Three Times Dope - Greatest Man Alive

Watch the official music video for "Greatest Man Alive" by Three Times Dope
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Lyrics:
Landscapin, mentally shapin
Get the gist, don't miss what I'm sayin
Hilltop bringin in the bass drop
Soakin up saps like a household mop
Out to romp, stomp, so you're no comp
You try to rock, we bump, the whole house jump
Gotta bust a sucker or else it gets borin
Just like you people need your coffee in the mornin
And every word is honestly stated
You get it not synthetic or fabricated
Keep your eyes open, I got you on a scope
Know it like a poet cause I'm diddy-do-dope
Fly like a falcon, strong like a stallion
Now all I need is a gold medallion
Providin small-time suckers with info
EST's the unusual fellow
Yes it's the ES, the man you can't understand
Much funky on your FM band
The brown-eyed bombshell rockin you well
Disignitin all bitin and frontin as well
We propel our records to sell
Like a speedy Lamborghini we're bound to excel
Given the chance to shake your pants is somethin that you'll never forget
I make you wake up in a cold sweat
Drippin with the fluid that wets you when you do it
Know this like Otis when your style is bogus
Love to party with a girlie with a dope body
Gotta bite my tongue, I'm so high-strung
ES the name, knockin boots is the game
If you ain't a queen I love ya just the same
My name is ESTizinizm, cold gettin bizinizm
Rallyin the funky dope razzamatizm
Hit you with the hardest, comin with the clarity
Skyin over suckers, defyin all laws of gravity
The style of my hair like a new wave afro
EST's the unusual fellow
(He's too good to be true)
[ VERSE 3: EST ]
With a ultra fresh topic for this here recital
With another one of those crazy fresh titles
It'll be shakin up and it'll be takin up
Space in the race cause the sinister'll crank it up
EST is the one that's so original
The boy so live should have his name on your cereal
Instead of Swatch you wear a sinister watch
Worn by the suckers who be swearin they clock
Cause ain't nobody takin my place, you know what I mean?
Instead of Guess you wear some ES jeans
Tight around your putang, so when you shake that thang
Everybody wants you shake it again
Feel it shuttin up in my bones
Magically moved by the microphone
At first I just twitch then I get that itch
And real quick you see me flickin up the on-switch
Sweatin like a dog in front of sell-out crowds
Dippin em all in the 3-D style
No matter how you hype up your twelve inch, they don't get it
They want my album, you gotta deal with it
You coulda had yours out but now I took ya
Still ain't got one out cause you're chasin funky hookers
And all the real slimmies jammin off my flow
EST's the unusual fellow
#ThreeTimesDope #GreatestManAlive #OfficialMusicVideo

[@naijainnit]

We didn’t have to be vulgar or use profanity back in the day. We just brought the dopeness. 🥳

[@jamiemurach5507]

For real, anything from 1987-2000 Classics

[@dondiratliff2505]

Yup !!!!!!!

[@JasonweedQ3]

💯

[@maskedavenger2621]

@@jamiemurach5507I’d say 87-97

[@ronnytaveras9431]

Word

[@paige4128]

I miss the days when rappers enunciated their words and you could actually understand what they were saying. These rappers these days rap like they have a mouth full of marbles.

[@earthshine00]

Very true. So-called mumble rap is like a futuristic episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents or The Twilight Zone. No one would have ever believed it. 😂😂😂😂

[@bleu76]

They actually rapped, real talent.

[@bleu76]

​@@earthshine00hell yes😅😅

[@leomartin4060]

I love this beat. E S T. HAD THE GIFT didnt he?

[@thomasmastri9414]

he was the greatest man alive, you know

[@unrhu]

No doubt

[@chelliecolors1044]

Yes! Till this Day

[@a.c6491]

One of the Flyest and Freshest. Finessed the M I C

[@ricolewis2949]

The Ackniculous One

[@WE23anime]

This beat is still hard and raw...🔥🔥🔥

[@TravelingTal]

DJ Woody Wood started on WHAT 1340 am then he moved to Power 99fm with Lady B.

[@martinlee6331]

Ain't it tho?!!! Yes Sir!!!!

[@mdonahue1971]

I met them on a Greyhound bus ride when I was a teenager in the 80s - they were so nice to my younger brothers and I. I still have the autographed album they gave me, too.

[@walternixoniied.d.2039]

That’s a real hip hop album and a keepsake for sure!

[@I_be_e]

I’m from LA but I’ve said it from the beginning.. Philly got the iLLest emcees!

[@lvrice7596]

Man, I remember my parents buying this album for me. Back in the days when the lyrics of EVERY song were included in the cassette jacket. One of the dopest albums in hip hop history. Original Stylin’ 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@Edward-xf1ey]

16 yrs when I first heard this......51yrs now.... still 🔥🔥🔥

[@Vincejg84]

Hilltop Hustlers!

[@ewilliams19]

WP!!!!!!

[@kennethjohnson1582]

Overbrook baby

[@jodyknox2311]

Hit you with the hardest, comin' with the clarity; skyin' over suckers, defying all laws of gravity!!

[@Yay-hovah]

Three Times Dope made the Gumby hairstyle fly back then.

[@jimmymccants770]

I had the Gumby too bruh and the scoop😂😂

[@sirpoppinchuck]

One of favs back in the 80s funky!!!! Big up to Philly!!!!!

[@CPZBLH]

As a New Yorker (Brooklynite) back then, we were very territorial when it came to Hip-Hop. We were always hesitant about rappers from outside the city but EST couldn't be denied! I remember my crew grudgingly saying "yo...this dude is a monster!" 33 years later, this remains true. EST is the first great lyricist from Philly (from our perspective). #RespectTheLegends

[@Bignard48]

His partner schooly d was serious too

[@Bignard48]

His partner schooly d was serious too

[@WallTrapMedia]

I'm the Bronx and that's how we felt about the rest of ya'll outside of the BX/Uptown! LOL Hip -hop is originally some Bronx shit period.

[@ProspectFilmRoom]

Stand up!!! 11234 represent!

[@ProspectFilmRoom]

Stand up!!! 11234 represent!

[@kebry6393]

My name is EStisinism Cold get the businessnism. 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥.

[@leonbrown1457]

I wore this song out in my car cassette deck in 1989

[@DVL32]

Shiiiid, not more than me, lol.

[@brandonwilliams7160]

Facts!

[@brianslade2065]

I know me too

[@leomartin1903]

This beat hit so HARD.

[@marystackhouse3232]

DAT Drum Machine, Wuz One Of Tha Hardest Drum Hitz Ever, It Wuz 2Good2B TURE!!!

[@naomiderulo8246]

Yes!!!

[@simpdown1404]

Philly rappers have always had some of the dopest styles

[@jimmynickelz]

Gotta agree

[@jaybennett3549]

Philly swagger

[@unrhu]

We have that unique Philly swagger

[@alexanderk3081]

philly breeds some of the hardest emcees ever!!! That place takes rhyming to the max frfr

[@raheemgambrell1463]

All luv! Definitely factz!

[@RodT87]

No joke...i said today...Im Es the man you cant understand much funky on my FM band..while driving in my car. This video showed up in my youtube feed a few hours later. Shits listening fam.

[@earthshine00]

I got into a dance battle with a dude at a party off of this song. I always peeped the best dancer whenever I went somewhere because in my mind, that was my rival. Well, apparently, he was doing the same thing beause we both were dancing with other people until this song came on, and then it was on like popcorn. About halfway through the song, I realized that the DJ was commentating like it was a boxing match. It was unbelievable. 😂🤣

[@dirtyy2k]

Philly had hella rappers back then but they never got the credit they deserved. Many times I remember jamming out in the after midnight night club.

[@sharonlee8552]

HILLTOP HUSTLERS!!!🔥🔥🔥He's too good to be true. He's tall, he's handsome, he's rich, exciting, DEFINITELY THE BEST THING THAT'S HAPPENING!!!

[@evertzinho]

EST the greatest Man alive. After all he's the acknickulous one!!

[@MOBROOKS]

Bangin ass song Bangin ass group Bangin ass video

[@JaniceCarter-ws7lu]

"All I need is my gold medallion supplying small-time suckers with info EST the unusual fellow." 🙋🏾‍♀️I'm small time and grateful for it all🇺🇲 Three times dope God bless tou and yours daily💐💐💐💐💐 88 I was a young buck but it was good back then😌

[@ausetmcchristion-thomas1522]

Underrated. Haven't heard this song in years and still know every word

[@cephushouser469]

Rob was a problem sick delivery one of the best to ever do it good brother skip still got love for you Rob

[@cliftonbrown8135]

GAP GEAR WAS THE SHIT BACK THEN! 😎🔥

[@jayblack4195]

For sure I had that sweat suit red with a matching swatch watch 💯

[@michaelharris761]

Super Dope Beat, OMG. True Hip hop and you didn't have to Curse or say the N-WORD. Simple and Straight to the Point.

[@manuhoffmann7765]

Gooood old Times , i miss..

[@michaelcboone4222]

60 dislikes have no clue what dope is 😏😏😏...

[@servantofthemosthighgod3835]

This was my joint bac n da dayz, this should have millions of views, WTF!!!

[@kool_onanotherlevel]

Est was dope! Gave us a different vibe with the rap delivery. He was sick

[@truthhurtz8517]

Stacey Dash in the video

[@everetteduncan9410]

This right here brings me back back in the days not only when I was a teenager but I was watching this video and other videos on video music box y'all around my peers know about video music box.

[@CJ_7519]

How old were you when this dropped, Everette?

[@elliotfoster8814]

yeah.... the box was the Best back in the days...... especially how Nothing but a G Thang played back to back to back on the box..... any song that was Hot, actually

[@kevinbryant4725]

Classic Philly's finest 👌

[@djxcel23]

This and funky dividends was my shit

[@hulkdaddy71]

Those two, and " Straight Up"...

[@natedogg5708]

Second albums even better

[@lancepritchett5354]

Word up!!!! DAMN!! At this time in my life, I thought I was that dude! And the Mack! And you couldn't tell me nothing! (Again, I thought those things!!😜✌🏾)

[@tonymark4536]

Im still bumping this in the truck and i wont never stop

[@gregvasser6944]

2023 I got it.

[@122ndmusic]

After all these years this song still bangs!!

[@sheldonwalker75]

I remember when this first came out in 88 . This joint still 🔥

[@a.d.morton4624]

We had the hottest music 80’s/90’s 😂 FACTS! ❤ June2024 ✊🏾 Still 🔥

[@rudymattox9865]

Ahhh the year of the drum machine classic...

[@unrhu]

"Worn by the suckers who be swearing the clock" Dope

[@naomiderulo8246]

That’s my favorite line 🤘🏽

[@sabrinayahisreal1078]

Lol, I had a swatch watch.

[@kevineaddy1248]

Smooth hip-hop never dies

[@Mike-xe1pn]

Talk about real Rappers...This style rules 😎

[@user-tz1jc9sp9z]

Philly in the jawn.

[@marvinhampton1816]

that finger drumming is dopeness at its finest❤

[@grindtimepimpin1704]

"The style of my hair like a new wave afro". Pure dopeness;!

[@blaqcaesar9267]

This took me so far back into my childhood!!! ✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿 3×D 4Life!!!

[@sauditate4562]

Had to hear this again Y0! , Brought me back to the 90's ...I was 15 when this came out ...👍🏾👍🏾

[@EricSuede]

That was just a bar for him but …. Back in 88 had he come out with “ES Jeans” that may have worked out for real.

[@michealjohnson2314]

REAL RAP!!!!!

[@jeremiahthompson99]

When he spinned and did that dip move is what it did it for me 2021🔥🔥💪🏿

[@ivancornejombamha2244]

I remember watching this joint during the "Golden Era" on Video Music Box NYC. Big ups to VJ Ralph McDaniels and the Vid Kid!

[@peterm6179]

E.S.T. definitely DOPE

[@ticeygirl]

He’s too good to be true, he’s, he's tall, he's handsome, he's rich, exciting Definitely the best thing that's happening😂❤️

[@TBgunsandbutter]

tanks ma'

[@emil62394]

That you in the vid?!??

[@ticeygirl]

@@emil62394 I wished I was in the video back then😂

[@emil62394]

@@ticeygirl oh.. sorry than

[@sirjer73]

Damn you are very easy on the eyes!!!

[@iealz]

This is what you call a Philly classic. I have a few on my list. Summer time, My part of town,PSK,Yeah that’s us,I’m a boss…#2022 and the music lives on. #BeGreatBeAuthentic

[@logicalblackman8228]

So why does it gotta be SO DAMN TUFF!!

[@andrewallace2137]

Steady b bring the beat back was my favorite.

[@nuwberian732]

Jewell T, Krowned Rulers, Mc Mechanisms.

[@user-hh6bc3nn5m]

Baby boy Philly all day

[@jeromemosley5505]

Man, i remember when this came out! The days of cassette tapes! Damn it, Jim!

[@444mia4]

2022 !!!! My Sh*t !!!!

[@marvellhudson3792]

The rhyme scheme and style was 🍌 🍌 🍌.

[@anye76]

Jr high school memories. 🙌🏾

[@jamesjones2173]

Same here Jr High from September 88 to June 91

[@truthhurtz8517]

One of the females looks like Stacey Dash...

[@toneikascott2340]

Same 1987-1990! Word! The golden era of Hip-Hop!

[@n8ztadogg]

Golden era

[@Kiddro22]

ON MY MOMMA!!!🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥5th grade when this hit

[@theadmiral460]

this was the hardest ish when I was a kid

[@seanferguson8500]

When rap was rap 💯

[@franklinhill3903]

Str8 fire 🔥🔥🔥🔥 from the 804 Richmond Virginia

[@iluvbiggirlz420]

Dinwiddie is witcha!

[@TBgunsandbutter]

was just chopping it up with EST, The OG at a WaWa lot somewhere in wack ass south jersey, the other day

[@sirjer73]

The Overlord of fresh!!!! I hope the brother is doing well!!!!

[@kel-melprevail8127]

Hard to believe Est was only 16 years old here

[@derricktyler9635]

And hard as hell

[@elonhorton6457]

Real Hip Hop....

[@HipHopEmperorSalute]

That album was a classic hard dope!! Philly always had lyricist!

[@ricolewis2949]

Still The Greatest Man Alive 2021

[@jasonkidd1689]

I don't know how true this is but I heard that EST was 17 at the time of this album. If that's true that's crazy definitely ahead of his time.

[@pervertedalchemist9944]

I can believe it. You also have to remember that Rakim was only 18 or 19 when "Paid In Full" was released as well.

[@coreyhendricks9490]

Philly Hip Hop At Its Finest

[@wbarn003]

They all know about Jeff and Fresh Prince, but these Philly dudes were banging back then 3XDope, Tuff Crew, and my dude Steady B.

[@yungplex9503]

Timeless and pure...

[@Intellectually_Ignorant_brand]

He had a dope style that influenced me from the hair cut styles and the gear, Rap City and MTV raps was my outlet to what was going on in other places outside of chicago

[@Bignard48]

I had that haircut too😅

[@naomiderulo8246]

@@Bignard48 loved the haircut 🎉

[@Bignard48]

@@naomiderulo8246 thanks

[@naomiderulo8246]

All of this ❤

[@LJDS1979]

Robert Waller!! His post 3xD career has been dope for real.

[@xxxxbigrich5752]

Est was so underrated cause my boy had skillz on the M.I.C. he always had barz for dayz‼️✊🏾✊🏾

[@libraprime6838]

Philly didn't have a long hold on the hip hop game like NY, Cali and South, but every emcee that came out of Philly was hot!

[@durwinsmith8911]

Dope still 2024

[@susanfit47]

Samples used this: KC & the Sunshine Band - "What Makes You Happy (1975) (Drums) 3-D - "Once More (You Hear the Dope Stuff)" (1988) Muddy Waters - "I'm a Man (Mannish Boy)" (1955) KC & the Sunshine Band - "Let It Go (Part 2)" (1975) Saturday Night Live - "Gun Control" (1976)

[@drzanthonyb.preston9274]

They don’t understand and know their music 🎵

[@grindtimepimpin1704]

@susanfit47 Can't forget Robin Givens lines from The movie "Boomerang"

[@chrisfaizon1156]

Still the shit today in 2022!!!!!

[@peady64]

Hilltop Hustlers in da house. Reppin Philly.

[@TheSstretch68]

LEGENDARY!!!!!!

[@1995RangeRover]

Respect!

[@robertsteczkowski1612]

One of my all time favorites

[@YorHighness]

Dope.

[@edwardmatthews5899]

I mean these guys fathermc toneloc and redhead king pin were to me the epitome of dope super fly mcs of this era and all had timeless hits🥷🏼

[@iluvbiggirlz420]

When I saw ol boy on the best machine, I went crazy! I couldn't wait to me one.

[@timbrim01]

I miss the culture. Rap has many styles but this birthed it. And my parents didn't like it then, lol

[@SeedofZulu]

Bro was styling that side clark true hip hop flavor to the universe !!!

[@XavierCoolDude]

This is a Philly classic. If you grew listening to hip hop in late 80s in Philly 3XD was the shiiiiiiiit?’bb

[@foranyandevery7656]

Dope. EST was still a teenager penning flows like this.

[@mmou3878]

ES the name knocking boots is the game!!!

[@Chriswilson3442]

Wow!!! Look up who he wrote songs for!! Makes my heart happy❤

[@erwinrogers9470]

Classic 🔥

[@Talan274]

Exotic Sound Teacher!!🙌🏾

[@purvistanner2254]

I brought this cassette tape 🔥🔥🔥

[@leomartin1903]

Thank God these guys,,,,inspired the ROOTS.

[@deegirl1]

Old school hip hop COVID binge 11/26/2020.

[@valeriefontnel3511]

Whew....this bring back memories

[@KINGYAH-SEER5777...]

HIP HOP ROYALLY🎰

[@alianshampoprisioners7056]

Un amigo tenia y sigue teniendo una tienda donde me vendió este CD en Ceuta, norte de Afrika...