your "hip-hop" community is your way of saying the record labels. they don't want black people looking good or tasteful. the record labels are all owned by right old racist white guys. look it up. your comment says you know jack shit about record labels. its the exact reason why joey bada$$ never florished. he never had a 500billion dollar corporation backing his message. look at what kind of bullshit taylor swift puts out. gets 500billion dollars in marketing. and bam now her music is somehow best of all. its just mind manipulation. and socioeconomic manipulation. do a lil wiki and you'll see im right.
It’s crazy to me how this video only has 5 million views. That last verse lyrically is one of the best verses of all time. 10 years later and it still amazes me.
It's cos the feel of the song, its a more sombre thinking song and less people are on that type of time... Compare it to his more upbeat tunes from around the same time like "My Yout" which has 10 million or other songs with 15 million etc.
I've always wondered how a song like this can have ANY dislikes. What is it that people dislike about it? I'm convinced the majority of them are by mistake. This is universally felt and understood.
idk, i actually didnt used to care for pro era, but i think it may have had to do with me being in the wrong mindset. i tripped major ballz on lsd and cough syrup, and all the sudden they were genius to me. guess its perspective
it's about LOGIC but some people choose to ignorantly throw bias emotions instead. Using logic they would understand the point correctly, then the real truthful emotions will come.
I'd say it's 50% dislikes and 50% just negative people. People tho dislike just for the sake of disliking. Maybe a few only listened to the first few lines of the first verse which admittedly isn't that great and tuned out while leaving a dislike, dunno. Doesn't matter though. It's about 1% which is a great ratio.
"They want to burn your molecules till you let go ions." People wonder why I love this album so much. His wordplay is at an all time high its crazy he was only 16 writing this shit.
I remember seeing this video for the first time on Mtv2 in May 2012. I couldn’t believe what I was hearing from a young kid at that time. I’m 32 now, and I still come back to this video. That 1999 mixtape was incredible, especially for the time it was released. CJ’s verse was fire and Joey’s last verse is his best ever.
If Joey was rapping on the 90s he would be one of the greatest of all time. People just underrate him now because the popular style of rap is completely different (i.e. Future, Young Thug, Kodak)than what it was back when rap was in its prime
RapMaster RAW he's definitely going to be the greatest because all the trap rappers are just fads this is the real meaningful stuff that'll last decades
This was my Joint ALLLLL 2012. Loved how they brought that 90s Eastcoast boom bap, street stroytelling sound back at that time. Esp. for the generation coming up who missed the 90s. I was born in 1989, so I remember it esp as my Late-Brother was a teenager then. I was 22-23 years old in 2012, bumpin these guys, teenagers but they were on point! Early 2010s Real Hip Hop made a comeback fereel; Pro Era, Kendrick, J Cole, Big Krit it was promising, then trap came. Let's get back to this classic sound.
as someone who's a little younger (1997), I feel what you said about the 90s. I'm sure you remember the 90s, I don't, but this era of music definitely made it feel like the "golden age" was back/coming back.
Rap started out as party music, then evolved with cats like Rakim and Grandmaster Flash...coinciding with the politics that went on in the 80's such as the War on Drugs and the Cold War. There's a lane for every setting and every mood. To box in rap is counter-productive to what the genre can achieve artistically.
luu Says the one with one of the most overrated rapper’s picture as their profile picture. Why is it that a recent album/artist/song can’t be considered as great as old music.
I think I had to be a freshman in high school when this came out.. what Joey spit for the youth at this time made us feel like young kings in the hood. I’m turning 26 this year and that second Joey verse still gives me the same chills as it did when I was younger. Timeless track for real.
@@HOPKINSMALIK Queens born/BK raised, the duality of this song being so great but so dark perfectly embodied what we was seeing back then. This shit saved some lives for real !
Considering how young these guys were here, the level of art in hip-hop and music in general in this track is insane.. Like Joey is 26 now, but has already released so much stuff that in my opinion makes him a top 3 of this generation alongside Kendrick and Cole. And he's only getting better with time so legend in a making for quite some time now. 👑
This song is just amazing. That album is amazing and so underrated. I really don’t understand how people don’t put some respect on the name of Joey. He one of the best of this decade fr.
@@WowDoodWuuut i come up with them all the time.. your comment made me realize tho that this is indeed a triple and not a double.. i thought it was just references cell mates as in jail and sales with mates as un sharing drug profits. O barely realized the reproduction with a woman meaning, as it does tie in with the hooks, someday im tryna have a wife and kids....
I heard Joey in 2013 I was omw to 9th grade and I had just came back from New York during the summer. This nigga is one of the best rappers over heard till this day
Stilll comeback to this every so often. Joey Badass still blows my mind with his verses, especially being sixteen at the time. He deserves more appreciation.
this one of the alltime greatest underground shit to ever come out.. everytime i listen i hear something i didnt catch before and ive heard it so many times.. joey a true lyrical genius and authored some of the most complex verses in hip hop at such a young age. Hats off
"They'll erase your head in a race for the bread"* You messed up the most important part of that line lol Erase = a race It's a double entendre, Joey uses these several times in this song, as well as rhyming words that sound the same: "I take the competition out commission with my composition; who the kid spittin behind the bars like a con position?" "Fuck what you teachin for some Regents, I'm flying over regions, reachin all-time highs where Jesus can't reach us" "Like fuck a prison letter those Berettas led us to the lettuce" "Smokin on the clematis, get open like a present is; now your presence is on the premises for them presidents"
nearly 10 years on and the line " teachers should teach kids to get smiff n wessuns off of the street" is still one of the hardest bars ever fucking made. oh my word
The song that out Joey on. Never forget first watching this on Worldstar in 2012. Happy bday Joey and wish I could rap with someone like him. One love Far Rock to Flatbush!
Yo no lie went to this man's concert last night and he performed this live. My all time fav song and the performance phenomenal you can really see the feelings in his rhymes and he gave the goat steelo mad love shit sent chills down my spine joey is the goat 🐐
Shook ones and hardknock is what comes to my mind, when it comes to ruff rugged n raw rap shit from NY but still got much love for all the others classics.
Happy Birthday to Joey Badass just turn 25 today Happy 25th Birthday Joey Badass at age 25 Joey Badass born on January 20, 1995 in Brooklyn, New York, NY USA
This song changed my life. This mixtape was my ILLMATIC. Thank you Joey.
Fax
he was a kid, period... niggas at 17 are kids to me right now
Well put
@@magashemoagi9047 nas was a kid to when he made ill
Check out the eyes of dreams by Lewis Parker fam 👊🏻
Always return to this joint. Much respect
Same. Especially when I'm down or disillusioned
@@jeronimomatos5216 same I always listen to the song
Till this mf day💯
You trying to just zone out and chil. Escape. Amazing never old
Been on my Playlists for years bruh.
Joey's second verse is one of the best verses of the decade.
*of all time. '1999' was the 2010s Illmatic
@@tinypoolmodelshipyard this
💯
@@tinypoolmodelshipyard well thats strong statement...he is talented but there are other Titans
One of the greatest Hip Hop verses of all time.
I'M PUTTING THIS OUT THERE NOW: JOEY'S SECOND VERSE IS ONE OF THE BEST VERSES IN HIP HOP HISTORY. TEST ME!
Agreed
W
+jahleel1001 no joke that verse is in some NY state of mind type level aka GOAT type level
+jahleel1001 To ever consider that line as the best is fucking stupid.
***** you dont even know your shit bitch. joey is a really good mc but please dont praise this shit to the alltime high.
I'll never forgive the Hip-Hop community for letting this man stay underrated
Underrated is better than overrated. We hip-hop heads appreciate this kind of music. He keeps hip-hop alive in the underground like many greats.
He got mainstream success for 5+ years the height of that was during all amerikkan badass
your "hip-hop" community is your way of saying the record labels. they don't want black people looking good or tasteful. the record labels are all owned by right old racist white guys. look it up. your comment says you know jack shit about record labels. its the exact reason why joey bada$$ never florished. he never had a 500billion dollar corporation backing his message. look at what kind of bullshit taylor swift puts out. gets 500billion dollars in marketing. and bam now her music is somehow best of all. its just mind manipulation. and socioeconomic manipulation. do a lil wiki and you'll see im right.
It’s crazy to me how this video only has 5 million views. That last verse lyrically is one of the best verses of all time. 10 years later and it still amazes me.
Slept on
Word! Specially with the mumbles so call hip hop thing going on.
It's cos the feel of the song, its a more sombre thinking song and less people are on that type of time... Compare it to his more upbeat tunes from around the same time like "My Yout" which has 10 million or other songs with 15 million etc.
I can me back here just to for that omm
checkout joey bada$$ survival aswell. CJ isn't an novice. his a pro too. the words come off their tongue so fresh. so well said.
The last verse is absolutely legendary
+CBerkley458 Honestly. Is joey still doing verses like this? i was listening to this and reminiscing reading along.
+Sterling Archer yeah he is on the regular.
CGG Movies I used to be so devastated.
+Sterling Archer at times I thought we'd never make it.
Sterling Archer land of the free is pretty amazing
My mind corrupted but my heart still pure
that's the line that stuck out the most to me
yoooooo that shit was beautiful. W2
I feel this
Poetry... You from the inner city hoods, then your soul felt that
Become one with yourself
People forget he was a kid when he made this
@Al Sol word word
I was just thinking the same thing
you aint a kid with 17
i wouldn’t say a kid but he was very young
The power of the fountain of youth in untainted, can produce high amounts of creativity. You lose such things as you get older.
I've always wondered how a song like this can have ANY dislikes. What is it that people dislike about it? I'm convinced the majority of them are by mistake. This is universally felt and understood.
idk, i actually didnt used to care for pro era, but i think it may have had to do with me being in the wrong mindset. i tripped major ballz on lsd and cough syrup, and all the sudden they were genius to me. guess its perspective
it's about LOGIC but some people choose to ignorantly throw bias emotions instead. Using logic they would understand the point correctly, then the real truthful emotions will come.
this proves that people don't have patience anymore, not even to get wise for themselves.
Agreed. Makes no sense. Haters is prob answer
I'd say it's 50% dislikes and 50% just negative people. People tho dislike just for the sake of disliking.
Maybe a few only listened to the first few lines of the first verse which admittedly isn't that great and tuned out while leaving a dislike, dunno.
Doesn't matter though. It's about 1% which is a great ratio.
“Now ya presence is, on the premises for them presidents” bruh... Joey bada$$ is too cold... in high school pro era was my shit
Almost 10 years later and I still get amazed by Joey’s second verse
"They want to burn your molecules till you let go ions."
People wonder why I love this album so much. His wordplay is at an all time high its crazy he was only 16 writing this shit.
@Josh Bleezy might be my favourite mixtape to ever drop
Fuck math Teachers should teach us get the s&wsons off of the streets!
prolly one of the best hip hop songs that has been released to the public in the last 15 years. simply amazing. this song changed my life.
Lmao word how'd it change your life
couldnt agree more
People have no idea how good we had it back then… PE was so goated 😪
2nd verse by joey is some of the realist shit ever spit
Monty G I always thought this, the rhymes are fucking ill
Monty G legendary verse
Listen to Nas's second verse on Deja Vu, you'll love it
Joey's second verse is one of the greatest of all time.
I remember seeing this video for the first time on Mtv2 in May 2012. I couldn’t believe what I was hearing from a young kid at that time. I’m 32 now, and I still come back to this video. That 1999 mixtape was incredible, especially for the time it was released. CJ’s verse was fire and Joey’s last verse is his best ever.
Same here bro… i couldn’t believe something like this was playing on mtv in 2012
Straight up same here.. I'll never forget it. It was like 1 am when they played it on mtv2 sucker free
Joeys 2nd verse on this one of the best in hip hop history
💯💯💯
If Joey was rapping on the 90s he would be one of the greatest of all time. People just underrate him now because the popular style of rap is completely different (i.e. Future, Young Thug, Kodak)than what it was back when rap was in its prime
he would not be one of the greatest tho.
Yup
Yoo thats crazy that's what I always said
RapMaster RAW that is absolutely true, on some 47 shit.
RapMaster RAW he's definitely going to be the greatest because all the trap rappers are just fads this is the real meaningful stuff that'll last decades
2019 and still one of the most underrated songs of all time. that second verse gives me goosebumps still.
CasualPalmer nigga went crazy
"I'm tryna share my cells with my mate, not share a cell with mates."
Tell 'em, CJ!
Jay U. Beezy lyrically brilliant!
Ok
CJ is god
what does he refer to with 'cells'?
JM S SALES $$$
One of his best classics.
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My mind is corrupted, but my heart is still pure. savage
It’s been said before (mobb deep)
Cj fly had a dope album just overshadowed by how great Joey is
Verse***
and a dope album too your comment is still valid
my first joey badass song
better keep listenin to em man this dude is a damn supernova in the flow.
leah rockie mine was survival tactics
leah rockie me to
leah rockie me too. i remember it played on mtv
And not the LAST
one of the best verses ever crafted and spit of all time right here. CJ's verse is incredible and Joey's second is straight up unbelievable
just saw this live, spit the 2nd verse so perfectly dude is pure talent
+reid anlee same bruh in ak nz was like me badman and cj rapping those verse like a fuckin trinity or someshhhh
Aotearoa fans hell yeah
I was there too
shiroi shounen m
That last verse from Joey man... that rhyme scheme and woke story telling at the end is just unbelievable especially for his age.
@Life 8.0 - DLC CONTENT double with Lincoln Terraces too
@Life 8.0 - DLC CONTENT i think it could also be interpreted as "linking terroritst from the stuy". Like bed stuy nyc
@@meech37 yeah i agree. My comment doesnt show up but it says "they linking terrorists from the star(t), then linking terror sets."
This was my Joint ALLLLL 2012.
Loved how they brought that 90s Eastcoast boom bap, street stroytelling sound back at that time.
Esp. for the generation coming up who missed the 90s.
I was born in 1989, so I remember it esp as my Late-Brother was a teenager then.
I was 22-23 years old in 2012, bumpin these guys, teenagers but they were on point!
Early 2010s Real Hip Hop made a comeback fereel; Pro Era, Kendrick, J Cole, Big Krit
it was promising, then trap came.
Let's get back to this classic sound.
as someone who's a little younger (1997), I feel what you said about the 90s. I'm sure you remember the 90s, I don't, but this era of music definitely made it feel like the "golden age" was back/coming back.
@@KampzOnXbox 100%
I can't fuckin believe he was 17 when he dropped this.
16!!!!
+john john nah he was 17 going on 18
r u fucking kiddin mad respect
nas wrote most of illmatic when he was 16 and 17
backwoodg47 ! thanks for the info bro
As a young man in today's world I'm proud to say this is the hip hop I came up on in high school and shit. Miss me with that uzi Yachty wave
capital STEEZ hg
Im in 10th grade right now and all i listen to is Joey, j cole, and montana of 300
KSwank zip exactly
Shemar Nyelenkeh yus
Rap started out as party music, then evolved with cats like Rakim and Grandmaster Flash...coinciding with the politics that went on in the 80's such as the War on Drugs and the Cold War. There's a lane for every setting and every mood. To box in rap is counter-productive to what the genre can achieve artistically.
I don't wanna see no fake love when Joey leaves us physically, if you know about him rn, show the love and listen to his message.
Fax
One of the best rap songs of all time.
luu
Says the one with one of the most overrated rapper’s picture as their profile picture.
Why is it that a recent album/artist/song can’t be considered as great as old music.
The Second is on a similar level aß AZ verse
@luu stfu
Still is
This one of the coldest New York vibes EVER. Cold. The struggle. Boom bap. Dope lyrics. Ridiculous flow. I LOVE IT ALL
I think I had to be a freshman in high school when this came out.. what Joey spit for the youth at this time made us feel like young kings in the hood. I’m turning 26 this year and that second Joey verse still gives me the same chills as it did when I was younger. Timeless track for real.
Bro the more I read the comments the more I see people from my generation... definitely freshman.. also turning 26 this year!
Same experience bro, I thought I wrote this lol. born & raised in BK this shit def hit close to home.
@@SupremeOracleHBD broski, we gotta keep this song alive cuz this is something the newer generation won’t understand until it’s the next ones turn.
@@HOPKINSMALIK Queens born/BK raised, the duality of this song being so great but so dark perfectly embodied what we was seeing back then. This shit saved some lives for real !
That last verse from joey gives me chills😩😩😩
Considering how young these guys were here, the level of art in hip-hop and music in general in this track is insane.. Like Joey is 26 now, but has already released so much stuff that in my opinion makes him a top 3 of this generation alongside Kendrick and Cole. And he's only getting better with time so legend in a making for quite some time now. 👑
name a kendrick or Cole song as good as this.
@Alex Voc yeah that's cos Cole sucks
This song could personally defeat Coronavirus. Sheeeeesh this still hard
Man Joey’s second verse is one of my favorite verses all time period.
This is actually a masterpiece
faces, 1999 and acid rap. 2010's were a blessing man
This song is just amazing. That album is amazing and so underrated. I really don’t understand how people don’t put some respect on the name of Joey. He one of the best of this decade fr.
Damn I can't believe people sleep on this, this is what got me into Joey
I’ll never forget watching MTV Jams one day in 2012 then this video came on….Been a fan ever since 🐐 🔥
Always get chills on that last verse
One of the greatest Hip Hop songs of all time
RapMaster RAW agreed
mixtape*
This was such a time capsule. If you an old soul you’ll know what it felt like hearing this the first time.
Joey went the fuck off on this. 6 years later and I still love coming back to this track. Joey's last verse is incredible.
The flow to this song is crazy good 👌🏾🔥💯
Joey's second verse took my breath away.
my favorite joey song along with survival tactics
Styles Of Beyond - Survival Tactics
Lewis Parker - Eyes Of Dreams
Don't want to disrespect Joey but I feel you should know the originals
"Tryna share my cells with my mates not tryna share a cell with mates."
Damn CJ. Your bars been flying over my head and only just noticed this onem
Ibrahim Khalil he been nice, glad you came around tho
It's a triple entendre. Insane
@@WowDoodWuuut i come up with them all the time.. your comment made me realize tho that this is indeed a triple and not a double.. i thought it was just references cell mates as in jail and sales with mates as un sharing drug profits. O barely realized the reproduction with a woman meaning, as it does tie in with the hooks, someday im tryna have a wife and kids....
@@muserone147 YESS BRO! Love how clever it is.
Remember in 2012 we thought this type of rap was going to go mainstream and be the norm, boy were we wrong
tru
Mannnn
wish it did
hands down of the greatest beats ever
Stop it
@@forgottenstreets its true though
It’s definitely up there but J Dilla - life takes it for me
I wish I could rewind time and go back to this era of music again 🔥🔥🔥
I heard Joey in 2013 I was omw to 9th grade and I had just came back from New York during the summer. This nigga is one of the best rappers over heard till this day
damn 5 years later and just now catching that that Ketchup and Mustard line. 1:11 ironic that its talkin bout bars being overheads
Wow 11 years ago. Where’s time going? This generation didn’t deserve Joey.
The second verse and the way the beat stepped in is otherworldly… cj fly went hard too.. classic
This whole album is unbelievably underrated
The song that started it all for me 💯
me too
Same here...
December 1st 2024, Joey was making timeless classics at 19 🔥
This shows you nobody really fw Joey back then real Joey fans know whats good
WereBakedFreestyles bruh this was my jam in 2011 so sad 99 percent of the world never listened to this song or ever will.
Jesus Hernandez I just listened. All the way from Nigeria I just got the 1999 album. Feels like Nas illmatic
After exactly two years of this video being here, you are still doing great in the game!! PRO ERA FOREVER!
2024 still listening from Cali , my uncle showed me joey when I was in middle school straight bars
I remember being young and watching Mtv2 A.M. and seeing this song come on.
Stilll comeback to this every so often. Joey Badass still blows my mind with his verses, especially being sixteen at the time. He deserves more appreciation.
this one of the alltime greatest underground shit to ever come out.. everytime i listen i hear something i didnt catch before and ive heard it so many times.. joey a true lyrical genius and authored some of the most complex verses in hip hop at such a young age. Hats off
First Joey Badass song I heard before 1999 been my favorite since
8 years. Wow time flies
"Kids don't play, they'll erase your head in the race for the bread"
+Joseph Pasquini Kid N' Play flattop reference, classic.
"They'll erase your head in a race for the bread"*
You messed up the most important part of that line lol
Erase = a race
It's a double entendre, Joey uses these several times in this song, as well as rhyming words that sound the same:
"I take the competition out commission with my composition; who the kid spittin behind the bars like a con position?"
"Fuck what you teachin for some Regents, I'm flying over regions, reachin all-time highs where Jesus can't reach us"
"Like fuck a prison letter those Berettas led us to the lettuce"
"Smokin on the clematis, get open like a present is; now your presence is on the premises for them presidents"
John Doe those second set of lines are genius, my favorite.
John Doe Unreal
Also "step to me to get the recipe to make you rest in piece"
he rapped with no music for 20 whole seconds
been inspiring me for 8 years STILL AMAZES ME!
Been bumping this since i was 14 when it first dropped. 22 years of age now. The best times fly by the quickest.
Same here. Who would have known we'd be here reminiscing in 2020. Was just enjoying the music back then
Same here 🔥
Pro era was reviving hip hop and we didnt appreciate it enough. Damn shame
4 years later and I still listen to this song daily. It truly is a masterpiece.
same man it gives me so much nostalgia it's insane
Whenever I hear the beginning part of the song it just does something to my brain that I can't explain. It's amazing
Eric Esteves it puts you in a trance that happens to me with certain songs including this
now yo presence is on the premises for them presidents
luu Why?
poetic
nearly 10 years on and the line " teachers should teach kids to get smiff n wessuns off of the street" is still one of the hardest bars ever fucking made. oh my word
The 2nd verse is literally one of the best I have ever heard
LEWIS PARKER ALL DAY, THAT GOLDEN SOUND COMING TO YOUR DOME PIECE!
this is honestly the best beat ive ever heard
Joey bars crazy on this
Joey Rhyming in this song is just freaking phenomenal his second verse was one of the best rap verses in rap history no 🧢
I used to listen to this every day! Memories off of this one 👌🏽
“I’m street so cross me like pedestrian and that’s gone be the end of it straight provoking your membership” BARSSS
This is legendary this beat and flow are incredible
LOVE THE HOOK
Sid Legerme jazly👞💪💩😴😣🍉
Best Joey song / album ever. Way ahead of his time
The last verse of joey badass is the best in the history of hip-hop.
+lafeeballa pls stop.
It is bro
One of at most.
Its nice but check out mural by lupe and then tell me that
+Marcus Plenty mural is pure gas.
Seeing this live was the best experience Joey could've given me. Beyond blessed to have seen this inspiration before my own eyes.
The song that out Joey on. Never forget first watching this on Worldstar in 2012. Happy bday Joey and wish I could rap with someone like him. One love Far Rock to Flatbush!
First song I heard from Joey Badass. I thought his name was funny and he was rappin his ass off. Instant fan
my first was survival tactics but same energy
Yo no lie went to this man's concert last night and he performed this live. My all time fav song and the performance phenomenal you can really see the feelings in his rhymes and he gave the goat steelo mad love shit sent chills down my spine joey is the goat 🐐
Shook ones and hardknock is what comes to my mind, when it comes to ruff rugged n raw rap shit from NY but still got much love for all the others classics.
Happy Birthday to Joey Badass just turn 25 today Happy 25th Birthday Joey Badass at age 25
Joey Badass born on January 20, 1995 in Brooklyn, New York, NY USA
Joeys second verse top 10 in hip hop history
Fire , Year 2023 , Beatiful song
Holy shit I remember listening to this my freshman year when it came out.. Damn Joey shoulda been one of the biggest right now
Till this day from high school I still listening to that second Joey verse 2 times bruh 🔥one of the best verses in hip hop history period
Joey is so fckn underrated it’s unbelievable much luv!