Special Ed - The Mission

Поділитися
Вставка
  • Опубліковано 2 гру 2024

КОМЕНТАРІ • 698

  • @GucciGambino1967
    @GucciGambino1967 Рік тому +89

    I'm 56, I was in my 20's when this was a hit. This is real rap..no cursing, no "N" words, or "B" words required in making a hit. Recognize!

    • @timboslice4717
      @timboslice4717 Рік тому +5

      Exactly, there is no need to utter the 14th letter word .
      Because it's a BS filler ... Nonsense word, unless you need crutches; handicap "rappers", word !

    • @timcassidy4053
      @timcassidy4053 11 місяців тому +5

      Ed is just that,special.

    • @donyutejamaica631
      @donyutejamaica631 7 місяців тому

      Generally rappers who cannot a make a record without a single cuss word or N word in it, have limited vocabulary and low IQ.

    • @Mdub3997
      @Mdub3997 7 місяців тому +1

      I'm 48 now, I was about 14 then, and I remember the N word here as well! Hate to burst y'all bubble of how great things back in the day was but around 3:06, they tried to edit it out.

    • @pN1zzL3816
      @pN1zzL3816 3 місяці тому +1

      Just turned 54 last week, I spent my whole day curating a playlist of the shit I loved between 18-20 yrs old 🙏🏼

  • @littlemomma6363
    @littlemomma6363 5 років тому +123

    This is real story telling. Special Ed was a very skilled wordsmith. Word!

  • @wideout901
    @wideout901 7 років тому +328

    The era of real hip hop 💯👌🏾

    • @ericbomberger1128
      @ericbomberger1128 7 років тому +7

      Marquise Robinson Are we old or like good music?

    • @natedablack7857
      @natedablack7857 7 років тому +5

      Eric Bomberger
      Sure I'm Old School. I'm 43.
      But I also know good music (and authentic hip-hop) when I hear it.
      #THIS #ERA #SUCKS

    • @martonnagy7988
      @martonnagy7988 6 років тому +3

      I'm 25 and I love 80s, 90s and early 2000s Hip Hop. I love New School Hip Hop too like J. Cole and other talented artists. I hate today's garbage Mumble Rap, Autotune Rap and New Trap Rap.

    • @freddynj6140
      @freddynj6140 6 років тому +2

      Thumbs up all day dude 💪😀👍

    • @seanfelder3977
      @seanfelder3977 Рік тому

      Late 1980s this song came out

  • @ninobrown5363
    @ninobrown5363 4 роки тому +76

    For all the youngsters out there...Special Ed is a legend! He was only 16 when these songs came out and These videos were the first of it's kind! No other rapper was doing Adventure storytelling Videos with their songs! Dude was riding on a Hovercraft in a Music Video!!!
    That's the equivalent of a Rap Artist these days flying a Stealth Bomber in a Music Video......Yeah hasn't happened yet

    • @damonbrace8252
      @damonbrace8252 4 місяці тому +2

      Sorry pal... Im going to have to correct you!!... NOBODY DID THE STORYTELLING RAP .. LIKE SLICK RICK "THE RULER".... YOU BETTER RECOGNIZE!!!!

  • @lstruggy
    @lstruggy Рік тому +10

    Was in 7th grade when this came out I still have the tape and I’m still listening to this now 12/6/23 man I miss them days 😮‍💨

  • @pincheknow-it-all5057
    @pincheknow-it-all5057 3 місяці тому +13

    Too bad Special Ed faded away; he is still one of the most talented rappers ever.

  • @niecy5751
    @niecy5751 5 років тому +73

    THIS WAS AND STILL IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE CUTS!!

  • @4Frmcfff
    @4Frmcfff 4 роки тому +67

    His flow he killed this whole beat 🔥🔥

  • @marcussmith3934
    @marcussmith3934 2 роки тому +14

    Happy 50th Birthday Special Ed!(Born May 16, 1972)😃🥳🎂🎉🎊🎈🎁🍾🥂👍🏿👏🏿🙌🏿

  • @chrissystewart4123
    @chrissystewart4123 6 років тому +36

    Special Ed the coolest Jamaican Rapper

    • @Iljinarchive
      @Iljinarchive 2 роки тому +4

      I believe that in one of his songs he says he is from the West Indies.

    • @anthonyblackman7669
      @anthonyblackman7669 Рік тому +6

      He was born and raised in Flatbush Brooklyn, but I think his parents were from jamaica.

  • @Dave-lr2wo
    @Dave-lr2wo 5 років тому +38

    Special Ed's videos are straight up amazing.

  • @danyulwilliams9823
    @danyulwilliams9823 3 місяці тому +4

    One of my favorite Special Ed songs ever!!!!❤😊😊❤😊😊❤

  • @delerocky
    @delerocky 7 років тому +551

    Am I the only that appreciates the backup dancers? They were actually really good!

    • @jaywu_chakra9919
      @jaywu_chakra9919 7 років тому +23

      Oladele Olawaiye I remember practicing those dance moves.

    • @normal2954
      @normal2954 7 років тому +19

      They are everything.

    • @theadmiral460
      @theadmiral460 6 років тому +35

      Scoob & Scrap were the best(Big daddy Kane) & Fendi (epmd)..& Def Jef's dancers were hype too

    • @jayontario7285
      @jayontario7285 6 років тому +10

      The Admiral fo sho.......Def Jeff's Dancers as well...

    • @ladygemini5967
      @ladygemini5967 6 років тому +8

      Yes but the best was big daddy Kane dancers!!!check it out

  • @teemanz2264
    @teemanz2264 7 років тому +115

    They killing the dance moves in the background! I'm 37 grew up in the Bronx and remember the dances at the block parties! Real hip hop

    • @cliftonrouse9400
      @cliftonrouse9400 4 роки тому +2

      That was real battling. Me and a couple of my friends started a group called Fore'Plae'! We were all about positive vibes lyrics to uplift and real life situations. We had knowledge and some bad azz dancers! Lex "1", Chilly "C", Hip Ski, Fly "B", Mean Franz, Guido, Jahrican, Levander "Lee, Barry White" Fifie, Quaheem, Reuben. Fore' Plae' STAND UP, Err'day! Can I get a witness? We got Watcha Like. Boogie on Down! The Power of Sex! Man I miss those days!

  • @h_g.b.5792
    @h_g.b.5792 5 років тому +24

    1990 was a good year in Hip Hop!

  • @kuahmelallah
    @kuahmelallah Рік тому +6

    The brothers dancing were among the best features of '88-'92 Hip-Hop.

  • @fathertime2357
    @fathertime2357 4 роки тому +22

    Special Ed is a brother from another mother...1 of the smoothest effortless flows ever.

  • @danielwatts9803
    @danielwatts9803 3 роки тому +261

    I'm 49 and for some of you young folks this was when everybody came with their own dancers. The dancers were not just for the video but they also toured with the MC's too full time, part of the family yo'...

  • @indio81031
    @indio81031 3 роки тому +13

    Special ED and Guru (r.i.p.) 2 of the Smoothest Dudes ever in Hip Hop

  • @beaniegee5129
    @beaniegee5129 3 роки тому +11

    '90s hip-hop at its finest!

  • @damonadams9640
    @damonadams9640 6 місяців тому +5

    THIS IS WHY SPECIAL ED WAS 1 OF THE MANY UNIQUE PHENOMENON'S THAT TOOK THE WORLD BY STORM IN OUR GOLDEN AGE OF REAL HIP-HOP. WE ALL HED MUCH LOVE & APPRECIATION THE BROTHER & STILL DO. CHEERS & SALUTE TO THE GOD/KING STILL THE YOUNGEST IN CHARGE EVEN THOUGH WE ARE ALL ARE OLDER NOW!!![999]

  • @denrenjen1964
    @denrenjen1964 2 місяці тому +4

    This is still kickin' in 2024!

  • @andrewhall7930
    @andrewhall7930 6 років тому +106

    There was 3 months in 1991 when this was in heavy rotation on Yo MTV Raps!

    • @XTRABIG
      @XTRABIG 6 років тому +6

      I remember bro. I remember.
      👍👍✌

    • @Keezie27
      @Keezie27 4 роки тому +4

      Nice

    • @jbehnke96
      @jbehnke96 7 місяців тому +1

      Damn!!! That’s wassup!!

    • @CraigBeal-xn8gu
      @CraigBeal-xn8gu 3 місяці тому

      Bruh W

    • @CraigBeal-xn8gu
      @CraigBeal-xn8gu 3 місяці тому

      Who In the Hell was the Host with the Mc Hammer Pants?

  • @Word-Life
    @Word-Life 7 років тому +111

    Special Ed the legend.

  • @skankhunt-vw8xr
    @skankhunt-vw8xr 7 років тому +46

    The Rambo knife with the hunting apparel. Those were dope. Had a compass, waterproof matches, fishing line and a serrated blade.

  • @jatilq
    @jatilq Рік тому +1

    I remember when this came out a friend and I listened to this most of the way driving from NY to ATL.

  • @jaymatic23
    @jaymatic23 6 років тому +68

    The James Bond theme with the Roxanne Roxanne beat...props to Howie Tee probably one of the most underrated producers of golden era HipHop. Ed stay having dope lyrics

    • @fantasyguru26
      @fantasyguru26 4 роки тому +3

      Hitman Howie produced some bangers for Ed and Chubb Rock that's fo sure.

    • @phillyphil1513
      @phillyphil1513 4 роки тому +4

      that's not Roxanne Roxanne (though i hear the similarity) that's actually Billy Squire The Big Beat. it's the same break Jam Master Jay famously cut for Run Dmc's Here We Go/Live at the Funhouse in '84, and the inspiration Alicia Keys used for Girl On Fire much much later in 2012.

    • @musiclover-cn7tb
      @musiclover-cn7tb 4 роки тому

      @@phillyphil1513 wow.

    • @musiclover-cn7tb
      @musiclover-cn7tb 4 роки тому +1

      @@phillyphil1513 so that's where those addictive drums I loved so much for the Alicia Keys song came from thanks for the info.

    • @musiclover-cn7tb
      @musiclover-cn7tb 4 роки тому +1

      @@phillyphil1513 good ear.

  • @dpaceesq
    @dpaceesq Рік тому +21

    The old school brick phone is amazing!!! 😂

  • @normal2954
    @normal2954 6 років тому +37

    Seriously underrated.

  • @tidbitsoflife247
    @tidbitsoflife247 Рік тому +2

    Who's here after the drink champs episode!!! This was one of my favorite videos on VIDEO MUSIC MOX back in the Day!!! Under rated Beat as well.....this era was bananas!!

  • @moneygangrepp4
    @moneygangrepp4 4 роки тому +18

    Great memories, love these days! He had a crazy flow. And no cursing or dissing our Queen's! Man, this was talent and good music. You couldn't help but to dance.🤣

  • @antoniocollier1422
    @antoniocollier1422 6 років тому +28

    This is real hip-hop no mumbling

  • @freddynj6140
    @freddynj6140 6 років тому +17

    I love this. So many memories. Music today sucks!!!

  • @THECH0SEN0NE82
    @THECH0SEN0NE82 2 роки тому +8

    man.. i been a hip hop fan for as long as i can fkn remember mid 90s easy. spent sooooo much time listening to all kinds of hip hop past and present and only just heard this song yesterday!! man talk about a serious miss on my part!! this song is HEAT!!!

  • @shortythepresident3913
    @shortythepresident3913 5 місяців тому +1

    Classic ! One of the best rappers to ever grace a mic. And not even one award. Shake my Special Ed !

  • @mommatina7321
    @mommatina7321 3 місяці тому +4

    Special Ed dancers were the shit back then! ❤

  • @robertthompson6587
    @robertthompson6587 2 роки тому +4

    happy birthday special ed

  • @jermaineblalock5553
    @jermaineblalock5553 7 років тому +73

    He had some slick rick type energy. Dope dude

    • @cynthiawright7355
      @cynthiawright7355 5 років тому +8

      Nah he has is own style

    • @islandbee
      @islandbee 4 роки тому +10

      Great story tellers. And the video was kind of like Children's Story style.

    • @Shattisbaddis
      @Shattisbaddis 4 роки тому +3

      Both are Jamaican

  • @jayontario7285
    @jayontario7285 6 років тому +55

    We was dancers back then.......missed dem dayz

    • @doorhandlesarecircle6450
      @doorhandlesarecircle6450 6 років тому

      Jay 'Ontario you were the dancer or/?? BTW where the f is special ed I've been looking up to this guy ever since I was 10 . he brought me to hip hop I remember seeing him on the show my wife and kids on a rap battle episode. He's the fucking man - behind MF DOOM/#1

    • @jayontario7285
      @jayontario7285 6 років тому +3

      Slick Souljah Naw....in Junior High and early High school we did that type of dancing... similar to Def Jeff's dancers ( the Soul Brothas) or like the cat that was dancing in Tribes video "Bonita Applebaum "...Skoob and Skrap...who were Big Daddy Kanes dancers........88 to 93 it was in Hip Hop for us......we called it "Groove Rockin'"

    • @nakitapalmer656
      @nakitapalmer656 6 років тому +5

      Jay 'Ontario don't forget heavy D's dancers! They used to kill it!

  • @CPZBLH
    @CPZBLH 4 роки тому +34

    Interestingly, after this album and tour ran its course, Special Ed's two dancers in the video (Prancer and Kayzo) returned to Harlem and started their own rap group called ZHIGGE and dropped the underground classics "Toss It Up" and "Rakin' In The Doe" as well as a full-length album in 1992.

    • @bzorro1
      @bzorro1 3 роки тому +7

      True hiphop head right here . 👌

  • @pellettron-nj9ci
    @pellettron-nj9ci 7 років тому +55

    😭😭😭😭😭 i miss the old days, especially real hip-hop😭😭😭😭

  • @doncnunez6231
    @doncnunez6231 2 роки тому +2

    NYC Video Box song was always on rotation!!

  • @MrBoswel1
    @MrBoswel1 2 роки тому +2

    Hip hop at its greatest miss this hip hop

  • @scott9582
    @scott9582 Рік тому +1

    What a time it was to be alive to experience this era...🔥

  • @jamesmendoza855
    @jamesmendoza855 3 роки тому +13

    That’s a funky ass song 🔥🔥🔥 got the 007 sample

  • @arthurwilliams6628
    @arthurwilliams6628 5 років тому +14

    Background dancers killed it in this video!! 🔥🔥HOT throwback!! VIdeo and song is 🔥🔥🔥legend

  • @plainsimple244
    @plainsimple244 3 роки тому +7

    1989 and 1990 were GREAT culturally for hip-hop... we all grew up on this joint.

    • @seanfelder3977
      @seanfelder3977 Рік тому

      The 1980s,1990s, 2000s was best era of hip hop music my opinion

    • @plainsimple244
      @plainsimple244 Рік тому +1

      @@seanfelder3977 The entire thing died after 1991...I'll give you 1992 but the thug-aspect and the 'death-music' was just that... and what happened? Went down hill from there.... Why? Death music...no matter how great it sounded, if it's death, just like a disease, it takes time but eventually it causes and produces death, not life.... See classical music stands to this day because it's classical music, all genres of music stand but the recording industry is about destroying music, always has been so they take advantage of the poor who don't care and it leads to what they signed up for - death, destruction, chaos, and dancing while jumping off a cliff. Damn shame what they did to that dog.

  • @je9212
    @je9212 3 роки тому +6

    Respect East flatbush church ave legend💯💯💯

  • @100Crush
    @100Crush Рік тому +8

    CLASSIC LOVE THIS HIP HOP ERA. ED IS MY DUDE

  • @kevincollett1222
    @kevincollett1222 7 років тому +22

    This cut had the club rocking, my car speakers too!!!

  • @BryanLChess
    @BryanLChess 6 років тому +194

    "loaded up the saw-off, the double barrel, the Rambo knife with the hunting apparel." I'm done.

    • @bakgammon
      @bakgammon 5 років тому +22

      Hardest line, my favorite

    • @ricorobinson3954
      @ricorobinson3954 4 роки тому +13

      2:02
      The worst part is, you could tell by the smirk on his face that he knows he killed it with that punchline.

    • @SolaceMcfly
      @SolaceMcfly 4 роки тому +6

      @@ricorobinson3954 yeah watching him smile because of how fire he is

    • @candygreen1831
      @candygreen1831 4 роки тому +2

      Lol

    • @jayceinfinitealgharhythmns9814
      @jayceinfinitealgharhythmns9814 3 роки тому +5

      Threw on the tench, kiss the girl goodbye, she said, "Special Ed, don't go, you might die!" I'm sorry, I couldn't resist!

  • @abimelekharlemyahudah4thtribe
    @abimelekharlemyahudah4thtribe 3 роки тому +3

    My favorite Special Ed song

  • @BGIJOE
    @BGIJOE 4 місяці тому +4

    And we still own a mission.. 👊🏾✊🏾🙏🏾

  • @cult75
    @cult75 Рік тому +2

    Year 33 and still 100% memorized

  • @Keezie27
    @Keezie27 4 роки тому +2

    Golden era of hip hop

  • @jaydenchavis6599
    @jaydenchavis6599 4 роки тому +4

    Salt n pepa in the hook... Fire cut!!!

  • @enemykilla1440
    @enemykilla1440 7 років тому +10

    From the golden era of Hip Hop.

  • @coreyhendricks9490
    @coreyhendricks9490 3 роки тому +6

    The mission was superb

  • @juliawatkins3405
    @juliawatkins3405 4 роки тому +3

    One of my favorite videos when I was young and still to this day...💒

  • @timcassidy4053
    @timcassidy4053 9 місяців тому +1

    Man like for real,who you tellin my age is 57,go Ed go Ed!

  • @escobarrizzay3599
    @escobarrizzay3599 11 місяців тому +3

    Show me a beat that goes harder than this to this day . This album was soundtrack to my life my 9th grade year of high school

  • @wowzer5189
    @wowzer5189 Рік тому +3

    somehow no matter how upset i am, you guy's tunes just make me not care n wanna vibe out n sing

  • @rnicej6283
    @rnicej6283 Рік тому +2

    Miss these days

  • @ceedee7647
    @ceedee7647 Рік тому +1

    Special Ed was a dope artist 😎

  • @maxxxpayne279
    @maxxxpayne279 2 роки тому +5

    Rest In Peace TODD 1 💐🙏🏽😔

  • @TrusnoTV
    @TrusnoTV Рік тому +2

    I remember when Special Ed dropped this joint, we as little kids thought those hovercrafts were gonna hit the streets for sale! 🤣😁 Great story teller at it's finest!💯💯 Rest Easy to Todd 1..🕯🕊🙏🏿

    • @kuahmelallah
      @kuahmelallah Рік тому

      Damn, I didn't even know Todd 1 was dead. :(

    • @TrusnoTV
      @TrusnoTV Рік тому +2

      @@kuahmelallah That's crazy right!🙏🏿

  • @ackshonlife
    @ackshonlife 2 роки тому +3

    Rockin in 2022. Classic 5h!t!!!

  • @abdulsmith1569
    @abdulsmith1569 7 років тому +45

    We created are own music and we presented it to the world!

  • @floridasfinestproductions4651
    @floridasfinestproductions4651 4 роки тому +3

    Special ed was different ✊🔥

  • @michaelcboone4222
    @michaelcboone4222 5 місяців тому

    My son is 12 and I try to hip him to gems like this all the time. He just looks at me in disgust and says, "What is that?!" I then commence to school him on why growing up in the 80s to true hip hop was so freaking cool. 😂😂

  • @GingerTTaylor
    @GingerTTaylor 6 років тому +53

    I got fed up - I fought him Flatbush style! ❤️

  • @zrulz
    @zrulz 7 років тому +118

    Can't help but bob your head to Ed. Timeless. He was all about confidence, pride, respect, & romance. Today its none of that: pants at the knees, using women, mumbling, and $.

  • @chrissystewart6268
    @chrissystewart6268 Рік тому +1

    Still 💖 Special Ed🇯🇲🇺🇸

  • @michaelnixjr.familymembers9188
    @michaelnixjr.familymembers9188 4 роки тому +2

    My Old School Hip Hop and R&B.

  • @trakula618
    @trakula618 6 років тому +9

    Story modes back then was BEASTLY

  • @tamaku2903
    @tamaku2903 4 роки тому +6

    He was more than special he was great!
    #Legendary

  • @michaeltennant9940
    @michaeltennant9940 5 років тому +6

    Love this beat

  • @antoniogambardella785
    @antoniogambardella785 4 роки тому +2

    the Real hip-hop 🔥🔥🔥👏👏👏👊👊👊✌✌✌🙏🙏🙏

  • @courtneycollins4841
    @courtneycollins4841 3 роки тому +3

    I, Love His Style😘💋🙌🏽👏🏽💚💙💜😄

  • @kincamell
    @kincamell Рік тому +1

    Massive Classic.
    I recall the second comedian Garfield was in the movie Mo Money. And the third comedian was a host on Yo MTV Raps and in the movie Who's The Man.

  • @lorenzoperry9558
    @lorenzoperry9558 6 років тому +11

    My favorite rapper special ed

  • @trudy_triad
    @trudy_triad 2 роки тому

    Was only born in 91 so I have a retrospective crush on this one

  • @delcidg4717
    @delcidg4717 3 роки тому +1

    Special ed was way ahead of his time .. he low key created the early hip hop wave around that time

  • @shonuff4323
    @shonuff4323 6 років тому +4

    I really really miss these days of hip hop.

  • @katrinamiddleton1890
    @katrinamiddleton1890 4 роки тому +8

    Was actually at this video shoot❤️ My fam🥰

  • @Mario-tl7ff
    @Mario-tl7ff 3 роки тому +2

    Todays rappers don't have the balls to have fun with a song like this.

  • @lanacampbell-moore4549
    @lanacampbell-moore4549 3 роки тому +3

    2021 Still🔥

  • @MrGreen-qr5pe
    @MrGreen-qr5pe 5 років тому +24

    “Jet it in the jet” most classic hip hop line EVER

  • @danielwatts9803
    @danielwatts9803 3 роки тому +2

    Lets not forget Bobby Brown had dope dancers along with Kool G Rap . . . it was just the thing to have back in the "video" era

  • @natedablack7857
    @natedablack7857 6 років тому +314

    It's painful to think that rap music might NOT ever be this dope again...SMH

    • @seasonedveteran3517
      @seasonedveteran3517 4 роки тому +19

      Hip-hop will NEVER be like this again.
      #NeverAgain😭😭🎶💐⚰💐🎶😥😥😥

    • @casualacquaintance1100
      @casualacquaintance1100 3 роки тому +9

      Yo Mtv Raps 5pm..I got in 15 minutes before my Karate class 91' baby' Dude What up!

    • @justbrowsing3294
      @justbrowsing3294 3 роки тому +9

      Exactly it will never be the same….music today is so toxic

    • @lianaarnwine1709
      @lianaarnwine1709 3 роки тому +1

      It won't

    • @TheFrenchiest
      @TheFrenchiest 3 роки тому +5

      Need to have a garage hip hop underground scene.

  • @justinstewart8282
    @justinstewart8282 7 років тому +33

    The man just murders the track. Wicked tune.

  • @HRDK-SKLETRMUMMR-MEGTRN
    @HRDK-SKLETRMUMMR-MEGTRN 6 років тому +10

    "DO WHAT I GOTTA!!!!" 🚔🚖🔥🎤👽👑🎧🎶👾🚀

  • @ronniewilliams8207
    @ronniewilliams8207 4 роки тому +1

    I love this era..articulate.smooth.cultured and HIP HOP ..n the part he called him de la bart hadme rolling Special Ed was Special for real n underrated

  • @fullthrottlemetric
    @fullthrottlemetric 4 роки тому +4

    Checking in 2020... still
    Love this shit and still have this cassette

  • @anthonybrown5522
    @anthonybrown5522 3 роки тому +2

    I use to have this promo back in ‘88

  • @beaniegee5129
    @beaniegee5129 3 роки тому +2

    Classic cut!!

  • @gobshite
    @gobshite 3 роки тому +3

    So dope....

  • @MultiMrMiles
    @MultiMrMiles 7 років тому +45

    still my hero....

  • @skewter8716
    @skewter8716 6 років тому +3

    No matter what video or song ..old school back up dancers knew how to move.. that's where I got some of my moves... OLD SCHOOL NONE BETTER

  • @shirajai
    @shirajai 3 роки тому +2

    I love the back up dancers!