Goosebumps. Im 53 and proud of hip hop as i saw its birth and all its stages of growth. As soon as hip hop started teaching and elevating the youth, they squashed this type of rap from the mainstream and you see what it was replaced with.
Coming from down south I think it was better when NYC was #1. Look what they were trying to give us : knowledge of self. West coast brought us the Crip & blood culture. Down south (outside of dungeon family) is just a fkn party everyday smfh. 5% rap all day👍
It never crossed my mind that the Golden Era of Hip Hop would be supplanted and come to an end. What a time it was; Brand Nubian, X-Clan, Poor Righteous Teachers, Movement Ex, The Jungle Brothers, Queen Latifah, Public Enemy, Lakim Shabazz, Rakim, Sista Soulja, Intelligent Hoodlum, Tribe Called Quest, Gang Starr, KRS 1, King Sun, etc.
Beautifully Done.. Sample is immaculate. Puba is in rare form here and altho the rest of the group doesn't even spit on this his jewels shine so powerful that they are not even missed and looks like he's not just taking his audience to school he's doing the same with his own crew who listens very intently.. Instant Classic. Salute and Peace To The Gods..
Drugs in our community (that ain’t right) lying who is god (that ain’t right) Brand Nubian been dropping jewels since I was a kid 2018!!!!!! Still rockin this shit heavy!!!!!!
@@moneybuilden thanks to the powers that be that had a secret meeting in Los Angeles to make sure that they stop signing conscious artist to record deals. They were told to sign only the artist that promote genocide to our people.
You can't, this is real Hip Hop culture featuring Rap music. Today's generation knows little to nothing about this music or the messages associated with it.
I3 year old white teen who was obsessed with hip hop when I first heard this in late 90. My boy had the CD and dubbed it for me. Brand Nubian became my favorite group and this song was my fav. All for One is one of the greatest albums ever. I The melody, sample, and lyrics are incredible. I never knew until a few years later that MTV banned the video because of the white devil face. A few years ago my cousin and I were talking about old school hip hop and he said “ Man, Wake Up was your favorite song back in the day”.
I remember being in high school seeing a bunch of white boys in a cypher at a party playing this right outside DC, back in 91. Hip Hop lives in mysterious ways
I be seeing you comment on all the dope old school joints. A beautiful woman that has good taste in music to. The perfect woman does exist. Nuff respect Sista. 👊🏾❤️
Peace Just watched the Unsung. These brothers spoke so much knowledge wisdom and understanding that back then when I first heard them I didn't understand but over time I began seek the truth which allowed me to see all things true and false and have an understanding of what is good, pure and wicked.
THIS WAS AND ALWAYS WILL BE THE JOINT!! GRAND PUBA BLESSED THIS TRACK.. HE'S DROPPING KNOWLEDGE. AND THE USE OF THE RAY,GOODMAN AND BROWN SAMPLE/LOOP ,"ANOTHER DAY" IS GENIUS!!!!
Sang this word for word as a lil dude ...got knowledge of self as a teen and realized these dudes was teachin the seeds...ME! Influential shit yall...peace
'IT'S TIME TO MOTIVATE .. BUILD AND ELEVATE .. BLIND .. DEAF .. AND DUMB .. WE GOTTA CHANGE THEIR MINDSTATE' .. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 .. #REALHIPHOP #HIPHOPLEGENDSONLY
These are my homeboys 🥰👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾and we're honoring them in our home town in New Rochelle, NNNEEEWWW YYYOOORRRKKK 🥰 Saturday 9/16/23 in Lincoln park 3pm to 8pm the mayor is supposed to give them the key to the city👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 Brand Nubian is supposed to perform along with their children,C L Smooth,Mr Cheeks and special guests 🥰❤️🖤💚✊🏾❤️🖤💚Mary J Blige may be there her Mom lives in town,Dougie Fresh is next door in money earning Mt Vernon and the Ruff Ryder family may come through if DMX was here physically he would come because he came to New Rochelle whenever he wanted to because we love him and he loves us😘bless his soul ❤️🖤💚🙏🏽❤️🖤💚
People not of the culture control the mediums. They're in control of your image, what sound is popular, and even who gets popular. We must first reclaim SELF, before we can heal the communities and music.
Gents they sure enough warned us...I'm from Miami I knew nothing about Supreme Mathematics until I met my Spoon from Newark in the military....he taught me a lot.
Believe t or not, When Dre, you and I was hanging out at that spot? That was my very first time just sitting at 125th and Adam Clayton Blvd. since that video was shot 8 years earlier. I felt at home in Harlem.
Goosebumps. Im 53 and proud of hip hop as i saw its birth and all its stages of growth. As soon as hip hop started teaching and elevating the youth, they squashed this type of rap from the mainstream and you see what it was replaced with.
Yup. It's like Grand Puba said, the devil is a conniver and good at the game of tricknology.
Facts
Rappers don't educate or teach anymore. LONG LIVE BRAND NUBIAN!!!!
Listen to Raz Fresco & you'll see you were wrong lol. Peace.
@@JesuIsTheOnlyWayToSalvation You misunderstood or maybe I just didn't clarify. I meant rappers today in 2022.
KRS ONE
That is by design.
Food for thoughts. Puba was the whole package.the flyest drips, flow, cadence, lyrics. So underated.
Unquestionably
@georgethompson8196 Facts he doesn't get the credit he deserves but he went crazy on this shit .
Yea Grand Puba is super dope.
I certainly miss these kinds of records
Me 2
Nostalgic
Absolutely Queen ❤️
I'm still here 2021 because good , real hip-hop is good. I'm not going to stop because it still talks to me
SOUL FOOD MUSIC
This is real hip-hop
Old school hip hop still and will always be undefeated
Damn this is still fire! I miss when Knowledge of Self was taught in Hip Hop. Peace to the god Lord Jamar!
Still love this
Nothing Eminem did can f*ck with this
Blaze Simpson
Facts!
@@blazesimpson8830 only these new kids so hard on with eminem
Word queen that's real
19 years old black then when this dropped. 51 and words so true. Still breathing. Peace love and blessings
So am I
Peace7
Peace God.
@@Empty7able peace
Same here.
You blessed so many Brand Nubian! Couldn't have survived HS without you.🙏🏽
Identity is everything!❤💛💚
NEW YORK HIP HOP YOU CANNOT FUCK WITH IT!!! WE ARE THE BEST!!!
New York don't run hip hop anymore
Coming from down south I think it was better when NYC was #1. Look what they were trying to give us : knowledge of self. West coast brought us the Crip & blood culture. Down south (outside of dungeon family) is just a fkn party everyday smfh.
5% rap all day👍
I was 15 when this dropped back in 1990 48 now this is one of the best hiphop songs of all times i still listen to this album dope what a time
Same here
Sams here … I still get chills when I hear this and the POWER OF THE WORDS MAN
It never crossed my mind that the Golden Era of Hip Hop would be supplanted and come to an end. What a time it was; Brand Nubian, X-Clan, Poor Righteous Teachers, Movement Ex, The Jungle Brothers, Queen Latifah, Public Enemy, Lakim Shabazz, Rakim, Sista Soulja, Intelligent Hoodlum, Tribe Called Quest, Gang Starr, KRS 1, King Sun, etc.
Beautifully Done.. Sample is immaculate. Puba is in rare form here and altho the rest of the group doesn't even spit on this his jewels shine so powerful that they are not even missed and looks like he's not just taking his audience to school he's doing the same with his own crew who listens very intently.. Instant Classic. Salute and Peace To The Gods..
This was the real "gangsta rap" they feared.
OH, did you hit a grand slam, tape measure homerun with that comment !!!
No...
🎯💫🙏🏼
He's talking about u "whitey" how many white people "bobbed their heads to this in the 90's" 😆
So true knowledge of self and black unity they still scared off
As a child of the 70s, this is my national anthem.!!!!!
🫡
Drugs in our community (that ain’t right) lying who is god (that ain’t right) Brand Nubian been dropping jewels since I was a kid 2018!!!!!! Still rockin this shit heavy!!!!!!
Supreme Mathematics being dropped on that joint.
Indeed... Peace to the gods 🌙⭐
Most of the 120 lessons were dropped in this joint ...dopest song ever!!! That’s why gangsta rap was created to kill this vibe
@@moneybuilden thanks to the powers that be that had a secret meeting in Los Angeles to make sure that they stop signing conscious artist to record deals. They were told to sign only the artist that promote genocide to our people.
ra7 Sun yeah I heard about that and they invested stock into it after that
Factual
How can you put this side by side with any kind of rap of today. Wow. ❤
Ha,ha,ha folks be playing and listening to a lot of wack and dehumanizing commercial trash
You can't, this is real Hip Hop culture featuring Rap music. Today's generation knows little to nothing about this music or the messages associated with it.
Pure Hip-Hop When Consciousness Was A Priority In Hip-Hop!
heath smh facts and people to brainwashed now
I3 year old white teen who was obsessed with hip hop when I first heard this in late 90. My boy had the CD and dubbed it for me. Brand Nubian became my favorite group and this song was my fav. All for One is one of the greatest albums ever. I The melody, sample, and lyrics are incredible. I never knew until a few years later that MTV banned the video because of the white devil face. A few years ago my cousin and I were talking about old school hip hop and he said “ Man, Wake Up was your favorite song back in the day”.
P.lease
E.ducate
A.llah
C.hildren with
E.quality
30 years and counting.....still fiyah 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
W126th & Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd.
......STILL STANDING STRONG!!!!! 👊🏽
NY Yo, it's where it all started
I remember being in high school seeing a bunch of white boys in a cypher at a party playing this right outside DC, back in 91. Hip Hop lives in mysterious ways
Foreal?
Damn!!!!!
I was probably one of those white boys! I remember having this single before the classic All For One dropped.
GUESS they didn't know they were the devils mentioned in the record! L0L
That's why Eminem was smart. He knew he couldn't come like this or he would be laughed off stage. Some things are just reserved for us.
Classic hip-hop 2024????🔥🚬🔥🚬🔥🚬🔥🚬🔥🔥🚬🔥🚬
Few days away from heading into 2023, still jamming this timeless hit! 🔥🔥🔥🔺️🔘🔻
This is one of the songs that sparked me to want to know more I grew up in a good area of Hip Hop
When we were proud to be black. Hip-Hop, Black Colleges, and Spike Lee Joints....
Sea Pea Real Spill,it was all about unity uplifting being strong organizing fashion art and Black love..
So it's no longer that way because the two of you say so? Wtf?
@@josephpeters49 smh hip hop would nv be like this again not with these new kids mind
Still proud ✊🏿💚🖤❤
#Asiatic African Medallion Times
This song made me drop a tear.
We shall rise again
✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾
💯
A blast from the past, Brand Nubian are special. You killed it Grand Puba 👊🏽💯
“Manifesting thought with my infinite styles”.
Rhyming with Puba is on my bucket list!...still in my top 5 MC's of all time!!!
How could we not put Grand Puba Maxwell in the top 5👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽🇯🇲
Puba All Time GREAT.....I have him @8 in My Top 10
When Hip Hop had Balance!
Smh we lost
so underrated
O'neil King this was number 1 on the rap charts for several months far from underrated
Thank You Brand Nubian for being a beacon in the darkness all those years ago!
Back when it was pure, sincere and soulful. I hope ya'll know what y'all did on this song, fellas.
I be seeing you comment on all the dope old school joints. A beautiful woman that has good taste in music to. The perfect woman does exist. Nuff respect Sista. 👊🏾❤️
This is a classic! Definitely shows Grand Puba as one of the dopest emcees in hip hop.
Speak on it!!
@@georgethompson8196 ☺️
@@celesteharvey978*WE'RE ISRAELITES !* Knowledge, wisdom, understanding queen
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@@spartan199 💯
One of my favorite songs POSITIVE SONG, VERY UPLIFTING , REAL KNOWLEDGE ✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽
"I guess im like the Verbalizer for the fact im movin blackward..." - word to X CLAN
"To the East my brotha to the East" R.I.P. Professor X The Overseer
Vainglorious ❤♠💚
this asiatic Blackman is a dog spelled backward
@@kareemsupremet.v.5189 vanglorious
This is what “they” feared! Had to figure out a way to dumb it down! Talk bitches, cars, money! Illusions of a great life!
Peace Just watched the Unsung. These brothers spoke so much knowledge wisdom and understanding that back then when I first heard them I didn't understand but over time I began seek the truth which allowed me to see all things true and false and have an understanding of what is good, pure and wicked.
I'm watching it right now as we speak
And my 22 year old son wonder why I don't take most of the rappers from his generation, seriously.
I play him this.
Now he innerstands.
Y equals Self
me being 22. Wow. 👁.
The message of Brand Nubian still needs to be heard .
Karon Who ??? Facts
@@motherofanactress Word is bond.
Gotta peep Lord Jamar's Godcast. You'll get a good dose of messages there.
THIS WAS AND ALWAYS WILL BE THE JOINT!! GRAND PUBA BLESSED THIS TRACK.. HE'S DROPPING KNOWLEDGE. AND THE USE OF THE RAY,GOODMAN AND BROWN SAMPLE/LOOP ,"ANOTHER DAY" IS GENIUS!!!!
New York hip hop is the greatest most purest form of the craft ...
🫡✌🏽👁️✌🏽
This song is so mfn dope. I really didn’t understand at the time how much education. I was getting from my music.
They can come back and spit the same album, right now!!
THIS WAS GRAND,JUST LIKE PUBA,LOVE THIS BROTHER FOR THIS MSG,ITS BIGGER THAN RAP
I'm not a 5%er but still LOVE this!
Its for the black man and any other person of the world who's mind is geared towards peace and civilization.
Speak on it God.
This song is a lesson !
Sang this word for word as a lil dude ...got knowledge of self as a teen and realized these dudes was teachin the seeds...ME! Influential shit yall...peace
Peace 7
@@bacoleone5756 Peace almighty
Classic hip hop
Before bloods and crips flooded the streets of NY.
"I wrote this on the day of Wisdom Power"! (25!) "All being Born to myself " (God) (7)! 2+5=7!
Shout out to Brand Nubian.
Peace to the Gods and Earths!
'IT'S TIME TO MOTIVATE .. BUILD AND ELEVATE .. BLIND .. DEAF .. AND DUMB .. WE GOTTA CHANGE THEIR MINDSTATE' .. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 .. #REALHIPHOP #HIPHOPLEGENDSONLY
I soooooooooo miss this era!
Miss this kind of lyrical content and samples. Conscious music needs a rebirth.✊🏽🖤
Devil run wrap now
This is just priceless 💯💯💯💙💙💜💜💛
Conscious Rap at it's finest
my pop put me on to this as a young bul ....i finally understand everything theyre talkin about it applies to today
This whole album was 🔥🔥🔥🔥 I had the cassette & played it until it popped!
Best era ever
This joint and EASY STAR by PRT pure knowledge!
Respect
These are my homeboys 🥰👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾and we're honoring them in our home town in New Rochelle, NNNEEEWWW YYYOOORRRKKK 🥰 Saturday 9/16/23 in Lincoln park 3pm to 8pm the mayor is supposed to give them the key to the city👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 Brand Nubian is supposed to perform along with their children,C L Smooth,Mr Cheeks and special guests 🥰❤️🖤💚✊🏾❤️🖤💚Mary J Blige may be there her Mom lives in town,Dougie Fresh is next door in money earning Mt Vernon and the Ruff Ryder family may come through if DMX was here physically he would come because he came to New Rochelle whenever he wanted to because we love him and he loves us😘bless his soul ❤️🖤💚🙏🏽❤️🖤💚
I shed a tear everytime I listen to this song and think about the current state of hip hop...we gotta get the Gods back into the culture...
We too lost black people dont like knowledge anymore they too dumb down
People not of the culture control the mediums. They're in control of your image, what sound is popular, and even who gets popular. We must first reclaim SELF, before we can heal the communities and music.
Peace to the gods and earth's of the universe. Maintain
Long live the five percent nation of gods and earths
Still bumping this in 2018!!
Arguably the greatest hip hop song ever
remember when this first came out. the whole album is ill. golden age of hip hop
Peace to the true and living God, the Asiatic Black Man.
Man I adore this song!
WE NEED THIS GOD-POSITIVE ENERGY IN 2022 AND BEYOND.....
Peace Love N Happiness to the true n living God's
PEACE FOREVER TO THE GODS , THE EARTHZ AND SEEDZ
my favorite top ten rap song since 1991 thomas h. henderson middleshool days
DAMN i was just transported back to my High School days of at Lincoln Heights Califas class of 93
The way rap was & should be!
Peace to the God's and Earth's
This is the Hip Hop that gave alot Knowledge and insight on things we didn't learn in school. During my era!
they warned us way back them and chuck d
And KRS one
guapo flaco NO DOUBT / FEAR OF A BLACK PLANET 🌎 covic 19
Gents they sure enough warned us...I'm from Miami I knew nothing about Supreme Mathematics until I met my Spoon from Newark in the military....he taught me a lot.
and X Clan
@@171TITO and Poor Righteous Teachers, Rakim, Paris and Cube.
The track is HEAVY!!!
Peace.
Rap at it’s finest!!!
Speak on it god
Sadat X looks like "I didn't sign up for this dancing sh*t"
Lord Jamar is like "Show more passion, fooh'l"
LOL word I was thinking the same thing
@@Kenny-Alpha lol facts man,what year was this
@@NorthPhilly-zr7xc 1990. A third of the hip hop coming out had this flavor until about 93.
Right! Thats what I was thinking
I was a child probably ten when this came out, but im grateful this is what I was exposed to coming up.
I’m 27 my dad put me on old school hip hop in particular this song I been hooked ever since
Still relevant ALWAYS RELEVANT!!!
Facts
Excuse my last comment.
I really appreciate this album.
I was a younger man.
Manifesting thoughts with my infinite style...
all about how Lord Jamar says "speak on it gawd" at 0:45 (with chin stroke), Derek/Sadat X's nervous/awkwardness at 0:57, and the dancing at 1:03
+Joe Baker Sadat was high as fuck that's what's up
Joe Baker STFU bruh
You could tell he really didn't wanna be there. He wasn't as into the 5% stuff as the other two.
+SHAO thats BS
It's Speak on it God not gawd. Get it right.
'IT'S TIME 2 MOTIVATE .. BUILD & ELEVATE .. DUMB .. DEAF AND BLIND .. WE GOTTA CHANGE THEIR MINDSTATE' ..🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 .. #REALHIPHOP #HIPHOPLEGENDSONLY
Damm, 2 endangered species: Real hip hop and what used to be called Mecca, Harlem NYC!
Facts
Manhattan is still Mecca. Ain't nothing changed.
Believe t or not, When Dre, you and I was hanging out at that spot? That was my very first time just sitting at 125th and Adam Clayton Blvd. since that video was shot 8 years earlier. I felt at home in Harlem.
@@selectexpress9315 They been tryin to change Harlem yo
Yo know Brooklyn took that crown a long time ago
We used to Bump this in Sav.Ga back in the day! this song still bangs in any era.
TIMELESS ❤
Hip Hop artists of yore were for the most part, excellent story tellers. An art that has seemingly gotten lost these days.
Real hip hop...I miss these days!!!! Beautiful time!!!!!!!
PEACE TO THE GODS
CHICOIZPAIN peace
Peace 7