Brother Ali - Full Performance (Live on KEXP)

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  • kexp.org presents Brother Ali performing live in the KEXP studio. Recorded October 18, 2012.
    Tracklist:
    Only Life I Know
    Fajr
    Need A Knot
    Dorian
    Host: Larry Mizell Jr.
    Audio: Tom Hall
    Cameras: Shelly Corbett & Carlton Eide
    Edits: Justin Wilmore
    brotherali.com
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Komentáře • 133

  • @MrGrubstake
    @MrGrubstake Před 9 lety +85

    one of the most humble and talented dudes out there

    • @alssirafalhaqiqa1251
      @alssirafalhaqiqa1251 Před 8 lety +4

      Agree humble, wise and lyrically gifted. He chose to stay underground but could of easily make it in the mainstream like these other so call rappers.

  • @prickprock2928
    @prickprock2928 Před 4 lety +6

    To all my brother out there who already wake up in the fajr while praying and move the 99 Woods on the finger, hope the bird drop a tons of gold and diamond for you and your seeds
    This is my pray in my last sujud
    Peace and love

  • @joeboyle9895
    @joeboyle9895 Před 4 lety +15

    What a dude. I love that “I don’t say that word no more”. Brother Ali is essential

    • @johnorson6907
      @johnorson6907 Před rokem +2

      Stuck to his morals and didn’t miss a beat or mess up the flow

  • @19jmendez83
    @19jmendez83 Před 9 lety +35

    Love when rappers use live instrumentation in their sets. Glad I found this performance.

    • @yangxiaolong1862
      @yangxiaolong1862 Před 8 lety +3

      You should listen to the hard road restrung by hilltop hoods

  • @VirtualAnomly
    @VirtualAnomly Před 7 lety +24

    Brother ali needs to hook up with The Roots and do an album together

  • @elaynaarciniega7066
    @elaynaarciniega7066 Před 3 lety +7

    If u want to hear real this is the perfect dude to listen to !! 💥🙏 thank you brother Ali for your music !! Wake up world 🌍

  • @Jkeat02
    @Jkeat02 Před 7 lety +27

    "I don't say that line no more"....Brother Ali's a G. Real Hip Hop

    • @victoriaappiagei1482
      @victoriaappiagei1482 Před 6 lety +1

      Dope music awesome Cool good Listen wow powerful poet Cool

    • @BrotherZael
      @BrotherZael Před 5 lety +3

      He actually wrote an entire essay/apology letter about that too

  • @poppaz2007
    @poppaz2007 Před 9 lety +17

    Ali is just too raw for words. Officially my favorite MC.

  • @CHASEJIMMYMN
    @CHASEJIMMYMN Před rokem +1

    I remember the first time hearing it's my life i living at home 16 years old playing off a cd player. my parents took it and then about a month or two later they kicked me out of the house. Brother Ali is the champ

  • @scottsmyth87ss
    @scottsmyth87ss Před 4 lety +9

    Only Life I Know 0:18*
    Fajr 4:13*
    Need a Knot 14:28*
    Dorian 17:14*
    *approx.

  • @fivefivevirgo4055
    @fivefivevirgo4055 Před 9 lety +47

    Yo, people need to pay more attention to brother ali, he's dope, he's the true definition of hip hop.

    • @alssirafalhaqiqa1251
      @alssirafalhaqiqa1251 Před 8 lety +1

      Brother is the man. He like to be underground.

    • @barefootbusdriver
      @barefootbusdriver Před 5 lety +1

      Let's start commenting on every Tiny Desk video to promote getting Ali behind the desk.

  • @manullanos
    @manullanos Před 21 dnem +1

    KEXP es muy grosa, cada presentación es intima y memorable. Gracias x eso ✌☮

  • @DontFeedThisArtist
    @DontFeedThisArtist Před 11 lety +6

    KEXP has been stocking my playlist week after week with awesome artists, Brother Ali is definitely an 'artist,' and a master of his craft. Incredible set and interesting interview. Respect.

  • @kill3rhawk2000
    @kill3rhawk2000 Před 11 lety +3

    Deserves more publicity

  • @davidlis211088
    @davidlis211088 Před 3 lety +5

    This is the music that inspire me, what a talent dude!

  • @Centennialantennavision
    @Centennialantennavision Před 2 lety +2

    hearing the lawn mower verse dang i love that so great to be creative

  • @doubledown9
    @doubledown9 Před 3 lety +2

    Dorian had me smiling ear to ear. Love you brother

  • @ewokc1928
    @ewokc1928 Před 5 lety +3

    Brother Ali delivers another K.O. performance!
    Left jab, right hook, left uppercut!
    Out goes the "Competition "...

  • @Phantomtandem
    @Phantomtandem Před 10 lety +4

    Ali is one of the most original and best mc's out now. so underrated and his songs are so pure, thought provoking and full of life. Been crazy just to see him evolve, its inspiring as a human being. Thanks Brother. About 10 years ago I went to see an Atmosphere show and a young Ali was there. I was semi familiar at the time, but his performance was mesmerizing. He's better live than many of his peers for sure. So much soul.

    • @bobbyhofer6785
      @bobbyhofer6785 Před 5 lety

      I was just about to post about seeing him with rhythm roots All Stars in Baltimore. Then he brings it up in the interview. Probally the best show I have ever seen. Hes the most slept on MC of all time. One of my favorite Artists ever. Brother Ali and Vinnie Paz. The live brass band sounded amazing live in a small club with good sound system. I wish had a copy of it with good sound. Absolutely amazing artist hands down. Been one of favorite since before "Room with a View" and "Dorian" one of my favorite tracks of all time. Expecially if u can relate to the situation. I wish he would have done the original version of Dorian though.

  • @johnmabryjr7891
    @johnmabryjr7891 Před 3 lety +3

    He's one of my sources of edutainment greatful he's still doing his thing

  • @jacobheth
    @jacobheth Před 10 lety +2

    Wow, unbelievable performance.

  • @MattJoyce
    @MattJoyce Před 10 lety +2

    damn proud to be from minneapolis.

  • @Croat1a06
    @Croat1a06 Před 11 lety +2

    Awesome, great conversations between Larry and Brother Ali. KEXP your probably the only station where I enjoy the dialogue as much as the music, and I love the music

  • @Hexavolt
    @Hexavolt Před 7 lety +6

    gawddwamn! This is such a soulful preformance.

  • @Tfmusicmaker
    @Tfmusicmaker Před 10 lety +5

    Last song is Truth.

  • @johnwishstobefree
    @johnwishstobefree Před 11 lety +1

    "i dont say that line no more" long live the brother, hip hops finest son.

  • @SSRemly
    @SSRemly Před 8 lety +5

    Listen to The Traveler by Brother Ali. Its the first track of his I heard and got me hooked

  • @bobwhisky
    @bobwhisky Před 11 lety +1

    Brother Ali is the sound track to my life man, this guy's been with me through some shit.

  • @dwaynedavis2721
    @dwaynedavis2721 Před 9 lety +5

    bring back live bands!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @mohalemotswalo4559
    @mohalemotswalo4559 Před 4 měsíci +2

    The Brither is good. I knew about him this year

  • @SmavIce81
    @SmavIce81 Před 8 lety +5

    The people that did a 👎🏾... Are probably puff daddy or Kanye west fans... Brother Ali is the truth... I miss consciousness in music... Unfortunately smart is a thing of the past. Idiocracy is where we are about to be. Good luck future... Cause it's going to be shit...

    • @DjOzKid
      @DjOzKid Před 7 lety

      if i had the money i would pay for a song with brother ail and jus Allah as a back and forth, evil and peace

    • @goat3779
      @goat3779 Před 5 lety

      Stop being righteous, Travis. Jesus.

  • @skylersky11
    @skylersky11 Před 4 lety +2

    Wow that’s weird he don’t know how cute he is . He is the most attractive. Beauty comes from within. He has every beauty that could be inside and out. I’m normally attracted to people with dark skin and dark hair and eyes. Brother Ali’s skin tone is very good looking to me so is his eyes and I really love his belly . I want to love him so hard and bad 🥰🥰🥰😊😊😊😂😂😂

  • @heoTheo
    @heoTheo Před 11 lety +2

    These are some nice flows.

  • @danielfz6
    @danielfz6 Před 11 lety +2

    So smooth...

  • @itsOmari
    @itsOmari Před 10 lety +2

    Wonderful Music....

  • @Hermetic_
    @Hermetic_ Před 7 lety +2

    I. Love. This. Guy! So real and talented.

  • @romanticegotist1
    @romanticegotist1 Před 11 lety +1

    So much respect to him for that (not to mention all the other stuff he does)

  • @ElectricArms
    @ElectricArms Před 11 lety +2

    Damn, this shit is smooth.

  • @heinzmuller1275
    @heinzmuller1275 Před 6 lety +2

    Nice brother, love your music.

  • @Morrisado
    @Morrisado Před 11 lety +1

    Brother Ali = the boy.

  • @jeaninekhatib3027
    @jeaninekhatib3027 Před 10 lety +2

    This was amazing

  • @maitreya9ify
    @maitreya9ify Před 10 lety +1

    I've never heard horns like that! Love and go MN

  • @rongomailewis-clarke2711
    @rongomailewis-clarke2711 Před 9 lety +2

    Chur ( Kiwi slang for Cheers U Rock or something to that effect ) Phat Beats & Strong Words .. Thanks for sharing your talents with the world.. Brother Ali...

  • @mantronix19
    @mantronix19 Před 9 lety +3

    Love Brother Ali! SMASHIN !!!

  • @TheGavio93
    @TheGavio93 Před 10 lety +1

    Happy birthday Brother Ali! Keep it up with those awesome raps. LONG LIVE ALI!!!

  • @mattelvv
    @mattelvv Před 11 lety +1

    One of the best. Much love from Sweden.

  • @MANDEEZEE1
    @MANDEEZEE1 Před 9 lety +5

    Sick! Real hip hop.

  • @rokycabrera2180
    @rokycabrera2180 Před 10 lety +1

    God really bless you soul.

  • @PhuccYall
    @PhuccYall Před 10 lety +1

    love from seattle yo !!! everything this dude does is gold.

  • @treedogg
    @treedogg Před 9 lety +7

    i absolutely love dorians story

  • @Chaaos2
    @Chaaos2 Před 9 lety +5

    amazing!

  • @davewilliams7043
    @davewilliams7043 Před 11 lety +2

    Killer.

  • @Ajatashatru
    @Ajatashatru Před 11 lety +2

    I was just about to comment on that same shit...yo, peace to Ali...so dope.

  • @hichamitooo1986
    @hichamitooo1986 Před 11 lety +2

    Nice music

  • @TheSoundsThatTravel
    @TheSoundsThatTravel Před 8 lety +14

    macklemore kinda stole this guy's flow and delivery. and just everything. woww

    • @user-fv7pd6cf4t
      @user-fv7pd6cf4t Před 3 lety

      Who that m dude you mentioned,, it all stolen except a few, Ali original

    • @devins1195
      @devins1195 Před 2 lety

      And dropped it on the same show

  • @mcnichols65
    @mcnichols65 Před 10 lety +1

    Keep doing what u do, my brother!!!

  • @ThorntonArtStudio
    @ThorntonArtStudio Před 9 lety +2

    Great performance!

  • @Intensitalian
    @Intensitalian Před 10 lety +2

    I have that same jacket...mine might be 3 sizes bigger but whateva lol still my fave

  • @ianleblanc9111
    @ianleblanc9111 Před 6 lety

    Fantastic

  • @abdelkarimrahmani3153
    @abdelkarimrahmani3153 Před 8 lety +1

    brother ali ou doi-j dire frère ali j'ai préféré t'appelé akhi ali j'te respecte merci thank you respect

  • @ferglovesguitar
    @ferglovesguitar Před 11 lety

    Yes Kexp all the music you post is sick!

  • @skylersky11
    @skylersky11 Před 4 lety

    Omg omg omg I’m about to go crazy for him .

  • @valeriosemprini6348
    @valeriosemprini6348 Před 11 lety

    amazing...... great ALI!!!!

  • @comadose25
    @comadose25 Před 10 lety

    Mad respect. I always knew that he was better than that line.
    Amazing video, KEXP is great for quality.

  • @thulanitshibonza5786
    @thulanitshibonza5786 Před 8 lety

    brother ali ,oh sh###t super dope

  • @miejohnsen2989
    @miejohnsen2989 Před 10 lety

    respect

  • @JAMES45229
    @JAMES45229 Před 6 lety

    Real Nice

  • @miejohnsen2989
    @miejohnsen2989 Před 10 lety

    siiiiick

  • @jorgevaldez6428
    @jorgevaldez6428 Před 10 lety

    100*ciento respeto todos le dan al carnal Ali mi corason a el.

  • @clipcalhoon
    @clipcalhoon Před 10 lety

    holy shit!!!!!!!

  • @jjms79
    @jjms79 Před 8 lety

    Need a knot, love it. Used to move white, push it off the sidewalk dump it in the yard - i ain't selling cocaine I got a snow shovel. Ha Ha, love you Brother Ali

  • @markidstrom5287
    @markidstrom5287 Před 10 lety

    Even the way he coughs is amazing. 9:33

  • @mannybowie7535
    @mannybowie7535 Před 10 lety

    mad respect

  • @elcattiv0
    @elcattiv0 Před 11 lety

    amazing to hear that. since ant samples a lot of dope soulful music, this is going to be great to hear live. but i'm also looking forward to hear what they do on the other jake one songs :)

  • @victoriaappiagei1482
    @victoriaappiagei1482 Před 6 lety

    Dope music awesome Cool good Listen wow powerful best ever real hip-hop poet

  • @ianantonich5124
    @ianantonich5124 Před 10 lety

    Only Life I know, Hottest hook. Keep it real Ali. Someone has to!

  • @3kural
    @3kural Před 11 lety

    WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAOW PERFECT AAAAAAAALİİİİİİİ

  • @swensonjonah
    @swensonjonah Před 10 lety +9

    I go to the same school as his son

  • @anotherjade
    @anotherjade Před 11 lety

    ♡ ♡ ♡

  • @esoligh
    @esoligh Před měsícem

    ❤😊

  • @plasticpaddyful
    @plasticpaddyful Před 10 lety +1

    Only. 28k views omg

  • @jonpritchard5605
    @jonpritchard5605 Před 9 lety +26

    ... and still my dad trys to say Hip-hop isn't music

    • @vicgarrison8968
      @vicgarrison8968 Před 9 lety +10

      Prob cause he's referring to most BS out there. You have to find Hip Hop, it aint on the radio.

    • @5and88M4n
      @5and88M4n Před 9 lety +2

      Vic Garrison That's what I always think when people tell me that. I respect all music, so when people tell me they "hate" hip hop I think "well that's because all you know is Lil Wayne" or whoever's on the radio now. I don't understand what it means to HATE music, like are you out of your mind? Do you know what music is? Still, there are others in the middle who think hip hop's "ok" because of some of the shit they hear on the radio, then I show them a video of a big DJ scratching over a dope sample and blow their minds.

    • @mscottveach
      @mscottveach Před 9 lety +2

      Ethereal Sandman see now, you say you respect all music and dis wayne in the same damn sentence. wayne's a genius. his music may not be to your taste but there's a kind of unbridled, free association wordplay to his lyrics that a lot of people write off as nonsense. but i think of wayne as hip hop's version of a beat poet. if his lyrics are nonsense then so is ginsberg's poetry. so is cummings.

    • @5and88M4n
      @5and88M4n Před 9 lety +2

      No no no you misunderstand, I was just using Lil Wayne as probably the most well known example of hip hop on the radio today (I think). Like KRS-One said, hip hop as a culture is doing phenomenally, and that includes Lil Wayne. However, the "mainstream" as it's referred to has completely broken away from the grass roots and all you hear on hip hop radio now is about partying with a lot of money, and that also includes Lil Wayne. But perhaps I misstated, I respect all GENRES of music- not all the artists and their decisions.

    • @Feelin2nice
      @Feelin2nice Před 9 lety +3

      ***** I agree with you M. Scott. I'm not a big Lil' Wayne fan, mostly because I know he "could" use his influence and power as an artist to uplift people versus what he raps about, but I do admire his word play and his lyrical ability. He has skills, there is no denying that. If he had a little bit more Talib Kwalib in him, a bit more 2Pac circa 1992 or a bit more Pharaoh Monche maybe he wouldn't be as popular, but his music would be a bit more spiritual and uplifting in nature.
      I'm not hating on him, just giving my honest expression of how he could do more to help his people than hurt his people. I can only imagine how many drive by shootings or murders have occurred with people playing his music as a motivating factor for the acts that were about to unfold. I doubt many people were playing Brother Ali, Immortal Technique or Pharaoh as they were about to kill their so called "enemy".
      I may be wrong, but that's what I think. RIP to all my cousins who died at the hands of gang violence. Wish y'all were here to spread some knowledge to those who are lost in the storm.

  • @NuevoSolLCNM
    @NuevoSolLCNM Před 9 lety +7

    Who gives this a thumbs down??? Ignorant!!!!

  • @dsandwhich00
    @dsandwhich00 Před 7 lety

    I didn't know Ali and Ghost toured together. Ghost has to be one of the most open minded dudes in hip hop. Actually contributing to the Rich Chigga remix after saying he would was awesome.

  • @cameronm5597
    @cameronm5597 Před 7 lety

    Goddam!! Does Brother Ali often do his tours with a band too now? (Haven't seen him live since early 2012)

  • @clipcalhoon
    @clipcalhoon Před 10 lety +2

    can someone please make a track list of this!?

  • @Russame
    @Russame Před 11 lety +1

    A future me, with hair on the wrong side of his head. Word.

  • @DEREK2438
    @DEREK2438 Před 10 lety +1

    He actually sounds pretty good live real talk though

  • @yangxiaolong1862
    @yangxiaolong1862 Před 8 lety +1

    No forest Whitaker damn

  • @JUICEPPL1
    @JUICEPPL1 Před 10 lety +1

    Anyone got a link to a track by grinch(the artist mentioned at the end)?

    • @benfleay8092
      @benfleay8092 Před 10 lety +1

      its spelled Grynch man easy youtube

  • @somekid7
    @somekid7 Před 10 lety

    Who's The Grinch (aka "Brother Smalli")?

  • @elcattiv0
    @elcattiv0 Před 11 lety

    is that Brother Ali's personal band or is it KEXP who provided the band?

  • @bitard4176
    @bitard4176 Před 11 lety

    А достаточно не плохо

  • @ickerish
    @ickerish Před 11 lety +1

    this dude.... so ill

  • @nickbagelboy
    @nickbagelboy Před 10 lety

    Anyone know what song he was talking about at 12:35 about being in a hotel room with writers block??

    • @nickbagelboy
      @nickbagelboy Před 10 lety

      hjahahhahahaha fuck, thank's man!!!! hahahhaa I feel so smart now lmfao

  • @alssirafalhaqiqa1251
    @alssirafalhaqiqa1251 Před 8 lety

    Ali the White lion

  • @bberg82
    @bberg82 Před 5 lety

    They never did give Grynch his new Volvo

  • @LeifBrostrom
    @LeifBrostrom Před 11 lety

    That's the new live band, Blank Tape Beloved made up of artists from around the US.

  • @bourbonzcaches8493
    @bourbonzcaches8493 Před 6 lety +1

    hate spendn billions on stadiums and prisons.

  • @sarahaar464
    @sarahaar464 Před 3 lety +1

    Is brother ali muslim ???