Boogie Down Productions - My Philosophy (Official HD Video)

Official HD Video for "My Philosophy" by Boogie Down Productions
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Lyrics:
Let us begin, what, where, why or when
Will all be explained like instructions to a game
See I'm not insane, in fact I'm kind of rational
When I be asking you, "Who is more dramatical?"
This one or that one, the white one or the black one
Pick the punk and I'll jump up to attack one
#BoogieDownProductions #MyPhilosophy #Byallmeansnecessary #OfficialVideo #HDRemastered

[@charliehagerdon1038]

Anyone listening in 2024?

[@garywright3226]

yessir

[@garywright3226]

once a month for 35 yrs

[@charliehagerdon1038]

One of my first cassette tapes when I was a kid. Took a chance with B.D.P. Still teaches! Bought Born to Mack too the same day. 1980's kids could buy parent advisory tapes. I was 12 lol

[@Nas_Art.]

❤❤❤❤

[@SANMANBX12]

Damn right!!!!! KRS is the GOAT Teacher Scholar Prophet And is what today’s society is missing

[@youvegot2bkiddingme133]

Arguably one of THE best hip hop songs ever made. Hands down.

[@marystackhouse3232]

Don't Fuck Wit Kris!!!

[@beaulavergne5557]

100% awesome! Saw them in charlotte in ‘88

[@jtyankfan]

No question about it. This is REAL hip-hop.

[@sereion]

THE best!!!

[@user-sc8oy2yf4j]

Hamds down hands up all luv an the best rap song ever an forever

[@hardcoreMF]

I was 15 years old when this track came out. I'm now 50 years old, and this track will always take me back to 1988! One of the best Hip-Hop tracks ever made.

[@fiftyoneandsomechange]

I'm 52 and this music will never be beaten.

[@terrencetyler6784]

same here...

[@michaelcastillo4036]

Nice me too my sister had sweet 15 dj dropped this vinyl

[@danb5516]

me 2 Greetings from Germany :)

[@xxxxbigrich5752]

I was 19 when this album came out. I’m from the Bronx and I took the cassette with me to Georgia tech and blasted it everyday in the dorms 😂

[@LydgiaOfHarlem]

I'm 52 and remember when this dropped. WOW! Still tops! Long live TRUE HIPHOP!

[@aaronwright1003]

Pockets on creatine

[@dizmop]

I'm 48, I can remember when this dropped, wow what a Time, the Hip hop age

[@cyberbehrens]

ye

[@anthonyjackson5740]

I remember when this came out .. soon to be 50

[@penjamin5037]

Here’s to many more years to come and the TRUE HIP HOP that will prevail

[@funkmasterfishdatdamnfish7442]

Who else is going through all their favorite jams thinking about how life was back in the days

[@kingdomstyleapparel]

Just was listening to 3 x dope and said the same thing

[@Showtimez808]

Yo Mtv rap on Saturday... Bet Tv- the basement

[@MikeMuniz615]

When Hip Hop was Hip Hop with real Lyrical Masters.

[@graceandmercy9666]

Me!!! So many memories..

[@pedrogunn9950]

me

[@kashirocks-lk2qn]

RIP Scott La Rock the DJ (1962-1987)🫡🫡🕊️🕊️🕊️ and his wife Melodie (1969-2012).

[@82dupont]

This song is prophetic, dealing with issues in the past and describing the future of rap and the industry. This is a masterpiece!

[@krisjonson9193]

agreed agreed ! I just said that! Krs was my one of my fav mc's from 87 to his 4th album. but by any means necessary- ultimate classic

[@GlennSmithJr.]

​@renegadeurbanmediasource8117iiiiiiiiiii and III u iii

[@dalroache]

musically ,lyrically and also best Break

[@PaulWright1905]

It's pathetic not prophetic

[@rubensantana3585]

KRS-1 totally changed the game. His prophetic lyrics always taught a lesson and relayed a message. No one has ever done it better.

[@project0077]

K.R.S. O.N.E. Knowledge Reigns Supreme Over Nearly Every One classic...way ahead of his time!!

[@markr.9095]

Swears-0 times N word- 0 times Bragging how rich he is - 0 times yet this is still better than anything thing that's out there now

[@PeterPeterPvssyEater]

!!!

[@joestar6194]

swears one time

[@Canaanite]

atleast its less then 1 procent bullshit. Modern music have 60 procent of the things listed in their music

[@sketchyaf3514]

procent hahahahaha

[@Canaanite]

+SketchyAF Precent my freend

[@ShogunDynamo]

IN ABOUT 4 SECONDS THE TEACHER WILL BEGIN TO SPEAK✊🏽🔥🔥🔥

[@scottdixon4064]

It's is hard to put into words how incredible this track is. I was 16 when it came out, it's not lost anything in over 3 decades. Still amazing.

[@mikimiki6202]

I was 13, running through the hood screaming Fresh for 88, you suckas...never dreaming things would evolve to what we got today 😔

[@omalone1169]

@@mikimiki6202 who is the sample

[@beyondthematrix3945]

I was 20 years old growing up in the BX back then in 1988, and I still play this song real loud today like I was 20 years old 34 years later!

[@lisacz6607]

I was a little younger, but you're right, class tune!

[@kehubbard4386]

....I was 12. You ain't never lied, Fam. Long-live Classic Hip Hop.

[@DEVINEJUSTICEALLAH72]

KRS HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE TRUTH!! "A DOPE MC IS A DOPE MC"

[@Cornfis]

With or without a record deal, all can see

[@2KGrind09]

great storyteller too

[@DEVINEJUSTICEALLAH72]

FACTS!!

[@javieroctavio9976]

I’m 51 years old and going through a tough time in my life now but this brings me back to happier times back in Bushwick NY...

[@rathecreator4047]

Somebody loves you baby😘It's GOD n it's me. Stay lookin up

[@Edward-turtle]

chin up -good luck to ya from manchester England

[@nighttrain7404]

It will get better bro

[@brooklyntony9082]

You'll get through it my G, take it from another 51 year old from Bushwick. Old school Gs our age always get through it....

[@kingswan6811]

51yrs strong, Yonkers in the building.

[@pelotonbrookline529]

Very few MCs in history have ever put down 5-8 styles in a single album let alone 1 song. He is alternating styles from verse to verse - ball up your face lyrics, timing and story telling. Knowledge based poetry…MCs took day jobs because of Kris👊🏼

[@DarkMan758]

The Greatness of All Time KRS1

[@traceycallis6444]

One the greatest hip songs ever.

[@amygdalahippocampus5764]

you forgot to hop

[@JLand-cs2yj]

The greatest hip hop song ever!

[@jaybatt4507]

💯

[@tracythomas5889]

Ever

[@bensondeadfromtheneckup5057]

🎯🎯🎯🎯

[@mlaw5661]

KRS and Rakim are legends!!!

[@oldschool1107]

And Slick Rick and Scarface and Big Daddy Kane

[@nedimlokvancic7530]

@@oldschool1107 And Chuck D

[@kidbacteria]

And LL Cool J and Kool Mo Dee and Whodini

[@metadata5638]

And Chuck D

[@garrisonsmallwood3105]

Two of the best that ever did it

[@bronxbadgurl977]

Scott Sterling was one of the nicest people you could ever meet. he was a few grades ahead of me while at Our Savior Lutheran way back in the 70s&80s. We were so proud of him and still to this day remember his demeanor. He could also ball as well. I believe he was highly recruited@one time. SIP Scott

[@thinkbetter49ers]

No cursing no calling women out their names. No perpetuating use of drugs or killing our brothers and sisters. This is what hip hop is really about.

[@masterj4777]

These millennials have no idea!

[@jaxxzenpharaoh2526]

Will Smith did it first

[@jasonito23]

This is lyricism. Not just multisyllabic rhymes. These are lyrics - teach, hard and sound good.

[@codyfrykman2119]

One of the best MC's of all time doing work. Recognize.

[@harlemscott9041]

The Jeep Renegade was one of the most gangster rides of the 90's

[@kehindeoyegunle8920]

The Don. The 'Real ' Original Mater of HIPHOP. Period. OGBogie Down 4EVER. 0

[@lpurnell4827]

This dude took hip hop to another level. He's the first militant to rock the mic!

[@dantegreen4094]

Chuck D

[@lpurnell4827]

@Dante Green, You've schooled me today. Thanks! I thought Criminal Minded came out before P.E.'s first album, but Chuck D. beats KRS One by a month (Feb vs March 1987)!!

[@dantegreen4094]

@@lpurnell4827 Chuck, KRS, and Rakim are all from the same Master Class to me

[@lpurnell4827]

@@dantegreen4094 Me too! That was the Golden Age of Hip Hop.

[@dantegreen4094]

@@lpurnell4827 '87-'95...that's the time frame that hip hop was built on...TV, movies, fashion, the Fab 5...everything

[@800mobb4]

this song is 30 years old and still relevant as hell . salute to the teacher

[@800mobb4]

+LOCO LOCO u right but thats not the point . its the message in the song i was refering to tho.

[@marksimpson936]

LOCO LOCO krs1 is a real active G ha ha

[@lhouston3000]

g wet e err

[@drunkmoviecritic1704]

tara boleslawski don't forget about childish gambino and eminem. There's a lot more but trying to help these kids with they're homework right now.

[@mahoganyjoy3502]

World Money Over 30 years and it's a piece of art and history that still tells you of the future even from now. #KingKRS

[@salsafirejrivera1037]

KRS-1 without a doubt was the greatest, cleanest hip hop lyricist to ever grab a mic. Big daddy Kane a hot second.

[@joejoemacattack]

This song is transcendent! Everyone needs to hear these words today. A master lyricist

[@trinidivine]

" when I hear wack rhymes I get fed up" 😔 me too KRS-one. Lots of it at the moment.

[@unique5277]

Rap is subjective u like it or u don't

[@CJ_7519]

Hello there.

[@WiiNV]

L🤫L

[@ShyCandy510]

Lol yasss!!!

[@shotgun517]

Yep and I've been fed way too much for the past 10 years!

[@VoltairesRevenge]

Few will understand how powerful it was for a young black leader to tell us, young black kids in the early 90s, to be vegetarian and conscious. The danger wasn't merely in what Kris Parker imparted but in what he espoused. We would've crushed markets as we now know them. I remember that, between KRS and PE, I understood a clear message that I would never serve the government as a "sheeple" and that, as a black girl, I was not a full "American" with all the rights and abilities afforded to me. Those brothers shaped the way I thought and my ability to to think outside of my box. They did the same for so many that these brothers deserve medals for their victory in teaching true freedom from ALL oppressors. Viva Kris and Kenny Parker, along with the whole BDP crew!

[@ImaDieHrderLkeMyKidBruceWillis]

+Kali Kross Well said. I was listening to this from a white, middle class, Mid-West living room in the day. Yet, I had a sense (in my middle school mind) that the artists you mentioned were doing something bold, intelligent and, yes, dangerous. I loved BDP and KRS-ONE. I loved P.E. Had a P.E. shirt I wore to school. P.E. posters in my room ("Fear of a Black Planet"...I wonder what my parents thought...although, they bought me the shirt, the posters, the tapes) and WORE OUT their tapes on my Walkman riding the bus to and from school. Of course, it wasn't until I was older that I better realized they were speaking the truth for a whole generation of young people on a different level than they were speaking to me. Regardless, I miss the excitement of those days.

[@sikiaartis862]

+Kali Kross I felt the same way back in the day but the streetz took me under

[@benHodah]

Yes My Sister..... We're not white , not red , not black....; WE're Brown; from Yerushaliyim (Jerusalem).....

[@dimitrijackson9766]

Sister I have chills running down my spine, Of what you wrote, mind me, Of What you just Dropped on the 85ers!. You are not alone against the Fight. And the Fight is real. Back than The Powers that be want all Us Young Black Strong Sister's and Brothers on Drugs or Selling Our bodies. So Rakim, KRS, CHUCK D, BIG DADDY KANE Came Through and Thorough with RIGHT KNOWLEDGE!!!! Word Up, Sister you stand strong and I have your Front, Side, Middle And Back!!!! at all times.

[@conangreenfield2978]

+Kali Kross I'm a white dude but you said that perfect I think

[@henryharris7926]

KRS- ONE speaking the truth one of the best rappers ever!

[@knightyknight5399]

This is what you call the golden years of hip hop .❤..

[@ricardocruz9751]

😊

[@robynrob9471]

Yup the Golden Age and we didn’t know….

[@nate4nate5]

This man is a FUCKING LEGEND, but yet doesn't even have a 1,000,000 views? This world is definitely coming to an end SMH.

[@germsocial96]

***** nah, to me joey isnt nearly as good as the shit that came out in the 90's. maybe he has some beats that are on that level that are enjoyable but mostly, lyrically, sub-par at best

[@germsocial96]

***** oh 100% dude. I honestly don't understand how rap is so bad and why people listen to it

[@thamaineone]

BIONIK DIKK Intelligent people are a minority.

[@nate4nate5]

Jermaine N That is a DEFINITE sir.

[@TheEdub1]

BIONIK DIKK He would have a lot more views if he was rapping about some bullshit with girls twerkin in the video smh. This generation is a bunch of useless brain dead zombies.

[@deweytucker5413]

“It’s not about a salary, it’s all about reality”. Never gets old, never will.

[@jaybatt4507]

💯

[@sallylauper8222]

Isn't that an NWA beat? hook me up

[@gregorycampbell2164]

@@sallylauper8222 this was before nwa gangsta gangsta

[@mariobueno3834]

it's funny kuz I only came for that exact quote

[@barty2381]

Truth!

[@MzShaybutta]

Wow, listening to this 35 years later, you can't tell me KRS-1 wasn't a prophet. Every single line in this song has come to pass. He warned us. man smh

[@andreyarborough]

This beat was so hard, still gives me chills

[@marystackhouse3232]

Styles And New Concepts!!!!!!!!!

[@Dmack74]

Hell yea

[@khen7603]

You're right... Hard beat.... Hard beats are easier to rap to..... But most rappers don't seem to get it....

[@sealy1459]

He went a capella on the first verse to let yall know he can do it without the beat...then that fire ass beat dropped and he brought that heat!!

[@closedears5429]

Hell yeah!!

[@metadata5638]

Kris don't play ever

[@geegod.9359]

That was fire 🔥

[@ANTAGONISTKING]

Sister Sanctified is the sample from Sweet Sweetbacks Bad Ass Song... Classic ✊🏿

[@shawnshepard1]

I always said a true emcee should be able to flow acapella.

[@thomasdr08]

Me and my Niggas always wondered what Redman meant when he said “I got guns as dark as Chris’ brother.” Another hip hop historian pointed out the second verse. “My brothers names Kenny, Kenny Parker, my other brother ICU is much darker.” ✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾

[@stixnpoles2564]

Thank you KRS for standing 10 Toes down and declining to be a part of that 50th Hip Hop Anniversary, slap in the face, even when they sent LL Cool J at you. 💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾🔥💯

[@mojopin2000]

Please explain.

[@stixnpoles2564]

@@mojopin2000 search KRS1 GRAMMYS, he says exactly why.

[@stixnpoles2564]

​@mojopin2000 Grammy had a 50th Anniversary of Hip Hop celebration and KRS declined their invite because they always shunned Hip Hop now they want to eat off it. They sent LL to try to get him to go but he said, no. Vultures.

[@jdawg2011jt]

I saw that

[@mojopin2000]

Rock and roll bottled up ATTITUDE and made it swing, but In the 80's we needed a fresh take. People like KRS and Chuck D were like lightning rods to us teenagers. There was so much raw power in their stage presence and on the records. I loved this track so much.

[@kb420ps]

I'm 48, and I miss REAL HIP HOP!!!!!!!

[@kingkenyada9031]

I'm 52 and Ditto Ditto!!!!

[@williammontague5486]

I'm 59 and i miss it as well...

[@Starlightskipper]

Me too...

[@johndeskins6878]

@1018miamidrive aaaaaaaaaaaa asaaaaa

[@Belburg]

Amen, brother!

[@richl4761]

Gather round children, and bear witness to one of the greatest lyricists of all time!

[@rwarren4637]

"Its not about a Salary. Its all about reality." Classic! Still banging in 2023

[@eugenefontenot7898]

His deliverance is impeccable!

[@MikaMika2009]

I COULD JUST CRY...TRUE HIP HOP!!! I MISS IT SO MUCH..THANK GOD FOR KZbin

[@arronneal6893]

twice

[@brucewilliamson6652]

IPLAYRECORDS INC TUFFYMUSIC

[@babylondon9893]

TRU STORY!!! 😞 Hold own to that rope.

[@mr.majesty1920]

You're so right gorgeous.

[@sealy1459]

Krs one was a fire breathing dragon 🐉🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@theholyghost]

I’m literally in tears. Tnis is so good and important.

[@rmndprc083]

No flashy jewelry. No bs mumble lyrics. No stacks of money being flaunted. Dope lyrics. Dope beat. Classic!

[@brentjames6049]

No sagging pants cussing degrading women

[@altaylor1653]

NO DOUBT

[@sixfouls3431]

Straight lyrics infused with knowledge

[@multiplescrotums774]

I know right what's with the Mumble lyrics. whack! Krs 1

[@stefandee1970]

No metalized voice

[@strongone6667]

KRS was hard as hell. Too tough!

[@victorortiz6272]

Was?

[@lamarmercer2370]

He plays the 9 you play the target!

[@brentjames2576]

Big daddy kane 1 krs 2

[@nphilip1193]

Still is

[@jrjefferson01]

Man this still hits as hard as it did in 87'

[@ThatboiWaterz]

This song is still smoking hot since the day it first came out🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@troytaylor4996]

My old neighborhood in the Bronx!! Brings tears to my eyes literally 😢 😭

[@crispandskimmerleotarddjteam]

❤

[@kingmiller1982]

Cap

[@troytaylor4996]

@@kingmiller1982 I'm getting u when I c u

[@davidburrell6045]

ONE OF THE BEST LYRICIST EVER!!!

[@brentjames2576]

🐐

[@brentjames2576]

Goat of hip hop

[@christopherjones512]

Period

[@jamiekoga1903]

Hands down! Top 10 easily.

[@andrewjones2133]

@@brentjames2576 absolutely

[@SUPREME_WISDOM-NEWYORK]

Nobody was better than Kris at rapping on them hard ghetto beats..RIP Scott La Rock. Representin’ Mill Brook Projects! Bronx NYC 10454💪🏾

[@pbee73]

_"Rap is like a set-up, a lot of games, a lot of suckers with colorful names. I'm so and so, i'm this, i'm that...... Huh, but they all just WICK WICK WACK!"_ Ah f*ck it every lyric in this track is hard core!

[@darrylwoodbury]

To me, KRS-One will always be the GOAT. This is the Hip Hop I grew up with. Those were the days.

[@anzaya_1]

I'm 45 y/o but still get goosebumps listening to this.. hiphop 2016 is dead now IMO..

[@georgeparker5099]

Ferenc van Griensven

[@MADNEWYORKER914]

Ferenc van Griensven So do I.

[@mathesusbrown6841]

1973!!!!! =)

[@anzaya_1]

1971 here bro ;)

[@josephjucutan2554]

LMAO Ol RUNNING MAN

[@QueenCraftsChannel]

KRS KILLED THE VERZUZ BATTLE!!! HE'S ONE OF THE GOAT’S PERIOD!!!! THE BARS AND BEAT SELECTION IS TOP SHELF!!! 👑🤯🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@herdthistruth5962]

G.O.A.T. by LL Cool J

[@sta8hs13]

Of course he is the GOAT. By far. Miles ahead. Eons. Me personally (and many of us here I guess) can never settle for anything less than that. Raw, intelligent rhymes that free and heal your soul. For how many years now? Who else does that? He is the Goat no question about it. People who don't know or who don't get it may disagree. But they will just be wrong.

[@mrabreu67]

I was at the verzuz and I can't even begin to explain how honored I was to witness Kane and KRS. Legendary!!!!!! These guys bleed hiphop

[@kevlardynasty8960]

, Over 30 years old and still keep up with all these rappers nowadays nothing to it KING BOSS SALUTE

[@ivmo71]

Top 10 greatest HIP-HOP songs ever

[@cre8myreality216]

Never gets old. My era "Real Hip Hop" Music with powerful message. Peace and Love ❤️💯

[@lbceley]

The greatest most underappreciated rapper of all time

[@toobad9914]

Lawd! I can never get tired hearing this song..

[@keithmoran5695]

@ Too Bad same here

[@babylondon9893]

✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊

[@gregorynetus5557]

@Nino Brown word up son

[@TVmadethemdoit]

STRAIGHT UP! And I been rocking it since it was "fresh in 88 in you suckers!" Peace!✌

[@sealy1459]

Never!!!

[@nightowl8485]

I'm not white or red or BLACK, I'M BROWN, from The Boogie down!

[@michaelmoreno6525]

Big up to THE GREATEST. for giving the finger to the grammys 50th b.s. .

[@NATHANIELBROSFREDEREICKJOHNNSO]

MERGE MANAGE HISTORY I DIRECTION'S I

[@stayzpaid]

Gives me goosebumps. A beautiful era in hip hop. The backdrop to my teenage years.

[@freshsox7052]

STILL

[@djbis]

The golden era. Lucky for those who lived it (experienced it) and still hold dear memories of what it all is. What a time in musical history!

[@sirrom5155]

dj ..bis.

[@guymccloud6731]

Great times! Takes me back to 17 with a shag. 😂👊🏾

[@johnmorais3833]

Amen 🙏🏾

[@johnwayne3051]

Spot on⏳I really want to go back in time....

[@gearheadcg]

Glad I was there for sure ! Takes me back to my teens

[@jsimsgt96]

Krs 1 is a blessing. I am revisiting this years later and still ❤️

[@amitsalam1]

Insane how prophetic the lyrics of this record happen to be in describing Rappers and Hip Hop.

[@terrigrice8079]

WHEN SOME CLOWN JUMPS UP TO GET BEAT DOWN BROKEN DOWN TO HIS VERY LAST COMPOUND.......THATS DOPE!

[@michaelhill1288]

Now that was the way we used to get down when hip hop came to town.

[@terrigrice8079]

Michael Hill Exactly. ..

[@KalElKryptonsFinest]

Terri Grice And its also the inspirational line for Brand Nubians Punks Jump Up...

[@KalElKryptonsFinest]

Terri Grice And its also the inspirational line for Brand Nubians Punks Jump Up...

[@chacha1ff]

Knowledge Reigns Supreme Over Nearly Everybody!

[@toihutchins777]

One of the best rap songs ever. Intelligent lyrics, informative about the genre n industry. Plus full of passion.... Simply Genius.....

[@EarthWindandFirepower0990]

This song and album,By All Means Necessary,should be in LOC,Library of Congress.😎😎😎

[@TopNotch2real]

One of the most influential songs in hip hop... keeping the consciousness of the people engaged!💯

[@dominateAP]

Yeah just too bad the people didn't listen.

[@RJones-mr8he]

Nataliea T. Ky.

[@horusshepard9569]

Still one of the dopest beats of all time

[@angiefromChi]

Horus Shepard THIS BEAT IS SICK!!!! Asf!!

[@tanyasmith1616]

Definitely when that beat start it was a epic sound .l still jam to this 2020 .cause l am brown from the boogie down.

[@angiefromChi]

Tanya Smith ✊🏾 yassssss!!!!

[@heskidprodigy]

That sax is fire

[@tonyroyal8449]

Maaaan!!!

[@kamelpratt9851]

This is an extremely important recording in the History of Hip Hop music!

[@lancehandy7487]

The greatest hip hop track ever in my opinion 💯

[@OMC720]

Respectable opinion 🫡

[@pradabears]

Seconded

[@GaryBridges-mw7qj]

😊 always when have time

[@anagram8]

The entire album is still 🔥 and this mashes it out the park

[@BEENIECRIS]

📀🔥

[@teemanz2264]

This video was shot in my neighborhood I was out there on the steps! I was like 5 years old! When I was 18 big pun shot the twins deep cover 98 video right up the block from this same area! I was at that shoot too. I got to witness too greats drop visuals in my neighborhood. South bronx the birth place of hip hop. Forest projects to prospect Ave to Boston rd you can feel the essence!

[@beatnuts1uk]

Wicked! Diamond D is from Forest projects. Please could you tell me the location at 3:48. Thanks and peace!

[@federal6616]

That's awesome. I was a child watching it on yo MTV raps on my tweed couch.

[@ThatsJustEric]

My homegirl blew Pun.

[@federal6616]

@@ThatsJustEric damm. She is a true freak.

[@kevinscott59]

ThatsJustEric That's funny.lol My homeboy produced a track for Kris,Kool Keith and PE.

[@DjDialogic]

Going to a KRS1 concert tonight! I'm so stoked. He's one of the few rappers that never adjusted his style to fit the pop trends. He's always been real, always in your face, always political, always enlightening and always dope as hell. Thank god for people like KRS1!!!!!!

[@DjDialogic]

Computer Djs ruined the set. They had no idea how to work the mic/music volume, kept scratching over KRS1's lyrics, started taking selfies while he was MCing and were dancing around like they were the star of the show. KRS1 pretty much had them lower their music so it could barely be heard. It was very disrespectful to this hip-hop godfather. KRS1's lyrics, flow and freestyle was dope though.

[@Romencer17]

DjDialogic was that at the Santa Cruz show?

[@DjDialogic]

Romencer17 Yah, I was the big black dude with long hair kicking it with the BBoys. I'm also a vinyl Dj and I soo wish I had brought a grip of beat records. I would have just plopped them on the stage and waited for the go ahead from KRS1. Those other Dj's were fools.

[@Romencer17]

DjDialogic ah, cool. i'm not a Dj so I don't have the knowledge to know just how bad they were compared to others but I sure enjoyed watching him put them to work. Definitely thought it was dumb when the guy was dancing with his phone out when he was just getting yelled at a minute before lol, but I thought it added a really funny aspect to the show. I can of course see your perspective, if it was a craft i knew the ins and outs of i probably would not have been as amused. just goes to show though that KRS-One could have any chump behind him and still rock the house and make everyone happy just by his own skill.

[@mattpenner420]

True. Except how do you know God is real

[@publius9350]

Literally one of the best songs of all time. I wanted to upvote someone else saying this, but didn't see it.

[@antoniomcmahon3499]

This and "The Show" by Dougie Fresh and the Get Fresh Crew ft Slick Rick..to me the quintessential best example of pure Hip Hop!!

[@millsshumps1968]

Yeah both him and Fresh Prince very similar rap styles. Clear and concise verbal vocals.

[@sirjer73]

​@@millsshumps1968The Fresh Prince??? It still ticks me off that the first Grammy went to that corny garbage Parents just don't understand. When you had the greatest single year in hiphop history 1988, and that song out of all those dope tracks won it. POLITICS!!!

[@user-eb4bl6oi3p]

Straight up Hip Hop That is fun and creativity Boogie down Production Love this group in The 80s

[@davidlunsford6155]

I am 47 and remember when this dropped. KRS1 never got his props. Such a lyrics and flow so smooth. Kids mumble rappers need to study up on the history of true hip-hop.

[@rathecreator4047]

I believe he got his props. He was blastin everywhere. He is known to us as a Legend. But these kids today probably don't know who he is. Oldhead trivia... Remember You must learn😉

[@loreenmincey5390]

I'll be 47 at the end of the year...im from the Boogie Down...and back when this dropped i didn't realize how 30 years later i would appreciate krs 1 and hip hop even more

[@baynewmsn9892]

They never will because it's not in them like Kris Parker!!

[@dantegreen4094]

Never underrated. He's the G.O.A.T

[@keithmoran5695]

I'm 57 this song is a Hip hop Classic.

[@polotrey]

When he says.."It's not about a salary, it's all about reality" with a picture of Malcolm in the background. Perfect

[@jedwing]

Meanwhile some fools have a song where all they say is "Gucci gucci gucci gucci" for a whole song. Riiiiight.

[@dragonxz61]

@@jedwing There's worse than lil pump.. you just have to be educated. Someone makes something new and you get offended. When you stop being original is when you fall off... that's why lil pump is bye bye u feel no one talks about him

[@christopherjones512]

Its still fire period

[@barty2381]

This track is so Fresh/Dope still to this day! Today's mainstream can't live up to this production! 💯

[@seanterry8364]

Let Us Begin. Yo it's literally 2024 And this Platinum Album came out in1988 Check this out y'all i get fuckin chills🥶🥶🥶 to this day listening to KRS ONE prophecyies our World 🌎 Future. Now remember this is what he said back in 88 about the young artist getting tricked and shady deals at an all time high now. A True LEGEND 💯🙏👀🔐🔐💎🔐🌍📡📡📡📡📡

[@pharaohdodson231]

This song brings a tear to my eye...

[@sealy1459]

Me too!! These are bars!!

[@desrudg9051]

Same here😭

[@lemontmartin857]

Same here on how this song was put out over 30yrs ago and still better than 99% of rappers nowadays crazy

[@javieroctavio9976]

Pharaoh Dodson same here.

[@raydelarosa4992]

Me too..took me back to southern boulevard

[@kyletriplett2389]

KRS-ONE speaks and I listen.

[@robertbranner1726]

True Hip Hop 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾

[@MYTMIC]

When hip hop belonged to the inner city, in its purest form

[@mclovin7659]

Right

[@shannongreen1520]

Speaking truth to power

[@dsales2011]

You said a mouthful there.

[@josephblanchard6248]

You can also replace the word -hip-hop- with *crack* and it still makes sense tbh.

[@tracygayle8174]

Exactly.

[@richl4761]

If you’re here and under 30, I salute you... 👍

[@GoldieHaze]

❤😎😉🗣️🙏💯💥💥💥💥🥃

[@BruvaBob]

Im now 50yo, still have the 12" cover I brought in 1988 framed on the wall, still know every word to this and so does my kids!! Its now over 30years old and still as relevant now as back then and just as fresh

[@reallife0728]

MY ERA IS UNDEFEATED!!!!🤎🤎🤎 HIP HOP WAS A MOVEMENT.....HIP HOP WAS A COMMUNITY!!!!🤎🤎🤎

[@Zenith6174]

Damn this dude 51 now. Happy bday to one of the biggest legends 🙌🏽🙌🏽

[@mosteliteman]

I just love how he rapped in complete sentences SVO style.

[@nadura55]

Love his concept for the intro. Very creative having the beat creep in over his rap. These were the golden days.

[@BossladyD]

The good ole days 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@MrWillem1970Hlem]

One of the best HIP HOP tracks ever.

[@KayJay7000]

one of the greatest rap lyricists who ever lived. period.

[@headhunter88944]

Seen him live great show.. this is a classic and still very much relevant

[@lisacz6607]

@@headhunter88944 You lucky bugga!!! X

[@armoniqfields8016]

KRS 1, The Original Teacher of Knowledge through the Mike. 2024 now but, I been down with Boogie Down Productions for decades....

[@ML.555]

KRS 1! A LEGEND RIP DJ SCOTT LAROCK LEGEND! ENOUGH SAID!

[@matthewjohnston406]

How many MC's must get dissed? That beat is timeless.

[@shanettacane7101]

No one can try Chris till this day

[@MultiMrMiles]

if you havent witnessed and lived rap in the 80s you missed out the BEST times EVER!

[@sancholowera]

Look Im A 90s Baby, And I Love And Appreciate That Dope Shit From The 80s 90s And "Some" Early 2000s Shit. Our Teachers Havent Left Us Tho. Nas Just Dropped That Album Done And It Rocked My Headphones. But We Definitely Need Some More From Our Living Legends.

[@chanana-bn8kz]

MultiMrMiles かえれないー

[@jasonito23]

1988 was THE YEAR OF HIP HOP

[@deafanddestructiononthepis3149]

Ha word! Makin raps into a recorder was what I was doin with my freinds in the mid eighties! Ha! Great memories! I don't think I'll ever forget when Too $hort released Life Is...that album I still love, 31 years later!

[@astanjay]

That was when it was FUN and NY owned up to it. Now rap has become a BUSINESS with only ONE rapper representin'...it's RIDICULOUS!