Brother Ali - Full Performance (Live on KEXP)

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  • Опубліковано 19 січ 2013
  • kexp.org presents Brother Ali performing live in the KEXP studio. Recorded October 18, 2012.
    Tracklist:
    Only Life I Know
    Fajr
    Need A Knot
    Dorian
    Host: Larry Mizell Jr.
    Audio: Tom Hall
    Cameras: Shelly Corbett & Carlton Eide
    Edits: Justin Wilmore
    brotherali.com

КОМЕНТАРІ • 133

  • @MrGrubstake
    @MrGrubstake 9 років тому +85

    one of the most humble and talented dudes out there

    • @alssirafalhaqiqa1251
      @alssirafalhaqiqa1251 8 років тому +4

      Agree humble, wise and lyrically gifted. He chose to stay underground but could of easily make it in the mainstream like these other so call rappers.

  • @prickprock2928
    @prickprock2928 4 роки тому +6

    To all my brother out there who already wake up in the fajr while praying and move the 99 Woods on the finger, hope the bird drop a tons of gold and diamond for you and your seeds
    This is my pray in my last sujud
    Peace and love

  • @joeboyle9895
    @joeboyle9895 4 роки тому +15

    What a dude. I love that “I don’t say that word no more”. Brother Ali is essential

    • @johnorson6907
      @johnorson6907 Рік тому +2

      Stuck to his morals and didn’t miss a beat or mess up the flow

  • @19jmendez83
    @19jmendez83 9 років тому +35

    Love when rappers use live instrumentation in their sets. Glad I found this performance.

    • @yangxiaolong1862
      @yangxiaolong1862 8 років тому +3

      You should listen to the hard road restrung by hilltop hoods

  • @poppaz2007
    @poppaz2007 9 років тому +17

    Ali is just too raw for words. Officially my favorite MC.

  • @Jkeat02
    @Jkeat02 7 років тому +27

    "I don't say that line no more"....Brother Ali's a G. Real Hip Hop

    • @victoriaappiagei1482
      @victoriaappiagei1482 6 років тому +1

      Dope music awesome Cool good Listen wow powerful poet Cool

    • @BrotherZael
      @BrotherZael 5 років тому +3

      He actually wrote an entire essay/apology letter about that too

  • @elaynaarciniega7066
    @elaynaarciniega7066 3 роки тому +7

    If u want to hear real this is the perfect dude to listen to !! 💥🙏 thank you brother Ali for your music !! Wake up world 🌍

  • @VirtualAnomly
    @VirtualAnomly 7 років тому +24

    Brother ali needs to hook up with The Roots and do an album together

  • @fivefivevirgo4055
    @fivefivevirgo4055 9 років тому +47

    Yo, people need to pay more attention to brother ali, he's dope, he's the true definition of hip hop.

    • @alssirafalhaqiqa1251
      @alssirafalhaqiqa1251 8 років тому +1

      Brother is the man. He like to be underground.

    • @barefootbusdriver
      @barefootbusdriver 5 років тому +1

      Let's start commenting on every Tiny Desk video to promote getting Ali behind the desk.

  • @scottsmyth87ss
    @scottsmyth87ss 4 роки тому +9

    Only Life I Know 0:18*
    Fajr 4:13*
    Need a Knot 14:28*
    Dorian 17:14*
    *approx.

  • @CHASEJIMMYMN
    @CHASEJIMMYMN Рік тому +1

    I remember the first time hearing it's my life i living at home 16 years old playing off a cd player. my parents took it and then about a month or two later they kicked me out of the house. Brother Ali is the champ

  • @davidlis211088
    @davidlis211088 3 роки тому +5

    This is the music that inspire me, what a talent dude!

  • @kill3rhawk2000
    @kill3rhawk2000 11 років тому +3

    Deserves more publicity

  • @DontFeedThisArtist
    @DontFeedThisArtist 11 років тому +6

    KEXP has been stocking my playlist week after week with awesome artists, Brother Ali is definitely an 'artist,' and a master of his craft. Incredible set and interesting interview. Respect.

  • @doubledown9
    @doubledown9 3 роки тому +2

    Dorian had me smiling ear to ear. Love you brother

  • @ewokc1928
    @ewokc1928 5 років тому +3

    Brother Ali delivers another K.O. performance!
    Left jab, right hook, left uppercut!
    Out goes the "Competition "...

  • @Centennialantennavision
    @Centennialantennavision 2 роки тому +2

    hearing the lawn mower verse dang i love that so great to be creative

  • @Hexavolt
    @Hexavolt 7 років тому +6

    gawddwamn! This is such a soulful preformance.

  • @Phantomtandem
    @Phantomtandem 10 років тому +4

    Ali is one of the most original and best mc's out now. so underrated and his songs are so pure, thought provoking and full of life. Been crazy just to see him evolve, its inspiring as a human being. Thanks Brother. About 10 years ago I went to see an Atmosphere show and a young Ali was there. I was semi familiar at the time, but his performance was mesmerizing. He's better live than many of his peers for sure. So much soul.

    • @bobbyhofer6785
      @bobbyhofer6785 5 років тому

      I was just about to post about seeing him with rhythm roots All Stars in Baltimore. Then he brings it up in the interview. Probally the best show I have ever seen. Hes the most slept on MC of all time. One of my favorite Artists ever. Brother Ali and Vinnie Paz. The live brass band sounded amazing live in a small club with good sound system. I wish had a copy of it with good sound. Absolutely amazing artist hands down. Been one of favorite since before "Room with a View" and "Dorian" one of my favorite tracks of all time. Expecially if u can relate to the situation. I wish he would have done the original version of Dorian though.

  • @manullanos
    @manullanos 2 місяці тому +1

    KEXP es muy grosa, cada presentación es intima y memorable. Gracias x eso ✌☮

  • @jacobheth
    @jacobheth 10 років тому +2

    Wow, unbelievable performance.

  • @johnmabryjr7891
    @johnmabryjr7891 3 роки тому +3

    He's one of my sources of edutainment greatful he's still doing his thing

  • @MattJoyce
    @MattJoyce 11 років тому +2

    damn proud to be from minneapolis.

  • @danielfz6
    @danielfz6 11 років тому +2

    So smooth...

  • @heoTheo
    @heoTheo 11 років тому +2

    These are some nice flows.

  • @SSRemly
    @SSRemly 9 років тому +5

    Listen to The Traveler by Brother Ali. Its the first track of his I heard and got me hooked

  • @itsOmari
    @itsOmari 10 років тому +2

    Wonderful Music....

  • @bobwhisky
    @bobwhisky 11 років тому +1

    Brother Ali is the sound track to my life man, this guy's been with me through some shit.

  • @jeaninekhatib3027
    @jeaninekhatib3027 10 років тому +2

    This was amazing

  • @Hermetic_
    @Hermetic_ 7 років тому +2

    I. Love. This. Guy! So real and talented.

  • @Croat1a06
    @Croat1a06 11 років тому +2

    Awesome, great conversations between Larry and Brother Ali. KEXP your probably the only station where I enjoy the dialogue as much as the music, and I love the music

  • @heinzmuller1275
    @heinzmuller1275 6 років тому +2

    Nice brother, love your music.

  • @rongomailewis-clarke2711
    @rongomailewis-clarke2711 9 років тому +2

    Chur ( Kiwi slang for Cheers U Rock or something to that effect ) Phat Beats & Strong Words .. Thanks for sharing your talents with the world.. Brother Ali...

  • @rokycabrera2180
    @rokycabrera2180 10 років тому +1

    God really bless you soul.

  • @maitreya9ify
    @maitreya9ify 10 років тому +1

    I've never heard horns like that! Love and go MN

  • @mantronix19
    @mantronix19 9 років тому +3

    Love Brother Ali! SMASHIN !!!

  • @PhuccYall
    @PhuccYall 11 років тому +1

    love from seattle yo !!! everything this dude does is gold.

  • @romanticegotist1
    @romanticegotist1 11 років тому +1

    So much respect to him for that (not to mention all the other stuff he does)

  • @Tfmusicmaker
    @Tfmusicmaker 10 років тому +5

    Last song is Truth.

  • @mattelvv
    @mattelvv 11 років тому +1

    One of the best. Much love from Sweden.

  • @TheGavio93
    @TheGavio93 11 років тому +1

    Happy birthday Brother Ali! Keep it up with those awesome raps. LONG LIVE ALI!!!

  • @johnwishstobefree
    @johnwishstobefree 11 років тому +1

    "i dont say that line no more" long live the brother, hip hops finest son.

  • @dwaynedavis2721
    @dwaynedavis2721 9 років тому +5

    bring back live bands!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @mohalemotswalo4559
    @mohalemotswalo4559 7 місяців тому +2

    The Brither is good. I knew about him this year

  • @hichamitooo1986
    @hichamitooo1986 11 років тому +2

    Nice music

  • @MANDEEZEE1
    @MANDEEZEE1 9 років тому +5

    Sick! Real hip hop.

  • @skylersky11
    @skylersky11 4 роки тому +2

    Wow that’s weird he don’t know how cute he is . He is the most attractive. Beauty comes from within. He has every beauty that could be inside and out. I’m normally attracted to people with dark skin and dark hair and eyes. Brother Ali’s skin tone is very good looking to me so is his eyes and I really love his belly . I want to love him so hard and bad 🥰🥰🥰😊😊😊😂😂😂

  • @SmavIce81
    @SmavIce81 8 років тому +5

    The people that did a 👎🏾... Are probably puff daddy or Kanye west fans... Brother Ali is the truth... I miss consciousness in music... Unfortunately smart is a thing of the past. Idiocracy is where we are about to be. Good luck future... Cause it's going to be shit...

    • @DjOzKid
      @DjOzKid 7 років тому

      if i had the money i would pay for a song with brother ail and jus Allah as a back and forth, evil and peace

    • @goat3779
      @goat3779 5 років тому

      Stop being righteous, Travis. Jesus.

  • @ElectricArms
    @ElectricArms 11 років тому +2

    Damn, this shit is smooth.

  • @Chaaos2
    @Chaaos2 9 років тому +5

    amazing!

  • @davewilliams7043
    @davewilliams7043 11 років тому +2

    Killer.

  • @ThorntonArtStudio
    @ThorntonArtStudio 9 років тому +2

    Great performance!

  • @Intensitalian
    @Intensitalian 10 років тому +2

    I have that same jacket...mine might be 3 sizes bigger but whateva lol still my fave

  • @Morrisado
    @Morrisado 11 років тому +1

    Brother Ali = the boy.

  • @TheSoundsThatTravel
    @TheSoundsThatTravel 8 років тому +14

    macklemore kinda stole this guy's flow and delivery. and just everything. woww

    • @user-fv7pd6cf4t
      @user-fv7pd6cf4t 3 роки тому

      Who that m dude you mentioned,, it all stolen except a few, Ali original

    • @devins1195
      @devins1195 3 роки тому

      And dropped it on the same show

  • @mcnichols65
    @mcnichols65 10 років тому +1

    Keep doing what u do, my brother!!!

  • @Ajatashatru
    @Ajatashatru 11 років тому +2

    I was just about to comment on that same shit...yo, peace to Ali...so dope.

  • @treedogg
    @treedogg 9 років тому +7

    i absolutely love dorians story

  • @abdelkarimrahmani3153
    @abdelkarimrahmani3153 8 років тому +1

    brother ali ou doi-j dire frère ali j'ai préféré t'appelé akhi ali j'te respecte merci thank you respect

  • @skylersky11
    @skylersky11 4 роки тому

    Omg omg omg I’m about to go crazy for him .

  • @comadose25
    @comadose25 10 років тому

    Mad respect. I always knew that he was better than that line.
    Amazing video, KEXP is great for quality.

  • @ianleblanc9111
    @ianleblanc9111 7 років тому

    Fantastic

  • @ferglovesguitar
    @ferglovesguitar 11 років тому

    Yes Kexp all the music you post is sick!

  • @valeriosemprini6348
    @valeriosemprini6348 11 років тому

    amazing...... great ALI!!!!

  • @jorgevaldez6428
    @jorgevaldez6428 10 років тому

    100*ciento respeto todos le dan al carnal Ali mi corason a el.

  • @thulanitshibonza5786
    @thulanitshibonza5786 8 років тому

    brother ali ,oh sh###t super dope

  • @miejohnsen2989
    @miejohnsen2989 10 років тому

    respect

  • @JAMES45229
    @JAMES45229 6 років тому

    Real Nice

  • @mannybowie7535
    @mannybowie7535 10 років тому

    mad respect

  • @elcattiv0
    @elcattiv0 11 років тому

    amazing to hear that. since ant samples a lot of dope soulful music, this is going to be great to hear live. but i'm also looking forward to hear what they do on the other jake one songs :)

  • @victoriaappiagei1482
    @victoriaappiagei1482 6 років тому

    Dope music awesome Cool good Listen wow powerful best ever real hip-hop poet

  • @clipcalhoon
    @clipcalhoon 10 років тому

    holy shit!!!!!!!

  • @markidstrom5287
    @markidstrom5287 10 років тому

    Even the way he coughs is amazing. 9:33

  • @miejohnsen2989
    @miejohnsen2989 10 років тому

    siiiiick

  • @3Kural
    @3Kural 11 років тому

    WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAOW PERFECT AAAAAAAALİİİİİİİ

  • @esoligh
    @esoligh 3 місяці тому

    ❤😊

  • @ianantonich5124
    @ianantonich5124 10 років тому

    Only Life I know, Hottest hook. Keep it real Ali. Someone has to!

  • @swensonjonah
    @swensonjonah 10 років тому +9

    I go to the same school as his son

  • @plasticpaddyful
    @plasticpaddyful 10 років тому +1

    Only. 28k views omg

  • @anotherjade
    @anotherjade 11 років тому

    ♡ ♡ ♡

  • @dsandwhich00
    @dsandwhich00 7 років тому

    I didn't know Ali and Ghost toured together. Ghost has to be one of the most open minded dudes in hip hop. Actually contributing to the Rich Chigga remix after saying he would was awesome.

  • @jonpritchard5605
    @jonpritchard5605 9 років тому +26

    ... and still my dad trys to say Hip-hop isn't music

    • @vicgarrison8968
      @vicgarrison8968 9 років тому +10

      Prob cause he's referring to most BS out there. You have to find Hip Hop, it aint on the radio.

    • @5and88M4n
      @5and88M4n 9 років тому +2

      Vic Garrison That's what I always think when people tell me that. I respect all music, so when people tell me they "hate" hip hop I think "well that's because all you know is Lil Wayne" or whoever's on the radio now. I don't understand what it means to HATE music, like are you out of your mind? Do you know what music is? Still, there are others in the middle who think hip hop's "ok" because of some of the shit they hear on the radio, then I show them a video of a big DJ scratching over a dope sample and blow their minds.

    • @mscottveach
      @mscottveach 9 років тому +2

      Ethereal Sandman see now, you say you respect all music and dis wayne in the same damn sentence. wayne's a genius. his music may not be to your taste but there's a kind of unbridled, free association wordplay to his lyrics that a lot of people write off as nonsense. but i think of wayne as hip hop's version of a beat poet. if his lyrics are nonsense then so is ginsberg's poetry. so is cummings.

    • @5and88M4n
      @5and88M4n 9 років тому +2

      No no no you misunderstand, I was just using Lil Wayne as probably the most well known example of hip hop on the radio today (I think). Like KRS-One said, hip hop as a culture is doing phenomenally, and that includes Lil Wayne. However, the "mainstream" as it's referred to has completely broken away from the grass roots and all you hear on hip hop radio now is about partying with a lot of money, and that also includes Lil Wayne. But perhaps I misstated, I respect all GENRES of music- not all the artists and their decisions.

    • @Feelin2nice
      @Feelin2nice 9 років тому +3

      ***** I agree with you M. Scott. I'm not a big Lil' Wayne fan, mostly because I know he "could" use his influence and power as an artist to uplift people versus what he raps about, but I do admire his word play and his lyrical ability. He has skills, there is no denying that. If he had a little bit more Talib Kwalib in him, a bit more 2Pac circa 1992 or a bit more Pharaoh Monche maybe he wouldn't be as popular, but his music would be a bit more spiritual and uplifting in nature.
      I'm not hating on him, just giving my honest expression of how he could do more to help his people than hurt his people. I can only imagine how many drive by shootings or murders have occurred with people playing his music as a motivating factor for the acts that were about to unfold. I doubt many people were playing Brother Ali, Immortal Technique or Pharaoh as they were about to kill their so called "enemy".
      I may be wrong, but that's what I think. RIP to all my cousins who died at the hands of gang violence. Wish y'all were here to spread some knowledge to those who are lost in the storm.

  • @jjms79
    @jjms79 8 років тому

    Need a knot, love it. Used to move white, push it off the sidewalk dump it in the yard - i ain't selling cocaine I got a snow shovel. Ha Ha, love you Brother Ali

  • @cameronm5597
    @cameronm5597 7 років тому

    Goddam!! Does Brother Ali often do his tours with a band too now? (Haven't seen him live since early 2012)

  • @NuevoSolLCNM
    @NuevoSolLCNM 9 років тому +7

    Who gives this a thumbs down??? Ignorant!!!!

  • @yangxiaolong1862
    @yangxiaolong1862 8 років тому +1

    No forest Whitaker damn

  • @clipcalhoon
    @clipcalhoon 10 років тому +2

    can someone please make a track list of this!?

  • @DEREK2438
    @DEREK2438 10 років тому +1

    He actually sounds pretty good live real talk though

  • @JUICEPPL1
    @JUICEPPL1 10 років тому +1

    Anyone got a link to a track by grinch(the artist mentioned at the end)?

    • @benfleay8092
      @benfleay8092 10 років тому +1

      its spelled Grynch man easy youtube

  • @nickbagelboy
    @nickbagelboy 10 років тому

    Anyone know what song he was talking about at 12:35 about being in a hotel room with writers block??

    • @nickbagelboy
      @nickbagelboy 10 років тому

      hjahahhahahaha fuck, thank's man!!!! hahahhaa I feel so smart now lmfao

  • @Russame
    @Russame 11 років тому +1

    A future me, with hair on the wrong side of his head. Word.

  • @elcattiv0
    @elcattiv0 11 років тому

    is that Brother Ali's personal band or is it KEXP who provided the band?

  • @bitard4176
    @bitard4176 11 років тому

    А достаточно не плохо

  • @alssirafalhaqiqa1251
    @alssirafalhaqiqa1251 8 років тому

    Ali the White lion

  • @somekid7
    @somekid7 10 років тому

    Who's The Grinch (aka "Brother Smalli")?

  • @ickerish
    @ickerish 11 років тому +1

    this dude.... so ill

  • @bberg82
    @bberg82 5 років тому

    They never did give Grynch his new Volvo

  • @LeifBrostrom
    @LeifBrostrom 11 років тому

    That's the new live band, Blank Tape Beloved made up of artists from around the US.

  • @bourbonzcaches8493
    @bourbonzcaches8493 6 років тому +1

    hate spendn billions on stadiums and prisons.

  • @sarahaar464
    @sarahaar464 3 роки тому +1

    Is brother ali muslim ???