Strictly Roots - Beg No Friends

[AQWAwey]

its fat Joe from scary movie 3 ;D

[GDGVBH]

rmr of entry he kill all the world, burning it was

[RalphFee]

Classic hip hop. The early to mid 90s were the best. On another note I do beats. Stop by and check em out. All feedback and comments are appreciated. One.

[deleoa471]

man was it up with these dudes back then, thank they were hard i can see it all they eyes they all soft but music is nice tho real hip hop.

[OnTheRunSinceBirth]

Quintessential NY shit . Esp that fat fuck Joe.

[OnTheRunSinceBirth]

Fat Joe .......can I blame this ill lyricist wanting to make money? I always wonder.

[Rudebway827]

RAW

[tonygunzification]

new york hip hop kills

[demonkai76]

those street fighter samples were always halarious...

[MrScumbagger]

aaaaiiiiight



[chthcz]

Plus

[davidcollas]

grand puba one of the best for sure

[westsIdeconnectlon]

Fat Joe was soo tight

[seventhirty100]

That video was raw and uncut, valley mob at their finest.... Big shout out to Strickly Roots, Black Rain, and DVS. Peace to the Valley Legends! You know who you are..... Peace!

[dpark41gbtripog]

goddamn i miss rap city from the early 90's!!!!

[MrMiles6780]

Fat Joe is robbin women for thier wic checks!

[KaniHoodieAndTimbs]

Motherfuck Drake

I will rape you with my 12" vinyl copy of this record you fucking wack bi-racial piece of shit

I dont have anything against bi-racial people but he is wack as shit and makes bi-racial people look bad

fuck him

[borchabronx]

and on the dislikes faggot ass pussies that CANT DEAL WITH DA REAL

[abxtale]

AAAAAAYO!!! Valley 4 life.... Tiemann Ave Whaddup!

[ronaldo6901]

@FenderRhodes2 well dont listen to it then if u dont like it u nerd

[unit666industries]

@2livecrew

[FenderRhodes2]

Here is some new lyrics.

Mary had a little lamb and it's fleece was white as f-ing snow.

Every where Mary went she get gang raped by a bunch of homies,

half of lyrics I can't tell what these guys are saying, let alone understand ghetto speak.

[jyrodjr]

the backdrop..Co-op City and The Valley

[CapTainBuckAHOE]

DAMN FAT JOE. I USE TO HATE YOU BEFORE I HEARD THIS. I use to think you couldnt mc for shit damn.

[saintbroadway]

When Clowns don't understand RudeBoy talk they criticize...dont listen this aint for the lames!!!BEG NO FRIENDS!!!

[Amidat]

@saintbroadway - Jamaicans still use that talk even today... "wi nuh beg fren" - lolol... I just said this past summer - lololol

[whitechocandy]

What the fuck happened to Fat Joe? Dude could spit mad nice.

[FenderRhodes2]

Sounds like vulgar nursery rhymes over a drum machine. Someone needs to learn how to speak ENGLISH.

[FenderRhodes2]

Huh? I didn't understand a single word this idiot was saying. and people wonder why our society is all messed up. This isn't God awful, it is just plain immature, ignorant and not any sign of intelligence whatsoever.

[Alxsezz]

@FenderRhodes2 Just Take for what it is,its a art form that at the time was cool for them,It doesnt sound good today,But Ten years from now youll make fun of the Crap Today,

[FenderRhodes2]

@Alxsezz Oh, OK, so I should call this an art form? That's like saying that The Monkees was a real group. Sometimes I think people take the liberty of stretching the terms "art form" and "music" just a bit much. With the advent of computer based recording, internet posting sites like You Tube and a bunch of amateurs, we get crap like this. we now live a world of crap and people want to call it art or music. sorry, someone has to stand up for having some amount of taste. LOL

[FenderRhodes2]

make fun of crap today in 10 years? how about fun of it 10 seconds after I view or listen to it? that make much more relevant. 10 years from now, I hope to be subjected to higher quality crap... :-)

[Alxsezz]

@FenderRhodes2 First of all if you Dont like the Music,Get The F_ck off the site.Second These People at least Dropped a Album,Unlike You Whos A nobody and will always be a Nobody Dumb Nerd.

[FenderRhodes2]

@Alxsezz Hey Mr. High and Mighty, I can make a comment just like anyone else. Haven't you heard of free speech? Was the album legitimate or was it just some POS home made demo they pressed to make it appear like they are a legitimately signed band? Hahaha...

[Alxsezz]

@FenderRhodes2 What ever it is ,Wheres Yours and your vid ,....Huh.....Thought so......

[FenderRhodes2]

@Alxsezz 1. I don't have videos of me performing, the only one's I know of other people have copies, but I don't. 2. The videos are concert performances done years ago t either nightclub or outdoor venue and they weren't professionally edited, etc. 3. I won't release some video just to show off, It would have to be professionally produced with proper release forms and of content that was worthwhile promoting. Not all music projects are worth promoting, some are just more for demo purposes.

[FenderRhodes2]

huh? I didn't

[MPCHustle]

this is God aweful...Jesus, to think I listened to this back in the day

[718bxfinest]

@DJSAL415 ok good point 50 does got his number somewhat but.... Joe Crack has many classics. check out his second album jealous ones envy and his jealous ones still envy albums. as a BX rep myself, sure Joe lost a step but GOD Damn why are you hatin...is it something personal?

[seejak]

Respect for putting these videos up!! I had a video tape that got lost in time with classic videos and glad to see you guys representing the videos!!!!

[TonyBigz]

@DJSAL415 Maan what's ya problem, why the hell you dissin' him for??

[MrBlackSW]

This is old school hip-hop. I actually have an episode of Video Music Box with this video on it. I love the Street Fighter II radio edits on the track! BTW, if anyone can post a video by M.C. StrongArm called "Rippin up the Stage", I would be very happy.

[OnTheMic87]

who is this last charakter? Somebody knows?

[mace999]

@OnTheMic87 It's Broadway, from Strickly Roots

[isaachaaze3]

Yo this was my sh!!!!t...yo know what man not to sound cocky, but it's true the early to mid-90's produced the best hip-hop music ever.

[msnikish1]

hahah i wonder who that white dude is , who got his ass yoked hahaha

[doktorron]

anyone have the lyrics to this track?

[effmunee]

Begs no friends and Off & On was my 2 joints,they rocked around the same time,that hardbody Uptown shit!

[msnikish1]

@effmunee word yo i was in high school when this joint came , dumb hot son, 90's were really dope early top mid 90's was a real fat time for rap and hip hop

[destiny66]

@effmunee

Hell yeah son! The bass in "Off & On" was major!!

[saintbroadway]

NUff Respect WE GOOd Family,Music aint the same game,but we still Hard Body Trust!Begs No Friend in 2010!

[acdegrees421]

Gotta co-sign the others on here, these niggas ain't ready for this here. Like money said, 17 years and still ain't been heard from niggas. This shit is better 17 yrs later than new shit made yesterday!!

[msnikish1]

"brothers cant deal with treal word bond"

[sydshell]

When DJ Clue was official in 94, his best cassette tape had this joint

[bxsunone]

classic

[fLaWiDuHfInEsT]

niggas still aint ready for this.....17 yrs old....still bumpin

[KongeSize]

this shit right here... this shit! I one of the illest tracks i have heard ever. its just so damn hardcore!

[msnikish1]

@KongeSize  true dat!!!!

[msnikish1]

me too son, i remeber this shit this was dope

[lilrick98]

dis was n is da shit! yeah fat joe was a force to be regon with back then!!! dat nigga was real!!

[jbaabz]

yoooo this is maa shit!!! The most lyrics track on that album... Word.... STRICKLY ROOTS & FAT JOE , THE FLOW IS ILL!

[WILDCENTURION]

this joint is not too well known ,but is definitly a classic fromm hip hop

[cybersalad]

Back when Fat Joe was loud and kind of scary. (If you didn't hear his pre-gangsta Finesse cameos)

[bomsheeta]

newyork hip hop fuck everybody

[FreshAirEmcee]

fat joe is so weak ! i hate him

[southrapsucks]

check tha old school stret fighter plugs......

[blueknight5758]

I use to blast this video in college and the street fighter sound effects was the best! uuuuhhhh! lol

[jiveAt5]

Fat Joe is Da Gangsta,you know that kids,right?!

[goldietheog]

lyrics please

[locyka19]

this music is very slept on..unfortunately ........ although the boogie down has the "biggest" hip hop scene it has never got too many influental rap groups in the early 90's....the strictly roots is an exception.they represent something real...realistic group

[Ahsap7]

Yo...what happened to shorty long Stroke?!?!?

This was the shit!!!

[Bloodsport1]

yo you remember that lol. I bought the vinly back in the day man.

[Serjozha]

Fat Joe fucked this song up!! He can go and sing with Ricky Martin

[FreshAirEmcee]

you so right !

[jufern1]

....kickin' a fat flow, with fat joe, guard your grill niggas. . .

[roman510]

no  he didnt nigga

[jufern1]

This is a sick track. . .I wish Joe woulda stayed hard like back then. .. That first nga kills it.

[metalbucket2]

Isn't the fat guy the one who danced to "Numa Numa"

[leroybrown505]

0:40 look at that homie loving life on the left dancing with a 40oz in his hand.

[righteousdivine]

a whoooole lotta m@#$%'s slept on this here. i ask heads now adays if they remember this and they give me the blank stare. this and that wutang/jodeci remix were some hot shit!!

[sureslick1]

DAmn i Remember i used to mosh to this. Yes hiphop in th 90's used to create some serious pits. lol look at it now. shame.

[sureslick1]

Bck in the day we took tracks like this for granted thinkin this would last 4 eva. HOW THE FUCK DID HIPHOP EVOLVE FROM THIS TO SOLDIER BOY!!!! SOME1 TELL ME

[espenludvigsen]

They need to bring this music back to life , im so sick of that whannabe rap music nowadays , peace

[KumaOdense]

Dopeness

[shagzor]

now ic where fat joe came from ha. BAAAANGING SHIT

[ms0487a]

this is that Fat Joe that I used to listen to in '93. And for all yall that think Joe just suddenly emerged in '02 with "Whats Love" check this one. JOE is a card carrying member of D.I.T.C. R.I.P BIG L!!!

[WTFMATES132]

Lol "REALHIPHOPISGARBAGE" LOLOL

[lilrick98]

i was locked up when this shit came out!

[marzblkman]

I was in college when this was out. This is that real classic shit that you had to be a hip hop head to know about.  Sadly cuts like this will NEVER be featured on any of those countdown shows and thats a shame.

[unicogerald]

classic

[Buttababy]

Too many Boynton Ave peeps in this vid...wow...

[RASHONBOND]

grand puba's verse on this was classic yo

[acdegrees421]

Word!! When is Puba not ill as colon cancer? This joint was mad slept on here in B-more, only played on college radio.

[weaslepopper]

This song was slept on everywhere.

[Ranglerdj]

...we didn't get Video Box in the UK and only had MTV (BET was here for a while to people who had cable) so never saw this vid.

First time i'm seeing this - WHAT A BANGER!!

Must of missed these guys from back in the days as i was into my rap hard back then.

[SDSOverfiend]

yeah is heritage is. This was one of Fat Jone hardest verses evah next to "Find out" off "Don Cartegena" (His best album.)

[mize2]

Fuck !!! I was only 12 years old and Knew this shit WORD FOR WORD !!!

[SDSOverfiend]

Me too i was 11 though back in 94 summer. Funny how you could hear Ralph McDaniels cueing he vid up. He was the only person playing this Joint.Damn i missmy Youth it seem like a blur in time. Classic Record right here.

[sweetboogiedown]

A YO RASH PEACE BABE!

[shaitan9]

All I can say is whoa , this is the sickness. Thanks for this.

[80baruch]

Im flippin my wig right now! There was no grimier beat than this when it came out! I bought the tape popped it in the sony walkman and started writing rhymes on the way to school.

[lulvis]

Video Music Box. Yup they were the only ones to play official exclusive videos

[SDSOverfiend]

Yeah No doubt!!! Ralphie Never played the edited versions.He always played the whole video from meth's all i need intro to Big's Warning ending. Never a Flaw.

[lulvis]

YES YES When I saw Warning I went crazy. I was like yo that is the hottest shyt EVER!!!

[ushakov7]

I didn't know that Fat Joe was part of Strictly Roots in 1993 before Terror Squad and D.I.T.C.

[medes252]

he just featured on this joint

[ushakov7]

Why can't Fat Joe Rap the same way he used to?

What was the last album Strictly Rots released and the year?

[steeltownbrown52]

I was just getting into hip hop full time and at first I thought this was some type of super-group,LOL.

[beast1160]

shout out to 233rd and White Plains Road, also shout out to edenwald houses

[beast1160]

thats a hot a beat especially when they use the street fighter voices when somebody curses

[MelzDaMartian]

this is how ny rap should sound

[megatronbomber]

damn i've been looking for this a long time!true ny rap at it's best.good fucking post!

[NARCODOLLARS]

Aaaaaaaaaaight, my nigga Chill will fm da Eastside kick Flavors, Big all Yardie Cru Whiteplains, Gun Hill, Boston Rd. Stand up Ma BX niggyz.

[PDizzo]

WOW!!!!!!!!!!! Nice Add!!!!

[dnlxl]

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[dnlxl]

some proper hard shit

[SparkWater]

Shout out to the old Truman HS Mustangs, even though ya'll were my football rivals back in the days.

[hennylo68]

this when fat joe was a ill nigga

[tableturns77]

this is an ill beat but now everything is wack

[jihad4realniz]

raaaaaaaaaaw

[RobbieKow]

"and all the cemetaries love me cause i give them brothers mad work" classic

[outsource]

Ohhhh!!! This was my shit!!!! LOL

Big Props to Nadouble75 for posting this!!

[REIGNSUPREME7]

everyone in the hood was in this video!!!!

[REIGNSUPREME7]

valley mob all day

[bmulder220]

Some niggas on this video went to Truman HS

[Amidat]

@bmulder220 - it looks like a lot of them came from "the valley" and baychester... I always smile when I see that station @ 233rd and white plains road. The 2 and the 5 train was mode of transport back in the day - LOLOL.  I remember when the 5 stopped running to Nereid and only went to Dyre.

[Bloodsport1]

I got this on vinyl

[ericdajerk]

that drink in the face always had me laughing...i love this joint, thanks for the upload

[97MONTE]

peace 2 dj fashion who produced this joint

[szafto]

roflmao when they take the white guy and poop with himm haha

[ESCOXTC]

I used to see this shit on Video Music Box. Hahaha. Back in the day...before MTV and bullshit.

[KINGDONJON360]

what album

[hennylo68]

haha i remember this shit........shout out to a young joey crack

[AbbottSupreme]

peace..sick word up..one

[CharlieRicarlo]

This song was hot!! This was that was hip hop.

[YouGottaLoveIT69]

WOW!!!!!!!! When I saw this I said oh shit! I cannot belive you have this. Thank you so much for posting! ur awesome!

[dday203]

this is a dope fuckin song...i had the maxi single back in the day...

the best part of the beat is the clap before the 4th snare....