The Pharcyde - Passin' Me By (Official Music Video)

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  • Опубліковано 2 лис 2017
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    The Pharcyde "Passin' Me By" (BET Version) from Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde.
    Critically acclaimed as an absolute classic of the alternative Hip-Hop genre, it’s been name-checked by Kanye West as his favorite album of all time and aptly described by NME as "... a cartoon-strip of blunt-smoking antics, sexual innuendo and unashamed political incorrectness, crammed with infectious beats.” A true West Coast original that sprang up amidst the early 1990s gangster rap landscape like LA’s answer to De La Soul’s D.A.I.S.Y.-Age mentality in its freeform creativity. Essential and enduringly unique, Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde is a rite of passage for any serious Hip-Hop head.
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    LP 1
    A1. 4 BETTER OR 4 WORSE (INTERLUDE)
    A2. OH SHIT
    A3. IT’S JIGABOO TIME (SKIT)
    A4. 4 BETTER OR 4 WORSE
    B1. I’M THAT TYPE OF NIGGA
    B2. IF I WERE PRESIDENT (SKIT)
    B3. SOUL FLOWER (REMIX)
    B4. ON THE DL
    LP 2
    A1. PACK THE PIPE (INTERLUDE)
    A2. OFFICER
    A3. YA MAMA
    A4. PASSING ME BY
    B1. OTHA FISH
    B2. QUINTON’S ON THE WAY (SKIT)
    B3. PACK THE PIPE
    B4. RETURN OF THE B-BOY
    Music video by The Pharcyde performing Passin' Me By. (C) 2017 The Bicycle Music Company, Inc. Distributed by Concord Music Group, Inc.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 10 тис.

  • @notdfue1987
    @notdfue1987 4 роки тому +24318

    If your under 20 and listening to this I give you respect

    • @user-ev3sk2kc2c
      @user-ev3sk2kc2c 4 роки тому +371

      😎😎😎

    • @ben-uc1ud
      @ben-uc1ud 4 роки тому +1063

      I'm 15 hahahaha

    • @shanalin4283
      @shanalin4283 3 роки тому +628

      Haha, their parents taught them well!!!!😘

    • @user-fz9lv1no3i
      @user-fz9lv1no3i 3 роки тому +551

      15 and listen to quest, fatlip and pharcyde🥴😎

    • @nacho6565
      @nacho6565 3 роки тому +279

      14 👂

  • @cheebaman4728
    @cheebaman4728 Рік тому +2152

    40 years old and I can't believe this is a classic now. Times passing me by 😂

    • @justa90sgirl74
      @justa90sgirl74 Рік тому +48

      40 here too! We had a ball back then tho didn't we?

    • @cheebaman4728
      @cheebaman4728 Рік тому +58

      @@justa90sgirl74 we sure did!! Last generation to remember life without a digital leash (smartphones) 😂. We actually had to go outside and socialize with REAL people 😂😂😂. I'd go back in a second!!

    • @justa90sgirl74
      @justa90sgirl74 Рік тому +20

      @@cheebaman4728 Yes! I'd go back in a heartbeat.

    • @lurkinklass6619
      @lurkinklass6619 Рік тому +24

      40..81 born 90s raised…best of the best

    • @cheebaman4728
      @cheebaman4728 Рік тому +2

      @@lurkinklass6619 Amen 🙏

  • @LifeWithMatteo
    @LifeWithMatteo 29 днів тому +16

    Shout out to my dad for brining me up with this music. 26 now!!

  • @Sinnihilation
    @Sinnihilation 9 місяців тому +418

    I miss the 90s. Smooth and lyrical.

    • @King__Tone
      @King__Tone 3 місяці тому +1

      Def smooth idk about lyrical tho but def dope story telling

    • @Pluty80
      @Pluty80 3 місяці тому +20

      @@King__Tonehe right lyrical cause dese mumble rapper aint no were been lyrical so u tripping

    • @TheKilliluminati
      @TheKilliluminati Місяць тому +3

      @@King__Tonego look up what lyrical means on a dictionary

    • @SUNNYLEO24
      @SUNNYLEO24 Місяць тому +2

      💯❤️💪🏾

  • @shush_ftw8965
    @shush_ftw8965 3 роки тому +3918

    If you are listening to this in 2021 you are a fucking legend

  • @patr1ck980
    @patr1ck980 6 років тому +2900

    This group was so underrated

    • @Khi.252
      @Khi.252 6 років тому +19

      Patrick Fegan Heck Yeah mannn

    • @lakeshiabaker7934
      @lakeshiabaker7934 6 років тому +17

      Very true.

    • @jonathanh222
      @jonathanh222 6 років тому +60

      The Pharcyde still performs... I'm gonna see them here in stockholm this month

    • @jerseyraised9117
      @jerseyraised9117 6 років тому +6

      REAL TALK!!!!

    • @imanbwilliams
      @imanbwilliams 6 років тому +84

      Actually lol they weren’t. They did extremely well and did big shows along with A Tribe Called Quest and they really blew up with LabCabinCalifornia. One of my favorite hip-hop groups. They were awesome. This album was under rated though, in my opinion

  • @1Rasta_man
    @1Rasta_man 10 місяців тому +403

    In 2023 and this song never NEVER gets old!! Still hit like it just was released yesterday. Salute to great hip hop.

    • @user-os2yj9xl6c
      @user-os2yj9xl6c 9 місяців тому +2

      and there she goes again the dope is Ethiopian You can't duplicate.

    • @plentiqo
      @plentiqo 9 місяців тому +1

      realll im 13 listenin to this

    • @joea6296
      @joea6296 5 місяців тому +1

      By letting her pass , proved to be a better man 🥲

    • @Staceysprobablycrying
      @Staceysprobablycrying 5 місяців тому +3

      We blasted this in the car on the way to the Bay Area when we were kids in the 90s. Played it at every house party and we all knew every word. A gorgeous classic. ✨ peace to every one here.

    • @xq8152
      @xq8152 5 місяців тому +2

      This is one of the greatest beats in hip hop history.

  • @scatterlingofafrica8928
    @scatterlingofafrica8928 3 роки тому +3381

    No naked women, no alcohol, no drugs….and the most important, no annoying autotune nor mumbling. Just a nice lyrical rap love song. This is the hip hop I miss so much.

    • @themountainsandthesea4121
      @themountainsandthesea4121 3 роки тому +30

      Yes.

    • @Noblesavage77
      @Noblesavage77 3 роки тому +26

      Truth

    • @noisserped2962
      @noisserped2962 3 роки тому +37

      im only 16 and i ant agree with you anymore

    • @Jack_______oh
      @Jack_______oh 3 роки тому +50

      Can't relate to rap about crime and stuff, this song is about something most people can relate to. Plus the lyricism is awesome and each rapper has a distinct style.

    • @cameron5367
      @cameron5367 3 роки тому +28

      did you listen to the song on the album before this?

  • @TonyMontana-bp2gp
    @TonyMontana-bp2gp 4 роки тому +3070

    Still listening to this in 2020 Hiphop forever.

  • @patd869
    @patd869 Місяць тому +96

    Hey Gen X family. I miss our music. I'm here in 2024.

  • @javiermata3602
    @javiermata3602 3 місяці тому +17

    When he said “ my dear my dear my dear “ his flow went to another universe.

  • @rosschapman9425
    @rosschapman9425 2 роки тому +1843

    48 years old and still loving these boys. Classic album

  • @ronaldjohnson3717
    @ronaldjohnson3717 3 роки тому +595

    Can we talk about how visually creative this video is.

  • @antoinecampbell7473
    @antoinecampbell7473 5 місяців тому +172

    These guys are underrated. Can’t believe everybody just kept on passing them by. 👍🏽

  • @antonjanewbiyancollins744
    @antonjanewbiyancollins744 3 місяці тому +138

    Still listening to this and it's February 16, 2024. ❤❤❤

  • @anthonytruman
    @anthonytruman 3 роки тому +644

    The Pharcyde, Souls of Mischief/Hieroglyphics, Zion I, Blu & Exile, Living Legends, The Grouch, Murs, Eligh, People Under The Stairs, Blackalicous/Gift of Gab, Dilated Peoples, Jurassic 5 are ALL AMAZING bringing soul, lyrics, unique flows, originality, and fun to music from the west coast like A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, Mos Def, Gang Starr/GURU, Mr. Lif etc.. on the east coast or Lupe Fiasco, Atmosphere, Eyedea, J Dilla, etc in the midwest. Give them all their flowers now

    • @veggiesupreme3556
      @veggiesupreme3556 3 роки тому +30

      You know your shit brother you seem like a cool guy

    • @Risviltsov
      @Risviltsov 3 роки тому +6

      Personally I'm a Public Enemy [I love the stuff from "Apocalypse 91... The Enemy Strikes Black" (1991) to "Most of My Heroes Still Don't Appear on No Stamps" (2012) excluding the crap that was "Rebirth of a Nation" (2005) with Paris and Dead Prez; "Revolverlution" (2002) and "There's A Poison' Goin' On" (1999) are classics], Gang Starr (their later stuff was unbelievable - "Hard to Earn" (1994) was their best album in terms of vibe and concept, "Daily Operation" (1992), "Step Into the Arena" (1990), "No More Mr. Nice Guy" (1989) are definite morning classics; "The Ownerz" (2003) is probably their most victorious and triumphant album - the world was theirs, and "Moment of Truth" (1998) is possibly my favorite album for the lyrics and production value - Preem was a fucking god and Guru at his peak.), and Deltron 3030 fan. ("Deltron 3030" (2008) [Del cannot be beat, and Dan's tracks are sooooooo goooooood to where the instrumentals make superb sampling tracks] and "Event 2" (2013)). My music though is inspired mostly by Tangerine Dream, an entirely different genre (Komische electronic/ambient electronic) of an entirely different country.

    • @joseph_b319
      @joseph_b319 3 роки тому +24

      Can’t for get Digable Planets.

    • @colonia8
      @colonia8 3 роки тому +6

      GURU.....................

    • @DrDoomPool
      @DrDoomPool 3 роки тому +14

      RIP GURU

  • @alexstubbings_
    @alexstubbings_ 6 років тому +450

    The line "I guess the twinkle in her eye's just a twinkle in her eye" always hits me hard

    • @edgarikmkrtchyan3223
      @edgarikmkrtchyan3223 5 років тому +4

      Yes, best lane

    • @Megamain6
      @Megamain6 5 років тому +1

      ya fr

    • @techmic2854
      @techmic2854 4 роки тому

      Everytime.

    • @yourcousin88
      @yourcousin88 4 роки тому +2

      What does it mean????

    • @techmic2854
      @techmic2854 4 роки тому +87

      sergio clavel it's that feeling when the pretty girl across the room who u crushing on gives u the eye. The eye that gives u the confidence to shoot your shot. Then u realize it was just a friendly look. Just a twinkle in the eye

  • @jasonthompson7833
    @jasonthompson7833 2 місяці тому +29

    Just watched “mid90s” and had to hear this. If you haven’t seen that movie go look. It’s great

  • @mitchacho_
    @mitchacho_ 11 місяців тому +64

    If you’re under 20 and bumping this, congratulations! You were raised right..

  • @mahamadeuswardhana8860
    @mahamadeuswardhana8860 3 дні тому +2

    In dark times in rap nowadays, we always have these songs to comeback to a simpler time in music. A blessing. 🥲

  • @mindelo23
    @mindelo23 2 роки тому +127

    1:48 He's upside down while she's running in the background. Symbolically it means she's been on his mind so much to the point of messing his life up ( turn it upside down). A+ directing.

    • @bereagri
      @bereagri 2 роки тому +7

      Nice analytics

    • @darelljackson4132
      @darelljackson4132 2 роки тому +3

      Great analysis! On point!

    • @nyykSIUUU
      @nyykSIUUU 2 роки тому +3

      The Pharcyde had some great directing for their music videos

  • @_alltheseprettylights_
    @_alltheseprettylights_ 3 роки тому +1440

    It's rare to find people under 30 jamming this type of 90s hip hop. Kudos to anyone listening to this, your on the right track.

  • @user-rv6pk2xd2o
    @user-rv6pk2xd2o 5 місяців тому +24

    One of my favorite rap songs. Such beats as in the 90s no longer exist and never will!!!

    • @danas3765
      @danas3765 Місяць тому

      Not entirely true. Several artists sample old songs, including the Pharcyde's Running Away. Didn't Beyoncé sample it? Some guy did too.

  • @mrpoppatop
    @mrpoppatop 5 місяців тому +28

    Classic 🔥93 .. being a teen in the 90s was like my parents in the 70s.. music and fashion can’t be duplicated no matter how they try .. 😢miss these days

  • @jens2217
    @jens2217 3 роки тому +2559

    A moment of silence for the people who haven’t heard this song

  • @MaloneMantooth
    @MaloneMantooth 5 років тому +738

    Don't care what anyone says.....90's were the Golden age of Rap, grunge, alternative......music was all we had, everyone was looking for the year 2000's and we got looked over.

    • @October3074
      @October3074 4 роки тому +3

      💯

    • @LostNdFound434
      @LostNdFound434 4 роки тому +4

      It's sad too i was born in 2000 I'm 19 now this is real music

    • @brandonslavin7540
      @brandonslavin7540 4 роки тому +3

      Hell yeah, hip hop and rock hey day

    • @zazabroom
      @zazabroom 4 роки тому +1

      Malone Mantooth damn straight

    • @fawnfox1224
      @fawnfox1224 4 роки тому +5

      Miss it so much! Today's music SUCKS in all types!!!!!!

  • @JoseRamon-xi2cs
    @JoseRamon-xi2cs 3 місяці тому +1195

    Anyone here in 2024?

  • @dj1speaker50
    @dj1speaker50 Місяць тому +10

    Just saw my 1st Cypress Hill concert last Friday and these brothers opened up for them...awesome chill atmosphere all around!!!

    • @joshjosh-ld8ph
      @joshjosh-ld8ph 23 дні тому

      Same I see the tour this week in Dallas and was amazing

  • @michelelombardo411
    @michelelombardo411 3 роки тому +342

    That "damn" at the end hits just differently...

  • @JOJO-gl6tx
    @JOJO-gl6tx 2 роки тому +410

    This beat is forever legendary...
    This SONG is forever legendary.

    • @GregoryBonino
      @GregoryBonino Рік тому

      Quincy Jones ? ua-cam.com/video/xoXyO3XSIh4/v-deo.html

  • @christophermorris5398
    @christophermorris5398 24 дні тому +15

    I have no regrets ditching my High School Prom to go see them in concert in '95. My girlfriend wasn't even mad about it. She said the prom was wack. Lol

  • @JesusFlores-818bambino
    @JesusFlores-818bambino 3 місяці тому +7

    Still bumping this.
    I’m 46. EST 1977

  • @mad-cyantist3159
    @mad-cyantist3159 2 роки тому +1461

    The 90's will always remain as the Greatest Decade of all time!

    • @scinnyc
      @scinnyc 2 роки тому +3

      💯% Real talk...and if you miss that creative 90s sound then ✔ out my tracks...I specialize in making retro-style hip hop...!!!👍🏾 🎧🎤🎶📀💣 🔥

    • @xxokolyy
      @xxokolyy 2 роки тому +42

      the Balkan countries disagree

    • @nevitsp7844
      @nevitsp7844 2 роки тому +22

      @@xxokolyy Same with most of South America. But hey, the music was cool.

    • @cherihouston1022
      @cherihouston1022 2 роки тому +6

      yesssss

    • @da7thones-s674
      @da7thones-s674 2 роки тому +3

      Big facts

  • @ricardobjj24
    @ricardobjj24 2 роки тому +512

    One of the greatest Hip Hop songs ever. Masterpiece of a song

  • @1Mariahelena1
    @1Mariahelena1 9 місяців тому +50

    This is when rappers had skill and talked about everyday life. 80’s and 90’s rap and hip hop is the best hands down!!!!

    • @everyonesopinionisdumb
      @everyonesopinionisdumb Місяць тому

      They still do. They had wack rappers back then as well. It's dope stuff today forsure

  • @1Mariahelena1
    @1Mariahelena1 9 місяців тому +22

    I remember my mom telling me as teenager one day this would be a classic.

  • @Popu_GTB
    @Popu_GTB 3 роки тому +378

    Samples:
    Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced?
    Quincy Jones - Summer In The City
    Weather Report - 125th Street Congress 0:14
    Skull Snaps - It’s a New Day (Drums)
    Manzel - Midnight Theme (Drums)
    Eddie Russ - Hill Where the Lord Hides1:12
    Whodini - Friends (Vocals) 1:26
    The Invitations - Written on the Wall 1:53
    Tom Scott - Sneakin In the Back (Drums) 3:53

  • @worldchesstourvlogs
    @worldchesstourvlogs 4 роки тому +441

    "Walked passed MC's like that girl did The Pharcyde"
    R.I.P. Phife

    • @richanddarksbane1439
      @richanddarksbane1439 4 роки тому

      Dang where'd this come from

    • @worldchesstourvlogs
      @worldchesstourvlogs 4 роки тому +17

      @@richanddarksbane1439 God Lives Through - Tribe Called Quest. Its off Midnight Marauders

    • @GopNik88
      @GopNik88 4 роки тому +10

      OMG as soon as I read that I heard the tune in my head then sung it...wow the memory never forgets good music

    • @terrancevason6171
      @terrancevason6171 3 роки тому

      I ear some&&__but I'm grown

    • @terrancevason6171
      @terrancevason6171 3 роки тому

      We gangstas we gangtars dew MOUNTAIN DEW .

  • @angellicbeautyproducts9479
    @angellicbeautyproducts9479 9 місяців тому +8

    Anyone listening to this deserves respect bc they know whta conscious hip hop is...bless up✌🏾

  • @rtpfixit
    @rtpfixit 4 місяці тому +5

    The flow changeups by themselves are velvet, but then they mix in that beautiful chorus and so many staccato breakdowns, and then the vibe... Total masterpiece

  • @onamemmet
    @onamemmet 4 роки тому +241

    "I guess that twinkle in her eye was just a twinkle in her eye..." Wonderful line.

    • @dicomohio4743
      @dicomohio4743 4 роки тому +4

      That line haunted me for decades

    • @childvspuddle5732
      @childvspuddle5732 3 роки тому +1

      Please explain the line

    • @dicomohio4743
      @dicomohio4743 3 роки тому +15

      @@childvspuddle5732 It means that his assumptions were wrong about her and he must come to terms with the fact that she does not have any special interests in him.

    • @onamemmet
      @onamemmet 3 роки тому +6

      @@childvspuddle5732
      "A twinkle in her eye" is a term that means someone is conveying some frisky intensions, by a little glimmer in the eye. It's an American idiom indicating sexual interest, seen in a subtle look.
      This guy is saying what he understood to be such a glimmer in the girl's eye towards him, turned out to be literally just a glimpse, and she was indeed expressing no interest at all. Dig?

    • @narcisoanasui246
      @narcisoanasui246 3 роки тому

      I thought you said "Twinkie" 🤣😂

  • @SirCommoner
    @SirCommoner 2 роки тому +182

    That "my dear my dear my dear" line is total jazz, these guys are jazzy af and oldschool

    • @toothgrinder2760
      @toothgrinder2760 2 роки тому +26

      That’s great too.
      “Now there she goes again the dopest Ethiopian” is my favorite line.

    • @angelaflamson449
      @angelaflamson449 Рік тому

      This is my fave line too dude 🤙

  • @rodneyforde1872
    @rodneyforde1872 Місяць тому +3

    Im 60 now in 2024 i might not be around but i'd bet my life they're playing this another 20 years from now❤❤❤

  • @prentisdavis9781
    @prentisdavis9781 3 місяці тому +6

    A time when everyone sounded different.

  • @Oscar01-21
    @Oscar01-21 3 роки тому +334

    The sax inbetween verses is so ill🔥🔥🔥

    • @PatinaEdochie
      @PatinaEdochie 3 роки тому +9

      Right 🎷🎶🔥🔥🔥

    • @user-ug1cu6sw8g
      @user-ug1cu6sw8g 2 роки тому +9

      So ill it got me ill with covid lol

    • @tc-lr7tn
      @tc-lr7tn 2 роки тому +1

      G-Funk Right there, Get Into It Man... Its A Dying Craft!

    • @CejaTV
      @CejaTV 2 роки тому +1

      its sooo good 🔥 ♡

    • @modularoutput
      @modularoutput 2 роки тому

      The way it's slightly off tempo. 🕶

  • @andrehb
    @andrehb 2 роки тому +263

    that 'dopest ethiopian' verse is *everything*

    • @RedsBigRig
      @RedsBigRig 2 роки тому +44

      "Now there she goes again the dopest ethiopian and now the world around me begins movin in slow motion when"
      That line was smooooooth as fuck forsure

    • @mandolinleathers2116
      @mandolinleathers2116 2 роки тому +10

      Yes indeedy

    • @RedsBigRig
      @RedsBigRig 2 роки тому +5

      @@mandolinleathers2116 I wrote graffiti on the bus....
      True story lol

    • @LetsBendReality
      @LetsBendReality 2 роки тому +2

      I never knew K'naan used that line in his song with Adam Levine!!!! Didn't catch it they said it first here! So fun how great hip hop artists pay homage!✌🏾🌞🥸💫👍🏿💫

    • @sauditate4562
      @sauditate4562 2 роки тому

      @@mandolinleathers2116 wrote graffiti on the back a' the bus

  • @jmac212003
    @jmac212003 8 місяців тому +13

    This song can never be played out. How many songs today will have this type of longevity?

  • @BeatrixKiddo77
    @BeatrixKiddo77 Рік тому +37

    Timeless Masterpiece. Entire album is pure perfection.

  • @sirwilliam0777
    @sirwilliam0777 6 років тому +780

    The Pharcyde and Souls of Mischief need to do a tour.

    • @DownassMusic
      @DownassMusic 6 років тому +3

      sirwilliam johnson check this concert out! If you want them there, submit it on this website! It’s an off the hook concert they have every year! www.hieroday.com

    • @The-J
      @The-J 5 років тому +34

      As the hieroglyphics crew too

    • @SkuxNanaMoney
      @SkuxNanaMoney 5 років тому +31

      And tribe called quest

    • @killerspinach8256
      @killerspinach8256 5 років тому +2

      pleaz

    • @orthodoxreuben1974
      @orthodoxreuben1974 5 років тому +9

      Saw their tour together back in ‘95 in NYC. Effn epic!!! 🔊🔊🔊

  • @bertoh5544
    @bertoh5544 6 років тому +2495

    Walked into GoodWill and found the album sitting there for $1.99 Come up!!!

    • @jordonbrewer2010
      @jordonbrewer2010 6 років тому +105

      Nice find man. I'd cop that shit so fast if I saw it.

    • @MikeHectorCreative
      @MikeHectorCreative 6 років тому +27

      Solid find

    • @bertoh5544
      @bertoh5544 6 років тому +94

      Still digging out gems from GoodWill. Found Mobb Deep Hell on Earth and Gza Liquid Swords 1.99 each. Go to GoodWill just not the ones I go to lol.

    • @makinithappen7521
      @makinithappen7521 6 років тому +2

      BERTOH N.E.L.A where u at?

    • @Ph.40Lowks
      @Ph.40Lowks 6 років тому +15

      Lucky bastard

  • @Aryo773
    @Aryo773 2 місяці тому +8

    Here in 2024 💯💯💯

  • @dufeedem8868
    @dufeedem8868 13 днів тому +1

    This song will have you feeling like the coolest guy on earth after being rejected 🙌💯

  • @massivegat5087
    @massivegat5087 6 років тому +159

    Fatlip's verse on this track is hands down my favorite verse in all of Hip Hop. It don't matter if you a thug or a nerd we've all had our crushes pass us by. Respect to the Pharcyde

    • @wyguy1212
      @wyguy1212 4 роки тому +4

      MassiveGat can’t agree enough that verse is so slept on ! Along with pretty much all of pharcyde

    • @puertoriconnect4611
      @puertoriconnect4611 4 роки тому +2

      Word. The flow is fucking sick. I kinda wish his verse was first.

    • @cheesecake3036
      @cheesecake3036 4 роки тому

      For sure, also sick candlemass pic!

    • @jsun7972
      @jsun7972 4 роки тому +1

      @@wyguy1212 I remember that the Source or some of the magazine gave that verse 5 mics or something like that so it wasn't totally slept on

    • @paulgabbard6582
      @paulgabbard6582 3 роки тому

      Like all rap like all old school rap like all hip-hop like all 90s

  • @PaulNigelWarner
    @PaulNigelWarner 2 роки тому +57

    A classic, 53 years old and still bumping this...................

  • @bequiet4636
    @bequiet4636 11 місяців тому +21

    This song has been stuck in my head for damn near a week. The childhood nostalgia I feel is unreal.

  • @darkjead
    @darkjead 10 місяців тому +19

    Modern musicians let’s not let this genre die 😊

  • @26gdagod.62
    @26gdagod.62 3 роки тому +20

    2:06 “I guess a twinkle in her eye is just a twinkle in her eye” hit the hardest

  • @EricJohnson-qo7nz
    @EricJohnson-qo7nz 2 роки тому +437

    One of Hip-Hop’s most beautiful moments, precision storytelling at its finest. Full circle moment playing this in the car today and seeing someone walking down the street turn around 360 and give a nodding thumbs up of approval. Great to see timeless music is here to stay in 2022

  • @foshizle121
    @foshizle121 Рік тому +13

    Im in my 30s listening to this gem in 2023. I remember hearing these tunes blasting from my big brother’s room and him teaching me all about hip hop, reggae, the roots of our culture it will always mean the world to me

  • @AaronLesterMedia
    @AaronLesterMedia День тому

    One of the my important songs of my generation... Crazy it's 2024 and this song still gives me the same feeling it did back in the 90s...

  • @emiliomarbanjr
    @emiliomarbanjr 3 роки тому +71

    "By lettin her pass I had proved to be a better man" Man 101.

  • @dammitdannie215
    @dammitdannie215 Рік тому +357

    Beat is forever nostalgic..Truly the golden era of Hiphop. It flashes you right back to the 90s and how everything was 🤔

    • @jondavis809
      @jondavis809 9 місяців тому +4

      Look up Quincy Jones- summer in the city

    • @dammitdannie215
      @dammitdannie215 9 місяців тому +1

      @@jondavis809 Bet! Moms used to play Quincy Jones all the time when I was a kid but that track title doesn’t sound familiar.

    • @zorianahervoyce
      @zorianahervoyce 2 місяці тому +2

      Yeah Quincy jones all the way!! 🎶

  • @rocket5557
    @rocket5557 11 місяців тому +3

    No guns, no gangsters, no swearing, no attitudes. Just gifted lyricists getting by on pure talent. 48 years old now and I remember it like it was yesterday.

  • @conedx
    @conedx 10 місяців тому +6

    nothing compares to that early 90s west coast rap.

    • @PainterVierax
      @PainterVierax 6 місяців тому +2

      saying that under a Pharcyde clip is ridiculous when you know those native tongue vibes and the early jazzy rap were mainly an east coast thing.

  • @vr4892
    @vr4892 4 роки тому +850

    The West Coast’s version of A Tribe Called Quest, in my opinion. Although they had their own vibe and flavor! Loved this group!

    • @dancatignani_pg.08
      @dancatignani_pg.08 4 роки тому +37

      That's why ATCQ and The Pharcyde are my two favorite hip hop groups (at least feel good hip hop)!

    • @dancatignani_pg.08
      @dancatignani_pg.08 4 роки тому +20

      @@sudosudosudo For sure. Different style to these two groups though. I love Wu-Tang and Black Moon. Their first albums were playing non-stop in our graduation limo during prom night in NYC 1994!

    • @lateshiachilds3640
      @lateshiachilds3640 4 роки тому +17

      Exactly, I used to think they were from New York they had that New York sound.

    • @lateshiachilds3640
      @lateshiachilds3640 4 роки тому

      @@dancatignani_pg.08 mine too

    • @vr4892
      @vr4892 4 роки тому +13

      Lateshia Childs Word! You know who else sounded East Coast to me and in this same genre? Souls of Mischief.

  • @jenniferbolen3262
    @jenniferbolen3262 Рік тому +520

    Will Hip Hop ever be like this again? Probably not, so I cherish gems like this from our youth.

    • @cibida1
      @cibida1 Рік тому +37

      Could happen. Wouldn’t be surprised if people get tired of the nonsense and go back to hip hop music that actually makes sense.

    • @andym1016
      @andym1016 9 місяців тому +13

      Hip hop. Yes. A few artist that know how to spit real bars. But not as common as before. Rappers now a days are just pure ass. Rare to find an artist with word play.

    • @michaels_madness
      @michaels_madness 9 місяців тому +3

      Gotta find underground artists who actually spit about real topics! They're rare, but they're out here!

    • @TheForbiddenOne55
      @TheForbiddenOne55 8 місяців тому +8

      Coast Contra... if you like Pharcyde, Tribe, Wu Tang... those young guys emulate the 90s style VERY well while adding their own flair. They're lyrical af too. Don't sleep on them like I did before i finally checked em out. They're legit

    • @slumplordx2669
      @slumplordx2669 8 місяців тому +4

      it probably won't happen. Remember tho hip hop is always evolving and the same way you feel about this song theres a whole generation who feel the same way to say lil uzi or drakes songs ya know.

  • @austinmartin2464
    @austinmartin2464 Рік тому +32

    I'm so glad I was raised on the classics. Love this song!

  • @jayceemedia
    @jayceemedia Місяць тому +3

    One of the greatest rap videos ever

  • @Budz-vy7hd
    @Budz-vy7hd 5 років тому +252

    that shorty in high school you still thinkin bout.... 25 years ago damn we old AF!

    • @thedude8526
      @thedude8526 5 років тому +24

      If it's any consolation she's probably fat, ugly and married by now lol.

    • @amgnomercy
      @amgnomercy 5 років тому +6

      Man, I'm trying to tell you! LOL

    • @danieldickerson5444
      @danieldickerson5444 4 роки тому +5

      Bro, realist comment on here

    • @LGKids
      @LGKids 4 роки тому

      @@thedude8526 not the one from my high school! Peace!

    • @cherylcarney2762
      @cherylcarney2762 4 роки тому

      You should call her 😉

  • @evanparrafx
    @evanparrafx 2 роки тому +836

    I personally consider this the best hip hop song ever made. Some of these lines are borderline Morrissey lyrics, "I guess a twinkle in her eye is just a twinkle in her eye." It's simple, but deep and painful, and also profound. It tells a long story of heartbreak to arrive at that simple conclusion summed up in one line. The opening reverse sample and reverb on the vocals makes it sound like it takes place in the past, when things are bittersweet. The organ sample from Summer in the City makes it all nostalgic and melancholy. It's just a brilliant song.

    • @buddhull
      @buddhull 2 роки тому +14

      I hear that. It’s up there with other cuts of hip hop perfection for me, too. Sometimes songs that sound melancholy but maybe aren’t completely (or at all) just do the best types of damage to our senses that other feel good song examples just can’t. A lot of my favorites from the genre are songs with thought out soulful, deep cutting beats and instrumental layers, but with the rapping on top of it being real, dirty, funky shit that makes the complete package an attack on all of my check boxes. Southern groups were the best with that shit and guys like DJ Screw took it a step further. Grab some headphones and check out these tracks if you’re up for it:
      Screw / UGK - Something Good
      Screw / Al-D - No Way Out
      Screw / Point Blank - Mind Went Blank
      Point Blank - After I Die
      Three-6 Mafia - Da Summa
      Three-6 Mafia - Fuckin Wit Dis Click
      Screw / Guerrilla Maab - Fondren
      20-2-Life - Servin’ A Deuce
      Geto Boys - Mind Playin Tricks (obvious)
      Goodie Mob - Guess Who
      Scarface - Greed

    • @justindavis3623
      @justindavis3623 2 роки тому +14

      Definitely a crossover masterpiece. Transcends being 'just' a hip hop track.

    • @djcavinjames7265
      @djcavinjames7265 2 роки тому +12

      And then you add this brilliant dream state video with its humour, heartache and visual confusion and it’s the total package.

    • @tuxedoboy7910
      @tuxedoboy7910 2 роки тому +21

      Bro wrote an entire essay

    • @davev7615
      @davev7615 2 роки тому +3

      LMFAO at comparing Morrissey the fucking racist to the Pharcyde.

  • @DRONEROC128
    @DRONEROC128 10 місяців тому +5

    1993 South Central Los Angeles baby, gotta love classic hip hop.

    • @99nozy
      @99nozy 3 місяці тому

      Man, Priceless

  • @CordDonte
    @CordDonte 14 днів тому +1

    I remember this being on the radio when I was a kid I'm 36 now and jam TF out of this, I can relate 😂

  • @Thehightableisdone
    @Thehightableisdone 3 роки тому +172

    *When we were kids. "Our parents just* *don't understand this music"*
    *Now as parents. "Kids just don't* *understand this music"*
    *It's has come full circle ⭕*

    • @shadeyxo
      @shadeyxo 3 роки тому +7

      Please the circle is gone and dead. Music cannot get any worse than it is now

    • @Thehightableisdone
      @Thehightableisdone 3 роки тому +1

      @@shadeyxo it's literally 🗑️

    • @noyew2325
      @noyew2325 3 роки тому +9

      @@shadeyxo and when kids today are in there 40s they’ll be saying kids today just don’t understand music. And there kids will do the same.

    • @lyrics2challenged
      @lyrics2challenged 3 роки тому +1

      @@shadeyxo Understand, this how people felt about this music right here.

    • @julianborjesson9857
      @julianborjesson9857 2 роки тому +5

      @@shadeyxo tbh it's so fucking cringe generalizing all of the diverse sounds of rap today to just lil pump

  • @elvinsolano6177
    @elvinsolano6177 4 роки тому +129

    The Classics age like fine wine.

  • @ChristopherCellucci
    @ChristopherCellucci 3 місяці тому +6

    Hey look I’m 14 and I’m listening to this song and now I can’t stop listening to this song

  • @woofdog1525
    @woofdog1525 10 місяців тому +32

    I remember listening to this on tape in my bedroom when it came out..I was 14 and it gives me the exact same feeling as it did then now I’m 45.
    Bone fide masterpiece as is their debut album ✌🏾

  • @whybecuzimme
    @whybecuzimme Рік тому +411

    52 yrs old. This song is still the bomb 💣 ... There was a time when music was fun to listen to and everyone enjoying it just got along.

    • @HominisLupis
      @HominisLupis Рік тому +1

      Yeah that wasn't when you was young old man

    • @whybecuzimme
      @whybecuzimme Рік тому +10

      @@HominisLupis The word you're lookin for is "WERE" not "was" . I edited my comment to take into consideration the part your parent/s play in you not speaking properly.

    • @187killabitch
      @187killabitch Рік тому

      @@HominisLupis you calling him "oldman" with a 14 years old account? that's both funny and pathetic, you are not young either with your middle aged azz lmao.

    • @le4chehenry324
      @le4chehenry324 Рік тому +6

      Good music comes out every year goofy

    • @whybecuzimme
      @whybecuzimme Рік тому +1

      @@le4chehenry324 👈🙄Petunia

  • @MommaGuarisco
    @MommaGuarisco 3 роки тому +521

    This is RAP... No mumbling.. No weird fucking noises.. Just pure telling a story with bomb as beats.

    • @Mialolz11
      @Mialolz11 3 роки тому +5

      Init

    • @hesus1474
      @hesus1474 3 роки тому +38

      RAP stands for "Rhythm and Poetry"
      A lot of "rappers" nowadays probably don't even know that.

    • @frantzfanonfan87
      @frantzfanonfan87 3 роки тому +3

      Lol

    • @jaycee598
      @jaycee598 3 роки тому +6

      @@hesus1474 thats something Rakim made up it wasn’t the original definition

    • @hesus1474
      @hesus1474 3 роки тому +7

      @@jaycee598 it may as well be

  • @charleslee9314
    @charleslee9314 10 днів тому +1

    My generation this is what rap.should have stayed

  • @charleslee9314
    @charleslee9314 10 днів тому

    55 and I can't believe this is a classic

  • @dyemend1995
    @dyemend1995 3 роки тому +410

    18 years old just discovering this sort of sound , real eye opening dope shit man Edit: I appreciate yall so much, hiphop in the 90s has deeply influenced Me in ways that new school will Never Do. Peace

  • @justinstewart8282
    @justinstewart8282 6 років тому +620

    Great tune and nobody acting hard on the track either. Just good storytelling.

    • @beejohn1016
      @beejohn1016 5 років тому +26

      Exactly my point ...the TRUE essence of hip hop is storytelling. ..anybody who can read can put a bunch of bragging rhyme words together. If you look at the best their biggest hits were storytelling rhymes ....meaning the mc's with long careers ...Jay-Z biggie, em, wu tang , nas, beenie, even the fugees ...real talk people really forgot what hip hop was about and how it started.

    • @carlwilliams897
      @carlwilliams897 4 роки тому +2

      beejohn1016 ua-cam.com/video/bcPGkN9Q9Wk/v-deo.html I use to spit a bar or two 🤷🏽‍♂️✌🏽

    • @thomasrainbow
      @thomasrainbow 4 роки тому +2

      @@beejohn1016 Well said!!

    • @beejohn1016
      @beejohn1016 4 роки тому +4

      @@carlwilliams897 me too bruh ...like fuh real tho ....nasty ...but rap today is corny b. ...

    • @BigRoqq
      @BigRoqq 4 роки тому +1

      beejohn1016 “corny b”😂

  • @tinydlk6821
    @tinydlk6821 6 місяців тому +3

    2023 and still listen to old school until i die im still listen to it best era ever

  • @marloaulicino6324
    @marloaulicino6324 3 дні тому +1

    This was my shit was I was young! Rap today can't compare to the late 80's & 90&'s

  • @MrJamal657
    @MrJamal657 4 роки тому +502

    The last verse is the best.. "the letter came back three days later... return to sender.. dayum.." that shit hits home fr

    • @DKM.23
      @DKM.23 4 роки тому +26

      MrJamal657 oh my god hahaha I was thinking the stupidest shit ever... I thought he said “we turned to cinder” as in a cinderblock.... their relationship crumbled away like cinder 🤣 I’m embarrassed

    • @Jay_R_S
      @Jay_R_S 4 роки тому +4

      Fatlip!!!!

    • @CGBalla1014
      @CGBalla1014 4 роки тому +3

      Drew M you stoned?

    • @DKM.23
      @DKM.23 4 роки тому +6

      CGBalla1014 probably was, shit I am now

    • @jasonlowther3505
      @jasonlowther3505 4 роки тому +8

      I can most definitely agree "my dear my dear my dear you do not know me but I you and I love you." That shit was rad

  • @a.christian9647
    @a.christian9647 6 років тому +598

    This is my era of Hip Hop!!!!

    • @jarablue
      @jarablue 6 років тому +3

      A. Christian We grew up with such good music.

    • @maelleffo1574
      @maelleffo1574 6 років тому +5

      This is exactly what Hip-Hop is !

    • @jarablue
      @jarablue 6 років тому

      Wait, you mean...aww. What is everyone who thinks what Hip Hop isn't, going to do?

    • @SaleemFrazer
      @SaleemFrazer 5 років тому

      Same.

    • @massivegat5087
      @massivegat5087 5 років тому +3

      You and me both. Mad respect to the Pharcyde

  • @SpookiePookieArachnids
    @SpookiePookieArachnids 10 місяців тому +7

    Used to load this tape in my Walkman and go skate for hours! Thats right kiddos! Grandpa ripped shit to The Pharcyde! Cant believe its been 30 years already!

    • @85686
      @85686 10 місяців тому +2

      Respect 👍

  • @SourceAwareness
    @SourceAwareness 6 днів тому +2

    Don't let this Masterpiece *pass you by!* 😎🔥

  • @nadiesu3870
    @nadiesu3870 Рік тому +48

    My 15 year old son’s teacher played this song in class and gave extra credit for who can name it and he did. made me as proud of him for that as much as for him taking AP classes

  • @killerb6792
    @killerb6792 2 роки тому +283

    What a jam. 30 years later and it sounds just as fresh. I remember hearing this at 8 and being mindblown. It was unique for its time and todays hip hop still can't match this kindof writing.

    • @dappa311
      @dappa311 2 роки тому +1

      YUP! Beautiful song and very artistic.

    • @jcv096
      @jcv096 2 роки тому +5

      Damn you just made me feel old as shit! 😂 I flinched at 30 years later! Damn. These guys were mad cool, I used to chill with them whenever they came to Tampa.

    • @brentjames2425
      @brentjames2425 2 роки тому +1

      19 when they came on the hip hop scene 90s

    • @thahomiesandme599
      @thahomiesandme599 Рік тому

      As the kids say...FACTS!!!

  • @gregjacobs1787
    @gregjacobs1787 3 місяці тому +3

    Best beat ever, followed by some dope lyrics.

  • @Ratherridethanlearn
    @Ratherridethanlearn 9 місяців тому +2

    Only 10 and I’m Alr listening to this, I’m proud

  • @AnytimeTelevision
    @AnytimeTelevision 4 роки тому +258

    "Now there she goes again, the dopest Ethiopian" GOLD

    • @Moneyg73
      @Moneyg73 4 роки тому +12

      Yeah im a sucker for ethiopian women. But im half nigerian so they act like we're mortal enemies. SMH.

    • @derred723
      @derred723 4 роки тому +4

      @@Moneyg73 Shit that's just Romeo and Juliet style. How can one of the greatest love stories ever be wrong? Just don't die at the end.

    • @calikeisha365
      @calikeisha365 4 роки тому +7

      Come to DC there a tons of dope Ethiopians...All of my Ethiopian girlfriends are dope!

    • @CeCeMe1
      @CeCeMe1 4 роки тому +1

      @@calikeisha365 or Seattle

    • @gbolabodba
      @gbolabodba 4 роки тому

      @@Moneyg73 I wonder why!!!!!!!

  • @dyanidasani
    @dyanidasani Рік тому +1174

    I’m a 16 y/o girl and i fell down a hip hop rabbit hole a while ago and happened to find this song. ive been nonstop listening to this for a few months and I’m literally obsessed with the pharcyde now.

    • @maurovakanjac2069
      @maurovakanjac2069 Рік тому +16

      Yeah baby

    • @lonzoballcandoitall4132
      @lonzoballcandoitall4132 Рік тому +40

      90s hop is it.

    • @scatterlingofafrica8928
      @scatterlingofafrica8928 Рік тому +37

      Welcome to the world of old school Hip Hop.

    • @BobbyBasketball19999
      @BobbyBasketball19999 Рік тому +39

      If you want some suggestions for other groups, A Tribe Called Quest are very similar and huge favorites of mine. Some particular favorite tracks of mine are Butter, Footprints, Electric Relaxation and Luck of Lucien. Hope you like them. :)

    • @TheDarkLordGino69
      @TheDarkLordGino69 Рік тому +40

      @@BobbyBasketball19999 I also recommend other groups like De La Soul, Foreign Exchange and Souls Of Mischief. I'm 18 and I absolutely love old school hip-hop the shit is the best 🙌🏼

  • @juanloera7624
    @juanloera7624 6 місяців тому +5

    Couldn't tell you how many times I've played this song ... top grade stuff right here

  • @EveryoneShouldWangChung
    @EveryoneShouldWangChung Місяць тому +3

    I was in my 20s when this came out. It was when rap still told a story

    • @lekaoforty.726
      @lekaoforty.726 28 днів тому +1

      i wish rap now was still like this, my generations cooked

    • @onlypostthebest6104
      @onlypostthebest6104 16 днів тому

      @@lekaoforty.726man your generation are worst than crackheads.. they are self destructive even without the drugs

  • @c.l.9344
    @c.l.9344 3 роки тому +1539

    Real hip hop fans know that this beat is one of the greatest beats of all time. So classic, so timeless. Better than the mumble rap that's out now.

    • @danieldickerson5444
      @danieldickerson5444 3 роки тому +36

      When speaking about this beat they should also know that it contains a classic Jimi Hendrix sample

    • @yoryay2239
      @yoryay2239 2 роки тому +6

      This s jam was never so good as when it came out… If I could only go back.

    • @rawsko0316
      @rawsko0316 2 роки тому +10

      @@yoryay2239 take me with you, I got shit to fix.

    • @KLK01
      @KLK01 2 роки тому +20

      93 til infinity is superior, fight me.

    • @nativesonya1865
      @nativesonya1865 2 роки тому +4

      Amen the story telling is what I fell in love with.

  • @MakeYourOwnDamnMusic
    @MakeYourOwnDamnMusic 4 роки тому +79

    If this came out today, it would blow peoples minds just like it did almost 30 years ago.

  • @CheebsCheeby
    @CheebsCheeby Місяць тому +1

    Saw these guys at Rock the Bells in the late 2000s was amazing. Mos Def, Tribe Called Quest, Method Man and Redman, Nas, De La Soul and more. It was pure bliss.

  • @Urboyyycarlos
    @Urboyyycarlos 7 місяців тому +2

    Shout-out to all the 20 year old bucks who grew up with 90s,2000s era music games and shows that you still revist even after so long