Bahamadia ft. K-Swift & Mecca Starr (Prod. By DJ Premier) - 3 The Hard Way

Produced by DJ Premier From 1996 Album: "Kollage".....
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Bahamadia (born Antonia Reed) is a Philadelphia-born hip hop artist, a DJ who later became an MC. As a member of Gang Starr Foundation, she released her critically-acclaimed debut album entitled Kollage in 1996. The album featured production by Guru and DJ Premier of Gangstarr. Kollage was followed in 2001 by BB Queen, an EP release.
Bahamadia is a respected lyricist in hip hop and is known for her silky, subdued monotone delivery. She has expressed a positive attitude toward globalism as an emerging trend in hip hop. For example, in a 2003 collaboration with little-known group the Sisters of the Underground on a track entitled "Global", she performs lyrics in the chorus which acknowledge Japan, Canada, Sweden, Norway, and Thailand, among other countries, for fostering vibrant hip hop communities, and Japan in particular for the dedication of her Japanese fans. She has recorded a number of bootlegs exclusively released in Japan.
Her reputation in North America has been enhanced by a number of highly regarded guest appearances on tracks by artists including Talib Kweli, The Roots, Jedi Mind Tricks and Planet Asia, and through her association with the Philadelphia hip hop collective Army of the Pharaohs.
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[@dogwu2099]

The 90's remain hip hops Golden days

[@jerzboylou201]

The era of the tall ass project buildings, baggy jeans and ill ass graphic shirts. Glad to be born in those times.

[@agrippa234]

DJ Premier switched to beast mode when making this beat

[@fonzarellyplay370]

He’s always on beast mode

[@patrisfaruku7892]

God only knows where he go it from !!!!!

[@BoxedNMarley]

Switched?🤔

[@jonathansoko1085]

@@BoxedNMarley Yes. Preem does not always drop hard tracks like this. This isnt a typical preem beat. Thats a fact

[@suzukisan508]

His top 3 beat

[@ericgreen6704]

They're not talking about money, sex, cars etc . Just straight bars . Damn ! I miss those days in Hip Hop .

[@Panchito7770]

Bahamadia is one of the most underrated MCs and Lyricists.

[@trevbacklin]

Facts

[@adomix]

She‘s the best female mc, no doubt about it.

[@fireinzerogravityrecords]

Yeah she's got skills. So does Mystic and Sa-Roc.

[@brinavland8621]

Truth!

[@goonn337]

Word

[@m23098]

These lyrics blew my mind when I first heard this! These sisters can rap. HIP HOP STILL LIVES in songs like these

[@PolyCube71]

Primo's beats are pure timeless masterpieces!

[@SebastianBeyer]

indeed

[@martinngcobo3123]

When you say hip hop...I picture this. Golden era, trance inducing sampled loops, 2 step hats, grimey basslines , scratches..that 90s feeling

[@onetimepeace]

Do worry about skratch culture lol,it's stronger and better than ever,to those always support skratchers and turntablist musicians all day an night 💯

[@BallCDO]

DJ Premier beats always be fire!!!!!!!!

[@True.crimeestoriess]

I miss this style of rap the flow the look the aura was everything.

[@ΜαρίαΑργύρη-ζ1ο]

Old is gold... Niggaz

[@Supertele92]

OLD SCHOOL RULES !👊🏻💣

[@citizenofuniverse2787]

Beat, flow, everything is a masterpiece!

[@lagbaja3735]

I'm humbled. Never heard this before! Legendary stuff right here.

[@enzee1245]

Finally baptized son

[@SajjadRizvi77]

3 MC's killing it on a dope beat by the goat producer

[@carolhernandez2970]

😷😷😷😷😷😷😷😷 tve eva Ryan versi vivir vx por inocuo grupo tve entrar xxx.

[@tommyswan1413]

DJ PREMIER >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> BEAT GENIUS .................... : )

[@sterlin1m]

Still the best female cypher I ever herd. Easy 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@keithsmith7224]

PERIOD!!!🔥🔥🔥

[@METALFACEDOOM441]

Please check out Che Noir "ladies brunch"

[@big_mike_nyc]

💯 🔥🔥 I remember listening to this for the first time sitting in my truck one morning before going into college and I listened to it several times and made myself late to class!

[@frankwalker3996]

Yes mate, deffo 💯%

[@juniorjames7076]

MC Lyte, Isis/Lin Q, Bahamadia, Jean Grey, Monie Love and Missy Elliot- 100% lyrical talent, none of them used sex or rachet stripper/sexuality to market themselves, and all respected to this day. All of them seemed to disappear when Hip Hop sold out and because a trash commercialized wasteland of garbage. Aside from the Griselda Crew (Roc Marciano, Mach Hommy, Benny the Butcher, etc.) and Mos Def I haven't listen to Hip Hop music since 2005.

[@GenXer1979]

Bahamadia is so criminally underrated it sickens me that more people do not know of her or her impact. Her flow, lyricism, and cadence is top tier next level. Mecca Starr's verse was insane!! Lin Que with X-clan was also another crazy underrated female MC. Sadly, the best female MC's were not mainstream so most people don't know of them unless they grew up in the greatest era of Hip Hop 80's/90's.

[@juniorjames7076]

MC Lyte, Isis/Lin Q, Bahamadia, Jean Grey, Monie Love and Missy Elliot- 100% lyrical talent, none of them used sex or rachet stripper/sexuality to market themselves, and all respected to this day. All of them seemed to disappear when Hip Hop sold out and because a trash commercialized wasteland of garbage. Aside from the Griselda Crew (Roc Marciano, Mach Hommy, Benny the Butcher, etc.) and Mos Def I haven't listen to Hip Hop music since 2005 and there damn sure haven't been any female Hip Hop artists since the Goddesses of the artform I mentioned.

[@jceez7858]

In my eyes she's equivalent to a guru stylishly monotone hard punchlines and in the pocket timing not to mention high iq social commentary and witty af

[@terenceusmany9075]

Wuahah..

[@stephanieford7344]

@GenXer1979.... Your spot on ☯️❤️🕉️💯xxx

[@gAto___Loc0_31]

💜

[@ibnjerome8231]

HOW WE GO FROM THIS TO ALL WACK SHIT OUT HERE. I CAN'T AND REFUSE TO BEND. THIS IS A CLASSIC

[@djsaeg]

we know who we are and no need for change

[@chelle315]

Facts!! It's classics all day in my house!!

[@kajgledas8131]

Still goin' strong!!!

[@forthelovecollective]

How this doesn’t have a gazillion views is beyond me.🤷‍♂️

[@jonathansoko1085]

Because they aren't naked in the video and rapping ratchet

[@forthelovecollective]

@@jonathansoko1085Fair point 😂

[@SoundbombSoldier]

Best female collab rap track ever.

[@tommoore8676]

Is it just me!?! Or did Bahamadia literally spit the most fire verse and only took 3 breaths .... CRAZYYYYYYY 🤯🤯🤯🤯

[@juniorjames7076]

MC Lyte, Isis/Lin Q, Bahamadia, Jean Grey, Monie Love and Missy Elliot- 100% lyrical talent, none of them used sex or rachet stripper/sexuality to market themselves, and all respected to this day. All of them seemed to disappear when Hip Hop sold out and because a trash commercialized wasteland of garbage. Aside from the Griselda Crew (Roc Marciano, Mach Hommy, Benny the Butcher, etc.) and Mos Def I haven't listen to Hip Hop music since 2005 and there damn sure haven't been any female Hip Hop artists since the Goddesses of the artform I mentioned.

[@BBOYSD]

​@@juniorjames7076 I feel u. But also check out Rapsody and give Sa-Roc a shot. Both great femcees in my book. Peace

[@undergroundheatcypher1091]

This is probably the hardest and dopest female collaboration EVER 🔥 🔥 🔥

[@nibbles187]

Mecca Starr verse is straight Classic!!

[@MurrayTrapp]

Sad part is in 2024,record companies STILL wouldn’t know how to categorize, market, promote Bahamadia, she doing well without them she still touring from what I hear

[@ImmortalHipHop290]

R.I.P K-Swift, still a legendary track

[@mstaz1688]

I don’t think this is the same person. It was DJ K-Swift that passed.

[@brooklyn7941]

Yeah exactly that kind of swift died in 2008 and was a dj this a regular female rapper which we can't even find a bio or anything on her I found a tiny page bio for Mecca star but nothing else

[@washitawmoor8657]

Bahamadia....K-Swift...Mecca Starr......" Premo "....Madd Skillz.

[@joewoods117]

This is to me what a call Hip Hop

[@p4rt_t1me_g0d]

That last verse though....

[@JuniorPolancoLaCoalicion]

One of my top 20 tracks ever.ladies just killed it.one of my top ten preem beats.

[@citizenofuniverse2787]

I totally agree

[@wokeone8387]

Yeah. All time classic. Love it. And definitely underrated. Represent Philly!

[@w.a.mproductionsinc9340]

Mecca Starr has the perfect tone and flow

[@citizenofuniverse2787]

Yea

[@octopusmime]

yes! the tone and flow of the whole song is SICKENING. gives you the head bop and stank face the whole time. 💘

[@brianjackson5059]

My ex keep rocking mec

[@Manny-nm8dh]

This is why when people say Nikki Minaj is the greatest female mc, I just shake my head. She would be mid tier in the 90's.

[@qadrbrotherdiagne1491]

BACK IN THE DAY WE GOT TRUE LADIES IN THE RAP INDUSTRY,NO NACKEDNESS,NO JEWELS,NO SENSLESS LYRICS AT ALL.I MISS IT.PEACE TO BAHAMADIA MY ALL TIME BEST FEMALE MC.

[@magiungeniusbeatzofficial]

For me, this song is one of the best in the history of hip hop, it's a shame that it is not as well known as other famous songs, but hey, quality is not even measured by quantity, total wreck is also one of my favorites, impressive, the best always Bahamadia K-Swift & Mecca Starr, really very good, I will continue listening until I die, and premier DJ in this impressive production, like everything he does, real hip hop forever.

[@prof3ssor178]

How can anyone dislike this song??!! It's Hip-Hop

[@KENNETHPOOE]

There'll never be hip hop like this.Damn the 90's.

[@sameemas1723]

Bahamadia is the G.O.A.T. when it comes to Female Emcees

[@MarieProvost77]

One of the coolest women in the world, ever.

[@ВадимСпиртлото]

Respect from old Moscow!

[@hybred3969]

That beat, those flows, a Rap masterpiece.

[@citizenofuniverse2787]

100%

[@sameermustafahraza2093]

REAL HIP-HOP!

[@gustavoenriquetorres8492]

Been listening to you since 1993, Brooklyn Myrtle ave. back then I was 15 and your music were always on my mind, heart and soul..... I'm 45 and still loving your music.

[@youngyup5069]

Im 44 I feel you!- I had the cassette single..in the 90s..one of the best hip hop tracks evet!- the beat is fire!-

[@youngyup5069]

Salute to everyone who grew up in the 90s!!! Nyc was LIT

[@dextermorganv2189]

Real hip hop never die ..

[@spicsta]

Truth. Till infinity

[@coolcat1813]

queen of rap. bahamadia killed the scene with Kollage, forever. an historical masterpiece and achievement

[@ness35tc]

This song sounds better then some of these new female MC 's whole discography. Real Hiphop!!

[@homi7036]

No hook No booty shaking straiiiight BAR spittin this makes nowadayz female hip hop artist sound like they don't know what they are doing for real!

[@garyjones8141]

Mecca Star 😍😍😋🥰🤗

[@TauriusBroads]

Straight up bars! Mecca!

[@kiffsimova4680]

!!!!!!

[@w.a.mproductionsinc9340]

3 of the baddest sisters ever

[@mikedevine2977]

Still one of the best hip hop tracks ever made!!! 💯👊🏾

[@denimgenes5909]

God Damn! Bahamadia is the best female hip hop lyricist of all time, by far. This woman can spit better than alot of mainstream male artist too! I want to hear more, her voice and flow have melodic synergy.

[@BS81SOUND]

Real Hip Hop 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@Ricardo034]

My favourite female rap by a loooong mile.The beat itself makes me wanna freestyle,and all of these ladies body it very well

[@deebaker4671]

Damn, I miss those days man !!! HIP HOP FOREVER !!!

[@geeess958]

IMO, 1996 was proly the best year in Hip Hop

[@appleoshun2571]

Real Hip Hop!! K-SWIFT THO 💞.. Shout out to the Real lyrical content that the 3rd eye can listen to🖤

[@bighomie7968]

This is hard yo 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@stephanieford7344]

Bahamadia is without a shadow of a doubt the most underrated and slept on Female M.Cs EVER!! She bkows Lil Kim, Queen Latifa, Eve, Lady of Rage... ... infact all the Female M.Cs out the water!! Just because she never had the looks but she "Spits the Riddles like Film loose with my lyrics like a double jointed limb twist and a bend!" One ❤ Peace to Bahamadia and R.I.P K-Swift 🕊️🌠😇xx "Mecca Star" kills this Track with her bit 💯💯💯💯 Peace☯️ Love❤ Positivity🕉️

[@brooklyn7941]

K swift isn't dead she stopped making music ur thinking about the Baltimore dj named k swift who died in 2008

[@stephanieford7344]

❤​@@brooklyn7941

[@capricornking560]

Love The Oldschool Femcees That Paved The Way... This That Crack!!

[@Amari19_]

The hardest female rap song I've ever heard.

[@gregorysmith8278]

Mecca,s verse though 🔥🔥

[@WallTrapMedia]

Bahamadia was murdering shit back then. Shout out to Philly from Chi-raq!

[@MurrayTrapp]

PEACE TO THE “EARTH” Bahamadia you always SHOW&PROVE ❤️. ALL THESE YEARS STILL BUMP THIS IN 2024

[@fonzarellyplay370]

That d j premo beat hits

[@ikelove8775]

They murdered this!!...Female Mcs been doing it son!!!

[@lpn369]

Shiii crazy in the 90s😭😭😭😭🕺🏾🕺🏾🕺🏾💪🏾

[@yisraelcoachlamont]

Lyrics be spiritual like the waters Moses parted.

[@MurrayTrapp]

2024 THANK YOU BAHAMADIA THIS STILL KNOCKS HARD AF! 2024 still better than half the crap out here now!!!!

[@citizenofuniverse2787]

K-Swift killed it. Insane!

[@carlosnataniel7315]

her wordplay and rhymes reminds me of biggie

[@destroyart7742]

Literally ...

[@tommyswan1413]

OMFG K-SWIFT IS HARD AS FUCK >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> MAGNIFICENT >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> : O

[@santanahernandez1250]

K Swift is the 2:02?

[@destroyart7742]

@@santanahernandez1250 no she is the one on the Middle, mecca star verse starts at 2:02

[@HatianHurricane]

BABY GIRL SAID "LIKE MUMIA, THERE IS NO EVIDENCE"!!!!!!!! THAT'S A JEWEL AND A FACT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BRING BACK THE MUSIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@wadehanks870]

HatianHurricane yes yes

[@culture2culture]

🔥🔥🔥 2022 shit free em all

[@crowsword1072]

such a flow I'm like omgss

[@Gobbygiblet]

I wish these three had collaborated on an album together, because these three together made a dope song!

[@briannicholson5747]

Can we get more ladies spitting this hardcore now please?

[@deepinto134]

rip d&d studio "D & D Studio B wicked catch wreck for infinity" mecca

[@zshakur]

Gimmie more Female Emcees like these, PLEASE!!! Substance over skin and scandal!

[@gustavoenriquetorres8492]

One Love African Queen, love your real lyrical art, you are a Masterpiece when you spit fire. One love from Bogota,Colombia.

[@MikeB1521]

Telling u nobody could fuck with preemo on the boards he's the best hip hop producer ever 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@reachshishir]

Premo with his dope beats and these amazing MCs with some dope lyrics

[@hardb4413]

Her flow is so wavy

[@ogskywalker5669]

Man man man I ain’t ever heard 3 women tear the beat up like this a premo beat. My god.

[@brownpunk1794]

Never been a fan of female rappers but this track changed my views

[@tumix10]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 Real hip hop is over here.

[@Ricardo034]

Word

[@scribblebeck]

The second one kilt it!!!!!

[@Bishopspipes]

A top 50 hip hop joint of all time in my book

[@citizenofuniverse2787]

one of the few tracks where all three performers read hip hop on a cosmic level, crazy flow in harmony with an equally cool beat, perfect hip hop

[@michaeljackson7481]

Classic ALL DAY ‼️

[@fredmarlon6042]

Timeless classic, Bahamadia flow and Primo beat: insane connection!!

[@BillGarcia312]

the most slept on video!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@viccha4318]

Sheesh! The Golden Era 🔥

[@RomeoSketches]

I have been searching for this track for 10 years now !!! Have googled the hell out of it !!!!! Finally found it , I googled lyrics with riddler in the verse thats all I could remember of it and just went through list man I am sooooo happy finally 😀

[@RomeoSketches]

I thought it was dream the hard way too and thought it was an artist called Voodoo Kim it's all I could remember as I lost the original radio recording I had of it !

[@citizenofuniverse2787]

This be hard way 😁

[@DJMrBigstuf]

Anything Premo touches turns to pure gold!!!

[@kabelotwala1544]

It's Good To See Real Rap Talent Who Don't Need To Twerk for Attention. This Is Three The Hard Way For Sure🔥🔥🔥👍🏿

[@MrAntd1]

🔥🔥🔥 real MCs! Will never be like this again. Real Hip Hop.

[@Markiboy3]

K-Swift kills it

[@clashaholik5001]

These 3 ladies can take out any raunchy female rapper today...

[@zeltzinlira212]

Respect from Mexico city, she´s the better girls in the rap

[@GiagurlATL]

Omg!!! I used to play this all day. I miss good hip hop.

[@ejgomes8311]

Hip Hop....the way it supposed to be 🔥🔥🔥

[@garnetbey4227]

these are my girls, so underrated, they need to be on drink champs as well 💯💯💯💯💯💥💥💥💥💥💥

[@Unfazed_Tech]

R.I.P K-Swift Record aged like fine wine 🍷 🎉

[@thelaregroup]

Why doesn't this have 100 million views smh

[@Bluebeyond91]

Bars,Bars and more Bars, Just music to my ears

[@dave.5035]

mecca starr😰🔥

[@mourad80]

no one can do it like PREMO