Unsung - Das Efx Documentary
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- čas přidán 18. 09. 2023
- Dive deep into the iconic legacy of one of the most influential hip hop groups of all time: Das Efx. 🎤 Join us as we unravel their rise to stardom, their impact on the rap game, and the untold stories that shaped their career.
But that's not all! 🚀 We've got an all-star lineup of legends and hip hop luminaries, including EPMD, Pete Rock, DJ Scratch, DJ Rondevu, and many more, sharing their personal anecdotes and insights about Das Efx. 🎶
From their groundbreaking debut album "Dead Serious" to their timeless hits like "They Want Efx" and "Mic Checka," we'll take you through the highs and lows of Das Efx's journey, showcasing their unique style and lyrical prowess that left an indelible mark on the culture.
Prepare to be mesmerized by rare footage, exclusive interviews, and behind-the-scenes moments that will make you feel like you're right there with us. 🎥
But here's the twist: We need YOUR help to make this episode truly epic! Share this video with your fellow hip hop enthusiasts, drop your favorite Das Efx memory in the comments, and let's show the world why this Unsung episode deserves millions of views!
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DJ Rondevu is a dj/producer from Brooklyn, NY with a career that has spanned decades and has touched every corner of the globe. He is known internationally as a groundbreaking mixtape and performance dj, film maker and the dj/producer with the legendary, multi platinum hip hop group Das Efx. He has been highlighted across all forms of media from tv, radio, the internet and magazines and featured, interviewed and reviewed in every major publication and outlet such as The Source, XXL, RER, Scratch, Fader, Backspin magazine as well as MTV Mixtape Monday and has made numerous appearances as the featured guest on BET Rap City The Bassment. Asides from performing at the most prestigious venues in the world such as Radio City Music Hall, Barclay Center, Red Rocks, Élysée Montmartre and more DJ Rondevu continues to expand with his CZcams channels that share his insights, music, travels and much more. Be sure to subscribe.
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It wasn’t corny when Das EFX did it. It was corny when everyone tried to bite their style. These two mc’s in the HOF imo
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CrissCross etc 😆
Well put
Yep. Add Master P to the list. Listen to his song 1-900-MasterP. He bites Das Efx too. Just like he bit Scarface style as well on a couple of songs on Ice Cream Man album
My favorite song from them is Real Hip Hop. I also love the song they did KRS ONE “I Represent The Real Hip Hop”
Das Efx impact on the Hip Hop culture was phenomenal !!! Now they are hardly mentioned !!! They deserve way more credit !!!
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Yes at the time really CATASTROPHIC ❗️💪🏾💪🏾
I agree
I always have to remind folks when they do their greatest duos list ...
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As A SEASONED Music Artist..........i say, .if ur under age 45 u dont have a clue..... about the 80s nor 90s. of R and B and Rap... . cuz this new mess is mess......and .(North Louisiana in here)
Not true cuz I'm under 40 and I xan recite they want efx start to finish
It's a miggity mess
Thats cute I'm under thirty and these niggas came out in my life time so how would I not know. Say under 25 next TF.
I'm telling you I'm 42 ok this was great music the way they put their words together with da spigidy wigidy shit was so fkn hard frfr!! I fkd with them and lords of the underground wow hip-hop real hip-hop!!!
What's the difference between Das EFX and the Migos?
STILL BUMP THEM TO THIS DAY!!!!
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Me too! And I don’t see an end.
Absolutely. HOLD IT DOWN is a hip hop institution within itself. Classic. And you get a lil diggity on that album.... MICROPHONE MASTER, SUPER RHYME MAKER!!!!
My aunt took me to my first real hip hop show I was a freshman in high school. Redman Das Efx Epmd Gangstar I remember that sewer prop lol and a lot of Philly Blunts in the air lol
Same!
Dope. That album in 95 they dropped was a classic.
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1990
Hold It Down was the album!
Slept on
100! Knockin Ni@@a$ Off
Shout out to Das Efx for being creative and original💯
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Das Efx changed the whole shit and got copied by so many. Loved the 90s for all the talent, big shout to these guys.🔥
2 words that are completely extinct in todays hiphop
What these two guys brought to the table was something that no one else was doing. In my opinion, they are legends. Period.
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Real talk 👌
the world needs another Das album - word
Couldn't agree more
Totally agree 👍
I would listen to “They Want Efx” over and over again.
timeless classic
Shit, you have to just to catch everything lol.
I prefer the remix
Right!
Ahhh the artistic days when every emcee and every group strived to have their very own distinctive style. We’ll never be blessed with a hip hop era this great again .
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Still bumping Das EFx in 2023-24💯
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25-26 4 me Iam from the future
YAS!!!
This group was everthing to me in highschool. Their first 3 albums were certified bangers 🔥🔥
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This the type of hiphop that needs to come back it's a refreshing sound..
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Dead Serious came out a few weeks before my final exams in high school and I special ordered it into Canada and it was a life altering moment. That album on repeat was the soundtrack for my studying and I crushed exams and got into 2 top universities. Anything related to where I am today is traced back to that pivotal time in early 1992 when this album was my anchor. Huge thank you to Das EFX for being jussumen on da mic. Respect!
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That's a bit dramatic
@@nakho3550 It's how I got Krazy Wit da Books so I wouldn't end up being on of the Dum Dums. Ha ha.
@@nakho3550why are u on all these comment threads hatin dawgie ?? That’s a lil weird !!! Are u just bored or sumn ??
@@dariusdossman5450 same reason you are on multiple threads kid.
Legendary duo. These brothers got they style jacked by so many. Often imitated , never duplicated!
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Yeah, everybody was miggidy diggidying at one point and the Fu-Shnicks was biggest robbers 😉
Fat Joe said in his rap track on his very first album...."I'm sick and tired of rappers sounding like Das Efx" ....😅
@@tonytemple8195Fu Schnickens came out before Das
@@MrWARBUCKS24They both came out in 88
Two of the most underrated hip hop crew ever.
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Yes
This group was very underrated, they made history. They were different and super great dope,fashion style rap flow , omg .this was hip-hop
The essence 💥
The only group that u can't separate or determine who's better, they are actually one!! On a song
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Shiiiiiit, I can barely distinguish one's voice from the other's. They literally sound like 1 person...
Drayz is better MC than Skoob #opinion
@hiphopcdcollector maybe so but they compliment eachother they go solo both would be trash
The fact that they were both English majors makes their word play even more dope imo
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Right!
Imma say this though: Das EFX, EPMD, Redman and then Big Daddy Kane and Kool G Rap. That was the best "rap network" ever!
Big Up 💥
LLCOOL J.. is the GOAT tho.. noone can touch his career
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LL is a pringles chip compared to 2Pac.
Old school luv my generation born in the 70s raised in the 80s the 90s defined me.
Grew up with Scooby in the same building, 390 Bushwick. They moved when we were still young. Das dropped when I was about 20-21 years old. At that point I hadn't seen Scooby in about 10 yrs. Had no idea it was him and I loved these dudes. Last time I saw him we were elementary school age. The dreads didn't help. It happened to be my Dad that told me "Books in reverse" from Das was Scooby or Willie Hines form the 6th floor, because he had just come from Scoob's father's homecoming. I'm like nahhhhh. Checked one of the albums and saw W. Hines and I'm like oh shit!!! Then on the 3rd album he actually told some of the story where he was from in the song "niggas just can't have nothing".
Salute 👍🏾
Heltah skeltah, Das, M.O.P. My favorite groups of all time.
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How about black moon, group home, smif n Wessun, onyx
@@makaveli4205 Smif & moon is up there with HS since they're all affiliated. But you mentioned the group home. They are on my list. With the Dwellas, beat nuts, Brand Nubians, and etc.
Tha Liks, J5, Beatnuts, Roots, De La, ATCQ, Black Star, Artifacts, you name it. So many.
I love Das Efx, they don't get enough props in the game, I'm still listening to Hold it Down on the daily, one of the best Hip Hop Albums of all time.
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With today's "rap", I know for a fact that DAS EFX would murder Hip Hop! 💪🏾💯
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wrong wrong wrong because one of them is Jamaican and hip hop came from Kool Herc who's the foundation of it. rap music came from black Americans in the south who they are foundation of it.
There are some out there that stay true to it, but in general: Yes, absolutely.
Yep...
one of the best Rap music duos I've ever heard, and thank you for this documentary I'm 43 years old and I believe we live in the best era of Rap, I had all the Das Efx CDs and nowadays no one can stand up to these monsters of music 90s with unique singing and dressing styles, today I don't even understand what they are saying.
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I agree nobody has today has that vibe and power today. any and all 80s and 90s Hip Hop stomps all over today's crap
Very appropriate! They did DAS EFX justice. I definitely banged out the CD player, to MP3 player, to my phone. Every car and most rentals. Yeah, man. I'm grateful for their contributions. Absolutely!
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The UK and Europe definitely have kept a lot of these 90s artists going, the only issue is they don't always promote the fact they are playing or even touring that well. There's definitely been shows cancelled through low ticket sales because people don't know they are playing
Yes they have
Over here in the UK we love that rugged sh*t dark n grimey boom bap style ....peace out to das efx,mobb deep,smiff n wessun and all the rest who represented in the 90s
I’ve heard this from other vids so maybe there is something to it.
UK and Europe holding down hip hop. America is killing the culture.
Das efx reminds me of my childhood so much,I used to listen to them all the time.Its really nice to see these dudes still breathing,still brothers and looking healthy.Much respect to the legendary das efx 🔥💪💯
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They were so dope, so ahead of their time.. Their music still holds up, unlike a lot of stuff from the same era. Give these men their flowers.
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In the 90s I was in my teens and listened to Das Efx on repeat! One of my favourite lines I remember from this day: 10:47 "half past a cow's a** and I'm a real bada**" Much love Das Efx and they will always have my respect 4 Life and still got their songs blasting while I am driving.
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They deserve more credit true legends.
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Yes.... They do deserve their flowers
I bought their album back, when I was 13. They were SO different with their catchy punchlines. If you didn’t grow up, watching various shows, cartoons, etc., which they mentioned in their rhymes, you will be lost, listening to them.
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I was a young adult in my early 20's at the time and you're right. I didn't know everything they were saying in their lyrics BUT, I DID know the hooks and of course, I knew the infectious cadences of their rap verses and their beats, that bass was hard as heck on their songs, would have you bought to break ya neck while bumping it in your ride.... Mann, those were the days. Couldn't tell me I wasn't hard bumping my Das Efx in my car. lol
When Das Efx first dropped with "They Want Efx," it was crazy! I saw them perform at the skating think in Newport News, Va and they rocked the house. Loved them ever since. I knew every word of their songs.
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They’re one of my favorite groups of all time! I would love to hear a new album.
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Abyss showing love! To work with Legends was a honor!
I still bump Das Efx to this day, one of the best Hip Hop duos to do it
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I went to VSU and these guys brought style & flows to the new era of hip- hop in the 90's. Legends All Day! The Hit Squad was deep before the break up. Iwould love a new Das efx album
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I was there in 94 and I remember a couple kats were hyped they got Das' old dorm room in Williams Hall. Das tagged the inside of their closet, but I never knew or saw what it was that was inked.
Appreciate you posting this. I've been hoping to finally catch this. Das EFX! My favorite group in hip-hop history. I'll second what you said in the documentary: they need to lock in for 6 months again and give us a 10 track classic to solidify the whole journey. Premier, Pete Rock, Easy Mo, and Derek Lynch of Solid Scheme and we got ourselves another Das project for the world.
Respect 👍🏾
Ten tracks from 50 year old grandfathers?
@@nakho3550 Plenty of 50+ year olds still burning down the mic. You're not making sense.
@@Pure_KodiakWILD_Power yeah there are plenty and they are broke. Less than 1% of rappers make money, the rest lived off advances, loans and concert cash that they never paid taxes on.
@nakho3550 ohhh ur one of those ...
When their album dropped it was Mega! Their rap was like no other at that time. We all loved the raw ,grittiness and hardcore appeal it brought
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SALUTE!!!🏆♥WE STILL WANT EFX!!!!🎯
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92 & 3 i was still shooting marbles, rocking british knights, playing with super soakers, cap guns, and had more of a carefree mentality, always got love for this era.
Big up
Shooting marbles 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Shout out to my uncle, making that call and getting them back together. DAS definitely one of my top five rap duo's.
From humble beginnings to the G.O.A.T. DAS EFX will always have that special spot in my heart and making their style of hip hop
LEGENDARY.
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Man I wish Das EFX came back on their old school beat and rhyme formula, they were some of the hardest of their time.
Incredible episode 💯... For me gotta be one of the saddest part days in Hip Hop when the HIT SQUAD Broke up.... I can't imagine how things would have gone if they had stayed together 💯 👑 👑 👑 💯
Word 💥💯
No it was sad when Justin Bieber became a rapper
@@geraldjohnson3216yes fr lmaooo
I HOPE THEY WILL BE ON THAT NEW EPMD BIG BUSINESS ALBUM 🤘🏻🖖🏻✌🏻
Got to see yhe whole Hit Squad show in High School. EPMD, Das Efx, Redman, K Solo, And white group The Knucklehedz everyone forgets about.
We Want Efx... the remix is banging
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Definitely one of my all time Favorite Groups Love from Toronto 🇨🇦.
Thanks for listening
Hip Hop history.Much respect to those two architects and their teams 💯
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Salute to 1 of the greatest duos in hip-hop history. I remember when they came in it was like a storm. Who was these guys with the dreads and the I'll flow? I STILL bump their music. That 2nd album was crazy, a slept on masterpiece. They gave us 3 great classic albums
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I think the most revealing part of this documentary is to know the true meaning of E.F.X. Even in that they were unique. Long live DasEFX!
Yo the 2nd lp was so underrated. The fact that they deaded they own style that they created and then went uber lyrical on the sophmoree jawn. Yo straight fire! I played that cd heavy asf!!! 2 different lps and both were fire asf!!! And then Hold it down..the 3rd lp, real hiphop...oh my god!! DAS EFX mayne what a time to be alive!!!
I absolutely love the second album they did. It reminded me of Twista when he did Resurrection a year later.
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Yooo da 2nd lp was my sshitt supa slept on smh Dey deaded da style showed dey still had bars without da "iggety" n nigs slept BUT I didn't lol Fav jawns off dat album is "Check it out" n "Caught in da Ak"- which is storytelling at its finest also dat Solid Scheme production was mixed so good sshit always sounded fire in da car
@@daminharris3879 caught in tha AK was my shyt too!!!
@@randybarnes4440 Haaa yupp still in da playlist in 2023 lol n u no wut made dat song even more fire was da cuts ova da curses lol
I got to meet them in person when they performed at my college in Worcester, MA. They are gentlemen, and I still have my autograph from them to this day. They even passed me the mic during a show. Love them to death!! Real hip-hop, complete legends.
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Diggy Das !! Really appreciate this documentary . Did not know a lot of the behind the scene story’s. Sad how the Hit Squad Erick and Parrish split. Definitely heart breaking for a shorty growing up in the 90 s. Happy to see them back together. Superhero shit .
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Soooo many Mc's used their style... a story that definitely needs to be told! Respect
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16yrs old.... bakpak on 10th grade 1992 walking to skool dead serious in the headfones
This was a dope documentary. The Pete Rock remix of "Jussumen" was one of the greatest hip-hop remixes ever made. Salute to the legendary duo and salute to DJ Rondevu for helping to keep their name alive. 🔥🔥🔥🔥
My brother......✊🏾
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Shout out to Dray's Dad. Over 20 years from the release of their last record and hes still rocking a Das EFX shirt.
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Always loved Das EFX And I'm glad they still kickin it and still reppin Real HipHop 💯 💯 💥 💥 💥
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how hard is mic checka omg!!!
Timeless🔥
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That Ice Cube record was huge at the time and to have Das Efx on the hook was crazy.
Humongous
The fact that you can consider Mic Checka better than They Want Efx is a testament to how live Solid Scheme were in 91/92. And to hear that Mic Checka was like the last song to make Dead Serious is ridiculous.
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Mic Checka > They Want Efx
Its tough, but I give it the nod cuz people were doubting that they could do it again...... and they did.
Das efx is so amazing, what a pleasure to hear their story and see them again.
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Just seeing these guys walking and talking again was enough for me. 🙏
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Watching their videos constantly on the Box back in the day. I loved them!
The remix of “Microphone Checka” literally saved my life driving back from Atlanta 😂
The hold it down album fall of 95! Oh man.
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One of my favorite groups and I was so happy to meet them a few times in life and I still listen to them and they are heavy on my playlist and these guys are definitely underrated in the rap game and they made some classic hits and I'm glad that they are doing ok
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This changed my senior year of 92. I can remember the day I hear that they wanna EFX. AND THAT 2ND ALBUMN WAS STILL FIYAH 🔥 WITH NO IGGGITY
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Dad Efx was a lyrical beast that did lots for the culture of Hip Hop. He passes the test of time, and beyond.
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Das EFX is legendary. They have “golden oldies” that I still love ❤️ to listen 🎧 to. Good 👍 Hip Hop is always timeless. This generation is constantly fed bullshit but if they like it, good for them.
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@@DJRondevu Thanks for the love 😘, DJ Rondevu. Das EFX is still fire 🔥. They are still the torch bearers for real Hip Hop music 🎶. The Unsung documentary was so enjoyable to watch.
Ain't nothing like 90's hip hop Especially early 90's what a life to experience to listen to. That song THEY WANT EFX give you that different kind of energy. It's the kind of talent blows you're mind while listening to lyrics.
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These guys were so real with their imagery they actually did look and feel like they literally were guys who lived in the sewers. It was almost like you could smell the stench of the sewer as they performed their lyric! And that is nothing but a MAJOR compliment to these guys! Major props to Das Efx for making hip hop truly GOLDEN during their reign 💫 SALUTE
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Legends!! So much impact on my life….. I was young and wanted to be just like these gentlemen……I grew my hair and tried dressing like them. I really admired these guys. I’m 46 now and I am still thankful for these guys.
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I was a huge fan of Das, brought their 1st 5 albums actually. The 1st 4 were dope IMO. Their 3rd album Hold it Down was one of my favorite hip hop albums period.
The year: 1992. The place: Lagos, Nigeria. Hearing They Want EFX at the age of 17 was like a nuclear explosion. Radio, Yo! MTV Raps, you couldn't escape it. Good times.
The best 💥
Legends!!!
Unsung took it back 🙌🏾 As a VSU student coming onto the yard in 1990 and President of the NJ Pre-Alumni, I was surrounded by greatness! So much talent! Would see them hanging out before going to class. They want EFX & Mic Checka was heard throughout the VSU campus 💙🧡 #VSUPride 🙌🏾
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Looking at the charts brings so much Bitter Sweet memories of what Hip Hop was in the 90’s .. Das EFX definitely made their MARK and will always have it in Music!! So grateful for this DOC!! 💪🏾✅🎊😎😎🙌🏾
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HIGHLY UNDERRATED RAP GROUP!!! And they influenced a bunch of RAP groups that don't show them the respect they deserve!
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Stop saying underrated. Know the definition. They weren’t underrated at their time. All things change and rap music changed for the worst. They were from the time of the educated cultured rappers. Not underrated.
They don’t get enough credit and their contribution was monumental. Lords of the underground needs to be covered too.
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Thank you sooooo much for posting this.
My pleasure 👍🏾
Glad this was made, Das is not talked about enough, used to have they joints on repeat as a kid
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Pmd and Das efx 'rugged n raw" is a classic
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I was the first person in my high school to have that debut cd and I tell you what I had to make a whole lot of cassette copies of it.
Then in 98 when they dropped Generation EFX I was in school in Montana blasting that out of the Kenwood/Yamaha combo in my dorm room representing NY from 3000 miles away.
Salute 🫡
Mic Checka is my cell phone ringtone as we speak...Das had me wearing dreads and Carhartt in the streets of the Bronx in '92...
#BestRapGroupEver
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@DjRondevu Hey, Das was trendsetters in my book
Generation EFX is one of my best albums from Das EFX. I would love for them to do another album for Hip Hop. They are one of my favorite duo's.
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Das was always so dope but my favorite album was Hold It Down in 95. One of the most underrated albums in hip hop. I feel like they reached a lyrical peak on that one
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Das Efx was so dope... 92 to 97 was so crazy!!
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This takes me back to my childhood days when I was a teenager
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Truly unsung. 2 or 3 classic records rarely mentioned amongst the greats. And they kept it so unique to them their entire run.
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Dead Serious album is a classic
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Das Efx impacted the world we were flipping out over here (Europe) when they first dropped and we still love them thanks for touring!!
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Damn I didn't know they had love internationally like that. Growing up I just thought they were celebrities in the hood.
In 1992, Skoob and Dray became a piece of my life's soundtrack. They are the dopest and the beats even when they did the "ig-ety" sounded like a speedbag that is connected nicely.I still play the first album to the last album. Because they brought me back to the good times.
Thank you DJ Rondevu for bringing this to the 'stage'. DAS EFX 4EVA 4ME!!!❤
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SALUTE THESE DUDES! THEY DEFINITELY MADE HIP HOP HISTORY WITH THEY STYLE AND BARS! 💯🤘🏽💪🏾😎
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The hypest duo of the Golden Age of Hip Hop.
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I wish they would've mentioned their B-Side Banger "Hard Like a Criminal".
The back-and-forth of two different prespectives, as they unknowingly set on a collision course of fate, was to me, The BEST subject in a Hip-Hop song that entertained, but WAS ALSO A Cautionary Tale.
Much Respect to these talented Brothers!
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One of my Favorite Groups.. They will never be another group like them..🔥🔥
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I saw them when they first came out. The energy was indescribable
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Documentary is 🔥🔥🔥! Das Efx is my number 1 rap duo ever! I’m still rocking all 5 albums to this day. Thank you for some great memories.
Thanks for listening
They own style and unique flow definitely killed the hip hop era