One of my all time best memories is meeting Ness after a show probably almost 15 years ago now when he came to the uk. Really small intimate gig. Just came and chilled after. Few beers and games of pool. It was mainly filled with students from the university who just went to gigs just because it was hip hop so not a lot of people really new much about him. So when we started all chatting about his back catalogue and reciting some of his classic bars I guess he appreciated it.
@@Black_unity597. Percee P got sloppy choked up and forgot his lines & needed help from his people to remember them. Finesse came thru after that are tore him up
Flow & Technical Skill: Percee Punchlines: Finesse Just like battles today, the person you picked to win depends on which style you prefer. Both of these brothers did they thing.
robert willard look up percee P let the homocides begin. its the song you hear in the background at the very beggining of this video, very ahead of its time
The fact Percee could maintain composure and not slip up with that loud ass Mister Softee truck blasting out their tune is an accomplishment itself.. 😁🤣🤣
Back in the day my man Mike from the BX put me on to Percee P way before his verse on "Yes You May." He used to tell me about this battle and cite Percee's rhymes. Finesse tore it down with bars but Percee P killed it with flows. They both won this battle because they did it for Hip Hop. Salute the Funky Man Lord Finesse! Salute the Rhyme Inspector Percee P! Salute Mike from the BX wherever you are, my brother!
YOOOOOOOO!!!! 11:12 will never happen again naturally in LIFE!!! The way the ice cream truck melody goes with the Funky Drummer beat was natural and out of nowhere... You can't hear that shit if you ain't on another level... Peace!
This is such a gorgeous piece of film. Percee fkn slapping the alphabet around like they broke in his house. Glad to be 51 now and look back at the good ol days.
i spit lyrics that penetarte thru ya mindframe ya brain waves is enslaved to my insane rhyme flames i pick apart ya cerebral with the skills of an assasin a lyrical ninja doin damage igniting the mic after im done gassin thinkin you can beat me? Boy ya dead wrong i shoot lyrics that will pierce ya chest - even if ya wearin a vest - made of teflon so go head step up if you feelin ballsy - i beat mothafuckaz into comas when they wake up looks like dey got struck with a case of cebral pallsy
P crew knew his words that's not a battle no one knew any of Lord rhymes and he killed that I wish this was the battle of today's but they just talk about killing and drugs no lyrics but this right here is str8 classical
Both are dope, but like I’ve been saying, theres no question of who stood out the most, who was cleanest, who freaked the flow the best, obviously, hands down its Percee P. (Although he did fumble for a sec) still! Both these cats are ill and innovative, especially for 1989??? Both seem from the future! #realhiphop
Lord finesse did his thing p was rapping lines he made with his boy u hear his boy back him up on some of the lines he is saying this battle was a classic
Idris Goodwin's book These Are The Breaks has a poem that immortalizes this battle in the voice of an announcer narrating a prize boxing match. That's what brought me here. Finesee 2-1, even without Percee's choke. Y'all look up the book. It's fire.
“ya man cant be helping you remember now!” truuuue. but p’s verses were so dense and layered … his 16 is like an average mc’s 32. finesse was always nice, all praise due, but p’s cadence and flow? pshhh second to none
@@mitsulegend 🤔 YES AZ + METHOD MAN YES you got a point there .. but not sure why you wana throw jadakiss styles p on same lyrical fitness as Kool G Rap ... come on my g g 😂
@@mitsulegend but even Rakim AZ or Meth not up on that top shelf for lyrical word play my g .. what you say .. we just agree to disagree ? or am i right g g
@@mitsulegend what about our boy carlton fisk .. he destroyed the whole of wu tang clan with those one or two verses he done .. i think on meth tical album
I couldnt stop laughing so dope I toured with Lord finesse on the rhyme syndicate tour... check out the greatest of all time hijacktheterroristgroup.com
I fux with Lord finesse like you have no idea but Percy ate his food in this battle the wordplay is out this world his Cadence is bananas this here is a gem
Sorta but I'd argue that Percee had his own style. Imo the 3 distinct styles of that era were BDK/Rakim/Kool G Rap...Percee (again imo) had the 4th that not many recognized.
Percee was his own chamber wreckles flow with precision pivoting agility..he birthed Elzhi flow on Little Brother's Hiding Place ua-cam.com/video/6BMO-aPurtQ/v-deo.html
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This video is everything. The way the sun is going down and theyre still rappin, the ice cream truck, all of it. It will never be 1989 ever again
synthesis Right now this is the youngest you will ever be again and the oldest you have ever been
Frfr! Brings back memories! Even though Percy really won this battle!
One of my all time best memories is meeting Ness after a show probably almost 15 years ago now when he came to the uk. Really small intimate gig. Just came and chilled after. Few beers and games of pool. It was mainly filled with students from the university who just went to gigs just because it was hip hop so not a lot of people really new much about him. So when we started all chatting about his back catalogue and reciting some of his classic bars I guess he appreciated it.
the government doesn't want you to know that everything was done for a reason. that god isn't anything but a man, and man is not a god.
Everyone knows Percy ps rhymes which ain't no freestyle!!!😂 Finesse finessed him
One of UA-cam's Hidden gems
This needs to be remastered
Lol
Lord Finess probably won more battles on accident than most people do on purpose
Well this one he really lost
@@Black_unity597. Percee P got sloppy choked up and forgot his lines & needed help from his people to remember them. Finesse came thru after that are tore him up
PERCEE P IS NICE!!! My old classmate!
Flow & Technical Skill: Percee
Punchlines: Finesse
Just like battles today, the person you picked to win depends on which style you prefer. Both of these brothers did they thing.
Shit I feel like Lord Finesse had flow and technical skill too. Word play is crazy
Finesse wins stylistically
I wish I can go back in time to witness this in person. I like these battles more than todays rap battles
me too brother
They weren’t reading from cell phones back then.
Most important, theyre rapping instead of just screaming insults on each other
@@krzysztof4607 that's why no one can beat the 80's
@@JosephPagepublic 90's can
Rhymes and lines from Lung Collapsing Lyrics,Let The Homicides Begin,Throwback Rap Attack and even Puttin Heads To Bed. 🔎 💎 👍
Gezora Peace and blessings!
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Supa Dope Real Skillz........... Peace
@@kenf3897 Thanks for listening! Peace
Absolute legendary battle from two of the G.O.A.T 🔥🔥🔥🔥🙏🙏
Mr Softy in the background just makes the essence of this more majestic, more New York, but overall the pureness of Hip-Hop!
Whos Softy??
@@FamiliaCrew ice cream truck man
Omg, as a life long hip hop head I just found this gem. All I got to say damn! When words had meaning and mc’s had perspective.
robert willard look up percee P let the homocides begin. its the song you hear in the background at the very beggining of this video, very ahead of its time
Percee P is about 5 million years ahead of his time. Finesse too!
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Literally, they were masters with words before it was even known like that
yeah how tf this 1989
@@TheRealPerceeP1bro you crazy with it
@@TheRealPerceeP1nah bro this is too much. Timeless bro you was going crazy
This is the apex of lyricism in hiphop late 80's early 90s
The fact Percee could maintain composure and not slip up with that loud ass Mister Softee truck blasting out their tune is an accomplishment itself.. 😁🤣🤣
Back in the day my man Mike from the BX put me on to Percee P way before his verse on "Yes You May." He used to tell me about this battle and cite Percee's rhymes. Finesse tore it down with bars but Percee P killed it with flows. They both won this battle because they did it for Hip Hop. Salute the Funky Man Lord Finesse! Salute the Rhyme Inspector Percee P! Salute Mike from the BX wherever you are, my brother!
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@@TheRealPerceeP1 Yoooo!!! Word
@@dariusperry8240 Peace and blessings
Hearing a bunch of my favorite Perceverence verses and seeing just how timeless they are. Proud to be black and from nyc.
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This deserves a million views.. classic
Oh, there you are hip hop.
The Ice Cream Truck made the freestyle battle more Crazy🔥🔥💯
Both sound great. Mad skillz on Percee, especially for '89.
It's amazing that MCs today also battle with pre-written rhymes and still can't touch these two. Every aspiring battle MC needs to watch this video.
mozak912 you’re an idiot, you don’t hear p partner backing him up, how’s that possible if it’s freestyle.
They doing recited freestyles so enters you can tell
2 great Emcees kicking it on the freestyle tip...nuff props to whoever had the cam recorder back then to film this ill piece of Hip Hop history
HIP HOP STEEZ ua-cam.com/video/Y1P_ij7Oi7g/v-deo.html
Percee P Yo one love fam, much respect True Emcee...you are a legend in this Hip Hop shit, niggaz know your steez
Dope battle but it's all pre-written.
@@andrewbryce2707 who cares yo?? Ima hip hop head. Wish these new cats could do the same today
YOOOOOOOO!!!! 11:12 will never happen again naturally in LIFE!!! The way the ice cream truck melody goes with the Funky Drummer beat was natural and out of nowhere... You can't hear that shit if you ain't on another level... Peace!
I already said this years ago, just to remind y'all.
no one cares
@@ASSman864i do
Peace to both of my dudes Lord Finesse and my manz Perc who is crazy too!
This is such a gorgeous piece of film. Percee fkn slapping the alphabet around like they broke in his house. Glad to be 51 now and look back at the good ol days.
This has become my morning walk song. I never get bored of this battle.
Hip hop at its most raw form. This brings me back to simpler times. Warms my soul
Why is there not a hip hop track with this Ice Cream Truck beat... I know y'all hear this.... Pure blessings.
Percee p is dangerous but I still love the Lord finess
fuck all touts ftra fap 2020 dude u fking love finesse i guess, u crazy g .
fuck all touts ftra fap 2020 wtf bro chill
P killed this battle lord was good but he didn’t win if everybody honest but lord was more popular at the time!
Keep coming back to this. Absolute Golden! Both these Cats are seriously Talented 🔥
flawless first verse
This is a gem and needs to be upgraded for sure imagine this in high definition but the rawness is epic this piece is nostalgia at it’s core
This is hip-hop, inspiring and dope.
Round 1: Percee
Round 2: Finesse
Round 3: ice cream man
Final: Finesse
Chris DeRoin 😂😂😂😭😭😭
Could not put it better myself lool
😂😂😂
lollllllllll. 🤣
30 yeara. THIRTY years... Good God!
35. years...
I never get tired to watch this!
What a dope moment in Hip-Hop culture.
This should be in the hall of fame
Todays the 28th anniversary of this battle July 13 #Legends
🔥🔥🔥 Real skills! has can hear the ice cream truck in the background! Childhood memories 🔥🔥
The on site rhymes on deck era!
This is battle rap. For real.
THANK YOU FOR THIS! DOPE
I hope this stays up for a long time :/
BaltazarSantiaqo 👍
"Gunnin' 'em down WITH LYRICS"
I look up to these two MC's so much. my rap name is Crisp Finesse
That shit was trash
i spit lyrics that penetarte thru ya mindframe
ya brain waves is enslaved to my insane rhyme flames
i pick apart ya cerebral with the skills of an assasin
a lyrical ninja doin damage igniting the mic after im done gassin
thinkin you can beat me? Boy ya dead wrong
i shoot lyrics that will pierce ya chest - even if ya wearin a vest - made of teflon
so go head step up if you feelin ballsy - i beat mothafuckaz into comas
when they wake up
looks like dey got struck
with a case of cebral pallsy
Lyrics of Fury !!!
Id watch that movie if this was the opening scene
Yo classic great upload it's hard to appreciate what it was like in NY around that time... You had the best of the best rapping on the street
Percee P Killed it straight 🔥🔥🔥
For real I always said this but lord was more popular so he got the win but in reality percee was by far way better!
Who’s here in 2021? I’ll be back in 2022, 2023, 2024 to respond to myself.
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Still here?
@@DustyDigits yezzir.
@@Twizzledoc187 Respect!
This is hip hop history bruh
Jacob C 🔎 💎👍
God!!!! P said you better walk like your fingers on the yellowpage. Damn.
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Percee p has to be the greatest underground rapper ever.
Percee P Hands down..... Dude's got two paragraphs per verse... Geee!!! Mo fo is smart as f....
Ice cream truck gave it that true ny summer feel
The ice cream man tried to come with the remix
... this is hip hop !
P crew knew his words that's not a battle no one knew any of Lord rhymes and he killed that I wish this was the battle of today's but they just talk about killing and drugs no lyrics but this right here is str8 classical
Finesse is one of the greatest rappers to ever pick up a mic.
@@mattstone12 Tru facts
history on tape😮💨both went stupid hard
Wow they were just freestyling and spitting fire. I never appreciated this flow but im a believer now.🔥🔥🔥
Daunte Ray this isn't freestyle
Yes, yes yall, evolved to this in less than a decade.
The ice cream truck killed me lol
Omg percee pe is nasty
Ali Riojas Photography Thanks for listening!
@@TheRealPerceeP1 thanks bro...I was wondering if u are availabe for interviews.. .(ps pardon the name change)
Legends Of NY Yes I am and please send contact percee308@gmail.com
@@TheRealPerceeP1 ok will do
This is what a Rakim vs Kane battle would look like...P=Rakim....Lord=Kane
P rap more like Kane than he do Rakim! Go back and listen you can tell can was his influence ask him he will comment back!
@@Black_unity597 Rakim influenced Kane too
Both are dope, but like I’ve been saying, theres no question of who stood out the most, who was cleanest, who freaked the flow the best, obviously, hands down its Percee P. (Although he did fumble for a sec) still! Both these cats are ill and innovative, especially for 1989??? Both seem from the future! #realhiphop
ua-cam.com/play/PL8_JXds0Hm7uBlNfXldhtjEwV1w0dKEMj.html&si=Ve2Gi08nuzz5vWwc
Legendary, point blank period!!!
Holy shit they were only 19!!! ...what the fuck has happened to the youth of today.
Imagine if percee p showed up to lord finesse hood in the south bronx..
Lord finesse did his thing p was rapping lines he made with his boy u hear his boy back him up on some of the lines he is saying this battle was a classic
jimmy uncle hulk nah the rhymes were from a record percee put out. "Let the homocides begin" everyone in BX knew that shit
@@ASSman864 ok u put me up on something so since u saying old things who wins?
Lord finesse wins , come with fresh rhymes , and don’t let plp know there we’ll write
This is amazing.
Idris Goodwin's book These Are The Breaks has a poem that immortalizes this battle in the voice of an announcer narrating a prize boxing match. That's what brought me here. Finesee 2-1, even without Percee's choke. Y'all look up the book. It's fire.
I say lord lost all percee is way better than lord in this battle hands down are you even listening to what P is saying???
“ya man cant be helping you remember now!” truuuue. but p’s verses were so dense and layered … his 16 is like an average mc’s 32. finesse was always nice, all praise due, but p’s cadence and flow? pshhh second to none
That 1 dislike must be from Lil Xan
Wow, 1989 is the year I began rhyming. These brothers are masters of the art and I respect them greatly ✊🏽
@@TheRealPerceeP1 peace family. You and I met in a studio in the Bronx a couple of years ago
@@Jophlo78 Peace and I believe we met at TME Studio in The Bronx owned by Dj Fred Ones.I hope all is well.
@@TheRealPerceeP1 Yes sir. Taylor's your niece right? Her moms my cousin.
Glad you're well, bro.👊🏽
@@Jophlo78 Yes she's my older brother Terry daughter. ✊🏾
Finesse can never be fucked with 🔥🔥🔥
Fuc up commercial rappers, peace to real street mc's
this is so Dope!!!
I use this to educate my students
The last line lord finesse said😅😅😅😅😂😂😂😂
Damn you know this is the 80s when your camera don't show nothing but granny footage
Give it up for percy
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Percee p is closest to kool moe dee and rakim and finesse largely influenced by kane
What you mean? BDK and Rakim inspired each other. You make it sound like BDK came out before Rakim, which isn't true.
Classic battle this was like Leonard vs hearns. Both legends. Finesse edged P out though.
Wow 2025 ready yup 😂
Super dope. I like the ice cream man showing up mid battle. Lol
all I can say is: HIPHOP
damnnn I wish I was alive to witness this
Lord Finesse. Kool G Rap . Big L + Percee P are the Greatest Lyricists in the history of Hip Hop
GURU, AZ, Styles P, Jadakiss, Redman, Method Man, of course Rakim and many more
@@mitsulegend 🤔 YES AZ + METHOD MAN YES you got a point there .. but not sure why you wana throw jadakiss styles p on same lyrical fitness as Kool G Rap ... come on my g g 😂
@@mitsulegend but even Rakim AZ or Meth not up on that top shelf for lyrical word play my g .. what you say .. we just agree to disagree ? or am i right g g
@@mitsulegend what about our boy carlton fisk .. he destroyed the whole of wu tang clan with those one or two verses he done .. i think on meth tical album
Percy P is a mixture of "Kane & G Rap"
real hip hop rapping like a sport shake hands after its cool no violence way it should be
C'mon! Your man can't be helping you remember now! You got this on tape? Lord Finesse @ 11:54. This is a real battle, yo!
I couldnt stop laughing so dope I toured with Lord finesse on the rhyme syndicate tour... check out the greatest of all time hijacktheterroristgroup.com
Mr Softee ice cream truck in the background,can't get anymore NYC than that lol
I fux with Lord finesse like you have no idea but Percy ate his food in this battle the wordplay is out this world his Cadence is bananas this here is a gem
Percee P, the legend
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Still 2k24❤
This is BATTLING...
Whenever anyone shares a modern freestyle by their favorite cookie cutter rapper I drop this link as a comment
Anyone know the lyrics for percee ps 1st part
I turned most of those lyrics into my song Throwback Rap Attack!
Hip Hop gold
I hear the influence of Kool G Rap in the style/cadence of Percee P
Sorta but I'd argue that Percee had his own style. Imo the 3 distinct styles of that era were BDK/Rakim/Kool G Rap...Percee (again imo) had the 4th that not many recognized.
Percee was his own chamber wreckles flow with precision pivoting agility..he birthed Elzhi flow on Little Brother's Hiding Place ua-cam.com/video/6BMO-aPurtQ/v-deo.html
Shit the ice cream truck make it dope
Ice cream man was hatin... he really didn't wanna hear dat $hit lol... Lord got busy... Percy had help... a hype man...
Someone should make a beat out of the icecream truck sound lol
Fresh 4 89 where's the time stamps
we got some sick shit right here