@@isaacramirez9370 nah u tripping. This shit big time hard. Easily one of the hardest. You don’t know hip hop man. You probably think Drake has harder tracks with takes like that g.
Method Man is a perfect example of why you can't judge the "greatest rapper" debate just by record sales. Method Man in my opinon is up there with the Titans. Definitely my favorite lyricist of all time
Despite the popularity of this song, it is by far one of the hardest songs off this album. The method feature and back and forth of him and BIG is so fire. Love this song
The reason is.. methods first line starts a little bit before the end of biggies verse … so they had to cut out the “M.E.” But you can still hear the “E” in the transition… could of started with “here I am” and cut out METHOD MAN
@@darrylwilson9718 i wasn’t talking about all eyez on me. First album vs first album, ready to die puts 2pacalypse now to sleep. Overall, I always prefer pac but don’t I gotta give credit where credit is due
@@Jonesmarc1your boy drama queen pac was doing ballerina shit instead of focusing on the music. His first 2 albums were dumpster juice Biggie dropped a classic in real time before pac did. Without even trying. Ready to die in 94 compared to tupacs me against the world well into 95. Y’all hop off PACs dick plz
@@australium7374 Where in my comment does it say that Jay z was the king of NY ? And idk if you know this but Jay Z is The richest rapper of all time . But I agree with Nas Personally.
@@hyabusa1 nah, Pac, Big L, Pun and the lox/dblock are. In Buffalo now you got Benny and BSF for modern day. Biggie killed it and meth did. Both legends. But sorry I'm putting my line up against yours from NY take Nas and BIG. Wu Tang is separate and method man was the sickest when it came to writing and delivering rhymes except redman on blackout he may have got beat by Red. So much love for hip hop though
Ifeanyi Arinze they do. Just not mainstream. Try: Waves by Joey Bada$$ Understood by Mick Jenkins King Kunta by Kendrick Lamar Fire Squad by J. Cole Clouds by Locksmith 4 PM in Calabasas by Drake (yes I was surprised when I first heard this)
@@NIMMHATVRapBeats what the fuck you talking about yeah they looking for likes everyone is you were when commenting this like i want this comment to blow up its a given
Now that you said that 90s rap had that sonically sound most of the songs I remember like this one and Operation Lockdown by Rock n Ruck definitely had that sound
Everyone forgot about pac and snoop on 2 of America most wanted. Also, Eminem and Royce da 5 9 on bad meets evil. Then, theirs this. I'd like to hear everyone's opinion honestly because they're all crazy collabs
New school but always listen to Notorius B.I.G. , Tupac , Wu Tang Clan , Mob Deep , OutKast , Nas , Jay-Z , Eminem , Talib Kweli , Elzhi , Common , Black Thought , Ice Cube & Big Pun.
@@alanluscombe8a553 Not just Meth my g. Too Short did a remix to Cocktails with 2Pac on it as well as being on Biggie’s tune The World Is Filled, when they were both alive
mr. mr. Biggie said it himself tho. And from what I know he's not all that humble. He's just real. He knew he was amazing but he also knew he wasn't the best. Admitted being outrapped by Method here and another time he claimed that RA The Rugged Man was iller than himself.
Nah, he prolly didn’t wanna let a homie down. A lot of people do that. Neither of them are really that great. Just were the best in their time. And not even that. 👍
mr. mr. biggie had the best flow in the history of hip hop, if he told me it wasn’t butter I wouldn’t believe him shit is god-like he was definitely one of the goats
@@b3ardedragon921 Lol, I'm Irish, and didn't know Hominy grits from a smack in the mush (at the time, have tried 'em since, lovely bitta grub!) Glad I just ruined it for ya B3earded!, the best one of those "moments" foir myself and my best mate Jay(we're both MC's, both pale as sunrise on a Glacier), was tryin' to figure out WTF? EPMD were saying in a particular part of "Strictly Business", pre google, pre Genius, pre all that, the only way to figure out lyrics that puzzled you was to drink HEAVILY, and re-listen to the track 'til you got it... the line was "He drives a Corvette, I drive a Samurai Suzuki", the Suzuki Samurai jeep wasn't out in Ireland yet, but we still (EVENTUALLY) figured that shit out...Awesome track, awesome days! Ditto with me meeting Ice-T and chatting with him and telling him about our *"very individual"* lyrics to *"Midnight"* where we said "BANG, our back window was removed by a *HOT BUN*"(rather than Shotgun), made Ice laugh, he nearly said Hot Bun onstage that night too...nice guy. cool, one could say :)
The crazy thing is if you go to sleep with this ya song on ya brain when you wake up the beat will start playing as soon as you wake up prefect soundtrack for the day
Yo this go hard 2024 whos still grinding to this ?
one of the hardest tracks ever dropped 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
PREACH
Not even i like it but one of the hardest tracks is reaching
@@isaacramirez9370 nah u tripping. This shit big time hard. Easily one of the hardest. You don’t know hip hop man. You probably think Drake has harder tracks with takes like that g.
@@isaacramirez9370 meth and biggie that’s a combo for a hard ass classic hip hop track. Screw ya head back on g.
@@landonnicholsen910 beleive me im not stupid i think drake is straight trash bit what ever
How do you know Method Man is a badass? He’s the only featured artist on Ready to Die
Yup
theres people who sat in the studio with meth and big and they say meth was the only guy who ever could flow with biggie and hold his own.
Bragging rights for sure
You know Big thought Method was the better lyricist in this song? That's respect.
Meth got flow with bars he a legend a pioneer
who is listening in 2020? 🔥
sure am! head is going like my neck is elastic, greetings from scotland :-)
Jennifer Rodrigues not me I’m listening in 2019
All day
quarantine year
All day 💯
Also Method Man killed it 🤗
"Don't Tempt Me(T.H.O.D.)" 🔥🔥🔥
SIX nMELLO > ANY OF YOUR FAVOURITE RAPPER
Are you kidding meeeeeya! This is whole nother kinda vibe!!! I remember I was in 94' hearing this!! Goodness gracious 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿
Meth got BIG on this
Bitches I like em brainless, guns I like em stainless steel - My man BIG was a great lyricist!!! RIP to the greatest
Biggie was a big cool ass nigga and his bars were sick he will be missed a real hip hop legend
Still got that knock
I'm not a gentleman i'ma method man
300 Years from now IF LIFE STILL EXIST,,, THIS Shit WILL BE Banging outta some dude Spaceship!! LOL... 💯👌
Much respect to Big but tical killed this joint
pure fire from old ages to renew era fire
Respect the legend b I.g
Big up method man on this one realest
Who had the best flow
RIP BIG AND......... #BRINGRAPBACK
big up BIG
Damn bro! I felt sparks light-up inside of me when I read (feat. Method Man) woooo!!!! My parents really grew up with the best music
My two favorites on one track
🥃
#TobyWasHere
what you talkin bout Willis?
Meth da only artist to be on BOTH a BIG and PAC album while they were both alive. PEACE.
Bone thugs n harmony !!! And they did foe the love of the money with eazy
Jordon Dill Bone Thugs had a song with both as well.
However Meth is better than BIG and Pac as well in my opinion.
Got my mind made up
@@montieljesse8187
Method Man is in my Top 15 but better than Big or Pac? Ehh maybe
cuz method is the man. no beef no bullshit
Method Man is a perfect example of why you can't judge the "greatest rapper" debate just by record sales. Method Man in my opinon is up there with the Titans. Definitely my favorite lyricist of all time
Facts
Yeah
🎯
Only a fool would judge by record sales. Vanilla ice
Best alive for sure. Always been in my top 5. People be sleepy on him and I just don't get it. Appriciate this man while he's here.
Damn, y’all ain’t gonna give respect to method?!?
Word
Word
Biggies versed were days beyond methods, but I agree put some respect on that shit, it wasnt soft
Bigg Lucy nah method bodied this joint
@@haroldh8314 I ain't say he didnt, I just said biggie spit better than he did. Method was fire in this
" I squeeze gats til my clip is empty don't tempt me 'T.H.O.D man " idk how I just noticed that yooo
How's that for skillz?
@ fr
🔥🔥🔥
theres an unreleased version of this song out there with a different biggie verse.
it went "you dont want none of me, n.o.n.a.m.e" "T.H.O.D. man"
Who is THOD man?
Biggie was 50 years ahead of his time. That last verse is about as close to perfection as it gets. Meth is on another planet as well.
Facts!! Well put
U shouldn’t take meth
How was he ahead of his time? If anything, he fit perfectly in his time.
Best verse ever
@@PeanutSpring3 We'll find out in the 2040s, I guess lmao
Despite the popularity of this song, it is by far one of the hardest songs off this album. The method feature and back and forth of him and BIG is so fire. Love this song
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I don’t think you know what despite means.
@@greglinsmythe3375 LOL "Despite Biggie being one of the greatest rappers ever, his lyrics are by far among the best"
@@fernandaolivera5595 🗿🗿🗿🗿
@@fernandaolivera5595ate brasileiro falando ingles no bagulho kkkkkkkkk
“T.H.O.D. MAN…” the way meth came it gets me all the time! 🔥🔥🔥
"Don't Tempt M.E..."
"THOD Man"
That transition is one of best in
Hip hop history. Insane
Endangered species Meth 💀
A’Yo Pause
The reason is.. methods first line starts a little bit before the end of biggies verse … so they had to cut out the “M.E.” But you can still hear the “E” in the transition… could of started with “here I am” and cut out METHOD MAN
WuTang 4eva
The way blend their flows and play off eachothers lyrics is nothing but greatness
Literally the perfect feature
Facts
A muthafukin rap phenomenon
Seasoned vets
00⁰
How the hell is this biggies first album?!? So good. Compare this to 2pacs 1st album. No contest…. Love 2pac more though
Biggie didn’t have a Soulja story though 🤷🏿♂️
This album wouldn’t exist without Tupac
Big ain't got shit on PAC. All eyes on me is better than bigs whole catalog. Don't ever disrespect Tupac again
@@darrylwilson9718 i wasn’t talking about all eyez on me. First album vs first album, ready to die puts 2pacalypse now to sleep. Overall, I always prefer pac but don’t I gotta give credit where credit is due
@@Jonesmarc1your boy drama queen pac was doing ballerina shit instead of focusing on the music. His first 2 albums were dumpster juice
Biggie dropped a classic in real time before pac did. Without even trying. Ready to die in 94 compared to tupacs me against the world well into 95.
Y’all hop off PACs dick plz
That hiccup by B.I.G @ 2:36 is a stroke of genius!😍👌🏼
😂😂
Did Jay Z steal that?
@@nilevalleyrollin4247 Jay Z Took alot off biggies style . Biggie was the Original King of NY .
@@slakone8839 Jay z was never king it was only biggie and nas
@@australium7374 Where in my comment does it say that Jay z was the king of NY ? And idk if you know this but Jay Z is The richest rapper of all time . But I agree with Nas Personally.
That beat is so sinister even after all these years.🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Thanks to Easy Mo Bee. 🔥
Method Man too underrated
KINGPIN GFB underrated by non Wu heads.
Wu heads overrate meth ghost and Rae
GZA Deck and ghost the best 3 Wu members. U God is dope too when he spits
KINGPIN GFB 💯💯💯
lol who the fuck underrating method man
@@seekerundue odb is best member in my opinion
Ryan Taylor a lot more people than you'd think.
The whole Wu battalion is underrated.
I come here every time I hear 6ix9ine say he is the king of NY
You mean snitch9
He ain't shit🤧
soooo true BIG is the undisputed king of NY
@@hyabusa1 manley big if he was still alive he would still be ruling nY even being dead he still a king in nY
@@hyabusa1 nah, Pac, Big L, Pun and the lox/dblock are. In Buffalo now you got Benny and BSF for modern day. Biggie killed it and meth did. Both legends. But sorry I'm putting my line up against yours from NY take Nas and BIG. Wu Tang is separate and method man was the sickest when it came to writing and delivering rhymes except redman on blackout he may have got beat by Red. So much love for hip hop though
"Don't tempt meTHOD Man!" That's how you take over 🙌🙌
The transitions in the song are so smooth. Biggie to Meth in Verse one. Chorus to Meth, then Biggie to meth to biggie. wooooooo
The way Meth interrupted Big mid verse after “don’t tempt ME(T.H.O.D.) Man” was golden.
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Mad beats, dope flows. Respect to Biggie Smalls and Tical. They don't come like this no more.
Ifeanyi Arinze they do. Just not mainstream.
Try:
Waves by Joey Bada$$
Understood by Mick Jenkins
King Kunta by Kendrick Lamar
Fire Squad by J. Cole
Clouds by Locksmith
4 PM in Calabasas by Drake (yes I was surprised when I first heard this)
Syed Isamuddin no where on the level of this or anything from this era
Syed Isamuddin all of the songs u listed have nothing on any song from any wu tang solo album or this album here. Maybe king kunta that’s it
Syed Isamuddin and I like those songs
Pablo Mcclaren obviously.
They're good but not THIS good.
The only feature on this album is Method Man, just goes to show how much respect BIG had for him - two legends on one track.
I just wanted to know who's bumping this in 2020!!!
This is real hip hop..
They killed it!!
Fuck the world don't aske for sh..
Yeah!! 💃
2021 baby🤘🏼❤️
@@john-martinbarcellos7045 ❤️
i was pulled over drunk with this on. credit?
@@bent718 yes you get your street credit card. Lol ❤️
Bumping dis in my hood
“I squeeze gats til my clip is empty don’t temp me-thod man”. Definitely one of the most cleverest lines in hip hop history
The more you listen to Biggie the more you get impressed 😭
What's a gat?
@@moltyfoam4168 gatling gun
I didn’t even peep that. That’s CRAZY!
@@moltyfoam4168 slang term for a gun. Usually some type of handgun.
There are only 2 rules in Hip Hop:
- Biggie Smalls is the illest
- Wu-Tang is Forever
the rest is not mandatory.
Also Jay Z was never a king of new york
Nas is the Afrocentric Asian too
@@PaulaDentro-rp6yl half man half amazing
@@mekiahgregg9248 Cuz in my physical I can express through song, delete stress like motrin
Don't forget Big L
Don't Tempt Me THOD Mannnn!!
it's a Superman villain rhyme...KNEEL BEFORE THOD!
This one of the best beats I've ever heard
its straight up dirty, the way they enunciate fits perfect with it
Chuch
Gharian Price ohhhhhh okay
It sounds creepy at the beginning
"Easy Mo Bee" made it :)
I was a 1 year old when ready to die came out and it's still bumping🔥 bumping this in 2023, RIP Biggie🙏🏽
Hey, I was born in 1993 too! And I am eastern european who loves metal/rock but I love Biggie and Wu Tang too man
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@@nerijusvilcinskas7851 that's Wassup💯
I officially feel old. 😔
@@eauneau same here
Stop saying who still listening in 2020 we never stop listening
Forever bro fuck today's music!
YES! FINALLY SOMEONE SAYS IT!! F*** them, beggin' for likes
when we all go cybot n shi, we gonna bump this in 3405 ! Wu-Tang Is Forever anyway! & BIG 2
@@NIMMHATVRapBeats what the fuck you talking about yeah they looking for likes everyone is you were when commenting this like i want this comment to blow up its a given
Thats what still listening means it means you never stopped stupid ass
It's ridiculous how perfect this song is.
This shit is soooo grimy, LOVE IT. Sonically it sounds like how i imagine brooklyn in the 90s would feel.
EXACTLY
Now that you said that 90s rap had that sonically sound most of the songs I remember like this one and Operation Lockdown by Rock n Ruck definitely had that sound
Bro it's tough af
Ironically this song was used in the soundtrack for The Wackness which was a movie set in 1994 NYC
This entire album is one of the best things to ever happen in this world.
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No doubt
This album and liquid swords
Whos here but not because of drink champs
Fr who here cause they know good fuckin music
Who here because of Meth drink champs interview...🙋🏽♂️
🙋🏾♂️
That little crackle and pop makes me feel like I'm listening to vinyl AND I LOVE IT
‼️‼️🔥
the sample was ripped directly off the vinyl just like you supposed to sample they don’t do it like that no more
@@therealjackieheezyYes Sir! It is where the True artistry of Hip Hop lies!! The Samples!🫡
I’m a BIG Tupac fan, but this Shit is banging
No wonder why meth went as hard as he did, he admitted to biting Nas verse.
Back here after Meth on Math Hoffa
Same
Meth Bodied Biggie 👐🏾👐🏾👐🏾🔥🔥🔥🔥🐝🐝🐝🐝
this nigga might be bigger now but in 1 year king six SIXMYFACE will be muchf bigger
One of the best hip hop duo tracks of all time
“Welcome to my center, hunnies feel it deep in they placenta, cold like the pole in the winter” -Biggie Smalls 🔥🔥🔥
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I made the ugly face reading it 🔥🔥🔥🔥 GOAT shit
RIP to one of the greatest to ever speak with a rhythm. Big really made it seem too easy. One of the greatest songs EVER made.
It's funny Meth admitting that he was biting Nas flows on this here lol
Who disliked this song... seriously 😅
Even deaf people can feel the beats..must be crazy .
assuredly 6ix9ine fans!
Who’s here after drink champs
YO ✊🏽
What's that?
@@antonyouten5447Nore's podcast
Nah kid… been here since the 90s
😅 Nope, since i was 12. “Welcome to my center, honeys feel it deep in they placenta.”
A timeless classic
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Fax
Best rap collab in history. Period.
IDK man. Nas and AZ on Life's a Bitch is arguably the best cameo in rap.
I'm going to have to throw Em and Royce da 5 on Bad meets evil against this track.. let's see what people think.. thoughts peeps?
@@omogoloontefetse what about Royce N Em on Bad meets evil?
So anybody going talk about mobb deep
Everyone forgot about pac and snoop on 2 of America most wanted. Also, Eminem and Royce da 5 9 on bad meets evil. Then, theirs this. I'd like to hear everyone's opinion honestly because they're all crazy collabs
New school but always listen to
Notorius B.I.G. , Tupac , Wu Tang Clan , Mob Deep , OutKast , Nas , Jay-Z , Eminem , Talib Kweli , Elzhi , Common , Black Thought , Ice Cube & Big Pun.
I most definitely listen to Nas
forgot mos def
And Big L
Don't forget about UGK #bunb
I don’t really care for em. Replace him with NWA and that’s more accurate
"I'm not a GENTLE-man, I'm a METHOD man" ---> "I'm not a BUSINESS man, I'm a businessman".... I think Jigga got that cadence from that line.
U know he did
Biggie got method man on da track, But u cant forget dat Thomas Da Train Engine Feature @ 0:50
Method man is so underrated.
Only guy to be on a record with biggie and pac while they were both alive.
@@alanluscombe8a553 Not just Meth my g. Too Short did a remix to Cocktails with 2Pac on it as well as being on Biggie’s tune The World Is Filled, when they were both alive
I genuinely always forget how old Meth and Red are
Why is Method Man not in GOAT conversations?
He outrapped Biggie on his own song.
Love Method Man but Biggie is the better rapper.
No he didn’t
mr. mr. Biggie said it himself tho. And from what I know he's not all that humble.
He's just real. He knew he was amazing but he also knew he wasn't the best. Admitted being outrapped by Method here and another time he claimed that RA The Rugged Man was iller than himself.
Nah, he prolly didn’t wanna let a homie down. A lot of people do that. Neither of them are really that great. Just were the best in their time. And not even that. 👍
mr. mr. biggie had the best flow in the history of hip hop, if he told me it wasn’t butter I wouldn’t believe him shit is god-like he was definitely one of the goats
“Here to spread the butter lyrics over hominy grit”
Yuhh
I always used to think Meth was saying "Harmony grits" IDK...then Genius ruined it for me!
@@schiz0phren1c YOU just ruined it for me
@@b3ardedragon921 Lol, I'm Irish, and didn't know Hominy grits from a smack in the mush (at the time, have tried 'em since, lovely bitta grub!)
Glad I just ruined it for ya B3earded!,
the best one of those "moments" foir myself and my best mate Jay(we're both MC's, both pale as sunrise on a Glacier), was tryin' to figure out WTF? EPMD were saying in a particular part of "Strictly Business", pre google, pre Genius, pre all that, the only way to figure out lyrics that puzzled you was to drink HEAVILY, and re-listen to the track 'til you got it...
the line was "He drives a Corvette, I drive a Samurai Suzuki", the Suzuki Samurai jeep wasn't out in Ireland yet, but we still (EVENTUALLY) figured that shit out...Awesome track, awesome days!
Ditto with me meeting Ice-T and chatting with him and telling him about our *"very individual"* lyrics to *"Midnight"* where we said "BANG, our back window was removed by a *HOT BUN*"(rather than Shotgun), made Ice laugh, he nearly said Hot Bun onstage that night too...nice guy. cool, one could say :)
Method Man flow and cadence is so smooth I'll even say he outshines every other rapper songs that he's featured on
Maybe if it was1999. Rap has upgraded to better flows now. Lil Baby is the greatest of all generations as of now.
@@BlackFaithProduction 🤣🤣
@@BlackFaithProduction what
@@BlackFaithProduction Lil Baby is good, but ahahahahhahahahahahhahahhahahahahahhahahhahahahhahahhahahahhahahahahhaahahhaa.
@@BlackFaithProduction just shut up please don't disrespect legends with trash
Bigs second verse is the no joke the best verse I’ve heard in hip hop
I agree I thought Meth had big on this cause Meth verse is sick but big last verse OMG! Just classic how he rides those bars.
Trees 2 branches might b the goat verse ever
"I'm not a gentle-man, I'ma METHOD man"😎
Love it...flow. .bars..lyrical genius. .love an god bless ..rip
This is everything that I love about the East Coast. It just feels good...
LaChele sounds good makes you feel better!!! #tical
What are you wearing
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I’m here cause Method Man admitted to biting NAS style on this song..
2 of the best flows ever in hip hop = 🔥🔥🔥
"Im not a gentleman, imma Methodman!" 💯
Shows how skilled biggie was. Never needed any features to make this go 6x platinum.
Features?
Method Man.
@@tyedes4253I’m meaning that if biggie dint have features,this definitely would have still gone 6x platinum
Who is here because method man admitted to biting Nas...
What nas song did he steal the flow from?
Breakfast club?
👍💣 💣
yup
@@therealist2000 lol
@@jamesanderson3913 lol
Dont tempt M.E. T.H.O.D man here I am!
A muthafuckin rap phenomenon!🔥
Saw ur comment when I heard that haha
Don dada, fuck poppa
@@euphoriaggaminghd same😂
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Same ._.
Meth destroyed this track!
People have no clue...unless this was your era...but this collaboration was monumental at the time
Here I am 43 but this takes me back
@@jsizzle7633 I am43 also 🤜
I can’t believe iam on UA-cam when you left this comment just now about one i made 10 months ago LOL
They both went at it on this 🔥
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"Cold as the pole in the winter" ❄❄❄❄❄🌎⛄⛄⛄
Old school rap is the shit, the new shit sucks.
Here for the Nas biting on Meth verses!!
Welcome to my center
Honeys feel it deep in they placentas
Cold as the pole
In the winter
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Gotdamn I'm still decoding...
Method man outrapped big let’s be honest 100%
one of the best songs in the history of music...Bless up
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The blend of Big and Meth is insane…a album from these two would have been crazy
Meth n Big had great chemistry🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
This is the perfect song to listen to between 1-4 am right before bed
Brings back nostalgia I used to listen in the night
no this gets me too hyped for bedtime
The crazy thing is if you go to sleep with this ya song on ya brain when you wake up the beat will start playing as soon as you wake up prefect soundtrack for the day
3:28 here about to go to bed waiting for the song's end