Kendrick: ...Tired of running, tired of hunting My own kind but retiring nothing Tires are steady screeching, the driver is rubbing Hands on the wheel, who said we wasn't Dying of thirst, dying of thirst, dying of thirst Dope on the corner, look at the coroner Daughter is dead, mother is mournin' her Strayed bullets, AK bullets Resuscitation was waiting patiently but they couldn't Bring her back, who got the footage? Channel 9, cameras is looking... MELLE MEL: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8
Mel has an opportunity to become a true Capo, I’m mean a real Godfather of Rap. He needs to embrace all the dope rappers that came after him. What a missed opportunity
Mel has had that opportunity since the late 80's. He clearly doesn't want it. When you have people like Method Man talking about how Mel has been a person with rotten character when it comes to people after him trying to show him respect and lift him up, you know it's too late for all that.
He don't think they dope what don't you get about that, do you like every artist you hear no so be quite he is the template, you know how many rappers remixed his song shut up fool.
Mel don't like nobody after him,you never hear magic Johnson or Larry bird bad talking Kobe or Jason Tatum like how he talk down about anybody after him, he need to let it go and realize his time has passed and he,s old...and I,am 55 years old so let it go mel
Yeah. Kendrick spits bars. He's very lyrical, in truth he and Sean are the only people from their Era that I fk with. Jigga man is nice on the mic and nas needs no explanation. This dude is dropping heat to this day. If we still had tapes my copies of every kings disease would be worn out
I agree with Mel Kendrick jay and nas are guilty of talking some shit definitely You don’t really find that with Tupac biggie or 50 Melle Mel is a one hit wonder has more in common with vanilla Ice then any top level MC
@@grahamsaunders874 there's no way you actually listened to Pac and 50 if you're saying that lol. There's also no way you can refer to Melle Mel as a "one hit wonder" and compare him to Vanilla Ice and expect to be taken seriously lol. Good job trolling
So let me understand this clearly, Melle basically said Jay, Nas, and Kendrick are wack, yet he doesn't speak that same energy about the countless trash mumble and trap rappers that have completely destroyed hip hop? Got it!
Melle mel He is the creator of the message, of the satire the protest, the environmentalism, the vindication of the ghetto from the heart, he was an innovator, he showed the way out of the pigeonhole, iento and talk about controversial issues, Melle mel came from an era without icons to lean on, unprecedented and without Support of any kind, patrons obeyed the lucrative world of ricl and roll, hiphop needed to be taken seriously and melle Mel was a respectable icon who made himself... with Chakakhan drew worldwide attention, his contribution in Beat street was legendary and earned the title of GrandMaster, without his contribution in the foundation of hiphop the story would be very different ...
The fact he went at K. Dot and Nas shows he knows nothing about hip-hop and at this point his legacy has been destroyed. Nothing he says at this point should be listened to. ✌🏽
This is the problem with calling people genius, the GOAT or an originator. They develop a mindset that they are always in a state of being untouchable or greatness. Melle just exposed himself for not being able to adapt to the current state of the culture. He was supremely confident in his ability to claim a crown back instead of humbly just passing it on, and now looks like a clown.
The message to me is one of the top 50 or 100 songs of all time. ( A child is born with no state of mind. Blind to the ways of mankind. God is smiling on you but he's frowning too. Because only God knows what you'll go through. )
Drake is not an MC... never was, never will be.... he is a pop singer and has nothing to do with hip hop... I even claim that anyone that actually considers Drake hip hop has no idea what hip hop is...Im not saying he is bad for what he does, it just isn't hip hop...
His comment on Kendrick and Nas make it hard to believe that he’s ever listened to either of them. Kendrick won a fucking Pulitzer!!! Melly counted to 8…..I get not liking “mumble rap” if you’re over 60, but acting like Kendrick and Nas don’t have socially conscious content, is just ignorance.
Mel Melle may have some validity to his comments. All you hear these dudes mumbling about is the B💰G, Dope, Sex & Murder. Nothing uplifting like Public Enemy, BDP, even 2Pac was conscious on a lot of songs. Melle Mel you can't tell these youngster nothing. Let it go🤔🤔
He did go to acting school and became bishop in real life. Still either way makaveli is one of my favorite albums of all time. Blasphemy is number 1. As far as new artists I personally don't fk anyone new except 21 bc he actually has bars.
Nas did but on the regular rap is more about being a gangsta, selling drugs, jewelry, car, and clothes. Those are fine but we do need more uplifting then those things .
@@yanceysanders9130 Selling drugs? I've never heard Nas say he sold drugs. He has a couple of song in which he talks about gang stuff, but that is in his earlier albums.
@@sirpoppinchuck I was going to mention that song as well as it is an uplifting song towards the black youth. The melody is a playful one with a strong lyrical backbone.
Your correct Jay z not a more skilled rapper than Mr Nas,and Mel I think Mel talking about the message what a lot of rappers bringing to us which is nothing at da same time he might be a lil biased too lol
Mel wishes/dreams/fantasies that he could even come close to Nas. Just facts. Before Nas it was Rakim. Mel isn’t even better than Chuck D. He may have came before a lot. But that’s it. 💯
I was there when hip-hop was just starting in the early 80's. And even my old azz agrees, that Mel needs to go back to the hip-hop convalescent home for the late greats. And don't think for one second, that any of you old school cats, are immune to the senility.
I applaud Melle. Kudos to him. He is like a sad dad who wanted the best for his children and gave them an opportunity to better the world but all they did was glorify evil for gain. He wanted to uplift the youth and give them a better world but all they did was capitalize on it and made the world worse to fatten their pockets. They sold out the youth for their personal gain. Just like those who captured people and sold them as slaves for financial gain. I feel your pain sir. It's a sad world 🌎. Jesus is the only way to heaven. When were go there we will finally be truly happy. If they want to sell their souls for money they will end up in burning hell forever. I don't think their money will help them.
Today’s rap music isn’t hip hop! Art is lost. Nothing like what we used hear in the late 70s. Miss those days and that art form. This stuff you’re hearing these days is nothing but cursing and degrading. This NEW group of people have no clue……
I'm too young to put melle mel in my top 5 (born '98), and my top 3 D.O.A. are: 1.) Tupac 2.) Ice Cube 3.) Rakim Top 5 would be an addition of DMX and Immortal Technique And I'm considered Gen Z But still: sayin the biggest names of the golden era (Nas, Hov) are just talking shit, when Nas was the one who literally was INFAMOUS for his storytelling. I don't like Hov at all, but even I have to say he earned his spot at the top Same as 'Pac, Nas, BIG, Em, DMX (just to name those that he mentioned, i'm pretty sure he wouldn't say something bad about Cube or Rakim for example, although Rakim also never really rhymed about social problems, etc. For an extended period of time)
The Message, Pump Me Up, White Lines, Step Off, Beat Street Breakdown, Mama and I CAN keep going if you like. He created the word EMCEE and invented the call back technique. His group/his brother invented the word HIP HOP and Flash invented a bunch of DJ shit. Rahiem introduced singing on hip hop beats. He was the rapper to invent conscious rap and changed the whole rap game influencing every “GOAT” rapper you hear today & can beat Eminem in a true Hip Hop Battle as Eminem has never even competed in one. On top of that Eminem has a bigger catalog and Mel is more influential than that whole catalog with just one song. Mel can never be replaced as nobody can ever do what he did BUT a lot of rappers can do what Eminem does. Tech N9ne, Twista, Busta Rhymes. Melle Mel IS THE GOAT no comparison.
Mel's style was copied just like Eminem's can be copied. You sound delusional if you think Mel can't be replaced, being the originator of something doesn't make you the greatest it makes you the first 🤦🏿♂️
It's the one No apologies, this ain't a disclaimer I'm the king, a legend, the first hall of famer Making diss tracks? I know you're with that Now everybody get ready for the kickback Barzzzzz😂
Mel is racist as hell. He always bring it to color. Any respect had for him is gone. Everyone after him is trash etc etc. Mel, be happy you made what you did, but remember, if you didn’t someone else would have filled that role. Facts.
'im convinced now that more than the truth is at stake Where people create language that pretends to communicate Euphemisms are misunderstood as mistakes But it's a byproduct of the ghetto music we make From an extroverted point of view, I think it's too late Hip Hop has never been the same since '88 Since it became a lucrative profession there's a misconception That a movement in any direction is progression Even though the potency of it lessens Big money industries writing checks to suppress the question
There's a video of Fat Joe giving the best advice to Melle Mel. Mel needs to count his blessings. He is a legend and had prolific songs. The next generation of rappers wouldn't have been around if it wasn't for him. I understand his frustration with how alot of rap went from being a positive thing to songs about negative things, but not all rappers are gangsters. He needs to accept how every music genre is gonna evolve. Being bitter is bad for the mental health and he will spiral down a rabbithole if he continues this hate. Instead of talking about other rappers, I would love if he focused on writing a book, and maybe writing a script that can possibly become a Furious 5 biopic
Mellie Mel , made some good points but it’s obvious that he clumped everyone on the top 5 as being commercial rappers that rap about materialism- and that’s simply not the case with Kendrick who you could argue is his great grandson - so in conclusion Mellie Mel - was Jelly not Jam about that list and that’s word to your mother 😂😂😂
I understand what he saying everyone talks about drugs and crimes not much of Nas rapping like that so I get what saying the youth can’t read but can memorize a rap lyric quick
No one should care who the "top rappers" are in someone else's list... but the fact that Melle Mel doesn't even seem to recognize names like Kendrick and Nas is all you need to know.
Im with you MELLE MEL. IVE been saying this since the 80s. How do you rap about killing your own people and get celebrated for it? And if you call that out, they call you a sellout
SOME 1 TELL MELVIN OUR KIDS WERE'NT READING @ A 12 TH. GRADE LEVEL WHEN THE' NESSAGE" WAS OUT IN 82' EITHER I WAS SINCE THE 4 TH. GRADE!! BIT MEL LOVE YOU 2 DEFFF!!! BUT THESE ARE YOUR CHILDREN & SUM ARE GONNA BUILD A BETTER SAND- CASTLE THAN YOU??!!!!!!!!!!!
Melle just wants to be in the spot light again. In his mind he is the same guy who made it, but honestly he lost his touch. People say he is rapping like in the 80s, no... he is worse than he was back in the days. Just because the beat is old school doesn't mean he is bringing the same level, he is under that level! The Old Melle would tear today's Melle in two. You need to practice, just like in the gym, if you are out, you are out of shape, and oh boy Melle is out of shape!
He is right but why dont people recognize eminem yet he sang a song on racism in america how black people are treated wrongly also em sang about how rappers are indoctrating our kids to violence and how our kids look up to them and rappers should act right because kids watch them and idolise them
@@Gracchi respect that bro same as me i do not know why people hate him but in his song he stated that people envy him but he walks around like nothing is bothering him and they hate that
'Either' instead of 'other' and as far as the illiteracy message that he was talking about, it is evidently clear in even with your words. Put away your colorful emoticons and pick your words a little better. You seem to focus on writing as you hear words instead of knowing and understanding them. As far as the 'die or go crazy', it is really a narrowminded view of those that were on the planet longer than you have.
He has a point the messaging is negative in hip hop. How ever it is real the streets are crazy and you write about what you see. What you grow up in. If his Rap song the message was so transformative why we still out hear killing each other? African Bambaata had a good message also. We still doing dirt why? We are sinners!! Lyrically you cannot touch Em, Jay, Nas, Biggie not even Snoop!!!
No of these rappers in the passs 27 yrs compares to late 80s/early 90s rappers as far as content is concern... examples, Xclan, brand nubain, public enemy, chill rob g, Lakim Shabazz, chubb rock, intelligent hoodlum, kane, rakim, de la soul, krs1, heavy d,kool g rap,etc... the rappers that has been mainstream for the last 27-29 years can't even remake the self destruction song
@@immealldayeveryday9425 not when rap first came out. Gangsta rap changed everything from cultural consciousness to just bragging about running the streets and disrespecting women. Like Mel said, they just be talking sh*t and he's kinda right.
@@immealldayeveryday9425 bruh wasn't nobody in the late 70's rapping about my coochie pink my booty hole brown or niggaz making song after song glorifying murdering each other while ppl dance to the songs like its a Micheal Jackson track LoL. Bruh, Mel has a point, rap has gone to shit, the old heads are still making music and a few artists today make actual hip hop. But trap isn't hip hop and these female rappers today aren't nearly as good as a missy Elliot or Eve. Even lil Kim had variety and bars and she was a whore. Rap will only get worse.
Why can't a man have an opinion?🤷🏾♂️ That's his opinion. We used to be able to have our own thoughts about a topic without being called a hater. You don't agree don't agree, that's ok too
Absolutely, but at the same time a man like him has to have thick skin after saying stuff that, to most, seems outlandish Which also make it no wonder, that someone like eminem responded, that guy who was called whack the whole time for being white by people like Melle Mel I got the upmost respect for all of the people that built hip hop, i'm just sayin be ready for retaliation if you say some pretty wild shit 😅😂
Mel does have a POINT. BUT,todays RAP MUSIC all sounds the same, BECAUSE OF THE "DRILL" STYLE of RAP IS DOMINATING the airwaves. BEING "POSITIVE in todays RAP SCENE is "NOT" gonna GO PLATINUM at all. Thats Mel'$ beef.
I think he's correct, if you're mature about his reasoning for saying what he said,these rappers are just talking shit,you can't take most of it literally, it seems as if rapping in the 80s and 90s took a little more effort than what I'm hearing in todays rap,but in the end it's just niggas talking shit,it'd not that in important
He should come out with an apology saying that day he smoke crack that day .he apologized he haven't smoked since the Reagon administration... say No to drugs!!!!!!
Old cuz is bitter. Bro had like 2 hits with his romper room “flow.” 🤣🤣🤣 dude is definitely a pioneer, but he is BEFORE Rakim… and then there’s us everything after
False. Hip-hop started in Mel's time as niggas talking shit. Nothing has changed. Mel only got the title of a conscious rapper after Sylvia Robinson and Duke Bootee had him on the song 'The Message.' A rap song he didn't like and did not write, except for his last verse, which was done on a prior release. After 'The Message,' Mel began doing conscious rap and once again kept his style which was his downfall.
common bruh he already admitted it that eminem is the top 1 they can't put him literally cuz hes white but he admitted it cuz if em is black he will definitely 1 for them.
Can’t even keep a straight face when he says he can beat Eminem in a battle. Ellen M is a battle rapper like he’s not a real real battle rapper he’s not NEMs or Jinn or Blind Fury or Bigg K who made their careers as battle rappers, and they are the top battle rappers of all time there’s nobody comparing big K has never lost a battle. He’s won like 23 battles in a row. Nems has never lost a battle. He’s one like 30 battles in a row Jin and Blind Fury are both undefeated on 106th and park
Outside of his album "4:44" Jay-Z doesn't say much with thought-provoking substance outside of a song or verse here and there. But Nas and Kendrick always deliver.
When he said Nas was just a nigga talking shit, I stopped the video. Mel should have more respect for the Mc's that came after him who moved the culture upward. Mel is salty because the money wasn't there early on, so can be Said about many other industries. LeBron James has made far more money playing basketball than Jordan, Steph Curry has made more money than Magic playing basketball, Shaq made more than Kareem etc. Nowadays a successful you tuber can make more than a surgeon! Please Mel help the culture instead of hating. Tell the young brothers how important it is to put a positive message in the music. Don't tarnished your legacy Mel.
He’s right. How many young black men emulate rappers and end up in jail. Most rappers rap but don’t have any substance. Besides fast rhyming. Investments in private prison system and rap go hand and hand.
In the 80s we had more black and Latino young men in college and universities because of hip-hop, now we have more black and Latino young men in prison and dead, like that shit is cool.
Mel is a way better rapper than Eminem and any other rapper that ain't saying shit, if you actually go listen to his lyrics from back in the day they actually ment something and still relevant today, ya really disrespecting this man.
I'm a fan of Mel Mel & Furious Five..... I'm partial to what Mel is saying...I have my own opinions on the newest rappers but that's not important. Times change, styles change, Mel does have some strong points but at the same time let us recognize new talent and give respect based on character & content.
Please do some homework before chatting shit online, if you listened to the full interview you would know melle Mel didn't know who was on the list, he questioned who had put the list together, why it was worded as great and not best selling
Kendrick:
...Tired of running, tired of hunting
My own kind but retiring nothing
Tires are steady screeching, the driver is rubbing
Hands on the wheel, who said we wasn't
Dying of thirst, dying of thirst, dying of thirst
Dope on the corner, look at the coroner
Daughter is dead, mother is mournin' her
Strayed bullets, AK bullets
Resuscitation was waiting patiently but they couldn't
Bring her back, who got the footage?
Channel 9, cameras is looking...
MELLE MEL:
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8
HHAARRUMMPHH
😂😂😂😂😂
💀
Like a roach that crawl out of your bookbag.
Or
Go to bed with no supper 😅😅😅😅
Who says supper these days.
@@peterhernandez7817😅😅😅
Mel has an opportunity to become a true Capo, I’m mean a real Godfather of Rap. He needs to embrace all the dope rappers that came after him. What a missed opportunity
I can’t see him wanting to do a record with a drill artist because it’s opposite of what he rhymed about.
@@Frugal637 how did you come up with this take ?
Mel has had that opportunity since the late 80's. He clearly doesn't want it. When you have people like Method Man talking about how Mel has been a person with rotten character when it comes to people after him trying to show him respect and lift him up, you know it's too late for all that.
He don't think they dope what don't you get about that, do you like every artist you hear no so be quite he is the template, you know how many rappers remixed his song shut up fool.
He ain't got a chance to do shit cause he sucks ass period
Mel don't like nobody after him,you never hear magic Johnson or Larry bird bad talking Kobe or Jason Tatum like how he talk down about anybody after him, he need to let it go and realize his time has passed and he,s old...and I,am 55 years old so let it go mel
Yeah. Kendrick spits bars. He's very lyrical, in truth he and Sean are the only people from their Era that I fk with. Jigga man is nice on the mic and nas needs no explanation. This dude is dropping heat to this day. If we still had tapes my copies of every kings disease would be worn out
It’d be like Dr j hating on Lebron and magic smh
He invented it,
@@MansaXNas is the GOAT. Period. No explanation needed.
@@mauritsmichielbuitelaar7932I don't think he invented rhyming words and music.
Mel doesn't listen to rap if he thinks this. He definitely doesn't listen to Jay, Nas, or Kendrick. He's just bitter
I agree with Mel Kendrick jay and nas are guilty of talking some shit definitely
You don’t really find that with Tupac biggie or 50
Melle Mel is a one hit wonder has more in common with vanilla Ice then any top level MC
@@grahamsaunders874 there's no way you actually listened to Pac and 50 if you're saying that lol. There's also no way you can refer to Melle Mel as a "one hit wonder" and compare him to Vanilla Ice and expect to be taken seriously lol. Good job trolling
Diss Melle Mel if I have to..... Kdot 2024..
He obviously doesn't listen to music after his era
Melle Mel Kendrick has a message though 🤣🤣🤣
So let me understand this clearly, Melle basically said Jay, Nas, and Kendrick are wack, yet he doesn't speak that same energy about the countless trash mumble and trap rappers that have completely destroyed hip hop? Got it!
He's an idiot
You def didn't understand this. He thinks they're ALL trash. Every rapper in the past two decades. Not just the top 3 on that list.
Yo Big Facts
@channelofstuff6662You heard Melle Mel’s last “song/diss”?😂
No fool he don't got to mention them we already know they trash, what you thinking
I personally think he's a bitter old rapper who probably envy the fact that he's not making the money that they making
Facts
Maybe, I just want to see him put out a top 50 (if he hasn't already)
The no 1 rapper 🎉
Kendrick??? Kendrick is one of the most conscious musicians alive - not "rappers"..... MUSICIANS! HE WON A PULITZER PRIZE!
So, he won a prize!
Why the fuck is Jay Z #1?
Because he is the best. Any other questions?
@@briandowling6663 best according to you? He's ok, he is just an originator, but the best rapper? Meh not it.
@@artphototech no, just the best. That is it. Anymore questions?
@@briandowling6663 😂😂😂you're one to provide compelling argument. No.
@@artphototech I see u are out of questions
Melle mel He is the creator of the message, of the satire the protest, the environmentalism, the vindication of the ghetto from the heart, he was an innovator, he showed the way out of the pigeonhole, iento and talk about controversial issues, Melle mel came from an era without icons to lean on, unprecedented and without Support of any kind, patrons obeyed the lucrative world of ricl and roll, hiphop needed to be taken seriously and melle Mel was a respectable icon who made himself... with Chakakhan drew worldwide attention, his contribution in Beat street was legendary and earned the title of GrandMaster, without his contribution in the foundation of hiphop the story would be very different ...
.."PREACH...CHURCH....THE TRUTH TOLD PLAINLY"...!!!!❤
The fact he went at K. Dot and Nas shows he knows nothing about hip-hop and at this point his legacy has been destroyed. Nothing he says at this point should be listened to. ✌🏽
This is the problem with calling people genius, the GOAT or an originator. They develop a mindset that they are always in a state of being untouchable or greatness. Melle just exposed himself for not being able to adapt to the current state of the culture. He was supremely confident in his ability to claim a crown back instead of humbly just passing it on, and now looks like a clown.
Not really....most in that vain ate quite humble about that staus....Melle is just an asshole
Word 100% now the world realise that he sucks as a MC
The message to me is one of the top 50 or 100 songs of all time. ( A child is born with no state of mind. Blind to the ways of mankind. God is smiling on you but he's frowning too. Because only God knows what you'll go through. )
I TOTALLY AGREE WIT'CHA....THE BEAT HAS BEEN BITTEN ...'CAUSE GIRLZ IZ PLAYERS TOO...BEAT-BITERZ🎼🎵
Im sorry melle mel is hater 💯 ... nas will rap circles around him my opinion
You smoking Melle Mel is cold
@@jaysonboyd4103 not with that dr seuss trash flow lol dude got NO bars, NO double, triple entendres
For Nas and Jayz to still have their names up there with the young MCs like Kendrick, Cole, Drake, Lil Wayne, etc is a fact to behold
Likeeee frrrr tho
Drake is not an MC... never was, never will be.... he is a pop singer and has nothing to do with hip hop... I even claim that anyone that actually considers Drake hip hop has no idea what hip hop is...Im not saying he is bad for what he does, it just isn't hip hop...
@@tomi8959thank u
Drake? Draaakeeeeee???!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
His comment on Kendrick and Nas make it hard to believe that he’s ever listened to either of them. Kendrick won a fucking Pulitzer!!! Melly counted to 8…..I get not liking “mumble rap” if you’re over 60, but acting like Kendrick and Nas don’t have socially conscious content, is just ignorance.
Mel Melle may have some validity to his comments. All you hear these dudes mumbling about is the B💰G, Dope, Sex & Murder. Nothing uplifting like Public Enemy, BDP, even 2Pac was conscious on a lot of songs. Melle Mel you can't tell these youngster nothing. Let it go🤔🤔
You mention TuPac. He also said Tupac & DMX were better actors then rappers. 👀
He did go to acting school and became bishop in real life. Still either way makaveli is one of my favorite albums of all time. Blasphemy is number 1. As far as new artists I personally don't fk anyone new except 21 bc he actually has bars.
So u agree that Jay-z is sh*t?
Unbelievable
If you think that’s all Kendrick talks about your just not listening, Jayz also has plenty of songs talking about deeper issues.
@@whywhy3289like
He says the people on that list aren't uplifting the people. But nas did one mic that basically was all about uplifting the people. Like what?
You forgot " I know I can" no known rapper has ever did a rapp to inspire kids except NAS. 👍👍👍🏆💜
Nas did but on the regular rap is more about being a gangsta, selling drugs, jewelry, car, and clothes. Those are fine but we do need more uplifting then those things .
@@yanceysanders9130 Selling drugs? I've never heard Nas say he sold drugs. He has a couple of song in which he talks about gang stuff, but that is in his earlier albums.
@@sirpoppinchuck I was going to mention that song as well as it is an uplifting song towards the black youth. The melody is a playful one with a strong lyrical backbone.
Mel’s practicing to be that old guy in the park feeding pigeons and screaming at kids.
Love how melly mel is so delusional 😂 with your Dr Seuss rhymes 😂
Dr seuss 😂
Eminems rhythms is corney, My name is wtf you talking about elementary school shit FOOH
Sorry but Jay Z isnt better than Nas.
Your correct Jay z not a more skilled rapper than Mr Nas,and Mel I think Mel talking about the message what a lot of rappers bringing to us which is nothing at da same time he might be a lil biased too lol
Mel wishes/dreams/fantasies that he could even come close to Nas. Just facts. Before Nas it was Rakim. Mel isn’t even better than Chuck D. He may have came before a lot. But that’s it. 💯
He said Jayz CAN talk shit then he said Kendrick and Nas is just some Ngz talking shit 😂😂
What a awful way to critique art. He sounds like a person that doesn't even check to see what these artists have been saying. Bitter old man.
I was there when hip-hop was just starting in the early 80's. And even my old azz agrees,
that Mel needs to go back to the hip-hop convalescent home for the late greats.
And don't think for one second, that any of you old school cats,
are immune to the senility.
I applaud Melle. Kudos to him. He is like a sad dad who wanted the best for his children and gave them an opportunity to better the world but all they did was glorify evil for gain. He wanted to uplift the youth and give them a better world but all they did was capitalize on it and made the world worse to fatten their pockets. They sold out the youth for their personal gain. Just like those who captured people and sold them as slaves for financial gain. I feel your pain sir. It's a sad world 🌎. Jesus is the only way to heaven. When were go there we will finally be truly happy. If they want to sell their souls for money they will end up in burning hell forever. I don't think their money will help them.
BIG UP TO YOUR COMMENT AND STAY TRUTH. SAVE THE CHILDREN. ❤
we really lost his ass to roids
Today’s rap music isn’t hip hop! Art is lost. Nothing like what we used hear in the late 70s. Miss those days and that art form. This stuff you’re hearing these days is nothing but cursing and degrading. This NEW group of people have no clue……
You missed a lot over the last 40+ years if you think that's all modern rap is. Let go of those misconceptions & you'll be surprised what you find.
I'm too young to put melle mel in my top 5 (born '98), and my top 3 D.O.A. are:
1.) Tupac
2.) Ice Cube
3.) Rakim
Top 5 would be an addition of DMX and Immortal Technique
And I'm considered Gen Z
But still: sayin the biggest names of the golden era (Nas, Hov) are just talking shit, when Nas was the one who literally was INFAMOUS for his storytelling. I don't like Hov at all, but even I have to say he earned his spot at the top
Same as 'Pac, Nas, BIG, Em, DMX (just to name those that he mentioned, i'm pretty sure he wouldn't say something bad about Cube or Rakim for example, although Rakim also never really rhymed about social problems, etc. For an extended period of time)
He aint in anybody top 10
DMX lol good bye
@@immealldayeveryday9425 yo mama
@@brandonbauder6157 aaww your feelings are hurt, the truth hurts sometimes 🤣
Everything he described about what hip hop should be and do, described eminem
He didn't describe shit lmfao, get him against Eminem for 5 minutes and this nigga would be sweating oceans.
Textbook grumpy old man.
Coke la rock was the first rapper. 1973. Melle mel came out in 1978. And he co-wrote his songs.
Melle Mel started rhyming on the mic around 74-75. He's beem around a little earlier than 78.
I disagree with Mel on Nas and Kendrick Lamar because they got substance in their lyrics
It’s a shame some legends just miss the limelight so much they be hating and tarnish their career. He needs to stop making diss tracks too lol
The Message, Pump Me Up, White Lines, Step Off, Beat Street Breakdown, Mama and I CAN keep going if you like. He created the word EMCEE and invented the call back technique. His group/his brother invented the word HIP HOP and Flash invented a bunch of DJ shit. Rahiem introduced singing on hip hop beats. He was the rapper to invent conscious rap and changed the whole rap game influencing every “GOAT” rapper you hear today & can beat Eminem in a true Hip Hop Battle as Eminem has never even competed in one. On top of that Eminem has a bigger catalog and Mel is more influential than that whole catalog with just one song. Mel can never be replaced as nobody can ever do what he did BUT a lot of rappers can do what Eminem does. Tech N9ne, Twista, Busta Rhymes. Melle Mel IS THE GOAT no comparison.
You kidding em started underground as battle rapper he is a battle rapper thats why he eats everyone in a song with him tf you talking bout
Mel's rhymes sound like pre-school nursery rhymes
@@ghost-writer007 that is not a true hip hop battle and this is what you eminem fans dont understand
@@WhatWasThatBruv You may rhyme quicker but i rhyme thicker - Ice T
Mel's style was copied just like Eminem's can be copied. You sound delusional if you think Mel can't be replaced, being the originator of something doesn't make you the greatest it makes you the first 🤦🏿♂️
Melle mel says he is the grand master of rap
It's the one
No apologies, this ain't a disclaimer
I'm the king, a legend, the first hall of famer
Making diss tracks? I know you're with that
Now everybody get ready for the kickback
Barzzzzz😂
Mel is racist as hell. He always bring it to color. Any respect had for him is gone. Everyone after him is trash etc etc. Mel, be happy you made what you did, but remember, if you didn’t someone else would have filled that role. Facts.
There's a lot of merit to what he saying rap music promotes and speaks not on much of anything but violence, sex , money and materialism
It’s been like that since back in the day let’s not act brand new
Kendrick doesn't promote that though.
I bet you don’t get inception.
Rap has plenty of substance, but just like every other genre, you have to dig for the diamonds in the rough.
'im convinced now that more than the truth is at stake
Where people create language that pretends to communicate
Euphemisms are misunderstood as mistakes
But it's a byproduct of the ghetto music we make
From an extroverted point of view, I think it's too late
Hip Hop has never been the same since '88
Since it became a lucrative profession there's a misconception
That a movement in any direction is progression
Even though the potency of it lessens
Big money industries writing checks to suppress the question
If he is lucky eminem will just ignore him.
This shows how very little you know what is going on in hip hop, melle Mel is constantly touring and performing around the world
Which world? 😳😳😳😳
@@turbo_lk_rsa1100 obviously not a hip hop fan 😂
@@paulweston2246 obviously a Melle Mel fan just assuming what and what not people are
@@turbo_lk_rsa1100 I am a hip hop fan, DJ & promoter, I am just pointing out the schoolboy mistakes in this video. Collect facts before chatting shit
@@paulweston2246 please do emphasize that u are a local producer and small club event promoter
1. Em
2. Pac
3. Nas
Gah damn, Killer Bee aged well! Now, I know where Kishimoto got Bee’s design from. Lol.
There's a video of Fat Joe giving the best advice to Melle Mel. Mel needs to count his blessings. He is a legend and had prolific songs. The next generation of rappers wouldn't have been around if it wasn't for him. I understand his frustration with how alot of rap went from being a positive thing to songs about negative things, but not all rappers are gangsters. He needs to accept how every music genre is gonna evolve. Being bitter is bad for the mental health and he will spiral down a rabbithole if he continues this hate. Instead of talking about other rappers, I would love if he focused on writing a book, and maybe writing a script that can possibly become a Furious 5 biopic
I googled you Melle Mel. How can you trash talk other rappers when every album you had after 1983 flopped? EVERY ALBUM YOU HAD AFTER 1983 FLOPPED.
Mellie Mel , made some good points but it’s obvious that he clumped everyone on the top 5 as being commercial rappers that rap about materialism- and that’s simply not the case with Kendrick who you could argue is his great grandson - so in conclusion Mellie Mel - was Jelly not Jam about that list and that’s word to your mother 😂😂😂
Why do people who help achieve something ruins everything when they open there mouths.
I understand what he saying everyone talks about drugs and crimes not much of Nas rapping like that so I get what saying the youth can’t read but can memorize a rap lyric quick
No one should care who the "top rappers" are in someone else's list... but the fact that Melle Mel doesn't even seem to recognize names like Kendrick and Nas is all you need to know.
Im with you MELLE MEL. IVE been saying this since the 80s. How do you rap about killing your own people and get celebrated for it? And if you call that out, they call you a sellout
SOME 1 TELL MELVIN OUR KIDS WERE'NT READING @ A 12 TH. GRADE LEVEL WHEN THE' NESSAGE" WAS OUT IN 82' EITHER I WAS SINCE THE 4 TH. GRADE!! BIT MEL LOVE YOU 2 DEFFF!!! BUT THESE ARE YOUR CHILDREN & SUM ARE GONNA BUILD A BETTER SAND- CASTLE THAN YOU??!!!!!!!!!!!
Melle just wants to be in the spot light again. In his mind he is the same guy who made it, but honestly he lost his touch. People say he is rapping like in the 80s, no... he is worse than he was back in the days. Just because the beat is old school doesn't mean he is bringing the same level, he is under that level! The Old Melle would tear today's Melle in two. You need to practice, just like in the gym, if you are out, you are out of shape, and oh boy Melle is out of shape!
When I'm 50 or 60 I'll b like music was better in my day.
Have to respect the grand master
In my opinion Rakim is the goat 🐐 of hip-hop
he right all these modern mcs talk about nothing., nas and jay z,, have nothing on k-rino and canibus.
He is right but why dont people recognize eminem yet he sang a song on racism in america how black people are treated wrongly also em sang about how rappers are indoctrating our kids to violence and how our kids look up to them and rappers should act right because kids watch them and idolise them
@@kennethoginaland1255 we respect Em,he is one the best ever,
But, but he and 50 did not make current hiphop ,what it is, or evolve it , in any way.
@@Gracchi respect that bro same as me i do not know why people hate him but in his song he stated that people envy him but he walks around like nothing is bothering him and they hate that
Em is better than the to p guy EM is the Goat 🐐
When people get old they other die or go crazy. Mell is no exception 🎉
'Either' instead of 'other' and as far as the illiteracy message that he was talking about, it is evidently clear in even with your words. Put away your colorful emoticons and pick your words a little better. You seem to focus on writing as you hear words instead of knowing and understanding them.
As far as the 'die or go crazy', it is really a narrowminded view of those that were on the planet longer than you have.
Depends on what you like: imo my personal top 5 who I'm always BUMPING still today: rakim, krs-1, Ice cube, 2pac🙏 & yes melle mel!
Mel is jacked ….. one of my new heroes … 61 workin out with Jabar .. love and respect ..
He has a point the messaging is negative in hip hop. How ever it is real the streets are crazy and you write about what you see. What you grow up in. If his Rap song the message was so transformative why we still out hear killing each other? African Bambaata had a good message also. We still doing dirt why? We are sinners!! Lyrically you cannot touch Em, Jay, Nas, Biggie not even Snoop!!!
No of these rappers in the passs 27 yrs compares to late 80s/early 90s rappers as far as content is concern... examples, Xclan, brand nubain, public enemy, chill rob g, Lakim Shabazz, chubb rock, intelligent hoodlum, kane, rakim, de la soul, krs1, heavy d,kool g rap,etc... the rappers that has been mainstream for the last 27-29 years can't even remake the self destruction song
That’s a lie. Kendrick cole Lupe joeybadass lute ect you’re just old
@kristophergreenhow98 so what kind of content are they putting out?
Mel has a really good point about the state of hip hop. It has become vile and degrading in so many ways. I get where hes coming.
Let’s not pretend that rappers have not been saying degrading things since way back
@@immealldayeveryday9425 not when rap first came out. Gangsta rap changed everything from cultural consciousness to just bragging about running the streets and disrespecting women. Like Mel said, they just be talking sh*t and he's kinda right.
@@chrisreed3040 that does not change what I said, this has been happening since waaaaaaayyyyy back so let’s keep it a buck
@@immealldayeveryday9425 bruh wasn't nobody in the late 70's rapping about my coochie pink my booty hole brown or niggaz making song after song glorifying murdering each other while ppl dance to the songs like its a Micheal Jackson track LoL. Bruh, Mel has a point, rap has gone to shit, the old heads are still making music and a few artists today make actual hip hop. But trap isn't hip hop and these female rappers today aren't nearly as good as a missy Elliot or Eve. Even lil Kim had variety and bars and she was a whore. Rap will only get worse.
Because he sounds like a cunt, and upset at the world. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Why can't a man have an opinion?🤷🏾♂️ That's his opinion. We used to be able to have our own thoughts about a topic without being called a hater. You don't agree don't agree, that's ok too
Absolutely, but at the same time a man like him has to have thick skin after saying stuff that, to most, seems outlandish
Which also make it no wonder, that someone like eminem responded, that guy who was called whack the whole time for being white by people like Melle Mel
I got the upmost respect for all of the people that built hip hop, i'm just sayin be ready for retaliation if you say some pretty wild shit 😅😂
Opinion and lies or two different things you can't be intertwining them which is what he's doing. He's being reckless stop generalizing.
His opinion isn't valid because he hasn't listened to the artists he's criticizing
Melly.....
Your not top 50. Get over it 😂😂😂😂
Mel does have a POINT. BUT,todays RAP MUSIC all sounds the same, BECAUSE OF THE "DRILL" STYLE of RAP IS DOMINATING the airwaves. BEING "POSITIVE in todays RAP SCENE is "NOT" gonna GO PLATINUM at all. Thats Mel'$ beef.
Why would he say such a thing? Cause its true.
Whats with the weird gloves? And that moustache 😂😂😂
But Melly is being talked about now. -Instructed promotional-
all i hear is Melle talking S***
Melle mel changed the game yes but:
His rhymes sound like they’re written with crayons 🖍️
Ok, Pill Clinton 😂😂😂😂
I think he's correct, if you're mature about his reasoning for saying what he said,these rappers are just talking shit,you can't take most of it literally, it seems as if rapping in the 80s and 90s took a little more effort than what I'm hearing in todays rap,but in the end it's just niggas talking shit,it'd not that in important
This dude talking down Nas
but why would he down Nas? he wasnt just "talking shit".
He'll end Jay Z and Nas in 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 with his book bag for real.
He should come out with an apology saying that day he smoke crack that day .he apologized he haven't smoked since the Reagon administration... say
No to drugs!!!!!!
Old cuz is bitter. Bro had like 2 hits with his romper room “flow.” 🤣🤣🤣 dude is definitely a pioneer, but he is BEFORE Rakim… and then there’s us everything after
False. Hip-hop started in Mel's time as niggas talking shit. Nothing has changed. Mel only got the title of a conscious rapper after Sylvia Robinson and Duke Bootee had him on the song 'The Message.' A rap song he didn't like and did not write, except for his last verse, which was done on a prior release. After 'The Message,' Mel began doing conscious rap and once again kept his style which was his downfall.
common bruh he already admitted it that eminem is the top 1 they can't put him literally cuz hes white but he admitted it cuz if em is black he will definitely 1 for them.
Mel needs someone to pull him to the side.
Now he can't be talking shit about no one dressing in tight jeans or nothing cause the way he was dressings looking a little more sus
Melle Mel is hiphop hiphop hiphop...........!
Can’t even keep a straight face when he says he can beat Eminem in a battle. Ellen M is a battle rapper like he’s not a real real battle rapper he’s not NEMs or Jinn or Blind Fury or Bigg K who made their careers as battle rappers, and they are the top battle rappers of all time there’s nobody comparing big K has never lost a battle. He’s won like 23 battles in a row. Nems has never lost a battle. He’s one like 30 battles in a row Jin and Blind Fury are both undefeated on 106th and park
Outside of his album "4:44" Jay-Z doesn't say much with thought-provoking substance outside of a song or verse here and there. But Nas and Kendrick always deliver.
When he said Nas was just a nigga talking shit, I stopped the video. Mel should have more respect for the Mc's that came after him who moved the culture upward. Mel is salty because the money wasn't there early on, so can be Said about many other industries. LeBron James has made far more money playing basketball than Jordan, Steph Curry has made more money than Magic playing basketball, Shaq made more than Kareem etc. Nowadays a successful you tuber can make more than a surgeon! Please Mel help the culture instead of hating. Tell the young brothers how important it is to put a positive message in the music. Don't tarnished your legacy Mel.
Mel we was laughing at you 🤣😅😅😅😂😂😅😅😂😂😅😅
That's crazy smh
This could be his personal opinion
But
I think he's doing this to be relevant
Melle needs to take off those food prossesing gloves
He’s right. How many young black men emulate rappers and end up in jail. Most rappers rap but don’t have any substance. Besides fast rhyming. Investments in private prison system and rap go hand and hand.
How can He talk trash about Kendrick?
Kendrick Lamar is possibly the best artist ever! Period!
In the 80s we had more black and Latino young men in college and universities because of hip-hop, now we have more black and Latino young men in prison and dead, like that shit is cool.
I came here after Kendrick verse on future and metro booming song
Moved to the city got on social security 😂wow great lyrics 😜
He gives off Thugnificent vibes
Mel is a way better rapper than Eminem and any other rapper that ain't saying shit, if you actually go listen to his lyrics from back in the day they actually ment something and still relevant today, ya really disrespecting this man.
100 facts by melle mel
I'm a fan of Mel Mel & Furious Five..... I'm partial to what Mel is saying...I have my own opinions on the newest rappers but that's not important. Times change, styles change, Mel does have some strong points but at the same time let us recognize new talent and give respect based on character & content.
He ain’t lying
The new rap just shit talking
Please do some homework before chatting shit online, if you listened to the full interview you would know melle Mel didn't know who was on the list, he questioned who had put the list together, why it was worded as great and not best selling