[themadsamplist]

This album got stolen from me......

[Mr1DanSmith]

Great video great rhyme great artist

[suchasin]

King Sun is a true King! Never heard a rapper rhyme and flow like him ('cept maybe Rakim).

Why he fell off?

[ecouriercouk]

..Or Maybe Eminem.

[curtisb3000]

just the truth

[DAGIGGALA]

TRUE DAT!!!!!

[chinaman40]

this is true hip hop at its original form before the record company rejected the positive to premote the negative.the devil will always destroy whats good..

[IPrinceMajestic]

Peace to the Gods and Earths.

[curtisb3000]

Be Black is so much far more advanced than most know even me...its more than a cultural stance, style, life or even a whole race. Really its too much but you must first crawl to walk "

"Universal omniscience - Color of Perfection"

[djnovadacoldest]

PEACE GOD

[fob04]

whos got king sun fat tape? thats his best song

[krownkreations]

I got his CD...and FAT TAPE is a raw material never been released in NYC. I have been a fan of King Sun and yes he might sound like Rakim but to me that is an honor. He got robbed by his Label and everyone else that was suppose to help him out to promote him. KING SUN IS STILL KING!

[xclusiv118]

Peace to the gods and earths!

[ssaturn]

i miss these day. our people were so black and fun. now everythings all watered down.

[shogunmetic]

peace

[Larh124]

Everything this guy said id the truth, I wonder how Sun feel about the rap game today! Sun will more than likely get on everyone with that FAKE shit! The part that got me laughing was around 0:52 the guiltiness on those guys face LOL! I love this video Classic shit! This here even refers to today's shit!

[Joebprod1]

Chuck D. introdused me to Farrakhan,the Black panthers,& freedom fighters like H.Rapp Brown & the 5 percenters. Later I found the teachings of the Hon.Elijah Muhammad as taught by the Hon.Louis Farrakhan.I've been Muslim ever since.And I'm White!!!

[cupraqueen]

Anyone know his real name by the way?

[djnovadacoldest]

i know his last name is TURNBOW

[cupraqueen]

Even John Peel (RIP) played this once late on Radio 1 in about 1990

[genefury]

i loved his message i remember this

[Derteufell666]

I met this guy on the roof of my building downtown LA. Imagine his suprise when a skinny white kid in amkeup and a mohawk remembered him from the 80's.

[Logicalpsycho2323]

this jam was on MTV?

damn, back when mtv was legit.

[kevhar12]

@Logicalpsycho2323 Yeah,MTV was legit. Now it`s all reality shows. I was lucky to be around then to see how things evolved. It`s not like it used to be.

[herbaljunky]

@Logicalpsycho2323 Gentrification fam! That's how they strategically destroy movements. MTV got a hold of revolutionary music and it all goes downhill from there.

[RP4lyf]

dis cat remindz me of rakim lil bit son

[beyo2120]

daaaaammnnn this takes me back!

[gringomontana]

yeah true hip hop from back in the day! no bling, no materialistic shit, not that garbaje thats out now a days.

[thetwiggz1]

@gringomontana -thats so true even though im 11 years old

[picalo32]

wonder were this cat is!!!!

[Dre7Guevara]

I remember this video back when I was a sophomore in high school, B4 I even knew what a 5 Percenter was, I can remember walking home from school one day listening 2 fools say that the Universal Flag of the NGE symbolized being a member of the Vice Lords.

like I said, FOOLS!!!

[bomsheeta]

rakim was darkskin clown

[pmsan29]

King sun had a good voice for the mic.

Classic hiphop for sure.

[newyorkowner]

so dope so pure so hip hop........

[ysgtimothy23]

"Each place around you was meant to down you/Kings and queens and yet they still won't crown you/"

Profound to say the least. One of my favorite artists back then.

[ysgtimothy23]

"boy ya just a faker/ name one city...uhh JAMAICA!"

Why is it always the lightest brothers who are the most outspoken about being Black? Where's Omar Epps, Mekhi Phiefer, Wesley Snipes and them?

[ruggedmc]

excellent song makes ya proud to be black

[Aikiaprima]

loool "teach her how to original and how to black " this guy is too soild

[StoicTwo]

I just peeped that too man he put it down with this on!

-Stosa!

[cratenerd]

Ill lp. The Gods Are Taking Heads was righteous also. R.I.P. Tony D.

[djkaneck1]

Deepest line in the whole joint @1:32 "An African look with an American name!" I lost this album in 2005. where can i get it?

[buggeazy]

the deepest part to me is...this place was ment to down you kings and queens but they steel wont crown you

[richardturnbow]

God, this is great!! What a flashback to a time when rap wasn't CRAP = Capitalistic RAP.

Plus it's good to see my Cousin when he was still slim!.... hahahaha.

Rich TURNBOW

[battlehoggs]

Does anyone know about the alleged Blacklisting of King Sun & Frankie Cutlass by Fat Joe? I saw cuban link talking about it in a video interview

[stonybrooknick]

yeah what was up with that it put them both way underground

[revelashaun68]

Peace!!!

[BizMarley]

wow me recuerda cuando estaba en la secundaria... it reminds me high school days in merida mexico... thanks for this!

[seldomseenallover]

This was the real hip hop... I haven't seen this in over 15 years

[dudurty504]

Wow!! I've been looking for the song/video for sooooo long. Excellent message to the wanna-be's and the lost.

Learn your culture people so you can know and remember what it means to "BE BLACK"

A million thanks to DeeJayH20 for posting this video.

[southrapsucks]

when black americans stood for something............real tak ya know im telling ha truth!!!!!!!!

[Infamous256]

LOL is that Damn Wayans at 1:04 with the fro???

[olmec19]

He Sounds Like Brotha Rakim From Eric B And Rakim!! Cool

[Mackadoeshez]

dope upload!

[tarmamas123]

I still sing this song today because what he is saying is so real.

[southrapsucks]

the kkk is in here folks read the comments

[southrapsucks]

niggas sold out in 2009 sambo uncletom 85 niggas fuck lil gay wanye fuck 50 piss fuck tha south so called rap and fuck tha radio!!! this is so dope!

[Hundredrounds]

peace to the GODS AND EARTHS

[Dre7Guevara]

Peace to The Gods & Earths!!!!

[boston312]

These were the days of educated hip hop. Afro-Centric based yet the main objective was knowledge and self-awareness. Whats the objective nowadays? Money, hoes, violence and materialistic bullshit.

[luvtoolicc]

Nahh akee, King Sun was about Afro Asiatic based knowlege. Selam

[knowledge411]

I always loved this song...came from the era when certain people were scared to death of rap music...

[BOX5]

this song is a classic yell

[zoloftboy]

I loved this song back in the days.

[toneric1]

This is a song to for the restoration of "BLACK" people

[LokedOutHipHopJunkie]

I really dig the seriousness of King Sun and Paris as well. To me their music and message destroys all this ignorant music that is a representation of what Hip Hop is supposed to be nowadays, and I mean in comparison.I know a lot of the youth will not agree. (Damnit) WHY CAN'T MUSIC TELEVISION CATER TO EVERYBODY's TASTE. It would definitly influence more creativity rather than countless amounts of clones.