Highly underrated album period. A classic in my opinion, and truthfully I'm not really the biggest Fat Joe fan, it's just you gotta give respect where it's due. Joe had them bars and excellent production for this one.
Bruh I grew up on this shit as a teenager in kaduna state Nigeria 🇳🇬, used to play it in my car stereo with a pink radio 📻 cassette in 99/00 n I’m watching the video for the first time in 2021, amazing 😉 man 👨.
This album is classic. Give Fat Joe his damn respect! Dude has classic street joints aside from his mainstream hits. Crazy bars too. And as much as Im not a fan of Puff but he fits perfectly on this hook. Crazy track
Word! People try to argue with me saying Pun didn't write lyrics for Fat Joe. This entire album was written by Pun...and 90 % of the Terror Squad first album was written by Pun too.
When times are rough and I think of letting go part of my hustling, that first line hits me at the right time: "Nobody said it would be easy". Thanks for that one, Don.
The prodigy beats on the nonphixion debut album a or so after this are super dope too but it’s only like every second track or something and it’s kinda mediocre in comparison! There is a couple of lame beats on ‘don cartegena’ but most of em are instant classics, legendary! I still gotta say that it’s prob my favourite album, not just my favourite fat joe album.
I can hear it too, but I wouldn't say that this was Pun straight ghostwriting. Most likely helping out in putting it together co-writing with Joe. Remember Joe was a part of D.I.T.C. so he has to have some skill to hang with likes of Big L, Finesse, OC etc.
I never heard this song before. But as soon as Joe started rapping, I thought that it sounded like big pun. Now that you say that he wrote the album, it makes sense.
Never heard this until today either! And as soon as you start a spinning, I was like. Oh, my goodness! No wonder Pun's Family is like yo. We need more money because you did so much work for you 😂😂😂
@Septemberizmine what does me saying you can tell that Pun wrote the whole album have to do with him writing a song and me trying to rap. I did not say anything negative about Fat Joe. Just because Pun wrote it I was not taking away from Joe's talent. All of these artist have writers and write with people. Nothing wrong with it.
@@fornlike my bad what I meant was when he did verses with Ja ....he could have scraped him if he would have did them old joints and did all the rest of his dope songs he had that song with KRS and The chef Rae
Damn remember when music videos like this used to actually match the song and/or tell a story. Nowadays rappers be tryna be to artsy or abstract or the video has absolutely nothing to do with the song
Beat is mad sick! One of my favs that’s for sure. Fat joe and pun had the illest sound together once they formed their own lane. Puff on the hook lol. Sounds like a D dot beat them boys had the beats locked down in the 90s and Stevie J killed everything he produced
Best Fat Joe album ever. Those who are saying that Joe is using Big Pun's flow. Perhaps, in an insignificant way. As TS head honcho, Joe had to step up his game some how. Honestly, if Big Bun were on this track with Joe, the distinction between good and remarkable would be apparent. Pun being the latter.
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BIG PUN was an ANIMAL with the lyrics. This whole album was fire.
Highly underrated album period. A classic in my opinion, and truthfully I'm not really the biggest Fat Joe fan, it's just you gotta give respect where it's due. Joe had them bars and excellent production for this one.
This album was 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Whole album was PERFECTION 🔥🔥💯
Pun wrote this album and this song thats why album was on point
does anyone know the location of the billiard room in the clip as the street, south bronx but which street
Not only this one, for many!
Bruh I grew up on this shit as a teenager in kaduna state Nigeria 🇳🇬, used to play it in my car stereo with a pink radio 📻 cassette in 99/00 n I’m watching the video for the first time in 2021, amazing 😉 man 👨.
The 90s was the pinnacle of Hip Hop. The Music Videos were like Movies.
Absolutely these kids will never know
Absolutely bro
the 90's was the best years in hip hop
facts
Not only in hip hop ;)
90s until 2010
Also for rock and r&b
Say it again!!! they dont make nice music and videos like that anymore. All you get nowadays are women shaking their asses and money in the air
The beat is just golden
That's how beats used to sound in the 90's, before them faggy laptop, clicking noise "beats" these days took over.
This album is classic. Give Fat Joe his damn respect! Dude has classic street joints aside from his mainstream hits. Crazy bars too. And as much as Im not a fan of Puff but he fits perfectly on this hook. Crazy track
@Chad L couldn't have said it better myself, fluffy snake ass fit this hook perfectly though salute Joey Crack but fluffy rest in piss snake ass 🤡
Puff very underrated at hooks.
Shout to big pun, this is his flow in the whole album
@@brianbonilla9276
His lyrics too
Biggie would have sound better. Hook was meant for him
Wow... U can't listen to this and not know this has Pun written all over it. Rest in peace Moon Dawg we miss you
Word! People try to argue with me saying Pun didn't write lyrics for Fat Joe. This entire album was written by Pun...and 90 % of the Terror Squad first album was written by Pun too.
i'ts so obvious
@@jasonito23
You ain’t lying.. this is puns flow no doubt
When times are rough and I think of letting go part of my hustling, that first line hits me at the right time: "Nobody said it would be easy". Thanks for that one, Don.
Yeah, you can tell that's Pun's flow. R.I.P. The Greatest out The Bronx!
does anyone know the location of the billiard room in the clip as the street, south bronx but which street
Hell yea lmfao
1997 was a good year for hip hop. I miss the good ol days, when I used to walk around with a cd player and a backpack full of CDs.
The visuals and Diddy on the hook...Classic shit
First time hearing this song in over 20 years just gave me the chills. GREAT SONG JOE!
This song is gold and diamonds for 1998.
I just literally got the chills
I Grew Up The Old School Area I Was In Early 00s I 70s, 80s, 90s ,00s Rap I’m So Grateful 😊🙏🏾❤️🇬🇧🇺🇸
This is classic rap music that they don't make anymore.
does anyone know the location of the billiard room in the clip as the street, south bronx but which street
For 1998, this beat was tiiiight, way ahead of it's time
Yeah still
All of the prodigys are the dopest ever made
What u mean for 98??
@@denzel7822 he means he likes Kanye’s beats better! Lol.
The prodigy beats on the nonphixion debut album a or so after this are super dope too but it’s only like every second track or something and it’s kinda mediocre in comparison! There is a couple of lame beats on ‘don cartegena’ but most of em are instant classics, legendary! I still gotta say that it’s prob my favourite album, not just my favourite fat joe album.
Fat Joe is SO under-rated! Rap Icon
You are right
Didn’t pun write this whole album
@@Jcccc23 yeah he did
20 Years ago I bought this classic in Chicago!
💯
And still dope now as it was then. Timeless.
Me too boss!!
:)
I hear big pun all over the verses, this song is still mad dope though.
I can hear it too, but I wouldn't say that this was Pun straight ghostwriting. Most likely helping out in putting it together co-writing with Joe. Remember Joe was a part of D.I.T.C. so he has to have some skill to hang with likes of Big L, Finesse, OC etc.
"Now I'm killin' him hard...N***** sayin' I must've found Pun's rhyme book."
Green Reaper Joe was the weakest link of his crew.
Green Reaper bro make no mistake pun wrote these verses
VW DT which song was this?
Fat Joe always made underrated classics
Big respect to Fat Joe without him we might not have discovered Terror Squad and Big Pun
Remy Ma , Dj Khaled , Cool N Dre ...
does anyone know the location of the billiard room in the clip as the street, south bronx but which street
But Fat Joe wouldn't be shit without Pun so it was a win-win scenario.
Yes we would cause terror squad was a street crew first.
Terror squad was a street crew first.
You can tell Pun wrote this. Still 🔥
This joint fire 🔥🔥🔥
My FAVORITE Rap Music Video Of ALL Time. 💯
A TIMELESS CLASSIC PERIOD!!!
Fat joe is pushing 23 years in the game damn 🔥
more like 28
Perfect
He’s been in the game over 30 years
Classic track and album 👍
Clearly has puns influence writtin all over it
He wrote the entire Don Cartagena album. That why it's Joes best album.
Terminal, So if that's true then Pun had 3 Albums
Him & Triple Seis wrote 65% of da LP.
second verse is Fat Joe' style.
@@alexanderedinger Joe wasn't rhyming like this on Joe. there is a clear difference between DITC Joe and TS Joe.
You can tell big pun wrote this whole album
I never heard this song before. But as soon as Joe started rapping, I thought that it sounded like big pun. Now that you say that he wrote the album, it makes sense.
Never heard this until today either! And as soon as you start a spinning, I was like. Oh, my goodness! No wonder Pun's Family is like yo. We need more money because you did so much work for you 😂😂😂
even if Big Pun wrote it, he still displayed talent by performing the song. If Big Pun wrote you a song, could u perform it over a beat?
@Septemberizmine what does me saying you can tell that Pun wrote the whole album have to do with him writing a song and me trying to rap. I did not say anything negative about Fat Joe. Just because Pun wrote it I was not taking away from Joe's talent. All of these artist have writers and write with people. Nothing wrong with it.
@@JuNlethalpoet understood. no quarrel
Puff should've Been n da vid. He would've Been dancing all n It
Since you said that. I can picture him too. Him and mase
classic nyc hip hop right here
Classic Legendary RIP BIG Pun
Man this joint made me feel like I was born and raised in New York. And I’m from Florida lol. Fat Joe the legend fr 🐐
A very crazy song I will never forget. It deserves to be listed among the best of hip hop songs ever because it's simply unreal.
I don't know why he didn't perform this when he did two verses against Ja Rule
@@wooliezenith9982 "Two verses against Ja rule"? I don't know what you mean.
@@fornlike my bad what I meant was when he did verses with Ja ....he could have scraped him if he would have did them old joints and did all the rest of his dope songs he had that song with KRS and The chef Rae
@@wooliezenith9982 Oh Ok. Sorry english isn't my natural language, so some time my limits show off. So it's not your fault.
Pun had to be the writer behind it
this song gets me every time. absolutely dope classic.
Imagine if big pun , who wrote most the album, used it for himself , fire album but pun woulda made this a classic 2nd to capital punishment
💯 I commented the same thing before I saw this.
Pun could have been even greater than he's viewed now
Everything is classic in this masterpiece.
This track still kills!!!
2021 and im still turning up this Classic
Crazy shit I’m on that video 98 baby old schoolhouse SHITT!!!!!
Wish pun was still here
i can't believe how hard this shit is
Give Pun the credit
Heck yea Pun wrote his verse! you hear his style all through it, He dont even sound the same now!
DAMN!!!Classic album
ive been looking for this song for years
You can hear Big Pun's influence all over this record lol. Clearly Pun wrote this but still dope as fuck.
This joint still go hard damn!
Rest in Power Pun and Long Live Joe and TS
P.R. ✊ 🇵🇷
Take me back to the 90's.
One of the Freshest Beats Ever!🔥👌
Damn remember when music videos like this used to actually match the song and/or tell a story. Nowadays rappers be tryna be to artsy or abstract or the video has absolutely nothing to do with the song
Big facts everyone trying to sound alike. No real life situation no more that's why I can't relate to a lot of shit no more.
This a big pun record....facts 💯
This is one of Fat Joe’s best videos! 💯
this beat is fuckin epic.
2024 still blasting my speakers 🔊 with this track
this is so big punisher lyrics
RIP Pun
Bullshit
Billy Hill did he really
nah Fat joe has lyrics bro Pun wouldnt allow that anyways. This is al; Fat joe
@@chrisochs4815 um no Liza and joe recently said pun had heavy writing on This album
BET Rap City back in the day. Love it!
This beat is super sick.
HIP HOP AIN'T DEAD, YOU JUST HAVE TO FIND IT NOWADAYS!
@Jeff James 💪🏻
but its better when the stuff that you DONT have to find (mainstream) is also fire
@@zl8652 To each their own.
Pun wrote this, people always talking about keeping it real but won't tell the truth, Rip pun
Yea he decent admitted pun wrote the whole album
Lo mejor de clasico forever 2022 ok desde medellin colombia
Pun wrote all of Joe's shit. Notice his rhyming in multiples stopped after Pun died.
Just like Kim once biggie passed.
@@juanrosado3080 facts
Joe's best album, hands down
Beat is mad sick! One of my favs that’s for sure. Fat joe and pun had the illest sound together once they formed their own lane. Puff on the hook lol. Sounds like a D dot beat them boys had the beats locked down in the 90s and Stevie J killed everything he produced
Beat remind me of no time
Had this album when I was a Lil kid back in 2000
Great album so many great songs
This is the NYC I remember
Me too
best fat joe album ever
nah son i still say JOSE his best joint ...
Um that's your oppinion but to me the song was okay
Pun and Armageddon wrote this whole album
sucks armageddons career never really took off
@@2w0nGranTurismo it don’t matter they wrote don cartergena thou and that’s facts Joey crack whole flow changed after pun died
When rap music had substance
dave M. 💯💯
this song is killer!
joe needs to come back to this
These were the days
Best Fat Joe album ever. Those who are saying that Joe is using Big Pun's flow. Perhaps, in an insignificant way. As TS head honcho, Joe had to step up his game some how. Honestly, if Big Bun were on this track with Joe, the distinction between good and remarkable would be apparent. Pun being the latter.
Naw he ain't step shit up pun wrote this album it's in the credits
Pun wrote this no question
Pun might have written it, but the delivery is impeccable
It's like saying someone is an impeccable artist but they only traced over what someone else did freehand and created from their own imagination.
@@joshuajarod1909 that is like saying implementation doesn't matter.
Thank you Family I love you too, peace and love, Doug:)
Joe ain't never spit like that.Pun, is that you?
So what happened before and after big pun career. What about the ft he got with Big L in 1996. What about the I shut you in 1995.
Fat Joe is dope
Compare this album to his new music..Pun wrote this whole album no doubt about that.
R.I.P Big Punisher🙌👑
Amazing Pun wrote this whole thing and that album.
Fam.... this was a hit. Best summers, best music, best era.
Classic shit never gets old 20+ years later
i would love to see him & diddy perform this live
They will in this next verzuz battle comimg up with Ja Rule
Nostalgia.
This will never get old.
As always that squad is fire even now timeless
This is some of the best work by Fat Joe. Word up yo BX What it is Kid.
does anyone know the location of the billiard room in the clip as the street, south bronx but which street
Classic 🔥 🔥 🔥
Don Cartagena is joes best album hands down
NickFury ,go tha war wit a bottle 💣🇵🇦
BX represent baby joey crack and punisher legends of new york!!!!🗽🗽🗽🗽🗽🗽👑👑👑👑👑👑#east4ever!!!!
Top 3 best joe songs.
SUPER FIRE 💣🔥🔥🔥🔥🎧🎶🎵👌🏿😎🎵🎶🎶🎵💯💯💯
RIP Big Pun
Puff once again, that nigga was No1 in the 90s and 00s, he was everywhere, I mean... everywhere!
This joint hotter than a Texas rattlesnake on a breezy July evening!!!
Word Bond!!
This was crack at his finest....🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 miss pun.....would’ve been a billionaire..--:::::💯🍎
Fat Joe was definitely got street bangers
This is a classic movie 💪💪💪👍👍👍👍
Great Album
How in the fuck I never heard this before today??