Lateef The Truth Speaker - The Wreckoning

.... And the lesson of infection
You're witnessin' is the wreckoning!

[@jimbob84848]

A truly spectacular, classic album - all outstanding, groundbreaking and terrific real hip hop tunes. Lateef's wreckoning is the cherry on top. Spot on.

[@CatfishD]

Produced by the extraordinary DJ Shadow.

[@thesaint9276]

Really? I never knew that

[@victormcvic3579]

found this when I was pretty young , well over a decade ago now hahah , used to play it almost every day 10 times ! hahah

[@signalshiz]

crazy the lyrics make sense now. what happened to him? hope he still raps

[@brownhippy]

Same. Bought turntables just so I can listen to this shit

[@ChewTheGlue]

this song creates a feeling I can't describe.

[@kdogg4president646]

Same

[@lighthouse2616]

I heard this song once in 97 and I've had it in the back of my mind ever since...finally found it!! Thanks- it's better than I remember.

[@thesaint9276]

Same here! I always loved this song but forgot the name and artist, then this summer we were on vacation camping in oregon and some big ass whiteboy was bumpin it and i ran over and started questioning him. We instantly became friends lol

[@nikanddylan13]

one of Shadows best and Lateef is one of the best, as displayed on this beast.

[@WilOne52]

Damn this song is perfection.

[@KR1MS0NxV1ZI0NZTV]

Desus & Mero brought me here 2 years ago, Every now and then i come back to this masterpiece

[@NOCDIB]

That album cover alone brought the Quannum Projects out of the deepest corners of my mind. It's been like 10-11 years now.

[@boyjames888]

I'd like to listen this song in New York during Fall.

[@enmanuelsantos2074]

oh man, I know the feeling, love it when you've found that song thats haunted you for years. Thats one of the worst things to go through since your never sure if you ever will find it even though its so easily accessable if you just knew the name. Its like its right in front of you but you can't see it lol.

[@phoule76]

Look bitch You know I'm comin' tight So you can switch them hips from left to right All night and won't nobody give a shit If you were sittin' I might ask you to stand so you can take a load Off your mind Cause the lyrics you kicked were so butt, your brain It must be synonymous With your behind in the time and you know your rhymin' Sucked black That's why I still can't figure out why the fuck He was all on my nut sac He was droolin' on the tool and who are you foolin' Tryin' to act so cool and When it comes to the duelin' Pull up a stool and we can begin the schoolin' Ooohin and Ahhhin Really don't matter as long as the rapper They know who's shit is phatter And who should be beggin' the pardon For the disaster as I blast you into Anti-matter make you scream out uncle As I punk you with the funk Watch you buckle like a punk will Another chump killed As I chuckle pumpin' steel through the steel So that I can steal the show The bunk had no appeal Meaning that I don't feel the whack EVEN when you be feeling that No matter how slow you go You still got no-THING to say When skills are softer than clay matter C'mon man, that ain't where the cash is You musta thought that pretty ass shit was gon' make Some dough on the strength of those promo pictures Ho Blow me down I gets down That even if we go just one more round And I'm from the 'O' Challenging you in your own goddam town And I know the homies gon' clown When they hear the profound thoughts and Experiences applied from my strife to the End of your life on this mic The years run off by the hour The aspirations FLEE with the YEARS As they get devoured with time Eventually you will age and collapse What good are your raps if your Synapses can't fire The rapid rhymin' and tactics That I can flash with Automatically blastin' back and Cappin' and laughin' at all of this whack Material that you brought Devoid of substance lacking Action between word and thought and Perhaps it's best for e'rybody If we just cut short Silence You itch you lust Your breath is taken When you awaken In the state of the shock Thoughts of ex-communication And the implications of that situation Racin' through your floggin' stopped up Noggin' as you're massagin' You're jarred What's that you saw You try rememberin' but it's foggier than Fisherman's wharf At six in the mornin' Through the gloom of dawn Your doom is doomin' like the Moon you know when you'll be due And you'll die and soon And when you die Your heart stops The brain is TECHNICALLY ALIVE For three or four minutes Digesting the curse for the next 24 hours Give or take a smidgen Blood remains viable for several hours and Settles down once the body's downside is Darker and you will mottle The grip of rigor mortise clenches it's fist And two to six hours Relinquishes Two to three days later by this time The stomach is bloated with gaseous Fumes consumin' will blow shit up fo' sho' Oh by the way The flesh decomposes fast Veins and skin turn Blue, purple, green and black Nose and softer tissue turns to a Jelly consistency thicker than Jell-O Cornea of the eyes are no longer clear Sickly jaundiced yellow When you see and it softens Eyes they melt in their sockets Watch the skin pull away From the gum-line leavin' no lips So what's left and A wicked grin Bacteria thrive nightcrawlers fill No morrow only hunger Maggots arrived and now's devourin' Decayed and sourin' But hey Really though Why even trip It ain't Only the physical in which Your consciousness exists And in the end Forensic details are about as important As the gear your sportin' So why even resist Ya trick You should desist and listen To the mix your missin' With the kicks that's hittin' In the midst of the mist Into which your slippin' The lights start to dim And the lesson of perfection You're witnessin' is the wreckoning Winded old and you'll POP You cease to exist Terror in your eyes And a smile on your lips When you hear the remix You cease to exist Terror in your eyes And a smile on your lips When your heart lights up You cease to exist Terror in your eyes And a smile on your lips When you hear the lyrics You cease to exist Terror in your eyes And a smile on your lips

[@mistamowgli513]

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[@mistamowgli513]

A coroner couldn't explain humans deteriorating any better. He literally made a beat & murdered it, Casey Anthony

[@quickz187]

LOOOOVEEE that ol'school type beat.

[@shinzu4001]

I always liked this version better. The beat fits the lyrics to perfection.

[@BleedingHeartBliss]

14 years later and it's still a pure work of art

[@douglasbaylin512]

If this doesn't release you from your physical body...

[@rudeboyzippo]

One of the best rhymes ever!!!!!!

[@hugs190274]

Smashing souvenirs from the nineties era

[@Battalion510]

Thanks so much for the upload. This is incredible.

[@thesaint9276]

Best song they ever produced

[@truespur]

hip hop doesnt get more real than this. ya dig

[@Justin-ci8gf]

lateef is awesome

[@rogerwalters9557]

Cracking 12 from Solesides. Shadows legendary production.

[@eski514]

Higher power, my favourite track ever.

[@jeremysims5215]

Forensic details is about as important as the gear ya sportin.

[@mistamowgli513]

THIS IS THE #1 BEST HIP-HOP TRACK EVER CREATED! I MEAN, EVEN BETTER THAN RAKIM! THAT IS BLASPHEMY, BUT IT'S TRUE! I have been into hip-hop since 1982 and have even seen all the greats, even opened for Jam Master Jay, but this track, how eloquently he lays science, is just amazing. he sounds like a doctor/mortician when he speaks about how your body decomposes to explain how you will not win this rap battle! AMAZING!

[@Paymenow]

He's making a solo album called Crowd Rockers, don't know when it's dropping, but it should be soon

[@cameronmichaelkeys]

So he's invoking the object of a rap battle, a rival emcee, and he's saying Look, Braddah, why bring this whack shit to the table...don't you know you're wasting your time putting up a front? You're going to die someday, but your consciousness will live on. And if you acknowledge Lateef as a guru or deity instead of an enemy emcee you'd realize, "the lesson of perfection you're witnessin is the reckonin". Am I right?

[@hustla386]

True Underrating at its fullest.

[@Paymenow]

And BTW.... this song is epic, I don't know, just the beat and his flow and lyrics over it, it's like something you would play in the early morning when everything is dark or gray, it's hella sick... props to Quannum

[@mistamowgli513]

THIS IS HIP-HOP.

[@diegomontoya3065]

What good are your raps when your synapses aren't firing?

[@grainbin]

addicted to this joint

[@kessec36]

Good song. Just goes to show how much a DJ can enhance a song.

[@TheTolleBiene]

like that beat...feels like commin home

[@aaronsheridan8386]

Lateef the truth speaker! Reckon Eminem stole his flow and cages!serious tune!

[@sethwolf3097]

i heard lateef battled murs back in the day

[@dennisruddy9490]

Dj shadow is legend

[@WalkerOfMyles]

its "the lesson of perfection youre witnessin is the wreckoning"

[@dennisruddy9490]

Brilliant tune

[@boyjames888]

that's hard to understand I had to look at the lyrics on the internet man but got damn that's so dope

[@SurgeonVault]

9 people can't stop droolin on my tool'n

[@soulbiscit1]

true classic this jam

[@beatjunky76]

stumbled upon this piece of jewel .fuc ,.what for fresh lyrics and beat.s.. back in this days ; reminds me of blackalicious..... also,mucke an,scheiß auf die Nachbarn..

[@vinopacino2423]

Blackalicious was part of solesides crew man. They have several tunes on this LP

[@hiphopjunkie1056]

fire

[@bestfootforward4586]

Anyone have the instrumental version of this??

[@Zeoooooooo]

tsk tsk, 2 people (Lateef the truth speaker and Lyrics Born) Lifetime to understand? hehehe

[@ThefkngJOKER]

this whole fucking song is about a nigga dying and its very vivid detail....dope

[@dubs2171]

🔥

[@lucies.vlogs.8686]

Dj shadow chopper beat style

[@szu247]

is anyone know where is the main sample from ?

[@jasonsanchez4587]

classic!

[@tyrone1son]

my homie

[@artinfectiontwo]

-"lesson of Infection" given-

[@nw3685]

FUCK I AM STILL HITTING THIS SHIT IN 2019

[@sfsean13]

Faultier than Fisherman's Wharf

[@Mistereed08]

"Foggier" than fisherman's wharf at 6 in the morning actually. ;-)

[@broham776]

it's a shame this well thought out and produced music is so few and far between !!! you can keep that radio bullshit for yourself !! give me more shit like this!!

[@MaSeoLeBron]

Does someone know the main sample??

[@roninofficial5069]

bomb

[@Hellamar]

GR8 grrrrrrrr888888888888888 !

[@toomuchinformation5423]

wild

[@lane8a]

its like a combination of sage francis and kirby dominent.

[@HegelsBikeMechanic]

Had this double LP, and it was stolen :'( years ago.

[@holzmann-]

+Brad Cramer Then get a new one

[@phoule76]

www.discogs.com/Quannum-Solesides-Greatest-Bumps/master/96390

[@420snoogins]

I remember stealing this album from someone years ago......

[@dniceatx1762]

420snoogins that comment went unappreciated

[@szu247]

@movadoband lol but seriously anyone knows?

[@Florian88]

yo yo yo i'm florian

[@wacj19]

Oh haha, somebody already mentioned that. Nevermind then.

[@smoke0imix0god]

Damn I don't get the lyrics man..

[@movadoband]

@szu247 heaven

[@Sockhead360]

@krazzyyo2 your cool

[@r1f7waLk3r]

@broham776 you want my music collection then i suppose? lols, check my favorites got lots of dope underground tracks from tons of underground giants. adding more all the time.

[@highmeDCI]

Latyrx is two people.

[@OfTehMedia]

@brandonholtuin then don't buy it. that's the beauty of free will

[@brownhippy]

When I first heard this I thought he was black. When I saw he was white it let me down😭🤣😂😂💯💯💯

[@lichenthevagabond2006]

Why? is that because white rappers are the best?

[@SaifullahVincenzoLuvineri215]

Lateef is Black and Puerto Rican, dummy. both of his parents were Panthers. use your head for more than a hat rack.

[@Vicsage_]

@swswa221 seeing all these comments makes me want to not buy the book

[@thomascraig-pg2ug]

Where is the hip hop

[@estebancarracas]

man dude wtf?

[@Zaschark]

Who the fuck is Lary Sounders?

[@wacj19]

This song's pretty good but it's not AMAZING or anything. It's just all right. On a side note, to the person who uploaded this, he says "and the lesson of perfection you're witnessing is the wreckoning," not "lesson of infection."

[@triplesec06]

dudes way over your head...

[@MedicinalxMeditation]

Eminem jacked this dudes flow

[@DEFKONSIXTYSIXlml]

buy a guitar and take some music lessons

[@DEFKONSIXTYSIXlml]

There's a reason nursery rhymes are just nursery rhymes and not Shakespeare. Put down your thesaurus and do something real.