Zebra Katz - Ima Read (ft. Njena Reddd Foxxx) [Official Full Stream]
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- Опубліковано 17 січ 2012
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Song: Ima Read
Artist: Zebra Katz Ft. Njena Reddd Foxxx
Label: Mad Decent // Jeffrees
Director: RUBEN XYZ || Producer: Lauren Castro
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This song is about to turn 10 years old and still feels as current and relevant as ever. You could convince me this song came out yesterday if I didn't know about it. Timeless classic
Honestly though. Sounds like the groundwork for simplistic albums like donda
The Fire This Time @@milessalzer9063
"You were born where you were born and faced the future that you faced because you were black and for no other reason. The limits of your ambition were, thus, expected to be set forever. You were born into a society which spelled out with brutal clarity, and in as many ways as possible, that you were a worthless human being.
#You true story
I didn't know about this song until about a week ago and have only just looked at the comments and upload date. I fully thought it was a new song in 2024 😅
It's been 10 years but this is still a WHOLE MOOD. "It's gone be cohesive.... It's gone be my thesis"
So smartttt
@@jhonrydc110
"You were not expected to aspire to excellence: you were expected to make peace with mediocrity. Wherever you have turned, James, in your short time on this earth, you have been told where you could go and what you could do (and how you could do it) and where you could live and whom you could marry.
This is the song that inspired me to go to college
you must be quite well read
😂
Did he give you bitch that knowledge?
I've a PHD in reading 👌🏽🤌🏽☝🏽👀 I'm that dude 😎
@@darkangellew he took this bitch to college
Education is so important. I’m so glad that they wrote a song about reading. This makes me wanna go the library and read every fucking book there.
😭😭😭
@@fizzl3sah
"I know your countrymen do not agree with me about this, and I hear them saying “You exaggerate.” They do not know Harlem, and I do. So do you. Take no one’s word for anything, including mine- but trust your experience. Know whence you came."
The Fire Next Time (1963)
James Baldwin
Seven years later and this song is as catchy and as relevant as ever.
It’s gonna be cohesive
It’s gonna be my thesis
. Best line.
Coming back to this 10 months later, I still agree that this is the best line.
Reading is fundamental
CaNdY lOiD Al
Yes it is queen
Totally
its gone be cohesive. its gone be my THESIS...
I love this line
brilliant musical composition coupled with intelligent and articulate lyrics full of deep self respect and concern for humanity. if only there were more positive role models like this for our troubled youth.
I listen to this song everytime I start writing my thesis just to hype me up for it
Hope you got an A
@@tinytantrums5433 I'm sure good grades were the result lol
Here to do exactly the same.
It's gone be cohesive
This is almost hypnotic, real strange and deep. I love it
This still goes so fucking hard
This is the anthem for anything you want it to be.
THE LIBRARY IS OPEN
I love her facial expressions
Once this song gets stuck on your mind, there is no going back.
Gonna drop this during a set and start a vogue pit
Pls invite me
My god I am BEGGING you please invite me
The beat is literally made for voguing damn
10 years later, still a banger.
Some major label truly missed the boat with this....this is a MEGA HIT!! All it needed was a clean version
Feeling better after i listen this song, every time.
2012 had to be one of my fav years for music. I bumped this track, MIA's Bad Girls and Azealia's 212 sooo hard!
!!!!
YAAAAZZZZZ QUEEN !!!!!! YOU JUST GAVE ME LIFE RIGHT NOW !!!! #NowWalkForMe #YouBettaWerk
And zee zee had remixes of both these
Keisha Nicole FACTS
2012 was a brilliant year in music I tend to agree.
Low key this is what teachers feel about students.
high key
I'm a teacher and yep 😂
Lmao okaaay
And bus drivers lol
ne and I who am Brazilian I went to see the translation almost fell from the scared shore
It's crazy this song is that old... I'll never forget I walked into a bar in Williamsburg over 10 years ago and they were performing this track live ,and I was like damn who the fuck are these cats?! I met them afterwards and He was chill AF.
This is the best beat of all time because of its simplicity and the artists' execution
2:41 I love how 'Ima ice dat bitch' is a new and intriguing thought
Damn, this makes me wish that one could have theme songs in real life. I had a 60-something year old English teacher who was a fucking Ivy League reader. She would always have these young bitches come up to her and try to throw shit tonnes of shade and talk back. Within 2-5 minutes, those heifers were siting down, shutting the fuck up, and contemplating their life choices. She never cussed, yelled, or even got up from her desk. She was a master. Heck, she probably woulda loved this song.
OOOOOOOHHHHH, I WISH I could be that fierce!!
Tondra, regarding your English teacher. She truly was a master of the written/read word.
Ivy league or not, words can cut deeper then any knife (cliche). My B.A. is in creative writing and I know most hip hop artists write better prose then most Harvard/Yale grads. because of their experience.
Write what you know.
With that in mind, I am sure Zebra (William) has read many bitches and given that bitch some knowledge.
With respect from an old Ivy leaguer.
Scott F Check only the vocab count. Hip hop bigger than willie styles (shakespeare).
James Forbes Thank you.
James Forbes A lot of hip hop artists have used more unique words then him actually, I remember seeing an article a few years back with like a comparative list.
This is officially my favorite song to listen to when I'm mad.
this still gets better every time i listen to it
this is slick.
WILLAM
Yes!
OMG I LOVE YOU WILLAM
willlllamm
Yasssss William 😎 🤌🏽 !
this beat is still so lux i cant!
This is my new favorite song. It's so fucking killer, dark, creepy, dark humor. I love that part at the end where they kindof laugh. Shes adorable.
love the simplicity of this
Mad love from England - I've had this on repeat for days.
My entrance beat wherever I go.
It's gonna be cohesive, it's gonna be my thesis!
found out about this song years ago... I'm still feeling it at 28
he just made me re-think my whole identity in a matter of seconds. total respect.
Killer bass line with an artistic clip.
Hard as steel, clear as glass.
u real one if you here these days
Finally, a minimal hip-hop contender to "Drop it like it's hot" -- And my vote goes to Zebra's.
Every once and a while I feel like there is a song that is released specifically for me and only me. It speaks directly to me and my attitude. THIS IS IT! THIS IS MY MOTHERFUCKIN ANTHEM!
A CERTIFIED BANGER
This song still bang 8 yrs later 🔥🔥🔥
4years this track aged well
good reading music.
Lo-fi beats to vogue and read that bitch to
Man take me back
A sho nuff banger! Katz is coming to the ATL this Wednesday and me and my.girl are going. Should be a phenomenal show
I always come back to this song, it's been one of my favourites since 2013 🧡
But one time I thought it sounded like he was singing gonorrhoea at 3:39 and I've never been able to unhear it.
I remember this song playing for Rick Owen's fashion show. God damn, good song.
Why is this song so damn catchy? I only listened to it once and it was stuck in my head for about a year.
Everything about this song and video is fucking perfect.
It's so strange. So hype but so mellow. So agitating yet so calming. So good but so bad. It's like.... Everything. And nothing. It's a collection of my dreams. Assortment of my reality. It's a piece of shit and a work of art. It brings me pain, joy, suffering, happiness, prosperity, knowledge, ignorance, misery and bliss
This brings style back to videos in an interesting way, and I am loving the lo-fi quality! love love love.
Still banging in these pandemic times. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Its still pandemic times unfortunatly 😭
This is what u call creatively darlings
This is EVERYTHING !!!!!
People hate on this song, but we needed a hardcore song for the thatch roofing community. Haters.
I never realized azealias version was a cover. Glad I found this
this song gives me them V I B E Z
2020 still a bop
This is so my new theme song while i'm at school.
It's so amazing that such an epic sound can come from vocals and kick. Such raw confident simplicity!
i just death dropped
still goes in 2016
still goes in 2019
still goes in 2021
still goes in 2022
Zebra Katz thought his shit out:
"Yeah, we were trying to re-appropriate it and get new meaning for it. I basically start by saying 'Ima that bitch,' with the intention to do something to this 'bitch', and then later on I say 'I'm that bitch'. So initially we talk about this 'bitch' and what we're gonna do to this 'bitch,' then we look at school, and how in school we learn from an education. We then try to elevate it from its lowest, degrading meaning into something that is a lot more powerful. Its about how you can be clever with word-play, and how word-play can change the meaning of the term. There are so many words that are so loaded in society - like derogatory terms, race terms - that have a lot of meaning, and the meaning can dissipate depending on who's saying it; there are so many scapegoats. It might sound like I'm degrading all women, but I call myself a 'bitch,' so its playing, and depends on the context." - Katz
I remember when this song came out and it still feels like yesterday.
Yaaaaaaaaaasss WERK for me babies !
This is the best song to listen to whenever you are mad at someone.
imma write a dissertation to excuse my shit
wow this song hits hard.... also school really is like this
how can they say all this with a straight face😂😂😭😭
I agree. That shit was too funny!
They didn't they obviously did laugh
Smile broke at (2:11)
Cause this ain't funny
perfect music for studying
i like Azealia and all but the delivery on the original by these two kills me. it's fucking amazing. and, personally, the lyrics are just so much stronger and more interesting to listen to in this version.
this really helps me cope with writing a frickin thesis. THANK YOU. feeling lazy and unworthy ...so this is super duper invigorating and empowering. BLESS YE BOTH beautiful well read beings!
I love this song!
Better than 95% of the rap out today.
That bitch probably deserves it
Love the horror vibes
Every good session should have this introduction...
I like this so hard.
This song needs a Grammy
Saw them last night in Glasgow, they were top notch
such an intimidating song. giving me goosebumps.
This song still got me. Lol. Had it playing nonstop.
Still read that shit in 2021.
Love it. Love everything about it.
i keep playing this over and over love
it
This song is great for studying :D
Holy shit... that was awesome! Gonna make that my new ringtone.
When I watched this, I was honestly transported back to better days. I feel like students struggling in middle school from bullying would really benefit from watching this. I know I did. Just a thought.
I just remembered this song! Love it! This is a vibe!
Lol I remember me and the homie would slap this if we wanted to get a certain vibe
I BANG THIS TRACK IN CLASS ,THAT IS RSA AT UNIVERSITY OF ZULULAND... I SAW THE CLASS DANCING IN SLOW MOTION
The beat is DOPE
This song is still on my mind in 2017!
2022 Still reading.
God... no one can seem to appreciate a banger these days...
No, the lyrics aren't deep and metaphorical, they don't really teach you much, no.
But you have to understand that its simply a banger. Not all music has to be a masterpiece.
Does this mean I condone commercial pop crap? No. This is different. This is good. Its dark, its racy, even a little unsettling.
So why don't you neckbeards put down Bach for a little while and broaden your tastes a little, listen to shit that's a little different.
Heeeey, Bach is still awesome. :) This track is yummy, though.
Its dark, its racy, even a little unsettling. Agree, but also it is hilarious in a way no? Maybe its just the video..
preach
I know!! This shit is bananas! instant classic.
slickrickbawss Nicely said :-)
cant stop watching this!!!!!
“It’s gon be cohesive… it’s gon be my thesis…” that shit is scary I can’t even front lol take you completely out.
🤣🤣🤣😭😭😭