Guru - The Good, The Bad (Le Bien, Le Mal)

[@gonderage]

My linguistic anthropologist professor showed this in our class as an example of code switching and questioning the elements used in both the English and the French verses that make them both a part of the same speech community, despite being different languages. My professor knows *the* classics.

[@leffphield]

This song was chosen? Wow!

[@leffphield]

🙏🏿

[@Hippotrague]

WISE professer!

[@stefdub7331]

Ton professeur est super cool,ce morceau est terrible......salut de France l ami...

[@XandiMusic]

Strong example of the possibilities of unity through linguistics and shared culture, in this case hip-hop, and rap music, of course.

[@stewarteasy72]

Guru is "the King Of Monotone". R.I.P.

[@lmckinney9369]

Bad as jam!

[@BadTV1993]

King of Jazz Rap

[@xavierblanc5670]

Was 16yo when it first came out (1993), and it's still dope 26 years later. Real Music, RIP G.

[@baraejasny]

I was only 3 years old, but still I enjoy this until today

[@karonbarwick541]

@@baraejasny i was 6

[@VasillyLoma]

I was -3

[@berthramerwin5838]

Und ich war 96 als das Lied zum ersten Mal heraus kam..

[@stebeatmaker3951]

I was -3 😂

[@astroknight2828]

The Guru collection can't be complete without this!

[@anthonypetit7185]

@Δημητρης Γουτας who guru or solaar?

[@TheJeneralJU-ICE]

😉👍🏾

[@maliclasxvaoun1749]

Oui

[@hip-hoprapstorage4440]

@@anthonypetit7185 Both !

[@ispeakmucho]

​@hip-hoprapstorage4440 Mc Solaar has this western type beat, I think it samples from Bonnie and Clyde, the French song. It's dope

[@Albanian_traveller]

Mc Solaar ❤ un des meilleurs pas seulement dans le rap français mais dans le monde entier. J'ai grandi en l'écoutant et me voilà à 32 ans. Le style, la voix, les liens.. jamais obsolète quoi ❤

[@lindsayprince-ashcroft5297]

Loved MC Solar since I was 17 n I’m 46 now (🤢) ❤

[@Neillan]

We really need more cross cultural collabs like this nowadays. The video is incredible!

[@amensbuildingjourney]

There are a lot, only americans don’t do it, European and African hip hop nowadays is crazy

[@scatterlingofafrica8928]

La belle et grande époque du Hip Hop...Ces morceaux qui mariaient rap et jazz...Je m'ennui de cette époque.

[@nord75dine32]

Je te rejoins totalement .. le 501 possee (Jimmy jay solaar democrate D ...) était le seul groupe de rap français qui proposait cette rythmique jazz soûl à cette époque.

[@gkarafuto]

Tes pas la seule.

[@somebody1266]

merci au duo Boom bass et Zdar que guru cite dans ses dedicaces a la fin de ce morceau, sans qui peut etre solaar n aurait jamais eu ce succes, qui est devenu le groupe cassius en passant du hip hop a la house et qui ont produit solaar dans ses premiers albums, les meilleurs , c est surement eux qui ont trouve ces instru jazz funk inconnu du grand public, je doute que solaar soit assez connaisseur. Rip Philippe Cerboneschi alias Zdar mort dans un tragique accident en 2019 et et Guru pionnier et legende du rap us qui n a jamais basculé dans le gangsta rap et dans le rap vulgaire.

[@werzou77]

Sans doute l'une des meilleures collaborations rap franco américaine.

[@O4DM]

This and Nas + NTM

[@sebastienvarlin8138]

Ah oui l 'une des plus belles de tous les temps

[@AAKVII]

I dont speak any french, but this guy sounds like he's spitting some super technical verses. Man is dropping gems and im pissed i dont understand 💔

[@ompiba]

He definitely is. He was one of our first lyricists. He studied litterature and philosophy in college while taking part to the first open mics/radio shows on the French hip hop scene. He also helped discover lots of other artists. I would compare him to Rakim.

[@mynameisjulielove]

Tu mens, You are a liar >@AAKVII But i understand...

[@DASHIRS]

2021 fière d’être français 🇫🇷 ce morceau à plus de 20 ans et mets en pls tous les pseudo rappeur de ces années en PLS… les mecs ont ouverts la porte du hip-hop marqué l’histoire et merci au revoir

[@chris-martin]

Je devais avoir 13 ou 14ans qd ce son est sorti. C'etait enorme a l'epoque ce feat avec Gangstarr !!! Gangstarr c'est un monument du Hip hop et SOlaar et c'est un pilier du rap en france au meme titre que IAM, NTM, le sSages Po etc... !! Toujours autant de plaisir a ecouter ce son !!!

[@nk3575]

🤝🏾

[@nk3575]

L'époque de Rap line sur M6 et de yo MTV raps

[@laurentd4540]

Il aura 30 ans en 2023... J'avais 15 piges quand ce son est sorti et par "nostalgie" ou parce que Solaar et Guru sont tellement forts dessus que ça mérite d'être encore écouté en 2022... RIP Mr Guru🙏

[@Blaze_75-y3l]

30 ans ce tube. J'en avais 17 quand c'est sorti ! Arff, aujourd'hui encore ce son me prend encore aux tripes ! Solaar à son meilleur !

[@mclarenproject6455]

"L'air de rien je doute de l'existence des dieux, de l'existence du mieux dans un lieu plus pieux"

[@nathnatou9208]

La grande classe !👍

[@ProppahYisrael]

Rip Guru one of Boston’s Greats. He was a very intelligent Brother. My middle school English teacher.

[@Redpill_]

What a classic! RIP Guru

[@Konuvis]

Love the difference of the lyristic playfullness of MC Solaar's rhymes vs the gangsta rap aggression of Guru's.

[@90sskateboarder27]

Blessed to be a teen in the mid-90s as hip-hop and urban fashion exploded world wide. GANGSTARR has always been my favorite group as this era was jam packed with talent. Countless tracks and albums are worth every penny!!!

[@mox95CrazySongz]

Connexion US x France. Collaboration respectueuse où les artistes font plus que envoyé un couplet par mail. Une autre époque. 🇫🇷🇺🇸

[@minutepapillon5060]

La plus belle époque :)

[@sofianemuhammad8544]

the good old time

[@Yanis_mp3]

Maintenant il faut payer pour avoir des collab avec eux....

[@FaridBenali-z5b]

et bordel que c 'était bon du reel Hip Hop

[@KelGhu]

I have not heard this song in 20 years. I had forgotten how good MC Solaar was. For non-French speakers: lyrically, he is lightyears ahead of the legendary Guru on this track. Never misses a rhyme, figures of speech everywhere and constantly metaphorical. Pure gold. Too bad the translation is off and doesn't show the true power of his words like "tender offer on misery" in the second verse. Using wallstreet financial terms to talk about human misery, brilliant

[@wgapease]

I don't even understand all the French, but his verbal skill is like listening to Rakim or GZA's Liquid Swords.

[@TokyoBalletReprise]

@@wgapease There were a few rappers like that in the old school French rap.

[@thegamingchef3304]

Cat said light years ahead of GURU...Lol stop. He was dope, but he didn't even rhyme in most of his lyrics lol.

[@KelGhu]

@@thegamingchef3304 You clearly don't speak French, let alone fluent enough to hear the harmonic and lyrical subtleties of the language. Lyrically, there is no comparison. Guru's lyrics were simple af. Practically no figures of speech.

[@thegamingchef3304]

@@KelGhu You just listening to Guru, but you not hearing him. You clearly don't know english 😂.

[@2kraylexy781]

RIP GURU You Will always be one of my favorite rappers.. I grew up jump in yo shit and I remember telling my mom to buy the owners album.. RIP

[@audeiles954]

30 ans après ce son déchire toujours

[@yoshi7638]

golden era of hiphop 👑

[@Ant-speakingfacts]

R.i.p guru you were dope.

[@miltongreenjr3883]

Yeah he was

[@missvon889]

Ce sont des génies poétiques exemplaires.

[@JuniorPolancoLaCoalicion]

man...first thing I ever attempted sampling was that loop at the end, on my old tape deck...this track impressed the heck out of me back then, and it stands the test of time...

[@jonathansoko1085]

I used that drum loop too, sampled on a eps 16

[@JuniorPolancoLaCoalicion]

@@jonathansoko1085 would love to hear what you used it on!

[@younesdekinkelin575]

AND MC Solaar the father of french Hip Hop, a true legend, one of the GOATS, period. Le meilleur des années 90 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@TokyoBalletReprise]

IAM

[@monnomestpersonne1830]

NTM

[@ok-sh9ew]

My cut...I heard this at 19...soundtrack to my youth..so glad I grew up in this time period of hip hop

[@Talito_77]

La voix de guru cest la bombe !!!!

[@malikali19745]

They both bodied this

[@jakubjakub3388]

Recently I found this treasure. Damn I was born too late.

[@drewski363]

I love it💘👍 The French language was made for rap

[@mistawallifornia2364]

only under 350K for this classic timeless , RIP Guru.GreatMaster

[@rayalley6676]

There will never be another Guru r.i.p.

[@cedricmarrec9545]

L'ombre de Guru et la force du Gangstarr .. Keith restera une legende

[@figroles]

Stills bangs! Always and forever!!

[@LemonDropPink6Me]

I love the rhythm 🎶 the music the lyrics and the over flow of lightening fast French rapper is Pure Genius 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@Pask4L]

peace from quebec

[@dannycanfield3038]

Nice. A reading in Ph.D. program brought me here. Glad it did.

[@stonestonegraphix]

Comme une fusée! Légendaire

[@coimbralaw]

Back when hip hop was GREAT. Sadly, that hasn’t been the case since the mid-to-late 1990’s.

[@unuseduser575]

You mind recommending more songs from different artist?

[@user-mz3yw6cb7d]

@@unuseduser575 early Nas (Illmatic), Digable Planets (first 2 albums), A Tribe Called Quest (all albums), EPMD, Eric B and Rakim, De La Soul, Mobb Deep (The Infamous album), Wu-Tang (Enter the Wu-Tang album) are some to list...

[@Yanis_mp3]

Hip hop has some good artist in 2022, like Kendrick Lamar or J Cole.

[@mecontadmanboy7959]

Toujours lourds 30/31 ans apres 🔥🔥🔥 Legendaire !

[@senebabacar6566]

J'écoutais ce morceau en boucle j'avais 16 ans. Toujours aussi bon🤩 mid 90's ambiance hip hop jazz👌🏿

[@giuliocosani2841]

1:30 - 1:40 Crazy lyrics!😮

[@Okinou]

Repose en paix Guru peace. Merci pour tout

[@TyreeRay202]

Happy birthday Guru Gang Starr for Life

[@BadTV1993]

this was some of the flyest chit i ever heard when it first dropped RIP GURU..had me saying terms like TRALALARELARE lol

[@jasontoward5760]

Rip guru,gifted universal rhymes universal.

[@alainstanislas2655]

Toujours excellent. Rip Guru, dedicace, A Jimmy jay, Bambi, Menelik , Mickey moss man, Democrat D si tu te rappel de ces noms on est ensemble. Hiphop4life

[@fredericmorage2329]

.... Imite le maître.... Tu m'étonnes, à l'époque faire un feat avec Guru et Premier, les mecs du 501 devaient être impressionné !!! Excellent. Back in a Day RIP GURU 🙏

[@surementpas]

Greatest track in hip-hop history 🙏

[@thetwitterlectual9528]

Well said!

[@cafou974]

😂😂😂😂 N'importe quoi

[@SusanneHammerle]

Thank you for uploading that song & for the translation. I really like it & it is still true.

[@zxcccccc1]

Such nostalgia!

[@nickking-edwards9301]

R.I.P. G.U.R.U

[@waxmaster-c]

Different Solar people. This is the French MC Solaar with two A's. Not the wack dude Solar who collaborated with Guru right before his death.

[@filthyloops9821]

Lol... Solar the Superproducer 🤣 This guy has been one of the biggest fraud in the HipHop game. Never understood how Guru could work with him... Anyway, most of us will remember Gang Starr and Guru's Jazzmatazz.

[@somebody1266]

French Solaar with two A

[@juliet7703]

Never heard this one but listening to Guru brought me here...dope duo track 👍🏾 gonna check out MC Solaar other tracks

[@andorakotomalala3399]

Je l'ai découvert récemment à la radio, je l'ai enregistré car très bon!

[@warrenpeece9624]

Guru "I make a bet, if you don't let the truth out Huh, evil will rule without a doubt" bet won

[@ryanpeterson8668]

Another scorching line from the master

[@fredhenry5974]

Le rap 90s et l ambiance de ces années l esprit me manque terriblement 😥😥😥.mais on l a connu vécu !💪✊🤩🥰❤🙏

[@MegaKakumei]

Great duo: MC Solar and Guru. I especially the outro of this track.

[@laidayeb3658]

Rien à dire !!! big dedicace aux anciens anciennes solaar guru hamdouallah

[@djleekids94]

Vraiment CULTE ce clip!!!! purée les feat de notre époque (90's) c'était réellement quelque chose...

[@sonystation4649]

Ce sample c du feu 🔥

[@Lirycc]

classics from claude MC and guru

[@mrmoke523i3]

guru une légende du rap ! rip mc solaar validé for ever!

[@kokloo]

2021! Hé les gars, les go, je ne me lasse de cette zik!

[@JulioDiaz-zn7jh]

G.U.R.U,the Langston Hughes of Hip -hop!!! R.essuredted.I.nP.ower!!!

[@FistyCarrera]

oh man, my youth

[@laurentsuisse8995]

Listening to this beat

[@tochiRTA]

classic! MC Solaar is that dude

[@darrylslaughter649]

2020 listen to that FUNK Beat .

[@saintandrews83]

Damn , im 52 & miss 90's hip hop .......... todays shit suck !!!

[@deceiver444]

Deux maîtres à l'œuvre

[@mickaellavallee6586]

Un tube longtemps influencé par Bob sinclar en personne tellement le son est puissant et Guru a bossé avec Bob

[@babysnoop84]

faut oser quand même de parler de Bob Sinclar sur une telle vidéo lol 😅

[@mickaellavallee6586]

@@babysnoop84 et pourtant Guru et Bob étaient très proches et on produit des sons ensemble

[@babysnoop84]

@@mickaellavallee6586 d'accord je ne savais pas 😉

[@chris-martin]

@@babysnoop84 l'equipe de Solaar et Jimmy Jay etait proche de Zdar / Boom Bass et l'equipe de pionniers de la "french touch" qui a conduit plus tard au Daft Punk, bob sinclar, David Guetta, etc......

[@robjackson5245]

French speaking sub-Saharan OGs combined with one of the mightiest of African American MCs, son. You don't get more UPN/Warner Bros./WB international NY1 as fuck than that, son.

[@MiguelAngel-bk4dr]

Frances is dope

[@alexandregerber1729]

Finest Hip Hap ...tremendo! Gzo/cap mec...

[@mariedhouib3745]

Généralement on a tous 3 séquences. Au minimum parfois jusqu'à 10. 1) Une qui est celle du commun de l'humanité, 2) une qui est celle de la mémoire et de la cicatrisation, 3) une qui fait notre authenticité qu'on soit atride, prématuré ou pas. Et parfois d'autres. Comme 4) celle qui permet de changer d'état sur une courte période et qui généralement est annulée par 2) celle qui permet de cicatriser et de construire la mémoire. Et 5) celle qui permet de s'adapter aux autres individus et au décor. Qui est différente de celle qui fait le tronc commun de l'humanité et de cicatriser et de changer d'état.

[@susanparker767]

🌈🌟 #SuperStars 💯 … Alleluia 🎶 Amen 🙏🏼

[@susanparker767]

✨💃🏼🕺🏼✨ … 🌝

[@asyria]

this shit is so fucking fire

[@brandondare7755]

Soooo dope!!

[@markgillan3750]

Put it. Bad inna ryhme...understatement

[@moerderralle19]

Who is the Ragga-Singer at 2:34?

[@xosemarceloromeuherbon7315]

Temazo.

[@paulgabbard6743]

Old school hip-hop Gang Starr buru the good the bad music

[@michytp140]

1:51 lyric is so true today 🔥

[@Rx_serpent]

Mc solaar nous à mis biiiiiiien

[@maureencora1]

Oui!

[@mpacboy1910]

Repose en paix Guru 😢🤲🏾🕊❤️‍🩹

[@kdawgsamba67]

Yeah💚

[@cecilescheffel8691]

Novembre 2023 ❤

[@artjesticpharaoh9802]

I’m messed up on this song. Speaks volumes because its true

[@antoniogambardella785]

the guru the wery boss the mic ✌🙏👏💪💣🔥🎤🎶🎧🎵

[@batemanier]

quel son. une tuerie

[@johnargue2977]

its your turn guru :)

[@medhylebrun6010]

il me fait trop rire quand il dit ça! ;)

[@johnargue2977]

Lol

[@been__22]

Guru passed away in 2010 because you see it a lot in the 90s and from 2000 onwards, right?

[@morenoskindevil6027]

Classic

[@randomslasher9494]

Dope!!!!2023

[@ezkibela]

Ok now i need to know what they say in french in "the laifsaver, feat Lucien" song , after Guru says , now it comes the more important words of the lifesaver: ......, being looking for it for decades

[@radiorehee]

The whole verse ? Here it goes: A boy that's crossed growing up amongst violence and piss/ the word peace is for those that perish everyday around the way in this world and its projects. Nowadays we're heading back to the ovens (holocaust camps), the cops do their round, the cities rumble. The earth warms up and the mountain tops melt. Ok for whitey (blondin?) but stay back if you're black, such is my uniform in this war between races. They stare at me/ put me in custody, some snitch some chat and kill. This goes out to all the projects, all the hoods, the unlucky ones that fell but not for France/ real corny country, bring on armageddon. I stand correct praying Jehovah to save me/ 'cause if a cop judges me I would punch him, sticking my finger through his eye, scratching the back of his brain...

[@ezkibela]

@@radiorehee you are great man!!! Been looking for the traduction for ages , since i get the CD back in the 90's when i was a kid . When Internet showed up i though that i would finally find it , but it doesnt apear anywhere, in some "lyrics" of the song it says "french part is not avalible, help needed" or they skip that part . That LP changed and helped me a lot since then , that song was one of my favs but since Guru says : "and here are the most important words from the lifesaver " and then Lucien sang on french , i though i was really missing the most important message from the song so i needed to know what the message was about. So i really apreciate your help bro , i will reed while listening to the song carefully thanks to u , salute from Basque Country, "North of Spain "🤘🤘✊✊✊

[@radiorehee]

@@ezkibela my pleasure! I always liked that verse as well as the man behind it, Lucien. I couldn’t translate it in rhymes and the wordplay is missing... It really sounds great in French. Peace to your wonderful shores (Bilbao? Irun? perhaps)

[@ezkibela]

@@radiorehee Bilbao 😉, cheer smate and thanks for all !!

[@tr8086]

July 2022 🔥

[@mariedhouib3745]

Et donc smurphy avait vécu une histoire comparable mais a plus petite échelle que celle de bush ou de certains de ses atrides. Et donc, l'idée d'élever des atrides à lui pour les faire plonger dans le pataquès de cette mosaïque est venu en complément des autres stratégies similaires.

[@ValdeckRocher]

Solaar groove. Mais Guru. La vache.