LL COOL J - 4,3,2,1 ft. Method Man, Redman, Canibus, DMX, Master P

[@brucekern7083]

Back in those days when every MC had their own sound and unique flow... originality was actually valued back then...

[@dassolosyndikat5113]

💯 those times are long gone

[@djromaxtions8328]

@@dassolosyndikat5113 and the new times long lame ......!!!!

[@merlhawkins9108]

Right you used to be able to tell were a rapper was from by how he rapped!! Now everybody sound the same

[@OnGod1007]

You had to be separate from everybody nobody had the same styles back then if it was even close you got called out.

[@krich7977]

You say that but I still remember so many sounding like tupac. Especially underground rappers. Difference is they didn't make it back then, stayed broke

[@samuelskeeter4444]

Who's Still here in 2024? This Golden Era of Hip Hop will NEVER DIE🫡

[@Passionthatgirl]

I’m here for it ❤❤

[@lionelhowell4972]

Still got the tape, and boom box to play all this ERA!! but NOBODY killed this one as good as LL

[@antzola413]

💯

[@BlackSolarisMedia]

yep

[@JasperGraham-cd8kb]

HERE!!!!!

[@raisingthebar5766]

Both Canibus and DMX spazzed out and stood out the most

[@project_b1224]

Totally, LL's one was also pretty alright, but Canibus and DMX did better

[@titushill7031]

@@project_b1224 Canibus sealed his own fate with that verse. You do know, that he was taking shots @ #LLCOOLJ, right? Career-ending move! He should've "spazzed" on his own album.

[@project_b1224]

It didn't, Canibus didn't mean harm, he expressed it in a phone call and literally agreed to change the verse, but because LL was selfish and had a big ego, he had to just take it with big offense. He had a deal, he said he'd change his verse too, but he didn't. Then Canibus, being a genius, dissing LL made him famous.

[@raisingthebar5766]

@@project_b1224 Exactly 🤝🏽💯. Also Method Man and Redman stated on record that the verse wasn't even directed at LL. He misinterpreted some lines and started dissing Canibus because he is an egomaniac. Honestly that made LL look like the villian and a huge hypocrite because he didn't keep his word after Canibus changed his verse.

[@project_b1224]

@@raisingthebar5766 Exactly brother, glad we agree💪

[@MCCABEWORLD]

What a HipHop Classic!🔥

[@XXYungLordXX]

"..That shit will finish u dog believe dat". RIP X. One of the hardest versus ever.

[@tperkins9411]

YESSSSSSSSSS! AGREE!

[@thejammathon3649]

One of top 10 verses all time no doubt and knew that way before he died.

[@thejammathon3649]

@@CqThatdude No doubt... speaking for myself, that's all.

[@thejammathon3649]

@@CqThatdude U good fam!!. I'm 34 now, we was in middle school in the hall ways rappin' that X part together back in the day!.X and Shyne and them was on a whole other plateau back in them days.

[@michaelgoode3404]

Cause if i catch youbwhen the sun is down

[@9MagTV]

April 3, 2021... 4,3,2,1 DMX 🙏🏽

[@SincerelyxGabby]

Literally scary asf

[@LilReesey79]

@@SincerelyxGabby predictive programming smh

[@jamacahendley3838]

Agree,DMX🙏

[@dAfrikaan]

Very strange indeed

[@ManuelGarcia-oz9uo]

@@SincerelyxGabby mockery from these devil. Gematria effect news DMX ..-Zachary k Hubbard

[@hypergraphik]

I always felt like DMX came in the studio from doing all of the shit he rapped about and then went back to it after he finished his verse. One of the grimiest bars ever. R.I.P.

[@redbone.]

Yesss suhhh!!! You gotta make the stank face on his verse lol well hell all of them lol

[@santricemcpherson7809]

Yes the realism in his delivery crazy

[@toyecollins4859]

😆

[@charlesnash5894]

@@santricemcpherson7809 L8pp8ppp888845885t

[@deedravern9847]

Defo he was hood

[@derrickholmes2025]

2024 anyone?

[@jamillahdaughtry1809]

Right here 🎉

[@omozegieoz1otubor602]

Aiye

[@dingallordys116]

Oh yeah 💪

[@bonniedrasco8166]

Every year since it dropped 🔥

[@Unknownman193]

Everyone

[@law7950]

The way DMX entered this track was soo heavy. his flow was fire. the beat suited well for him. Props To DMX

[@hypergraphik]

Law79 I listened and was like “yeah, he’d do all that shit”.

[@marcellussims4831]

This is what got him noticed

[@prestigelevelmarketing142]

@@marcellussims4831 this and Money Power Respect. he lit that song up too

[@chrisduncan3449]

Law79 X is the best!!

[@ceballos4965]

What bout LL that brought later cannabis vs LL

[@sevdasweeney5818]

This is one of the best rap collabs of all time!! Who agrees!?

[@8Jud3]

It's up there but perhaps you've yet heard Spécial Delivery!?😏

[@bosands8432]

banned from tv

[@leroyrandolph838]

I liked it.

[@johnsondailysports1341]

Of course

[@Noname-pe8wf]

Ever!

[@ianmcbride7697]

R.I.P. DMX - Paying respects with a revisit to this hit

[@jreds79]

I had a friend from NYC introduce me to dmx mixtapes and telling me he was going to blow. The first time I heard x I knew he was going to be a star. Rip X!

[@jreds79]

@Mean Azz what do you mean? 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@ianmcbride7697]

@Mean Azz ??? I hope this isn't some reference to reincarnation that you're going to fail at elaborating on

[@ianmcbride7697]

@Mean Azz yes, that's life, as a whole I don't determine that in the most broadest sense. But, unfortunately DMX was abusing a drug which at a point has a history of these outcomes, meaning he played a direct cause in his outcome. That is the misfortune of risks and accountability.

[@jreds79]

@Mean Azz this person made no mention about race. He was just wishing dmx to rest in peace. Why do you have a problem with that? 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@shanes3135]

Imagine not growing up listening to all these artists feel bad for anyone who didn't.

[@j2323j]

That’s how I feel about Ice cube Snoop 2pac Big Bone thugs The real hiphop

[@AnnBoye]

​@@j2323jfactually all hip hop is real hip hop

[@nathancano3551]

This is one of the best hip hop collaborations. Everyone killed it.

[@williameldridgejr1418]

#CLASSICHOODSHIT!!!!

[@laticiajones798]

Facts!!

[@ailexj1118]

Except for Master P

[@irislong5832]

True words right there!!

[@jamontelee3721]

@@ailexj1118 naw P ripped it

[@batmanreturns7655]

DMX was the REAL steet nigga. Dude flow was unmatched

[@Kenny49ERS]

Pun was dope

[@blackgirlmagic8586]

Never be another him

[@bladewalker366]

canibus is on point both back to back

[@fatimacottle1968]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤DMX FIRE 🔥 FIRE 🔥 FIRE 🔥 FIRE 🔥 I GOT TO SEE HIM IN PERSON GRATEFUL FOR 👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾😎💯💯🔥

[@bryantjones8286]

Yea his flow different 🙏🏽

[@Chefjtwoods]

We forget that Master P was out of his element with all these top NY MC’s and held his own, the fact that LL got all these dudes we wouldn’t normally see together with the exception of Meth and Red, this was damn near a genius collab, beat, and execution

[@natsusatsujinki8342]

Sounds like Snoop wrote it.

[@bornA_diva]

​@@natsusatsujinki8342 😂😂😂

[@KingMeech80]

P did not hold his own 😂 but P was still the man back then and they had to put him in there

[@cristodub5828]

They give Master P flack but he held his own. Definitely wasn't a liability.

[@randywatson6583]

@@KingMeech80 I bet you from new York

[@alescioleghlo9359]

Cannibus was on some straight G shit

[@SleekTdot]

This is the first DMX verse I heard. His flow was super unique and never heard before. Became a fan right away. RIP

[@jermainegreaves1524]

Real talk I did to he killed it every bar was pure 🔥💯

[@Carbabydoll]

Most of us old Catz knew he would blow up. This was the song.

[@thekilaab2803]

He used to sell mixtapes in yonkers so we were just waiting for him to get signed and blow up. Alot of his hit songs he already did back then. Just on different beats made by dj superior

[@theballq]

Was it this or money power respect? But ya same for me, those were the first 2 songs I heard from him. I remember when this video dropped, doesn't feel like that many years...we getting old

[@SleekTdot]

@@theballq for me I heard this one first... Then sometime after that was the feature on Money, Power, Respect... That was another one of those where you're like "holy shit rewind that"

[@noobnotpro6221]

2023 this shit still hits hard. Rip DMX, his verse was legendary

[@TaniaBrown-b6e]

Miss u x

[@HoodHandyman]

Dmx is not on this song

[@mistaefromdtn]

@@HoodHandymanyour tripping lol. Dmx on every version of this song

[@mistaefromdtn]

@noobnotpro6221 I was saying the same thing, x got the best verse on the whole track

[@noobnotpro6221]

@@mistaefromdtn yea and meth too, all the verses were fire

[@jada846]

The older I get, the more I Appreciate LL's verse

[@throwbackgeneral215]

Man his verse was filled with shade on canibus. Straight nut shit

[@MoeGunz]

His verse is good. I just never liked LLs delivery.

[@ju66stin]

LL is the Illest

[@sameeknowsitall]

@@throwbackgeneral215 most bars attacking canibus was still on the song

[@noraomar1369]

Yeah

[@lewis4388]

R.I.P DMX👑✊🏿

[@hyperbomb02]

I love that Method, Red, and Canibus decided it was Halloween randomly.

[@natashanathaniel4917]

Lol it was Halloween from them

[@imfrombmf_7258]

It came out around Halloween fr

[@Mookaron]

Lmfao 🤣💀

[@Raydapharoah2007]

lol!!!!

[@bensantellano]

Halloween will forever be in style

[@agoogleuser763]

That number count Redman and method man did together was raw asf ...

[@josieb9402]

YES, they play so well together. You see the way they looked at each other..that's love AND respect!

[@juliansantos3342]

These bars are timeless, LL Cool J killed it , RIP DMX (2023 still plays hard)

[@unnamed776-m9h]

Biz did ya mean

[@Mookaron]

@@unnamed776-m9h 😂💀

[@adedamolaodutayo2757]

Cabinus had the best verse

[@crkdck76]

LL spazzed yo

[@sammiokosammioko8417]

@@unnamed776-m9h yh he got them confused lol

[@coreyrobertson678]

Redman, Canibus, & X killed this🎤🔥🎤🔥🎤🔥

[@jamonteLer]

No question 💯💯💯

[@PleaseMurderMyFamily]

MASTER P killed this . 🎤🔥

[@dinono10]

As did the GOAT

[@RandomBlackGamer]

Shoutouts to Canibus for being featured on the same song he got dissed on.

[@nicknn3277]

RandomBlackGamer what u mean

[@M.Sleeze]

Blackmask10 Jb ll said to him that he change his lyrics why the truth is becuz his lyrics was way better than ll and also ll said that his gonna change his lyrics too but nah cuz ll's ego and being an asshole and fucking cocky

[@xaviermacgreg]

your right and his set up in the video. a football player with his team grounded

[@rubberglovesandwich9889]

Xavier Macgreg *You're

[@gamerincorporated154]

Jimmy Steene don't matter anymore. They squashed this and performed this on stage not long ago

[@shimronnetia]

3:35 - Red and Meth chemistry is forever.. love from Africa

[@stoneysoraclechannel7839]

Yo Master P was the only southern artist on here. That's dope and R.I.P X.

[@elmalanmalan2175]

Actually was whack

[@brownhornet4872]

@@elmalanmalan2175 in my andre voice close minded folks.. The south got sum to say

[@elmalanmalan2175]

@@brownhornet4872 😆😂

[@PharoahsKingdom]

@@brownhornet4872 The south does have something to say but P's verse was wack.

[@trutherjay8447]

@@elmalanmalan2175 hater

[@Kevinguth]

Give that man Eric Sermon his props for blessing this track 🔥 🔥

[@reasonabledoubt6908]

Nah hea made better beats , this feels like a leftover.. uninspired..

[@christopherwilson6045]

​@@reasonabledoubt6908In All Of My 27 Years Listening To This Song! You're The First Person Whose Shared AN OPINION OF THIS KIND ABOUT THE 4,3,2,1 BEAT...🤨

​. Your mad. This track is perfect for the song.

[@KaiStephens]

This shit fire

[@timothymorales2086]

DEFINITELY FIRE!

[@bigpoppadock1167]

Mad respect to the Green Eye Bandit Erick Sermon for producing this!

[@KrsPDior]

That i didn't know

[@dalitsomz]

"Don't make me put you somewhere where nobody'll smell you."

[@qward2174]

🤭😖😖💯

[@bhunt1855]

CLASSIC!! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@blackwood1064]

It means deeply

[@blackwood1064]

It means deeply

[@lrob6971]

I love that part....reminds of..."YOU KNOW WHO GOIN FIND U, SOME OLD MAN FISHIN" DMX

[@beda204]

DMX energy is something else

[@lakeishawashington4299]

It's called crack

[@lakeishawashington4299]

He still fire and that says a lot....

[@shazamkablam1420]

5hr energy 💊.

[@yoomamahouse2x668]

One of the goats for sure

[@thadon5360]

@@lakeishawashington4299 come on hes even without crack a bomb

[@teezwilliams22]

I wish I could rewind back to the 90’s and 2000’s when originality meant something!! Best era of hip hop ever!!

[@michaelbull4344]

Facts real hip hop m.o.p wu tang mobb deep nelly cash money snoop kurupt three six mafia etc

[@TravelingLifeStyleNow]

You sure ain't lying. Me too! 100!

[@davidcoleman8900]

I would rewind to 87-96

[@stephenheath8465]

couldn't bite somebody artistry back then,you would get ridiculed for it

[@phatjnation7857]

You can't forget the 80s

[@kevinwyatt1304]

DMX had such a unique distinguished voice that you can immediately tell it's him soon as he opens his mouth. He had a bad ass voice. Mystikal is another rapper who's voice is very unique. Love this record.

[@perrynn7173]

Absolutely. Good comment.

[@gormezz732]

Busta rhymes also

[@hueyfreeman2156]

Jadakiss Biggie Andre 3k too

[@gunjac86]

All the guys in this song have distinguished voices. None of these guys sound like anyone else except for maybe Can. But nobody is confusing the other guys voices with anyone else. It felt like their were more unique options back then. And sure there’s some around now but it seems like what’s overplayed is the similar sounding folks though.

[@eshyiaholmes6907]

Delivery is Eclectic 😊

[@spencerdavis3794]

Song still bumps harder then anything out right now!!!!straight 🔥

[@aceking875]

#facts 🔥🔥🔥

[@kidpoetic132]

It's not too complicated tho

[@rich7372]

nah. it is a banger though

[@paulramos8813]

@@aceking875 good old OP pp099ppp0

[@JAXTWIN]

These kids missed out on an amazing era in hip hop.

[@incognitoblack757]

🫵🏾 never lied 💯%

[@Moose2498]

They seem to hate it for some reason.

[@syabongawelcome6579]

True

[@NikkiFoster792]

​@@Moose2498 Who's they?! Im 22 my brothers bumped this heavily ❤❤😂

[@tupla1122]

can still listen to these songs. aint missed anything

[@emissarioraell]

Eterno DMX, 2024 curtindo esse som🔥

[@Nakaoboombap]

🔥

[@Unshogunated]

Mumble rappers can't even touch this masterpiece!

[@adv42]

No such thing as mumble rap. They’re actually saying something. This is an attack on the southern drawl

[@truthhurtz8517]

@@adv42 Nope Master P is from the South

[@TarellHudson]

They wouldn’t even know what to do with a beat like this.

[@liljuz1981]

@@TarellHudson it's literally the same note over and over again you cannot argue that this beat is better than anything nowadays

[@TarellHudson]

@@liljuz1981 It is a simple beat and yet, it’s iconic. And outside of your J Coles, Kendricks, Vince Staples, and so on, you’re not getting competency on this beat.

[@alassinsane1588]

I feel so 'at home' when I return to this era of rap. It's such a dope tune & it never gets old for me.

[@raineyaasiyah2184]

Grew up with him Quest sip malik consequence amd dmc #llindenlove even down to Nicki on Jamacia Ave battling men as a young girl... love my neighborhood...❤

[@traviscarter1023]

@@raineyaasiyah2184 I heard she use to battle men on the Ave back in the days that's the part people don't talk about I heard she use to eat them alive.

[@queenie8764]

Omg same

[@loak33tv]

“”I snatch ya crown w ya head still attached to it!!!” I don’t blame L for studying Canibus’s verse. Canibus killed it!! 🔥🔥🔥

[@alescioleghlo9359]

I totally agree

[@clipsthemasterpiece7576]

Nooo he told canibus to rewrite his verse

[@SirKmac808]

@@clipsthemasterpiece7576 yeah he cut his verse and made it not include some lines but I don't think he rewrote it.

[@entertainme1444]

he made him re-write it, then answered to the verse he told him to re-write like a bitch.@@SirKmac808

[@wraithyoshidj6702]

That's not why he rewrote it

[@djbloodshot]

This song really shows kids these days how different mcs can be. If you did this today it would be 5 guys who all sound the same rapping about the same shit

[@monicataylor6145]

💯

[@miajackson41]

Agreeddddddd 👍🏽👍🏽

[@markquanjenkins2850]

They all rapping about the same things.

[@CurrentMoodCommentary369]

😂😂😂😂😂😂 purp, coke & how cool hero is 😂😂😂 while mumbling & barely coherent

[@GroundControl204]

If you wasn’t around or too young for this era of Rap, I do feel bad for you missing that wave💯

[@legendary8838]

This era will never be repeated

[@anthonysutherland8601]

Blazin! My lungs still hurt from these days ...

[@perrynnlynch3811]

@@anthonysutherland8601 Great comment. Me too, lol.

[@natisharoberts6505]

🎯🎯🎯🎯

[@lisakaye3919]

ISTG

[@animefan149]

Canibus was and still is a helluva MC

[@joepropsnyc]

David Hill lol or a freestyle.

[@ronaldhonore3454]

Prime canibus would of whooped dizaster. I saw Tay roc roasted Dizaster with written. Canibus used to do whole album spitting flames at 100 degrees. After a while he started doing one song at 100 degree and the others at 10 degrees, that's how much Canibus fell before he battle dizaster.

[@reisedogg]

No one had a better run than 97-2002 Canibus...he has some of the best verses of all time...anyone who says different is lying to themselves

[@TheAMSport]

Yeah but you're facing LL dawg.."how dare you step up into my dimension, when your little ass should be somewhere crying on detention""

[@JustTheFacts317]

@@reisedogg bullshit ! He was stealing his rhymes from Canadian authors ! Facts ! Which automatically makes his bars irrelevant

[@AaronLesterMedia]

Just here to say RIP to our Superhero Dark Man X.

[@robertbailey4547]

Hell yeah

[@matthewwheeler4916]

I agree with you ok and rest in peace darkman x

[@blacksuburban2410]

The other Emcees dressed up as horror villains to fit the dark theme… DMX dressed as himself and was still the most menacing presence in the video.

[@damondelgado4603]

Redman is on my top 5 underrated rappers. Everything he spit was 🔥

[@Hewhoislikegod0]

One of the greatest to ever do it. Brick City baby!

[@BigPaPaRu]

Meth and Red like Chocolate and peanut butter. Perfect duo imo

[@fluffyfreak505]

Meth and Red like bud and Dutchmasters

[@derrywallace3855]

Big facts

[@raemanmusic]

That shit was low-key gay

[@bhunt1855]

👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@BigSam072]

Pause

[@DrBeauHightower]

Master P is the krilin of this track

[@timothymedina96]

I chuckled

[@MaliC3368]

OMG not Krilin lol

[@josephkyle6271]

Don't ever disrespekt Krillin like that again :)

[@ajwillz5513]

More like warren buffet of the track!!! Learn about hip hop outside of the East!!!

[@josephkyle6271]

@@ajwillz5513 Business wise... Master P was THAT dude. However, on this particular track.... dude was wack

[@DrDisinfect_TheWorld]

DMX was really the only nigga rapping about the crimes he was really doing.

[@zqninja3334]

😂

[@thabomashile9841]

FACTS!!!!!!!!!!!

[@koketsomodise9502]

🤣🤣

[@latiacunningham5627]

Naw forreal!!!!…💯

[@aaronfarricker1475]

X and 50 the realest guys hip hop has witnessed

[@tonyajohnson2683]

I saw them perform this song at the Apollo. I was 17 now 44 tomorrow! What a time we had 😊

[@seniorjerry5376]

I know that was lit🔥🔥

[@sir_habedi4296]

You was in that crowd??? That performace is iconic, X stole the show when he came on

[@tonyajohnson2683]

@@sir_habedi4296 yes I was. Up close at that. Me and my friends had a blast!

[@LizzieLycan]

Dont Sleep on Red Man! He bodied his verse too.

[@hansoncarter9425]

His verse was the best imo.

[@charliebrown9489]

Who tf would sleep on the legend red

[@setnthahookwitstubbs297]

Yes i like REDMAN JOINT!!! TURN A CHRISTIAN TO A CERTIFIED SINNA!!!! 😂😂😂😂

[@mefman9]

Red is one of the greatest.

[@lukekhalid896]

I noticed something breakin down Red's verse. Em copied that whole entire flow. No wonder he said Red was his favorite rapper

[@StoneKvtter]

as many times i've seen this video, i just realize how dope Method Man's mummy concept iz.

[@shanenolan85]

Jey GQ Agreed! Tical!

[@PDTolen84]

Lord Yusha Pyramid I like Redman's Jack the Ripper too though.

[@thiefonthacross4162]

Ya heard LL =GOAT

[@3rdEyeMangekyoRinnegan]

True but Red was on some Slick Voodoo daddy type shit both killed with the costumes.

[@chemistryrussell]

Yeah. That was very dope. Plus, he killed his verse too.

[@qbclay2]

here for DMX....hopefully he pulls through, and is a better man after all this behind him

[@smarkslowplay3512]

Brain is done bro

[@Pynkfoxx_]

He’s passed away this morning

[@koiiyhonze9148]

@@Pynkfoxx_ This song name predicted his death

[@smarkslowplay3512]

@Mean Azz lay down the crack pipe

[@Pynkfoxx_]

@Mean Azz chilee iont know what to believe anymore

[@romankaripidis9714]

Dmx allways sounds so good!he has this voice that hits hard

[@dredddizzah9705]

People are absolutely comatose on Canibus If you can't appreciate him for unreal lyricism, appreciate him for his resilience, any rapper that went through the tumble he did would've just up and left

[@Robyn--]

His beef with LL, Eminem etc was what stopped him from going full mainstream, very talented but very restricted.

[@petew.7870]

“CanIBitch”

[@bitaraina256]

@@petew.7870 ok eminem stan boy. Go meat ride feminem somewhere else

[@mzvenom3058]

O9

[@mzvenom3058]

@@petew.7870 o

[@AerialPenn]

DMX and Canibus on this joint had everybody in 1998 open. That Canibus verse had us all 🤯🤯🤯 everything he spit was fuckin crazy in 1998.

[@tobiasbyrd126]

Until LL went on head and diss him in the same song😂😂

[@lightcurls714]

​@tobias byrd the original canibus verse he did a sub diss and said "I'll snatch the mic from your arm" it was over after that. Then Eminem destroyed canibus and there went his career

[@enijairoundtree7053]

@@tobiasbyrd126 word up 😂💯

[@oldb3139]

​@@lightcurls714 He wasn't dissing him. He respected him and said let me borrow it. Because Cool J thought it might get misunderstood he said Canibus had to rewrite it. Problem is Cool J didn't rewrite his, saying people wouldn't know it was about Canibus. Canibus disagreed thus the beef was born. Look it up.

[@treynelson4946]

@@oldb3139 that is some suspicious, messed up side

[@abdullahmcneal7912]

Only Method Man can dress up like a mummy and make it look cool while he rap🔥

[@erickaford5828]

AF🫶🏽🎼🎼🎼

[@mrfeast_butbetter4277]

And the ghost faces in the back

[@kevlar1482]

That costume was corny though.

[@joegrinefine]

@@kevlar1482Nope🙄

[@keivnudoh3509]

ticallllll

[@buildingnumberseven]

“When you look at me long enough, I start to read your thoughts if the signal is strong enough” Canibus.

[@Reese8531]

“Who wanna act fly and get shot down with a surface to air Missile”

[@garcel1251]

Classic!! What a era to be alive… I don’t get why Meth & Red not brought up in the top duos they rhymes are classics

[@gkan93]

For real brother!

[@millygang2166]

Can't agree less

[@hellrella.k.a.durielhall4907]

They are in my book. They're in my top 5 duo Mc's

[@davidhenry7607]

Rumor has it..... Red and meth usta sit around and get smoked up and just go back and forth spittin bars at each other....... I'm talking about all day long non-stop

[@mustaphamuhammadgarba1740]

As far as MC duos, I'd put only OutKast on their level, with Raekwon/Ghostface, Blackstar, and Run the Jewels a little behind them

[@sigmundsanders8064]

“Don’t make me put you where nobody can smell you “ 😳

[@clintonmercer2520]

Nino Brown shit right there

[@deseramaxwell2780]

Pull through D

[@BrandonScottFox1]

That's a HARD line. Visceral

[@WillRobinsonDanger]

"BELIEVE WHAT I SAY WHEN I TELL U!"

[@mrandyjeezy]

Wordplay and adlibs back in 90s mad props to DMX rip

[@MsIvytude]

That beat is hard!!! This is what you call RAP!!! Yeah baby!!!!

[@JJL-yq8pd]

MsIvytude lol

[@brianbcpryor112]

MsIvytude : SAY' THAT' NNOW'!!!

[@brianbcpryor112]

PLANET' INSANITY*!!!

[@brianbcpryor112]

MASTER' P'!!

[@legionDC]

This an Eric Sermon beat

[@hironoshozo]

"Stay out tha DARK!" I remember that; whoever hadn't heard of DMX before that line knew him after that verse. So much was happening with this track, including Erick Sermon producing it. Meth & Red, Canibus, DMX, LL, Master P jumping on track because No Limit had their thing going on. X having two #1 albums in six months. Canibus and LL going at it. Hip-Hop.

[@jays7404]

Nah if you was from westchester you know this 🥷 use to rob cats at night in the park in mount vernon that's why he say stay out the dark shit was true he had people scared to walk at night in the park

[@rhaporrumpunch]

DMX hadn't come out with his albums yet. This was 1997. He dropped his first one May 1998. It was this song and Money, Power, Respect that made me find out who DMX was.

[@hironoshozo]

@@rhaporrumpunch You're clocking the X album debut right, no worries; I'm just referring to that era of time when it was all happening. "Second Round K.O.", ""The Ripper Strikes Back", X's albums, No Limit, Erick, Meth, Red, the whole nine. Speaking of The LOX, they definitely were in the mix with DMX with "Money, Power & Respect" and those two mixes of "Get At Me Dog" around that time. That Clue mix freestyle session was madness.

[@opps2268]

2022 and this still hits hard

[@jamesgibson3716]

I still think someone else should have had P's slot. He was subpar..

[@penpillage]

Always

[@dnerosparta4944]

Stay out the dark!!! It was at that point I became a Ruff Ryder for lyfe..

[@timekabolden5309]

Ty

[@rastomasstanford7708]

Yuppp

[@christophergentry5933]

Everybody did great, but that DMX verse is something different lol One of his favorite features of mine.

[@latoyaransom7442]

Agreed! 🔥🔥

[@jayripp84]

Method man have you jumpin at the beginning though

[@JC-lb8gi]

Hell yea made me wanna sell drugs, breast feed, and shoot a gun all at one time😂😂😂😂😂ok back to mommy mode

[@RuffRyder14]

@@JC-lb8gi well damn😂😂 do your thing g

[@Metical1312]

@@JC-lb8gi u had me lol 😂😂 picturing a woman selling drugs, licking shots and breastfeeding lol love Meth &DMX 2 of my fav rappers to this day !

[@beaniegee5129]

LL, Redman, Method Man and DMX the kings of Def Jam in one room

[@huhuan-wg4ko]

Canibus killed it

[@CLOWNBOT00]

New generation won't find us here where we old skoolers never left.

[@yungdezi6836]

Im 96 late 90's early 2000 thus fiya🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥💯

[@jazzbaker5806]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@raizen_maziku]

big factuals. ayame who did you’re profile picture with the girl? looks nice

[@CLOWNBOT00]

@@raizen_mazikuMuch love! Uh, it's Ayame from Tenchu: Shadow Assassin's.

[@xlucqd_]

I'm from '10 but started listening in late '19.

[@Rican_VII]

I miss DMX.....the real X...I want another album while hes still alive...

[@mistahmst]

As much as I love X, I don't think he would be able to deliver on an album these days. I don't think he has the same juice he did in his prime.

[@mrflyingace]

@@mistahmst Pretty sure X announced an album few months ago.

[@mistahmst]

MrFlyingAce but what I’m saying is that it’ll most likely be subpar he hasn’t put out anything worth listening to in years, but then again, maybe he’ll surprise me with a track or two

[@nyetloki]

Ain't got the same fire as he did in his prime. No one does. You cant spit with the same strength as a young buck as an old dog.

[@cipumcomine6500]

Me too cuz.💯

[@DarkKniteZ]

LL fucking snapped on this. Too bad most will never know how great he actually is

[@VideosTLLZ]

LL is one of those rappers that are sooo good that people think he's not that good. ( make sense ? )

[@ObeyaCorpsArmory]

@@VideosTLLZ its not that they think hes not good its that they try to discredit him to bring him down to their level.

[@ganggreen4612]

Back when dudes actually went at each other to be the best in the game. LL slayed everybody’

[@ObeyaCorpsArmory]

@@ganggreen4612 100%

[@bilmamartinez170]

They saved the best for last LL G.O.A.T.

[@biggkrizzvg]

Dmx killed this

[@c.moorejr190]

I'm 59, and the beat even makes me, want to nod my head.

[@jodywest9044]

Don't worry that's just the devil

[@frankcuadrado6088]

And the lyricism carries the beat..dope!

[@JaneMuchiri]

@@jodywest9044 lol..what???!!

[@oncewckd6409]

@@JaneMuchiri Crazy DMX had a heart attack on 4/3/21

[@butchreed5764]

Go try and write a 16 hommie!!

[@pm-5565]

Rest in piece DMX... you took the world by storm with this hit about 24 years ago We already miss you

[@bobt9705]

"Your naive confidence gets crushed by my dominance" LL Truest line ever said to Canibus.

[@pacificriverstorm1179]

Second round KO is Canibus Ether

[@ceejay9141]

It's been widely accepted that Canibus won the battle, and only took an L (no pun intended) because LL had him blackballed. This was when payola wasn't being called out. Not that's its stop at all.

[@bobt9705]

@@ceejay9141 This isn't true at all. What you said is actually the opposite but I'm actually in the minority and thought canibus won.

[@gregcampbell3052]

Canibus won

[@bossmedia4028]

@@ceejay9141 lol its not widely accepted. ll held his own in the battle and he obviously continued his career while canibus floundered. Though 2nd round ko was definitely a top diss track ever.

[@mankind71]

"Im a No Limit Soldier, that's why they booked me!" Master P

[@nolanrimson6656]

Redman killed this for real

[@calsums914]

Rael talk for real

[@jonathanclarkston8281]

FACTS!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@cezanyc]

Meth &Red were impeccable 👌🏾

[@4thletta]

this was the first time i herd DMX. Legendary shit! 90's Hip Hop was the best!

[@illnigma]

yup. my first time seeing dmx ever. 1997. 45 ogilby drive hartford ct. i remeber it like it was yesterday. i was a kid. didn't know who the fuck dmx was but i knew canibus.

[@beatsbybutch8154]

This was actually the first DMX was on.

[@futurekings7730]

"Hold my beer".... actually X was on Onyx "Shut Em Down"... before this 🔥🔥🔥🔥track, thank me later!

[@rashimoore6707]

@ Word

[@marksman745]

King David My first time hearing him too, he stood out for real.

[@nkosikhonagumbi3766]

Who ever made the beat was instigating violence in that studio

[@shoundelmcintosh8513]

Facts!

[@darylmccrea3834]

The Great "Green eyed bandit - Erick Sermon"

[@yusuf1608]

Canibus is...and will forever be a BEAST on the mic.

[@marcgreen1503]

FAX

[@DesertEagleGPB]

yusuf1608 history proved this wrong lol

[@cantspelltriumphwithouttru4277]

Lou Nava Wyclef ruined his career with wack production

[@raheemcamal998]

@@DesertEagleGPB false

[@JustTheFacts317]

@Raas Putin yeah right Rasta Impostah and Can-I-Bus LL ended his career with those trockd

[@deansnipah1392]

You just cant fuck with East coast rap😂 Flow, beats, cadence, swag, lyrics! We have it all

[@Tony-pk1sw]

South holding it down now we got this

[@willcamacho2067]

That south sound, and lyrics are garbage compare to this.

[@darkknight_8891]

Im from GA if it ain't ti, luda,outkast, no limit, or the hotboyz just to name a few... Nah the south ain't hitting on NOTHIN nowadayz...

[@markdemory890]

That south shit especially golden age southern hip-hop 😂 OutKast shit anything Dungeon Family, Ghetto Mafia, Tela, Luda, TI, Scarface

[@ultramag0343]

​@@Tony-pk1sw🗑

[@GEECHIEGirl]

DMX KILLED IT❤😢🙏🏽

[@henrysettles7431]

You ask for it babae

[@TaniaBrown-b6e]

Rip X

[@TaniaBrown-b6e]

Not fair 😢X

[@mickenwa8146]

DMX BEST VERSE

[@Eye2Eye24]

Dmx came with that energy

[@Rue100]

ONE OF THE GREATEST COLLABORATIONS OF ALL TIME PERIOD...DROP THE MIC 2019 STILL LISTENING YASSSSS

[@luewane22]

R J. My thoughts exactly...the greatest to me!

[@beauxbromwell5121]

R J. That who shot ya was 🔥🔥🔥

[@tellyhennessey5422]

Meth has my sense of humor

[@tellyhennessey5422]

Master P!! Uuuuuuuuuh

[@OBZRV82]

This is my 97-98 High School freshmen year soundtrack.. Peace to all my 80's babies.. We've experienced Real Hip Hop at it's pinnacle. Were the last of a dying Breed..

[@Thatmeat]

Im telling you bruh,this game depressing out here

[@oskarb1036]

Don't get too erect

[@Marwan-oh4tk]

Lucky you. Sucks being born in 2004

[@oskarb1036]

@@Marwan-oh4tk really doesn't

[@Marwan-oh4tk]

@@oskarb1036 it really does, there's no good rappers now except for Nas who's still active and writing nice raps, Kendrick and JCole

[@702SinSuper]

Who came just to listen to X rip this track? 🙏🙏🙏DMX 🙏🙏🙏

[@robbybrown9838]

Me doc!! ONLY REASON!!

[@Toyabecuz]

Me ! The only reason 🙌🏾

[@DarkKniteZ]

LL snapped the hardest

[@bhunt1855]

👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾🙏🏾

[@topshots-718shakur6]

Definitely

[@leafqween]

Still a Banger in 2024🍃🍃🍃

[@johnmongelli7480]

R.I.P. DMX We Miss Him a lot of times

[@matthewwheeler4916]

Me too and rest in peace darkman x

[@cjhepburn7406]

Starsbless

[@rubenocasio9188]

All the time" That was My Guy... Still is when I Die"

[@italpoison]

This goes harder than anything that's been released in the last 10 years. RIP

[@davidamaral1519]

LL COOL J is one of those rappers who manage to stand out in over a different decade

[@thisisanewusername4662]

lol

[@chiarosuburekeni9325]

He was successful in the 80s, 90s and 2000s. And I mean commercially successful in each decade. There are other rappers that have been DOPE over the course of a few decades but it’s fairly rare to say you actually sold records in 3 separate decades

[@keithventress1672]

Master P brought it like it should be on a different level 🔥🔥🔥🔥💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾🤓🤔🤔🙌🏽🙌🏽💪🏾

[@BrownsvilleBaby_Est]

He had too.Son was the only down south Kat on here..NY wasn't jaccin the south baçc in the day..Nowadays the south cool with the East,and vice verse.

[@johnaponte1808]

Sorry, master p should’ve never been on this joint

[@jarardx2312]

​@@johnaponte1808No they should've picked a slower beat because master p has a slow rap style.

[@gabbyrodriguez9595]

​@@johnaponte1808 Master P was hot around the time this song dropped...

[@irondfsman565]

​@@johnaponte1808stop hating P the reason it got so many views. He was da man when this came out.

[@lioness-sx6fr]

This is the juggernaut of hip hop and still is. These dudes are beast! Definitely Jam knew how to pick em. Master P was from the South but still held his ground! R.I.P DMX Cannibus was ill too

[@jeffery6158]

This the song that finished Cannibus career lol

[@blaketaylor8078]

Yea this was right before the end of lyrical rap music.

[@ThetrueTeddyB]

This was the Era, where you could watch BET all day long!

[@shurlokke]

FACTS 🎯 Late 90's in the summertime... BET all day ...radio on all day

[@AntLive-lu5qx]

This was my first exposure to DMX, I became an immediate fan!

[@rechtsanwaltzak5878]

Wasnt this before his Album release ? No one really knew X

[@claypearson8380]

Facts

[@blackgirlmagic8586]

Me too

[@justingoland1884]

@@rechtsanwaltzak5878yeah everyone had a huge following except X, he came humble and slayed the verse.. red and meth kill as always and the canibus vs ll battle is legendary… and P was and always is P..

[@CCEkeke]

@@rechtsanwaltzak5878 DMX guested on a couple different tracks from 1997 up until his first album. Money Power Respect, 4,3,2,1 and Whatchu Gonna Do as well as two tracks off Mase's debut album.

[@mynameholla]

canibus Verse is crazy 🔥🔥

[@mikedun7]

LL blew him to pieces, covered in feces with one thesis!!!

[@TheManHam87]

​@@mikedun7Only because LL laid his verse after hearing Bus verse.

[@mikedun7]

@TheManHam87 I agree with you, but cannibus still got smoked by LL after the official battle started, which my original comment was referring to.

[@SavageCorner]

@@mikedun7 the version that got released didn't have cannibus in it he was replaced by Jarule and it was terrible i use to FF through his part lol

[@raisingthebar5766]

​@@mikedun7 All lies. I remember when LL himself even said Canibus was his toughest battle on Drink Champs. Bus is a lyrical monster.

[@johnjohnson9047]

RIP DMX, he kept it real to da end. That's how legends r made .

[@Scamdemic]

Classic. CanIbus was always Under rated IMO. I always thought his voice just 'Fit'. Then there's DMX...Another level.

[@MrElephantBeach]

Underrated is the last word I would use for Canibus. He was considered one of the best alive at his peak.

[@Scamdemic]

Well, in all my years of listening to U.S hip hop...That's the first time I've ever heard anybody say he was considered one of the best. Shame he didn't stick around for longer either way.

[@aqeelsabb8292]

I agree, Canibus was one of the best lyricist there were, but I think he was underrated too, when it came to mainstream success at a time when, any emcee-regardless of their lyrical content, could get on daytime radio. Canibus didn't get a lot of airplay and most of his fame came from guest appearances (where he killed). His LP dropped and slid under the radar and when people lists their greatest emcees of all time, he's way down the list behind people like Jay, Rakim, Big, Tupac, Em, etc. -if he's even on it. Canibus had the same career as Papoose, in that, he was on the verge of being the next big thing, but fate intervened, in Canibus' case, it came in the form of LL.

[@mr.c.e.o6397]

Neil Kenneth Riley The Brat would do better...She says verse 3000 mph

[@mr.c.e.o6397]

Aqeel Sabb The Brat would do better than he did she say her verses 3000 mph

[@justindavis7435]

P did his thing concedering he was rapping next to Giants lyricly

[@fredwise4454]

What concedering?

[@neilrnyc]

@@fredwise4454 you knew he meant considering.

[@fredwise4454]

@@neilrnyc no, thanks for clearing that up.

[@dominiquehunt2572]

No way P was pose to b on this track everybody bodied this track but P come on na be serious

[@neilrnyc]

@@dominiquehunt2572 facts, if anything wayne should have been on this.

[@shavonmclean844]

Yo, I love all of the legends on this track but I must confess… DMX killed this entire song!!!! RIP DMX

[@joshuagarcia2218]

The fucking transition from Canibus to DMX is legendary. I was reminiscing so I began blasting this all March then 4/3/21 DMX was hospitalized. It sucks but I hope the man pulls through.

[@EL-ERIC]

LL🎤murdered this his verse

[@chriseff8252]

DMX's verse is Medicine! Rest in Power!

[@leedza]

Makes Kendrick/Drake seem like child's play. 90s and 2000s had some epic beef raps.