"Now that I’m wise I realize that all I did was hide / Long as they starin' at that chain / They won' look inside my eyes and see the pain See the hurt, see the person I disguise / Can't write about it all if there's no words that could describe / The images in my head that visit me in my bed If I ain't talk to the Lord, man, spiritually I be dead" - Joell Ortiz
@davorobradovic72876 жыл бұрын
Such great penmanship . SALUTE
@smily4266 жыл бұрын
Respect
@sicshop6 жыл бұрын
Amen
@THEKR8SHOW6 жыл бұрын
Great Song, whole album is crazy dope u both kill shit! Hip Hop needed this! More please!
@zamjoji4686 жыл бұрын
Mere 26k views anguish to know ain't no ears to listen real talk.
@Gloria_Dlamini7 ай бұрын
5yrs later still hits. The best lyricist + the best producer = The Greatest ish yu ever heard
@OTheArchitect8 ай бұрын
This beat is ridiculous!🔥🔥 Lyrics go hard too!
@jsjscy2 ай бұрын
I hope the guy who recommend me this song has a blessed life ❤️
@ntatesikwane4 жыл бұрын
Apollo is a super producer, he brings out the best in everyone who raps on his beats, damn.
@1BergerVongSchlauigkeitHer Жыл бұрын
If this man ever stops making beats I will fly to the US and slap him.
@Lastof7186 жыл бұрын
My type of Hip-Hop
@ichdakaas6 жыл бұрын
Michael Gomez so true
@gregc76995 жыл бұрын
Real hip hop 😉
@matthewogonowski30895 жыл бұрын
Hard as a rock my G
@TariqAmazin5 жыл бұрын
LOUDER !
@luciano18195 жыл бұрын
@@gregc7699 Yes ,just REAL-HIPHOP !
@seanmullaney7688 Жыл бұрын
That line about camera phones though!!? Apollo just in his own league on the beats!
@generalmalice79415 ай бұрын
He's up there for sure
@hansgluck39865 жыл бұрын
Apollo productions sounds like a classic every time!
@kurtmathews2583 Жыл бұрын
I know right a bit like statik salektah
@ohdagee6 жыл бұрын
"You try to haggle for that chain or that bracelet or that watch or that ring / It's off the chain, brace yourself and watch out when it ring." Joell dropping jewels! 🙏
@Pboyemcee6 жыл бұрын
OHDΔGEE incredible word play... This entire project is quality.
@ohdagee6 жыл бұрын
@@Pboyemcee That jewelry scheme was fire, the whole track at that!
@josephserenson1666 жыл бұрын
Wasn't untill at least the 10th time when I heard this track and actually caught that line and once I noticed he repeated all the jewerly again and in order I paused that shit and yelled out yoooooo!!!! Love bars like that
@c0wboys4life6 жыл бұрын
Oh we talking about Bars Bars huh lol
@mrandyjeezy6 жыл бұрын
😱Blacked out on that word play Joel Ortiz a monster and Apollo Brown dopest beats.
@stretchbk1316 жыл бұрын
This is why I love HIP HOP
@jayfreedom15926 жыл бұрын
Hip-Hop in it's puriest form. Certified Dope!
@davorobradovic72876 жыл бұрын
And still not sounding too old or dated either . Genius . Not hard to tell this is top level artistry ! Yea HIP HOP .
@bahstudd96626 жыл бұрын
Purest*
@blaisegordon16 жыл бұрын
So true 1
@thabosamuel63655 жыл бұрын
“I’m just a product of where the young'ens move product We all believe in God, but we look up to the shottas” 🔥🙏🏿 Love - All the way from South Africa 🇿🇦
@brandons.hernandez336815 күн бұрын
God bless Apollo Brown & Joell Ortiz, this is the real Hip-Hop, bring this Hip-Hop era again! 1 Thessalonians 5:15 ‘See that no one pay back evil for evil, but always try do good to each other & to all people.’
@CastleVaniak5 жыл бұрын
Never hear music like this on mainstream radio or being reviewed by the hipsters at Complex
@georgebetz56455 жыл бұрын
Damn fucking straight. Lack of communication is killing this country. Knowledge is power and we need to spread the message
@mrsoshadabaadman5 жыл бұрын
What people don't get is that most of the hipsters like trap ironically so its disposable songs have a 6 week lifespan. But music like this has time to mature and grow on sincere music lovers and new heads looking for more than what's in the mainstream. True the bookings and venues might be smaller but overseas they stand on the same stages as lil whomever.
@rarefruit2320 Жыл бұрын
They control the world through their wars. They control the message to create wars
@TheRealAndreScorman6 ай бұрын
I spent years trying to get my peers and people in my life to listen and appreciate hip hop instead of what’s played on the airwaves. Through the years I found it’s better to keep gems like this and artists like Joel and producers like Apollo close to the hip. The casual fans who don’t have the appreciation can’t offer anything to this art other than negatively effecting it and watering it down.
@aprillowman81665 ай бұрын
I feel you,, Metal face😉. Apparently youre a MF DOOM fan. It takes a special 👁 and ear for this ish. Absolutely needs time to brew. This type music is leaked into cyberspace before it's tweaked 😂. I would know. Im part of the creation! ✌🏾
@JahRandom6 жыл бұрын
By the grace of God...we have Appllo Brown to bless our ears. The man's sound is truly legendary in its own time. All praises due.
@focusmelvin5 жыл бұрын
Yes Detroit owns
@kevinlindezey18872 жыл бұрын
Realtalk, By the grace of God we are blessed to listen to a brother with God blessed talent 🙏 🙌
@generalmalice79415 ай бұрын
Detroit got some dope heads, black milk. J dilla. Guilty simpson
@jerzygiant99824 жыл бұрын
Hip Hop is still alive
@tirellv4938 Жыл бұрын
This track has a nostalgia feel to it even though its not that old. It makes you think about the highs and lows in your life, close people who are no longer here, and times we took for granted. But through the grace of God we have been blessed through all these times.
@michabudkowski90706 жыл бұрын
Apollo... Respect from Poland
@antoinesungu39875 жыл бұрын
Michał Budkowski KZbin.com/somolabel163
@madasraka5 жыл бұрын
apollo król
@zygar53165 жыл бұрын
Apollo mistrz
@Kaucer_One4 жыл бұрын
@@zygar5316 Kozak !
@kayzo72683 жыл бұрын
Yeah man respect from human with heart 🙏🏼
@jwizdum21034 жыл бұрын
Apollo Brown could easily be the best in the game right now. I personally think trap beats don't have shit on his stuff in terms of both skill and overall sound quality, he's as good as Madlib.
@cidic95176 жыл бұрын
MAD LOVE FROM SOUTH AFRICA!
@linuxd6 жыл бұрын
Hey south Africa. Hello from inside America 👋🏼
@tumimokoena44046 жыл бұрын
Awe my authie
@cidic95176 жыл бұрын
@@tumimokoena4404 Awe Bosso!
@antoinesungu39875 жыл бұрын
C I D I C 95 KZbin.com/somolabel163
@johnlansing14 Жыл бұрын
Track gives me the chills, truly
@aleksandars92544 жыл бұрын
Joell top 10 no question
@MichaelSeitireng2 жыл бұрын
Aaahhh man! This is what the world is made of...the real representing...by the grace of GOD...
@itsdat_SlimGravy11 сағат бұрын
🔥 lots of wisdom and courage spat on the mic.
@venom2k26 жыл бұрын
Damn. I knew Ortiz was good but he reached a new high with this Brown joint
@DLoyaL9024 жыл бұрын
copped the locksmith and joell albums on vinyl. insane projects
@davidortiz49035 жыл бұрын
This song made me look at joell ortiz in a different light Dope song💉
@zakheledunjwa13025 жыл бұрын
Joell Ortiz DESERVE NO GRAMMY HE IS A ABOVE THAT
@whitenoise58092 жыл бұрын
Real hip-hop artist
@douglasmwoge50174 жыл бұрын
Apollo's beats really resonate with my soul
@CYBERMIK40566 жыл бұрын
Nuff respect from switzerland
@yannickmelancon70823 жыл бұрын
My kind of hiphop right here🔥🔥🔥🔥
@coleymoley2997 Жыл бұрын
Apollo is so underrated, def a prodigy and deserves more recognition 🗣🗣
@Kima-e1b5 жыл бұрын
Apollo Brown & Joell Ortiz = LEGENDS
@wallcity3186 жыл бұрын
Yo this album super underappreciated
@luiscruz9738 Жыл бұрын
I’m a boriqua from chicago, and this track explains my upbringing perfectly. Thank you Joel and Apollo.
@gambit13574 жыл бұрын
dayum Apollo. cuttin' that "by tha grace of god" was masterful. J. Ortiz hit this joint outta the park.
@MichaelHalloween314 жыл бұрын
I seen my brother Joe listening to this in a dream I had. My brother passed away in 2010 This song came out in 2018 🤔🤫
@xrebels36145 жыл бұрын
This alumb a Master Piece fr...Mona Lisa
@cinekjungle4 жыл бұрын
Always ❤️🎶🙏🏻🎤 ....Respect from Poland
@jameswright45956 жыл бұрын
This takes me back to the 90s, when I would listen to dope MCs and dope producers making great music. Throw on the headphones and close your eyes and just imagine everything Ortiz is talking about. Great album they dropped!!
@TariqAmazin5 жыл бұрын
REAL SHIT!
@eriecatiz6 жыл бұрын
Dope... Peace from #ChiCity ...Chicago
@OldSchoolApprentice5 жыл бұрын
Love from Macedonia, Apollo & Joell are the reason I still love hip hop!
@cantbestoppedrecords13776 жыл бұрын
This is Dope. I miss shit like this. Real hip hop
@diasporaman54192 жыл бұрын
Masterpiece!!!!🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
@alexortiz56602 жыл бұрын
This album is a classic. Noooo doubt
@antoniozenga556129 күн бұрын
who is here 2024???
@mollemolle595918 күн бұрын
Always
@mrx712 жыл бұрын
this is an underrated master piece
@SASUKEUCHIHA-dt3cg2 жыл бұрын
2022 and still by the grace of god we here.
@jjkk7126 жыл бұрын
Wow. Legit goosebumps. Thanks for this.
@AnthonyfromtheD5 жыл бұрын
Apollo Brown always killing the production!
@ANTICK3056 жыл бұрын
There’s Boyz In Tha Hood that watch Menace II Society and Juice I never wanted to go that route I felt like Cuba in the car without the heart To tell Dough to let me out Hope God don't judge me when he judge me The Devil work pretty damn hard to make it ugly Know every thing that glitter ain't gold but, man
@matthewogonowski30895 жыл бұрын
Tell me he ain't a fucking beast!!! That shit is as real as it gets
@OscarSanchez-bt7is3 жыл бұрын
music like this needs to comeback not that mainstream bullshit
@jermainewilburn1814 жыл бұрын
Power of self
@vincegray72063 жыл бұрын
Brother can spit!!!!!🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
@JurasPriest6 жыл бұрын
Repeat. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat..... listened to it 20 times in a row now. Dope af!
@1ixist6 жыл бұрын
What a soulful sound construction by Apollo & the wizardry on the delivery by Joell. Two contributors to the genre at their peak.
@Hillfiguz5 жыл бұрын
Turn your face to God and Christ. By the grace of God we shall be saved.
@ЕвгенийСмирнов-э7ч7х3 жыл бұрын
From Russia with love
@douglassoul19786 жыл бұрын
My Favourite on the Album!
@Denmarkone6 жыл бұрын
What a gem!
@krolone64306 жыл бұрын
Yeeaah this is hip hop music...
@Divyne7183 жыл бұрын
Classic in my eyes. Real HipHop/Rap right here. 🔥🎼
@bulldoggep6 жыл бұрын
💥 👊 real Hip Hop 👊 💥
@9munster6 жыл бұрын
Top shelf hip hop.
@MothusiO.dogmoduke55246 жыл бұрын
It doesn't matter who Apollo Brown features becoz everything he drops its always a classic all the times💽💽💽
@peterrivera68086 жыл бұрын
Kamikaze, Mona Lisa, book of Ryan, beer bongs and Bentley’s, weather or not., carter 5. Some great albums!!!
@linuxd6 жыл бұрын
"If I didn't talk to the lord man spiritually I'd be dead"
@likewhatIsee6 жыл бұрын
Hottest project of 2018.....Jamla is da squad 2 a close second.
@elfanaticorojo74llorente4 жыл бұрын
I LOVE 🔥👍🏼
@ameerabdullahshaheedpeace81866 жыл бұрын
Fiyaaa !!!
@BAVENMC6 жыл бұрын
Sumthin real right here !
@MichaelHalloween314 жыл бұрын
🔥🥵🔥 REAL HIPHOP RIGHT HERE...
@remnow6 жыл бұрын
That real hiphop... this is a real classic. Respect you captured the feel, and now that you older your reflective rhymes even doper.
@melvintejera1963 жыл бұрын
Classic 🔥🔥🔥 Mona Lisa is a masterpiece.
@roknkawk5 жыл бұрын
Everything that glitter ain't gold, but man the ice makes all that glitter look cold 🔥🔥🔥🔥
@cosmicdreamers28216 жыл бұрын
Wish music like this still got the recognition it deserves...
@Quantumfluxfield2 жыл бұрын
This in incredible, thank you for sharing
@marcomosthated94145 жыл бұрын
This is music I can listen to all day
@alexbonta40056 жыл бұрын
Amazing one of the best tracks iv ever Heard !!! Joell Ortiz is a Rap God !!!
@qqqbbb92235 жыл бұрын
God !!
@wtiinvestments90855 жыл бұрын
Yoooo Joell! Rrrrespect!! 💪🏾💪🏾✊🏾🙏🏾
@toolovely13416 жыл бұрын
Nobody holding the game up like Ortiz. That's a fact son.
@vicbell68495 жыл бұрын
Apollo brown keep bringing out that real black movement music to wake up our people keep doing your thing. God bless
@giovannidesantis85693 жыл бұрын
Joell one of the best !!! Salute the generals !!!!!!!
@marionkeller123028 күн бұрын
Lyrically superior ❤😊❤🎉
@NightwishaaaАй бұрын
Brutal beat and flow! ❤
@marselus885 жыл бұрын
Real shit, real hiphop never dies, much peace from Poland!
@jayechevarria73806 жыл бұрын
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥upon 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 on top of 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
@jonduflee89206 жыл бұрын
Phenomenal 💥💣💥💣💥
@caldogz906 жыл бұрын
Apollo is def one of the best producers out these days
@EverSupreme6 жыл бұрын
This album is so underrated.
@josephnicholas9776 жыл бұрын
Joell the King of Wordplay... "Hope God don't judge me when he judge me . The Devil work pretty ***pregnant pause*** damn hard to make it ugly."
@candidofeliciano21096 жыл бұрын
This song needs more radio play and exposure ✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽 Joell and Apollo killed this album. #joellisoneofthegoats
@WrAlie Жыл бұрын
Viva Apollo Brown e Joell Ortiz, Love you Bro, greetings from Brazil!
@klmmusicman6 жыл бұрын
Real Hip Hop 4 the B-Boys & B-Girls, straight FIRE!!!! Man I miss the 90's, champion hoodies & timbs........
@thabo38665 жыл бұрын
Apollo and Joel Ortiz probably the best producer/MC Combo
@snipermac91405 жыл бұрын
This is one my favorite albums i'm listening to right now
@abhasgupta3545 жыл бұрын
Y’all are the reason I can say hiphop is alive and well. Thank you for blessing us fans with your talent
@greenbaye16 жыл бұрын
Listening to this gave me goose bumps!! Took me back to 90s boom bap!!! Wow!!!