FIRST TIME HEARING- Mos Def - Travellin' Man (REACTION)

[@ruggedtechie5867]

Congrats you have found the real top tier of hip hop. The popular opinion isn't always the truth. Mos def Is the truth

[@mrmct78]

I'm wit you seen this title, my first thoughts was welcome in young bruh! Yes congrats!

[@ccayao3723]

It’s only 1 way to the real…

[@intelligentsavage629]

💯on dat!!!

[@lisokei]

One of one.

[@seanyoung9014]

I will never get tired of this song.

[@justrandomallthetime2650]

Me Too, i lost count of how many times i've heard this.

[@rtristan82]

I can repeat this tune numerous times as well and never tire of it!

[@que-si-que-si]

@@justrandomallthetime2650 facts

[@deensyed786]

I’m so hyped you reacted to this. A lot of people these day don’t know much about Mos Def, and even among the Mos Def fans, this track is a little buried under other bangers, but holy shit this is one of my favorite songs of all time.

[@AgentLemmon]

The same with the track train of thought by Talib. I mean, it isn't even on the album train of thought. One my favorite Talib tracks though.

[@henneseslimify]

Wow guilty of not hearing this one dope @ patrick cellars in on thai talib track next.

[@fsociety7494]

@@AgentLemmon That album was classic. don't know why that song wasn't on it.

[@AgentLemmon]

@@fsociety7494 Exactly. Don't know exactly when the track came out, or maybe issues regarding sample rights or something, but it should be the title track.

[@Cooleyhigh2023]

REAL HIP HOP

[@chach3]

This is my favorite Mos Def track. I can listen to this on repeat.

[@mistahmst]

Classic song! Mos Def actually isn’t of Jamaican descent, but he’s from Brooklyn and a lot of Jamaicans live there.

[@Alex-bs4md]

The DJ Honda remix of this song is an all time favorite for me, Mos Def is the fucking shit

[@Oldschoolrap91]

Haha nice, was about to post the same thing. That remix is pure gold.

[@bondzo7184]

I like the original, I love the hook on that one better , that “ memories don’t live like people do”

[@128djxcel]

Yup og is better

[@MoMo-jo5pl]

Word Bro 🙏🏽

[@mato_fato_ma-ah-fala-falafel]

You’re growing as a true Hip Hop reactionist on the correct shit to react to. You’re getting closer to the Real Hip Hop.

[@chrisv966]

This DJ Honda album was my fav. when it dropped. I can remember my boy wearing the ish outta this tape when we used to ride around. There's a sick Beatnuts song that was off of this album too. I was a big fan of the Japanese DJ's who made beats and put out dope songs like this w/ American artists. Mos was just breaking out around this time, and he was one of many MC's who people couldn't wait to hear when he dropped music.

[@VeegovonDOOM]

Mine too man... I still listen to it every now and then.

[@agrippusia610]

Amazing reaction! Black on both sides is also amazing. Can't wait for the video😁

[@chymchymx2351]

Speed Law please.

[@musamuhammad1755]

Speed law

[@jasoncoles9086]

This is my shit right here, you getting closer and closer to that Poor Righteous Teachers "PRT" EASY STAR and the rest of the classics

[@marcomcdowell8861]

DJ Honda still making tracks here in Japan. Man gotta be pushing 60 by now.

[@JamesMontellato]

That bar “Easily taken’ for granted when you up in it but it’s sweet scented, when you’ve been down for a minute” was definitely a sleeper line for me

[@methodmantis3060]

It's dope to see you get to experience art like that. Mos been an elite level MC for a long time. I heard him first on an old Rawkus Records compilation and been down ever since. I still got cuts from Black On Both Sides in the rotation. Speed Law and Mathematics is still playing every few days. Plus any of the Black Star work that he did with Talib Kweli is FLAMES. He was even on a Freddie Gibbs joint with Black Thought just a couple years ago, called Education. That piece is crazy.

[@kirkykirky]

mos def is low key one of the best rappers ever. he's my favorite. wish he'd do more singing like this with his raps. great reaction video

[@ThePittsburghToddy]

Mos Def! 🔥🔥🔥🔥✌🏻

[@bobbyswampfox]

One of my favorite tracks ever. Timeless, glad to see it is still getting the respect it deserves

[@DJRhude]

As a dude who's a bit older than you and a hip-hop purist, if you will, I enjoy watching you react to these gems. The fact that you rewound the line "this thing called rhymin, no different than coal mining/we both on assignment to unearth the diamond," just shows you're immersing yourself into this hip-hop shit. Keep going! 🔥🖖

[@tommieboler6669]

Glad you made it to this hidden gem. Can't wait for the Black on Both Sides reaction.

[@DynamiteSoles]

He has lots of great songs but to me this is his greatest. Glad that you genuinely enjoyed this track. It's a gem.

[@IBODEGAI]

Gotta peep his freestyles. Off top he’s probably top 5 doa. Edit: There’s rappers and then theres MC’s. I believe he’s one of the truest “MC’s“ that ever did it.

[@primeflycompany]

agreed

[@nerdbamarich2063]

Can't thank you enough for doing this mos joint. I've been had this and the remix on repeat it's just a feel-good joint. Much love.

[@Didja1980]

Review “hiphop” by Mos Def. A classic.

[@bgmethod3989]

Mos Def has a catalog that’s lined with quality. I wish we got more in his prime even tho he still nice. Still patiently waiting in the next Black Star joint or a Yasiin Bey joint. When you do Black on Both Sides, you goin see how great an EmCee Mos Def was in his prime. That’s a top 5 Hip Hop Album all time to me

[@d.c.cheever9258]

At one point in the verse Mos starts rapping in Japanese because of the beat made by DJ Honda. On the first Tony Touch (Puerto Rican) album he returns the favor again by rapping half of his verse in spanish: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hH7TlmeObs5gf8k Mos is one of the greatest to ever flow, what an artist.

[@henneseslimify]

Oh my god D C cheever good looking out. My neck thinks that's a hot track.

[@akindele13]

This is the version, glad you reacted to this one.

[@verbone]

Honda came with a classic beat, and Yasiin murdered it.

[@msmith12886]

Gravediggaz- 6 feet deep!

[@natural_niky]

Ooooh Mos Def love him. Love how you’re wearing your hat like him.

[@devinhedberg242]

One of the DOPEST songs ever

[@VIISkies]

Hell yes! Thanks for getting to this one, this shit's been stuck in my head for the last week and a half. You're welcome for this recommendation 😁

[@themanthelegendlg]

mos def is underrated af gotta check out redefinition by BLACK STAR , another greAT VID BY aHMAD , EXCITED FOR YO UPCOMING REACTIONS ON ALBUMS LIKE LIFE AFTER DEATH AND 36 CHAMBERS

[@ThePittsburghToddy]

Black Star is a must!👌🏼✨

[@TripSe7en_77]

Respiration too!

[@ayten3617]

.wow nostalgia.!!!! A white boy from like early 2000s introduced me to a lot of the music I still listen too to this day. Stuff i might not have ever listened to otherwise, had it not been for them burnt CDs he use to make me, even my mom liked them haha .... What's crazy is, I remember this kid from when i was barely a teenager, early 2000's, he was the only yt boy in our entire highschool of over 2,800 students in CINCINNATI OHIO... He he had the best taste in music, this boy could sing dam near every lyric to so many songs, like two of Nas 's entire albums, biggie album's, the HI TEK album, big pun album, The Nore N.O.R.E. album, and idk, many more.. i waa surprised he even understood the words, cuz a lot of them even i couldnt.... oh, the wu tang also, and that RED MAN album, it was a black CD with red man written in red. (Loved that CD) AND he had access to the best bud,/ flower!!! I mean THEE BEST WEED my mom and I ever ever seen to this day!!! .. Some of us who stuck together until adults , almost all of us or our group agree that it's the best Weed we ever seen, to this DAY!! and it's 2024, been at LEAST 15 years. I remember his auntie use to grow it, he had a black uncle too . , lol, like how tf have none of us seen weed that good in almost 20 years, even from the dispensaries. Haa. Dude was cold, !!! poor kid use to get soooo much SHYT, mf had hands too, but everytime he got into a Fight, which he never started, he would ALWAYS get beat up, because mfs would jump in, even kids that didn't know either party, like they just seen a opportunity to kick a yt mf while they down already, and they'd take it everytime.... What's crazy is, he really had them hands. I remember him from years before that, when we were young young young , he was the only yt boy in/ at our YMCA, in the "west end" Neighborhood of Cincinnati Ohio.... Anyway, nostalgia brought me to thinking about him / making this comment or listening to such peaceful music... Mf introduced me to this as well, MOS def in general actually, and hella other good music. Like Kanye before he was famous, even talib kwali, and a Cincinnati hip hop group "MOOD", and a dude from Cincinnati called "Hi TEK" .. this was before everyone had phones with internet etc, early early 2000's.

[@ayten3617]

(RE) definition???.. I'm about to face to go check that one out!! Cuz I ain't heard all that. reeeee,??? Wtf .... That's nice of them, to do another, much a beloved song !!!

[@mmrw]

Definitely my favorite Mos Def song, glad you did it

[@richardcarter5082]

Ahmad you a legend. Nobody reacts to as many of my favorite hip hop songs as you. Keep at it my man!

[@Michael.Sandoval33]

One of the best songs ever. I have seen Yasiin Bey (Mos Def) live in San Diego in 2017. He is amazing and so is this song.

[@lamarstanford3537]

Dr Dre and Ice Cube natural born killaz video version, is one of the dopest videos ever

[@joseocciano1939]

Great reaction kiddo , it really is a beautiful song 😃still bump it

[@jstro3136]

This one of my fav tracks ever. I’m glad you found it.

[@mikec81]

the hook comes from a 1966 John Denver song (famously covered by Peter, Paul and Mary, becoming number one on the Billboard top 100 in 1969) for those who didnt know. So kiss me and smile for me Tell me that you'll wait for me Hold me like you'll never let me go 'Cause I'm leavin' on a jet plane Don't know when I'll be back again Oh babe, I hate to go

[@djaceofpentacles]

This track put Mos on the map honestly. He was killing it with the bush babees already with those early super melodic hooks and intelligent banger verses. This was his first track to start getting played at house parties and clubs.

[@OneHandMoneyMan]

I remember when I first heard this one, I was losing my mind lol. I mean from the beat to the hook to the flow to the BARS..I mean that coalmining line was a bar and a half bro 10/10

[@jonathanjohnston1922]

This is my absolute favorite song. There is a dope remix as well with a beautiful beat. This song will be played at my funeral.

[@BlueMarbleApeMan]

If you want to hear Mos Def do R&B, listen to his song "The Beggar" from his second album. It'll blow your mind.

[@mesk412]

Most Def is one of the all time greats. An icon in music for sure.

[@MaxPowersssss]

you need to do a reaction to Black Star - Thieves in the Night. Mos Def spits one of the best verses of all time on that

[@KantGitRyght]

HELL YES!

[@ibrahimazhar]

Facts.

[@chrisisslick]

Mannnn tell him about that Redefinition verse tho! He and Talib killed it.

[@brettwallis1]

Most Def's most amazing song ever!... he is the GOAT ...on the underground........shhhhh

[@anthonyroyal7994]

The Estatic is on KZbin. I once thought Black on both Sides couldn't be matched, but that album is insanely underrated🔥

[@tabokhumalo]

At some point this some was the soundtrack to my life. I would give anything to hear the old school tracks you are reacting to for the first time again bro.

[@giovannymartinez6320]

Liking before I even watch. This is one of my favorites. 🔥

[@intelligentsavage629]

He's a underrated talent..... sing..... rap and pretty good actor as well! Yep....underrated talent for sure

[@q-dawwg626]

One of my favorite Mos tracks

[@gibranmcdonald9853]

Glad you are digging Mos Def. You should react to the Black Star album too!

[@NewEnglish860]

My sons are 13 and 14 and been bump in this for years. Lol welcome to real hip hop bro

[@TizOnly1]

Travellin Man is def a top 5 Mos song. The vibe on this is unmatched, the layering especially towards the end.. and the verses are so damn good. Really paints the picture of what it's like to be on the road as a full time job

[@Mp38482]

Aww man you found a gem, i forgot about this track, ima listen to this on repeat today

[@Taj_Rahine]

One of my favorite songs of all time

[@enlightenmenttv2287]

Mos is the goat, end of story!!! You'll know once you review that first album.

[@3COI]

This is the same sample used for "My Life" by Pharoah Monche & Styles P. You should react to that soon. Mos Def is crazy talented. Rapping, singing, and acting.

[@ayten3617]

.wow nostalgia.!!!! A white boy from like early 2000s introduced me to a lot of the music I still listen too to this day. Stuff i might not have ever listened to otherwise, had it not been for them burnt CDs he use to make me, even my mom liked them haha .... What's crazy is, I remember this kid from when i was barely a teenager, early 2000's, he was the only yt boy in our entire highschool of over 2,800 students in CINCINNATI OHIO... He he had the best taste in music, this boy could sing dam near every lyric to so many songs, like two of Nas 's entire albums, biggie album's, the HI TEK album, big pun album, The Nore N.O.R.E. album, and idk, many more.. i waa surprised he even understood the words, cuz a lot of them even i couldnt.... oh, the wu tang also, and that RED MAN album, it was a black CD with red man written in red. (Loved that CD) AND he had access to the best bud,/ flower!!! I mean THEE BEST WEED my mom and I ever ever seen to this day!!! .. Some of us who stuck together until adults , almost all of us or our group agree that it's the best Weed we ever seen, to this DAY!! and it's 2024, been at LEAST 15 years. I remember his auntie use to grow it, he had a black uncle too . , lol, like how tf have none of us seen weed that good in almost 20 years, even from the dispensaries. Haa. Dude was cold, !!! poor kid use to get soooo much SHYT, mf had hands too, but everytime he got into a Fight, which he never started, he would ALWAYS get beat up, because mfs would jump in, even kids that didn't know either party, like they just seen a opportunity to kick a yt mf while they down already, and they'd take it everytime.... What's crazy is, he really had them hands. I remember him from years before that, when we were young young young , he was the only yt boy in/ at our YMCA, in the "west end" Neighborhood of Cincinnati Ohio.... Anyway, nostalgia brought me to thinking about him / making this comment or listening to such peaceful music... Mf introduced me to this as well, MOS def in general actually, and hella other good music. Like Kanye before he was famous, even talib kwali, and a Cincinnati hip hop group "MOOD", and a dude from Cincinnati called "Hi TEK" .. this was before everyone had phones with internet etc, early early 2000's.

[@rtristan82]

I want this played at my funeral. Great reaction!

[@ojlucky9065]

Yo the first time I ever heard Mos he was singing a hook on that Bush babies remix I think around 97.

[@g.o.gstudio3744]

My man react to mos def's "Ms. Fat Booty", great story telling

[@chrisisslick]

Yezzir! This is a highly underrated jam right here. Good to see a young buck appreciate classic hip hop 👊🏼

[@Auxzide]

There's another version of this song with a different chorus that I actually like better I think it goes like "memories don't live like people do they always remember you whether things are good or bad it's just the memories."

[@enlightenmenttv2287]

Yeah that's the version I always bumped. I like that hook much better.

[@yamomsahoe2430]

This my favorite track of any rapper dude rapper about physics lol “space and time”

[@Fluvsiesmidnight]

Dawg, I just mixed a bunch of Europe videos from my recent visit to this song, much respect to Mos and Dj Honda for this..

[@RobAlberto_4]

The you tube version is slightly different it has this great chorus more of Mos singing. “… memories they always remember you…” I love that line. Love both but I wish the KZbin one was on the music services also.

[@rwalk8551]

MosDefinitely 👑‼️

[@d-money_smoove]

Mos Def is in my top 5 all time. Thanks for showing love for him. You need to do Smif and Wessun bro.

[@damonjones1291]

Mos Def, "Napoleon Dynamite" 🔥

[@rare_form]

Omg i was searching for this track like forever and couldn't remember the name! That Song is special 🔥🎤

[@clarke9168]

I felt the same way first hearing this myself. Man’s vibing 😄✊🏿

[@Paiitt]

One of my favorite track of all time

[@elevatedscience1087]

Mos def is the most underrated MC

[@hotnikles11]

If you like the instrumental the LostBoyz did a joint on their last album over this track, with what I consider to be one of the best courses of all time. It’s either called “you only live once” or “take it to the top” if I remember correctly, it got released not too long before Freaky Ty got killed. Shit will bring tears to your eyes.

[@Ck2noi1]

Mos def is the most slept on hip hop artist - defo in my top 5

[@nileporter1553]

No bs I was just thinking about you reacting to this today and now here you are playing it today that’s crazy

[@jacentruth6602]

Mos deffffff

[@AJWise]

Great rapper, singer, and actor

[@I_be_e]

Respect the man and call him by the name he has chosen for himself people Yasiin Bey formally know as Mos Def

[@Subliminal82]

One of my favorite songs of all time.

[@prpapi583]

Roc marciano -don shit Killarmy -soldiers of darkness Roc marciano - emeralds Killarmy -doomsday

[@jasminjelovac9416]

prolly my top 5 fav song

[@ronaldtreasure9175]

Gotta do Brooklyn next. He goes off on three different beats in that song.

[@tallgodheru7397]

DJ HONDA / REDMAN "THAT'S MY WORD" ...DJ HONDA /SEAN PRICE "D.R.E.A.M." GUARANTEED FIYAH CLASSICS

[@inktheillsceneillustrator4387]

Good to hear young boy appreciate. Kweli Gutter Rainbows Cold Rain Eat to Live Holy Moly Rare Portraits just a few

[@EricEustace]

A classic. Dj Honda is a legend as well! 🙌

[@adogbewise6561]

He's a good actor too. I think he or my favorite rap actor after I seen him in, This Is The Day The Lord Has Made. It was a true story about Dr. Vivian Campbell. Who helped cure the Blue baby syndrome and this white doctor took all the credit. He made me forget he was a famous rapper. He was amazing.

[@ariefraiser140]

"Something the lord made" was the movie

[@Optical78]

Absolute Hip Hop gem here!!! (Japanese/American style!)

[@themadsamplist]

you will love Da Bush Babies feat Mos Def - The Love song, or S.O.S.

[@SonicCruz]

🎤 🎤🎤🎤🎤 MOS DEF

[@VeegovonDOOM]

This is one of my favorite songs.

[@djozerwright1206]

You may like, Common - Be (album)

[@Tusc9969]

One of the most underrated MCs from the 90s

[@SerifSansSerif]

DJ honda, DJ shadow, there was this whole hiphop/turntableism/triphop movement and yeah, mos def makes this track, but DJ honda is respectable in his own right for the track Mos Def is singing over.

[@richardcarter5082]

Can you react to Mos Def - Speed Law, one of his best!

[@lamaj5]

Mos Def the panties off of his the New Danger album. Listen to that if you like his singing

[@joshimhof6426]

"Theres only 50,000 heads that are true to this...the rest are clueless to what real hip hop music is"

[@rmack284]

You gotta do a reaction to "Dj Honda f/GRAND PUBA,SADAT-X - Straight Talk From NY"

[@Harrisinc]

No cap! My era. #timeless Always been in my top 5 💥

[@primeflycompany]

Mos Def Mathematics Mos Def- Next Universe Soundbombing II Mos Def/Black Star Respiration featuring Talib Kweli I'd recommend these in the future. Maybe a Mos Def live watch party.