" Gotta start with nothing and then you build, follow your dream until its fulfilled." -verse explains the origins of hip-hop - something that got made outta nothing!
look past the garbage over the trains under the ruins through the remains around the crime and pollution and tell me where do i fit in south bronx new york thats where i dwell to a lotta people its a livin hell full of frustration and poverty but wait thats not how it looks to me its a challenge an opportunity to rise above the stink and debris gotta start with nothin then you build follow your dream until its fulfilled classic
@dnegro Perhaps because they don't come from the same place as these artists did. They really took what was happening in life and turned it into something great. Coming from nothing, they left a mark in history.
no disrespect to what's on today. But everyone should check out the old school artists. You get an understanding of the evolution of the genre. I may be prejudiced because I grew up with this (well, the next wave, starting in 83 or so) but it's so easy to see where artists come from. I mean, the link between Rakim and Eminem, and Kool Moe Dee and Jay Z, etc, are so obvious and intriguing.
no man Im new generation and all I really collect is oldschool Especially the era your from electro, new wave and all that stuff is some of the best styles Ive ever heard and in my opnion it is. and its true samples get used alot even some lyrics get used up but alot of time if they use an oldschool lyric ppl dont catch on to it. cuz they dont know
The message of the song is very positive. Just compare with today's stereotypical rap. Today's mainstream rap is like the burned out South Bronx 30 years ago, razed. The effect of greed and pop culture was like arson to real hip hop. Think about it.
"South Bronx, New York: that's where I dwell / To a lot of people it's a living hell / full of frustration and poverty / but wait, that's not how it looks to me / It's a challenge, an opportunity / to rise above the state of debris..."
GRANDMASTER CAZ....THE GODFATHER OF HIP HOP...U ALREADY KNOW...SUGAR HILL GANG STRAIGHT STOLE "RAPPER'S DELIGHT" FROM CAZ...who u andytsa? No room for your ignorance here son...SHUT THE FUCK UP!!! HOW'S THAT BITCH?... CALI LOVES YOU CAZ...F.A.M.O.B. BABY...FAME AND MONEY OVER BULLSHIT BITCHES!!!!
You have no idea of what you are talking about... You racist asshole, learn to spell... by the way, I'm Hispanic... And African Americans don't come from Asia lol
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niggar a niggar is a less gifted person originating from africa.niggars are the only tace that didnt accomplish anything so far.whites,asians,hindus,arabs..all have contributed while the niggar lived in bronze age conditions untill now
YOU are one ignorant piece of trash. and besides it's spelled "nigger" and isn't solely reserved for black people. I think YOU are the nigger here. Are you kidding me? let's see, to start, they are beautiful and amazing musicians, some even thriving from devastated ghettos to build a life for themselves. there's the UNF, MLK, Harlem Globe Trotters, Billie Holiday, MIles Davis, OH and why don't you take a look at the president. Is that not an accomplishment? what have YOU accomplished asshole?
1st niggar as a white at least i am capable of writin in a foreign language so good that you are able to understand what im saying.ya dig what im sayin niggar?
2ond niggar u just proved uza inferior mafaka!
harlem trotters is the niggar contribution to humanity?thats your civilization?fake basketball for kids?wtf niggar?
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3rd billie holiday was a good voice but she aint no role model.
4th whites discovered more than 80 percent of major solutions through science in medicine
5 universally there are more white or asian people livin in ghettos but only niggas cry like a bitch.try livin in refuggee camps or inside warzones like millions whites do and then cry about it.
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from the albanian dictionary
niggar,a niggaroid african man.niggars are people from sub saharan africa.the niggars are divided in many tribes and also have been mixed with arabs and whites especially in north africa.
"don't let nothing to hold me back" all these stuffs were positives back in those days. And for the ones who don't know shit was hard back then ! So I've got to give mad Props for this jam => old school so Kool ! Great Music ! Great Spirit !
Straight Up Hip-Hop in its purest form.
They Rep the RedBlack&Green
Sistaz & Brothaz should be aware of that => striving for perfection ! Peace To all
the south bronx today is excellent. crime is down, better shops, more jobs and much cleaner compared to the 1980s. id love to live in da bronx nyc. i hate london uk. lol
look at that.. and people thought i was talking trash lol. they gave me thumbs down because i guess they thought i was lying. i lived in the bronx all my life and i watched it change through the years
Yeah Englandz a bitch I live up north in Huddersfield n thingz are only gettin worse with all tha negativity here. I didn't know but therez people claimin Crip n Blood in tha UK. I knew bowt tha gang violence but wtf? I think deh tryna prove deh "real gangstaz" or sumthin.
any one who still thinks the bronx is the same as the video, its not. things have changed, streets are fixed, we have new trains and somewhat computerized, new/repaired buldings, and theyre expensive. we even have condos and new schools.
word, but its still fucked up its the worst place to live in ny and probably even the whole north east in the u.s .. maybe camden,new jersey is worst. but hey i neva been there.. but true what stbny said.
wild style is in my blood, in my body, in my brain, man,... i was 10 years and rocked up the streets in south-germany, when wildstyle influence me, in the `83-84, later i rock as a graffiti writer in the `90! i feel the time so full of live, the young culture, thats real hip hop!!! thats the basic to understand hiphop culture, man!!
Are you serious? Rappers from the ghetto usually want to get out, not come back in. I used to live in the Bronx and in Corona, and it's really horrible. Everybody who lives in the suburbs, or even a place not full of crime and poverty should be glad where they live.
Oldstyle Rapper Nr 1.
SrM010101 1 month ago
Love Caz. PIONEER/LEGEND.
skooterz1261 2 months ago
yeah brah my real birth name is Caz
xTHATx0N3xGUYx 3 months ago
" Gotta start with nothing and then you build, follow your dream until its fulfilled." -verse explains the origins of hip-hop - something that got made outta nothing!
DrewCityCentral 5 months ago
sisi !!
cagool2fray 7 months ago
Damn, tunes drive me oooh!
myjanuary151987 11 months ago
Zoro is watching all of us as we post...
CitySkin09 1 year ago
Get the audio from this song at thetunify doht cohm.
LivaTryon615 1 year ago
Check out my FACEBOOK page "I Survived the South Bronx in the '70s & '80s"!
LortheBlair 1 year ago
listen to how positive the message is in this song!
DBoi732 1 year ago
str8 outt da bronx
adonis7411 1 year ago
oh yeah fucking this topic and old school rap foreva!!
kwicol5 1 year ago
love, love, love, this. thanks for posting
hundredthough 1 year ago
south bronx new york what do i see
kids growin up ???
can somebody help me on this?
koolguttarap 1 year ago
@koolguttarap ....in the community
JerBearDJ 1 year ago
old school rap forever!
hulkhogantupaclover 1 year ago
You talk shit pussy
MrSyn2010 1 year ago
where it's at!! ever and always, poetry in motion.
FannyMcPie 2 years ago
No comparison! This shit is like.........What da fuck can i say!! Ill play this @ my funeral..Word!!
claybrooks0228 2 years ago 2
Terrra91 2 years ago
could you PM me the lyrics if you know them? i cant find them in google, thx
MrCh00by3 2 years ago
i dont think people can make music like this anymore!!!!
dnegro 2 years ago
@dnegro Perhaps because they don't come from the same place as these artists did. They really took what was happening in life and turned it into something great. Coming from nothing, they left a mark in history.
funkyladybean 1 year ago
no disrespect to what's on today. But everyone should check out the old school artists. You get an understanding of the evolution of the genre. I may be prejudiced because I grew up with this (well, the next wave, starting in 83 or so) but it's so easy to see where artists come from. I mean, the link between Rakim and Eminem, and Kool Moe Dee and Jay Z, etc, are so obvious and intriguing.
Thaxiss 2 years ago
no man Im new generation and all I really collect is oldschool Especially the era your from electro, new wave and all that stuff is some of the best styles Ive ever heard and in my opnion it is. and its true samples get used alot even some lyrics get used up but alot of time if they use an oldschool lyric ppl dont catch on to it. cuz they dont know
EmBoogieDown 2 years ago 2
this is was also in wildstyle I think or at least the beat I think was
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IllyDizzle 2 years ago
fuck you and your soulja boy and 50 cent videos...
cyco2kill 2 years ago 5
holy shit this is some good old skool shit showing from where hip hop started
SuperWindowsXP 2 years ago 4
I can feel that awesomness from that song
MrCh00by3 2 years ago
;) oLD-ScHOOl ;)
DonEci 2 years ago
i miss how nyc looked in the 80's it had more of a nyc style original flavor about it
nicoleayanna 2 years ago 4
Dope. Dope. Dope.....always my favorite songs off the wildstyle movie. Loved when Nas used the beat for the Genesis intro on the Illmatic album.
Nyclassic2006 2 years ago
The message of the song is very positive. Just compare with today's stereotypical rap. Today's mainstream rap is like the burned out South Bronx 30 years ago, razed. The effect of greed and pop culture was like arson to real hip hop. Think about it.
"South Bronx, New York: that's where I dwell / To a lot of people it's a living hell / full of frustration and poverty / but wait, that's not how it looks to me / It's a challenge, an opportunity / to rise above the state of debris..."
silipers 2 years ago 4
GRANDMASTER CAZ....THE GODFATHER OF HIP HOP...U ALREADY KNOW...SUGAR HILL GANG STRAIGHT STOLE "RAPPER'S DELIGHT" FROM CAZ...who u andytsa? No room for your ignorance here son...SHUT THE FUCK UP!!! HOW'S THAT BITCH?... CALI LOVES YOU CAZ...F.A.M.O.B. BABY...FAME AND MONEY OVER BULLSHIT BITCHES!!!!
LzFAMOB 2 years ago 2
what fuckin retards! this shit is fresh-station!!
straight dope!
CEASONE77 3 years ago
more then likely it was played on synth at the time..this song was like barely 1980 :P
matasbrahu 3 years ago
Where can I get this version of the song?
Izakokomarixyz 3 years ago
I actually found it on the Wild Style 25th Anniversary soundtrack.
SKHardcastle 3 years ago
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niggrars brox is albanian land.simple as that!albanians chase niggrars all day.yeah niggrars!ya dig?brox and brouklin iz albanian land niggrars!word!
andytsa 3 years ago
I laugh at retards like you. Look at you go, trying to spell out words...
Izakokomarixyz 3 years ago 9
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niggrar monkey go back to asia,climb up a tree and dont come back.albanians we taken over your streets
andytsa 3 years ago
You have no idea of what you are talking about... You racist asshole, learn to spell... by the way, I'm Hispanic... And African Americans don't come from Asia lol
Izakokomarixyz 3 years ago
Ha!
HarryTheTalkingDude 3 years ago
Haha you're one of the most dumb people i ever heard of
DaanOFF321 3 years ago
please be clear of what you're trying to say because i have no clue what a "nigrar" is.
617KillaKaelex 3 years ago
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niggar a niggar is a less gifted person originating from africa.niggars are the only tace that didnt accomplish anything so far.whites,asians,hindus,arabs..all have contributed while the niggar lived in bronze age conditions untill now
andytsa 3 years ago
YOU are one ignorant piece of trash. and besides it's spelled "nigger" and isn't solely reserved for black people. I think YOU are the nigger here. Are you kidding me? let's see, to start, they are beautiful and amazing musicians, some even thriving from devastated ghettos to build a life for themselves. there's the UNF, MLK, Harlem Globe Trotters, Billie Holiday, MIles Davis, OH and why don't you take a look at the president. Is that not an accomplishment? what have YOU accomplished asshole?
guccichic18 2 years ago 16
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1st niggar as a white at least i am capable of writin in a foreign language so good that you are able to understand what im saying.ya dig what im sayin niggar?
2ond niggar u just proved uza inferior mafaka!
harlem trotters is the niggar contribution to humanity?thats your civilization?fake basketball for kids?wtf niggar?
andytsa 2 years ago
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3rd billie holiday was a good voice but she aint no role model.
4th whites discovered more than 80 percent of major solutions through science in medicine
5 universally there are more white or asian people livin in ghettos but only niggas cry like a bitch.try livin in refuggee camps or inside warzones like millions whites do and then cry about it.
andytsa 2 years ago
@andytsa i hope u stop listenin to dat stuff ur dad tells u wen he makes u suck his dick
realmckoy7 2 years ago
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from the albanian dictionary
niggar,a niggaroid african man.niggars are people from sub saharan africa.the niggars are divided in many tribes and also have been mixed with arabs and whites especially in north africa.
andytsa 2 years ago
People like you make me sick. Look up "racist piece of shit" in your Albanian dictionary and then go fuck yourself..
MrNilo82 2 years ago 2
@guccichic18 same to black and white same like that i nocted them smile lol i dont say w ord bout it : :#
joedeafhiphop69 1 year ago
@guccichic18 yeah we should tolerate black niggers but if they have hot chicks or much money we must cut of their weener
iluvmycousin2much 3 months ago
this is the dope shit
Morthund 3 years ago
city to the left city to the right lmao humble
tjekwantu 3 years ago
this shit is classic so thats where nas got the intro for illmatic from
royalnash 3 years ago
"My dream is the same as yours" "it's up to us"
"don't let nothing to hold me back" all these stuffs were positives back in those days. And for the ones who don't know shit was hard back then ! So I've got to give mad Props for this jam => old school so Kool ! Great Music ! Great Spirit !
Straight Up Hip-Hop in its purest form.
They Rep the RedBlack&Green
Sistaz & Brothaz should be aware of that => striving for perfection ! Peace To all
alsheikh871 3 years ago 2
does anyone know which areas the train is riding through? and what number the train is?
Rach84 3 years ago
the 2/5 train it went to freemean st, simpson street, prospect, jackson, and 3rd ave - 149 st.
i live by freeman so i found that area familiar
STBNY 3 years ago
the south bronx today is excellent. crime is down, better shops, more jobs and much cleaner compared to the 1980s. id love to live in da bronx nyc. i hate london uk. lol
zareh77 3 years ago
Back then was better.
bigrene2 3 years ago
look at that.. and people thought i was talking trash lol. they gave me thumbs down because i guess they thought i was lying. i lived in the bronx all my life and i watched it change through the years
STBNY 3 years ago
was the area around Jerome Ave & 170th st like this too? I work there now, so I'm curious what it looked like.
Rach84 3 years ago
Yeah Englandz a bitch I live up north in Huddersfield n thingz are only gettin worse with all tha negativity here. I didn't know but therez people claimin Crip n Blood in tha UK. I knew bowt tha gang violence but wtf? I think deh tryna prove deh "real gangstaz" or sumthin.
Terrra91 3 years ago
Awesome track.... GMC!
HipHopDontStop46 3 years ago
The horn/string hook on this one is the shiznit. Someone should loop it again.
INVESTORK 3 years ago
murdering cool beat :D
ritualfunk 3 years ago
any one who still thinks the bronx is the same as the video, its not. things have changed, streets are fixed, we have new trains and somewhat computerized, new/repaired buldings, and theyre expensive. we even have condos and new schools.
STBNY 4 years ago
word, but its still fucked up its the worst place to live in ny and probably even the whole north east in the u.s .. maybe camden,new jersey is worst. but hey i neva been there.. but true what stbny said.
Youtub3username 4 years ago 5
dude wildstyle's in your blood and you were 10 years old in germany. ive live in the harlem district my entire live.
Loves2Skate413 4 years ago
wild style is in my blood, in my body, in my brain, man,... i was 10 years and rocked up the streets in south-germany, when wildstyle influence me, in the `83-84, later i rock as a graffiti writer in the `90! i feel the time so full of live, the young culture, thats real hip hop!!! thats the basic to understand hiphop culture, man!!
FCAopium 4 years ago
Man, talk about flashin' back...
Does anyone know the original the sample is from?
The11thLetter 4 years ago
0:57 to 1:04 is the 2 and 5 line goin to freeman from simpson.
Pslpng2 4 years ago
i remember way back in in 82 and man there wasnt one person who didnt love this damn song
Loves2Skate413 4 years ago
Shit! I live in the Czech Republic and I got everything I want but I would really exchange it for living in poverty in the Bronx...
Kitkat2424 4 years ago
lol, you can do that. give away everything u own, and move to the bronx lolz
lifealchemist 4 years ago
just remember, its not the same now as it is in this video
lifealchemist 4 years ago
yea u hear a nigga gettin shot right outside ya pad and u aint never gonna come outside the video aint as it seems
Wilkinson2000000004 4 years ago
why would you want to live in poverty in that kind of area? I teach in the south Bronx...you don't want to live there lol
Rach84 4 years ago
Are you serious? Rappers from the ghetto usually want to get out, not come back in. I used to live in the Bronx and in Corona, and it's really horrible. Everybody who lives in the suburbs, or even a place not full of crime and poverty should be glad where they live.
KhudaHeat 4 years ago
na rach is exagerating. what u see in the video is not the same anymore. things changed for the better
STBNY 4 years ago
the SB is a lot better than it was, but it still has a way to go. Most of the parents of my students hate it and want to get out but can't.
Rach84 3 years ago
Dope video. Wildstyle is a classic.
suaved 4 years ago
Very.
takao691150 4 years ago
Yo This Video is mad real this is what we need to bring back to the mainstream... FUCK CRUNK!!!
web98 4 years ago 3
that was a whole movie not only a commercial clip
teiblist 4 years ago
back to the roots || fuck this commercial bullshit rap! Oldschool forever baby ;)
Tjsan 5 years ago 3
So fucking OLDSCHOOL.
MichalSR 5 years ago