Rakim, Kane, and g rap were always considered the cream of the crop lyrically
@adogbewise65612 жыл бұрын
and KRSONE
@adogbewise65612 жыл бұрын
KRS1 and Slick Rick
@jimmycunningham44752 жыл бұрын
@@adogbewise6561 Krs1 along with Kool Moe dee we’re definitely part of the lyrical group but slick Rick was not considered a lyrical giant. He was well respected as an elite storyteller though, many consider him the best at that.
@kingdawg58302 жыл бұрын
I agree and throw KRS 1 in there too
@jonnyfevertv3170 Жыл бұрын
Agreed. Full 🛑
@dawb862 жыл бұрын
Nas, Biggie, Pun, AZ, Pac, Wu, Beans, Jigga, X, Em, Treach. Everybody that ever did a multi-syllable first person street narrative verse took a page out of the book G Rap wrote. One of the original "favorite rapper's favorite rapper" title holders.....
@jowhit2262 жыл бұрын
When you say x do you mean X-Clan?
@Vinnyhiphop7322 жыл бұрын
@@jowhit226 dmx
@dawb862 жыл бұрын
@@jowhit226 DMX
@Man_eee2 жыл бұрын
This is FAX
@jimmycunningham44752 жыл бұрын
When Pun first met G Rap he literally got on his knees and kissed his hand. Kane and. G Rap where his favorites.
@steelersluv2 жыл бұрын
You need to see “The Symphony” if you haven’t already. Him, Big Daddy Kane and others. Classic fo sho!
@micheluzzo50192 жыл бұрын
This x 1000 … Kool G Rap, Craig G, Big Daddy Kane, Masta Ace - stone cold classic posse cut without question.
@steelersluv2 жыл бұрын
@@micheluzzo5019 you’re right. I was just too lazy to write all the names. Lol
@nessdagoat2 жыл бұрын
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
@edwardthayer93862 жыл бұрын
FACTS!👑
@monolithic872 жыл бұрын
Only if it's the original 6-minute audio version from Marley Marl's 'In Control Volume 1' album. The music video/remix version got too many edited lines, in my opinion.
@MentuSun2 жыл бұрын
THIS WAS HIS FIRST SINGLE WE USE TO CALL HIS FLOW "THE SEMI AUTO FLOW" SHIT WAS LIKE A GUN SPITTIN.... IN NYC WE HAD THE FIRST MUSIC VIDEO SHOW CALLED "VIDEO MUSIC BOX" HOSTED BY VJ RALPH MCDANIELS, THAT SHOW PAVED THE WAY FOR ALL THE OTHER RAP VIDEO SHOWS THAT CAME AFTER
@steelersluv2 жыл бұрын
I remember that show well. A lot of well known came through that show.
@Knick_Fury2 жыл бұрын
Definitely his first video but, I remember hearing IT’S A DEMO and RIKERS ISLAND on Mr. Magic’s radio show on WBLS before the video dropped.
@arroyo5born7492 жыл бұрын
His first video on the Box maybe Wasn't his first single "Cause I'm Fly" With all respect... That was probably earlier but I remember hearing "Its a Demo" all over the radio early. Not sure
@verbone2 жыл бұрын
It was his 4th single. G Rap been down since 1986. Might have been his 1st video, though.
@fidel2xl2 жыл бұрын
I LOVED that show as a kid in Brooklyn back in the day.
@I_be_e2 жыл бұрын
No other emcee wanted it with G Rap!!! You can listen to Black Thought’s incredible freestyle with Funk Flex and you can hear G Rap’s influence heavily. G Rap birthed some of Hip Hop’s absolute greats like Nas, Pun, Em, and so many others! Juice Crew was and is still my favorite crew ever in Hip Hop
@redeyedredi2 жыл бұрын
what about when black thought rapped like Kool g rap in a song
@undeaddutch2 жыл бұрын
Tarik even named Kool G in the funk flex freestyle
@reefb43642 жыл бұрын
When i hear this i get a little teary eyed- this is part of that golden era i miss so much🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
@maren51749 ай бұрын
This era is endless bro. No reason to cry my man.
@reefb43649 ай бұрын
@@maren5174 yeah being a cat 3 years older than hip- hop, seeing it go through so many phases i tend to get emotional about the songs that to me are timeless. 🤷🏾♂️
@trocktp2 жыл бұрын
“A Thugs Luv Story”… it’s mind blowing that people don’t mention this song.🤯 1 of his best stories with a different beat for each verse..
@JamesWilliams-vx5uo2 жыл бұрын
In NY we watched this on Video music box with Ralph McDaniels. You can check the documentary on Showtime. Produced by Nas!
@CHAMPDOGZ2 жыл бұрын
G Rap was 18 when this released crazy how the 80's to late 90's rappers at 18 looked like grown men meanwhile 2000's+ not the case... Btw you got a really good ear you should get into some type of music production,mixing,mastering,etc. Anything, the world is yours go get it
@eklipsta2 жыл бұрын
Do MEN AT WORK by him. Video music box was a show that came on a public access station on tv in NYC. You had to know the time it was coming on because sometimes there would be nothing on the channel. This reminds me of how there was a lane for back up dancers. Dudes really wanted to dance in the videos.
@Knick_Fury2 жыл бұрын
Classic selection. Quick notes…to clarify what a lot of the comments are saying…if you lived in the NY/NJ/CT area, you watched VIDEO MUSIC BOX (or before that a show called HOT TRACKS and a short lived channel called U68). Later YO! MTV RAPS, RAP CITY (on BET) and a channel called THE BOX ran nationally and many cities had similar local programs like VMB. Some of the other nationally televised video shows steered clear of Hip-Hop videos early on…it wasn’t until MTV finally started showing Hip-Hop (or Black music in general) that the other mainstream national outlets followed suit.
@gregorydancy60872 жыл бұрын
Hot Tracks with Jesus Colon yes sir👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿
@johnlopez62412 жыл бұрын
In my we had video music box . This before cable tv.
@ntroxplr272 жыл бұрын
One of the greatest that beat he actually got from Billy Joel stilletos but he crushed it 👍
@damonjones12912 жыл бұрын
We(in NY) watched videos on a show called, "Video Music Box", Ralph McDaniels show Also, BET's "Rap City" & "Yo MTV Raps"
@jowhit2262 жыл бұрын
In the early 90's as kids we watched YO! MTV Raps on cable television on the west coast. Hosted by Fab 5 Freddy on Saturday. During the summer you could catch it on the weekdays. Some cities had radio stations with hip hop shows. So those were our two best options. TV and radio. If I liked someone's music enough I would walk to the record store and by the tape or order it by mail. I would also record videos using good ol' VHS!! Haha! Yes my age is showing and I truly don't give a fuck. I remember having two or three 6 hour long vhs tapes of nothing but rap videos. I believe my very first rap cassette tape might have been Kool Moe Dee's "How Ya Like Me Now" and a couple of Whodini cassette tapes. Remember Whodini's "One Love?" This was the type of rap you could play at a barbecue because it was clean and family friendly for the most part. As I grew up to be a pre-teen I started getting into riskier stuff like Public Enemy, NWA, Too Short, Geto Boys and Ice T. This was the good stuff that I had to hide from my parents lol. My dad loved Public Enemy though. Most black people did. Ahhh the good ol' days of real hip hop with music like Gangstarr, De La Soul, MC Lyte, and Eric B. and Rakim bumpin in the background.
@arroyo5born7492 жыл бұрын
Now your listening to the birth of modern rap.... A Masterpiece Back in this time even if you used the same words someone else used we called it biting All about originality And this song is pure innovation
@SHAdaKID2 жыл бұрын
Kool G Rap - Men at work
@supremesun45802 жыл бұрын
This song is Poetry in Motion!!
@Synchronite2 жыл бұрын
G Rap said “The cash was coming fast Money grew like grass Ppl hungry for the blast That dont even last…” 🙏🏾 🤯 Mind blowing!!! He said “… getting richer n richer, then police took my picture, but i still supplied Some ppl i knew died Murders n homicides FOR BOTTLES OF SUICIDE” ☠️ … yo 🤦🏾♂️ the lyricism is just epic and undefeated Salute to u young King for getting this education Peep how in the beginning G Rap told the kid(that would have to be my same age) “You dont want to be a gangster” This was the accepted message that rappers from that era would give us even if the song content was kinda rough rappers back then tried to incorporate some consciousness into the music 💡
@arroyo5born7492 жыл бұрын
Correct brother There's a message in this
@jowhit2262 жыл бұрын
That's what I love about g rap, every syllable is tight
@Synchronite2 жыл бұрын
@@jowhit226 That’s right Pen ✍🏿 is still sharp 🔪
@hanktheblesseddeejay2 жыл бұрын
This is one of my fav tracks of all time, the way he skips over the beat.. it's incredible, I love Rakim but Kool G Rap takes it's somewhere else here... you can see how Biggie found his style from this.
@muhammadnur06 Жыл бұрын
Kool G Rap definitely the blueprint for NY 'street rap'.
@YoungDreezee2 жыл бұрын
Part of the greatest years of hip hop 1988-1989. Look it up.
@forever86712 жыл бұрын
VIDEO MUSIC BOX . That’s where NYC /NJ area would watch HipHop videos
@Didja19802 жыл бұрын
He’s a legend. Nas had a lyric on Wave Gods off his new album Magic mentioned looking up to “Kool G”. Big Pun idolized him too. “fast life” us a G rap song featuring Nas its a classic. On the run, Ill street blues , streets of ny and it’s a shame are some other classic tracks he has
@DicnballzBitch2 жыл бұрын
Ill street blues
@micheluzzo50192 жыл бұрын
Yo! MTV Raps only came on every so often, so we’d catch these on Rap City (BET) and there was another channel called The Box (originally called the Video Jukebox Network) that had a waaay more raw catalog than MTV - the catch was you had to dial a 900 number and pay a few dollars to watch a video; but they had more and better selection than MTV, and across all genres too; but especially hip hop, punk and metal. MTV ended up buying the Box basically to put it out of business.
@Crunchysopa522 жыл бұрын
This was prob the 1st G Rap cut I ever heard, iconic 1 at that! 👌
@klasyk15322 жыл бұрын
Video Music Box! Uncle Ralph McDaniels and Crazy Sam!! 🎯💯💪
@ericb99122 жыл бұрын
Everyone has their preference of a top 5. He's often overlooked but he's in my top 5. He's my #3. His use of words does it for me
@hookswu62512 жыл бұрын
Facts he created gangsta rap ask snoop an dre they will tell u were they got it from Kool g rap
@russelladams71342 жыл бұрын
@@hookswu6251 Schoolly D from Philadelphia is credited with the creation of Gangsta Rap. Ice T also was doing Gangsta Rap before Kool G Rap or at least about the same time.
@mr.burlbattle22332 жыл бұрын
You'll enjoy Canibus and Kool G Rap "Allied Meta-Forces"
@anonymousapocalypse2472 жыл бұрын
🔥🔥🔥🔥
@jskee20022 жыл бұрын
KRS said it best, " you can be a mac, a pimp , hustler or player, but make sure live you is a dope rhyme sayer. Kool G gave you three hard verses with no curses, amazing. In New York there was a show called video music box. On the old school tv's they had two knobs. One gave you standard 2- through like 13 and the other one gave you these crazy u channels. video music box was on the u channels because hip hop wasn't popular to the masses yet. As soon as you came home from school your tv was on that channel, then came rap city, the originals with Prince Dejour, Joe Clair, and Big Lez, too dope. side note, can we give some props to the background dancers in the video. Real Hip Hop!!!💯💯💯 Also Nas did a documentary about video music box with Ralph Mcdanials, the original host you should check out
@jaspervetti50122 жыл бұрын
Oh yeah, and that crazy channel happened to be channel 31, I remember this like it was yesterday.
@blackdog45532 жыл бұрын
Don't forget about the rap city host Chris. Damn I can't remember my boy last name but he was a funny ass skinny nigga
@jaspervetti50122 жыл бұрын
@@blackdog4553 I believe that his last name was Thomas. Two of the hosts of Rap City were Chris Thomas and Joe Claire (I hope I'm spelling his name right).
@blackdog45532 жыл бұрын
@@jaspervetti5012 u absolutely right. Look at u showin our age 🤣🤣
@jaspervetti50122 жыл бұрын
@@blackdog4553 yep, old school and proud of it!!!
@STAYYZ2 жыл бұрын
Check "Men at work" , "Streets of New York", "Ill street blues"... G Rap is the blueprint for so much
@supremesun45802 жыл бұрын
Kool G Rap “ILL Street Blues”.,., recap that track
@10dev7852 жыл бұрын
i was a kid watching this....yo MTV raps & video music box in NY was the only way to watch rap back then. Not sure how it went down in other places.
@Synchronite2 жыл бұрын
KRS coined the term “edutainment” where even if they talked about the streets it was in the context of steering the youth clear of those kind of obstacles Very influential on my young mind personally Unfortunately That was the bygone era where rappers would try and teach lessons in their music In the 90s it was too much pop that 🐱 And shoot that 🧔🏾♂️ One thing about the south and that Atlanta sound i was happy to see was that ppl were dancing having fun again I got tired of everybody walking around looking hard(pause) and trying to be thugs smh
@seansimms8503 Жыл бұрын
Same here bro.
@jdilla4life38716 ай бұрын
Edutainment on my top 5 all -time albums
@jaspervetti50122 жыл бұрын
This song here was amazing. The beat, the multilayered rhyme scheme, the subject matter, all was fire. As for how we were able to see the latest rap videos, there were a couple of ways. One was Video Music Box, starring Ralph McDaniels and the Vid Kid, and that was on a UHF channel, channel 31 (which would come on between 3:30 - 4:30pm) in NYC. Another was a show called Rap City, a show on BET that used to start at 4:30pm, and I believe that it went to either 5:30 or 6pm. Then there was Yo MTV Raps, hosted by Doctor Dre and Ed Lover. MTV Raps also had a weekend show where Fab Five Freddy hosted it. On one of the shows, a funny thing occurred when NWA guest-appeared because both Dr Dre and Doctor Dre were saying "I'm Dr Dre from MTV Raps and you're Dr Dre from NWA). Those were some times.
@FreeUpOG2 жыл бұрын
One of my 1st cassette single purchases was “ill street blues”. G Rap a certified General. Notice, how most of the hardest dudes from this era actively told our youth to NOT to get involved in the fast life?
@timothynorris8682 жыл бұрын
Had to go to the record store and listen or record the song on a tape until the weekend
@marcomcdowell88612 жыл бұрын
I live in Japan now and in the downtown area of my city, they play hip hop over the speakers on the main street. I pretty sure they have no idea what is being said because it's not the radio friendly versions hahaha. I'm certain they like the beats. Probably because it reminds them of taiko. I heard this being blasted and I'm like, who at the plaza knows about G Rap? Crazy that in this little city, the locals are sitting in the ramen shops and stores nodding to Road To The Riches. Like everyone else said, cable TV man. BET, MTV, the Box or someone you knew had a VHS tape with videos they copped from elsewhere. Thinking about it, unless you had a local radio station that played some rap, you were hard pressed to get news about new stuff being dropped. Unless you came across it in a magazine.
@christopherwhite6472 жыл бұрын
Ralph McDaniels, video music box Youngblood he got a doc out right now of the old Hip Hop think its on Showtime
@ankhlife71942 жыл бұрын
We watched the videos on (RAP CITY) on BET And (YO MTV RAPS) On MTV And of course the originator (VIDEO MUSIC BOX) BY Ralph McDaniels.
@adogbewise65612 жыл бұрын
Video Music Box right after school hours. One Love Ralph McDaniels. Hip Hop pioneer.
@supremesun45802 жыл бұрын
Check out the Video Music Box Documentary on Prime
@Synchronite2 жыл бұрын
The original place to get ur shoutouts Video Music Box
@richardcarter50822 жыл бұрын
"Ill Street Blues" and "Street of NY" are a must to react to!
@Smoothgrooves322 жыл бұрын
Oh yeah
@carlosdavis62762 жыл бұрын
Well back in the days we were watching "Video Music Box" with Ralph McDaniels in the early 80's. What funny is Biggie was in Video Music Box giving a shout out " What's up Video Music Box Ralph McDaniels. Fat Joe was freestyles all the times.
@jimmycunningham44752 жыл бұрын
Rakim the greatest of all time and G Rap we’re always down with each other. Look at the back of Eric B and Rakim’s first album called paid in full and you will see Kool G Rap and DJ Polo in the crew picture, most people didn’t even notice that back in the day. We use to watch videos on rap city and yo mtv raps and in nyc they had the pay channel called Ralph McDaniel’s video music box. Other areas of the country like the Midwest also later had pay channels where you could dial a number and watch videos on tv and it was charged to your monthly landline phone bill but as far as free channels it was rap city, video soul, yo mtv raps and Friday night videos.
@hruff77872 жыл бұрын
Rakim always took G Rap on tour with him even before he had his record deal to keep him out of the streets
@aligaines84762 жыл бұрын
Video Jukebox/The Box was the pay channel, Video Music Box wasn't pay.
@jimmycunningham44752 жыл бұрын
@@aligaines8476 you’re absolutely right, I got them mixed up. Thanks for the correction because I definitely do not want to give out or spread the wrong information. Thanks for that, real talk. Utmost respect to you.
@TheMattmatic2 жыл бұрын
"For tha brothaz" and "Blowin' up in the world" are two songs you have to check out by G Rap. Truly your favorite rappers favorite rapper.
@mrdreloaded40492 жыл бұрын
Kool G Rap is on the Mount Rushmore of Hip Hop along with Rakim, Big Daddy Kane and KRS One - his verse from The Symphony is unbelievably awesome!!!!!! Side Note: to answer your question about accessing videos back then - you either had to record them on VHS and re-watch them or wait until they replayed on on of the video shows (Yo! MTV Raps, Rap City, Video Music Box, etc.).....
@triplep60622 жыл бұрын
One of his dopest songs, next to Poison, it's a Demo, talk like sex, streets of NY, on the run, etc... in NY we had Video Music Box, in the late 80' s Yo MTV raps came on, and many other local video shows on public access channels.
@triplep60622 жыл бұрын
I forgot Rap City on BET
@skssuccess752 жыл бұрын
I use to watch it on MTV... the show was called Yo!MTV Raps
@jowhit2262 жыл бұрын
Fab 5 Freddy!! Dr. Dre and Ed Lover
@chillyice35732 жыл бұрын
Have you heard Men At Work? Might be his best, lyrically
@phillytnoize2 жыл бұрын
G Rap is still cold blooded to this day bro.
@adogbewise65612 жыл бұрын
Big Pun kneeled down on one knee and kissed G Raps pinky ring. Gangsta
@supremesun45802 жыл бұрын
True indeed
@rocketish6772 жыл бұрын
Off the hook track …classic legendary ish ✊🏽✌🏽🔥🔥🔥🔥✌🏽King dope reaction check out it’s a shame from 456 album K G Rap a legend hip hop icon 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
@shaftpunk842 жыл бұрын
Mobb Deep’s track “The Realest” from 1999 features G Rap on the first verse and it’s one of my all time favorites. So much flow and internal rhymes and he paints a picture the whole time.
@mr.carlosnyc94332 жыл бұрын
Great reaction! Can u react to "MEN AT WORK'? Probably the best lyrical verses ever!
@calvinperson97322 жыл бұрын
G Rap is the godfather of East Coast street rap . They all give him his respect . You have never heard him get disrespected . Do Erase the Racism n Heavy D -Don't Curse . Kool G came off on both .
@forever86712 жыл бұрын
Kool G Rap is straight 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
@201giraffe2 жыл бұрын
Here in NYC, we credit Uncle Ralph Mcdaniels and his public access show VIDEO MUSIC BOX!!!! He been doin it since MTV was really playin only music videos. He played street music and cultured videos relevant to NYC. He covered parties and hosted his own show. UNCLE RALPH GIFTED US MUSIC WE WOULDNT HAVE HAD ACCESS TO WITHOUT HIM
@manalive16232 жыл бұрын
Great reaction! In Manchester, UK, we had a radio show called Bus’ Diss, with Stu Allan, playing all the US imports - late 1980s, UK kids listening to Kool G Rap, BDP, Schoolly D, LL, PE, King Tee, Chubb Rock, Cool C, Shante, Ice T, Sparky D, Ultramagnetic MC’s, Stetsasonic, The 7A3, MC Shan, Twin Hype, Jungle Brothers, Kings of Pressure, Big Daddy Kane, Biz Markie, Craig G, Mantronix, Skinny Boys, EPMD, King Sun, T La Rock, Steady B, Spoonie Gee, Cash Money, JVC Force, Super Lover Cee, Tuff Crew, Eric B & Rakim, Latifah, Rob Base, Davy D, Heavy D, Def Jef, Dana Dane, Rodney O & Joe Cooley and more. Respect to the music you gave!
@indigenousrhythmsllc26342 жыл бұрын
Video Jukebox, YO MTV Raps, Rap City
@akumawani2 жыл бұрын
prepare for static. cause im the asiatic- brotherman from the mortherland- rappin auto matic.. kool g rap-
@DontAskWhyItsJustCuz2 жыл бұрын
One of my fav artist… Made me step my pen game up… Salute…
@02b382 жыл бұрын
He’s your favorite rappers favorite rapper
@waynee61332 жыл бұрын
Kool G.....4,5,6 in the mix
@bigdaddypiggy2 жыл бұрын
I’ve often thought that G Rap was on the same level as Big Daddy Kane & Rakim & he doesn’t get the credit he rightfully deserves cuz every MC in NYC that came out after him was influenced by him whether they know it or not....nothing but love & respect from the DMV/Baltimore area 🖤
@arvinwebb387811 күн бұрын
Kool G is definitely one of the goats. His intricated style is unmatched.
@IriaChannel2 жыл бұрын
Pun was also greatly influenced by Kool G Rap. When Pun finally met G Rap in person, he got down on one knee and kissed his ring to pay respect to who he saw as the GOAT. If you're interested in Pun and Kool G collab listen to "Dramacide" and "Wishful Thinking". Also, while you're at it Big Pun and Big L's song "Where You At?" - Pun bugs out on that
@gregorynetus55572 жыл бұрын
Kool g rap represent. The legendary queens new york like i am.kool g rap the icon the legend.word up son
@latinboy9062 жыл бұрын
It was channel 31 in Brooklyn, Video Music Box was the show. I used to record it on video tape, from like 1987.
@thelegendarydowntowntonybr25982 жыл бұрын
Basically, we saw all these videos through shows on TV. There were shows that would come on our local channels, there was also Rap City on BET, YO MTV Raps on MTV, "Pump It Up" on FOX, etc... there was also a cable channel called 'The Box' or the Jukebox Network where you could call and punch in a 3-digit code for the video you wanted to see for like $2.50 a video.
@westfolk12 жыл бұрын
to answer your question about where we watched old videos: up here in the great white north (canada) it was Much Music or in the USA it was MTV - and you had to wait and wait and wait.. but once in a while, in between Michael Jackson & Madonna videos we'd see something like Kool G Rap! ......... speaking of canada where's our love? haha - check out one of the biggest hits from 1989; Maestro Fresh Wes - "Let Your Backbone Slide" keep up the good work bud
@supremesun45802 жыл бұрын
Video Music Box Yo MTV Rap Rap City in the Basement And a few more I’m missing
@steelersluv2 жыл бұрын
That beat was so dope! Koolgrap was that dude! You took me back with this one young homey
@BThaSmoovUno2 жыл бұрын
Was? He still relevant today, peep him and 38 Spesh #Trust
@REAL62 жыл бұрын
Still is.
@steelersluv2 жыл бұрын
@@BThaSmoovUno I didn’t say wasn’t relevant. Trust and believe homey I’m stuck in the 90. I’m a 2022 Jerome. Lol
@steelersluv2 жыл бұрын
@@REAL6 I listen to some new stuff here and there, and I agree the beat is still dope. I was only speaking past tense because it made sense to in this context. Trust and believe all I listen to is my era of music. 80s, 90s, and early 2000s rap. I would never disrespect my own era.
@BThaSmoovUno2 жыл бұрын
@@steelersluv Word up!
@djpoppy12 жыл бұрын
I remember coming home from junior high school and seeing this music video on Yo!-MTV Raps. I was like damn this dude is taking hip-hop to another level
@FreeUpOG2 жыл бұрын
Peace brother! You asked how we used to watch videos back then. I remember watching MTV in 1984…I don’t remember watching BET before ‘87. MTV was straight ignoring hip hop for the most part during those days. BET would play popular hits but rap reached its golden era in the early nineties. You saw the formation Of TV shows geared towards “rap” on both networks. There was no On Demand besides “The Box” music network that you could call and pay 💰 to watch hip hop videos 😂. A VCR was your best friend back then.
@NotoriousOne6172 ай бұрын
one of the best used to listen to him back in the day I'm now 56 and seen Ems hall of fame speech showing props to all the OG rappers and I was was like oh shit Cool G rap been listening to this shit in the ride every day since
@supremesun45802 жыл бұрын
One of the Best Emcees of All Time!!!
@klepszekk81192 жыл бұрын
Loved your reaction to this one. Kool G Rap is definitely one of the greats. Also like that slogan on your shirt - “HARDER THAN MY DEMONS”, that’s kinda inspiring, we all need to try and be harder than our demons.
@illmaticgaming41622 жыл бұрын
We watched on Yo MTV Raps! and we recorded the videos on our VCR. We also had the Box.
@KingAhmadTv2 жыл бұрын
Gotchu 💯🔥
@haro82Ай бұрын
The way i got to hear all these tracks in the 80s was listening to 98.7 kiss fm here in nyc on friday and sat nights. Dj red alert and chuck chillout mixed all the latest jams. Wed pop the cassettes in and hit record. Exciting times for rap back then. Sadly the stuff for the past 25 years hasnt done it for me.
@MrJohnnyLighting Жыл бұрын
In NY there was a local show called "Video music box".
@abdulwakil3531 Жыл бұрын
I'm glad alot of the youngyins are starting to recognizing his greatness and what bars are supposed to be
@n2teddy2 жыл бұрын
You wanna know how dope Kool G Rap is? Go listen to a thugs love story chapter 1-3. The way this man tell stories with his lyrics is insane. G Rap always been a top 3 lyricist for me.
@56original2 жыл бұрын
Grap is n.y. hip hop forever.Thank you for playing this.💯
@AdrianHernandez-df1zq2 жыл бұрын
In New Jersey, New York area we had a public channel that had a show called VIDEO MUSIC BOX. they even had R&B on Wednesdays, they would play lots of stuff you wouldn’t see on MTV or mainstream video shows. You can find it on KZbin I’m sure.
@bigernmacrackin61762 жыл бұрын
I'm going to keep saying this... love the Sox hat, and since you're reppin the Chi, you gotta react to DO or DIE po pimp... dirty version, but it's not that dirty just need the few words to appreciate it lol keep doin you kid!!
@Synchronite2 жыл бұрын
Twista verse on that is godly
@bigernmacrackin61762 жыл бұрын
@@Synchronite probably the greatest hook ever recorded too... RIP JOHNNY P
@Synchronite2 жыл бұрын
@@bigernmacrackin6176 Definitely one of those hooks from that era that everybody know n love #RapCity 💯
@mr.michaels1162 жыл бұрын
Kool G Rap Feat. Joell Ortiz - It's Nothing 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
@mikeanderson69862 жыл бұрын
Please do streets of New York by him. Real music. I'm 45 and grew up on this music. Don't have a great relationship with my sons and haven't been able to show them what I used to listen to when I was running around. Thanks for the memories and more inspiration to get my relationship with my sons in order. Keep growing youngn. Thanks again.
@gmarcello69122 жыл бұрын
Ralph McDaniels, channel 25 I think had to turn your channel thing and have a good antenna real talk video music box,everybody didn't have cable
@Twizzledoc1872 жыл бұрын
This was one of Black Thought’s favorite raps of all time. He played it everyday he was walking home from work. There’s an interview on this one.
@Man_eee2 жыл бұрын
We used to watch the Music Videos on regular cable on BET & MTV both channels used to have several great Music Video Shows 2 great classics were YO MTV Raps & Rap City The Basement
@thepphanom62222 жыл бұрын
This is one of my favorite jams from back in the day.. my day.. Gen X! Nothing will ever top the 80’s & the 90’s. Keep bringing this 🔥 👑 Ahmad!!
@verbone2 жыл бұрын
I used to bang this joint while getting ready to hit the NY streets. The whole album is legendary.
@RYANDEOROCK2 жыл бұрын
'Talk Like Sex' & 'Ill Street Blues' are must listens from Kool G. 'Money In The Bank' too!!!
@ericb99122 жыл бұрын
I'm not sure if you listened to Men at work yet... I suggest it. One of the best written songs
@aayanwade12685 ай бұрын
Review poison or men at work by Kool g rap one of the greats!
@DRK6472 жыл бұрын
Wanted dead or alive album is his illest 🔥🔥🔥 peep jive talk, kool is back, streets of new york
@krissteele46782 жыл бұрын
I was 15 in 88. I saw videos on YoMtv Raps and BET at Grandmas lol. Video Music Box in 90 when I got to college. Appreciate your videos.
@Will_Bx_NYC_7182 жыл бұрын
We watched these videos on Video Music Box in the NYC area. If you were fortunate to have cable in those days you’d watch these videos on “The Box” a 24/7 video request channel, or on BET and MYV.
@matthewbryant49262 жыл бұрын
You gotta do Kool g rap and polo featuring Big daddy Kane and Biz Markie-Erase Racism,it sends a great message that people need to hear
@ronsmac2 жыл бұрын
I wound up popping this cassette because i played and rewound this so much