AZ - Doe Or Die

[StankySwank]

fuck whos the baddest a person's status depends on salary <----- one of my all time favorite rap lines

[Perception1492]

That is defiantly not Bogota, Colombia. There's no significant body of water in Bogota, its a city.

[RockstarLuvRT]

COME ON I AM 13 YEARS OLD AND I CAN NOT AFFORD ALL OF THESE DOPE ALBUMS!!!!

Time to Pirate?!?!?!?!?!?!?!!?!?!? NOT TO STEAL FROM THESE AMAZING RAPPERS!

[mytsoplix]

rugged but sharp like a kitchen knife without stress from some bitching wife

[southsidequeensnyc]

the guy lighting the cigar looks like me back in 95 :)

[jenxy1]

Both wrong....they were contemporaries who learned the New York flow from Big Daddy Kane Kool G Rap and Large Professor

[MegaMrpotter]

Nate hat einfach Geschmack ;)

[aDyo4o5]

Nate57 !! :D

[Frankfurterjunge1]

Nateeeee !!!!!!!!!

[horsrockalapse]

Got this disk @ mines...Mega rotation!

[blue1161]

@MrSuspiciousPerson Are you serious? -_- Nas and Biggie came out way before Big L. Do you even know their individual styles? Big L was the punchline type rapper while they all were more complex rhyme scheme type rappers. Big L has sampled Nas in a couple of his songs before. Which just shows who he was influenced by. Do your research next time. Plus, I'm not saying Big L sucks, he was still an amazing rapper.

[magua4]

@blue1161 truth

[MrSuspiciousPerson]

@blue1161 Yeah you're right. I got my facts twisted.

[knoopie777]

@MrSuspiciousPerson Whahahahhahahahhaa

[reel1840]

what that means

[Sonyetc]

in wich remix does first verse from az appears? pls someone write me a name thx

[HowHigh21400]

01:55 :D

[ChronicRecords]

saeme chorus as andre nickatina - the jungle?

[killlilwayne]

Vocals release shells like automatics do..musics magical causing any battle to be trajical,gotta style sick as hell..sicker than sickle cell anemia..slaughter your circulatory like lukemia..filled with larceny..who wants parts of me? im vicous, mad malicious..cause its real on this road to riches..-AZ

TELL ME HE'S NOT THE BEST???!!!!!

[einfachbabo1988]

can it be that az is the only one who maintained his amazing flow since he began?

[NATEakaScooter]

@einfachbabo1988 i'm a die hard Jay-Z fan since '95, and the modern day AZ is how I wish Jay was right now. AZ still kills it with the flow and lyrics. I think dude is arguably THE MOST underrated in all of hip hop. i can't think of anybody else who could possibly be more underrated in my opinion.

[DudesaLibra]

@einfachbabo1988 no because Common has got the mainstream attention and he still got that flow he came in with..just my opinion

[1992Daze1]

Realizing the realism of life in actuality, fuck the baddest a person status depends on salary.

[PS3xMedia]

one of the best hip hop songs of all time

[79moviegirl]

I haven't heard this song since BET used to play it on bassment cuts and I STILL remember the whole damn song! AZ got overshadowed by Nas. Unfortunate cuz I like him much better.

[metamorphoresis]

AZ Bring it back too the Rootsss!!yeahhh!

[9999431109]

hustlin hard no matter how much we hated so dedicated even our dreams are drug related....

listening to az is like taking "flow" lessons love this...

[ZayStr8Ballin]

AZ > YMCMB +MMG + Taylor Gang..bring real rap back to the world

[MrYpsi734]

@ZayStr8Ballin AZ > Mainstream Media a.k.a The 4th Branch

[crisbnh13]

this is how tupac rolled out of his coffin likeee a ggee!

[JHussla211]

Big L, AZ, Nas, Pun, Biggie, Raekwon, Andre 3000/Outkast, Jay-Z, Pac, Mic Geronimo. These are the top Lyricist in order from 1 to 10 for me.

[ROKINROD23]

@JHussla211 i dont see how az or big l can top nas hes number 1 imo and if you have a chance check out this nigga by the name los im not buelshittin when i say hes da best rapper alive and im not funa giv eu sum bubble gum rap hes ahead of this generation

[Ryan15188]

the only one better than AZ is nas and its really close anyway

[dudewhyfi]

too bad that present day ain't present now

[geronjenkins18]

AZ is nasty on the microphone. He whips every rappers ass that era and definitely the era today.

[SouahhhD]

az is the greatest.

[artificialsweetner1]

man what the hell was the label trying to get him to do here

[fudgie686]

308,530 is the equivalent to 30 million people

[DJizzoMW2]

AZ > Nas.. just by a little bit.

[flamezide]

@DJizzoMW2 Oh yeah? And how exactly could it be you fuckin dumbass? Had AZ ever done an album that come close to ILLmatic?

[DJizzoMW2]

@flamezide Yes.

[killlilwayne]

@flamezide doe or die

[Activist88]

@flamezide yo Nas IDOLS AZ... Yeah NAS made a LEGEND album.. but really yo.. u callin him a dumbas... AZ in my eyes is jus a lil better then nas.... if i REALLY HAD TO PICK.. it would be az.. but nas is JUS RIGHT BEHIND HIM or shit as u see in the videos.. right next to him

[Brothaninja]

dats wat influces me this poetry hip hop flow lol

[ThePieeaters1]

only if more ppl could respect artist like this

[IanHorgo]

Greatest rapper ever no arguement.

[shad455]

10 people chose die.

[grimmdabeast1]

WHERE IS THE GOD @ ... THE GAME NEEDS YOU BACK HOMIE!!! AZ AND NAS NEED TO LINK UP ONE MORE TIME!!!

[misha19952]

The best are the less famous...

[ilias900]

@misha19952

then im the fucking goat

[jetz561]

IM RATHA UNIQUE

[TheFinestPoet]

AZ Was half dominican! This is whatsup Dominican all the way baby

[Worscht3000]

I guess most people dont know, that N.O. Joe, a down south veteran, produced that masterpiece ;)

[ilovestocks85]

TY for uploading

[KARMAmaster919]

word up mafioso shit az rockin the mic yo

[SportlLegend]

why is this beat so chill?

[JDuBTRM]

It's like a jungle sometimes, the weed smoke makes me wonder, how I keep from going under........ That's my jam!!!!!! 90's hip hop untouchable ~TRM~

[jaddakiss304]

As good as AZ was rappin, he pretty stupid when it comes to geography. there are no ports in Bogotà. Bogotà is a city in the Andes Mountains. and colombia is spelled with an O not a U. good vid though

[jetz561]

@jaddakiss304 SHUT DA FUK UP

[enus1]

Cuz in ny dealin drugs is a spot,,you eather sell it, smoke it shoot up or snort, eather way your caught. and sinds im in it, now im in in to win it. Sky is the limit, no more being someones luitenant. shit

[DoeorDie91]

This joint got so much SWAGGER !!!!

Got a very important basketball game tonight - ITS EITHER DOE OR DIE!

much love from Denmark

[ciphagreen]

Straight from Yo! mtv raps. Thats whats up some classical shit!!

[MrSoprofound]

Damn these brothers knew how to put the words together! NY real Hip Hop at its best! How did the culture dumb down like it did? bugs me out, makes me wanna slap the f outa these A&Rs......

[peterscoop]

westcoast beat...

[the2ndmills]

I have listened to this record a lot, and just realized recently that it's "DOE" not "DO". Was it a typo on the record or something? Or does he really also mean "DOE or die"? !!!!?!?!

[upinposting]

@the2ndmills Im sure thats no typo. Doe as in Money. Die as in death. Make money to make it out this bullshit life Blacks and Browns of all kinds come from. No different than when Big said "Either you slinging crack rock or you got a wicked jump shot"

I think the title means if you not about gettin this money then you just waiting for the day you die.

That said this song is very ill, not really feeling the remix as much cause this beat goes well with AZ flow.

[the2ndmills]

@upinposting hmm, but it would have been dough as in money, not doe. Doe could mean female. Not sure...

[roboedar]

@the2ndmills I'm pretty sure he's joking guys. I hope you are... Doe or die man. Do you think any man would make a song about girls or dying? No man would die for a bitch cuz bitches aint shit but hoes and tricks.

[killlilwayne]

@the2ndmills wtf???!!!!! that aint no typo supid mutha fucka

[jivinho101]

that image on the begining is that lil kim?where is that from?

[andyrspsan]

This dude is fire. Alot betta than mainstream today.

[optikCB]

Classic cut! AZ should have blown up way bigger than he did, shame. I'm sellin a nice OG copy of this 12" if anyone's interested hit me up!

[Jeezymusic]

NAS + AZ = NAZ

[NmeBlunts702]

@Jeezymusic lol that actually made me laugh a bit. ahh bless the weed

[Irockandstuflikethat]

@Jeezymusic lol if they made an album together they should call it that

[platkas122]

8 people have a death wish

[idropbombsnigga]

@platkas122 nah they ment dis-i-likes.....they prolly from the uk or some shit, everythign backwards over there

[V850M735]

CLASSIC NEW YORK UNDERCOVER SHIT

[DameDaz]

AZ the greatest to ever touch the mic

[koolkid3211]

Detroit niggas and New York niggas only have one thing in common...Get Doe or Die....I fuck wit AZ 100!!!! DEFINETITLY real hip-hop.

[johnnymo4000]

Az is a real kat i think he aint known cuz he aint a sell out, and i respect that..shit tho i spread this shit every where i go .....boot camp clik, black moon,big L, 9th wonder, little brother, buckshot. dilla, premo.. shit i could go all day with tha east coast sway, but Az is tha boss with the lyrics

[RelaxednCaIm]

mobster rap at it's finest. kool g rap started it, az, nas, ghostface and rae perfected it... and biggie and jay to a lesser extent.

[vviscool123654]

this shit melted my brain

[DemQuestBois]

AZ IS ILL!!!!! Check Our Channel for a hot Wiz Khalifa Remix 'Crack a Rillo'

[mistaphill]

I remember when I first heard this album at a Virgin Megastore listening station in '95 and heard this track and thought "this sounds like an NO Joe beat", and sure enough it is..nice to see a mix of styles on the album.

[jayo77]

@mistaphill haha WORD. first time i heard this song i was like "man this sure sounds like some vintage rap-a-lot gangsta music" then i checked the credits and saw "produced by NO Joe" and i was like "makes sense" lol

[1phreshprince1]

AZ is as skilled as rapers of his time like nas or jay

[gijz321]

@1phreshprince1 I think you mean rappers

[NBALegendary]

Nice track yo, sounds like a west coast beat doe.

[Gremlin212332]

"since I'm in it, now I'm in it to win it; sky's is the limit

No more being some motherfucker's lieutenant

Shit, from this point that's how I feel, I wanna fly

Yeah, it's either doe or die" - EPIC SHIT SON!

[oldschooldabest]

hoped this was on mtv nowadays

RESPECT

[KoolKatKlub69]

I bring da drama to any nigga his baby or his fuckin mamma

[TheDemilove101]

1:45 - NAS

[JoeyAjax93]

@TheDemilove101 lol i guess you can notice him in almost every az video.

[barrabgt]

eight 40 year old virgin peadofile's were beating their meat to justin bieber

[Einchy1]

@barrabgt These pity attempts at thumbs ups are just getting pathetic.

[GunzGot5]

@Einchy1 y you say that? You say it as if you try lol

[Einchy1]

@Einchy1 Not at all.

[VKarakoyun]

What film are the scenes in the video from?An answer would be much appreciated, thanks.

[TheKhalipha]

visulizing my life in actuality, fuck whos the baddest a persons status depends on salary!!

[MrCombine]

A.Z. the G.O.D.

[elee313]

AZ is very very under rated

[sofargone561]

@elee313 most great rappers are

[csjl94]

@elee313 under rated? NOPE

Unkown is a better explanation.. cus if people heard AZ, they won't under rate him..

he just didn't get media attention in his debut album

[jiggyjusto]

@csjl94 ..u right...AZ is a hiphop LEGEND...jus not the commercial success as others...Ive been down since '94. Got all his lp's and underground shit...This nigga is as real as the best!!!!!

[ThaSubzstance]

AZ tha illest mc of all time, but this is one of tha very few songs that he floped on

[Maccabaeus10304]

@ThaSubzstance classic tune sort ya head brova

[iDontKnowOfficer]

he brings the smoothest shit ever

[Billy44055]

It's alot of peaple putting black eye's in the game

[1geddomonkey]

thas wussup.

[rudmens1]

that guy with that eye bandege is nas brother

[babybigboy1]

hot.. this nigga needs ta come back

[BBoy2494]

AZ is a legend in my eyes, and people don't even seem to know who he is smh, i put him up there with the greats

[iDontKnowOfficer]

@BBoy2494 agreed

[DkChocolateLuv]

@BBoy2494 FUCK YEAH!...No questions ASKED!

[MrAIZZY5]

@BBoy2494 NO FUCKIN DOUBT HOMIE TOP 15 HANDS DOWN!

[loanme2dollarz]

ANOTHER CLASSIC FROM AZ.

[trufreshman]

holy shit i i didn't know he had a video for this

[omar67253]

Damn This was the joint back in '93. Hip Hop ain't shit now people.

[GODZILLA1998FILM]

@omar67253 ? it came out in 95 what are you talking about.

[MrNegroPlease666]

@GODZILLA1998FILM Nice job using Google.

[GODZILLA1998FILM]

@MrNegroPlease666 ? i bought AZ doe or die album the week it came out-been a hip hop head since '91-wtf are you talking about google haha hater.

[MrNegroPlease666]

@GODZILLA1998FILM I was just trying to make a joke. My bad, you know your hip-hop. Word up, cuzzo.

[wGZAw]

let's refrain from even mentioning garbage "rappers" names on REAL Rappers songs...

there is no comparing the crap you hear today to legends like AZ

[702CitY]

@wGZAw

I agree, but it's just the more I listen to these classic tracks, the more frustrated I get of the fact that radio/tv playing these trash music that are 'Hip-Hop'. I mean there are some good rappers out but they're underrated. Early 2000, music was still good and I was listening to the radio, then Hip-Hop went to a coma lol. 80's and 90's was when Hip-Hop was at it's finest :)

[MrSFblack]

I loved the Firm-Nas Az Foxy Brown!

[JCostilCapo1]

Youtube "Costa aka Capo" if you fuck with REAL HIP HOP.

Listen to "Gov'z Greazy", "Fair One", "Listen", "No Class", "Freedom".

Costa aka Capo iz the mothafuck'n TRUTH.

[ajdoo7726]

i feel old,i remember buying this when it came out...

[JayLatn1]

brah and OFCOURSE not ALL of wendys fans(btw when i said it was ALL it was figurative speech i meant about 60-75%, EXCEPT for the N.O., i gots vatos from the hood over there, hollygrove, 3rd ward, midtown, etc. they ALL listen to him)

[GeoOneloveHipHop]

how the fuck did AZ fly under my radar? iv only known about him for under a week now and his shit is as good as anything. fuckin deep cunt nall. peace

[JayLatn1]

ok 10 years 50 cent, all the Crime Mobb, Kanye (now a days he USED to be good), violent J and the other ICP fag, AND THE MOST KNOWN ONE lil wendy Mainstream musicians DONT CONTROL SHIT, thats why it sucks now a days and btw YOU are the one thats stupid and base shit on the stuff that mainstream shows you nice try man, come back when you have a DECENT argument

[bootboyupt]

@JayLatn1 im a liar?? hahahah never 4what? go lisin to the song STAR IS BORN BY JAYZ LET ME HELP U "WAYNE SCORCHIN I APPLAUD EM IF HE KEEP GOIN PASS THE TORCH 2EM" 50cent crime mobb kayne? they dont have 10yrs on top where there albums are gold or platinum 50 had 2 albums that was successful

[DefClick]

love this song and album but this definatly isnt the music video, it seems like it might lead into mo money mo murder but somtimes it makes no sence

[BTNH108464]

Both doe or die and mo money mo murder mo homicide are related. Awesome.

[816showtime]

real hiphop

[trevor55757]

You got to love the vids with a bunch of rented cars and planes and all that gangsta stuff lol

[mylifeandrhymes]

AZ brings the real hip hop ..

[theinfamousmobb1]

good stuff. raekwon started this mafia stuff and then every body started to do it

[bootboyupt]

who is everybody? and 36mafia been out before az but keep it treal italians started mob and everybody else is followers

[IndivisiblePrinciple]

Kool G Rap actually started all the mafia style shit, and just about everything else. Even positive community shit (in his earlier albums). Even Raekwon attributes his inspiration and style to him. Just listen to that "First Nigga" track by G Rap, everything is there and true to life.

And as far as the silly kid mentionin 36 Mafia, what the fuck are you talkin about? G Rap motherfucker. Get ya shit straight.

[theinfamousmobb1]

@IndivisiblePrinciple true but raekwon is the who made it famous.listen to only built for cuban linx, he is the one who revolutionased criminology rap. and then BIG,MOBB DEEP, NAS PDIDY and a lot of rappers started to do it.

[wudthedamaja]

@theinfamousmobb1 I think Kool G Rap predates Rae and AZ.

[youcantseecharlie]

@theinfamousmobb1

kool g was before rae....

[vernon3rdw]

Damn

Nas why u frontin on AZ fam

Yall need to make an album.

Stop bullshitting.

SWP

Southwest Philly

[401reppintime]

@vernon3rdw Nas aint frontin on AZ they just aint collabed in forever

[vernon3rdw]

Really?

when is the last time Nas recorded anything with anyone from the Firm, not just AZ?

Everytime its brought up to AZ, A's like sure whenever Nas is ready, im HERE.

NAS is frontin, plain and simple.

Im quite sure its something that we the public dont know about.

but bottom line Nas cut off niggas.

[skip3593]

pieces of a man was ill

[asianmancman]

az is sikk man

[theincredibledeus]

its like a jungle sometimes that makes me wonder how I keep from going under!!!

[skatecliche]

classic shit

[BigL721]

wouldnt that be great if they played dope shit like this on MTV nowadays? instead of a bunch of fuckin faggots singing about lollypops and kissing through phones ?

[getsillly]

they would except the average american is an idiot and would rather hear something like Tik Tok by Kesha a thousand times

[BigL721]

i know eh.

fuck all that.

he a faggot cuz he sang bout lollypops? even thou its aimed to females whats the difference bet