2000-2004 were my high school years and 2002 was the funnest. This song was one of many that was the soundtrack to my life those years. It’s unfortunate that this video only came on Rap City.
i felt this on a spiritual level 😌 2002 I was in 7th grade, 2002 hands down funnest years of my life until 2003-2004, 8th grade was even more LIT & FUN AF! the fun just amplified. I somehow always sat next to The funniest kids EVER! Id go to classes i hated in a good mood just because I knew they'd be there so i kno ima laugh my ass off all day Lol. This song, This group brings back amazing, hilarious memories. I'd do anything to go back to middle school for 1min....good times
Let’s face it. This will forever be a classic. If not for just the ever present underground consensus but for all who know GREAT HipHop when they hear it. ✊🏿🖤✌🏿
Slum Village in 2002 is still 🔥in 2024!!! After all this Diddy shyt, Baatin’s verse sits😮in a whole new way. Baatin and J’Dilla, I know y’all are keeping🙏🏽Heaven bumpin’😍.
..." I know true love is hard to find Just let it find you for real If you found love to keep it real Keep love from being tainted, being tainted And you'll be alright...."
This song popped up in my head a week ago.. I was typing in real love.. de la soul.. I clicked on everything until I gave up.. so at 3:45 am while I’m stressed out it gets recommended mannn
When I Was Young In My Teenage Years I Never Understood This Song, But Now Since I'm On A Higher Vibration....This Song Is One Of The Realest Ever And It's Still Relevant Till This Day....No Doubt About It!!!!
I didn’t understand it so much, that after a while I thought I might of made the song up 😭😭. I finally heard it on the radio the other day and got happy because I thought about this song all the time but never knew what they was saying.
this cut was a banger and great depiction of the music business and life in general,this cut still goes hard,slum village came with a strong message joint
It wasn't that innocent you just have a short memory. You talking like it was the 1970s. We have social media and rap was declining. Not fully but it started to go down.
@@aaronflowers8881yep there were a few artists here and there that got big putting out truly great art likes this at the time, but theres a reason this song has the message that it does
I had just started middle school when this song came out 01/02, jams like these made the tough days at school not so tough at all, music will forever give me life, early ass 2000s, I wanna go back to this era listening to slum village, flowetry, field mob, jazze phae, nappy roots, the clipse, Sean Paul, etc just everybody from that time. I miss it soooo much, oh AND we ain't have social media yet, we could work with aim just fine lol❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥💗💓💕💞💖❤️🔥
I WAS @ NC STATE IN RALEIGH, NC 1999-2001 WHEN THIS DROPPED. MY BOY WAS LIKE LISTEN TO THIS. I WAS LIKE WHO IS THAT! THAT ISH IS DOPE! DA FUNK AND THE LYRICAL VIBE-OUT OF THIS WORLD-HE WAS LIKE THEY FROM YO HOMETOWN! THEY CALLED "SLUM VILLAGE!"
This song will always have a special place in my heart. 2014 my manz June and I rode around in his beautiful all white Path listening to this song. Unfortunately that was our last time. He passed away not long. So everytime I hear this joint I think of my boy. R.I.P
L8 1990's Neo-Soul really took HIPHOP to the Next level ,These guys,Jahiem,Next, Jagged Edge Eric Benet,Fatih Evans,Amongt many others BRILL!@@!!!@@@@@
I can't believe that baatin is gone like I found out listening to this jaguar wright mess on yt and she was talking about his wife and kids I'm like hold up I remember listening to them in high-school and during the neosoul movement I can't believe that happened 😔 rip 💔 baatin frm slum village
It's crazy how the early 2000's gives me an old school nostalgic feel now. The early 2000s were underrated.
Fr tho
You ain’t lying.
Agreed!The BEST music ever came out in the early 2000s💯💯💯
I agree everyone talk about the mid 90s but not enough seem to remember how dope early 2000’s was.
Yup. I'm feeling old af and sometimes I wanna kill myself bc life is so hard but music saves me 🥲
Neo Soul was such a fuckin beautiful era. I’ll never get tired of listening to this genre.
Bro soul??😳😳😳
This hip hop bruh cut the sub genre ish out. Hip hop is one BIG bag of styles.
Dwele is no soul
me too!! my best love memories!
Me either
Da truth!
2:11 Man I miss this era of music. Still rockin my song. RIP Dilla. Baatin
Amen
Who's listening in 2024 🔥🔥🔥
Svilla 👑👑👑🔊📢📣🎵📯🎼🔔🎶🎷🎶📻🎚🎧🎛🎤🪗🪘🎸🥁🎹🪕🎺🎻📀📺🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Svilla 👑👑👑📺🥁📀🎹🎻🪕🎺🎸📻🎸🎚🪗🎧🎤🎛🎶📢🎷📣🔔🎵🎼📯🔊🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Me every day ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Same!!!@@mayshelllumpkins2268
always bumping sv
RIP J DILLA WE MISS YOU. Hip Hop misses you 😢
Was j dilla one of slum village members
Yes just not during this era. He founded the group and sound@@mauriceyarbrough3840
Still vibing damn near 20 years later. Timeless music here
Yep!
Indeed
13 years later and this track is still the reason why all the new school artists will forever struggle to match-up to SV. This is ART! RIP Dilla!
Im at 18 yrs still going
Facts!
Still Dope in 2022. 1 J Dilla
NO DOUBT!!!!!!!!!!!!
RiP DILLA
As of March 3, 2024, this joint is still 🔥 !
I miss this type of rap this is better than today's rappers
Facts
Wayyyyyy better than any new rappers and producers alike period.
This is Art in its finest form
I love when neo-soul & hip hop Collaborate together
J dilla basically invented Neo Soul
Very beautiful combination 😍😇
'REAL HIPHOP '
@kehindeoyegunle8920 yup, what hiphop should've been.
❤❤❤❤ neo -soul & hip hop
reminds me of the old 106 & park and rap city days
Jerome yeah huh! :)
Jerome I was thinking the same thing
Right bro? Feel sad for the new generation 😕
And Rap City!!
These were the days🎯🎯🎯
R.i.p Batim and J Dilla, thank u for creating this classic and introducing me to Dwele thank u slim village for your classics 😎🔊 🔊😎
Titus Glover aka *Baatin*
🕊R.I.P.🕊
Dang..... Rest peacefully Batim... We miss you! Stellar song will never be forgotten
Baatin
Who came back for this classic again in 2025🏆
2000-2004 were my high school years and 2002 was the funnest. This song was one of many that was the soundtrack to my life those years. It’s unfortunate that this video only came on Rap City.
i felt this on a spiritual level 😌 2002 I was in 7th grade, 2002 hands down funnest years of my life until 2003-2004, 8th grade was even more LIT & FUN AF! the fun just amplified. I somehow always sat next to The funniest kids EVER! Id go to classes i hated in a good mood just because I knew they'd be there so i kno ima laugh my ass off all day Lol. This song, This group brings back amazing, hilarious memories. I'd do anything to go back to middle school for 1min....good times
@@JordanWilliams-ix2td was in 7th 02 when this came out too this one of those songs of that era
2003-2007 for me. Giving me Rap city vibes.
Yup, graduated in 2004 from high school.
Happy 20th anniversary fam. You've come a long way.
This was my jam back in college! This group was soooo underrated.
Unfortunately, it still is
they are not rated
can't believe this came out in 02..still here tho
18 years goes by fast dont it 💨
Crazy
ONLY DETROIT COULD'VE NOT ONLY DROPPED A CLASSIC, BUT THOSE WHO ARE FROM HERE CAN REALLY APPRECIATE THIS SONG
Long way from Louie Ray n Icewearvizzo
Detroit has dropped many classic. I’m a native New Yorker, love to Detroit.
This was the track that introduced me to Dwele. The rest was history...
Same!!!
Kanye West introduced me to Dwele. I went back and listened to all his shii. He criminally slept on.😴🤦🏾♂️
Rip 💖
Still slaps in 2022!! 👆🏾🤝🔥🔥
That wasn't a slap, more like a one-shot molly-whop.
2023 now
Old tunes can’t be denied. Timeless!
Let’s face it. This will forever be a classic. If not for just the ever present underground consensus but for all who know GREAT HipHop when they hear it. ✊🏿🖤✌🏿
Melanin Monday - Shoutout to Cga and the beautiful Sistahs 🙋🏾♀️🙋🏾🙋🏿🙋🏿♀️👌🏽👌🏽👌🏽😩😩😩
Early 90s & 2000s undefeated when it comes to real timeless music 💙
When MTV, VH1Soul and BET played music videos. Dedicated to the 90’s and early 2000’s before this reality show craze. Congrats gents on this classic.
I remember the day Free and AJ played this video 2x back to back! The audience went crazy for it!!!
Takes me back to 8th grade, talking to my crush on the house phone, while blasting this lol..... 00's til I die.🔥🎶🎶
Dark skin dude bars actually not dated in 2024 his style timeless af
Slum village left a mark on our time living in this planet.
Slum Village in 2002 is still 🔥in 2024!!! After all this Diddy shyt, Baatin’s verse sits😮in a whole new way. Baatin and J’Dilla, I know y’all are keeping🙏🏽Heaven bumpin’😍.
This is better than most of the music played on the radio nowadays.
Who else is Virtual crate digging 🤔 during 2020 Covid lockdown and came across this jewel.
Big Ups to Slum Villiage, Dwele, R.I.Paradise J. Dilla🙏
Well I'm virtual crate digging in 2022 t
RIP to Baatin as well 🙏🏾
@@kenyatta4rmdabeach745 Stay Trill Playa. Crate Diggin Til Infinity. For Dat Real Pure authentic Sound. Word-Up 💯
@@DrematikRZN 💯
Just did some digging at a vinyl swap meet and came up on a copy of this song for 3$
Justin Bua artistic direction, Dilla beat, dwele harmony literally the epitome of Hiphop culture.
'Kareem Riggins beat
DWELE MADE THIS GREAT JAM EVEN GREATER 👍😍❣️
..." I know true love is hard to find
Just let it find you for real
If you found love to keep it real
Keep love from being tainted, being tainted
And you'll be alright...."
I was gonna post this as a facebook status
😍😌💯
This song popped up in my head a week ago.. I was typing in real love.. de la soul.. I clicked on everything until I gave up.. so at 3:45 am while I’m stressed out it gets recommended mannn
When I Was Young In My Teenage Years I Never Understood This Song, But Now Since I'm On A Higher Vibration....This Song Is One Of The Realest Ever And It's Still Relevant Till This Day....No Doubt About It!!!!
Me too
I didn’t understand it so much, that after a while I thought I might of made the song up 😭😭. I finally heard it on the radio the other day and got happy because I thought about this song all the time but never knew what they was saying.
this cut was a banger and great depiction of the music business and life in general,this cut still goes hard,slum village came with a strong message joint
This song makes me miss BETs 106 & park. The early to mid 2000s were so innocent, no smart phones and social media. Good times!
It wasn't that innocent you just have a short memory. You talking like it was the 1970s. We have social media and rap was declining. Not fully but it started to go down.
@@aaronflowers8881yep there were a few artists here and there that got big putting out truly great art likes this at the time, but theres a reason this song has the message that it does
Not the basement 😂😂
The early 2000's
The last of good music
2024 this bop is still in my rotation and I still bob hard!!
I wish we could go back....I miss 106&park!!!
The flow was so tight on this jam.
Rap city bought me here miss these days of music
Banging this at the end of 2019. And will Bang this at the start of 2020.
Jammin this now!!!!!
2021 on yo ass! lol
2022... Dwele G nem!!!! Dilla dem!! The whole Slum Village doooooooogh...✊🏿🤴🏿🎶🙏🏿🎼💗💖🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
RIP Baatin
😎🎵🤣 classic throwback 🎶 2024❗💯🔥👍
"People a smile at you when they really wanna frown
Well a that's just the way tainted folk get down" 💯
When a situation is tainted Love is always free 💯
@@biggiefan4life426 Facts
@@biggiefan4life426 straight up
🎶 but it's okay cause you're a star for today 🎶
"If you find love then keep it, keep love from being tainted"! 🖤
I miss this era. RIP Dilla, Baatin i still jam these albums of Slum and may you both rest in peace
Love seeing my people from Detroit make it! #whatupdoe ❤
Loved this song in 04!!! wow 10 yrs already!!!
02
NellyBelle Me and u really got the same taste I see u everywhere lol
"Today" is, 30Sep24.🤨
@@CreativeLaelAsif Great taste makes a great sauce!! lol
I love this song, I burned this on so many CD’s back in the day
2024 CLASSIC ......STILL SMOKING VIBIN ...
One of my favorite songs EVER!!!
I alwayed love rhis video growin up
I had just started middle school when this song came out 01/02, jams like these made the tough days at school not so tough at all, music will forever give me life, early ass 2000s, I wanna go back to this era listening to slum village, flowetry, field mob, jazze phae, nappy roots, the clipse, Sean Paul, etc just everybody from that time. I miss it soooo much, oh AND we ain't have social media yet, we could work with aim just fine lol❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥💗💓💕💞💖❤️🔥
Detroit Love Not Tainted to me. Ahead of their Time. ❤
Love this song! Just makes you feel good! Good video too! Hard to believe this is 20yrs old already 😳 time is flyin!
DAYYYUM!!! I'm 47 and I've never heard of this group . This song is so dope💯💓
This vid doesn't know how much this song brings
back a awesome nostalgic and euphoric memories!
Also back when integrity was okay to have smh.
Timeless Classic ☝️🎤🔥💣👊🔝
Song still SLAPS! 🎶🎶🎶
Who listening in 2018 #Classic
RealRude Wop I'm here
2019 still shining on that hook
such a lovely bubbly feeling it still leaves me
Baatin's verse🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Still here and Lord Willing will be back in a couple of years.. timeless
2020 & i still growing on SV like i use to....Totally one of the Strongest Quality Bangers that I know....
That harmony @ the end kills maaaaaaan!!!!!!. Real LOVE 'Neo'HIPHOP
My bad ElZhi killed it
this track resonates with me deeply...so deep I can feel the echo..
Who still listening to Slum Village 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥2024???🚬🚬🚬🚬🚬🚬🚬🚬🚬🚬👌🏾👌🏾👌🏾👌🏾👌🏾👌🏾👌🏾👌🏾👌🏾👌🏾👌🏾
I miss this time period. Real music
Free Agent Lifestyle.
Melanin Mondays.
This son't will never get old
Ras from Coast contra brought me back! Here...
because anything else
" don't sound! Too good ,sound tainted
to me!"
I WAS @ NC STATE IN RALEIGH, NC 1999-2001 WHEN THIS DROPPED. MY BOY WAS LIKE LISTEN TO THIS. I WAS LIKE WHO IS THAT! THAT ISH IS DOPE! DA FUNK AND THE LYRICAL VIBE-OUT OF THIS WORLD-HE WAS LIKE THEY FROM YO HOMETOWN! THEY CALLED "SLUM VILLAGE!"
Apart of my playlist…..Yes indeed!😇🙏❤️👍🤗
Late nights watching MTVBase Uk 2002 this was on constant cycle. Beautiful. The elderly gentleman and girl are just perfectly vibing, love them!
Haven't heard this in a long time. Music was great back then.❤❤❤
Bring back Neo soul
Who doesn't love such a masterpiece amazing mesmerizing of a cool song like this?😁
Still bumping in 2019
khalil allen me too! :)
Real love is free *2019*
Yup
DAMN, I remember this joint on BET everyday when it dropped
Detroit represent!
This song will always have a special place in my heart. 2014 my manz June and I rode around in his beautiful all white Path listening to this song. Unfortunately that was our last time. He passed away not long. So everytime I hear this joint I think of my boy. R.I.P
This song wil forever be ENGRAVED IN THE MUSICAL HEAVEN'S
MEEEE TOOOO😊
Always has been and always will be dope ASF!!💯💯👍👌
1 to Motocity's finest, 1 T3, Vatim and em. Dilla the greatest. Been a devoted fans since my youth is RSA
This introduced me to Dwele!
One my favorite songs. Detroit signified iconic soulful sound! One my favorite cities
I wish music would go back to this style. This type of music was accepted on mainstream at that time. Soul music is put on the backburner nowadays.
Still hits in 2023🔥🔥🔥
Still hittin in 24
L8 1990's Neo-Soul really took HIPHOP to the Next level ,These guys,Jahiem,Next, Jagged Edge Eric Benet,Fatih Evans,Amongt many others BRILL!@@!!!@@@@@
Still jammin' 💃🏽
I can't believe that baatin is gone like I found out listening to this jaguar wright mess on yt and she was talking about his wife and kids I'm like hold up I remember listening to them in high-school and during the neosoul movement I can't believe that happened 😔 rip 💔 baatin frm slum village
I use to love Slum Village
DETROIT!!!!!
👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
When hip hop was hip hop
S/o DWELE 🗣️🎹💐
"love is always free" just faxxxxxxxx🤗💞❤️
I missssss this kinda jam
2020 pandemic and still here..
106 and park.. the bassment..hits from the streets.. cita's world. Mannnn❤❤❤
This still in rotation on my iPhone Carplay in my truck...back in the day when rap had real lyrics and music!