k-os - Crabbuckit

[@rhazekamp11]

For those interested: 'Crabbuckit' refers to the 'Crab in the bucket'-syndrome, a phenomenon where when a group of crabs is trapped in a bucket, they will pull any crab who's trying to escape down, thus ensuring collective elimination. Also Nelly Furtado is seen playing a guitar at 1:14 and Red1 from Rascalz at the bar beside k-os at 2:45. And yes, k-os is written with a lower case k, to look less agressive. The more you know... :)

[@juanma1882]

No is not. Its a vril reference. Donald marshall explains it

[@JuliaMorganMezzo]

@@juanma1882 That's right....only Canadian crabs act that way.

[@darkcaballus]

@@juanma1882 provide the link because absolutely nowhere on the internet agrees with you after multiple Google searches.

[@igorseagull9324]

Refers to anyplace in the world where someone's trying to better themselves...but their family, friends, people keep pulling them back down.

[@marityla]

I've loved this song since forever, and never knew this until now! I just heard a reference to the Crab bucket phenomenon and it clicked... came here to listen, and you confirmed for me :)

[@lukemandato]

Canadian musical hero! This song was EVERYWHERE back in the day... so nostalgic and it still holds up, legendary to say the very LEAST!

[@Beeswax54]

❤

[@DHGWHISKEY117]

This makes me feel old as fuck

[@lovelygrows4982]

@@DHGWHISKEY117😂

[@Calxdtorna]

i remember listening to this song when i was younger but i couldn't find it until today on my local radio station

[@dale116dot7]

The Good Lovelies did a nice cover of this song. Three part harmony, and during the breakdown the upright bass does a cool descending/ascending thing.

[@gluehigh416]

one of Torontos realest artist. hands down!

[@anikadhaliwal2898]

he now live in Vancouver

[@bulltrunch]

So true! Man I wish more Rap artists were like this. Another great one is Classified and Shad. K-OS is amazing. What a songwriter and a genius.

[@energydoesntlie]

@@anikadhaliwal2898 really???

[@anikadhaliwal2898]

@@energydoesntlie yea

[@UninterestedLlama]

From whitby

[@snipee7]

chilld hood memories rite here

[@obmilne]

Yep

[@suicudeisbadass2861]

Ikr

[@suicudeisbadass2861]

Omg yessssss

[@jolenethomas1324]

Ten Thieves ikr

[@kawaiisnowflake7317]

Right not rite*

[@steventheoschuster1060]

One of the best Canadian musicians of all time. Ubiquitous and influential for such a long time.

[@thereverendepi_gee565]

Dream Warriors... Neil Young.. Tragically Hip... among my favs :)

[@libertypickers2780]

One of the Best artists east of the metaverse

[@sarahebb5223]

Didn't know that!

[@ChicknSandwich]

​@oodlesofnoodles9437 kos is a douche. He came to our campus for a concert. He started every song with the intro of crabs, then went off playing a different song. By the 6th time he did this, people started chatting Crabs! CRABS!!! Kos goes on to say "you know what Niagara Falls?! Go F--k yourselves!!!....no no I shouldn't of said that..."

[@Johnnywhamo]

LOL a ya riiiiiight

[@Thatnobodyguy]

We all know you weren't recommended this song you searched it up after all this time

[@unanimousanonymous3354]

Holla!

[@Danielle-cg7mk]

Loved this song when I was a kid!!!!

[@raevee6545]

And how tf do you truly know that and why tf does it really matter Who tf pissed in your cheerios

[@MrNobyEh]

I have a sick graffiti pick of this in Toronto on my or Sony digital camera

[@CaptainAMAZINGGG]

I did indeed 😂

[@Aitkey]

This song gives me so much nostalgia from my childhood

[@Shining_Waters]

Same i just finally found it and hot dayum i feel so happy ^u^

[@averyorieux3764]

Me too!!

[@DevunGames]

Kappakappakappakappakappa

[@UnclePistank]

+Aitkey Wish I could say that, but I was 31 when this song came out. Don't get old, kids.

[@amandabrown8454]

Great Canadian artist! Deserves way more credit❤

[@Boog_53]

It just got stuck in my head again, like 20 years later LoL

[@sylveoneevee429]

Agree

[@obscurereference6298]

first part, true. second part, nah. he was basically the biggest asshole in the industry.

[@dentalqueen26]

Agreed

[@queenbrahmer7040]

This guy was an icon ahead of his time 😩😩😩😩😩😩😩😩😩😩😩

[@gilespeterson6832]

THIS is what Canadian hip-hop is.

[@seanjjpaul]

A real pioneer. He was singing and rapping before anyone thought it was cool in the genre

[@thisguy8100]

Im from Louisana and ik he's Canadian but the background instrumentals are so NOLA it's bad ass can't believe I've never heard of him before

[@xierraleone1905]

Pretty sure it’s NOLA inspired

[@richardstewart7324]

Cajuns are originally from nb ns Canada

[@thisguy8100]

@@richardstewart7324 very true sir!

[@Burdflu]

@@richardstewart7324 yup. a lot of underground railroad went over to Halifax

[@shawnfoxfirth9684]

@@richardstewart7324 The Acadians .. .

[@16Sirens]

This is a timeless Canadian 💎.....that brings this groove funk to another dimension ✨️🪄🎶♥️

[@abbybiggs1871]

I’m in the back of my mom’s topaz car on a hot day with the window’s rolled down and I can hear this playing in the background on the radio, it’s weird, it’s the simplest memories I cherish the most. If you see this one day K-os, thank you for the wonderful memory.

[@dakotatompkins5579]

Its crazy what songs can remind you of. I can remember my mom driving down the 401 blasting this in her little beater honda when i was like four lol.

[@HANALOGB]

[@enclavehere6495]

I remember just being in the backseat of my moms green car, not really paying attention to the radio, but then this song comes on and I lock in with it right away, windows down and big open blue skies. Such a great song

[@jakes-dev1337]

Same exact. Thanks k-os

[@runnerfromjupiter]

Same ty kos the lyrical genius

[@stevenschuster]

K-OS's first 2 albums are some of the best Albums ive heard. One of the most underrated artist.

[@sxnny2x]

I will never forget when i was a kid on Canada day in Regina Saskatchewan you had a performance that night and you went back to your tour bus and you actually let me come on the bus and you signed my shoe thats a memory i will never forget man thank you!

[@lindaohanraha-hanrahan2817]

2024-I still listen to this album all the time. Especially in the summertime. 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

[@whatxaxdrag]

tragically hip reference will always make me smile.

[@thereverendepi_gee565]

hahah

[@renlessard]

This whole album still holds up. Amazing songs

[@CJusticeHappen21]

"Fascinating creature, the crab. Got that hard exterior, but he ain't really dangerous... 'cept to another crab. Dumb as all hell. Can't even walk straight. Matter of fact, the only thing a crab is good for is holding back other crabs. A crab don't wanna see another crab make it. Crab is like,' if I'm gonna die, we all gonna die'. I admire that. We all gotta die sometimes, might as well help each other get there." - Lord Rufus Crabmiser

[@charles125]

I laughed really hard and respected that profound comment

[@SporeFreak2010]

Indeed Good Sir o_O-

[@ningus223]

Profound comment that. Words to live by.

[@Devpokes]

CJusticeHappen21 Rufus Crabmiser? Is that the guy's name from that episode of The Boondocks who says that? If so im impressed, i didnt catch that when i saw the episode.

[@ningus223]

Devpokes Oh shit I just realised that it was from the boondocks.

[@zackphillips6648]

I thought this song was more popular

[@Viewtiful_Rose]

No they just play it a shit-ton in Canada.

[@mindrot66]

+Ethan Murray (Nilbog) well it should be more popular

[@vivienbowman1003]

+Yung Yume yep

[@bobjones1432]

Yung Yume, true.

[@MarleeParanormal]

Me too!

[@TanyaKatherine]

OMG! this is filmed in Toronto! I see Trinity Bellwoods!

[@rockstopsthetraffic]

"Walking down Yonge Street on a Friday..." It's a local song!

[@pandakicks5434]

Underrated ass song right here

[@FrowzyF]

brought to you from every radio station from vancouver to st. johns reporting in from Ontario! :-)

[@howtorapbook]

They got K-Os to explain his many rhyme techniques inside the books he was interviewed for - *HOW TO RAP* and *HOW TO RAP 2* One of his quotes in them is: "Writing lyrics to be sung is different from writing rap lyrics - there’s a cadence difference, and some things don’t sound right. Like “onomatopoeia,” that word, no matter how many times you sing it, it’s just not a really sexy word to sing, but if you say it in a rap, you get to fit it somewhere. A word like that is a wicked rap word because it’s got so much movement."

[@stivmason]

and onomatopoeia has 4 vowels in a row nonetheless!

[@stephen9609]

Haven't seen this video in years - I had no idea where it was originally but now I'm seeing it's my current neighbourhood with Trinity Bellwoods park, The Drake hotel, Queen West, etc. So cool!

[@nolanpitts8579]

2:45 "tragically hip, ahead by a century" love that

[@jacquipaul0143]

When you try to better yourself, but the negative people in your life drag you back because if they can't have “it” neither should you.

[@ryanbesco8067]

No time to get down cause I’m moving up.... dude was preaching being high value 15 years ago...

[@AzaralOG]

I remember opening this CD on Xmas morning. k os still the shit to this day.

[@amandabrown8454]

This whole album is amazing 👏

[@jbslimshaddy]

I forgot how much I loved this song!! It’s so catchy & smooth ❤

[@randomsubscriber421]

how does this not have a million hit yet

[@MajicLaMa]

almost there :)

[@mymindmakesnoises]

actually it does :)

[@grahambrown1980]

Such a killer beat, K-OS is chaos! 🦀🪣

[@foreverreading23]

Remember getting my first iPod and my dad chose all the songs. Childhood memories👌🏻

[@yeahwerepthesamesmartech7113]

ehhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[@1011-j7s]

sydney wilson your dad needs to give you your life back

[@sonicfan32secondchannel37]

U dad needs to give u the amount of time it took back

[@anonymousskunk3283]

Samee

[@moemoe20092007]

I love how its is mixed with jazz and hiphop

[@andrewinch1781]

Certified banger, all these years later.

[@dk-sky3820]

This bass line is perfection

[@Mousyy]

He definately had one thing right, he was ahead by a century

[@RBOONE57]

This song never gets old respect from Buffalo New York

[@makavelli7211]

The Crabs in the Bucket Mentality ain't no fiction.

[@mzwandilemahlaba5029]

Ouch my mind can remember bad stuff,it was around 2005 i only saw this on a popular tv program in SA

[@MrScoobySnacks23]

A smooth original hip-hop/hipster cat you gotta love k-os. CANADA STAND UP!

[@discofan9799]

hes not a hipster

[@theartofwanderlust]

Disco fan97 no kidding talk about insulting the poor guy

[@fieryfox1527]

I prefer AC/DC

[@allanh7137]

@@fieryfox1527 I like both.

[@SarahCrookall]

Referencing "ahead by a century" makes this song even more tragically hip than it is.

[@michaelhughes3302]

Kev, you and I shared some late night adventures over Amato's Pizza on Q West at least a couple of times. We just kinda sat on the bench outside together, ate our za in peace and quietly recognized one another as we came and went our separate ways. One particularly drunk night we even shared a spliff. Mid two thousands I believe in TO. I lived at 42 Gladstone, in a loft above the booze can. Good times sir. Cheers Michael.

[@1RMDorey]

I was stuck on the classic rock carousel for so long, I thought that music had died. Between CBC Radio 2 and KZbin, it is like I found musical heaven. Love this song.

[@thatonebadusername]

Ironically both this comment and the song are now classic!

[@bobbydeazy]

This is the song that got me into K-os way back in the day as 90s hip hop head it felt so fresh and still does! Big love from the England 🎉

[@aceofhearts1312]

Pretty surprised this didn't reach over a million. Only at 884,906 now. Dammit people.

[@MLSoldier01]

k-os should not be classified, hes unique, hes his own style, but if i had to say, hes old school with lyrisism an his own twist..truly talented..an i jus got back into listening to him

[@kuruptzZz]

tragically hip, ahead by a century

[@mikeross880]

17 years ago today in the year 2006 A new era for "Michael Barb" began to take shape. At the time this song was playing as the era unfolded and the rest is history. Happy Anniversary Michael Barb...here's to 17 more long prosperous years at the top. "Trying to get down but I'm moving up, check out the crabs in the bucket.'

[@Burdflu]

KOS is playin in my city in march. Hope he does bboy stance.

[@yarrow4012]

tried to find this song for like a week and when i heard it on the radio i tried to listen to the lyrics and ended up searching "she put the crabs in the bucket" and it led me to this video! so glad i found it though

[@ChickenHootdog]

Me too! after hearing on the radio many times i finally pulled up my phone, went to the memos and typed down "its time to get down cos im moving up... grab the bucket(lol)" and searched it when i get home lol!

[@Ella03434]

No one knows this but this song saved my life. Hallelujah 🙌🙌🙌

[@unusedlemone8504]

How does this have so little views so underrated

[@danthemanBC]

Such an underrated song. Just imagine it was released today. This would be a smashing hit and he would even have US airplay!

[@dasbmv]

i was at ikea at the age of 6 listening to this when I finished my dollar waffle and thinking this was one of the best songs out there. Still love it till this day

[@ihpb09]

why is it that this only has 225k views? i dont understand.. this song is definitely a huuge throwback, i remember listening to it on the radio non stop

[@chipchop9067]

Sadly this will probably stay under appreciated forever. Maybe one day it’ll blow up though

[@keyboardkween8744]

I used 2 B obsessed w/ his music when I was like 8, now I still like it. :)

[@4EverCanela]

YOU'RE HERE TOO?!?!

[@keyboardkween8744]

SailorMew ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@knukyber]

+SailorMew Your icon is beautiful

[@jasonx7674]

kevin is gold!!!!❤

[@Sircell77]

I think living in/around Toronto makes it easier to understand the message of the song, at least at first listen. After all, anyone from the area knows that there's only one reason someone would be "walkin' down Younge Street on a Friday."

[@trainwreck1116]

all of a sudden i want to listen to ahead by a century by tragically hip. good canadian artists. rip gord

[@corbkirb7625]

Brother showed me this years ago. Now this is one of songs I just keep coming back to

[@robdunn5381]

great beat !

[@SJM1951]

Cool song. I love it❤

[@randyravivann2007]

this is when Muchmusic was good

[@EpsilonEridani_]

oh holy shit is your comment ever accurate

[@TalkingIsh100]

Yup. When "feel good music" was cool.

[@Dr.Kananga]

that was towards the end of Muchmusic, after 2005 all music channels went sour.

[@andresmoreno109]

Agree so friggen hard

[@ericbachmann8613]

Ehh Randy the time is now; im still groovin!

[@goddesstry1658]

I miss this dude💓timeless artist

[@carston101]

This guys walk is awesome. :D

[@out9of9Aeo]

Am a 70 year old dancer and teacher of body ,mind and soul connections ,these Men have fed my heart and mind ,through HIV CANCER AND TUBERCULOSES, am still training and dancing,but alone as old folk are OUT NOW 😂🐾🍂

[@bubbzipp]

conveys the torontonian spirit perfectly

[@harambesspirit668]

Yasss

[@aburg10s]

This song plays in my head whenever I walk down Yonge St.

[@brandonchenier6494]

My all time fav song EVER

[@jayjames5197]

I miss kos what happened such an underrated artist

[@SarahCrookall]

He's still touring

[@bugoutmedia3189]

Ive come to learn that our homegrown music is better then most of what's out there today. K-os Headstones, arkells, big sugar, glorious sons, April wine. So so many I can't name them all lol

[@bugoutmedia3189]

Metric the list goes ON!!!

[@jeffclarke3603]

Listen to "Hit the road jack" before or after this kinda interesting.

[@user-gy2bv2uf3b]

Holy crap there like the same song!

[@everythinggamez4888]

lyricks: It's high now So low it's high Like this, check it out yo Took a trip on a bus that I didn't know Met a girl sellin' drinks at the disco Said "truth comes back when you let it go" Seems complicated 'cause it's really so simple Walkin' down Yonge Street on a Friday Can't follow them, gotta do it my way No fast lane, still on a highway Movin' in and out, no doubt there's a brighter day No time to get down 'cause I'm moving up No time to get down 'cause I'm moving up No time to get down 'cause I'm moving up Ah, ha, check out the crabs in the bucket No time to get down 'cause I'm moving up No time to get down 'cause I'm moving up No time to get down 'cause I'm moving up Ah, ha, check out the crabs in the bucket It's like this, it's like this It's like flies on the windscreen, writing on walls Square Biz clones claim they're havin' a ball Foolin' themselves just before last call Tic-a-tic-a-toc tic-a-tic-a-toc Clock strikes twelve, clock strikes one Smoking gun put these fools on the run I know it's not that simple, I know it's not that hard Where's your God No time to get down 'cause I'm moving up No time to get down 'cause I'm moving up No time to get down 'cause I'm moving up Ah, ha, check out the crabs in the bucket No time to get down 'cause I'm moving up No time to get down 'cause I'm moving up No time to get down 'cause I'm moving up Ah, ha, check out the crabs in the bucket Yeah know I mean Yeah, I heard you man, yo, check, yo, yo It's a conniption fit when the microphones lit I take it higher like a bird on a wire, retire the fire I'll never 'cause I'm just moving on up Choosin' to touch, the unseen, craving the clutch The most inevitable, legible pyromania Slaying the devil, and send him back to Transylvania Strangely enough, I avoid that side of the ghetto From my heavy metal, will settle the puppets like Geppetto Damm, if mirrors where created by sand Then I'm looking in the water for reflections of man Understand the minds above time when it's empty MC, Tragically Hip, ahead by a century (rah) No time to get down 'cause I'm moving up No time to get down 'cause I'm moving up No time to get down 'cause I'm moving up Ah, ha, check out the crabs in the bucket No time to get down 'cause I'm moving up No time to get down 'cause I'm moving up No time to get down 'cause I'm moving up Ah, ha, check out the crabs in the bucket

[@kylebourne6217]

This song is actually quite deep. Love the cameo from Nelly Furtado in the video.

[@EverAppl14]

We need a remastered edition of this for the KZbin algorithm, because this song has been 🔥🔥🔥forever.

[@NobelB24]

Canadian throwback

[@tweekes3]

This my cousin..always bin proud of him ❤

[@DJSbros]

Toronto Baby :D

[@yeahwerepthesamesmartech7113]

that was Whitby i think lol

[@alwaysdowhateversnext4490]

its downtown toronto lol?

[@alwaysdowhateversnext4490]

ever waaalked on queen street before?

[@eyeofodin01]

Man, still bumping this to this day. K-OS is unmatched.

[@SilverShock24]

1:06 that is called a vrill

[@getatmegamer]

shit

[@getatmegamer]

goddamn

[@SilverShock24]

+freedom reign do some research on them, you'll be surprised

[@FromElohim]

@marco #DonaldMarshall! 🖖

[@nathanforsythe8480]

This sounds like a song if you played it on the radio the kids who weren’t around when it was new would think it’s new. They should try honestly

[@imgursdownvote4love771]

I heard it on the radio just this summer, actually

[@darickcutting7710]

I can't believe this song hasn't been sent into space yet. Such a classic.

[@sweetbread9008]

I love this song and what it stands for. How have I not found this version of it until today? Damn drama is deep here in 2020. Distracting me from finding old gems.

[@18richmen]

Took me forever to find this

[@real_bakerman]

Same. Like 'Crabbuckit' wtf even??

[@ovaloadz]

its in the chorus?

[@rquintero3]

Yaseen Baker reference to crabs getting pulled down by other crabs when your pulling one up

[@dirtychicken2173]

If I had showed this to my band director 4 years ago, I'm sure he would have loved this song, maybe enough to transcribe it himself for his students to play. Hope you're doing well Mr. Banes, best 8 years of my life learning music from you

[@harambesspirit668]

Doing this song for CBC's contest!!

[@almostawalrus9970]

So is my school... I have met the competition...

[@Isaacdetar]

SHE GOT THE CRABS ON THE BUCKET 🗣🗣🗣🔥🔥

[@jacobcampbell7834]

*Who's still listening* 😀 2021

[@Marnietripp]

Here in 2022

[@oliverdee5698]

2024*

[@kazankazingmei]

❤ wahhh i just discovered this now😢 GEM

[@tshwanegaming]

Thank you Donald Marshall for showing me the crab people are real🦀 I will not be droned!

[@CharlesEntwistle]

Love this song and album! Purchased it when it came out . Then I put him on shelf for years. Just revisited last year, after reminiscing . Still a Goodie

[@90bejay]

No time to get down. I'm moving up!

[@ggdbeats3260]

He’s a Genius y’all haven’t realized what he’s saying this shits crucial information about life.

[@KabochaOu]

I love the references to toronto

[@thegameshowguy1]

OnlyCommentICan Walking down Yonge Street on a Friday.

[@ThatOneDumbGuyy]

TechDriverUpdate Damn. Angry.

[@Camothor10]

@TechDriverUpdate 28 you would know

[@ecuaking87]

Man yall have no freaking idea how hard i been looking for this song i live in holland and this song wasnt on the radio or television i saw it on the xxl magazine or source i used to buy and look for new music that wasnt poppin here in europe/holland and its been so long i lost this song but the beat was always in my head but nothing else beside that k-os was a jazzy rapper looking but that info wasnt enough to find it until now his name pop up in my head!! K-OS 😃 OMG IM SO HAPPY HAHAHAHA

[@robinwaters4964]

VRIL! Donald Marshall brought me here.

[@oscardelucas8534]

Same .

[@DieterNews]

@@oscardelucas8534 glad to see there are people still deep searching even now. we need it, BAD.

[@danielmbc]

lets go boyss ahahah

[@cameroncastleman6496]

@@DieterNews indeed

[@thisthatvibe]

still in love w/ this man's entire style. nostalgia is amazing

[@therealweaselfish]

Dig the Vril at the beginning.

[@madisonlea2222]

I used to listen to this with my dad all the time, and it makes me happy, I never knew what it was called up until now! thank you k-os for this awesome music!