k-os - Crabbuckit

[@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!

[@janetmccormack25]

❤

[@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.

[@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 :)

[@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 😂

[@queenbrahmer7040]

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

[@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

[@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.

[@16Sirens]

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

[@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!

[@stevenschuster]

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

[@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

[@renlessard]

This whole album still holds up. Amazing songs

[@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

[@lindaohanraha-hanrahan2817]

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

[@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 .. .

[@amandabrown8454]

This whole album is amazing 👏

[@TanyaKatherine]

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

[@rockstopsthetraffic]

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

[@FrowzyF]

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

[@RBOONE57]

This song never gets old respect from Buffalo New York

[@pandakicks5434]

Underrated ass song right here

[@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.

[@jbslimshaddy]

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

[@dk-sky3820]

This bass line is perfection

[@nolanpitts8579]

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

[@Ella03434]

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

[@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!

[@andrewinch1781]

Certified banger, all these years later.

[@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!

[@AzaralOG]

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

[@whatxaxdrag]

tragically hip reference will always make me smile.

[@thereverendepi_gee565]

hahah

[@randomsubscriber421]

how does this not have a million hit yet

[@MajicLaMa]

almost there :)

[@mymindmakesnoises]

actually it does :)

[@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!

[@goddesstry1658]

I miss this dude💓timeless artist

[@jasonx7674]

kevin is gold!!!!❤

[@SJM1951]

Cool song. I love it❤

[@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!

[@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

[@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

[@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

[@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.

[@grahambrown1980]

Such a killer beat, K-OS is chaos! 🦀🪣

[@eyeofodin01]

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

[@makavelli7211]

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

[@corbkirb7625]

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

[@ryanbesco8067]

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

[@Bewe292]

If only people could understand that music like this, is what makes the world go round

[@robdunn5381]

great beat !

[@brandonchenier6494]

My all time fav song EVER

[@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.

[@beautyqueenvs1]

Nostalgia kicked in

[@Mousyy]

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

[@mzwandilemahlaba5029]

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

[@aceofhearts1312]

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

[@tweekes3]

This my cousin..always bin proud of him ❤

[@trainwreck1116]

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

[@dlpowers3898]

love the beat and the sax in this!

[@carston101]

This guys walk is awesome. :D

[@adamwarlock8263]

what an awesome track. bless yall for givin it

[@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!

[@OverEmphasize]

the last verse was amazing. love this song.

[@chipchop9067]

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

[@thesapman12]

ya gotta love being Canadian with an artist like this

[@NobelB24]

Canadian throwback

[@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

[@kementurh]

My mum is 73 and she loves this song

[@SarahCrookall]

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

[@allanh7137]

Greatest Canadian lyricist of all-time.

[@unusedlemone8504]

How does this have so little views so underrated

[@thisthatvibe]

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

[@DJSbros]

Toronto Baby :D

[@yeahwerepthesamesmartech7113]

that was Whitby i think lol

[@alwaysdowhateversnext4490]

its downtown toronto lol?

[@alwaysdowhateversnext4490]

ever waaalked on queen street before?

[@AnushaKaralasingam]

Love this song

[@darickcutting7710]

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

[@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."

[@jeffclarke3603]

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

[@user-gy2bv2uf3b]

Holy crap there like the same song!

[@awildcanadianappears9885]

Still a banger!

[@jayjames5197]

I miss kos what happened such an underrated artist

[@SarahCrookall]

He's still touring

[@EAZYED420]

one of the est artists to come out of toronto

[@kuruptzZz]

tragically hip, ahead by a century

[@dmcewen772]

Awesome voice. What a fun song as well

[@bubbzipp]

conveys the torontonian spirit perfectly

[@harambesspirit668]

Yasss

[@aburg10s]

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

[@imusuallycooked]

At times this remedy pops off in my head…. Thank you for that 🖤🧡

[@Zenith_clanFR]

2024 who's here 😮

[@chickenlampbrent]

Check out the cover by the good lovelies

[@sasisannoying]

Me

[@poisonous-_oxide6938]

I'm here 🎉

[@lemondropkid6175]

Toronto 5am 12 Sep

[@davidworth7621]

great song. thanks for the tunes...

[@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!

[@EverAppl14]

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

[@tshwanegaming]

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

[@moemoe20092007]

I love how its is mixed with jazz and hiphop

[@jacobcampbell7834]

*Who's still listening* 😀 2021

[@Marnietripp]

Here in 2022

[@oliverdee5698]

2024*

[@gregsweet3574]

soooo smooth and catchy one of my favorite early 2000's songs

[@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

[@jordanmason210]

That whistle is so ethereal

[@kylebourne6217]

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

[@nhialor1426]

Brilliant work

[@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

[@hunna5849]

Good song that's what you call pure talent

[@mjref4life]

VRIL`

[@GSM-zz1wo]

fr

[@Conspiracygirlie]

yep

[@beautifulgirl425]

"No time to get down cause I'm movin' up" Truth has never made a sweeter sound

[@90bejay]

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