Rappers React To Metallica "Blackened"!!!

[@marcuswilson6039]

The album was “And Justice For All”, came out in ‘88. Hence the album art showing lady justice broken. Blackened was the first song on the album and was written by Jason Newsted. This was his “first” album with Metallica as the new bassist after Cliff Burton died

[@gurulimbo]

“First”… meaning not including Garage Days 🙃🙂 which kicks ass imo

[@jochencooper2751]

I thought Newstead wrote the intro not the whole song

[@520azdc]

@@gurulimbo it's so aggravating the way they did Jason dirty on Justice after he put in such a badass performance on Garage Days.

[@pepe1999ish]

And Lars told the producer to turn down the Vass on the master to make a sound and now u hear it with 90 percent bass off of or turned down

[@gurulimbo]

Jason was the only reason they didn’t fall off the map tbh

[@shanecochran2536]

A lot of those Metallica YEEEAAHHH moments started on the black album and just increased with each album that followed...

[@adamgardner2244]

He started saying "yeah" during the black album that came out in 1990

[@eljefebridget]

Congrats on the 100k! Metallica is the best way to start off the celebration and this song is epic.

[@munkemis]

Rule of thumb: If the song has no audible bass in it, it's very likely from the album "...And Justice for All"

[@jhamilton1007]

Ahh, it may have no bass in it, but the main riff was written by Jason.

[@jack_rabbit]

THANKS LARS

[@slingslang2934]

Lots of bass in this one

[@phunkjnky]

I thought this was a joke. Cot an audiophile quality system, nope... Not a joke... 4 instruments played, but only three on the album,

[@mrcatsuit]

Cliff-less

[@christopherf2189]

This album was sooo good! One of my favorite songs on it! Great reactions!

[@BillyBong]

James doesn't start "yeah" till black album years. More so during live shows. The album this song is from is "And justice for all" from 1988.

[@alwaysastudent]

'Crash Course In Brain Surgery' has the second best YEAH in their catalog (at least to me- 'Fuel' is first). There's also some 'Yeahs' in songs like 'Helpless' and 'Four Horsemen'. But you are right, the bulk of 'yeahs' didn't happen until the 90s. i think 'Load/ReLoad' has more 'yeahs', making up for the whole catalog!

[@rastomasstanford7708]

Right I wanted to say this the other day.

[@coreysmith9847]

That guitar tone for this album is legendary. In my opinion, one of the best sounding and most unique in metal

[@ntate123]

I really prefer the bass tone tbh

[@wc1994]

Mesa Boogie Amplifiers

[@prathamdangi3388]

@@ntate123 lmaooo

[@sstonegmail]

And self-produced. They recorded and mixed it themselves.

[@matspalmqvist]

But where is the base

[@aaronbanga3212]

Honestly, Smokey is so perceptive. He picks up on hints at topics all the time; man's a genius! Love you too Hollywood 😘

[@t0nyp0rter]

There may not be any Hetfield "yeeaaahh!"s on the studio version but in concert I'm sure its peppered with them. ...Justice is my favorite album from them, lots of hidden gems on there. It's a cold, bleak, dry album that was "oddly" engineered but features some of the most complex song structures they'll ever write, which is what speaks to me.

[@jasoncookman3158]

Harvester of Sorrow - Yeahh.... YEAHHH!!!

[@rawkmode6315]

I started listening to Metallica when Ride the Lightning came out, but I consider "And Justice For All," to be "my" Metallica album, if that makes sense. I think there's only one song on the album I don't like, but the rest of it...chef's kiss. I also got to see it front row, just left of center on the opening night of the tour. Jason Newstead handed me a beer in a solo cup from the stage. I think I had just turned 17. So good.

[@coreywickramasekera9968]

I saw this concert in the 80's when I was in HIGH SCHOOL, great show, good Ole days

[@dan.j.boydzkreationz]

Just watched another channel with three dudes, one of who had heard it and the others who hadn't. Loved it. So here I am, for the third time, reminiscin'

[@munkeeBraynStoo]

This is the 1st hard rock/heavy metal song I ever heard. I was 15 and had cut grass to earn money to buy the tape after seeing the album cover art on a shirt at school. I was totally blown away and, metalhead 4 life

[@awiseman9429]

This song is so bad ass, and its so much fun to watch people discover this and the rest of Metallica's catalogue.

[@timfarrow1545]

Ahh blackened that riff that smashes you in the face. One of my favourite albums and that said Justice for jason 🤘

[@reedallen4613]

Dudes, you got to check out Disposable Heroes from Metallica's album Master of Puppets. It's essentially about how most governments regard their military personnel as "Disposable".

[@ArtCartersWrestlingLibrary]

It's about the end of the world. When they say "watch our mother die", they're talking about Mother Earth! It's an apocalyptic song! One of their best songs from an album that a lot of people still give them shit for (and unjustly, might I add). Also, wanna correct you guys on one thing. This song is off of And Justice for All, the same album as One and Harvester of Sorrow, in 1988.

[@DM-rc4yu]

@@ruddigerhardington4797 That's an original opinion no one has expressed before.

[@gthewolf7948]

@@ruddigerhardington4797 shut up

[@gthewolf7948]

@@ruddigerhardington4797 black album is Great, dumb

[@gthewolf7948]

@@ruddigerhardington4797 of Wolf and man, a filler? Foi crazy? Shut up

[@gthewolf7948]

@@ruddigerhardington4797 nothing else matters is masterpierce

[@stevenfilley7631]

Congrats on the 100,000 great job guys

[@zender1979]

Congratulations on 100K! Well deserved! I dig this reaction channel the most (great song btw!)

[@XA351GT]

My 1st time seeing Metallica was on the Monsters of Rock tour. Kingdom Come ,Dokken , Metallica , The Scorpions and Van Halen . You can ask anyone who saw that tour that it was Metallica's message to the world that they had arrived and in the mood to kick every ass they saw. They blew every band on the bill off the stage. This song was the preview to the new album that wasn't released yet. My friends and I looked at each other and said well if the rest of the album is like this we are in for a major ass kicking . We weren't disappointed . And Justice For All was probably the last true Metallica thrash album as The Black album only had moments of thrash.

[@Dirk-Merkeldunk]

I seen them for the 1st time on that tour too. My area's lineup was Metallica, Van Halen and the headliner was Iron Maiden. I think I was 9 years old at the time. This show literally shaped my life.

[@mattschantz5111]

That was my first concert. At the Orange Bowl in Miami. I was in the 7th grade. It was sick

[@MrLA75]

It was Harvester of Sorrow. Saw them on 2 shows on the Monsters of Rock tour and they played Harvester. They did blow everyone off stage. The LA Coliseum was insane. About 15,000 people rushed the stage. Eventually, they pulled the power on Metallica 3 songs in because it gor dangerous with all the chaos.

[@XA351GT]

@@MrLA75 Come to think of it ,it was Harvester they played .In any case this was a angry album and they really let it all hang out.

[@MrLA75]

@@Dirk-Merkeldunk The headliner was Van Halen. Kingdom Come opened the sbow. Followed by Metallica, Dokken, and the Scorpions.

[@guitaroffthecuff-davids5528]

Congrats on 100K! You guys deserve the success you are seeing. You are genuine, smart and funny as hell. I've been a subscriber for a long time. Your minds are open, and as a result you open my mind. It's either the red pill or the blue pill...😆

[@luisguillermoart2433]

Congratulations for those 100k bros!!

[@alexmullen4180]

This was the song Metallica opened with the first time i saw them live. Got the crowd fired up right from the start

[@stephaniewashburn7700]

Blackened and Shortest Straw are my favorites on And Justice for All 🤘🖤🤘🖤

[@stephanieclark9849]

*YES!!! Please check out "Dyer's Eve" next. You guys just need to do a full album reaction and review to 'And Justice For All.. that's the album that 'Blackened' is from. Every song is just Epic! There's Slipknot Saturdays.. I think it's time to add Metallica Mondays to that list.* 🤘🤘🤘

[@mikethemotormouth]

Metallica Mondays...there's a good decade or two worth of dedicated content 👍🤘 As long as we pass over anything from St. Anger or LuLu

[@PJBonoVox]

Dyer's Eve is absolutely killer. +1.

[@jack_rabbit]

DYERS EVE IS THE JAM

[@HateTheGameTX]

Or “Mandatory Metallica” as 97.1 KEGL in Dallas would put it

[@mikethemotormouth]

@@HateTheGameTX 95.5 KLOS in Los Angeles did the same

[@adrianfoote8281]

Congratulations on the 100k

[@multiplemiggs5189]

This has been my running album since it came out....

[@TheHEDRat]

My favourite Metallica song from my favourite metallica album! Dayum you gotta follow up with ...And justice for all (track 2).

[@tiffanykennedy8397]

100k Day! What a great way to kick it off.

[@TechDazz]

LETS GO 100K! Been watching y’all for the past few months and y’all are goated🔥

[@kimzwolinski9919]

Congrats on 100k😊

[@cplatt1042]

Eye of the beholder, frayed ends of sanity, and justice for all…just do the whole album yall wont be disappointed

[@smh02]

definitely their best album imo

[@tonygriffin3464]

Loved this album as a teen, love it now I'm nearly 40. Congrats on 100k fellas. Yeah!

[@chrislilley9953]

Congrats on 100k! Been watching y'all for a while and lovin' every minute of it

[@YodaRules]

Awesome reaction guys! Metallica was my favorite band when I was a teenager. I can't ell you how many hours I wasted "doing homework" while jamming to Metallica! Keep up the great work!

[@cindym.9029]

I was raised on this music since early 80's, All 4 of my Sons, I made sure they knew and respected my generation/music, as it now flows in their veins. One of my Sons is a Special Op Sniper, and during their training, continuing tactics, they ALL listen to this music, because he says it puts them in the ZONE! I Love to see those generations that pass me, like you young Men, appreciate it and keep it alive...Thank You, from a Heavy Metal Momma! You got yourself a Subscriber.

[@JimBob_McRob]

This was the song they opened all of their shows with on the "And Justice for All.." tour. Saw this tour in Dec. '88 in Bufallo, NY. It was amazing, especially for a 17 yo kid who had never been to a metal show before. Please react to this song from the "Live in Seattle 89" video (Battery too!).

[@pastorofmuppets13]

Congrats on 100K!!! You 2 deserve it.

[@timfarrow1545]

Congrats on the 100k guys been listening and watching you guys from your first tool video so deserved keep being awesome duces 🤘

[@whackosmack3636]

Check out "Dyers Eve" off the same Metallica album "And justice for all". Get ready to have your mind BLOWN !!

[@alexegoavil7590]

And Justice for All is a gift to music, art and to humanity in general. One of the greatest masterpieces in the history of recorded music

[@tallgrayandgruesome]

Blackened is the 1st song on the "And Justice For All" album.

[@beatmet2355]

The intro is one my favorite openings of any album, period. It gives me chills in anticipation of what comes next. It’s not the first Metallica song I ever heard, but …Justice is the first Metallica album I ever bought. Fight Fire with Fire was the first Metallica song I heard and made me want to listen to them.

[@KT22672]

When I was a kid I had only heard the Metallica songs on the radio and I was a 90s kid so I only knew of their softer stuff. My dad had ajfa so I decided to listen deeper into them and man, when the CD started playing and you hear that guitar slowly creeping louder and louder. I was like what the fuck this is Metallica??? Absolutely mind blowing experience for me when I was younger.

[@setokaiba3458]

This is my favorite song I’ve been waiting for you guys to do this one 😎

[@seanemmett2983]

1988 ...And Justice For All.

[@shanefritts8922]

Congrats on 100k gentlemen!!😎 As noted above, Shortest Straw is a must to react too!!😎 And imo, Rob Zombie is the "yeah!" King.....🤣🤣🤣

[@holman26]

thanks for all the vids you do

[@andrewsmokler7173]

Little known fact, this song was the original opening to the Captain planet TV show :-)

[@markwhite9878]

This song is a banger Straight fire

[@FandangoHoward]

Fun fact: they actually reversed the guitar for the intro, so everything you hear is being played backwards!

[@lereverendryan]

I always thought it was ebow

[@testtickles8755]

@@lereverendryan nope it's backwards. I think there's a video of it reversed on KZbin. It's nowhere near as cool forward as is it backwards haha

[@stephenwray8117]

This intro played in reverse is the greatest thing I’ve ever heard

[@JeremiasDK]

Best album from them. A true masterpiece!

[@canatolakhoemini6728]

Their pinnacle without a doubt!

[@metalmaniac1244]

Lmao not even top 3

[@tristanbiggar2897]

@@metalmaniac1244 normie take

[@hotstovejer]

Master Of Puppets or GTFO.

[@seanconnery1357]

@@tristanbiggar2897 you are the normie.

[@timfarrow1545]

James cant resist his classic yeah signature ❤️ it

[@lisemzarate4029]

Song is definitely about human beings destroying earth .I was always surprised that my parents never complained about me blasting their first 4 albums in my headphones, in my 40's, I realized my step dad had always loved good guitar players of all ages and genres, his favorites being Hendrix, and Santana, it dawned on me he might be a Hamett fan too💜

[@samking6526]

10:35 probably the best part of this song !!!!

[@justinshook5332]

They've been hollering some great songs on Patreon lately!

[@KP-xn7bq]

100K Day for the Tribe! Let's gooo! Looking forward to this and all other reactions today. To the DOPEST KZbinRS.... 🍻

[@Hollywood6IX]

🙏🙏🙏

[@war1575]

Congrats on 100k. I feel this whole album (And Justice for All) is amazing start to finish. If you haven’t already, I would love to see you guys react to Static X

[@aaronbrowne6370]

Heavy song .. fire 💪👍🤘 congratulations on 100k 👏🇦🇺

[@robertcampomizzi7988]

That album is called ...And Justice For All. I think you guys would like Shortest Straw and Dyer's Eve off that album.

[@scottspears9347]

One of my favorite albums of all time

[@turboturtlehead]

Thrash metal at its finest, and best Metallica album. 7:54 one of my favorite riffs ever

[@jamesgreen5371]

One of the best metal songs ever you guys should react to the whole album.

[@Lord_Raptor]

As far as guitar goes, you're not memorizing time signatures, you're memorizing the riffs themselves until its muscle memory. Then it becomes second nature to where you don't even think about it, you just feel it.

[@Wilss]

The album wasn't called 'Blackened', it's from 'And Justice For All' from 1988.

[@nk1974]

You guys should do No Leaf Clover they did with the San Francisco orchestra in 1999. Outstanding!

[@ColinFurness77]

My favourite Metallica song by far. One of my favourite metal songs of all time. Thanks guys!! Love y'all!! You should react to Blackened Live Shit Binge and Purge Seattle 1989. So GOOD!!

[@pressman1788]

Badass song! Thanks for the reaction!

[@BeardedHobbyist]

Love seeing two rappers head banging to one of the best Metallica songs ever!

[@DustinPlatt]

And Justice For fucking All.. Top 3 Metallica albums.. 1. Master of Puppets 2. ...And Justice For all 3. Repeat.

[@KenBober]

I'm an old school Metallica fan. This is when Metallica was great. No disrespect to them in anyway. I still believe Metallica is a perfect entry level bend for those who don't listen to metal. My buddy who only listened to rap started listening to them and now he loves mainstream metal. It's a start lol. Thrash, nu, and industrial are still my absolute favorite genres of metal. Doom and black metal are the two genres I can listen to but I just can't get into. Also Lars isn't a strong drummer but he works perfect for Metallicas style. He's more of a pace keeper for the band.

[@heathcornbeef]

Totally agree about Lars I've seen Metallica four times first time my friends band ANIGMA opened for them 1989s DAMAGED JUSTICE TOUR here in Auckland Aotearoa new Zealand but yeah Lars isn't a hard heavy hitter of the skin's

[@KenBober]

@@heathcornbeef I'll check that band out right now. I don't think any other drummer would work for Metallica like Lars does. He holds the perfect tempo for their style. Can you picture Dave Lombardo or Pete Webber as their drummer? No one would be able to keep pace.

[@KenBober]

@@heathcornbeef only thing that comes up is enigma.

[@heathcornbeef]

@@KenBober Dave Lombardo isn't human I've seen SLAYER TWICE HERE IN AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND AND I've seen Lombardo play with Mike Pattons FANTAMUS Plus the MELVIN'S.Hay Ken brother check out THE CITY NEWTON BOMBER'S live at Galatos the bass player and guitarist are from ANIGMA Simon on bass and David on guitar they have been playing in band's together since we were 16 years old 1986 formed Anigma in our punk squat

[@heathcornbeef]

@@KenBober 1989 we didn't have video recorders but their only release on tape should come up check out THE CITY NEWTON BOMBER'S live at Galatos and please let me know what you think

[@melturgeon1]

Kicking IT off with Metallica for 100k is a great Idea 🤟next 500k 🔥

[@rajnafilipovic3137]

Good choice ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@seanhanley7777]

Blackened is from the And Justice For All album. In 2012 Metallica launched their own record label called Blackenend Recordings and in 2018 they came out with Blackened Whiskey

[@myexplorings9797]

Here are some more Metallica songs you should react to To live is to die Outlaw Torn Bleeding Me Fixxxer Wherever I may roam Don't tread on me

[@robertdysonn]

I saw a interview with Kirk where he talks about sometimes he’ll forget how to play the old songs and he’ll have to have somebody download a lesson as a reminder to him how he played it all these years.

[@vovindequasahi]

The trademark of ...And Justice For All is an almost inhuman darkness, the riffs like steely bars full of spite, sorrow and anger. This is where Metallica was after the death of Cliff. This album is the first technical thrash album ever, with mathematical precision. No emotion, just heavy mathematically precise riffs. People say they don't like the mix on this album but I beg to differ. The clinical coldness is perfect!

[@luisguillermoart2433]

Had the chance to see these song played live too.

[@robertherring9277]

Cool, hadnt heard this in a while even though Metallica is always on my playlist

[@erickdehaan4641]

First song of Metallica I heard when I was 14…47 now and this is still my number 1! What a fucking beautiful piece of metal!!🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@spartan117pr7]

Your smile at the beginning when the song started was my first reaction

[@jochencooper2751]

Blackened what a way to start this Epic classic album, timeless material from the pioneer's of thrash/heavy metal

[@JaggedDagger]

The ya's started during the Black Album. Bob Rock, who was their producer at the times, wanted James to emphasize more while he sang. A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica will show the progress of this. During the recording of Enter Sandman, James uses the line "Woman" instead of Ya as a mock to what Bob Rock wanted him to do

[@Vagabound]

As a (West)Berlin born human I can say for a fact that at the time the song was written the nuclear threat was not only real but also subject in many songs of that time. Not only Metallica ones. But I never heard of that album "Blackened" 😁 I heard this song on "And justice for all". Funfact: It has the same cover as your "Blackened" album 🤣

[@tommyjcarpenter]

To make the beginning of this song they recorded it forwards and backwards then combined them, sick as hell

[@svperstar]

man, that "see our mother put to death, see our mother die" line is so fucking good

[@Gabriel_Moline]

9:08. Mother Earth.

[@jocelynbunn]

Got this tape when I was 11, and I had to buy my first guitar at 12 because of it! The whammy in this song and the divebomb in I think ...ajfa had me hooked on metal!

[@jeremeywilson2318]

This is one of the best LIVE songs to watch from Metallica!!!

[@djinbtown]

When you see metallica LIVE its almost 100% he says YEAH!! In every song

[@skydog6376]

To begin whipping dance of the dead 🔥🤘

[@SaturnusDK]

It's not the time signatures and changes that makes MetallicA unique. It's the transitions and their superb smoothness.

[@pamelaallan5055]

This is the first Metallica song I ever heard and I’ve loved them ever since 😍. I think I was around 13.

[@parafus0747]

And justice for all is my favorite album of Metallica, it was recorded with no bass!

[@ArtCartersWrestlingLibrary]

Yooooooooo, it's GOAT-tallica!

[@anastasiamitchell3855]

Blackened is fyah! Metallica raised me. they were my dads. lol

[@paulpenney7996]

That whole album is worth a listen if you haven't for some reason. One of the first that got me into metal

[@salchaboy]

That mosh after the second chorus gets ‘em. Every time.

[@Tomi_BuzzCat]

Before t'was the " Big 4 ", T'was only 3 (+ 1 opening band), Called " Clash of the Titans " ( 1991 ): (* ' Alice in Chains ' opened ) (* in no particular order ): - SLAYER - Megadeth - Anthrax Summer 1991 🤘🏻😸✌🏻

[@swcoder]

I wrote the song lyrics to this in my friends yearbook in HS lol.