Video documentation of the mid 90s rap battle between Saafir of Hobo Junction and Casual of Hieroglyphics. Produced by Shomari Smith
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@tragiksituation3 жыл бұрын
Saafir was before his time with that unorthodoxed flo....🔥💯
@kevinscott593 жыл бұрын
The illest. My favorite emcee of all-time. Real heads know.
@DeeZee752 жыл бұрын
Nah, he was terrible. He didn't ride the beat half the time and lacked rhythm.
@thatbronzeboij2 жыл бұрын
@@DeeZee75 🤡 🤡 🤡
@thatbronzeboij2 жыл бұрын
@@DeeZee75 nah.....
@iamJoeTheThird2 жыл бұрын
Agreed!
@chrisbigknowledgegarland63663 жыл бұрын
This is TownBusiness!
@josemckayjr71989 ай бұрын
Man,I was@Work B of A Bank listening to the whole 💩go down over radio. Flash Back 4Real Me&My Co.workers was like, they about to fight!!!
@redpillreloaded3693 жыл бұрын
classic
@alanpage40752 жыл бұрын
Opio was chaaaarged. And that was definitely off the top
@chikepanther52372 жыл бұрын
Opio took it personal XD You can tell that traumatized Saafir. It seemed painful for him to remember it. LOL But Opio is in Souls of Mischief, so that's what it takes to take on Saafir.
@fredicagoillanoise13093 ай бұрын
Saafir definitely gave Opio his props and beside Casual was one of the standouts in that battle from the Hiero side.
@stet88263 жыл бұрын
This shit was fire... Both Casual and Saafir dope Mc's . 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥👊❤🇬🇧
@kevinscott593 жыл бұрын
Fa sho
@sharronenglish94042 жыл бұрын
My husband recorded that battle. I never knew it was video taped. Classic
@artemisfoul51703 жыл бұрын
I remember reading about this battle in The Source and being super jealous that I didn't have access to KMEL in The Midwest. I still committed the rhymes to memory and seeing and hearing it just reaffirms my love for Hip-Hop! These Brothers made HISTORY that day!
@saturncrush2 жыл бұрын
Same here. From Deep in the South of Alabama, to the suburbs of Champagne, IL. Every black kid heard about the battle..spoken like soft whispers of legend.
@jayshah9967 Жыл бұрын
My Recollection of this Battle Is From the Source Mag as well...Ahhh, The Days when you had to read and use your imgination... 😎
@fredicagoillanoise1309 Жыл бұрын
I read about the battle in magazines but didn't get to hear any of it until Sway &Tech started putting out "Best Of" tapes with the freestyles and all...I hurried up and bought it to hear snips of the battle. I'm very thankful for the KZbin era so someone who recorded the entire Battle could post it for all of us to witness and enjoy. Big ups to Hieros & Hobos especially Casual & Saafir for making legendary history.
@fredicagoillanoise13093 ай бұрын
Here in Mississippi, I remember seeing Saafir The Saucee Nomad in Source Unsigned Hype. Then I bought Souls Of Mischief 93 Til Infinity album and heard them shout out Saafir and The Hobo Junction. Fast forward to getting Casual's Fear Itself and FINALLY hearing this cat and being highly impressed. Fall 94 I bought Saafir's Boxcar Sessions and loving the album.... THEN I read in The Source about that battle and hated I couldn't check it out. Luckily, Sway & Tech featured some of the battle on one of their Best Of tapes and I finally had some of the battle.
@specswizardry Жыл бұрын
Saafir killed it! we used to bump this tape in Seattle all day!
@chikepanther52372 жыл бұрын
Saafir should have kept it between him and Cas. Calling out the Souls of Mischief was a mistake. I think he was just in his emotions when he told Tajai to get on the phone. He didnt realise Tajai and Opio after Del are Hiero's strongest MC's and that's saying something because they are all dope af. lol Hobo junction cannot handle Hiero. That dude from Hobo that came out stammering and talking about toyotas and yoda was cringe af lmao. Saafir and Casual is a good battle. I think Saafir won against Casual but it was close.... but Tajai and Opio were just too much lol I think Saafir struck a nerve in Opio because he went off and it sounded like he felt betrayed the things he was saying. Even Saafir said it himself in this interview. "Opio went off" I think he was subtly trying to say Opio tore him a new asshole for that one. XD I love Saafir though. Ever since I heard him on the Street fighter track with my all time favorite rapper Ras Kass. I have Boxcar Sessions album. Favorite track "Light Sleeper". I also have "The Hit List" album. But Heiroglyphics arent to be fcked with lol
@davepsy Жыл бұрын
that was king saan….saafir’s brother….from the whoridaz
@caliclassicstv20243 жыл бұрын
SAAFIR said it right..no holds barred in a battle..whatever goes goes///you use what you have to win like a street fight...unless they say its a FREESTYLE battle..but obviously they didn't
@rickrashinel11 ай бұрын
This is Rashinel of the Hobo Junction. Reading these comments. Bring back memories…….. there are a lot of misnomers and a lot of things that people didn’t understand on what was going on in the background and how really enter twine the two crews were. A lot of people were so spooked of us they didn’t give a chance for us all to wrap. Somehow some security guard snatched me up and put me in a room because I thought I was some type of threat Poke Martian didn’t get a chance to rap because he wasn’t even there and really, that was really kind of between casual and Saafir. we just supportive of anybody in our group HoboJunction. For good or bad we would always have each other’s back in the Junction just like Kira did with casual but if you noticed there were people missing if it was a hobo Jairo thing where was A+? Where was Del. Our whole crew wasn’tbecause really everybody wasn’t really with the battle because a lot of it was just exploitation of the two groups……. One day when one of these Podcasters or journalist or media have the courage to come talk and really get our side of the situation. I think it would kind of balance everything out but shout out to hiero shout out to Tajai to shout out to Del shot out the A+ shout out to Auto‘s cats because really everybody had love and respect for each other. That’s why we still fuck with each other to this day, and let’s clear up off top of head and writtens. A lot of us Hobo Junction members are actually street dudes too so in a fight there’s no rules……. We were all fighting for pride, and for our lives and Hiphop no one set out at the beginning to say oh well you only can rap with off the head rhymes, and if you go back and listen to even hi Rose, they my rip wrote some of that shit too……. Saafir is raps weren’t all written a lot of that was off the head….. skill, a skill whether it’s off the head or someone have premeditated wraps. You know saying Dopest, dope not all makes it better because you’re just improvising off the head……… really is just a moment in time and hip hop over some of the start of small and then got big and it ends up being dangerous……. If you all knew what really happened after the battle and even before the battle, it was really a battle. He knows I am very personal and you know a lot of people feel disrespected in our crew because we hurt people disrespecting us or whatever what are you supposed to do just be OK with disrespect no we don’t have a boys back and then we’re gonna come up there and do what we need to do.
@FREEDUMB4ALL3 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing a lil inside bit about that. Saafir crushed it though. I always bumped all you guys. Both crews made hella dope music and some of you still do! Manic mundaze!
@overfiend53343 ай бұрын
Can you edit and correct all your typos? It feels like I lost a few brain cells because I couldn’t read your comment due to all the errors. For example, you wrote “hi Rose” but I know you meant Hiero. I know you’re old school like me and probably ain’t tech savvy, but you can edit your comment. Anyway, I doubt people care what happened before or after the battle. Just leave it alone. If it’s all love now, then it doesn’t matter. If you wanna put out your own video, then suit yourself. It just seems like you still feel some type of way about how the battle went down. In my opinion, no need to re-ignite old beef.
@fredicagoillanoise13093 ай бұрын
Salute Rashinel... I remember you from Saafir's first album and the Hobo JCT albums. I'm here in Mississippi and read about the Wake Up Show battle in the publications and hate I missed it. A couple years later clips of the battle were included on some of the Best Of The Wake Up Show cassettes and I copped those. I'm so glad someone posted the entire battle here on YT. Much love to Hobo Junction, much love to Hieroglyphics...Brothers went to war, shed blood on the mic, no one got killed and now years later they get to talk about it! That's REAL!! 💪🏽👊🏿
@RobertMunro-wb6jb3 ай бұрын
Respect to hobo junction a very underrated crew impo !!! & Saafir is one of my favourite mcs !!!!
@grawakendream89803 ай бұрын
how is saafir doing?
@erikmurray3661 Жыл бұрын
That nigga said" the fresh Prince of Bel air with a slang dictionary" lol Dope . Saafir is definitely Dope yo. Casual and Heiro were Ripping shit tho foreal.
@DJWisdomBeats Жыл бұрын
Being on the East Coast in Baltimore this battle was of the mystical variety. Casual. Saafir. Hiero. Hobo Junction. Legendary battle during a very dope era in Hip Hop.
@jamieway64653 жыл бұрын
AMAZING. Bay History. Loved Hiero and Cas. But Saafir held it down. "You're one story- I'm a skyscraper " Classic!
@fredicagoillanoise13093 жыл бұрын
So now...Casual & Saafir can FINALLY do that record after all these years...I'LL DO THE DAMN TRACK 4 FREE!!!!
@tavaressimon86243 жыл бұрын
It was suppose to be Hype Shit...song dope without Casual...
@DermDZL13 жыл бұрын
They actually have done a joint or two after all those years
@fredicagoillanoise13093 жыл бұрын
@@DermDZL1 are they available anywhere or online?
@DermDZL13 жыл бұрын
@@fredicagoillanoise1309 yeah, they did a track called Mistakes off of the Ron Jon Bovi track
@ricardop.61182 жыл бұрын
Crazy to think Saafir was 24 and the rest of hiero was 18-21 at the time lmao
@croutonjohnson6553 жыл бұрын
This took me back. Actually had that battle on cassette tape back when it went down. Fresh Coast ALL DAY
@visualgoodies3 жыл бұрын
look for the 91 SAAFIR interviews lol he had problems with the BAY lol
@zackmcclintock84803 жыл бұрын
I had it on a DJ Tim tape I coped from Behind the Post Office on Haight St...(that's some real OG Sucka Free shit...:)
@MikeMongo3 жыл бұрын
Having that KMEL battle tape after that Friday night was EVERYTHING. Mind blowing!!
@rasceylon3 жыл бұрын
Yup I had recorded from radio to tape back then too
@HIPHOPHEAD10312 жыл бұрын
Pretty sure that tape is actually really rare now, I hope you still got it
@KeenaTurnerAndHooch3 жыл бұрын
"Casual's a monster..."
@demomgozer3 жыл бұрын
Man I would like to see the complete video of this battle. Who agree?
@zackmcclintock84803 жыл бұрын
I'm so happy Saafir is in a good place.. I'm glad they are friends and that makes me even more proud to be from the Bay... I bought Hobo's Mix tape off Saafir for 5 bucks at Reggae in the Park...he was just walking around selling it ..so humble and on his grind...I still got it..
@SurgeCess3 жыл бұрын
Agreed, Saafir came off very humble here, he has a really good head on his shoulders.
@MrDef3y324 күн бұрын
One of the dopest moments in hiphop history period!
@fredicagoillanoise13093 жыл бұрын
These Smack URL/KOTD cats need to watch and learn!!!
@Meta4ce3 жыл бұрын
That battling subculture existed before this one, Smack is a continuation of something VERY OLD in that area. What would they need to learn? You do know KOTD Fresh Coast = an extension of this? Heiro people have been at events.
@fredicagoillanoise13093 жыл бұрын
@@Meta4ce I know battling been around for years since Hip Hop began. Plus these guys actually freestyle most of the time and don't know who they're going to battle at times. The battle rappers have time to write rounds and battle opponents and not really good off the head.
@timurmusabay48223 жыл бұрын
WHERE is the video of the whole battle? you gotta up that
@TuesdaysTurn3 жыл бұрын
for real
@OldSchoolJules3 жыл бұрын
That verse Saafir spit on Fear Itself was siiiiiick.
@rhyme70Four3 жыл бұрын
It definitely wasn't even. Hiero killed it. Saafir absolutely held his own but the rest of Hobo let him down. Hieroglyphics all day.
@grawakendream89803 жыл бұрын
saafir won imo but hiero showed out
@chikepanther52372 жыл бұрын
@@grawakendream8980 Saafir the only one that can hang with Hiero but I wouldnt say he won. He didnt lose neither though. Hiero is no joke, people dont realize the magnitude of talent that crew has. Not one member is weak. Not one.
@sdaoud31 Жыл бұрын
Saafir won
@realwb5033 жыл бұрын
I listened to this live on the simulcast from Los Angeles in 1994 and taped it as well. Saafir's flow was just next level but I would have liked to seen a straight up off the top of the head battle too..
@jerksrreal3 жыл бұрын
Chicago has been put on notice..team Cas though...need a link to your book too bro, I’m definitely coping it.
@NextLevelNugz3 жыл бұрын
I saw casual do fear itself live in Santa Cruz back in the early 90z and it was one of best live performances I’ve ever seen. This kid wore a white tee, jeans and air max and assassinated the microphone. Slayed. Krush it, hella hard. It’s still in my mind amongst the chronic smoke. Peace to John Owens.
@rhettstraube25593 жыл бұрын
Wicked
@saturncrush2 жыл бұрын
😮
@obatron13 жыл бұрын
To be 14 again...shit was magic.
@SHAKA-NEU-LU6 ай бұрын
Man I was there for all of it. I had all of the saucey nomads albums and hiero albums from the early late 80’-early 90’s starting with the D-E-L. Light Sleeper was and is my favorite. And course 93 till infinity. Met A plus and Tajai when they performed here in Vegas. #THE GOOD OLE DAYS
@scormega3 жыл бұрын
Damn this shit was so dope to see. Big up Saafir & Casual for coming together to finally tell this story. Two of the best artists ever out of the bay. Facts.
@HanifMulazimMsg Жыл бұрын
Nah I gassed Safir and I’m not a rapper 😂
@scormega Жыл бұрын
@@HanifMulazimMsg he shmoked Heiro in this battle - when they were some of the top lyricists in the world. And Boxcar Sessions is easily one of the best albums dropped in the 90’s.
@craig205 Жыл бұрын
@@scormega idk about smoked...but he held through and was able to carry his team. some of them had some wack shit.
@sdaoud31 Жыл бұрын
Saafir spanked them all
@dogsandyoga17432 жыл бұрын
Yo. When I tell you we were all by our radios, ready to press record... Man, this was the biggest event, up until that time.... I was in 11th grade....
@jdportwerks67953 жыл бұрын
Love to Heiro and Cas!!!! But Saafir Wrecked all of them!!! #bayhiphopscene #90sera #realhiphop
@DAY-0HH2 жыл бұрын
This only got 11k views that’s pretty disappointing!
@ricknessmonster3 жыл бұрын
Is it me or does Saafir and Kraig Smith(Roast Me) sound alike. LOLOL. Man, it's good to see grown men speaking on it from their OWN octaves and not from here-say. HieroJunction forever. Still col.
@madebyreuben34023 жыл бұрын
😂 good connection, even down to Saafir flow unorthodox and Kraig Smith's roasts being unorthodox
@ronhuda67002 жыл бұрын
saafir took all of em dudes on DOLO
@mrroberttrujillo3 жыл бұрын
Respect to Cas and Saafir-Some of thee illlllest on the MIC from the Bay influencing the world.
@rodrice13 жыл бұрын
This battle is legendary! Casual and Saafir are 2 Bay Area kings. I was consistently looking for new and old music from them in the 90's. Before the internet, in the Midwest, it was like finding Gold in my circle (Skateboarders), if we got any mixtapes from the Hieroglyphics. Off topic, Where can I find the track Casual freestyled over Dione Warwick's - Need me one day/J Dilla's Stop (Donuts) - Can't find it anywhere
@realwb5033 жыл бұрын
Opio's verse was 🔥🔥🔥🔥
@violetfactorial68063 ай бұрын
Great work on the video, it's really good storytelling. A fascinating glimpse into the culture.
@Viedhoe Жыл бұрын
Waiting on that one about Square Root
@JingyJingJing3 жыл бұрын
Been hoping to see this footage since forever!!!!!
@BoogieBoyMetalMouth3 жыл бұрын
Best thing I’ve seen in a long time! Love that I got to see the footage. I could only imagine it in my head as a kid. Had this battle on cassette tape and rocked it in my box until it broke. One of the best moments in music history for me. Can’t call the winner either. Obviously Cas is straight off the dome and kicks ass. But saafir says some ill sheeeeit!! Just a good time!! Good to see them being cool with each other nowadays. Peace to Heiro, the Hobos, the Wake Up Show, the Bay and the fresh coast from Boston!
@grawakendream89802 жыл бұрын
Could things be patched up enough where you and Saafir finish Hype Shit, 28 years later?
@cedricbailey45053 жыл бұрын
Uhhh Saafir is cousin Harold? Never put together until now🤦🏿♂️
@chrisb6484 Жыл бұрын
Yup
@pascalthiele69033 жыл бұрын
Who produced these instrumentals in the background..??🖖
@OVERSEEROFRAP3 жыл бұрын
I remember this battle I think this was 94 classic battle souls lost bad
@FameBoi10003 жыл бұрын
I'm elated to finally see this battle after hearing about it for so long, I was literally 1 years old when it occured
@Marc2Trill6 ай бұрын
Saafir definitely had to carry his crew, all of Hiero was cold & I think that’s why Hiero won, no bias.
@kidcalledcomputer3 жыл бұрын
"You pencil neck pissed colored Gumby, you can't fuck wit me." Saafir was BRUTAL in that battle. One of the greatest moments in hip hop.
@kidcalledcomputer3 жыл бұрын
When Casual said "Pokes a joke" he was EATING, but he brought the demon out of that man.
@fredicagoillanoise13093 жыл бұрын
BRUH!!! I bought the Sway & Tech tape that had the excerpts from the battle on it and I was listening to it with my younger brother sipping on some beers. I remember spitting beer all over the floor laughing as I had just turned my can up when Saafir hit that haymaker. My brother fell over cracking up too !! We rewound that part about 10 times. LOL!! We loved "Fear Itself" AND "Boxcar Sessions"
@kidcalledcomputer3 жыл бұрын
@@fredicagoillanoise1309 LMAO! Same. We’ve been talking about this battle forever! I listened to Saafir’s track in Casuals shit and was hooked. Boxcar came out and it was OVER. Battle Drill, Light Sleeper, and all the Hobo features that were like when he was on Casuals shit?!! Man. Fear Itself was a tape I wore the words off of, but Saafir was like an alien. The weirdest and most interesting style I’d heard at that time. How you look a man in the eyes and call him a “pencil neck loss colored Gumby?” LMFAO!! A fucking legend.
@kidcalledcomputer3 жыл бұрын
@@fredicagoillanoise1309 “You don’t spend 300 on a 380!” “The fresh prince of bel air wit a slang dictionary.” BRUHHHHHHH
@BoogieBoyMetalMouth3 жыл бұрын
“6 feet deep in a tape deck!” 🔥🔥🔥
@tylerbenzo68003 жыл бұрын
At 13:26 of the 40 plus minute full battle Casual references his "folks chillin in the lobby" when saying that Safir wouldn't rob him. Long story short, Casual is lying in the documentary when he makes it seem as if he had no idea that there would be people in the lobby when they all came downstairs....💯
@sdaoud31 Жыл бұрын
True!
@juanrankin4362 жыл бұрын
Ahhh man I hate to admit that this is my first time actually hearing this battle! Saafir went in!!!!!!! But Hiero as a group was just too much for the whole HoboJunction.
@warriornedena Жыл бұрын
Saafir is dope. Casual is not even the best in Hiero. Almost as lopsided as Lox vs. Dipset
@vizionzvisions Жыл бұрын
Where can I find the full video of this battle? I only have the audio
@zackmcclintock84803 жыл бұрын
Peace to Kevy Kev... I met him once on Market St..And I just told him "thank you for what you have done for the bay and Hip Hop...". And was genuinely so appreciateve for being recognized... a real genuine hip hop legend.. I have met Hiero many a time too and they are all good people...don't play ya high post.. Just good people.. Opio's Step Dad Michael Ashburne is a huge part of the culture too..
@24.7SMOKESHOW2 жыл бұрын
I was at that kennel club battle, saafir won by picking Casuals pocket; lifted his wallet from his back pocket when they were standing face to face. Casual dropped a icy verse and then safiir handed him his wallet. Casuals expression was priceless
@caliizactive982 Жыл бұрын
Did this really happen? Thats a Priceless move facts😮
@24.7SMOKESHOW Жыл бұрын
@@caliizactive982 💯
@MiguelPerfecto3 жыл бұрын
Imagine if Del had participated.
@saturncrush3 жыл бұрын
It would have been a wrap!! Del is the Grandpap OG for real.
@chikepanther52372 жыл бұрын
Opio was enough lol Even Tajai. Del would have been over kill. Also Del said he didnt want to participate in that battle during an interview with vlad.
@MalcolmHooverdeepculture3 жыл бұрын
Seen so many of my brothers in this video, Kev, Eric Arnold, Mic T, Lolo Mac, Adisa. The Bay was Medina to NYCs Mecca back then.
@pureblack33633 жыл бұрын
Yeah it is a bunch of Arabs in the bay
@malcolmhoover3 жыл бұрын
@@pureblack3363 that’s not what I meant. NYC being Mecca, like Mecca is the most sacred city in Hip Hop but Medina is the also a sacred place. Mecca and Medina both sacred, NY and the Bay Area both sacred to Hip Hop. But yeah there’s hella Akhis in the Bay, mostly from the same part of Yemen.
@pureblack33633 жыл бұрын
@@malcolmhoover Oh snap I didn't peep yo username is shabazz
@korymacdowell76153 жыл бұрын
My era! Bay Area stand up! This was and still is the ish!
@bishopchronicles3 жыл бұрын
Yo, this was soooo dope. A great time for the bay. CRAZY skills. We were ALWAYS leaders in our own special kinda way.
@BoogieBoyMetalMouth3 жыл бұрын
Hell yeah man. I’m from out here in Boston and the Bay had some of the illest emcees with the illest styles and presence. I try to tell my people that all the time. One of my favorite areas and scenes for hip hop. No question.
@jbilla Жыл бұрын
Omg. I remember hearing about this back in the day during the era of Battle raps and mix tapes! (Yeah, Cassettes) Also laughing at Sway with a high top fade.😂
@gold7633 Жыл бұрын
Much Respect to Both Emceez, they are Both ReaL1z the West Knowz💯 more than anyone! - Without Saying Much, SaaFir👑 won this Battle between two TRUE SCHOOL GIANTS💯 - I Listened to it Live on 92.3FM in Los Angeles💯 #WhenHIPHOPWasNotOnLifeSupport💯
@touch1823 жыл бұрын
I've been waiting for this footage my whole life!!!
@Seven9ine Жыл бұрын
Historic moment that imo, catapulted Casual and Hiero to the top of the pantheon as some of the most prolific emcees to ever touch the mic
@TariqBusy2 жыл бұрын
I gotta disagree with Sway, it hurt the Bay hip hop scene from a national perspective. Saafir was never really as well regarded amongst the b-boys and Cas and Hiero were from then on seen as beatable. Those radio people set them up to fail.
@mrchaddydaddy13 жыл бұрын
Saafir snapped
@nubiandna41553 жыл бұрын
Yes sir
@zanemontego80903 жыл бұрын
I Dope Piece Of Hip Hop History. And To Think I Was Only 4 When All This Was Going Down.
@79optik3 жыл бұрын
A well put together doc. Salute to two Bay area legends
@rudyworks Жыл бұрын
Such a historic battle, all my friends were glued to the radio when this was going on. Saafir came with it. Another place that had unspoken legendary battles in the 90's was the Goodlife Cafe in South Central LA, that spot was fire with lyrics, beats & style too.
@FedUpSista Жыл бұрын
Yes!
@hassanhamilton1363 Жыл бұрын
Leimert Park stand up!
@BrandonBuckingham Жыл бұрын
legendary
@melaninfuture Жыл бұрын
I used to get hair supplies from a beauty salon a few doors down, but on Thurs nights, the good life was poppin’.
@RobertMunro-wb6jb3 ай бұрын
Project blowed shut it down in the good life cafe !!!
@EMBASSYENTV7 ай бұрын
We Need A New Collaboration Song With Saafir & Casual Together! 💯
@SurgeCess2 ай бұрын
@@EMBASSYENTV they did a song together, with a Detroit MC named Phat Kat
@HomageForLosers3 жыл бұрын
Hobo junction!! Undergroundclassics
@KINGKVNE3 жыл бұрын
Saafir went the fxck off...still got this shxt on tape. Cas all off top though....beast.
@IlIlIlIlIlIlIlIlIlIlIlIlI3 жыл бұрын
Yo let me get a dub of that kane🤙🏼
@jennesteed3 жыл бұрын
Yo! I remember listening to this as it was happening live! Chills!!! I pressed record on the tape deck. Lol.
@UrbanGuitarLegend3 жыл бұрын
YES! DOPE! memories, the golden era. First concert I ever attended was in 1985 at the Richmond County Civic Center with UTFO, Roxanne Roxanne, Whoodini. Then the 90's ushered in Hiero, Hobo and many others.
@PoachStevens3 жыл бұрын
I remember we were across the street from nickle park in Richmond, piled up 7 dudes in a civic glued to that radio. I never felt nothing like it since, not a ball game, not a fight, nothing.
@problactive285 Жыл бұрын
Now Hobo and Hiero have formed a Super Group called "MANIC MONDAYS"
@matchingfingerprints2 жыл бұрын
Release the full footage of the battle... PLEASE!!!🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
@chris424cm3 жыл бұрын
I first heard the battle in 96 when my friend dubbed me a tape of it. I wore that tape out and knew every single word. Thanks for posting this. It's real cool to see the videos of what I had only heard before.
@Blackufi3 жыл бұрын
"The Bishop" Adisa said is best, "Saafir, as an individual, was as good as Hiero." 16:58
@beatmages3 жыл бұрын
i listened to dat battle live, i lived in oakland at the time.it was epic,let me rephrase that i heard it when it got aired idk if it was live when i heard it,i certainly thought it was.
@baconlikeweight12142 жыл бұрын
We tapped this shit in high school and passed it around like a ripper. This shit went crazy back then!
@rasceylon3 жыл бұрын
HIPHOP HISTORY & TOWN BIZ
@pugsatomz3 жыл бұрын
This was such a big moment, I was glued to the radio to see who was gonna win...Dope Doc!
@ketovore29973 жыл бұрын
DJ WICKED WICKED WEDNESDAY LIVE SHOW on FB brought me here...this is a dope little documentary from HipHop's glory days when emcees where emcees!!
@binxnegale58013 жыл бұрын
👍🏽💯
@P-Atonement3 жыл бұрын
Saafir was slated for the role of Jimi Hendrix in a Movie about the legendary Musician. He could have been really big. Goes to show life can change in a second.
@h22a4crx10 ай бұрын
hiero all day, but FUCK .....HOBO is SICK...Kinda like SUPREME from Boot Camp...all you true ...know!
@mrchaddydaddy13 жыл бұрын
This shit was the biggest moment in hip hop for me. I used to have the VHS tape dub. I still do in a box at moms house. Funny watching it. I haven't seen this in 25 years.
@FadedGroup13 жыл бұрын
Amazing, good work. Thank you.
@tyronD93 жыл бұрын
I remember purchasing the battle on an actual cassette tape I ordered from the Hiero site back in the day. Straight up classic! Casual bodied Saafir with the 'freestyles', Saafir's rebuttals were good but were all 'writtens' which was a rap battle sin at the time. You had to come off the dome or you took that L period.
@grawakendream89803 жыл бұрын
saafir went for the jugular
@Niko3387Y9 ай бұрын
@@grawakendream8980 written stuff
@acole197410 ай бұрын
I Love HIP HOP!!!!
@chazfilez3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for doing this. I remember listening to it live as a youf!
@therealmicmountain Жыл бұрын
This is like watching ya favorite titans go at it
@generalgrax3 жыл бұрын
Cas is tha truth!
@prose002 жыл бұрын
but Saafir said Casual's a monster tho!
@itsTOPE3 жыл бұрын
Dope ass documentary.
@RoninAli13 жыл бұрын
I remember reading about this right after it happened. I was in Pennsylvania & read that 4080 Mag. issue with Saafir & for some reason felt some tension. Next thing I read in Rap Pages is that they had two battles. I was like WHOAH! I’m glad they are now men who can talk about about this from a better angle; veterans who are older & wiser. SALUTE THOSE BROTHERS!
@adg_872 жыл бұрын
Wow....u went there with 4080 and Rap Pages . Props fam.
@RoninAli12 жыл бұрын
@@adg_87 👊🏾
@lemontadams302910 ай бұрын
Roots Magazine
@cesarbaca3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, Hiero all came off the head and it wasn’t all fresh. But hands down Hobo only had Saafir. The rest of them was wack😂 Sorry fam. We had a big party in Daly City Ca in tha Bay All Day! The whole crew came to the crib. 40s of Old E and Newports all night! We couldn’t wait to hear this. It was Wack as fuk!!!!! They should have never done this “battle”😂🤦🏽♂️ the anticipation and the get together we had was way better than the battle itself. Watching the docs on the battle was better than itself. Sorry guys but 26 years later it’s still wack as fuk! Peace to my boy Kevvy Kev though! Got to get your math👊🏽