JAY-Z - Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)

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  • Music video by JAY-Z performing Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem). © 2006 S. Carter Enterprises, LLC., Distributed by Roc Nation Records, LLC
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  • @DanielAlebachew-xw2fm
    @DanielAlebachew-xw2fm Před 3 měsíci +259

    Who is listening in 2024?

  • @inexpugnabilis
    @inexpugnabilis Před 11 měsíci +207

    One of the best hip hop songs of all time!

  • @TheCooIBlackGuy
    @TheCooIBlackGuy Před 11 měsíci +303

    25 years later and it's still a BANGER 🔥🔥🔥

    • @ELVset
      @ELVset Před 11 měsíci +2

      Fax

    • @marianmillings2278
      @marianmillings2278 Před 11 měsíci

      Real talk👊

    • @janemorgan154
      @janemorgan154 Před 11 měsíci +6

      Gosh that long ago… how to make me feel old in 1 comment 😂 but boy what a great tune

    • @TheCooIBlackGuy
      @TheCooIBlackGuy Před 11 měsíci +3

      @@janemorgan154 likewise lol

    • @kiddalingur
      @kiddalingur Před 8 měsíci +4

      kinda makes u miss the old times

  • @SJ20KGAMING
    @SJ20KGAMING Před 11 měsíci +51

    “As far as progress, you’ll be hard pressed to find another rapper hot as me”. Words he stood by. 🦾❤️

  • @esdrasvincent5184
    @esdrasvincent5184 Před 11 měsíci +317

    One of my all time favorite Jay-Z songs

    • @Gabe94dotcom
      @Gabe94dotcom Před 11 měsíci +6

      True ❤

    • @vongolaprimo9180
      @vongolaprimo9180 Před 10 měsíci +1

      fr

    • @andrewharris4778
      @andrewharris4778 Před 5 měsíci +1

      mine as well I know Im Canadian and was not totally exposed to the horrible knocks but still had it very hard and poor ......but we survived .............thank our God

    • @Paff1991
      @Paff1991 Před 2 měsíci +1

      Comes from the Streets, will go to the Streets to People with deep down love.

  • @Empixre
    @Empixre Před 11 měsíci +134

    this is without a doubt one of Jay-zs most iconic songs straight heat 🔥🔥

  • @pookeyblow
    @pookeyblow Před 8 měsíci +38

    Mark The 45 King produced this song. Rest In Peace 🕊

  • @WillMay-fr9ps
    @WillMay-fr9ps Před 7 měsíci +31

    Jay spoke his success into existence way back then..he said I'm gonna be on top whether I perform or not.... POWERFUL

  • @VNSVinyll
    @VNSVinyll Před 11 měsíci +311

    Jay-Z spoke for the streets. When no one else did. One of New York's own. Each song is a classic. Because each song stood for something.

    • @Gabe94dotcom
      @Gabe94dotcom Před 11 měsíci +9

      True ❤😊

    • @noneofyourbusiness1114
      @noneofyourbusiness1114 Před 11 měsíci +40

      DMX was dominating during this time though.

    • @silentambition2080
      @silentambition2080 Před 11 měsíci +8

      ​@noneofyourbusiness1114 yeah with the help of Rockefeller records and Jay-Z working with Def Jam on Backstage dvd

    • @angelicaterry3367
      @angelicaterry3367 Před 11 měsíci +5

      @@noneofyourbusiness1114 stop this song dominated when it was released

    • @johndough3809
      @johndough3809 Před 11 měsíci +28

      Not really, there were plenty. You’re trying to gas him up 😂

  • @drupac40
    @drupac40 Před 5 měsíci +15

    This song still goes harder than anything out out in the last ten years

  • @toyimuthimuni
    @toyimuthimuni Před 11 měsíci +20

    All the way from Africa. Congratulations on the book of HOV. What you've been able to accomplish is nothing shot of a little magical and aloooot of hard work. Cried like a girl when you touched Johannesburg for the Mandela global citizen❤. Love hov

  • @gumuru
    @gumuru Před 11 měsíci +20

    "I went from lukewarm to hot"

  • @willstoltzfus5986
    @willstoltzfus5986 Před 11 měsíci +40

    One of my favorite Jay-Z songs

    • @linusmaro1201
      @linusmaro1201 Před 10 měsíci

      mh I like tha song I'm one of them

    • @AEVAQ.
      @AEVAQ. Před 9 měsíci

      2PAC Alive 🆕York 🈳🦞🪦Esperanta☦️do y cnow

  • @prowesa3240
    @prowesa3240 Před 7 měsíci +19

    I wasn't even born when this track was made nd im 20years old .....its Timeless 🙌🔥

    • @user-zt5yf1gw4n
      @user-zt5yf1gw4n Před 4 měsíci +2

      I was a 9 year old kid when this came out and now I got my 9 year old singing this song .

  • @GMANKOOL23
    @GMANKOOL23 Před 11 měsíci +18

    This needs to be in 4K

    • @Melispottv
      @Melispottv Před 4 měsíci

      If does good on CZcams (views) 4k will come.

  • @danyulwilliams9823
    @danyulwilliams9823 Před 7 měsíci +18

    This is one of my favorite JAY Z songs ever!! ❤❤❤❤💙💙💙💙💚💚💚💚

  • @BEE-FANCY
    @BEE-FANCY Před 11 měsíci +27

    Let’s stick up the world and split it 50/50 uh-huh
    I was lucky to see this performed live in Paris, the crowd went wild, all 78 thousand of them. A moment in my lifetime I’ll never forget, a million thank yous Mr Carter

    • @SS-no5jp
      @SS-no5jp Před 2 dny

      Lucky cherish for life 🎉

  • @jgwmain
    @jgwmain Před 11 měsíci +24

    This song is a pure classic.

  • @herbgotti6028
    @herbgotti6028 Před 2 měsíci +10

    This the song that turned him into a superstar 💯 I remember when it first hit the radio it was playing outta every house, car, and boombox on the block #TheGoodOleDays 💯💯

    • @eetv7840
      @eetv7840 Před 2 měsíci +1

      Yeap, it was number 2 on the UK charts, only Cher stop it from going number 1

    • @EmmAPestilenciA
      @EmmAPestilenciA Před 13 dny

      I was in Wayne County jail then, (1999) and the radio was always on " WJLB" back when they still said "where hip hop lives" lol but yeah this was played constantly. So whenever I hear it I am transported back in time to my cell

  • @Dudja
    @Dudja Před 11 měsíci +9

    Legendary track right here

  • @monogee
    @monogee Před 8 měsíci +15

    RIP, DA 45 KING!!! You Produced A Banger Right Here!!!

  • @lubanzi_official
    @lubanzi_official Před 11 měsíci +12

    😤Am I the only one who's in need of a new Hov album? It's been 6yrs since he dropped 4:44 & that was a classic🙌🏽💯

  • @user-gv8ii9iu1f
    @user-gv8ii9iu1f Před 11 měsíci +15

    This hit had me grinding harder from Brooklyn NY I seen that life salute stay strong and healthy with focus on enhancement.peace my great people!

  • @vividmeeesh
    @vividmeeesh Před 11 měsíci +9

    This is that time that God had kept safe for a day like this ❤️✝️💯 memories

  • @brookephillips1516
    @brookephillips1516 Před 5 měsíci +13

    I must say this is a good song, I've been listening to rap for 30yrs now & it's nice I still remember it!! I understand hard knocks in life now especially with age.

    • @brookephillips1516
      @brookephillips1516 Před 27 dny

      As love follows the true heart with staying Real, so yes I'm a lover in fabulous people as their Smile for Representation to what anyone Loves...
      Stand on style and vibe, with energy in the feeling to show a true cheek rising...!! 😁😁❤️😊😉😁

  • @user-kl4zc9ow5d
    @user-kl4zc9ow5d Před 5 měsíci +7

    Out of all rappers Jay-Z is a real hustler

  • @C500X
    @C500X Před 11 měsíci +35

    Timeless Masterpiece 🔥🔥🔥

  • @djasnepas
    @djasnepas Před 7 měsíci +14

    R.I.P. MARK AKA 45 KING!!! 1 LV

  • @yaboitim1
    @yaboitim1 Před 11 měsíci +15

    Damn. This hits so hard to this day still.

  • @emendoza3028
    @emendoza3028 Před 11 měsíci +33

    a timeless classic!

  • @bigjohnson721
    @bigjohnson721 Před 11 měsíci +28

    Timeless music hov always delivers

  • @AyeGhxst
    @AyeGhxst Před 11 měsíci +20

    Loved Vol. 2 so much such a classic album!!

    • @joegrinefine
      @joegrinefine Před 7 měsíci +1

      My personal favorite of the lot….🧠🫀🎯💯

  • @dabrocheez1605
    @dabrocheez1605 Před 4 měsíci +5

    Even tho Jay spit harder on previous joints when I heard this rite here i knew he was here to for the long run str8 ☝🏽

  • @mlopez5384
    @mlopez5384 Před 10 měsíci +38

    This video brings me back to my youth in Brooklyn. Jay captured a moment in time!! That’s one of the realest things without a doubt!!!

  • @reggie_lamayne
    @reggie_lamayne Před 7 měsíci +9

    I wasn't born when this dropped but issa banger!🔥

  • @funeats8201
    @funeats8201 Před 18 dny +1

    I miss this era so much. The world sucks now.

  • @FlawlessAvery
    @FlawlessAvery Před 11 měsíci +62

    THE DEFINITION OF REAL RAP !!!! ❤❤❤❤

  • @drogbambumalanga8894
    @drogbambumalanga8894 Před 10 měsíci +4

    for my younger brother Jonathan ugochukwu Abanifi,died on 01-10-98.still feels like yesterday rip bro .see you at the resurrection

  • @takudzwamazwienduna
    @takudzwamazwienduna Před 11 měsíci +8

    This could just be my favorite track of all time, It made me a hip hop fan when I was just 7 (1999), one of my very few childhood memories.

  • @athaliahkhola959
    @athaliahkhola959 Před 10 měsíci +5

    this is not just a song this is a poem

  • @PROD5VE
    @PROD5VE Před 11 měsíci +22

    Jay Z is a huge inspiration to me and I WILL produce a song for him one day.

  • @LTN9696
    @LTN9696 Před 11 měsíci +12

    A classic no doubt! Damn that took me back.

  • @juanantonioortiznunez8474
    @juanantonioortiznunez8474 Před 11 měsíci +65

    An ANTHEM🙌🏻

  • @earthsaylove
    @earthsaylove Před 8 měsíci +5

    RIP 45 KING FOREVER! 🤲🏾💫🕊️

  • @Colloht
    @Colloht Před 11 měsíci +21

    Never gets old

  • @jerrytwist4124
    @jerrytwist4124 Před 11 měsíci +7

    This tune is still 🔥🔥🔥

  • @thecunninlynguist
    @thecunninlynguist Před 8 měsíci +5

    Rip 45 king. Gave hov his breakthrough single

  • @caligulaprobablemente
    @caligulaprobablemente Před 11 měsíci +7

    we need a 4k restoration, king.

  • @kleberbarros5350
    @kleberbarros5350 Před 11 měsíci +6

    Greatest rapper of all time 👑💯🐐

  • @user-zz5wb4fm2x
    @user-zz5wb4fm2x Před 9 dny +2

    Jay-Z go hard this time

  • @Jeff07241
    @Jeff07241 Před 11 měsíci +8

    Instant Classic!

  • @44godson
    @44godson Před 11 měsíci +8

    🙌 always one if the dopest tracks brought into the world.

  • @marvemarge9624
    @marvemarge9624 Před 10 měsíci +9

    The classic that’s never forgot truly amazing ❤ much love

  • @davidsmoots9502
    @davidsmoots9502 Před 11 měsíci +4

    Real hood anthem!

  • @traviszxz
    @traviszxz Před 11 měsíci +11

    We needed this🔥

  • @nerdbamarich2063
    @nerdbamarich2063 Před 11 měsíci +3

    That Annie sample..Damn this takes me right back to the 90s...

  • @damagedone56
    @damagedone56 Před 11 měsíci +2

    Remember being 8 years old watchin this on BET for the 1st time ever

  • @Iggy1977
    @Iggy1977 Před měsícem +1

    When hip-hop was still cool.

  • @shonnadiamond6285
    @shonnadiamond6285 Před 11 měsíci +7

    THE LEGEND!

  • @sethaost4212
    @sethaost4212 Před 5 měsíci +3

    I get chills when I come back here time to time 999 don’t give up bros smoke one 😶‍🌫️❤️

  • @beaniegee5129
    @beaniegee5129 Před 11 měsíci +3

    Back when MTV, BET, VH1 and The Box played a lot of music videos

  • @beaniegee5129
    @beaniegee5129 Před 11 měsíci +7

    Timeless classic

  • @davidgrady5862
    @davidgrady5862 Před 11 měsíci +4

    Same year my daughter was born bumped it then and still jump it now.

  • @schuylerhecht8253
    @schuylerhecht8253 Před 2 měsíci +6

    I just got real nostalgic reminiscing my summer of 98'...that was a hot NYC summer that year.

  • @heydind9800
    @heydind9800 Před 11 měsíci +6

    This song is amazing

  • @ForqiveMqrkel-
    @ForqiveMqrkel- Před 11 měsíci +8

    Love jay z man🔥🔥

  • @Ayeitsreniyaa
    @Ayeitsreniyaa Před 10 měsíci +7

    STILL AN BANGER❤️‍🔥

  • @kyliesitcheron8522
    @kyliesitcheron8522 Před 10 dny +2

    I thought this song was made from the 90s 😭🙏🇯🇲 am a born Jamaican woman 21 years and counting💔

    • @therussshow
      @therussshow Před 5 dny

      The song is from the 90s though

    • @kyliesitcheron8522
      @kyliesitcheron8522 Před 5 dny

      Thanks for commenting I appreciate it .......................................... I was born 2002

  • @maisharamoshaba9573
    @maisharamoshaba9573 Před 11 měsíci +4

    When you so successful, CZcams becomes your recycle bin

  • @innobrosanosh8965
    @innobrosanosh8965 Před 20 dny +1

    Am listening from Nigeria 2024

  • @mohamedgaafar5184
    @mohamedgaafar5184 Před 11 měsíci +6

    Timeless.

  • @norieisapotato
    @norieisapotato Před 11 měsíci +6

    I love this song

  • @LionnelOfficial
    @LionnelOfficial Před 11 měsíci +4

    Stick Up the world and split it 50/50🙏🏼amen

  • @jessic178
    @jessic178 Před měsícem +1

    Hi still listening in 24 my boyfriend that passed love this track, frist time he heard it he was in the bath I always loved rap but I played this and it was like he understood the word’s love you Bubbles ❤

  • @ArtemisMac111
    @ArtemisMac111 Před 10 měsíci +3

    I love this Trackball because you can relate to it no matter where in the world you are from....respect to the best🎉

  • @ALISONROSE96
    @ALISONROSE96 Před 11 měsíci +2

    Interesting we get these uploads after the Beyoncé Philly show, everyone was talking like Jay would make an appearance, shocked he didn’t.

  • @RETROJAM500X123
    @RETROJAM500X123 Před 11 měsíci +8

    We need a real HD remaster of this classic with good sound, not this fake HD one with bad sound...the audio is horrible.

  • @stevenjenga7171
    @stevenjenga7171 Před 11 měsíci +2

    Sometimes it is nice to trip on memories lane,it sincerely feels so good

  • @joshuabrianallen4254
    @joshuabrianallen4254 Před 6 měsíci +1

    Kinda got tear my eye Lml im 24yrs old man i may not have faced the hardships like the old days but ive seen alot of shit happen in the ghetto myself i grew up in a couple hoods man and i tell ya it was hard seeing people that look like me hustling like they was just to survive man but much respect to Jay-Z man salute 💯💯💯💯

  • @TheAlkebulanTrust
    @TheAlkebulanTrust Před 11 měsíci +3

    In the #BookOfHov...this is a super classic.

  • @LaCheleWallace
    @LaCheleWallace Před 10 měsíci +3

    I sure did have this CD single spinning on repeat during the time.

  • @InsultablePerson
    @InsultablePerson Před 2 měsíci +1

    This hip-hop song goes very hard

  • @dontelljones4713
    @dontelljones4713 Před 29 dny

    This was his best hit that really solidified him

  • @s.c.8296
    @s.c.8296 Před 10 měsíci +1

    Appreciate how he used the song from musical Annie for this song. Connecring these different worlds is what probably made him a great star.

  • @celestialshoegazer
    @celestialshoegazer Před 11 měsíci +1

    This was the first Jay Z song, I ever heard.

  • @marydabaddestwilliams5962
    @marydabaddestwilliams5962 Před 11 měsíci +5

    Another classic 🥰 i love u jay😘

  • @godwinashongatiseyecstasys9532
    @godwinashongatiseyecstasys9532 Před 11 měsíci +4

    The Anthem ❤❤❤❤

  • @nathy-wordz
    @nathy-wordz Před 11 měsíci +2

    The Greatest. One of Them. The Only One, the J. The H.O.V. That Nigga Jigga. Jay To The Z. JAY-Z. Thanx and Respect. 💥✨

  • @jameschin4471
    @jameschin4471 Před 8 měsíci +1

    wait a minute i no this music it was Annie movie original sound tracks when i was a child i love that movie this pop singer remix like rnb music i love it 😊thank u!!

  • @mackavelly
    @mackavelly Před 11 měsíci +2

    THE new york anthem

  • @jamesemartinjr
    @jamesemartinjr Před 8 měsíci +1

    Rip 45 King the ancestors got you always pushing hiphop forward in the authentic direction thank you sir

  • @tannerneth5083
    @tannerneth5083 Před 10 měsíci +2

    dusted off my headphones for this one

  • @johantolli372
    @johantolli372 Před 9 měsíci

    I saw Jay-Z live at Peace and Love festival in Sweden back in 2010. He was the main event and hearing "Hard Knock Life" in the middle of an open field surrounded by forrest, in a crowd of 40.000 people was one of the greatest consert experiences ive ever had, and im not even that big of a Jay-Z fan.

  • @user-sm8zf9vz9j
    @user-sm8zf9vz9j Před 5 měsíci +1

    Man, I feel like Jay has a lot of authority in his words but when he says "feel me?" I can't say that i do... He looks like a nice guy though. I hope rap becomes as big as he envisions it.

  • @OutsideDuhBox
    @OutsideDuhBox Před 11 měsíci +6

    Take the bass line out, uh-huh
    Jigga, uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh, yeah
    Let it bump though
    It's the hard knock life for us
    It's the hard knock life for us
    Instead of treated, we get tricked
    Instead of kisses, we get kicked
    It's the hard knock life
    From standin' on the corners boppin'
    To drivin' some of the hottest cars New York has ever seen
    For droppin' some of the hottest verses rap has ever heard
    From the dope spot, with the smoke Glock fleein' the murder scene
    You know me well
    From nightmares of a lonely cell, my only hell
    But since when y'all n- know me to fail? F- naw
    Where all my n- with the rubber grips, bust shots?
    And if you with me, mom, I rub on your -, and what-not
    I'm from the school of the hard knocks, we must not
    Let outsiders violate our blocks, and my plot
    Let's stick up the world and split it 50-50, uh-huh
    Let's take the dough and stay real jiggy, uh-huh
    And sip the Cris' and get pissy-pissy
    Flow infinitely like the memory of my n- Biggie, baby
    You know it's hell when I come through
    The life and times of Shawn Carter, n-, Volume 2
    It's the hard knock life for us
    It's the hard knock life for us
    Instead of treated, we get tricked
    Instead of kisses, we get kicked
    It's the hard knock life
    I flow for those 'dro'ed out
    All my n- locked down in the 10 by 4, controllin' the house
    We live in hard knocks, we don't take over, we borrow blocks
    Burn 'em down and you can have it back, daddy, I'd rather that
    I flow for chicks wishin', they ain't have to strip to pay tuition
    I see your vision mama, I put my money on the longshots
    All my ballers that's born to clock
    Know I'ma be on top whether I perform or not
    I went from lukewarm to hot, sleepin' on futons and cots
    To King size, green machines, to green 5's
    I've seen pies, let the thing between my eyes analyze life's ills
    Then I put it down type braille
    I'm tight grill with the phony, rappers y'all might feel we homies
    I'm like still, y'all don't know me, sh-
    I'm tight grill when my situation ain't improvin'
    I'm tryna murder everything movin', feel me
    It's the hard knock life for us
    It's the hard knock life for us
    Instead of treated, we get tricked
    Instead of kisses, we get kicked
    It's the hard knock life for us
    It's the hard knock life for us
    Instead of treated, we get tricked
    Instead of kisses, we get kicked
    It's the hard knock life
    I don't know how to sleep, I gotta eat, stay on my toes
    Got a lot of beef, so logically, I prey on my foes
    Hustling's still inside of me, and as far as progress
    You'd be hard-pressed to find another rapper hot as me
    I gave you prophecy on my first joint, and y'all lamed out
    Didn't really appreciate it 'til the second one came out
    So I stretched the game out, etched your name out
    Put Jigga on top, and drop albums non-stop for ya, n-
    It's the hard knock life for us
    It's the hard knock life for us
    Instead of treated, we get tricked
    Instead of kisses, we get kicked
    It's the hard knock life for us
    It's the hard knock life for us
    Instead of treated, we get tricked
    Instead of kisses, we get kicked
    It's the hard knock life
    It's the hard knock life
    It's the hard knock life
    🔥 Still waiting for my hard knock life to end, ya heard?
    Throw your boi a sub. ;)

  • @maddievicky
    @maddievicky Před 11 měsíci +1

    how did you know I was listening to this 🤨

  • @boomagoo321
    @boomagoo321 Před 11 měsíci +1

    Big Homey bout to drop The Album 😁

  • @sku32956
    @sku32956 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Wow still a great hook

  • @user-vg1li9wv5o
    @user-vg1li9wv5o Před 2 měsíci +1

    Covers every era!🦾

  • @Lover-of-Creative-Priorities
    @Lover-of-Creative-Priorities Před 2 měsíci +1

    Jay made that Annie movie better with this song