Special Ed - Think About It

Music video by Special Ed performing Think About It. (C) 1989 Arista Records LLC
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[@shanswanwaters5822]

No rapper ever in history has ever used a hovercraft in their video. Special Ed is the first and the last to do this. Real hip-hop !!!

[@EdgeO419]

The Beastie Boys did years later

[@JustDawn]

What does that have to do with being "REAL" hiphop?

[@shanswanwaters5822]

@@JustDawn c'mon lady, you don't know nothing about hip-hop. Stick to Kiss and Madonna.

[@JustDawn]

@@shanswanwaters5822 Again, you show you don't know what you're talking about.. 3 times a charm??

[@doomguynev]

@@JustDawn Because it's an original innovative idea, rappers are always trying to out do each other. But hey idk you are probably just being a troll.

[@mikejejenich-pb5zx]

Im a 52 year old white guy. I had this album on cassette. This man doesn’t get talked about enough or credit towards rap. 🎤. Highly underrated 👏

[@frankscanlon801]

Me to bra......I grew up in the Bx. 😊😮✌ For sure not talked about enough. Just had to hit the dance floor when the dj played his $hit... real talk

[@hullihendrobert]

51 years old and still reciting the lyrics. I grew up to this!! Better than the crap of today.

[@ninamariemelina1673]

45 I had a super crush on special Ed frfr

[@cupidwilliams7624]

​@@ninamariemelina1673 l😅

[@lagosbay]

Music is a generational construct, out parents thought rap music in the 80s and 90s was noise and crap. Now we call the current hip hop crap, same thing out parents said.

[@Grimloxz]

I think they oughta think about it!!!!

[@sebastienseb919]

Amen. It's called crap hop today.

[@kingofsting19]

This guy packed a career's worth of rhymes into a single song.

[@tonyebiere551]

exactly my thoughts. he could have saved some for the future

[@cult75]

I like how you put that

[@dprice81]

He got pages and pages

[@chaunceybethel2065]

Special Ed was waayyy ahead of his time.

[@anthonyhuggins2293]

he is the best

[@opalocka7430]

Chauncey Bethel yes he was

[@benjaminhuggins3934]

AGREED

[@ericbomberger1128]

Chauncey Bethel absolutely

[@julioazevedo8264]

Considered the state of “rap” music these days I don’t know if I’d consider that a compliment. Lol!

[@obnoxiouxthatshammer498]

He put all his peers and fans on notice at the young age of 16!!

[@Jay-ue2ic]

I think he was a little older at this point.

[@AlexandraBruce]

@@Jay-ue2ic He was 17 at the time. The album was called 'Youngest in Charge' I was the director of this video.

[@stedebassett1523]

His cadence was just spectacular

[@hugojurado7322]

His beat synchronization is special.

[@tidyupclean]

Yes indeed! Here in 2022 Think about it! Classic fosho!

[@coreyjenkins3056]

Ed was a beast on the mic!!!

[@dioncherry9612]

It's a national tragedy that Special Ed didn't have a long career as dope as he was.

[@mackinshizzaveli4202]

He made it further into the 90s than most rapper from the 80s

[@frankiediamonds78]

Imagine any rapper now completing a full album with no cursing let alone just 1 song, this age of rap told stories that made sense and never had to use bad language

[@jasondawson92]

This song is actually ahead of its time that it surpassed todays hip-hop or rap

[@Co_mon_now]

1989 and this dude is on a hovercraft. A hovercraft!

[@CylindersxCalibers]

A MOTHAFUCKIN HOVERCRAFT!!!!

[@malikbey2073]

1985 bacc to the future marty had a hover board

[@ronlove2711]

A GOT DAMN HOVERCRAFT!!!!

[@IENetworkTV]

Think about that a hovercraft in 89

[@PB4uSleep]

This is no ordinary hovercraft. It has similar gadgets as James Bond's Austin Martin in Goldfinger!!!!!! It's rigged by Q

[@atodamadre3197]

One of the most underrated. His bars were crazy

[@n.e.f.neverendingflow]

🎯

[@jamescrockett5082]

won't hear BARS like this no more...

[@thrillfinesse]

your name should be special ed cause yo dumb ass don't realize its still bars like this but different. do your research nigga

[@nookguy4318]

+LittyBros Finesse yo name should be special stupid ed. he talking about nice clean lyrcial bars and yes he right. you don't hear bars like this no more nowadays. just clean and lyrcial. now you do. have some good rappers today. J cole kendrick lamar drake. etc. but the majority of the industry don't rap clean and good no more. every other line they say is something about voilence and nasty stuff. you one of these new school junkies who thinks saying "yo b**" every other line is good rapping. If the song not about killling and stuff like that, the majority of the younger generation don't wanna hear it. That's my opinion. say what you wanna.

[@Carolina_girl86]

@@thrillfinesse how old are you, 18??

[@trinamclean2467]

You got that shit right 💪

[@trinamclean2467]

@@thrillfinesse Oh no the hell it's not Whack ass mfs today

[@JD-cf3mv]

one of the most underrated rappers of this era...he;s word play and rhyme was fire.

[@rashb3994]

Tell the preacher you committed sin, you battled Special Ed when you couldn't win. Effortless flow with clever rhymes, excellent story teller, dressed like a school teacher in some videos and yet still has swag. One the best of all time based on the first album alone.

[@HRDK-SKLETRMUMMR-MEGTRN]

SPECIAL ED TOP 5 G.O.A.T.!!!! 🔥🎤👽🎧🎶👾👑

[@Qtsm5784]

I was scrolling for this comment! 🎯🔥💯

[@MsDonden]

gotta little island of my very own...gotta frog...a dog witha solid gold bone! next up F A B O L O U S say gnite to da bad guy!

[@MsDonden]

where yall at in july im pushn special ed, d nice, and ll holla acha BOI! Raze up ... then turn up! 😂😂

[@aceleone215]

..WORDPLAY..&..FLOW WAS ON ANOTHER LEVEL FOR HIS TIME-PERIOD..!!

[@terrencestreeter5774]

Ed's flow rides the beat amazingly well.

[@ayo30s]

Definitely one of the Greatest MCs Of All TIME! 👊🏾🇯🇲🇯🇲🦁🦁🇳🇬🇺🇸

[@keithcredle2190]

HANDS DOWN, NO QUESTION ASKED

[@Kidnostalgia95]

🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🗽🗽

[@austinedwards8549]

Hip hop when it was hip hop

[@JulezWinnfield]

"I'm high post, higher than most....I'm not from France but I eat French toast". Every time I say that to the waitresses at IHOP or Denny's, they just look at me like I'm crazy....lol.

[@Carolina_girl86]

Haha rofl 😆😆

[@HRDK-SKLETRMUMMR-MEGTRN]

😅😂😌😆😅😂😌😆😅😂😌😆😅😂😌😆😅😂

[@Jay-ue2ic]

I would too.

[@5burowz]

Yo....lmao

[@heavystarch100]

👍😂😂😂😂

[@rodneyharris5606]

So glad I grew up in this era of hip hop... ED flow is legendary

[@charlesosby5227]

I wouldn’t have it no other way these beats and bars are trash and don’t hold an attention of 5 year old now a days. There are only a handful now that makes the cut but not great enough.💯

[@SoUtHMeMpHis]

Clear lyrics.....WOW!!!

[@e14or14k]

SoUtH MeMpHiS I KNOW RIGHT THESE days they just mumble

[@hullihendrobert]

I'm 49 years old, this still jams!!!

[@cmdeeqtee7057]

When this video came out EVERYONE in middle school & high school was talking about it.. No one saw a real hovercraft in action before.. aside from Special Ed being such a young & talented artist.

[@5burowz]

Let's be honest...it takes gigantic balls to flip a beat AND use a loop of one of the greatest MC's of all time and he did it not too long after Follow the Leader dropped. I wonder what Rakim thought when this song dropped?

[@keithcredle2190]

HELLO, WITH NO STATIC 🎤 AND NO FEEDBACK 👂🌹🤔

[@demetriusrousseau7919]

Maybe that is the answer of "Move The Crowds". LoL

[@danielcotto3412]

Gotta love the old school 80s,90s Hip Hop simply untouchable 🇵🇷💪🇵🇷

[@blr85]

Larry "Bud" Melman and a hovercraft? Amazing!

[@NestaAstern]

This still sounds good after all these years. The production and lyrics are excellent.

[@motoknivesandgunsbyjt]

I saw Special Ed in 1990 at the Palace theater in Albany. Ten City opened up for him singing “That’s the way love is”. That was a show!

[@xxxxbigrich5752]

Ed always had nuff barz to spit. He was way ahead of his time. ✊🏾✊🏾🤔

[@angelabachert7738]

Dang...his music still flows thru my veins!!!!❤❤❤

[@IAmAlmightyGod]

Damn I thought you said vagina😂

[@karrmyce]

Music Videos were very unique and creative back then 💯💯💯

[@toluojulewa4653]

One of the greatest.

[@ericbomberger1128]

Tolu Ojulewa ABSOLUTELY

[@ayo30s]

Absolutely, 👍🏾✌🏾👊🏾🇳🇬🇺🇸

[@jamingjohnson2275]

Tolu Ojulewa, I don't know about that.

[@HRDK-SKLETRMUMMR-MEGTRN]

💯👍💯👌💯✌💯👍💯👌💯✌💯👍💯👌💯✌

[@d_exiled_1arisen385]

Still relevant in 2018 ✊🏾 This that real hip hop. 🇵🇷🤘🏾

[@town_biznessman380]

And 2021!✌🏾

[@NaJohnsonWPhilly]

I remember I was a kid I saved 10$ and walked a mile in West Philly up to market st to get ths tape and EPMD goldigger those was the days I think ya better think abt it

[@cupraqueen]

Na Johnson EPMD GOLDDIGGA. Had it on cassette in the UK.... Virgin megastores had loads of rap we had never seen before.

[@red_ego]

I’m that old white dude that was rockin this out the sunroof of the maxima back in the early 90’s. 17 & Headed to the skating rink in Fayetteville, NC. Trying to be cool. Hilfiger head to toe bc…you know…we can never get those days back but at least we lived in them. The greatest era of hip hop. God bless to all of yall.

[@TheNorthman1957]

This type of rap is not allowed today ! REAL BEAT'S, NON VIOLENT MESSAGE and no DRUG SELLING FOR the "MAN" !

[@spainman2020]

Lol wow this just made vevo... "I got it made" was his signature song but this has been one of all time favs... and haha him on that hovercraft was one of the illest things I had saw in a video back then

[@howardsmith2878]

spainman2020 oh shoot, that look like black lion , voltron was my shit

[@HRDK-SKLETRMUMMR-MEGTRN]

SPECIAL ED TOP 5 G.O.A.T.!!!! 🔥🎤👽🎧🎶👾👑

[@carbonator100]

Sucks sometimes getting old, but man thank God I was in high school when this was some of hip hop I was hearing every day.

[@mercedesbenzs600bash]

WORD,but we still here ✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾

[@ninamariemelina1673]

Me too but it don't suck to be old am I so proud of us we made it 💓think about

[@johnniegordon1221]

Junior high school for me

[@charlesblocker2490]

Your unknown don't even own a microphone!!! Crushed em with that!!!!

[@vincentwilliams6365]

“You’re unknown, don’t even own a microphone, you can’t rap”!!!

[@edgescarborough4724]

I recently been listening to some Special Ed lately...I didn't appreciate his flow back in the day, because so many lyricists were around, but goddamn, Ed was ahead of his time for such a young brotha. One of the greatest!

[@patricksmith6796]

Well said.

[@lezlethal]

16 when he started.

[@mercedesbenzs600bash]

@@lezlethal WOW,he was most definitely SPECIAL...

[@jasonsanabria8657]

Real hip hop rap music. I don't know what the hell we have now, I can't understand a word they are saying.

[@mg659er]

Brooklyn always had the best hip hop dancers! And dare I say house music dancers too.

[@timwhite7933]

one of the best of all time . very underrated miss this style

[@andrewilliams4180]

Special ed unsung episode tonight

[@phillipjoseph8768]

Andre Williams I saw it

[@andrewilliams4180]

Phillip Joseph awesome 🌟

[@denniswatson6932]

Lyrics are suffice,suffice are the lyrics,idolized by the public,praisedby the critics!! Enough said!! Think about it!!

[@jenniferlacey9087]

Man the lyrical flow on this is just so ahead of it's time. Whew, childe.

[@jay07261986]

back when the verses carried the song...

[@wineonlips6731]

Right On! We so miss that!

[@isaiah_ballin1212]

125

[@nallj.j.3480]

Miss it soooooooo much

[@IENetworkTV]

thank you

[@WisdomWell-Quotes]

100% I totally agree, you barely pay attention to the beat. Just listening to Ed go with it

[@cb-tz8og]

Ed is so bad ass, that he rocked sleigh bells for this timeless classic. Sleigh bells! He . . . was the magnificent!

[@1sweettabu]

Let's talk about lyrics, barz, rhymez and skillz real hip-hop. "Think about that, then think about this, if I tried to hit you do you think that I would miss. #FACTS😎

[@followingfist6]

Till this day.....one of the best flows I've heard on a rap song!!!!

[@tamaralee296]

I remember when this dropped the hovercraft was a jaw dropper

[@poppopartist3870]

Skit in beggining is what happened to hip hop...real story

[@lorenzoperry9558]

My favorite rapper special ed

[@Chuloloc]

Awesome. Classic. Hail Special Ed.

[@rolltide2937]

Man Ed voice is so dam ill son !!!!!!!

[@jonclarkson5911]

He sounds like MC Lyte.

[@HRDK-SKLETRMUMMR-MEGTRN]

💯👍💯👌💯✌💯👍💯👌💯✌💯👍💯👌💯✌

[@danyulwilliams9823]

One of my favorite Special Ed songs!!!

[@soundwave6218]

My Favorite Special Ed song

[@akcoop]

Ed was so ahead of his time. The rhyme structure and wordplay was Shakespearean. Even the pauses rhymed.

[@atodamadre3197]

Bars were so cold. My brother use to get sick of me playing this one when we were kids.

[@adgflossboss8461]

Ed said I GOT DA "CLOUT" NOW LOOK HOW POPULAR THE WORD CLOUT IZ N 2023💪🏾👑💯✡️

[@danyulwilliams9823]

Special Ed is one of my favorite old school rappers!! ❤️ 🤩 😍

[@URBANLEGEND543]

Why doesn’t some young teenager rapper somewhere in the USA use the 80s/90s as inspiration? Please use them. Streets need this vibe. The current stuff out now is...

[@bloodaonadeline8346]

They’re out there but they won’t get signed to a major label.

[@lemondishonor7736]

I don’t know about y’all but Special Ed was on heavy rotation in my neighborhood.

[@patricksmith6796]

This song and video went off back in the day and the rhyming skills is on par with the best.

[@antoniogambardella785]

the classic hip-hop

[@antoniotheghostwalker8839]

2020 .. still haven't seen a hovercraft in a music video... this is epic

[@JayInCut]

Straight goosebumps classic

[@StraTraxBlud]

Facts 🔥

[@stephonflame5014]

People realize how dope he is now. But u should have known then. Ahead of his time! (Hip Hop)

[@trudytriad4574]

I was a baby-baby. My young ears couldn't appreciate Hip Hop. Forgive me 🥺

[@Meetgreatness]

Big Upps to my mans Special Ed one of my all time favs....Big up yourself to BK JA massive Ceen ☝🏾

[@gregguthrie7746]

2022❤️…still loving this MC. Such a original.

[@MankillTaylor]

2023 VISON ..IM STILL ON IT LOL 😎

[@richardguevara7149]

One man that had the whole place rocking Ed classic

[@dreezyeazzytvlivetruzikfro5013]

The way He was making his videos in the 80’’s like this he should of been writing movies

[@ghanasoul]

When i was his age back then, I NEVER EVER had his swag, cool, attitude, intelligence, and confidence. Special Ed was exactly that, special. He’s definitely a hip hop legend.

[@heavystarch100]

No rainbow hair and purses...just talent and verses! Just musical bars that bring fun not the Zanax ones!!

[@omidrahbar6155]

2020 think about it one of the best . Special ed

[@andredarden7052]

Most underrated young rapper ever

[@degenerate-one5722]

pure real hip hop @ its finest. ....

[@PHOENIXGOD369]

Legendary

[@zabu7912]

Thanks Angel for introducing me to the various rap artists back in the Navy 1989-1992 and all the great memories as well!

[@cool_cat007smoove3]

Where was you station in the Navy? I was in Long Beach and San Diego. USS Peleliu

[@serene1275]

Before Bad Boys Entertainment was doing videos like this.......Special Ed was already doing it!!

[@daxariusdebruin]

Further proof that Special Ed is the greatest mc of all time.

[@BigNorth937]

El da after mac dre

[@deshayblackman7827]

woah kimbosaby

[@malikholmes5045]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@HRDK-SKLETRMUMMR-MEGTRN]

SPECIAL ED~>TOP 5 G.O.A.T!!!!🔥🎤👽🎧👑👾🚀

[@mercedesbenzs600bash]

@@deshayblackman7827 For real,just hol up,lol...

[@PRETTYKITTY445320]

Still Love You Special Ed You'll Always Be Special to me 💖💋💖💋💖💋💖💋💖💋💖💋

[@allwork1980]

BARS!!💯💯💯

[@StraTraxBlud]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@hottessflix9]

Bars 🔥🔥🔥🔥 nuff Said!!!

[@anniegolden1923]

Special Ed was the hardest and finest!!!

[@mauryb-live]

Still lovin in 2022. ✨🔝

[@oldmanstrong-ish]

still rocking his music right now.

[@arthurwilliams6628]

HOT throwback!!!🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥LEGEND

[@IRON5]

This dude was only seventeen when he dropped this let that sink in?

[@derrickcross8630]

Legendary 😮‍💨🔥

[@wineonlips6731]

Still Rocking This In 2019! Yes We Are!! Good video and #music. Proud of you all for bringing substance to the game. Bring It Back Please!!!

[@Wonkie6060]

Heéeeeeeey I loved me some Special Ed

[@courtneycollins4841]

STILL Bumpin @SpecialED IN #2021!!!!!!🙌🏽👏🏽👍🏽🔥🔥🔥🎶🎤🎶🎤🎤😘💋💙💙💞💛

[@fashionmansionnews9788]

Hold on! This was 1989 and he had a hovercraft in his video? He went from land, sea to air all in one video. The budget had to be crazy.

[@AlexandraBruce]

The budget was $17,000, which was very cheap back then because we had to shoot on film and transfer to tape and then do a final "online" edit that cost $3k. Everything was so much more expensive because video wasn't digital yet, editing was linear. That was the 2nd video I directed for Ed and the 3rd video I ever directed. I did "Ya Bad" by Chubb Rock in between.

[@dbrice71]

Alexandra Bruce wow. do still edit?

[@AlexandraBruce]

In a limited way, compared to the hours I put in during those years, when I directed and edited around 2 music videos per month. I edit short podcasts in iMovie now.

[@dbrice71]

Alexandra Bruce I'm 46 and a wanna be director since 12. Always looking for advice and collaboration. Miami. thanks for the reply.

[@simplylavaly1051]

Alexandra Bruce You did amazing! This is classic

[@jidoebaltimore188]

Im sitting here spitting every word like it just came out... crazy i was to young to understand the definition of all the words. Now im listening and im like got damn he tuff now...

[@wesleyhilde1]

Dat hovercraft still slammin..👏🏿

[@uthman9979]

I wasn’t even in america then but i used to listen as a teen to him nonstop on tape ( also the first rapper whose lyrics i could comprehend)

[@GFRADIO702]

"The youngest in charge" #respect