Big Daddy Kane - Smooth Operator (Official Music Video) | Warner Records

[@Alienspecies635]

Who’s here in 2024? Respect to the OG!!!

[@TheRydog61]

Fuk yes

[@lsandoval1620]

🙌🙌🙌

[@FloridaZoe305]

What bothers me is they say Eminem, Wayne, and all these other newer rappers are better 🤣🤣🤣…… I’m not saying they aren’t good but Big Daddy Kane is a lyricist!!

[@juniorsmangalisodube3811]

not a OG but gotta give props to one of the true GOD MC"S.......AND to any yungen......lets plz listen to the old school in order to make hip hop hip hop again

[@lyrical_me92]

Always end up here

[@wajokbill572]

I just wanna say to all of you who are still listening to this in 2021. You have an amazing taste in music.

[@ray-mond9215]

this is my first time hearing this

[@dereomiebi977]

I'm here for studies.. but enjoyable..

[@dssmith71]

Without no Kane, there's no HOV...gotta respect the game...LONG LIVE THE KANE

[@goddesshathor7313]

Well Thank you..

[@thomaskarlsen562]

Ditto my friend 👍

[@malikbey2073]

Kane was the best spitta in the 80s him and Rakim

[@christopherbell5825]

KRS 1 was a spitter two🎯

[@linad.5476]

🎯

[@gerardraney7668]

I agree Kane can still spit

[@jucitylegends4626]

Facts he was my favorite when I was a baby boy

[@AlbertoGonzalez-tc2ju]

I agree he on list but so is krs one, kool g, ll cool j, sir mix a lot, oh and run!!! But then again it’s my opinion 🤟🏽

[@mynameisnotimportant2854]

“Rappers act so wild, love to profile, frontin hard but ain’t got no style.” Truer words have never been spoken 😊

[@littledoodle5689]

filthy from tha ground on up....

[@LiveKatcher]

😂😂😂facts! He's been my favorite rapper since i was a baby

[@JellaniBellamy-bm6up]

Facts 👏 💯

[@Ros3_GamingXd]

Hard

[@Libertà_sopra_vita]

Especially in this day and age.

[@pitmanzek5436]

I'm lucky , I witnessed that hip hop era !!!

[@blackhawk6615]

Yea man! Those was the days!

[@whosajigaya]

The gold chains, the hair, the cloths, the style, the dancing, the lyrics... the entire way things were back then, oh man I wish I could have been around then

[@e.m.p.3394]

Man same. I'm 15 and the late 80s and 90s seem awesome as hell.

[@bestofdrake7510]

@@e.m.p.3394 ikr man

[@Mr700whpfocus]

Hip hop back them was so broad and different. No one sounded alike

[@Mr700whpfocus]

@@e.m.p.3394 it was...trust me

[@joaquinuliseslopez6416]

Ah those were the days

[@jeanpayano1506]

I want to thank Big Daddy Kane for being one of the founding fathers of hip hop and especially for inspiring my favorite rapper Biggie.

[@thewordmusic-x]

Fr

[@samuelrux3880]

Ikane is not a founding father of hip hop LMAO @@thewordmusic-x

[@ShadoCroc]

He inspired Eminem as well. Em mentioned him several times.

[@4nir]

2Pac aussi

[@dondee8214]

Damn 4 verses?

[@ChainsTheChef888]

His style is so unique, a gentleman rapper, the suit, watches and rings the cadence and slickness in which he raps, this is great music.

[@smokemystogies9063]

Don't forget about the flat top!

[@thanosdoomjuggernaut2846]

because Big Daddy Kane is classy

[@donnegron220]

I learned how to speak English listening to HipHop and this was this first song I learned word by word in English 1989 when I first came to the US. BDK will forever be my favorite rapper.

[@m.r.9127]

How can you know what they are saying without context or translation?

[@Members_ent]

@@m.r.9127 our language borrowed from so many other countries origin language some words probably was familiar my guess 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@MistaUanteik420]

@@Members_ent language learning is all input kzbin.info/www/bejne/gJCogneqpb6GhK8

[@Thot_Patrol_USA]

@@m.r.9127 I assume from their name they spoke Spanish as a first language so the other guy’s totally right

[@OkieDokieSmokie]

@@m.r.9127You learn to sound out the words first from enjoying the song. You then look up the lyrics and get direct translations for every word to understand the words. After that it’s just a memory game of adding the other 67 words ever used in a rap song to learn every rap song ever😂

[@rorysharrock9889]

Describing this as a CLASSIC is an understatement. This is an anthem and dissertation in lyricism.

[@BlkDiesel]

FACTS!!

[@louisjones8635]

I hsve style grace remember.

[@louisjones8635]

I havestyleand grace remember,

[@pharaohdodson231]

True Indeed

[@NicholeCowper-p4f]

Yes..sir

[@JDilla65]

Big Daddy”s style and flow is hella unique 🔥🔥🔥

[@Ros3_GamingXd]

Smooth

[@Leavingthisroom_12]

Best high top fade EVER ❤

[@georgefrancisjolly5762]

This guy changed my whole perspective on life when I was 7. Been holding mey head up high since then. Peace and God bless Houston, TX

[@marthaalicias-medina9510]

Htown nawfside

[@CassundraHolifield]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@jetcrews97]

H-Town🤘🏾🤘🏾❤️

[@squirrelsgarden]

I was 7 years old when this song came out. As a kid growing up in Brooklyn, I remember thinking "I want to be like Kane when I grow up" 😂

[@tracey5215]

Me too!!

[@Hborn]

I was 16 in Newark

[@brooklynloca1]

Facts

[@okanduygun7424]

Big Daddy Kane, Rakim , Kool moe dee, Nate Dogg and the Guru. The real Gentlemans of Rap. Bless em all !!!

[@LuisHernandez-xw1th]

Kane danced spit and best flattop ever Smooth flat top ever.

[@SunshiineNYC]

R.I.P DJ MISTER CEE 2024 ...I'm here after learning he produced KANE album 🔥🔥🔥🔥 this song still rock

[@STOK788]

There was never anyone else who ever flowed like D Kane. His style was always unique.

[@kingsiah]

For me it was Kane and special Ed....

[@kkjoone4136]

@@kingsiahed had that flow

[@newking70]

Rakim was smoother

[@thanosdoomjuggernaut2846]

@@newking70Rakim is the greatest. But Big Daddy Kane is up there.

[@marvaff6878]

@@thanosdoomjuggernaut2846ma dawg. Real Hip Hop over on this here thread - I got Ra at #1 too

[@TheoWrites]

dude pulled up beside us bumpin this last night 12am in Toronto. Classics never die

[@tonywalia8477]

Really? Wow! Amazing

[@naturalbornthreat1456]

Me and my son was just having a discussion about the rappers style and flow from back in my days vs his now. Anyway, I started rapping this song to him and now I'm here listening....cuz it sound so smoooth.

[@thatdudebonzo]

Kane was that guy. Nobody is even getting close. Kane, Rakim , LL and Busta

[@aintnohalfsteppin1220]

Big Daddy Kane has smoothest flow in hip-hop history he's the definition of the greatest of all time

[@calvinfolan1736]

Flows like butter melting on a hot knife!

[@dazednconfused-r4o]

Slick Rick is probably smoother

[@boiketlokhoali137]

I guess Notorious B.I.G was a tenis player then

[@GorenGuang]

Let's act like Rakim didn't exist eh?

[@ladyvw72]

Big daddy was a beast, miss this type of music, here in 2022❤️❤️❤️

[@jelanibellamy5218]

With you 💯💯💯💯

[@bernardhunter7912]

Still a beast 💪 💯

[@mrmaxxx94]

Big Daddy kane is one of the most complete rappers ever,could spit and tight flow,respect

[@Nhuhando33]

😂😂❤

[@northwestkidmarc]

Bro kane is literally a legend man still killing it to this day this a timeless classic forever 😊🔥🔥🔥

[@oldschooljam1oldjamcooljam922]

Kane still rocking 2024 and forever 😊😊

[@Boes71]

One of the greatest MASTERS of hiphop.

[@lisahoward9694]

My ERA of music... Man we was GETTIN IT in the 1980's and 1990's... Smooooth Operatorrrrrr

[@CityLife202]

Maaaan I’m so glad I grew up during this time💯

[@blackhawk6615]

Yes sir we had fun!😅

[@marctezon2239]

"Rappers act SO WILD and love to PROFILE Frontin' hard but ain't got NO STYLE" - BDK 👑🎧🎤

[@shauns9563]

Fantastic, first heard this in 1989, It still sounds fresh in 2022.

[@matzomaniac]

Even rhyme is so dope..he just kills verse after verse

[@csisco7727]

Gonna give it to ya give it to ya give it to ya

[@Bradchoksondik]

@@csisco7727 thats the Mary Jane Girls, all night long

[@andresanders-p2w]

his music was real n one hundred back in the day 😊😊😊😊

[@lexdiamond63]

The man who made me love hip hop!

[@jamesst.patrick9768]

When I was in High School we had a jukebox in our cafeteria, this was the main song that we would play everyday.

[@rogerrthat9522]

"I give nightmares to those who compete Freddy Kreuger, walkin' on Kane Street" 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@habenwelday632]

I just saw this comment exactly when he said it

[@PhilRockwell]

I was too young to know how he was daring anybody,too try ,and diss him in the game at the time.

[@Ros3_GamingXd]

@@habenwelday632😂😂😂

[@Ros3_GamingXd]

Fire

[@prefersoxygen9373]

no autotune !! even though im a rocker at heart, i still appreciate all the rap/r&b/hiphop from the 80s and early 90s they were all artists back then, even when they sampled music fun times!

[@yuvithedope]

Big daddy Kane is truly a pioneer of rap!!!

[@QueXopa79]

He was so damn fine!!!! Chocolate self

[@twhaley42]

Girllllll 😋

[@laylapeppers9861]

Yes! Still luv me some Big Daddy Kane! 🥰

[@Error8x8]

Classic track from a classic album. Kane was 21 with two classics under his belt and another one on the way. Kane is super slept on.

[@calitostratford5751]

This brings tears to my eyes. I took this era for granted. Any who, got to see him at a block party in the Bronx.

[@billycloudy9078]

Damn!! 32 years old and this jam is still bangin!!!

[@kevinlastella3551]

Kane was the man hell yeah oldschool baby

[@williamchappell9858]

Another masterpiece by Big Daddy Kane the Smooth Operator!

[@leonardgeddis8911]

The Big Daddy Kane. The Master of Metaphor

[@jamespage1075]

He was one of my fav rappers. I had this cassette the day it came out in 89. I would check the record shop every tuesday for music I liked. I used to listen to this while I walked to school. Kane and Rakim were some of the first guys for me that took the rap style to next level. Before them it was alot of silly rhyming for the most part. Kane was a bit hardcore for most but not me. I was 12 and thought I was 20.

[@stephaniejubilee4744]

Still love this rap...It never gets old to me. And Big Daddy Kane...you are & in my eyes...YOU ARE A SMOOTH OPERATOR ✌🏾👍🏾

[@paulmarcelhazelton1622]

I gotta study these badass dance moves.

[@doubleuponbob3397]

lol

[@LaCheleWallace]

Why is he so fine? Just tall and fine for no reason. I just love his face and voice. And of course, he to' that microphone up.

[@kkat1975]

The Mary Jane girls are kind of an obscure group, yet their song has been sampled like crazy.

[@TheGlass50]

Yes Sir, Keni Burks Risin’ To The Top Isaac Hayes’s Do Your Thang and Mary Jane Girls’ All Night Long are the samples.👌🏿

[@leonardgeddis8911]

They had no talent except the lead singer. The biggest male artist back then had a girls group. Prince had Va nity 6/Appolonia 6. Rick James had the Mary Jane Girls

[@leonardgeddis8911]

Rick James and his stone city band made this track

[@leonardgeddis8911]

Vanity 6 was good until she left Prince

[@forensics4life273]

A 🐐!! Without him there would be no JayZ! This man set the standard and the bar for rap. I love my era to me this is still where it is at. Biggie was just a teenager coming in to see Big Daddy Kanes live performances. Kane says, he was just BIg back then there was nothing notorious about him BUT a true GOAT respects his STUDENTS just as the student must respect the GOATS that have paved the way for them to express themselves.

[@kennethoverton8004]

Now you talk about Swag this man was the epitome of Swag and still is the GOAT 🐐 Dapper Dan wearing , suede Bally wearing had the best hightop fade mad jewelry, mad ill lyrics and last but not least he had the illest dancers in the game Scoob and Scrap peace I'm done

[@shortykool78]

No Doubt Hands Down, Kane is my Top Five of Greatest MC's of All-Time! True Legend!!!!

[@dorianshaw7390]

This man along with LL and Rakim made me love hip hop.. 2022 and I still got cuts in my eyebrow trying to while out

[@samanebriani3620]

This song is surreal and it’s unlike any other rap song I’ve ever heard. There are some subtle hints of sampling here and there, and whoever produced the music on this one is a genius.

[@jayoh2k]

Marley Marl...

[@AmariMarvelous]

Kane produced this track believe it or not.

[@samanebriani3620]

@@AmariMarvelous wow

[@TramelChandler]

He's still so smooth till this day 🔥

[@rahstara]

I came here after listening to Sade's Smooth Operator, this Smooth Operator is good too!

[@tabathacooksey6042]

This is one beautiful sunshine smooth brother! I love all big daddy! So classic! This is real hip hop’s forever! We needed this!!!😍🙏❤️❤️❤️💯💯💯

[@dashawnmoore1999]

I’m a 99’ baby, I didn’t get to experience this. I still cherish it like I was there tho

[@kanyeakwehoulaye9728]

One of my best from the rest of the 80 rappers.

[@bellurtheballer6794]

Dad use to play this all the time when I was like 5 😂 love it , 2020

[@CinqueMalcolm]

Good parenting.

[@brandonGCHACHU]

You're Pops was the Man

[@aintnohalfsteppin1220]

Best lyricist in hip-hop history . IDC about anyone else

[@a.k.a.theruggedmanchild9685]

Kane could be smooth and deadly at the same time when he rhymes!

[@mahehla]

man what a vibe

[@micism5194]

Just saw Kane in A.C. over the weekend. Still as dope as ever!

[@nathanmclaughlin6652]

I've been listening to this since I heard his music at 7 years old I'm 23 now.

[@1stwonder788]

Whole song aside, that opening beat is so tuff🔥the king is here

[@RealDaveTalk]

I watch the Big Daddy Kane Unsung the other day and he took rap to the next level. He also pave the way for rapper like Biggie, and Jay-Z. He brought swag to the rap game.

[@michaelgoodwin2660]

Just a legend..what can you say

[@topnetworkersgroup]

forever one of hip hops all time Greatest Hits! to this day!!

[@stoneychi8648]

I'm 26 but my mom made sure when I had a music project in 6th grade I knew who big daddy Kane was 🤣🤣 and man after that I just really fell in love with hiphop

[@JB-bw8nj]

Yo mom a legend for that lol

[@getoheisman1776]

This album was dope from beginning to end

[@priscillapriscilla1724]

A few great cameos... Great tune. Never gets old.

[@MichelleTorez]

This is real hip hop! x

[@anthonyjames7037]

One of my all time favorite songs by Kane! At 1:20 looks like Al B Sure!

[@tosdecol6531]

@Anthony James Yup, noticed him too. And what about Chris Rock at 2:24?

[@nielaburrell4079]

Also Kim Porter with Him.

[@derochelle8996]

Al b sure and Kim Porter! ❤

[@ugkforlife9120]

Big daddy kane is such a legend keep up the great work your music is fire🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@Gangstermo_310]

I remember having posters up on my bedroom wall of Big Daddy Kane along with others back in 1992 when I was 8 years old.

[@brianfoczell]

ty hip hop evolution

[@inflammablepumpkin3924]

Yes best episode

[@SeaJay_Oceans]

1989 ! 80s is the BEST.

[@darylhall4029]

I love this song....

[@crushthewrestlingchampion4669]

Big daddy Kane is my one of my favorite rappers all time i always like big daddy Kane for sure

[@TruthReignsSupreme]

Smooth Operator......Cause Im So Smooth❤❤❤

[@porchiataylor5113]

Childhood memories 😁

[@TheSstretch68]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE LEGENDARY BIG DADDY KANE!!!!

[@mynameischucky.charlesleer4363]

Smooth operator classic big daddy came music video. What’s up to the ladies?❤ pimp shit. Girl step up to this one simple kiss and it’s over miss.

[@OUTDABOXX1]

Kane, Rakim, Krs 1 and Kool G rap was the best of the 80’s

[@jonomatuu]

respect to a pioneer and a father of rap :)

[@rbar1994]

Damn, now and days it's very rare to get such CLASS paralleled with great hiphop lyrics.

[@BauKim]

This song could be on Handsome Boy's next album and nobody would even think it's out of place. That's how ahead of his time this guy was.

[@markpatterson766]

Or it shows how much they try to emulate him :)

[@rogdawg123]

he's so ahead of his time his parents haven't met him yet - Big L

[@championrd8557]

First time listening to Big Daddy Kane

[@oneluv72]

In 1990, 96.3 WHUR ( HOWARD UNIVERSITY RADIO) was playing this beautiful hip-hop classic heavy!! Beautiful times!! The legendary Antonio Hardy, aka BIG DADDY KANE my top 10 m.c.'s💯

[@CrookitLetta]

Run DMC introduced me to rap music, but it was Kane that made me fall in love with it. This is the first rap song that I wrote down all the lyrics to. I just had to know all the words, so I could spit along, whenever it came on. I can still recite most of the song.

[@latiskahopkins2466]

I LOVE BIG DADDY KANE 🥰🥰🥰👌👌👌👌....DAY ONE FAN!!

[@justdontgiveafuck7223]

Smoothest MC ever

[@Travid-x8v]

Almost 2025 and OG still ain't half stepping

[@sweetbrooklyn321]

I grew up on Big Daddy Kane. Still listening today 2023!

[@deejaySilence]

My rookie days when this came out. 35 years ago Still so smooth. Miss those days

[@stacymaina6727]

Who's listening to this in 2020?🔥🔥💪🏾

[@johnny_6T8]

7/14... yuuuup!

[@karl05mendoza80]

YUP 7/15/20

[@celiaulerie3022]

Smooth operater that was my song..all time favorite..💞💞

[@bigcladwolfdetecting6017]

7/22/2020

[@wellingtondasilva5359]

Yeah

[@mishaalmoosabagas5210]

Big daddy kane was the first proper rapper i heard. I think he was the pioneer for future generations and paved the way for all the big record deals that came after his peak. Deserves alot more credit than he gets. His influence on tbe genre is second to none. In fact all rap music that followed used his method of flow and sampling

[@glowingfish]

What is most impressive about this to me is how it manages to be real hip-hop lyricism but done in a player R&B style. Even though he is smooth it sounds as authentic as more rugged rappers like Chuck D, KRS-One or Rakim.

[@richgibson8059]

SUP KANE!!

[@SkrillExcisionGames]

Haha Tom segura?

[@4plus4equalsmoo]

BIKES