Black Thought’s Favorite Verse: Kool G Rap’s “Road to the Riches” | VERSES

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  • @hollywoodraptor0016
    @hollywoodraptor0016 6 років тому +1450

    I could listen to Black Thought talk about rap all day.

    • @pauljan31
      @pauljan31 6 років тому +10

      Facts!!!

    • @hollywoodraptor0016
      @hollywoodraptor0016 6 років тому +8

      Mike Mo Be careful what you wish for.

    • @hollywoodraptor0016
      @hollywoodraptor0016 6 років тому +6

      Mike Mo Since when has dick sucking ever harmed anyone?

    • @hollywoodraptor0016
      @hollywoodraptor0016 6 років тому +6

      Trippie Blue Well, I was just kinda testing him, and he folded and admitted to trolling immediatley. So not only is he troll, he is also a one weak at that. SMH... the internet ain't what it used to be.

    • @tonycrumble4786
      @tonycrumble4786 6 років тому

      hollywoodraptor0016 word

  • @haitianmaniac74
    @haitianmaniac74 6 років тому +747

    When he walked off you see how this still affects him that’s the power of music

    • @mralphaomega777
      @mralphaomega777 6 років тому +38

      This best part of the whole vid. 💯

    • @martinr.3954
      @martinr.3954 6 років тому +12

      Facts!!!!!

    • @ispeakmucho
      @ispeakmucho 6 років тому +10

      I mean I also over here jumoijg out my seat at these bars from my youth. Christ. I was 7. I started rapping after this very song

    • @eastcoastcablekillerzcable651
      @eastcoastcablekillerzcable651 6 років тому +12

      Chris Matheus ay yo!!!! that shit powerfully made him walk

    • @shalamarjones264
      @shalamarjones264 6 років тому +13

      That's how you end it period. Hip hop

  • @SHoTGuN_NeMeSiS
    @SHoTGuN_NeMeSiS 5 років тому +79

    Road to the riches was so ahead of it's time. 30 years later and I still have it on repeat.

  • @columbusohio72
    @columbusohio72 6 років тому +1242

    Notice supreme lyricists like thought and nas always cite kool g as a MAJOR influence.

    • @Kickinthescience
      @Kickinthescience 6 років тому +16

      columbusohio72 Did Big Pun,Andre 3000,Rakim say the same thing?

    • @buckmania
      @buckmania 6 років тому +48

      Indeed!!!! Kool G Rap is really alot of supreme lyricists favorite rapper. I first discovered G Rap on ENTER THE DRAGON and POISON at 17 yrs old breaking my rewind button on my stereo. Fucked my head up with that flow!!! Definitely a GOAT!!! BTW i swear i was not trying to rhyme WTF LMAO!!!!

    • @EffDinero8
      @EffDinero8 6 років тому +10

      Not a coincidence...

    • @columbusohio72
      @columbusohio72 6 років тому +11

      Kickinthescience nas definiteky said it. Dont know about 3k. Actually think he is the most overrated rapper along with eminem. Rakim doesnt give many interviews but im sure it was a competition.

    • @carlwilliams897
      @carlwilliams897 6 років тому +17

      columbusohio72 immortal technique says the same as well

  • @kazonikz
    @kazonikz 5 років тому +301

    Kool G Rap is your fav rapper fav rapper, underrated legend

    • @Powerule23
      @Powerule23 5 років тому +5

      True talk, and also, no one ever challenged him on wax.

    • @brendanstevenson9957
      @brendanstevenson9957 5 років тому +3

      Black thoughts your favourite rappers favourite rappers favourite rapper

    • @kazonikz
      @kazonikz 5 років тому +7

      @@brendanstevenson9957 Black Thought is inspired by Kool G Rap period.

    • @brendanstevenson9957
      @brendanstevenson9957 5 років тому +1

      Lucas Bicske Where did I say he wasn’t?

    • @perk8601
      @perk8601 5 років тому +13

      Sorry, but that title goes to MF DOOM....

  • @nekronbeast3981
    @nekronbeast3981 6 років тому +116

    I love listening to a real MC that is real passionate talk about real hip hop

  • @patrickburns4821
    @patrickburns4821 4 роки тому +36

    when you spoke the rhyme without the beat it is mind blowing how he tells the true story of the game; the articulation and cadence is so elevated Black thought just had to walk away! much respect to G rap...a god MC

  • @DomHealy
    @DomHealy 6 років тому +54

    How could anyone give this video a dislike?! I just can’t understand. Kool G Rap and Black Thought both legends in my eyes.

    • @iveywebb
      @iveywebb 6 років тому +2

      rajpacket101 RIIIIGHT smh

  • @capricorn1116
    @capricorn1116 6 років тому +458

    Almost every mc of the 90's was influenced by g rap

    • @esseen100
      @esseen100 6 років тому +16

      Larry King Even Rakim with"Know the Ledge".

    • @TheStampeder
      @TheStampeder 6 років тому +3

      Larry King 38 spesh upstate NY

    • @mrchaotiq
      @mrchaotiq 6 років тому +30

      Yeah everyone likes to talk about Rakim but G Rap has the biggest influence in Hip Hop bar none.

    • @mikes4354
      @mikes4354 6 років тому

      This was made i the 80s

    • @ikegrizzly3293
      @ikegrizzly3293 6 років тому +1

      almost? g is 2nd to only rakim

  • @GSReptiles
    @GSReptiles 6 років тому +156

    best episode hands down

  • @bernelhall4293
    @bernelhall4293 Рік тому +12

    This is one of the most lyrical songs in rap history. I workout and prep for business meetings all the time to it. The adrenaline rush is EVERYTHING!!!

    • @aboulding
      @aboulding Місяць тому +1

      This beat plays in my head during boxing training. It's literally the rhythm of my body. Then G Rap's lyrics are the dynamic overlay. Powerful stuff.

  • @PhillyRealtorPro
    @PhillyRealtorPro 5 років тому +53

    Hands down most appropriate walk off in hip hop history!

  • @2KGrind09
    @2KGrind09 6 років тому +69

    I felt that walkoff with all my HipHop heart......all the way in #Htown TX we was on the road to the riches with Kool G. He painted the same picture but our landscape was the only difference.

    • @I_be_e
      @I_be_e 5 років тому +4

      2KGrind09 well said my man! Same thing out here in LA! Them boys from the H named Face, Bill and Will did it for us as well ✊🏾

  • @SigmaSounds3418
    @SigmaSounds3418 6 років тому +343

    G Rap was a lyricist before it was fashionable to be called one.

    • @Powerule23
      @Powerule23 6 років тому +31

      I dig what you're saying, but remember, Rakim was already out and influencing, along with the Moe Dee's, LL's, Melle Me'sl, Caz's, etc. G Rap raised the bar. He took lyricism to another level. He was the first spit-fire MC with complex rhymes. Rakim stepped up his game after G Rap came out. After 1989, new artists had to be dope to make the cut.

    • @SigmaSounds3418
      @SigmaSounds3418 6 років тому +5

      Powerule You’re right. I should have prefaced my statement with he was the best of the nu school lyricists. Moe D, Mel, Caz, Special K and DLB’s names are etched in stone.
      #respect

    • @slappyslapstick4045
      @slappyslapstick4045 6 років тому +4

      Correction: "G Rap was lyrical when it was REQUIRED to be called one."

    • @slappyslapstick4045
      @slappyslapstick4045 6 років тому

      @@SigmaSounds3418 You're buggin. When was Rakim's game NOT stepped up?

    • @fairplayterrific147
      @fairplayterrific147 5 років тому

      @@SigmaSounds3418 Shit Don't Forget LL

  • @kirkg811
    @kirkg811 6 років тому +41

    Excellent breakdown! I used to love this song but after BlackThought's breakdown I realized, I had never really HEARD it. Kool G Rap was heavy in the 80s! Riker's Island & It's A Demo on 12"! CLASSIC!

  • @alonzox5420
    @alonzox5420 6 років тому +103

    Gotta Love Black Thoughts passion for Hip Hop. That’s missing today. He always displays Mastery and Love of the craft

    • @miltonprince4734
      @miltonprince4734 5 років тому +3

      Dat dude is DOPE 💪💪💪 if you ever get the chance to see the ROOTS perform if u haven't already u must u will leave there KNOWING that HIP HOP is not 💀

  • @dummyaccount7718
    @dummyaccount7718 6 років тому +25

    I love when rappers quote, rap and dissect other rappers lyrics. Show's you their love and respect for the ART!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @opusmagnus5559
    @opusmagnus5559 6 років тому +132

    One of the greatest songs ever recorded

  • @esseen100
    @esseen100 6 років тому +401

    They skipped the BEST PART! "He likes to eat hearty, party, be like John Gotti,.. And drive a Maserati. That's in the ghetto but in jail he's jello, yellow, mellow fellow, tell no tale, HELLO!" 👑

    • @sixteennumberthree5544
      @sixteennumberthree5544 6 років тому +7

      king esseen tuff* in the geto.

    • @TheDandyAfrikan
      @TheDandyAfrikan 6 років тому +7

      Yeah, I noticed that... he mentioned that glorification part but didn't rock it, instead skipped to the "cautionary tail." G Rap is so quotable!

    • @muldolbra8064
      @muldolbra8064 6 років тому +32

      "What I had was bad from my shoes to my pad for the first time in my life I'm loaning money to dad."

    • @donbishop9910
      @donbishop9910 5 років тому +5

      So he predicted 69

    • @ishbeyib
      @ishbeyib 5 років тому +2

      CHURCH!!!!!

  • @smoothgravy7296
    @smoothgravy7296 5 років тому +15

    Kool G Rap deserves some kind of award. He influenced alot of rappers .and a whole generation💪

  • @alid.4342
    @alid.4342 6 років тому +41

    That song will forever be a classic I still play it over and over again like it just came out.Thats an example of true lyricism. This is why most who grew up in the 80’s early 90’s get angry when they look at what’s being deliberately put out today, it’s like we went from this a kool g rap to kindergarten.

    • @bro.charles
      @bro.charles 6 років тому +1

      Ali D. AMEN to that Bro! Deliberately dumbing the art down!

    • @diarradunlap9337
      @diarradunlap9337 6 років тому +2

      Back then, skill and talent were much more in demand, and even with the aforementioned, success wasn't a guarantee. Also, a working vocabulary was a MUST.
      The stuff out there NOW doesn't even come close, IMNTBHO.

  • @trkr49ncsthbound83
    @trkr49ncsthbound83 6 років тому +21

    Understand, BLack Thought is a living HIP HOP database especially when it comes reciting other mcees lyrics. The Roots incorpaorte other rappers songs into their sets. Truly legendary !!

  • @mauriceriddick4168
    @mauriceriddick4168 6 років тому +195

    He was talking about the Sony Sportsman Walkman. This jawn had a rewind button, no tape flips lol...

    • @si-lince6818
      @si-lince6818 6 років тому +14

      ...... I had one too.... it was water proof and all dat... wit my DJ flip around SONY headphones.... very serious man! Oooooh I had da one where you could flip to the other side of tha cassette wit a click switch without taking it out to do it! It was BUTTA!

    • @forevershampoo
      @forevershampoo 6 років тому +7

      Those were dope

    • @si-lince6818
      @si-lince6818 6 років тому +4

      corey bkguy ..... this one?
      ua-cam.com/video/neA014_v4_I/v-deo.html

    • @adhiz3610
      @adhiz3610 6 років тому +2

      So true bro. And we all know when. U drop that shit it dont break lol

    • @adhiz3610
      @adhiz3610 6 років тому +2

      Lol the click switch was the shit

  • @3rd_eyeairbrush
    @3rd_eyeairbrush 5 років тому +17

    As a kid growing up I memorized these rhymes now as an adult I realize how great of a writer these rappers were an still are. The way they told story's are Equivalent to some of histories best poets an author's

  • @MERGE-1
    @MERGE-1 6 років тому +19

    G Rap!! One of the greatest to do it, hands down!!!! NYC style was crazy!! ✊🏽

  • @nnguyen3482
    @nnguyen3482 5 років тому +35

    when the greats talk about the greats, makes me appreciate the era and music that they gave us. I am 38 and can go back 25 years plus and listen to this music and it still stimulates my mind.

  • @bngabriel7240
    @bngabriel7240 6 років тому +197

    "Lawyer so good his bail is on sale" 😫 I'm 18 so I've never heard of Kool G but definitely going to check him out now

    • @daytradernupe
      @daytradernupe 6 років тому +33

      G M Bro KGR is a monster lyrically. The crazy part is he is ridiculous lyrically and you can still understand everything he says and follow along. That is real skill.

    • @bignadier
      @bignadier 6 років тому +11

      G Rap the best that ever did it

    • @nicktaylor5952
      @nicktaylor5952 6 років тому +13

      Listen to 4, 5, 6 that's the name of the album. There are others but that one is one of my favs.

    • @SutekhDaSteemroller
      @SutekhDaSteemroller 6 років тому +2

      Listen to Riker's Island first.

    • @dr9306
      @dr9306 6 років тому +6

      G M bro.... G Rap is the greatest of all time . His new shit is lethal still too

  • @supadigga
    @supadigga 6 років тому +16

    G Rap was spitting pure street scripture painting vivid portraits with his words! For me as a kid listening to G Rap was like watching a Black Mafia movie with a lot of detail and lessons to learn from! G Rap will ALWAYS be one of if not the most lethal spitters in the game!

  • @pelelacruz9486
    @pelelacruz9486 5 років тому +27

    This is one of the greatest rap sounds ever, a True Classic.. Kool G. Rap☝💯

  • @KerryDSC
    @KerryDSC 2 роки тому +22

    that song was hard AF, the beat and the Lyrics were like machine gun fire, rugged!

  • @510island
    @510island 6 років тому +56

    Everything about this video was lit af. Please continue with this series.

  • @joehayes5416
    @joehayes5416 6 років тому +41

    One of the all time favorite songs. Dropping knowledge just isn't done anymore.

  • @Olyphantman
    @Olyphantman 6 років тому +308

    Kool G Rap top 5 gangster rappers of all time. A true lyricist and Black Thought is on a class by himself! Salute the OG’s giving love to the Older G’s
    #pioneers

    • @syedisamuddin7188
      @syedisamuddin7188 6 років тому +5

      Frantz Fuller Ikr truth but too many ppl sleeping on MC ren too tho smh

    • @DreiSkins101
      @DreiSkins101 6 років тому +18

      STOPT SAYING “GANGSTER RAPPER”.

    • @Olyphantman
      @Olyphantman 6 років тому +6

      Schooly D was one of the original street crime lyricist and G Rap soon followed. Contrary to popular belief, we were calling them gangster rappers looong before the white media co-opted the phrase to use it to defame the art and put advisory stickers on it to stop niggas money. So there’s NOTHING wrong with calling G Rap a “Gangster Rapper” based on his subject matter spanning 30 years I doubt he’d be as offended as you are at the moniker.
      Peace

    • @Olyphantman
      @Olyphantman 6 років тому +4

      No disrespect to Mc REN but I don’t think he belongs any where near G Rap in the goon Rap/ Gangster Rap category.
      Matter of fact as nice as Ren was, he wasn’t better than Ice Cube.
      What is really like to see is Kurrupt’s verses get dissected for all the acclaim he gets, deserved or not I think that be something.
      Peace

    • @wavyxx1281
      @wavyxx1281 6 років тому +16

      Kool G is Top 5 period not just gangster rap can't put him in a certain category. His skill level is almost unmatched.

  • @mattislinx
    @mattislinx 6 років тому +17

    One legend speaking on another. This is why I love hip hop and have all of my life. The kids now a days don't have that feeling. I'm glad that I fell in love with it at a young age. I can listen to this old G Rap to this day and still enjoy it like it's new.

    • @iveywebb
      @iveywebb 6 років тому +1

      Matt Allen FACTS 😔💯

  • @takezoman
    @takezoman 6 років тому +118

    The 80s big 3 are Rakim, kool G and Daddy Kane

    • @locks4
      @locks4 5 років тому +1

      1. G rap 2. Kane 3. Rakim

    • @tt9yi647
      @tt9yi647 5 років тому

      Never mention Kane or G rap with out Krs,G rap great as he is didn't drop till '89,And Kane is done. 1 good overall album.

    • @IYHIGJ
      @IYHIGJ 5 років тому +3

      LL Cool J & Kool Moe Dee

    • @lyrics2challenged
      @lyrics2challenged 4 роки тому

      @Jddel Ddel murder is a stretch. They couldn't even murder each other, just barely outperformed the other.

    •  4 роки тому

      Absolutely, the triage.

  • @teakea5838
    @teakea5838 4 роки тому +10

    Thats why old school Hip Hop will always be best. We lived through that type life...we relate deeply but mc's rhymed whole stories amazingly 🙌🏾. Skill at its Finest. Black Thought knows and appreciated it like most. Hes so cool.

  • @cdollars7114
    @cdollars7114 6 років тому +61

    G rap is ya favorite rappers favorite rapper

  • @chiefbeef444
    @chiefbeef444 5 років тому +10

    Black Thought really the true goat of this shit man. He's so legendary

  • @bamnjphoto
    @bamnjphoto 6 років тому +60

    Dayummmm, that was a brilliant breakdown.

  • @rjgamble2551
    @rjgamble2551 6 років тому +43

    KOOL G RAP, THE GREATEST EVER HANDS DOWN. G.O.A.T

  • @imerflores1167
    @imerflores1167 5 років тому +16

    Kool G Rap and Blackthought= legends.

  • @brawlnation5194
    @brawlnation5194 5 років тому +11

    Thought got up at the end on some ole "Y'all cats is not hearing me" and just bounces!! Thats when the lyrics touch ya soul... 38 Spesh Son of G Rap got KGR still Flexin muscle

  • @illuzeweb
    @illuzeweb 6 років тому +211

    No G Rap = no Big Pun

    • @omalone1169
      @omalone1169 5 років тому +21

      No G Rap is no lyricism 101

    • @antoinebernard8115
      @antoinebernard8115 5 років тому +14

      No reakwon no bun b

    • @theculturewatch2414
      @theculturewatch2414 5 років тому +7

      True but Pun elevated that genius with comedy and still kept the complexity intact ... pun was a monster

    • @mmt6776
      @mmt6776 5 років тому +6

      Thank you for no Eminem. Glad his wack stans ain't in the comments

    • @amirkhattabfernandez2439
      @amirkhattabfernandez2439 5 років тому

      100% Facts

  • @seanwright8786
    @seanwright8786 6 років тому +14

    Brother is truly a student of the genre; a great student at that. Such to the point that his study has elevated him to be regarded as one of the masters of this rap s**t. He's definitely one of the masters like the ones we grew up listening to back in the days.

  • @drumsrugged9049
    @drumsrugged9049 6 років тому +235

    yeah dope!! (Rakim voice)

    • @aimmortalslegacy2189
      @aimmortalslegacy2189 6 років тому +2

      DRUMS RUGGED I always said G Rap was under rated.. Nd instead of trying to get the God Rakim to battle Kane.. Kane should first battle G-Rap.. Kane would lose that battle.

    • @drumsrugged9049
      @drumsrugged9049 6 років тому

      +A Immortals Legacy No Doubt!

    • @EltiobarcosOfficial
      @EltiobarcosOfficial 6 років тому

      DRUMS RUGGED I have buttworms

    • @bignadier
      @bignadier 6 років тому +1

      A Immortals Legacy G Rap killed Kane on every song they ever did together

    • @naturemanironfist5621
      @naturemanironfist5621 6 років тому

      I dont agree , but thats your opinion

  • @jeterw75
    @jeterw75 Рік тому +2

    Thank you Black Thought for breaking this down for the people! This was and still is my favorite song ever and I always looked at it like a autobiography or documentary into the street life in NY. I was a young teenager when this dropped and songs like this back then kind of formed my vision of life and understanding. Kool G Rap is a legend!

  • @TheStimie
    @TheStimie 6 років тому +622

    Kids don't understand that feeling that Hip-hop used to give us

  • @messiahblack4816
    @messiahblack4816 6 років тому +427

    I like when gods speak of other gods....

  • @64sniper35
    @64sniper35 6 років тому +3

    It means a lot to me comin from the old school & hearing a boss give a legend his props , MUCH LOVE & RESPECT ! Black Thought ! Kool G Rap Always!

  • @websterfit583
    @websterfit583 6 років тому +16

    G Rap still soooooo sharp with the word play today

  • @MrMrtsmith72
    @MrMrtsmith72 6 років тому +14

    Kool G smiling ...looking at this current live Mc giving props and Kool G is still relevant..

  • @udiggit13
    @udiggit13 6 років тому +19

    My favorite, "is first time in life loaning money to Dad". I remember when my Father first ask me for a loan, that was the proudest moment in my life. "how much you need ,Dad" Love that song.

    • @corbettalchemist6210
      @corbettalchemist6210 5 років тому +1

      Like really bro! why would you pride yourself for loaning your money to someone who raised you

    • @Jahk-mode876
      @Jahk-mode876 5 років тому +3

      It's not about the loan, it's knowing you can finally do suppem for the one who is always doing.

  • @fredtowns5747
    @fredtowns5747 6 років тому +5

    Black thought is the truth love this dude..his lyrical rhyme style is impeccable...and just to see him pay homage to another great emcee "kool g rap" you know number one of my top 5 makes me like him even more....much respect duke

  • @kelvinmiles1065
    @kelvinmiles1065 6 років тому +18

    Black thought My Favorite Rapper from Philly!!!

  • @JayeBoogie1017
    @JayeBoogie1017 4 роки тому +9

    One of the most surgical MC's EVER!!!!! KOOL G RAP !!!!

  • @bray3854
    @bray3854 5 років тому +6

    I heard an older lady say longtime ago that the streets wasn't made for everybody, that's why they made the sidewalk. The Struggle in them streets ain't no punk.... Big Ups to Kool G Rap and Black Thought, both them brothers are lyrical Juggernauts. Straight Up God Emcees...

  • @SanskarWagley
    @SanskarWagley 6 років тому +99

    His Hot 97 freestyle is GOAT

    • @fatsog123
      @fatsog123 6 років тому +4

      Sanskar Wagley Facts

    • @carlwilliams897
      @carlwilliams897 6 років тому +4

      Sanskar Wagley agreed! What you think of Mysonne second time on Hot 97

    • @ispeakmucho
      @ispeakmucho 6 років тому +2

      @@carlwilliams897 dope but he need to play with different flows in the verse.

    • @rodneysmith7313
      @rodneysmith7313 6 років тому +3

      Sanskar Wagley best 10:00 minutes ever

    • @zapkonrasp1423
      @zapkonrasp1423 5 років тому +2

      I would have 2 agree! Black Thought himself is underrated!!!!

  • @dynamic9016
    @dynamic9016 6 років тому +14

    A top tier lyricist deciphering the lyricist of an incredible Lyricist who influenced great lyricist like Nas,Big punisher,Eminem etc.

  • @dawudyelton1392
    @dawudyelton1392 6 років тому +10

    my boy merciful in the video(pr/spanish kid rolling with kool g, also known as fatal and had a verse on live at the bbq which was nas' intro to hiphop...kgr, true icon in the gangster genre so many great verses and big pun showed so much love, as to kiss his ring like a godfather...

  • @jdljcnj9406
    @jdljcnj9406 6 років тому +28

    one of the best to ever do it............

  • @JakeTheMuss10454
    @JakeTheMuss10454 5 років тому +12

    BLACK THOUGHT....RESPECT TO ONE OF THE BEST TO DO IT. SUPREME RESPECT TO KOOL G RAPP, A GOD MC...PEACE

  • @davido3109
    @davido3109 6 років тому +16

    Poetry and reality... beyond Life... Thank´s Kool G Rap and thank´s Black Thought too!!! Asewe Salut Namaste Haribol

  • @AntoineMalveaux
    @AntoineMalveaux 6 років тому +14

    G rap still has crazy bars, his new shit with 38 Spesh is dope.

  • @AldoJaymes
    @AldoJaymes Рік тому +2

    Incredible how much knowledge was in those verses and the beat was simply off the charts amazing 👏🏿🙌🏿

  • @abdul-lt7re
    @abdul-lt7re 5 років тому +4

    Still my favorite rapper and he almost or is 50 yrs old with a crazy word play

  • @fabianescamilla4779
    @fabianescamilla4779 3 місяці тому +1

    Yeah this song still hypes me up when I hear it. Especially the lawyer so good his bail was on sale. 🔥

  • @thamsanqagamede3512
    @thamsanqagamede3512 6 років тому +17

    Black Thought and G Rap are the best lyricist of all time, I got much love and respect for them .

    • @juelzwilliams3826
      @juelzwilliams3826 6 років тому +1

      Thamsanqa Gamede stop they ain't better than Nas

    • @thamsanqagamede3512
      @thamsanqagamede3512 6 років тому

      Pablo Martinez yeah Nas is talented too .

    • @coreysligh2006
      @coreysligh2006 6 років тому +4

      Pablo Martinez
      Nas is my favorite Emcee, but he isn't better than Black Thought.

    • @Isaiah_McIntosh
      @Isaiah_McIntosh 6 років тому +3

      Corey Sligh yeah man Nas is a legend with a great catalogue Black thought is an alien who can only produce perfection.

    • @nicktaylor5952
      @nicktaylor5952 6 років тому +1

      Pablo Martinez Both G Rap and Black Thought are better LYRICISTS...not overall but lyricists yes. Listen to Fast Life by G Rap and Nas. G Rap had the better verse on that track. Nas is super nice but I give the edge to Black Thought and G Rap

  • @rooseveltdarbey9493
    @rooseveltdarbey9493 2 роки тому +2

    Goodness gracious when Thought was reciting G Raps lyrics, you just here the story telling lyricism and how well put together it sounds. Classic walk off by Thought epic Song.

  • @al5603
    @al5603 5 років тому +9

    Great shit!!! But I wish that Black Thought would have continued with G Raps '' He likes to eat hearty, party, be like John Gotti..............'' line. That was another classic verse.

  • @EDOGZ818
    @EDOGZ818 6 років тому +9

    Kool G Rap & Big Daddy Kane had the best Hip Hop dancers.
    Road To Riches = Classic

  • @rightknowledgeman
    @rightknowledgeman 6 років тому +77

    If you like Road to riches....check out G.Rap joint Men at werk.FIRE🔥🔥🔥

    • @bignadier
      @bignadier 6 років тому +9

      gregory hudson can't nothing touch men at work

    • @folklorico1979
      @folklorico1979 6 років тому +4

      Black Thought did his rendition "Thought At Work"

    • @bossanovaross4628
      @bossanovaross4628 6 років тому +4

      ✔ out A Thugs Love Story by G Rap

    • @jamingjohnson2275
      @jamingjohnson2275 6 років тому +4

      Men At Work was, and is still sick.

    • @bignadier
      @bignadier 6 років тому +4

      BossaNova Ross especially that second verse

  • @hnic72
    @hnic72 4 роки тому +2

    The first time I heard this.. Like 3 decades ago, I KNEW this was one of the most lyrical joints I'd heard in my life and I STILL feel the exact same way to this day. KGR and BT.. Two of the best ever

  • @Jackslay1
    @Jackslay1 5 років тому +26

    Better than anything Shakespeare ever wrote.Genius!!!

    • @Jackslay1
      @Jackslay1 Рік тому

      we agree to disagree@@tejasnair3399

  • @heruapocalypse2021
    @heruapocalypse2021 6 років тому +8

    😅Aww Man I'm laughing with Joy man this Shit made My Day.Black Thought! One of Our Hip-Hop Cultures Prime MC's.His excitement as He relives His Younger Day's listening to The legendary Kool G Rap's Lyrics to one of The Classic Jams back in The late 80's.Is priceless! I say that because I lived The same exact life experiences in Bmore.And to think that Black Thought.Whom was Destin to be Who He is.And just off of This Hip-Hop Classic alone for Starters is a Golden Moment for sure.

  • @oldgee1976
    @oldgee1976 5 років тому +5

    That song to me is one of the greatest songs in hiphop history.

  • @lucasm3879
    @lucasm3879 Рік тому +3

    Road to Riches is an all time classic, it's story telling and show's the negative aspects of drug dealing and the criminal life. It's not just straight up gangsta rap, it ends up like a cautionary tale. The beat and production is also heavy AF.
    Ice Cube's 'Summer Vacation' actually does a similar thing in a more West Coast style, but that came a couple of years later.

  • @reidbtable
    @reidbtable 6 років тому +23

    Maybe the greatest hip hop song in history!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Got damn!!!!!

  • @klassact1807
    @klassact1807 6 років тому +2

    Subscribed after watching straight away all the way from Uk. The way he walked of us how I feel when he ends his Flex freestyle with the ‘Telling stories like fingerprints in blood spatter line’ drop the mic ! Great interview.

    • @iveywebb
      @iveywebb 6 років тому +1

      Klass Act 💯💯💯

  • @icantbelieveitsnotbutter8851
    @icantbelieveitsnotbutter8851 5 років тому +5

    I laughed my ass off when he walked out lmao O.G. rappers had this type of effect with their rhymes.

  • @MarkBailey1972
    @MarkBailey1972 5 років тому +2

    The pictures Kool G Rap paints with his words are so vivid. I don't know what his life was like but he damn sure makes you believe it was just like the one he was rapping about.

  • @mrsci101
    @mrsci101 6 років тому +64

    4, 5, 6

    • @mosaicblue121
      @mosaicblue121 6 років тому

      Sci 101 great album

    • @bossanovaross4628
      @bossanovaross4628 6 років тому +1

      Head Crack!

    • @MrMduballday
      @MrMduballday 6 років тому

      Sci 101: yes Sir real shit!

    • @aharris82
      @aharris82 6 років тому

      That verse on "Fast Life" ooo weee.....Nas held his own, but G Rap took the cake

  • @1Deep43VA
    @1Deep43VA 5 років тому +1

    I love how animated Black Thought got from just listening and explaining one of his obvious favorite rap songs by Kool G Rap.
    I can understand that feeling. Growing up, Hip-Hop gave me that feeling too. We need more of THIS.

  • @MROLDSCHOOLNJ
    @MROLDSCHOOLNJ 6 років тому +52

    G RAP, IS IN MY TOP 5 LYRICALLY AND BLACK THOUGHT IS NOT FAR BEHIND.

    • @skineyemin4276
      @skineyemin4276 6 років тому +3

      What? BT is on a whole other level now.

    • @walkwithred
      @walkwithred 6 років тому +2

      Max Austin TO G RAP? Not really bro

    • @DaukszPSN
      @DaukszPSN 5 років тому +2

      @@walkwithred as an emcee I have thought as the best, as greats go KGR is in my top 3

    • @Razah.
      @Razah. 4 роки тому +2

      Niggas only loving black thought now due too a 9 min freestyle which makes him look like a God these days but back in the late 80s and 90s 9 min freestyle was standard lol

  • @JASONvsBOSCO
    @JASONvsBOSCO 2 роки тому +1

    One of my all time favourite UA-cam videos. It makes me smile every time.

  • @Imma_King
    @Imma_King 6 років тому +10

    Now I have to listen to Road to the Riches. one of my favorite songs OAT

  • @rewade70
    @rewade70 6 років тому +4

    G Rap was that dude. Im glad i didn't sleep on him when i was a teen. Still remember buying that on cassette.

  • @rockcheif
    @rockcheif 6 років тому +24

    The GOAT

  • @columbusohio72
    @columbusohio72 6 років тому +32

    I had that yellow walkman too

    • @sonwil705
      @sonwil705 6 років тому +1

      columbusohio72 Sony Walkman.

    • @nsmcgirt
      @nsmcgirt 6 років тому

      Me too !!!!

    • @columbusohio72
      @columbusohio72 6 років тому +2

      The bulky.waterproof joint

    • @rustyjames1727
      @rustyjames1727 5 років тому

      All good hearted people had that Walkman

  • @jman1562001
    @jman1562001 6 років тому +9

    Wasn't the Roots formerly known as Square Roots LOL!!! G Rap wasn't a multi-platinum selling artist but please believe you can take a tree of ya favorite MC MCs and G Rap WILL BE ONE OF THE ROOTS. Rakim and Krs-One were more well known, but G Rap had that sophisticated style that was ahead of its time. Black Thought, Nas, Big Pun, Jay-Z, AZ, Raekwon etc. are his sons. The way cats were rapping in the 90s, G Rap pioneered in the 80s!!! He even created a whole subgenre "mafioso" style that so many cats ran with!!!

  • @sebbev9678
    @sebbev9678 6 років тому +40

    GOAT 🐐

  • @theseer360
    @theseer360 6 років тому +5

    Yessir Black thought . I agree 100%, G Rap is one of my top MC's along with you homie. Peace!

  • @SAMack-xd2fn
    @SAMack-xd2fn 5 років тому +2

    This is one of my favorite all time rap songs. Kool G Rap is an underrated lyricist. I put him at #4 on my top five. He painted the street life perfectly. I miss hiphop

  • @erict.4210
    @erict.4210 6 років тому +17

    The way Thought manifested the song was like......(walking away)

  • @brassknucks2548
    @brassknucks2548 5 років тому +1

    Nice to find this. Kool G Rap is my favorite of all time. Also this is my favorite record of ALL time. Thanks Black Thought.

  • @deezportz
    @deezportz 6 років тому +20

    He would pick this song..i listened to this song everyday before I went to the block..and kool g rap wasnt banging in ohio..loved g rap and the roots..

    • @los2166
      @los2166 6 років тому +1

      deezportz U Crazy we was rocking G Rap in Cleveland

    • @deezportz
      @deezportz 6 років тому

      Carlos I'm in Cleveland..and I was the only dude that f'd with kool g rap..most rocked with Kane which I respect too..far as the juice crew goes

    • @los2166
      @los2166 6 років тому +1

      deezportz obviously u wasn't the only dude in Cleveland. I don't know what area u from, but in EC where I'm from and down the way 105th and 79th where I hung most people I was around listened to G Rap.

    • @deezportz
      @deezportz 6 років тому

      Carlos I'm from Union..i also "hung a lot of places"

  • @gnote206ify
    @gnote206ify 5 років тому +2

    This is by far the best video I have came across

  • @dalimrabet3087
    @dalimrabet3087 6 років тому +3

    massive respect for black thought giving credits to the Genuis of Rap

  • @MasinaJones
    @MasinaJones 5 років тому +2

    I often ponder why there are dislikes... like why, how!? this is this mans opinion & a beautiful opinion at that with passion involved... I loved it cuz now I can not unsee how black thought has adopted that style of rap... moral of the story A legend giving another LEGEND props does not deserve a dislike... HIP HOP

    • @ephramwalton
      @ephramwalton 5 років тому +2

      Everybody don't understand hip hop, they just know rap.

  • @B1GJOHNSTUD
    @B1GJOHNSTUD 6 років тому +6

    this interview is 🔥🔥🔥

  • @bigkev1773
    @bigkev1773 3 місяці тому +1

    So dope one of my
    Fav songs as well