Special Ed - I'm The Magnificent

[@Dimenstud]

Glad I grew up in this era...Hip Hop was real, not like what we hear now

[@justiceshabazz9783]

THIS IS STILL BETTER THAN 90% OF THE MUSIC OUT NOW!

[@gunsntats]

All day long!

[@PacoSmith]

I'll say 99.5%.

[@The444traveler]

My 80s teenage years were actually MAGNIFICENT due to the hip hop / rap culture.💯🔥✨️

[@zinorob1]

Facts...BIG Facts!

[@Vancouver_Island_Guy]

Better than 99%

[@artistpr5386]

This was when Hip Hop was golden!

[@capeman10]

100% correct.

[@La_Mascara_]

IGREE

[@WillieHart-c1d]

Aww we will, QA ​@@La_Mascara_8😊😊pp0i⁸89⁸8i8⁸8⁸⁸88888

[@loum6764]

Affirmative!

[@VeronicaTiger-p8r]

Yes!!😅

[@nunyabizness866]

Why Special Ed isn't proclaimed more is beyond me. He's very underrated.

[@nicksandz3209]

Sadly my opinion he had very bad promotion and the Era was changing when ED started to go hard, I was a hustler so I related to gangsta rap more but always respected lyrical híp họp as well, real híp họp fans know ED is a living legend, To me he was the 1st to start the flossy rap

[@BJSteigner]

Alot are underrated

[@ShadowBannedit]

"They" don't promote positivity that y.... this music is motivating, self helping, which is not the agenda n 'they' understand the law of attraction which was the teachings of our ancestors to 'them' when this land was hijacked.... meaning you get what you put out so this is not what they want us to be listening to therefore they will not promote this but this is real hip hop with a message which never was for radio n the first place...so F em!!! Special Ed is good and still Special! 💪🏽✨ He's the Magnificent!!!! Understand??? He does n did at a very young age must have been raised by the greatest generation like me...😎 Fun fact: the words I Am is the most powerful words in the universe... therefore what you put behind it will Be... thus I Am the Magnificent. I am powerful I am charitable get it? 🏹🏹🏹🤎✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿💪🏽🤎🧚🏾‍♀️✨ Bottom line watch the words that come out of your mouth and I thought as well 🤗 and remember the devil was a liar 🤥

[@dantegreen4094]

Now Special ED was truly underrated! He was super nice and didn't get the acclaim

[@need-to-know-]

But he had kats shook to battle him at the time!

[@musiclover-cn7tb]

His dancers were on fire with the moves🔥 .

[@dwaynerhone9733]

Y'all know one of the dancers was Tupac Shakur right? lol Pac was getting it.

[@HeRealStoic]

@@dwaynerhone9733 how do you know?

[@dwaynerhone9733]

@@HeRealStoic How do I know?? Lord have mercy, you don't see Tupac face and him dancing in the video? Put the video on pause and look at dancers face. Its Tupac!! You know Tupac was a dancer for Digital Underground, right? I guess he was a dancer in some of Special Ed videos before becoming a rapper. Tupac wasn't balled headed his whole life. lol

[@DaRealNaga]

@@dwaynerhone9733 that’s not pac

[@nicksandz3209]

@@DaRealNaga Definitely not Pac

[@actsismmljcorrectlyobeyed6190]

It's nice to be able to understand what the artist is saying because he's not cramming in 5,000 words a minute.

[@jimmyschmidt498]

Youngest in charge ❤

[@DMoone78]

This joint still goes hard 30 years later!!!!

[@ninablossom]

WORD!!

[@terryhenderson3424]

Facts

[@darthnihilus511]

You ain't ever lied! He STILL sounds amazing!

[@damonharris6586]

Howie Tee...all time great, whether widely acknowledged or not. SHOUT!!

[@cmebans35]

30 years...wow

[@darylbowman5430]

Everything on this CD was great. No skipping

[@hmkei3lose281]

One of the most underrated rappers ever

[@rm8344]

Seriously

[@johnduffy6992]

Happy 50 to all Rappers.. and D.J.s!!!

[@niecy5751]

YO SPECIAL ED WAS NOT ONLY MAGNIFICENT! HE HAD IT MADE!!

[@darmour9518]

😀👍🏼

[@nickthamagnificent8252]

Oh okay I see what you did there 😂

[@saldestralo1]

Plus he was ON A MISSION

[@ninablossom]

LOL play on them words y'all!

[@pabloescobar5910]

🔥

[@NativeTribe2024]

I am today years old when I realized Little Shawn was in the background playing the banjo dancing 😂😂😂 If you don’t know who Little Shawn is, do your homework. He made classic hits like “ I Made Luv For The Very First Time, Hicky’s On Ya Neck, and Dom Perignon ft The great Biggie Smalls aka The Notorious BIG. That guy is a legend in the Hip Hop game/ entertainment industry. He literally the Forest Gump of Hip Hop frfr.

[@HOMEBOY187]

Math Hoffa interview with lil Shawn brought me here always loved this whole album by Special Ed but also loved lil Shawn especially I made luv and dom perignon. Big up from the UK! Good to see these old school rappers getting some recognition

[@tenes.2936]

Same. I’m just now realizing he wasn’t supposed to be in the video. He’s good.

[@deejayshmoove]

Malcolm-Jamal did an excellent job directing this video. Ed was THE MAN!!

[@oneluv72]

🫵🏾🫵🏾🫵🏾🫵🏾🫵🏾👍🏾💯

[@AndyCR75]

An excellent job? Which part? I'm not being a wise guy I'm curious I mean they're in one room literally.

[@AngelaBachert]

Lmao!! Whatchamacallit gonna towards God's pp!@@@ a

[@trimaynedenmark4418]

I thought dat was him lol

[@niterida380]

I have the highest respect for SE. The rhymes and wordplay he developed at 14 were phenomenal.

[@captainmorgan4947]

Big up Special Ed! Port Royal, Jamaica Captain here

[@ricostpatrick]

Special Ed was so lyrical. And he could flow. 🔥

[@CaptainJ555]

Big up yard man a do him ting back in the early 90’s!!!✊🏼✊🏼✊🏼

[@77sinner]

If you were fortunate enough to grow up with this 'era' of hip hop then I don't need to tell you how sweet life was back in those days.

[@VeronicaTiger-p8r]

Yes

[@Hyperion400]

Love his dancers, I miss that in hip hop.

[@vernonherb]

Me too

[@cindysammy2513]

Me too

[@tammygeathers8169]

My poor son tried his best to rock the dancers. Lol! He's about to turn 42 next week. Miss those days.

[@CPZBLH]

His dancers (Prancer and Kazo) went on to form a rap group in 1992 called ZHIGGE and dropped an album with the singles "Toss It Up" and "Rakin' In The Dough". 😉✊🏾

[@jezzyman]

I've only been on this planet for 25 years, born in '91. I wasn't even here yet when this came out, WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED??? This is a MILLLLLLLLLLION times better than ANYTHING released nowdays. This is music...

[@smoothoperator7023]

Jezzy-Rallz spread tha word to ur generation youngin’! 🔊

[@KoolMoeKeem]

Jezzy-Rallz I’m 22, I feel you.

[@pariseanwilliams5152]

He is good

[@anthonycarter121]

Jezzy-Rallz this is real hip hop music you know what sad about about this these guys was getting ripped off

[@peppaboy9]

Rap was good to listen to and you could understand what they said back then

[@rich-ue5qy]

Big up mi Jamaican yute.🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲

[@trulyworkfromhome6767]

Back when rappers actually had talent

[@VeronicaTiger-p8r]

That's right there own unique styles

[@DaPhilthyDog]

2020 and beyond! Who else banging this?

[@Afrojoeful]

Covid companions

[@robertseanoliver8159]

10/18/2020 philly all day

[@ayo30s]

👍🏾👊🏾✌🏾🇳🇬🇺🇸

[@420chefjlynnreeves7]

Still, my friend

[@tikwizakachilika7833]

Me😊🎶 Old school rap is so much better than today's 👎🏿

[@MsShellybell12]

This guy made rap look so elegant and ingenious he showed you didn't have to have bling and his words was clean man I jamming to this before my Bible study...his words was smooth as butter and you couldn't even cut it with a knife.

[@jcrobinson37]

Back when we looked & listened to music Videos for not only the lyrical content but the hook. And most importantly the dance moves. Born in 1973 and I was blessed to be raised in the 70s & 80s. I still bump the classics in my ride to this day. TRUE HIP HOP lives forever

[@imanasshole95]

Yeahhhhh boyyyyyy

[@durterebelz]

Agreed! Forever, forever ever? Forever, ever! #downbylaw

[@miked2090]

I was born in '72 myself, & I am so grateful for it... God Bless!

[@PacoSmith]

I am in total agreement. We are from the same era. That was a time of TRUE HIP HOP. I'm not certain what is being played nowadays and is being peddled as Hip Hop.

[@capeman10]

100% correct.

[@kevinh8736]

I was 21 when this hit the airwaves. Ed should've got more recognition with his smooth beats and great lyrics!

[@lstruggy]

I was in 7th grade and still have the tapes and 12” records! 😮‍💨

[@raejones5538]

I'm so proud to say that I loved growing up as a teenager in this era of great music! I miss the good old days!

[@miaporche2256]

💜

[@tyroneprice6560]

True that

[@vonlynn02]

Definitely❣❣❣

[@ElizabethRebolledoLizReb]

Me and you both….uuugh take me back !!!

[@JohnSparrowDrums]

For real

[@mackadeww]

2023 this brother still tha magnificent.

[@antoinetteporter]

The music in the 80's was the best ever. Special Ed was top shelf.

[@tenes.2936]

90s

[@vincentross7469]

Special Ed is still the magnificent in 2024!

[@mommatina7321]

The dancers are MAGNIFICENT! ❤

[@lillygirl34]

Who's here in 2020? The music, the dancing.. I Love It!!!!!!!

[@jamesfloyd377]

Golden Era was the best

[@Shon_Janel]

I so miss this era!!! Loved Special Ed. Wish we could go back.

[@mr.shortyduwop]

Me

[@musiclover-cn7tb]

@@Shon_Janel he was soooo fine too lol.

[@musiclover-cn7tb]

@@Shon_Janel I bet everybody's mama had a crush on him.

[@wyldshot666]

When Hip Hop and dancing were a unit. Good times.

[@thelionessreigns]

I still have mad love for this video! Malcolm-Jamal, Ed, and of course those dancers! I just can't get enough!

[@CellaMadea]

These were PROFESSIONAL dancers that didn't know they were, well l'm giving them the title!!! PROFESSIONAL!!! I love you GUYS!!! CellaMadea

[@miaporche2256]

@@CellaMadea ❤️

[@southpaw2k1]

Malcolm -Jamal directed the video, if I'm not mistaken.

[@Yellaboimike]

I miss the 80 & early 90s

[@JoshThompson25]

mike lawrence me too. the music in the past 15 years has been garbage

[@maccagrabme]

I would say mainstream has been appalling since late 90's on the whole. There has been some interesting stuff outside of mainstream in that time but overall I don't think hiphop is anywhere near as good as back then. As soon as that dark sounding rap just before trap came along I switched off completely. Its slowly getting better but has a long way to go.

[@benjaminhuggins3934]

U ain't by yourself

[@jmo5087]

littlegee dark rap like what

[@tony_anello]

mike lawrence I wasn't born til 94 but this is the real shit. Everyone says I miss the 90s and only mention Biggie and Tupac

[@royaldivadeja6341]

Back when rappers had lyrics and style

[@brandonjuache9965]

Listen to Young MA

[@aaronwright1003]

Kenny the ledger offset so yall just waiting too steal the powerball wit powerplay!

[@wineonlips6731]

Yes Girl! You said it right!

[@wineonlips6731]

Cheers To Cute Ears & Good Lyrics 🍷

[@aaronwright1003]

Too all my BALLS? What up?

[@blackdollars718]

That beat when the hook come is so FIRE

[@NYCRyderman]

Who in the fuck would actually wholeheartedly dislike this!? It's Hip Hop in its purest form! People need to get their heads checked. 😂😂😂

[@jarrelely7386]

NYCRyderman special ed vs jaz-o in a rap battle?

[@mistaUHOH215]

They were probably looking for Lil Yachty when they searched up Special Ed

[@jarrelely7386]

SO TURNT everybody thought Tupac was the dancer. 2pac knew jaz-o and special ed in 90?

[@evelynlopez5577]

my life was hip hop😂

[@twinloc7024]

+Jarrel Ely exactly keep schoolin em, they don't know

[@GeauxRight777]

The dancing is 💯 on point!

[@ant198716]

I heard this song bumpin down the street and realized real music ain't dead. #80's baby when music was real.

[@richseaver5573]

He does use Desmond Dekker's 007 Shanty Town, as well as Dave Barker and Ansel Collins' Double Barrel, and Lyn Collins' Think (About It), which was also used by Rob Base for It Takes Two ... 🎶🔊

[@brienfarmer6846]

All his music was dope!

[@SCARDS22]

Sad, but these days are LONG GONE!

[@B1FORLIFE]

Bars 🔥🔥 that can stand in 2023

[@reinnegroni8462]

Flatbush Avenue, STAND UP for Special Ed! Dope mix back in 1990!

[@GeauxRight777]

For me this is my jam 1989 !

[@RXavi-sm5is]

One of the most underrated rappers of all time.

[@lifeuptown7516]

2023 still Bumping S.Ed🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥💪🏾💯

[@VeronicaTiger-p8r]

2024 Dec still listening

[@tarsha3468]

Oh, you think you're tough, cookie I think you better call your bookie 'Cause you can bet your life, I'm gonna play you like hooky :) Special Ed, one of the best.

[@toddjohnson5176]

Special ed was so dope. Thank you for posting this for us.😎👍🏽

[@scorpio7864]

Omg....the beat that is still beautiful today!

[@southlondon86]

Why?

[@chrissystewart6268]

Special Ed is always the magnificent still is....🇯🇲🇺🇸

[@checkerslane]

This type of hip hop with the happy dancers and smiles began to phase out with the entrance of NWA. ICE T, etc in 1990

[@nickthamagnificent8252]

This dude was 16 rapping like he been doing it for years

[@paulturnet4572]

IKR !!

[@robertsorel5216]

He most likely had "ghost writers" like so many up and coming rappers today do"...

[@paulturnet4572]

Non-rhetorically, why is that likely/"probable ? 🤔

[@ryder7459]

@@robertsorel5216 idk man, ghostwriter or not, this dude is a dope MC.

[@ututheavenger]

@@robertsorel5216 prove it

[@xevious2501]

Black culture was at its peak at this point in time. but my god.. How far we have fallen since.

[@hepburnscott5618]

This guy was so incredibly masterful on the mike. His lyrics are always pure and clean, his flow is awesome and over the clouds, he's a beast, 2me.

[@vinnmann33]

You know its good when you can remember every word 30yrs later

[@DJVeeRiche]

All of the elements of hip hop in one video purely masterful

[@daveparker5541]

This jammin!!!!! Special Ed Alltime Great

[@DonWonn25]

Real Hip-Hop the 80's&90'sO and Malcolm Jamal Warner rocking off at end of the video classic

[@RashidAli-ft8jg]

He directed it

[@levongabriel6990]

Theos' groove at the end punctuated a prime time in Hip Hop Dance. We used to be ~jammin' on the one~

[@CellaMadea]

I still love him & this song and l still have the vhs video!!! Real creative dancing!!! Yea, 2022-2023 CellaMadea!!!

[@coreyhendricks9490]

He's still the magnificent

[@SDSOverfiend]

There is a Reason he is Nas Idol… He’s The Magnificent 💯💪🏾 32 years later still my Jam

[@bellefemmenoire5508]

Still here in 2024 💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃

[@aligaines8476]

Thank you Malcolm Jamal Warner (Theo, from the Cosby show), for producing this and others... You were hella funny dancing at the end.

[@mperez4701]

back when hip hop was fun.

[@lolakspeaks3676]

Yes! I was looking for a way to describe this period of time. This is it.

[@lakesheadrayton3058]

I am soooooo damn Proud of my era!!. I will be 50 in December. And PROUD of it! MY MUSIC is MUSIC that MADE YOU FEEL GOOD!! OUR music was what you got ready to in the morning before school. And produced some of the DOPEST Outfits while listening. I'm ALWAYS on my OLD SCHOOL! Y'all can have this BS that IS the REASON we need to bring back HOOKED ON PHONICS!! Im GOOD!! DJ, BringDatBeatBack!!

[@omgimover4075]

Damn Special Ed was so cute!😍

[@janedonut1169]

OMG I’M 40 right? He looks like that cute, popular boy in school we all crushed on. You know the one.

[@aaronwright1003]

Blue tooth the OG cuz meaterhead is what lith/mag what?

[@mashan1978]

He still is and built!

[@Adarasofly]

My mom was crazy about him back in the day😂

[@musiclover-cn7tb]

@@Adarasofly yay the comment I've been looking for I knew someone's mother found him sexy lol I don't know if mine did or not but she was heavy into BET back then during this time she thought Big Daddy Kane was hot.

[@benniemclaughlin3678]

THE INNOCENT TIMES OF HIP-HOP❤💯👌!!!!!!!

[@DidNotReadInstructions]

The good old days of rap, love it

[@chrisstreet8884]

Here in 2021 getting inspiration for my future vids. Hip Hop in the 90s was so ill.

[@kingsports1113]

Lil Shawn dancing like his life on the line

[@terry7375]

A lyrical genius That's something you can't associate with today's artists

[@TheOlskool4ever]

The MOST UNDERRATED rapper in the history of Hip Hop...case closed

[@mg659er]

Those rayon shirts were the style so hard with the slacks and shoes!! I’m embodied it!!

[@super_slav91]

This guy was ahead of his time

[@heartnsoullove]

I like the way the videos of the 80's and 90's cost $5 to produce, but the music is legendary.

[@southlondon86]

Yeah because CGI wasn’t a thing then. Now everything looks like a video game-esque pile of shit along with the music.

[@bobbycowper2915]

typical video cost in 88 for a rap song was 200,000.

[@TheDwightMamba]

This was directed by Malcolm Jamal Warner.

[@keithmackey654]

I'm Michael Jackson had about 4 videos in the 80's that cost way more than $5.

[@d21yo44]

This dude had bars!!!!

[@tamikachappelle1490]

D21 Yo for life

[@noneyabeeysnass8283]

D21 Yo, Damn, you must be a lil youngin! Special Ed is one of the GOAT's!!

[@baltimorekids18]

D21 Yo he still does look type in special ed 2018 he raps this live

[@Militantreturns]

You must be young

[@3ddythagoat3ddythagoat47]

4 days bruh

[@ronikatjones]

🙌🏽 😁 my upbringing was LIIIIIIIT !!! Where the hell is Special Ed !? 😁

[@axelrosa2583]

Good old days

[@samanthaandthevolume8225]

Axel Rosa I feel so old! 40 and we use to date! insane

[@axelrosa2583]

Samantha And The Volume I'll be 42..I lived in the projects when I listened to this music 👍 you dated him?

[@samanthaandthevolume8225]

Axel Rosa yes love and I just created my first twitter account about a week and a half ago and he is already following me. I only have like 25 followers and he has like 26K my twitter is SamanthaAndTheV

[@Word-Life]

Samantha And The Volume Wow! Thats crazy...all my girl cousins had a crazy crush on Special Ed, lol. Definitely a rap legend.

[@Word-Life]

Samantha And The Volume Wow! Thats crazy...all my girl cousins had a crazy crush on Special Ed, lol. Definitely a rap legend.

[@propaganja7264]

Nahh that first verse was simply crazy! First time hearing this too

[@Lemondoor]

Back when Malcolm Jamal Warner was directing all the Hip Hop videos, LOL!

[@Sheisintrovertlibra]

Remember Special Ed on the Cosby show I was so in love with this guy.

[@Sheisintrovertlibra]

Remember Special Ed on the Cosby show I was so in love with this guy.

[@theadmiral460]

he did R&B too!

[@caribbeanraised6084]

he was??!!

[@bobbycowper2915]

name 3, everybody knows of the 2.

[@christopherwhitfield92]

Thanks for all the rhymes keep rhyming

[@shottashabazz6721]

This album hit the scene in 89 and still sounds fresh. Special Ed & Howie Tee came strong with this joint. Nuff respect to my Flatbush brethren. 👊🏾

[@aprilcannon1312]

I remember this being on TV alot back in the days

[@sheilaforrest198]

This sounded great on my Mom’s Sony stereo system back in the day! I had the house bumping!💃🏾💃🏾💃🏾💃🏾! Chi stand up! New President today! Stay Safe!✊🏽1/20/2021!

[@channellive7137]

We rocked suits and/or a dress shirt with patent leather shoes when we danced and hit the clubs. The 90's killed all that when Hip Hop went back to the gutter and the hardcore rap took over. Both eras were dope in their own rights... but this era was definitely more fun.

[@iroquois46]

I had the biggest crush on him growing up. I know it would never happen but a girl can dream at least....70s baby here still rocking with old school

[@danyulwilliams9823]

Special Ed is one of my favorite rappers!!! ❤😊

[@logydacruz-kq6xz]

Yes me too

[@Xtowdavis3772]

God I miss this kind of music so bad!

[@Ashley9thwd]

Here in 2024, I was in elementary school watching this on The BOX #IYKYK

[@brianhoffman5414]

Still hitting hard! So underrated and not talked about enough anymore

[@ajtowin]

Was out of state when I heard this in the clubs and made me feel So Proud to be from NY at the time, went HAM to this lol 😭🔥

[@tbrickz16]

Little shawn n the green shirt he really did kno the dance moves lol

[@pmxgaming]

Everything about this is great! Still bumpin' laaaate 2022.

[@subarusumeragikun]

Hip-hop in its purest form.

[@moeanderson4773]

Bring back this kind of hip hop!!!!

[@MrHowse-rt5bo]

Still one of my favorite songs ever.

[@sheilaharris7549]

Special Ed high school crush love his music ❤❤❤