Gang Starr - Take It Personal

Music video by Gang Starr performing Take It Personal. © 1992 Virgin Records America, Inc.
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[@DingProductions]

Still fire

[@crixvibe4966]

Ding productions

[@crixvibe4966]

Wh

[@crixvibe4966]

What you donig here

[@antoinegoodman9592]

@@crixvibe4966 oooooooooooooo[[o[ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo[ooo[oo[[oooooooooooooooooo[ 9gl))l)l)))llllllllllllllllll))))llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll)ll

[@edwincarlosroman]

Forever fire

[@mitchross4002]

Guru needs to be considered in the goat conversation

[@larana2988]

☝🏽🎯🎯

[@towertito2149]

Anyone who knows real hip hop already has him there. Plus dj premier too

[@Konsciencia1111]

Absolutely 💯

[@anaisvigg2007]

For sure he had his own style. I like him better then Rakim

[@recyclebininfinity4983]

hes above the goat conversation . . . hes the GURU!

[@maroanouadi9782]

Gurú dropping bombs with no profanity in the whole song. Genius

[@brianharley4284]

No cursing and it's gangster as hell

[@ricardoheckstall9233]

FACTS

[@darylcarr8283]

He did drop them occasionally, but since it was occasional you felt them when he did. It wasn't frivolous or a "crutch." It hurt my soul to edit this before posting to express him in the past tense. RIP.

[@333times]

They DON'T HEAR YOU!!!

[@333times]

"And if I sound doper. "

[@sernastyle1]

Gifted Unlimited Rhymes Universal

[@vanpelt5000]

🔥💯

[@stink8498]

. #IRDGASF .

[@brentjames2576]

Greatest uncontested rapper untouched guru

[@Mateo.7777]

No doubt

[@user-yp6hb6pj9y]

"God is Universal, He is the Ruler Universal."

[@jiminyhopkins]

The hardest, most raw hip hop beat in the history of humanity.

[@talltrini10]

Come Clean would like to have a word with you :)

[@stephenheath8465]

Skull Snaps Drums🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@senecanicholson1090]

1992, in its finset moment...

[@magicjackmaxwell]

Word up shun dun

[@toristar6416]

Damn right stupid hard one of the greatest I heard in my life

[@sekohero]

THIS IS ONE OF THE HARDEST BEATS EVER

[@RudelyAwake]

Absolutely

[@MrDJ217]

Word up

[@jamiec2023]

Rap is an art you can’t own no loops

[@victora9751]

One OF DA DOPEST HIP HOP SONGS EVER MADE! RIP GURU!

[@shevronful]

Rico A what? He’s dead? Nah

[@mstrippin24h99]

He dead???? Omfg

[@mstrippin24h99]

No way fr????

[@mstrippin24h99]

Why he dead he ain't dead wym

[@oliverpokrzyk6340]

@@mstrippin24h99 yes he died in 2010

[@larsbusk8996]

I miss Guru so much 😢

[@Bbcbullunit1]

word i miss having these songs being performed its heart breakin

[@LordZakar]

1992, an incredible year for HipHop ✌🏽

[@newclothes8165]

1992,1991,1990,1989,1988,1987,1986 all them years.

[@crushingvanessa3277]

Back then I never heard it called hip hop, just rap. Yes it was a good time for this, newer songs just don't have the feel they did. Now it's just grunts and insults.

[@forcedtohaveahandle]

1991 or 1992 = the start of the Golden Age to me

[@waters228_91]

@@forcedtohaveahandle 1991-1996 = Golden Age Era of hip hop.

[@brentjames2576]

High school days 90s baby facts hip hop

[@phil7721]

Guru is king of the 90s. Period

[@danajohnmccann8674]

And with Premier? It's just too much man

[@NAFONE1973]

Man even in 2024 I must admit this was a great time in hip hop, and gang starr is still one of my all time favorite groups. R.I.P. Guru your spirit and music lives on for eternity.🍀🕊️🎤🎶💯🙏🏽

[@larana2988]

A beautiful, BEAUTIFUL time. I do indeed miss it.. R.I.P. G.ifted U.nlimited R.ymes U.niversal

[@lexxakaquiet]

You can always count on Guru to get you through tough time and situations. His flow and delivery was unlike anyone. Pure and from the heart. Thanks Guru Top 5 dead or alive. Rip

[@City2x]

Rap is an art. You can't own no loops. It's how you hook em up with the rhymestyle troop. 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@timothykangethe7700]

Guru's sleek rhymes technique should be a subject of study...🎯🎇

[@aaleyah5380]

Say it again 🔥

[@durterebelz]

@@timothykangethe7700 underrated comment.

[@jamiec2023]

Fuck the lawyers

[@A.M.10031_OTF]

💥

[@maxmameli]

The beat is vicious and Guru is on a superior level as everyone knows. It's still a pleasure to this day to hear this. Forever Gangstarr

[@uygarkarldag5140]

Guru had such an unique voice dawg, my ears lost their virginity.

[@MyTito65]

GURÚ HAD A VOICE THAT COMMANDED YOUR ATTENTION LIKE CHUCK D..... MC LYTE..... KRS ONE...... SADAT X...... BIG DADDY ... RAKIM..... NAS..... AND OTHERS.... YOU CANT IGNORE IT...🇩🇴🇩🇴🇩🇴

[@musiclover-cn7tb]

@@MyTito65 right you can't and I'm a woman I always found it unique.

[@musiclover-cn7tb]

@@MyTito65 yeah you just had to pay attention .

[@kevincarter8040]

'So premier drops beats for me to say verses to, and if I sound doper then take it personal.' Dj premier: Proceeds to kill the track with scratches.

[@jaschaschaub676]

Dope ass comment 👌🏼👌🏼😎

[@javi_vercetti]

I can't get enough of that scratching sound.

[@DOOMESDAYS]

You can't make drum beats like this in the 2020s

[@tealx8462]

@@DOOMESDAYS Hell no! Not with these effeminate dudes now!!!!

[@ToniOhNo]

Effortlessly

[@howieg2019]

R.I.P. Guru, truly underrated.

[@pinebarrenpatriot8289]

This song is the definition of RAW East Coast rap🤘👍👊

[@insideoutbeats3999]

"There was a few times I needed your support . But you tried to play me like an indoor sport"

[@XR1000]

The drums, the sample, the scratches, the voice - Hip Hop perfection❤.

[@DOOMESDAYS]

im 32 years old i was too young to know this tune but better then that trash they got playing today

[@KtotheG]

"Rap is an art... you can't own no loops. It's how you hook em up in the rhyme style, troop. So don't even think that someone bit off of your weak beat. C'mon you need to quit." I quote this every time people accuse rappers of "stealing" beats.

[@codejohnson]

I flip lines and lines they never sound like yours...

[@shottashabazz6721]

If my memory serves me correctly he was taking a shot at YZ with that verse.

[@mpctv.musicproductioncultu1982]

They just don't do it like this anymore!!! R.I.P to the King! ! ! "GURU" & PREMIER!💯

[@josephdavid3150]

The guru and dj premier was hard and still is. like concrete!I love this song.

[@konstantinkoverchenko9587]

One of the greatest tracks ever made! 🤨

[@waldolibby4391]

First cassette single I ever owned and I still bump this track

[@derrickjackson1759]

Youre not alone

[@SHAKA-NEU-LU]

Till this day!!!

[@huntjank8278]

Even now in 2024

[@TheNarmerPalette]

I get chills when I listen to this in 2021. I was a teenager in the 90’s the era when all the hottest Hip Hop was happening and this music was what we played in the cassette deck on the regular. My gosh. Back in the days. Hop Hop will never Die!! RIP Guru.

[@lamontemckinney9724]

Yes!!!!

[@aamirallen8467]

It's a feeling missing I was a teen also in the 90s these days that's missing

[@BadTV1993]

THE pull out tapedexk :)

[@yOGlo]

Real gz know 🙌💯💪

[@stoichysteria2042]

Dj From Texas and MC from Boston made one of NYC's best rap groups ever..... crazy

[@kiannakaiden9891]

Guru your career will still live on and you will still inspire many more, my man :)

[@pmproben]

The track is so real that even KZbin doesn't play ads at the beginning of the track.

[@aaleyah5380]

Facts 😂😂😂😂

[@timothykangethe7700]

😂🎉

[@kazonikz]

GangStarr underrated, claaassic

[@KidElectrik]

This song is too original, props to anyone who rocks to this!

[@spliffwordmedicalz8423]

Idk why this has always been my favorite Gang Starr song for as long as I can remember. The rhyme style, lyrics, preemo with the scratchin, hard hitting kick and piano. Gurus flow in this song is top notch.

[@Sergatx]

It’s my favorite too. I love the rawness of the beat, Gurus rhymes he correlated to it we’re supreme.

[@yOGlo]

Ya that piano loop is like crack rock in form of an audio file

[@tyronelol]

Definitely in my top 5 hip hop tracks ever made...

[@ToniOhNo]

Drum break + sample + Premier scratches = HIP HOP🦾

[@cubita8]

Love this beat, unmatched #2023

[@barakhart5779]

Real rap right here.

[@gravyguns]

Gangstarr is the only group or song makers that make songs that I rewind over and over again just to hear the record cuts and scratches. I can listen to the choruses where Premier does his cuts without even listening to the rest of the song.

[@moehammondmedia]

Listen to those Skull Snap drums DJ Premier is really a musical genius!!!!

[@musiclover-cn7tb]

Everyone used those drums it was sampled in so many hip hop tracks .

[@Residence0fUtopia]

What's even more dope is that guru came from an educational background: Elam was born in the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. His father, Harry, was a judge and his mother, Barbara, was the co-director of libraries in the Boston Public Schools system. He attended the Advent School on Beacon Hill in Boston, Noble and Greenough School in Dedham, Massachusetts, and Cohasset High School in Cohasset, Massachusetts for high school.[6] Elam graduated with a degree in business administration from Morehouse College in Atlanta[7] and took graduate classes at the Fashion Institute of Technology in Manhattan.

[@daisyrqe-channel]

Don’t make tunes like this no more. Untouchable. Glad I grew up in this era

[@SketchPLAY1]

The cutting and scratching are the chefs kiss of the whole tune, and usually is the case in Premiers tracks of this era. No one can come close to this in today's standards.

[@jonsgti]

48 tomorrow and this shit is still so fire... late 80's and 90's was a great time for hip hop

[@pinebarrenpatriot8289]

89-94 Best 5 years of rap.

[@redeyerob2176]

Im feeling like all these gangstarr uploads might mean theres more to Family and Loyalty, hopefully a full album - im fiending

[@Chaso-1124]

thats what im thinking. im sure theres tons of unused guru verses that they could use to make new songs

[@marselmusic]

yep!

[@d1aphora]

Redeye ROB he died

[@redeyerob2176]

@@d1aphora You dont think i know that man come on, ive the gangstarr logo as my youtube profile pic for fuck sake. Preemo said that he had plenty of unused guru verses that could one day be made into a album and sure enough that is now happening called One of the best yet

[@oog.1877]

RIP GURU 🙌🏽

[@xolilemgotywa8456]

"nevertheless ,cleverness cant impress, coz now you've been exposed like a person undressed"

[@tamarastone141]

Man...... these kids have no idea....BARZ.

[@julianmilnes9594]

In my opinion, arguably the most complete album of the early 90s.....every track a belter!

[@julianmilnes9594]

Fuck yea, I love that line!

[@gregemmanuel4013]

@@julianmilnes9594 Q

[@newclothes8165]

@@julianmilnes9594 i might agree,,and im from the south. LOL

[@personalfunfest]

this was the benchmark subwoofer tester song back in the day... this and Metallica's "One"

[@datniggami7]

Boomin system - LL Cool J

[@ricosalvaje5802]

Metallica one is awesome.

[@philaman1972]

Guru and Primo still get it done - thirty years later!

[@se9279]

Michael Jordan's favorite song 😂😂

[@bryancampbell9490]

Lmao🤦🏽‍♂️🤣🤣🤣🤣💀💀💀 at first I was like huh?? 🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️ that’s some funny shit 💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽💯

[@MB0704]

underrated comment

[@nazirpalacios4899]

Are you serious ? I’m

[@hammelhoden8807]

Hahaha 😂😂😂🤙👍

[@comoamosto5224]

🤣🤣🤣🤣 this must’ve been the song playing in his head when Chamillionaire asked him for a picture

[@darrenjohnson7857]

Gangstarr.influenced the next 20 years of new York rap ;guru was ahead of his time #Rip

[@warsofparadigm]

An exceptional artist and producer. PEACE TO THA GODS!! G.U.R.U. Rest in Power eternal.

[@ants8527]

Dope 1991" 92" Classics🎶🔥🔥🔥😎

[@green_wire]

It doesn't get any doper than this.🙏

[@Omarlito617]

Gang Starr truly a Goat 🐐

[@jonathanfnss8311]

[Lyrics Gang Starr - Take It Personal] I never thought that you would crab me Undermine me, and backstab me But I can see clearly now the rain is gone The pain is gone but what you did was still wrong There was a few times I needed your support But you tried to play me like an indoor sport Like racquetball, tennis, fool, whatever All I know is you attempted to be clever Nevertheless, cleverness can`t impress Cause now you`ve been expose like a person undressed Cause I see through you, I`m the Guru Now what you gonna do when I step to you And when I pay you back I`ll be hurting you This ain`t no threat so take it personal Rap is an art you can`t own no loops It`s how you hook em up and the rhyme style troop So don`t even think you could say someone bit Off your weak beat come on you need to quit I flip lines and kick rhymes that never sound like yours There oughtta be laws against you yapping your jaws Originality overflows from in me And the truth is, that you wish you could live the Life I live and kick the lyrics I kick But bear in mind that you can`t think as quick So Premier drops a beat, for me to say verses to And if I sound doper then take it personal Don`t be mad cause I don`t come around the way Like I used to, I don`t have time these days I`m keeping busy making power moves Don`t try to say I don`t remember you You shouldn`t let your jealousy show like that I stopped coming by, cause of the way you act Telling my business to kids I don`t even know You`re like a daytime talk show, and that`s low So you can tell everyone, that I`m jerking you And if you don`t like it kid, take it personal

[@yOGlo]

Real g sht for posting lyrics 💯💪🔥

[@suede100s]

Guru top 5 period. Flow and cadence is on another level.

[@nycpolo4438]

Daily Operation is pure Gold!!

[@user-wr9zr5fn9h]

Hes among THE BEST PERIOD!

[@NiecyQ]

Yeah, one of the greatest. For all you haters.

[@g3nj1]

This man is speaking all the things I want to convey in a beautiful way.

[@stevenlinton2405]

Who still listen to song in 2020.!!!!

[@xxxxxxxxx727]

gifted unlimited rhymes universal --- thanxxx a lot --- extra special shout out to dj premier

[@tonybell69]

Gone way 2 soon 🙏🏽🕊️

[@genam.5198]

they killed it the beat the words... i'm screaming over here.

[@MelvinTrambleJr]

This is easily one of my favorite old school slaps now and I just recently heard it for the first time. The beat is hard .

[@Omarlito617]

Damn this track harder then the concrete that makes up the projects I’m from 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@cooldjnevada]

GURU absolutely no competition.

[@CryptoNewsNetworx]

This was the song that made me fall in love with Gangstarrr, still love it at 43.

[@davidweyland1253]

RIP Guru!!!

[@DOOMESDAYS]

this should've been a movie

[@krismore5996]

Hardest rap song ever and Guru didn't use 1 curse word!!!!! True hip hop. Much respect gifted Unlimited rhymes universal

[@RudelyAwake]

It’s so dope I just can’t even imagine what I would do without this in my head on a daily basis

[@anthonybanks2594]

Gang starr 4ever

[@heruapocalypse2021]

My Dude Big Shug And Lil Dap 👊🏾 And Them Chillen Hard Back Then.

[@FrancoAvila1ER]

Rap is art!

[@jimmybenyoucef4416]

GangStarr4Ever

[@infesticon]

It's easy to forget just how good Gang Starr at thier best. Yes You know are they are great, The best even. But then you sit down and listen to a really good song again and all the little details and the sound is amazing.

[@GoodxJ]

This is as classic as it gets! 🎤 G-A-N-G to the Starr sun!!!!! ✌🏼🏂👍🏼

[@OfficialMNIB]

- L E G E N D - ⬆️

[@301cameosis]

One of the greatest hip-hop all time

[@ricardored207]

Still one of the toughest beats created along with the rhyme flow of GURU‼️... RIP GURU

[@DJDickieH]

Love this tune. One of my favourites! ❤️😎

[@twyz0ne]

One of the greatest albums of all time. This one definitely bring back great memories. Carrying my radio on foot. Smoking mad blunts 😁 Not a care in the world. Life was soulfully better. Life was simpler. I truly miss this era. Rest in peace Guru. You left us with some great material that will live forever.

[@richb5477]

Stands up to anything decades later.

[@Closedeyewilly]

Smooth witty flow on a cold ass east coast beat

[@chabrellehicks7811]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@clwashington35]

This song is still relevant today! One of my favorite tracks by him

[@yOGlo]

My fav track by him is "suckas need bodyguards

[@ultramag0343]

Miss this dude 😢🎤🎵🎶

[@Golinho46]

How can even anyone consider making a beat like this, Premier is a pure genius.

[@seancuebas2332]

Absolutely timeless duo. Real hip hop!

[@alvinkelley1255]

Premo is a mad scientist of beats

[@hookswu6251]

Top 5 goat Mc reeeeeal hip hop reeeeel rap Mc of all time

[@chrispearson8675]

Shit brought tears my eyes thinkin bout summer this came out&shit i did lot those ppl not around no more RIP this shit hit different..those who kno would understand

[@niklasklipfel6805]

I'm 24 and I know this is TRUE HIP HOP. RAW

[@KayBeeDaSource]

25 years old n I’m sooo fkin w this one ❤❤❤

[@limelightny203]

Nothing comes so clean and lethal like Gangstar

[@user-bl8qh5vf5l]

Guru man RIP he was a definite G.O.A.T. yo big up

[@busyrand]

Just saw DJ Premier discuss this piece on So Wassup... I loved this back in the day. The video was so dope...

[@ryanchristensen1799]

Always loved how the ringing phone was integrated into the beat on this track!

[@williest1]

DJ PREMIER IS THE KING OF BOOM BAP 🎶