Gang Starr - Just To Get A Rep

[@RecklessBones]

I don’t care what anybody says, this is one of the greatest hip ho tunes ever be created. It’s got the funk, soul, sound, feel, lyrics, story and moral the lot, the epitome of 90s hip hop.

[@Mxllaxx]

Periodt❗️❗️❗️

[@vikctorrkreedd6418]

True.

[@christianmccollum1028]

Listen to KoolG Rap & DJ Polo's "Streets Of New York" It follows the same criteria.

[@MrLionheart1974]

Agreed🙏🏾👌🏾🤘🏾

[@waynellewellyn]

Even TODAY it's relevant.

[@ronaldhoward7908]

Gangstar, DJ Premier actually were responsible for bringing me into Rap. Still listening in 24(71yrs old). ❤💯👊

[@rayray7906]

I love it❤️

Do u make it in rap

[@alexguerini9465]

Guru is one of the best rappers in the music history

[@austinbailey5990]

The lyrics of this song are still relevant. Timeless music.

[@ronaldgravely6697]

Indeed they are homie

[@tuningin88]

Loving those lyrics entirely, especially at the very end. It’s true about what he said.

[@stephancobb13]

yes sir!!!!.....and people get jealous too. i think thats whats going on with some of these rappers that r gettin killed......like Young Dolph n others.

[@replicacity92]

In the black community it will always be relevant

[@ajackson9326]

Skillful story telling, that is what hip hop today lacks!

[@jamesmallory4542]

THANK YOU!!

[@hyuyuy7335]

have you heard king von?

[@supremeclientele83]

When you hear the names Guru and Premier you pay respect

[@cim8097]

Word is born

[@ajamocampbell9143]

Facts

[@djjunerockles4730]

Yes Indeed

[@kevinjemison2563]

RESPECT!

[@incrediblez394]

Correct. Great duo.

[@dynodin81]

0:35 Those Patrick Ewings kicks are Sick!

[@aa-.-477]

said same thing

[@ANUNNAKIGOD6256]

Catch the Wave Those were the da good ole dayz, I was in my early 20's.

[@JRally6]

Hard AF...good eye

[@FARGO823]

And Spanish boy next to him had the white fire red 5’s too.. with the NC State hoodie on

[@astout94]

Yea I had the black and the blue ones bitd.

[@brownstuff1899]

It's almost heartbreaking seeing what has happened to Rap music and the culture.

[@djscottymaxx]

Back when this song was big (still is in my book), rap still had meaning and told a story unlike today all they rap about is their dicks, pussies, and how much money they steal, complete trash like you know "Cash me outside girl" 🤦‍♂️😂

[@brentjames2425]

No cursing sagging

[@eomyenom1]

It’s by design

[@PERKIODURKIO]

You just have to look harder for it, but it’s there. Go listen to ROME STREETZ - Snow Beach, you might like it

[@togonumber]

yes.....true

[@fernandiaz8212]

If you were young a gunning in the 90's this was ya anthem... 💪🏽👑👍🏽🙌🏾💯🙏🏽

[@imagee2000]

Not just this song that whole album was 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@postachyld6439]

Album was so fire. Guru/ gangsta was ahead of their time" 1990"

[@Auntkekebaby]

The way Premo sampled Nice & Smooth. CLASSIC!!!

[@nanaopoku1124]

The true art of storytelling to perfection RIP Guru and

[@ozgreen2843]

GURU wrote this after he was robbed

[@母熊幼崽]

you cant spell art of storytelling without slick rick

[@nailsforbreakfast1784]

Guru easily the greatest Boston born rapper.

[@2_one_2143]

I heard this track by mistake a few weeks ago. I have no clue how this dude was never mentioned as one of the illest MC’s. His voice and his bars are sick. No lie he is right up there with Nas at this time and era, IMO

[@claing-nd9tb]

If you were in your teens in the late 90's on the east coast and listened to hip hop you definitelly would have known gangstar...they had some big hits that played on mainstream radio. search some of their other hits from the era like; "take it personal", "mass appeal", "dwyck"

[@rossdawson5575]

That’s Gangsta , they made on off the best album off the 90s

[@1117AJ]

Honestly most true Hip Hop heads definitely have him as one of the best to do it.

[@CITIZENYOST]

Guru is at the top of the underrated list

[@fujowpaiyingjowpai2885]

Guru (RIP) was one of the greatest. Grew up listening to him.

[@fixomail]

Did Vevo begin to publish this kind of good old school stuff just to get a rep??

[@michaelwilliams5454]

Haha

[@repo136]

"old school"??

[@vicvega24]

They deserve to be in Rock N Roll Hall Of Fame

[@amnesh]

They are, in the hearts of the true hip hop fan. Nothing the white man can approve for hip hop has credibility. He’ll never feel the soul of a people!!!

[@alexisdigital]

👑🔥🔥🔥👑 DJ Premier is a legend. Guru lives forever.

[@illfingaz210]

Yes he is… and no he didn’t

[@ItsRetroblaster]

Without a doubt one of the best hip hop songs ever made

[@HOTJEMZ26]

Sure is and biggie sampled this for gimmie the loot

[@HOTJEMZ26]

👍 it's the part where he says "while he stickin you takin all your money"

[@joshmarlowe46]

Mo bee sampled it for big

[@PERKIODURKIO]

Fact

[@Dumbfk88]

Facts 💯

[@stefan11804]

Golden era of Hip Hop💯

[@ristube3319]

This couldn’t be reenacted as 1990 today. Everything is 1990, it’s amazing

[@gsg9ff]

True Crooklyn classic! that story was so relevant to the time and place, little dudes was hungry always lookin for a come up to be the next street legend. It never ends well.

[@brentjames2576]

Straight from Brooklyn also known as crooklyn

[@garythesaint9267]

Real talk Broadway junction was ot to play will Cat got rob in the junction with police downstairs. East New York Bed Stuy and Brownsville deadly combo

[@toemaytoe-toemahtoe7689]

Premo is from Houston, Texas and Guru is from Roxbury, Massachusetts though

[@anwarphilip7460]

Around that time in NYC, A LOT of muggings (many turned up fatal casualties)...NOTORIOUS 80S AND 90S...

[@davec2794]

Story telling era in hip hop

[@TC-xh5wp]

Effortless bomb-ass beats. Guru dropping science like it was easy or something!

[@brentjames2576]

Dj premier turntable artist

[@rickhuck64]

This rap speaks volumes, pay attention to the lyrics. What he rapping about is what happened to Nipsey Hussle.

[@tuningin88]

Maybe now, some of these guys know how dangerous it is, of trying to take what isn’t yours. What people do to others, is gonna be done to them.

[@rochelleakins8159]

Classic 70's 80's & 90's Hip Hop era always had a message in their music. This new generation have no clue what it takes to be a real Lyricists.

[@scoupefreeman]

One of the best beats in hip-hop. Big up to Premo, TEXAS' own!

[@oraclejmt]

Incredibly talented area regarding hiphop through times. Six Two, The D.O.C. Premo and others. Mad props

[@tankwhite.7036]

Damn I use to listen to this on my Walkman on my way to High School 1990. R.I.P Guru 🙏🏿

[@allenvanderhorst3525]

YOUR "WALKMAN "... I BET HALF OF YA'LL HAVE NO IDEA WHAT HE TALKING ABOUT.

[@tankwhite.7036]

@allenvanderhorst3525 Stop it old head. You're not the only one who lived in the 80s and 90s!

[@ChiefCedricJohnson]

Hebrews 12:14 Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:

[@ThugNinja]

No matter who you are you can be touched. 💯

[@stevenalexander5367]

“Some might say he’s a dummy. But he’s sticking you and taking all your money.” One of the best lines ever.

[@shahlynpoe6121]

Miss the 90s,if I’d knew the world would turn out like this I wouldn’t have left it

[@calderondennis]

That's dark

[@oochiewally2783]

The game doesn't change only the playas

[@quentelhill5074]

Music these days are still good

[@jasonthompson1463]

Can we take a vacation back to the 90s? I will be glad to give up my cell and the interent.

[@dianneloveswes1]

Classic Brooklyn Hip Hop ......

[@T-Bag13]

GANGSTARR, PETE ROCK & CL SMOOTH. Both had awesome flows.

[@bamideleabayomi4687]

This is real music

[@amnesh]

This song along with the Message by GMF are 2 of the most timeless hip hop songs ever made. It was happening then and it’s still happening now. Proof the streets never change. RIP Guru🎉

[@JasonEitelberg]

Miss Guru Everday!!! But His Music Lives Forever!!!R.I.P 🙏🙏

[@YukaOG1]

90s HIP-HOP legend

[@bo71588]

THIS WHAT WE CALL REAL RAPP MUSIC

[@hustler3of4culture3]

Indeed

[@Themartinthomas]

I’d defiantly appreciate a GangStarr movie

[@davidhowell5179]

I found GangStarr just a little late, but they are definitely an important part of hip-hop culture. Rest in peace Guru, your legacy is well respected. Peace.

[@Hakimworldwide]

2021 and you say "just a little"? lol just kidding its never too late for timeless music!

[@KrewzKontrol79]

I'll still be playing this in 2064 when I'm 85.

[@ws6513]

Just drop it in the bag 😁

[@rossross9281]

I’ll be 84 and annoying my grandkids with this shit. Just imagine what hip hop will sound like then. It’s already terrible now! I checked out in the early 2000s except for a few quality artists.

[@scinnyc]

*If you miss that creative 90s sound then ✔ out my tracks...I specialize in making old school-style hip hop...!!!👍🏾🎤🎧📀🎶🔥*

[@deepee563]

Lol that's wassup.. I'll be 84 listening to it too lol

[@tbreave43]

😂😂😂

[@kennethrichardson7945]

Hip Hop at its finest ✊🏿

[@Mxllaxx]

Just quality content💯

[@winningvictory]

Absolute masterpiece/masterclass of a hip-hop/rap song with a meaningful message! Guru and DJ Premier were a hip-hop/rap music dynamic duo! Memories of me as a little kid growing up into a young teenager 1990s, watching/listening to this music video of a rhythmic opus/poem on Video Music Box, Ch.31 afterschool! God bless the soul and rest in glory to the late, great; Guru! God had to add him to his ultimate music and real dude collection in heaven!

[@j.baldwin3012]

When I was a kid I didn't notice Guru's Boston accent. When he say "park" at 1:06 I can hear it.

[@manomac5300]

Shut everybody thought he was from Bklyn

[@arkatechbeatz]

They tried to tell us 20+ years ago and it's still happening.

[@leeryan925]

As a 14 year old kid all I wanted to do is get a rep by robbing a chain….not by starting a family or owning a business and house but by doing something negative….and this was the thinking of 7 out of 10 people I grew up with 💯 …… the power of music 💯

[@lyndawilliams4570]

Please tell me you ended up owning a house, starting a business or a family…🙏🏽

[@leeryan925]

@@lyndawilliams4570 Not before I went through a bunch of shit….But I made it thanks for asking 🙏🏽

[@lyndawilliams4570]

@@leeryan925 praise the Lord! Glad to hear it 💐👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@wilsonstrong5597]

🏅

[@brickfacem109r9]

Good to hear you straightened up and was flying right. I was in 22 or 23 when this joint dropped, hanging with dudes that stole at least 3 cars and motorcycles every weekend. They robbed the pancake house and jewelry store. We werecat the club one night and they all put there chains around my neck while th fought a group of other guys. I put my back against the wall cuz I was standing there looking like Slick Rick with a neck full of dookie gold chains. I finally decided to distance myself from those dudes.

[@bayareanewman1566]

Are you serious right now. I had no idea this had a video!! RIP GURU

[@simonjrsmith8529]

This is rap ....gold 💯🧏

[@tfam1148]

This song is so raw! Timeless Classic! Salute to Gang Starr! True Legends Premier and Guru (RIP)!

[@beyondthepage9389]

The lyrics and story telling in this video is the bomb plain and simple. I remember this song from back in the day but it's not a song that I became to familiar with. Listening to it whilst watching the video (for the very first time) really drives home just how good a story teller Guru is.

[@dareyllwanzer5048]

Legendary joint right here. This was my era

[@SyedAli-xm1yq]

Rip Guru…. On of the best

[@adisaoxendine2201]

Boston and Houston meeting in Upstate New York(Syracuse university) to be one of the best rap groups

[@brentjames2576]

585 always

[@mr.worldfree3333]

O my god I can't listen to this. This brings back to many memories of close friends that I lost along the way.

[@victorhampton3452]

How does this not have more views

[@cheesypees7]

One of the greatest classics ever

[@JacobTanks]

Priemer is the best DJ of all time

[@JacobTanks]

Demetrius Trotman, Nah dude, Nobody does it like Primo. 🙃

[@jamelrivera9417]

@Demetrius Trotman How could you even compare Premo to Jazzy Jeff. Jazzy Jeff couldn't see Premo with a telescopic lens.

[@FF-oo8nz]

Hes up there alongside RZA and Dre dor sure

[@theman2017inc]

today on what’ve been his 59th birthday, we lost Keith Edward Elam on April the 19th 2009... Many Happy Returns Guru

[@G-TEE]

April 19, 2010

[@dwaintrent2296]

Love these classics when hip hop was real originality and making classics was a must!! 2020!! Still listening

[@kenomartin7508]

Real 💩✊🏾💯

[@dariannealy577]

That chain is still Dope in 2024

[@calvin3851]

RIP GURU 🙏🏿🙏🏿

[@Juju00462]

Raising kanan brought me here. 💥🔥🔥🔥🔥#BANGER

[@wardatkins1320]

2023 he's underrated Guru was the man

[@BrokenNoseBoxing]

'And this is how the story goes...'!

[@Calvin144]

1991 15 years old- Southwest Philly was a stickupville University.All my Southwest Philly Niggas whom Unfortunately passed away 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@chriswillis6478]

This was a real profession back in the days...we used to come up town to see PAPI..HAD to watch for police and stick up kids

[@BrenorLeonidasMMrecords]

This songs reality plays till this day as a hit in every ways.

[@robineustace6780]

Prem unreal, guru unreal. Without doubt the best, Untouchable! Music has changed for the worst. sad times

[@MrTonio1764]

I played this tape until it broke 💯 R.I.P. Guru

[@paulgabbard6743]

OLD SCHOOL HIP-HOP RAP GANG STARR JUST TO GOT RAP MUSIC 🎶

[@leedclinton5026]

🦍😤🦍😤🦍😤 2023 Still hard as ever!!

[@poundtrader1414]

facts

[@philaman1972]

That flow... Guru and Primo #1!

[@jameserickson3000]

R.I.P. ICON

[@ethicalhaxonly]

For years since i was a kid i thought it said "stick up kid this is how he died" the whole time but its "the stick up kids out to tax." mindblown.

[@replicacity92]

When they told stories in their raps which takes more skill than nowadays

[@raulmend292]

2023 still 🔥

[@ShadyRaccoon1]

LIKE FOR REAL HIP HOP !

[@IAmCargo]

Feed Master real hip hop is “Edubble - New Trouble”

[@brentjames2576]

Hip hop yo MTV raps

[@replicacity92]

When hip hop was a respectable genre. They were talented artists

[@Blacknmild1971]

This is the era when rap was recognizable and understandable....the messages that the 80s/90s rappers gave stuck to yo' conscience whetha' you was bout that life or not....wat we got today?....airhead lyrics wit mild to medium tempo that you couldn't groove to if you wanted to....lol #HipHopIsDead!💔

[@michaelmayhem1515]

Them Patrick Ewings are everything!!!

[@toddwilliams4493]

Another DOPE joint by the very underrated Gang Starr!!! Rest in peace Guru!!!

[@timellpatterson6706]

Premo brought me here. Now the song is even more hotter because he confirmed it’s a true story. These guys were dope!

[@Kalashnikingz47]

Power rise of Kanaan brought me back here. But I was alive when this jont 1st dropped. We were living in S.E. DC shit was a warzone low key got flashbacks. Lol

[@BunyipDude]

Retrospectively, I’m amazed that this song wasn’t on the soundtrack to the movie “Juice.” It literally sounds like it was written for that movie…except it came out before “Juice” was in theaters. I'm half-wondering whether Ernest Dickerson (who wrote/directed "Juice") took inspiration for the screenplay from this song?

[@brentjames2576]

90s dopest era hip hop no cursing sagging straight talking about money

[@KINGAFTRON]

I learned how to dance with the ladies from this video as a hip-hop kid like look how they dancing to hip-hop in the street right there no breakdancing freaking this with the ladies this was so cool 😎 that Gucci link is still King crazy fat 👑🏆🏆🏆

[@stephenstuckey]

This and Code Of The Streets. Str8 anthems.

[@MaryRose-d9x]

Such is wen hip hop waz real.og showtime......

[@philliplyn2692]

Still a banger and a classic from then till now now that's hip hop the good old days thank's for sharing it's on my play list 🙏🙏🙏🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲📻📻📻

[@pswhite2961]

I LOVE GANGSTARR❤

[@illdonproductions5503]

Masterpiece . Audio AND Visual

[@xXxMersin81xXx]

its was the best time my live...Old Shool never die

[@mfasiscrackbeats3543]

hip hop rap royalty, pioneers and masters of the craft. heard this in ‘91 and have become a now long time fan circa ‘No More Mr. Nice Guy’ in ‘88. rest in perfect peace and power, Guru and the god and living legend Premier’s still killing it in 2021. peace, salute and long live Gang Starr.

[@OfficialMNIB]

- Long live Hip Hop!

[@PrayForZuess]

I’m 24 years old and I’m Still listening to this kind of music till this very day. Rip guru💯 gangstarr easily one of my top 5 groups of all time

[@chrisfishdawg]

Timeless Hip Hop #ripguru

[@Beatmakerniko]

The documentary of the 90s

[@hectorcalderon3011]

R.i.p. Guru

[@daviddelray378]

Gaslit flamethrowing lyrical respect!!! Jazzmatazz last poet....

[@henrymeyer7588]

Hip Hop back then, untill 1995, was so cool and bona fide..

[@interesting2491]

JUST to get a rep 🎶