im tired of fucking hearing people say that im white and i like this. who really gives a fuck if youre white. just listen to the goddamn music. And by the way we are all one race...the HUMAN RACE.
My black brotha's look good rather in the 50's 60's 70's 80's all the way from the roota to the toota'....I love my black men. Unfortunately, they will become rarer and finer than gold. Read your bible.... this is future.
It's not so much about Kanya stealing as is about CARRYING YOUR OWN GENERATIONAL BATON, My generation gave u Gil Scott Heron, we expected to recieve something which would supersede " Home is where the hatred is",instead the new creativity is theivery. my generation threw down!! rightously, we expected the next generation to tare a new ass!!
@Shititude Sampling isn't straight up thievery, though. Kanye doesn't steal, he samples and just happens to make music that's apparently bad. I've never payed enough attention to him to decide if I like him or not, but he can be an amazing producer sometimes.
@macwoodtv dammit nobody gives a damn about Kanye West here !!! it's like I went on Kanye's video & i wrote Gil Scott-Heron. WOW , and what now ? listen to real artist not thiefs.
@Shititude okay there. Hip hop is all about taking and mixing samples to create something. Quit being so pretentious and take music for what its meant to be. Enjoyed.
@Shititude why are you so mad? its sad but true, if it wasn't for kanye some people would never have found out who Gil Scott Heron was.... i don't see why you can be so mad at kanye for introducing a new generation to a previous generation's genius... in fact you should thank Kanye
this is my fucking theme song. I fought my dad and walked back to my moms house, 40 miles away, and sang this song to get me there. i put my fist in the air when the people smiled.
@gorkididi i agree with you here... if anything I feel the poor and middle class as a whole can relate more to this than their rich counterparts. But music is for everyone...not just certain races...And if it were only for certain races...blacks would kick our ass is every genre... and yes I'm a honkey..but it's the truth...think about it
@gorkididi soo true...i was driveing home today heard this come on the radio all it made me think of things that happend in the past...race has nothing to do with this song
@VirgoChild...ditto! That is the very reason this song stood out to me but, the allusion from Kanye's Late registration is what brought to Gil. Very powerful to me on so many levels.
The power and culture gave by the africanamerican people.... in its greatness.. inside this nice song... imagine the world without afrincan-american.. what a waste of time that would be...
@Te4RHyP3 This world is a whole lotta things without fried rice, but it wouldn't be much of anything without the beauty of black people creativity thru music,. u either missin some digits, or you're chinese to eguate fried rice with the genius of black music.
Some videos I look at the dislike bar and see something and wonder, "Does anybody actually not like this" or are there just assholes who dislike videos for fun?
This album also changed my life!! So powerful! I was 19 living in NYC, what a rude awakening living in a white bread neighborhood! GSH was the "Truth"!
DONT READ THIS CAUSE IT ACTUALY WORKS. YOU WILL GET KISSED ON THE NEAREST POSSIBLE FRIDAY BY THE LOVE OF YOUR LIFE. TOMMARROW WILL BE THE BEST DAY OF YOUR LIFE.HOWEVER IF YOU DONT POST THIS COMMENT TO AT LEAST THREE VIDEOS YOU WILL DIE WITHIN TWO DAYS.NOW YOU STARTED READING THIS DONT STOP.THIS SO SCARY.PUT THIS ON AT LEAST FIVE VIDEOS IN 143 MINUTES WHEN YOUR DONE PRESS F6 AND UR LOVERS NAME WILL APPEAR IN BIG LETTERS. THIS IS SO SCARY CAUSE IT ACTULLY WORK
@kimwabeeproductions you know i did just because i know someone like you is going to post this and it worked you are so stupid but u know idc wat u think because your just going to die alone
Wow, the thing about GSH there is no way you can ever unlisten his music. He is so powerful, and so good, he's on a short list of entertainers that has actually changed my life.
1.) Yeah, but what are black youth going to do when all the host songs are used up? 2.) Clearly, the skill, lyrical significance & artistry that ATTRACTED you in the first place needs to be PRESERVED. I mean that with a tear in my eye. 3.) Therefore, we need to mimic the artists of old & LEARN to play an instrument, not just piggyback off THEIR accomplishment & call it the ESSENCE of hip-hop. Whatever, man, it's still parasitic activity at it's lowest level of understanding. no clue? See #1.
@btinsley1 So if you know how to play an instrument, you can instantly copy anyone else? Do you see that what you said doesn't make sense? This is not to disrespect your opinion, I just believe that it is about CREATIVITY not "skill" or anyone's definition of that word. Skill can be many things.
@mkoll123: What you say begs the question that a joe-blow of today can even PLAY an instrument. Accomplish that first, then come see me. All that conjecture about CREATIVITY means a flock of seagulls since a "producer" (chuckle) wouldn't choose crap to piggyback. He picks the lyrically significant and instrumentally pleasing track to sample. Outside of that truth, when I read your post, I wonder, yet again....what will happen when the "host" songs are used up? moans & grunts yo, that's what !
This was my SONG...4 many yearz, felt like it waz written 4 me. I've respected Mr. Gil Scott-Heron and ALWAYZ will. I will miss muzik from him, but will continue to be Blessed with what he left us. He will be remembered infinetely.
@brookerwood - don't worry , it's just one old bloke with Parkinsons who keeps missing the thumbs up button.Be patient it might take him 20 goes before he gets it,he's had 16 shots now !
@brookerwood Hey I feel ya but it's ok...they're just way down over yonder there on that lower frequency [maybe]. Then again, everything ain't for everybody...
@MrTorrance01 If you think sampling isn't 'origenal' than almost no hip hop is origenal. Sampling is essential to hip hop, it's part of what makes it hip hop. the things you can do with a 5 sec loop from 1970 whatever is untold. it's been goin on in hip hop since the beginning and it aint going nowhere son.
After many years of drug use i have lived every word of this song and it all started about 1971 just like this Album ! but thats all behind me now thank God
After many years of drug use i have lived every word of this song and it all started about 1971 just like this Album ! but thata all behind me now thank God
@Soiffersrock you need to leave this video, its become too tedious to watch all this. Bad enough that 11 people have somehow disliked this song but you living here 24/7 is just unhealthy.
@Soiffersrock Wow are you seriously implying i should whip my kids if they act up. Wow brother apparently you can’t distinct the difference between abuse and discipline? I discipline my kids. Apparently, you have none and the day you do. GET AT ME! Trust me! And that’s goes back to my initial comment. Ah brother just wait. Just wait… You will see, I promise you …
@Soiffersrock You disagree. So I don't give a shit. That's your opinion good for you. Ill be dam if you think I'm let my kids act up like these kid do these days. Whatever.raise your children your way. I will raise mine my way.
I love this man, i love the energy and movement of people during the 60's-- 70's , when revolutionary change was occuring in this country. Thank you, Gill.
At Least he's a little bit decent but all them other rappers I just mentioned they the ones that's that's ruining hip hop but ignorant kids keep saying that they the best rappers I mean what the hell!!! Seriously ? They just don't know any better i guess
@Ice1deliver ok yeah now he's garbage but the graduation on back is some shit. But still he's better than alot of these other wack ass rappers like gucci mane Wayne and damn waka flocka I
you know what, i wont leave it with kanye, ill throw in common, lupe fiasco, goody mob, mos def, nas, tech nine, countless others that u can listen to and some of its is old and when i say old i mean 90s some of it is for you 2000 but the difference is what they are saying. point i am making is for those who listen or have listened to some of the artist i typed, how in the world can u say this"new rap" is killing the likes of real music that hasnt lost ITS soul even tho the last 10 videos on 106
@kabol69 this is why people hate idiots doing covers/ stealing (because they can't make anything original music-wise) the song then just becomes a forum to talk about them and not the true artist: Gil Scott-Heron. Who is still making music BTW, if you people checking out HIS music here care to know.
saw him live this year and he looked pretty tired, must have been a crazy life so far, anyway his music is still creative and soulful so stop reading and check it out.
@hobogasm So if you were to go to a video of Led Zeppelin's "When the Levee Breaks" or Cream's "Crossroads", how many people would you see actually saying "Led Zeppelin is shit, Memphis Minnie is a TRUE artist" or "Eric Clapton can't come up with anything original, so he just steals from TRUE artists like Robert Johnson"?
@camking88 i would guess few cos thats an even further step back in history and people forget easily when newer artists (with that money making potential) are shoved in everyones faces and old (financialy depleated) music isn't celebrated and shared, so i'm not saying LedZep/ who-ever-you-want-to-randomly-mention wearnt guilty of it too
but then again it could also be cos they did covers and kanye LIFTS the music straight and resells it.
@hobogasm Not trying to argue or anything, but I really have to ask. How is what Kanye West does any different than Gil Scott-Heron. As you may know, Gil didn't write this music Brian Jackson did, or maybe he helped Brian Jackson write it. He is rhyming over music just like Kanye (or in this case Common). And if you've heard Gil's new album, he returns the favor by sampling Kanye West's "Flashing Lights" (which is an original beat btw).
@camking88 think we re going to have to just disagree to avoid flooding the comments with talk about a diff artist but, for me at least, being present and a part of the creative process means there is something of you in that music, the lyics and music here aren't just two seperate things glued together, its the fruit of artists trying to work in unison in one place at the same time, in symphony. working backwards on that just makes the music a commodity to be used after judging its value.
@camking88 another reason is that it doesn't create an chance for others to be creative when you just take from the established successes. someone could have created some OC for kanye but he knew this was already a hit and used that to sell records. although sampling (to various extents) is becoming the norm it doesn't make it less a product of trying to avoid the process of creativity in favour of a quick and acceptable solution. and that isn't what i look for in music or art.
@hobogasm Thank you for your answer. You're the first person who actually answered the question with something other than "Kanye is garbage, rap is crap". In my opinion, there is an art to sampling, check out people like RZA, J Dilla, and Pete Rock. Not just hip hop either, even Radiohead samples (albeit to a lesser extent). With that aside, we'll agree to disagree. Thank you for actually answering the question.
he talks about things that all over black rappers and artist will not say because they have been"paid off" by material items such which we all have been introduced to it for the last ten years or so. rappers who really have something to say have been slienced by money,diamonds,woman,fast cars, and a quick lifestyle(the american dream) and by all means i am not saying that kanye never talk abouts his money ect.. but very few are saying and coming from the heart with DEEP DEEP emotion
because kayne isnt underground anymore doesnt mean that he still doesnt thave things to day. i am telling you that he talks about things that white america isnt ready for yet, example: in crack music kanye said" how u stop the black panthers, ronald reagen cooked up an answer" and in "all falls down" he said drug dealer buy jordens, crack head but crack and the white man get paid off of all of that. he puts alot of things in his music that everyone else is scared to say. listen to crack music
kanye is the shit. when its him and common on the track, its nasty stupid ill. in my opinion common and kanye are like the shaq and kobe in hip hop to the 2000s as far as having something to say. kanye talks about alot of deep shit but it only appels to the ears that wish to listen.you listen to "southside' by common and kanye and its real, no samples just raw. common is talking some real shit on that sample of this song. people just look for the bad in people alot and kanye is a huge example
@wave4mer Maybe artists like Kanye can truly pay homage to artists like Gil Scott Heron in a 'sleeve note' / 'credit' that acknowledges the rich heritage legacy that is available (because of Gil Scot Heron et al) which he has used to inspire his creativity to then enable the 'younger' members of his audience group to go off on gain new music experiences independently.
Surely Kanye would have everything to gain by truly paying homage in this way.
Can someone please tell me where the old America went. The tuff America, where kids came home with dirty cloth and bloody knees. The America where cars was the place to have sex & and you Moms whipped yur ass. Social Service my ass. The America that didnt sensor every fucking thing. The America, where tuff days only bonded a community stronger. Sad to say but America has become a bunch of pussys man. We have... To much TV bro.To much queer shit!
@Dentark1 Bro your a 20 year punk from Portgual. Really? Come on son. Your hole country is puss. Stick to what you know coward: Thursday night Soccer.. Lol.. Whatever... Let your sister use the computer. Mouse Pad Mobster...
I'm fucked up and I really like this!! oh and i'm white too.
whoarethebrainpigs 14 hours ago
@elliotness2 I'm white
ShoopityDoopity 1 day ago
im tired of fucking hearing people say that im white and i like this. who really gives a fuck if youre white. just listen to the goddamn music. And by the way we are all one race...the HUMAN RACE.
elliotness2 2 days ago
I'm white and I like this.
ShoopityDoopity 4 days ago
My black brotha's look good rather in the 50's 60's 70's 80's all the way from the roota to the toota'....I love my black men. Unfortunately, they will become rarer and finer than gold. Read your bible.... this is future.
TheBiznesslady 1 week ago
Home is where the Hatred is...Brotha ain't never lied!!
2blakandbold 3 weeks ago
It's not so much about Kanya stealing as is about CARRYING YOUR OWN GENERATIONAL BATON, My generation gave u Gil Scott Heron, we expected to recieve something which would supersede " Home is where the hatred is",instead the new creativity is theivery. my generation threw down!! rightously, we expected the next generation to tare a new ass!!
ladymakini 3 weeks ago
"Home is where the needle marks(and blunts) tried to heal my broken heart. And it might not be such a bad idea..."
PaulGreen11 3 weeks ago
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PaulGreen11 3 weeks ago
@Shititude Sampling isn't straight up thievery, though. Kanye doesn't steal, he samples and just happens to make music that's apparently bad. I've never payed enough attention to him to decide if I like him or not, but he can be an amazing producer sometimes.
TEGbuwchbach 1 month ago
great song
epiKtoM 1 month ago
classic
Gunnercv 1 month ago
Kanye West
macwoodtv 1 month ago
@macwoodtv dammit nobody gives a damn about Kanye West here !!! it's like I went on Kanye's video & i wrote Gil Scott-Heron. WOW , and what now ? listen to real artist not thiefs.
Shititude 1 month ago
@Shititude how is he a thief? and he obviously sampled from a "real artist"
TheNewCoolKidz 1 month ago
@TheNewCoolKidz He always samples from real artists, whithout trying to make his REAL OWN creations
Shititude 1 month ago
@Shititude welcome to hiphop jackass.
ItsBlackFriday 3 weeks ago
@ItsBlackFriday Hip hop doesn't work like this. Welcome to music.
Shititude 3 weeks ago
@Shititude okay there. Hip hop is all about taking and mixing samples to create something. Quit being so pretentious and take music for what its meant to be. Enjoyed.
ItsBlackFriday 3 weeks ago
@Shititude why are you so mad? its sad but true, if it wasn't for kanye some people would never have found out who Gil Scott Heron was.... i don't see why you can be so mad at kanye for introducing a new generation to a previous generation's genius... in fact you should thank Kanye
DontHat3Appr3ciat3 4 weeks ago 3
This song is fucking beautiful.
getthepoooffmybum 1 month ago
This song comes from deep, deep down inside the man.
acousticlarry 1 month ago
My brother. You did your best, so well done. RIP
gimmie1261 1 month ago
RIGHT ON MY BROTHA
geeman856 1 month ago
this is my fucking theme song. I fought my dad and walked back to my moms house, 40 miles away, and sang this song to get me there. i put my fist in the air when the people smiled.
tcrizzle714 1 month ago 3
i want to sample the strings that come in at 1:49 to 2:00
ThePaperBagProject 1 month ago
@ThePaperBagProject kanye got you on that one. kindof. I dont think he used thatpart
TRNoFee 1 month ago
Thumbs up if your white and love Gil Scott Heron
427monkeyman 1 month ago 89
@427monkeyman why?
badaboum223 1 month ago
@427monkeyman
Raise your hand if you know your grammar. Not so fast 427monkeyman.
GodOfTheInternets 1 month ago
@427monkeyman
That's stupid, monkeyman!! Gil is not a race thing - it's fucking brilliant music that speaks to everyone who has ears.......
gorkididi 3 weeks ago in playlist blax 5
@gorkididi i agree with you here... if anything I feel the poor and middle class as a whole can relate more to this than their rich counterparts. But music is for everyone...not just certain races...And if it were only for certain races...blacks would kick our ass is every genre... and yes I'm a honkey..but it's the truth...think about it
deathbycupid 2 weeks ago
@gorkididi soo true...i was driveing home today heard this come on the radio all it made me think of things that happend in the past...race has nothing to do with this song
MrRayman217 2 weeks ago
@427monkeyman white mexican lol
dalastdon1432 1 week ago
This guy looks like jimi hendrix
678Drummer 1 month ago
@678Drummer I thought exactly the same ;p
ZeldaForce3 1 month ago
GTA IV sent me here
jaredsjared 2 months ago
That's some deep soul man.
LodoGrdzak 2 months ago
common
Mr7pillars 2 months ago
Very powerful songs
malachimaxxel 2 months ago
@VirgoChild...ditto! That is the very reason this song stood out to me but, the allusion from Kanye's Late registration is what brought to Gil. Very powerful to me on so many levels.
flyydivva 2 months ago
Damn!! This is a good song. How is it that blues, soul, and funk have withered away, and rap has taken over?
bullballsallday 2 months ago 2
@bullballsallday it hasnt
maahj808 2 months ago
KICK IT QUIT IT KICK IT QUIT IT!
VirgoChild66 2 months ago 2
this is my theme song, especially around the holidays. i feel like im the most hated person in those times, but this song justifies it.
ketc714 2 months ago
The most beautiful lips I've ever seen...
marianance 2 months ago
The power and culture gave by the africanamerican people.... in its greatness.. inside this nice song... imagine the world without afrincan-american.. what a waste of time that would be...
Camilo21986 2 months ago
@Camilo21986 but that goes for everyone else as well,
what the fuck is this world without fried rice
Te4RHyP3 2 months ago 3
@Te4RHyP3 sure you are right,..
Camilo21986 2 months ago
@Te4RHyP3 This world is a whole lotta things without fried rice, but it wouldn't be much of anything without the beauty of black people creativity thru music,. u either missin some digits, or you're chinese to eguate fried rice with the genius of black music.
ladymakini 3 weeks ago
@Camilo21986 This song was never about race really, though it is deep and has and can appeal to different people for different reasons I suppose.
Slipstream1984 2 months ago
@Slipstream1984 You are right, but i said that bc of Gil Scott Heron....not the song. Thank you
Camilo21986 2 months ago
a junkie walking through the twilight im on my way home
jeside 2 months ago
An ad on a Gil Scott Heron video?... they're infiltrating the cool videos now... We're all FUCKED!
3LARI 2 months ago 17
DEFINITION OF MUSIC..........
ryangryocho 2 months ago 3
smoke some wy...... in the 70s yeaaa baby
DOGGYSTYLEONE 2 months ago
Carolina on my mind... cole world
Tstunnah 2 months ago
15 less people I don't need to worry about buying up this amazing record.
originalbirdiebrain 2 months ago
Some videos I look at the dislike bar and see something and wonder, "Does anybody actually not like this" or are there just assholes who dislike videos for fun?
Arneseesyou 3 months ago 2
DUN AN NUN THAS THA CRACK MUSIC NI... arh i 4got :P
360smusic 3 months ago
@360smusic haha ikr i was expecting the same thing but then there was only silence
ARCGamingTV 2 months ago
its crazy listening to this and then listening to 'I'll Take Care of U'. His voice has changed so much
TheTimbalanders 3 months ago
:)
OpenendsProductions 3 months ago
This is the shit!!!
313Renee 3 months ago
R.I.P GSH <3
xertaqaadka 3 months ago 4
What in the hell does Kanye West have to do with Gil Scott? Is he black, too?
xXStrWbrrYsToneXx 3 months ago 4
@xXStrWbrrYsToneXx Listen to" on my way home"- Kanye West ft. Common
smash44556677 3 months ago 6
@xXStrWbrrYsToneXx LOL!!!!!
julienl2006 3 months ago
these adverts are shitter than mr hankey the christmas poo
jimmyjiffy22 4 months ago
This album also changed my life!! So powerful! I was 19 living in NYC, what a rude awakening living in a white bread neighborhood! GSH was the "Truth"!
mrstrat222 4 months ago
The imagery in this song reminds me of that show, The Wire. Probably cause I was watching a lot of that show when I first heard the song.
jessemaurais 4 months ago
I thought this was jimmi hendrix at first...powerful stuff.
BigFootOwl 4 months ago
Masterpiece soul brutha much loved always
teshian 4 months ago
R.I.P
kendra3136 4 months ago
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DONT READ THIS CAUSE IT ACTUALY WORKS. YOU WILL GET KISSED ON THE NEAREST POSSIBLE FRIDAY BY THE LOVE OF YOUR LIFE. TOMMARROW WILL BE THE BEST DAY OF YOUR LIFE.HOWEVER IF YOU DONT POST THIS COMMENT TO AT LEAST THREE VIDEOS YOU WILL DIE WITHIN TWO DAYS.NOW YOU STARTED READING THIS DONT STOP.THIS SO SCARY.PUT THIS ON AT LEAST FIVE VIDEOS IN 143 MINUTES WHEN YOUR DONE PRESS F6 AND UR LOVERS NAME WILL APPEAR IN BIG LETTERS. THIS IS SO SCARY CAUSE IT ACTULLY WORK
18JapaN 4 months ago
@18JapaN Calm down kid.
WestCoastG57 4 months ago
@18JapaN wow, the solution to world hunger, your emotional dispositions and your stupidity all in one go...amaizing!!!
kimwabeeproductions 4 months ago
@kimwabeeproductions you know i did just because i know someone like you is going to post this and it worked you are so stupid but u know idc wat u think because your just going to die alone
18JapaN 3 months ago
dude looking like Common.
eliteF0UR 5 months ago
@eliteF0UR Common could play the role; both Gil and Common are from Chicago.
VenetianSymbol 4 months ago
his updated version on the Spirit Album is better than his original version.
mrstanbmw 5 months ago
Oh wow... i'm an electro/house kinda guy.... but wow, just.. wow. this is powerful.
nickfury102 5 months ago 29
@nickfury102 yeah real music tends to be powerful
SyzygyTapes 1 month ago
Wow, the thing about GSH there is no way you can ever unlisten his music. He is so powerful, and so good, he's on a short list of entertainers that has actually changed my life.
Robert165 5 months ago 6
1.) Yeah, but what are black youth going to do when all the host songs are used up? 2.) Clearly, the skill, lyrical significance & artistry that ATTRACTED you in the first place needs to be PRESERVED. I mean that with a tear in my eye. 3.) Therefore, we need to mimic the artists of old & LEARN to play an instrument, not just piggyback off THEIR accomplishment & call it the ESSENCE of hip-hop. Whatever, man, it's still parasitic activity at it's lowest level of understanding. no clue? See #1.
btinsley1 5 months ago
@btinsley1 So if you know how to play an instrument, you can instantly copy anyone else? Do you see that what you said doesn't make sense? This is not to disrespect your opinion, I just believe that it is about CREATIVITY not "skill" or anyone's definition of that word. Skill can be many things.
mkoll123 4 months ago
@mkoll123: What you say begs the question that a joe-blow of today can even PLAY an instrument. Accomplish that first, then come see me. All that conjecture about CREATIVITY means a flock of seagulls since a "producer" (chuckle) wouldn't choose crap to piggyback. He picks the lyrically significant and instrumentally pleasing track to sample. Outside of that truth, when I read your post, I wonder, yet again....what will happen when the "host" songs are used up? moans & grunts yo, that's what !
btinsley1 4 months ago
Why is this mans music not well known to EVERYONE!? It needs to be...
Cuishi10 6 months ago
This was my SONG...4 many yearz, felt like it waz written 4 me. I've respected Mr. Gil Scott-Heron and ALWAYZ will. I will miss muzik from him, but will continue to be Blessed with what he left us. He will be remembered infinetely.
Peace & blessings ~
Keepsz 7 months ago 2
Who in the fuck are the 12 people that didn't like this.
brookerwood 7 months ago 60
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holocaustik 4 months ago
@holocaustik Hey man.
MysticGizmos 4 months ago
@holocaustik why bring race in it
I'm white and I fucking worship Gil
fat8622 3 months ago
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holocaustik 3 months ago
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holocaustik 3 months ago
@brookerwood - probably whitey, getting back from the moon
valduck17 3 months ago
@brookerwood - don't worry , it's just one old bloke with Parkinsons who keeps missing the thumbs up button.Be patient it might take him 20 goes before he gets it,he's had 16 shots now !
MalThorgan 2 months ago
@brookerwood Hey I feel ya but it's ok...they're just way down over yonder there on that lower frequency [maybe]. Then again, everything ain't for everybody...
ndgochile 1 month ago
Kanya West isn't the only one, a lot of the rappers today have no origenal stuff at all everything is sampled
MrTorrance01 1 year ago
@MrTorrance01 If you think sampling isn't 'origenal' than almost no hip hop is origenal. Sampling is essential to hip hop, it's part of what makes it hip hop. the things you can do with a 5 sec loop from 1970 whatever is untold. it's been goin on in hip hop since the beginning and it aint going nowhere son.
IMaWondERFULPerSON 1 year ago 4
@MrTorrance01 That's how it was when it first started though. Sampling came with it.
ZatoOW 7 months ago
@MrTorrance01 if you knew anything about hip hop, you'd know that sampling IS hip hop.
BReilly219 6 months ago
@MrTorrance01 you are stupid
choppadroppa 6 months ago
like my amerika its gone a bad dream
sjdinergrrl 1 year ago
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After many years of drug use i have lived every word of this song and it all started about 1971 just like this Album ! but thats all behind me now thank God
197supreme 1 year ago
After many years of drug use i have lived every word of this song and it all started about 1971 just like this Album ! but thata all behind me now thank God
197supreme 1 year ago 4
After many years of drug use i have lived every word of this song and it all started about 1971 just like this Album
197supreme 1 year ago
Kanye west samples this.
bertdiaz35 1 year ago
badass bassplaying
llaoll 1 year ago
j.cole did justice to this song!! forget kanye and common!!
emziiella 1 year ago
@emziiella
yo whats the name of the j cole version
datflyguy215 1 year ago
@datflyguy215 it called homecoming. its on the come up album. enjoy!
emziiella 1 year ago
@kdtheballa ..ditto..
peoplesrepub0fEmily 1 year ago
Godamn right
futchofdeth666 1 year ago
Gil Scott Heron, last of the REAL modern day poets
sean57 1 year ago 3
beautiful song
Raad187KO 1 year ago 3
@Soiffersrock you need to leave this video, its become too tedious to watch all this. Bad enough that 11 people have somehow disliked this song but you living here 24/7 is just unhealthy.
LogicalSimba 1 year ago
Common sampled this song, "My Way Home".
lmarr07 1 year ago
@lmarr07 Kanye sampled this song. Common spit on it.
pb0o6 1 year ago
@pb0o6 I kno that.....Sampled it...spit on it.....same thing.
lmarr07 1 year ago
Listening to this and to Gil now. Hard to believe it's the same man. Drugs done fucked him up bad.
johnafirth 1 year ago
@Soiffersrock Wow are you seriously implying i should whip my kids if they act up. Wow brother apparently you can’t distinct the difference between abuse and discipline? I discipline my kids. Apparently, you have none and the day you do. GET AT ME! Trust me! And that’s goes back to my initial comment. Ah brother just wait. Just wait… You will see, I promise you …
speeches 1 year ago
Reid, I wish you could have come home again.
trucekill 1 year ago
@Soiffersrock You disagree. So I don't give a shit. That's your opinion good for you. Ill be dam if you think I'm let my kids act up like these kid do these days. Whatever.raise your children your way. I will raise mine my way.
speeches 1 year ago
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speeches 1 year ago
Top track from a cool cat.
jahthecat1 1 year ago
hey speeches, i couldnt agree more, THATS WHERE I CAME FROM. the bottom. i listen to this everyday man swear to god every day
kabol69 1 year ago
home is where the hatred is
silkyjonson99 1 year ago
I love this man, i love the energy and movement of people during the 60's-- 70's , when revolutionary change was occuring in this country. Thank you, Gill.
SuperTruthful 1 year ago
uh oh he was a cutie lol
AlannaLoren 1 year ago
Kanye is bitchassnigga
muthaphukkaCC 1 year ago
you keep saying kick -it ,quit- it, kick- quit it god but did you ever tryyyyy
FoulBrown93 1 year ago
my addiction to a fucking t. i hate it so much, this is a great song
Wahoofuck 1 year ago
At Least he's a little bit decent but all them other rappers I just mentioned they the ones that's that's ruining hip hop but ignorant kids keep saying that they the best rappers I mean what the hell!!! Seriously ? They just don't know any better i guess
HHSmarchingfalcons 1 year ago
@Ice1deliver ok yeah now he's garbage but the graduation on back is some shit. But still he's better than alot of these other wack ass rappers like gucci mane Wayne and damn waka flocka I
HHSmarchingfalcons 1 year ago
This is the best song in GTA4
ian1nai 1 year ago 37
@ian1nai: This song made me learn more about this wonderful poet, and i'm glad that I did...
jordanrush 6 months ago
lacks true SOUL, talent, and a pure knowledgeof what music is.
James in missouri
kabol69 1 year ago
you know what, i wont leave it with kanye, ill throw in common, lupe fiasco, goody mob, mos def, nas, tech nine, countless others that u can listen to and some of its is old and when i say old i mean 90s some of it is for you 2000 but the difference is what they are saying. point i am making is for those who listen or have listened to some of the artist i typed, how in the world can u say this"new rap" is killing the likes of real music that hasnt lost ITS soul even tho the last 10 videos on 106
kabol69 1 year ago
@kabol69 this is why people hate idiots doing covers/ stealing (because they can't make anything original music-wise) the song then just becomes a forum to talk about them and not the true artist: Gil Scott-Heron. Who is still making music BTW, if you people checking out HIS music here care to know.
saw him live this year and he looked pretty tired, must have been a crazy life so far, anyway his music is still creative and soulful so stop reading and check it out.
hobogasm 1 year ago 2
@hobogasm So if you were to go to a video of Led Zeppelin's "When the Levee Breaks" or Cream's "Crossroads", how many people would you see actually saying "Led Zeppelin is shit, Memphis Minnie is a TRUE artist" or "Eric Clapton can't come up with anything original, so he just steals from TRUE artists like Robert Johnson"?
camking88 1 year ago
@camking88 i would guess few cos thats an even further step back in history and people forget easily when newer artists (with that money making potential) are shoved in everyones faces and old (financialy depleated) music isn't celebrated and shared, so i'm not saying LedZep/ who-ever-you-want-to-randomly-mention wearnt guilty of it too
but then again it could also be cos they did covers and kanye LIFTS the music straight and resells it.
hobogasm 1 year ago
@hobogasm Not trying to argue or anything, but I really have to ask. How is what Kanye West does any different than Gil Scott-Heron. As you may know, Gil didn't write this music Brian Jackson did, or maybe he helped Brian Jackson write it. He is rhyming over music just like Kanye (or in this case Common). And if you've heard Gil's new album, he returns the favor by sampling Kanye West's "Flashing Lights" (which is an original beat btw).
camking88 1 year ago
@camking88 think we re going to have to just disagree to avoid flooding the comments with talk about a diff artist but, for me at least, being present and a part of the creative process means there is something of you in that music, the lyics and music here aren't just two seperate things glued together, its the fruit of artists trying to work in unison in one place at the same time, in symphony. working backwards on that just makes the music a commodity to be used after judging its value.
hobogasm 1 year ago
@camking88 another reason is that it doesn't create an chance for others to be creative when you just take from the established successes. someone could have created some OC for kanye but he knew this was already a hit and used that to sell records. although sampling (to various extents) is becoming the norm it doesn't make it less a product of trying to avoid the process of creativity in favour of a quick and acceptable solution. and that isn't what i look for in music or art.
hobogasm 1 year ago
@hobogasm Thank you for your answer. You're the first person who actually answered the question with something other than "Kanye is garbage, rap is crap". In my opinion, there is an art to sampling, check out people like RZA, J Dilla, and Pete Rock. Not just hip hop either, even Radiohead samples (albeit to a lesser extent). With that aside, we'll agree to disagree. Thank you for actually answering the question.
camking88 1 year ago
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camking88 1 year ago
he talks about things that all over black rappers and artist will not say because they have been"paid off" by material items such which we all have been introduced to it for the last ten years or so. rappers who really have something to say have been slienced by money,diamonds,woman,fast cars, and a quick lifestyle(the american dream) and by all means i am not saying that kanye never talk abouts his money ect.. but very few are saying and coming from the heart with DEEP DEEP emotion
kabol69 1 year ago
because kayne isnt underground anymore doesnt mean that he still doesnt thave things to day. i am telling you that he talks about things that white america isnt ready for yet, example: in crack music kanye said" how u stop the black panthers, ronald reagen cooked up an answer" and in "all falls down" he said drug dealer buy jordens, crack head but crack and the white man get paid off of all of that. he puts alot of things in his music that everyone else is scared to say. listen to crack music
kabol69 1 year ago
where could i find this lp??? and kanye has some gil in his songs?
ilovebmx27 1 year ago
this track's in gta4
stillshmokin 1 year ago
A pure genius.
Brian Jackson too.
alcohalls 1 year ago
IT WAS GOOD THEN AND IT'S EVEN BETTER NOW BOTH CUTS ESTER PHILLIPS AND GIL SCOTT
TheCrazyclinton 1 year ago
kanye is the shit. when its him and common on the track, its nasty stupid ill. in my opinion common and kanye are like the shaq and kobe in hip hop to the 2000s as far as having something to say. kanye talks about alot of deep shit but it only appels to the ears that wish to listen.you listen to "southside' by common and kanye and its real, no samples just raw. common is talking some real shit on that sample of this song. people just look for the bad in people alot and kanye is a huge example
kabol69 1 year ago
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This music will remain forever. Even when man is gone and left the earth the cosmos will still have the tunes man!!
funkality 1 year ago
This music will remain forever. Even when man is gone and left the earth the cosmos will still have the tunes man!!
funkality 1 year ago
@funkality deep man
TheMojopo 1 year ago
sampling is the homage to the orginal.....
wave4mer 1 year ago 95
@wave4mer Maybe artists like Kanye can truly pay homage to artists like Gil Scott Heron in a 'sleeve note' / 'credit' that acknowledges the rich heritage legacy that is available (because of Gil Scot Heron et al) which he has used to inspire his creativity to then enable the 'younger' members of his audience group to go off on gain new music experiences independently.
Surely Kanye would have everything to gain by truly paying homage in this way.
LaMorenaMusic 1 year ago
@wave4mer When done properly.
jasonbigelow 1 year ago
@wave4mer to be honest bro thats not only america who has changed, all the world out there changed!!
To much Tv,maby the right answer...
Basel52 1 year ago
Can someone please tell me where the old America went. The tuff America, where kids came home with dirty cloth and bloody knees. The America where cars was the place to have sex & and you Moms whipped yur ass. Social Service my ass. The America that didnt sensor every fucking thing. The America, where tuff days only bonded a community stronger. Sad to say but America has become a bunch of pussys man. We have... To much TV bro.To much queer shit!
speeches 1 year ago 42
@speeches This right here, is the realest of talks. +1
IronPimp808 1 year ago
@speeches Your mother should have spanked you harder. . .
Dentark1 1 year ago 2
@Dentark1 Bro your a 20 year punk from Portgual. Really? Come on son. Your hole country is puss. Stick to what you know coward: Thursday night Soccer.. Lol.. Whatever... Let your sister use the computer. Mouse Pad Mobster...
speeches 1 year ago
@speeches LMAO
mbigmoneyhomiegdog 1 year ago
@speeches Calling Football "Soccer" is extremely puss... and thusday night? Do your research tuff man ;)
mrgasparov 1 year ago
@speeches Well if you have no other arguments other than personal attack that's fine with me. . .son.
Dentark1 1 year ago
@Dentark1 wow, yo my man. Let it Go! Its almost 3weeks old. Move on. wow?
speeches 1 year ago
@speeches Hopefully not queer shit as in gays..? Because thats a horrible thing to say.
Ungortable 1 year ago