I remember in 1990 I was 13 years old. MC Eiht came to Northwest Plaza in St.Louis Mo. Maybe he was in town for a show, my friend Brian and I saw him at the mall that day. He was so gangsta on TV but the most humble and kind person in real life. He said hello to us and didn't make us feel like we annoyed him. I never forgot that day. He was the first famous person I ever met. Yeah 8 is a real one. I'm now 46 and remember that like it was yesterday. I will always be an MC Eiht fan.
Good morning, sir your absolutely right about that, being Humble like that takes A lot humility and A lot of knowledge and also Knowing who God in your life to him
His modesty and maturity makes him one of the coolest guys in hip-hop ever. Just like that old school ass DJ Squeaky goes: “Don't change when money comes around, cause what goes up must come down”. MC Eiht was aware of that, and not too many have the maturity he got.
A rare example of advisable common sense that a lot of people never build from within themselves for when the money flows. Money is the root of all evil, and it'll pump up a person's ego to be even more selfish and fuckheaded than ever if they're not careful to handle shit wit it. Man, I wish I had MC Eiht as my father. I can live and learn a helluva lot from a guy like him. There aren't as many bruthas in the game that's about as real as him, and that's what's shameful.
MC Eiht is speaking that truth. So many people think it's that easy to get a high amount of money. They gotta learn,its far from it by any means. Nothing worth having comes without hard work. Keep tellin em Eiht, spend that money wisely.
This is why I respect Eiht. He's straight up about how he was wronged. Most homies would have been quiet. Somebody needs to get with Unknown for real. Everytime I bump Music To Drive By and Straight Checkin Em Eiht should get paid.
Dont care about his financial status..hes my top 5 rappers of all time.. from the "blue tapes"and to now...hes still the "Shakespeare of Gangsta Rap" Geaaah ..still bang all his shyt to this day..😎
Still real as hell living like he was in Menace 2 Society. Someone I can see walking out the most ghetto chicken place n sitting on money for years. Don't showcase what u have, shows why after all these years he's still here in the game. Fan since the A-wax days a legend still making the great old school beats
Education is priceless!!! That hood shit don’t do you know good claiming sets don’t bring in real checks,pay attention to your worth ..that’s how rappers like him ended up getting robbed.. it’s not to many rappers from the 80’s & 90’s that made it rich !! They just wanted fame .. FACTS
Whiteboy here This guy! Such a wise man, allways stayed true to himself and also.. His songs are too Gangsta haha Greetings from the Hague, Netherlands 🇳🇱✌
This is my guy right HERE he is one of my favorite classic rappers of all time his style is so different from the other rappers his beats are mellow and smooth with Jazz instrumental backgrounds his gangsta rap music was for the real N that was hood and that had the ear listeners for SMOOTH GANGSTA MUSIC.... In other words you have to be a laid back G with class 😎🖖🏾
Just watching this and knowing what u went through brah, imma slap yo music harder. You, yall paved the way. Legends. Old school rappers, imagine if youtube was out back then.
Im just glad mc eiht doesn't say the N-word. Also, you can tell he is borderline genius, by the mad intellect he spits. Special guy..... special guy....
Damn right he’s a legend. St Louis always banged his music. Music to driveby and we come strapped. I can’t say no more lol. Dude should have made so much loot in the game. His story telling was unmatched at that time.
EIHT Is My Boy! He came with those stories in His lyrics and I was captured by that Storytelling because I'm a Writer and that resonated with Me. EIHT is in My list of Top 5 Rappers/Lyricist. I would straight respect the opportunity to have conversation with My Boy, maybe hit the mic and drop some lyrics with Him. '... Compton's Most Wanted Gonna' Roll Deep...'
Hands Down---> one of the only "legend" to have a true duel and solo praise B4 the titles were even relavent/recognized, plus, held the TOP feature on the biggest movie of that time unquestionably! So clean, so dope, so gangsta with much sMok(favorite Rappers'-Rapper ) who has remained in a lane...... Crafted and driven by He, Himself an Potna!!!!👍👍🌹the ONE an only : Mr. MC CMW
I grew in the hood Soweto South Africa and I relate to most of the ish Mc Eiht rapped about and fucks with him to the fullest. It makes sense to me why he is the way he is when it comes to spending his money, and the image he portrays as a regular hood nigga with less emphasis on bling and expensive labels. 8 is the og to salute man🤞🏽
Correction, we did 2 shows off "It's A Compton Thang" 1st was a new strip mall on Florence near Centinela in Inglewood with Jolly Joe & Masta Ric Roc and the 2nd was The Anaheim Convention Center when Ice Cube got beat up by Above The Law.
Eiht, you don’t have to live basic to appease poor ppl around you. If you want a Rolex and can afford it, get it. If you can afford it but ain’t into fancy shyt, don’t get it. But whatever you do, don’t make decisions based on what other ppl might say or think either way because ppl gonna hate you for whatever you do. If you getting millions and coming around poor ppl while wearing the same $30 hoodie they wearing, they gonna resent you. If you a millionaire and wearing a $10k suit around them, they gonna resent you for that too. You thinking they will accept and respect you because you shop at the swap meet like them, that’s not true. The key difference is “they don’t have a choice, but you do”
This was a good interview! I was put on to MC Eiht as a youngin hanging with my uncle (RIP) he fasho a legend & the way he got did in the music industry was sickening. His story is interesting
he know the worth of things and money because he coming from nothing GOD love you so much when you struggle and dont break yourself.... keep believing, and you will hit it like MC EIHT ! MUCH LOVE FROM GERMANY
We did 2 shows of off "It's A Compton Thang" album. One was at a new strip mall on Florence in Inglewood and the 2nd show was the one at the Anaheim Convention Center where "Above The Law" beat up Ice Cube in their dressing room.
He was a great story teller. I put him up there with Kool G Rap his music was like audiobook movies; Take 2 with Me; Straight up Menace ;the song is the entire movie in 3 versus.
No joke, you a favorite in my books. My best rap of yours is Don't _uck wit Eight!!! Plus Album favorite is nigga DAT kill "we come strapped" Much respect n still play this anywhere.
Thing is the publishing has been ran thru in the days of those songs getting heavy play just like the bad boy situation you'll never get that stream buzz back publishing is it's highest when rising not when it's been drained.
@@blakpopepope2863mase was saying you get your publishing back after 25 or 30 years. No wonder. They squeeze every dollar out ppls publishing then hand them that shit back empty. Smh.
IM STILL MAD ABOUT THE WAY MC EIHT WAS DONE IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY. HE A LEGEND
And still don’t nobody know what unknown look like lol
Facts!!!!!!
SUPER FACTS😂HE'S DEFINITLEY LIVING UP TO HIS NAME 🤣@@SMOOTHCUTPRODUCTION
He’s super underrated!
I AGREE @@Valentinovixen
Brooo I'm so happy we still got cube, eiht, snoop, daz, kurupt, ren, dre and quik in 2023
Eiht is one humble dude and underrated emcee he deserves his flowers!
Gangstas don't want flowers 😂🤣
@@truthhurts79 it's always one nerd
Wait til he die
5 @@Theundisputedtruth
@@Theundisputedtruth must be hard being stewpid so u call people nerd to feel good
I remember in 1990 I was 13 years old. MC Eiht came to Northwest Plaza in St.Louis Mo. Maybe he was in town for a show, my friend Brian and I saw him at the mall that day.
He was so gangsta on TV but the most humble and kind person in real life. He said hello to us and didn't make us feel like we annoyed him.
I never forgot that day. He was the first famous person I ever met. Yeah 8 is a real one. I'm now 46 and remember that like it was yesterday. I will always be an MC Eiht fan.
I’m from Stlouis Louis I’m from colony north
This man is humble that's the guy that will never go broke
Good morning, sir your absolutely right about that, being Humble like that takes A lot humility and A lot of knowledge and also Knowing who God in your life to him
Bro, "Music to drive by" is a fuccin banger. The production is soo good and still holds up to this day. In my top 5 of favorite albums.
Classic ain't it. And the album cover was the dopest! 💯
Yes sir my Top 5 as well
so much respect for MC Eiht, dude is a leader and a legend. These young dude's need to follow his example and adopt his humility
In Too Deep with Scarface still hits hard than a mf.
The whole album still hittin!🔥
All day, always played that song on repeat!!! ❤❤❤
One of my favorite songs
Dan sure do classic ❤
C u know ya shit! MF still in rotation in my playlist. Lol. 💯
He told the whole Menece 2 Society movie in one song
Legendary Shit 💪🏿💙
The greatest soundtrack song of all time. That and Gangsters Parade.
That beat was so hard too
The struggle makes you appreciate the wins when they come. Eiht seems like a cool dude to kick it with!
Eiht super chill met him a few times. He's definitely someone you can blaze up with
We Come Strapped...is the fundamental gang canger album. I STILL listen to the entire album to this day.
Me too. That and Music to Driveby are staples.
Yo I’m from Baltimore and that joint nuttin but gansta was rockin in my joint everyday back in 94. Glad to see my dude got his head on straight
I met McEight at nicks records and tapes in flint.I could see you were a good guy, you still are
Some just can’t be fake! MC Eiht a real one!
His modesty and maturity makes him one of the coolest guys in hip-hop ever. Just like that old school ass DJ Squeaky goes: “Don't change when money comes around, cause what goes up must come down”. MC Eiht was aware of that, and not too many have the maturity he got.
A rare example of advisable common sense that a lot of people never build from within themselves for when the money flows. Money is the root of all evil, and it'll pump up a person's ego to be even more selfish and fuckheaded than ever if they're not careful to handle shit wit it. Man, I wish I had MC Eiht as my father. I can live and learn a helluva lot from a guy like him. There aren't as many bruthas in the game that's about as real as him, and that's what's shameful.
@@TheAutisticCapricorn811
Words of wisdom, fam. Perfectly put. Peace out.
MC Eiht is speaking that truth. So many people think it's that easy to get a high amount of money. They gotta learn,its far from it by any means. Nothing worth having comes without hard work. Keep tellin em Eiht, spend that money wisely.
This is why I respect Eiht. He's straight up about how he was wronged. Most homies would have been quiet. Somebody needs to get with Unknown for real. Everytime I bump Music To Drive By and Straight Checkin Em Eiht should get paid.
greatest story-teller in gangsta hip hop history.
his gangsta-stories were unparalleled.
“streiht checkin’ em” was my personal favorite.
Put the pipe down. He wasn’t anywhere near the neighborhood of greatest storytellers.
Dont care about his financial status..hes my top 5 rappers of all time.. from the "blue tapes"and to now...hes still the "Shakespeare of Gangsta Rap" Geaaah ..still bang all his shyt to this day..😎
man that dude flow and delivery was unmatched, the way he snapped on Spice Murda show is one of his hardest verses to date IMO
Yessss💋💋💋💋💋💋💋😍😍😍😍💥💥💥💥🙌🙌
Eight was the first rapper I ever saw in real life. It was amazing. He signed my CD. I was away from Kentucky. Been a Man ever since
That str8 up menace was a Banger ! Props to MC Eiht 💯💯💯🙏🏼🙏🏼
Hell to the mf yeah
HELL YEAH
Was? still is my guy. That song will forever be a classic
Bought the soundtrack when it first dropped
Still real as hell living like he was in Menace 2 Society. Someone I can see walking out the most ghetto chicken place n sitting on money for years. Don't showcase what u have, shows why after all these years he's still here in the game. Fan since the A-wax days a legend still making the great old school beats
Education is priceless!!! That hood shit don’t do you know good claiming sets don’t bring in real checks,pay attention to your worth ..that’s how rappers like him ended up getting robbed.. it’s not to many rappers from the 80’s & 90’s that made it rich !! They just wanted fame .. FACTS
I rock with Eiht, he is 💯 an OG real💯💪🏽💪🏽❤️❤️❤️❤️
Save your money and your money will save you.
100!
The realist shit I've heard all day!
Amen❤
Not necessarily. 💯 It might cause you problems. 💯
I want the Lord to save me and bless me in a comfortable position!
Eiht doesn't forget his people. He doesn't forget about those who helped get where he's at. Very loyal friend.
Ive had a dark hard life. This homie got my respect. Stay alive soldier.
This was my Favorite Rapper Growing up. My nickname was Wax before Menace to Society Came out and he was A Wax! Love this guy!
I still bought your music when I was young. You was a real to me. Your songs kept me motivated. I want to thank you for that. Brotha
Uhhh....Hes not reading your comment
I met him in 96 in Chicago. Super cool guy
This is what really impressed me about McEiht, I love how he navigated the Rap industry ❤❤❤❤ much love My Dude, from DjThaGreat
GREAT INTERVIEW
THAT BEAT IS SICK‼️
That’s why I love me some MC Eiht, just real and down to earth.
Whiteboy here This guy! Such a wise man, allways stayed true to himself and also.. His songs are too Gangsta haha Greetings from the Hague, Netherlands 🇳🇱✌
Foo the Lakewood Mall is the shit, brings back Childhood Nostalgia when I used to live in Bflower 💯🌴
The way the drums and beats snap on his songs is fiyah. 🥁🔥
This is my guy right HERE he is one of my favorite classic rappers of all time his style is so different from the other rappers his beats are mellow and smooth with Jazz instrumental backgrounds his gangsta rap music was for the real N that was hood and that had the ear listeners for SMOOTH GANGSTA MUSIC.... In other words you have to be a laid back G with class 😎🖖🏾
Ima bout to bump his music the whole rest of the day 🔥
He was shitted on, then and now he still have us 80's babies ears🤌🏾💪🏾
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I view This MAN As an STREET-THERAPIST .. He was Mine for Damn sure Growing up in the Streets of Kalamazoo Mi .. Now I see why after this Interview ✌🏾
Always fuuq’d with Eiht. Underrated and should’ve blown up way bigger than he did.
Just watching this and knowing what u went through brah, imma slap yo music harder. You, yall paved the way. Legends. Old school rappers, imagine if youtube was out back then.
CMW's first album it's a compton thang is my favorite. A very underrated album that didn't get any push but it's fire 🔥
Yeah that album still hit hard
I loved the Music to Driveby album
Music to drive-by
@@MrNathanperezmusic to Drive-By was the best CMW album
Third cassette I bought in life, also wrecked a car while banging it, put it on pause about 5-6 months
CMW-Straight Check’em iz my favorite 💿 & 8-We come strapped iz my favorite 💿.🤘🏾👌🏾 🚩.
This is Favorite West Coast Rapper. Dope Rhymes and Beats. He was from my junior high and high school era.
Good Work
Dope interview. The beat that's playing is🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Yup! Joint is fire!!
Westside Gunn x Conway - Ajax!
Im a younger guy but i strted checking out 8 music n i can tell he wouldve been one of my fav rappers from back then. Brah sound is too hard
Im just glad mc eiht doesn't say the N-word. Also, you can tell he is borderline genius, by the mad intellect he spits. Special guy..... special guy....
Damn right he’s a legend. St Louis always banged his music. Music to driveby and we come strapped. I can’t say no more lol. Dude should have made so much loot in the game. His story telling was unmatched at that time.
St.louis Ave & kingshighway all day.
As a Blood born in the 91, I've always had respect for this O.G Loc
It's good that you see him for who he is and put the colors aside
When I got some money, I didn’t look back. I was raised in poverty. It makes no sense to still act broke.
What is acting broke?
Death Threatz was my favorite album 🔥
Straight fyre 🔥 his magnum opus..
That might be his best album. He went in on that shit
One time for Golden Bird....And dat background music bumpin'
EIHT Is My Boy! He came with those stories in His lyrics and I was captured by that Storytelling because I'm a Writer and that resonated with Me. EIHT is in My list of Top 5 Rappers/Lyricist. I would straight respect the opportunity to have conversation with My Boy, maybe hit the mic and drop some lyrics with Him. '... Compton's Most Wanted Gonna' Roll Deep...'
Eiht a real one. And that's all there is to it. He a REAL OG. He gets respect because he is what a rapper should be.
Hands Down---> one of the only "legend" to have a true duel and solo praise B4 the titles were even relavent/recognized, plus, held the TOP feature on the biggest movie of that time unquestionably!
So clean, so dope, so gangsta with much sMok(favorite Rappers'-Rapper ) who has remained in a lane...... Crafted and driven by He, Himself an Potna!!!!👍👍🌹the ONE an only : Mr. MC CMW
My number 1# favorite MC EIGHT song of all times with that smooth jazz background instrumental is.........,,,
👉She's a B,,,ch )))))) 👍👍👍
I grew in the hood Soweto South Africa and I relate to most of the ish Mc Eiht rapped about and fucks with him to the fullest. It makes sense to me why he is the way he is when it comes to spending his money, and the image he portrays as a regular hood nigga with less emphasis on bling and expensive labels. 8 is the og to salute man🤞🏽
He made it to the Music Scene, Game Scene and Hollywood. crazy
Chuuuch family, I'm the same way. Only I still stay in my Hood Sherwood 💯 in Duval County, aka Jacksonville florida
MosT of his then peers are broke now_👁️been their after all this time he still Real & much respected by me
Correction, we did 2 shows off "It's A Compton Thang" 1st was a new strip mall on Florence near Centinela in Inglewood with Jolly Joe & Masta Ric Roc and the 2nd was The Anaheim Convention Center when Ice Cube got beat up by Above The Law.
Growing up in the hood was Big I seen Mc 8 show two time at the pace treaty and in a underground club LA was crazy back then ✊🏿👽🏋🏿♂️👑🛸🛸🛸💯
Some body help me Cheah, the hood then took me under was one of my favorite songs and video on jukebox video back in the 90s
Eiht, you don’t have to live basic to appease poor ppl around you. If you want a Rolex and can afford it, get it. If you can afford it but ain’t into fancy shyt, don’t get it. But whatever you do, don’t make decisions based on what other ppl might say or think either way because ppl gonna hate you for whatever you do. If you getting millions and coming around poor ppl while wearing the same $30 hoodie they wearing, they gonna resent you. If you a millionaire and wearing a $10k suit around them, they gonna resent you for that too. You thinking they will accept and respect you because you shop at the swap meet like them, that’s not true. The key difference is “they don’t have a choice, but you do”
well said
You have to be careful especially if you still hanging around people that you know they're the ones that will set you up and rob you
MC EIHT......MY INTRO OF THIS KING
WAS WATCHING MENACE 2 SOCIETY AS A YUNGIN IN THE 90'S FROM NEW ZEALAND BEEN A FOLLOWER EVER SINCE 💯
Should've came to the wax .. could've done it much betta , I love the realness of this man!!
Met you at the Tyler Mall in Riverside back in the day. Extremely down to earth brother!!!! Big ups
This was a good interview! I was put on to MC Eiht as a youngin hanging with my uncle (RIP) he fasho a legend & the way he got did in the music industry was sickening. His story is interesting
Mc Eiht and spice 1 would have been a Banger
They made two cds together
Got the notification on can’t wait for this one homie💪🏿
We come strapped and death threats it's more but Dem my favorite MC Eiht
MC Eight is just that brotha. He deserves mad respect and he's got mine, fo sho!
Those 1st cmw albums dope.💯🔥
Good interview 👍🏻
he know the worth of things and money because he coming from nothing
GOD love you so much when you struggle and dont break yourself.... keep believing, and you will hit it like MC EIHT !
MUCH LOVE FROM GERMANY
Eight you would've never lost your fan base any direction you went I'm from Detroit music to drive-by we come strapped hood soundtrack fire 🔥
We wit you big homie that the true homie speaded the love.
Real talk stay real stay true knowing were u from and who u are 💯
All time favorite rapper 8Hype
We did 2 shows of off "It's A Compton Thang" album. One was at a new strip mall on Florence in Inglewood and the 2nd show was the one at the Anaheim Convention Center where "Above The Law" beat up Ice Cube in their dressing room.
One of my favorite rappers!! Kept it real, all the time!!! I always felt that he is one of the pioneers for West Coast Hip-Hop 🎶🎵🎼🎺🎷🎹🎸🎶🎵💯💪👊💯
Shiiit he to daaam real ...been buy cassette tapes of Eight since I was a yougter
That first album on hoobangin was ⛽️⛽️⛽️!
8 is da man😎 his voice sounded like 2pac back in the days
He was a great story teller. I put him up there with Kool G Rap his music was like audiobook movies; Take 2 with Me; Straight up Menace ;the song is the entire movie in 3 versus.
Much respect to MC Eiht.
Always enjoyed dudes music, I listen to Late Night Tip and All For The Money on the regular. But this video earned even more respect for him
Bro I bought every EIHT/CMW album that came out
Same here, even that Affiliated album.
💯💯
I stopped after We Come Strapped. His albums after that weren't really promoted that strong.
That's how my first 20 thou made me feel. I was tryna buy my apartment so know I gota spot down the road. They cost round 8-10,000.
I could not express myself. I thank you for showing my feelings.
No joke, you a favorite in my books. My best rap of yours is Don't _uck wit Eight!!! Plus Album favorite is nigga DAT kill "we come strapped" Much respect n still play this anywhere.
My first love I had so many pictures of him around my roo
Growing up
I grew up on his music. Dope MC,, respect the real..
Very well spoken many blessings to you salute
Music to drive by is still my all time favorite album.
Eiht need to get all his publishing back. That’s his money and he wrote the music.
Thing is the publishing has been ran thru in the days of those songs getting heavy play just like the bad boy situation you'll never get that stream buzz back publishing is it's highest when rising not when it's been drained.
Yep. He makes nothing from them old classic albums he did…. Epic made it all and got it all.
And niggas think puffy and birdman is the only niggas who took a big cut yell
@@blakpopepope2863mase was saying you get your publishing back after 25 or 30 years. No wonder. They squeeze every dollar out ppls publishing then hand them that shit back empty. Smh.
Goin out like geez still ma shit 💪🏼