Zack De La Rocha, KRS-One & The Last Emperor - C.I.A. (Criminals In Action)

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  • @uproxx
    @uproxx  5 років тому +324

    Happy Friday worldwide Hip-Hop family! Making sure everyone tunes in to a very special episode of People's Party dropping Monday morning. We'll be chopping it up with underground rapper icon El-P, where he gives us thoughtful insight about a number of topics, including his time at Rawkus Records with Company Flow, Zack de la Rocha living at his house after the Rage breakup, the latest Run The Jewels project with Killer Mike, and much more. It's one of our best yet! Check for it this Monday Nov 11, at 9am ET/ 6am PT

    • @nazdynate553
      @nazdynate553 5 років тому +14

      Yo! This is HUGE! El is one of my favorite producers of all time, and everything with RATM coming back has me hyped. Stoked! 🙏✌️

    • @saturncrush
      @saturncrush 5 років тому +4

      I have no idea how you are getting the legit rights to these videos. But thank you!!! Keep doing your thang!!!

    • @nocomment7859
      @nocomment7859 5 років тому +3

      Absolutely love this page. Bigups upproxxx

    • @alfredomungia8004
      @alfredomungia8004 5 років тому +2

      UPROXX Video

    • @alfredomungia8004
      @alfredomungia8004 5 років тому

      eighty Stevens

  • @fishbone3333
    @fishbone3333 3 роки тому +796

    de la Rocha's flow has been criminally underrated throughout his career.

    • @mastersuperblaster702
      @mastersuperblaster702 3 роки тому +12

      Truth. I believe both him and Foxy Brown (stay with me and you'll understand lol) have 2 of the sickest flows ever. I don't really care for female rappers but Foxy in her prime was a straight up beast when she was focused.
      I'd even rank her flow (cadence, tonality, diction and precision)
      up there with Zack and I would love to hear them do something together.
      Check out this 2005 unreleased track. Her flow combined with the Hendrix sample is epic. Zack would blaze tf out of this beat and the 2 of them should've teamed up for a remix.
      ua-cam.com/video/XHvOD2hbXwk/v-deo.html

    • @ByronGraham
      @ByronGraham 3 роки тому

      He sucks..

    • @parkjinn1139
      @parkjinn1139 3 роки тому +28

      @@ByronGraham He's pretty genius, I'd like to shake his hand and thank him for speaking out about sociopolitical corruption

    • @ByronGraham
      @ByronGraham 3 роки тому +3

      @@parkjinn1139 I guess if Genius is stealing other people's raps sure.. He is rich. They never do anything for poor. Just make money off of them..

    • @parkjinn1139
      @parkjinn1139 3 роки тому +1

      @@ByronGraham I'm with you all the way want to say more but cant

  • @TheBC313
    @TheBC313 4 роки тому +385

    Man i wish Zack would've released a couple of solo albums back in the 90's over beats like this.

    • @mastersuperblaster702
      @mastersuperblaster702 3 роки тому +6

      Truth. I believe both him and Foxy Brown (stay with me and you'll understand lol) have 2 of the sickest flows ever. I don't really care for female rappers but Foxy in her prime was a straight up beast when she was focused.
      I'd even rank her flow (cadence, tonality, diction and precision)
      up there with Zack and I would love to hear them do something together.
      Check out this 2005 unreleased track. Her flow combined with the Hendrix sample is epic. Zack would blaze tf out of this beat and the 2 of them should've teamed up for a remix.
      ua-cam.com/video/XHvOD2hbXwk/v-deo.html

    • @LeoMes01
      @LeoMes01 3 роки тому +2

      @@mastersuperblaster702 Really I thought foxy was really shallow. And zack doesnt do shallow

    • @mastersuperblaster702
      @mastersuperblaster702 3 роки тому

      @@LeoMes01 Being a long time fan who knows her catalog I wouldn't peg her as shallow but yes, as far as lyrical themes go, Zack and Foxy are quite different. He's strictly political while her lyrics are more personal, street based and of course with her being a female rapper, there's a bit of sexuality thrown in for good measure- although nowhere near as trashy as Lil Kim and more current female pop rappers.
      Let's face it, most heterosexual men could care less about a female rapper outside of wanting to knock her down and mobody really wants to hear a female rapper spit some serious heavy political shit but if there's one who could do it with the same intensity, cadence and fervor as Zack, she'd be the one for sure.
      As I said, I'm not a fan of chick rappers overall but she's easily one of the dopest rappers ever when she's at her best.

    • @LeoMes01
      @LeoMes01 3 роки тому

      @@mastersuperblaster702 Honestly I think hearing zack try to cat call would be. Really entertaining

    • @LeoMes01
      @LeoMes01 3 роки тому +1

      @@mastersuperblaster702 I always thought Zack was gay.

  • @pandora8478
    @pandora8478 5 років тому +527

    I'm 50 this year(!) and so glad I lived through the golden era of hip hop.

    • @STEVEWONDA1976
      @STEVEWONDA1976 5 років тому +15

      I'm right behind you at 43 years young. So lucky to have lived through the mid 80s and 90s. Living & growing with all the music that came out those 15 or so years was something I can't imagine growing up without.

    • @pandora8478
      @pandora8478 5 років тому +3

      STEVEWONDA1976 absolutely!

    • @carlgoogle2869
      @carlgoogle2869 5 років тому +4

      Word!

    • @BrandonMaceira-go1gs
      @BrandonMaceira-go1gs 5 років тому +3

      My manz 88' (80's baby) 90's kid I stay with the 80's like I'm berry white R.I.P

    • @4thdimension760
      @4thdimension760 5 років тому +1

      @@STEVEWONDA1976 Me too. I consider myself lucky to have been a teen-adult then.

  • @drewcagno
    @drewcagno Рік тому +43

    "Zack de la Rocha brings the enraged flow..." Sounds about right.

    • @malakahahyalawan384
      @malakahahyalawan384 6 місяців тому

      Im not a huge rock fan but it was Zach’s flow for the reason I listened to Rage against the Machine. Him and KRS 1 is 🔥🔥🔥🔥

    • @OwO---Drunk_Seulgi---OwO
      @OwO---Drunk_Seulgi---OwO 3 місяці тому +1

      Zack the glowie

  • @YouCanChangeYourWorldToday
    @YouCanChangeYourWorldToday 5 років тому +683

    90s was such a golden era ! Everything 90s ! I’m never leaving the 90s ! I don’t care what anyone says !

    • @rickyhunt4075
      @rickyhunt4075 5 років тому +16

      Golden age of hip hop

    • @danielcoy9147
      @danielcoy9147 5 років тому +8

      Hands down hip hops last stand. Rappers that rap. 90’s killed it

    • @cornelius7323
      @cornelius7323 5 років тому +3

      Facts

    • @mrsix2456
      @mrsix2456 5 років тому +23

      yeahhhh...90s golden era of every genre not only hiphop....metal,hardcore,reggae and many more....now days music the feeling are so different

    • @lemingomerriett4612
      @lemingomerriett4612 5 років тому

      DOPE

  • @cookiepie8933
    @cookiepie8933 2 роки тому +63

    Zack's flow was killer.

    • @ElMariachi555
      @ElMariachi555 2 роки тому +5

      IS

    • @r3b3lvegan89
      @r3b3lvegan89 2 роки тому

      So killer he took himself out with Pfizer promotions last year lol. Zach sold out so hard social media felt butt fucked. Zach was a killer emcee and vocalist, he sold his soul to Pfizer and ironically the CIA too, considering they flat out co sponsor the “comirnaty” vaccine back in 2020. Y’all need to quit playin and start researching

  • @christianjosephkarner
    @christianjosephkarner 5 років тому +236

    The world needs now Zack de la rocha voice more than ever.

    • @Wiccad
      @Wiccad 4 роки тому +7

      6 months later this comment aged well... if that's the appropriate term. 6 month ago us had no idea...

    • @jpbostonian
      @jpbostonian 4 роки тому +6

      Honestly we do need him back

    • @vikeightEsix
      @vikeightEsix Рік тому +2

      Meanwhile Tom Morello is busy raging on behalf of the machine...

  • @stahu_mishima
    @stahu_mishima 2 роки тому +47

    Zack's gotta be my favourite rapper at this point

  • @julianjessevideo
    @julianjessevideo 4 роки тому +113

    Last Emperor drops one of the best verses in hip-hop history!

    • @mufasa2079
      @mufasa2079 2 роки тому +5

      100%

    • @youtubesucks1821
      @youtubesucks1821 2 роки тому +7

      Thank you, I thought I was crazy when everyone only praises Zack and I thought his verse was the weakest.
      They only like his part because they are Rage fans

    • @cnillax999
      @cnillax999 2 роки тому +12

      @@youtubesucks1821 they all killed it. 3 great verses

    • @freudianslippers6567
      @freudianslippers6567 9 місяців тому

      @@youtubesucks1821 I thought it was good Zack brought attention to Frantz Fanon and the wretched of the earth. Everyone should read it.

    • @jamalgray8694
      @jamalgray8694 6 місяців тому +4

      Thanx for the continued support everyone. New Last Emperor/ MADSOL album entitled "PROGRAMME", out now on BANDCAMP. Peace!! "PROGRAMME

  • @dexenationgracey1979
    @dexenationgracey1979 3 роки тому +41

    Zack is one of the few rap rockers that's for real about his flow, definitely held his own with KRS.

  • @Skeletor1889
    @Skeletor1889 2 роки тому +44

    There's a saying "spitting rhymes", but the way Zack delivers is so vicious, it really does sound like he's spitting those rhymes.

    • @ElMariachi555
      @ElMariachi555 2 роки тому +3

      On Centre of the Storm with Roni Size he calls himself the Truth Shit Spitter among other awesome titles.

    • @Katy-sh3ru
      @Katy-sh3ru 8 місяців тому

      I was literally coming to reply on that! I was gonna quote 'you smell smoke? I dip my ​tongue in gunpowder then I clear my throat' @alfonsov.7291

  • @maimbolwakamanga4004
    @maimbolwakamanga4004 2 роки тому +19

    Last emperor one of the most underrated MCs of his generation.

  • @mandlasithole7689
    @mandlasithole7689 4 роки тому +58

    The Last Emperor is probably the most imaginative MC ever!
    Most of his lines flow over heads

    • @jamalgray8694
      @jamalgray8694 2 роки тому +4

      LAST EMP

    • @jamalgray8694
      @jamalgray8694 2 роки тому +3

      Thanx bro. Much love... Peace -LAST EMP

    • @robertnewton5343
      @robertnewton5343 2 роки тому +3

      @@jamalgray8694 dude, emp.......... i still jam to your track black magic... calms me man..

    • @mmmyeah7
      @mmmyeah7 2 роки тому +2

      @@jamalgray8694 secret wars is possibly my fav ever hip hop tune 🙏🏻

    • @jamalgray8694
      @jamalgray8694 2 роки тому +3

      NEW LAST EMPEROR ALBUM: "THE WIZARD, THE WITCH AND THE WOLFMAN!!!" ON TIDAL.

  • @AshS85
    @AshS85 4 роки тому +676

    We need Zack back. Kids too busy listening to aspirational rap to realize their rights are being trampled and we’re slipping back to Jim Crow laws.

    • @IsaiP
      @IsaiP 4 роки тому +14

      I’m here. Been a fan for around 4 months but I knew of him thanks to my dad.

    • @SuperRobertoClemente
      @SuperRobertoClemente 4 роки тому +30

      He's on the new Run the Jewels record and sounds great!

    • @jmpnr
      @jmpnr 4 роки тому +12

      He’s as close as your nearest RATM album.

    • @terminallyonline5296
      @terminallyonline5296 4 роки тому +9

      Doesn't have to be with Rage - we love his flow and his message.

    • @fredsavage5300
      @fredsavage5300 4 роки тому +2

      Give us one example

  • @alexmatos8523
    @alexmatos8523 4 роки тому +101

    For my money, Zack’s verse is one of the best in rap history. No filler, just straight up fury and truth. And to incorporate a Frantz Fanon book into your bars, straight up mastery.

  • @illproducer
    @illproducer 3 роки тому +24

    Zack is one of the best lyricists

  • @cestmoimurat
    @cestmoimurat 5 років тому +119

    The 90s was such a golden age of rap.
    Les années 90 étaient l'âge d'or du rap.

    • @Latscho83
      @Latscho83 5 років тому +1

      Die 90er waren das goldene Zeitalter der Rapmusik

    • @jesuisamoureuxdetoi
      @jesuisamoureuxdetoi 5 років тому +1

      90-talet var en sådan guldålder av rap.

    • @benvanrensburg7014
      @benvanrensburg7014 5 років тому +1

      You sold your strip from the the 70ies hey.

    • @deesnutz4638
      @deesnutz4638 5 років тому +3

      Los 90 fueron la era de oro del rap

    • @luisrg9466
      @luisrg9466 4 роки тому

      what song is that of Big L.

  • @Freeform_Locs
    @Freeform_Locs Рік тому +5

    Zack, if you reading this; we need that same energy right now son. Come back.

  • @boblangford81
    @boblangford81 3 роки тому +64

    Zach has the best sounding voice amongst all rappers and rock singers IMO. Flow just as good as any rapper. Meaning behind his words is best in any game.

    • @bort-
      @bort- 2 роки тому +4

      It's not THAT deep lol

    • @AbtinX
      @AbtinX Рік тому +1

      I think so. Passion, fury. It comes from deep inside you

    • @zebede4501
      @zebede4501 9 місяців тому

      I agree very basic

  • @InfectedChris
    @InfectedChris 5 років тому +65

    The first Lyricist Lounge was a true classic. The second just couldn't live up to the raw energy and sound from the first installment.

    • @ilovemikerogers
      @ilovemikerogers 5 років тому +9

      Lyricist Lounge 1 and Soundbombing 2 were the best of the bunch. But damn Rawkus was such a movement.

  • @wediehardchannel3733
    @wediehardchannel3733 3 роки тому +18

    [KRS-One]
    Yea yea yea yea yea!
    KRS-One comin through, Big Zack, Last Emperor
    WOOP WOOP! Ha hah, that's the sound of EMS
    Ha hah, Last Emperor, KRS
    Ha hah, Big Zack you know the rest
    Now we gonna come down like this now, hold tight all crew
    LISTEN!!
    [Zack de la Rocha]
    This voice shatters the calm of the day, like an alarm
    To wake up badder youth, and take up arms
    Cause more is necessary than vocabulary war
    Cause the toxic rock imports, gettin on your door
    C.I.A. I see ya later, cause your time is comin soon
    I flip the shit like, Pacino and it's your Dog Day Afternoon
    Attica Attica, drug agents your bring your static-a
    My alphabet will slash that neck and flip you, automatica
    Dramatic, like Ali Shaheed Muhammed brought the vibe
    I bring the sun at Red Dawn to pull the thoughts of Franz Fanon
    So stand at attention, devil dirge
    You never survive choosin sides against the wretched of the earth
    The infiltrator, tribe intoxicator, people incarcerator
    Liberation movement annihilator
    We got you clocked pushin rocks and it fail
    We got brothers troopin subways like the Ho Chi Manh trail
    We got the truth data, Last Emperor, KRS and
    history manifested, tomorrow next lesson
    [Chorus: all together, with samples]
    YOU CLAIM I'M SELLIN CRACK, BUT YOU BE DOIN THAT
    "You, claim, you claim, you, you claim, claim
    You, claim I'm sellin crack, but you be doin that" --> KRS
    [Zach] You know the cops they got a network for the toxic rock
    YOU CLAIM I'M SELLIN CRACK, BUT YOU BE DOIN THAT
    "So get that flashlight out of my face" -> Big L
    "You, you, you claim I'm sellin crack, but you be doin that" --> KRS
    [KRS] The Last Emperor, KRS-One, and Big Zack
    [The Last Emperor]
    As free market capitalism and technology expands
    The third world's fertile soil becomes a desert wasteland
    So it takes bands to, demand the, government provide answers
    when Lady Liberty has me Bewitched like Samantha
    And poverty is one of the most malignant forms of cancer
    to all my Black Magic romancers and acid rain dancers
    Develop close ties like Jerry Seinfeld and George Costanza
    We fear no man and throw jams that attack counterintelligence programs
    Exciting like the epic adventures of Conan (hah!)
    I colonize minds like Zaire by the Belgians
    Now what the hell is the problem with this system and what it sells us
    I bring ancient relics like Wyclef did to Zealots
    I saw an Iron Curtain called hip-hop and got it open like Boris Yeltsin
    Whirlwind, tornadoes, in the rain forest if you say so (whosssshhh)
    KRS and The Last Emperor like the Green Hornet and Kato
    Zach de la Rocha brings the enraged flow, but all three drop science
    and become the most powerful alliance since NATO
    [Chorus: all together, with samples]
    YOU CLAIM I'M SELLIN CRACK, BUT YOU BE DOIN THAT
    "You, claim I'm sellin crack, but you be doin that" --> KRS
    YOU CLAIM I'M SELLIN CRACK, BUT YOU BE DOIN THAT
    [Zach] You know the cops they got a network for the toxic rock
    YOU CLAIM I'M SELLIN CRACK, BUT YOU BE DOIN THAT
    "So get that flashlight out of my face" -> Big L
    YOU CLAIM I'M SELLIN CRACK, BUT YOU BE DOIN THAT
    [KRS] The Last Emperor, KRS-One, and Big Zack
    [KRS-One]
    Need I say the C.I.A. be Criminals In Action
    Cocaine crack unpackin, high surveillance trackin
    Prominant blacks and whites givin orders for mass slaughters
    I want all my daughters to be like Maxine Waters
    When they flooded the streets with crack cocaine
    I was like Noah, now they lower cause the whole cold war is over
    Communism fell to the dollars you were grabbin it
    All the assault and batterin in the name of intelligence gatherin?
    Now it's karma you battlin, a losin fight
    I chose the mic to recite ignite light in the night, aight?
    We should beat em, President Clinton should delete em
    it's not hard, the C.I.A. simply has no more job
    Oh my Goddess, mother, you can fix this
    We rock over mixes not six six sixes
    Yo this is, the message, to all that can hear it
    If you got secret information now's the time to share it
    Call your Congresswoman, your senator, your mayor
    It's time for all the scholars to unite with all the players
    Rearrangin, see times are definitely changin G
    They used to tap the phone, now they tappin while you pagin me
    It's crazy B, yet it's plain to see, who the enemy
    Who's left the NRA? The ATF, the AMA?
    Okay okay, it's all irrelevant, cause in the new millenium
    there'll be no Central Intelligence
    Uh, yea, uh, yea
    Throw your hands up
    You know whassup kid, throw your hands up
    Ha hah yeah, hah hah, yeah

    • @shaeisgae8952
      @shaeisgae8952 Рік тому

      Commenting so I can come back here

    • @shaeisgae8952
      @shaeisgae8952 Рік тому

      Had to remind my own damn self lmao

    • @shaeisgae8952
      @shaeisgae8952 Рік тому

      And again lmao I want this comment to be higher up so I'm gonna keep commenting every time I listen to this and remember lmaoo

  • @Alex-uf7mz
    @Alex-uf7mz 4 роки тому +197

    This is real Hip Hop, not for our entertainment or for them making money, this is music in a form of art sending a real message with lyrics full wisdom, knowledge and the truth.

    • @DamianBadalamenti
      @DamianBadalamenti 4 роки тому +6

      Like you Said real hip-hop..

    • @last808
      @last808 4 роки тому +3

      Griots, voices of the riots.

    • @soulesslemming
      @soulesslemming 4 роки тому +2

      Check out the coup, show yo ass is a good starting place

    • @AlexG-ku3dq
      @AlexG-ku3dq 4 роки тому +2

      Damn right, Alex, from Alex...word.

    • @AlexG-ku3dq
      @AlexG-ku3dq 4 роки тому +2

      'sides, tho, Al-X, these homies ain't need no moolah...heard?

  • @agentanaranjado
    @agentanaranjado 4 роки тому +57

    “I bring the sun at ‘Red Dawn’
    upon the thoughts of Frantz Fanon;
    So stand at attention, devil dirge:
    You'll never survive choosin' sides against the ‘Wretched of the Earth.’”
    That’s gold, Jerry! Gold!

  • @remaininginlight
    @remaininginlight 5 років тому +65

    The Last Emperor . man, that guy has BARS

    • @robertstan298
      @robertstan298 4 роки тому +4

      I'm ashamed to say I didn't know much, if anything about him before listening to this song. Gotta do my homeworker now. Haha

    • @mctommed8604
      @mctommed8604 4 роки тому +5

      Robert Stan. Secret wars by last emporer. You'll tank me later

    • @ianbryant824
      @ianbryant824 4 роки тому +3

      Yes he does.
      He's a very underrated mc and goes just as hard as Zack and KRS on this track.

    • @MrDo0bie
      @MrDo0bie 4 роки тому +1

      @@ianbryant824 We never underrated Last Emperor, speaking for my cloud.

  • @sonnyday6727
    @sonnyday6727 3 роки тому +5

    Oh, the sound of real hip hop, I missed you! Please come back.

  • @dominicmaye5529
    @dominicmaye5529 6 місяців тому +1

    Its 16 June 2024, and I'm still jamming to this. Need more of this in the future.

  • @ernestoflores1057
    @ernestoflores1057 3 роки тому +6

    This brought me back when hipHOP make sense. I'm an old metal head this shot is fkng hot.

  • @madrizza
    @madrizza 4 місяці тому +3

    Imagine if these 3 dropped an album in 2024!

  • @peacepuffz
    @peacepuffz 5 років тому +30

    I love those "La Murga " horns, digging in those "Lavoe" crates.

    • @TGO310
      @TGO310 5 років тому +2

      siii

    • @edumatth5974
      @edumatth5974 4 роки тому +2

      Siiiii.....yo sabía que había un ritmo que me sonaba a mi infancia......gracias!!!! Eso era!!!!!! La murga!!!! Fucking yeah man!!!!! Cheers mate!!!! Paz!!!!

  • @rickyhunt4075
    @rickyhunt4075 5 років тому +83

    Where has this been hiding??? Love Zack and KRS no idea about this

    • @uno3863
      @uno3863 5 років тому +5

      Ikr!!!

    • @STEVEWONDA1976
      @STEVEWONDA1976 5 років тому +11

      I've been bumping this since around 99 when I picked up Lyricist Lounge Vol. 1. I'm sorry you guys didn't know about it until now but at least you finally got it! As a huge real hip hiop head and Rage/Zach head this track meant so much to me when it first came out. Peace fellas!

    • @JariahxSynn
      @JariahxSynn 5 років тому +6

      Right there with you. Love RATM and KRS but never heard this.

    • @rickyhunt4075
      @rickyhunt4075 5 років тому

      @@STEVEWONDA1976 That a CD?

    • @cheo3030
      @cheo3030 5 років тому

      Lyricist loungen it

  • @highwaytohealth3211
    @highwaytohealth3211 5 років тому +17

    Pure underground rap sound from 90"s!!!!what else can we ask for....

  • @ElizaPartington
    @ElizaPartington 3 роки тому +7

    We need music like this now now than ever!!

  • @msandoval8027
    @msandoval8027 4 роки тому +13

    Zach sounds so good on a hip hop track!!

  • @RecklessBones
    @RecklessBones 5 років тому +27

    The 90s was my 60s for music, now I get what my parents where on about back then!

  • @snowmayne6283
    @snowmayne6283 3 роки тому +12

    KRS is such a lyrical genius!

  • @bemdrua_
    @bemdrua_ 8 місяців тому +2

    Insaaaaane!!!!! Respect From Brazil 🇧🇷 🥷

  • @awapuhi
    @awapuhi 5 років тому +12

    Even is just a mellow hip hop song, Zack de la Rocha has the rage like no one

  • @EscapeCondition
    @EscapeCondition 5 років тому +8

    Listened to this song over and over when it came out. Still dope.

  • @julian_carr
    @julian_carr 4 роки тому +204

    Who's here to hear Zach, his energy needs to be the voice of '20 protests

    • @alexpantoja2042
      @alexpantoja2042 4 роки тому

      yo! that is spanish for me, yo!
      hehehe

    • @McCloud23892
      @McCloud23892 4 роки тому +8

      I doubt Zach gives a fuck about Soros puppets, FOH!

    • @untilyoupuke
      @untilyoupuke 4 роки тому +2

      @@McCloud23892 LOL

    • @clxvdsxvl
      @clxvdsxvl 4 роки тому +3

      @@McCloud23892 what

    • @aphextwin6
      @aphextwin6 4 роки тому +4

      Zero wolf is a nazi bitch

  • @rondumason4756
    @rondumason4756 5 років тому +63

    TOPICALLY THIS WAS WAY AHEAD OF ITS TIME. WORD TO EDWARD SNOWDEN

    • @joe197301
      @joe197301 5 років тому

      Agreed

    • @dervolldrosten6320
      @dervolldrosten6320 5 років тому

      Edward?

    • @rondumason4756
      @rondumason4756 5 років тому +1

      @@dervolldrosten6320 Indeed sir that is who I meant thanks for the catch.

    • @dervolldrosten6320
      @dervolldrosten6320 5 років тому +1

      @@rondumason4756 you're welcome, sir

    • @dervolldrosten6320
      @dervolldrosten6320 5 років тому +1

      What do you think about Mr. Snowden? I think he just did his duty, to protect his fellow Americans from abuse of power.

  • @jeremylewellen
    @jeremylewellen 5 років тому +6

    The industry needs this now more than ever. Props to krs for performing at the gathering this year! All love!

  • @manelew7482
    @manelew7482 5 років тому +38

    I think I'll wear a champion hoodie with my timberland boots today.

  • @セ千尺丂セ
    @セ千尺丂セ 5 років тому +24

    Grew up listening to this legend. Lyrical genius 👍

  • @hiphopheaven
    @hiphopheaven 5 років тому +11

    Best collab ever.The last emperor is the most underrated rapper of all the time.He dropped an album last year and this year but nobody cares about it.

    • @STEVEWONDA1976
      @STEVEWONDA1976 5 років тому +1

      People care. I've been following Last Emp since his early days. He's just one of those MCs that speaks the truth and real shit and the fact is there's too many people out there/here that can't get down with it because they don't understand it.

    • @saturncrush
      @saturncrush 5 років тому +3

      Jungle Jim baby!!

    • @hiphopheaven
      @hiphopheaven 5 років тому +2

      @@saturncrush and The Lord of the fly

    • @saturncrush
      @saturncrush 5 років тому +1

      Ismail Ghedamsi What!? Snap

    • @hiphopheaven
      @hiphopheaven 5 років тому

      @@saturncrush his most recent album

  • @realbareknuckles
    @realbareknuckles 3 роки тому +11

    De la Rocha definition of mcing and rebel from heart. Flow and delivery are amazing.

  • @duqsdiecasthobby9943
    @duqsdiecasthobby9943 5 років тому +322

    WELCOME BACK RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE

    • @jarretmyer
      @jarretmyer 5 років тому +6

      Zuq D Way Needed!

    • @Stanlayy-em4fk
      @Stanlayy-em4fk 5 років тому +13

      I think they are playing Coachella in 2020.

    • @kevinhunter3722
      @kevinhunter3722 5 років тому +5

      Long over due really hope there's new material

    • @TobinTempleman
      @TobinTempleman 5 років тому +2

      @David Sanchez
      And...
      So what...
      Needs to be heard...
      What the fuck...
      We need these inspiring words...
      Can you imagine me flipping you the bird...
      Seems like your about as intelligent as a turd...
      I bet you get triggered to the point it's absurd...
      Maybe old but still strong enough to kick you out to the curb...

    • @nehemiah1098
      @nehemiah1098 5 років тому +2

      @@TobinTempleman no just no

  • @globbymobby
    @globbymobby 4 роки тому +2

    ULTIMATE COMBO. WE ARE LISTENING & RESPECTING THESE LIVING LEGENDS

  • @taylorthegreat3663
    @taylorthegreat3663 5 років тому +227

    KRS-one is one of the most wisest beings in hip hop history.

    • @optix1012
      @optix1012 5 років тому +16

      Fuck KRS he's still defending Afrika Bambaata's pedophile ass. Threw all his music in the garbage.

    • @wisdomreigns8704
      @wisdomreigns8704 5 років тому +7

      I thought so when I was 12 30 years later he saying the EXACT same thing Where is his growth? He only seeds chaos

    • @ImreVogelezang
      @ImreVogelezang 5 років тому +6

      He used to be my all-time favorite too. Defending a pedophile pretty much ruined that status..

    • @taylorthegreat3663
      @taylorthegreat3663 5 років тому +5

      @@optix1012 I'm just now finding this out now. I Actually did not know this, thanks for telling me.

    • @Anudorini-Talah
      @Anudorini-Talah 5 років тому +3

      or just a lot of dumb sheeps in the game

  • @elreyabeja4539
    @elreyabeja4539 5 років тому +29

    KRS has the best vocal tone, the best flow and the deepest lyrics. PERIOD

  • @Penuelism
    @Penuelism 2 роки тому +19

    Honestly one of my favourite hip-hop tracks of all time 🔥🔥🔥 "I colonize minds like Zaire by Belgians"

    • @danielobrien8417
      @danielobrien8417 2 роки тому

      Except what he said about Maxine Waters,she's a sellout.

  • @EndemikMusic
    @EndemikMusic 5 років тому +50

    Please Zach, please, finish a full on rap record. We need it!

  • @flaviokapangue6143
    @flaviokapangue6143 3 роки тому +11

    Continua na minha play list, das melhores músicas de hip Hop já feito 🔥🔥

  • @usmcchrisg
    @usmcchrisg 4 роки тому +1

    I've been leveling up by listening to Chris since the bridge battles on bootleg cassette. Zack around 28 years. Love you guys.

  • @Ah-ed6ie
    @Ah-ed6ie 5 років тому +19

    Strange but I forget he was ill outside of rage against the machine. Wow!

  • @sms1511
    @sms1511 3 роки тому +1

    Yessss! I have been waiting for years for someone to repost this!!

  • @jordanwood183
    @jordanwood183 2 роки тому +8

    This was my favorite song in 8th grade, & all these years later I think Last Emperor might have had the best verse! Idk. The whole song still goes! 🔥 🔊

  • @rondumason4756
    @rondumason4756 5 років тому +9

    FIRST HEARD THIS ON THE LYRICIST LOUNGE CD

  • @turbotone5058
    @turbotone5058 4 роки тому +15

    This is real hip hop, these 3 brothers killed it over this ill ass beat.

  • @javiercantu4817
    @javiercantu4817 5 років тому +18

    Real shit!!! I’m 48 and remember and miss these flows, real McIng . Boom bap beats

  • @zackd4055
    @zackd4055 5 років тому +168

    I’m still wearing my clothes from the 90s 😂

    • @STEVEWONDA1976
      @STEVEWONDA1976 5 років тому +2

      I still have some of mine as well. But the ones I actually wore in the 90s on the regular became part of the 90s.

    • @feinegrafik
      @feinegrafik 5 років тому +8

      David Sanchez
      Wow, you are so masculine

    • @dannydee3268
      @dannydee3268 5 років тому

      Loooool

    • @alissa6
      @alissa6 5 років тому +3

      @@feinegrafik And you're triggered by the truth for a reason...

    • @feinegrafik
      @feinegrafik 5 років тому

      King of Ebla
      I just mind my own fucking Business

  • @natedogg5708
    @natedogg5708 2 роки тому +6

    Sick shit, 3 immensely unique MCs

  • @goulashigabor
    @goulashigabor 5 років тому +4

    What a classic,,, dam i miss these days...this is still soooo dope what banger...blasting this fru some filthy big subs.

  • @RangersNation-qk4px
    @RangersNation-qk4px Місяць тому +2

    Big Zach🔥🔥🔥

  • @saigalrahoul
    @saigalrahoul 4 роки тому +40

    So hard to pick but I'm going with the Last Emperor on this one. Kills it

  • @chasewoood7363
    @chasewoood7363 5 років тому +2

    so thankful to have found zack de la rocha

  • @Raposo_xz
    @Raposo_xz 5 років тому +8

    Zack de la rocha*-*🖤

  • @lowtech5380
    @lowtech5380 3 роки тому +1

    This ain't rap. This is Hip Hop. There's a difference.

  • @jojoadeyemi8239
    @jojoadeyemi8239 5 років тому +18

    Zach is always gonna be in my Top 5.

  • @Balkan_game
    @Balkan_game 4 роки тому +2

    2020 is not dead in music , as we see , hits are alive still !!!! Eternal quality !!!!!

  • @DEVINEJUSTICEALLAH72
    @DEVINEJUSTICEALLAH72 5 років тому +10

    This is a hip hop classic!! Lyricist Lounge Volume 1 was a dope complication. All three emcees got busy on the mic. But yo The Last Emperor murdered this joint!!!! "Develop close ties like Jerry Seinfeld and George Costanza"

  • @MrMikibot
    @MrMikibot 5 років тому

    La murga de Panamá!!...cheers from Colombia Mr.Rocha

  • @alejandrac1755
    @alejandrac1755 5 років тому +9

    Come to Chile, we need your music.

  • @antoniokastrocarlisledemel6617
    @antoniokastrocarlisledemel6617 4 місяці тому +1

    It's a relief to see Zack getting so much love in these comment sections cuz I can think of maybe only 2 lists of greatest mcs he was on in the last 32 years ...we all know KRS is one of the greats, though to this day his head is way too big, sorry bruh u one of the greats but u didn't invent Hip Hop so u have no right to say what's what, that's why imo Nelly came out on top back in 2001-2002 cuz hes absolutely right and me being 16 at the time and from The Bronx I was hard headed and always saying what was "Real" Hip Hop and what wasnt until Nelly made me realize the error of my ways...then we got Last Emperor who hardly ever gets his due either but ive seen and heard his name much more than Zack on lists and convos of greatest and/or most underrated mcs..I still think part of why Zack is barely ever mentioned is cuz many see him as a metal or rock artist..which he is but u can be more than one..Ice T showed me that wayyy back in the early 90s

  • @themiddlepath8939
    @themiddlepath8939 5 років тому +3

    Zack is so fire!!

  • @joshvaldez192
    @joshvaldez192 Рік тому

    Best rhme om all time . More please!!!! Legends on this track

  • @Firm-Tofu-King
    @Firm-Tofu-King 3 роки тому +4

    Zach murdered this...

  • @Awchshonear
    @Awchshonear Рік тому +2

    have never heard this song before…. that Big L sample CRAZY. although i was born after this song was released, i still wish rap was still like this man. at least i can still see rappers like nas and wu tang live loool

  • @ninobrown8565
    @ninobrown8565 4 роки тому +3

    Zach is the man👊

  • @herrerajoey2
    @herrerajoey2 5 років тому +2

    Rawkus Record's Lyricists Lounge and Soundbombing.... I feel so lucky to have been a teen when these came out. Skating, tagging, and good hip hop. When a new era was $20 and nobody left the sticker on. Skipped school to go buy hip hop albums on their release date, admire the cover art and browse the CD booklet. I remember calling some phone number that sold cds where you could listen to parts of songs. Had the same Playboy hidden in a hole in fabric on the bottom of my box spring for ever because porn was so hard for a teen to come by then. I think that well studied issue of Playboy taught me how to be monogamous, haha, still with my wife after 17 years.
    Those were the glory days.

    • @tezassss
      @tezassss 5 років тому +1

      Word up bro!

    • @marlondaniels7912
      @marlondaniels7912 5 років тому

      And you've still got the Playboy hidden in the box sprung of the marital bed lol

  • @getthoseskills4451
    @getthoseskills4451 3 роки тому +8

    Totally awesome. Unique and rebellious poets with a powerful message.
    Love these dudes and other subversive rap inspired artists like
    Public Enemy, Immortal Tech, EL-P, Dalek, Sage Francis, Ho9909, Bob Vylan, Allflaws

  • @philipmason2660
    @philipmason2660 4 роки тому

    We need you back. Del la Rocha. You are a fighter. We need you.

  • @9087125498172345
    @9087125498172345 5 років тому +4

    Still rock it like it’s new. The 90’s was the pinnacle for hip hop imo.

  • @justyn513
    @justyn513 4 роки тому

    swear i been trying to find this video for the longest , thank God!

  • @heisenberg1732
    @heisenberg1732 4 роки тому +7

    Attica, Attica, Statica..... Automatica🤣 Zack always killed me with that one

  • @TeamBoxCutta
    @TeamBoxCutta 5 років тому

    I always loved this one!!

  • @jz5748
    @jz5748 5 років тому +13

    The battle of Minneapolis was the greatest show i ever been to... RATM will always be no1 band

  • @namronrenkreb
    @namronrenkreb 2 місяці тому

    People always look confused, when i declare Zack as one of the best MCs off all time!

  • @gigarcia3093
    @gigarcia3093 5 років тому +3

    Classic last emperor and Krs classic respect.

  • @kahea2018
    @kahea2018 3 місяці тому +2

    Acid Rain Dancers! 🔥🔥🔥🏹🏹🏹

  • @faintsmile88
    @faintsmile88 5 років тому +37

    When real hiphop ruled the world.....

    • @danielkinn782
      @danielkinn782 5 років тому +11

      THIS is hip hop. Fuck mumble rappers

    • @OnlyOriginalSongs
      @OnlyOriginalSongs 3 роки тому +2

      @@danielkinn782 also mumble is not a rap

    • @danielkinn782
      @danielkinn782 3 роки тому +2

      @@OnlyOriginalSongs very true. But it falls under that category

  • @drwho1821
    @drwho1821 5 років тому +1

    Man this is fire where have I bin

  • @kagimyst6987
    @kagimyst6987 5 років тому +5

    haven't heard this in years...🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @hoagymapleton2206
    @hoagymapleton2206 4 роки тому +1

    Happy birthday Zach we love you

  • @cesarska4196
    @cesarska4196 4 роки тому +6

    Zack de la rocha maneja el flow

  • @paulajane9828
    @paulajane9828 4 роки тому +2

    I love everything about this song forever ❣🎸❤

  • @CainaanDC
    @CainaanDC 5 років тому +17

    Knowledge Reigns Supreme Over Nearly Everyone

  • @w4r7
    @w4r7 3 роки тому +2

    Zack!!!

  • @vladimirolujic6637
    @vladimirolujic6637 2 роки тому +24

    Regardless of how many times I hear Zack's lyrics, he always makes me google sh** over and over: "This voice shatters the calm of the day, like an alarm
    To wake up bright anew, and take up arms
    Cause more is necessary than vocabulary war
    Cause the toxic rock imports, gettin' on your door
    C.I.A. I see ya later, cause your time is coming soon
    I flip the shit like Pacino and it's your Dog Day Afternoon
    Attica Attica, drug agents you bring your static-a
    My alphabet will slash that neck and flip you, automatica'
    Dramatic like Ali Shaheed Muhammed brought the vibe
    I bring the sun at Red Dawn upon the thoughts of Frantz Fanon
    So stand at attention, devil dirge
    You'll never survive choosin' sides against the wretched of the Earth
    The infiltrator, tribe intoxicator, people incarcerator
    Liberation movement annihilator
    We got you clocked pushing rocks and it fail
    We got brothers trooping subways like the Ho Chi Minh trail
    We got the truth daddy, Last Emperor, KRS and
    History manifested, tomorrow next lesson"

  • @millsanais5364
    @millsanais5364 4 роки тому

    Yup excellent & way more to sum.....good job my brothers.....i love u