Pete Rock & CL Smooth - They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.) (Official Video)
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- Pete Rock & CL Smooth - They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.) (Official Video) from the album 'Mecca & The Soul Brother' (1992)
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Lyrics:
[Intro]
(I reminisce, I reminisce)
(I reminisce, I reminisce)
(I reminisce, I reminisce)
I reminisce, I reminisce
Uh! (I reminisce, I reminisce)
Yeah (I reminisce, I reminisce)
(I reminisce, I reminisce)
(I reminisce, I reminisce)
[Verse 1: C.L. Smooth]
I reminisce for a spell, or shall I say think back
Twenty-two years ago to keep it on track
The birth of a child on the 8th of October
A toast, but my granddaddy came sober
Countin' all the fingers and the toes
Now I suppose you hope the little black boy grows
Huh, eighteen years younger than my mama
But I rarely got beatings 'cause the girl loved drama
In single parenthood, there I stood
By the time she was 21, had another one
This one's a girl, let's name her Pam
Same father as the first, but you don't give a damn
Irresponsible, plain not-thinking
Papa said chill but the brother keep winking
Still he won't down you or tear out your hide
On your side while the baby maker slide
But mama got wise to the game
The youngest of five kids, hon here it is
After 10 years without no spouse
Momma's gettin married and a house
Listen, positive over negative for the women and master
Mother Queen's rising a chapter
Déjà vu, tell you what I'm gonna do
When they reminisce over you, my God
[Bridge 1: Pete Rock]
My God
It's so
Yeah, so lovely
That's how we like to do it in the 90's
Pete Rock & CL Smooth comin' atcha
[Verse 2: C.L. Smooth]
When I date back I recall a man off the family tree
My right hand Poppa Doc I see
Took me from a boy to a man so I always had a father
When my biological didn't bother
Taking care of this, so who am I to bicker
Not a bad ticker but I'm clocking pop's liver
But you can never say that his life is through
Five kids at 21 believe he got a right too
Here we go while I check the scene
With the Portuguese Lover at the age of 14
The same age, front page, no fuss
But I bet you all your dough they live longer than us
Never been senile, that's where you're wrong
But give the man a taste and he's gone
Noddin' off, sleep to a jazz tune
I can hear his head banging on the wall in the next room
I get the pillow and hope I don't wake him
For this man do cuss, hear it all in verbatim
Telling me how to raise my boy unless he's taking over
I said pop maybe when you're older
We laughed all night about the hookers at the party
My old man standing, yelling "Good God Almighty"
Use your condom, take sips of the brew
When they reminisce over you, for real
[Bridge 2: Pete Rock]
For real, baby
Like that
We for real
Comin' atcha
In '92
Pete Rock & CL Smooth
Yeah, c'mon, hit me!
[Verse 3: C.L. Smooth]
I reminisce so you never forget this
The days of way-back, so many bear witness the fitness
Take the first letter out of each word in this joint
Listen close as I prove my point
T to the R the O-Y, how did you and I meet?
In front of Big Lou's, fighting in the street
But only you saw what took many time to see
I dedicate this to you for believing in me
Rain or shine, yes, in any weather
My Grandmom Pam holds the family together
My Uncle Doc's the greatest, better yet the latest
If we're talking about a car, Uncle Sterling got the latest
I strive to be live 'cause I got no choice
And run my own business like my Aunt Joyce
So Pete Rock hit me, 'nough respect due
When they reminisce over you, listen
[Outro: Pete Rock]
Listen, just listen
To the funky song as I rock on
And that's word is bond
I'm not playin'
Everybody, just coolin'
This song we dedicate
To the one and only
Never be another
He was my brother
Trouble T-Roy
It's like that y'all
And you don't stop
Pete Rock and CL Smooth for '92
And we out, later
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CZcams is the closest thing we got to a time capsule.
Deadass, also great music taste comrade✊🏽
@@henryhayes4167 musical solidarity for the comrades
@@superperson7325 Jazz Hip-Hop will no doubt be the official music of the Communist states of America, one day amigo.😪
And a man cant catch a memory without commercial. Own you from the born just a numereal
Mfing facts
2024 anyone
Yep
Already
Always@@niknicolec9847
You know
Ya’ in the now!
The 90’s was the best era for hip-hop
Correct
We still here ❤ keep pushing our beautiful generation ❤
No doubt
By far
The 70s and 80s hip and early early 90s hip hop sounded trash 😂
It's strange how I could sing this word-for-word 30 years ago, but it's only decades later that I understand it.
Song hits deep.
One of the coldest beats in hip-hop history💯
Facts!
Agreed 💯💓
Nobody does it like Pete Rock
When I hear the intro I think about Street ball vol 2.
1000% One of my all time favorites!!
Almost 30 years later, and STILL one of the greatest Hip-Hop songs ever made.
Facts 👍🏾
Ever made!!!
still fresh
You can just tell when shit real 🤦🏾♂️ this definitely top 25 one of the best Hip hop rap songs in history🔊 🔊🎵🎶🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎧
Omg...30 years.....wow I'm old lol
Lost my brother 2007 to gun violence. Still remember that night like it was yesterday. I play this song and it brings all of those good times up. What a song man.
Who All Still Listening To This Song In 2024 ?
I am fasho 💯🔥🔥🔥
right here in Tokyo rocking out!
sup
Me it’s gold
Vancouver!
I get the chills as soon as the horns(saxophone) kick in.
Same here man it feels like I'm gonna cry when someone I know died
Yes
If you don't, you must not have a pulse!!
I feel it too! I'm from the neighborhood in Queens, NYC. I love it. Nice comment.
Tom Scott
It breaks my heart that we'll never experience another era like the 80s, 90s, and early 2000s
Real Talk! Shit is very Sad.
😢
🥹
Facts🥺
And now with AI music creation it will be even more unlikely unless music goes underground again like metal and trance.
Just the 80s and 90s
2024, ya out there? Man, there are songs, then there are songs that are anthems - this is one of the anthems of the 90s. What were you doin when this hit dropped? I was still a teen running amok in the streets in NY, loving life and not knowing what the future held...
This is the jam.
This is the anthem that made every thug, crook, hustler, graduate, scholar and teen salute! A pure masterpiece1
duh son... this the damn jam. im 29 btw, 30 coming soon and besides the crack era, I wish I was alive and conscious to hear this as a new track on the radio. prolly killed the streets!!
I came on the earth the day after this song came out 😂
@lordmavbmp It did. Trouble T-Roy wasn't just a dancer, but friends with these guys...that they made a song (and Hev dedicated his next album to him) speaks volumes.
The saxophones in T.R.O.Y and U.N.I.T.Y are outstanding!
My man is telling his whole life story, and remembering those who helped him become greater.
I mean, damn.
The love. The respect.
Its in memory of his friend TROY who died in a freak accident fell 20 feet off of the stage. RIP TROY THEY REMINANCE OVER YOU.
@@luispadilla8628 Of course, but it's also a rundown of Smooth's life. Trouble T's passing was the event that inspired Smooth to look back on people he loved and lost, including Troy.
Hip Hop today compare. This song is my all time favorite.
Hell yeah brother. Classic tune of all times. Peace and love man.
@@shaunglover7251 damn now it all makes sense 😔 appreciate that knowledge
The most nostalgic beat ever 🔥🔥
RIGHT!!!!
Facts 🎯
Absolute facts.
I recommend listening to the instrumental of famous dex “lucky”
@@ohmanhotham8823 I’ll check it out!
i’m a white man, italian descent this song always makes me cry i believe God is somehow in this song. it’s so special. that bronx horn in the background…it’s so beautiful. never be another ❤thankful n humble. glad to be in this generation
Grief and loss is universal. All of us no matter what our ethnicity can rock with this classic.
Italians are not white
@@kingkillmonger74yes
ayyy! im Sicilian-Italian, and i too love this song! God Bless!
On this 🌍🌎🌏 really all are family. What other 🌏🌎🌍 we can live safely on. If only are governments leaders would understand that 🇺🇲
My mom called me today to remind me of this song that’s why I’m here. This the first time hip-hop felt real and authentic to me. 😢I love my mom.❤
It wont ever be this good, ever again. That's what makes us reminisce to begin with.
Adam Fitzgerald You are right about that!!!!
WORD!
Man what!!!! 💯
i promise you this is a nostalgic album czcams.com/video/re-a6gbq0_M/video.html (i bet you a 5er u will like every song on the ep/album)
Things will change as new generations of "conscious" thinkers will follow us long after we are gone. Time changes all things. There are new groups popping up all the time. Some of them refuse to do what the studios want them to do, and we either never hear from them anymore or they are never even allowed to have their songs/music released.
It was 1992 and I was living in Brooklyn. I was taking a cab home at like 6 in the morning, and I was 2 of my boys. One of them pulled out a tape and asked the taxi driver if he could play it. This is the first song that came on and I was blown away by this sound. The taxi had a system too so he pumped it and I remember this song making me feel so good. Everybody in the cab was rocking their heads back & Forth including the cab driver. Memories of Brooklyn, memories of tape deck's. I reminisce on that New York City that once was, and is now gone.
I'm not american. What do you mean by 'NYC is gone'?
@@jm-je4tl I’m not from there so I can’t give a great explanation but basically all these NYC natives lived there and made the city what it was and great in its own way. Over time more and more people have drove these people out due to price and gentrification taking away the people that made NYC great.
@@bosceltics4569 well said! Exactly right!
I reminisce about the Old NYC days all the time. It’s SO gone , unfortunately. Be well brother.
@@jasoncataldi2053 you ain't lying, it'll never be the same again. Be well Bro. 🙏🏻
Might just be the greatest hiphop song of all time.
Listen to how mature he sounds as a young man. You don’t get this anymore. He sounds wise beyond his years. This was truly the golden era of hip hop.
We don't get a lot of this in popular music, no, but I am blessed to see a lot of conscious hip hop in my local scene. I believe it exists, but it isn't what's marketed/marketable anymore.
no gangster talk, no hoes dancing around , no coke boys flashing money, no extra bragging, no fancy cars...just poetic hood stories of what growing up black and life was really like and of some of the good men that have passed away....there is a name for this..it's called hip hop...according to me at least..salute
True that
@@ronnrogers9459 facts
And one of the baddest songs...2019
Right !!! In rap was really rap.
Damn right, booooooom, no, Booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooom 💣💥
If you're still in love with this song in 2021 like me you're a legend😎
Nothing beats the classics
❤🙏🏾
From the very Day the song came out my brother!
Timeless
@@arjanmandemakeram masterpiece I miss this face of hip hop
Still makes me tear up
💯
I’m almost 50 now. I grew up in the greatest musical era. Nothing but gratitude as this music ages like a fine wine. Peace
i'm 50 now and yes you did
Im 51, & yes we did! There was so much knowledge & truth in music of all types made back in the 80s & 90s...we are truly blessed to have grown up in this time.
May God bless us all!
- Turned 50 last week. This is the very best of Hip-Hop.
A key component in 80's-90's hip hop, which is obviously lost in today's mess, is the influence of Jazz.
The touch of Fuel injected JazzMatazz
@@BobMarley-oc6oj listen to To Pimp a Butterfly by Kendrick
You ain't never said nothing more true.
I beg to differ :) there are so many great hip hop artists that are heavily influenced by jazz and make use of it too. Madlib, Mf doom (well...), Quasimoto, Joey badass, Tyler the creator, Ivan Ave, no name... And that's just at the top of my head. Music nowadays is great too! :)
@@cora_m you forgot the tribe called quest
I loss my mom in 1990 to cancer… I was a freshman in High school that year… When this song dropped in 92. It touched my soul. The lyrics were so profound…This entire album..but this song right here.. no words for how it connects me so deeply to my beautiful mom…. I love hip hop.
God bless your mother
God bless!
Peace be with you 🤲🏽✨
@@diversitydeliverer7094 thank you
@@mikimiki6202 I appreciate it
No nigga, no cursed words, pure rap!!! Legit rap!!!
no what?
@@Baobao-qf3wv 😂
True dat
@@Baobao-qf3wv no cursed words!!!
Fino
A white fella that always comes back to this to relive my childhood.
That saxophone gets me emotional every time
Same it sounds so blissful and beautiful
As a little kid playing NBA Street Vol 2....Was amazed. Made me start checking out older hip hop and found a bunch of joints...
Same here. I was born in 98 so there were so many older classics I found just from street vol 2
Had to have stretch Monroe on the team fasho 😅
Takes me right back to those ps2 days definitely was the best system as far as overall gameplay
The Choice is Yours and Chief Rocka
YES SAME
This is what you call ART. A timeless classic.
Eat the hearts of one another and digest it with understanding thee, before eating or influencing the mind and have one, united. The body is not used often for a job if one can hold it and the animal doesn't discriminate; why we are dependent on the brains. Walls don't separate the soul from another, but the flesh and blood from its relative and relativity. There's plenty of life for those who apply its principles with a contract and commitment, than following others, bread crumbs an ordinary line through a threshold. For everything has instructions, but they don't always answer and what the conscience don't need, don't apply to them; life always makes things better. Children don't argue to be praised, influence and pride honors those who follow it for worship and fortune, fighting to the end, short of it and fame......
Rest in Power Delana Kaalund and Chris Kaalund. I love and miss you every day. From Shen.
"But only you saw what took many time to see. I dedicate this to you for believing in me." I absolutely love that line.
GENIUS
@@RapFanatic4ever Sure enough my brother. I also didn't realise until like a couple years ago why the song is actually called "They Reminisce Over You." It's for his fella Troy who tragically died when he was young. That's mad respect.
@@roryslaine7896 I found that out a few years ago
reading this just made me cry rn❤
Lost my uncle in November of 2019. We used to sit on the balcony late into the evening blasting hip hop classics from the speaker and enjoying a beer or two. This song in particular was one of his favorites. Can't believe it's been so long. I miss you, old man. Hope you're doing good on the other side.
He is man, for sure.
Sorry for your loss man, what a cool uncle he was
Damn you made it smokey in here...
🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
May He Rest In Power
Greatest rap song of all time. Not an ego trip, not about body count, not about money, not about fame, instead a personal familial tale & tribute to a dead friend. Poetry with a perfect jazzy beat coinciding with these beautifully delivered lines. CL’s voice, Pete’s production & beat, truly the peak of the genre. Should be the rap-equivalent of the Beatles when it comes to artists taking inspiration from the originators. Both of their records are hip-hop masterpieces
The sax in this track is so classic!!! As soon as you hear it,it takes you back!!
Look for "Today" by Tom Scott
Tom Scott wrote the sax 🎷 and these guys sampled it and never paid him a dime, regardless of how sampling can make beautiful tracks, it’s straight up plagiarism.
On Tom’s podcast today, 6-14-21, on “Tom Scott’s Podcast Express” he implied that he was still enjoying the royalties from that sample. That was in response to a comment Dave Koz made about Tom’s lick being used. Maybe he got paid through a different channel or didn’t want to admit that he didn’t get paid at all.
@@andyjackson4505 no. According to his TikTok he was never paid a penny. The rights were legitimately owned by the record company and Jefferson Airplane which Tom Scott was covering received co-writer credit.
Makes sense. Good info.
I miss this era. A timeless song!
It'll be 2045 and will still be playing all these great old school hits, they don't make music like they use to anymore.
#BIGFACTS💯💯💯💯
Me too brother!
💯 😢
You don't know you're a 90's kid until you're feeling on songs you haven't heard for 30 years
I used to listen to this when I was 63, and now I'm 17. This will forever be a classic.
Bro same ong💀💀💀
😂❤
I used to listen to this when i was 17 im 48 now i reminisce
bopped when i was 20, then i was 50 and struggling with sin and getting it but man now im 25 and im cryyin and reminising and feelin it freal baby like that this will forever be a class
We'll be reminiscing over you DMX.
Yeaaaa... 😔😔😔🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
Facts... never be another
2pac biggie biz Markie eazy e black rob DMX heavy d mac dre and every body else we lost
FACTS
Word up!
RIP *X* 🙏
This song is damn near every black kid's life wrapped up in less than 5 minutes. 💋
Robynsegg- You have a good and safe week for life. X Love
Wow, YESSSSS!!!
Simply one of the true Hip-Hop track G.O.A.T.'s...
NBA STREET VOL 2. The developers including classic hip hop was an absolute win. Salute!
The opening sax still gives me chills, and no matter how much I revisit this I come away with full tears in my eyes due to memories stronger than nostalgia✌️
Very beautifully & well said!!
I can dig it
"nostalgia" in the hard knocks of life, "some people get rich. Others eat sh** and die"
Yessss I always felt it since I was a kid that part had me stuck .
Exactly Mathew M.
Pete Rock & CL Smooth just proved without a doubt the Big Apple NYC is the rap capital of the world
As black culture we need to feel guilt that us as a community we don’t give us joints like this anymore. Tired of those Demon worshipers with skinny jeans claiming they do hip hop
Peace to all that have lost brothers! WE will always reminisce over you..😁
T hank u 🙏
@@laurenb359 My big bro Junior passed away on 12/2/1990. I was about 9 and I saw him pass away. At times I feel like he is my guardian angel. People tell me they still feel his presence when im around. Took me over 20 yrs and alot of therapy to be able to speak about him without emotions overcoming me. I dont know you but my heart goes to you for your lose. Whats your story?
The instrumental alone speaks for itself
This track sounds good in every generation....
TIMELESS
That Jazzy tune marks a great era
Facts 💯
Yup
32 years later and as fresh as ever
A CLASSIC!!!
How many people can listen to this, reminisce and go back to a time when you were young and living your best life???
Eat the hearts of one another and digest it with understanding thee, before eating or influencing the mind and have one, united. The body is not used often for a job if one can hold it and the animal doesn't discriminate; why we are dependent on the brains. Walls don't separate the soul from another, but the flesh and blood from its relative and relativity. There's plenty of life for those who apply its principles with a contract and commitment, than following others, bread crumbs an ordinary line through a threshold. For everything has instructions, but they don't always answer and what the conscience don't need, don't apply to them; life always makes things better. Children don't argue to be praised, influence and pride honors those who follow it for worship and fortune, fighting to the end, short of it and fame......
Ruth was rocking this one on "Ozarks", old school hip hop will never get old
I just finished the ozarks I had to look this up again. This was on NBA Street. I remember Playing the game on game cube. This song brings back good times
Ozark was my first time 😁
Just got done watching that episode! 😆. I remember by the cassette when it was released. Good memories.
@@houjo5476 sameee 😢
I heard this tonight and was like what… forgot this one!
This is when hip hop was more philosophical and meaningful. ❤️❤️
True. Money for sex is wrong. Some men not all do this. ??? JULY 2021 WAS SAID. THURSDAY LOOKS BLUEBERRY MUFFIN SEXY.
Notice no cuss words needed in this song? Pure class
❤❤❤
still is
💯💯💯 Abigail.🌹
One of the greatest rap songs ever created
Song literally takes me back to my childhood
Sweet memories every time I hear great beat with the lyric flow to match.
0% curses
0% violence
100% lyrics
100% respect
The shiiiiiiiiiii!!!!!!!! Great music with a message
We need this kind of Hip-hop come back.
At least you can understand what they're saying unlike these guys now what the hell how is that even popular with folks nowadays.
And the song had a message.
Yep this what Hip-Hop was, sure we had drama but nothing like it is today.
This is arguably the best rap song ever
Fact
It could be I agree
I agree
Agreed
I agree tbh
THIS SONG WILL FOREVER BANG
still reminiscing in 2024 🙌🎵🔊!
R.I.P Ruth Langmore
His flow is surreal
Do you refer to SP?
His flow on this song is so damn smooth. Smooth flow/delivery. Must be why he's called CL Smooth
💯
*Rest peacefully my eternal love, my twin soul, my husband-in-Spirit "Southeast Mark" (4/26/1973 - 7/1/2003)... until I come join you and we love again. I REMINISCE OVER YOU (I.R.O.Y)." ❤❤🔥💜🌹💯*
These younger kids just dont know how good it feels to hear the start of this song play in a summer morning. NBA street was the SHIT
Today’s rap can’t touch this masterpiece
@Open-Minded Skeptic 😂
It sure can't.
Never
Kendrick lamar duckworth
Jermaine. Cole.
Almost 2023 and this shit still gives me goosebumps.
Tears for me
It’s 2023 and this shit still gives me goosebumps. 💯💯💯💯
2023 March
1ove it !!!
2023 and the goosebumps are still happening bruz
Makes me wanna cry child hood song
When I was listening to this song. It's going to be about my mom who is dying at the hospital hospice section of the hospital. I'm always with my mom. I love my mom because she has given me love and appreciation throughout my life. I love you "mom" ❤
My son found this song when he was 11, he's 19 now, and told me this is still his favorite song. 😁💯
Cultured.
I hope he also knows the story behind his favorite song...
He'll cherish it for the rest of his life, it only gets better with time
your son is dope as hell
Lemme guess. Your son's favorite game of all time is NBA Street Vol 2.
These young artist today don't even have a clue....This is true art that can't EVER be duplicated!!
isn't it crazy what is known as hip hop today is literally 95% garbage, I mean the 90's was an absolute golden age wow
@RUNITJAY 954 It's all good...im sure you young and don't understand music today ain't worth jack
Cringe
@@SuperJfresh111 let me guess you think xxxtechdead is good music
@@SuperJfresh111 you know TeeJayX6 sampled this?
This song should have 1billion/Trillion views. My Uncle made sure I knew this as a youngin. Gives me chills to my skin every time I hear it.
It's a shame that there's no labels that will promote this type of creativity nowadays ✌️
CL Smooth 👑
The perfect hip hop joint.....I miss the 90s
Trey Parker PERFECT!!!!!
Me too
Agreed 👍
You're not the only one. The '90s had the best of everything!
'Never be another, he was my brother' beautiful stuff.
At 53yrs old imo this whole album is in my top 3
I’ll see y’all in 40k years
Pete Rock in a 2007 interview with Village Voice:
I had a friend of mine that passed away, and it was a shock to the community. I was kind of depressed when I made it. And to this day, I can't believe I made it through, the way I was feeling. I guess it was for my boy. When I found the record by Tom Scott, basically I just heard something incredible that touched me and made me cry. It had such a beautiful bassline, and I started with that first. I found some other sounds and then heard some sax in there and used that. Next thing you know, I have a beautiful beat made. When I mixed the song down, I had Charlie Brown from Leaders of the New School in the session with me, and we all just started crying."
Thanks for sharing.
Jhj22
Wrd....
Life is hard, but there are things along the way that makes it easier.
I remember seeing that interview when it came out
Awesome
He was referring to Trouble T-Roy from the rap group Heavy D & The Boys #RIP
Anyone else get tears in your eyes when this track spin ?
Yep right now smh thinking back to them days
@@Akasha2023 the good days indeed
Me
Yes I do i miss the 90's 😢
Haven't been able to listen to this for so many years due to memories; but now I am and it's the bomb
Unbelievable that this is over 30yrs ago - timeless as ever 😊
This Song Hits Harder Now Then It Did Back Then
Ruth... 🙌
R.I.P. Ruth Langmore
This is hall of fame material. Legend.
Classic STILL IN 2024❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Still one of my favorite beats reminds me of my childhood playing NBA street vol2 and this was the opening menu song 🥲 my step dad really opened my mind to hip hop best blessing in the world
Yes!!! It took me a while to find this song. I know it from NBA street volume 2. I learned the title from someone I follow on social media. Good times my friend.
Yes bro good times with my older brothers
I was looking for this comment 😭
This it for me...Playin wit North Carolina mj
I swear, it never fails. Greatest basketball game of all time.
New York at its finest, I was 16 and that shit still hits home.
Certified Classic
I swear Pete Rock is one of the best producers in the world, and he can rap too =)
This shit hits harder than anything else out there today.
To this day that classic NY rap is untouchable……………🔥🔥🔥
Truth
facts
no WU for me thooo
@@ClemClarkwe should kick you out of NY for that comment
💯
Quintessential NYC hip-hop sound. Reminiscing down memory lane myself. This will never be duplicated. Timeless.
well said
absolutely one of the best songs. it sums up all the feelings in life
Eat the hearts of one another and digest it with understanding thee, before eating or influencing the mind and have one, united. The body is not used often for a job if one can hold it and the animal doesn't discriminate; why we are dependent on the brains. Walls don't separate the soul from another, but the flesh and blood from its relative and relativity. There's plenty of life for those who apply its principles with a contract and commitment, than following others, bread crumbs an ordinary line through a threshold. For everything has instructions, but they don't always answer and what the conscience don't need, don't apply to them; life always makes things better. Children don't argue to be praised, influence and pride honors those who follow it for worship and fortune, fighting to the end, short of it and fame......
RIP Trouble T-Roy this one is dedicated to you
Respect to those who know real rap
This is the greatest beat of all time.
Facts hardest sample of all time
Good, but no.
exactly
You mean song
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My pop took me to a barbershop on Bancroft street in north philly when I was 11 & as soon as we walked out the shop, this car drove by blastin this track. At the same time this kid was riding a bike humming the horn melody. This song hasn't left my mind since 💯 thank you PeteRock & CL for this magic
Best comment ever. Thanks for making my day
This is true hip hop
if you here you for
hip hop then you here at last !!
I miss when Hip hop music use to tell stories that were meaningful. There use to be art to it.
Still is. You're just looking at the wrong crowd.
Ibrahim Khalil It’s just some bullshit comment for upvotes. There’s PLENTY of storytellers out there like you said. You just have to look for them.
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1aml3g3nd13 Difference is that back in the day this was the regular. Everyone had their own style and storytelling or sending a message was the main focus. You didn’t really have to look for it since it was all around. Now you have to really search for it, and it sucks because these types of rappers get no recognition so most can’t continue making songs
Illogic, Saba, J.I.D, a lot of dreamville, to name a few
When I think of NYC hiphop in the early 90s I think of this. The beat is so NY.
N.Y state of mind as well
The instrumental is actually from LA.
@@NorthAyase lol
Brothers and Sisters of the future. Welcome to the 90s.
I'll never get tired of listening to this
Right
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That's when you know that's good music when there's no time limit when hearing.
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