And got many many fan or listener who love or appreciate real sound of real musicians MC's, DJ like DJ Premier... I am a "metalhead" (Hardcore HxC especially... who is coming / rising from the street too...) but I'm a big big fan of all this era of real hiphop like mobb deep, rakim, gangstarr, a tribe called quest, NAS, wu tang clan, run dmc, public enemy, comon, and many many more... and btw i love the band like Run The Jewels, action bronson or Ill Bill / Necro, Jedi Mind Tricks and all this great stuff ... this guys really change and open my Mind about all the world and people around me... I love the 70/80/90 funk vibes too... all this man and woman in advance of their time... now with Internet we all have the chance to discover many many song, band, all the time, no matter where or what we come from, who we are / with absolutly no distinction of skin colors, religions, social class, To have money fame or not on this world... the one thing that can bring us all together without judgement or hatred is music... and To go at some show... worldwide music unites and strenghtens some relationships , help a lot of lost kids I was without money and landmark in the 90's . Cheers and shotout To all of you, who continue to keep alive the most richest heritage that the earth homes... in my french opinion... sure. .. =)
Quiet as it Kept, Chubb Rock broke down the demise in the black community in 16 bars.. So amazing. Nice history lesson. On another note, his delivery is superb. Gotta respect the Boom-Bap MCs, they sure knew how to deliver a rhyme. My goodness.
Mr Hill I totally agree....he had the best line much respect to O.C and The Damaja....add Wise Intelligent, Last Emperor and Black Thought to those list of underrated M.C.'s!!
I'm 48 now but 95 was prolly my best year on this planet...music was so dope then...none of that ish that passes for music now. Had to have skills back then not just a soundcloud and too much codeine. Miss those days but DAMN GLAD I was there to enjoy them.
OC is one of the last to do the simple sample and drum loop for an entire track then just drop some of the hardest verses known to man. Word...life is a goddamn masterpiece.
Jason Askins right here with y’all, I was 16 too, I agree it brings tears to my eyes. I listened to this in my Walkman every morning walking to high school all 11th grade year. I listened to it so much and so loud that the kids in my first period class would continue the lyrics after I turned it off and removed my headphones when I reached my desk 😂.
@musiclover-cn7tb OC is the most slept on MC of all time. The guy can't miss and people don't really know him. Word life is a solid gold classic if that's what you were listening to!
Jeru had that bouncy flow, which if you listen closely sounds similar to Jay Z. I got a theory that Jay got influenced by this nigga but that's for another day lol
@@caspiankanai9721 Jeru and OC made 2 of my favorite albums of all-time in 'Wrath of the math', and 'JEWELZ'. Some of Primo's hottest beats are on those albums and they aren't talked about enough amongst all the great albums of that time.
@@goldenstate2192 You can throw in Grand Puba's Reel to Reel album as well as Brand Nubian's One for All album. Puba is so underappreciated. Special Ed's Youngest in Charge album, as well as Az's Doe or Die album.
As much as I love Jeru's verse, and most of his work, General Manuel Noriega, to whom he refers when mentioning govt. issued weapons, died in 2017. The rest of the verse is dope. This I noticed when the track came out, but basically had no one to comment it to, that would actually care back then.
This is when Hip-Hop lived breathed and exhaled Dopeness,Lyrics,Lyricism,and Lyricists that left a mark on the genre that still resonates with those of us in our 50’s..” Period. This will always be the Hip-Hop that will ride with me until I go in the ground..Word is born..
Back in the early 90’s, at the peak of golden era hip hop it felt like gems like this track dropped every week because everything was so damn good. The best period in my life by far.
This lyrics, beat production and video reminds me how much I was blessed to live through the Nineties Golden Era of Hip Hop, Jeru’s verse hits hard till this day.....
Julio B Kay-Nin I agree it brings tears to my eyes. I listened to this in my Walkman every morning walking to high school all 11th grade year. I listened to it so much and so loud that the kids in my first period class would continue the lyrics after I turned it off and removed my headphones when I reached my desk 😂.
I agree with all 3 of your assessments 🔥🔥🔥 Jeru’s verse gives me goosebumps & chills the way his wicked lyrics penetrate that DJ Premier Masterpiece 🙏🙏🙏🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇
@@circa1993 it's not only gentrification.... instead of Blacks and Puerto Ricans that brought the flavor in the 70s -early 90s, there are a lot of brand new foreigners there now, that Sucked out this soul of NY. They weren't there in large numbers before, so it's not just gentrification
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I m born In 2003 and when I heard this song for the first times I was alone with my joint tears came over and have bring a all new mentality this song is blessed and I would never be me with out those MC s even decades later much love and respect
It kind of was, seeing as how there were three different iterations of it, a super group brought together for one track, then a few years later, same thing but with different rappers
Dog !!!!!!!! WTF 😮 THIS one verse by Jeru tha Damaja put him in my top 10 of ALLTIME…. I really can fathom why hiphop fans & hiphop podcast joints don’t mention this verse when they are talking about dope verses in hiphop , when they mention Nas verse from Main Sources Live at the BBQ they should mention Jeru’s verse from Crooklyn 🔥🔥🔥🔥🙏🙏🙏🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
@Raas Putin what does 9/11 have to do with hip hop and this video my comment made more sense everybody talking about hip hop and how they miss New York hop hop
So do I! Especially the ones that taught you the lessons that you needed to survive. They don't do it like that anymore. It's all gone straight to trash. They took the futuristic mindstate of things and ruined it. Horribly! Nothing makes sense! It's all useless and worthless garbage.
When the beat is equally as hard as the verses…. Damn There can never be one GOAT song in hip hop… but this is definitely among the realm of the greatest.
This song hits different when you grew up in and lived in Brooklyn and came of age in this time. This IS Brooklyn right here. The new Gentrified bs can never take this era away from us.
This brings tears to my eyes. I listened to this in my Walkman every morning walking to high school all 11th grade year. I listened to it so much and so loud that the kids in my first period class would continue the lyrics after I turned it off and removed my headphones when I reached my desk 😂.
My 1st job was in a car audio shop. I remember testing out some Nakamichi super tweeters in a competition sound system with this bell ringing into your soul it almost made my ears bleed!🤣🤣
Read my comment homie, I'm with you. Brings tears to my eye, didn't know why? You explained it, nostalgia, growing up in the slums, hoping for better. ..
Chubb Rock deserves his flowers, he been in the game dropping gems for a long long time! You probably won't see this but if you do,you're one of my all the time favorite MC's ever!
Ah, the sounds of my youth. Just a little midwest kid obsessed with East-Coast boom bap. This was on my playlist for a long ass time. Also, I gotta say that even with such a massive library of incredible beats, this is def one of Primo's finest. His addition of those finger cymbals just makes it perfect.
Jack M 🎯🎯🎯🎯 I agree it brings tears to my eyes. I listened to this in my Walkman every morning walking to Cleveland Heights (Midwest) high school all 11th grade year. I listened to it so much and so loud that the kids in my first period class would continue the lyrics after I turned it off and removed my headphones when I reached my desk 😂.
I Was Born And Raised In The South Bronx New York City 🏙️. I Was Born In 1978. I Grew Up On This Gangsta Rap Music In The 1980s And 1990s. I Lived In All 5 Boroughs In New York City Growing Up. Iam A Huge Crooklyn Dodgers Fan Forever. The 1980s And 1990s Was The Good Old Days In New York City.
the love that i have for Crooklyn Dodgers is unmatched ... Return of the crooklyn dodgers is just the staple of what real hip-hop is Clockers is one of my fav Spike Lee joints by the way
This has got to be one of the most mesmerizing beats in hip hop history. That trumpet, the piano and that chime going off three times........ repeatedly. This joint will never get old!!!! Period.
Totally makes me realize how a powerful message- delivered with precise timing, emotion, and magic- can truly deliver an eternal message. This song will not go away cause it's universal. The message still stands today just few actually spread positive messages that alert people.
@@johnwilliams221 Yeah you hit it in the dot. Seems like most people nowadays just rap about poisonous stuff like degrading women, selling drugs, being "tough," or even past crimes. This one had a message trying to get people to wake up and do something.
@@modalsoul6511 idk what happened smh now they in the south wave with shit smh miss this feel good era a d how New York was shown dedicated it mad you whi wasnt from New York go to new York even when I watch the old New York movies like home alone clockers new jack city juice strapped paid in full it give you that New York feeling smh the 90s rip
Hip hop back in the 90s was definitely the golden age of the genre.. the producers really had creative talent and the lyrics had some raw experience and heart put into them. Chubb Rock's and Jeru's verses are just crazy good, an almost any beat by Premo is iconic.
This was excellent, my very first time listening to this great rap song, here I'm 43 years old, shucks, I was sleeping under a rock in 95, missed out on a lot of great stuff back then.
This is the song and instrumental that made me freestyle and rap for the 1st time in my life. I remember so vividly. Preemos beat n the lyrics really did it. I knew I would wanna do this for the rest of my life. Big ups and respect to the Crooklyn Dodgers Preemo and Spike
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I swear the 90's was the best era for hip-hop period ... Real DJ's and MC's
Hip Hop was dope from 87-97. It was a lifestyle then.
And got many many fan or listener who love or appreciate real sound of real musicians MC's, DJ like DJ Premier... I am a "metalhead" (Hardcore HxC especially... who is coming / rising from the street too...) but I'm a big big fan of all this era of real hiphop like mobb deep, rakim, gangstarr, a tribe called quest, NAS, wu tang clan, run dmc, public enemy, comon, and many many more... and btw i love the band like Run The Jewels, action bronson or Ill Bill / Necro, Jedi Mind Tricks and all this great stuff ... this guys really change and open my Mind about all the world and people around me... I love the 70/80/90 funk vibes too... all this man and woman in advance of their time... now with Internet we all have the chance to discover many many song, band, all the time, no matter where or what we come from, who we are / with absolutly no distinction of skin colors, religions, social class, To have money fame or not on this world... the one thing that can bring us all together without judgement or hatred is music... and To go at some show... worldwide music unites and strenghtens some relationships , help a lot of lost kids I was without money and landmark in the 90's . Cheers and shotout To all of you, who continue to keep alive the most richest heritage that the earth homes... in my french opinion... sure. .. =)
That is a true Statement facts I miss the 90 hip hop music era it was part of my childhood growing up whiching rap city and video music box 💯💯💯👍👍👍👊👊👊
no doubt! Big up from Poland!
No doubt..... Golden era, never to be repeated
This is STILL one of the greatest rap songs I have ever heard.
Deffo 1 of
Facts to this day!
Facts forever
On level with BDP's Love's Gonna Getcha
Definitely up there .
Jeru The Damaja's verse still gives me goose bumps 25 yrs later.
My nigga you ain’t tell any folklores on that 🙏🙏🙏👍👍👍🔥🔥🔥🔥
I certainly agree homie
1st verse for me
That's no bs!! Ru is soooooo good. I listen to some of his albums every month or so
#WORDLIFE4REALZ!
Quiet as it Kept, Chubb Rock broke down the demise in the black community in 16 bars.. So amazing. Nice history lesson. On another note, his delivery is superb. Gotta respect the Boom-Bap MCs, they sure knew how to deliver a rhyme. My goodness.
What's boom bap?
@@geezgee1553 old school hip hop especially from east coast
Agreed
Agreed
@@geezgee1553 real flows talking real shit
Jeru verse has stuck with me almost 30 years later
… PERVERTED MONKS & MIKE TYSON!
HE BODIED THIS BIH ✊🏾💪🏿💪🏿
One of the greatest hip hop tracks of all time...
Facts!!
Yes, this and D&D All-Stars - 1,2 Pass It
@@pungisotu Forgot about that D&D track! 🔥🔥 Now I gotta go find it. Lol
💯
@@nightArbitrage Both original and DJ Premier remix. 🔥🔥
Chubb Rock never got the respect he deserved. Very underrated.
All 3 are underrated!
His verse here is epic. It's deep.
@@teakmastertim very true . But when people talk about rap in general I never ever hear anybody mention rock. I have no idea why.
@@henryhill6637 bcuz mf's b sleepin on shit. Real MC's r diamonds in the rough. I'm Hip-Hop till I die!
Mr Hill I totally agree....he had the best line much respect to O.C and The Damaja....add Wise Intelligent, Last Emperor and Black Thought to those list of underrated M.C.'s!!
I'm 43 and still blast this 95 shit through my car's system. Way too loud of course.
Ditto 👊🏽
OffTheHizzle ...100%we all do..you ain't alone..public enemy, x-clan still to this day..70s born 80s raised and 90s defined us.
I'm 48 now but 95 was prolly my best year on this planet...music was so dope then...none of that ish that passes for music now. Had to have skills back then not just a soundcloud and too much codeine. Miss those days but DAMN GLAD I was there to enjoy them.
@@AllhailtheUS great comment! 👌🏾
95 was a great time to be alive!! Young people really missed out! They can never comprehend why us "old heads" are so precious about 90's hip hop! ✊
Chubb Rock verse potentially an all time best in hip hop... knowledge, storytelling, flow, punchlines, delivery, wordplay go hard asf. Legendary
man breaks down the entirety of the crack epidemic in a minute
and among all 3 of them, their best work each respectively. Hip Hop forever.
Naw....his verse was mid jeru killed it
@@The808MixmasterNah it wasn’t mid, Jeru just had a better verse
@oladeebi azazi I mean it wasn't mid but it definitely ain't the best shit I ever heard
OC flow is flawless. He's easily one of the most underrated rappers of all time.
100% agree. His wordplay and flow are flawless. Definitely not recognised enough.
"Times up" is unbelievable
Word...life and jewelz are both classics
OC is one of the last to do the simple sample and drum loop for an entire track then just drop some of the hardest verses known to man. Word...life is a goddamn masterpiece.
O.C. best out of D.I.T.C. in my opinion
When the Art was real, when your pen game mattered, when it was about touchin somebody’s soul, when it was simply for the pure love.
OMG your so right, I must say listening too cub rock lyrics I have a new found respect him
That's cuase New York had it now the south took over it
I’m a metal head who likes this
BIG FACTS
Man, listenin to this. And listenin to today's shit. Damn depressing as hell make u wanna cry and crawl up in a corner 🙄
Damn its 2019 who still here since 95?? Real Hip hop will live on FOREVER
I do...Still remember this. I was 16 when this came out
Jason Askins right here with y’all, I was 16 too, I agree it brings tears to my eyes. I listened to this in my Walkman every morning walking to high school all 11th grade year. I listened to it so much and so loud that the kids in my first period class would continue the lyrics after I turned it off and removed my headphones when I reached my desk 😂.
I was 20 💪
21
Yesterday,today & forever ! ✌💪👊
Its crazy how many people come back to this everyday... this song is masterpiece!
I do everyday
There’s a string of classic east coast hip hop like Tried by 12, I Gotcha Opin, Wrong Side of Da Tracks, Karma, this one’s right up there with them
Bumping this now 8/23/23!!
At least every few days 13/11/23
I still listen to this track every day while I'm on my bicycle rides ))
REAL ones here. 2024 anybody?
Right here
Word.
No doubt
🙌🏿
Jeeee
I will never get tired of this song.
And even though all three of them come off on this track, Chubb Rock just kills it.
SIR!!! I respectfully disagree, you cant tell me that 'Ru verse was not on point--the cadence, the flow, the word play...SIR!!! lol--all love tho!
@@DjNiX9011 'Ru's verse is my favorite too. All three go so hard though.
Me either I play it everyday.
@@brian_brennan42 yes .
@@brian_brennan42 I love the other crooklyn dodgers song too with buckshot, masta ace & special ed both are classics.
Mannnnn that 'bike bell' sample somehow is so powerful
Yeah it is. Mystical almost
C. Griff 🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯
@Crypto Mancer Classic flick 💪🏾
It's well placed, I think.
Those are actually zills(finger cymbals)
One of the dopest Hip Hop songs from start to finish pure dopeness.
Kay-Nin Facts
Masta Ace homage in the beginning & when that song came out it was a really HOT summer in Chicago & I’m NOT talking about the weather
Truth
Once a classic...always a classic!!!
The only thing good about this song is the beat..
“Chips that power nuclear bombs, power my Sega.” Great timeless verse.
SUPER BIG FACTS.. ... DROP THEM JEW-ELS BRO... Everything now has micro chips in them aka tracking device.... WAKE UP MY SHEEPLES
Only it's not really true
@@puppetmasterthc820 ITS MICRO-CHIPS in just about everything thats around is you dumb n stupid.
@@mannyjchtaylor9069 microchips aren't tracking devices you tinfoil hat wearing spaz
@Boss Galaga that's not true
The beat is insane- Never gets old
Chubb drops knowledge; OC brings the swagger; Jeru, one of the all-time greatest. Mad respect.
Agree
@@AnthonyWilliams1984 I'm still listening to the o.c album lol 😆😂.
Well said 👏👌each guy delivered .
@@AnthonyWilliams1984 I love the homage to the track before this one from crooklyn with each mc's voice included.
@musiclover-cn7tb OC is the most slept on MC of all time. The guy can't miss and people don't really know him. Word life is a solid gold classic if that's what you were listening to!
Anybody else agree that this might be one of the best hip hop beats yet so simple? It really makes the lyrics stand out even more
Very true
do you know the original sample?
Best song
PRIMO on Product!
@@dr.ligmahnutts2993 ua-cam.com/video/zLawBCCUEUQ/v-deo.html. The original sample is that.
Jeru doesnt get enough credit. Sun rises in east and wrath of the math are classics. Love his cadence and lyrics
Facts I still got Jeru on heavy rotation
James Miller same here
Facts!!!!
Facts both of them are classics
And that's an Actual Fact. Jeru always outstanding... That way he 'speaks' and makes the beat work at his rhythm, his pace... Outstanding.
Chub rock delivered the tightest bars of his life on this track..
You may have missed the Rich Get Rich track. Ft- Lil Dap, Chubb Rock, Edo G and Paw Duke. You're welcome.✌🏿
Word
Facts
No question....pure power in that verse
@@Pan-Afrika Chubb obliterated that too. I'd say it's about a tie.
Chubb’s verse is absolutely legendary
💯💯💯💯
Whole song is legendary
Jeru was ahead of his time with the militant flow. The industry doesn't like WOKE RAPPERS..
Definitely
Jeru had that bouncy flow, which if you listen closely sounds similar to Jay Z. I got a theory that Jay got influenced by this nigga but that's for another day lol
All of their verses were cold, but Jeru's verse was remarkable one of the best ever 💯%
@@caspiankanai9721 Jeru and OC made 2 of my favorite albums of all-time in 'Wrath of the math', and 'JEWELZ'. Some of Primo's hottest beats are on those albums and they aren't talked about enough amongst all the great albums of that time.
@@goldenstate2192 You can throw in Grand Puba's Reel to Reel album as well as Brand Nubian's One for All album. Puba is so underappreciated. Special Ed's Youngest in Charge album, as well as Az's Doe or Die album.
Jeru the Damaja had one the the best albums in hip hop history. BIG FACTS
Wrath of the math??
Sun rises in the East???
My fav is his part on Gang Starr’s “Speak ya clout”
@@eminemisdogshit4626 You already know.
@@LegandHimHansom The depth and content of his rhymes are just mind blowing. Premiers production compliments it to perfection
JERU Bodied That Verse with FACTS!!!..They all dope also!!!
Subliminal hypnotism and colonialism leave most niggas dead or in prison!
So bullets hit brains when bottles hit lips..
As much as I love Jeru's verse, and most of his work, General Manuel Noriega, to whom he refers when mentioning govt. issued weapons, died in 2017. The rest of the verse is dope. This I noticed when the track came out, but basically had no one to comment it to, that would actually care back then.
Perverted monks and mike Tyson 😂 jeru is a lyrical genius
@@rahsaanthomas7030 such a dope line
Still fire in 2024
Yup, smoking my spliff and rockin to this ... the song i will listen till the day i die
2X lol
This is when rappers had real lyrics ! To. Brooklyn God bless 🙏🙏🙏🙏
This is when Hip-Hop lived breathed and exhaled Dopeness,Lyrics,Lyricism,and Lyricists that left a mark on the genre that still resonates with those of us in our 50’s..” Period. This will always be the Hip-Hop that will ride with me until I go in the ground..Word is born..
@ yezzzir
Back in the early 90’s, at the peak of golden era hip hop it felt like gems like this track dropped every week because everything was so damn good. The best period in my life by far.
Me too I miss those days so fuckin bad
ABSOLUTE TRUTH!!!!💯💯💯
They all ripped this track. Chubb Rock's verse was so real and his delivery was so dope. Love this song.
One of my favorite track s
Premier is the G.O.A.T Hip Hop Producer!
PRIMO & RZA 👍
Preme and Rza 1a and 1b to me.
My list is premier, RZA and havoc
Qtip and Dilla also in the conversation. Pete rock and madlib up there too
@@NobleVagabond2552 No doubt
This lyrics, beat production and video reminds me how much I was blessed to live through the Nineties Golden Era of Hip Hop, Jeru’s verse hits hard till this day.....
Julio B Kay-Nin I agree it brings tears to my eyes. I listened to this in my Walkman every morning walking to high school all 11th grade year. I listened to it so much and so loud that the kids in my first period class would continue the lyrics after I turned it off and removed my headphones when I reached my desk 😂.
@@theonlyseparation464 this was back when New York ran hop hop
I agree with all 3 of your assessments 🔥🔥🔥 Jeru’s verse gives me goosebumps & chills the way his wicked lyrics penetrate that DJ Premier Masterpiece 🙏🙏🙏🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇
OC never got the respect and praise he deserved.
Matthew Hourihan : OC mad underrated 🔥🔥
Born 2 Live is a beautiful song among many others!
Indeed!
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His album with apathy is straight fire. Total legend
1000%
Man Chubb rock was so underrated back then. I loved his unique sound
O. f*¥*n C. !!!
REST IN PEACE N.Y.C ! Hearing this music makes me sad and have a strange feeling of nostalgia! Man growing up in NY in the 80s and 90s was dope
NYC USED to be DOPE
@@hereisayana8207 No doubt ! It saddens me to know that it will never be the same
@@circa1993 yes even the Bronx and Harlem aren't the same either... I feel like an empire fell
@@hereisayana8207 gentrification sucked NYC soul thats whatsp
@@circa1993 it's not only gentrification.... instead of Blacks and Puerto Ricans that brought the flavor in the 70s -early 90s, there are a lot of brand new foreigners there now, that Sucked out this soul of NY. They weren't there in large numbers before, so it's not just gentrification
When someone asks you why we call this time the golden age, link 'em to one of the Crooklyn tracks.
One love to all of you!
Back when New York ran hip hop
Both so dope. Original was always my favorite but the more I listen to this it's a tie
That piano sample is timeless
It’s what makes the track fire.
and those cowbells tho!!
Brother you do not lie,iam surprise no one else had the vision to sample this
this is when hip hop entered your soul.
Yup
My god u neva lied.. 👊🏽
Jeru's verse on this is prob top 5 verses ever in hip-hop history.
Chubb ROCK WENT OFF!!!! That bell is hypnotizing 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Chubb ripped this track, he went straight psycho!!!!!!🔥🔥
Every now and then "Die Nigga! Die Nigga! You're too Black!" will ring through my head, one of the best lines i've heard.
THIS SO DOPE!!!!!!!
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His best verse ever!
@@gargenfluckgosphenspiels4849 Not better than “Beef” with Das!
“Subliminal hypnotism and colonialism leaves most ni99as dead or in prison.”
God
He's deadly with that pen 💪🏽
Jeru is the illest
Jeru was always that intellectual lyricist...dope AF
@@AllhailtheUS ALWAYS...yesirr
Classic. 1 of the greatest tracks of all time. When Hiphop had meaning. Kids nowadays cant even comprehend this level of skill.
@charles williams that's cause New York was running it now the south took it
The south took bnb it
Jeru's voice will always be perfect with Preemo beats. Made for each other.
I m born In 2003 and when I heard this song for the first times I was alone with my joint tears came over and have bring a all new mentality this song is blessed and I would never be me with out those MC s even decades later much love and respect
I cant believe this is 24 years ago
(was)
Yeah man...
Real hip hop
Time flies
25...
"Crooklyn Dodgers" should be the name of a group that gets passed down to a chosen duo or trio of rappers from Brooklyn every few years.
Real mfkn talk
New crooklyn Dodgers is beastcoast
Sucks that would never happen now. Rappers fronBrooklyn kill eachother now over meaningless fuckery.
It kind of was, seeing as how there were three different iterations of it, a super group brought together for one track, then a few years later, same thing but with different rappers
Jerus verse is the illest right there! 🔥 one verse sums up what we're missing out on in the last 2 decades of hip hop.
True indeed my friend
The Sun Toucher!,word!.
Facts!!
@Apostle9590 YUP!!!
I'll never get tired of Chubb Rock's verse in this
JERU DA DAMAJA WITH ONE OF THE BEST VERSES IN HIP HOP HISTORY!!!!💯💯💯
JUST ANOTHER REMINDER OF THE AMAZING YEAR 1995!!!!💯💯💯🙏🙏🙏
Dog !!!!!!!! WTF 😮 THIS one verse by Jeru tha Damaja put him in my top 10 of ALLTIME…. I really can fathom why hiphop fans & hiphop podcast joints don’t mention this verse when they are talking about dope verses in hiphop , when they mention Nas verse from Main Sources Live at the BBQ they should mention Jeru’s verse from Crooklyn 🔥🔥🔥🔥🙏🙏🙏🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Miss the 90s , it was awesome before 9/11 and social media , much luv from the netherlands
@Raas Putin nah the south got a hold of it
Nah the south got a hold of it
@Raas Putin down south turn hip hop commercial is what I'm saying
@Raas Putin what does 9/11 have to do with hip hop and this video my comment made more sense everybody talking about hip hop and how they miss New York hop hop
@Raas Putin that was probably and accident but what 9/11 had to do with this video
I miss the days when lyrics mattered.
Cuase New York had it
Me too!
Real shit.
So do I! Especially the ones that taught you the lessons that you needed to survive. They don't do it like that anymore. It's all gone straight to trash. They took the futuristic mindstate of things and ruined it. Horribly! Nothing makes sense! It's all useless and worthless garbage.
@@cen1276 New York had hip hop then it went to master p and them it wasnt never the same
When the beat is equally as hard as the verses…. Damn
There can never be one GOAT song in hip hop… but this is definitely among the realm of the greatest.
I just want to go back to then... 48 year old here.. the best era of Hip Hop was then...
Wow, that Chubb Rock verse is one of the best. Reminds me of Chuck D with the powerful voice
Beat is so chill and New York. Pure golden, this song. I love what they rapped about. Peace to New York. True York.
around 3:00 i just love how jeru's lyrics "trife type chicks" line up perfectly with the drums!!! thats so DOPE
This song hits different when you grew up in and lived in Brooklyn and came of age in this time. This IS Brooklyn right here. The new Gentrified bs can never take this era away from us.
True Indeed..
Second that . . . True indeed.
Man Jeru's verse is unmatched, one of the best of all time.
Summer 95’
Damn, I miss the 90’s 😢
I do too
95 “Live”
🤎🤎🤎🎤🎤🎤🔥🔥🔥💯💯💯
Facts 💪🏾
This brings tears to my eyes. I listened to this in my Walkman every morning walking to high school all 11th grade year. I listened to it so much and so loud that the kids in my first period class would continue the lyrics after I turned it off and removed my headphones when I reached my desk 😂.
wish my journey to school was this cool
The bell in this song is so iconic, that even when I turn the song off the ding of the bell sound still lingers in my ear drums.
Lol I always had a Walkman in school I luv hip hop
My 1st job was in a car audio shop. I remember testing out some Nakamichi super tweeters in a competition sound system with this bell ringing into your soul it almost made my ears bleed!🤣🤣
Read my comment homie, I'm with you. Brings tears to my eye, didn't know why? You explained it, nostalgia, growing up in the slums, hoping for better. ..
New York always had the Best Anthems
For real...
Wtf happened? NY was so cold and now they have art house rappers and niggas jocking trends. Sad
Disagree, Naughty by Nature are the king of Anthems and their Jersey. NY can get the second spot...
@@antoinelevine2143 Yeah I agree definitely I loved Queen latifahs can't forget New Jersey a lil bit more Tho''
Antoine Levine Jersey got made dope cats that spit.
Movie and soundtrack one of my favorites! Took you back to the Crooklyn movie.
Clockers
@@eminemisdogshit4626 that track is at beginning of Clockers but the first version is at the end of Crooklyn from a year earlier.
Jeru walked all over this track like it was child’s play man!…45 now and today it still gave me the same feeling when it first dropped. 😥
Donno why I get so emotional when I listen to this track? 40 years old, tearing up AND I DON'T KNOW WHY.
NOSTALGIA
Times were simpler then..
Preemo makes you move whether you want to or not.
I RAN out to buy the single on cassette tape. I played the instrument to this!! It was one my favorite songs of 1995. The 90s...Good times and music.
Agree
How this Classic Track only has 133k views, its 2020 I'm still bumping this
Brooklyn is watching and listening
totally climatic and chilling. Evokes New York atmosphere of 90s so well.
Chubb Rock deserves his flowers, he been in the game dropping gems for a long long time!
You probably won't see this but if you do,you're one of my all the time favorite MC's ever!
He passed away. 😢
no doubt true indeed ! mfs oughta know
@@kareemneal9655not what I heard recently lol
@@kareemneal9655 Chubb Rock is alive and well. He is in 50's born 1968
I like this.
My brother was a DJ.
This track was echoing from his room.
From Japan
Beautiful story.
Was? Hope he is still into it.
Hello
Lol
2024 ,still bumpin it l ! !
Ah, the sounds of my youth. Just a little midwest kid obsessed with East-Coast boom bap. This was on my playlist for a long ass time.
Also, I gotta say that even with such a massive library of incredible beats, this is def one of Primo's finest. His addition of those finger cymbals just makes it perfect.
Jack M 🎯🎯🎯🎯 I agree it brings tears to my eyes. I listened to this in my Walkman every morning walking to Cleveland Heights (Midwest) high school all 11th grade year. I listened to it so much and so loud that the kids in my first period class would continue the lyrics after I turned it off and removed my headphones when I reached my desk 😂.
@@theonlyseparation464 in the 90s some Cleveland Hts kids had mad flow on the low
I Was Born And Raised In The South Bronx New York City 🏙️. I Was Born In 1978. I Grew Up On This Gangsta Rap Music In The 1980s And 1990s. I Lived In All 5 Boroughs In New York City Growing Up. Iam A Huge Crooklyn Dodgers Fan Forever. The 1980s And 1990s Was The Good Old Days In New York City.
This is hip hop in its purest form❤ Preemo classic. I just love this for real
the love that i have for Crooklyn Dodgers is unmatched ... Return of the crooklyn dodgers is just the staple of what real hip-hop is
Clockers is one of my fav Spike Lee joints by the way
This has got to be one of the most mesmerizing beats in hip hop history.
That trumpet, the piano and that chime going off three times........ repeatedly.
This joint will never get old!!!! Period.
Chubb rock kicking more knowledge in one verse than today's rappers discography
Agree
😂 🤝
This is one of the hardest beats EVER!!!! Preemo Top 3 beats!
Word
Chubb rock had the performance of his whole career in this track
I have no words to describe what a masterpiece this track is... so I will just listen and imagine it was 1995 again...
That’s what I do
Totally makes me realize how a powerful message- delivered with precise timing, emotion, and magic- can truly deliver an eternal message. This song will not go away cause it's universal. The message still stands today just few actually spread positive messages that alert people.
@@johnwilliams221 Yeah you hit it in the dot. Seems like most people nowadays just rap about poisonous stuff like degrading women, selling drugs, being "tough," or even past crimes. This one had a message trying to get people to wake up and do something.
Man...Memories of rolling in my IROC-Z through Newark blasting this single in the cassette deck with the t-tops off!
Every verse means so much. Even 30 years later. It’s all TRUTH.
unreal song. Growing up in NY makes me proud to even listen to this. NYC for LIFE!!!
three of the most slept on rappers of the '90s
Word
The good ol days of hip hop, MID 90’s👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
When New York ran hip hop
Gunnel Gainey talk about it bro.
@@modalsoul6511 idk what happened smh now they in the south wave with shit smh miss this feel good era a d how New York was shown dedicated it mad you whi wasnt from New York go to new York even when I watch the old New York movies like home alone clockers new jack city juice strapped paid in full it give you that New York feeling smh the 90s rip
Best Hiphop song ever. Pure poetry and that loop is... deep
Jeru's verse. DAMN. This is one of the best hip hop tracks for sure
Hip hop back in the 90s was definitely the golden age of the genre.. the producers really had creative talent and the lyrics had some raw experience and heart put into them. Chubb Rock's and Jeru's verses are just crazy good, an almost any beat by Premo is iconic.
Chubb Rock’s verses tho.... 🔥🔥🔥
This was excellent, my very first time listening to this great rap song, here I'm 43 years old, shucks, I was sleeping under a rock in 95, missed out on a lot of great stuff back then.
Damn bro
This beat is absolutely sick🔥🔥🔥
I know I love this beat have ever since I first heard it years ago
Pure Magic..The Best You Will Ever Hear ✊🏽
89- mid 90's the golden age, man I miss it
Almost 30 years later still ahead of its time.
Not only one of the greatest Rap songs of all time but one of the best songs from the 90's period.
To me....90s was the best time for Rap and NBA!
This is the song and instrumental that made me freestyle and rap for the 1st time in my life. I remember so vividly. Preemos beat n the lyrics really did it. I knew I would wanna do this for the rest of my life. Big ups and respect to the Crooklyn Dodgers Preemo and Spike
Addicted to that Chubb Rock part, my god, absolutely iconic
Sad that it's still relevant tho