HIJACK - THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA

[maulmask]

nothing comes close to hijack...they upstaged ice t back in the day....kamanchi sly the rhyme writer....classssic!!!!!!!

[Gracchi]

still got this on vinly lol.

[CassusBeli]

@Gracchi Same here, respect.

[ggicroes]

One of the best, after 20 years still sounds awesome!!!

[mogwha]

YESSSSSSSSS richie4098 you the man, wear that t shirt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[RICHIE4098]

i rock a hijack tee at the street sounds night at scalet people where lovin it HIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIJJJJJJJJ­JJJJJJJJJJAAAAAAAAAACKKKKKKK

[1953sparks]

hip hop at its finest ...respect to the brixton crew ..........soundtrack of my youth still sounding as good 2 decades on

[thecrystalkid]

i suck on the mutha fokin teet of this classic nipple hop,,,slurrrp

[funkativity]

This Track Is Fuckin' Class And Will Always Will Be Nuff Fuckin' Said!!

[Bolivar1105]

This is what hip hop was - there's nothing like this now... Those that saw the birth if hip hop, electro, breakdance etc understand passion - those were the days.

[JaePanache]

Classic shit from Brixton's finest!

[JaePanache]

Classic shit from Brixton's finest!

[SuperMacgeorge]

I was there at the time of the release of this track, I lived life with this album as the soundtrack for a while. We had quite a few laughs, and this album was a great soundtrack to our lives at the time. We ran tings in our hood. UK hip hop, the sharp side of the cuttin edge my friends.

[yousssshogun]

straight out gangstar oll skool rap...this song wil never dies and go into the books of warraps deadly combination these G,S 

[trickykid73]

god....... i miss real rap !!

[metalfacedoom71]

@trickykid73 ain't dat shit da truth

[TYISCLOSER]

TUNE!!!!

[macken223]

hijack back again whahahahahaahahahhahahahaahaha­hah

[asjking]

Splendid. takes me back. I may go & dig out my old school tapes. Yo,where's my Derek B?

[mcbofrost]

lloyd webbers lawyers got me running for libel, so I loaded the buffolo rifle ...

[slitsmyster]

i had the album on tape man!! legends!!

[XRAYMUSIX]

watch out for some nu shit coming up next

X-RAY(D.J.UPPERKUT/READYKILL) f­­eat.BANDOG(KILLA INSTINCT)

search here for "READYKILL 2010" and you can listen to the instrumental

[waynecoolj]

I was banging this when it come out! Gave my neighbours a fright, lol

[tocirpa]

Excellent! Along with Gunshot & Silver Bullet

[VAPX007]

I love this music!

[C1Astra]

Love it! Thanks for uploading! Awesome n fun! :)

[MrTigerstyle47]

i have still the whole lyrics in my head and only now i can understand this because im german and with 14 years old i couldnt know the sense of the lyrics looool

[MrTigerstyle47]

daaaaaaamn oooooooooooooldschooooool woooohaaaaaaaa

hijack is back on youtube hahaha  god bless youtube

[summerdaez]

i like phantom number 2

[DMBUSG]

best uk rap group eva !!! classic !!!

[jefjays]

I appear, disappear, re-appear. Where? On the chandelier! Classic lyrics. 

[helmetplease]

thanks for the upload, this my fav song of the album.

[HANGINGWANG]

Aah back in the day when I looked forward to a group releasing a new song/album! Its stuff like this that still keep me on this miserable YouTube.

[megaDudeMegaDude]

"research"? You are sure you did not meant to say "listen to"?

[Snypa1973]

The Subliminal - i love that track - what a great year 1991 ;-) HIJACK ruleZ :)))

[candymancls]

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[MrAndyboots1]

awesome tune :)

[macken223]

people of the world... hijack the terrorist group

[93Prestige]

i'm confused why the fuck is he talkin about terrorism

[jasontristramroberts]

@93Prestige more like sas special forces phps

[JUNGLEJUSTICE9mm]

@93Prestige it was 1991

[Snypa1973]

@JUNGLEJUSTICE9mm - I know justice - was my reborn year ;-)

[ogfunk187]

cos it was their image, like 2pac used 'thug', i guess the word terrorism didnt have the same seriousness in early 90s as it does now.

[BadgerMK8]

@93Prestige Duh-Hijack,The Terorrorist Squad.

I Bet you is a Yankee ?

[nptrock]

Absolute classic of a TUNE!...These were the days of UK Hip Hop at its BEST..fuck all these dicks these days who think Task Force, Mud Fam are quality...they WILL NEVER have ANYTHING on late 80s - early 90s UK shit! NEVER!! ALL got that stupid twang bullshit wack shit goin on..haha lame arse PRICKS!! YA WACK!!!

[anunnaki2006]

@nptrock Another good crew was Gunshot! We have a good crew here in Birmingham called Moorish Delta 7.

[lukeshytalker02]

def one of my favourite albums ever

[Chokladpudding36]

cold classic. the most anticipated album of my youth. haha. da shit yo

[kemajl12]

yea this is the real hip-hop love this mc s reap by heard

[bringthebeatdown]

quality tune

[lovedrumandbass]

Hijack, uk`s first and only hardcore rap crew. All the so call mc`s should go back listen and learn.

[seedaripper1973]

er...where have you been mate?? Gunshot, london posse, caveman, silver bullet, overload-X, blade..no diss on Hijack, but there were plenty of 'other' hardcore uk hip-hop groups around the same time...check out some of my suggestions^

;)

[lovedrumandbass]

Was not slaggin off the others, i was just trying to say that the so call MC`s of today are just average except for a few.

[PrAnG2000]

Hijack were the best over here in UK, but were not the only hardcore group, at all.

Gunshot, Sindecut, Freshski & Mo Rock, Katch 22, to mention a few.

[ISIS72]

Fucking HARD! Man,those guys need to drop another LP...What happened to Hijack? They need to come again,the time is right.

[harda2kill]

i beleive dis was da intro tune on da L.P the best

rap album ever!

yes i repeat the best and i studied M.Cs from early 80s and its 2009 still cant find a betta LP put together - truly a revolution piece.

[Pzjh]

I had this album back in 91, and loved the part on this where the guy says, "make the breadline by the deadline or you'll be making the headlines"

[adeFIRTH]

i saw them open up for ice t in sheffield... oh my god.. killed it, smashed it. amazing tune, still makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up!!

[apatonuk]

Just found my orginal CD - now worth £56 on Amazon and Ebay!!

[insanemacbeth]

this song was very strong. i remember hearing this, before HIJACK released it.

but the first person to play me the IRON BUTTERFLY album, was MO' ROCK, around 1987-8.

[aphex187]

Iron Butterfly? tell me bruv?

[vollsticks]

@aphex187 I think maybe he means the sample source? Iron Butterfly were a American heavy rock group from the (I think) late 60's-early seventies...I think Nas used that "Inna-Gadda-Davida" record on something he did, I couldn't tell you what though, 'cause I stopped buying Nas' stuff after "It Was Written"....

[aphex187]

@vollsticks Oh christ yeah of course! fs >.<

And i second that on Nas.

[vollsticks]

@aphex187 it's wicked when you find like-minded people on youtube. I really buzz off it, instead of all these contentious wankers who just want to argue all the time! Anyway, glad I could jog your memory. All the best!

[pascaloldschool]

Very good album old school, with goods samples

[funkspasm]

I appear, dissapear, reappear (where?) on the chandelier as Phanotom!

[seedaripper1973]

hijack??? the fucking boy!!! loved all the album...timeless and this tune just fuckin kills...you know say old school uk hip hop rocked...check hard/son of noise gunshot,and silver bullet... ;)

[nptrock]

one of the best uk tunez EVER!!!

[BigLupeRakimDee2]

These men seem to be crosses between Chuck D vocally and Kool Moe Dee lyrically... now THAT makes for an unforgettably awesome combination. And it definitely makes these emcees a HELL of a lot of fun to listen to. Not to mention the way they work and feed off of each other, and make their individual rhymes come together so coherently. I KNEW I was in for a treat when I began to research British hip-hop, but I had absolutely NO idea that the quality would be THIS high!

Five stars and a favorite!

[BigLupeRakimDee2]

Oh... wow! I had absolutely no idea! It is an absolute pleasure to speak to you. You and the rest of this group created some absolutely unforgettable classics... it's just such a shame that none of you are regularly acknowledged or appreciated by most other hip-hop fans, be they passersby or loyal, faithful and dedicated. Sorry about the troubles you and your fellow members have faced over the years. I'm just glad you all managed to pull through.

[BigLupeRakimDee2]

Also, IMHO, this song has the single greatest interpolation of "In A Gadda Da Vida" that I've ever heard on a hip-hop record. It's eargasmic just to listen to this incredible beat! I usually keep it on repeat when I'm uploading videos here to YouTube. Usually eliminates a LOT of my stress... but good rap music always tends to have an ethereal effect on my moods. Much like tracks by Eri Kawai or Ritsuko Okazaki (if you don't know who they are, feel free to check them out... you won't regret it).

[trickykid73]

@BigLupeRakimDee2 you need to check out ......Overlord X , Gunshot , Silver Bullet , Ruthless rap assassins .

[Spoookyii]

@BigLupeRakimDee2 Respect my friend,glad you like our old school hip hop.

[starn58]

album came out early 90s but doomsday of rap 12" was about 87/88 I think!

[citadelofchaos]

kiss my emerald mutha fucka's

[RedrumsounD]

RUFF CUT!!! ahead of its time, fuckin timeless, cyan dead! - sweden salutes

[ogfunk187]

If someone made an album as good as this now, it would take over the world.

[FL45HM4D]

..cant beat hi-jack...this nex suck hip-hop whatever is still nothing vs. old skuul :) go on hi-jack..put on the needle on da record an enjoy...^^

[Doggydoggg69]

Oh yeah .. i see. Thanks.

[Doggydoggg69]

Didn't Nas sample this ??

[dazeofreality]

Nas sampled the same source material. "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" by Iron Butterfly

[Amrah75]

im dirty harry!  still sick

[gamster68]

Top of their game Hijack this is a tune, where can i get the album "Horns of Jericho" on cd ?

[macken223]

i had to bike 50 miles for this cd in 91 i was 13 in that time peace to the horns and sons of noise gunshot hi jack from the netherlans

[DJSupremeUK]

@macken223

thanks for the support! :D

DJ Supreme!

[okkewokki]

very good track from hijack

uk hiphop from the 90 s on top

were are these days

where is the real uk hiphop

[citadelofchaos]

from the 90's , you been in a coma mate?? try 80's

[okkewokki]

i am not on coma mate i have the cd and it is came out 1991

[citadelofchaos]

yeah, probably when the cd was made

[citadelofchaos]

i'm going to the dancefloor now- to do the BOOGIE!!

[pigante]

ahead of their time amigo

[nispanick]

proper

[slejmi]

SPLEEEENDID

[nogoodzigge]

Fantastic song... Very happy to have found it... It's definetly in my top 10 :) thx for uploading m8!

[phatflaresblack]

"unforgettable. kiss my emerald..."

[steveor74]

hijack´s best track

[Kameleonic]

ILL.

No other word.

[tommek58]

beautiful memories....

[waglagon]

Music from the UK sucks.

Spice girls are awesome.

[oneballthe3rd]

everytime i hear my hair stands bring back hip hop none of this r+b rap and bullshit................ been down since day one and still banging old school hip hop

[mafoota]

Same here man.

[xenon6543]

takes me back, but u cant forget artists like silverbullet, caveman the cookie crew and monie love

[mezmoreeyezed]

NAS USED THAT SAMPLE FOR HIPHOP IS DEAD

[MetalMaskMilitia]

he used it twice. once for thiefs theme, and once for hip hop is dead.

original is called in a gadda da vida by iron butterfly.

[DAMITEYWHITEY]

if im correct this album was dropped on ice t's label syndicate, when it came out there was nuff of a buzz about it and after all this time it still does the job..

[snoopduggy]

If you are on facebook, join the group "underground uk hip-hop" - do a search for it, it will be the 5th or so group down there's a pic of Gunshot on it

[metalfacedoom7]

tough tough second verse drop.

[dandadda111]

make a new album you bastards

[manoftku]

This is some good stuff!

[qrUnqestyLe]

omg i got goosebumps!!

[Paasbos3862]

"dont shoot me, please dont shoot me'' KILL UNDERCOVER!!!!

this songs tight man!!!

[crud9864]

this song is the best they did, style warriors revenge pretty cool though. wicked!!

[zionic144nz]

Those B-sides are "Hold no Hostage" and "Doomsday of Rap". Hardcore!

[zionic144nz]

Have you got the two B-side tracks from 'The Badman is Robin 12"? They are dope!!!

[browno1971]

Only have style wars on 12...the rest of my hijack stuff is off the album

[Drunkenmaster770]

same as my comments on 'outta jail' my 2nd fav track of the legandary album THOJ. n1

[JDORUS89]

flash back man fuckin goosebumps!!

[soundwavespace]

fave hijack track this i wonder if nas heared it before he did hiphop is dead track.

[diamondfreeze]

Badboy...come again! Long time since i heard this track, its rare for an album to have every track pretty much outstanding.

[browno1971]

yeah i could have virtually uploaded the whol album

[diamondfreeze]

Now that you mentioned it...would love to hear 'i had to serve you'

[gulowsen]

Waited for ages for this to come ...

And yes.. a great album.

What I wouldn't give for them to make a new

one..