FIRST TIME HEARING Sublime - April 29, 1992 Reaction

[@ProsperoFinch]

Some small notes about Sublime: a trio of musicians, started out as a punk/ska trio, but hugely influenced by reggae and hip hop as well, creating a unique fusion. Came out around the same time as Rage Against the Machine, but a completely different fusion of rock and hip hop. RAtM were activists and angry (rightfully so), and Sublime were stoners and surfers who wanted to chill, but all of them came from a rough background, with songs that spoke about their own lives and realities. Sadly, Bradley Nowell, the singer-guitarist, as well as the principal songwriter, died due to a drug overdose just before this album was released. I think “What I Got” was the only video filmed in support of the album before he died. All the others used public footage (like this one) or had old concert footage or home videos of Bradley. Sublime as a whole was an intensely creative band, with styles whiplashing back and forth across the album. Funk, punk, thrash, ska, hip hop, reggae, Latin, electronica. All of it was present on this, their final album

[@joeroque211]

Couldn’t have said it any better.

[@joshuakennedy1507]

I feel the same way but the vid was LA riots home and news. But hot missed the vers saying it had nothing to do with Rodney King it was about coming up.

[@TheDeadStretch]

Wrong Way also had a legit music video.

[@jon-pauldupont5746]

They were a 4 piece if you count Lou Dog. 😁

[@me-yo8ej]

Santaria ,what I got, wrong way and my favourite video very funny date rape with Gwen Stefani as a very young victim and Ron Jeremy 😅 I'm from Australia and by the way I was to get a limited edition booklet it contains 3 CD one has interviews and urealeased tracks it also has a DVD full of video some original and others done after Bradley's passing by the remaining members

[@JemJam2976]

I wouldn't call Sublime a political group. This song was about the L.A. riots

[@connorsullivan2859]

True that homie

[@undergrounddojokeyboardcag701]

It is punk music, which at its core is very social and political in nature (specifically very left wing, which we hear with Sublime), and i'd say the majority of their songs have political or social messages..... i would also like to point out that the vast majority of music (and art in general) does... so the term "political group" is actually a bit silly.

[@JemJam2976]

@@undergrounddojokeyboardcag701 Date Rape might be considered a social message song, but I highly doubt that Waiting For My Ruca or Badfish could be considered anything else other than feel good

[@undergrounddojokeyboardcag701]

@@JemJam2976 Sure they did a lot of party stuff, but there's tons on 40 oz to freedom that's political and social, with the overarching theme of rebellion and anarchy. Again, its punk, its at its very core and Sublime understood and projected that.

[@carlosnava8485]

@@JemJam2976 Bad Fish is about Brads heroin habit.

[@jbomb889]

Right on. Honestly, you can just start that album at track 1 and let it play... you won’t be disappointed. One of my all time favorite albums cover to cover!

[@trentbresler3179]

You could do that with all their albums honestly.....40 oz to freedom is still one of my favorite albums ever.

[@jcheever37]

For real I automatically hear the next song on the album from how many times I heard this album as a kid.

[@rccarothers]

I agree 100%!!! Sublime reminds me of the 90's!!! I also told him the same thing you did! ✌🏼

[@sticksandstones3812]

Absolutely! Love the whole album

[@bigdaddypiggy]

Brad Nowell had to have some of the worst timing in history 😉& I actually believe they’d have been 1 of those bands that would’ve been just as big if not bigger had he not died ......so sad but just goes to show you once again that heroin will & can take anyone

[@jam3sbarry198]

Sublime is one of the GREATEST bands of ALL time !! And their music is timeless !! Hardly any other artist can say that

[@ProsperoFinch]

Ahhhhh Sublime... a great song off a great album. Other great songs include Santeria, Garden Grove, Wrong Way, Burritos, literally the whole damn album

[@mumbleslol]

facts. anything off their self-titled and 40oz. to freedom

[@littlejimmy7402]

I've done a ton of yard work to this album

[@connorsullivan2859]

I just sawe badfish lastnight they do a great job covering sublime!

[@connorsullivan2859]

@joe Papilo lo dude yes like they put me on to bad religion, toots and the mytals I feel like I have to even give sublime the credit for making me a dead head cause of their cover of scarlet begonias 🤣

[@carmineginocchio7783]

Literally... the whole damn album.

[@topspot4834]

Sublime has aged like fine wine. There was nobody like them before, and there hasn't been anyone since. Two of my favorite albums ever, and they're both great cover to cover. Man was I gutted in high school when Brad died. Still kinda am. They were in their infancy.

[@RyanLambert-s9f]

Check out DENM. Lots of Sublime feels in his music.

[@MegaGriff74]

Sublime Santeria is a must my brotha! And also Caress me down!

[@jonathanaldecoa1099]

Yeah bro 🕺

[@erkkiboy]

And date rape 😂🤣

[@willkels9196]

Yes

[@Damann23]

Somehow I don't think he'd vibe with EVERY song. Caress Me Down is awesome, but has some.... Questionable lyrics. 😂

[@beastmerc84]

All songs on this Album are great

[@alangarcia5693]

My mothers clothing store was burned down during this event. i was 6 years old. loot all you guys want my dudes...but loot corporations and superstores. not the local spots

[@joshmitchell2775]

Exactly.. the issue was about police Brutality.. back then and now.. why not protest loot and riot at the police stations

[@alangarcia5693]

@@joshmitchell2775 yeah unfortunately people just loot whats close by. make the trip to the police station or city hall instead :D This event actually set my family on a better path. with the insurance money my mom paid for a semi truck and my dad became a truck driver...he was working at Dominoes before that

[@alangarcia5693]

@joe Papilo lo 100% man. look back at that moment all the time and wonder where we would be if they didnt riot for Rodney King. Life is crazy that way

[@joshmitchell2775]

@joe Papilo lo yeah like dudes family woke up and said you know what today is the day I'm gonna a let my business get looted.. get the fuck outta here with that bullshit...

[@SparkimusPrime]

One of my favorite bands 💚 Scarlet Begonias KRS One Pawn Shop Santeria 40oz to Freedom Badfish ...

[@danooc1]

Technically Scarlet Begonias is a Dead cover, but the 40 oz album was great.

[@surfingnerd621]

ALL BANGERS + Garden Grove, Steppin Razor, Doin' time, 5446/Ball and Chain, too many bangers

[@Captainpigraven]

@@danooc1 To whom are you responding? OP never said or implied that any or all of the listed songs were originals.

[@40oztofreedom75]

Scarlet Begonias is the only song of theirs I don't really care for and when I found out it was a Dead cover, it made sense.

[@jasonblam7218]

This album is one of my favs of all time. Not perfect in any way, but iconic. They’re way less political than this song would lead you to think, but they have a story unto themselves that you should definitely dive into if you do more. And if you do, please 🙏 do this album. Keep kicking ass MrLBoyd! 💪

[@ryansmith7974]

I think your misreading this song. It's from the perspective of everyone caught up in the chaos of a riot. Specifically told from a first person point of view. Their not trying to glamorize or boast about the shit that they took. It's about the energy that overtakes everyone around in a situation like that. We all need to address this but for now it's a part of protest. The song is about the energy when "let it burn" feels like the only thing to do. People can get triggered and go wild, everyone.

[@lukemitchell5241]

I think this guy thinks Sublime actually did everything they sang about in the song.

[@xxmeanyheadxx]

@@lukemitchell5241 what makes you think they didn't? i could be typing this on a laptop I looted during 2020 riots in LA lmao who knows?

[@jessicashenefield1546]

#mobmentality

[@ThanostarZero]

No, not everyone gets "triggered" and "goes wild". There's zero excuse for rioting and looting.

[@jeramylaneholt]

Like reggae, sublime often tells stories even in cheeky jest. Even ska got that from the folk like storytelling of reggae.

[@willpina]

Looting and rioting is a message to the authorities that despite what they think, they are not in control. The people are. If we have relative peace and quiet, it's not because of them, it is because of the people.

[@katiepotatie1980]

Sometimes when you need to strike back the only place you can hit them is right in the money

[@widdershins5383]

When your pushed down amd don’t have anything, your gonna take the first chance to get anything. So once again they filled the van until it was full, gotta get that living room comfortable ya heard?

[@artothewanderer9517]

Yeah but you’re looting your own peoples shit. Your not looting the governments shit. Big difference.

[@DustinRodriguez1_0]

@@artothewanderer9517 Not true. That isn't their own peoples shit. That 'neighbors liquor store'? He doesn't own that. He leases it. And rents the branding from a franchise corporation. And goes home to a rented house he doesn't own either. The people who own everything don't live there. They're off in a gated community somewhere. I think, really though, what people come to realize is that if they are subject to sudden violence for no reason, murder for no reason, and those responsible will never be held accountable but instead be lauded as heroes.... can't you get that under total anarchy? So... what're the restrictions buying you? It's not safety. It's just getting you the same danger in a different flavor.

[@notrelevant1266]

@UC28T2xqlulUioijOzElF0xQ You’re dumb. That corner store is owned by the guy and fam working there. Burning it down not only ruins the guys actually working for those, it also takes a service away from the community and replaces it with fire and brimstone. Grow up. Please

[@Harbor-S]

Great memories made to this album in the late 90s and early 2000s! It's been a minute! This song was about the Rodney King beating & trial/LA Riots - that's where your footage is from - and the band's participation in the looting. So many good ones from this Sublime album! Caress Me Down (one of my personal favorites & Bradley delivers some solid Spanish verses in it), Santeria, What I Got, Wrong Way, Garden Grove, Pawn Shop, and more. Would love to see any of them from you Mr L Boyd! RIP Bradley Nowell - another voice taken too soon from this place. He unfortunately passed from an OD on May 25, 1996, a few months before this album was released. He never got to enjoy the massive success that was their self titled album. It's fitting that you are reacting to this so close to the 25th anniversary of his death. Thanks for another great one! You are one of mine and my husband's favorites!

[@porkflaps4717]

If you like Ragga, ska, punk, hip hop, they did it better than anyone. LEGENDS. This is about the Rodney King riots in 1992

[@ajbailey01]

THANK YOU for reacting to my suggestion!! You rock!!

[@LittleSkin18]

Everyone always forgets about Latasha Harlins, her death was also a reason for the riots and the business's around the area to be lit up

[@MoCsomeone]

That's why people were lighting the liquor store on fire. The business owners were quite complicit in the shit treatment of the neighborhoods residents, they didn't live around here, they got in their cars and drove home to the burbs to enjoy the riches from gouging the hood. So yeah, people burn and looted them. Everyone cries for the poor capitalist, nobody cries for the people that the capitalists murder and run into the ground from financially raping them. Any product sold in the hood is more expensive than in the suburbs. They are fleecing and gouging the poor because the poor have no other option. It's coercive and immoral how our system works and I for one applaud when the base of the pyramid scheme shakes the unjust power structure, the system pushes people to that point then blames them for responding as oppressed people have since the dawn of time. Fuck the capitalists, they reap what they sow. If you see a bunch of field workers digging up and throwing away the only food they have access to. Maybe it's because the plantation owner poisoned it and it's making them sick. And maybe they should burn down the plantation owners house. He isn't required to grow food, in fact he doesn't actually do anything. This is how we stopped living with kings and monarchs lording over us, yet we still allow that same oligarchy to run our economy. Perhaps we don't need economic dictators and perhaps we can take greed and selfishness off the altar that capitalists worship to. They'll brick wall innovation for profits, drive families into poverty for another percentage point on their stock price, they'll give themselves millions in bonus while slashing their workers pay and healthcare, they don't even pay taxes and they bribe all of our politicians and own them like puppets. What good do they provide to society? The cons far outweigh the pros. Perhaps we don't need overseers and dictators. Perhaps management could be elected by the workers and have accountability to them. Perhaps democracy in the economy and the workplace is the way to a better future for us all.

[@ianobrien3248]

@@MoCsomeone *snaps*

[@carlos_herrera]

@@MoCsomeone preach

[@powdertrax9742]

Yeh Asian business’s, geeez some things never change

[@spencerbar9072]

I was gonna post this, throw in the fact that the store owner wasn't convicted also.

[@Dechral]

rip Bradley, love his live cover of Bob Marley - guava jelly

[@widdershins5383]

The Bad Religion cover was also spectacular

[@Crankwalker]

Can't believe this is your first experience with Sublime! You're in for a treat! You should check out "What I got", "Santeria", and "Wrong way"

[@LzyBoyCouch]

Oh god no, just no. It's straight up disrespectful to recommend those songs, honestly man.

[@trogdortheburninator3621]

Caress me down

[@aaronauld3068]

MORE SUBLIME!!!!!!!!!!

[@benmartin9375]

Love me some sublime 🔥🔥 “summertime” is a great chill song 🎶

[@motherjesse]

I think you mean ‘Doin’ Time’

[@lisemzarate4029]

At the time I remember media focusing on L.A county, not so much on other cities being rioted in, Bradley saw that the looting itself is a form of expression, we are all responsible for this atrocity and we should all be paying for it, he's not trying to condemn or condone, he was trying to express that the issues are deeper and wider than we admit. His writing style was often satirical and sarcastic, it doesn't always translate easily.

[@dathorndike4908]

When the LA riots broke out, it triggered other smaller riots in cities across the country. I remember it well back in `1992

[@joeroque211]

Bro! Sublime is so dope! Long time fan of theirs for sure

[@MBP208]

This album doesn’t hold a candle to 40 oz to freedom.

[@toddpaluzzi]

Wrong

[@emeraldcity_]

Different, not worse.

[@steveothamula9038]

40 oz and Robbin the Hood are miles better, if you know you know! The acoustic album too jeeeez!!

[@40oztofreedom75]

Love their whole discography but I enjoy 40oz To Freedom more than any other album. Bradley Nowell & Friends is a very close second. That album is a masterpiece

[@thomasbustamante9110]

Jah won’t pay the bills

[@slimgym45]

I was 15 and grew up in Bellflower, near Long Beach back then. I lived in Eureka for almost 20 years too. Sublime will always be in my heart ❤️

[@jimmy25snyder]

With you, I remember seeing Sublime in the Nugget at CSULB. Amazing group, pulled for/from multiple cultures.

[@Spiederia]

Bradley actually sang the wrong date but they let it slide cause he killed it!

[@juliem2073]

Listen to Sublime almost everyday 🌞

[@brianyates3504]

THIS SONG US ABOUT THE RIOTS IN L.A. AFTER THE RODNEY KING VERDICT...WHAT A SHAME THOSE COPS DIDNT GO DOWN...PEACE FROM THE NORTHEAST..

[@dieselbourbon3728]

Rodney king nearly killed a woman to death by repeatedly punching her in the face. He got a beating for it. Justified. Much like George Floyd who held a pregnant woman at gun point while his homies robbed her house. Among a long list of violent crimes he committed. If you want to fake virtue signal fine, but don't show sympathy for real life pieces of shit like those two.

[@williamnicholson8133]

Last i checked king was a criminal hopped up on pcp . The rioters killed more people than the police did all year.

[@NG-nx8wd]

@@dieselbourbon3728 propaganda bs to justify murder. At the end of the day you are making justifications for vigilante justice, as if police knew any of your so called facts at the time the beatings and death of the victims occurred. No after the facts justifications, take away the in the moment criminality of those police officers actions and that is the point of it all. Either we all are agreed to adhere to the law or none of us have to. We don't get to pick and choose when, or its useless and meaningless. That's when law enforcement loses respect and people revolt. Attitude reflects leadership. Can't battle cry law and order and cheer on those in charge of enforcing when they don't abide by it.

[@ThanostarZero]

@@NG-nx8wd They absolutely knew at the time that saint Floyd was a piece of shit and high. Can't speak on Rodney king other than the cops used excessive force. The short answer is don't commit crimes and you won't have to worry about cops

[@ThanostarZero]

Its a shame people used that as an excuse to loot, and burning down the city and kill.

[@nickpasquarello1291]

Korean corner stores were for sure targeted because Rodney King happened after the killing of a black girl (Lastasha Harlins) who was shot from behind by a Korean woman (Soon Da Ju) and was convicted but basically had no punishment because of the discretion of the judge. People were mad as shit about that.

[@padernia4477]

MLK did not believe riot was the most effective form of protest but noted: “a riot is the language of the unheard.” King made the comment in a 1966 interview with Mike Wallace. He continued: “And, what is it that America has failed to hear? It has failed to hear that the economic plight of the Negro poor has worsened over the last few years.” So, I think that Sublime here is commenting on the worsening class struggle with this song. Obviously, Sublime are taking the anarchist approach, but what they are speaking about is class struggle. Its interesting to hear about riots from this perspective whether you agree with it or not.

[@dieselbourbon3728]

Sublime is a rare gem in history.

[@Purple_Sticky_Punch4231]

Sublime - “don’t push” , “Cisco kid” , “seed” , “Ebin” and “5446 that’s my number/ball and chain” are all amazing songs I could list more cause sublime for the most part puts up nothing but gold but just pick one you won’t be disappointed

[@jainelson8840]

Those are great suggestions. I’d add Scarlet Begonias and Let’s Go Get Stoned.

[@Purple_Sticky_Punch4231]

@@jainelson8840 definitely I could have keep going with great songs I mean djs, stp, new realization, 89 vision and same in the end just to name few more but that's how it is with sublime everything is amazing

[@dylanrushby6237]

Eben is sick

[@DarkAngel1985Mike]

This is about the LA Riots and police brutality, a similar song with the subject matter but in a hardcore punk/rap metal style is Downset-Anger , the singer of Downset’s father was actually killed by the LAPD

[@LtFrankDrebin100]

This isn’t fiction. I’ll never forget watching the news that week.

[@SirSkud]

I was 12 for the LA Riots. People are forgetting.

[@JemJam2976]

I turned 16 exactly a month later

[@bipolarbear9952]

@@SirSkud Same age. It's really surprising to me how much of the 90s history just isn't known by the generations that came up after.

[@xxmeanyheadxx]

yeah me too 2020 was wild

[@jessicashenefield1546]

And the Watts riots decades earlier.

[@Super_MB]

April 29, 1992…where were you? I was in the middle of it. I was listening to the riot unfold on the radio. Went home, Turned on the TV and the moment I heard Ted Koppel mention Eugene Oregon, my 16-year-old dumb a$$ got on my bike headed downtown to witness it live and in person. Every window downtown was broken, statues were knocked over, and fires in the streets. I was tear-gassed for the first of 4 times in my life. I was a curious naive white teenager with no frame of reference to understand the danger I was putting myself in. For the most part, people of color stayed home for attended silent vigils. I Observed the peaceful protesters go home and, Up until January 6, 2021, the largest Scariest sea of white people I had ever encountered, many insighting violence In the name of justice. It wasn’t until years later that I came to understand the gravity of what I had witnessed. My white privilege, lack of experience (Particularly in a riot) Gave me no reason to treat this as anything other than a spectacle and cool story to tell at parties. Since then I realized how little I know. My attitude was wasteful and dismissive of wisdom people have gained through life experiences that no human should ever endure.

[@pjbiggleswerth8903]

These were the rodney king riots. Brad was an amazing artists w his finger on the pulse of the ppl. Hes is absolutely one of the most mised artists of all time. * edit* 3/4 through your video, I think you're starting to see what Brad was talking about.

[@jemhidiahssj4114]

Can’t really comment on the situation in LA during the riots but I can say It was to a point that a group of people were fed up and took what they couldn’t afford. That’s a whole discussion we can have. Looting is a product of social inequality, if you want it and can’t have it take it. If you are just taking it to sell it I have a problem. If it helps you live a better life grab it, if you are taking multiples in hopes of profiting f you! Take what you need to survive and thrive leave the rest for your neighbors

[@etepeteseat7424]

"Riots are the language of the unheard."-Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. It may not be "right", but it's a consequence of inflicting too many grievances on people for too long with no real hope of relief. Btw, I used to think the same thing about qualified immunity, but as it turns out, that specific law actually only affects civil liability, not criminal liability, so it wouldn't actually do much, because even if you sue the pants off the cop who killed your relative, they're not likely to ever have the financial capacity to pay those fines anyway. There definitely does need to be massive and fundamental police reform, though, for sure.

[@twisteddman]

the summer of 1992 and 93 was nonstop this album everywhere you went

[@sausagehappymealx9931]

Garden grove(1, best imo), caress me down(2), santeria(3), and what i got(4) is there best songs 👊😎👍

[@joeroque211]

No way! Burritos and so many more my friend

[@sausagehappymealx9931]

@@joeroque211 Yes, scarlet bagonias to and many others your right 👊😜👍

[@chaoznofx]

Sublime Is THE banda that opened my mind the most, musicaly

[@Nickel138]

Oh man. Welcome to the Sublime subs. Got some nice samples on this one: Mobb Deep, Just-Ice, Public Enemy. Check out “What I got” or “Garden Grove” or “Jailhouse” or “Doin’ Time” by Sublime. Rioting isn’t good all the time, and it would be nice if it could be avoided, but you can only ask for so long. “I’m standing outside tryna sing my way in: ‘We are hungry, please let us in, After about a week, that song’s gonna change to ‘We hungry, we need some food.’ After two, three weeks, it's like, 'Give me the food or I’m breaking down the door.' After years it’s like, I’m pickin’ the lock, comin’ through the door blastin’. - Tupac

[@DeadHeadSurf]

Brother Brad wrote this about the famous riots that actually started in LA and escalated in Miami. He was a REAL BOSS DJ and mixed and twisted everything from Spanish dancehall to real heart and soul Regga to punk and ska. Gotta listen to to some of his real shit and not the mainstream Sublime brother. Dig deep in this rabbit hole we call Bradley lol You wanna hear some crazy breakdowns and just pure gold, give Superstar Punani a listen or prophet or Romeo those are the real shit!!! And yes I know prophet was written by Miles of slightly stoopid But it was with the help of Brad

[@raymondkhessel1340]

Hello Mr Boyd, Sublime is one of my favorite bands. What I, myself, gleam from their music is that it's very tongue and cheek. They like to point out the absurdities of some of the darker aspects of human nature by singing a song through another's eyes. I doubt he actually rioted, but he is trying to point out that those who did lost sight of the protests.

[@stinkyredninja]

Hands down my favorite band of all time,

[@johnfriday5169]

My #2 after Pink Floyd.

[@dwoodard5717]

Garden Grove is a good one to check out, really anything off the self titled album or 40oz to freedom is good

[@jennyd1111]

My favorite

[@michaelryan9311]

Sublime, by far, is not a political group. Just talking about the times. Most of his songs are about smoking weed and his struggle with addiction. He just wanted to have fun and sing about it. He originally wanted to be a ship builder. He just had a style about him, songs like river of Babylon. You would think it's a different artist despite what you hear in 1992. But still, his voice.

[@justinprimus3633]

40oz. To freedom is by far the best album. Def a party album that has all genres and something for everyone

[@NashaWriter85]

The best thing I ever read about the act of 'Looting' : In a society where everything is comodified....in a society where we are constantly told that 'things' are more important than human life....looting becomes a legitimate form of protest. Hurt the one thing those in power value the most. That's been stuck in my head since I read it.

[@Crunchatize_Me_Senpai]

It’s not that deep, though. People loot because they get caught up in the adrenaline and the chaos and know they can get away with anything, so they steal shit for themselves. Very few of them are trying to make a statement. They’re just pissed because their lives are shitty, and they don’t give a fuck about anyone else’s well-being, innocent or not, and want free shit. And the ones that resort to violence are following that same mindset- they just want to use this chance to fuck up everyone who’s mildly wronged them. “If you look at the streets, it wasn’t about Rodney King, or this fucked up situation and these fucked up police.” That whole section of the song talks about this, and it’s right. People just jump on the bandwagon and indulge in their savage sides purely for the sake of indulging in their savage sides.

[@jefflucas653]

"A riot is the language of the unheard"

[@mneugent7658]

Sometimes. Not so much over the last number of years. There's been too many instances of a few folks with a point to make joined by many who just came to commit mayhem. Sad.

[@KC-AB2024]

Today, you can still hear their tracks all throughout LA and North America, Bradley’s music is powerful. These guys are the real deal. Almost 30 years…. RIP

[@Neon_Rust]

Date Rape, Santeria and What I Got are great tracks from Sublime I'd like to hear you react to

[@richardovercast2258]

I was 13 and living in LA during the riots. Most of the places that were torched those 3 days was in the local communities, but most of the fires were Korean owned businesses. In the weeks just prior to the riots, there was serious animosity between the African American and Korean American communities for several reasons, including the death of a young African American girl who was basically murdered when she was shot in the back by a Korean store owner. As a result Korean American owned businesses became targets during the rioting.

[@paulriddle7818]

Sublime and Snoop both from the same hood in the LBC.

[@adammieczkowski48]

The riot was also about the capitalism of Korean store owners in those areas. There was a lot of tension between the black and Korean communities, because joreans were the primary profiteers in the black neighborhoods,, and many of those looted stores were Korean owned.

[@blameitoncartman]

7:08 “As long as Imma alive, Imma live illegal” Mob Deep reference.

[@fu566]

I agree with you on qualified immunity, Bradley Nowell was an amazing talent sadly lost way too soon. But qualified immunity exist today disgustingly enough to protect police officers 1960s while they were breaking up riots and literally assaulting and hurting black people especially children for no reason whatsoever

[@r.u.s.t.659]

Strongly recommend Jailhouse by Sublime. In the same vein as this.

[@grassyknowles63]

This is the best audio mix I've ever fuckin heard on a reaction video!!! The levels are immaculate! I'm more enthralled with that than the actual reaction!!

[@eggsntaters5144]

This whole album 💣

[@bobbyfan418]

Sublime, with Bradley, has a catalog of songs worthy of a listen. You really can't go wrong. As for the video, I was 2 counties over, when that happened. 15 years old.

[@Chris_Bro_aka_MR_PLAT1NEM]

Uh oh Sublime! Whoo. Been a while since I've listened to them.

[@justindelello433]

It’s about time !!!!! Grew up on this !!! Sublime created a whole new genre !!!!

[@joonas1827]

I would like to hear your reaction on the legendary band The Clash Know your rights!

[@ashlealabine6937]

One of my favorite songs of theirs!

[@trevordoolan5011]

I know it's a cover, but... The Clash "Bank Robber" And it think there's actually a video to that song too... Though "Guns Of Brixton" what a tune, that Bass Riff is to Die for🎸 ☘🇮🇪☘ .

[@mikewiseman1853]

Pretty much any Clash song would be worth reacting to. For the music and the lyrics.

[@Atomcattheband]

To whomever requested sublime to this man, you are forever GOATed

[@NathanCline12-21]

"One of the greatest victories of the state is that the word "Anarchy " terrifies people but the word "state" does not " Tom Woods "Anarchy is no guarantee that some people won't kill,injure, kidnap, defraud, or steal from others. Government is a guarantee that some will." GUSTAVE DE MOLINARI

[@humbertojimenez3475]

At the time, rappers were sampling rock and jazz but Sublime was sampling rappers; KRS-1 & Slick Rick in this case.

[@markwillis675]

R.I.P. Bradly.

[@michaelpotter3627]

That whole album is 🔥, they are not a political band really at all just a voice from that place and that time

[@jthemachine7635]

ok now sublime ? let me light a big fatty and see ur reaction cuz that band oh boy ...

[@blakecrawford-3204]

A Wild Follow up Would Be Count Dankula's Madlads 1.Roof Koreans and 2.The North Hollywood Shootout.

[@blakecrawford-3204]

David Joo is Vest Guy in 7:33.

[@elenag151]

Awesome 😎✌🏻

[@dimitartodorovski5741]

Hell yeah!!!🔥🔥🔥One of the best albums ever....and 4sure is one which you start to listen from song 1 till the end of the album...no skip!!whole album is a MUST!!😉🍻✌🏼

[@Pyregazer]

It was different times, but some things will never change. I wouldn't recommend this as a first song from sublime, they have much better songs imo.

[@RunsLikeMays]

I wouldn't call Sublime a political group. They are more of a perfect snapshot of what it was like to live in Southern California in the 80s and 90s, and all the influences that rubbed off on them because where they grew up. Lyrically, they deal more with the mundane, like love and cheap thrills, but also have a dark edge and wit to them, like this song and "Pool Shark" in particular. Sonically, they grew up just as big a fan of Bob Marley and Bad Religion as they did KRS-One and The Specials, so they fused everything together and allowed their influences to takeover them. They are truly unique, so if you're looking for songs with lyrical depth, I'd look at "Pool Shark (Acoustic)" and "Date Rape".

[@chrishubble4611]

Yes sublime that's what I'm talking about plz do more sublime

[@g-my-t2199]

Many shop owners in black neighborhoods were Asian, specifically but not limited to liquor and gun shops. Many started putting signs on their windows during those riots that read "black owned". I'm not sure how much that helped.

[@DaanvanTeeseling]

Take that "Murder" statement and apply the same logic to the death penalty.

[@stephenroylance3958]

This video cuts the very end, what I think is one of the most important pieces of the song. The answer on the police radio to the question 'whats it going to take to get rid of these looters', which is 'fucking shoot them'. I don't think Bradley is trying to excuse or even rationalize the looting. He's expressing the anger and despair. When people are treated as less than human year after year and denied any empathy or support, then the bonds that make a society function decay. The last line of radio chatter makes it clear that the police consider the lives of the people here as valueless.

[@benmartin9375]

Tobe Nwigwe - “Fye Fye” New song & definition of a Houston party freestyle 💯🔥

[@TheAnticorporatist]

100%. I sometimes hear people talking about an end to qualified immunity would maybe make cops scared to shoot people… they're wearing bulletproof vests... bulletproof vests! They should at least have a standard of self defense to meet, you know?

[@wildsky2831]

Not a great place to start with sublime lol. Live the song but others are better for giving the vibe. 😀

[@woodscrow1]

That was my first thought too but there are soooo many good tunes!

[@ryanzeigler9763]

wtf is this Uncle Phil reacts? I love this dude! My 2c - The cause for rioting is the centuries-old philosophical divide between people vs. property. When the government crosses the line and preserves property over people? The war on poverty *IS* the war on property. What's that got to do with Rodney King? Literally? Not a GDamn thing! But this community got the spotlight shone on them for the first time it became about ALLLLLLLL their history of community policing issues and that shit blew up!

[@Xtra_Medium]

6:32 187 is the police code for homicide (at least in California)

[@averageatbest8146]

I love Sublime! One of my all time favorites.

[@Odd_Combo]

I’m sort of confused as to your “on the nose” interpretation. In context of the video especially, it’s always seemed very apparent to me that this was more a commentary on the absurdities and backwardness in which “protesting/rioting” tend to grow towards. Also, this song is close to 30 years old.

[@jessesmyser5931]

They are not singing about what you should do, but what they lived through.

[@brianfarley2388]

You don't see the sense in looting and property destruction in a system that places a monetary value on literally every facet of life? Come on now

[@ryurc3033]

We had this blasting on our subwoofers as loud as we could in 1999-2003. I remember almost a month in the summer this cd never left the car

[@megaman7010]

This song makes me feel so many feelings and I can hardly explain them.

[@consuelaluna1414]

Bradley is the father of a whole genre....and it’s awesome!

[@michaelkozma5929]

Great reaction man and breakdown. Sublime by was no means at all a political band but the singer Bradley Nowell was actually a Genius with an IQ of 142 by the time he was 11yrs old, which means by the time he was 25 years old he was a certified genius on paper. His parents enrolled him in classes called MGM Mentally Gifted Minors in Orange County CA and you had to have a minimum IQ of 140 to be eligible to be enrolled in the classes.. His lyrics were brilliant storytelling and touched on many controversial topics.

[@jonathanaldecoa1099]

I love Sublime 🕺

[@jdkropff]

There were HUGE tensions between Korean business owners and the black population in the area at the time. The community didn't see them as part of the tribe. They saw them as part of the problem. Racism isn't black and white and this event is a perfect example of that. Not to diminish Americas tattered racial past, but coming from a mixed family... that shit crosses multiple borders.

[@redrollins8346]

Sublime is one of the greatest bands of All Time. No question.

[@joshuaadams9225]

aw it feels like 2002, i just got out of school ,go to my friends house roll up some joints listen to sublime and watch skate videos.

[@Xcty357]

Yay happy to see a Sublime reaction!!!! Keep these coming 👍👍👍👍

[@DaveW74TVN]

R.I.P. Bradley.

[@elischultes6587]

In 97 I met a lepricano (Irish Mexican heritage) he would have been 16 in LA at the time. He said that lots of the looting was more related to people being paid under minimum wage. Enough employers were paying below that it created an artificial market. Expenses were still high but wages low.

[@cortexmc13]

Hell yes. This has always been my favorite Sublime song. As well as "Summer Time" and "Bad Fish".

[@amyhuggins9920]

Bad fish and every.single.other Sublime song off that record.

[@michaelryan9311]

Favorite band of all time. Searching for help in his music when no one would answer. Died from what he feared most.