Coast Contra Is SAVING HIP HOP - AYO!

[@JoshCianz5123]

Dr. Eric Jamal was talking about the struggle to save hip hop. Taj was talking about his struggles to make it. Rio was talking about his family and the reality that life is precious and Ras was talking about fighting his inner demons.....This song is gotta be song of the year.... going to be hard to top this shit.

[@d-lou1365]

You said Taj twice lol, I think you meant Raz for the negative self

[@RyanREAX]

The disrespectful God bars aint it

[@WarrenGdog28]

Ras talking about Ups n Downs of the industry

[@unknownx7252]

Great catch.

[@akeyasa2228]

@@RyanREAXnothing disrespectful about having a different belief system

[@BishopXLR]

That fibbonaci bar was deeper than you know. You got the first part. PHI is the primary equation in the fibonnaci sequence, named after the Greek sculptor Phaiades. Its also known as the "golden equation" in art, it is the numerical value for :asthetic beauty". So not only did he Double "phi (fire)", he said shit is beautiful. Thats a cold as bar you wouldnt get unless you read or a math professor

[@thisguystrats]

I associated the last line with it as well, "That's why the number don't lie G". The capital "G" represents the Fibonacci spiral.

[@biggrick1]

But according to Stevie he’s the weak ONE. Cant be weak and equal at the same time.

[@MrShaunAmin]

In mathematics, the Fibonacci sequence is a sequence in which each number is the sum of the two preceding ones. Rio spit 3rd... The depth of their lyrical content is nothing short of amazing.

[@eloerch7]

Im no mathematician, i learned more about spiraling out from TOOL.

[@franklinmudole]

I screamed when I heard this bar. I’m a mathematician! Holy sh**t that was fire!

[@shayruach]

"We need an IV, it's on us 4(IV) to keep it stable"🔥

[@Colorbind005]

Maaad

[@terrylynch555]

They are collectively one of the greatest hip hop groups lyrically I've ever heard. And I'm an OG. 59yrs old. 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@Mar69Mars]

I’m 54, 100% agreed! ✌️

[@ji3817]

44 and agreed

[@jasonwalden9002]

Turning 50 this year and finding love for the game once again with these guys.

[@djfthegoatq7002]

45 and agree

[@BasiliskGER]

10:45 Rio Loz did produce the song, so there is that ;)

[@randolphothegreat549]

Eric Jamal can go bar for bar with anyone. Literally anyone. His energy, wordplay, rhythm, timing and doubles/triples are up there with Eminem, busta,dmx,nas etc. Imo.

[@cordell7358]

Rio was scheming on the fibonnacci sequence, and the mathematics behind that sequence is called the "Phi ratio" ..... This sh*t Phi (fire)

[@Fonte1971]

I ❤ Coast Contra..the different storytelling is incredible..they make me feel hip hop everytime they spit!

[@kanza703]

10:49 he's far from the "weakest link" Stevie, simplicity is the highest form of sophistication. Bro be rapping, people just don't really LISTEN to him Edit: 12:01 Rio said "This sht PHI, that's why the numbers don't lie G" I'm pretty sure he's referencing something called the Golden Ratio (which is referred to as the divine proportion) so he's saying the beat and/or his lyricism is so perfect, the numbers can't lie.

[@thebot101cork8]

Yea thats why i havent subscribed to his channel...his hate on Rio is real he didnt even react to the bar about his sister having cancer because he refuses to listen to Rio

[@kanza703]

@@thebot101cork8 willful incompetence straight up🤦🏾‍♂️

[@KHMakerD]

Phi is the Golden Ratio which is what the ratio between two consecutive Fibonacci numbers approaches. Fibonacci sequence is the addition of the previous two numbers in the sequence starting with 1 and 1. Sequence: 1,1,2,3,5,8,13,21,34,55,… Sequence Ratios a_(n+1)/a_n: 1,2,1.5,1.667,1.6, 1.625,1.615,1.619,1.618 Golden Ratio: (1+sqrt(5))/2 ≈ 1.618 This ratio is commonly found in nature and there are spirals in nature that surprisingly fit this sequence.

[@tomhamilton6158]

That's why the video started with them under a tower, from that angle it looks like a spiral. This video has some brilliant and meaningful directing choices throughout.

[@marcuswilliamson4167]

Rio is amazing. In most groups he would be the best. He's just not quite at the level of Taj, and a good bit below Ras and Eric J. And that is no knock on Rio because Eric and Ras are generational talents. Coast are the 90s Bulls. Rio is Rodman. A Hall of Famer in perhaps the best team ever. But not Pippen and *definitely* not Jordan. That being said- Rodman wasn't a weak link and neither is Rio. 'Weak link' is disrespectful.

[@1980StevieJ]

There guys are a breath of fresh air and I don’t think they’ve dropped a track that hasn’t been fire yet!

[@DLloyd-bb4wk]

He’s said Tell them that I said it, I verbatim aka “VERB-BAIT-THEM”

[@MrShaunAmin]

"They just imitating their latest favorites.. here come the labels." Not only speaks to the music industry but the drug industry as well... keeping with the medical scheme. So many levels. This may be one of the greatest verses ever penned. 🙌🏽

[@jaybeezy4124]

This is the feel and style I remember back in the early 90s that made me fall in love with hip hop.

[@MFZ0dd]

Same bruh!

[@ericbagetis1721]

New Generation of Wu-Tang. They all are fire. Real hip hop 💯

[@Xiten]

Strong Souls of Mischief vibes, love these dudes...

[@DHankins19]

This song is literally them saying AYO to the place the black community finds itself in at this time. Shit real af. This need to blow up damn near just as much as that Katt interview.

[@MrPesante2008]

That wheelchair line was crazy!

[@bandit249saw]

People sleeping on Rio. He is getting better. This song no one has peeped that he was actually having a conversation with himself in the mirror. That was poetry at its finest.

[@jasonvorheezie6313]

Yes! Yes! This is Hip Hop respect it!

[@brotherlogicrmf2199]

Everybody tries to sound the same in Hip Hop today. In the 90s, hip hop you had to be competitive by establishing your own rap style cementing yourself as an individual in Hip hop. Everyone I name in the last video you did on this channel has their own style like the 90s.

[@sicelonene6319]

Very true

[@gibo1363]

Refreshing AF! They cookin 🫕

[@johnnygutierrez9855]

Yessss real hip hop it’s music to my ears 👂

[@lxrdvader2021]

Listened to this last night, popped up in my feed and I was genuinely happy to find something new that's actually good

[@imrbrt]

They're such a sick fn group. Eric Jamal crushes it every time. He's insane with the pen and delivery. Imagine an entire song by him. It'd be like a 45 min reaction trying to break everything down.

[@terrylynch555]

His metaphors and similies with his double and triple entendres are ridiculous. Pure artistic genius with his pen. I would love to see a J.Cole or Kendrick feature or both. It's what hip hop needs.

[@kelvinkaranja1799]

Bruv,EJ has a whole ep by himself and a cypher too.Im telling you this mf can rap rap.

[@CapitolVisions]

Like you said, a collection of dopeness....period.

[@nateseven7172]

Bruh your disrespect for Rio is wild. Cuz raps in 2 different languages and makes it all rhyme. And it’s all 🔥🔥🔥 just because you can’t understand it doesn’t make him a weak link. That’s just ignorance

[@VictorPerez-sq3sk]

I say the same thing every time

[@bigprimo79]

thats the inner Em stan in him...

[@dbzbruh3674]

I get what he means though it just ain’t for everybody bro I only like 1 Rio verse

[@crashngame514]

Saw that video a couple days ago. Real hip hop per usual from these guys.

[@javierfiberseal2158]

The truth is since they've come out we always like to say, they the best right now, ain't nobody messing w them, although true for sure, these cats are timeless and would hang w anyone from any Era. They more they keep putting out the more we get to witness that. It's hard to top your last joint when it's fire to begin w and everytime they drop it seems to level up. Unfortunately for them(imo) the times have changed and they won't ever be what they would of been had they been out in the 90s but true hip hop heads will always show love

[@reddeadlive5631]

Not going to lie this is one of my favorite reactions channel

[@unknownx7252]

Another dope reaction Mr. Knight 🙏🏿🙌🏿

[@Dsamf2]

Been waiting for this one. These guys r the real deal

[@joshmason1460]

I felt that “pasketti” shit!! My lil man is gonna be 5 in a few months and he’s got most of them figured out by now. But he still says “elephanant”. I’m not at all looking forward to him saying it correctly! I know it’s coming soon, but I like my little mans to be little!! It goes too damn fast!!

[@Alemiha]

I feel you but they're in a hurry just like we were, now we get to see it from our parent's perspective. Mine is 13 and his 5 yo pictures look puzzling to him.

[@goonerizm]

Damn you missed that bar "Egg em on to sip maple" meaning sippin syrup. That bar was fiiiire!

[@okanimal]

"This shit 'fire' (PHI), that's why the numbers to don't lie G" ... PHI is the golden ratio.

[@chrisdoyle2248]

Love true hip hop and that's them!

[@ZergD]

Thank you so much!! Viva coast contra! Fire reaction!!

[@deemune1146]

🔥 🔥 🔥 a hip hop collective

[@darcywilliamsjr9502]

Man like your content how you break down bars I love lyrics keep killin in that fire…

[@aidanobrienofficial]

the CREAM made them, the "cash rules everything around me", made them. The money is why they sell their soul, but the labels then cremate them on the deals and with the ownership? .. might be a stretch but that's what I heard first

[@Cameronredick]

Love everything these dudes put out

[@MickayG]

Jamal started with amazing bars... than first twin gave us amazing storytelling... could've ended there, so so dope. Rio also gave dope storytelling... and then second twin finished that mf with dope bars... such a solid solid group. True true hip-hop.

[@Doughboy1027]

🔥🔥🔥 Better than your favorite is an understatement.

[@MrVirtuezzz]

Taj does usually require "bar breakdowns", this was just a more light, reflective verse from him

[@didierblasco8116]

thanks for sharing the love !

[@Bjørn_ESO]

I think the wheelchair bar might even be a triple Wheelchair = Pushing them like you push someone in a wheelchair Will Cheer = Cheer on rappers who self-degrade Will Chair = Give shitty rappers throne/chair

[@osiokonkwo6799]

3rd one is reaching a bit, but kudos to you for thinking to up!

[@NotSoTypikal]

3rd one….. nah 😂

[@kelvinkaranja1799]

​@@osiokonkwo6799It's not a reach coz Eric already used it in the breathe and stop freestyle

[@DFree216]

Maybe +1 more wheelchair = the labels will handicap your talent in rap since you have rap about certain things they want Only.

[@g_ravasz]

Great old school type. Reaction was awesome too.

[@austinmorris5593]

IV Roman numerals is 4 that bar alone is hard

[@Mar69Mars]

Sweet gettin a shout out for the city!! 🔥🔥 Toronto in da house body surfin! Love these guys so freaking much!!! 🔥🔥

[@marclee82]

When Ras' lower self-started having a pity party and he flipped right back to the first lines from his "higher self" GENIUS!!! He not only had a battle with his conscious but he validated his point that the lower self will always slip into self-depreciation. POETRY, DEBATE, SELF REFLECTION and Therapy is an insane verse.

[@Leftfield310]

Coast Contra and ShoeGang are the 2 best hip-hop groups today.

[@aidanobrienofficial]

the depth of that last verse 😏🔥

[@jrangel2695]

you should do they older freestyles to see the growth an just spread the word even more 💯💪 🔊 COAST CONTRA ‼️

[@mikemoore1800]

I was waiting for you to react to this 🔥🔥 reaction and song fasholy

[@mrskate7771]

This is my favorite song by them. And i felt the same way about rio at first but after a few listens i realised he is better than initial first impressions

[@bamzilla.]

Coast Contra is soooo far over mainstream music's head. If they're gonna make it....Hip-Hop needs to get behind them harder than they already are. I see a lot of OG's workin with them....but it's all "underground" visibility. There's no reason creatively that Coast can't take over rap. NOW....this assumes that's what they want. Either way....we were all here for it first.

[@jasonbirchoff2605]

This song I think perfectly attacks all the Coast fans who are really only Eric Jamal finds... Like I used to be. erics first verse had me blown away. Then you hear the others less complicated but similarly impactful and you cant help but realize your robbin yourself of enjoying greatness in many forms on one track.

[@MrBroadKast]

This track is dope, I like what they do individually but honestly most of their tracks seem like 4 random verses put together...this actually marries up as a cohesive unit and it's fire AF

[@Shaman11AP11]

look at the Fibonacci spiral -> looks like a G 🔥🔥🔥

[@IceMan2035]

Yeah that 80s beat sounds sick with a smooth flow. EM dropping a new song and video in 2 weeks from what EM magazine said on Instagram✌️

[@mikigalshou7806]

8 o clock on the morning over here in the Uk boppin in my kitchen making a coffee

[@MickayG]

Coast are those young duded with that old hiphop soul... they're a blessing. BUT if you wanna listen to a classic group showing how hiphop should be made? Check out the new Arrested Development album! Dope AF!

[@quamifilms]

They all have unique flows… Jamal and Ras kas son murders the bars!!!! So rappers really better watch out. Especially if they have know idea C.C is Here!

[@tylerkrauss5113]

Bruh had me at "we need an iv, it's up to us 4 (IV) to save the day..." 🔥

[@djinspector1]

Rio is dope af... and he produced the track

[@Gearzilla117]

Gotta dive into more LaRussell. He has been killing it and it's ALL been independent.

[@Chefbwest]

I agree with this statement

[@sarahsmith8780]

#CoastContra 🔥🔥!! 🌎❤️

[@Misterimoh]

DO NOT DISCREDIT ANY MEMBERS OF THIS CREW.

[@terrylynch555]

Been waiting for your reaction nephew. Come on man!!😅😅😂😂😂

[@ishaevers]

Was waiting for this one letsgoooo

[@AryaShadeslayer]

Eric really is HIMOTHEY like he stated before. Spitting fire 🔥 his verses never fail to disappoint

[@kelvinkaranja1799]

What you saying?

[@kelvinkaranja1799]

What you saying?

[@DHankins19]

Coast Contra fina be lit. They def breaking out big time 2024. Bro, we need Coast X Cole LIKE A MF.

[@phatmangos]

saving hip hop like Jeru the Damaja

[@340_ISLANDBOI]

💪🏽NOW THATS MY GUY! JERU DIDNT PLAY WITH EM💪🏽

[@chriscooper4205]

Rahhh there's so much to unpack in that verse it's crazy... that brains bacon/baking egg em on to sip maple/syrup. Percs. For your inflamation. met a sin/medicine. Talking about how rappers encourage kids to self degrade and exploit them 'eat them for breakfast'. Mad really to write this shit. Calling them fake rappers scrubs and saying he come to clean the scene up.

[@chriscooper4205]

pro-sick/prosac .

[@clintwright7860]

What's up man love the content keep doing the good work just got me one of your sweters

[@gatormama75]

They’re soooo smart!!!!

[@musicbyl.o.s9837]

Wheel chair (will cheer) self Degrading (Degrasi) that was a Drake shot 🤣

[@BasiliskGER]

Peace and love fam 🙏

[@jwall2235]

Reminds me of Tribe Called Quest & Onyx

[@Zutang777]

This one is soooo 🔥

[@Ea-22]

Yes...yes sir yes sir...👍💪🤙...Hip-hop is not dead...

[@Lewismuz]

😅 I miss Whadap! Whadap! KZbin!! to some extent 😂 stevie,I've seen this channel grow man. Big ups👍much love from Zambia 🇿🇲.

[@sibusisovicent3757]

My best reactor finally I will now watch other reactors ❤❤❤

[@jeffreylott-nv6hc]

This video is Rio's creation

[@tobi3458]

Could the “like Fibonacci that’s why the numbers don’t lie g” be a reference to the Fibonacci sequence

[@DefeatLust]

I see Coast Contra, I CLICK

[@dkboss2412]

Fast

[@dexterdahmer]

The first major bar went over this fools head 😂

[@unkn0wn894]

been waiting for u to post this

[@johnnieherron2027]

The twins are Ras Kass Sonz that should help the Old heads realize why they Rap that Way. bloodline. been Hot.

[@ravenna6543]

I’ve been watching all the reactions to this one I can find and it’s crazy how no one even in the comments has gotten the Drake diss in the wheelchair bar.

[@johnnygutierrez9855]

You working overtime today Stevie 😂

[@HurricanePride05]

Five is a number in the Fibonacci sequence 5G is dealing with communication and reception

[@kirwinnixon7656]

I guess that why Rass call himself The Flow God, he always up to something with his ups, downs, pace, voice tones facials expression that now all his flows now just has a identity for mind to just be always in catch up mode.🤔

[@christiansgathering4408]

DAMN 🔥

[@ouadiijikh2008]

Protect them all at cost

[@Yooide]

this really has 90's vibes.

[@cloud-reaper1152]

😂 I just came here from the Lil Nas X video😂 had to right this now during Erics verse

[@laufer2000]

Hello my guy. I like to watch your content. Next time you should check this band from Poland. "Afromental - Mental House". It's good shit. Regards

[@briancardwell2809]

Rio produced this track as well

[@jbogle531]

I highly doubt Eric is talking down on Lil Baby, just the lack of creativity from people biting people like Lil Baby.

[@whosthatoutcast]

😊 bro, I am surprised this wasn't a 30-minute video😂