So Wassup? Episode 4 | Gang Starr "Mass Appeal"

[@petezmaru]

Those floppy disks should be in a museum. Classics.

[@mustafaahali3474]

This joint is so nostalgic, so timeless, one of the hardest joints in Hiphop hands down. I still get goosebumps whenever I hear Mass Appeal💯 RIP GURU and respect and love to you DJ Preemo💯💯💯💯

[@psavel274]

Couldn't have said it any better. Two of the most legendary cats in hip-hop, PERIOD. Preemo laces everything he touches, no doubt. GURU will live on as one of the dopest writers out there! 💯💯💯💪💪💪

[@flwlessvictory9577]

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[@psavel274]

@@flwlessvictory9577I'll go and peep that shit. Good looks man!

[@billywannamaker814]

Peace to primo

[@keithballard5395]

The main sample is a seven minute jazz track. The part he samples is one bar, in the middle of the track. It's unbelievable how he chose that little piece of music. He truly was the greatest of that time, I learned so much about music listening to everything he touched. Premo is a true pioneer.

[@slimbeaux-slice8339]

Producers are nuts! This and “Nas Is Like” are the two beats of Preemo’s that made me realize they don’t hear music like we do.

[@doncarrera601]

He makes me wanna revisit my records just to find those little things

[@HipHopAintDead718]

This "SO WASSUP?" series got me fiending for the next episode as soon as i finish the last one, thank you PREEMO #RipGuru

[@AMOKIAN]

I know…I am hooked too…and he has a catalog that can keep this series going on for a long time. Yeaaaaaahhhhhh

[@Kabman89]

@@AMOKIAN @HipHopAintDead718 Same here, guys. A great show by a great musician. Am I the only one who goes and listens to each song after watching each episode?

[@CJ_YT.]

same here these are sweet

[@BulgBeats]

just went from episode 3 to 9, hope they never stop 🙌🏼

[@enzigenes]

Hard 2 Earn album was dope. 94/95 were great years not only for Hip Hop but R&B music too. I remember being in middle school playing Gangstarr Mass Appeal and Outkast Players Ball in my walkman. Amazing times. Hip Hop was raw and pure back then.

[@Makadocious88]

Amazing. Preemo should have a documentary based on his life & music

[@flwlessvictory9577]

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[@rechade]

Yep All the hip hop greats. All his stuff should be documented.

[@flwlessvictory9577]

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[@simeonveselinov7819]

He will one day There is no other way

[@shadowaccount]

The most classic and timeless hip hop instrumental in history.

[@dblshotz75]

It's up there. Only one that compares is Wu with C.R.E.A.M

[@theworkethic]

@@dblshotz75 I prefer “Can it be so simple” over CREAM by CREAM is much more popular.

[@G-FunkDeluxe]

Straight up.

[@Mezka44]

i can name 25 Primo beats better than this

[@TheEcheatham]

@@Mezka44 Curious. What do you think is better?

[@kaeloandrewobusitse1860]

If im not mistaken, Dj Premier said this beat was kind of a diss or knock at the kind of hip hop that was playing on the radio. He said he was trying to do 'elevator tunes' (music playing in when the elevator doors close). But it surely worked out. Check out his Drink Champs episode with Pete Rock, hip hop jewels were dropped during that episode! By a huge hip hop head in Botswana, Africa!

[@keaganloubser5412]

Peace from South Africa

[@TheReal_E.IRIZARRY]

Which country has fatter women's asses: BW (your country) or TZ?

[@montynorman633]

Hell yeah keep the culture going there homie

[@keepitzipped]

You really didn't have to explain what elevator music is

[@kaeloandrewobusitse1860]

@@keaganloubser5412 Peace neighbour

[@dmaster5556]

This is too good a series to only be 5-6 minutes long per episode. I could sit here and listen to Premier talk about all his old productions and memories for twice as long as this video

[@datboiijuanhtx]

One of the most greatest songs in hip hop

[@CANControlGRAFFITI]

This is on par to “Tried by twelve” for me. Which is the best track Eva

[@l__jauregui]

Its good know that there's another mexican who appreciates real hip hop. Salute my brother!

[@dylanmcintosh-joseph5685]

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[@dylanmcintosh-joseph5685]

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[@Mateo.7777]

Chicano here. This song is the holy grail of hip hop.

[@staygold15]

The way he found that gem is beyond Genius

[@ohdagee]

One of Gang Starr's classic tracks and one of Preemo's best beats within his catalog. RIP GURU!

[@gaffle-411]

He had MANY… one of my favs was “Come Clean”.

[@G-FunkDeluxe]

10/10 beat. 11/10 probably. As someone who lives and grew up a whole world away, THIS is what NYC sounds like to me. Like a mystical magnet drawing me across continents and hemispheres to the city. Decades on and it still makes me feel something special. 👑

[@gaffle-411]

Yeah… Gangstarr and Preemo defined that NY sound for a lonnnnnng time.

[@cjnv48]

You'd be so disappointed if you went to NYC lol

[@G-FunkDeluxe]

I went five times haha

[@postbrohomes2382]

Deadass driving around downtown Boston blasting Mass Appeal hits different 😎😎😎

[@silas7410]

Keep these episodes comin Preemo!🤙🤙🤙

[@Oscar-zx2ne]

A lot of rappers be like one time wonders Couldn't say a fly rhyme if there was one right under 🤯 Thank you Dj Premier for your art. Peace to Guru.Both are influences. And these informative capsules have me pending; a great initiative! 🇨🇱

[@CDMESD]

Yes, Guru was flowing on this one.

[@Etcher]

I hate those m.f'ing posers but I'm so real to them it's scary and with my unique style yo you cant compare me

[@Bulldogg27]

And no, Gang Starr didn't make wack tracks

[@dravakian]

@@Bulldogg27 and all the suckers get pushed back when I'm kicking mad facts

[@eugenedantzler4485]

I set shit up like a tent boy, ya paranoid because you a son like Elroy!

[@bdoubleu6]

This one of the coldest beats in history

[@peeblopdx8150]

Gang Starr will forever be one of the greatest Hip Hop duo’s!

[@IsmailTube999]

Three iconic Guru verses help complete this track as well. Everything about this song is timeless.

[@chodagreat7876]

Greatest Producer Of All Time...

[@MetalFaceTerrorist]

Hearing Mass Appeal on the Tony Hawk Pro Skater 4 soundtrack when I was barely 21 years old introduced me to Gang Starr and changed my life forever. Honestly, one of the greatest hip-hop songs of all time.

[@rjapplewhite]

Those EPMD drums gave life to many classic records. This record is too tough!

[@MCBrainpower]

I remember I just moved out, and was renting / living in a small room, going to college, and I was eating the cheapest food I could and drinking tap water for weeks just so I could ‘save up’ and cop the Mass Appeal 12-inch. That song, man….It’s pure magic…powerful and melancholic • Thanks Premier • RIP Guru ♥️

[@jamesclarke2083]

Most played song on Spotify wrapped. Legendary

[@peanutmansemporiumofrandom7472]

“And for my peeps I truly care, Cause without some of them I wouldn't be here.” This joint stays playing in the car and the semi kid. Thank you brothers, RIP Guru. Heads up, eyes and ears open....WORD IS BOND!!!!! ✊🏽🇵🇷

[@HurricaneCamille-us6mp]

Dj.Premier..Mass Appeal is amazing!! Premier is a legend. I'm from Chicago. Frankie Knuckles, Larry Heard... that's our legends.When I moved to Brooklyn, DJ Premiere was and is legendary.

[@invalidsin5665]

That track is so timeless. I used to play Hard to Earn as I was getting ready to leave for class, and then transfer the tape to my Walkman. Those were truly the days.

[@darrylwoodbury]

“Mass Appeal” is one of my favorite DJ Premier produced beats. That beat is so sick. Also, it takes me back to my high school days when this song and album originally came out. Those were the days.

[@YOQishere]

Not sure how many of these are incoming but when it's done, I'm re watching all of them like a playlist in one shot!

[@nathanosterhaus]

Back in my Brooklyn days, I remember waking up to a guy working on his car outside my bedroom window. He was bumping "Mass Appeal" out his car stereo. I woke up with a big smile that day. Mad love and respect!

[@64hapz]

THPS brought us all some iconic hip hop jams to skate to, Mass Appeal being one of them on heavy rotation 🔥 🔥

[@Kalan.93]

Underground 1 yeah

[@bnlearle]

skate vids and 411VM did it wayyyyy earlier ;)

[@Black_2_Def]

Gangstarr greatest Hip-hop song of all time. Mass Appeal is MAGIC!!!

[@travelinman]

One of the greatest hip hop songs ever!! GANG STARR for life. RIP Guru

[@KutyPlayRD]

I Luv That Beat, Rest In Paradise Guru.

[@adamss68er]

Back when hip-hop was Timeless !!!! 💯💯💯💯

[@asshoIe94]

@Adam Da Beast there's something about your comment.... that sentence just doesn't sit right...

[@dejuanshird379]

Hands down my favorite gangstarr song.

[@spaycdowwt]

That whole album was 🔥

[@tucsonhiphop]

Greatest song in hip hop history

[@dabanjo]

One of my favorite tracks of all time. Greatest beat ever made imo.

[@flea19]

It's the greatest beat of all time.

[@ZyppBe]

"PREMIERING NOW'" DAMN RIGHT

[@manhbx96]

MASS APPEAL IS MY SHIT FOREVER FOR REAL GANG STARR FOR LIFE

[@overstandinggod3410]

Respect to Premier

[@TobsJ]

the amount of times i've heard this song over the years.. through good and bad times really appreciate this content premo

[@petergslattery5919]

So glad he's breaking down this beat. An all-time classic, and cool to do the breakdown on his own channel!

[@MrDkeeps]

This is one of MANY Gangstarr joints that had me losin my MIND when I first heard it

[@theurbangentry]

A truly beautiful and sincere video that deeply moved me. It took me right back to memories I didn't even know I kept. Sometimes, that devilish KZbin algorithm works. In this case it brought me to your channel. I am honored and blessed to watch this. Thank you for sharing something of true meaning and value in a tick tok vapid age of all looks and no substance. I will be sharing this endlessly. Onwards and ever upwards! Best regards, TGV

[@unc1589]

Yo that off beat double kick at the top of the loop is the whole song to me. It gives the snare so much space

[@GearSeekers]

Salute the floppy disk!

[@blackestnite]

Mass Appeal is more than a Classic, it's Legendary. How you took a random bar from Da Youngsta's and made it into one of the most well known samples is crazy. To me the timing of the sample and the beat at the very beginning was just something magical i cant put it in the right words, The vocal sample just rides the beat on each word like it was made for that. I'm 44 now and still get goose bumps and my hair stands up when I hear Mass Appeal, that beat with the vocal sample, + Guru (May he Rest in Peace) spittin on the track was over the top. I'm just talking about the vocal sample here, there's so much more in the song that deserves attention!

[@patrikbjorling4391]

This was and still is.. ❤️

[@Bulldogg27]

This song got me hooked the very first time I heard it. I didn't know Gang Starr (just started to listen to REAL hiphop about a year before that), but I was blown away. And knowing how Preem found that sample is just beyond me.

[@titanjake8640]

These need to be longer

[@AQuestionofCharacter]

At one point, this was #1 on Rap City for weeks!

[@gmoney9729]

Timeless cut!! I was a young thundercat in my early 20's when this dropped. Comin' for dat azz is my joint off this album too.💯❤

[@Tonsirton]

Time Keeps On Slipping,Slipping!💯👑🎼🎵🎶

[@Goodtradition]

Dub.. blessings for acknowledging the roots of that 🇯🇲.. in regards to Mass Appeal… in my top 10 of favorite Gangstarr tracks.. Give thanks for this series, very well done Big up Premier errytime 💣 🔥🔥🔥

[@srmeezeekz6643]

Gangstarr for ever

[@tonespliff]

Ready for this one. R.I.P. GURU

[@nubiandna4155]

❤️‍🩹🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽😞

[@drmarctagon]

Mass Appeal is my favorite hip hop song OF ALL TIME...this origin story makes it that much more special.

[@D33J3nk1]

Preemo this show is classic!

[@charlemondcharles2622]

I remember when I first heard this and thought straight fire 🔥 classic

[@t-shirtshopper]

timeless classic

[@sinetwo]

When you said the bit about real DJs being able to play the song from the beginning and not the first beat, it warmed my heart.

[@lorenzoburton3974]

This is going to be EPIC 🔥

[@theworkethic]

One of Gangstar’s dopest tracks. Respect from Toronto.

[@lorenzoburton3974]

@@theworkethic Respect from California

[@larenzohayes4453]

Listening to it for year, and I ain't tired of it yet.

[@akabeau123]

legendary track

[@minzy421]

Mass Appeal beat is 🔥🔥🔥 RIP Guru

[@wesiam8285]

Yo PREEM.. PLEASE keep these episodes coming!. They're great insight on your fabulous, immiculate & well acknowledged n undisputed career as the #1 HipHop producer ALL TIME.. We as fans LOVE this sh*t!!! Much sucess n i hope you have 500+ gotdam episodes to come! Thank you my brotha, peace!! R.I.P the GREAT Keith Elam aka GURU🙏🏾🙏🏾💪🏾💪🏾💯💯

[@kieransaustin207]

We need one for memory lane

[@CriticalBeachTown]

When these episodes drop, I gotta stop what I'm doing and tune right in! Thank you DJ Premier for sharing these gems! - Will C.

[@tyronelol]

legendary

[@gus361]

Thanks for sharing the History!

[@nicolasriquelme8942]

I always have my iTunes on shuffle, and I NEVER skip this song. Whether it be at the gym, in the car, whatever. I always play this classic.

[@DMoney505]

“And just like sea shore I’m calm wild with my monotone style, Cause yo we don’t need gimmicks give me a fly beat and I’m all in it in it….” Hard to earn is still my favorite Gang Starr album to this day followed by Moment of Truth!!! But Hard to Earn woooo crazy then and crazy now!!!! Real Hip Hop!!!!!

[@bronxty]

This is one of favorite tracks of all time. There's something that just brings me back to middle school, crazy new york city snow storms during those years... Just magic

[@clarkejw]

Love these So Wassup? episode's.....keep them coming! Everything that Preemo does is fire!

[@Infinite0396]

Love these little episodes man.. “Mass Appeal” is my 2nd fav Gangstarr song behind “Royalty” love the part of the story about E dubb

[@locknessyamakasa7119]

THANK YOU PREMIER, THANK YOU DJ

[@GuerilleroX]

Preemo is a fucking Genius, the Mozart of Hip Hop

[@Dmaccabees]

🔥💯🔥A TIMELESS CLASSIC 🔥

[@c10_c10]

Gang Starr forever! Respect to DJ Premier and Guru, may he RIP. Gang Starr redefined hip hop in the 90s and created their own unique sound and voice that is unmatched even today. Much love from your home town, H-Town!

[@jimmysantos7920]

DJ PREMIER IS THE BEST HIP HOP PRODUCER OF ALL TIME

[@mre8928]

Waiting for this masterpiece

[@sydneyhiphophead5407]

i'll never get tired of these. Thankyou PREEMO & RIP GURU

[@DJFurio]

Can’t wait to see what’s on the Horizon with this sample

[@GranFinale]

Thee, FIREST Gangstarr record, EVER 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@willzncube4386]

Lets keep going Preem 🔥🔥💪🏾

[@UndergroundRap4eva]

Mass Appeal still giving me goosebumps after all these years.

[@moandy6533]

My all time favorite Gang Starr track, this track made me fan of GS, I hardly remember any whack mc’s back 1994 but boy if mass appeal would come out today a lot of so called this generation rappers would be crying fault, specially this two lines ; this two lines makes sense 2021 than it did 1994 Line 1: A lot of rappers be like one time wonders Couldn't say a fly rhyme if there was one right under Their noses, I hate those motherfuckin posers But I'm so real to them it's scary Line 2: You're paranoid cause you're my son like Elroy And you'd be happy as hell to get a record deal Maybe your soul you'd sell to have mass appeal

[@aaronnestocherosser7429]

Still tha hottest beat til this day...#1 I've had madd barz to this joint...🔥 my dude..

[@amuroray3823]

Iconic track

[@AkumaUzamaki]

We need more history lessons like this. ‘94 I was 3/4 depending on the time of year this came out. I play this song till this day, song will always be 🔥 #RIPGURU

[@smashboogietheilladelic5740]

One of my favorite joints of all time. Great segment!

[@kiwifan6002]

As a kid I discovered Gangstarr when I bought the 8 Mile Soundtrack. Battle was an instant favourite and is still one of my all-time favourite songs. I also got to play a video game with Guru and I didn't even know it at the time. He was the voice actor for 8-Ball in the GTA series. 20 years on and I still listen to your music every day.

[@shimronnetia]

you got a great voice brother .. love from Africa

[@codyschmuff4840]

Class in session

[@RudyrhythmzRudyrhythmz]

Love it Keep them Going

[@user-qx5nk6qg2b]

My 5 year old daughter's favorite joint. She loves the ill beat.

[@unklesuga1644]

Important American history here.