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  • i love  x-clan

  • We were doing he darn thang! They had to Slow us down!

    It was so common to wear your Culture Colors back then.

    These Lyrics are Profound Power!

    That's why they sign who they sign now.

  • @mccoy1303 damn right bruh. also @ the same time the "POWERS that BE" didn't think this would last as an art form and didn't really pay that much ATTN to it. the minute "UNIVERSAL" threw their hat in the HIP HOP ring, that was the NAIL in the HIP HOP coffin. SAD. Trust me, we wont be playing WAYNE and FLOCKA 15-20 yrs from now. NO MSG. NO SUBSTANCE. NO HEART. we ACTUALLY HAD PRIDE IN WEARING 5$ AFRIKAN leather medallions and HAVING MSG orientated fun with HONOR n RESPECT. Peace Bruh.

  • ZOOM! Sissy!

  • These guys were at the very top of their game ! So much talent ! We need a show called 'WHERE ARE ALL THE BEST OLD SCHOOL RAP ARTISTS NOW" ! Someone should put a bunch of all these best of the best together and have a world old school BET tour around the country. I dont know why they dont ! It would sell out within an hour....you know that !

  • yes!! i grew up listening to x-clan..i was totally obsessed with them!!!

  • i saw these pro black motha fuc*ker at the regal in chicago with all white women!!!!!

  • still a sick song yo... Hip-Hop what happened to you...?

  • Honestly, I can't even laugh at this anymore. #honor

  • YEEEAAAAAHHH, this is it. HEEEELLLL YEEAAAAHHH. Dudes were like light years ahead of their time.

  • I miss this music sooooo much!!!!!

  • just dope...dope

  • I use this to help me study

  • OMG!! This is bringing back some serious memories. Any body remember VIDEO JUKEBOX on channel 31 back in thwe day?

  • yall should check Grand Verbalizer.. dope.. and Dark Sun Riders was a NICE album.. and the newer Return to Mecca is real nice.. Js one of th realest mcz out there..

  • these cats came to atlanta way back, damn, I had to be 18, anyhow, my man calls me and says, come get me, we gotta pick up x-clan. Im like WTF?? hung with them 2 days, still my favorite group, an j, fav mc..

  • Wheat Bread Taste The Jam.. In Other Words Afrikan's Listen To The Song.. Brohter J Is Very Underated.. Walk In The Light Of The Moon But I Batman Afrikan Call It BLACK MAN.. Ashe'

  • Blacker than black cuz I'm BLACK Y'ALL!

  • these to 16 year old emcees are bringing hip hop back

    /watch?v=rssoq0_GvGY

  • CLASSIC SHIT RIGHT HERE.....ON THE REAL....

  • RIP Professor X

  • word up. shit is slammin.

  • if you pay attention Brother J does not use Broken English in his rhymes,he pronounces each syllabul in his words.

  • TEACH, TEACH!

  • sissssssssssssssssssssssssssss­sssssssssssssssssssssssssssssy­

  • The Egyptian Preisthood.

  • They dress funky

  • Soo much relevant knowledge dropped in one liners in this epic song that I used to DANCE to

  • I think One Be Lo sounds like Brother J.

    Not in voice, but the way he tells how it is without sounding preachy.

  • Laal,kala.haraa.Thik Thak.

  • You can grab the audio-mp3 of this video at grabaudionow doht cohm.

  • xclan we miss u pharrohs hip hop miss u decevio and n.w.o got yo back

  • @Missladypac1 I saw them preform in DC last weekend. Brother J still got it.

  • BEST RAP GROUP OF ALL TIME

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  • My favorite track out of all of their songs. R.I.P. to Professor X and Sugar Shaft.

  • X-Clan were interviewed for the book 'HOW TO RA P: The Art & Science of the Hip-Hop MC'

    Great read if you're into classic, lyrical Hip-Hop, Brother J drops a ton of knowledge in that book

  • I remember this!!! I love the Black watch movement!!! Brother J was a poet from his heart!! Protecd by the red,the black and the green!!!

  • grits and cornbread, how can you act this!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Conscious rap...picture that...an emcee rhymin' about the history of African Americans...A LOST CONCEPT!

  • @olskoolrich Man, XCLAN was sick!!! I was between 18 to 20 when those brothas were running it!

  • @olskoolrich So true my brother!!!!!!!!!!!

  • sissssssssssssssyyyyyyyyyyyyyy­yyyyy! RIP Professor X

  • Vanglorious! dope sht, golden age....

  • @Conduit13C Very Golden!!!!!!!

  • This type of music isn't popular anymore because the masses wouldn't understand it. Write a rap about drinking, smoking, and fucking bitches and the herds of sheep will follow.

  • Word peace to suns and earths and godz and fake ass religion might as well be Xtian this fake ass funk George Clinton is a shame but all you 5% out there raise up if you're not too busy selling crack.peace god.

  • MARTIN..ADAM..MALCOLM..HUEY..D­EWIE..LOUIE...There's a party at the crossroad.

  • there go my man paradise..r.i.p

  • Enlightment rap, what a concept. What ever happened to it. Could it be that all the so-called "Gansta Rapper" have sold their soul and sold their people up the river? The celebration of ignorance must stop.

  • Brotha "J" could rhyme!

    Imagine a rap song trying to teach somebody something!

  • what happen 2 hiphop? man i miss it!!!!!!!!!!! where's the rap video show? yo mtv raps, rap city

  • Anyone who listens to this should not just listen to the great music but the words within...take it to heed and you will add knowledge to your mind and soul of history, love and soul

  • @tamtamkk33 They just won't play true knowledge they only allow garbage on tv today but we must cont to fight to bring this to the youth

  • Wow...... flash backs, kick ass. Forgot all about these guys!!!!!!

  • Listen 2 wut these boys were saying- knowledge itself

  • @MrSkitaste Nothing but knowledge

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  • this song is still a threat!

  • COULD YOU ELABORATE ?

  • the mothership + ill lyrics + militant black nationalism + african imagery = threat!

  • @insightdeluxe2 And that because it hits the heart of the truth in our struggle

  • me and another white dude, and a black friend of ours got to see these cats at the Pepsi coliseum in Indianapolis in '92. These dudes were lyrically hypnotizing.

  • I remember when this came out. Everybody started wearing those African medallions at school. This is another album I just to play over and over again. As a shorty I never quite knew what Brother J was rapping about but I loved their stuff so much.

  • i remember this song when i was lil becuse my auntie had this tape

  • X-Clan=one of the first Hiphop tapes that inspired me as a youth in Mississippi. the red the black and the green . . . 1love

  • Ok, let me set the record straight. Lets look at Anthropology. There is no such thing as 100% Mexican because mexican is not a race, it's an ethnicity. And like it or not, they ARE your brothers, just brainwashed like everybody else to think the way they do. We are ALL victims of hate and ignorance, the difference is, YOU CHOOSE to follow truth or lie. That is totally up to you. Xclan and the rappers of the 90s were spitting knowledge, not self hate

  • @jazzpoetess dont hurt them with the knowledge.like you said they are brianwashed not knowing their own history

  • True dat. If they iknew who they were, they would not act the way they do. We are the ones who had the first University in the world, Timbuktu, located in the County of Mali, Tribe: Songhai, true name of Egypt: Kemet. Seek the truth and you will find that we are hated for a reason. They fear us!!!! You dont hide the truth from someone you do not fear

  • @jazzpoetess the last line "You dont hide the truth from someone you do not fear"is so powerful.that shit needs to be in every black persons head.especially when they learn their tru origin,white supremacy would fold into itself if more blacks thought like that

  • I remember jammin to this on my walkman in 8tth grade,you r correct theres not 100% anything anymore,sociology has proven that we exist in an evolving society made up of many cultures.

  • That is correct. I am currently doing my Thesis on Black language and culture. if anyone would like to be interviewed, please send me a message. My point is that Ebonics IS and actual language and should be justified. We are bilingual. Black langugae and Black culture go hanh in hand. If you deny our language, you deny US.

  • excuse the misspells, I just woke up. Anyhow, millions of dollars are being made off of OUR culture. Yet, our language that we use at home is seen as a sign of intelligence. hit me up if you want to participate. Leave a number

  • hey id be interested...hit me bak

  • @jazzpoetess Its not a language its a dialetic. Complete difference.

  • Oh shit cant get any africican than this

    stright from the jungles of deepest blackest africa

  • every race has bad apples.not just one?Maybe u had a bad experience with a Mexican before?Hopefully you will get over this hate that you have.

  • (C) 1989 4th & B'way/Island/Polygram Records

  • ...Let me tell You 'bout Blackness, Gritz and Cornbread How can You Act This....the Toughest line in the whole r. damn rapp!!! These Un-Sung Rappers were felt off !!! Young rappers need to listen to the true pioneers of ol' school rapp to get their True bearing!!! This is protected by The Red, The Black, and The Green with a Key....SISSYYYYYYYY!!!! The Key is the ONYX!!!

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  • This group is totally "UNSUNG". This is the most talented rap group of their era. The new rappers need to LOOK,LISTEN and LEARN form this real rap group.

  • "Bringing Verbal Milk", damn that's tight.

    These brothas spit mad science back then.

    I had to leave hip hop for the most part, just can't listen to how much drugs someone is slangin, how many mothfkas he smoked and ho's he fckd over and over again.

  • im 100% mexican and proud to be mexican.... but when this jam came out it made me and everyother cat who listened to it wishin they was a brotha..... i remember sayin "TO THE EAST BLACKWARDS SISSSSSY!!!" for years....

  • @Hez520Az LMAOOO, how old are u like 67, this is some god damn prehistoric music, this nigga said "sissys!" lmaooo.

  • i just hit 30 man....shit came around around 5th grade for me..... hahahaha i been hip hop since '79 !!!!!!!

  • @Hez520Az Lol, i like it, it jus seem like it would be older then that lol, i cant get that shit out my head "sissys!" lmao im 16.

  • if i were you i be 100% ASHAME to be 100% mexicam

    thats worst than being black

  • thats the most ignorant comment you can make coming from a minority.Just remember this black or brown,diffrerent color,but struggling the same way.

  • i understand taht but there is a differnce

    you dont know the mexicans like i do what they really are is gay hateful losers that nobody wants anything to do with.

  • ya... guess im not like you... proud to be 100% dickheaded-ignorant..

  • We where talking about this group the other day and how there are no messages and thought in todays music! Back in the day, at least it was not about the chain you wore or how many times you got shot or how long you stayed in jail, but about true hip hop and the message! Peace to those that know and those just finding out, what where you waiting for....................

  • jajaja this is so wack!!

  • Listening to these talented brothers really makes me wonder WTF has happened to rap nowadays

  • No Kidding Rap was a force to be wreckoned with in the 90s!

  • these brothers really schooled me on life,kno every trac by heart

  • Pink Cadillac black boot stompin! Ya

  • Absolute talent! great lyrics, a message, it flows so well! rappers today should take a lesson!!!

  • whats the name of the hairstyle (brother J)

    sry for my english im from austria

    thx

  • 'Never been a Batman, African call me Blackman'.

  • Kevin ass holes like you need to be shot!!! These were real and a need for our hoods. Yo fuckin ass is impressed by that bull shit that wars start huh you dick breath mutha fucka!!!!

  • What the fuck were those guys thinking they never been to africa or know anything about it did'nt professor x die from aids.

  • PROTECTED By The Red, The Black & The Green Sissies!!!

  • wow did not know that! i had a red black and green leather medallion back in the day...

  • What happened to X-Clan?

    Is it true that their DJ, Sugar Shaft died?

  • This was both the jam and foolishness at the same time.

  • THE BLACKMAN IS GOD

  • forward backwards many degrees, whats the sum WE HAVE COME!!!! THATS 4 REAL!!!

  • CLASSIC!

    I love X-Clan!

  • Brother J is one of Hip Hip's top 10 rappers of All time Lyrically!!! Hands Down!!

  • @respectourwomen i have said for years that no one can mess with brother j lyrically!

  • @respectourwomen: And the reason why I agree is because he like 2pac told the truth about what we needed to know.

  • Brother J definitely underrated. He was one of the best and probably all time best, lyricists.

  • Chuck D > Brother J

  • and you can understand every word!

  • OKay!!!? I thought it was only ME who thought I can't understand 1/2 of what these new artists are sayin!

  • Brother J was always a breath of fresh air. He sounded intelligent, spoke and spoke with proper diction. A classic song and video.

  • black men check out...black men's movement on youtube...peace to x clan!!!

  • At last...someone who can see them unsophisticated lyrics hiding behind hard beats & negative imagery that Southern rap represents! Man...Southern rap is the worst thing to ever happen to black music (and to those who disagree, no, its not "evolved music." Its DE-volved music!)

  • Word! It's teaching black people to be much less then what they could be and it gives a negative image of blacks.

  • They don't make 'me like this anymore

    Brotha J is one of the more underated MC's in hip hop history

    God Bless Professor X...siss-eeeeee!

  • Classic right there! Black & Proud!

  • This was one of my favorite rap groups when I was in high school. Back when rap music really had a message. I wish more hip hops artists would go back to this style of music, it would be a refreshing change from the usual garbage that the record companies distribute now.

  • What?! Professor X is dead? Or was it just a figure of speach?

  • Yh he passed.

  • clssic shit. R.I.P Professor X

  • Can't find this on iTunes. Brings back memories after high school.

  • classic´´brings memories

    5/*****

  • " then they label me a sin, when a brother just speaks what's within; I guess I'm blacker than a shadow in the darkest alley that they're always scared to go in, BOO!"

  • Boo nigga, boo. These brothers were prolific and profound.

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  • I'm sorry if my country is poorer than yours - my ancestors, predecessors and current leaders have done some terrible stuff, starting from selling our own brothers and sisters into slavery for whatever they did it for, but some of us, like me, are working hard at improving our lot and making our society better. Cheers

  • Learn your history. We didn't sell ourselves to the Christians, the Muslims sold us to the Christians. Just like in the Bible, Joseph was sold to the Egyptians by the Ismaelites. Read Lev. 26 and Duet. 28.

  • That's why the whites attempt it more and ensured for a while that blacks couldnt. But since that opportunity blockade has been broken you now have blacks choosing (inexplicably) themselves, not to go into these areas, and that stupid gang, material glorification culture supports that mainly by their denigration of knowledge and the pursuit of it. In sum, that culture hurts rather than helps blacks in America.

  • I said, every black RESIDENT (of Beverly Hills that is), not every black citizen of America. My point was, and still is, 1 in 1million who attempt to succeed at rap, sports, entertainment, acting etc do succeed, while a much higher ratio of those who go to university do succeed.

  • I'm a foreigner, & I always stay in Beverly Hills when I'm in LA. Every black resident is an actor, sportsman, rapper etc and 7 out of 10 whites is a doctor, dentist, businessman etc. It's easier to succeed as a doctor etc than as a rapper/sportsman etc, but it appears those who GLORIFY the meaningless crap I was reffering to don't understand this simple fact as well as those who merely DRINK them! CABICHE?

  • Thanks for the 'education' guy! Now I know what 'dawgs', courviousier, krystal, bitches & hoes stand for. Cheers bro!

  • goin way back

  • I let somebody hold my X-Clan CD....and never saw it again. :-(

  • dude

  • This is the cut!

  • Eazy E died from aids and so did Sugar shaft,Professor X died from Spinal Meningitis.OKAY, DAMN!

  • LOL @ Eazy was the ONE who died of AIDS.  Damn.. LOTS of people have died from AIDS.

  • what you saying? two man out the clan died of aids! are you serious?

  • vanglorious!!! sissyyyyyyyyyy!

  • suga shaft died from aids professor x died from spinal meningitis

  • Met these cats back in 93. They're full of shit. Its all an act. That's why KRS dissed the shit outta them. Y'all don't like what I said? Too bad.

  • I don't believe anyone actually cares what you say... too bad.

  • Sissyyyyyyyyy !!!111ONEONE

  • VANGLORIOUS!

  • Happy Earth Day, to "PROFESSOR X" Lumumba Carson. Born: August 4.. REST IN PEACE ! MISS U BRO!

  • "Walk in the light of the moon, but I never been a 'batman' African call'em blackman!" Truly Poetic!

    Oh boy, if we return to that kind of dance there wouldn't be an ounce of fat on our bodies. Where are my Africans! I want you! I need you! Where did you go! Where's the ship? Where do I go? Take me HOME! I'm sick of this crazy west! People have lost their minds! We're eating poisoned food, listening to devil worshipping music (new rap/hip hop) & have been encouraged to deny ourselves.

  • X-Clan...Professor X... Man, where did the time go...

  • Born in the cosmos where no time and space exists! ...dope lyrics

  • thiz iz the jam

  • RIP PORKY...ST. ANDREWS POSSE,1990...WESTERN AND SUNSET; HOLLYWOOD. Shout out to Jeff, Frances, Johnh, Tee, Tony, Deborah, Carolyln, Guy, and the Security Guard who put up with our electric slide and pool volleyball every night!!

  • real HipHop. Brother J is slept on

  • This is REAL hip-hop!

  • RIP d,j. Suga Shaft

  • r.i.p mj

  • what does that have to do with x-clan?

  • Educatem My Bruh! RIP X

  • R.I.P PROFESSOR X

  • how did he die?

  • X died from Spinal Meningitis back on 3/17/06...it's been a few years.....

  • I thought he died from AIDs

  • Oh nah, that was DJ Suga Shaft. He died with it back in '95

  • no youre thinking of eazy-e

  • no im not

  • please dont argue, eazy e is the one that died of aids

  • is eazy-e the only person in the world to have ever died of aids? i thought that PROFESSOR X got aids. eazy-e and x-clan have ziltch in common. dont try to school me on hip hop

  • wasnt trying to school you on hip hop. just saying eazy is the only one EYE know of that died of aids

  • OKAY

  • Learnig a bit about Blackness and jammin at the same time, this will never happen again as long as today's rappers continue to degrade themselves and Blackness in America.

  • I agree

  • To be honest, when I was younger I didn't like this kind of "hip-hop." I preferred the Fresh Prince, Kool Moe Dee, Big Daddy Kane. I ignored most of the hip-hop of this time. If not for one song, "Illmatic" I probably would've went on ignoring hip-hop/rap. Close after I fell for Wu-tang and Snoop.

  • I will take this anyday over da bullshit that's out today!!!

  • Thank you I collectn them as we speak.

  • As a BABALAWO,it is of my opinion that this group was one of the "FEW" that was DEVINELY influenced by ORUNMILA,those of the ORISHA TRADITION know what I'm talking about....Afara ni l'ekun!!!!!!