MY EXPERT OPINION EP#30: ROCKNESS MONSTA (HELTAH SKELTAH) + POISON PEN

[@R.G.777.]

I don't see enough people paying homage to the rockness monsta

[@billlopez6988]

RG I’m 34 and I don’t know who he is I feel like immma suppose to know him tho lol

[@R.G.777.]

@@billlopez6988 he was one half of the hip hop duo Heltah Skektah, the other member Sean price passed away a few years ago, check out their album Nocturnal, in my opinion rock was the better rapper when they first came out but Sean price took it to another level after, the 90s really was the golden era

[@R.G.777.]

@@Word-Life Facts!!

[@mitchlee2363]

@@Word-Life m.o.p and biggie had Brooklyn popping

[@nidlerproductions7572]

For sure!! Been a boot camp fan since the high school days!!!

[@themightyfp]

Has Math had the biggest turnaround in battle rap? I mean he’s producing quality intelligent content. Big up that man.

[@lowie1974]

THAT IS A FACT AND I'M SO HAPPY FOR MATH. PEACE AND BLESSINGS TO MATH AND KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK 💪💪 💪

[@charmonique33]

RRT he's definitely the Joe Budden of battle rap I'm here for it

[@llc8508]

Lol he definitely doesn't look like he snuffed dose here😂😂

[@JaviLaflare]

FACTS!

[@beastmode1980434]

Alot of growth and maturity with Math

[@johnniejames9799]

SEAN PRICE will forever be in my TOP FIVE SPITTAZ!! One of the coldest niggaz ever!!

[@NIMMHATVRapBeats]

word. nobody spit such dope ignorant punchlines with that additude plus flow!

[@mreece4407]

Ever.

[@cabcalli]

Facts

[@DMVHipHopStop]

Big Factz, Sean Price the hardest rapper ever, not just on some hardcore his format was stupid and can’t really be imitated, coupled with his Wit he was one of my favorites too, he ushered in this Golden Era 2.0 we livin in now along with Roc Marci, every underground artist wanted to go to them, that spawned the likes of Griselda and such.

[@007gmoney]

P

[@Killjoy.Z]

Sean P is the best rapper ever to me I dont really care what anybody says to me. Hes the dude that spits just one 16 that makes whatever 16 you spit after that look corny and forced. Dude was effortlessly lyrical, funny and violent all at the same time with the toughest flow, voice and realness to match. One notable talent to Sean's writing was how he would make every bar symmetrically rhyme PER WORD, meaning every single word of the bar would rhyme with the exact word count of the next - "Hardcore rap and Mary J Blige Records / The God gon' snap, I'm wavin the 5 reckless." - 6 rhymes per bar - not many MC's can do that for a few schemes, let alone every verse. People dont understand who died when he passed.

[@ENOCHSZUNXXXL]

Aye Aye captain I agree

[@mitchlee2363]

Gtfohwtbs son was nice .but hey that's your opinion

[@shahid8545]

Good post. They was stupid nice.

[@seanpriceizdagoat9354]

God damn Truth son

[@jordanolafson80]

P! was one of the best Mc of he's Era without a doubt he became the face of Duck Down hence the name Ruck Down even Buckshot will admit that Sean was the bread winner out of his whole Camp real talk I am so glad he released Mic Tyson before he died no one dropped a album that year that was at that level of skill he is a dope artist a real Mc he could spit and make dope hip hop even other sub genre's of hip hop like Gangster Rap, Trap and of course Boom Bap he was incredible rip Sean Price🙏 we miss you King!

[@roblangcalyo]

The sign of a great show is when you don’t even know you’ve been watching a hour then you smile and nod cause it’s 2 hours left 😎😎😎😎🧐🧐🧐🧐

[@riquim.656]

This show was long but it was 🔥 everyone on the show were down to earth thanks for having me on as a guest I'm the Big dude with the Adidas hoody & glasses I recommend it to anyone who enjoys this podcast

[@gsheverything_2716]

Salute bro 👍🏾

[@KingKratos79]

@@grimformation 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@tonytouch145]

The longer the better to me. As long they’re switching topics

[@cabcalli]

@riqui m that has to be the living version of the fly on the wall shit

[@URL2K]

💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾

[@DocStrange30]

Rock is my favorite mc of all time. He's the poster boy for dudes that deserved to blow and didn't. He's Criminally underrated. His last album from 2017 is fuego. Salute to the monstah, and Salute to math

[@leluyaa]

Yes 👊🏼

[@CarnageXXXL]

Big Rock = One of the best. Period.

[@tylowe78]

Heltah Skeltah is one of the most underrated groups ever. That Nocturnal album was freaking dope! Leflaur Leflah Eshkosha and Operation Lock Down are my favorites.

[@SuperBlizzack]

Rock's shirt is Boot Camp Clique's 1st album cover!!!

[@VicVegaTW]

Rockness A.P. Is a masterpiece, start to finish

[@DigitalOdyssey3001]

Rockness breaking down the importance of the number 4 in music is super-special. Amazing!

[@SleevezGaming]

Math bugging about Camp Lo, uptown Saturday night is a classic!!

[@SleevezGaming]

@@davidcampbell215 good work bro

[@354allday]

Everybody back then were original those dudes were nice. They weren't loud with it like the other rap duos in those days

[@SleevezGaming]

@@354allday they were very unique and had fire beats and could rap very well!

[@354allday]

@@SleevezGaming Ski Beatz were blessing them wit the production

[@dru8034]

It has replay value because you didn't understand them back then. I'll play that now and catch something I didn't before

[@leluyaa]

Here is an actual legend, the legendary Rockness. I can't stand it when they call people who've rhymed for 5 mins 'legends', arguably the strongest voice in rap.. Known worldwide for countless classics‼️ RIP Sean P Salute from Oslo 🙏🏼

[@CurrentMoodCommentary369]

3 deaths that I cried heavy was ODB, Sean P & NIp ......Salute

[@stevan8437]

OH SHIT! Thank you Math. Heltah Skeltah was my jawn back in the days. I still pump it sometimes. THEY WERE TOO COLD!

[@SleevezGaming]

Poison pen is a legend. Love his track with MF DOOM

[@grimegully6261]

I love his joint wit nems

[@specialsock009]

Damn. I ain't even know he had track with MF DOOM. I'ma have to check that out.

[@TM-fx8eb]

Boot Camp as a whole is my favorite click of all time. I appreciate you Math for giving Rock his say so! 💯 RIP Sean P🙏🏾

[@GrimGrundy_blc]

R.i.P to Sean Price, one of the illest to ever touch a mic. R.I.P to PH, a legenendary underground emcee that never got the level of respect he deserved from the hip hop community. Shout to Big Rock, one of the realest ever. Shout to Poison Pen who always gets heavily slept on. This podcast was so dope #teamhomi

[@herukhuti1341]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@kenjenkillasounds]

Yo rockness is such a real down to earth type of dude man and his examples where on point along with his story

[@savysavinchii6946]

Rockness dropping some jewels

[@otisperry4382]

THAT'S HIP HOP ROYALTY!!!

[@ideezydgaf1]

I'm an hour and a half in so far and I'm thoroughly enjoying this episode. I'm from Brownsville/east new york so I'm appreciating all the gems Rock is dropping. I also enjoyed the brief decept stories because I had a few older friends and family members who were decepts in ENY. I was born in '90 so as I got a little older to my first memories it was kind of dying down. I say all that to say this, poison pen needs to come back and be the center of attention. I feel like he can drop some fire stories revolving around battle rap, especially from the early days when grindtime was just gaining traction and when URL was developed. Bring that man back Math. Edit: roughly 45 minutes after I wrote this initial comment, poison is involved in the discussion and these early NYC battle rap stories are fire.

[@jallowgayle984]

Hoffa killed me in this episode "don't shout the block out"😂😂😂😂 and him as a 15 year old on his bike

[@RuinYourDayNow]

man this show is so good. jesus. thank you math.

[@infiniteblegend5292]

Damn this was episode was really good born early 80's I came up in the 90's and when you live in it you don't even realize how Crazy it was growing In Those Times it seemed like that was regular shit

[@BronxWavy]

I'm from the BX and growing up in the 90s, BCC (BROOKLYN) had Rap/Hip-hop on LOCK!!!

[@mathamatix582]

I cant believe I sat here and watched 4 hours of this - and enjoyed every minute of it.

[@JareDestroyer1]

30:48 Sean P was a different level. RIP to the legend and respect to the legend Rock.

[@AtafalWonder]

Math had me crying with that "The hedge clippers!" Headbanger chant.

[@1NASDAQ]

Great fucking ep. mothers in Brooklyn were scared for their sons in the 90s. Mad respect to Rock n the WWBCC

[@heptacon6121]

Math you offical for this one. Thank you bro.

[@savydayz5835]

That was a crazy freestyle Rockness dropped on clue

[@shaunsmith5169]

Listen. This interview hit home because I liked boot camp more than WU at that time. I probably was the only dude.😂 big up Math and the team again🍾🍾🍾🍾 from Connecticut

[@shahid8545]

Me too B. BCC was too raw back then.

[@ceerockbedstuy5088]

They both took that HOOK - YOU COULD BE AS THE GOOD AS THE BEST OF THEM OR AS BAD AS THE WORST - From a Shabba Ranks and Deborah Glasgow record - Don't Test Me.

[@Rosebuddz_Revenge]

🔥🔥🔥🔥👌🏾

[@LansingMusicTV]

Yea the corniest shit I heard today

[@ceerockbedstuy5088]

@@LansingMusicTV IMO it really makes perfect sense - since Rock said Smith and Wessun had a heavy Caribbean influence being around reggae heavy and was responsible for all the reggae infusion with BCC makes sense they used that hook - Side Note - S&W's Sound Bwoy Bureill IS A BIG CHEWN in reggae sound clash when its made into a dub-plate (LOL-to explain a dubplate is another whole thread)

[@Smok3God_Music]

Cee Rock BedStuy them sound clash battles be fire 🔥 🔥

[@ceasersmith8399]

Big facts...but to Rocks credit he already said that he wasnt the biggest on the reggae tip.

[@rosonairy9489]

Bro Math you made it baby .. I saw the interview at Fox TV .. you don't have an idea how happy we are for you.. as a fan of battle rap from KSA I hope the all success.. Skye is the limit ✌🎉

[@namehere3155]

Sky

[@rosonairy9489]

@@namehere3155 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@comedianzeemoten]

Funny thing about that story pounding dos is when I first mentioned to homie that "I be watching this podcast by this dude Math Hoffa" my homie said, "that's the battle rapper that he swinging on niggaz" 🤣🤣

[@Ninobrownfromthetown]

Bring avocado on there he way past due Have him talk about, how he got in the game

[@R-Mean1000]

For sure. Get avo on. Give him his flowers. He been providing my entertainement for more then a decade

[@dredezzil1]

Avocado definitely been putting in work and deserves to share his story

[@ideezydgaf1]

I said this on Twitter a few days ago and they both agreed so I'm hoping it's in the works soon. I'm positive that'll be my favorite episode.

[@tehcrazGaming]

Gotta catch him when he is in NY

[@RuinYourDayNow]

[@lvsonerocks]

This is the best episode!! Duck Down! R.I.P Sean Price

[@logicfirst101]

Yo! Boot camp said “if you wear fatigues and sneakers, you pussy”. Those kings was wild! I loved every minute of it.

[@ElectrikNYCfunK]

we gon rock da worrrlldddddddddd

[@DeeWunnHybrid]

RockNess 🔥🔥🔥 R.I.p Sean P! Same time 🙏

[@spitsomethingmedia]

Just saw you on Fox News. Congrats. You deserve everything good that comes your way. My Expert Opinion is my favorite show btw.

[@michaeldewitt7302]

Rock and Pen...dope to hear in depth from them both. A lot of battle rap fans don't give Pen the props he deserve cause they don't know his history.

[@WhatThaFlocka]

Another dope episode. It's always great to hear about the REAL history of the streets of NY, the legends, and the behind the scenes stories of battle rap. Definitely need poison pen back for more stories about the beginnings of battle rap

[@TheIdontcare444]

Math you've created one of the last, true hip hop media outlets, you the man!

[@shortychill]

I love the 90's hip hop. RIP Sean Price.

[@niccomakk]

This is my favorite episode so far love this nigga rock since 93'. Been wit the camp since Enta da stage! Miss dem days damn we will never see times like that again music, clothes the whole aura of the 90s!

[@perrynnlynch3811]

Maths description of different coloured crack vials on the ground everywhere in Brooklyn as a child painted a powerfully desturbing image. Great episode.

[@kingfuji1019]

I used to be in hardcore clothing store every battle rap night...it was crazy in there..I remember Craig mack came through one time and didn't want to battle ...flatbush ave next to the YMCA

[@jameswilliamson6844]

This is one of the best interviews. Rockness is one of my top 5 MC's of all times. Much love to the whole BCC. Been rockin them since I was teenager and still till this day play their music loud in the south. Dopest MC's come out of BCC rest in peace Big Ruck

[@jameswilliamson6844]

The Streetz want blood

[@nathanfroude9478]

You Heltah Skeltah the best rap duo of all time. Nocturnal is the most under rated rap album of all time. Roc the truth R.I.P Sean Price

[@xRoccito]

this coulda been a documentary.. so much history.. good shit!

[@robertowilliams6354]

"When we are saying this cant be accomplished, this cant be done,we’re short-changing ourselves. My brain, it can’t process failure. It will not process failure.Because if I have to sit there and face myself and tell myself, 'You're a failure,'its almost worse than death." - Kobe

[@mikeallen8967]

Rockness is one of the best to do it.....

[@mmobilemedia]

Legend. 1. W...W...BCC, world wide, boot camp clik til we DOA!! 2. D.I.R T. Classic

[@indelibledrew2]

Rock, one my favorite rappers still, highly underrated.

[@MalcolmRKente]

This is gold!! Shoutout to y'all for giving a different perspective to the culture

[@Rosebuddz_Revenge]

Another Dope interview!!!!! Salute for this interview, I remember that nocturnal album like it was the other day! London locked in! 💯🖤✊🏾👊🏾

[@mikeymozzarella780]

Heltah Skeltah was my favorite back in the day. Ruck was so talented and witty wit his rhymes and Rock's deep voice and gutter driven lyrics!! BCC! "Fuck Batman and Robin, I'm robbin' wit a bat man!" -Rockness Monsta AKA Mr. Mall-Doo

[@infinitebarz6301]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 love how you combining battle rap with industry legends #seanpricerip salute Hoffa!!

[@streetsiswatching9660]

How do I tell my boss I need a 3 hour 40 mins break ?

[@tlig]

By handing in your notice..

[@dalecumberbatch6601]

Just take it

[@perrynnlynch1883]

Word!! 😆

[@cvodka911]

44:00 Queens is actually the largest borough out of the 5. Brooklyn just has the highest population.

[@kevleo723]

Rockness Monsta!!! One of my all time fave artists.

[@brianzackery969]

My favorite MC Rockness Monsta!!!!

[@FlawdaBoy4]

Man I can listen to Rock all day

[@rocnwitdatcatfrmbk7666]

That’s my big bro lord vital In the shop NA ROCK

[@MichaelMartinYapNational]

One of My Favorite Rappers from Back in the Day and Definitely One of Dopest Voices

[@essbot1947]

Yo that hedge clipper story is a madness!!!

[@devonmarz5539]

Let it begin!

[@354allday]

@@devonmarz5539Good shit homie

[@johncarbis6688]

I keep saying it. This is the best hip hop podcast out. I’m from the 90s. This shit is gold.

[@tehndavey7565]

SEAN LIVES ON!

[@penpillage]

On some real talk...Thank you Hoffa. I'm from South Africa and grew up on these cats. It's so dope hearing their stories and getting insight on life through their eyes. 👊🏿 Lol These dudes are older brothers I wish I had.

[@interovic]

I'm so happy I found this. I had no idea Math already did an ep with a member of BCC

[@humble_haplo]

Yo! I love Rockness! Him and his brother Ruck inspired whole crews in my city💪🏾💪🏾

[@koobreeze5034]

Thank you for this one frfr HS all day. 39 going on 40 and still vibing to they shit till this day.

[@delanosteelejr.5109]

RIP Sean P. Rock keeping the legacy going

[@KJB716]

Salute Big Rock!!

[@djpoprek270]

I love this Ep! So much history!!!!

[@TaiMau817]

I just watched the whole show...this is how I know I am a member of The Church of HipHop. Hip Hop is my religion. Shout out to Rock and the whole BBC

[@MrSpilledge]

It's BCC!!

[@THEJAESTER718]

I love how Rock explained his reflective experience of dealing with Duckdown 💯💪🏽❤️💪🏽

[@brothernoompsy]

Favorite episode so far. riP! Sean Price. Show gets better and better.

[@theomcbane7711]

ROCK IS A LYRICAL GENIUS...U HERE HOW HERE BREAK RAP DOWN...MCs PAY ATTENTION!!!

[@shamarialonz6929]

I can ONLY imagine what this would have been if P was there. 🤣🤣🤣🤣 P!!!!

[@painterpainting7056]

IN THE BACK YOU HAVE THE BAR LEGEND "BEAST"

[@THEJAESTER718]

While Rock was explaining why they got banned by HOT 97, I was thinking why would you leave Ruck with the angry security guard??? Maybe Drew Ha or Buckshot should've been there to mediate that situation 🤔

[@hiphopcowgrl]

Heltah skeltah has been my all time favorite since I was a teenager

[@JaeBee1718]

The 90's is considered the golden era of commercial music. Hip-hop's best era ... 90's Rock-N-Roll's best era ..... 90's R&B's best era .... 90's

[@chinakathaflygerian7602]

This joint is dope. Respect to all my people.

[@kurtyoung2599]

Watched this episode in one night, the history lessons! Dope episode 🔥🔥🔥

[@indicanada1908]

Props on keeping the format of the podcast to ~3hrs in length or more. I'm in the garden puttin in work growing 🔥🔥🔥🔥 cannabis and this is good company

[@JohnSmith-mj4ox]

INDICANADA let me get a job bro

[@TheMsklg1981]

I need tips lol but seriously

[@youngluca55]

Top 5 episodes ever

[@qc9178]

soooo many gems being dropped on M.E.O.

[@oswaldwilliams1324]

Nocturnal was such a classic .. respect

[@diblackchild2977]

Love this show!! Haven't missed an episode yet

[@kuffdeeztv2214]

HOFFA You really pushing the culture getting on morning TV im proud like i was watching myself up there ......perfect choice of bars

[@allbetsfinal7078]

One of my favorite rap crew bootcamp click,rockness monsta in my top 5,everybody in bootcamp was nice ogc.....had crazy bars..

[@NIMMHATVRapBeats]

Thanks for this guest Hoffa!!!! ONE.

[@315nameless]

Rock easily in my top emcees list of all time

[@shahid8545]

Easy

[@calel5470]

Poison got a self esteem boost by the end of the episode 💪🏿

[@blalien777]

One of best UNDERRATED GROUPS EVER!THANKS MATH FOR THIS INTERVIEW!

[@LosIshiphop]

Dope fucking interview!! Boot Camp was definitely underrated! Sucks for the people who wasn't there to experience one of the dopest movement in Hip Hop. Tims all season for ass kicking reasons🔥🔥🔥

[@RandomBoxingGuy]

Yo Math...From all the fans, thanks for giving us QUALITY over QUANTITY! A lot of these others putting out a million vids...but most are boring...every episode of this show is FIRE!!! Salut! P.S. -you gotta try to get Immortal Technique or Diabolic on here!