Mos Def & Talib Kweli What's Beef

Performance by BLACKSTAR on the Dave Chappelle show. This was the one and only time they sing this song together. Real Hip Hop! Raw rap shit! Great sound quality, ENJOY :)

[@OmarScruggs]

"Beef is when a gangster aint doing it right and other gangsters done decided what to do with his life" One of the coldest lines ever

[@HittokiriBattousai17]

Daaamn, absolutely.

[@barakqalam]

Yep mos had lot to say in this one…

[@davidtobias6893]

Mos Def was a made man and the microphone wasn't. And we had to take it. It was between the italians

[@bendixonsghost7621]

Cold and real talking

[@bigboy4438]

For real homie

[@turkishninja13]

Beef is not being able to find this on Spotify

[@msaibon5940]

And Beef is when wack👮🐍💯 sitting with the 🐀69. beef is when kids are shooting on internet live and beef is when kids dieing like fly's in Chicago and allover U.S and AK'S reporting like it's some fckin game or sum on beef we lost sum real one's big n pac dreako Dolph Slim nip X mo3 van n pop... RIP 💔🙏☝️

[@GMANKOOL23]

It was never fully released .

[@deagle2yadome696]

beef is spotify only having mos defs discography in the CENSORED/EDITED versions

[@stanleymangumjr]

Lol

[@andrewlaird3169]

YT music way to go But that’s real beef

[@koreysylver9276]

“When a soldier ends his life with his own gun, beef is tryin to figure out what to tell his son...”

[@chrisgreen177]

DAMN! That one hit me in the chest. I've been there.

[@FranklinFreshman]

@@chrisgreen177 fo'real ??

[@garcvict]

@@chrisgreen177 truth, bro…

[@adamwadepierani8043]

One of the deepest bars ever written.

[@lukecollins3808]

That's deep

[@TM-ox8cl]

no lie. this performance changed my life as a kid in the 00s trying to make sense of it all. Thank you.

[@williamshaw8248]

Good for you 👍👍👊👊

[@Jolynenizuma22]

How did it change your life exactly?

[@cameronthomas826]

this one changed my life too. me and my lifelong buddy had always been in love with this show because it was easy to watch and funny to a kid with the corniness but also made me feel mature and connected with me through pop culture. here i was 9 or 10 no idea who mos def or talib kweli was and this performance marks the exact moment i thought maybe this guy dave wants to teach me and make me understand something just as much as he wants to make me laugh. Not only did i bob my head to the musicality and the skillful rhymes of these two legends but after the song a curious me had to hit google. “what is gaza strip and west bank?” “what was the the aids epidemic?” “why cant people get jobs?” Shouts out to mos def and talib kweli for invoking these thoughts in a young mind and shout out to dave for continuously educating me and introducing me to dope artists. (i was born in 2001 chappelle show had been off the air for some time by the time i was 10 but aired on late night comedy central and my friend had them on dvd. We both remembered our parents/siblings watching it when we were little so we hit that age and went “Hmmm what was that show??”)

[@trentyates418]

Mines too. The ‘00s rap was the best time for conscious rap. Glad to live in that era.

[@alexanderkorovessis3998]

Chased by sexual predators Talib!!

[@trentyates418]

This is what you call real hip hop. MCs rapping about real shit.

[@alldogsgoheaven]

This is using hip hop as like tool .. and in a positive way ... but at end of tha day hip hop is art n is about expressing yourself n tha way u think n things you think about... n tha type of art hip hop is , there's so much stuff to do

[@LIONTAMER3D]

​@@alldogsgoheavenlike ALL art, it is what you make of it; Black Star was highly sophisticated in their use of the medium

[@alldogsgoheaven]

@@LIONTAMER3D I never thought about it like that is so true

[@LIONTAMER3D]

@@alldogsgoheaven the "Minneapolis Movement" in hip hop was based on spoken word poetry, run dmc was based on rock & roll, public enema (lol) was explicitly political with socio-economic consciousness at the fore front, outkast was from outer space; all the notable acts have a distinct direction. These guys are public enemy with a much higher level of technical sophistication as lyricists.

[@alldogsgoheaven]

@@LIONTAMER3D public enema 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂 and true that about higher level of sophistication in their lyrics

[@Kalvin5]

This was one of their DOPEST songs EVER!!

[@garysimcock9816]

Word up

[@trentyates418]

Facts!!!

[@mattasticmattattack8546]

What's your profile pic??? Its driving me crazy i can't remember his name lol

[@user-kf5ky3cv1u]

​@@mattasticmattattack8546 crayon shin chan, the og of all ogs lol

[@alemwoldeyes]

Is, I think you meant is.

[@henripentant1120]

This is an indelible moment and I was there for it live. Total classic. Chappelle had it all every ep.

[@greenbacks4469]

was this at SOBS in NYC? it looks so much like SOBS

[@jnestor71]

Yo, you were in the audience?! That’s amazing

[@Qblues941]

Beef is when the judge is calling you defendant with beef it come with a long jail sentence handed down to you in a few short minutes! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@hankwilliams8939]

The REALEST line ever!!!👍🏽☝🏾✊🏾🎤

[@msaibon5940]

Bruhhh🔥🔥🔥 them 2 bro's talib😎 an Yasin😎 2 of the realest they talk the talk realll shiii wha we love a real hip hop MC'S🔥🔥🔥

[@lovelylady6181]

We love yasiin bey ..formerly mos def. Great actor and more so his intellect and verbal skillz

[@steezli]

Freestyle popped in my head as this Hamas-Isreal beef flared up

[@rickys7179]

"Beef is oil prices and geopolitics. Beef is Iraq, the West Bank, and Gaza Strip" - Mos Def (2003)

[@shooshooshooshooshooter]

same

[@AsSeenInTheStreets]

literally talking about the Gaza strip like 20 years ago

[@ItsNikolai]

It’s been a long engagement there it was relevant then and relevant now

[@MalcolmCir]

Some of the realest rhymes ever put down in Hip Hop. And it just gets more true with age. I only wish this was released as a single or with their album...

[@jonesRG]

It was. "Beef" on the Mos Definite record. kzbin.info/www/bejne/p2mpnWWModekn5o And the beginning verses from Kweli are from "Going Hard" off his Beautiful Struggle album. kzbin.info/www/bejne/sKG5fpKXfrmrpJY

[@s.a.m.6993]

Beef was a track on the album Mos Def a released in 2003/4.

[@ABCDEFGHI827]

0:27 “Those who are trading their freedom for their protection deserve neither!” That’s it!!! 🔥 🙌🏻

[@andro3041]

Thomas jefferson quote

[@deagle2yadome696]

it was a post 9/11 reference but still rings true today regarding covid (and many other things)

[@aaronbrett317]

@@andro3041Ben Franklin I believe

[@BigFancyH]

​@@aaronbrett317yep

[@2angies19]

Relevant Today.

[@unhhgcrxexhjvuvujchcrzwzwz7956]

Holy shit shut up

[@MSkyers7]

Dis shit never gets old

[@mibraliy]

Mos Def's verse on this, and on the 'rape over', are among the boldest and most brutally honest verses ever in hip hop.

[@DirtCheapFU]

Thats why theyre always going after him lol Or they undersell Talib Kweli.

[@hhIsTheBest]

one of the most underrated rap song I have ever heard

[@williamshaw8248]

Can listen to this all day,REAL HIP HOP!!!! Went bananas when I saw/heard on Chappelle's show

[@ergolineL]

Seeing this on chappelles show when I was a kid is what made me fall in love with hip hop.

[@MixBetterNowTV]

REAL Hip-Hop ✊

[@teddy7746]

I have remembered every lyric from this song since I saw on Chappelle Show like 10 years ago

[@briankraker9118]

This prime cut is still on point and aged like fine wine!

[@andrewsmith505]

"Beef doesnt come with a radio edit"

[@thornhillacquisitions593]

One of the most prolific groups ever, this joint here My Lord "What yall call beef aint beef at all."

[@ddriveddrive4986]

They weren’t prolific at all? Look up the definition of prolific. It means that they put out a lot of music. Blackstar only put out one album so while they are great, they are not prolific.

[@thornhillacquisitions593]

@@ddriveddrive4986 I will find a more suitable term, all good. The content of their music perhaps

[@MrElephantBeach]

@@thornhillacquisitions593 Maybe you meant profound?

[@thornhillacquisitions593]

Perhaps, wrong term used

[@rudolfagyemang5006]

Legends. Say no more..

[@royalfreshness815]

This generation will never understand this masterpiece! This shit belongs in a Museum.

[@shaqueaq208]

The beauty of music (art in general) is that it lacks a statute of limitation. It can speak to many and even generations later, one can still go back and listen to it. Otherwise no one alive could claim a right to listen to Beethoven. Instead of putting down the younger generations for not being alive when these works of art we’re being created, how about we encourage them to listen to them without being patronising?

[@Mookaron]

They don't promote raps like this! It's all about drugs, women, cars, jewelry & violence! Wake up my black people! ✊🏽

[@jessicamatos8330]

Yessir. Some of Talib Kweli’s music was just beautiful. That Train of Thought album. Sweet memories and Four Women. 👌🏽

[@MrGregoryHawkins]

Most rappers need to listen and learn from this

[@OGlexMusic]

this song is just greatttttt meaning and all

[@TriumphJune97]

I love coming back to this

[@vextay7199]

Man, it's so different from today. you'd never see something like this in a live proformace, ever. To many doing music, all they think about is a catchy rhythm, and a few bars are all you need to make a hit. Back then it was more about the words being said, I'm willing to bet not many people like the beat to this song, but the words hit harder because of it, plus there's a few versions of this song

[@rebekahcuriel-alessi2239]

Yasiin always brings emotion.

[@FranklinFreshman]

How are you ?

[@trapdaddy762]

20 years later, and this sone still knows what wrong with our nation

[@CorkyClubman]

This is a thought provoking piece of art

[@non_brewed_condiment]

I think we need an updated What's Beef for 2020

[@loofonme]

It’s the same beef today as it was then my friend.

[@non_brewed_condiment]

@@loofonme true :/ I guess it just feels like it's "served" differently today.

[@non_brewed_condiment]

@@loofonme I'm thinking about stuff like people dying over fights that started online, you're absolutely right though, it's the same problem, just a more modern version

[@BGaming5000]

So happy there’s no ads on this

[@demonhanzohattori]

Yooo I forgot how HARD this performance was, STILL hard today🤯

[@psal4803]

Mos def one of the greats in hip hop

[@prodbyderek]

Was so young the first time I saw this and it hasn't left my mind since

[@joesosa41]

"Beef is Iraq, the West Bank and Gaza Strip" for the time, this was incredibly informed.

[@a-chail9720]

Unfortunately this lyric still applies to this day.

[@joesosa41]

@@a-chail9720 exactly.

[@msaibon5940]

The realest Shiii I ever heard bruh that's wha real hip hop is even 2day Iraq the west bank and Gaza stripis still a killing Fields yh the varus 🥶🥶🥶 RIP 💔🙏☝️to the 1's passed on

[@xenofyl1]

This sh been going down since the end of WW2!

[@jsimmons834]

BlackSTR.....miss this in the game

[@Eyegotf8th]

They ate this. Still relevant today. We beefing wit the wrong people.

[@aubsta1]

AMAZING!

[@aftrthehangovr8347]

Still rings true .. every line in this song

[@resol_beats]

I always come back to this 🙌🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@thisistheshow_]

Amazing. I remember hearing this originally. I like to share this with people who traditionally don't like "hip hop". The second verse is the best. So good. The line about George Bush, and the dead soldier, always hit me.

[@steve_santiago]

This has been a Blackstar PSA. Classic.

[@CrownprinceA2Z]

That's 100% pure colombian grade hiphop ladies and gentlemen.

[@willford418]

DON'T SEEP ON MOS! TOP 10 OF ALL TIME (Yes, up there with Rakim, Jay-Z, Biggie, etc.)

[@DirtCheapFU]

Or Talib Kweli. Reflection Eternal, Quality, Beautiful Struggle. (etc)

[@immafatazn]

yup they both easily the most underrated

[@djahimsa]

I fell in love with hip hop because of Mos and Kweli. And the larger golden era renaissance of the late 90s.

[@LMaxx5]

Yooooo! Never seen this until now. You just gave me a real Black Friday blessing........BlackStar!

[@mattgamer15]

This was sooo freshhh 🔥🔥🔥

[@thegreattreon0177]

The baddest freestyle of all time!

[@moringaacres9130]

This is RealBeef....how did I.miss this in my hip.hop

[@MrBudaguda]

now that's hip hop

[@youngphillip2000]

Beef Is Not What Ja Said To 50 🔥🔥🔥

[@user-du2of3lh1g]

Mos def is highly underrated!!! He got barrs!!!

[@rebekahcuriel-alessi2239]

Symphony!!!!!🎶🙏🏼💘

[@xenofyl1]

Yo this sh still gives me chills after watching it a million times.

[@noeticmusic3247]

Absolute lyricism. There's a lot of rappers today that missed this era of hip hop and it shows.

[@brandonloaiza8595]

Best rap song/album

[@GoodxJ]

Mos Definitely! ✌🏼🙏🏻💎🎤

[@keyonnamanning5319]

I’m watching this right now ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️💪🏾

[@amyrockwell651]

Love mos definately

[@rickfrenzy9556]

Brutal truth. Brilliance

[@mikemccusker352]

I remember watching this when I was like 14 years old and it hit so much different now that I’m more conscious❤

[@marcusmajors6196]

And 20yrs later this has yet to be touched

[@Dimeloloco13]

RIP DJ Kay Slay

[@FLCL2010TOKYOJAPAN]

This type of hip hop needs a resurgence

[@rapnrd]

I could not agree more. We are working to keep the spotlight on thought-provoking lyricism.

[@reversethecurse6408]

When Rap meant something In terms of telling stories

[@Clifffields]

when i tell ya'll this is one of the songs that made me start writing my own songs....

[@KAISHAWN]

This is so fax yo🤦🏾‍♂️💯 too bad ppl fail to realize what the real problems are

[@playitpurple007]

This is forever hip hop

[@samrobinson387]

Timeless🔥

[@ddav6643]

Miss the lyricist lounge show. Such a great show

[@abronlattieriii2141]

They were musical guests on The Chappelle Show

[@Rayrockny]

They had to kill this movement as quick as they could. They was like bring in the mumble rappers to dumb them down again.

[@humanmold]

Facts

[@fitzgeraldcheek8963]

Classic legendary fire

[@danielledowling3]

He's soo talented!

[@MyseptumStinks]

Still heat to this day

[@danteholley4790]

OMG 😮😮😮 I Love Mos Def Verse 💣 💣 💣 💣 🚒 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥

[@nilehowell5382]

Checking in....ohh aight this shit still here. 😎

[@chrismeyer434]

This should have 100 million views

[@MSkyers7]

Mos is Top 5 of all time

[@citypopFM]

Real hip-hop. Speaking on the realest shit from wisdom.

[@xavierrivera8977]

RIP real hip hop n dave chapelle

[@treocho1506]

Beef is gaza strip never aged better

[@rapnrd]

2 social poets ahead of their time. Black-balled by an industry and culture that values profits over lives.

[@ericalston2733]

This my first time hearing this and my God they went yanky🫡🫡💯

[@algeronbradley4936]

Blackstar.

[@cecillewis3587]

I can just imagine these lyrics over Common's The Corners beat...that would be a fire mix

[@TheePrettyGirlSwag]

2021 & the Gaza Strip has flared up. Evertime something goes on there, I think about this song. They got real beef!

[@DrDookieDrawls]

It’s always been real ... media just doesn’t cover it

[@TheePrettyGirlSwag]

@@DrDookieDrawls it’s been covered in the media ever since I can recall. Like I said when I hear about the Gaza Strip this song comes to mind. I guess it depends on how much attention you pay.

[@DrDookieDrawls]

You’re right. I guess I’m desensitized to it

[@byanymeansnecessary9329]

They don't talk about Gaza unless the zionists get hit, otherwise they keep it hush.

[@parryitchansamone7548]

Crowd unable to realize the Royalty before them.

[@ropa3905]

Hell yeah

[@SpacelyHendrix]

Omfg was just watching Chapelle show!!!!!!! 💯💯💯💯💯

[@lb4398]

Hip Hop Pure

[@user-wr6nj8du1r]

I shake my head when I hear people say hip hop is better now bc of songs like this

[@nunogomes5705]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@ProducerSikste]

TRUE MC’s.

[@rowlanddinkins7497]

Hip-Hop!

[@kiron0073]

"Those who trade in freedom for protection deserve neither" This IS the problem today!!! We have the universal right to protect ourselves from all real individual and community threats by any means. Blessings to all.

[@user-uu6hg8mr4n]

🔥 Shiiit 🔥🔥🔥 The realest shit I've heard of my de la soul slum village mos Def quali listen to all my youth I'm 41 years old and everything they say is the truth we need to be promoting positive rapping like we did in the beginning all this gangster shit need to stop

[@ThinkBlue84]

That’s the shit.