EPMD - So What Cha Sayin (Original Instrumental)

[@rayjohnson7699]

One of the hardest beats EVER! New York in the house!

[@MrSvnJrdn]

😊

[@augustknight3483]

Facts!!!🎯

[@adesampson9903]

WORD UP!!! 👊🏾❤️💪🏾

[@kawznfx]

I have listened to this song many hundreds of times in my life. At this point it is a part of my family. From my silver sony boom box to my Galaxy s20 plus, its always been with me. EPMD fo life!

[@yeahman1975]

Those that know...know old school hip hop is untouchable

[@anthonyhibbs9655]

Flawless

[@leeanncotrone8369]

Absolutely I had the black Lasonic TRC 931 and now my Samsung galaxy s10+ 1/29/23

[@castieldiallo2945]

indeed. i revisit this song every once in while.

[@TXBD4964]

If you don't like this, you need a check up from the neck up! Had this on cassette when it first came out, and still hittin' hard in '24!!

[@TheAnunnaki-NYC]

@@TXBD4964 my man I have the tape too bro. A side is so what cha sayin and b side is you gots to chill.

[@jimmyfarrow6486]

Classic, timeless beat. Eric Sermon is one of the nastiest beat creators on the planet.

[@erickescott3867]

this was Dj scratch first production wen he first joined the group.

[@drfangaz-pronouncedlikefan4019]

More like Jazzie B, Nellee Hooper created the beat (drum loop). Eric was clever to have sampled it for use as the backbeat.

[@allenfriend1778]

"Now wouldn't that be fair...Do you think she would care?" Soul II Soul, 'nuff respect!!!! kzbin.info/www/bejne/mZS6kIyfj69kpqM

[@TerenceBrown-bg4vi]

​@@drfangaz-pronouncedlikefan4019 Uh, this beat was created by Eric Sermon a full decade before the aforementioned...

[@avonnlawson6285]

I'm 62yro in the 80s I was and still am A HARD CORE B-BOY FROM BALTIMORE U HEARD ME!!!

[@derrick_smitty]

What is your definition of a B Boy?

[@Velaar]

in the top 4% of all beats ever made. ridiculously good

[@travishall4740]

When beats had testosterone

[@NeechOne]

Travis Hall That’s a great way to describe it.

[@mic9check]

Perfect description, fuck yeah

[@perrionhurd7509]

Word.

[@mahirijones1992]

WE CALLED THEM JEEP BEATS

[@lifthvy7263]

Absolutely

[@aethermaster3238]

When the BEATS could stand ALONE for a whole playthrough 💯👊

[@jelanibeats]

💯

[@TheDeathWillCome2012]

This will be one of the tracks that will be played at my Funeral.

[@coreygibson87]

Jeff Flanagan hell yeah. Thank you lord I’m an 80s baby

[@jameselliott2055]

Yep... Y'all ain't never lied 🙌💪💪🙌

[@tony_anello]

Yo tell ur fam to invite me to ur funeral lol

[@k4real895]

@Jeff Flanagan So Wha cha Sayin? 😎

[@robstyles2675]

Yea this the joint they play after the service when everyone walking out

[@chazatlas]

Dropped the album Strictly Business and you thought we was bold Thirty days later, the LP went gold So what you sayin'

[@briangarrett9820]

Classic...

[@briangarrett9820]

Parrish actually says "and you thought we would fold..."

[@sylvestercarter5502]

@@briangarrett9820 .9

[@snoopdog44144]

never gets old..one of the coldest beats ever

[@delricjackson6141]

ONE OF THE BEST BEATS EVER

[@mannyg9198]

NO FUCKIN DOUBT!

[@DJFreedomlives]

One of the ALL TIME great JEEP jams. JEEP because back when it was hot you heard it in the JEEPS. After a while dudes would go get their sound systems adjusted just so a song like this (and yeah LL Cool J's whole "Mama Said Knock You Out" was MADE for that kind of rumble in the jungle). Young people, you have NO IDEA how good Hip-Hop was. In some aspects it has moments. But back during these 80s, 90s....it was EVERYTHING. Sit back and let this just play. It IS a loop but it is WELL DONE musically. LISTEN.

[@johnhendrickson5953]

Best EPMD song EVER! When beats had "weight".....

[@rashaunwilkins6120]

I'm SO glad I was born in the 80's.

[@squareteam88]

This beat is fuckin sick!!!

[@FathersTime]

Timeless Classic- Still banging in 2017!! if you listen to this for more that 30 seconds and your body don't get to swayin - you're soulless and either dead or dead inside. IJS

[@MrDrama179]

FathersTime FACTS!!!

[@MrKelzKelz]

FathersTime my muafuckn foot getting busy

[@toofargone68]

This is what hip hop is suppose to sound like

[@kasimkearney3355]

Word.

[@whoneedsvocals613]

Greatest beat of all of time.

[@jhernandez3183]

Jermaine Morris that shit knock

[@RobertoGinsburg]

Dope n funky, no doubt. But i think that the Bomb Squad productions was better.

[@christophermalave2773]

was going to say same thing and I have been listening to hip hop all my life !

[@robertschleeter3300]

The World is Yours- Nas

[@gregorywesley7456]

As far as late 80's and early 90's beats, this, "Manifest" by GangStarr, and "Slow Down" by Brand Nubian top the list!

[@Jay-iu4st]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z3-4mpSco6xnY7ssi=-ORkoPp963hffiy2

[@courtgizzle]

Beats like this make me feel better. Thank you lord for brining me here in the 80s.

[@wr34l-15]

This instrument was and still is hard to come by...fair play...👊🏽

[@bignsexy9]

I have the 12” version🤎👌🏾

[@wr34l-15]

@@bignsexy9 definitely a collector's item... ☝🏾😎💯🔥

[@bignsexy9]

@@wr34l-15 I also have their album with this on too😁👌🏾

[@JamieFurlong]

I have the 12" too. It's scratched to fuck though 😂

[@jesamsirov]

MCz are jumpin out shoes and socks

[@jesamsirov]

@Juan Suero out loud esse

[@alexmason6191]

Preemo described this beat as one of his personal favourites. The time when you know the beat is high level yo

[@marloncosey8744]

I CAN LISTEN 2 THIS ON REPEAT ALL DAY… MY 2nd FAVORITE SONG FROM EPMD… LOVE THEM OL SKOOL DUDES

[@ihatemodemgangstas]

#1 headbanger?

[@marloncosey1190]

@@ihatemodemgangstas YESSIR

[@courtgizzle]

2020 baby. Im still blasting this.

[@courtgizzle]

Sean Dupree for real. This take me back to 2nd grade

[@briangarrett9820]

Them youngins don't understand...

[@kasino7132]

yo I was 9 years old when this joint came out.......this beat still go hard..

[@Brooklyn7savior]

BMP 23 I was 10, 1978 agreed NYC streets 1988, no joke. I had uncles wilding.

[@biglos5291]

That bassline is something serious!

[@skaye8934]

Yep yep yep

[@Passion5092]

If you didn't live in NYC back then, you wouldn't understand.

[@gemzmusic1]

Trust me your right. But I'm from Toronto and we were known for being the sister city to New York City we knew. Best beat ever and I'm a dancer that loved this song growing up watching Fendi do his thang.

[@garrettikler751]

EPMD blew up because their sound wasn’t full on NYC! They were willing to jump into that new west coast sound. This ain’t no “boom bap” this is some pioneer ish!

[@skaye8934]

@@garrettikler751 there you go, that baseline is TOP TIER TOP OF THE LINE, NOW and THEN

[@cratedigga21]

One of my favorite loops of all time🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@jaydigging2009]

me too, when i first heard it in 89 I was blown away, I still am in 2019

[@albuquerqueturkey1567]

The beat is off the chain 🎉🎉

[@JEL52863]

Especially with some great speakers with BASS.

[@a.graham3160]

The sickest beat ever!!! 🥳🥳

[@masterrserch3971]

Best, most original rap beat EVER

[@brockleeNYC]

Keep pressin repeat. I could listen to this beat on a nonstop loop.

[@djkingsolomon]

Bassline on top that 808 gives it that rumble

[@panavision09]

great loop. still smashes 90% of the new stuff with the instrumental alone. i doubt people will be rocking little wayne,drake,soldier boy etc 20 years from now. see you in 2031.

[@xsavvy]

@panavision09 Wow that’s crazy to even think about! Never thought even back than that I’d still be banging this beat out my speakers like it was 88!…in 2021!!! But I LOOOVE THE TECHNOLOGY to be able to do so!

[@emack4371]

2016....this beat is still hot.....classic

[@flash1506]

Crazy hot....Tar Heels 2015...Love it!

[@edski8536]

2017 TARHEELS!!!!!

[@ofudgems]

Dare I do it?! I will. Here goes, instead of "so" I'll substitute still hot, so you can say I'm blazin'Or Luther Vandross says, yo I am "Sooooooo amazing, and I've been waiting" :D

[@zakiyawiggins2421]

2018!

[@fourhorsemenmechanix757]

2019!

[@ddave7026]

parliament up on this piece

[@RobertoGinsburg]

@David H Awesome! What is the sample?

[@brianbarrow8017]

@@RobertoGinsburg From a group called BT Express. I will leave it at that.

[@d.e.dorantes1562]

Drum beat sampled off Soul II Soul’s FairPlay intro.

[@edski8536]

@@RobertoGinsburg "One Nation Under A Groove."

[@realmczappa]

BT Express - If It Don't Turn You On, Leave It Alone. Got that joint on vinyl ;)

[@freeyomnd_619]

That's Funkadelic "Knee Deep" all day🔥

[@realmczappa]

Freeyomnd 619 nah the chorus is “one nation under a groove” 👌🏾

[@freeyomnd_619]

@@realmczappa your right. I don't let why I wrote knee deep. Parliament/Funkadelic is my all time favorite group. I know practically all there hits from 1974 or 75. Thanks for the correction 💯

[@d.e.dorantes1562]

Drum beat sampled off Soul II Soul’s FairPlay intro.

[@sigmundhightower1766]

STILL hits hard!!!!

[@Jay-iu4st]

That thumbnail suits the beat like no other

[@RZA36]

Brothas on my jock, for the way I hold a piece of steal....

[@colonelstrickland5293]

"so what you saying?"

[@jayskicksnfits9372]

RZA36 *STEEL

[@danielbenjamin1483]

One of my favs back in the day. Busted out one of my dads speakers with this in the late 80’s. Forgot how this SAA-LAPS!

[@NorvellSprewell]

Yo son this beat is slapping ❤

[@oscarwilmington6864]

The employees of the year yeah we back again

[@ronnettturner2538]

I love Eric Sermon and this is a timeless track still banging this in 2021 !!!!😜

[@asshoIe94]

when we were kids, i told my friend that when epmd went down into the sewer to shoot this video, das efx was already down there rapping.. and that's how epmd discovered das efx... i'm pretty sure he still believes it.

[@TheCiskoKidd]

2018 still smashing to the hood sippin 40 oz. in a brown paper bag. Old School O.G. Curtiss May Pusher Man.

[@bigdaddypiggy]

Shit back when hip hop still had beats….rappers these days wouldn’t know what to do with a beat like this…the mainstream 1’s,the underground always holds it down 🖤🎼🥶

[@tracydavis5253]

and to all 41 that gave this a thumbs down is not hip hop or even knows the depth of real music SAD trap rapper cuz your not EMCEE'S or poets

[@vicnelson4017]

Telling this generation what is a emcee or a poet is like convincing someone that is an theologian that ancient paleo hebrew had existed before Yiddish modern hebrew

[@carluciovidal492]

Como não curtir uma batida dessas

[@jimmyinsolens1935]

heard this LIVE when they rocked Melb Australia 2012....twas possibly the fattest beat I have ever experienced...it consumed the venue... I actually didn't recognize it for a few seconds - coz it was playing SO DAMN THUMPIN

[@backdraft0070]

lovin this joint......my fav epmd track

[@mrdeveraux5891]

Beat is still hot.

[@rockem5335]

so what yall new jacks saying? nada cause this is the shit right here mofos stil bumping in 2016

[@ramonrojo4015]

Saludo desde la la ciudad de México City

[@NWSaint]

2019... still SICK!!!!!

[@ccharam]

Old school 4ever!! Fantastic beat!!

[@LadySwag502]

Brothas on my jock while I'm kickin ballistics...

[@skelejp9982]

This ONe of the Dopes Beats

[@mokahquincy71]

Wayne, Drake & all them other commercial wack rappers couldn't even freestyle to this even if they tried.

[@darrylreedy5079]

C. Preston Drake can't even write his own music

[@ChrisHDolemite]

C. Preston wtf is Drake? Sounds like a dick milkshake.

[@DeronTomlinson]

This old head ass comment has aged poorly 😂

[@bmwfan1988]

@@DeronTomlinson lol thats the only thing you can say loser

[@christophermcfarland1650]

This is a perfect sample

[@andrewjwheelerjr275]

old school,s at its finest and beats at their bestest yo yo yo dj sling dat beat man love theses instrumentals😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃.

[@ProdNemxsis.X]

Candy Perfume Girl Bought Me Here Cuz of the Sample of the Drums so.. Thanks Madonna 😂♥️

[@miketerry5906]

Changed everything.clothes.beats.djing.LYRICS. SHIT GOT RUFF N A CHILL WAY

[@nuestroespejismo9341]

..simply, when I heard that beat my body and mind start to trip between musical notes

[@broccolihart1]

Cant beat that sound

[@jeannettemiller9275]

Totally Awesome

[@kkeithhhancock2309]

Makes me want to go buy a box and just walk down the street playin oldies.

[@garyspalding5217]

ONE OF THE ALL TIME,GREAT TRACKS,FROM ERIC AND PARRISH,STRONG ISLAND$$$$*,GATOR INDEPENDENCE AVENUE,-7*

[@sonnystarshine4591]

"Brothas on my jock, for the way i hold the piece of steel" "So what cha' sayin'"

[@johnashton4776]

Thanks

[@JWFdocumentaries]

FREEDOM TUNNEL!

[@michaeljohnson8300]

The Coldest Bassline in Hip Hop...When it hits..., you know what it is....

[@BigBennKlingon]

In the early days of sampled beats, this sounded so exotic to me. I had no idea what the sound in the sample was. Now, of course im familiar with the language of sampling and I can tell it's a guitar lick. But back then it was a really wild sound.

[@Joeladame09]

The picture literally suits the beat.

[@boxchevyrollin]

People don’t know that PMD did the production on the first 3 EPMD albums

[@mc11views]

More beats for the soldiers of doom.✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾

[@ShawnVanPelt213]

All that is missing are the DJ Scratch..um..scratches

[@d.e.dorantes1562]

Drumbeat sampled from Soul II Soul’s FairPlay (bonus beats version)

[@devronlewis2503]

TIMELESS 👑

[@Atypical82]

Cold.

[@KataClistic]

loving a joint......to my fav epmd track*

[@TT-td4ih]

Take it to tha wallz sp....CUZZZ

[@aimorygraham1126]

Classic hiphop

[@robertvidmar2797]

The best BEAT

[@that773guy4]

southside chicago bangin it

[@goldenmodem8722]

time is tempest, check my temper, the temperature is being bested, this is message bored, drill into the floor boards being measured by scores of my labor being questioned, this is passive aggressive, not actual edges, still cutting clean like a lean from a brick that is the tetris, I'm not a player, but stuck in the game, you can't explain why I drain the competition from hope that they're the freshest, I'm not impressed, but invested to bring change like a new day in the trenches, digging deep, that's soul you can't amount to, that's why they call for shovels when they huddle like mounds do, you were looking for real rap, you're lucky I found you, I'm not Hammer, but I hit the beat like a pound do, like a ton of weight, for this I wait as I bring the beat that can undulate...

[@djkingsolomon]

Don't do that bro

[@MiC-T]

So Whatchu Sayin'?

[@garrettikler751]

This ish harder than a diamond in an ice storm

[@garyspalding5217]

ONE OF THE ALL TIME,GREATEST BEATS,FROM STRONG ISLAND, SRK*-7*INDEPENDENCE AVE*

[@tanitrarobinson7477]

2023

[@Passportmelanated]

Hard body classic

[@germxv]

tight but the dj scratch on the wheels should be on here at the bridges

[@mujaahid72]

Classic !!!!

[@deonjones1482]

Parrish Smith produce the first three albums

[@edski8536]

But who lasted?....

[@javawnburden32]

Who in da fuck dont like this!!!???😡😡😡

[@jayeverette]

We in the danger zone!

[@tracydavis5253]

know i wanna hear these trap rapper spit on this beat they'll. probably catch a NOSE BLEED TRYING

[@vicnelson4017]

Now that's Really Real Talk! Or, they might fall on their faces gasping for air stemming from anxiety because the pressure of ripping on this track might be to much for them😳👀😥😰💩🏃. But that's just mine thought

[@abelcelestinjr8810]

BEAT WOULD DROWN THE MUMBLE AND AUTOTUNE, REAL FACTS

[@anthonymontenegro539]

Bangin ,Straight Boom bap

[@beyondwords5060]

Forever head banger

[@ShinkuKaioken]

Dope beat.

[@forcedtohaveahandle]

Brothers on my jock for the way I hold the piece of steel