Magahlia the beat flute sample brings me back to childhood summers. the whole song is about nostalgia and ....memories... and the lyrics are fairly good at times. positive...
I cant even measure how this song touch my soul and my heart, my tears drop every goddamn time i listen to it. Look, im brazilian and i never ever travelled even out of the state which i was born due lack of money, but i still feel i'm a citizen of the world and i still travelling inside my goddamn room to different cultures through music, language, movies and research. Hope someday my dreams come true but until it, i'll still educating myself. Peace 4 y'll
Keep this song in your heart, brotha'. You'll always be a travellin' man. Hope that things work out for you in life and that you get to check out life outside of your country. Music unites all of us, no matter where we are from, especially real hiphop like this. Best of luck, friend.
Bro, if you have something inside you know it's real, like music, like your art or anything, follow and persevate that real feeling. This music make me travel to my innerself and as time goes by I realizew that ME is unbreakable and eternal. Cheer`s from Rio de Janeiro.
I just want to say this; this song was made at a moment in time, pre 9/11, when it appeared that globalisation was a positive thing and the world was coming together. Hip Hop CULTURE was travelling to Berlin and Marseille, Tokyo and Stockholm, Jakarta and Marrakech...right on the cusp of being commodified beyond recognition. People connecting across borders was natural, and the new millennium promised a new dawn of intercultural peace and optimism... The song is haunting now, but still brings back happy, if a little naive...m e m o r i e s
John Pitts I wouldn't say this song is "haunting" instead it's timeless; better than the mumble pseudo rap bs that comes out nowadays. As for everything that happened after the 2000's (which despite 9/11 were still better times than the 2010's and so forth) was the result of the drastic major events that occurred mostly during the 1980's and 1990's (i.e. war on drugs, war on terror, violent radicalism, severe classim rise of LBGTQ, third wave feminism, etc.) and let's not forget all these "outbreaks" that had occurred since 2001 like SARS, West Nile, Swine Flu, Ebola, Zika and now Corona. So yeah once 9/11 happened, it slowly turned today's society into a nightmare for most and a complete joke towards the current generations (late millenials and Gen Z).
@@davidmitchell3997 I wouldn't say it's 'timeless' at all. I think it sounds anachronistic in today's landscape. Classic, yes, but not timeless. It very much sounds like late 90s Hip-Hop. It's haunting because it represents a culture that, in my opinion, no longer exists. And even though I agree the 00s seemed better than the 10s, you can still look at 9/11 as the fracture that was unrepairable and connected to the failure of centrism. I absolutely agree that we're witnessing the ramifications of mistakes made in the 80s and 90s, and the arrogance of Fukuyama 'end of history' thinking. I'm nostalgic about the optimism in those decades, but certainly not romantic about what their legacy is. I also want to return to this word 'haunting' - I think this song, video and the era it represents is haunting because it embodies the notion of a future that never came to be.
I grew up a block away from DJ Honda's studio in the 90s. First time I heard of Mos Def was from his street team promoting Black on Both Sides. Little did I know it was by the Rawkus Records office, where I eventually got to interview Talib Kweli for my college paper when he dropped Quality. Mad Skillz came thru while I was waiting in reception. Also saw Mos perform back to back nights at the Bowery Ballroom solo and with his band Blackjack Johnson. Q-Tip, Common and Pharoahe Monch were special guests. Some of my greatest memories. Sorry for all the name dropping.
Me to, my dad has jusy passed and i loved this song it would remind me of him all the time, especially cus he was always travelling on the highway. R.I.P GOD
Yeah. Golden alright. The beginning of the end church going, God fearing, family men in exchange of ho chasing, mammon loving, drug slangin wannabes. Golden. Dont get me wrong. I always felt the same. But in retrospect, you can see it was all part of the plan to demoralize young men and women and destroy the african american community.
That 90's hip hop was the purest form of hip hop. The gangsta rap, backpack rap, conscious rap all of it just hit the soul. Made you feel like you were in it...
“Memories don't live like people do They always remember you Whether things are good or bad, its just the memories” Really hits me. My younger brother recently passed away and all I have left is MEMORIES.
He closed a concert here in Atlanta with Travelin man. I swear I almost cried when he did the "I'm leaving" ending...cause I didn't want the show to end.
How I miss pre 9/11 New York City. This video really encapsulates it all. Very special time. Glad I lived through it. The towers are gone, The city is gentrified af, most of the real New Yorkers have left, but the music from old NYC will live on forever. Peace to Dj Honda and Mighty Mos, thank you. Timeless sun...
M-Def knows how to put words together, he's not just doing unbeatable rhymes, he also tells us deep stories, with a logic and a soul Cheers from France, real Hip Hop will always exist, but not on TV and other fucked up medias
The thing I love about Mos Def is that is that at times it feels like he isn't even rapping, like he doesn't have to, his words just flow. This song is epic thank you for the upload.
Mos Def carries so much feeling through his rhymes. I feel like I'm listening to a real artist and poet as he flows one line to the next. And you got to love DJ Honda throwing his talent into the song, it's a crazy beautiful thing. Keeping the true art of intelligent music alive.
Listening to this in 2022, and realizing how under appreciated Mos Def was/ is and the rappers who made GREAT music are. I truly miss real hip hop & real bars. Just a 40 year old who appreciates not hearing about killing, b!tch3s, h03s, etc.
Ridin in my white ‘92 Honda Accord…. My first ride with factory system, DJ HONDA in the tape deck. Circa 1998. I bumped this tape non stop, funny I still know all the words. Even got the cassette in my graduation memory box.
What happened to DJ Honda? He’s so talented. I remember in the late 90s, he was in lot of East coast hip hop artist’s songs and all of a sudden he just disappeared. He needs to make a comeback. He is hip hop.
Im sitting in my office humming. Started humming this song for some reason. Havent heard this song for maybe 25 years. Still the greatest. We were so fortunate and lucky to be young during this time. I know its a broken record but the 1990s were the absolute peak of our civilization. Everything was new. The future was right around the corner. 1999 and beyond. If we only knew what we were in for we may have had the chance to find a different future. They may take away our youth, our freedoms, tax us to death, etc, etc. But they cant take away our memories. If you were there you knew how cool it was to be there. Peace yall. Never stop dancing. See you at the old folks home soon.
my friend showed me this song a few years back and its been a staple song in my life ever since, when someone asks what my favorite song is I'm always eager to show them this, no matter how many times it's been replayed it never gets old. thank you dj honda and mosdef
Great song, so smooth... Mos Def is one of the few artists who can really turn your life in the right direction with their music and that's exactly what he has done to me. I'm so grateful to him and the others (Black Thought, Common, Talib Kweli, Guru, ...) for this. Let's just hope that this kind of music will make a return someday in the future...
Right now I’m not doing well mentally, but everytime I listen to this song it brings me to happy memories I use to have. It’s been hard to get out of bed lately, and this song has made it easier to get up
I feel this has to go down as one of the dopest rap songs. Mos Def was on point with the rhymes especially the first verse. Honda was on point with the beat!
***** Do you have any recommendations of hip hop music with a similar vibe to this. Whether I look at mainstream or underground, old school or today's hip hop, I can't find a song similar to this one. The mixed influence coming from Japan and America make it truly unique.
@@unclegardener If you're on UA-cam and still complaining about how you can't find any good music, then blame your own laziness. I found good artists when UA-cam didn't even exist, there's no more excuses.
this song hit a chord in my heart way back in the day when I heard it. almost as if I knew then what the song would mean to me in the future. one of the greatest pieces of music in my life
Black Star fans stand up!!! What a golden time for hip hop... Mosdef just passively slaughtered this cut!!! And DJ Honda for the beat and production!!!
Started listening to Mos Def in 2014 and the events that transpired from listening to his tunes have meant so much. Saw this guy and Bali later in 2014 and had the most incredible trip on Kuta beach which correlates so delightful in memory to keep myself centred during bad times. One of my favourite tracks eva
I wish my friends would understand just how deep and wonderful hip-hop is
This music makes me feel in a way that I just can't explain... Love Rap and Hip Hop!!!
Magahlia the beat flute sample brings me back to childhood summers. the whole song is about nostalgia and ....memories... and the lyrics are fairly good at times. positive...
U need new friends
That is a true statement hip hop 90 era was fun and real I miss the 90 hip hop music era 💯💯
Yes brother, yes
SA enjoyed this track more than any other country out there 🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦
So true!!!
Channel o in the morning
I agree they used to play it on bop TV 😅
I concur
Facts 💯
One of the best hip hop tracks of all times ❤
"This thing called rhyming no different from coal mining / we both on assignment to unearth a diamond."
Beautiful - my favorite lyric. ever.
When you're coal mining you're on assignment to unearth coal though. Diamond mining is where you're on assignment to unearth a diamond...
@@lukefifty whatever man it’s clearly a metaphor no need to be literal
Facts my brother!!!!
Beautiful ❤️🎁
@@lukefifty p0
From YFM to here in 2025 🙌🏿🙌🏿🙌🏿🙌🏿🙌🏿
🇿🇦
Hoi
I haven’t heard this song for maybe a couple of decades. RIP Limewire
🖥️ 🙏
I cant even measure how this song touch my soul and my heart, my tears drop every goddamn time i listen to it. Look, im brazilian and i never ever travelled even out of the state which i was born due lack of money, but i still feel i'm a citizen of the world and i still travelling inside my goddamn room to different cultures through music, language, movies and research. Hope someday my dreams come true but until it, i'll still educating myself. Peace 4 y'll
Keep this song in your heart, brotha'. You'll always be a travellin' man. Hope that things work out for you in life and that you get to check out life outside of your country. Music unites all of us, no matter where we are from, especially real hiphop like this. Best of luck, friend.
Bro, if you have something inside you know it's real, like music, like your art or anything, follow and persevate that real feeling. This music make me travel to my innerself and as time goes by I realizew that ME is unbreakable and eternal. Cheer`s from Rio de Janeiro.
Peace brotha!! Love from the U.S.
Meu irmao nao desiste seus sonhos!
Best wishes to you, travelli’n man in a world away.
2024 still playing this song,mos def got no idea what he created much love from Johannesburg in South Africa
Mos Def created a masterpiece here
Feel ya.
❤
SA enjoyed this track more than any other country out there
Still banging from the south rand
I just want to say this; this song was made at a moment in time, pre 9/11, when it appeared that globalisation was a positive thing and the world was coming together. Hip Hop CULTURE was travelling to Berlin and Marseille, Tokyo and Stockholm, Jakarta and Marrakech...right on the cusp of being commodified beyond recognition. People connecting across borders was natural, and the new millennium promised a new dawn of intercultural peace and optimism... The song is haunting now, but still brings back happy, if a little naive...m e m o r i e s
John Pitts I was around when it came out and I never considered that aspect of it. Beautiful perspective on a beautiful song.
John Pitts I wouldn't say this song is "haunting" instead it's timeless; better than the mumble pseudo rap bs that comes out nowadays. As for everything that happened after the 2000's (which despite 9/11 were still better times than the 2010's and so forth) was the result of the drastic major events that occurred mostly during the 1980's and 1990's (i.e. war on drugs, war on terror, violent radicalism, severe classim rise of LBGTQ, third wave feminism, etc.) and let's not forget all these "outbreaks" that had occurred since 2001 like SARS, West Nile, Swine Flu, Ebola, Zika and now Corona. So yeah once 9/11 happened, it slowly turned today's society into a nightmare for most and a complete joke towards the current generations (late millenials and Gen Z).
@@davidmitchell3997 I wouldn't say it's 'timeless' at all. I think it sounds anachronistic in today's landscape. Classic, yes, but not timeless. It very much sounds like late 90s Hip-Hop. It's haunting because it represents a culture that, in my opinion, no longer exists. And even though I agree the 00s seemed better than the 10s, you can still look at 9/11 as the fracture that was unrepairable and connected to the failure of centrism. I absolutely agree that we're witnessing the ramifications of mistakes made in the 80s and 90s, and the arrogance of Fukuyama 'end of history' thinking. I'm nostalgic about the optimism in those decades, but certainly not romantic about what their legacy is. I also want to return to this word 'haunting' - I think this song, video and the era it represents is haunting because it embodies the notion of a future that never came to be.
Yezzir. Best comment here 💯💯💯💯💯💯
Very energetic reply...on point
I grew up a block away from DJ Honda's studio in the 90s. First time I heard of Mos Def was from his street team promoting Black on Both Sides. Little did I know it was by the Rawkus Records office, where I eventually got to interview Talib Kweli for my college paper when he dropped Quality. Mad Skillz came thru while I was waiting in reception. Also saw Mos perform back to back nights at the Bowery Ballroom solo and with his band Blackjack Johnson. Q-Tip, Common and Pharoahe Monch were special guests. Some of my greatest memories. Sorry for all the name dropping.
That’s so awesome, great for you for witnessing that.
incredible experiences. thanks for sharing
Don't ever apologize again for name dropping some rappers to explain such dope memories brotha! That's what's up 🙏🏽
Brooo that's fucking sick. Wish I could have experienced that
Lucky
One of the best beats ever made
ES TE it was totally ahead of its time and still is tbh especially when Mac Miller remixed this its a masterpiece
@@16hundred What song did Mac Miller remix this to?
Absolutely! This is a classic ! Respect
@@lucascelle1687 ua-cam.com/video/kSIEFxwYcYw/v-deo.html
This beat, with Cee-Lo and Da Rahnjaz. Inspiration... If u don't know, now u do
I want this to play at my funeral. This song has stuck with me since childhood and I'll never not have it in rotation.
@Butters S. HAHAHAHA
Rural Sweatshirt That’s too bad for you....It’s in 4K for me...if you know you know.
Me to, my dad has jusy passed and i loved this song it would remind me of him all the time, especially cus he was always travelling on the highway. R.I.P GOD
They don't make em like this no more
@@thewyatt1001 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
Dj Honda is so underrated
90's Hip Hop is the Golden Era of Hip Hop
no question
The best era
Yeah. Golden alright. The beginning of the end church going, God fearing, family men in exchange of ho chasing, mammon loving, drug slangin wannabes. Golden.
Dont get me wrong. I always felt the same. But in retrospect, you can see it was all part of the plan to demoralize young men and women and destroy the african american community.
@@mancaveedc7596 Yeah, almost like people began to realize religion is just a money hungry cult that preys on the weak, and desperate.
@@mancaveedc7596 I bet your a right laugh at party’s
That 90's hip hop was the purest form of hip hop. The gangsta rap, backpack rap, conscious rap all of it just hit the soul. Made you feel like you were in it...
“Memories don't live like people do
They always remember you
Whether things are good or bad, its just the memories”
Really hits me. My younger brother recently passed away and all I have left is MEMORIES.
i feel you 110%. my boyfriend just past 2wks ago.. i hope your days are as beautiful & bright; grieve as you must.
stay strong brother!
@@tomiel3080 stay strong!
So for your loss bro. I hope as u listen to this song time and time again, u relive the memories u shared with your lil bro.
Keep his memory alive in your heart bro, I’m sorry for your loss.🙏🙏🙏
He closed a concert here in Atlanta with Travelin man. I swear I almost cried when he did the "I'm leaving" ending...cause I didn't want the show to end.
the way Mos flows over the beat.. so smooth.
One of a kind fr
This track takes me back to 1998 when I was a young innocent boy.
You’re a young innocent boy
"been a pleasure to know y'all"
this song's going to be played at my funeral; beautiful stuff
I don't know why, but this song teleports me back to being a kid in the 90's. This song touches soul.
This is the version I want on Spotify/Apple Music
Any idea where this version came from? It's so much better than the spotify version.
its the og and the ones on spotify/app music are the remastered version@@islamicsalami7208
@@islamicsalami7208bro cap cap cap I love the I’m leaaaavin on the next planeeeee
Check the DJ Honda "H II" album, track 19
@@islamicsalami7208 Check the DJ Honda "H II" album, track 19
How I miss pre 9/11 New York City. This video really encapsulates it all. Very special time. Glad I lived through it. The towers are gone, The city is gentrified af, most of the real New Yorkers have left, but the music from old NYC will live on forever. Peace to Dj Honda and Mighty Mos, thank you. Timeless sun...
Haven't been the same since
Played this at funeral of my childhood friend... RIP Ally
Condolences and stay blessed ❤️❤️
You're a good one!
My favorite song for 10 years now. All the way in Swaziland.
M-Def knows how to put words together, he's not just doing unbeatable rhymes, he also tells us deep stories, with a logic and a soul
Cheers from France, real Hip Hop will always exist, but not on TV and other fucked up medias
@@unclegardener because many Em verses are pure freestyle.
The thing I love about Mos Def is that is that at times it feels like he isn't even rapping, like he doesn't have to, his words just flow. This song is epic thank you for the upload.
Mos Def carries so much feeling through his rhymes. I feel like I'm listening to a real artist and poet as he flows one line to the next. And you got to love DJ Honda throwing his talent into the song, it's a crazy beautiful thing. Keeping the true art of intelligent music alive.
@AKASHIXforreal forreal. Timeless.
Well said.
For some reason, I’ve always felt that mos def would’ve been or can still be a great reggae artist..100 %
go to sleep lil bro
Come back to this song every year. It's a masterpiece
A banger of all time 🔥🔥🔥
When I moved to AZ after breaking up with fiancé. This song had me tears.
Memories really don’t live like people do…
2024 and I will never stop listening to this song. Flatbush forever. 🗽
This been the jam since '98. Timeless classic.
I still come back to this one...timeless classic!!!!
REAL HIP HOP. I miss it. I’m a Golden Era baby.
Need a HD re-upload ASAP!
Way back when, this song changed my life. This album was way ahead of its time. Dj Honda where you been?
Nothing screams more "NEW YORK" than this song and video clip. Love it. peace
This is 90's hip-hop personified.
This is the type of hip hop I love. I’ve re-discovered this song. Peace to the good brother Yasiin Bey, thank you for this gem.
This takes me back to my happy days 😢
When hip hop was real...
DJ Honda you created a musical masterpiece. One of the greatest, most inspirational songs of all time.
this is pure FLIPPING GOLD
2021 and this song is still traveling through space and time!!!
This song is currently on repeat a lot lately 🔥
factual
Memories don't live like people do... timeless classic...
Memories don't live like people do-o
They always remember you
Whether things are good or bad, it's just the memories...
Listening to this in 2022, and realizing how under appreciated Mos Def was/ is and the rappers who made GREAT music are. I truly miss real hip hop & real bars. Just a 40 year old who appreciates not hearing about killing, b!tch3s, h03s, etc.
I'M LEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAVIIIIIIIIIIIIN!
I'm a travellin man.. Moving through places space and time
MH DOOM The villain took on many forms.
Its never gna be like this again, I know its constant elevation, but its bitter sweet. HipHop Culture, Infinite !
Ridin in my white ‘92 Honda Accord…. My first ride with factory system, DJ HONDA in the tape deck. Circa 1998. I bumped this tape non stop, funny I still know all the words. Even got the cassette in my graduation memory box.
DEFINITELY one of the best hiphop / rap tracks of all time.
My son loves this. I can calm him down and mesmerize him with this...and one of my all time favorites!
What happened to DJ Honda? He’s so talented. I remember in the late 90s, he was in lot of East coast hip hop artist’s songs and all of a sudden he just disappeared. He needs to make a comeback. He is hip hop.
He is a traveling man, traveling through space and time… 😮 😂
He is staying in Japan, collabing with Japanese artists
If I could only listen to 1 song for the rest of my life, it would be this.
Dem dawg
I could tell you love hip hop❤
Im sitting in my office humming. Started humming this song for some reason. Havent heard this song for maybe 25 years. Still the greatest. We were so fortunate and lucky to be young during this time. I know its a broken record but the 1990s were the absolute peak of our civilization. Everything was new. The future was right around the corner. 1999 and beyond. If we only knew what we were in for we may have had the chance to find a different future. They may take away our youth, our freedoms, tax us to death, etc, etc. But they cant take away our memories. If you were there you knew how cool it was to be there. Peace yall. Never stop dancing. See you at the old folks home soon.
Still listening to this in 2020...time flies, yo🙌🏽
my friend showed me this song a few years back and its been a staple song in my life ever since, when someone asks what my favorite song is I'm always eager to show them this, no matter how many times it's been replayed it never gets old. thank you dj honda and mosdef
Wish spotify had this version
Please somebody remaster this in 4k. It would mean a lot.
One of my favorite songs of all time. Mos Def is a lyrical genius
Memories 🗽🌇🌆🏙️🌃🌉🗽
Still sounds new everytime you listen to it, even after being released almost 30yrs back then
For all the travellin man around the world ! 🌍 From France .
Mos Def has so much damn soul. The caribbean influence in his style has always been dope. Something thats sorely missing in hiphop now.
Moving through. the seasons of life!
After a being a long .. long fan of hip hop. This is my top single of all time.
So much this! This remix is criminally underrated....still bumpin this in 2019 and still will be in 3019
My favorite Mos Def song of all time.
Respect and made great classics songs too
That fact that this song strike so many different emotions is reason enough for this song to be a certified classic
One of the best songs ever in rap, from the greatest dj/producer rap album ever.
Great song, so smooth... Mos Def is one of the few artists who can really turn your life in the right direction with their music and that's exactly what he has done to me. I'm so grateful to him and the others (Black Thought, Common, Talib Kweli, Guru, ...) for this. Let's just hope that this kind of music will make a return someday in the future...
Man I miss you London! 🇬🇧
Right now I’m not doing well mentally, but everytime I listen to this song it brings me to happy memories I use to have. It’s been hard to get out of bed lately, and this song has made it easier to get up
Uploaded the day after my 1st bday… we rlly didn’t know how good we had it🥲
some good rhymes from back in the days.
Definitely memories of the 90's.
I feel this has to go down as one of the dopest rap songs. Mos Def was on point with the rhymes especially the first verse. Honda was on point with the beat!
needs to be on SPOTIFY :((((((
2022 🇿🇦 Track just popped in my head ..damn.
My Soul be wantin to race thru the clouds Everytime I hear dis .. "IM LEEAVVVIINNNNN"
🙌🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Where did this type of hip hop go? 2014 and this is still the shit!
Nowhere, stop listening to the radio and you'll find it.
***** Do you have any recommendations of hip hop music with a similar vibe to this. Whether I look at mainstream or underground, old school or today's hip hop, I can't find a song similar to this one. The mixed influence coming from Japan and America make it truly unique.
***** Yeah I love Apollo Brown. His work on Twelve Reasons to Die and Gas Mask blew me away. Do you have any specific recommendations?
@@midnighteye2737 Everyone says this but they never ever recommend any suggestions
@@unclegardener If you're on UA-cam and still complaining about how you can't find any good music, then blame your own laziness. I found good artists when UA-cam didn't even exist, there's no more excuses.
Aged like wine 🍷 favorite song of mos
how can 17 people dislike this?? this is one of the illest joints.thank u very much gentlemen
this song hit a chord in my heart way back in the day when I heard it. almost as if I knew then what the song would mean to me in the future. one of the greatest pieces of music in my life
This is a perfect song.
Black Star fans stand up!!! What a golden time for hip hop... Mosdef just passively slaughtered this cut!!! And DJ Honda for the beat and production!!!
Algum brasileiro que tenha esse bom gosto pra música?
Posso ouvir quantas vezes forem necessárias, ano após ano, coisa boa não enjoa
Eu aqui, escuto essa desde 2018 kkkk boas memórias
21 Jan 24 and just hearing this song for the first time...mad, mad respect....
man i miss hip hop.. i wish they never stopped making it...
Whenever I forget this song.. its a welcomed reminder that pops it back into my mind.
This is the best rap tune I ever heard. DJ Honda and Mos Def are exeptionals.
1998... good times...
Started listening to Mos Def in 2014 and the events that transpired from listening to his tunes have meant so much. Saw this guy and Bali later in 2014 and had the most incredible trip on Kuta beach which correlates so delightful in memory to keep myself centred during bad times. One of my favourite tracks eva
regardless of whether you believe in fate, this song was MEANT to be created.
this song was on repeat when i went to Japan
This is one of my fav tracks of all time. Havent heard it 20 years. 2003 Philly in my cassette to cd kit in my whoopdie. Time truly flies..
I love Mos Def so much. His music is unlike anything else.
Yo, take those vacations, pictures, walks, runs, videos, celebrate life cause tomorrow isn't guaranteed but the memories are ✌🏽