EPMD- Rampage (Official Video)

[@MartinRodriguez-gx9cs]

Who’s listening to this in 2023?

[@seancagney8897]

2024

[@knockout4121]

PMD killed this one!!!

[@eddrupz1805]

PMD's verse flys under the radar b/c LL's verse is more flashy with the punchlines. But PMD's cadence and flow on this - something special.

[@cjtzadokrams4024]

Yoooo crazy you say that..... Parish Smith & LL was battling on this track in which makes it so special. Blessings

[@insubordinatenyctv3627]

Pmd went TF in 🥇

[@Andrey_SamZnaeshKakoi]

"I don't smoke crack - I smoke MC's" ©PMD

[@bokay3900]

LL used to smoke crack.

[@Andrey_SamZnaeshKakoi]

@@bokay3900 Do you get some proofs?

[@annettehayes3952]

What!!☝🏾💯

[@dontdoittoyoself6786]

@@Andrey_SamZnaeshKakoi LL admits to snorting coke in his.

[@Andrey_SamZnaeshKakoi]

@@dontdoittoyoself6786 Ok, thanks for this fact. That's very sad, but but such is life

[@marcussmith3934]

DJ Scratch be ripping the turntables!!!

[@michaelstroman6759]

No doubt!!

[@X-Factor-22]

Marcus Smith My God yes!!! When I Djayed back in the day I would practice for hours just trying to get at least one of his BASIC scratches!!!!😂

[@Automatiik]

He killed so watcha sayin too🔥🔥🔥

[@mkebrwn]

@@Automatiik Honestly, he killed everything. Simply, one of the very best...ever.

[@Automatiik]

@@mkebrwn facts.. And DJ Premier

[@dub2536]

The beat and lyrical originality of EPMD and LL on this track is timeless music.

[@marcthompson4661]

And the killer cuts by dj scratch

[@tanisha.r.thomas]

Dr. Scratch should be in the hall of fame

[@rolandoerazo7582]

The fact that they did their verses separate and practically freestyle demonstrates SUPERIOR skills to these so called "rappers" in this day and age.

[@dub2536]

@@rolandoerazo7582 100%!

[@leonardguillory2511]

@@rolandoerazo7582 You know that's right! These neo Rappers can't freestyle to save they lives!!

[@craigdavis5407]

At 1:30,2:32,& 3:10 That Scratch Is Just Legendary Man!!!!

[@Slipknott9641]

Facts

[@jean-micheldurand6989]

so true

[@jamesjewett6875]

I love how 90 percent of the 90s videos had dancers. Miss this era. Epmd was top their game in this jam

[@mickeygarnploog2696]

And that dancer here was Jennifer Lopez

[@Roscoe.P.Coldchain]

Yeah ain’t no half stepping and steady b video definitely serious stood out for me 🫶

[@Roscoe.P.Coldchain]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/qZO5d6WKqdl9jKc

[@devinwarren8376]

Because nobody wants to pay the dancers nowadays bro

[@oscarchelsea2742]

I agree with your observation......

[@TheBammyTVShow]

When this came out it was the coolest shit ever. #Facts

[@lowlowseesee]

yep, still feels like that too

[@commanderstargazer8895]

Still is

[@merchantsmithimages]

It was definitely World Premiere

[@Cryptone28]

U ain't never lie!

[@quentinparker7404]

Still is! Lyrical skill is the bedrock hip-hop!🔥

[@coreyaustin1]

That scratching at the end is still one of my favorites in hip hop

[@kflo01]

Not sure which scratching is better. This or what cha saying.

[@ΓιάννηςΚουτσουπανιδης-θ3τ]

, the same over here 👍🇬🇷

[@aevoss]

Props to DJ Scratch for “Rampage” and “So What Cha Sayin”.

[@garygreene5906]

He destroyed G raps rampage quote 👍🏿

[@MockeryManor]

@@kflo01 Honorable mention for best scratches all time…..”Respect The Architect” by Guru. DJ Scratch innovated on that joint.

[@FyahAlex]

LL’s precision on this record is unbelievable. Complete syncopation!!

[@robjackson5245]

LL as in LL Cool J?

[@ggerrvin]

Uncle L Ripped it..

[@immaculateprince]

Yassss he did!!!!

[@Miechu14]

true GOAT

[@troublesomeraider445]

LL Killed it......."u and ur squad betta praise the real god !"👍🏿🙏🏿☝🏾

[@KtotheG]

I'm thinking that's probably why he went by the name God in the movie In Too Deep with Omar Epps.

[@troublesomeraider445]

@@KtotheG yeah my g he killed that role too

[@aaroncreagh4402]

I got rhymes up the__ ....forget it. I'm constipated.

[@bluetheory2]

@@KtotheG nah, the movie was based a Drug dealer who that name.

[@thejasonsfathersonteam2699]

((((( I got rhymes up the AHH...forget it I'm constipated, L!)))

[@EagerFriendlyRobot-nl9ch]

Pnl was dissing each other Now that's hip hop.. .DOPE AZ FFFFFF

[@DigitalOdyssey3001]

All is see is JLo killing it from 1:26 on. Her extra perkiness makes the video amazing.

[@RoeLuv1]

LL dropped a flamethrower on this track 🔥

[@bryangrissett7151]

I got the inspiration for necessary not sayin I was vacationin

[@haroldjohnson2083]

LL killed it

[@rafaelmuniz6848]

harold johnson without even being in the video.

[@novisoprano1420]

Pmd set it off though

[@CEEPMDEE]

no way... PMD KILLED IT on the 1st verse.

[@zacknslash3333]

@@CEEPMDEE without a doubt

[@jayelbee1111]

Man, D.J. Scratch was cutting those records away like a machete!!!! D.J. Scratch, Jazzy Jeff, Terminator X and Jam Master Jay were my favorite Dee Jays during the 90s

[@firstlast7184]

All-star lineup then and now

[@nickatnite16]

Those were my favorite too,along with Eric B

[@djrome803.]

Terminator X didn’t do all the cuts for PE. That was Johnny Juice

[@TommieStevens-yr7hi]

Still here 2024

[@malikkweli8627]

E DOUBLE KILLED IT💥💥💥

[@CoSwan123]

Me getting burnt it won’t be tolerated I got rhymes up the uhh forget it I’m constipated ..L

[@demetriusrousseau7919]

💩😂🤣lol

[@immaculateprince]

🎙🎙🎙🎙🎙

[@ajtowin]

The city was So lit back then OMG lol 🗽🗽🗽🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@grayeighty8974]

Quick J.LO cameo when she was a "fly girl"..

[@jojostieff9392]

I never knew 1:31*

[@stevekima8881]

Ok JLo ....who would have thought she would become one of the biggest celebrity today.

[@robertmiller9697]

J lo? where?

[@stevekima8881]

@@robertmiller9697 she appears throughout the video here and there...1:30 head shot and 1:47 is her as well

[@stopplaying5]

@@stevekima8881 that is not no JLo

[@nathanield.gamble4009]

@@stopplaying5 yes that is J- Lo...

[@danielbalboni6804]

That is most definitely JLo

[@TheStandardBearer]

Golden age of rap will never fade.

[@fordxbgtfalcon]

“I clock G’s while you clock Z’s”... epic line right there!’

[@jasseth1403]

All 3 MCs represented sharp as swordsmen!!! 😳😊😎

[@theATLien312]

The infamous and one and only DJ scratch!

[@LowEnd31st]

K la boss is the real master tho!

[@each1teach1academy43]

Only one Infamous and that’s Mobb Deep

[@abdulraheem415]

Yeah he was always on point!!!

[@RomelloSkuggs]

Hell ya.....

[@RomelloSkuggs]

Funky Piano

[@dramaking4107]

this beat is top 10 of all times💯

[@seanoneil5811]

For those who don't know, LL is dissing EPMD in a "friendly" battle on this. They had no clue and had to be told about it. They talk about it in an interview. Parrish gets LL back on "Scratch Bring It Back" on Business Never Personal 💪🏽

[@robjackson5245]

No need to even put "friendly" in quotes. It was friendly. This was just typical rap battles. When people valued life. Not this murderfest battling has become.

[@behind009]

1:46 Jennifer Lopez .

[@passionsuccess4594]

Wow I didn't even know that was her wow

[@bokay3900]

LL probably thought P was comin at him.....got in his feelins and dropped that subliminal verse.

[@RobertBrown-is3py]

What’s amazing about this song it’s not just the production or DJ scratch ripping shit up but how not only the lyrics are so dope but that Cool J and PMD was taking shots at each other on the same track now that’s gangsta 💯✊🏾

[@RubyDiamond2316]

Well PMD got RIP!!!

[@ArtSchoolParis]

@@RubyDiamond2316 cap 🧢

[@RubyDiamond2316]

@@ArtSchoolParis Total NO CAP!!!!

[@coolmill7955]

@@RubyDiamond2316 Pee changed his verse. This not the original

[@7537532753]

My microphone is filled with premium Any whack MC that flexes, I'm creamin' him

[@Ant-speakingfacts]

My favorite line from E

[@kel-melprevail8127]

1:30 A young Jennifer lopez

[@lowlowseesee]

oh so no one wants to point out J Lo hahahaah. 1:30 i love how all the giants crossed paths. so much activity

[@domanickclark2952]

This track goes hard🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@marcusthomas3632]

D. J. Scratch. Them cuts gattdamn it!!! Right on time...Can't tell ya how glad I am that I didn't grow up in this weak era

[@Yuuurp75]

Paris and ll was lowkey goin at each other

[@quietstorm8230]

That's "parrish".

[@Chocolatesilkk]

Nfs but paris killed em

[@deonsellers9749]

Uhmmmm, that's what Hip Hop is🤷🏿‍♀️ 🤦🏿‍♀️

[@annettehayes3952]

Dj scratch Goin crazy on this track🔥🔥🔥

[@MrHarlandwilson]

Back then this video was hi def before hd came out. I just now realized J Lo was in this video! What year was this 91?

[@tym6829]

This will always be on my extended playlist.. That n crossver to start my Friday mornings of @ 530 in the parking lot bout to walk n to the job!!!

[@BasementVinyL85]

Dj scratch smhh!!!! 🙈... I wonder if he's cuttin up on kool g rap kool is back

[@timothydavis7579]

Yes sir Another Radio One Underground B-side fire music Superstar Great ones lyrical genius Fire 🔥

[@starsajlonjim9598]

Havent seen this since 90-91 .hah thats J -LO shaking bum bum in the back. Nice :) Slow down baby -slow down baby

[@antoniogambardella785]

LL killed It 💣🔥👊🎼🎙🔝🎤

[@Mf_booma]

Idc what nobody say pmd had the best verse 💯💯

[@butchwinfield1696]

He did have the best verse!!!

[@Mf_booma]

@@butchwinfield1696 yup ppl talking about L had the best verse 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@deeward5572]

​@@Mf_boomahe did

[@madizm05]

This was hard .

[@jopostell2360]

When L said I got rhymes up the uh forget I’m constipated.HARD

[@B.Phill7]

i feel like a kid again ! im star struck Wow !!!

[@Automatiik]

Dj scratch 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@halukkilic3171]

Yes! killer scratch

[@khensuahabuhetepre1372]

Still banging it ..I'm from the p's we came outside when then speakers came on at night ..

[@bryantwilliams647]

"I got rhymes up the uuuugh forget it I'm constipated L! " 🔥🔥🔥

[@AndyB718]

Sitting in Hempstead in McDonald's parking lot listening to some legends of Long Island and Queens April 2023 😮

[@paulbahen5882]

The song that helped LL Cool J re-launch his rap career

[@jonpoetical]

No it didn't.....lol

[@edwardlewis8758]

@@jonpoetical yes it was........ People was still dissin L for, "WALKING WITH A PANTHER" & "MAMA SAID KNOCK YOU OUT" was already out ( "Around the Way Girl" just came out...) when Uncle Ralph( Video Music Box ) premiered, "Rampage"( Uncle Ralph premiered Cube's, "Jackin 4 Beats" right before this video.....) People thought "the future of the funk" was finished.......

[@jonpoetical]

@@edwardlewis8758 LL had 3 hit Singles and Mama Said Knock You out was already Platinum before Business as Usual Dropped.

[@erdevon3257]

@@edwardlewis8758 😂😂😂😂

[@edwardlewis8758]

@@jonpoetical yes( & SO was, "Walking With A Panther" ) I wasn't talking about dope singles( & they were )or even platinum albums, I was talking about acceptance from his fellow hip hop peers & the proper respect he felt he wasn't getting ( example: LL wrote Mc Lyte's verse in, "Self Destruction" but WASN'T asked to appear on the record OR Video.......)

[@T1000-p2t]

The way this joint comes on is perfect

[@sugashack74]

This video looks like it was digitally remastered. It is clean for a 90's video

[@mkebrwn]

Nah, it was clean when it came out!

[@michaelstroman7120]

I love EPMD

[@gowmitch069]

Its good to actually see these 2 greats in the same video

[@xtraflo]

I'll give Rappers today a wooden nickle if any of them came out with something like this .>!

[@massimorussangelini4395]

Definition of dopeness!!!

[@alexanderbaass8324]

1:30 We all know this young lady for being a superstar - "Jenny from the block" before she turned into J.Lo ... 8-)

[@junenelson8321]

Love this song 🎵

[@robjackson5245]

Baby, you got taste 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍💣💣💣💣💣💣💣💣💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥

[@850pimpn]

Still going Off In 2k22 mane!

[@penrythajanitor4644]

get loose and kick/like Bruce in a rage/I'm on a rampage YES!💥🔥💯

[@timothydavis7579]

Radio One underground B-side fire music

[@craigdavis5407]

LL murdered this track man.

[@moezelljackson1160]

Love it 🔥🔥🔥

[@akidajasper6545]

Still rockin this classic in 2020 Dj Scratch was the prototype of the Dj back then just ill

[@thchan3314]

PMD rocking that Southern Connecticut sweater!

[@DaOneDeeMoney]

A young Jennifer Lopez aka JLO was dancing in this video

[@derrellhunter6331]

The Mic Doc, Uncle L and the Green Eyed Bandit what more can you ask for. DJ Scratch was murdering the turntables

[@kelvinmoore210]

Damn! Everybody in this video are in their 50s; time is flying...

[@KtotheG]

"Cause I don't party or shake my butt... I leave that to the brothers with the funny haircuts" I think Cube might've wrote that after watching this video... but there were a lot of funny haircut brothers bustin' moves in videos in the late '80s and early '90s.

[@DonGivani]

The videography is amazing !!!!!!!!!

[@phillyfans5641]

You see JLo with the moves in her dancing days

[@fromdeathtolife1993]

How many people knew the white girl was Jennifer Lopez ...lol

[@lealovesthesea]

The pride of Coach Dodge.

[@craigdavis5407]

The Bucket Hat Bandits!!!

[@majestydk]

Will always love the CUSETOWN shout-out

[@amiracle1269]

James Todd Smith began doin this..around the age of 16.....he is 50 something....AND CAN STILL SELL OUT. YOUNG PEOPLE STOP ABUSING THE "GOAT" WORD...MY GENERATION HAD THE LAST OF THEM...ITS.NOT FOR DEBATE IM 41 YEARS OLD N GOT MILLIONS WHO WILL BACK ME!!✌🏾😎🎶🎤🎧..SO SLOW DOWN BABY!

[@craigdavis5407]

The G.O.A.T.!!!

[@estebansteverincon7117]

2:23 3:18 Jennifer Lopez

[@michaelgray6068]

LL snapped

[@johnjohnson7006]

🤔😏OH YEAH INDEED ❗BLACK EXCELLENCE‼ AND HIP HOP SMITHSONIAN CLASSIC MATERIAL💯👍

[@astralmajesty]

God! i love old school hip hop. life eternal was good , fun and WORTH EVERY SECOND OF PAIN (pleasure...)

[@charlesbender3193]

They was goin at it! LL and Parrish?

[@sjbro1000]

Still listening to this jam in 2021!😎

[@halukkilic3171]

You should!

[@88Freshhh]

Those scratches at the end is fucking killing me 🔥🔥

[@annettehayes3952]

Is that J lo dancing in here!!

[@amiracle1269]

....WHATS FUKN WIT THIS...THIS ERA... .BEAT....PRODUCTION...GUESS I HAVE A BIAS 🤷🏾‍♂️'80'S BABBBBBBYYYY!!🎶🎤🎧😎

[@Militantreturns]

One. Of. My joints forever

[@cjtzadokrams4024]

When this record came out the punch line was "Try to put my man but you couldn't touch me"!!! To find out years later Parrish Smith & LL cool j was battling..... Crazy💯💯💯

[@jefferykincey3907]

Classic 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@ΓιάννηςΚουτσουπανιδης-θ3τ]

Reminds me the best era of rap before 32 years...huge respect 👍🇬🇷

[@MusicJunkiePlus]

LL = The G.O.A.T.

[@deeward5572]

True

[@slaycj2413]

JLo at 1:48 🥰

[@waynemazique6556]

"Snow White" 🤣

[@KashidRome]

Classic joint

[@melvinbrown7221]

Still listening 80s Baby🤣😂

[@phillytnoize]

Pure hip hop right here

[@Mr127Patrick]

Only 11k?!?! Smh crazy