This New Rap Is Trash. I'll l Battle, Anyone Of The 50 Greatest Rappers, To Prove I'm The Greatest.

[@illsolo5996]

The OG said He's willing to battle to.. "Show and prove"...All respect due.

[@shawndon7374]

That's a real OG!!! Gotta prove it right there 💯

[@slimcutz2081]

#Str8LikeDat🔥👍🏽💯

[@benjaminrobinson3062]

💯💯💪🥊🎤

[@benjaminrobinson3062]

@@tirellv4938 🔥🎤💯

[@jermaineburgess3767]

Nigga that's cap

[@Sazerrider]

“A child is born with no state of mind Blind to the ways of mankind God is smiling on you, but he's frowning too Because only God knows what you'll go through You'll grow in the ghetto living second-rate And your eyes will sing a song of deep hate” You will always be the greatest Melle Mel, Real Hip Hop fans know.

[@2psah2]

Some say the blacker the berry, the sweeter the juice I say the darker the flesh, then the deeper the roots (Oh) I give a holla to my sisters on welfare 2Pac cares if don't nobody else care (Oh) And, uh, I know they like to beat you down a lot When you come around the block, brothers clown a lot But please don't cry, dry your eyes, never let up Forgive, but don't forget, girl, keep ya head up And when he tells you you ain't nothin', don't believe him And if he can't learn to love you, you should leave him 'Cause, sister, you don't need him And I ain't tryin' to gas you up, I just call 'em how I see 'em (You don't need him) You know what makes me unhappy? (What's that?) When brothers make babies And leave a young mother to be a pappy (Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah) And since we all came from a woman Got our name from a woman and our game from a woman (Yeah, yeah) I wonder why we take from our women Why we rape our women, do we hate our women? (Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why?) I think it's time to kill for our women Time to heal our women, be real to our women And if we don't, we'll have a race of babies That will hate the ladies that make the babies (Oh, yeah-yeah) And since a man can't make one He has no right to tell a woman when and where to create one So will the real men get up? I know you're fed up, ladies, but keep ya head up.

[@enriqueontiveros265]

@@2psah2 now quote the other way he felt "money over bitches"

[@greenmountavenue4122]

My brother's doing bad sold my mother's TV/ said she watches to much/ it's just not healthy/ All my children in the day time/ Dallas at night/ can't even see the game or the sugar Ray fight/ the bill collectors they ring my phone/and scares my wife when I'm not home/ I got a bum education/ double digit inflation/ can't train to the job there's a strike at the station Neon King Kong standin' on my back Can't stop to turn around, broke my sacroiliac A mid-range migraine, cancered membrane Sometimes I think I'm goin' insane I swear I might hijack a plane!

[@t.c.o.g.773]

Truth!!!!!!!🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@HiPHOPx87]

​@Enrique Ontiveros all day. Money Over Bitches. So you you confuse a bitch with a women? There's a difference. Pac even explain it lol. If you don't understand that, then you should wear a helmet. Lame. Duh! Duh!

[@dwayne3496]

“I don’t understand the difficulty people, love you brother treat em as an equal.” Heavy D - Self Destruction

[@kactusjaxson2965]

"Put em on stage and we'll get that shyt done!". As an emcee, I love this kind of talk. 🤣💯

[@seansmith7462]

His bum ass is just begging for a versuz to get money and publicity

[@wdymboxing1983]

Why do you call yourself an " emcee " instead of an Mc?

[@seansmith7462]

@@wdymboxing1983 because he really isn't an MC

[@chrisreyna5755]

He actually saying it right MC the abbreviation

[@wdymboxing1983]

@chris reyna No Mc is an abbreviation for Master of ceremonies. So he's not saying it right at all

[@Thisdudehere-e6n]

This one I agree 100% on. The music has got super violent and criminal. Like these youngins ain’t scared of dying, repercussions, jail, they parents none of it. 🙅🏿‍♂️

[@moisemcleod]

Music been violent since NWA, Ghetto Boys,South Central Cartel,Spice 1,Mobb Deep,Ice T, Westside Connection,gtfoh gangs been around like forever and gangsta rap started in the 80s SMH. Violents has always been around it's just social media now can show it all more than ever before. Before the Internet phenomenon you either read about it or someone will tell you. Rap reflects the times and the era,and if music can influence people then there sheep and followers, definitely not leaders and thinkers.

[@abrahampalmer8761]

Sad but true I'm so fed up with it myself I strictly listen to older rap period IDC about any of this new shit whatsoever is completely dead and Stans killed it the most.

[@Thisdudehere-e6n]

@@moisemcleod them names you named Majority of them are still around. And yes they promoted violence back than but compare it to now. These rappers dropping like bees when it turns cold. From the start of drill until now it has gotten worst on every aspect and just like Interscope and the Jerry Heller’s took the street rap and made it into a multi billion dollar business. While todays rappers still in the streets, people are either getting killed or rob because of the music. Plus back then they rapped about street shit SUPER vaguely. Now u can get a full confession out of a mother Fucka as long as u throw on a cold ass drill beat on it. U get the person killed, the time they did it, what they was wearing and why they did it.That’s why the feds been rounding a lot of these niggas and giving out Rico cases like food court samples. This is a new level.

[@CaviarTee]

I don’t remember any rappers in the 80s and 90s rappin about shooting at your mom 😂 young dumb thug 😂

[@illaim]

Melle Mel making some damn good and important points here. We are so far from any sense of balance in Hip Hop, much to our detriment on numerous levels.

[@shawndon7374]

Hip hop died around 2003 sadly

[@fortunateson2]

@@shawndon7374 I'll even extend it to 2005.

[@benjaminrobinson3062]

@@shawndon7374 💯

[@benjaminrobinson3062]

@@fortunateson2 💯💯

[@d3vp131]

There was much more balance in the hip hop game. We had the street/gangsta, conscience, story tellers, fun Redman/ODB types, etc all getting same amount of shine and AirPlay at the same time. Now it’s just drugs and killing.

[@SoldMySoul45]

“Why you mad? Now you look bad. Like a roach just crawled out of your book bag” “1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8” Melle Mel really showed Em and the world how true emcees do it!!

[@SaaayUNCLE]

Remember he is talking about a real rap battle not a battle of songs.

[@ГошоГиЦъка]

He'll get cooked in a real battle, he really gave his K Slay verse as an example. If he raps like this nobody would even wanna see a battle with him

[@Adboss17]

Put him on url then lol he won’t last a round with boom bap time warp rap lol

[@ГошоГиЦъка]

@@Adboss17 my man said url 🤣🤣🤣 he won't last on gates of the garden

[@mrcommunity992]

Absolutely 💯!

[@SaaayUNCLE]

@@Adboss17 Shhhhiiiit forget about it 😭😭😭. 99% of rappers wouldn't survive on URL 😭

[@rakabash2081]

I hope Melle Mel's podcast takes off. The elder statesmen in Hip Hop should have their voices amplified.

[@jermaineburgess3767]

He's hater and comes of like it

[@ayevince8857]

He just another old head that can’t respect the genre evolving he ain’t gotta like it but the hate is annoying

[@marxman300]

​@Aye! Vince tbf I'm finding big gipp more annoying

[@marxman300]

@@MansoorDC what.move yourself 🤡🖕🏾

[@koguma.newyork1]

@@MansoorDC because they basically stupid. They call people "haters" when they hatin on old people.

[@gsportsgaming9387]

Ppl giving that Billboard list way too much energy

[@anthonyclark9441]

For real

[@teresworrell7973]

That billboard list is made by a bunch of geeks and not hip-hop artists

[@GHOST91141]

Melle Mel verse on Beat Street Breakdown Is one of the greatest verses of all times

[@seansmith7462]

Know what is it

[@SunFromBrooklyn73]

Facts. I remember so gripped with emotion watching him spit that verse on the movie screen. His lyrics were so vivid that I thought doomsday was going to happen right after we walked outside of the movie theater, lol. Melle Mel definitely needs to be in any top 10 rappers or emcees list without a shadow of a doubt.

[@seansmith7462]

@@SunFromBrooklyn73 no rapper present or past no fan has some of their top 10 that's one versus bro any whack rapper can spit one good verse in his lifetime

[@alext5340]

The majority of today's mainstream rap is all about just the numbers and hype.

[@awwskit9753]

Sex money drug and murder

[@nicklepickle7776]

Yeah

[@deelee6080]

Gucci Gucci, Louie, Louie, ice!

[@Active_Alien]

Everything nowadays is all about hype. We can’t even buy a pair of Js without mfs blowing it up all over social media before release day. It sucks

[@krazyaproductions2352]

Most of the numbers are fabricated. Bots and stream farms!

[@rakabash2081]

"That's why it be so many fights in the Waffle house because you aint in the party, partying" 🤔

[@trapmuzik6708]

Where does Mel live

[@jerryon9367]

Because they just left the party lol

[@darklight7452]

​@@trapmuzik6708 Bronx

[@timmy841212]

😂😂😂

[@markparris6447]

MELLE MEL CALL THEM ALL OUT WE NEED MORE OF THIS

[@Dizzy_N]

Xzibit foresaw it 20 years ago, 'before the game is 10% skill and 90% Hollywood'

[@jermaineburgess3767]

And look what happened to him

[@jonathancoleman6482]

@@jermaineburgess3767 all rappers fall off

[@seancagney8897]

@@jermaineburgess3767 Sadly you are right..... I was a huge fan of his as well when he came out.

[@KNightRider504]

Lol. How ironic? He's acting and not rapping anymore.

[@christucker695]

Xzibit is in a group called "Serial Killas" wit B-Real & Demerick. & Has many features since his last album in 2012-13. No Gza , Rakim even Jay since 444. X was on King Crooked podcast a few years back he asked "When you comin out wit somethin he responded "For what" ?! Lauren Hill Disease...

[@moshekgosana6314]

I remember what 2pac once said " Listen to the words people say in their lyrics, and tell me, if that's some real shit, if that's real to you, you know what I mean. Listen to what they saying, don't just bob your head to the beat, peep the game, and listen to what I'm saying. Hold us accountable for it."

[@leonhall856]

Pac was one of the real ones

[@fearablackheaven1198]

PAC is garbage

[@toreytownsend4705]

That was straight facts. Tupac was speaking about the state of Hop Hop even back then for the current generations that was coming up after him. I have seen atleast two KZbin SHORTS of this very topic that Tupac was speaking on.. #GoodDay

[@greaterthansolomon-vv4ho]

he was promoted gangs and suicide to blacks

[@Matroshka26]

SALUTE

[@kewldewd8334]

He deserves his just due based on his contribution to the game. He’s just as important as anyone in HH right now. Pay attention ladies and gents. I’m not saying he’s right or wrong but the art form needs balance.

[@seansmith7462]

No one deserves anything based on what you accomplished 30 years ago

[@kewldewd8334]

@@seansmith7462 study Patent and Trademark law in music and in art everyone gets credit from past accomplishments The Chronic was recorded over 30 yrs ago and Dre still gets credit. Not comparing Mel to Dre but your past triumphs matter especially in music and in art.

[@toreytownsend4705]

Truth!!!

[@zol8416]

I want Melle Mel’s confidence 😂😂😂😂

[@jermaineburgess3767]

It's delusion my guy

[@akingwithwords2144]

😂😂😂

[@MalcolmJ214]

@@jermaineburgess3767 lies it’s Confidence haha

[@jermaineburgess3767]

@@MalcolmJ214 🤪🤪

[@MalcolmJ214]

@@jermaineburgess3767 If Melle Mel can prove it then that’s all that matters

[@biggcebo]

This where we enter the world of HipHop...Puttem all on the stage lets see who the greatest. The battle the essence of hip-hop...Lets battle.

[@Rue100]

THE OG'S WILL DEMOLISH THIS YOUNGER GENERATION

[@kayvee5286]

Y’all are buggin. I’ve seen some of these pioneers live and they weren’t good. I don’t agree with the list either but getting on stage to battle would hurt their reputations.

[@seansmith7462]

@@Rue100 OG's like Nas and Jay-Z would demolish Melle Mel

[@Rue100]

@@seansmith7462 I COMPLETELY DISAGREE.

[@seansmith7462]

@@Rue100 I've listen to Meli Melo his lyrics are not all that man I'm one of the few people that actually go off of your bars and what you have to say his lyrics are not all that

[@treyvonwilliams]

Everytime i listen to rap music it's always old school rap music from the early 90s and 2000s.

[@datniggaeazye.5968]

2000s isn't old school

[@lowie1974]

Same here 💯

[@hitek9too255]

Me too!

[@benjaminrobinson3062]

💯💯💯🎤

[@TheeeMYSTERY]

Goodie Mobb, Nas, Roots, Rakim, 2pac, Big L, Outkast, No Limit, Left Eye 😥, Twista etc

[@Professorlive]

Battle rap today is super different then back in his day. Like he’d have to battle rap like they do current day. Because the audience plays a huge part in deciding who wins a battle. And this is a poor stance because elite battle rappers today would beat people on that list. Because they’re artists. Battle rap is like rap for sport. Two totally diff things

[@hendogwestcoast]

In my opinion that versus battle between Big Daddy Kane vs KRS One they did a little of today's battle rap and they had bars so we'll see 👀

[@TheLobMob]

Great point!

[@antwonefletcher6086]

Which is Mel"s point. We have real emcees not getting their just do but mumble rappers getting glory. The genre is garbage. The lyricists don't get air play they're like underground artists

[@rareryntz007]

@@antwonefletcher6086nobody doesn’t even mumble rap this is what you old heads are listening to on the radio and not actually looking is the problem

[@antwonefletcher6086]

@@rareryntz007 I don't listen to the radio smh that's you cats listening to that mind control but nice try sucka. Drill rap mumble rap whatever all of that is garbage 🗑️ 🤷 I'm in the industry lol so get out your feelings

[@nocapzone5049]

"The rule is SOME weirdo" 🗣💎

[@june7gemini]

out of all the rappers / even the old school rappers he has never sold out or lie and say eminem is " good " or be honest about the state of hip hop

[@abrahampalmer8761]

Exactly that's why I deeply respect Melle Mel pure consistency and authenticity unlike others OGS respectfully.

[@DanFreeman723]

The Message & Survival are both essential tracks. Every single word is true. No fantasy rap. They're both mandatory listening for true students of Hip Hop.

[@hitek9too255]

I agree. A lot of today's rap is absolutely trash. Southern Rap and Drill Music completely destroyed hip hop!

[@jkbzz]

I have said this over and over and over but they'll call you a hater. The era of Gucci Mane, Future and the autotune rappers ushered in a bunch of mumbo jumbo, no talent muthafuckas who make a lot of money cos their fanbase is just ignorant as hell but they make little sense.

[@RealJamesJones24]

🧢

[@darrenraphael]

You mean new Southern rap. .. Southern rap post 2007.

[@TheAlkebulanTrust]

Melle Mel is on smoke 😭😭😭 and I'm here for it

[@acespades4183]

That scanless lol... he do seem extra confident on here though

[@maynemann6643]

​@@acespades4183melle Mel is very confident it always has been confident throughout his career no matter what that's his personality either like it or love it

[@maynemann6643]

This is a craft that strictly relied on skill verbal wordsmith if you will

[@JosephPembroke]

yea he's on crack smoke

[@TheBulletzgottishow20]

He right

[@SoulJavalinSpear]

He's A hip hop elder....laid the foundation. RESPECT!!!!

[@capalottyslimalini2878]

Yes, but he hating. He need to get with the time

[@SoulJavalinSpear]

@@capalottyslimalini2878 nah thats your perception from the outside looking in.

[@erdevon3257]

​@@capalottyslimalini2878 How is he hating? Just spitting facts that those who lack knowledge dont like

[@thechipper613]

​@@capalottyslimalini2878 no he doesn't cause y'all don't understand what true facts and real hip-hop is it's not just rapping there's a real reason why he has been here and telling you why these companies have control on you young people and if you pay close attention to what he said in beat street listen to those lines not just from the movie Im talking about the record on the soundtrack he was talking about war the US and what computer is doing to us today so big ups to the living God mell and don't listen to this new shit it is trash

[@kylebourne6839]

@@capalottyslimalini2878 hating my ass...Mel is speaking facts! And he's damn sure right about one thing...rap music today for the most part is TRASH! Lil Uzi Vert...Lil Baby...Baby Boy...Baby with Diaper Rash....lol none of these posing ass lil niggas got BARS! You can barely understand what the fuc they saying...Kendrick...J Cole...Nas...they're the exception to the rule.

[@60NXNP09]

He telling nothing but truth, indeed today's hip hop has no soul nothing but dead music.

[@madedigital]

Not just hip hop all music is dead soulless

[@rareryntz007]

@@madedigitalmainstream of course😂

[@abrahampalmer8761]

Tbh hip hop is completely dead Idc about any of this at this point.

[@kqsystemzrecordings]

he spoke nothing but Facts.

[@KD_SWAGGER]

Melle Mel is showing his competitive spirit. Hope he drops a new album soon. 60+ years old and he's still fit and healthy. That's a blessing within itself.

[@dageorgiaog]

He being foolish prideful

[@KD_SWAGGER]

@@dageorgiaog Haha!

[@dageorgiaog]

@@KD_SWAGGER and he went and drop that lame ass diss track,,,he make us 0g’s look bad

[@KD_SWAGGER]

@@dageorgiaog 🥲

[@adnanojd]

I do agree with him 95% of Rap today is trash,all that’s in my playlist is 70s 80s 90s early 2000s Music in general ✊🏾🇯🇲💯 straight

[@datniggaeazye.5968]

early 2000s is 80% trash

[@adnanojd]

@@datniggaeazye.5968 Reading is fundamental I said music in general not just rap 🤡

[@hitek9too255]

Me too. Outside of few exceptions such as Kendrick Lamar, J. Cole, Jack Harlow, Griselda, Rapsody, Underground rap, and the OGs, I don't even listen to majority of this garbage.

[@JunniorRooks]

💯 x10

[@adnanojd]

@@hitek9too255 That’s the 5%

[@TheAlkebulanTrust]

There should be a VERZUZ as well. Melle Mel VERZUZ Jay-Z or should it be Big Gipp VERZUZ Jay-Z?

[@AlanSelph]

😂

[@joeyoung2173]

EXACTLY RIGHT GET WASHED ALL DAY LONG

[@timmy841212]

😂😂😂

[@snoozythesage]

SOMEBODY GIVE HIM A BATTLE ALREADY!!! 😤🎤

[@Rue100]

HE WILL FUCK UP A WHOLE LOT OF THESE YOUNGER NIGGAS TRYING TO RAP 😂

[@peterhernandez7817]

All he has to do is pick one of the 50 and drop a diss. But he is more talk then action. Just pick Em, and do a diss if you so confident in his skills. That easy.

[@davidmeinie6699]

Busta Rhymes, Andre 3000, Kendrick, Wayne, Black Thought... This guy is tripping balls if he thinks he's seeing any of these guys. The bitterness

[@blackjesus6433]

Those dudes rap the way they rap becauseof Mel, Caz, Kool Moe D, and Rakim. Show some respect. 🙏🏾

[@davidmeinie6699]

@@blackjesus6433 I mean no disrespect and I receive your point brother. Salute to the ones who built the infrastructure. Apologies if it came across that way. Having said that, I still think his statement is delusional and ill-advised.

[@leonhall856]

​@@blackjesus6433 preach brother. Got no respect for the ones who paved the way

[@killacam8404]

Why did you type busta rhymes first. He trash

[@BruceWayne760]

Melle Mel is the voice we needed! ✊🏾 Righteous.

[@kenyatta5ttconjohnsoentcr589]

He’s delusional 😂

[@crustybuster2992]

he needs to go mess with the ladies in retirement homes . no one cares about kid and play no more so why mel?

[@hupaogaming9559]

you mean salty? he always talking shit to the rapper that came after him for no reason at all

[@mariowilliams9196]

Hip-Hop has evolved, for better or worse. As valid as some of the points Melle Mel males are, he sounds like someone who doesn’t seem to understand the concept of growth. Also, let’s be real, Mel’s rap style was primitive, and KRS bodied him in a battle back when there was a schism between what was then considered old and new school rappers. Mel would get destroyed by most of the rappers on that list, with the exception of the rappers who rhyme like they count on their fingers, like Gucci.

[@mrjd1037]

These new artists SCARED to make change, so they keep the music simple & child style!

[@duart310]

They aren’t scared, they don’t possess the mental faculties or knowledge of culture to do anything but make this autistic crap

[@rareryntz007]

Y’all don’t look hard enough for real music is the problem it’s a lot of talent out here you just have to look not listen to the radio

[@MillieMoBuckz]

OG, respectfully… ya verse on that Slay record was good, shit surprised me even….. u still got it!!! 💯💯 but it wasn’t even top 50 on that track AND I LOVE that joint!!…. I’m also an artist as well, and I’m talkin only from a “freestyle” Rappers POV…. Punches, metophors, flow, etc. …. Ya delivery was as strong as ya views on this interview tho!! Top notch!

[@liquidgeorge]

AZ killed it

[@d3vp131]

There used to be much more balance in the hip hop game. We had the street/gangsta, conscience, story tellers, fun Redman/ODB types, etc all getting same amount of shine and AirPlay at the same time. Now it’s just drugs and killing.

[@khalil7708]

Not really true you dont hear street rap on the radio it mainly drake kendrick and that sort of music , Plus we did it to ourselves if people bought and encouraged the diverse music we used to have we would still have it

[@thelastdon9000]

It's still is

[@TheeeMYSTERY]

@@thelastdon9000 nahh just drugs sex killing

[@rareryntz007]

@@TheeeMYSTERYstay off the radio then

[@fortyglock9698]

Facts.😳

[@seanq9884]

Some people don’t like what he’s saying because they can’t handle the truth.

[@crustybuster2992]

look at all the old timers coming out pretending their opinions even matter. all you need to worry about is if you have enough denture cream to survive the weekend

[@abrahampalmer8761]

Exactly they are in denial period I don't listen to no one in today's era myself because they all trash and disposable in my eyes.

[@seanq9884]

@@crustybuster2992 Nigga im in my 20's.😂😂

[@koffiged]

Melle Mell can't even go up against the average battle rapper, let alone one of the 50 greatests mc's...

[@kindell1]

Mel talking his ish and flexin on yall. I ain't mad at it though. He earned his stripes

[@ducklife420]

I'm sure he can use the $$$ to buy more swap meet jewelry

[@nicklepickle7776]

Oh my lol

[@kevintaylor9590]

The OG is speaking the truth

[@toreytownsend4705]

Atleast one of the pioneers of Hip Hop is being brutally honest with his statement. Most older artist suck up to the younger artist so it does not make them look like old haters. Also, he is telling the truth because most of the youth under 28 years old I have spoken to at jobs I have had in the past two or three years or even at my most recent job and on KZbin have said they don't even listen to what is out now and that they mostly listen to 90:s and early 2000's Hip Hop and RnB music.

[@AbrahamPalmer-wj5cb]

Exactly I'm 28 and despise modern hip hop with a passion I only listen to old school hip hop from the 80s 90s and 2000s that's how far I go back listening to hip hop as I'm concerned hip hop now is completely dead and gone and is not coming back anytime soon the damage has been done to a point when is not coming back no matter how much we try to save hip hop hip hop is done.

[@billionairemase]

Melly Mel speaking truth knowledge 💯💯💯💯💯💯

[@streetlife20]

Maaaaaan he better recognize Ghostface will clown him 🤣🤣🤣🤣 I mean I respect the OGs but Melle don’t wanna see what a battle with BIG or Em feel like. Picture Jadakiss vs Melle… cmon Melle 🤷🏾

[@Megahustla313rd]

Streetlife, FACTS! EM would shred Melle in a battle, Melle better stick to knitting.

[@timmy841212]

Yeah he’s tripping 💀

[@Getcreative784]

Facts 😂😂😂

[@costasspartan1894]

Your name should of been "CRITISIZE" instead of MELLE MEL.

[@ShafiqHusaynmusic]

People still taking Rapping for a Joke, A passing hope, or a fade with a rope? Sometimes I choke and tried to believe, When I get challenged by a million MC's. 50 years down the line we can start this, and we'll be the old school artist. And even in that time, I'll say a rhyme, A brand new style, ruthless and wild Running around, spending money, having fun, But even then,I'm still #1. ©Kris Parker

[@javierc3972]

Word

[@NoBlackexploitations]

Yes no comparison

[@anthonyharrell4547]

All these old rappers out trying to advance/ its all over now take it like a man- 2pac

[@jallison5457]

I respect the fact that he would battle everyone on that list, but the fact is he’s 61 years old.he can’t resonate with todays audience. If he did he would have put out more music. And idk if anyone noticed but every era of Hip Hop has had trash rappers.

[@timmy841212]

Facts. The rap scene during Melle’s time had a bunch of bums too.

[@jerryknows6357]

My respect for Melle grows with every part of this interview coming out.

[@the_lonely_winner2956]

“I had the line of the year” 😂😂😂😂

[@akingwithwords2144]

😂😂😂

[@sheroncyrus2448]

His verse was tight

[@chrisdjohnson314]

And grown ass "men" still using yellow emojis faces...

[@the_lonely_winner2956]

@@chrisdjohnson314 stfu, acting like you know him personally

[@ГошоГиЦъка]

im thinkin ''what line was that???''😭😭😭

[@2cents2]

I agree with almost everything except how he really believes he's the nicest ever to touch a microphone in hip-hop. I mean it's good to have self confidence but when we snap back into reality A Lot and I mean A Lot of people don't see him as this godly rapper he claims to be.

[@realking4918]

what people are you talking about. most anybody that was around in the beginning of hip-hop always put him near or at the top

[@2cents2]

@@realking4918 My question to you is so you really think Melly Mel has a classic catalog of music and can out rap guys like Kendrick,Eminem,Black Thought etc? He claims he can beat them easily i'm just curious to your response to this.

[@ibrahimovicjunior5443]

would love to see a stage battle, rappers with lyrics are always up for it, i'd love to see a rap battle

[@profitgee1]

KRS Destroyed Mel early in KRS’s career , bet Mellie Mel won’t mention battling him again!

[@2cents2]

@@profitgee1 That's what I had in store for this real king guy,like Mel is one of the pioneers and hats off and respect to him but there are so many others above him battle and music wise. The music and battles ever done proves it.

[@DavidJohnson-ym4qw]

"How do these songs make our kids react?" That's a powerful question I live in the Bronx. It just feels like its getting worse u got 12 year olds carrying guns like they playing laser tag looking out for their "Opps" AT 12! If you live in any hood you know where Mel is coming from. The "greatest rapper of all time" debate is subjective and is really not important compared to what's being said in the songs and the impact it's having on the youth and adults cuz we got some grown ass children out here.

[@moshekgosana6314]

Facts , thats real 💯. Actually it should be the criteria the impact ,I mean it's Hip Hop a voice. Listen to the words people say in their lyrics, and tell me, if that's some real shit, if that's real to you, you know what I mean. Listen to what they saying, don't just bob your head to the beat, peep the game, and listen to what I'm saying. Hold us accountable for it.I quoted 2pac "

[@DavidJohnson-ym4qw]

@@moshekgosana6314 yup I remember that interview. His black panther roots made him one of the realest emcee in hip hop flaws and all.

[@skipspeakonit2911]

Gotta put major RESPECT on Mel name!💯 He's speaking nothing but the truth. The wilful ignorant will refuse to understand but those who are for the truth will get it no problem. Most music today is hot garbage & hold no weight after a while cuz most just want the money & don't care how they music effect the youth or so called adults lbs

[@abrahampalmer8761]

Exactly imo hip hop is completely dead and gone is not coming back like it use to be. I wish I lived in the 80s/90s as a teenager or young adult instead or today's generation whatsoever hands down.

[@GasMaskReacts]

Hip hop was hijacked a long time ago. We devolved from hip to rap. Then from rap to trap. From trap to mumble. From mumble to drill. This is a consistent downward trajectory and it is intentional. As Professor Griff told us, it all really started when NWA was CREATED specifically to neutralize Public Enemy. Before then, hip hop wasn't so blatantly vulgar. It hasn't been the same since and it'll only continue to get worse. Hip hop, an artwork WE created, has now been flipped into a weapon of mass destruction used to destroy us.

[@kendrelc5977]

Chuck D and ice cube fw each other

[@fearablackheaven1198]

Dude all music was hijacked since the death of Motown and later Micheal Jackson and Prince

[@tochiRTA]

even the young kids know the new rap is trash 😂 the jig is up

[@DM3FROM916]

I wish this nigga would get up there doing all that A hip ahippity hip shit against lil Wayne or Eminem I’m here for it 😂

[@yo3rdtier128]

Yeah, and I’d like to see ‘auto tune’ Lil’ Wayne or ‘mumble rap’ Em&Em get up there against Melle. Yeah, I’d like to see him battle and crush ‘not top 5’ Kendrick Lamar especially

[@heisenberg2966]

He listens; that is how he knows it is TRASH!

[@DM3FROM916]

@@yo3rdtier128 mumble rap em? You my friend are not just ugly your stupid 😂

[@greendro6410]

This new rap era is pretty trash I gotta say the best rap era was from 1987-1997

[@edubb1luv100]

I would throw in 98

[@AllFlavorsEnt]

Where’s the lie?

[@ericharrison2236]

Out of pure respect, I don't think any of the new cats would disrespect melle Mel. But I can honor what melle may is trying to get across. He's trying to save the integrity of what real hip hop is. So I get it.

[@seansmith7462]

These young cats will be the first ones to disrespect him they don't respect anybody and this dude is just begging for attention man I've heard a lot of interviews with him,he comes off as nothing but a hater because if you listen to his flow he was never really that good himself to question any mc like nas or jay z

[@DiceB]

@@seansmith7462he doses come across a lil biter

[@ericharrison2236]

@@seansmith7462 That's why what melle Mel says rings true. The newer cats only know what they see and hear, but there are conscious youngsters that know and understand the message word for word and they would never disrespect there forefather. melle Mel is not hating on them , he' dislike what they are portraying and I agree 💯 with him. Ignorant dummies will always see it the other way though 🤔

[@seansmith7462]

@@ericharrison2236 Jay-Z and Nas aren't ignorant dummies, and he hated on both, lol. He thinks he's better lyrically, he's an old foo

[@seansmith7462]

@@ericharrison2236 Grandmaster Flash Run DMC Kool herc The Sugarhill Gang Kurtis Blow those were forefathers Melle Mel was a sidekick he's never mentioned among the greats when it comes to 80s hip-hop

[@jaygee8969]

Bring real hip hop back. KRS need some help rep’n it!

[@MISSCOOKIE41]

Again, Your Favorite POWER-COUPLE Controls the Music Industry NOW. It's designed how they see fit. SEX MURDER MAYHEM. NON Business oriented persons have decided what music should be Society affirmed it. whose to blame for the DOWNFALL Black Music is today, Everyone. 🎵MUSIC WILL NEVER BE WHAT IT WAS., ENJOYABLE. Your fav Power-Couple DESTROYED that concept with their wickedness.

[@Jimmy1982Playlists]

There are a lot of great rappers out there today - billy woods & Elucid (Armand Hammer), Conway The Machine, Benny The Butcher, Rome Streetz, Boldy James, Stove God, Westside Gunn, Mach-Hommy, Tha God Fahim, Your Old Droog, Roc Marciano, Pusha-T, JID, Freddie Gibbs, Vince Staples, early sweatshirt, Tyler The Creator, ScHoolboy Q, Ab-Soul, Kendrick, Jay Rock, Joey Bad, Blu, Eto, Meyhem Lauren, 38 Spesh, Che Noir, RJ Payne, Raz Fresco, Eddie Kaine, Crimeapple, etc etc etc etc... and OGs from the '80s and '90s making their best music in years - Black Thought, Nas, Method Man, KRS-ONE, Inspectah Deck, Public Enemy, and so forth. HipHop is in a beautiful place, if you know where to look!

[@marxman300]

Dope list 🔥

[@mizzo_beeto]

Don't forget flee lord,Nino brown, ufo fev!

[@1.8.100s]

I GOTTA SEE THIS LET'S GET TO IT🎤😎

[@damienwar5896]

Respect to the OG, he didn’t say nothing wrong !

[@grandinquizitor7412]

I understand Mel 100%. Todays Hip-Hop is long gone from the days of peace, unity, and having fun. I blame the shift on the emergence of the gangsta rap genre. Once artists started rapping about gangs, drugs, sex, and violence the music went downhill from there. Today out Hip-Hop music is composed of murder/horror rap, drug dealing/drug using, and extreme sexual suggestion. Sadly, we ignore it because the beats and melodies are good.

[@suave_d]

Again, I side with Melle Mel. I believe that a lot of rap today, especially in the mainstream circuit, is horrible. I understand the concept of "getting lit" and having a good time, but speaking as somewhat of an "oldhead," I remember the era of Hip Hop when there was diversity on the airwaves -- meaning, I could hear a song that was either conscious/pro black, comical, street/gangster oriented, romantic, or just being nice with the rhymes, all on the same radio station. Every artist had his/her own sound and different skill sets that set them apart from the rest -- there was something for every listener. Nowadays, everything sounds redundant and stagnant, and there is minimal to no redemptive message in the music (not commercially) -- it's all either criminology or sex-related. Hell, I've heard so much hypersexuality within the music that I would actually be impressed if a woman DIDN'T rhyme about sex. I would much rather listen to a woman who can entertain me with her intellect, creativity, femininity, and ability to create a song that can influence a wide range of females -- not just the ratchet/hood crowd. There is so much more to a woman than what she can do in the bedroom or on the stripper pole. For those of you who say, "you have to search for quality music" -- here's my pushback -- why should I? Why do I have to "search" for a female artist who's putting out quality music, but I don't have to "search" for trash rappers like Megan Thee Stallion, Cardi B, Glorilla, etc? Back in the day, I didn't have to "search" for Roxanne Shante, MC Lyte, Salt N Pepa, Queen Latifah, Bahamadia, Lauryn Hill, etc. There is clearly an industry-orchestrated imbalance. They're showcasing the lowest essence that Hip Hop has to offer, and they're giving it maximum exposure -- THAT'S why the music is so bad..

[@crustybuster2992]

if it bothers you so much. pull out your temptations records then complain about boys 2 men. sounds like your genre

[@crustybuster2992]

@90storiez what you lnow about pid? christian rap? i prefer listening to anything today xcept rap. but to use 20 year old lyrics to prove a point is just pointless and hater aids

[@Darius_Icewood]

There's still great rappers in the West🌴Coast. I bump *Larry June, Curren$y, Kool Kid Kalvo, Jay Worthy, Payroll Giovanni* & *Premo Rice.* Y'all just be listening to the BS from Florida & ATL & other places.

[@MrTraveller.]

Rolling 110 Deep is an amazing song!!!!!

[@righteousone8454]

Mel is kind of full of sh He is a pioneer, but he is claiming to be Jordan, without Julius Irving level, without Wilt Chamberlain level. It's more than era, it's also skills. Can he go toe to toe with DMX, Tech N9NE, Busta Rhymes, Twista, Krayzie Bone, Brotha Lynch, Crooked I? There are tons of rappers that would cook Mel. It's that old man's ego of saying "I am the best" without actually see what can be considered best now. It's like old school runners trying to say they are better than Usain Bolt. No, you are not. You are not even close on the level. I don't even think Mel can mess with Lil Wayne stage presence and delivery, when Wayne is not leaned out of his mind. He said "Lil Wayne is not a natural rapper" in another segment of the same interview. I can name a dozen of rappers that will be better performers and lyricists than Mel, and move the crowd. Rappers from 80s always LOVE to say how amazing they are. Unless you can have stage presence like Wayne did. Let alone like DMX on stage, that's almost unachievable, I can't see you one of the best. He is a pioneer of Hip-Hop, I respect this, but come on, man..."I will battle anyone of those top 50 rappers"...oh, no you will fn not!

[@ejefferson2331]

I can name a couple of rappers he can battle . He has to get through the 80s first lol . lol cool j , rakim , krs1 and big daddy Kane . He need to stop it lol 😂

[@Getcreative784]

💯

[@demetriuswilliams1796]

His Way of Thinkin is The Reason NY Don’t Control Hip Hop Anymore. Everybody Ain’t Out Tryna Prove they the Best. Sum ppl Just Wanna Vibe an Hav Fun🤘🏾🎉😏

[@TheYangsta7]

This did not age well. Like at all.

[@screechpryor]

New York is not the headquarters for Hip-Hop Hip-Hop is worldwide man New York is not the center of the rap Universe sorry it's where the Statue of Liberty is that that's it

[@firethetruthmarcuscarrollE.T.R]

Melle Mel Said Pull Up 💯🔥

[@abrahampalmer8761]

Agreed 💯 percent tbh I don't listen to no new rappers whatsoever I only listen to hip hop from 1979 to 2007/8 that's it rap from 2009 to now I don't mess with it whatsoever besides the extremely degenerate lyrics the production has become so generic and dull thanks to digital equipment and fully became digital over the years I don't feel none of it not even 1% percent of it right now.

[@powshadowzable]

Everybody support Melle Mel and let's give our elders their proper roses in the Now.

[@quintan007]

It’s the same story every time and every decade

[@creoleking206]

His verse went hard, It was actually my favorite because it reminded me of when black men could be masculine and not be gangsta and not be looked at as weak for it. It took me back to the time of rough housing with the men in my family every child deserves to experience it. What time we live in now.

[@houarig.4753]

Masculine ? You surely don't remember their LP cover and the gay outfits they were wearing, come on...

[@creoleking206]

You mean the outfits black people made trendy like Prince and Michael Jackson that the gay community and everyone else sole. Melle Mel is one of the founder of Hip Hop....masculinity isn't solely base on what you where anyways.

[@ericfreeman1303]

Melle Mel is relentless he's trying to prove his point. Which it doesn't matter the man is a pioneer legend. And he's right most of the New Hip Hop music is garbage🤮🤮🤮

[@amillionbeats1]

Let’s go Melle Mel I’d love to see it .

[@TK.kirkland]

"I brought a lil homie to rap battle Mel but Mel just kept doing push ups 🏋🏿‍♀️💯🎤"

[@fortunateson2]

"Where were you the day hip-hop died? Is it too early to mourn? Is it too late to ride?"

[@Yosi4real]

Who said those lines 🔥

[@michaela5811]

Classic!!

[@michaela5811]

Reflection eternal

[@wyzpro305]

Talib Kweli 💎

[@isaachowardjr1243]

New School isn't complete trash lol, but it's not better than the music from the older eras of rap

[@jose110710]

It's not how you start. It's how you end it and how impact touches the game. You doing these interviews and stuff sounds like hate to a lot of people and it's not sounding like gems.

[@nickx4576]

And he’ll crush them all

[@trutalkonthetube]

Lies

[@johnapplegate4020]

🤣

[@crowshill]

Lay off the drugs

[@chr8985]

Lmaoo

[@markukpokolo3278]

Jadakiss will body him with just 16 bars lol

[@rakabash2081]

Keep it going Melle Mel!

[@2solid4tv48]

He must Mean Physically Battle because he is Brolic 😂 lol

[@FalloutMemphis]

Let the kids enjoy their error, being an older person talking down on the youth isn’t a good look and you come across as an grumpy old man

[@grawakendream8980]

he's a legend but also seems like a hater, but does have some points mixed in

[@unbrokenspirit444]

Just make him battle KRS now on the versus platform….

[@TLHHE]

THEY ALWAYS SAY THE YUNGN'Z HATE BUT THIS GUY RIGHT HERE IS BITTER!!!

[@timmy841212]

Then they get surprised when the young rappers throw the smoke back at em. 😂

[@charlesstokes1967]

Interview of the Millenium

[@monk3070]

Tell him to go the battle rap leagues to see if he win. 😂 I respect him tho he paved the way for all the rappers who came after him. He can rap tho I heard some bars from him like 5 years ago and he had bars he still can rap.

[@DOLLAMAC190]

The new rappers? Yes. But people like Em, Cole, Krit, Kendrick, Royce, Crooked, Joyner, and would rap circles around this dude. He's really ABC 123, red fish, blue fish with his rhyme schemes. He's not what he thinks he is. This dude can't pull his head out of his own backside and congratulate or give true props. He constantly disrespect. It's cool to be competitive but he's just negative and spews hater energy.

[@DeTAYL.]

💯💯💯All facts! He’s a legend. And I think most people will recognize him as such. But there are so many dope emcees who will smoke his fkn boots. Black Thought, Elzhi, Skyzoo, Phonte etc It’s wild seeing how cocky this man is.

[@chakagenghiskhan4057]

They need to change the name of this channel from "The Art Of Dialogue", to "One Sided Conversation", because I don't ever hear the interviewer say anything other than every once in a while, "what do you think about that?" Lawd have mercy...

[@timmy841212]

😂😂😂

[@New._420]

Didn't this mf just make a diss record?!? 😂😂😂