This track is so powerful! It has wings of strength and power that give you brighter sense of self sooo effortlessly! This song makes you know that YOU KNOW WE ALL MATTER! This is cheat code music -Tellin you now kid!!!!
Its so crazy listening to expo 83 you cannot tell its the original beat to runaway, but hearing the middle sample hear you can tell how it came from one and morphed into the other. Really beautiful how how brains work
Lyrics [Intro: Pete Rock] Aw, yeah, feel the funk baby That's right, this is called 'The Basement' And my man CL Smooth kick it for you like this [Verse 1: C.L. Smooth] From the Heights, not what, am I right? Simple I can do this Like Popeye to Brutus, I'm your host like a stewardess Fly with the neighborhood hijacking fella So prepare for landing, and crash into a cellar (That's right) Bodies in the buddha cloud, misty in the tune (Yeah) Like a show all nights, a figure eight in a lagoon (Uh) With Pete Rock, the complete lock and beat stock Now, all the horny heffers wanna dangle on my- Down by the dungeon with the cracks on the wall Buffoon, I'm like a mink while you're soon to pimp a raccoon stall Vocal arrangement, ready, set to hit the pavement But not before the kid leave The Basement [Bridge: Pete Rock] The Basement, put the Funk in Grand Here comes my man, my brother Grap Luva, get wreck cousin, c'mon [Verse 2: Grap Luva] Call me the Grap Luva, yes, the younger Soul Brother Keep your eyes on the prize 'cause you won't find another When the funk is played, the rhyme I display Quick to bust a ditz so don't slip in the way Of the kid, with the flavor, the party people savior Clocking all the honies, eyes sharp like a razor I kick a dance step, you're soon to discover Yo, that's the kid from "Mecca and the Soul Brother" Yeah, once in a while I be with C.L. on the D-L Or I flow with Pete and find my placement in The Basement The Basement, yes, where the beats and the rhymes flow Peace, I gotta go, Grapster's out the door of The Basement [Bridge: Pete Rock] Of the Basement Next we got, a special guest I ain't gonna tell you who it is C'mon, rap along [Verse 3: Heavy D] Tick, tock, tick, things are getting thick Here comes the Heavster and I know it makes ya sick To see a black man getting paid on the regular Car with the cellular, fellas, I'm telling ya I got plots and plans, pots and pans Stocks and grands, so make room for the big man (Uh huh) I walk the streets in peace and I'm never strapped But I know a crew of Young Gunz that'll send you back (Say what?) So easy does it on the D-L Peace to Pete Rock and the Mecca Don C.L. Heavy D's on this track, letting you know there's no replacement Peace, signing off, check one, two straight from The Basement [Bridge: Pete Rock] Straight from The Basement I'm telling you now, kid, it's crazy fat I wonder who this is coming up? [Verse 4: Pete Rock] Fourth but not least, the backbone of the Wig Out Freestyle, crazy hardcore, no sellout Speaking upon where I dwell from the dungeon All over the U.S. states, even London Pastime present, black to the future Swimming in beats like a Dolphin, so call me Don Shula A Raider well like Art Shell, crazy defense A Pro Bowl with soul for local events The crew name is C.L. Smooth and Pete Rock Here to sail when I prevail and stare into the dock The Pimp Daddy of the funk flavor, catch you later Clever like a secret agent coming from The Basement [Bridge: Pete Rock] Uh, that's right It's crazy funky Aw, my man He's crazy funky, his name is Rob-O C'mon baby [Verse 5: Rob-O] Alakazam, you'll never guess what I am Motto is that nothing ever changes but haircuts and kicks To stacks of vocal breaks like days What kid said, "Pete makes beats in The Basement" Cool, hit the pavement, over to the chill side The real side, the 7-7 hillside I thought I'd just chill, take a breath Straight up Columbus Hill, make a left And get fixed, plus the ghetto chicks got flicks Of me stacks of kicks, my joint's bumping lovely (Uh) Walking down the street, much props, on the sin Yo I hear voices saying, "That's Rob Odindo in The Basement" [Bridge: Pete Rock] Ah, ha ha ha Ha, yeah This is funky, I can feel it My man from the Vernon, his name is Deda Baby Pa [Verse 6: Deda Baby Pa] Fly like an eagle, a seagull Always into something, like Snoopy, the Beagle People, grab a tight hold of yourselves Pa snatching raw tapes off the shelves Blowing up spots from state to state I'm coming to town but you just can't wait Check the station for conversation at six Blah Uno here to put suckers in the mix I get deeper than oceanography Digging up crazy shit like psychology So, speak the peace, then slide like grease The beat is fat, but the rhyme is obese in The Basement [Outro: Pete Rock] In The Basement is where I dwell Sucka MC's fell Cause I am crazy funky C.L. Smooth, my man Rahsaan Rob-O, Deda Baby Pa The Heavster, my brother Grap Luva Everybody
Crying shame that PR doesn't get the credit he rightfully deserves for the intro of this track alone, let alone for his whole damn production catalog. All due respect to Ye, but you gotta give credit where credit is due; the TRUE origin of the Runaway drums. All that aside, this album is a damn classic and this track is one of many examples that backs this claim up!
Okay I agree with you and I don't the 10 seconds sampled from the Kanye production team give the song the kick it needs in the intro, but the main thing on runaway remains the piano thats what opens and closes the song
I'ma drop one of my old rhymes on this throwback beat called "Subterranean Zone". Don't give a shit who talk smack.... Verse 1: Take you to a spot that's so mysterious where some take pride and don't take too serious filled with a great number of potential lyricists and alot of well known ones from your favorite list instead of killing hip hop they make sure it subsist and there's no room for all these fake rap artists where we use more than catchy hooks to move the crowd and our speech and emotions speak equally loud it's so mellow that I call it my 2nd home and I describe it as the subterranean zone Verse 2: Subterranean; you ask what's the connotation it's beneath the earth's surface; it's number 1 location don't be perplexed I'm not speaking literally but rather figurative and also musically this symbolic area is personally anonymous but there are other terms that are completely synonymous like the title "The Basement" and of course "Underground" which means no gimmicks you display your own sound of rhythmatic, straight forward, hard lyricism and don't be involved with much commercialism be creative, original and charismatic and don't be senselessly idiosyncratic always bring the ruckus everytime you rhyme never switch up your style just change within time don't emulate or duplicate nobody else no matter what people say just always be yourself resurrecting hip hop; you are not alone but it starts here in the subterranean zone
@@Bloncalma thats the drum break for the intro of the song lol… im lookin for the MAIN break. I normally dont try to be no sample snitch but im recreating the “Rap City 95 intro (otherwise known as the Arsenio Hall Show Cypher Beat) piece for piece. I already popped out a close version but I want to experiment more. Ima use the break anyhow. Preciate you✌🏼
To see a black man gettin' paid on the regular Car with the cellular, fellas, I'm tellin' ya I got plots and plans, pots and pans Stocks and grands, so make room for the big man
Summer of 92-PR & CL were my fav group. I was 14. This album was my favorite of all time. This cut was incredible. One if most underrated posse cuts ever. RIP Heavy D
LOOK ATCHA LOOK ATCHA LOOK ATCHA LOOK ATCHA LOOK ATCHA
And I always find, yeah I always find something wrong
This song makes me want to Runaway
LMSO
This track is so powerful! It has wings of strength and power that give you brighter sense of self sooo effortlessly! This song makes you know that YOU KNOW WE ALL MATTER! This is cheat code music -Tellin you now kid!!!!
LOOK AT YOU LOOK AT YOU LOOK AT YOU LOOK AT YOU LOOK AT YOU
The whole album is like blueprints for what happened after it
Heavy d rest in power king
Heavy D killed this. R.I.P.
Kanye too
Rest in power king
Yes he did
He sure did! RIP 💪👑💯
The beat in the beginning was sampled by Kanye West for his "Runaway"
good for him
@@forcedtohaveahandle more like good for us. We get two classics for the price of 1
Whats the beat name?
@@MegaHamour "The Basement"
@@MegaHamour it's the drum break from "Expo 83" by the Backyard Heavies
This one.... One of my favorites of all times. Such timeless song, and I really appreciate the Sister Nancy's sample since I love reggae too.
What sister Nancy song is sampled?
@@Radbiker33357bam bam
At this time Pete Rock & Dj Premier was my top 2 producers
That’s exactly what my top 2 is. 3 would be either RZA or Q Tip
Add Large Professor and Diamond D
Pete Rock still Killing it!! His new Classic Album with Common called "The Auditorium vol.1"
Pete Rock still Killing it!! His new Classic Album with Common Called "The Auditorium Vol.1.
The mecca and the soul brother! Late to both the album in the internet. But I had it on cd back a long time.
PETE IS THE BACKBONE OF THE WIGOUT!!!!!!!!!!!!
This still hits in 2024! These days can never be duplicated!
Real hip hop!!!
this album meant the world to me as a teen..memories galore..timeless classic real hip hop...miss those days
Big fan of Pete Rock ,CL Smooth ,Heavy D, and I-N-I.
*C.L. Smooth *InI
The First Exotic Hip Hop Album. The Beats on this Album are insane✅
Not the first, DeLa and Tribe came before
I remember when this album hit, amazing top to bottom.
This cd HAS to stay in my collection. I can listen to every joint except T.R.O.Y. because it depresses me.
Banger
Still got all 3 tapes n ment condition ❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉
Its so crazy listening to expo 83 you cannot tell its the original beat to runaway, but hearing the middle sample hear you can tell how it came from one and morphed into the other. Really beautiful how how brains work
Just found this gem 💎
The best sister nancy sample to date
Runaway and True love
man this is taking me BACK!!!!! killing my walkman batteries on the train wearing this joint OUT!!!!
Youngin circa 92 in port authority bumping this in the Aiwa Super Bass walkman coming back to jerz with marijuana on tuck 😎
That beat go hard 🔥
Nobody does this kind of beats nowadays! With the horns playing in background.
R I.P.. #HeavyD!! Ripped It.. On This Joint ❤❤
Love this entire album!!! Hev murked this one!
Lyrics
[Intro: Pete Rock]
Aw, yeah, feel the funk baby
That's right, this is called 'The Basement'
And my man CL Smooth kick it for you like this
[Verse 1: C.L. Smooth]
From the Heights, not what, am I right?
Simple I can do this
Like Popeye to Brutus, I'm your host like a stewardess
Fly with the neighborhood hijacking fella
So prepare for landing, and crash into a cellar (That's right)
Bodies in the buddha cloud, misty in the tune (Yeah)
Like a show all nights, a figure eight in a lagoon (Uh)
With Pete Rock, the complete lock and beat stock
Now, all the horny heffers wanna dangle on my-
Down by the dungeon with the cracks on the wall
Buffoon, I'm like a mink while you're soon to pimp a raccoon stall
Vocal arrangement, ready, set to hit the pavement
But not before the kid leave The Basement
[Bridge: Pete Rock]
The Basement, put the Funk in Grand
Here comes my man, my brother
Grap Luva, get wreck cousin, c'mon
[Verse 2: Grap Luva]
Call me the Grap Luva, yes, the younger Soul Brother
Keep your eyes on the prize 'cause you won't find another
When the funk is played, the rhyme I display
Quick to bust a ditz so don't slip in the way
Of the kid, with the flavor, the party people savior
Clocking all the honies, eyes sharp like a razor
I kick a dance step, you're soon to discover
Yo, that's the kid from "Mecca and the Soul Brother"
Yeah, once in a while I be with C.L. on the D-L
Or I flow with Pete and find my placement in The Basement
The Basement, yes, where the beats and the rhymes flow
Peace, I gotta go, Grapster's out the door of The Basement
[Bridge: Pete Rock]
Of the Basement
Next we got, a special guest
I ain't gonna tell you who it is
C'mon, rap along
[Verse 3: Heavy D]
Tick, tock, tick, things are getting thick
Here comes the Heavster and I know it makes ya sick
To see a black man getting paid on the regular
Car with the cellular, fellas, I'm telling ya
I got plots and plans, pots and pans
Stocks and grands, so make room for the big man (Uh huh)
I walk the streets in peace and I'm never strapped
But I know a crew of Young Gunz that'll send you back (Say what?)
So easy does it on the D-L
Peace to Pete Rock and the Mecca Don C.L.
Heavy D's on this track, letting you know there's no replacement
Peace, signing off, check one, two straight from The Basement
[Bridge: Pete Rock]
Straight from The Basement
I'm telling you now, kid, it's crazy fat
I wonder who this is coming up?
[Verse 4: Pete Rock]
Fourth but not least, the backbone of the Wig Out
Freestyle, crazy hardcore, no sellout
Speaking upon where I dwell from the dungeon
All over the U.S. states, even London
Pastime present, black to the future
Swimming in beats like a Dolphin, so call me Don Shula
A Raider well like Art Shell, crazy defense
A Pro Bowl with soul for local events
The crew name is C.L. Smooth and Pete Rock
Here to sail when I prevail and stare into the dock
The Pimp Daddy of the funk flavor, catch you later
Clever like a secret agent coming from The Basement
[Bridge: Pete Rock]
Uh, that's right
It's crazy funky
Aw, my man
He's crazy funky, his name is Rob-O
C'mon baby
[Verse 5: Rob-O]
Alakazam, you'll never guess what I am
Motto is that nothing ever changes but haircuts and kicks
To stacks of vocal breaks like days
What kid said, "Pete makes beats in The Basement"
Cool, hit the pavement, over to the chill side
The real side, the 7-7 hillside
I thought I'd just chill, take a breath
Straight up Columbus Hill, make a left
And get fixed, plus the ghetto chicks got flicks
Of me stacks of kicks, my joint's bumping lovely (Uh)
Walking down the street, much props, on the sin
Yo I hear voices saying, "That's Rob Odindo in The Basement"
[Bridge: Pete Rock]
Ah, ha ha ha
Ha, yeah
This is funky, I can feel it
My man from the Vernon, his name is Deda Baby Pa
[Verse 6: Deda Baby Pa]
Fly like an eagle, a seagull
Always into something, like Snoopy, the Beagle
People, grab a tight hold of yourselves
Pa snatching raw tapes off the shelves
Blowing up spots from state to state
I'm coming to town but you just can't wait
Check the station for conversation at six
Blah Uno here to put suckers in the mix
I get deeper than oceanography
Digging up crazy shit like psychology
So, speak the peace, then slide like grease
The beat is fat, but the rhyme is obese in The Basement
[Outro: Pete Rock]
In The Basement is where I dwell
Sucka MC's fell
Cause I am crazy funky
C.L. Smooth, my man Rahsaan
Rob-O, Deda Baby Pa
The Heavster, my brother Grap Luva
Everybody
Tick toc tick things are gettin thick ! Hell yeah
Dope
Yeah !
My goodness please someone invent a time machine!!
I’m on acid right now and this is so revitalizing 🤩🤩🤩 it’s just so sequential
runaway as fast as you can
This beat is so good, Kanye used this in True Love (with XXXTentacion) and Runaway (with Pusha T)
This album is fire 👌🔥, the memories of that summer was so exclusive I will always remember, center for the media arts in NYC
Indeed💥
Thank you Kanye for putting me onto this legendary song 👍🏻
Young Grap luva
So underrated
Classic 🔥
the classic
look at ya look at ya
So good
This was my jam i remember this had another beat a faster beat
no hard feelings but these feelings harder
b flatt - Much respect
😏👉🏾 Classic!!! 😎👍🏾
ladies and gentlemen, ladies ladies and gentlemen
LOOK AT YA
i need you to run right back to me
🌬️💨❄️❄️
Sister Nancy, Keni Burke and Gwen Mc'Crae samples sit tight.
Crying shame that PR doesn't get the credit he rightfully deserves for the intro of this track alone, let alone for his whole damn production catalog. All due respect to Ye, but you gotta give credit where credit is due; the TRUE origin of the Runaway drums.
All that aside, this album is a damn classic and this track is one of many examples that backs this claim up!
Okay I agree with you and I don't the 10 seconds sampled from the Kanye production team give the song the kick it needs in the intro, but the main thing on runaway remains the piano thats what opens and closes the song
I'ma drop one of my old rhymes on this throwback beat called "Subterranean Zone". Don't give a shit who talk smack....
Verse 1:
Take you to a spot that's so mysterious
where some take pride and don't take too serious
filled with a great number of potential lyricists
and alot of well known ones from your favorite list
instead of killing hip hop they make sure it subsist
and there's no room for all these fake rap artists
where we use more than catchy hooks to move the crowd
and our speech and emotions speak equally loud
it's so mellow that I call it my 2nd home
and I describe it as the subterranean zone
Verse 2:
Subterranean; you ask what's the connotation
it's beneath the earth's surface; it's number 1 location
don't be perplexed I'm not speaking literally
but rather figurative and also musically
this symbolic area is personally anonymous
but there are other terms that are completely synonymous
like the title "The Basement" and of course "Underground"
which means no gimmicks you display your own sound
of rhythmatic, straight forward, hard lyricism
and don't be involved with much commercialism
be creative, original and charismatic
and don't be senselessly idiosyncratic
always bring the ruckus everytime you rhyme
never switch up your style just change within time
don't emulate or duplicate nobody else
no matter what people say just always be yourself
resurrecting hip hop; you are not alone
but it starts here in the subterranean zone
that really sparked something in my soul, thanks fam keep it up!
Look at ya
One of my favourites from cl
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im on a search for the drum break sample. anyone know what it is?
Backyard Heavies - Expo 83. At 2:30
@@Bloncalma thats the drum break for the intro of the song lol… im lookin for the MAIN break. I normally dont try to be no sample snitch but im recreating the “Rap City 95 intro (otherwise known as the Arsenio Hall Show Cypher Beat) piece for piece. I already popped out a close version but I want to experiment more. Ima use the break anyhow. Preciate you✌🏼
HIP HOP!
Ye
Kanye used this sample in true love with XXX tentacion
that’s the kanye song you think of??? not runaway???
True love and runaway both used same drums in the beginning
Kayne wheat reference
To see a black man gettin' paid on the regular
Car with the cellular, fellas, I'm tellin' ya
I got plots and plans, pots and pans
Stocks and grands, so make room for the big man
Hey wait a minute this sounds familiar
runaway for me babyyyyyyy, Runaway
Trory
Jay sampled this for 444??
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sister nancy bam bam sample!
под чак чак нормально залетело
this sounds like jay z's Bam
whos here from roland jones
this song makes me wanna runaway from my baby
baby i got a plan
From runaway to true love to bbtbnwjdfotsyk
Method Man brought me here
how so?
Belly. The best line in the whole movie.
Summer of 92-PR & CL were my fav group. I was 14. This album was my favorite of all time. This cut was incredible. One if most underrated posse cuts ever. RIP Heavy D
Yo, I personally know Pete. He is REAL. Who am I? Ant. That's all you need to know.