Da Youngstas - Mad Props (Official Video)

Da Youngstas - Mad Props (Official Video) from the album 'No Mercy' (1994)
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Lyrics:
[Scratch Hook]
"How ya like me now? I'm getting busier" - LL Cool J 'Jack The Ripper'
[Verse One: Reek Geez]
Ayo knock knock (open up) let me in, where's my pen?
So I can freak it today, tomorrow see to the wind
I be sly as a fox to get props, forget cops and any other type of pit stops
And that'll have to be the way the ball bounce
When I announce I'm a kilo and you're an ounce
You can't step to this because I'm certified
You better hide or it'll be a homicide
It's Da Youngstas jacking ya better recognize to the fact
That we can rip up any track
Other crews talk but they don't want none
They know they get done
So now they on the run
Ease up Oc
I got the Glock, cock
Listen to me rock
Cause down is how it's lock
Cause we can go on and on till the clock stops
And be out for mad props
[Hook] {x4}
Mad props is what I be out for
Mad props as soon as I hit the door
"How ya like me now? I'm getting busier"
[Verse Two: Taj Mahal]
Peep the technique, I'm no joke loc
I'm so dope, you just awoke, I blow you out like smoke, nigga
How could you figure that I'm a wack MC?
But I'ma tell you right now that I'm the best MC
On the mic when I strike at 12:00 a vampire
Rap retire, I'm setting crews on fire
So listen up to the rhymes I drop
As I kick mad flavor from my verbal Glock
I
Shock the ground like volt of lightening
It's frightening, the type of rhymes I be writing
Exciting, when I pick up the mic and start reciting
You take a hike like a Viking
Taj Mahal
Won't stall of fall
Ready to brawl
I'm solid like a brick wall
So listen up to the words I say cause I spray
(What?)
Rhymes like an AK
[Hook]
[Verse Three: Q-Ball]
I'm creeping while your sorry butt's sleeping
Don't sweat the technique, I'm grim reaping
1-2, I'm coming for you, it's the Q
To the 3-4, ayo kids lock your door
So many brothers wanna act hard and dress mean
To me yo, you ain't nothing but a drag queen, fiend
Leaning with your little hard dream
Well you can't rep because I'm rolling with my Philly team
You wanna rumble?
Well you can get crumble
I didn't mumble
What's wrong, now you're humble
Mad props is what I be out for
You won't score whenever Q-Ball gets raw
I be seeing suckers disappear in thin air
Hiding there, duck here, jump there, one here, jump over there
But I don't wanna 'em to leave I want 'em to see what's happening
When I finish rapping similar to capping
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[@Mrbiggz804]

Who still banging this in 2024?! MEEEEE

[@jimmygreaves1]

Damn! I miss this era of hip hop. This group were underrated and deserve some flowers

[@ChristopherHedum-js8eg]

Aww. You can look em up and send em flowers. Im sure theyd love them!

[@chris360s_]

They had their own style unlike the music of today. All three of them were dope! Damn I miss the 90's.

[@TheSub-SaharanAmericanLegend]

They'll body the migos easily with them Hard Core and raw raps.

[@PeekaBooo25]

Chris NC true but back then they had competition with other young groups like Kriss Kross, Illegal, etc. who had similar styles. It was mad competitive back then so they had to come off ruff and right.

[@PLAYAGrim5166]

i miss the 90s even when i never lived it rhis is real HipHop

[@juliusbarb1]

Thanks to Treach who wrote their rhymes

[@guillaumecollins548]

Quran was the illest

[@loneotaku]

Golden Age Hip Hop with that Street Fighter II arcade cabinet in the back. Doesn't get more 90's than that!

[@wayofthekodiak3118]

Brings tears to my eyes. So glad to be from that era!

[@grandregentthragg7896]

So facts man I vividly remember that game being a apart of my video game child hood.

[@naypomjack6459]

The purest form of Rap Music.

[@YoutubeBrand]

It saddens me how talented they were, and raw, yet in this day and age, their music won't be the largest. It's groups like this, with raw talent, that the industry doesn't want to go viral.

[@4443hill]

TheBrandBuilder Check me out

[@memesmoke1206]

Big facts

[@jermaineboyd6594]

I know right..like Naughty by Nature, Digital Underground, De La Soul.

[@juliusbarb1]

Thanks to Treach for their rhymes

[@Tryste]

they had mad respect in their days

[@Calogerognvrly]

These kinda beats always make my soul feel at peace 🙌🏽

[@djaftermath4313]

Part of that boom bap era. I'll always love it. DOPE

[@TheKLEBER76]

I miss you golden era! In the 90's is the best hip hop ever made all times...

[@trrch5149]

mixing and scratching are long gone in music.. these cats could rap and had barz.. salute

[@AureliusWhite]

TR RCH wrong my man! check out Da blabbermouf LP. Those cats kicking it oldschool like it should be!

[@friscofunksta7528]

+Blazed Again and they probably dress like ur sister too, which makes all their credibility 0

[@mdiesfeldt2620]

+Bumer 10 You didnt even look it up? Guess you arent the head you think you are.

[@friscofunksta7528]

Hiphop Head I said probably which implys that I didn't look it up at that point. Makes sense..

[@mdiesfeldt2620]

I dont care. Just show respect for the people that actually want to bring the boombap back. Bumer 10

[@walterharris6050]

90s Hip Hop. The Pinnacle of Hip Hop. Period.

[@TheSub-SaharanAmericanLegend]

Facts💯💯💯

[@BADLUCKJUSTICE]

period

[@fredwatsonjr.1777]

Amen to that! 90's hip-hop's golden era!!! Will never be another...

[@wayofthekodiak3118]

PERIOD! The golden, Platinum, and Diamond era!!!!

[@togonumber]

PERIOD. :)

[@DarkHorse08]

Damn I miss the 90's. I get sad sometimes when I reminisce knowing that I'll never experience that decade again.

[@011177]

fuck i start crying when remebering these times

[@oldschoolfreak98]

One2 word

[@sk8terscrew4life]

One2 also do I

[@neocush1]

Real talk.

[@marcusbryse2534]

One2 definitely

[@Calogerognvrly]

I really never get tired of this song. My all time fav song by them 🔥🔥🔥

[@emilyfurey4483]

Literally NEVER get sick. Still listening 30 Years later and still lovin it

[@HOSTILEMGTOW]

​@@emilyfurey4483 Marley Marl blessing our eardrums on this beat 🔊🎶😁.

[@lionelmcelwee5255]

​@@HOSTILEMGTOWit was actually K Def who did the track

[@nataliebarkhatova6471]

Da Youngsta's is the brightest example of talented amateurs! 👏

[@HOSTILEMGTOW]

Talented amateurs ?. How were they amateurs when they were professional rappers😐?.

[@danny35678]

Old school never gets old💯

[@djaftermath4313]

The 2nd verse is the best imo. I was feeling young fella, especially at 1:38 rockin that crowd. Good ish right there!

[@oldschoolfreak98]

Mad Props to you! you're a real Hip-Hop head if u got here👏🏼

[@TheSub-SaharanAmericanLegend]

Facts my G💯

[@shaungiovanni6527]

Right back at u

[@pho.phonic]

Back at ya brotha. Peep Damu The Fudgemunk’s remix of this track kzbin.info/www/bejne/iqnQq4BmpJ6Sbbc

[@oldschoolfreak98]

@@pho.phonic i've already seen it ;)

[@pho.phonic]

\ OldSchoolFreak / Word

[@prettynikki3667]

Still banging the youngstas in 2023🔥🔥🔥

[@Sylvester4571]

Their music is eternal in 2024🔥

[@carlmartin4878]

4sho!! Much respect

[@snaydersnoob3808]

August 26, 2024 🔥

[@ghetty78]

This song takes me back. I always loved this beat

[@derrickknox2075]

Dibiase CLASSIC

[@TheSub-SaharanAmericanLegend]

Same here💯

[@blackchang1981]

Me too.

[@djspair]

K-Def!

[@SakkeOne]

i know im hella late, but go check out Damu the fudgemunks remake of this beat. Sound really good

[@ricardored207]

The nineties had some of the rawest rap styles, these groups from this era can still be listened to by me any day. Shout to the illy funksters to shooting this video in BROOKLYN‼️

[@MrCRACKupTV]

I thought it was in philly well hey it's still the eastcoast

[@YoursTrulyRED]

East Coast for life! I'm from New York....

[@getatme1on1]

Hector Fludd that's the EL in Philly

[@ricardored207]

This was filmed in BROOKLYN on BROADWAY.... I know my borough.... plenty of rap groups filmed in other locations besides their own hood....

[@Rebelofhiphop]

Yea, that train going by is the J train. that abandoned building later became Brooklyn HS for law and tech. Right on Broadway and Howard Ave. Smooth Da Hustler Broken Languages was also filmed on this strip and Pitch Black - It's All Real.

[@RaceClistonRacebizzy]

I still want this beat. This joint is crazy.

[@BiGGCaiN24]

Nothing like this era of Rap Music! This is one of the 90's jewels

[@andrewthatoneandonlyguy9985]

6 years of being addicted to old school hip hop, my life has been awesome

[@lsamoa]

This is the New School though

[@DD72]

The 90s hiphop scene was so magical and great everyone was so different from each other

[@OnlyOriginalSongs]

YEAH ALSO DONT FORGOT MAN THIS IS REAL HIP HOP AND CERYTHIME I LISTEN REAL MY EARS GET CHIILL ЫЩККН sorry for caps lock also i drunked w9ith ghvino now and you nknow wha ...................................

[@OnlyOriginalSongs]

its translated but you get it what i meAn I can hardly write

[@A.J.314]

I miss the early 90's hip hop

[@GenesisRockwell]

+AJJ314 Me too man

[@abhishekdamral314]

90s hiphop remains undisputed 💪💯

[@tiffanypittman04]

This popped in my feed and something told me to play it. This really made me smile. I haven't heard this song in years! I used to love this!! Thank you KZbin Gods for bringing this to me. This takes me back to when hip hop was full of surprises. I looked forward to rapper's new releases to see how tight the lyrics and melodies were gonna be. And this group right here was underrated. They got some nice beats. #RIPhiphop

[@supafreshent.5746]

We will never get these days back, damn all my people was still living then miss those times

[@andrestafford8709]

1994 was a classic year for me growing up........MAD PROPS

[@davidmthekidd]

94 was raw as hell, shit i was 11.

[@ronmexico79]

Soon as I hit the door 🚪

[@juliusjean-baptiste924]

Facts, I was only 5. Mad props to these dudes and others coming up for bringing hip-hop forward

[@enzononterah9232]

Da Youngsters (1994) Mad Praps Good old days still good coolest music 🎵🎶

[@ghetto5858]

2021 And da youngstas still giving me mad props

[@Mara_143]

🔥🔥🔥

[@glasshousecp]

90's hip hop was the best Era of hip hop hands down. We had so many different rappers with different styles and content. R.I.P. 90's HIP HOP

[@iambobby_c]

Wow.... This is a throwback for real. Peace to "Da Youngstas". I remember back in the days hanging out in the Hood Arcades. You had to belong to a Crew or else you were getting Robbed..... Smh... The 90's were Crazy. Mad Props

[@Fanaa7777]

2024 I’m still here 🦵🦵🦵✊✊✊📟📞⏰🤲🏾🫶🏾🌎 still kinking knocking back the days ⏰🫡👊

[@DiggumSmack77]

They held Philly down from 93-95

[@traviscarter1023]

Before State Property and Cassidy and Meek Mill and Jamal and Eve we had these guys

[@juliusjean-baptiste924]

Jamal went solo in 94/95.

[@1974cfjl]

This is a underated CLASSIC HIP HOP joint.

[@sebeku2]

That beat is sick!

[@leroyrichardaonjr.7613]

l just got goose bumps. real hip hop!

[@shots437]

LeRoy Richardaon Jr. That's a fact

[@StayWil72]

I love the way the DJ is cuttin and slicin up that Jack Da Ripper by LL 🔥

[@marcelwebster6555]

The music, the hip-hop style, the DJ cuts…..great hip hop music legends from the 90’s

[@getaction]

K-Def on the skratch! ... this takes me back to my teens, when hip-hop music & culture was still fresh and exciting. I still have the single on 12". It's no surprise this period's been retroactively dubbed the 'golden age'.

[@RevolutionFromBelow]

Essence of Hip Hop. When society was looking for skills and passion for a culture, an art... And not who made how much money with which evil ways, or who'd be the most psycho killer out there...

[@EatinOffMyOwnPlate]

This is Saturday morning / afternoon hip hop. The best !

[@October33rd]

I know what you mean. 😂

[@kennyhardy1884]

I love running mad props and who got the props back-to-back in my headphones for my gym workouts.... The whole vibe makes you feel something different

[@wayofthekodiak3118]

Both bangers from the golden era. About to do the same right now

[@traviscarter1023]

I'm doing that now Gym life 1990s hip-hop come get down

[@IamFresh2]

Mad Props to this shit still hitting in 2023

[@Gildedbutterfly1976]

MTV classic rocks. They play all these old videos and I’m instantly teleported to a more simpler time in life that I wish I could go back to for even a moment in time.

[@Popu_GTB]

Samples: The Main Ingredient - Over You LL Cool J - Jack the Ripper (Vocals) The New Apocalypse - Get Outta My Life Woman (Drums) 0:09 Skull Snaps - It’s a New Day (Drums) Supreme C - Mad Props (Lyrics) 1:01

[@JEFFMAN90]

Stop sample snitching dumbo

[@Talaria.School]

👍🏼

[@davidforreal2116]

I’m surprised this wasn’t a big song around the country THIS GOES HARD🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@EscosRevenge]

Philly still rockin! 🔥🔥🔥

[@allmightantdawgs]

Philly dudes . . . but the video was filmed in Bushwick, Brooklyn on Broadway and Howard Avenue in front of the old RKO Theater. This neighborhood was super hood back then. Now being taken over by hipsters. NY 2017 vs. NY 1993. Kids thinking they are hard now have no idea what it was like back then.

[@71dhwand]

I was about to say the same thing. That’s funny 😄

[@TheSub-SaharanAmericanLegend]

Word up

[@Rebelofhiphop]

Yup, I used to take the Q24 down Broadway and get off by Quincy St. In front of the Associated supermarket. And walk down Grove st to my grandmas house. I still do. The neighborhood has changed a lot.

[@adrianaspatola103]

allmightantdawgs bullshit. That's N. Philly K&A Kensington. Under the EL

[@leslyremy6002]

Nope. You can clearly see a sign for Broadway at 0:37 as well as the intersection of Broadway & Cornelia at 1:56. Furthermore, it CLEARLY reads Howard Ave on the Pool Hall window as well as the RKO theatre initials all throughout the video. This. Is. Brooklyn.

[@ms.doubler6728]

80's and 90's had the best rap ever!!!

[@spearPYN]

A world lost in time....missing the 90s

[@Exeno.]

THIS BEAT IS CRAAZZYYY 🔥🔥🔥 Salute From FRANCE 🇫🇷

[@grigorysamoilov]

Every single video that I open from 90's has these numerous nostalgic heart-touching comments. I feel the same way, FAM.

[@christianc8929]

Still listening in 2024! Verbal Glock

[@priestandretti23]

You know what's so funny about Oldschool Rap? Whenever you think you have seen them all, there is a new crew or mc showing up somewhere and all these songs are so timeless. If you a real one, your head goes with the beat from the beginning. Oldschool 4 Life ❤

[@TheJervon30]

I still play NO Mercy and The Aftermath album like its 93-94 all over again

[@lilblizzy]

This album was freshman year of high school. It was in heavy rotation in my Sony CD walkman.

[@terrylusk13]

I can play hip hop like this on and on and on. I need time and place back!

[@RidinWithJetson]

The energy in this video is crazy!

[@diegohernandezceron5057]

K-Def is so underrated, this is one of his best produced songs

[@HOSTILEMGTOW]

Marley Marl produced this track.

[@pervertedalchemist9944]

​@HOSTILEMGTOW K-Def did this one. Marley Marl produced the first single on the "No Mercy" album, "Hip Hop Ride".

[@diegohernandezceron5057]

​@@HOSTILEMGTOWnah man, their styles are so recognizable one of each other

[@4Frmcfofficial]

Dam it don’t get more hip hop than this this is the best song ive ever heard

[@amazariegos123]

the sounds from the 90s are sounding a lot fresher than today's hip hop beats.

[@kenslizle]

That Ryu Fireball!! #Hadoken #MadProps ☄️

[@damatolgreen5329]

Trip down memory lane still sounds smooth

[@gulligus]

Turned 17 a couple days ago and man I wish I could have been alive when this came out

[@ronmexico79]

You missed alot

[@zouhairl3072]

Good on you to be listening to this. I thought only old timers reminisce... Keep digging that 90s hip hop... It is still 🔥. Peace

[@October33rd]

Do you really? No internet. I had to go to the mall to buy the cassette and held on to it like gold. Mad Props to you tho! Keep digging

[@kendrickjones3115]

Mad Props!!!!! This is the joint! These cats were heavily slept on!!!

[@1CHOZN7]

Yep! Mainly because of Kriss Kross was getting all the mainstream attention. They even shot a couple shots at each other. Both were dope

[@DavidBrown-73]

Man I miss clothes that had room to move in,90's some of the best years of my life today is 2/12/20 damn bout to turn 47 in 15 days

[@cionni-queenhunter2400]

That's how old these young rappers are today The youngsters

[@terrancewilliams7683]

I'm 53 bro

[@TheHumanBallsack]

Maaaaan... I've had to scour the pages of Ebay like a mad man just to find relaxed fit anything here in the UK. I'm literally the only one I know who wears actually loose clothing, everybody else is a sheep trying to follow wack trends. I visited Dumbo across the Brkyln Bridge in 2017 with my wife, some guy told me there were decent thrift shops there for vintage hip hop clothing - no such joy. Even NY has gone to hipster bullshit..

[@DavidBrown-73]

@@TheHumanBallsack facts,damn shame

[@traviswright1920]

I STILL HAVE THIS CLASSIC ALBUM. THIS IS MY FAVORITE SONG ON THE ALBUM. THE BEAT AND SAMPLE IS DOPE AS FUCK.

[@bobbysalazars1645]

An angel gains it's wings every time a real song like this is dropped

[@AllDopedUp13]

This was my shit in 10th grade. This brings back so many memories from that time, the Golden Era of hip hop (the 90’s)

[@PeekaBooo25]

These guys were so slept on...they had SKILLZ

[@585BO]

Feel like im reliving my youth through this music. This is a Classic

[@johnnybrinson1275]

All time classic rapcity after school hits 💪🏾💪🏾

[@invisiblecloak9228]

Never had a favorite group. I’m a 95 baby from pink houses in Brooklyn Brownsville. This resonates with me so much. 😩😩🤞🏽

[@NomadicXXL]

Real Hip Hop. The true essence.

[@rasheidwade225]

So crazy almost 30 yrs later from 1994 and there's not much a difference in Philly

[@djhonz45]

1:02 location 1 Howard Ave New York Google Street View......I'm from the UK but I recognised that RKO spot from when I used to visit my family in Bushwick Brooklyn back in 91...My uncle used to live at 165 Howard Ave (on the same block where Chris Rock grew up). We used to do our shopping on Broadway. As a UK teen I was in awe of the landscape. Literally mad crews hanging outside every bodega, vacant spaces where houses once stood, sounds of gunshots at night and sirens every minute of the day. It was a friendly neighbourhood though. Crack messed things up my family would say. Irrelevant information haha. Dope track!!!!

[@ralphpolo8612]

BUSHWICK!!!

[@didiermorency7647]

Time flies. It will never be like this anymore!

[@staygold9798]

93-94 are Undisputed as the best Back to Back years in hip hop

[@AfroReporter]

Nothing better than New York City hip-hop.

[@diegohernandezceron5057]

This is from Philadelphia man, still dope

[@gregpuryear8163]

@@diegohernandezceron5057 but the video is shoot from Brooklyn NYC

[@gregpuryear8163]

@@diegohernandezceron5057 you can tell from the j train and the old Rko theater

[@latticemuriel5680]

@@gregpuryear8163 This is facts cuz I didn't live too far from the J train and went to school just off of broadway up the street from where I live. I recognized everyshot in this video.

[@traviscarter1023]

​@@gregpuryear8163I guess you could say both. In other words Philadelphia meets New York right.

[@slidecounter5813]

This use to be my jam very underrated group

[@LEC5512215368]

Yo, these was some gangster lil dudes back then... they better than the majority of the shit now... Golden Era

[@joeyjr007]

Hardest outta philly periodt.

[@damianedwards2327]

This brought me back. I appreciate these guys. They put in work and took it serious. Beat and LL Sample is sick.

[@elkarpot6115]

Big Props from German !!!!

[@LenaSimone845]

I forgot about this group, I'm glad I found this❤

[@TomThomas-fc2fd]

This song still goes hard!!!!!!!

[@5veRodriguez]

No Mercy is up there !

[@deemoe7301]

Da Youngstas! As a young rap group from the 90s, they were definitely holding their own alongside the older head rappers of the time period. I had a lot of respect for them! I ran into these guys back in the late 90s at Virginia Beach on vacation with friends. They were very cool and chill.

[@jamartinez70]

When you need that back in the day trak 2 get you started!

[@michaeljonesjr9018]

Damn i wish Dudes go back to spitting like this

[@divine12th]

By the way.. this is called "Hip-Hop", youngens.. PAY ATTENTION.

[@sqcp7379]

divine12th correction 90s Boom Bap no disrespect.

[@TerribleT666]

bruh

[@miguelmejia4656]

@@sqcp7379 boom bap is better than your modern mumble rap. sorry not sorry..

[@joelvera223]

@@miguelmejia4656 not all rappers nowadays are mumble rappers youd be suprised as to how much talent this generation of rappers really has :)

[@jabez623]

Say that

[@HOSTILEMGTOW]

So slept on😴 that's its angering 🤬👊!!!!!!!.

[@jabez623]

The 2:01 Golden age was the best time in Hip Hop you had to have skills to stay relevant.

[@wendellkettell7211]

this is a solid track

[@Karjalol]

How in the world this can be 1994 ? Listen at this introoooo !!!!!!!!!

[@thedreamsociety396]

THIS IS NOT OLD SKOOL. THIS IS TRUE SKOOL

[@joekerr1763]

This track always stood out as the quintessential Youngsta's jam. The rhymes and the production by Premier really made it a staple in '94. Til real hip hop comes back, keep it old school.

[@brickcitybomber520]

I agree, this probably is their best cut from the whole catalog. This was actually produced by K-Def from the group Real Live. He dished out some amazing beats to Lords of the Underground and others.

[@joekerr1763]

Yeah you're right with that, I was thinking Premier but he wasn't even involved on the album at all. I got confused with Pete Rock. Marley Marl Produced as well. Good looking out.

[@HRDK-SKLETRMUMMR-MEGTRN]

💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯

[@damonharris6586]

@@joekerr1763 Primo did one song on the previous album, “The Aftermath”, while Marley Marl and K-Def did the entire album this song came from (“No Mercy”).

[@crbailey9191]

Get chills every time I hear the beginning of this massive cut!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Props to Main Ingredient!!!

[@Diggy22]

3:16 Street Fighter subliminals 😎

[@radioraheem2843]

From Jersey to Seattle, Mad Props is where my heart is at!