Dj Jazzy Jeff and Raheem DeVaughn's "My People"

[koopstamc]

Ahh! 240p... we meet again!

[MedjayCommander]

I love both of those brothers, and I mean with all my heart their music and careers is whats needed then and now. BUT I am really disappointed that Raheem is pushing that Jesus line, because it was the making up of Jesus that has our people in this condition as we speak.

[AfrikanGod1]

great message.....What he says in this song is the truth

[sergiou66]

consciencious music... that's i like it!

[dash201011]

Smooth

Snaps

[songless100]

Can anyone tell me whos the guy speaking at the very start of this song plz...

[wiseknowin777]

@songless100 Dr. Cornell West

[blakraininit]

The Magnificent! 

[phakt]

This song randomly popped in my head and when i remembered it I had to play it again. I play songs out like theyre goin out of style

[matshimba1]

4 listeners are no My People. Why are the streets a living hell - probably because they want us to fail.

[m9hifidelitytv]

the lyrics,the beat, the vocals..speechless.. this song deserves a distinctive place to occupy in the universe for all conscious minds to ponder for as long as the existence of mankind and all lifeforms compatible to understand

[BrookeaCookea]

iiiii do



[BluntedRealHead]

Starting @ 2:59 I get mad goosebumps. So powerful. Peace.

[ThrowbackSoul]

'They say being free is about speaking your mind, prophesize too much is where they draw the line'. LYRICS!! Muzik for your mind, body and SOUL. We need more songs like this to inspire and uplift our people.

[MrLovingspain]

3 people have no souls and are innecessary in this world

[GagnezTV]

This is real right here! Thank you for sharing...

-G

[iPromoteDopeMusic]

@GagnezTV It's just like Santa's workshop! Except it smells like mushrooms... and everyone looks like they wanna hurt me...

[fjoidpsajf]

this track seriously brings me to tears every time...thank you so much jj !

[phinmac]

Real SOUL MUSIC!

[TheKejuan24]

Wiz khalifa kind of got the same beat song called name on a cloud

[gucci211]

Love his sound......

[smthomas23]

Guess those two dislikes are likely Jonas Bros. or Justin Bieber fans...

Oh well... LONG LIVE real music... SOUL MUSIC!!!

[mrsexypappa]

@smthomas23

NAZI'S! where there's minorities there's racism. where's racism there's opression and ghetto's no matter what race you belong to. in the US blacks and mexicans belong to that minority all faults of the country are blamed at, in western Europe it's eastern europeans, arabs and africans. no matter where you're from if you belong to a minority you will always be opressed and a victim of injustice

racism is a way to relieve yourself from responsibily for your own faults

[smthomas23]

Guess those two dislikes are likely Jonas Bros. or Justin Bieber fans...

Oh well... LONG real music... SOUL MUSIC!!!

[gucci211]

He is the truth!!!!!

[DovelleThaDon]

I luv the sample Jazzy Jeff used from The Pharcyde "Runnin". Incredible production skills. It's fucked up that you don't hear beautiful music like this anymore and this song is only 8 years old. The concept to music now IS DEAD THANKS TO COMMERCIAL RAPPERS AND RADIO STATIONS I HOPE ALL OF THEM BURN IN HELL.

[EdiBlazE]

This joint is sad but uplifting as well.

[jokespj]

This tune is BIG for real good good good music gwan jazzy...

[kmackdaddy]

came out in 2002

[bpatient843]

JAzzy Jeff is a real force in music! know that!

[mzansiloxx]

beautiful beautiful beautiful beautiful beautiful music

[carlos002nz]

Suena muy bien, con mucha clase. Gracias por dejarme descubrirlo.

The sound is perfect.

Best wishes from Salamanca, SPAIN!!!.

[kidMaureeFromItaly]

..still got this album on heavy rotation in my life.

[mobbdeepunit]

hiphop's back with Jazzy Jeff .... i feel the music once again ....

[MarkieG100]

Marvin Gaye Reincarnated 4real....

[dissinotra]

Just can say THANK YOU!!!!!! so beautiful!

[tumeka1979]

Beautiful, Raheem can sing his a#$ off!

[1dgirloriginal]

THE AGE OF MY PPL IS AMONG US! you can find the song on Jazzy Jeffs cd cant remember the name of it though.

[piyammy]

DJ Jazzy Jeff - The Magnificent

[davisismail1comcast]

The legend Jazzy Jeff, laid yet anotha one, and Raheem Davaughn vocals give it a beautiful haunting feel.

Peace is already out.

[speakwhnspkn2]

where can i find this song? it's not on either of raheem's CD's. Is it on DJ Jazzy Jeff's CD?

[psychmaj323]

@speakwhnspkn2 I can get you the song...

[massusm25]

Thank god ......

[ww8959]

Typo this song...

[ww8959]

This sing moves me... * tear*

[IllmaticEscobar91]

jazzy jeff killz it. period.

[Nunet999]

Love him...deep

[unilez]

Love this, anyone watching this please read Cornell West he is amazingas is W. E.B.Du Bois real legends

[JDMrob1]

Thanks man think its also in pharacydes Runnin with dilla

[JDMrob1]

Can anyone tell me which song the guitar sample in on its really gettin to me

[tcahyulcocr]

Saudade Vem Correndo by Stan Getz & Luiz Bonfa

[afimearts]

I feel this every day!

[monoslongshott]

so sad, it a wake up call, but no one hears..

[massusm25]

@monoslongshott just seen your message... you said it beautifully .. our people will get there....x

[DoinIt4MySoul]

i cant even express to you how much our youth need to hear this kind of poetry coming out of our radios, but some people arent ready for what Raheem And jeff are doing... Like others said good music get slept on, but i was awoken years ago.. i cant wait till Rah sings what he used to sing.. This music Reached into my soul and brought me back to where i needed to BE reality.. not bling and hoes, or smoke and guns.. real life.. Raheems mix tapes are the truth!

[VontriceOne]

This cd was soooo slept on...

But, it's still in my rotation.

I luv it!

[johnjam2000]

WHOS CD THIS SONG

[PlanetHarlem]

Wow!!! i had no idea they made a Video for this track. The Cd is Tight, . Love Jazzy...best DJ Ever.

[bayboyvision]

Tight Track!

[dvdlps22]

This POWERFUL, I wish many more of us would listen and open our minds

[blkman200000]

this music never makes it down south its a shame

[LoveMyNikes]

I love ....

[musaskhadijah]

This song is so powerful..It sends a great message...DJ Jazzy Jeff & Raheem DeVaughn you two brothers did ya thang ..this is a WAKE-UP moment ..To my people was made to endure ..3 strikes will surely pack the jails , like the slaveships when they sail ..my people all shapes & colors My people stay strong as an ox ..My people will never fail my people will always remain with a story to tell .. Peace and blessings Thank you.. Mr.President

[carolinadredlock]

this track is fiyah

[BlackSuperman26]

'who am i to judge the man withaneedle in his vein, when he's just chasing freedom, to escape the pain'

deep stuff bro

[ThrowbackSoul]

"...probably coz they want us to fail. Three strikes has surely packed the jail like the slave ships when they sail."

Preach! Real muzik is food for our people. Big tune!

[Jme1sweet1]

Raheem is loosing weight....he's way smaller than this video now. I love him and I loveee this song.

[dam024]

O my GOSH dis jaiwn goes hard ... u ont reali hear musik bout real shyt no mo ... big ups!!!!!!!!

[dragonpiike]

Hmm, did the Pharcyde use the same sample before?

[CitzaMatza]

can't keep runin' awaaaaaaaaaaaaay... xD xD xD

[teehoward1]

We reeeeaalllly need more music like this.....This is the truth. From the lyrics to the smooth beat....

[Yadada2626]

How could you not feel this song???

[moye41]

omg.i don't feel this song.but raheem is good

[MTXSHO9732vV8SHO]

Crank Dat Soulja Boy! Crank Dat Soulja Boy! What! What! Crank Dat Crank Dat Crank Dat Crank Dat! Soul Ja Soul Ja Soul Ja Soul Ja Soul Ja!

Supaman! Supaman! Supaman! Supaman! OOOOOOOOUHHHHHH!

That better?

[alexumanzor]

LMAO! you forgot to say at the end of that repeat 100 more times

[28thStonyisland]

This is without a doubt one of my alltime favorite songs, a positive message, a banging beat, I mean what else do you cats want????

[HCRBandit]

You need to check 'My Soul aint for Sale' off 'The Return'

Jeff and Raheem are a hit every time.

I didnt even know there was a video for this song.. This ish so hot!

'Why is every street a living hell? probably cause they just want us to fail..'

Love it!

[WAClownWalkaz]

i mean i agree w/ Deoxym0nohydroxinate

[brooklynn580]

SO SO REAL LOVE THIS

[DoinIt4MySoul]

This is the Raheem and Dub L i feel in love with! this is the mess that they should be playin on BET this is what all the kids in the ghetto need to listen to!!! This is what MUSIC is!!!!!! "A vision is only blurred when life seems unfair!"

[Deoxym0nohydroxinate]

this is what hip hop should sound like

[WAClownWalkaz]

i agree

[jemitchell]

I love this!!!! My favorite track from the Magnificent.

[smikoler123]

damn! this shyt iz butta

[LadyLuckDC]

Man wow this is off S.E. Vol.1 correct? Never knew it was a video for this one. This is an awesome video...and this has always been an awesome track! Real music will always win in my heart. I love y'all so much the movement is real!

[HCRBandit]

This is off  Jazzy Jeff's 'The Magnificent'

[dubell202]

this country doesn't support our movement as a collective unfortunately... they don't connect the dots over here really, so the PR is not gonna happen over here. but, wes felton, raheem and bilal salaam did a whole week of shows together in TOKYO Japan... maybe they will make it to europe soon...

wes felton is suppoed to be in Paris this sept/october

[Jojobo21]

Thats Harriet Tubman Elementary school in Uptown D.C.

[Salatosis]

Sounds like they used the 'runnin' sample from the group pharcyde that kicks in around 0.24. Am i wrong?

[blindmansbible]

yeah, sounds like it, and that's a phat joint too

[zalexfcxxx]

i got this album..... off the chain.... classic timeless music!....

[inspiredsister]

damn! i didn't know there was a video for this. this made my day :-D

[DoinIt4MySoul]

Love it love it love it love it Rah! Miss you in the D dot C dot!

[sysmith69]

Nice video Dub! You're doing the damn thing - GUERRILLA STYLE FILM SHOOTS! Love it!

[2FRsoul]

Jazzy Jeff works so many already used samples VERY well. I wish i had that kind of creativity.

[toadstyle101]

Awsome joint by Jazzy & Raheem. I love that sample which The Pharcyde used on 'Runnin'.

[roshawnmarkwees]

Sounds like Marvin Gaye. That's a good thing. The message is neo-segregationism. That's a bad thing.

Tell 'em about how you grew up in middle class suburbia, Raheem.

You ain't from no "'hood".

You apparently follow the lead and frame 'your people' with skin color. That is pure racism.

It's a big lie.

But your musical talent is undeniable.

Focus on that.

[balla726]

I think you need to watch the vid again and listen to the words. Racism? I think not! People of colour will not expect you to understand as you live a life and in a system that can allow you to close your eyes to and will not expose you to many of the things that are experienced by his/my peole EVERYDAY ALL OVER THE WORLD! It doesn't matter where he grew up or his ethnicity really, because his people understand what he is saying and where he is comin from. Dat's what counts.

FROM 1 of his ppl

[roshawnmarkwees]

What makes 'people of color' people of color and why is it important?

If ethnicity nor where he grew up doesn't matter then you explain what determines what really is 'his people'.

Does the word 'contrivance' mean anything?

[balla726]

As I said before 'you live a life and in a SYSTEM that can allow you to close your eyes to and will NOT expose you to many of the things that are experienced by his/my people EVERYDAY ALL OVER THE WORLD! To insinuate that struggling to survive and acknowledging others in understanding that it crosses ethnic lines, if that position is 'contrived' then you typify as to why it is important for the people who want change & know this system is wrong, to stand together & do something about it. My ppl!

[roshawnmarkwees]

You're closing YOUR eyes, dawg.

His 'people' are mostly white, middle class, suburban Prince George's County, MD of 1990.

His 'my people' routine is a tired neo-segregationist, anti-MLK racism thing.

It's an assimilated thing -- you apparently wouldn't understand.

The message is neo-racist bigotry.

Period.

But the music is awesome.

[balla726]

As I said before 'you live a life and in a SYSTEM that can allow you to close your eyes to and will NOT expose you to many of the things that are experienced by his/my people EVERYDAY ALL OVER THE WORLD! To insinuate that struggling to survive and acknowledging others in understanding that it crosses ethnic lines, if that position is 'contrived' then you typify as to why it is important for the people who want change & know this system is wrong, to stand together & do something about it. My ppl!

[roshawnmarkwees]

"Struggling to survive" in middle-class suburbia? Gimme a break.

Our boy Raheem has had no experience in "struggling to survive". He's from Beltsville, MD. Middle-class suburbia.

This is all a racist contrivance.

Too bad he doesn't just rely on his obvious musical talent and avoid the political race thing he uses to try to give himself a credibility he doesn't realize he doesn't need.

[PoeticSongstress]

when did this song come out? i'm looking @ ppl's comments n it seems like it's been out 4 a LONG time. i see when it was posted, which is sad, but when did it come out. this song is nice. i luv raheem devaughn. i bought his cd n i don't regret it AT ALL!!

[dubell202]

it came out maybe 4 years ago or so. it's on jazzy jeff's 1st solo record...

[PoeticSongstress]

ARE U SERIOUS???!!! it is so sad that i've just now heard it.

[victornewman06]

Michael Baisden played it a few times on his syndicated radio show. I bought Jazzy Jeff's "The Magnificent" back in '02 when it came out. It's one of my favorites.

[balla726]

Excellent tune, just discovered this and I'm smiling on a warm day working towards a better future with honest music playing in the background... Who is sampled at the beginning, before the music plays?

[dubell202]

dr. cornel west

[balla726]

Nuff respect for the reply... Isn't the internet a wonderful thing when used properly! Communication, sharing and understanding coming to you from London UK. Just to let those there are thousands of us here! Don't believe what you see on the TV about this place... My People B.I.G TUNE!!!!

[wolf0328]

"Years and years of civil rights chasing to pass that bill

But ask yourself people have we changed or are we standing still

Down and out struggling

In this concrete jungle

One check away from starvation, poverty

But they say being free is about speaking your mind

Prophesise too much and that's where they draw the line

A line as thin as the line between war and peace

A line as thin as the line between west and east"

Powerful words.... Think people

[RasDivine]

"Vision is only blurred when life seems unfair"...love this track! Been on this from The Magnificent dropped. Damned if I do love this track.

[yungdre313]

future of r&b

[cnwillia2004]

I agree with you all, I do everything to support Raheem, and any Good music for that matter! I wish I could do more to enlighten people about Raheem! He deserves all the EVERYTHING in this world he could possibly want! He is the Best! Hope he wins that GRAMMY!

[Omerta3000]

I wish to God this song was included on The Love Experience album.

[MynORity]

wow street experience Vol 1 track...

this is def a throwback...

thanx for a video to such a moving track...

[BrandonReviews]

wHY is it that people dont want to listen to real music like this. I mean they got like a million comments on videos that dont even compare when it comes to having a message behind the music. But I guess that goes to show you where the people's head is at right now & most importantly where the media is guiding them.

I think people like us who appreciate real music needs to really like promote this Brother so he can be recognized for his gift to sing realness.

[Questbx1]

classic

[EBJ0424]

Raheem got that Marvin Gaye flowing through him.

[Paulopusher]

I forgott how beautiful this song was!lovin it!

[victornewman06]

This is a beautiful song. This is the type of music that should be on the radio,not people like *fill in the blank*

[supamanluva]

Raheem Devaughn iz da bizness

[amirah1011]

mad enlightening...music should be more like this...im such a big fan of raheem and jazzy jeff...love it :-)

[jacksonnicolem]

so sad it has only been viewed 4,000 times....

[blahha80]

this track is so dope its too bad more ppl havent heard it

[kevtastic]

Gotta love Raheem's vocals. Any work he does with Jeff hits that high benchmark

[albee07]

I love this song!!!

[rasranks]

THIS IS GOOD MUSIC WITH A MESSAGE

[ANTMKia]

my song too!

[Webbica82]

This is my song!!!! Glad to know there is a video!

[nacole6]

That was a great video

[Konfucius2k6]

Beautiful music

-K

[Greengrrl40]

The music speaks to my soul. Just beautiful!

[laterronm80]

this dude music speak for him and itself.The modern day marvin gaye

[HieroHero1]

great track

[SweetNsoFlyy]

THATS MY BOIIII. Jeff. Makin history. Raheem got excellent skill 2. great combination, and i loved the video..

SweetNsoFLyy

[zetafrompaine]

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!!!