Gang Starr - Suckas Need Bodyguards

Music video by Gang Starr performing Suckas Need Bodyguards. © 1994 Virgin Records America, Inc.
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[@JesseJamesBeats]

I feel like he is still among us! Legends never die 🙏

[@samsungnotezece]

Me too.🎤🎚🎛👊 Being capable to switch styles, subjects and rap skills like dat makes him unique, legendary and imortal.❤

[@sanjayd7]

Guru has that voice and demeanor on a track that you feel no matter what he's saying

[@adosayid6368]

King of monotone

[@GOD-fc4cr]

Hi Bro Where Are You From??

[@adosayid6368]

@@GOD-fc4cr Nigeria

[@sanjayd7]

@@GOD-fc4cr UK

[@sanjayd7]

@@adosayid6368 what's up bro

[@marselus88]

Truly classic material, rhymes that can't decline. Peace from Poland.

[@wutaeworld]

Golden Starling please enjoy this song I wrote ❤️❤️👉🏽 kzbin.info/www/bejne/h4KxXqScrceXra8

[@kassorrells3150]

Golden Starling PEACE ✌️ to You Peoples from The “D” DETROIT 313!!!!!

[@hubi2986]

Pozdro! Peace from Poland aswell

[@user-xt7cz3kx4t]

And Russia!

[@aakarshchaudhary7359]

#tekashi6xnin9

[@1.--_--.1]

I always tripped off how hard Guru snapped on this track, how he's damn near yelling the words. Hard to Earn is the best Gangstarr album imo.

[@The808Mixmaster]

Nah moment of truth is where he really shines

[@phatplates]

@@The808Mixmaster I slightly prefer Moment of Truth as well but let's not forget about Daily Operation

[@The808Mixmaster]

@@phatplates daily operation is good but nowhere near production level of moment of truth

[@phatplates]

@@The808Mixmaster thing is they're both Premo but in my opinion the production is two totally different styles

[@The808Mixmaster]

@@phatplates yeah that's true daily operation was a lot more gritty and street. Moment of truth had better beats imo overall tho.

[@tech1238]

This album hasn’t left my playlist since the 90’s . True classic

[@blakehill740]

This man has a claim to be the greatest lyricist of all time. Top 5 artist of all time

[@phil7721]

Guru is king of the 90s. Period

[@user-ep4xp8yc9v]

My favorite......

[@davidb5824]

"I'm the substance that'll make your third eye cry" Sheesh

[@africanultra271]

I also felt that line.

[@balkan8]

ATMA sampled this dope line kzbin.info/www/bejne/jGa6qauXpruXjq8

[@DeathrashWhiplash]

Crazy...

[@gerardovidana3466]

Atma didnt sample this it was panik of molemen atma just rapped over the beat

[@JFreshDoe]

“But don’t mistake me when I smile, I’ll murder an entire rap chart with my freestyle...” Guru was something else, R.I.P.

[@edwardthayer9386]

WORD👑

[@lamontemckinney9724]

Yes Sir 👍

[@flykicksdj]

Killer line !!

[@user-ep6zt5ji3t]

My favorite of all time since 89 .......

[@samsungnotezece]

Being capable to switch styles, subjects and rap skills like dat makes him unique, legendary and imortal.❤

[@semird615]

Damn this shit banging. 90’s New York rap is something special.

[@SEBAS31077]

This is one of the greatest hook of all time

[@heswift]

sebastian z hell yeah!

[@adib6992]

Facts 🔥

[@Patri_Fides]

Guru speaks so clear and concise. I never need to look up the Genius page for a Gang Starr track.

[@Niko3387Y]

Like 2Pac

[@lonsolo5607]

Gifted Unlimited Rhymes Universal CLASSIC

[@victora9751]

RIP GURU! ONE OF DA BEST TO EVER TOUCH DA MIC

[@edwardthayer9386]

WORD👑

[@smell4yourself]

Word up

[@mychaeljenkins7767]

Definite

[@SKYBOUNDSOUND]

This is from one of the best albums ever made! 🙌🏾

[@wutaeworld]

SKYBOUNDSOUND BAM‼️‼️‼️👉🏽👉🏽 kzbin.info/www/bejne/h4KxXqScrceXra8

[@nonamer29]

Facts!!!!

[@SKYBOUNDSOUND]

WUTAE i like your content but work on your flow bro

[@kinghansom]

Still love this in 2024

[@rudigrudi4898]

I dont know why but seeing World Trade Center in that background behind Guru and Premo is so damn gangsta.

[@MisterOldSkoolRyder]

Guru predicted all this in the 90s.

[@Skatehubtvclub]

Anyone else been listening to this track regularly for years?

[@samueljones1288]

You IU lolmj Koji u ok I uuj ok l lol to

[@DonBienveRosario15]

Always in my playlist

[@nazirpalacios4899]

Dice I bought this album tha day it came out on vinyl, been a hard core gangstarr fan since there 1st album & I’m still pumping it like it just got realest

[@AD3Basketball]

That third verse tho 🔥 🔥 🔥

[@KaiAMS__]

Imagine getting a third verse in 2024 💔

[@BIMONLAKI]

I’m so glad they’re reuploading all these classics in better quality instead of that 2008 480p videos 😂

[@stephenbam3479]

GangStarr one of the best Hiphop shows I had the honour to have seen in the UK. I remember them doing a flawless 2 hour set nonstop hits after hits. The crowd was packed and they went hard, every track banged. After the set GURU came off the stage and hanged out with the fans. Me and my boys had the pleasure of hanging out with GURU and just thuggin and rapping. He was coolest of cats! One of the best nights of my life. Rest In Power Gifted Unlimited Rhymes Universal! 👑👑👑

[@Rondo312]

Melachi the Nutcracker's ab libs on the chorus was everything 💯🎤

[@joseolguin988]

The dislikes are the fake MCs 😂😭

[@ironpunchmb]

I'll say dislikes comes from young kids who precept rap by eyes not ears

[@BusterBossJR]

@@ironpunchmb I'm 13 and love Gang starr :)

[@ironpunchmb]

@@BusterBossJR but you didn't push dislike button i guess

[@melihkltr7643]

👌😂

[@Iron-Soul]

The dislikes are from kids who like bars that go like, "dfsjkffvsbgkj hdfbvjshbv ehjfsvj decfsjh… Skirt, Skirt".

[@oodlesofhoes]

I was in the 5th grade when this and Scarface " never seen a man cry " came out... They both hit me equally... I've been a head ever since...

[@wutaeworld]

oodlesofhoes please enjoy this video I produced 👉🏽 kzbin.info/www/bejne/h4KxXqScrceXra8

[@HtxRam]

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[@MetallicMutalisk]

what happen to your body lol

[@markusp1012]

My rhymes a cargo when yours is just a quarter ounce - gang Starr. RIP Guru

[@tonytreats3006]

Basic but hard!

[@jumbo4billion]

@TmacDaFuckingGreat Hell where you dwell, oh well, suckers can't tell etc. Genius I mean this Penis: Suckers can't dream this etc

[@jumbo4billion]

@TmacDaFuckingGreat Taking the piss out of Gangstarr but who are you any way

[@biggie10101]

Its neva late to elevate levetate I remember yesterday but now im inna betta place, Before you start buyin shit at least have a base, Before icin out your chain watch that you got a block full of tapes

[@jumbo4billion]

@@biggie10101 ok that was great

[@k-baye6292]

I'm 25 and when I was 17 all I did was listen to 90s hip hop. I wasn't even born when this came out but it's still nostalgic to me.

[@DJspAce82]

There's a treasure trove of 90's music. KZbin has the widest selection compared to Spotify and Apple music type chanel's. Enjoy digging for it!

[@ThugNinja]

The most positive gangsta rapper ever lol

[@toristar6416]

Besides will Smith 🤣🤣🤣☝

[@hellbent6344]

@@toristar6416 - the guru is incomparable, especially not to will smith . Whack as will smith , won’t walk the streets without bodyguards

[@Ladygaga4047]

Positivity is probably more positive!!

[@ThugNinja]

@king florents the song is about rappers who act tough only when they have bodyguards around them.

[@billymays495]

@king florents yeah yung dolph is the realest for that

[@MrWicked61671]

Epic record since the day it dropped. Guru will forever be missed, and never duplicated. R.I.P. 👑

[@What-ke7uh]

Man this is from 1994, I was one year old back then....and this is still Dope Af! There is just something about Guru and Premo that is just so absolutely Timeless! Certainly in my Top 5 of All time! Gang Starr Forever! RIP Guru! :)

[@Abruzzo333]

One of the best. I've been listening to Hip Hop since around 85'. Gang Starr was considered best of the best when this album came out. I'm always surprised Guru isn't mentioned in best ever convo.

[@jrvapor]

This joint is 30 years old!!! And it still holdin it down Gangstar is forever man, Rest in everlasting peace brother Guru!!!

[@HanginOffThaReel]

Now this is harder than anything released in the last 10 years.

[@ss64vids84]

Facts

[@mohatoura]

kendrick *

[@Phill-Dabong]

Yep

[@Phill-Dabong]

@@mohatoura fuck off

[@jmemphisTX]

More like 18 years

[@elvinsolano6177]

G.U.R.U. Produced this joint. G.U.R.U. Forever

[@michaelherrmann4370]

No he did not

[@abryepenez124]

DJ Premier laced this smash classic!

[@jayelbee1111]

No, it was D.J. Premier who was the producer of the Gangstarr album, Hard To Earn. G.U.R.U. wrote all the lyrics.

[@shirkophobe]

Indeed he did. To everyone thinking Premier did every single Gangstarr record, nope. Read the credits.

[@BIMONLAKI]

Guru always snaps. But on this track...he really BARKED on the track. So gritty and aggressive. Classic

[@merrillolen9555]

Now THIS is hip hop

[@allenmichau5028]

Run-Dmc and Beastie Boys hooked me and then Gang Starr and Wu kept me coming back!R.I.P. Guru

[@lowlowseesee]

It still feels perfect.

[@manuelzavala2023]

One of the greatest voices and MC in hip hop history R.I.P guru

[@TDWCMAZ95]

RESPECT form Poland for NYC Rap ! Gangstarr, Mobb Deep, Onyx. 90" NYC real rap. RIP GURU !

[@pe456nj]

I played this album out in my ride when this was out hittin the budda spots in Harlem and reupin. One of my "faded out print" tapes. Still got the original.

[@messiahblackgod]

One of Guru's hardest beats he produced.

[@TeaRm34paRt]

Art in its purest form - the golden era of hip-hop, simply can't hate on the legends. Also RIP to Guru ,nothing but love and respect for both.

[@508ctk]

Tell me why I bopped my head immediately 5 seconds in. 😂😂😂

[@TheHumanBallsack]

Preemo!!!!

[@mcm-inc]

Because you feel real music

[@warGasmshit]

Thank God for Gangstarr

[@Vandalio_Saez]

Guru rockin an organized confusion shirt!!! That's hip hop!!!

[@frednorris7071]

"Who am I? I'm the substance that'll make your third eye cry." Rest In Peace to the GOAT

[@DriftEmigrant]

"Who Am I? I'm the substance that'll make ypu third eye cry" ! Daamn ...

[@KardiFan2000]

3:21 Love how Premier scratched in that line from Rob Base's "It Takes Two"...makes me laugh every time I hear it 😂

[@shottashabazz6721]

I’m not a Sucka so I Don need a bodyguard. To me DJ Premier is the nastiest DJ in Hip-Hop. Not even going to speak on his production/beat making skills. He always finds the right records/verse to cut/put in a song.

[@George-dk6yb]

God I miss these days! The 90's was Golden era of Hip-Hop....Blessed to live through it.. One love! ;)

[@the-engneer]

This is more relevant than ever. Rapper's nowadays are super soft

[@shinshiia]

The Engineer so soft and plush

[@tonysmith5878]

ALL UP IN THE D&D!!!!!!!!!!

[@yuriytheone]

Respect from Russia to yall who are listening to this quality shit! Peace!

[@pinebarrenpatriot8289]

Kids today are so hung up on Biggie/Tupac they don't even know who the greatest lyricist ever is. GURU!

[@geraldcollins8768]

I love how guys were chasing the dude 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@jmo23341]

That fuxkin piano joint is 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@LaCheleWallace]

I love Guru so much. I love his pleasant voice. He was versatile too. What a missed opportunity. They obviously had it goin' on.

[@shottashabazz6721]

I see your comment on all the the classic joints. I admire a beautiful woman who has good taste in Rap/Hip-Hop music. ❤️👊🏾

[@SiriusFade-kv1ik]

Guru is the most underrated Mc rapper of all time

[@jomarcoliverman4971]

That rob base cut at the end was nasty

[@messiahblack4816]

I was raised on The Chain and The Starr....peace and blessings.

[@junito3112]

This song is ahead of time they talking for most of todays wannabe gansta rappers

[@dirtymf1118]

That Rob Base sample is 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@kellyjones4543]

Finally getting the mainstream exposure they deserve

[@lamontemckinney9724]

The real deal R.I.P Guru 🙏

[@nicog4344]

Fat Joe, Lil Fame, anyone else?

[@jamesanderson3913]

Big Shugg and Group Home in there.

[@hispanik2085]

smooth da hustler

[@Enta_Da_Sage]

GROUP HOME!

[@canibusnj]

Crazy Sam from Video Music Box.

[@giocorradotornado3868]

Malachi the nutcracker in the hook

[@merrillolen9555]

Gang starr was so damn good.

[@Thiagotyga]

Real hip hop

[@uncle.samc4778]

Perfect work out song

[@Ivan_p24]

Its beautiful to see this in 2019

[@cwvos]

"The GURU" At his finest! Speaking plenty of MC RealTalk/Noise, eckoing, sentiments of The OG's that started it all!!!!!!! 1 Guru = One Legend.....GangStarr Forever.....

[@nazirpalacios4899]

CLASSIC 🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤 & STILL UNTOUCHABLE IN 1/21/2020 GURU WE MISS U RIP 1 LOVE & PREMIER #1 GANGSTARR FOUNDATION #1 & THANKS 4 ONE OF THE BEST YET ( AMAZING & UNBELIEVABLE) 😭

[@blak-718]

Thank you for showing these people what a real classic quality music video should look like. Times will never be this good again. R.I.P GURU

[@rustyhornzinstrumentalist-7596]

I Never Saw This Video, Again Gang Starr Forever and It's Dope, Guru Has on an Organized Konfusion T-Shirt, Another Dope Duo.

[@darryljohnson4458]

For all that's shocked to see Fat Joe he has a lot of tracks with DJ Premier and was on the last Gangstarr album.

[@Laybac__]

This is a diss towards Snitch Nine😂💯

[@astroboy8650]

@@skippingtax900 he was joking you fucking mug

[@nunyabeeswax8688]

It's for the whole treway and yo ugly ass momma

[@Laybac__]

Skipping Tax you know it was a joke right ? You fucking dickhead🤔

[@mistaefromdtn]

@@skippingtax900 over exaggeration, 69 prob wasnt born just yet but foresight in hip hop is a major thing. 80s and 90s hip hop predicted the future for hip hop long before the elites made changes

[@skippingtax900]

@@mistaefromdtn mista i think im wikipedia fuck off nobody asked you

[@JEDASE]

The message still hits till this day tough talking rappers hide behind thier guards

[@dgfilms1712]

Finally found that Jadakiss sample after all these years

[@L1am21]

it's rob base it takes two they just slowed his voice down.

[@BlaqueCzar]

Still relevant. RIP Guru

[@FrenchDopeness]

I've been looking/ digging for 30 years now a GangStarr track I Heard in a video (1991) where the chorus - scratched- is "I'm a man with a style". Thanks for helping. Cheers from France.

[@musicmadness3889]

Guru takes the listener on a lyrical journey on how fake MC’s infiltrate the pop charts with watered down, non substantive rhymes. These sucker MC’s chase dollars by misleading youth with studio gangsta stories. They go on to make large sums of money and gain instant fame, however they fall short of street credibility, lyrical versatility, walking the streets without bodyguards, underground beats, and above all respect among hip hop legends. Guru’s flow on this track is on point. Premier laced the track with his brilliant production.

[@airpegasus5167]

Fat Joe was always all up in somebody video back then lol . RIP Guru 🙏🏿🙏🏿

[@Ladygaga4047]

Gurus lyrics in this song blowes my mind every time Glad i got to see him in person

[@stevokordiak948]

Hard To Earn best album 🔥🔥🔥

[@TheIkaraCult]

Premier and the Guru are deeply missed. x

[@DavidRichardson95]

Gang Starr's music is a entire vibe. Pure, timeless and relaxing. RIP Guru. 👑👑👑👑👊👊👊👊👊

[@redeyerob2176]

The best to ever do it

[@GOD-fc4cr]

🌋🔥🌋🔥

[@chillvidz3]

Incredible GURU rest in peace

[@al5603]

RIP to Guru. I been rockin with Gangstarr since Words I Manifest. Salute to one of the all time great duos!

[@michelaraujo9567]

Real rap music never dies , as time goes by it gets better like wine.

[@Xeroxattnp]

Ahh the golden era music to my ears

[@phatplates]

I like how when they find his hideout they don't destroy it because they see he's paying homage to gangstarr. They still want to beat that ass tho

[@theKasumaboy]

This came out 1994...i was -7 years old.. I'm a 01 baby.. Love this, been listening to Guru for years, love the oldschool

[@dopewalker3000]

Back when rappers used to rap.. Rhyme in Peace❤

[@GOD-fc4cr]

Om Namah Shivaya 🙏

[@montstagaming4025]

Strange fact. All of the Marvel's Luke Cage episodes are named after Gangstarr songs. Maybe to pay homage to the late great Guru. RIP God.

[@michaelsaenz]

It was to pay Homage…. Much Love and Respect……. 🙏🏼👍

[@bigmetroidfan911]

That's season one. Episodes from season 2 are named after songs by Pete Rock and C. L. Smooth

[@bamnjphoto]

That wreck pier real estate Guru standing in Jersey City is now multi million dollar condos

[@TheHumanBallsack]

Sums up New York nowadays

[@warGasmshit]

1:05 Fat Joe

[@UNSCR1PTED]

That's ironic, Pun used to write his rhymes.

[@warGasmshit]

@@UNSCR1PTED Terror Squad was the shit tho

[@lbhighlife]

Danny that's false homie fat joe been down with D.I.T.C crew in the early 90s that's big L buckwild lord finesse to name a few Big pun came after more like in the mid 90s

[@UNSCR1PTED]

@@lbhighlife You're right. Pun didn't feature until mid 90's. But Joe's flow and bars noticeably devolved from pre-Y2K to post-Y2K. Maybe Joe was an emcee when this track aired. I like the dude, but I think he had ghostwriters in his rap career.

[@niklasohrn432]

@@UNSCR1PTED Fat joes lyrics on his album Don Cartagena was basically written solely by Pun. He is still a dope MC and a legend in the game though

[@jewelertv980]

I hope the rumor that DJ Premier is working on a new Gangstarr album is true.

[@Bradlectes]

Shit bro

[@jaschaschaub676]

Love the fact that someone is rocking a jeru the damaja shirt in the beginning of the video.. And 2021 we still can get those shirts.. One love to the gangstarr posse 😎

[@karizmacharia]

"Since the days of adidas, I've been a true master" 🐐🐐

[@arthuranita6584]

WORD

[@wolverineweaponx6304]

Who still banging this in 2019!!💯🔥🔥 GANGSTARR4LIFE!!!💯

[@pawsmcgraws916]

"My rhymes are cargo and yours are just a quarter ounce" ... Brilliant 😙👌

[@milestone_achiever4634]

Guru had a another Solo album in '93 (Jazzmatazz). Then the following year he and Primo did the "Hard to Earn" together This joint is off "Hard to Earn"