Lifer's Group - Belly Of The Beast

1990 Album: "Lifer's Group"
When these inmates (one of whom had been locked up 14 years in 1990) describe the hell of their day-to-day existences and what led to their incarceration, it's clear that they're actually living the nightmare they document. The Lifers' message to young felons on the outside it clear: change your ways before you end up like us.

[@TheWAXONER]

These brothers are the most dangerous group in hip hop. No studio gangsters here.

[@LifersGroupOfficial]

We BACK! It's been 30 years HOLLER!!!!!!! #LifersGroupOfficial

[@iceberg4439]

@@LifersGroupOfficial Ohh YEEEAAAHHH

[@lysoland6404]

@@LifersGroupOfficial Welcome Back, much love from Germany !

[@redskywalker3374]

@@LifersGroupOfficial GB you brothers ... got that tape when it first came out ..yall was in & we were out here bumping that music

[@215Christ]

this was groundbreaking...this was rahway, right? yeah...

[@DudesaLibra]

Never heard of these dudes...man I coulda listened to this when I was younger and could saved myself a penitentiary trip..this shit is dope

[@LifersGroupOfficial]

Hope you good now? Holla!!!! #LifersGroupOfficial

[@willie8707]

This shit sounds so horrible it might’ve helped you go away for life 🤣😂🤣

[@CEEPMDEE]

The DJ really went in on the scratches.. plus the track is raw as hell. This song & video is burned in my mind since I was 14.These guys really set me straight. Dope music on top of the raw message.

[@jjjj-gb6mn]

Mista lawnge from black sheep did the scratches according to release notes

[@jondavis2032]

Me too! I was 19 and in the drug game. Between this video and KRS1's track "Love is gonna get you" Also my daughter was just born, my people were getting locked up or shot. Things got too hot, it was time for me to leave The Bronx and change my life. I did !!

[@LifersGroupOfficial]

Big up!!! #LifersGroupOfficial WE BACK!!!!!!!! HOLLA!!!!!!!!!!

[@CEEPMDEE]

@@jjjj-gb6mn Damn! I did not know Mista Lawnge was nice like that on the scratch.

[@LifersGroupOfficial]

30 years LATER! We back!!!! Documentary coming! HOLLA!!!!

[@1970redrum]

Really looking forward to see the new doc.

[@SaroShow]

Still waiting!!

[@LifersGroupOfficial]

@@SaroShow #LifersGroupOfficial

[@nickmcintyre2679]

Is that Crazy Chris from the scared straight thing? Listened to this album for 30+

[@muschikatze]

👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿🖖🇩🇪🖖

[@marctero100]

These guys are making a comeback

[@MrAntiSellOut]

If Puffy would've been found "Guilty",he wouldn't last a second against one of these cats

[@gwise8095]

In prison he wouldn't survive..That's why Shyne took that time did that time,and living better then most of us

[@jayskicksnfits9372]

@@gwise8095 *_*than_** , not then.

[@hendiscipleofgod6392]

777 it's not like he personally killed those nine innocent people at that city college

[@LifersGroupOfficial]

He woulda never walked the mainline! #LifersGroupOfficial We back!!!

[@keithmaddox1239]

🔥 classic..listen carefully..lesson learned..

[@LifersGroupOfficial]

#LifersGroupOfficial

[@MrPloxDa3rd]

Overalls guy, guy with harry potter glasses rocking the sailor hat, the one with the beard & chains in all black drip, and the one with the white snapback & black hoodie killed it (no pun intended)

[@brewcitymike1]

"physically trapped behind steel bars and I'm mentally scarred"

[@LifersGroupOfficial]

#BWise is a Lyrical beast! We back!!!! check us out #LifersGroupOfficial

[@LifersGroupOfficial]

My Nigga B-WISE - kzbin.info/www/bejne/qH65fKmdeKlrh7c

[@Brackus2]

such an important song and video... never take this shit down!

[@LifersGroupOfficial]

We in the process of New music, Documentary, interviews! Holla! #LifersGroupOfficial

[@samrez-5530]

1:11 min 212834 IZ THE BEAST OF RAP FLOW !!!

[@QueenMedinaEarth]

SAMREZ-55 that’s my Brother he been home for over 20 yrs now... he’s doing great my 💜

[@donnellvickers6314]

Dude was sick wit it. PERIOD

[@donnellvickers6314]

These guys kept me out of PRISON

[@LifersGroupOfficial]

@@QueenMedinaEarth What up!!!

[@LifersGroupOfficial]

#Merciful Check him out #LifersGroupOfficial

[@irmaoarabico]

Inner City Posse... Bitches in Ghetto Zone! Yo! Rude Boy, it's a muthafuckin Mackin'! 2 Dope, D-Lyrical and Kid Villain!

[@idreona]

Goldie boom is my godfather .....I miss u this is annette godaughter I'm related to vera range she's my aunt

[@LifersGroupOfficial]

R.I.P Goldie Boone #LifersGroupOfficial

[@kayandkimsmom]

@@LifersGroupOfficial Goldie is alive and well. He just told me to look up this video this morning ❤

[@はじめおわり-x1c]

カッコいいワ!さすがやな〜

[@usposse]

sick sick jam !!

[@LifersGroupOfficial]

Salute

[@usposse]

@@LifersGroupOfficial much love and blessings keep up the good work brothers ❤️✌🏿🙏🏿

[@LifersGroupOfficial]

@@usposse Salute Check us out!

[@FarmageddonRecordsOfficial]

I had the cassette and Im back for more. All the new shit is weak, this is the raw shit 💥

[@curtishall5213]

NJ State Prison….. not sure weather this is Trenton or Rahway(East Jersey) state prisons. But those are the top two as far lifers in Jersey. Early 90s NEWARK niggas.

[@RockNRollJeezus]

I was wit Goldie in SSCF from 2007-2015 💯

[@LifersGroupOfficial]

Goldie been out since Oct last year!

[@enemykilla1440]

Can it get any realer than that ?

[@robertboody2803]

I got two cds of this shot in my basement and my moms ashes in my hall closets peace to Mr d original

[@LifersGroupOfficial]

Sacred! #LifersGroupOfficial

[@malikhaji2764]

My enemies decided where I should live and they play with numbers. I can give them terrorists exterminated in weird numbers.

[@garioss]

dope as fuck

[@StyrbjornStarke]

Too much damn muscle!

[@LifersGroupOfficial]

stay outta jail then! lol

[@barrjail]

ohhhh yeah, big up to all my convict brothers that are never going to see the light of day! r.i.p suggs big up liberty city tim!! rep our town lovely kid the MIA 305! and thanks for the old school facts about my man ted bundy. he taught alot of yall how to read and write. and, FUCK SOCIETY TILL I DIE!! peace to shakey payne, thanks for the gasoline bruh!! lol, put it to good use. one

[@eduardoguerrero2791]

In what Prison do inmates wear gold chains rings 🤦

[@TheSkateboarding6969]

Only in the 90s will you find 6min. Songs where every verse is fire

[@enydreaddy6622]

Word

[@LifersGroupOfficial]

Much Appreciated! We back...New music,documentary, merch!!!

[@inkoinfinity2]

@@LifersGroupOfficial where can I find lyrics

[@rayvictory]

I remember when I first heard this joint back in the 90's . It was a deep song then and It's a deep song today... Great message for the youth..

[@niylahjaypheonix6979]

Facts

[@spectre56j]

Been there. Got out. Stayed out. If on ya that path; betta listen. They handing out time like it's water. Wanna drink? Keep ballin' playa, you'll soon find out what they talkin' 'bout in this piece.

[@chriseason3216]

spectre56j is it really that rough in there like they said

[@spectre56j]

Chris Eason Yep! That particular prison is deadly ! Most are places are dangerous especially when you are new!

[@chriseason3216]

spectre56j wow someone said it’s guys that’s huge in there from lifting weights

[@LifersGroupOfficial]

All of us home!!!!!!! holla!!!!!!!! #LifersGroupOfficial

[@LifersGroupOfficial]

@@spectre56j WE ALL HOME!

[@mjareacts2731]

This song is literally the realist hip hop song in history point blank.

[@TheBoblefun]

can be discussed i think, but most definitely one of the them

[@damajah]

I agree!!!

[@YaoEspirito]

marlon alston Remember when brothers was hard AND they could rap? Now you get all these gumps mumbling and faking, being all transsexual and weak.

[@mjareacts2731]

mano a mano so true!

[@PeediSigel]

+Father Renekton Thank you for bringin reason to this comment and not overreacting

[@selltheteam4448]

4:24 The man, the myth, the legend Crazy Chris “The nightmare man.”

[@battistaverardi1240]

Dope beat, killer scratches, pure lyricism, the essence of hip hop!

[@danielpeters1754]

I knew inmate 66064 personally. Nice guy in my days in NYC.

[@biguncsleroy]

awesome respect

[@littlemelvin5030]

66064 is a legend if you actually know him and you see him again i beg you tell him that im a fan

[@larrymcjones]

66064 will always be a legend. Can’t believe this is 30 years old

[@LifersGroupOfficial]

WE BACK!!!!! ITS BEEN 30 YEARS!!!! HOLLA!!!! #LifersGroupOfficial

[@larrymcjones]

This prison is close to my house drove by it by accident the other and wondered if any of these guys are still there 30 years later...

[@LifersGroupOfficial]

Thank you! We all been home for a minute! Holla!!! #LifersGroupOfficial

[@traviscarter1023]

@@LifersGroupOfficial I don't know if you ever get this but I'm a fan. I'm glad your home the is real hip hop thank you for ever thing. I'm all grown up now this song was the sound track of the 90s for me.

[@ratpacknyc6910]

is it Rahway State Pen?

[@foky717]

this song influenced my childhood .RESPECT FORM SLOVAKIA

[@LifersGroupOfficial]

#LifersGroupOfficial

[@chrisdelgado3530]

This will smack up any new hip hop generation. Hardest hardcore era ever. Nothing to play with.

[@RUFFTURBO911]

I see a lot of sorrow and missed opportunities. The harmonizing at the end really drives the point home.

[@LifersGroupOfficial]

Indeed! Brothers doing great things! We been home a minute! Holla!!!! #LifersGroupOfficial

[@directrouteDR]

The real "Scared Straight"!

[@CulturedWhiteBoy]

Same prison, yup.

[@MrUnidyne]

East Jersey State, formerly Rahway State (aka The Terrordome).

[@larrymcjones]

MrUnidyne big ass dome on it. Used to look at it from the train goin from New Brunswick to Newark

[@LifersGroupOfficial]

Yup Rahway State Prison!!! We back 30 years Later! Holla!!!!!

[@TheNorthman1957]

This will never reach main stream. They want you there.

[@LifersGroupOfficial]

Prison is the death of a poor man! We been told yall that! #LifersGroupOfficial

[@thatstheguy07]

It would be sick if someone made a mini-doc on these guys. A "where are they now" kinda thing.

[@lorantlaszlo7572]

Jeahh, are they meanwhile released? ??.....

[@anthonyarcanumsanctumregnu9551]

Dead or in prison You idiot lol they were real lifers

[@Franciaponce]

@@anthonyarcanumsanctumregnu9551 Actually, life rarely means life. Depending on the state, lifers are required to serve a minimum of 15, 20, or 25 years before being paroled. Even multiple life sentences can be granted clemency by the Governor, although it is rare. Do you call people idiots in real life too when you don't know what you're talking about, or just online?

[@Franciaponce]

@thatstheguy07 Yea, that would be cool to see. You should do it man... you're "the guy."

[@thatstheguy07]

Anthony Arcanum Sanctum Regnum you watch too much television.

[@matsien6419]

STILL GIVES ME THE SAME VIBE AFTER ALL THESE YEARS …. REAL HIP HOP !!!

[@LifersGroupOfficial]

Thx. Holla #LifersGroupofficial

[@malikhaji2764]

This is a masterpiece.

[@davidcutts9079]

These cats are better than most groups. The loops are hard, dope scratchin'... Cool jam. I like the Dwayne from "What's Happening" intro, "Hey, hey, hye!"

[@thehiphoptrucker]

Damn.... I was today years old when I learned about this day in Hip-Hop history

[@byronfranklin3910]

"just like you, I had all the answers I been there" .......WOW

[@MailmanMuscle]

Byron Franklin That might be the most haunting chorus on any song I’ve ever heard.

[@LifersGroupOfficial]

We been there, We all been home for a minute! HOLLA!!! #LifersGroupOfficial

[@IamBOGARDSTYLEZ11]

This was and STILL is the REAL.

[@LifersGroupOfficial]

ALL DAY!!!! WE BACK!!! HOLLA!!!!! #LifersGroupOfficial

[@reeelBKFLATBUSHnyc]

THE 80'S AND 90'S...... *REAL* PAIN, *REAL* MUSIC.....

[@LifersGroupOfficial]

YESSSIIIRRRR HOLLA!!!! #LifersGroupOfficial WE BACK!!!!

[@craigstrachan]

This is real hardcore hip hop. No wack garbage comin from this . Best part real life lyrics with a message. Mad respect to Lifers Group. Been a fan since the 90s and still a fan . Respect and Salute . 2:32 2:47

[@simpdown1404]

Remember watching this video on The Box and Video Music Box as a kid. These dudes definitely had something with this kinda message.

[@MooreJulianne]

Real old school ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@vasyasol]

its rly cool that guards let them make this video, respect

[@LifersGroupOfficial]

Big up to Augy (Lt Alan August) WE BACK!!!! HOLLA!!!! #LifersGroupOfficial

[@jhonezcronic]

The nigga at 1:39 and the nigga at 4:25 .... SINGLE HANDEDLY keep my young dumb ass outta jail.... I knew they was giving out all kinds of problems on that yard I wasn’t tryin to have..... #salute

[@MrUnidyne]

4:25 That is the scariest human laugh I ever heard.

[@LifersGroupOfficial]

R.I.P. Crazy Chris! We miss you! #LifersGroupOfficial

[@OthellZethus]

These guys made some dope tracks man. Still listening in 2014.

[@LifersGroupOfficial]

Thx its 2021...30 years later!!! we back!!!! #LifersGroupOfficial

[@1970redrum]

The album was produced by 2 Danish producers, Henrik Milling aka. Doctor Jam & Henrik Leif Marquart aka. Phase 5, they have also produced for Ice Cube and Easy-E.

[@77-XL.]

Found a sealed copy of this on cassette today.

[@michaelvalleau3172]

Real gangsta rap

[@thevirus7368]

I'm into rock n roll, blues, tom waits etc, this shit is absolutely amazing. Fucking brilliant.

[@LifersGroupOfficial]

Thank you! #LifersGroupOfficial HOLLA!!!!

[@gsg9ff]

4:26 That cat was in Scared Straight 99. #62098

[@LifersGroupOfficial]

Crazy Chris R.I.P. #LifersGroupOfficial

[@AriesSuperLove]

He was on the movie lockup with sylvester stallone

[@jameslemmons9737]

Damn shit was dope! 🤜🏾🤛🏽😎

[@johnnynoel7502]

I remember video music box play this...yo!! I was in high school everybody was talking about it....that's Rahway state prison....we was scare back then of prison

[@LifersGroupOfficial]

Big Up Uncle Ralph - Ralph McDaniels for bumpin us!!!! HOLLA!!! #LifersGroupOfficial

[@jasonsanders5829]

That was a great song and video I can’t believe this is the first time I’m hearing this

[@DariusJeffries-lm2vw]

Life's group ain't no joke at all They tell u youngsters out there to be careful

[@jeneralj.u.-ice6607]

They need to play this shit at night in the cell for them lil' ass kids on "Scared Straight" and "Beyond Scared Straight".

[@LifersGroupOfficial]

Real Talk

[@Ken-ti9pi]

Real dudes make lil get out there knee pads no studio gangster trash talkers

[@mikkoslove7060]

They dont make music like they used to...

[@TheHamofMam]

RIP David Funken Klein.

[@LifersGroupOfficial]

Yesssiiirrrr! R.I.P Holla We BACK!!!!!! #LifersGroupOfficial

[@sleeplessinstockwell]

Sick tune. Revisit it at least once a year

[@LifersGroupOfficial]

Well visit us! We back! #LifersGroupOfficial

[@SuperOmnicronsj44]

"Learn at the expense of our sorrow." one of the best lines EVER. 50th anniversary.

[@MrPloxDa3rd]

"So here's what you need to hear, NOT what you wanna hear" another one right there

[@Jjvrbrop]

Flip the script bought me here respect

[@mikepaul1216]

this is the real shit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@user-il6bh2se4j]

THIS SHIT WAS SO FIRE GODDAMN RAP IS SO TRASH NOW THIS IS STRAIGHT KILLAAA

[@soberocsta]

STILL GOT MY TAPE FROM 1991 REAL RAW HARDCORE RAP

[@LifersGroupOfficial]

Hold onto it! Holla #LifersGroupOfficial WE BACK!!!!!!!

[@ruberu1000]

#212834 is a legend

[@LifersGroupOfficial]

#Merciful Check him out #LifersGroupOfficial

[@ch.-.jk116]

かっこいいぜ

[@LifersGroupOfficial]

love is love

[@thebigeazye3000]

Dedicated to the J6 trespassers.

[@arturpaulino875]

🎧🔊🎶

[@nildabridgeman8104]

I met a few of these souls in a church youth tour in 1991 to Rahway State Pen and let me tell you... It was RAW.. We were mistaken for a SCARED STRAIGHT group & they layed into those boys grabbing them by the neck & demanding ALL their sneakers. The administrator came out and yelled "No!, These are the church kids!" They changed their tunes but separated us girls from boys & talked to us like uncle's. I'll never forget to this day what Goldie said to us: "What you have is precious, your life is precious, what you have between your legs is precious-don't give it up to nobody!" I never had anyone care so much about my life so I listened and took it as Truth. God bless those men for caring so much about me when I needed it ❤️

[@donnellvickers6314]

Back wen RAHWAY was wearing street clothes.

[@LifersGroupOfficial]

Back in the early 90's WE BACK!!!! Holla #LifersGroupOfficial

[@mackb]

numbers with skillz , i wonder how the 0's took over the game nowadayz...

[@LifersGroupOfficial]

We in our own lane! We all Home! #LifersGroupOfficial

[@zulubeat]

ONLY RAP RECORD MADE BY REAL CONVICTS IN JAIL...SOME STILL THERE....RAHWAY BABY

[@LifersGroupOfficial]

Thank you! WE all been home a minute!!!! WE BACK!!!! #LifersGroupOfficial

[@Omar-ko4wv]

Fam, I've searching for this joint for years. I forgot the name of it. Thanks for the upload. 🔥🔥🔥

[@LifersGroupOfficial]

WE BACK!!!! HOLLA!!!!!! #LifersGroupOfficial

[@lysoland6404]

Real Shit here. Love da Message !

[@CulturedWhiteBoy]

Top Billin' sample by Audio Two for those who don't know their rap history. I remember when this came out. Still hot.

[@LifersGroupOfficial]

WE BACK!!! 30 YEARS LATER!!!! HOLLA!!! #LifersGroupOfficial

[@geraldlaurens6987]

J'ai longtemps écouter ce morceau énorme quel gâchis car il etait excellents dans leur style

[@LifersGroupOfficial]

Merci

[@omgmazin]

Where are they now?

[@littlemelvin5030]

I think maxwell melvins #66064 got out in 2011. But then i saw that he got arrested 3 months ago. Thats all i know

[@LifersGroupOfficial]

WE ALL BEEN HOME FOR A MINUTE! HOLLA!!! #LifersGroupOfficial

[@northshoredining]

Does anyone have the lyrics for this?

[@doughboypoblete1713]

Sicccest 30 year ol rap song

[@funkmasters]

Came out the same sort of time as Hijack the terrorist group , great times 👍

[@alpharock8]

AWEBO PAPI

[@paulgabbard6743]

OLD SCHOOL HIP-HOP RAP Lifer Group Belly Of The Beast music 😃😃✌️✌️👍👍

[@1117AJ]

I remember Ralph McDaniels used to always play this on Video Music Box back in the days.

[@kenirocetsun]

I was speechless back in da ninetyz when I seen this like lord these dudes got bars but they locked up but that experience brought them here

[@idreona]

Goldie B I miss u so much My god daddy

[@LifersGroupOfficial]

Goldie Boone! #LifersGroupOfficial WE HOME!!!!!! HOLLA!!!!!!

[@idreona]

I heard my GodmotherAnnette passed away

[@shawnathomas5191]

I met maxwell today great motivation speaker

[@donnellvickers6314]

Nice mellow tone at the end, dem Brothers killed it

[@akikiskywalker3xm59]

Dee Best!!! Madd Skills. A note 2 da Authors! Real winners Win. N yours was dis Video. '18.

[@stillirise7813]

I had this tape. Always wondered over the years what became of these guys.

[@OgChromosome]

Its funny i was only 6 years old when this came out (im 22 almost 23) the only reason i came across this is because a co worker of mine supposedly knew these old cats i think he said pelican bay or some shi hes like 40ish or so but we get along real well always drink together and shi i consider myself ti be young but have an old soul always get along with my elders on some good vibes

[@mozarkslezeystreet6310]

I remember this video from, shout out to Uncle Ralph, Music Video Box

[@kenirocetsun]

Thank you for uploading this I'm 14 all over again