L. - Check The Flow / Relax Your Mind

1996
Sure Shot Records

[@Jdowling357]

The vinyl record thumbnail side of KZbin is the best 😎👌

[@benwalsh6349]

Everywhere you go there's someone complaining about new age rap. I say who gives a fuck if new age is shit, these old school tunes from the golden era still bang. Just keep this stuff playing cause it'll never get old.

[@Instinct-lyricist7]

Becuase it's poison and a terrible excuse for art and it has obliterated hip hop, it still exists but allowing this trash has lead to the destruction of it.

[@fawkkyutuu8851]

@@Instinct-lyricist7 Facts , It's destroyed Black culture. It's much bigger than just another style of music that went to shit.

[@clayoffeet6760]

Again people like yall just don't dig. Most of the talent nowadays is mostly underground or are usually underatted

[@clayoffeet6760]

If you truly love hip hop you would search all over the place to find talent and not just be one dimensional

[@clayoffeet6760]

Not saying 90s rap is bad. Infact I love alot of jazz rap and boom bap myself and I consume that shit like crack cocaine in the 80s

[@MMGAMG-fy9ky]

90s beats n rhymes can bury modern hip hop

[@intellecrobe]

There no such thing as modern hip hop, there is hip hop and there is shit.

[@fantupomarsupialis5125]

90's are da best

[@jmayconzs]

90's forever!

[@appearedatom2318]

It could if it was after. Someone gotta bring it back

[@mrskinszszs]

Kamal Akrich Correct

[@dallaswestmoreland9870]

Now this is what you call Music right here fellas.

[@tomwarrilow7519]

Yes!!

[@b.m.whindle9195]

One thing is for sure, we're all nodding our heads.

[@maxmajestic2694]

Yess

[@mauriciorivas8915]

I was bobbing my head when I was reading this

[@tomwarrilow7519]

It's automatically, uncontrollable

[@OKAYPLAYER75]

Word is fuckin bond!

[@maevisk01]

people in Morocco still checking the flow.. 🇲🇦 old school is the real school, salute !

[@tobi-yo8fb]

ytob

[@chriscross6555]

Rap music is therapeutic to me....love the old skool sound :-)

[@wezzy8885]

Mee tooooooo

[@keyopronin4134]

Pre '96 Hip-Hop is truly "Therapeutic".

[@williamcapone5457]

@@keyopronin4134 idk, Moment of Truth is the most therapeutic album to me, i would say the whole 90'z.

[@daveybell-eq4ls]

i agree to man the bassline is thumping

[@johnnyblaze877]

You couldn’t have said it better blessing

[@hozothirdeye1139]

I totally miss the 90s. The way people just felt comfortable being themselves, original and real Hip Hop music, and real people basically. Now EVERYONE is fake, its all about sex getting laid etc, no one wants to build meaningful relationships anymore. I seriously feel bad for kids that grew up after 90s. 90s generation was era of real human interaction/meaning.

[@PkTwin1231]

Hozar Hozo Keep it real and be happy about that. Maybe you will be able to influence others to do the same and help them be happy with themselves.

[@MisterSpinalzo]

Jesus fucking christ, the 90s were shit like every other goddamn decade, get over it already Just because you grew up in them doesn't change shit about it

[@webesorrytho]

Hozar Hozo LOL. so biggie didn't rap about sex, drugs, or violence? neither did the wu-tang? or snoop? or eazy? or redman? or 2pac? or big l? or dre? or big pun? or onyx? you act like every rapper was a nas or lauryn hill. what are you talking about? sure, i love the era as much as the next person, but to say that the decade was the only one of "real human interaction" is just ignorant. do some research and figure out who are making albums in 2015. try to make that argument afterwards. you can't.

[@nabitall9575]

Hozar Hozo you clearly don't know how to listen to hip hop direct quote from this song "I hit the skins collect the check now I'm ready to jet"... thats blatant meaningless sex, which is fine. shut up

[@SpoofRecaps]

+OZtheTechnician You're insanely ignorant. People are going to speak about that in every decade, that's never going to change. The MAJORITY consensus was an atmosphere as described by Hozar Hozo back in the 90s. Growing up in Bronx, New York, the origin of hip hop, I can personally draw from experience. Even the drug dealers in my building were about meaningful human interaction. It was a whole different era back then. No Facebook, no instagram, you were forced to interact with others which literally forces you to be "real". There's no being fake or acting like something you're not behind the internet at that time. You would get checked REAL quick.

[@radisb30]

People in Prague still check da flow! 🇨🇿

[@tfn7706]

i na opačné straně republiky

[@martinruzicka7214]

Nejen v Praze, ale všude,kde se poslouchá REAL HIP HOP a ne muble sračky a trap

[@MrJeffreyromain]

Yep, this is what we call hip hop. This beat just slams and ought to come with a neck brace.

[@mikewallis2987]

Chiropractors rejoice

[@HLFNINEFIVE]

​@@mikewallis2987 ha ha yesirrrr

[@nosyl8475]

HELL FUCKING YES! I’M A GEN Z AND A HEAVY OF HIPHOP AND THIS IS SOUL SATISFYING! DISAPPOINTED TO BE THIS LATE

[@spyrokix7350]

Anyone know why this isnt on spotify?

[@FonzOne]

They don’t appreciate real music

[@mauriciorivas8915]

@@FonzOnewhat he said? There’s isn’t really any other explanation tbh 🤦🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️

[@AndrewRobertson-kl4vi]

I whole heartedly concur. The brother nailed it. There's no other excuse for it. Don't appreciate dope music.

[@kennygee8925]

That Jeru the Damaja sample though. "freakyfreakyfreaky flow" clutch..

[@jessejeckelz9712]

Still fresh as fuck in the twenty tenths!

[@Abdlrhman97]

Nostalga...... I can't stop playing this song on loop....

[@cruzbgm7535]

Estás rolas valen oro, sintonizando desde México, siempre fiel al 2H

[@Mcl18.2]

This is rap right here CHILE ! RESPECT HIP HOP!

[@vincentamus]

Marcel Martinez totalmente bro!!

[@chrisl.b.8431]

@@420swaggkidd dumb ass, u try to impress someone? Cheers from Chile!

[@paulgabbard6582]

Like all rap like all old school rap like all hip-hop like all 90s💯💯

[@sagebecker8157]

I swear i heard "My peoples in Portland check tha flow" on the oakland shout out 😭

[@jcaetano9]

All the people in Portugal, feel the flow. Portugal representing!

[@93kifi]

right next to you, Spain feels the flow. You got pretty good rappers too. I recently discovered Conjunto Corona

[@jcaetano9]

@@93kifi conjunto corona és lá ostia, si te interesa puedes buscar "Chico da tina" saludos bro

[@93kifi]

@@jcaetano9 los buscaré a ver qué tal! Gracias por la recomendación!

[@austinharrison6230]

This needs a music video

[@theamateurontologist2613]

This is 90s Hip Hop DOPENESS.

[@lonibrock8387]

East coast really did put out some deep poetic ish.

[@Nomadonthego]

WHY IS THIS NON EXISTENT NOW? BRING BACK DA REAL HIP HOP!!

[@Instinct-lyricist7]

the people gave in to the programming.

[@Instinct-lyricist7]

now we have the youth listenig to satanic hypnotic fake rap music where rhymes are exchanged for noises and references to sex, drugs, and partying.

[@animanogami]

sometimes I wonder if its a conspiracy to undermine black solidarity and true meaningfullness conveyed in hip hop

[@LawrinMaxwellsmpc500]

no no you're right, it is sadly.

[@bryannamarie7539]

Times have changed, that's all. Nothing lasts forever.

[@Hazikmen]

Respect from Czech republic 🎙🎶✊👊💚🎧

[@jhonattancastellanos9923]

Freaky freaky, freaky freaky flow ... Jeru the Damaja ... the beat is so good

[@TheHumanBallsack]

Seriously now, how GOOD was hip hop in the Golden Age!!!!!

[@Number1WuFan]

By the time I was ready to drive and bump loud music Nelly came out... DAMN!! That Damn year 2000!

[@Crazytaru1]

2000 was a great year in hiphop :) slum village was dropping hot shit around then I think thats the around the time little brother dropped their first album I can go on and on but you get my point. Hot shit dropping even now in 2017

[@PhatGirlLuvr68Comix]

REAL Hip Hop.

[@mahanow123]

i fucin luv hip-hop

[@giuspystardust8139]

FuCiN

[@paulgabbard6582]

Like all rap like all old school rap like all hip-hop like all 90s💯💯

[@notu9462]

Still rocking this in the basement!

[@lilOdawgOzoneM.ialien]

My peoples in da world check da flow 🌎🎤🎹🔥🔥🔥

[@naturalbornchiller158]

This track reminds me of a year in Australia, as nice as the weather was some of the fondest memories were chilling at home digging for new hip hop. I'm glad this track will be the one to transport me to the easy times.

[@nathansummers9657]

90's rap golden era doooopeee

[@d.j.finest5598]

Listening 👂 in 2020! And... it is still🔥🔥🔥

[@martinamelung4261]

22...close to 23 :D

[@hoodnut197]

All the old gems stand the test of time.

[@bizproquo]

Mad gems on this channel...!! Peace...

[@jbscornerstore]

Still jamming this in Baltimore 2016!

[@kostaselbadawi6789]

I cant believe this songs even exist bro...i fuckin love it

[@giovanniserra8369]

omg, first time listening to this, I love it

[@nicolaslebrun3196]

Yo man those songs from the 90' are properly mind blowing, it's insane! Thinking of thoses guys experimenting an art not realizing how it would influence what we call now as rap music.. Theses will never get old, and i will actually pass this on my children lmao

[@steffyranger]

Unfortunately, most will never know about this or any underground hip hop music. I was fortunate to grow up listening to rap like this from the 90's. 90's rap is golden age of hip hop never will be replicated

[@jjclasicas]

I´m only 5 years old and I love this.

[@ronmexi]

LMAO

[@dasimsim]

LMAO now ur 7 haha

[@georgenico8257]

Hahaha

[@Screen511]

[Intro] My peoples in Boston, check the flow My peoples in Rhode Island, check the flow My peoples in Connecticut, check the flow My peoples in New York, check the flow My peoples in Jersey, check the flow My peoples in Philly, check the flow My peoples in Delaware, check the flow My peoples in Baltimore, check the flow Now check it [Verse 1] Okay so niggas got skills but still be jockin mine I shape them cyphers in the form of octagons So my shit can ricochet off the whole brigade And blow up on emcees like a live grenade I got that shit you lookin for so put it into quest Infinite numbers count the flows I possess Ancient rhyme styles are now put to a rest Give you pains in your chest like work-related stress I come to block rhymes and those who front Glock 9's Gangster stories, and perpetrate the hard times Out with the days when the darkness chased the youth It's time for sun, race and finally then raise the truth And bring forth the light, cuz it's only right Two brothers with real skills get to rock the mic Curse the gimmicks, I hate fake wanksters and mimics It's time for Hip-Hop to be truly represented Check the flow [Chorus + Vocal sample] You know you've got a flow that makes me feel so nice You know you've got a flow that makes me feel so right You know you've got a flow that makes me feel so good Flow on, flow on [Bridge] Check the flow My peoples in DC, check the flow My peoples in Virginia, check the flow You with them Carolinas, check the flow My peoples in Miami, check the flow [Verse 2] Okay it's one for the money, two for the time Three for the opportunity to go for mine We'll eliminate them sucka crews line after line Shootin lyrics like a 9 with a style defined From the minute I go in it takin shit to the limit Makin sure the hilltop is properly represented Cause that be the rest pot, brothers that test got A quarter for back, we make it hot like a zest spot In the backroom we never make a wack tune We got the props to get ya open like Black Moon Brothers be testin me, booty style stressin me Everybody claim they got the flava for the recipe Some want the money, some do it for the sexin Some spend they lives tryna sound like the next man Well, I got skills on the mic, ayo I never fronted The L's real, kid, so act like you want it [Chorus + Vocal sample] [Bridge] Check the flow My peoples in Atlanta, check the flow My peoples in Houston, check the flow My peoples in Dallas, check the flow My peoples in L.A., check the flow [Verse 3] No competition when I'm speakin on this non-fiction Layin it down on 8 second bits of repetition My expedition begins where my diction accents The average level - I'm a certified funk rebel Who won't tolerate emcees I consolidate Into one crew, so less suckaz I must run through Who claim they nice on the mic, but what they got for me? I'm something fierce when it comes to the auditory My mic sings like a hummingbird, that's my word My claim to fame is the fliest that you ever heard Yo pass the mic to L. Fly and let me catch wreck Cause I gets busy, the show or the soundcheck It doesn't matter yo, the pockets gettin fatter You can save all the chatter cause we thick like batter Somebody gotta win, somebody gotta lose Yo I pay my dues and I refuse to lose Givin crews the blues with any style you choose We chantin real Hip-Hop, fuck the "Ahh's!" and "Oo's!" Yo the L's been phat, so you best protect ya neck I hit the skins, collect the check - and now it's time to check Check the flow [Chorus + Vocal sample] [Bridge] Check the flow My peoples in Oakland, check the flow My peoples in Seattle, check the flow My peoples in Chicago, check the flow My peoples in Detroit, check the flow [Alternate Chorus] And on, and on And on, and on And on, and on And on, and on X2 [Outro over alt. Chorus] Nah I'm sayin? - Word is bond Funkie Ave in the place, yah'mean? Someone feelin this? Hit the skin, y'nah I'm sayin? Make a loop, S.C.U. nah'mean? Brothers hatin, y'nah I'm sayin? (inaudible voice in booth) [Chorus + Vocal sample] [Fade-out Chorus] Flow me Come on and flow me Flow~ Come on and flow then Why don't you flow then

[@kruij095]

Far out Walter wanna go bowlin" ?

[@FollowingStorm0]

Thank you for the lyrics, you absolute legend

[@Willesden_Rab1_TV]

@@kruij095 😂👍

[@maxpaynless7505]

Quite a few lyrics here aren't correct - "It's time for sun rise so finally embrace the truth" is the correct bar for that line. "So brothers with real skills" not Two brothers. Its "Pranksters" not Wanksters. It's "Rest spot" instead of rest pot, "Cess Spot" instead of zest spot because he's talking about a smoke spot as well as the quarter for back part actually being "Call the fuck back" - and finally it's "When my addiction extends" (obviously because he's addicted to spitting bars) Got most of it right though.

[@ELIAS527100]

Bueno, no sé mucho English sin embargo good job

[@ElectricSoulShow]

Ladies and Gentleman this is Hip Hop music - Great rapper, good lyrics, good beat and what a sample... remember sampling jazz, funk and soul tunes......... Not auto tuning!!! I challenge the music of Hip Hop and Hip Artist of today - To try and start to make music like this again - I dare you!!!

[@thdoom81]

agreed

[@brachbarber2889]

Uhmm Wu-Tang Clan just released an album not too long ago and its pretty good. Not to mention Nas is still in the game? Aesop Rock is still dropping bombs and DJ Premier does mad beats for rappers now and dont get me started on Joey Badass and all the poeple under Pro Era label. Another bomb ass record label is Rhymesayers based outta the midwest. Its out there you just gotta stop being lazy and find it

[@MastaFuryBlighted]

I can't afford mpcs and cool shit to go to town with... sure wish I could.

[@mrskinszszs]

There are good artists out there, you just need to find them: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rn65oGpug5eUa7c

[@sdobrev4701]

@@brachbarber2889 Lol, Wu-Tang and Nas are washed up. And yeah, anyone who doesn't want to dig through thousands of albums of new trash to find one that might be good is "lazy". Moron. Why not just stick with the 90's where there's endless good shit and it's not that hard to find.

[@NodinVFX]

thank you for reposting incredible music 🎵 💕

[@jackie9847]

i wish mainstraem music today was still like this ......... nothing can top the 90s

[@DXVTHRIDXRSFC1765]

This is that underground shit frfr

[@realhiphop5701]

summer jam 95'

[@browndigity420]

2024 still checking the flow

[@yungnalexis8155]

Still bumping 😎

[@AnnLaustsen87]

Are you still listening to this in 2021? I am!

[@AnnLaustsen87]

Still listening in 2022!

[@Grimmjow19872]

2023 here

[@ac-lq1sh]

This beat is the definition of oldschool

[@maxmajestic2694]

2024 & Beyond.

[@jamesleto5265]

My people in the Midwest check the flow

[@everyonedies9654]

My peoples in Los Angeles check your flow

[@michaelleikas8968]

This restores faith once lost. Bumpin' knockin' harrrdd af!!

[@isaiahmyers1181]

How could we forget, it's meant to be dance music!

[@youtubewatcher2006]

Ill flow. Real Hip Hop! Salute!

[@theillestKP]

Old school Philly sound

[@karlheinzseppel]

that beat. fuck. great

[@omardaher7997]

Always and forever.

[@user-xx2rr1gg4y]

Real good Flow ❤it

[@honoredebalzac7749]

the sample is from "montara" by Bobby Hutcherson

[@therealexpletive]

madlib also murdered this sample on the blue note. fiya!!!

[@honoredebalzac7749]

You can also hear this sample on "smooth with mine" by Nautilus

[@georgenico8257]

josh lancaster cant get ahead from falling behind

[@davemusyoka5144]

2023? Come and flow with me, Floooooooooouuuuuuyeeeah 4:32

[@bongoscongasantiquecashreg4544]

Ahhhhhhhhh relaxing reclining right now lovin this my relax groove is on so nice!

[@BiscuitBob]

such talent and so underappreciated

[@therealparanormale]

underground class.big up you all!

[@edgyphocker8810]

hip-hop headache

[@kasperrodet9533]

For everyone who is listening to this song: I like your style son

[@idiedoflaughterinc.4418]

very fucking NICE. I'm tripping and this track randomly popped up...lol. Peace out, x

[@samirsejfulai322]

kzbin.info/aero/PLR5vUECXXtBugSljG3e5DsI0-LdNOJdWA Enjoy bro

[@zombi3907]

dude @hankeshh thank you so much for uploading all this. I cant stand the current iteration of trap influenced beat production and raga style vocals. Styles come and go, and its all good, but this was a special time for rap and hip hop, and if you grew up in the suburbs of the west coast this is like gold, because its all new to me, like someone granted me a wish i didn't know I could make.

[@mrruckuz7094]

Salute To L Fly He was suppose to Produce the Verdict for me but sent me to Jay Funk,, Salute

[@jeffbusby3003]

Mannnnn that beat knocking.

[@r0flharris92]

Amazing beats, quality flows; what more could you possibly ask for?!

[@fans90tas64]

Ohhh shitf .. dope tune Relax melody!!

[@braulioalanix1512]

Its that Rest In Pease shit...the soul of Ol' skool runs through my veins

[@naturalbornchiller158]

The lyrics on the back end of Check The Flow are locked

[@michaelruiz8745]

rompedores de los 90s ❤

[@liquidism85]

What a great track❤❤❤❤

[@timoniksen9857]

Damn, massive tunes, thanks for the upload!

[@robertboeh1857]

Shabaam Sadeeq - The great paper chase

[@shotguntwan217]

My people on West Coast check da flow

[@facemobbnation]

Nikka no 🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️

[@TheGrrson]

Just a great track.

[@halfpipefreak]

90s is a time i will miss forever. I fucking HATE the shit we are in today.

[@downtowndaze8685]

Still bumping

[@sashm55]

so dope, last bit remided me of lil dap from group home

[@SNOWE43ZiiiQ]

maybe he

[@lavv5933]

Mind melting

[@HorribleHomeVideo]

this sample must have been the go to for this scene i found 4 songs in a row with same sample

[@uncle.samc4778]

Freaky Freaky, Freaky Freaky Flow

[@junkyard9579]

Awesome!

[@slanderman3296]

The algorithm can be sweet at times ;)

[@CheifR0cka]

I always think about how dudes from the nineties couldn't have predicted the internet/KZbin/streaming. Bc if they could've they wouldn't have such unspecific names like "L." lol. Unless you're a mega superstar, with a name like that, it'd be so difficult to find you.

[@Etubnuel]

montara. dope!

[@carlmo9950]

smooth jams, tu meke hankeshh keep the good stuff rollin'

[@rodrigoal-hadrami6087]

feel in like NYC 🇨🇱

[@genekimani4024]

my peeps in kenya check yo floooow

[@almadedios8447]

CHECK THE FLOW ALL THE WORD

[@highlynoise]

So freshhhhh

[@XTRABIG]

hot!! bobby hutcherson sample.. nice

[@10InchSnow]

wooooooo now thats smoov

[@Cambert313]

last song was really really dope

[@natedogg5708]

His name is L. Fly, the lyrics are on genius.