Kurtis Blow - If I Ruled The World

[Wrooblas]

real hip hop!

[bahttsion]

I'm sitting here grinning at Kurtis blow's fine and sexy self just like I did when this first came out! I ran to see Krush Groove at the theater and left out cheez'n just like now. Only difference is, now I'm 40!!!

[gmaster4444]

nas sampled dis

[Peachesswaggable]

i am 41 years old an this shit still sounds good,

[upsoest93]

240p , so we meet again ....

[tiarekhalo1]

time to get some funk on

[MrStr8leg]

man, I was just a lil kid when this came out. FUCK I'M OLD!!!

[Baiju900]

These are like your favourite rapper's favourite rappers

[EngelNr666]

sweet

[NYMDgirl2u]

I would like to find the 22 dumb asses who disliked this song and video!!!

[OnyxPhoenix]

what movie is this from?

[mrmartywaring]

@OnyxPhoenix Krush Groove!!! Every hip hop/rap fan should always know this one.....

[tiarekhalo1]

@mrmartywaring yes this is true. ultimate movie. i fell in love with Blair Underwood and Tender Love lol

[dimp10]

@OnyxPhoenix Krush Groove

[XxPzPxX1]

Kurtis blow is da best

[Meica21]

@ghostchild88 then someone had soulja boy smh

[BongLocz]

Nas used a sample from ´´whodini - friends´´ the melody!! , and the chorus is from this song!! kurtis blow a rap legend!

[millfordsange]

Ahh yes! I remember when Crush Groove was int the theaters, I was only like 7 and my older siblings wouldn't take me to see it...Kurtis was the man.

[619emienemrelapse]

thumbs up if u think this is better than nas' cover

[ghostchild88]

Ahh, back when rap was simple kind and harmless...what happened?

[nicole201189]

no cussing that's cool!

[klook]

IF I LIVED IN THESE TIMES I WOULD HAVE RULED THE WORLD 2.

[HavokOnePointZero]

NAS DIDNT USE THIS MELODY U IDIOT.....NAS USED THE MELODY FROM "FRIENDS, HOW MANY OF US HAVE THEM".....U DAMN IDIOT!!!

[MaddMan621]

@HavokOnePointZero I guess when he said the melody he meant the part where the chorus, it was poorly phrased though, you're right

[iRSxANDROiiD]

@HavokOnePointZero yo chill out Tramp , its just the description of the video , dont need to start raging now

and who's the real idiot here? FRIENDS, HOW MANY OF US HAVE THEM? What song is that? hahaha its just "Friends" you idiot

[HavokOnePointZero]

@iRSxANDROiiD....stop suckin so much damn cock. u damn homo... U DONT KNOW WHAT SONG "FRIENDS, HOW MANY OF US HAVE THEM?...DO U NEED TO TYPE OUT THE WHOLE DAMN SONG TO U? U COCK SUCKA??

[iRSxANDROiiD]

@HavokOnePointZero you my friend are simply an Idiot , its Just "Friends" by Whodini , i have the LP and Cassette , who the fuck are you to tell me what the name of the song is called Gaylord , Talking about Cocks and shit like if its going to give you an upper hand on this debate. How in the fuck did you survive 2 abortions? You shouldnt even be here you mistake

[assmuncher1984]

@iRSxANDROiiD - Ah, snap! You (old) schooled HavokOnePointZero! (O.G. Dissed him and dismissed him!)

[iRSxANDROiiD]

@assmuncher1984 Thats right , i aint Half Steppin , i keep it Cool like Moe Dee

[CrimsonV12]

Where did Kurtis go. Is he still ruling the world ??? Blow it!!

[curtisjones400]

@CrimsonV12 Kurtis Blow is now a ordained Minister

[MisterBrantastic]

21 people will never rule jack shit.

[str8outtatexas1]

The greatest era of music that ever existed is from the 1960's -1990's in the genre of R&B,FUNK,SOUL,HIP-HOP, & CLASSIC ROCK. With the exception of a very "few" today in R&B music fucking sucks. Today's so called artist can't sing,can't rap, and only succeeds from their image & the senseless shit they rap or sing about. It's repetitive garbage being force fed to kids who are easy to manipulate with an attraction to gold,chrome,bitches,money,cars­,houses, ect. Real hip-hop is definitely DEAD.

[The5ivefingaz]

is it me or does kanye look just like him.

[utube0921ify]

One of my favorite parts of this classic hip hop movie. The best!!

[kerndaddy187]

aint this song supposed to be 7 minutes long? or maybe my memory is failing me now that i'm pushing fourty.

[MrDJNICK1]

Okay, Clinton's the MAN, but this motherf***er really comes close !!!

Kurtis, U RULE !!

[TrueTalkTV]

What year was this released?

[MaddMan621]

if they were able to do some type of collab concert with nas AND blow that would be dope though

[Hulk2k6]

@MaddMan621

They'd blow the roof off the building then blow it back on!

[dataro93]

best fanfare to write 

[cw51569]

Classic Old School!!!

[pleasure64]

Oooooh i remember back in the day, i had an crush on Kurtis Blow, He kept the brother together. Krush Groove, still watch the movie til this day, Yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[RICHESnBITCHES95]

wwat the fuck is he saying!!

[iBundah]

21 peeps neva got a chance 2 rule shit.... : (

[StanHowser]

nas version is way better

[Filla187]

@StanHowser this is the classic

[spit1dope3]

@StanHowser  haha dumbshit

[RainbowBrite80]

You gotta miss the good old days!!!

[tightasnas]

electric boogaloo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!

[207psvboyz209]

real hiphop rite here

[AndyinMTL]

@207psvboyz209 amen!

[kmohammed82]

this is perfect for obama

[kmohammed82]

i know right

[thesouthrapsucks]

 a true legend a God of hiphop!!! im 15 and i give mad props to Mr. Blow ..thank you

[konstantakopoulos1]

EXCELLENT MUSIC!!!!

[chaospunk75]

look at that young Rick Rubin

[franciscobarril]

gehrri curl!!!

[mrmurphy598]

I remember buying the 12" in HMV on oxford street on pay day, just thought it was the best.... still do...house music was about to take over the world.

[Mdonald1972]

Wow what dynamite!!!

[Mdonald1972]

Wow what dynamite!!!

[curtisjones400]

KURTIS BLOW IS #1  King- He is the King of Rap -He started it all

[MonaVieInternational]

@curtisjones400

1:29 - suppose he taught RunDMC all they know right!>? and the Fat Boys!..........1st 7" i ever bought - and going down memory lane - he was one of the daddies for sure! Certified Gold ;)

[mikemakesnoise]

song = mehh, alright.

video = DOPE

[CrewDevious]

I wonder if KBJ watched this video and was like "Damn pops"

[sione003]

ol' skool babeeh............

[mrs9thwonder]

If I Ruled the World - Nas & Lauryn Hill's version also sampled Hudini's - Friends. Solid track

[j0nnyno]

not the best 80s rap joint

[SnowDog0]

This should of been Obama's inauguration song.

[noirnoticvibe]

@SnowDog0 LMAO.... you get the bonus points for this....

[willlill1]

@SnowDog0 then he walk out rappin

[TheReggiereg1]

@SnowDog0 hell yeah

[jcreamx23]

@SnowDog0 i think a better choice would be "sell out" by Uncle Tom and The White Negros

[vmax4ya]

@jcreamx23 and thats what we get for letting you have a voice ... you just wasted it!!

[jcreamx23]

@vmax4ya are you trying to tell me Obama didnt sell out and do the exact opposite of everything he said he was gonna do like all the rest of the politicians? dont get me wrong -- im happy for black people, and minorities in general, that they had one of their "own" elected president. it broke down a lot of barriers and was a monumental shift for the country as a whole. but dont sit up here and tell me his whole campaign slogan of "change" and "yes we can" wasnt total bullshit....because it was.

[anandanaga999]

JERK

[killermanhat]

man, love these old hip hop clips

[MrGOOZ3]

this is a classic, usually the original is the best... BUT that's why Nas is the GOAT...

[blonde7000]

never heard this one baby quite good

[lpc0615]

Wow 80's rap. I was like a young little kid in the late 80's I was about 5 or 6 years old. I know about some of my 80's rap from my Uncle. He love listening to the old 80's rap music.

[Eternity455970]

@lpc0615 OMFG hell ya man i know what you mean my uncle did the same to me since i was in diapers hahah !! good ol oldies long live. thru us younger generation

[zakdondoda]

Krushhh Grooove'

[Vernonu9]

At one time in my life - this was the coolest sh-t ever! If you missed the 80's, you have no idea. Don't get me wrong, the 90s were kinda fun, but we took sh-t too far, and it can't go back.

[stonepown]

funky ass fuck man i wish i was alive in da 80s nigga

[SnowDog0]

I remember seeing chris rock dancing in the background



[marvonn2008]

wow a trip to memory lane it mead me shed tear i was there when it all got started all legends in the video indeed

[NicKingPapiChulo]

thats some early go-go beat right? it kinda remind me of go-go music plus i think Kurtis blow is from DC so it makes sense

[yungdesjardins1]

if u still listen n like dis song ...thumbs up for dis coment

[MrMOJO223]

what ever happened to kb? I hope this song brought him fortune...

[HipHopDontStop46]

dope track

[Chooify]

KICKIN IN THAT BASE!!!

[cairo9392]

yo at the :30 second mark what song is that sampled from

[Whinnie1]

what movie was this from? I remeber sheila e's love bizzare video looked like this movie.

[srdemarkes]

@Whinnie1 Krush Groove came out @ 1985, It was about Russell Simmons!

[srdemarkes]

@Whinnie1 it was called Krush Groove, it was about Russell Simmons & the Def Jam beginnings!

[FatalBWS]

kurtis looks like he could be kanye west father lol

[XRealDealJDX]

LoL @ Jerry Heller

[3500P5]

F F F F F F F Fre Fre Fresh!

[faceoff1111]

18 people cant rule the world

[faceoff1111]

18 people cant rule the the world



[WILDSTYLENYC]

Queens, NYC! Yeah baby. Funhouse!!

[TheRealHipHop571]

Yeahhhh good sound!

Old School!

Peace

[docescampolimpo]

Cara, cada vez que escuto eesa musica, eu lembro da època de Dj, dos Meus Amigos Xú, Marquinho, Waldir, Carlinhos, la da 555 do Embu, do Clube Holmes, e tambem do Manhatans, boa época que não volta mais.... Zéca

[ronaldsneek]

Great song, rough beat, love it!

[127miles]

This is real hip hop... peace and love.

[hejloeeee]

beka że już w takich latach hiphop był zdefiniowany praktycznie. mało co się zmienia.esencja jest ta sama

[hejloeeee]

oooooooo this is great

[RedrumJavier666]

real talent

[LILCBOY15]

thanks to kurtis blow grandmaster flash afrika bambaataa spoonie gee starsky

[xDJFADEDx]

this is real music right here.

[MrZelunjo36]

The best of the 80's

[joerams1775]

I LOVE EM LOVE EM BABYYYYYY CAROLINA KRUSH GROOVE!!!! YO T HIS IS DA REASON I RAP RIGHT HERE YO!!!! I LOVEEEEEEE THIS JAWNNNN

[xXM0zUsXx]

I love love them Baby

[DJdefcon4]

Legends all through this video - how many can ya spot?

I have 10 (not including KB)

[DJdefcon4]

Legends all through this video

[IronGaz]

lmao at kurtis's face

[tobyn8]

sick scratsch

[tiarekhalo1]

Sick. Krush groove all over

[maniacdago]

back to my child hood days cos i remember the good old days

[mybravestface]

Thanks for posting this... brings me waaaay back!

[1elldawg]

KRUSH GROOVEfirst and best hip hop movie i ever seen!!!

[joe108ray]

@1elldawg Not the first but the best hip hop movie i'd ever seen also!!

[toothfairy30]

OMFG can you here that bass.....Making my walls crumble..:)

[tootieluvsmusic]

I went to see Krush Groove at a packed out movie theater on opening night & when this song came on the entire crowd was up dancing in the aisles. Boy do i miss those good ol' days!

[5iv3z]

KRUSH GROOVE

[pillmusik]

this is so hard right here

[getoutandgetfit]

Kanye West looks a lot like Kurtis Blow

[meeha007]

@getoutandgetfit Yes! he does

[toothfairy30]

@getoutandgetfit They have the same big teeth, but the comparison ends there...!!!!

[meechamaka411]

@iwhobelieve7 Hahaha...U buggin' wit' this comment!!! I think it's the other way around, bro...it's jus' the same wit' Rock 'N Roll; 'n then got nerve to make it seem like y'all was doin' us a favor when we were already content wit' doin' what we do!!! U say this 'bout hip hop, but it seem like then why is it that y'all had y'all hands in the cookie jars of all the music we developed. Only thing y'all got is country 'n folk...classical is not even yours...we all kno' Beethoven was dark!!!

[MsFIRSTLADY35]

@meechamaka411 ROTFLMAO!! TELL 'EM!!!!

[meechamaka411]

@loneman247 WOW...U went in wit' that one...I never really look'd at it like that!!! U SURE??? LOL...I didn't wanna think like that 'bout Rick...awww man!!! LOL

[loneman247]

@meechamaka411 I'm sure! It has absolutely nothing to do racism, in me exposing the likes of Rick Rubin for his demonic agenda behind the EXPLOITATION of hip-hop! But of course, they wouldn't be able to achieve shooting their taint balls at us, if it wasn't for the selected-hand picked germ minded traitor traits, of one of our own(Russell Simmons). Agents for satan is what i refer to them as being. They use US to get to US!! Raising Hell Tour was a vexation,1st ever rap concert. ??

[loneman247]

@meechamaka411 If you don't believe me when i say that Run-DMC, Whodini etc of the RAISING HELL tour was a vexation to the future of rap music, disguised as a "Breakthrough Era" in rap, then just kindly check out the clip(RUN DMC RAISING HELL TOUR RIOT 1986) that archives to date back to the dysfunctional audience who NEVER really experienced such international and media attention. Not to mention the minor financial gain that helped spoil our minds to follow after materialistic trends.

[meechamaka411]

@loneman247 Oh no...I didn't say that I didn't believe U, but I was really strivin' to give Rick the benefit of the doubt that he wasn't on it like that!!! But, trust me...I don't wouldn't put it past him, nor anyone!!! LOL...

[meechamaka411]

@ultimatechorus I kno' I had the single...white background wit' Partytime across the top, 'n a small "Def Jam Recordings" logo at the bottom!!! I think I might still a copy of that in my closet...I've sampled that record so much times back in the late 90s/early 2000s!!! LOL...

[meechamaka411]

@ultimatechorus U got that right...The Original DJ Jazzy Jay (from "Planet Rock"/The Soul Sonic Force/ZULU Nation fame) was there before Russell wit' the T-La Rock's "It's Yours" classic!!!

[Chameire]

Awwwwwwwwwwwwwww man Crush grooooove

[jindagreatlee]

and this is how hip hop began.

[simulation17]

i also like the choir instead of him raping

[simulation17]

does anyone have the chour sheet music notes in base clef?

[Eduhafra]

nota:10...

[CyclopsThugLovin]

is blair underwood in this vid?

[jwh1999]

15 people know that If I Ruled The World, I would eliminate the fake talent in hip hop like Drake and Souljah Boy!

[egg2u]

@jwh1999 dude drake isnt fake talent souljah boy is

[Killacamm34]

@jwh1999 i was about to agree wit u but then u put drake in the same category as souljaboy

[totalvicky]

Love the gogo beat mixed in ... love it, love it baby! :-)

[5104560711]

im really glad nas n lauryn made that remake into something so beautiful and conscious; thats creativity!

[MichaelGonzalez1980]

CLASSIC!!!! :-)

[cloverfield00]

i saw shiela e at jfk airport in 1997 she was traveling on american airlines going to L.A. I ALSO SAW KURTIS BLOW RIGHT BEFORE THE YR 2000 CAME,MY CO WORKERS DIDNT KNOW WHO HE WAS,ALL OF THEM WERE INDIAN I WAS WORKING THE INTERNATIONAL SIDE,HE CAME WITH A YOUNG LADY MAYBE HIS WIFE,HE WAS SOOO HAPPY I RECONIZED HIM SINCE THE OTHER DIDNT,I ALSO SAW AND MET MTV'S ANADA LEWIS WHO WAS FORMELY A B E T HOST ON TEEN SUMMIT,I GUESS MTV OFFERED HER MORE MONEY,I CALLED A FRIEND OF MINE TO LET HIM HEAR HER

[ArchangelBoab]

@cloverfield00 It's been lively for you then. Thanks for sharing.

[cloverfield00]

@ArchangelBoab thank you butt! i want to meet colombus short and allen payne,"prince" eddie murphy' etc i already met ll cool j and blair underwood and ron from ron dmc working at the airport you see alot of people.

[ArchangelBoab]

@cloverfield00 Bee-zarre. I think I love you. Kisses. x X x

[ilmaedavid]

pow muito show curti muito esta epoca lembro quando saia com uma bike com um daqueles tape decks enormes tocando kurtis blow e cantando raimundo ross , kkkk

muito foda.

[pv2lima]

the bass line is incredible, it just takes you away

[kinglewisjtl24]

this reminds me of kanye west... i dont like kanye... i prlly wouldnt of like kurtis blow... i wonder what the forgotten underground artists of the 80s sounded like while pop phenom guys such as this are remembered

[nicknameSGB]

Respect this is Jay Z's daddy!

[pontus227]

@nicknameSGB what really

[radio100censura]

Thaks God... He doesn't rules the world!

[GrandmasterTrash78]

he is clearly homosexual in the closet.

[Rollaroundtown]

@GrandmasterTrash78 ...nah man thats how everybody dressed back then....it was the style lol.....look at grandmaster flash and whodini lol

[ericssonbaez9]

lil wayne take notes n birdman

[capricorngirl97]

was that run dmc at 1:29

[ImagineMorrowind]

@capricorngirl97 Yeah, this is from the movie Krush Groove :D

[Seanz1lla]

@capricorngirl97

Yeah, this is from the movie "Krush Groove".

[mrjonz72]

@capricorngirl97 Yes its from the movie Krushgroove..you can also see LL Cool J at about the 1:19 mark and else where in the video along with the Fat boys

[davettalashley]

Aw yeah, aw yeah! It's OLD SCHOOL SATURDAY, Y'ALL!!! The Godfather of Rap, Mr. Kurtis Blow AKA Kurt Walker!

I actually went to school with this man. If I had've known back then who he would eventually turn out to be, I would've let him grab my titties like he was always trying to do. LOL!

[wndycty5]

@davettalashley .....................lol???

[themanfred26]

this was the idol of real hip hop legends like biggie RIP him and pac too

[MrMiskunn]

get some breaks!

[visionimagify]

MAN I'd love to live in those days and always I would regret it. A lot of crime existed in the 80s, hell of a lot, lol.

[rudyprotrudy08]

This is so gooooooood.

[MrDecal]

Get up and dance ALICE!!