This entire video was shot in an NYC project hallway, a beat-up box Chevy, and Coney Island beach in the dead of the winter. You gotta love real hip hop.
@@Corellan-v6gabsolutely nothing compared to this new generation. I wish I can go back and live how we lived when I was a kid growing up. Kids now a days stay inside there house with gadgets that’s how the government controls and makes this new generation dumb
I remember searching for this beat for years man , times i would just hum the beat but couldnt place the artist lol , watched new jersey drive and heard it in the background it was slowed down but i remembered the beat and boom!
*_Matthew 11.28 Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For My yoke is easy and My burden is light."_* *_Luke 19.10 for the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.”_* _Jesus Christ loves you. Repent and be saved. Only Jesus Christ saves. God bless you, and the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you and your family._ -
I dont agree, this beat is so chill and smooth and lack of jnstrumental, you can rap under the beat, unlike other other beats where you try to syncronize the rhyme to the beat, here you can freestyle. I guess the technique its to rap under the beat and only upon at the ryhme of the verse. Im no expert, but do love the beat too
Guru doesn’t have to be mentioned as a top MC by commercial stations, anyone that says they follow Hip Hop and true MC’s know he’s a top lyricist. Thank You Gangstarr RIP Guru
@@nickster1059 with my monostone style .. Like I said, people usually go quiet when this track comes on. That's the only compliment he needs.. "While they be losin the race tryin to chase mass appeal..." Did u not understand the message of the song? 😉. Definitely also recommend "Hip Hop Fury" by GZA (1999) for a similar track that makes people quiet. You'll love it! And I've been to Amsterdam. Cool city. Nice people. Very trustworthy. I'm American from Los Angeles. I remember this one cab driver I had in Holland back in 1999 put on Kool Mo Dee in his CD player when he realized I was American. The way that DJ premiere and RZA take clips of Jazz and turn it into something truly special is amazing
@Kelly Mosley I'm 54 this was my joint back then and still on my Playlist especially since I grew up in East New York where they lived and are driving in the video. 💯💯💯✊🏾
See the two vids by GURU'S nephew from back then when GURU was in a coma . His nephew tells you everything about solar's involvement . GURU'S sister got worn down by him through the legal system but 4 years ago DJ Premier said she was ready to eventually see him in court again and I doubt he will prevail this time because people are tired of dealing with corrupt and evil beings
I am 45x and was bumping this on cassette with my Sony Walkman back in 95. Still tho, drop the old fart shit, hip hop is just evolving. Shit was real back then still real now. You just have to dig deep to find it.
*_Matthew 11.28 Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For My yoke is easy and My burden is light."_* *_Luke 19.10 for the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.”_* _Jesus Christ loves you. Repent and be saved. Only Jesus Christ saves. God bless you, and the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you and your family._ -
@@levelofsnipes7378 Absolutely 💯 Definitely 💯❤️ Agree With You 👋😇🔥🙏💖💎🏆🏆💎💖💯🙏❤️🔥👋😇 One Thing's For Sure, They, Especially Many Others, Deserve To Be In The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Hands Down For Sure 🏆
Jorge Perez i wish i could've lived during this era of rap. Im only 14 but man am I glad my dad showed me this golden music. It bothers me that some kids my age disrespect these legends and they dont know much so theyre ignorant because their parents just never showed them or their parents are extremely young
Can't believe I witnessed this era of hip-hop in real time. Bangers like this literally every month from the early 90s thru late '99. And we thought this was just normal.
“And you will happy as hell to get a record deal, maybe your soul you will sell to have mass appeal” still get goosebumps when I hear those bars. Guru was waay ahead of his time. Rappers are selling their souls to have mass appeal in 2023.💯
*_Matthew 11.28 Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For My yoke is easy and My burden is light."_* *_Luke 19.10 for the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.”_* _Jesus Christ loves you. Repent and be saved. Only Jesus Christ saves. God bless you, and the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you and your family._ -
Ahead of his time yes, but to be real this was roughly around the time when a lot of “real” MCs were writing lines & even whole songs about hip-pop sell-outs
One of the illest hiphop beats ever. Top 5 for sure. Guru destroyed this. The beat was made specifically for him. You can tell how synergetic the sound is
HI AND HOW ARE YOUS NOR DIS RESPECT PLUS IM NOT TRYNA HIT ON YALL IN A WAY BUT ITS TRUE IT FEELS LIKE THIS INSTRUMENTAL BEAT WAS ESP1 ESTABLISHED FOR GURU I AGREE EVEN THOUGH IM A 23 YEAR OLD FROM SOUTH AFRICA
Guru U will Alwayz be in my Hall of Fame homie. Remember seeing u few times, In the Barbershop in Brklyn, at The Beez store on west 8th st, etc & U always had positive things to say. How many people tell other kids & people to 'Go to school, get a good education, have fun but stay out of Trouble', Not many. Most people strive out of negativity. U strive out of Positivity & other peoples successes. I do to, & take your Wise Lessons with Me in My & My Sons path of Life! RIP Big brother Guru! #Desciple #5Percenter #BkNyc #SBDcrewwww!!!!
I bumped heads with Guru at All star cafe, in Miami FL. back in 99. He was one of the most mellow and calm individuals and polite is not the word to explain him. He spoke to me like he knew me for 10 years. Rest in peace brother. You left us quick fast.
Hey this song is amazing, Gang Starr is mythical, but you guys are reductivist suckers. Who even cares what you have to say when you generalize it like this so much? With no setup or context? Ew, y'all are lame ass posers, Guru preaches thinking for yourself, not falling in love with a single form. Super lame to see you guys barking up the wrong tree like this. You missed alot since Guru if you think it's all garbage. What an obnoxious and ridiculous generalization to make here. You guys aren't as "with it" as you think you are - you're lame dinosaurs contributing to the same boring-ass "BACK IN MY DAY" nonsense. You talk like that? You're stuck in time, you aren't respecting the passing of it, and your opinions don't matter. Mine doesn't either, but seeing you idiots circle jerk like "fax B no one does this!!" DID YOU IDIOTS JUST HEAR J COLES FREESTYLE?! WHAT'S WRONG WITH ALL YOU FRICKIN' DUDS. Really, it infuriates me you guys aren't putting your heads to better use.
No funny shit idk if u from Brooklyn but I used to watch this video just kuz they did part of the video in my hood in Brownsville n I would be mad hype when it played on VMB OR THE BOX BACK IN THE DAY
Sorry fucked up the source. It was Vic Juris Horizon Drive. The Tom Scott Today sample was of course T.R.O.Y. Pete Rock & CL Smooth. Equally brilliant I may add.
The most underrated ninja and true lyricist in my time one of the best that ever blessed the mike always on point and never ever made a wack record ever 👍🙏🏿🔥🫡
Guru and Premier complimented each other so well. One of the greatest duos in hip hop history. Too bad they dont get the credit they deserve. R.I.P. Guru
I just heard this playing in the background on the skateboarding competition of this 2020 Summer Olympics...I was like, "who pulled out Mass Appeal?!!!"....brought back memories! Good ones! So I had to come hear and watch this oldie but goodie! Loved GangStarr!
Guru - One of the coldest MC's ever. Doesn't get the props he deserves. Definitely one of the best to ever do it. All you youngsters, pay attention......Mass Appeal, a classic!
Agreed^ guru was never underrated. It's just in today's world, the millennials don't care for the past and the greats that came before. This song alone got me into real true hip hop.
+yes nonsense on point bro , but since hip hop has taken a different direction , and someone likes it fair enough their is some real artist out their but if u can't at least appreciate a iconic group in gangstar, that person' doesn't really understand true hip hop.
I love Guru man ... This nigga was way ahead of his time .... " Money's growing like grass with the mass appeal " shout out to the Youngstas for that sample ...
"An you'd be happy as hell to get ah record deal, Maybe your soul you'd sell to have mass appeal " lines like that is what made Guru way ahead of his time cause that statement is very relevant till this day, all these bitch ass rappers selling they souls to have mass appeal 💯🔥
This entire video was shot in an NYC project hallway, a beat-up box Chevy, and Coney Island beach in the dead of the winter. You gotta love real hip hop.
💯
That Chevy wasn't beat up
Yes Sir this was the Real Deal 💯
Mad respect for NYC Hip Hop from the foundation 80s ,90s 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Thanks for those insiders big dawg
RIP Guru. Such an underated rapper
Traversy Media Agreed man fuck I listened to the shit outta this album in highschool, wrote all my best tags bumpin the GURU .
RIP
Traversy Media guru gets respect from everyone in the industry
He’s one of the GOAT’s.
For real
dillon sanford Guru was Undisputed on the mic, he slaughtered every song he put out, and Preemo is a god on beats, R.I.P Guru
#GangStarr4Life
MY ERA IS UNDEFEATED!!!!!!🎤🎤🎤🔥🔥🔥💯💯💯
old
👍👍👏@redy0sh1
UNDEFEATED!!!!!!!
@redy0sh1 Everybody gets old. What can't be replaced is your era and generation.
@@Corellan-v6gabsolutely nothing compared to this new generation. I wish I can go back and live how we lived when I was a kid growing up. Kids now a days stay inside there house with gadgets that’s how the government controls and makes this new generation dumb
This is probably one of the best beats ever made arguably! R.i.p. Guru
No doubt!!! that's as real as a bear shitin in the woods.
Yes
He's Gone?!?!!😟😥
Agreed!!!!!
Facts RIP guru
This song belongs in the archives of rap. At 52 I’m still banging this
Still have this cd playing daily. Classic hip hop 👑
I’m 53 and 💯 agree 🍺
DJ Premier!!!!!!!!!!!!
U don’t even look 52 bro I’m 23 that’s crazy
FACTS 👍
In my opinion one of the greatest beats ever made.
I remember searching for this beat for years man , times i would just hum the beat but couldnt place the artist lol , watched new jersey drive and heard it in the background it was slowed down but i remembered the beat and boom!
Classic NYC beat.
More like a fact 💯🔥
Yeah no doubt
not even up for debate. One of the greatest hip hop tracks in general. Top 5 minimum, if you ask me
Everytime I hear this jam I get Goosebumps! 90's Hip Hop FOREVER!
He dont get his props
Word!
Straight up. It's magic.
90’s rap never duplicated
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One of the best beats in music history.
The best.. iconic AF...
Absolutely 💯
Facts
THIS TRACK IS SOOO REAL!! IT BROUGHT ME BACK WHEN I WAS ON THE BLOCK,THIS WAS MY TRACK
"Because I don't need gimmicks
Gimme a fly beat, and I'm all in it"
Enough said!!
Absolutely
Maybe your soul you'd sell, to have mass appeal. Is my favorite line. So true today. Guru is timeless
*_Matthew 11.28 Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For My yoke is easy and My burden is light."_*
*_Luke 19.10 for the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.”_*
_Jesus Christ loves you. Repent and be saved. Only Jesus Christ saves. God bless you, and the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you and your family._
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@@Harmzoul
I represent set up shit like a tent, boy!!!
You're paranoid cause you're a son like Elroy!!!
Easy now 😎
This is arguably one of the hardest beats in rap history and still gets played till today.
In my opinion not hardest but nostalgic and deep
I dont agree, this beat is so chill and smooth and lack of jnstrumental, you can rap under the beat, unlike other other beats where you try to syncronize the rhyme to the beat, here you can freestyle. I guess the technique its to rap under the beat and only upon at the ryhme of the verse. Im no expert, but do love the beat too
Yessir..check out Cre-A-Tine by Cool Breeze from the Dungeon Family..that beat go hard like this
@@gratismedia6574 No it doesn't.
Fuck yes
DJ Premier aka Premo!! One of the best DJ’s to ever do it! GOAT status… fo real.
NO DOUBT!!!!!!!!!!!!!
AND best producer. He is too smokey!
Easily one of the best Hip Hop tracks every comstructed! Smh the simplistic genius is otherworldly bruh!
Till this day it's still top
Premier, god! lowercase cause there's only one GOD but he's HIM, one of the highest in Producing!
One of the single greatest hits in hip hop history. RIP GURU.
Amazing beat
✌🏾
HipHop Hall of Fame...
When I think of hip hop I hear this song
Beat is Sick🔥
dj premier literally created one of the greatest beats in hip hop history. hands down!!
And numerous others. Mathematics by Mos Def
youtubeabuser you said it
You ain't never lied
Facts bro this beat and mobb deep shook one beats is my top two
Also dont forget nas is like pj premier drops mad beats
Guru doesn’t have to be mentioned as a top MC by commercial stations, anyone that says they follow Hip Hop and true MC’s know he’s a top lyricist. Thank You Gangstarr RIP Guru
People usually go quiet when this kinda thing comes on
Top 5 men, hé is never mentioned, hé deserves better, verre Nice laidback style to listen to rip GURU, GR from Holland
@@nickster1059 with my monostone style
..
Like I said, people usually go quiet when this track comes on. That's the only compliment he needs..
"While they be losin the race tryin to chase mass appeal..."
Did u not understand the message of the song? 😉.
Definitely also recommend "Hip Hop Fury" by GZA (1999) for a similar track that makes people quiet. You'll love it! And I've been to Amsterdam. Cool city. Nice people. Very trustworthy. I'm American from Los Angeles. I remember this one cab driver I had in Holland back in 1999 put on Kool Mo Dee in his CD player when he realized I was American.
The way that DJ premiere and RZA take clips of Jazz and turn it into something truly special is amazing
Also goes in the top 3 voices to ever grace the mic for me. Him, DMX, Black Thought.
Top 5.
The best rapper to ever come out of the 617!
RIP Guru 🙏
That's facts
I'm in my 50s, this is still one of my favorites.
@Kelly Mosley I'm 54 this was my joint back then and still on my Playlist especially since I grew up in East New York where they lived and are driving in the video. 💯💯💯✊🏾
💯
I'm 50 and I'm still a head. Thank God my 21 year old son and his friends are heads too.
@@nervousallday 51 am still listening to 90’s hip hop can’t be touched
I’m in my early 20’s, this will forever be one of my favorites. Rip Guru, Gang Starr forever.
It's 2022 and this beat is still fucking crazy 🔥
Bonkers
CRAZY🔥. FACTS.
fr
💯💯💯💯💯👍👍👍👍👍👍
Yeah!
Guru deserves alot more respect when people talk about hip-hop, very slept on lyricist but that's my opinion.
Tris A. agreed 100% i dont see him enough on top 5/10 rappers list
***** Exactly bro, he always seems to get left out and it's sad.
Keep speaking Truth fam, couldn't have said it better myself. Guru deserves top 10 Status at minimum. Gifted Unlimited Rhymes Universal R.I.P.
R Ortiz ✊ agreed.
Agreed man listen to guru jazzmatics as well, he does jazz ad well. One of the greatest mcs and kept it real with himself. Rip guru
Can't forget about Mass Appeal. REST IN POWER Legend!
See the two vids by GURU'S nephew from back then when GURU was in a coma .
His nephew tells you everything about solar's involvement .
GURU'S sister got worn down by him through the legal system but 4 years ago DJ Premier said she was ready to eventually see him in court again and I doubt he will prevail this time because people are tired of dealing with corrupt and evil beings
😅; and 😮😢 as cats seaxx as 😅 Dax r u da😮I 😮:(😢😅😅🕺🏾🕺🏾3.:.😢.:😅7:&; months zyd😮 3:01 e u kid😊:😮.
25 year old here. Today’s rap isn’t even close to the same level to this. Beat perfect, rapping perfect. Absolute masterpiece.
35. Timeless Masterpiece.
47 here...my era 💪🏻
28, classic 👌🏽
You don't look enough then or you don't care to. There's heaps of rappers and Dj's out there that are on the same level if not higher.
40, and still rocking it like it's a day 1 release.
Guru you will be missed
+King Corbin IKR
+NemRaps *are
Long live the Guru!
GTA video games have a curse on them: Tom Seizemore and Ray Liotta died young too or not as old.
@@jasonlevine1990yep I like to believe he's just doing a higher plane but that he still knows what's going on and here's our thoughts .
Nothing better than 92-96 hip hop , especially 1994
don't sleep on 1998. that was a hell of a year
@@ranaz6698’ was crazy🔥…97’ too
1994 BRO ITS A CRAZ YEAR
1990 & 91 were very fun also. An exciting time. Could feel something fun was just getting started. ✊
90-99 to me is the golden era of hiphop for all the reasons in the world
Who still watching / listening to this classic? ✋🏽
If you are under the age of 25 and listening to this, this is what we call real hip hop
❌🧢!!
I am 45x and was bumping this on cassette with my Sony Walkman back in 95. Still tho, drop the old fart shit, hip hop is just evolving. Shit was real back then still real now. You just have to dig deep to find it.
@@iluvvbluu I am 14 too AndNew musuc sucks
I turned 13 two weeks ago.
Stop. im 24 and i definitely know real hip hop.
One of the greatest songs ever in hip hop I swear
True that!!!
Talk
Like all rap like all old school rap like all hip-hop like all 90s💯🎶🎶🎶
A true classic never goes out of style, still got that mass appeal in 2021.
its about being anti-mass appeal.
Im glad this has no mass appeal. This is a required taste, real as it can get.
Facts
Fat beat, fat lyrics and fat dj work on them tables!! Classic. Still bumping this!!!
@Cheryl Seward Ayye, 2021 real hip-hop head!!! #Salute Baby 🙌🏽💥👐🏽💥👊🏽💥💯💯💯
😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎
30 years later and it’s as smooth as the day it was released.
To think only two men did this.
RIP Guru the Real Time Oracle.
One of the most perfect hip hop songs ever created. Lyrics, beat, the video, its all perfect. R.I.P GURU
💯💯💯🔥🔥🔥
Amen to that statement!
*_Matthew 11.28 Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For My yoke is easy and My burden is light."_*
*_Luke 19.10 for the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.”_*
_Jesus Christ loves you. Repent and be saved. Only Jesus Christ saves. God bless you, and the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you and your family._
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Top 10 greatest Hip-Hop songs of all time. Easy.
Can't believe this only got 20mil views. This song is fundamental for hiphop.
It Should Be 620milliom Views And Truly In The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame 💯❤️💎🏆🙏💖🙏🏆
A Beautiful Hip Hop Love Supreme ❤️
Hip Hop Royalty Forever ❤️💎🏆💯🔥❤️🙏 Blessings 🙏💖
Millions of people have played this millions of times on tape, cd or vinyl over the last 30 years who cares how many UA-cam views it has
@@levelofsnipes7378 Absolutely 💯 Definitely 💯❤️ Agree With You 👋😇🔥🙏💖💎🏆🏆💎💖💯🙏❤️🔥👋😇
One Thing's For Sure, They, Especially Many Others, Deserve To Be In The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Hands Down For Sure 🏆
Only real heads listen to the finest! We are fewer.
This is the best instrumental I've ever heard
29 years later and still stands the test of time💯💯💯 Rip Guru. You are truly missed!!! Hip hop needs you more than ever
Facts!
Yo We Don't Make Wack Tracks,I'ma Set Up Tent Like My Name Is Elroy!!!!!
@@marystackhouse3232 you meant well but those the wrong lyrics lol
I rate my self for listening to this stuff at 9/10 years old in the UK
When no one else my age was into it 😎
@@eugenedantzler4485kids
2020 and this song is still one of the greatest songs in hip hop, ever!
No doubt about it
Hell yesssss
Absolutely
Indeed 🔥
bruh .......... 2021 January en la casa papa !!!
DJ PREMIER. Possibly the GREATEST Hip-Hop producer that ever lived. Give him his roses while he's here!!
Str8 CHEESE WID OUT DA BUTTA,YA HEARD 💯
You said it best word life
I agree gangstarr is the sure shot
Yes brotha
Yea DJ Premier is the GOAT
REST In HEAVENLY PEACE GURU🔥🔥🔥🏆
one of the cleanest lyricists ever and a hella distinct voice
Facts
"Calm, with my monotone style" Guru, Mostly the voice, Hard to Earn.
Love and loved guru!!!! Y didn't you do a song from Boston!!!??? Where you are from born and raised
King of monotone
@@tellyhennessey5422 Yo he did do a few Boston joints some years before he passed.
This beat right here is classic. this is when real hip hop was alive and kicking. miss this era
Jorge Perez speaking the truth
Jorge Perez i wish i could've lived during this era of rap. Im only 14 but man am I glad my dad showed me this golden music. It bothers me that some kids my age disrespect these legends and they dont know much so theyre ignorant because their parents just never showed them or their parents are extremely young
good ole days dumass aint been no real rap since mm era ended in 2003
@@thefogiscoming00 keep exploring my man . There is so much good tracks from 90s Hip Hop . Much respect for you
RIP Vic Juris
Can't believe I witnessed this era of hip-hop in real time. Bangers like this literally every month from the early 90s thru late '99. And we thought this was just normal.
1990 Ice Cube AMW
1999 Kurupt The Streetz....
1990 Brand Nubian One For All
1999 Nas I Am album
Word life
maaaaaannnnnnn. so true. SHEESH! the time just flew by.
Exactly, and back then we knew what we were listening too and witnessing but at the same time we didn't.
Public Enemy, EPMD, Jeru the Damaja
Beastie Boys, OutKast, ATCQ…
The list is endless. Love it 👌🏾
Dope!!!! STILL STANDING MC LYTE. I was just blasting one of my faves. “Kickin for Brooklyn and 10% Dis.”
Shalom Queen 🙏🏾💪🏾💜
EVERYTHING about this song is perfection!
Guru was a god on the mic sadly he is underrated
*dead
+Chris Walkey that too. but musically he won't ever die
+lupita love Thats right
#4 for me
Yes Sir
One of the most natural flows ever
LOL say it ain't so
Makes my soul feel good. To me it's very healthy and as well as other 90s music
Sounded effortless
Guru is First Class🔥🔥
And natural was exactly what it was. Effortless 😁
Lord, please bring this hip hop back.
I wish i feel you
It never left,it is well guarded.
Shhhhhhhh.......
@@76shogun1 name 1 new artist making timeless hip hop like this. I'll wait.
Guru was well ahead of his time.Underrated emcee.
Who told you that he's underrated? If you were in his era, then you would know how popular he was.
Never underrated
“And you will happy as hell to get a record deal, maybe your soul you will sell to have mass appeal” still get goosebumps when I hear those bars. Guru was waay ahead of his time. Rappers are selling their souls to have mass appeal in 2023.💯
No lies
*_Matthew 11.28 Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For My yoke is easy and My burden is light."_*
*_Luke 19.10 for the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.”_*
_Jesus Christ loves you. Repent and be saved. Only Jesus Christ saves. God bless you, and the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you and your family._
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@@williammunny9916 off topic
Ahead of his time yes, but to be real this was roughly around the time when a lot of “real” MCs were writing lines & even whole songs about hip-pop sell-outs
Yeah They Wack Too
its crazy the direction rap went. I guess ill just keep playing the classics
Or you haven't dug deep enough.
Ben W check action Bronson , old joey badass, capital steez, bishop Nehru , stro , dillion cooper
pro era kirk knight alot of early new york samples. on point
the music today doesnt come close.
Melissa I agree with that like slang in the 90s and 80s is different from today and lyrical skills are different
Met him backstage at the NAACP awards in the early 90’s. Super Dope Duo and Cool dude! He’ll be back… John 5:28,29. So… we meet again! Respect!
That beat still hitting still here for 2019
I definitely agree with you no doubt still dope af and it never gets old one love two old school hip-hop forever
Damm I was cross country in the navy listening to guru mass appeal classic forever 1992 wow
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2022.....forever a classic! This is Hip Hop🔥🔥
2022 and this beat still kicks ass...lol, and it doesn't even have a chorus
My all time favorite Gang Starr track 🔥🔥
There are still some out here trying to keep this musical tradition alive ua-cam.com/video/8NSFBZ0a-tA/v-deo.html
Premier is hands down one of the best producers to do it...
Flatt 💯
One of the illest hiphop beats ever. Top 5 for sure. Guru destroyed this. The beat was made specifically for him. You can tell how synergetic the sound is
HI AND HOW ARE YOUS NOR DIS RESPECT PLUS IM NOT TRYNA HIT ON YALL IN A WAY BUT ITS TRUE IT FEELS LIKE THIS INSTRUMENTAL BEAT WAS ESP1 ESTABLISHED FOR GURU I AGREE EVEN THOUGH IM A 23 YEAR OLD FROM SOUTH AFRICA
I was in Philly, and in the Navy when this song came out.
I so miss 'yesterday'.
It's a 3 second sample from horizon drive by Vic onJulius
@@vancelee1026 I bet y’all was jamming that hoe none stop lol
DJ premiere made all these beats for guru
Guru my fav rapper of all times. Unique voice, profound lyrics. Can’t believe he’s never mentioned on regular rap media outlets. Rip
Mine too G
Because he wasn't a sell out too real for corporate America!
@@independentsistah corporate America will be the downfall of this nation
@@eugenedantzler4485 It's already started...
Cuz this music ain’t for regular people
A true Masterpiece right here. Hip-Hop in it's purest form. The new generation should be taking notes
Tell em Murderface!!!
Joey Badass makes shit like this.
100% facts
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Doing that now . RIP guru fr fr
BLESSED KING 👑 OF HIP HOP. 🙏
This is a fucking masterpiece. It's Mozart. Beautiful music. Released in 1994!!!
94 Same year my Daughter was born. 💯
Facts
Good track but I wouldn't go that far to compare to Mozart maybe Beatles😉
@@Thespeedrap lol this is not a "good" track. this is one of the best hip hop songs imo
That's the DJ premier effekt
R.I.P. MC GURU
Word
8 Ball from GTA 3 !
I didn't even know he was a rapper, a quite so dapper dude !
@@DmitriyK12 "But my hands are all messed up, so you better drive, brotha"
Back when Hip-Hop belonged to the streets. Now it belongs to the corporations.
Which is why I do not listen to it or buy the commercial trash .
Real talk. We can take it back tho. I believe that. We just gotta divest from mainstream bull and keep it local.
@@dl2310 Peace and yes with some original turntable scratching and cold classic funk samples. Time to dig in the crates and make some new sounds .
@@darrylslaughter649 daaamn Thats so truee. That’s so sad when you think about it.
@@jdoes1991 Check,all the latest violence when it comes to the rappers of today. The scene is all messed up .
My man Guru!!! Gang Starr!!!!! real shit right here!!!! no wack tracks!!!! ❤❤❤❤
Gangstarr left their footprint on the hip hop world, their music will live forever. Nobody sounded like them.
Project hallways, busted ass hoopties. No gay ass lambos or versace bs. Just that rugged hardcore hip hop!!!
While they be losin the race... tryin to chase
Mass appeal
The project hallways and winter clothes are indeed intense.
Like "cold world" by gza
@@stevencoardvenice say word
Modern rap sucks
i feel ya, but he has gucci sunglasses in this vid
Timeless beat. 2019 and beyond
Youngster know nothing about this. GURU 🎂🕊
one of the bests songs ever made
the best
you all can hate on gang starr but this shit will always be fucking classic
Truly ahead of his time... ;-)
why should someone hate the godfather of rap
Guru a legend
askin the real questions
who the fuck hates this??
Only guys with real music taste know this masterpiece
Don't sleep on the ladies. We sistas were there, too. We've been loving the music since childhood. I wept when Guru made transition in 2010.
Facts...
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@@loveheals6184 Fr
Some of the greats dont get the fame of the world but the way they reach their true fans is what makes them a legend!
This one will never get old! Masterpiece!
Fa sho
Never!
Who else thinks this is one of the nicest beats ever made🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥💯
yoo agreed!
Fucking sick beat
Yep
@@n.vanh.7666 Meeeeee .
Tahjonai Gamble : 👆🏾🔥🔥
Guru U will Alwayz be in my Hall of Fame homie. Remember seeing u few times, In the Barbershop in Brklyn, at The Beez store on west 8th st, etc & U always had positive things to say. How many people tell other kids & people to 'Go to school, get a good education, have fun but stay out of Trouble', Not many. Most people strive out of negativity. U strive out of Positivity & other peoples successes. I do to, & take your Wise Lessons with Me in My & My Sons path of Life! RIP Big brother Guru! #Desciple #5Percenter #BkNyc #SBDcrewwww!!!!
Beautiful bro good read
Smh... One of the greatest to ever do it ...Guru will live on in the hearts of many🙏 ..
I bumped heads with Guru at All star cafe, in Miami FL. back in 99. He was one of the most mellow and calm individuals and polite is not the word to explain him. He spoke to me like he knew me for 10 years. Rest in peace brother. You left us quick fast.
😀😀...great comment...he will be missed, no doubt.
listen to the lyrics Drake is actually what he speaks about
+Rono Neal Word!
my dad likes this song
my dad likes this song
REAL HIP HOP NEVER DIES THIS IS REAL MUSIC
"A lot of rappers be like 1 time wonders, couldn't say a dope rhyme if it was 1 right under.........their noses." RIP GURU!
That's one of the best lines in Hip Hop history in my opinion
The foreshadowing was too scary to be spoken. I be damned.... it come true in today's landscape.
kenneth bernard ua-cam.com/video/WwlUhmDP44A/v-deo.html Check my REMIX!!
soundcloud.com/heemy76/sets/top-tracks-playlist-heemy76
Your paranoid cuz your a son like Elroy
One of the best to ever do it in the hip hop game guru a true Master may he rest in peace RIP💯🔥🔥🔥
RIP guru. One of the best bar none. Not like the garbage today.
Period.
Hey this song is amazing, Gang Starr is mythical, but you guys are reductivist suckers. Who even cares what you have to say when you generalize it like this so much? With no setup or context? Ew, y'all are lame ass posers, Guru preaches thinking for yourself, not falling in love with a single form.
Super lame to see you guys barking up the wrong tree like this. You missed alot since Guru if you think it's all garbage. What an obnoxious and ridiculous generalization to make here. You guys aren't as "with it" as you think you are - you're lame dinosaurs contributing to the same boring-ass "BACK IN MY DAY" nonsense. You talk like that? You're stuck in time, you aren't respecting the passing of it, and your opinions don't matter. Mine doesn't either, but seeing you idiots circle jerk like "fax B no one does this!!"
DID YOU IDIOTS JUST HEAR J COLES FREESTYLE?! WHAT'S WRONG WITH ALL YOU FRICKIN' DUDS.
Really, it infuriates me you guys aren't putting your heads to better use.
I can't even listen to a lot of the shit that's out now smh there are some good artists out now But I can't deal with most of it
100% facts
one of the dopest beats ever
MF DOOM - Rap Snitch Knishes is a nice beat
One of the best tracks ever. Driving around high school days. Good times.
I was a sophomore!
@@mzmia6933 2020 music is not even close to being this good. I'm still bumping my 90s and 2000s jams. 💪
I listened to this when I was in high school in 2019
No funny shit idk if u from Brooklyn but I used to watch this video just kuz they did part of the video in my hood in Brownsville n I would be mad hype when it played on VMB OR THE BOX BACK IN THE DAY
@@Sleazball_
MAN 💯👋😇💯❤️REAL TALK 👋😇💎
THAT'S HIP HOP HISTORY RIGHT THERE 💯❤️👋😇💎🙏🏆🙏
HIP HOP ROYALTY FOREVER 💎🏆🙏💖🙏🔥💯❤️
The 90's will forever be untouchable!! R.I.P. GURU a true EMCEE!!!
R.I.P Hip Hop.
The fact that Iggy Azalea could have a career in rap today only proves the point that real hip hop died many years ago.
LOL i know right its sad
It's still out there...
Preach Bro
Sacha Bakker yea real hip hop is just underground now
RT
I’m only 21 but my pops used to play this all the time picking me up from school, nostalgic asl
R.I.P. Guru, pure fucking lyrical genius gone too soon😔
This guy gave me hop as kid in Toronto. He had a positive message. ua-cam.com/video/8KgtGs1ny0k/v-deo.htmlsi=5BTuGuiOLq5xQXZH
2:10 to the end is the real definition of real hip hop music 💯💯🔥🔥 RIP Guru
LEGEND🔥🤙
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The beat is from out of this planet. This is a master piece.
One of the greatest Mc's back in the days. Miss this kind of hip hop.
try coast contra never freestlyle
Truth
1 of illest beats ever!
I can concur
The Illest*
Hands down top 10 ever. The sample was drawn from Tom Scott's Today. Premo literally took a 2 sec snippet and looped it over and over. Pure genius.
Sorry fucked up the source. It was Vic Juris Horizon Drive. The Tom Scott Today sample was of course T.R.O.Y. Pete Rock & CL Smooth. Equally brilliant I may add.
The most underrated ninja and true lyricist in my time one of the best that ever blessed the mike always on point and never ever made a wack record ever 👍🙏🏿🔥🫡
Trust me feat n dea was my joint too
Guru and Premier complimented each other so well. One of the greatest duos in hip hop history. Too bad they dont get the credit they deserve. R.I.P. Guru
What are you talking about they don’t get the credit they deserve! Hip-Hop heads know GANGSTARR
The Jeneral J.U.-ICE they never made it on a mainstream level, of course Hiphop heads know them
I just heard this playing in the background on the skateboarding competition of this 2020 Summer Olympics...I was like, "who pulled out Mass Appeal?!!!"....brought back memories! Good ones! So I had to come hear and watch this oldie but goodie! Loved GangStarr!
Watching this right now, this is awesome
It was a Tony Hawk 4 video game soundtrack.
That skater had to be playing Tony Hawk Pro Skater 4 the most. This track was in that game.
Hell yeah!!
most extreme sports always played gangstarr, heard em on most bmx and skating games
Guru - One of the coldest MC's ever. Doesn't get the props he deserves. Definitely one of the best to ever do it. All you youngsters, pay attention......Mass Appeal, a classic!
We all still bumping in 25?
One of the best hip hop beats.
So many damn underrated rappers in this world.
yup yup yup
+ReachCarter Trust this group Gangstarr was not underrated
Agreed^ guru was never underrated. It's just in today's world, the millennials don't care for the past and the greats that came before. This song alone got me into real true hip hop.
+Richard Chhom yea for real man.
+yes nonsense on point bro , but since hip hop has taken a different direction , and someone likes it fair enough their is some real artist out their but if u can't at least appreciate a iconic group in gangstar, that person' doesn't really understand true hip hop.
RIP GURU. This beat will NEVER get old. 🔥 Track. 🔥 🔥 🔥 Bars.
THIS TRACK IS SOOOOOOO HARD!!!!
How is this still relevant in 2020? Because this is real hip-hop.
Absolutely true!!! Tuff to find this in Hip Hop these days. Almost like scratching n mixing is a lost art. Premo is a 1 of 1. RIP Guru.
Facts 🔥
Timeless
*If you miss that creative 90s sound then ✔ out my tracks...I specialize in making retro-style hip hop...!!!👍🏾🎤🎧📀🎶💣🔥*
i haven't slept on this song for nearly 20 years. glad to see recent comments on here
I love Guru man ... This nigga was way ahead of his time .... " Money's growing like grass with the mass appeal " shout out to the Youngstas for that sample ...
"An you'd be happy as hell to get ah record deal, Maybe your soul you'd sell to have mass appeal "
lines like that is what made Guru way ahead of his time cause that statement is very relevant till this day, all these bitch ass rappers selling they souls to have mass appeal 💯🔥
Legendary status.
Facts my brother
You already kno. Jodie Martinez
He wasent ahead of his time. He was doing what he doing at the right time and lived it and now is a god amongst other rappers. Legit.
One of the best deliveries, if not the best. Guru and Rakim are on a level of their own.
truth
HAPPY BIRTHDAY GURU. MY HOW HIP HOP HAS CHANGED. ONE OF THE BEST ARTISTS GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN.
R.I.P. Guru ✊🏽 Ten years today 😔