Common - 1999 (Instrumental)

[@str8toff]

gives me chills when I hear where hip-hop was and now where it is damn Im tryin to still love H.E.R.

[@QuietstormRB]

Classic Hi-Tek production. Everytime I hear this track the first thing thar comes to mind is the And 1 Mixtape Vol. 1 and the classic Skip 2 My Lou footage.

[@iamsavior1]

AHH Classic! This beat was used on the AND1 Vol.1 mixtape. I recognized it right away. Nostalgia! Amazing BEAT.. big ups to my man Hi-Tek!

[@Germancito141]

ahh man, with the skip 2 my lou footage was epic.

[@bryantking4454]

@@Germancito141 indeed

[@ItsDJNuName]

I’m gonna write to this beat. One of my favorites ever!!!!

[@BringDpain]

hi tek has so recognizable style, with his basslines and drums, just amazing beat!

[@KingTx99]

1 of the illest beats ever, Hi-Tek is the new Premo period.

[@petercarpio389]

Who’s bumpin this Hi-Tek classic in 2020???

[@hiphoprealness2449]

2021

[@Baltimorehop]

2019 baby bro. This shit rock hard. Remember when this dropped during the Neo Soul era. Banga.

[@UNIZEN]

this beat proves that god walk among men...

[@andrewpine1029]

AMEN

[@officialbang]

Top 10 instrumental all time

[@Beatmasta92]

The break down at 3:24-8 is so sick. I love it!(the whole beat that is)

[@kingmase6759]

And 1 mixtape beat, this is CLASSIC

[@tutorialbs]

Ahhh my god this brings back good memories

[@adamsubtract81]

Same here. Hazy memories ;)

[@ThePeter281]

And me too. Poland

[@christopherwilliams3098]

This beat makes a lot of common sense 😎 still getting mine in the 2017 and lots more peace.

[@elchappo5573]

I was born that year I'm 21 now it's crazy cause my mom was playing this beat when I was 7 its just crazy how time flying by cause one day will all say goodbye

[@da1usleepwit]

19 ninetynine i was 8 years old swingin on them preskewl poles on manchester and 87 when i heard police sirens and a one eight seven its a blessin how that cood b one of us or me so i sit down and spit nerseries errday a new day like a mystery no1 but u can create a history live life lil homies cuz 10 years later u gon see bein a adult in dis world might b smart or knock up a girl whoknows u know so dont let it go keep GOD as ya right hand man and pray for a understand tell him dat u luv him man

[@infinitechill1264]

Who chillin with this in 2018? Y'all know what I mean! 😉😎

[@jarbon5]

See why Com came hard on this song, this beat just begs you to do that. Loving it:)

[@xlhits]

Precisely!

[@SAGA45]

This is better than coffee in the mornin/better than cough syrup with a "child under 3" warnin/

[@lilripsta1995]

Learn the finest wisdoms from a blind man Told me how to feel things without my hands Spiritual glands living on a repentance sentence Got damn man wish I could change the listens Of the radios poisoning out mentals hot metals Laying black rose pedals to dead scenarios This goes for the peoples who lost peoples Before it was they time to go but the clocks set Humanity is a threat quick to reject An angel or a demon that was made to select A soul to collect we at the highest bets Fools putting up prices they can't afford On the gravy train but barely can aboard Slash vocal chords words is swords Line em up sliced with cold cuts so what? Ya gonna do to change the skies view I see a bloody sun from the chaos spun By the tons damn near Armageddon Let the pain begin folks out here settling Treading in the water soon to drowned On downs controlled by the elite clowns Watch the stock market frown Upon us then say we the ones to trust Naw I put trust in my own spiritual lust Time aint going nowhere so I'll just sit here In feel the black spaces with weed traces Malcolm's gave me the rest of his scholastics Fantastic quick with mathematics So take a step back before ya become asthmatic

[@waynegooden7459]

fiyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah bars

[@waynegooden7459]

LET ME SPIT ONE by wayne gooden elder x I PASSED SOME TEEN AGE YOUNGINS IN A FREESTYLE CYPHER AT THE CORNER IN FRONT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD BODEGA STOPPED IN MY TRACKS BECAUSE I WANTED TO LISTEN BOPPIN MY HEAD AS MY SOUL KEEP ITCHING JUST TO GET IN YOU KNOW I HAD TO GET IN SUIT AND TIE SUITED THE DIDNT EXPECT THIS CAT LIKE ME OVER THE AGE OF FIFTY NEVER DIVORCED THE BOOM BAP OR THE CONSCIOUS THEORY IT WAS EERIE THEY LISTENED ATTENTIVELY AS I DROPPED BARS RARELY SPOKEN BY ANY MCEES I6 BARS I CAME OFF CLEARLY SPEAKING ON THE STRUGGLE THE COME UPS AND TRICK KNOWLEDGY THEN DROPPED SOME SERIOUS AFRICAN PHILOSOPHIES NAMING KINGS AND QUEENS OF PAST GLORIOUS KINGDOMS UNDERSTANDING KNOWLEDGE WISDOM I WAS PASSING THE TORCH SOME PICKED IT UP AS THE ESSENCE OF THEIR THOUGHTS SOME SAID YEAH UNK THAT WAS REALLY LIT YO SOME SAID RESPECT YOU NICE WITH YOURS PROPS ACCOLADES AS I HUMBLY WALKED OFF PRAYING I PLANTED SEEDS TO ELEVATE THEIR CONVO BESIDE RAPPING MUMBLE AND THAT KILLER BAR BARRAGE BOUT GUN DRUGS AND THUGS JEWELRIES EXPENSIVE CARS THE MORAL TO THIS STORY WE NEED MORE HIP HOP SUBSTANCE REAL RECOGNIZE REAL LONG LIVE THE LYRICAL INTELLIGENCE

[@lilripsta1995]

@@waynegooden7459 thanks bro

[@lilripsta1995]

@@waynegooden7459 @Wayne Gooden Space decipher hyper than the hyp-est manifest A bless no stress filly chest from the holy vest crest Moons rocking girls hotter than June thoughts zoom In like a commodore too hardcore watch the media shore In chaos voided happiness this ain't for records of Guinness Genius since I touched the land without my hands stand On words of value a valuable to the celestial stressing vocals Mic check one two dollaz rendezvous ice crews Froze thoughts before they was brought by thoughts Paying attention to the wicked commission lynchin' Enemies with one line tap spine golden calf designs Watch the smoke invoke a higher notes expose the quote Blood shed still tryna graze the lambs spread all heads Bow to the holy vow unmatched thous gomer Pyle Sniper shots keep it hot ya can't touch this hammer Sip koolaid jammers got Wayne the main handlers Busy on the intercept cant reject high frequency connects

[@nobodyknowsforsure]

finally - i wanted to see who was gonna spit somthin' positive on a beat - its like dudes don't know how to do that anymore...well done

[@kikalb1358]

Memories!! And1 volume1 mixtape.. 🏀 🏀 🎶 🎶

[@PCHoofdstraat]

Makes me wanna freestyle all day and night shit is amazinggg hip hop never dies!!!!

[@TeamEggman]

Still gettin mine in the 2.9.9.9. That's right, I'm a time traveler

[@DEF4POETRY]

Way before it was historic I lived for it Even if u now ignore it My right limbs id give.for this Most dont have the gift But like like.mos i jus let it rip like pants on spongues I levitate where the end plunges and come back huntin hunger while they look to rid me like im listed wit the 4400

[@WorldwideJamal]

damn hi tek killed it wit this one

[@MetroAcct730]

Bodied it!!!

[@kincamell2]

Much Gratitude.

[@muzictv3933]

2019, still going strong brothers and sisters 👊😎

[@ericlewis3004]

2022…2029…2039 and beyond

[@dylrio24]

I grew up in a time when most rap was generic/ shooting and hustling was in every other lyric/ got so tired I just didnt wanna hear it/ I wrote some lines on paper, but started to fear it// I thought what if people hated the shit that I wrote/ so I drew to my inspirations to help keep me afloat// I looked to boys like Nubian and KRS/ Chuck D, Fief and Q in A Tribe Called Quest/ Those old times guys truly were the best/ Im here to carry on the legacy the legends left/ if you didn't feel that...

[@anthonytruman]

This instrumental is on another level. Have you levitating

[@808illmatic]

the realness of rap u trying to change that not good at all others might fall but we just dominate and take control of all. to all my doods on the west,east,south an north side come together lets just multiply make poetry music have the fans lose it. 1993 i was the brightest light a newborn never known to carry a mic an battle no matter what the senarios like just a yound tike in this world of killin,raping,and slaying i seen it all on the days work

[@Nicorodriguez48]

The lyrics just come to me when it starts 🔥

[@isaacmarcus99]

Still bumpin mine in the 2.0.1.9.!!!

[@insight6689]

This beat is one of the nicest, I am probably most partial to Invocation, that beat is still one of the illest

[@OnimeDoobs]

still love this song

[@ganee6a]

so relaxing

[@thjohn1987]

This beat is fucking crazyyyyyy!! Hi tek is a genius ooooh yeah neck broker

[@onaqtip]

love, some wonder will it last, some mistaken it for sometime missing in der past, love can come n go, without u ever knowin, like a splash by an oar without you ever rowing, you might fall right out of love wit the one ya with, because ya stop growing and ya startin to drift, love is often blind, it can be so unkind, it can go from total bliss to turn a jelous mind

[@brownfaye]

Smooth like chocolate!

[@klausketteler]

do you have the original version. Not the instrumental. I'm lookin for it the whole time but there are only some remixes.

[@mrsolo54]

It's like I'm fightin' for freedom... writin' for freedom...

[@proggiefill]

@WannabeMC760 nice little lyrics man :D keep it up ;)

[@IcebergSlim1978]

@bronxrell It was on Soundbombing II from Rawkus Records

[@luckyranadey775]

yo the download link expired..can u PLEASE upload it again and let me know when you do..i need this beat PLEASE!!!

[@thebloopsound4241]

Remember when your friends were asking if you've heard this yet?

[@louiebushea106]

Gett'n mine right in the 2.0.1.5!

[@soberLORD]

.9

[@MotorMouF1988]

this beat is hard.. could possibly downlaod the instrumental and flow over it... hmmmmm...

[@COURTNEYSTEELE23]

DAYS ARE NOT THE SAME MONEY THAT IS LEFT OVER PROGRESS IS CHANGE PLEASURE IS PAIN CREATE YOUR OWN LANE IF NOT YOU WILL GET LOST IN THE GAME LOOK NOT FOR FAME ASK IT NOT TO COME IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT BEING SMART OR DUMB BEING WEALTHY OR BEING PLACED IN A SITUATION OF LOW INCOME WHAT CAN YOU FORM HOW CAN YOU DESTROY HOW CAN EVERY ISSUE BE ABOUT RACE OR WHETER YOU GIRL OR BOY

[@airjawcruz]

the deal is that youtube is starting to suck now cuz of all the copyright takedown notices. half the songs in my favorites list don't even work anymore

[@cuoy13]

2015 to Infinity

[@carminelt7559]

Puedo utilizarla amigo ? Saludos desde México

[@Tone-Moonie]

does anybody know what song this is sampled from?

[@oddnomad8010]

@ tswagg504....i dunno why you got all those thumbs down on ya verse bro. i read it and it got potential as a hook!

[@progressivelife841]

Hip hop !!

[@LyricalThesisDJ]

YESSSSSSS

[@k1dch165]

YES I FINALLY FOUND

[@PepegaPig]

what version is this? can i find a normal track with lyrics being spat on top of this beat?

[@jasongold708]

Dawg, it's an instrumental track of Common's song 1-9-9-9 along with Sadat X and Talib Kweli.

[@luismcorona8993]

Post all instrumentals on SoundCloud and hmu with a link pls

[@Liltoxicfoo]

1999 only four years old/ but i turned the tunes on and felt it going through my soul/ i never actually thought of doing this/of just hopping on a beat and begining to spit/ but i dont want dumbed down lyrics/ or want to tell tall tales and sound like a mimic/ cause everything has been said and done/ like nas said hardly anything is new under the sun/ but ima try to raise hip hop like it was my only son/ focous on meanigfull lines/ and not negatory rhymes any good? please give me so feed back

[@micgeronimo]

STILL GETTIN MINE IN THE 1-9-9-9

[@JLjuju]

Now matter the place no matter the time, i'm still gettin' mine

[@styopaa.z]

is this pitched up?

[@Cjga1114]

Aprig yes slightly! Heard worse

[@melo4985]

Yeah. I think it sounds better pitched in my opinion

[@SW4TR3PP1N]

Is this a DJ Hi Tek beat?

[@jasongold708]

Yes

[@DanZoBot3000]

Still getting mine in 2..0..1...9,9,9...

[@comish60]

Anybody know the name of the original?

[@bronxrell]

anyone know what album this song was on?

[@MetroAcct730]

Soundbombing II

[@rchammer90]

When I go at it again, My flow is like, ratta-tat-tat 'notha ho round my home again I'm bout to, busta rhyme It's the right time to spit some lines but dont get outta line Cause your shit's weak son My future is bright, and yours is a bleak one

[@num1coltsfan]

All the gangsta rap had made my mind a stew, Potatoes and carrots and thinkin its cool, To murder and steal and lie to who, Ever got in my way, When I was asked to pop I just used to say, Oh wait dude yea I will just not today, I just wonder did it ever cross my mind, That I was being confined, To certain lyrics and a certain way of life, To walk a certain line and to a certain state of mind, It still feels like I'm in prison doing my time, Gotta sit at this table and make these words rhyme

[@nageen]

sick

[@alexthekiddd09]

yo theres nuffin common bwt me// my rhymes tremor the ground see// and where the clouds be// with thurbulent flows//these words is my soul/but i aint determined to blow//cus my mind is blurry with woes//so i let the herbal tree glow// and phase out reality cus in all actually i could dwell but prefer to verbally show// that im stronger, i'll last//i wont sit here an ponder the past// just want2 write rhymes//about how i fight life//and why my hearts darker than the sky at night time.

[@bobwailer8]

keep on the beat rock on the mic my speech knock, i choreograph lyrics to unmake most beat suck, stories i can tell very well to clienteles i believe in heaven but why's this planet kinda hell? got a question for the president where's the elites' residence? if life got a menu can i always choose my preference? dey say freedom is within but my ancestors had to fight for, if i luv my country do by force gotta die for? if knowledge is sold then wat did GOD create my mind for? Uh!

[@TobiBamtefa]

@88thetruth88 gully...dat urs??

[@bobwailer8]

but nobody's gunna take dat cuz life says payback, Holla!!!

[@MrBlackAl]

And I got the Levy on em, I mean the Leverage My shits droppin heavy on em.. figure it out 2 words your to short..Im Movin Steady on em.

[@Buurows1989]

fukkin ill instrumental! love it ...

[@johannsk8]

i need to intrumental!!!! give me plis

[@Luckthedon7]

Yeah that was descent son!

[@Chakal921]

2019!

[@UNIZEN]

This is like the fucking hottest beat ever made....

[@TheDouilleur23]

Yeeeah Mannn :)

[@gotsteeze92]

@MrBlackAl I was flowin your shit and this was one of those "OOOHHHHH!!" moments. "And I got the Levy on em, I mean the Leverage. My shit is droppin heavy on em"

[@ultimorn]

Coming from a place where empty means somethin/try to make sure my heart keep pumpin/thumpin, like a woofer with a mad kick/when I throw a rhyme you know its gonna stick / up against a wall -- slammin on suckas like Im dunkin ball/blastin all a y'all like a pyscho at the mall/Im sendin this to everyone and all/Spittin sick raps with my one phone call

[@eugenepaynejr7255]

Cold chi City winds

[@TheWordMC]

clean ass stash!

[@borca]

still gettin mine...in the 2 0 0 9

[@QuietstormRB]

Good look on the thumbs up. IDK y I even got a thumbs down like you said they probably never saw the mixtape lol. Peace.

[@nutinurmacaroni]

What a fuckin beat.

[@xowalawalaox23]

real shit i spill it like im clumsy.. with the beat im like beast kill it like im hungry.. im hotter than the sun b you dont believe come see..

[@yuppcj]

them kats below me got some phat rhymes/ i respect that/ im workin to get mine/ dont wana fall on my face flat/ goin to school but it aint calling me/ thy say i neeed to finish but i dont see/ at all clearly what i can do with schoool/ yea i know ima fool/ fuck it ima try my best/just need to pass them tests

[@tswagg504]

It's a hook from a rapper named Waka Flocka..and it doesn't bother me if it got thumbs down..I was laughing the whole time I wrote it..lol

[@TheBeatholiC]

damn this shit is fire!!

[@BrutesWayy]

Call me up, i get the stuff noww i puff and puff, Call me Dr Cee cuz i operate and i sets it stright, skill when i kill on a mountin peek let me leek blood i got no degree call me Ceppy Cee what you do to me i battle i might set it off let iff, all night~~

[@devellwilson7099]

est......APRIL 18, 2019

[@aaronflowers8881]

That mural of Bruce Lee.

[@devon8trillionaire]

It's me believeing In daily

[@RyersoNNNNnnn]

fuckin sick beat! puttin it on my ipod ! =]

[@definitionofill]

Breaker 1-9-9-9

[@dumdum864]

i stay shinin all the way from the bay to 99 i jack more cars then a kangaroo can hop i dont stop at red lights and when i flash by get ready to get passed by a blink of one eye can get you shot and burried this aint no rap hurry i swish you around like a McDonalds Mc flurry hurry and scurry gun shots hit yo block like blox you still on trainin wheels i got wheels of steel i eat a full course meal of money and im still hungry

[@tswagg504]

@mkmeasanwich //I feel the same way...its just funny to put his lyrics next to other people's lyrics