Not the "engine, engine number nine" though... "The 9 was permanently discontinued in 2005 as a result of a decrease in the number of riders benefiting." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9_(New_York_City_Subway_service)
This is back when I use to write my own raps, it was more creative, now it wouldn't be hard, just mostly use the hook and maybe have two verses , my father use to joke with me and tell me to stop mumbling when I was talking, who knew later it would be a wack rap style, rap today is wack, they need to step back and bring back boom bap and put me on the track , because today these rappers substance is what they lack
The only train crash I can find that relates is from 1918. Which would be outside of your lived experience. Was there another one that I'm not aware of?
how were they under-rated? this song was on all the radio stations, played at all the college parties and clubs and had huge crossover success. so how were they under-rated?
@LOVELESS what are you talking about? this song went mainstream. remember yo mtv raps! and i was just questioning what he meant by 'under-rated' when it got such huge airplay! i mean they were on in living color and i think living single. this song was everywhere.
I couldn't agree more. For those who are asking how they are underrated... they are never mentioned on lists. Yes it was definitely the song of the year in 92, the whole album was fire. Fast forward to today, nary a mention in the greats. Dres' rap vocal on Flavor of the Month is finest, most nuanced jazz like syncopated in history. Lyrically ,he's incredible and EASILY belongs on the greatest MCs of all time list!
I tell you this....I listened to this track in 1991. It Was only popular in urban and city areas. Then all of a sudden in the early 2000s, OLD NAVY or The Gap put this track in their commercial with kids dancing..and only THEN everyone in the world recognized how good of a track it was😄. Wonder if the same can happen with a Das Efx track or an Onyx track.😋
The wisdom in that line is amazing. “Out to rock the boat while still here to rock, don’t punch girls and I don’t punch a clock,.....” How to make a difference in the world. At least to do some thing. Shows respect to women which which according to my upbringing is very important and of course I agree. And I don’t punch a clock. They make their own way. Gosh this sounds like people who can think for themselves!! Love it!!
So Epic. I remember being at the dances at my youth center when this was out and everybody getting low at this part then jumping when it was time to Pick it up, Pick it up, Pick it up!
It was nothing like being in a party in the 90's with 500 + people and that Engine Engine number 9 part come on and it feel like you're about to fall through the floor cause everybody jumping.
Most definitely. I remember being overseas in the military, and being at clubs when this joint came on. Man, EVERYBODY dropped low when this part hit, and then that "pick it up" part had the whole floor shaking. Memories.
So fortunate to have been born in 76...got to see Hip Hop grow, mature, get weird, split into a thousand directions and go into the subway tunnels to survive the commercial holocaust. I'll never quit listening to the real sh*t.
Yes I remember breakdancing in the streets on cardboard. This was the best hip-hop history ever. You had DJ's and MCs you can get with freedom or you can get with vax. Yeah I went there lol
My life anthem - I was the ultimate scapegoat/black sheep in my family on both my father and mother's side. Black sheep are very talented people, have incredible soul skills, and are vicious to narcissists. They are often called "losers", and are often targeted by narcissistic crews of people. That's why they get the brunt all the time, and narcissists are always out to get them. They grew up in a terrifying imposed position in life, and had to learn soul survival.
In late 1991, there were 2 albums I wanted on cassette badly. One was Nevermind by Nirvana and the other was A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing by Black Sheep. What a time to listen to music.
I bought Wolf in Sheep's Clothing and Fugazi's Steady Diet of Nothing right at the beginning of spring break my senior year of High School. April 1992. We have similar tastes. Kids was mad diverse back in the day.
That's what I'm sayin', every genre was amazing, from rock, alternative, anything in Hip Hop, R&B, Euro Dance, House, Techno...etc. Golden Era of EVERYTHING!
"Don't punch girls and don't punch a clock". Let that marinate. True lyricist, creators, and innovators of hip hop. This song just popped in my head. Just thinking about the old days. Thirty years but it still resonates the same.🤘🤘🤘🤘
I just listened to "Scenario" by A Tribe Called Quest before I came to this video. It was originally released just months after this one. You should check that one out, too, if you haven't already.
The 90’s hip hop is (in my book) the best era EVER for hip hop. Every track had an identity and a SOUND!!! It was a culture that could NOT be denied nor ignored. It was just that, A CULTURE, THE CULTURE!!! I’m glad I was raised in this era as well. #timeless #classic #dope. And this song is undeniably one of thee best tunes of the decade.
Lol, I was the same exact age then!! I would go club hopping me and my boyz! We'd hit clubs in Hoboken first like Club Shooters, then go into the city later in the night like to Latin Quartes, Roseland, the Palladium etc..and they all had this on rotation mixing it up live!! Man it wuz so hype!!! I loved them days!!!!
Can't beat the old school rap because back in the day we had groups like Black Sheep, A Tribe Called Quest, EPMD, Eric B. & Rakim, Digitial Underground, Outkast, Salt-N-Pepa, TLC, Heavy D & The Boyz, The Fugees along with LL Cool J, Kool Moe Dee, Big Daddy Kane, Ice Cube, Queen Latifah, MC Lyte, KRS-One, etc. Nothing this day can ever top the old school in my mind period.
William Wright Indeed. I mean, even Kendrick Lamar who many say is the best New School rap artist and ”2Pac incarnated” (DUMBASSES!) is very mediocre compared to like 95-97% of rappers in the 90’s. Only has like 4-5 nice songs.
@@williamwright4073 It's because today's shit doesn't hit. It's all autotuned with Xanax performances. The new cats have sold into the system and lost all edge.
I saw this performed with De La Soul last night. I was 2 years old when this came out but my Mum and cousins would bump this tune - it was epic. Homage to the original engine engine number 9 bar 😊
Who's here in 2024?!
Ese soy yo,
I just heard it on that one AT&T commercial!
Not the "engine, engine number nine" though...
"The 9 was permanently discontinued in 2005 as a result of a decrease in the number of riders benefiting."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9_(New_York_City_Subway_service)
!!
Never left
Damn son, they don't make rap like this anymore
This is back when I use to write my own raps, it was more creative, now it wouldn't be hard, just mostly use the hook and maybe have two verses , my father use to joke with me and tell me to stop mumbling when I was talking, who knew later it would be a wack rap style, rap today is wack, they need to step back and bring back boom bap and put me on the track , because today these rappers substance is what they lack
"Relax. Im Mirage, remember?"
Awesome scene
Engine engine number 9..man the whole club screamed that out n then it went bonkers..
This track is like hip hop royalty
💯Facts
hall of fame shit
Its black sheeps best song
Belee dat!
You better not forget doz DAT slept were never getting a choice.
86 to 95 the best years in Hip hop
I say 88-98
Old school doesn't get any better than this.
THIS or That.❤
Exactly
Hip-Hop Group Black Sheep Files $750M Lawsuit Against Universal Music Group Over Royalties
Who's actually here cause they grew up with this classic....???
Timeless gem!
Me too I still have that cd its called black sheep a sheep in wolves clothing.
me
yup
I spammed this CD on repeat as a ~8 year old kid, didn't even realize how good it was until listening to it 20 years later.
Me...
still hits to this day
Sign Me Up I Can 🏀
@@King-ge3ks prove it
Fr
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Hits hard 🙌🏼
2024..still hits hard as hell..
Only those of us that lived it will really know how hard that "Engine, engine number nine" really hits.
Facts
FACTS!!!!!
Shut up man lol 😂
The only train crash I can find that relates is from 1918. Which would be outside of your lived experience.
Was there another one that I'm not aware of?
Exactly 💯
Black Sheep was easily the most under-rated rap group of the 90's. Their shit still slaps in 2022.
how were they under-rated? this song was on all the radio stations, played at all the college parties and clubs and had huge crossover success. so how were they under-rated?
@LOVELESS what are you talking about? this song went mainstream. remember yo mtv raps! and i was just questioning what he meant by 'under-rated' when it got such huge airplay! i mean they were on in living color and i think living single. this song was everywhere.
And there’s “underrated” guy…
I couldn't agree more. For those who are asking how they are underrated... they are never mentioned on lists. Yes it was definitely the song of the year in 92, the whole album was fire. Fast forward to today, nary a mention in the greats. Dres' rap vocal on Flavor of the Month is finest, most nuanced jazz like syncopated in history. Lyrically ,he's incredible and EASILY belongs on the greatest MCs of all time list!
I tell you this....I listened to this track in 1991. It Was only popular in urban and city areas.
Then all of a sudden in the early 2000s, OLD NAVY or The Gap put this track in their commercial with kids dancing..and only THEN everyone in the world recognized how good of a track it was😄.
Wonder if the same can happen with a Das Efx track or an Onyx track.😋
NOW THIS IS TRUE HIP HOP. Creative lyrics with a positive message.
*We don't look for old songs, we* *look for the memories they carry.*
*A true classic never goes out of* *style*
No, we look for old songs cause the new songs suck! Music went downhill. The internet killed music.
2:24 - The illest moment of Hip Hop history.
Dropped hardddd
You know it!!!
Sorry 2:45 does it for me
That has always been my favorite part of this song! That is when you really want to dance your ass off! LOL!
i agree with the op. engine engine number nine...classic!
“Never was a fool so we finished school” “we don’t punch girls and we don’t punch a clock” Fuck I miss 90s hip hop.
LL Cool J's Rock The Bells Radio on SiriusXM. Its AWESOME!!!!
The wisdom in that line is amazing. “Out to rock the boat while still here to rock, don’t punch girls and I don’t punch a clock,.....”
How to make a difference in the world. At least to do some thing. Shows respect to women which which according to my upbringing is very important and of course I agree. And I don’t punch a clock. They make their own way. Gosh this sounds like people who can think for themselves!!
Love it!!
LEGACY!!!!!!! PERIOD.
MEGATRON APPROVED 🤘
Why does old rap sound way better than todays😭
Talent over gimmick.
Because it is
Engine, Engine, Numbah Nine
On the New York transit line,
If my train goes off the track,
Pick it up! Pick it up! Pick it up
Shout from Uptown the Home to the Original 9 Train
They sing about the tunnel
The tunnel !!
My favorite line 😁
So Epic. I remember being at the dances at my youth center when this was out and everybody getting low at this part then jumping when it was time to Pick it up, Pick it up, Pick it up!
Ab. marel BASS DROP! Got a $20 bill put cha hands up- 💀
This song will help you make the right decision in life!
Big Time
Facts bro 😎
Seriously. I have always loved the Hip Hop artists who were/are trying to put positivity into the community and the world.
@@melissasaint3283 its only dipshit garbage that gives the genre a bad name. There was and there still is a lot of decent stuff out there.
Underrated comment
OVER 30 YEARS OLD & STILL A SUPERMASTERPIECE 💥💥
Indeed!
Hearing this in Rise of the Beasts put a smile on my face
My highschool boyfriend was obsessed with Black Sheep, i remember buying him this CD!
It was nothing like being in a party in the 90's with 500 + people and that Engine Engine number 9 part come on and it feel like you're about to fall through the floor cause everybody jumping.
I know right!!
Most definitely. I remember being overseas in the military, and being at clubs when this joint came on. Man, EVERYBODY dropped low when this part hit, and then that "pick it up" part had the whole floor shaking. Memories.
YES!!!!!! Lol
Midnight Star - Engine No. 9 reference?
Oooh, the memories! Can we go back to those days?
Im so glad I was a teenager in the 90's! We rocked hard back then.
I forgot how awesome that song was. The 1990s was the best ;-)
So hard!!! And we didn't have to die for it! #70sborn #90sformed
Same here!! Best era to grow up in
The 90’s was the best time to live!!
@@LFJ_Utalk eh close 80's beats u by a hair
Engine Engine number 9 on the New York transit line, that lyric would always get the club hyped.
One of the greatest tracks of all time!!!!!!!!!!!! They were ahead of their time!!!!!!
@$H0-TyMe 🤣🤣🤣🤣.. I'm 50 that's why but your kinda right..
So everybody is saying " ahead of their time" as a compliment. Shits mad annoying. They were right on time
Almost 30 years later and I still don't know if I should go with this or that
You should get with this 'cause this is kinda fat
Get with this cause this is where it’s at!
Grove Street 4 Life lol
Yeah I understand
Grove Street 4 Life looool
Close your eyes and you'll be back in the nineties. Classic. We were so lucky.
I wish I can go back too the 90s...
Absolutely no question we were
I love the 90’s😢
Hell yes!!
Yeah we was lucky...
Its crazy how many people come back to this everyday... this song is a masterpiece!
Hook is absolutely ridiculous!!! True hip hop not the crap they rolling today!!
Nothing......I mean nothing beats 90's
hip-hop!
True story....
this was actually 92/93
Henry M but published in 2009
Cant argue w that
Amen!!!
“Engine, engine, number 9
On that New York Transit Line
If my train falls off the track
Pick it up, pick it up
PICK IT UP!”
NYC LETS GOOOOO!
I spent years trying to find the song that had this line in it. I had it in my head for a long time and started to believe it wasn't real.
@@cat5636 oh it’s very real, my friend…
Kanye likes this part
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Back ON THE S S SCENE CRISPY AND CLEAN.. yessir
I'm here because of Transformers Rise of the Beasts. I haven't heard this song in a minute.😎🔥
Same and same
I’m a metal head of the 80’s and I love this song.
Metal and rap once came together. Just like we Americans need to again.
🤘🏻🤘🏻
So fortunate to have been born in 76...got to see Hip Hop grow, mature, get weird, split into a thousand directions and go into the subway tunnels to survive the commercial holocaust. I'll never quit listening to the real sh*t.
I’m 1978 and yes we got to see and experience the best of hip hop
Yasss 1976- born and raised in NYC... I’m just so grateful to have grown up listening to rap legends...
Yes I remember breakdancing in the streets on cardboard. This was the best hip-hop history ever. You had DJ's and MCs you can get with freedom or you can get with vax. Yeah I went there lol
Born in 77. Totally agree. Next up in rotation: A Tribe Called Quest : Scenario
That line “go into the subway tunnels to survive the commercial Holocaust” is a nice way to describe underground hiphop
The Engi is here
I heard this when I watched the car chase scene in Transformers Rise of the Beasts.
“Don’t punch 👊 Girls, & we don’t punch a CLOCK!” ⏰
back when you could literally UNDERSTAND and were able to recite what the mc's were saying.. damn i miss the 90s .
This song fits Mirage perfectly
Were rolling out of Unicron with this one
Uncle Dane has a good taste in music.
Hip Hop Classic "NO Curse words" and hot as FIRE. Take notes all you ake rappers out there!
oh my gosh i didn't even notice it didn't have any cursing in it. that makes me so happy 🥲
WE GETTING AWAY FROM THE COPS WITH THIS ONE 🔥🔥🔥
This joint is one of the best hip hop songs in history.
2019, still bopping this classic.
Electroverse Same here my man, my dad introduced me to throwbacks like this , so shout out to my dad for bringing me to amazing songs like this
That won’t ever stop 👍
No it won’t man, no it wont
hell yeah
Yo yess this music is timeless
This song was perfect in Rise of the beasts. Mirage was badass af
If it wasn't for ROTB, i wouldn't know this hit.
2:31 PICK IT UP PICK IT UP PICK IT UP - BACK ON THE SCENE!
My favorite part!
💯
Rap back then is a whole lot better than it is now
Yes abrion I soo agree!!!.
Nope you're completely wrong
Tyr Fenrir opinions are opinions. And I agree that the golden age is better. So if u have a different go say new schools better on a fuckin Drake song
Jake Hernandez Im not a fan of Drake.
But I am a fan of,...actually never mind just go back to your emo music and Katy Perry.
Lmao
+Jake Hernandez (DEE JAKE) drake is dope
My life anthem - I was the ultimate scapegoat/black sheep in my family on both my father and mother's side.
Black sheep are very talented people, have incredible soul skills, and are vicious to narcissists. They are often called "losers", and are often targeted by narcissistic crews of people.
That's why they get the brunt all the time, and narcissists are always out to get them.
They grew up in a terrifying imposed position in life, and had to learn soul survival.
THIS WILL NEVER GET OLD ❤
In late 1991, there were 2 albums I wanted on cassette badly. One was Nevermind by Nirvana and the other was A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing by Black Sheep. What a time to listen to music.
Me 2, I as a Jersey girl was on both, hip hop/rap and the grunge wave, I miss the good old days.
I bought Wolf in Sheep's Clothing and Fugazi's Steady Diet of Nothing right at the beginning of spring break my senior year of High School. April 1992.
We have similar tastes. Kids was mad diverse back in the day.
@@VanguardSound7 I think kids tastes are typically way more diverse these days, just because they have such easy access to everything.
That's what I'm sayin', every genre was amazing, from rock, alternative, anything in Hip Hop, R&B, Euro Dance, House, Techno...etc. Golden Era of EVERYTHING!
This used to turn the clubs out for real !! Back in the Day sh*t for real !!
This is when Hip Hop was the shit...
wasn't*
@@senkkella7664 he ment shit as in the "stuff"
Tribe, Digable Planets, De La Soul, 90s. Legendary!
Mirage’s transformation scene right here: 2:24
One of the dopest jams ever
One of the greatest hip hop joints of all time
underground is comin back 2025
"..'.cause what we be ,be the epitome, do- dah- dippity...."
This is the song that brought EVERYONE to the dance floor back in the day.
This song still gets everyone on the dance floor
This one and The Humpty Dance
This song has got 7th grade school dance written all over it. I loved this song so much and still do
Thanks Uncle Dane
that's all it is miles, a leap of faith
When hip hop was dope
"Don't punch girls and don't punch a clock". Let that marinate. True lyricist, creators, and innovators of hip hop. This song just popped in my head. Just thinking about the old days. Thirty years but it still resonates the same.🤘🤘🤘🤘
Still a sick track 30+ years later.
Still 🔥 in 2024.❤
Future generation here, (Gen Z) this song is some of the greatest stuff I've heard this week. It's a masterpiece.
I just listened to "Scenario" by A Tribe Called Quest before I came to this video. It was originally released just months after this one. You should check that one out, too, if you haven't already.
This track is still slamming. It never gets old. Till infinity!!!
only the truly educated can see that! This is art at the highest level.
@@learnenglishwithrobinandsa665 hell yeah
Dude is flowing, real hip hop
Ladies and Gentlemen watching on SUNDAY July 7th 2024_______❤❤❤❤
“Mirage…😮”
Early 90's hip hop was the sh*t!!!
Whole album is sick
This song dominated every club, radio station and jeep when it came out.
2023 this is still bad ass
New Transformers brought it back for the new Generations ❤
IS MIRAGEEEE!!! 💙
The 90’s hip hop is (in my book) the best era EVER for hip hop. Every track had an identity and a SOUND!!! It was a culture that could NOT be denied nor ignored. It was just that, A CULTURE, THE CULTURE!!! I’m glad I was raised in this era as well. #timeless #classic #dope. And this song is undeniably one of thee best tunes of the decade.
No question about it…I don’t know why people try to debate it
Gritty sound and real lyrics. Hip Hop got too commercial and flashy after 2pac died.
@@Anikom15Livehip hop was still good after tupac died because we had so much talented rappers up to like 2007
Simple beat + good lyrics = TIMELESS RAP SONG
😮 brought myself here, 35 yrs still “Back on the scene, crispy & clean!”🫶🏼
MY ERA IS UNDEFEATED!!!!🤎🤎🤎
One of the greatest hip hop songs ever made.
Facts
yes!!!!
TRUE💯💯💯
Top 20 for sure.
Rasing kanan ..power book 3 brought me here!!
this was featured in the new transformers movie, and i immediately have flashbacks of playing nba street volume 2
7TH Grade.. J.H.S 50.. Memories!
Nothing better than pure old school Hip Hop
I was wondering if anyone else came here cuz of him
22 IN 1991. NOW 51 AND STILL JAMMING !!!!!! YOUNG-AT-HEART4EVA
Lol, I was the same exact age then!! I would go club hopping me and my boyz! We'd hit clubs in Hoboken first like Club Shooters, then go into the city later in the night like to Latin Quartes, Roseland, the Palladium etc..and they all had this on rotation mixing it up live!! Man it wuz so hype!!! I loved them days!!!!
You too?
In another 30 years this track will still be tight. And the choice will still be yours.
Never do drugs or alcohol when you feel down. Never.
Can't beat the old school rap because back in the day we had groups like Black Sheep, A Tribe Called Quest, EPMD, Eric B. & Rakim, Digitial Underground, Outkast, Salt-N-Pepa, TLC, Heavy D & The Boyz, The Fugees along with LL Cool J, Kool Moe Dee, Big Daddy Kane, Ice Cube, Queen Latifah, MC Lyte, KRS-One, etc. Nothing this day can ever top the old school in my mind period.
Wouldn't go that far, but this music is definitely dope
BRAINWASHED Hey, the truth hurts
That's right because music these days will never match the music back in the day. Don't get me wrong, some of the music is good but not great though.
William Wright Indeed. I mean, even Kendrick Lamar who many say is the best New School rap artist and ”2Pac incarnated” (DUMBASSES!) is very mediocre compared to like 95-97% of rappers in the 90’s. Only has like 4-5 nice songs.
@@williamwright4073 It's because today's shit doesn't hit. It's all autotuned with Xanax performances. The new cats have sold into the system and lost all edge.
Back when hip hop was for real! They just want to say don't do drugs, don't kill people, don't be racist. Proper!
There were plenty who said the opposite (usually not the last one)
And not full of cuss words also
Ps1 haggard?
ah yes, because gangsta rap was not the most popular type of rap at the time this was released
This'll is the shirt for real
We need rap like this, this is my jam.
Unfortunately we’ll never get rap again like this
@@jaygee1616 that sad there some good ones but not as good in the day.
@@ricardohuff8774 late 80s-late 90s was the golden era for rap
@@jaygee1616 yes it was I miss those days.
@@ricardohuff8774 we’ll never get those days back but the music will never die
Thank you, New Transformers movie, for reminding me of this classic.
I saw this performed with De La Soul last night. I was 2 years old when this came out but my Mum and cousins would bump this tune - it was epic. Homage to the original engine engine number 9 bar 😊
Real Hip Hop!
WEST WHITTIER 562 SOUT.
HEAST L.A. krs.
I miss this era of Rap.
We need this era back BADLY.
🙏🏾 🙏🏾
@h0-tyme292 how does that bother your emotions?
This is the 50 Anniversary of Hip-Hop #HipHop50
🙌🏽 miss Old School rap
Man when this song busted out on Transformers ROTB, I started laughing then straight up danced in my seat