All the gear in this video brings back so many memories. I graduated HS in 92. This was a beautiful time in NYC indeed. Dudes dressed like men and not fairies. Real talk!
@@BIGP1980kid It's disgusting isn't it. I can't even force myself to listen to the vast majority of this garbage these princesses are trying to pass off as Hip Hop.
He's referring to being low-key or secretive about getting or having money (although clearly telling us in the first 30 seconds of the song 😂). 'On the down Low' or 'on the DL' had quite a different meaning in the early to mid 90s than now. The Pharcyde had a song 'On the Download', Heavy D in the Pete Rock and CL Smooth song the Basement said it because it rhymed with CL. Kool G Rap on 'Edge of Sanity' as well as countless rappers from that era used On the Down, DL, keep it on the hush hush or similar sayings as slang for keeping a secret. It morphed into something else in the late 90s to 2000s.
As much as I'd love to give AG that credit, it's definitely more of an anti-prude verse than anti-rape. His message is he has no time for girls unless they're putting out. He literally says he'll kick her out if she's not down to smash. Also, funny how the song is called Fat Pockets and his verse has nothing to do with money lol.
Yea,big shout out to the BX,Paterson projects and Millbrook and edenwald projects,now a big shout out to BK,Marcy projects,Gowanas projects ,the whole Crown Hights,and Bedstuy Lincoln and Washington, St John's and classon ave this that BK & BX connection ya heard,to all my New York niggas I love yah !!!!!!
[Verse Three: Showbiz] It's time to take the brothers from the corner Clean up they act, and give them a chance to do what the wanna I'm not trying to be a bum with a 40 That's not my style, I gotta work hard like Naughty By Nature, you should understand To get yours in this land, you gotta work for yours, black man You think it's easy because I rap? So don't ask me for a dollar motherfucker, you ain't handicapped This has got to be the best part of the track. Showbiz understands the American dream.
It's mad niggas in this video killah priest. Big L , lord Jamal And many Moore , look at the gear in the video and lean something And this version was raw Bronx NYC
You hear this and then the rap of now, and its like how did we regress so far ? These brothers were enlightened and the rappers of today are like brain dead.
That's not Peter Gunz homie. That's Lakim Shabazz, one of the founders of Queen Latifah's Flavor Unit collective. Peace to Shakim Compere and the whole North New Jeru's!!
Man A's one a those dudes that keeps it mad consistent, yet always progressin. Like his flow nowadays definately sorta follows the same 'pattern' if you will.... but still stays sounding updated you know? its crazy... IMO hes the best in ditc
"So don't ask me for a dollar money grip, you ain't handicapped" and if you was, you still have a chance, look how I flip, ain't this a trip?, now I'm makin' you dance"...#throwbackdopeness
BO is the big dude he used to do security for them. Remember Sound View Pistol Pete got him and Kalton Hines. BO was a thoro dude in the BX. He was down with ULTRAMAGNETICS, Tim Dog and them cats too.
Robgee...that album runaway slave is top 20 rap albums of all time..production is tight..peace to diamond d..avery underrated rapper and producer....Forrest in da the house...bronx n......put that work in all around the spectrum....peace
All the gear in this video brings back so many memories. I graduated HS in 92. This was a beautiful time in NYC indeed. Dudes dressed like men and not fairies. Real talk!
Ha! So True
True indeed we are the original style creators
Choker chains, tight pants, nail painted and diamonds used to be reserved for the ladies. Nowadays, these items are most rappers starter pack.😅😅😅
@@BIGP1980kid It's disgusting isn't it. I can't even force myself to listen to the vast majority of this garbage these princesses are trying to pass off as Hip Hop.
Fairies!😀
on and poppin'!!!! I was in high school when this came out. Shout out to all NYC high schools from 92-96'! The whole DITC crew was tuff!
You 38 , those were my highschool years too, the good ol days, jersey.
+Anisah Rahman what school you went to
I bump this hard body for real Love DITC
So you saw NY go from 2000 murders to 900 and less under Giuliani right?
Rdoubt - actually it went from about 2200 down to about 700 when Guiliani left... But yeah I was there..
30 years+ ago and this NY hip-hop era is still the best thing ever. Music, fashion, everything.
Tabernacle!!!!!
That man said he a down low brother
Facts!!!!!!
He's referring to being low-key or secretive about getting or having money (although clearly telling us in the first 30 seconds of the song 😂). 'On the down Low' or 'on the DL' had quite a different meaning in the early to mid 90s than now. The Pharcyde had a song 'On the Download', Heavy D in the Pete Rock and CL Smooth song the Basement said it because it rhymed with CL. Kool G Rap on 'Edge of Sanity' as well as countless rappers from that era used On the Down, DL, keep it on the hush hush or similar sayings as slang for keeping a secret. It morphed into something else in the late 90s to 2000s.
Props to AG for his anti-rape verse. Much respect!!
Yea a good message indeed
Loud and clear
not just "anti-r_pe" but also to give a female the boot who's playing games lol
As much as I'd love to give AG that credit, it's definitely more of an anti-prude verse than anti-rape. His message is he has no time for girls unless they're putting out. He literally says he'll kick her out if she's not down to smash.
Also, funny how the song is called Fat Pockets and his verse has nothing to do with money lol.
The 25 people who disliked this video like their pockets flat!
lol
Ha ha. No DOUBT. Fuk dem haters.
Yo, i love the positive message they puttin on here.
No doubt
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Big L in brown jacket miss that guy for real one of best mcs of all time RIP BIG L
RIP Big L 🕊️
Second 0:39 ?
Dark brown leather jacket
This beat is still crazy after all of these years.
Yes indeed
I concur, sir!🤩
Facts! I'm bopping my head at the moment 💯👍
That's why I love this Era of hip hop
Exactly!!
Old school music never die this is why I go to UA-cam and listen to some old school music
real
real
Ths sht old they wack
@@carlosortizrivera9866 hater
@@carlosortizrivera9866 bro go back to UA-cam kids
I really wish that this version was featured on the album. The 'horns'(?) on chorus are so hypnotic!
Love the album version tho.
Facts
BX smackin it.. Hella Cameos in dis piece.. Lord Jamar Sadat X Lord Finesse Jazzy Jay Big L Peter Gunz Lakim Shabazz...
Where Peter Gunz at ?
@@younggenius6445 2:29 over Show's left shoulder.
Is Carlton Hines in this?
Bee stinger 2
AG was so underrated
@@seanf7775 Absolutely and definitely
Im bringing that NYC look back word D.I.T.C was the hardest crew.
I always loved AG's flow. Dope lyricist.
THE most underrated duo in rap history.
This mf I missed , don’t know how, shit knock nice, with the catchy riffs on the break.. behind that crisp azz snare
It's too bad Showbiz only raps on their first songs, he's friggin good!
True.
Yes sir
If this track comes on and your basic instincts don't get you vibing, this means that we are not the same .
or beat types tatse isnt the same
The black college hoodies though!! FIRE!! Man I miss the Boom Bap 90s!!
"Brothers don't know I'm on the down low." Today that wouldn't sound right. 😂
lmao!
This whole album still ROCKS
its timeless like rock in 70 80
This and Goodfellas
will always ROCK
Runaway slave & goodfellas
Saying Down low in the 90's got a whole different meaning that it do in the 2,000's.
@LivingOnLifeDyingfromLife187 fr😂
😂😂😂😂
😂
Love how they repped the black college hoodies...
Omar Branch fat wuz da style back then
@@mikeofdc yeah we all had black college hoodies back in the day
Wake up to reality. Show went off on this record.
He should have kept rapping.
"To all the people out there sayin' "I forgot where I came from"...AND STILL LIVING LIKE BUMS!"
I miss Showbiz as a rapper.
Word!!
oh eahhh
This video is so sick
Black college and Malcolm X hoodies were a big thing in the early 90s.
one of the sickets rap videos of all time and jams
look for Big L hes sittin around on a car somewhere in this video
3:28
Where’s he at
@@aleg378 cant see him ...but now i know where big l got his rhymes from
@@lyomon9981 0:41 he's wearing a brown coat
Big L @ 0:42
Also Lord Finesse @ 0:51 and
Lord Jamar and Sadat X @1:01
Real hip-hop heads..who were diggin way bk '88-'92 them 4 yearz rocked east coast new york n new jersey were killin it.
That's true but 1994 can compete with any one of them years because everyone was dropping bombs
Still bumpin' in 2020. Sadat X, Lord Jamar, Big L, Lakim Shabazz, Kid Capri. Dayum, that's classic. Pure NY style
Finesse also
Peter gunz
wasn't there also the funky drummer Clyde Stubblefield?
Lord Jamar was a a hero of mine until he spat the pacifier out over Eminem. He's a jealous fool 😂
I was stuck tryna remember Lakim Shabazz name when i saw him with Kid Capri @2:19 thanks
it didnt mean homo back then ,it just meant you didnt like alot of shine or attention
Back in '92 this was my shit! Big up Showbiz & A.G.. D.I.T.C. Forever.
Heard this remix New Years Eve '93. 2nd song after the ball dropped following Diamond's "That's That S--t!"
Big l was in this video black bucket brown jacket
brand Nubian!
Runaway Slave is the greatest hip hop album. Every song is dope especially Soul Clap my favorite hip hop song ever.
OHHH YEAHHH !!!
Yea,big shout out to the BX,Paterson projects and Millbrook and edenwald projects,now a big shout out to BK,Marcy projects,Gowanas projects ,the whole Crown Hights,and Bedstuy Lincoln and Washington, St John's and classon ave this that BK & BX connection ya heard,to all my New York niggas I love yah !!!!!!
Showbiz really showed his skills as a MC.
listen to this song after getting paid. it's even better
Even the bum was nodding his head
Real Hip hop 😎💯nuff said ✌🏾
This is still rocking!!!!!!30 years later! Showbiz and AG still one of favorite groups. Yessir!!!
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Word up!!!
no doubt! 💯
0:43 BIG L
ma maan
and 3:26
R.I.P
Axel W nice spot !
Sadat X and Lord Jamar at 1:01 too :) classic shit
big L holdin it down at 41 seconds
The good old days was in Junior High School at the time
rocking the Army suit that was the shit back then
Runaway Slave is the illest album of the early 90s!
AG was and is still dope.
you just don't hear good stuff like this anymore i miss the early 90's
1990's hip hop is the best positive music to feed on.
Still listening at the end of 2023!✊🏿
You can’t help someone unless they help themselves . FACTS!!!!
TO ALL YOU YOUNGINS DOWN LOW MEANT YOU KEPT A LOW PROFILE BACK IN THE '90's.
So much education in one verse.
check lord lord jamar in the cut with show biz wit the army green rass hat and flight jacket to match 1min mark
CLASSIC HIP-HOP still bangs almost 20 years later...
Best music video of all time. Absolutely sensational every time I play it n it’s so sick when A young Coleone turnin up. The unity❤️
[Verse Three: Showbiz]
It's time to take the brothers from the corner
Clean up they act, and give them a chance to do what the wanna
I'm not trying to be a bum with a 40
That's not my style, I gotta work hard like Naughty
By Nature, you should understand
To get yours in this land, you gotta work for yours, black man
You think it's easy because I rap?
So don't ask me for a dollar motherfucker, you ain't handicapped
This has got to be the best part of the track. Showbiz understands the American dream.
Boogie Down Bronx aka Pelan. Shout out to the whole BX!
yuuu heeeerrrdd
the beat on the cd version is different from this one
🎉🎉🎉😮 DYNAMITE EXPLOSIVE TRACK ! 1 ON MY FIRST CASSETTE TAPE COLLECTION ! SHOWBIZ & AG 4 LIFE! SUPER FAN FROM MONTREAL CANADA
They didnt put this version on the album...why!?
Actually, it was mixed 'after' the completion of the album.
Anyone know where to get this version of Fat Pockets? The one on Runaway Slave is different
'Radio Remix'
www.discogs.com/Showbiz-AG-Fat-Pockets/release/1834370
92? Dam I was born in 96 haha this shit nice
It's mad niggas in this video killah priest. Big L , lord Jamal And many Moore , look at the gear in the video and lean something And this version was raw Bronx NYC
So hard how they took over the whole meatpacking district that day 🔥, we was crazy bak den and repped our city, nobody was stopping us
Big L @ 0:41
Probably
+SuperMike 3:26 certainly in fact
0:52 lord finesse
I remember the army gear era,every cat on the block was wearin the shit.
You hear this and then the rap of now, and its like how did we regress so far ? These brothers were enlightened and the rappers of today are like brain dead.
This is the first time I’ve ever seen this video and my LH is in it. Seen him about 3 times RIP MY LOVE 💔♾️
AG with the consent BARS!
This beat is crazy!
How have i gone all these decades without hearing it until now??
Dopest rap video of all time
That's not Peter Gunz homie. That's Lakim Shabazz, one of the founders of Queen Latifah's Flavor Unit collective. Peace to Shakim Compere and the whole North New Jeru's!!
The last of the "Golden Era" and the renaissance of my Zulu Nation. You can't erase us from history.
0:42 i saw da Big L too... Flamboyant family 4ever!
holy shit. this was the jam. I played it till the single popped as a kid😂.
1:07 is that lord jamar and sadat x from brand nubian
Yes
1:02 is that Lord Jamar?
Yes
Sadat X, Big L, Lord Finesse in there also
@@souravsingh539 yeah i saw them
"...I'm on the down-low..." I guess that expression had a different meaning back then...
Man A's one a those dudes that keeps it mad consistent, yet always progressin. Like his flow nowadays definately sorta follows the same 'pattern' if you will.... but still stays sounding updated you know? its crazy... IMO hes the best in ditc
90s: don't rape women, don't sniff cocaine. Now it is like opposite.
Yo i was in junior high when this came out show biz and ag
This is so 1992 🔥
digging in the crates shit is always top fuckin shelf
I had this EP on cassette. Yeah, downlow was different then.
"So don't ask me for a dollar money grip, you ain't handicapped" and if you was, you still have a chance, look how I flip, ain't this a trip?, now I'm makin' you dance"...#throwbackdopeness
I See Diceman from The Legion ✊🏾
Always loved the black quarter Tims!
63 people who disliked aren't old enough or mature enough to listen to this Hip Hop Masterpiece.
Obi I see you on all the Eastcoast classic's baby!
An Undeniable Hip Hop Classic Cut!!!
DANG this a golden era of hip hop!!!!
brothers dont know i’m on the down low
that line didnt age well...
😂 still a great tune
LOL.. It surely didn't. Showbiz laughs about that shit til this very day.
🎉🎉🎉😮 OH! 50 YEARS OF HIP HOP = D.I.T.C ! SHOWBIZ & A.G BIG L LORD FINESSE DIAMOND D AND OTHERS! RESPECT! SUPER FAN FROM MONTREAL CANADA
In all honesty…Showbiz's rap is my favorite among the D.I.T.C. crew.
that Lord Finesse @ 0:52 next to Showbiz?
yes
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Man !! I miss good ole skool. You can actually understand every word. Future, you feeling me ?
Production, and lyrically this stands the test of time. Classic of Classics!
Alot of Real gangsters in video R.i.P..B..O....Zulu , Obsession crew....NFL...Soundview crew, Patterson crew, Trinity ave crew etc BX etc💥💯
HAPPY 50 HIPHOP
Army jackets and Timbs.. the uniform
My uniform til this day! March 2021!
BO is the big dude he used to do security for them. Remember Sound View Pistol Pete got him and Kalton Hines. BO was a thoro dude in the BX. He was down with ULTRAMAGNETICS, Tim Dog and them cats too.
Robgee...that album runaway slave is top 20 rap albums of all time..production is tight..peace to diamond d..avery underrated rapper and producer....Forrest in da the house...bronx n......put that work in all around the spectrum....peace