Ill Al Skratch - I'll Take Her ft. Brian McKnight

Music video by Ill Al Skratch performing I'll Take Her. (C) 1994 The Island Def Jam Music Group

[@dee7898]

I’m 44 and so glad I grew up in this era of hip hop!!!

[@krlm2280]

Factuals! U must be 79 or 80

[@sidneyatkins6678]

Word

[@BiGGCaiN24]

I’m 40. And I agree with this post 100%

[@ivangoran4461]

I was 19 when this came out. My school was finishing at 19:15. I had my VCR programmed recording at 19:00 h not to miss any new release on Yo! MTV RAPS or FAB 5 FREDDY. It was in the third year of sanctions imposed on my country, but sanctions don`t work when it comes to music. We had satellite dish since 1986 when all channels were free. You could barely find shtty music on tv or radio when you compare it to nowadays.

[@sidneyatkins6678]

Junior's Restaurant that's on Flatbush Avenue they got some good food in there too

[@HannibalHector714]

This generation will never understand how DOPE the 90's were. ✌🏾😎

[@duster43]

NEVER !

[@cherihouston1022]

the best music eva

[@diegoolmosc.2826]

@@duster43

[@tommycholewinski786]

Can’t teach them either

[@peterbarjonah6274]

Never, ever!

[@farrellcityking1]

If you didn’t live thru this era, you’ll never truly understand how🔥 it was. What a time.

[@missgigip]

Agreed

[@IRON5]

Real talk fam!

[@johnnightshade5779]

Word!

[@honeygourmet572]

Maaaan these were the best times! This been in my playlist for decades🔥

[@kenken429]

What a time to be alive!

[@sidneyatkins6678]

Women back then they were so pure and natural

[@atdubya9576]

I’m 44 and this track still gets me nodding🔥🔥 such good memories and vibes!

[@adamgordon2572]

I’m 41 and couldn’t agree more 🔥🔥

[@jammalaustin8455]

Rap City 🌃 let’s go

[@rufussmithjr2821]

I’m 49 and I’ll rock this in my car all day, this was the joint back in the day

[@Lapua79]

44 also…. I feel u

[@CarlaJackson-iq2ec]

You ain't lying. I'm 47 and I come here atleast once a week

[@brendajackson13]

Brian McKnight singing the hook is pure genius!

[@adamgordon2572]

He absolutely murdered it 🔥🔥

[@kelvinarnold2417]

Its perfection.🎤🎛️🎸

[@J2dADispora]

Black women of the 90's....sweet Jesus. Take me back..

[@eanmuhammad6318]

#NoTattoos #NoFacePiercings #NoCrazyWeaves

[@SephirothGodF7]

BEFORE BBL TODAY U CANT TELL WHATS REAL OR NOT🙄

[@shawn72251]

Naturally pretty

[@dulanikincaid7778]

❤word

[@jeffb4762]

100% all Natural 🥵

[@MiguelBKNY]

Who’s here in 2024

[@AliviyaJ]

Me😊

[@gracious2gf]

🙋🏾‍♀️

[@laynaleelee29]

78 still here

[@MiguelBKNY]

@@AliviyaJ 💯

[@MiguelBKNY]

@@gracious2gf 🙌

[@cyrolacorte6469]

I am 47 and I remember getting home from school and tuning into Rap City to watch videos like this 😀

[@seagreentangerine2065]

Real Men, Real Women... no plastic butts here ! Old Skool Chill.

[@alexanderjackson9175]

Seagreentangerine right onnnn

[@mdot100]

Well said, NO FAKE ASSES AND TITTIES!! Wow, what a concept ladies! Y'all should try it....

[@michaelspikes1685]

Sup qutiee

[@gioswazyhaiti1931]

👏👏👏

[@Militantreturns]

😒😒😒😒😒😒😒

[@since9533]

Timeless record McKnight bodied the hook

[@iluvmyboba]

Absolutely.

[@sidneyatkins6678]

First degree murder dog

[@revvolutions]

Sexual healin'. Damn that boy good.

[@diligentsun1154]

To DEFF!

[@reesyrozay8907]

Classic! These young teenie boppers don't know nothing about this!

[@iveywebb]

OK!!!!

[@theflyent7106]

Facts

[@keithdavid1544]

Reesy Rozay I'm young and I love music like this

[@joestill2199]

Exactly

[@mrtruthhurts2307]

Faxxxxx

[@vybez08]

Today's music is a disgrace. This is true Hip-Hop.

[@damienchance2622]

Exactly 👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿

[@ShyraR]

This the MOST HONEST comment EVER!

[@puertoricoaka47]

A few days into 2024 and let me check....Yup today's music is still trash lol,90's music for life.

[@BirdBreakfastClub]

I really appreciate it

[@BirdBreakfastClub]

Thats Mary j Blige B4 her just slowed down

[@amass2158]

When NEW YORK WAS POPPPPPPIN!!!! 92 93...THE GOOD OL DAYS

[@marylandman12]

this reminds me of new York undercover for some reason

[@Wilma.Flintstone]

God, I used to love that show; would love to have it come on Netflix!

[@marylandman12]

***** hehehe me too my friend

[@gmf357]

Same vibe I got!! Like the opening background music of an episode while a guy commits the crime!!!

[@evettevaught5026]

Delante's Vlog Show I know right. It's the right vibe feel good song.

[@christianclarke2113]

Delante's Vlog Show right before the theme song, when they setting up the story!

[@kinglee270]

I miss the nineties

[@gavinblake2527]

me too...if u could go back and get rid of hammer, snow and vanilla ice...🤣

[@adamgordon2572]

CHECK MATE : Real talk 💯

[@torrijones8434]

yessss!!

[@oliveelcaracol]

So i bro...

[@arandomperson9591]

Best era ever i need a time machine

[@MrKs757]

Only real MC's and real MEN can make a song showing straight love to the ladies with a popular R&B crooner singing the hook and yet NOBODY calls it soft or weak

[@nickatnite16]

At time Brian was a new jack. He was known to the Midnight love audience (BET) from his duet with Vanessa Williams. This song(I believe they were all on Mercury records) opened Brian up to the hip hop audience. Even though Brian was early 20s here,his music(duet with Vanessa and his debut album) was geared toward a more mature audience

[@dedricderesenn6424]

@@nickatnite16 don’t know where you grew up but out in CA everybody(HipHop crowd) knew who Brain McKnight was before this song hit.

[@almadeunrebel]

you mean like DMX carrying Sisqo?

[@Matiasm10]

1994 was the GOLDEN rap era. Today's music is crap

[@garypace7697]

This had to be one of the best hip hop songs in the 90's that combined smooth R&b with some really dope lyrics. They were such and underrated group.

[@dewaynezachary]

I miss the nineties with a passion

[@iveywebb]

💯💯💯

[@kevaunthesunflower]

Me tooooo!! And I wasn't even born in the 90's.

[@arandomperson9591]

When I hit the lottery I'm not buying a house or car I'm buying a time machine

[@chauceyhunt85]

dewayne zachary 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽

[@sidneyatkins6678]

Me Too Baby Girl

[@caporegime1453]

I’m 21 and I love this music. Nothin better than 90’s NY hip hop / rap, my generation will learn soon enough! Nothin better!

[@cassandradennis5685]

O M G!!! This was the JAM back in the day 💞

[@landocalrisian2014]

SHO WAS 🔥🔥🔥

[@adamgordon2572]

Still is fam… Brain McKnight killed the hook 🔥🔥

[@CrunkAtlantaMag]

51 and grew up in the best era of HipHop

[@lisalynch2349]

Facts

[@DiaAkin]

All you youngins take note. These boys were “one hit wonders” and this song KNOCKS!! The difference is, the talent pool was SO crazy back then, that only the absolute ELITE survived. Y’all will NEVER know what it’s like to walk into a music store with your LAST $15 and be in there for 2-3 hours just trying to decide on which ONE tape you’d walk out with. EVERYTHING was dope back then.

[@arcsta_rr]

Wow!

[@MelAlstonJr]

To hits Homie lol

[@ubreakubuy]

Facts homie!! I'd spend an hour, minimum and let the cashier up-sell me an extra blank cassette. Cause I had to go home and make mixes for the road. People today are spoiled cause everything is at their fingertips. We had to listen to whole albums and make mixes of only the best joints across all our albums. That way we stayed fresh and on it. Good times!

[@malikbronson1844]

Two Hits Where My Homies.

[@sandracabrera1748]

They was not not one his wonders they had were my hommies and fact they were pure Golden Era of hip hop so stop putting these rappers down what are you doing they fly and dope rapper's

[@yomelo]

Brian McKnight killed killed that hook 🥵

[@kelvinarnold2417]

Facts

[@MrLuckythadon]

Facts best part

[@derrickrobbins8100]

Brian Mcknight was just too damn smooth in this video

[@musiclover-cn7tb]

Derrick Robbins he sure was watched it again on music choice hours ago LOL.

[@goekmenmilan9360]

goldese

[@ghettoman1238]

PAUSE

[@slickster7035]

Yo he laced the hell out of this track....

[@yourdwellingspace7407]

Great collaboration with Brian Mcknight!!!

[@ralph328chaunceyst.7]

No Tinder,No IG,No Facebook. You had to step up and kick the ballistics,whether 34th St,Grants Tomb,The Ville,UnionSq, or 125th St!

[@e.s.7520]

Yes!!! Real men did it the real way back then. You had to bring your best finesse!

[@sidneyatkins6678]

Damn brother you just ran down the whole roster

[@chandlerscaringia5260]

You forgot the seaport

[@Aluvsloans]

Grants tomb... Throwback...

[@EzeICE]

Facts my brotha! You just had to step up and kick the bozack! Lol

[@rennexoxo]

No skinny jeans skirt wearing dudes in this video

[@containeduniverse]

lol or saggin

[@mnitram170]

Lmao on point...

[@PeekaBooo24]

Word! Bring back the baggy clothes style!

[@mikeeholmes9647]

Word!!!!

[@PeekaBooo24]

2:51 Downstairs Records on 27th & 7th ave in NYC back in the day. Walk 3 steps down and there would be a live DJ playing the latest vinyl! Miss that place...

[@ltjojn444]

One of the best songs back in the day period 😂

[@ronaldr.236]

When hip hop and r&b was perfected!

[@stephenbridge6838]

I give ya man a pound ...then I ask you what's ur name #savage!!!!

[@anakearse960]

Stephen Bridgemohan 😂😂 riiiite!

[@terrencerhodes6403]

#pimpshit

[@ChromeTecNina]

He smooth as hell if he pulled that girl because she was fine as hell

[@mrtruthhurts2307]

Facts 😂😂

[@Airsign83]

Charlie Digital and he did🤪🤪

[@LGKids]

This jam is masterfully smooth! They dont make cuts like this no more! Peace!

[@damienchance2622]

Nope

[@devmiles]

Smooth is the word! The vibe is real

[@MCCABEWORLD]

THAT SONG IS TIMELESS! THESE VIBES....SHHH 🔥😎

[@misterbee66]

Yes. It is.

[@remoand]

p

[@icegold1125]

Facts🎙🎼🔉🧯

[@eversend5866]

TWO GROWN ASS MEN DOING DEY TANG INDA GAME. LOVE IT. BEST ERA

[@jeremypatterson9658]

Most definitely!!! 100%!!!

[@lynny5510]

I am 52 and still listening to and loving this song!!!!!!!

[@detroitlockoutlocksmith]

Man these were the best years of my life, from teenage years going in to my twenties all within the 90s. 1994 was the best year for hip hop period. So much music flooded the market all at once Hip Hop dominated the music industry. It was a beautiful time for kids, teenagers, young adults and grown adult fans of hip hop music. These guys Ill and Al Scratch Biggie Snoop Da Brat Warren G Lost Boyz Nas Wu Tang everybody blew up in 1994. I’ll never forget it. A part of me is stuck in that decade and I swear when I obtain the funds I will buy every nostalgic thing I ever wanted in my youth. The beautiful thing about becoming an older adult is that you gain wisdom and discernment things that you couldn’t figure out as a youth, you understand a lot better and faster. It’s a blessing to grow older because you become smarter, you think and make smart decisions at a faster pace.

[@wvaltv]

A "hidden gem" from the 90s is the best way to describe this one. Loved McKnight's vocals on this combo. Good memories!

[@joeblye1664]

That was the east coast sway ish right there. New millennium kids don't know bout this right here!

[@nellyluscious]

Thats what Im saying!! Smh!

[@LilC2000]

Your sooo right im 22 years old and I just discovered this song today and I love it way better then the songs these days where have I been....

[@nellyluscious]

Hunny!! The 90s era it self has had way more impact, better this , better that! Check it out!!

[@unarthodoxx]

@@LilC2000 i know your comment is 6 years old but i am 22 now and just have the same moment

[@OmegaRed-zh2mp]

when New York City was on the map with R&B collabs in the 90s was untouchable I want to know did puffy take this beat to do mary j blige be happy sounds similar

[@brieyekatz]

Yeah it's Curtis Mayfield "you're so good to me"

[@musiclover-cn7tb]

Brian Katz also sampled by Mary j Blige Be Happy.

[@youngwax5946]

BKNY718 oh wow u hit that one then, i knew that beat sounded familiar just didn't think about this song..

[@domineeksanford8043]

Beverly Huttinger Gentrification

[@kevaunthesunflower]

They credit him on the album

[@Kwaczar]

Reminds me of those high school days…the good ole days

[@Infamousstyles301beyond]

This well always be my theme song, had this track album kn cassette, cd,vinly, digital and i remember this was repeated requested video back in the music juke box days 😎

[@ty-le5lv]

West Coast raised, rarely heard East Coast music unless you went looking, never heard of these guys until recently. How did i grow up missing this? This song is outstanding and an embodiment of 90s harmony and smoothness.

[@MrWorq]

This song is eternal it will NEVER get old. R.I.P to my best friend Sean "Mr. Seansitivity" Fuller. Every time I hear this track it makes me reminisce and think about the good days. Man you are truly missed by everybody and I mean everybody. Brandon/Tampa Florida to El Centro California.

[@alonalove3118]

Mr.Worq my his soul rest in peace

[@carliseperry2417]

This real music not like this music they play now

[@jefferyreaves5552]

Mr. Worq I am truly sorry for your loss, you will see him again- The Most High just gotta arrange the "meeting".

[@reesyrozay8907]

And who the hell thumbing down this? They must be some 90's-2000's babies😑

[@joestill2199]

You already know BEAUTIFUL!!!

[@thetechman3090]

90's music for life!!

[@antoniojohnson6824]

They have no idea

[@pabloesco3373]

Reesy Rozay lol

[@45seis]

Reesy Rozay probably these young thunder cats lol.

[@acnixon]

I grew up listening to Brian McKnight ---- that voice to die for. I wasn't familiar with the works of Ill Al Skratch but I'm just glad I see Ill at work every now and then.

[@bv5853]

These dudes were dope that whole album had bangers.when hiphop was the truth

[@RL_Williams]

Yes i loved those dudes

[@ibramblebush]

This was me and my homeboys friday night anthem in 94-96.

[@ricopitts5587]

Aye take her!!!$

[@georgevarughese4886]

True

[@cityofsyrupp]

Bet y'all used to have mad fun just wildn

[@California-cn4nk]

Bramble, I was bumpin' this hard also on Friday and Saturday nights back then! Hell, I still bump this hard in 2018. Never gets old. Thanks for sharing. Yesssss! Sirrrrr!

[@comptonraven]

gilbaulds and timberlands cups of Hennessy and besides in Compton 95

[@kilolo2u383]

BET used to show this everyday💯

[@AUTOMOBILZ]

90s was the $hit, damn I wish I could go back!

[@stevenramirezmistersmokes6379]

OG ILL AL SKRATCH#1

[@johnjohnson7006]

🤔CLASSIC ‼WOW THESE WERE THE DAYS....

[@jeromepenn3244]

This is the Real Hip Hop Era!! This time will never be duplicated people!! If you were fortunate enough to hear this era you were a part of history!!#TIMELESS

[@salrossi2576]

One of the greatest collab R&B and Hip Hop songs of all time. It set the standard for the genre; it set the stage for the time of the era was done, and possibly will never be done again.

[@ProlificPops]

This production is still ahead of its time. 90's hip-hop was untouchable.

[@dorenjackson1166]

Still sounds amazing today

[@natachaduchesne7546]

Listening to this in Brussels / Belgium. 90s saved my life… so blessed

[@superdupersubby]

It's good for the soul for sure

[@SGH-rt6ci]

Production of this track is pure excellence whether you like rap or not

[@lewisbrown5003]

This is smooth Hip-Hop,,,no cussing and disrespectful lyrics...

[@sirpoppinchuck]

I think this song came back it will still slap!!! It’s got a swing n bop that you cant deny.

[@anthonypierre6604]

That EPMD sample from "JANE" was the shit!!!

[@diligentsun1154]

STILL cruisin', off this one!

[@SL504NYY26]

This is the versatility that's missing with today's so called hip hop. This could be a club anthem, a smoke, drink and chill anthem, hell I used to work out to this joint.... LOL One song Three moods. CRAZY

[@ladydi5770]

SL504NYY26 that’s real. Putting on my workout mix right now

[@cashoutsteve2495]

Straight up facts, this is what's missing today!!!

[@45bombom]

I remember liking this video because of the girl ❤️ The song was good also 💯

[@JamesArnold-u2x]

I wish Ill Al skratch would drop another album. This style is bad🔥🔥🔥

[@papiking1991]

Damn son where has hip hop and r&b went man ! 90s was just a golden era we will never get back

[@TheWardBond]

Remember when rappers danced?? DOPE TUNE!!

[@biggbatt]

Martyn Taylor hell yea Kane Kid n Play even saw Rakim bust a two step at the Apollo

[@shawncasey4580]

True classic! This held us down in 94!!

[@marsclayton1002]

Back when NYC was really live, and had all the flavor! Fly times to be a kid.😎

[@alexzander1769]

It's 2024 and I still listen to 90s hip-hop🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@Wilma.Flintstone]

I love Ill's moves from 2:01-2:58, he was feeling it!! 😍

[@nicholasd.wolfwood772]

I walk down the street just like that. Everywhere really. Looking like P. Diddy cousin

[@jesswilson6012]

My boy killed that sequence lol

[@hbmob112]

The hand eye coordination was elite! 😩

[@twinkd7012]

True

[@snelson4783]

Bruh, u have no idea what u did putting that time stamp 👍🏿👍🏿

[@nellyluscious]

Classic shit!!! Perfect with Brian on the vocals!!

I hated this group (lol)

[@nellyluscious]

Mechacelzi love this song!!

***** i see

[@nellyluscious]

Mechacelzi you see alot!

***** indeed

[@rick3y0]

I probably heard this when I was younger but I don’t remember. I can’t lie this song hitting.

[@antoniogiardiello2663]

That 90s flow....❤

[@TMama_]

♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️ it !! Still today… The year my 2nd eldest son was born.

[@joldschool64]

Where is my time machine to go back

[@CEELOW3000]

So blessed to have grown up during the birth of Hip-Hop and to experience these genuine classics

[@RonaldJames-eo2hc]

Man these a such classic joints. No other era will ever be great like the 90s. Golden era of Rap & R&B. Nowadays music is like fast food & no true talent or no creativity & everyone sound the same. 90s forever

[@craigecraw4143]

So many times I rolled up, in my Z28.. with the generals choice on deck! So many,so many, with women unlimited decisions that they make. One decision that they always make is satisfying satisfaction. That is a General Decision.. 😊😊 One she is not generalized as she remembers it today.. Beautiful woman!. I made every moment with her a lifetime of seconds that lasted forever in that moment of time.. every time!

[@samkad79ers]

Oh yeah... When i was a young man...90's ❤️

[@azzholebynature6271]

Puff daddy stole my man whole look n swag

[@ahkiheru-kemet5118]

Diddy and Juicy J

[@carlwallace1129]

💯 absolutely swagger jacked him

[@elijahdreamprayer6618]

Women look beautiful here.

[@adamgordon2572]

Elijah Dreamprayer66 * Amen bro 🙌🏾 no lip fillers, Arse done, boobs poppin out... just natural real women 👍🏾

[@rcreed77]

Nothing fake about none of them 🍯 dips....

[@jesswilson6012]

Especially the red bone towards the end that he had arguing with her man.

[@westrailroad6316]

IF YOU DON'T WANNA DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME. LOOKED UP AND DOWN AND SAID UMM I'LL TAKE HER!!!

[@TheDjSweets]

In the clubs back in these glorious days. You could dance with several different ladies and not even have a conversation or get number. But it wasn’t even a thing. Just pure vibes. And then do it all again next weekend. Even the local bad mans was on the dance floor

[@reginaldsexton2550]

Who here in 2024 the 90s the best

[@mekameek1725]

lord have mercy....this song bring back good/fun memories

[@PeekaBooo24]

Damn yo, this ish is 20+ years old! Seems like just yesterday this joint came out and real Hip-Hop was relevant...

[@alltimeklazzikz]

One of the Dopest Hip Hop/R&B songs ever, in my Top 15... The Vibe/Mood The Beat the Lyrics and of course Brian Killin it right on the spot. Todays Garbage Music cant compete with this!

[@lendocal1254]

Still..... so dope....absolute butter!

[@kleindavis550]

90’s babay love it

[@shanplez6771]

That Brian McKnight intro tho!!!!!! Damn!!! 00:31

[@sbabzy]

This JOINT is still crazy today... FIRE

[@troydogg2716]

The 90s was so dope

[@Phillyfan1999]

When hip hop had soul to it souless sound now smh glad grew up in 90s legendary

[@rondasmith5188]

A great way to blast in 2015 at the new year's party damn everybody loved it!!! The DJ played it twice in a row and this shit came out in 1994!

[@Capri30Armon]

That's is what's up I plan on bumping this at my old school bday party in a couple months!!!

[@michaelrobinson2593]

Back in the days, Smooth S**T!!!

[@23dgoudeau]

highly slept on cut....straight zzzzzing on this one

[@shanyagraham946]

This is one of my favorite songs from them, followed by Where My Homies. Beats for both songs are 🔥

[@DJDAVINCI]

No skinny jeans back then those were the dayz 🥺

[@eanmuhammad6318]

Back when (black) folks hardly EVER wore tattoos.........especially the ladies. A person was looked at as weird, rebelious or just crazy for being tatted-up. Now, it's a must-have with many.

[@ryencollins3417]

yes! smh

[@gmckenziejr82]

I just tried to explain this to my oldest son that black folks didn't rock tattoos like that in my time.

[@infamousm244]

The vibes and the energy these two deliver is unique!

[@donnettamccray1627]

Still listening to this in COVID-19 2020

[@michaelhatcher5264]

Love the smooth old-school rap. Old school 🍎 NY. Miss it.

[@kingkubus5771]

Let em keep hatin, ill rake ladies like 2 arms full of black chips...again 🎩💎🥃

[@jay-rock6627]

@ 2:00 your boy ill made sure that cigarette 🚬 was all the way out !!! & rises up doing the original Harlem Shake moves y'all ain't peep that back then lol. Classic 👌🏿💯

[@therealflamelit]

PHILLIE BLUNT

[@user-bj3mu5kq3y]

That was a philly blunt ol school