Channel Live ft. KRS-One - Mad-Izm

From 1995 Album: "Station Identification"
Released on Capitol Records, the album was mostly produced by KRS, as well as Salaam Remi, famous for his work with Nas.
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The rap duo Channel Live debuted in 1994 with the platinum single "Mad Izm," which they followed with the gold-status album Station Identification in 1995. That year also saw the release of singles such as "Sex for Sport" and "Reprogram," which weren't quite as successful as their previous efforts. The group returned a few years later on the One Million Strong compilation, and 2000 saw the release of the single "Wild Out 2K" and the album Armaghetto.

[@Julius.Council3]

Almost 30 years old and this song still better than most rap songs today.

[@ericjordan6059]

Better than 99.9% of songs today.

[@ejdenny49]

I'm 46...was prime when this came out...lol...just told my almost 15 year old son..."there's NO rap touching this today!!!...NONE!!" 2022 & forever!! #madizm

[@dmanigo77]

Facts! 😎🔥🎵

[@georgiosliontis4219]

Of course!

[@dbodooley]

Than most?? I’d say better than ALL

[@sty723]

The 90s was the GREATEST era ever!!!! Glad that I’m stuck in it.

[@phatboi8duece]

@ Kareem Moye same here

[@christianmorales1336]

Nothing like this era...

[@bkojeman]

ikr broski 💪🏽💪🏽💯💯💯🔥🔥

[@777uptown2]

Heck yeeeeah!

[@thomslick3636]

@@phatboi8duece q1q1q

[@DJJOOLZDE]

Big up to all the 90's teenagers who are still bumpin' real hip-hop today and keepin' it alive. The older we get, the harder it seems to become.

[@lethalassassin1754]

Didn’t start listening to real hip hop until about 2 years ago. Can’t go back and I’m on a different plane of existence to everyone i know haha. Seriously it’s sad being a white boy who knows more black music than anyone in my nearby towns. They bump stupid shit like Dababy and think it’s good 😂.

[@LucianBlack]

Word is bond

[@chrisstoecker7189]

We gotta to teach the children...that's how classics like this will never die!!! I lost my shit the first time I heard this in 94. And that man wasn't lyin when he said he'll be rocking the microphone til he's 60. The Blast Master gonna be a senior citizen destroying whatever MCs are left

[@TheSstretch68]

TRUTH!!!!

[@GuillermoFervenza]

Bless!!!

[@whoizmdot]

KRS wasn't joking when he said he'd be rapping in his 60s. He's still putting out music! ✊🏿

[@nakitapalmer656]

IKR!!! STILL SOUNDING BETTER THAN 90% OF THE RAPPERS OUT NOW!!

[@ayandazulu8014]

He’s trash now

[@space_dogg]

His latest album is good, too. Usually i don't listen to 90s rappers putting out new music because they sound washed up. But krs one's 2022 album is slamming. I think it works that good, because krs-one's style fits an older person. A style that lives of his youthful energy will always sound washed up when created by a 40-50+ guy. But krs style has no age limit

[@maskew43]

Right right...poet and prophet!!!

[@binodagodfather4947]

They don't make songs like this no more this real hip hop one of the best songs all time facts🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@douglasrowlett4991]

2024 still jammin! Glad I grew up in the 80s&90s.😂

[@robersonjoshua3422]

Facts for real, tho

[@Tye-r2b]

I'm not the future is always sick and the moment is worth more than anything but yeah still great times weren't they🎉

[@Umazabal]

Word

[@americanjoe7679]

Krs one is one of the greatest of all time...hands down

[@thomasprisco8246]

Agree!!

[@ramzdalastpharoah]

Was he is losingit , very few around 50 still got it , bUT KRIS IS 53

[@harrypool71]

Arguably the best

[@bountyk60]

Facts!

[@michealroebuck683]

No doubt, he's #1 in my hip hop book,WORD!.

[@elihuel7015]

one of the illest tracks in hip hop. the instumental is mean by itself.

[@prestonjohnson6564]

Hell yes that beat still bang hard

[@profyle766]

Banged this straight into 2020!!!

[@AdamZigmond]

I've got the instrumental for my phone's ring tone

[@johnstursky1886]

@@AdamZigmond me too lol

[@tenalalston9013]

It damn sure is...both wayz

[@GabeCast18]

After 29 years listening to this gem, in 2023 still harder than everything else out there..

[@abstuct1015]

They can’t understand why we hooked on real fkn HIP HOP 🔥🔥

[@lordagod]

💯

[@traceyscott909]

Yeah, this was Channel Live's moment.

[@iamshyni69]

35? You mean 29...

[@dosedj]

True story bro 🔥🔥🔥

[@brentrogers97]

New generation will NEVER no how dope the 90s was💯🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@frankiemaddalena1597]

That’s why we need to show them

[@bobbysattler1947]

45 years old and still listening

[@heribertocandelaria2140]

That makes 2 of us 🥃🥃

[@Christiano_el_Huetto]

42 years old and still listening too 👍

[@shawnsmith2540]

I was 14 in 94.

[@reefykatu2749]

Krs1 shoulda been on the juicy tour im 84 baby been listerning since doggystyle dropped

[@DaRealBigRif]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/npixkGtuo8-GqsU

[@CEELOW3000]

KRS said he'd be "still rip'd the microphone till he was 60" He aint quite 60 but dang he spoke that into existence!!!!

[@carlpacitti4922]

CHIZZO P truth !

[@anthonyarcanumsanctumregnu9551]

Yep

[@ccarter956]

Facts !!

[@etotheipi42]

Street Light is ill as shit and that is 2019.

[@seankennedy8506]

One of the best to ever to do it!

[@jaybucks2222]

This is pure unadulterated hip hop at its finest.

[@jamali1620]

Lyrics are sharp! So happy I grew up in this era. No doubt.

[@718themac]

You not the only kid. Queens NYC.

[@354allday]

Facts

[@johrons]

Back when you could bump the radio in your car.

[@Kevin112681]

Hell yeah. I grew up on this.

[@DoubleDuelist69]

Nuff respect 🙌

[@monk8935]

I was born 1999. To this day my playlist include strictly 90's rap, the genre is huge and I'm always discovering "new" artists featuring some of my favorite artists. The energy 90's era music brought is unmatched by any modern artist. Music grows, but 90's will always reign supreme.

[@DaRealBigRif]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/npixkGtuo8-GqsU

[@oscarholley891]

@ monk .2 bad you wasn't around in the late 70s and 80s then you would have the 70s, 80s, and 90s plus the non gangster hip hop was better more creative and more diverse with the artists and the songs like kwame for instance hip hop was far far far far far far more diverse and creative what about black hippie hip hop like de la soul and black conciousness like public enemy and battles like Kool Moe Dee and LL and boogie down productions and juice crew etc etc

[@togonumber]

supreme..............

[@MC_E_Music]

Agree I was born in 1996 and I agree with this a hundred percent

[@zelloking]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/g2jRd6Chip2KrLc For your collection

[@xtrextrex]

Since I was born in 91& this year 2023 is celebrating 50 years of hip hop I’m doing my homework I never heard this song until now. 🔥🔥🔥💯💪🏾

[@lunchmoneydnb]

Keep digging young man. Gems 💎 💎 💎

[@EWRand-qh4pe]

Study Hard!!! So Hidden Gems out there!!!

[@xtrextrex]

@@EWRand-qh4peI’ve found so much HEAT!!! 🤯

[@xtrextrex]

@@lunchmoneydnb💪🏾 still going too

[@raworganixapothecary]

thats cuz when we were kidd we had to actually buy a cd to hear this kind of music, or know someone who was hip to it and played it for us… i discovered soooo many dope 90s hip hop artists like 10-20 yrs after they were popular because of this… ps i was born in 1990 😊90s hip hop was the golden age, 80s-90s

[@badeboom]

One of my favourite beats, like ever.

[@Ricardo034]

And that nicely humming bassline 👌

[@menik6575]

It's got a very ominous tone, also the boom-bap never fails me.

[@matthewdimatteo5729]

I remember hearing this from my older sister in like 95 and being engraved by that beat and then trying to find this song years later before KZbin..and finally I heard it in bmores 92q station in 2002 and for a friend to limewire it on a CD for me..lol the struggle

[@thomslick3636]

Qq+⁰q

[@profyle766]

The amount of times this goes on Replay is unimaginable 🔥🔥😎👊🏾

[@warsofparadigm]

"COUNTER CLOCKWISE, I RISE LIKE THE SUN. NOW I FEEL THE HEAT FROM THE RAYS/RAISE OF THE GUN." What a brilliant display of metaphorical, analogous, word-craft that redefines the dynamics of thinking on infinite levels. The strength of this art back then was so much more powerful than the dilapidated state it has fallen in today. All respect due to our scholars who represented the "Generation X" class with rebellious honor. PEACE!

[@j-dub8558]

Wow , your comment is well said. KRS-ONE = TEACHER

[@sofrshsocln4]

and seeing it in text the raise of the gun 😱

[@togonumber]

" dilapidated state " of hip hop today ......well said.

[@serengetistudio]

Poetically stated brilliance...🎶🔥👉🏾

[@e-sidemikesblackdadjewelsc4539]

These cats weren't high on the rap food chain back then. KRS always helps on a track, no matter whose track it is. That being said..... THESE DUDES WOULD EAT TODAY'S RAPPERS FOR LUNCH!!!

[@ajamocampbell9143]

They were not high on the food chain but it does proves the wide rage of quality or rap we had the pool of rappers we had we plenty and the quality was very high

[@abrahampalmer8761]

Big time

[@jabbadabbajew6035]

This tune still sounds fresh and it’s nearly 30.

[@mr07623445678]

Every second of this is a Masterpiece, the Lyrical Dexterity is a Higher Level Masterclass in Lyricism. Power, Power, Power 👊🏾👊🏾👊🏾

[@prof3ssor178]

And the production is that New York Boom Bap! Strings.. classic 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🎶🎶🎶🎶🎼

[@oscarholley891]

As you said " every second of this is a master piece"

[@cporteus968]

Masterpiece in my book!

[@marckhachfe1238]

I cant decide what i enjoy the most, the actual music or the lyrics and flows. Impeccable writing.

[@hermanhitt5055]

KRS 1 ...Still One Of The Most Relevant MC' S Of Hip Hop To This DAY. 🤜🏾💪🏾✌🏾

[@reefykatu2749]

Spamm crooks corner wana see him drop jems on crooked i

[@abimelekharlemyahudah4thtribe]

Facts 💯

[@threescompany2162]

One of the greatest to ever touch the mic. 💯

[@nabihnabs465]

KRS-ONE killed it

[@mrtruthhurts2307]

As usual

[@omarjustinsmith2257]

:)

[@KtotheG]

"Switch me, mix me, somebody get me. Don't let me rip out my clothes like Bill Bixby. Rippin' the microphone till I'm motherfuckin' 60. Smoking the indo by the window, it's sticky." Smh... song was over after that. And to think, all of his verses were off the dome and done in one take. Smh..

[@wanassmoke]

Spark the izm My expertise Is lyricism My flow will take you over Like this was hypnotizm... That dude killed everyone on this track hands down

[@KtotheG]

@@wanassmoke His last verse was doper, "step up and test the skills, you can get my testicles." He did kill it, but KRS went off and I think he sealed the deal with that Bill Bixby line.

[@traviswright1920]

THIS JOINT USED TO KNOCK IN THE WHIP BACK THEN AND TODAY IT STILL DOES. THIS IS ONE OF THE DOPEST TRACKS OF ALL TIME. KRS-ONE RIPPED THIS TRACK APART.

[@as-iz7183]

Such a sick beat! Bass line hitting hard

[@woodssylvain1629]

THAT BASS IS BEASTLY

[@dial3ctric327]

KRS hoarding the boards here paid off!

[@chrisgonzalez6150]

If you weren't born during this era but happen to be here your taste in music just refined.

[@derekwood4051]

New York please take rap back!

[@rbname7318]

Derek Wood north east. The tri-states

[@andrelindsey4663]

NY take hip hop back where it belongs.

[@atumre4705]

I'm building a time machine. Jump on board!

[@durran2920]

I would say "East Coast"

[@mizzo_beeto]

@PremoMeztiso u ain't never lied

[@DateMike22]

Channel Live was so freaking underrated and they had that KRS-One approval. They had so many bangers - Mad-Izm, Reprogram, Sex for the Sport. I wish they had more longevity. I'm so proud to be an 80s baby raised in the 90s - my favorite era of music!!!

[@gbrazor]

the way the scratching blended with the beat is so amazing

[@Mattityahu_Sol7]

For sure. Especially when that crazy ass sample kicks in at the end of the hook. Always gives me chills.

[@sofrshsocln4]

think it was primo?

[@williamcapone5457]

@@sofrshsocln4 Buckwild

[@jaylopez03]

One of the best 90s classic ism

[@profyle766]

MAADIZIMZ till infinity!!

[@DeadHandX]

Its crazy how many people come back to this everyday... this song is a masterpiece!

[@CaptainVideo75]

Rippin the microphone til I’m muthafuckin 60 He’s almost there

[@smileydj2636]

Charles Gilmore indeed.

[@smileydj2636]

Also check out the new KRS one tape.

[@JohnSmith-ne6js]

And true 2 his word

[@KtotheG]

Back when he said that, I believed him.

[@hip2thabone_da_sticky1]

He ain't lying! He is nearly there in age.

[@ksbcis]

This only got 600K views? This should easily be in the 10s of Millions....this is one of the golden eras of rap!

[@TheSalazarNetwork]

AMEN!!!

[@reefykatu2749]

Im trying to get this played on knox hill reaction channel

[@madizm05]

15 mill easy.

[@caimbus]

It's hard for underground hip hop to get those kinds of views...My wife is white and 50 years old and never heard of KRS ONE before. It's just the nature of the underground

[@_doomzday]

There was only one golden era….

[@MITTEL.PUNKT_13]

One of the best Rap Tracks ever. Greetings from Germany

[@hakan3217]

Ich bin in den 90ern hängengeblieben. Gruß.

[@MITTEL.PUNKT_13]

@@hakan3217 nicht die schlechteste Zeit um Abzuhängen

[@ratehhuti1861]

Them 90s always bumping dope music

[@DUCATI725]

Straight chills to this day, glad I’m from the 90’s era🔥👏🏽

[@TylerDurden-oy2hm]

this proves "real quality never goes out of style"

[@fransarajlija2072]

How can you listen to trap music when u have songs like this. Oldschool 4 life

[@VocalTranceUK]

One of the greatest hip hop tunes ever! The 90's will never be repeated.

[@keirwalker304]

The episode starts as I walk down the block.....KRS ONE

[@DanielRamirez-qq3tj]

I’ll never get tired of this REAL hip hop. Unlike todays weak music. This will never get old.

[@i_bomb_atomikly9692]

This is the REAL. Nothing today can even touch this. I feel sorry for people that don’t even know..

[@dwayneking6249]

vintage rap. Nobody can touch it.

[@RayJuzBeinRay]

This beat should be played on all freestyles

[@christopherhoblak1679]

Ray Ray Yes!

[@houdkhan9154]

i agree and i type this as i listen for the first time

[@houdkhan9154]

all these shitty rappers need to be put up against the lyrical ability of these true MCs

[@UnKnown-nq5hj]

Absolutely

[@trosharrahchapman2558]

I know right!!!

[@dougc8809]

Chills when I hear this....real hip hop, top jams of all time!, suckas now can't compare!

[@blaineested3567]

Verzuz...brought me back here again. This WILL NEVER GET OLD! #CLASSIC BEAT IS 🔥🔥🔥

[@prof3ssor178]

I love it! Verzuz definitely helps

[@jayfab4689]

Fire

[@SuperBROKEN81]

Who's here in 2024?

[@kiamau]

Yeh

[@selease]

Whuuh? You know it!

[@marvinjohnson1977]

Right now!! Florida!!

[@dudientertainment5507]

Yo

[@datrutoneyak]

Always and forever. Real hip hop

[@elostatik]

Reporting live from 2020! WE STILL BUMPIN THIS IN THE FUTURE

[@profyle766]

New year 2020 now..banged this straight into the new year!!!

[@TheSalazarNetwork]

AMEN!

[@rongeojohns7906]

The Nostalgia is mad real with this Track I Love It!!!

[@yankeestone8161]

One of the most 🔥🔥🔥 beats back in da days and even by today’s standards

[@from9539]

Ill forever be stuck in this era. And i love it

[@liontari90s17]

"My flow will take you over like I was hypnotism" too good🔥

[@yhvh4god]

When u actually had to have skills. #goodtimes

[@gregpuryear8163]

Word nowadays they just mumble just sad give me old school any day of the week

[@gregpuryear8163]

Nowadays skills gets over look

[@keithdavid1544]

3:10 wicked flow

[@ccayao3723]

@keecefly damn! The industry is fucked up

[@wizz6648]

Yeesssirrr

[@hamiter2045]

"Wake up in the morning got the yearning for herb, which loosens up the nouns metaphors and verbs" SO MANY DOPE BARS. Ain't no favorites.

[@FREEDOMIST617]

Homeboy rockin the NJ Nets Kenny Anderson jersey! Love this shit. So lucky to grow up in the 1990's......

[@tonycondegnimustafa435]

That was a butta 1 2 combo the Nets had back then...Anderson and DC was 🔥

[@kedarolumide73]

late to your comment but I got the ed o'bannon nets jersey

[@KINGBLACK973NJ]

I was 8 when they shot this video and it feels weired just knowing i possibly was running around somewhere when they shot this video 0:34 is N.19th st and Eaton place around this time i probably was at Oval Park across the street on the old Big swings those thats old enough and from the area remember those big swings we use to stand on ....😊

[@primeminister66]

I start grinning and syllables start bending….ILL

[@bxchicc7799]

This shit is still FIRE🙌🙌🙌🙌

[@vegetacarrasquillo8271]

Damn krs one killed this beat

[@apimpreformed]

when this came out boy i was hype .. those drums

[@frankiemaddalena1310]

Why can’t they make music like this now a days

[@CheavorTV]

Just watched KRS-One vs Big Daddy Kane VERZUZ. Channel Live & KRS-One Performed Mad-Izm 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@Mikegee63]

I love how KRS drop his line after the dude says " How you gonna know the real shit when your styles counterfeit". When KRS comes in with " Your styles counterfeit cause your a motherfucking phony". That transition from one rapper's line to the next is so seamless.

[@paxsopranodynasty7555]

And so underrated. That kinda shit is missing from rap today........Krs One , Nas , Pac , Biggie , Ice Cube in his prime , Buckshot , Kurupt , Andre Benjamin , Scarface , Busta , Tribe Called Quest , Wu- Tang just to name a few.....

[@sofrshsocln4]

BRUH. and when I first heard it as a teen I BWAHAHA'd on the inside bc it was a classic "yeah,you u know who u are" KRS battle MC line that still smacks you with an open hand to this day

[@MADNEWYORKER914]

This shit right here make you wanna just close your eyes and bop your head to the beat!!!

[@bashirebrown6845]

We got dis

[@dwaynegayle1931]

Doin that right now

[@galandalexander9245]

This real hip hop

[@madizm05]

Real Hip hop ....

[@yankees29]

I see your comments all the time. We like the same music

[@dillardhill71]

Still 🔥 in 2019!!!

[@prestonjohnson6564]

Yesssiiiirrrrr! Smoke one

[@profyle766]

X MAS in a few mins 23:54 December 24th :)

[@root1328]

ICKLES the DEMON "BOUT HIM" FOR THAT nineties flavor in 2020. Check Ickles, the DEMON for that 🔥.

[@joaopedroaguieiras4032]

90's and early 00's...tha Golden era of hip hop and rap no doubt. We never gone see somthing like that ever...sory my inglish im from Portugal.props🇵🇹

[@mr.e7084]

Some beats are just next level... praises to the true hip hop gods ... throwback old/real school certified ✊🏾🌹❤️

[@samrez-5530]

Goldene ERA of HIP HOP !!!✌️PEACE FROM TURKEY

[@boombappin8609]

Listen to this atleast once a day. Shits the definition of NY boom bap.

[@southjerseysfinest]

all time great hop song... 4 the real hip hop headz!! shout out to NY,Philly & NJ for playing this track non stop when it came out.

[@bemdrua_]

REAL HIP HOP!!!!!!! 🇧🇷❤️

[@DaRealBigRif]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/npixkGtuo8-GqsU

[@joaopedroaguieiras4032]

"tha real hip hop its over"...este som que ele KRS1 fez pra rebaixar o Nelly é 👌🇵🇹❤

[@youtubechannel-uw8xu]

You sound old😂

[@reachshishir]

Rap in the 90s was pure poetry with amazing beats

[@nowayduude5948]

whos still bumping in 2019??

[@troygensemer4453]

Stay bump in nigga shit is still a jem these young boys out here need to have this song and a few others on they play list and listen this shit fire

[@julzbrooke9383]

me new snowflake music is shit 90s forever

[@nedimlokvancic9968]

💪💪💪💪Me

[@wertyle2]

what a joint from one of the kings of original hip hop....channel live perfect blend with krs1 and the beats and rhymes

[@MrHandsomelyHomeless]

@Jason Baxter LOL

[@sameermustafahraza2093]

CLASSIC HIP-HOP!

[@Naz958]

Say Spark Mad Izm to someone in their teens and they'll think you said some new shyt...lol. These catz made me step my lyric game up when they came out!!! Spark the izm...my expertism is lyricism...my flow will take you over like I was hypnotism...classic!!!

[@millane1313]

😭😭😭 No matter what, one of the greatest track in history🔥🔥🥹

[@profyle766]

MAADIZIMZ till infinity!!

[@dannycarr9662]

2023 visiting 1994 and like bruh, please bring this 🔥 back in rotation.

[@almightybo6299]

Yo yo yo yo, pass dat lighter

[@dancunancientkidmolelekoa9509]

Krs One always on point ...Channel Live killed it...

[@marvmoney9453]

Beats bumps heavy

[@richardbrack9375]

Lyrical Messiah

[@ksbolden7690]

You can never kill real hip hop. That shit time travels...cause the substance heavy dig it .

[@cheshorcatbeats1273]

Kris gonna rock the mic til he's 80!

[@isaiahwinbrone]

This is a hip-hop classic from the '90s

[@YourFunkLord]

The Bass Beat Hits Hard.

[@evianamorales]

New York Undercover brought me here! This song will always be dope!🔥🔥🔥

[@214sims]

The instrumental ❄️❄️

[@wolfshade5020]

This is still fire.

[@rolandwashington1338]

The music..the fashion...the songs ..the 90s was ALL GREAT...TAKE ME BACK!!

[@fc93961]

I found this song for recommendations from spotify, and daamn, is so freaking good. Pure gold

[@Son1UPTu]

Heat..... I thought hip hop would be like this forever ...I took it for granted wish I would have took more of it in !

[@443534414]

They kill it with the dopeness and can’t leave out dj.

[@itsiwhatitsi]

This flow bangs

[@ripjanetstrimel3312]

Big thanks to Vic aka RELM IYA rip who introduced this song to me krs one is one of my favorite song killer !!! I miss them days man Kensington Philly back in the 90s

[@godthoth2609]

I could listen to over and over again I just keep coming back to it

[@tjsh]

Saw KRS-One live in the UK a few weeks ago - amazing - incredible energy - the room went insane, infused by the real hip hop vibes I guess!! I recall the DJ played this Channel Live joint when Kris was off stage - made me remember yeeaah this was one of those absolute classic 90s "neck snappers" - probably ranking up there with some of the dopest KRS collaborations/productions - with Just Ice...maybe??

[@Dantearmstrong007]

We use to put this on replay and blaze mad blunts back to back to this

[@Howardlandscapingllc]

Spark it on the miiiiic

[@davecurtis6930]

Damn,me too,and afterwards played autechre or aphex twin shit,cause I love beats!peace to all u Old school fools!

[@ericjordan6059]

That ol boom bap shit! I love it and miss those days dearly.

[@kirimidennis6047]

They all teared up this joint in different ways!

[@NK-24]

Im a child of 2002 and love this song

[@MrCbwTV]

I can’t think of 90s hip hop without Krs One in his bag 💼

[@elliot2177]

Shit, you better go back another decade..He locked up the 80's

[@KrazyDave1978]

if true lyrical content in hip Hop culture could come back to the game, it would be what it used to be. True rhyme execution and having something to say is something you don't see today.