Unveiling The Legends: The Rise & Legacy Of Cold Chillin Records

[@terrancewoods3463]

Cold Chillin was my favorite hip hop label. The days of Right On Magazines & Word Up. Thanks for another trip down memory lane. 🙌🏿💪🏿✊🏿🤴🏿

[@dredocs]

Thank you fam I'm glad you enjoyed it

[@ants8527]

The Best years of the Juice Crew And Cold Chillin was between "1985" 86" up until "1989" 90"🎶🔥A Great Hip Hop History Lesson. Either you were there or you did your Homework!😎

[@dredocs]

Thanks fam it was homework

[@ants8527]

@@dredocs yep And your welcome. I can tell you did your homework because you came with the facts And the time line was right on point. Thanks for a Good Doc And Im sure you will be doing more of them.😎

[@TrusnoTV]

Cold chilling was damn near the first official crew/label! MC Shan was da boi‼️ Biz Markie… Rest easy🕯️🕊️🙏🏿

[@delbertprince5302]

Rest In Peace Grand daddy IU

[@tonysmith5878]

SALUTE TO ONE OF HIP HOP'S GREATEST CREWS!!!!!!!!!!❤❤❤

[@Law-hi8un]

1988 was unquestionably the greatest year of Hip Hop. Along with the Juice Crew releases, ‘88 gave us: EPMD’s Strictly Business BDP’s By Any Means Necessary Slick Rick’s debut joint PE’s It Takes A Nation of Millions NWA’s Straight Outta Compton Eric B & Rakim’s Follow The Leader Rob Base & EZ Rock’s It Takes Two MC Lyte’s Paper Thin Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince - Brand New Funk Run DMC - Run’s House, Beats To The Rhyme Serious (Remix) - Steady B featuring KRS One All time bangers in the music industry PERIOD!!!

[@2bitchessofinethatimasturb184]

And R&B as well 1988 was a great year for music

[@gregsmith1342]

You missed Stetsasonic's "In Full Gear" 88 definitely was a good year, music was just banging! That's was when Iron was sharpening iron, rappers was in their lab, more creative, lyrics was tight, knowledge was being born- Allah Rakim!

[@lovememoremeticulous4378]

1988 Landmark Year in Hip-Hop.

[@goodmanfilife]

I've said that for many years. 1991 and 1994 are key years also.

[@TheKaluha88]

It’s crazy that they took To Live and Let Die out of print. Also all the streaming platforms removed it from their services. Also Rip to DJ Polo. Just found out earlier today that he passed away.

[@delbertprince5302]

Grand daddy IU was an underrated rapper.

[@dredocs]

He was. I hadn't really listened to him before this.

[@chinesefood777]

@dredocs I agree TOTALLY! He had that cut Something New and Sugar Free! Definitely a better rapper than Big Daddy Kane in my opinion. Kane used to be off beat.

[@delbertprince5302]

@@chinesefood777 disagree. Big daddy Kane is an icon. Grand daddy IU was tough but not better than Big daddy Kane

[@chinesefood777]

@delbertprince5302 Big Daddy Kane is not an icon. He look broke and on crack. He was an off beat, average rapper to me. He danced better than he rapped. True, a lot of icons are broke and fell off: Grandmaster Flash, Melly Mel, Kurtis Blow, etc. But Kane was no icon or pioneer.

[@delbertprince5302]

@@chinesefood777 disagree with you. Big daddy Kane is legend even though I like Rakim.

[@mickieknox4086]

Bruh, I'm 23 seconds into this video. Ive never heard of u, nor seen any of ur videos. However, u have a sub from me simply for the fact that u shinin light on TRUE hip hop. Thank YOU young man (I think)! Signed, a 50 year old.

[@dredocs]

Thank you I appreciate it I'm not young I'm lol 45

[@ButterthiefmusicTV]

Dope thankyou Namaste

[@dredocs]

Thank you fam

[@aaronj.brooks1977]

R. I. P. Dr Mister Cee, Biz Markie, and DJ Polo

[@TheEsquireOfSportsFSU]

You're just telling me this for the first time. I literally did not know he died until reading your comment.

[@Black_2_Def]

And Grand Daddy IU 🙏🏾

[@rhazmel]

Great video, I grew up in NYC during the 80's, and Mr. Magic's "Rap-Attack Show" is where I 1st heard a lot of will-become hip-hop classics like "La di da di", "The Show" & "The Show Stopper". The GZA blamed Cold Chillin' for the "Words from the Genius" poor record sales and he dissed them on his Wu-tang "Protect ya Neck" verse.

[@dredocs]

Everything I saw made it look like the music scene was crazy in New York. I used to be so jealous as a kid seeing concert footage and pictures we hardly ever had big artists come to our city.

[@Think1stAct2nd]

RIP DJ Polo. 🕊 🙏

[@kincamell2]

Gratitude for sharing. Larry Smith was an amazing producer as well. He produced Kurtis Blow, Whodini, Run DMC and The Fat Boys. I think Marley Marl was one of the first sampled based hip hop producers. "Ha ha ha ha ha! Check out this bizarre Rappin style used by me, the B-I-Z" - Biz Markie One of my old classmates told me that Biz Markie had a recurring ole on Yo Gabba Gabba. K Def produced some classics with Marley Marl on The Lords of The Underground album.

[@dredocs]

Thank you fam. I'm not familiar with Larry Smith there's a lot of unknown producers who are the real mvps behind the legendary producers

[@RichardVaughan-h4k]

KOOL G RAP gave his enemies the vapors.

[@delbertprince5302]

Great video on the history of Cold chillin.

[@dredocs]

Thank you glad you enjoyed it

[@akvalues]

THANK YOU FOR MAKING THIS!!

[@dredocs]

Thank you I'm glad you enjoyed

[@missayawk]

MC Shan was so underrated and although he was a little arrogant he was nice on the mic. Another one from that era who was nice was Steady B, but it's unfortunate what path he decided to take. Him, L.L and Shan were in the same category at that time.

[@lutherjackson_]

Man. You have to be Gen X to know anything about Cold Chillin Records. I was a Juice Crew Fanatic! Symphony is still the Best Posse Cut ever!

[@dredocs]

I have reached out to them haven't heard back. Thanks for the suggestion I'm glad you enjoyed it.

[@denzibluesolinfinitymusicw6535]

Mr. Magic Once Asked me to Ghostwrite for his female rap artist name Gem but I declined 😮

[@mr6foot687]

Before Deathrow.. before Rockafella... before G-Unit... and others, Cold Chillin was That label!

[@MD-DLive]

Classic, many of these artists, mc's are in my age bracket- grew up listening to all of them. Hip hop, hip hop! 1:25

[@George-sd7el]

One of the best labels ever

[@Noquestionwho3m]

Kane an kool g was really competitive

[@bryantwilliams647]

Every Kool G Rap album was 🔥 on Cold Chillin'

[@dredocs]

After too

[@tzodearf2596]

Marly Marl is to Hip Hop what Duke Ellington is to Jazz, the blueprint for producers.

[@dredocs]

All producers owe him gratitude

[@cwrichardson3]

Not Pete, Dre, Eric B, Rza, Premier, Herk, Grandmaster Flash, Red Alert... they all are. My goodness, respect the elders.

[@Noquestionwho3m]

Mc shan is legendary

[@knucklegame5050]

Shan Created the "Cold Chillin" name. As told by Fly Ty. He said in his interview on youtube that "He called Shan one day on the Phone and Shan was home Chillin, so Ty asked him..Yo whats Up, whatchu Up to?..and Shan responded, Nothin, im here just Cold Chillin." And Ty said "THATS IT, THATS Gonna be the name of the new label, we're gonna call it Cold Chillin". Woww what a Iconic story.💯✊🏾

[@dredocs]

That's what I got it from

[@headstim3]

Awesome work!!! 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽👌🏾👌🏾👌🏾🔥🔥🔥👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾

[@dredocs]

Thank you 🙌

[@KevinTheNavigator1]

This is a good documentary. I’m about to listen to all the music the only ones I knew was Biz Markie Roxanne and big daddy Kane and Kool G Rap. I’m about to listen to all the other members good job. I can’t wait for you to do a documentary about me when I become a great MC in my generation.

[@dredocs]

It would be an honor to do your documentary keep pushing it'll come.

[@KevinTheNavigator1]

@@dredocs thank you I’m looking forward to it when you and other flim makers make a documentary about me and my impact on the new hip hop. Thank you I appreciate it I’ll keeping grinding and pushing word up. ⭐️💪

[@arthurrobinson4644]

She is the greatest female battle rapper of all time period

[@arthurrobinson4644]

And she went on to have a very, very successful career as a professional.You know, in other fields?So she did well for herself financially

[@KevinTheNavigator1]

@@arthurrobinson4644 yes I agree she finessed the record label wow that amazing

[@johnbrown4936]

Phenomenal documentary on tha coldest label and crew in hip hop, brought back golden era memories- nothin i mean absolutely nothin like the 80's and 90's period

[@dredocs]

Thank you glad you enjoyed it

[@jeremyhodge6216]

Back in the day only Cold Chillin' ,Rap-A-Lot& Def Jam were the top companies in the early days 😁👌💯

[@fredicagoillanoise1309]

Can't forget Select and Tommy Boy.

[@officialknightowlz]

As far as commercial rap? Yes. But body bag had the dopest artist hands down. Ruthless was crazy in those days and exact same years. And dangerous music was the funkiest label of the time!

[@chrisstyles9429]

The "Marley's Scratch" beat was not used for "Rock the Bells", it was used for "I Need a Beat" from LL's first album "Radio".

[@dredocs]

You're right I found out I made an error there

[@airfixx_8952]

Shan also cites the OG version of Rock The Bells as ripping off the drum pattern from Marley Scratch.

[@chinesefood777]

@@airfixx_8952 I bet you not even up on Shan's dis song Beat Biter! When he dissed the 💩 out of LL Cool J.

[@airfixx_8952]

@@chinesefood777 - You bet wrong...... Chill.

[@chinesefood777]

@airfixx_8952 "You gotta lot of nerve to play me, another gay rapper! Busting caps at Jay-Z and still avoid capture." - Tupac Shakur All Out "Puffy getting bribed like a bitch! To hide that fact, he did some shit he should've did so he riding for that." - Tupac Shakur Against All Odds

[@anthonyholmes71]

This is a very detailed history lesson. I remember many of the songs, and I still have some of the albums mentioned.

[@dredocs]

Thank you glad you enjoyed it

[@anthonyholmes71]

@dredocs I'm going to get into some of your other videos, too.

[@DuaneMiles-r7y]

One greatest era of hip hop M.C Shan / Biz / BDK / Kool G Rapp/ Master Ace / Roxanne/ Marl Marly /ColdChillin one greatest hip-hop label all time...

[@dredocs]

Facts

[@thomasholmes536]

Craig G also

[@waynejr.5579]

​@@dredocs80s hip hop general best of all time 90s nothing compared 80s magic

[@thebro-fessornetwork3129]

You are marvelous and you are doing great work!

[@dredocs]

Thank you I appreciate it

[@michaelcboone4222]

As an "old head" I gotta admit this doc was pretty detailed and yesThe Juice Crew was nice.

[@dredocs]

Thank you fam

[@ShawnKing-m1k]

There will never be other Mr. Magic 10:00 every Friday night tape ready on record waiting sitting by the radio

[@dredocs]

I've listened to some of the taped shows on KZbin it was pretty dope.

[@solobeats1]

We been waiting on the movie for years.

[@ChrisWhitfield-z3b]

Juice crew all stars at one point or another facts deepest roster on cold chilling records

[@THETRAVELGOD410]

I was 6 years old and I remember the Juice Crew first tour coming to Baltimore!

[@RichardVaughan-h4k]

Juice Crew All Stars OH my goodness.

[@rahsaanhill5781]

As a member. I’m cold chillin Warner bros.

[@KiNGRaZoR316]

Just A Friend made me wanna rap.

[@lovememoremeticulous4378]

This needs to be a Documentary on A&E, Netflix, Tribeca Films 🎥, Showtime, etc etc PITCH IT TO MASS APPEAL they do this type Hip-Hop Documentaries.

[@TYBO-xl1xz]

Learned something new today, and I was around Could have sworn Biz was down before Kool G Rap

[@dredocs]

It was all new for me too. When I was researching it I was getting that biz came too from what I learned was biz around 1st but g rap got signed 1st.

[@TYBO-xl1xz]

@@dredocs Oh okay,great work by the way Peace

[@RenzaBossDaddy]

He was

[@Noquestionwho3m]

Juice crew was the truth 4real

[@jaska138]

It wasn't "Rock the Bells" beat that Shan felt that LL stole. It was "I need a Beat" and u r totally right about Shan, He "pioneered" this he needs more awareness!

[@jacobayers2391]

These documentaries are so good for someone so new at this you really are killing it. Also I’d love to see a video on big boy records out of New Orleans they always get looked over because of cash money and no limit but they had some serious talent like partners n crime,fiend,mystikal.sporty t and g slimm.

[@dredocs]

Thank you. I'll have to look them i want to cover all the labels that need more credit thank you for the info

[@Meltedcrayons002]

Great Job on this, In depth research on HIP-HOP & the JUICE CREW!

[@dredocs]

Thanks fam

[@sonofgod33801]

Thank for this well put together lesson. I never knew about the Shan vs Kane thing or that Grand Daddy IU was Juice Crew.

[@dredocs]

Thank you glad you enjoyed. I learned a lot about them making this myself.

[@derrellhunter6331]

RIP To DJ Mister Cee, DJ Polo, Biz Markie, Grand Daddy I.U, TJ Swan

[@deadmanrashaun]

Loved it!! 🥰 ✊🏾✌🏾

[@dredocs]

Thank you!!

[@DjNova513]

Left me lonely was waaaay better than I need love!💯

[@tonysmith5878]

I DON'T CARE WHAT OR HOW THIS ARE BEING DONE TODAY. WHAT TECHNOLOGY IS BEING USED OR HOW THINGS CAN BE DONE "EASIER" TODAY! I GREW UP ON THIS KINDA STYLE OF HIP HOP, DIRTY, GRIMEY, STATIC IN ALL THE DRUMS AND SAMPLES. THAT IS HOW I'M GOING TO DO IT! I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH MY YOUNGER BROTHER OVER THE PHONE YESTERDAY, ABOUT HOW TO GO ABOUT DOING BEATS, AND WITH WHAT TOOLS...U KNOW WHAT? I'M 54 NOW, AND I'M USED TO DOING THINGS MANUALLY. I COLLECT AND DIG FOR WAX ON THE REGULAR. AND IT IS LIKE DOING COCAIN, IT'S AN ALL TIME HIGH TO FIND OBESE RECORDS NO ONE HAS HEARD BEFORE...THESE DOCS ARE BEAUTIFUL AND KEEP ME MOTIVATED. I'M VERY GREATFUL TO HAVE GREW UP ON LABLES LIKE "COLD CHILLIN'"....LIFE IS AWESOME...I'M GOING TO RUN WITH WHAT I KNOW, AND TAKE IT FAR.❤

[@dredocs]

I agree I value the old ways more and more everyday

[@josephmalik3861]

Great work bro loved this

[@dredocs]

Thank you

[@fredicagoillanoise1309]

A lot of people didn't realize YZ was a Cold Chillin/Living Large artist.

[@dredocs]

My big cousin put me on to yz when we're kids he loved him

[@TheGodKingSun5XL]

King Sun was also signed to Cold Chillin' by Mr. Magic in'94

[@dredocs]

@@TheGodKingSun5XL that I didn't know. I couldn't find much on him. Thanks for the info.

[@fredicagoillanoise1309]

@@TheGodKingSun5XL True... Got that album too!! Collector's piece now.

[@goodmanfilife]

​@@TheGodKingSun5XL .. He was originally with Profile Records.

[@willierobinson9501]

peace and respect condolences legends

[@arthurrobinson4644]

I'm glad you did this video on that label. Because now unless you know the influence of all those other labels that they laid the groundwork for the deaf Rose the masterpiece and no limits. All those are available rush for Rough Riders you name it. Coachella was the first one to do that in-house talent. As far as hip-hop goes as the All Star group.

[@dredocs]

They definitely dropped the ball they had everything in the palm of their hands and mishandled it. But they still had a legendary run

[@gmelltalk4979]

​@@dredocsI guess being young and new to business

[@tyronewilliams5418]

There are several mistakes here. The Force MD's were discovered by Mr Magic, not me. Biz was the 3rd member, not G Rap. G Rap wasn't even Polo's first MC. Polo's first MC was named Frost. The name of group was Terminators.

[@dredocs]

Im aware of the g rap timeline mixup. I guess t all the information from interviews you said in an interview on on kraze the king of content you discovered the force mds. I took it directly from that interview. I don't have direct contact to people so I can only go off of what I can find. I wish I could get the direct info the sources. I appreciate your input I wish I could have interviewed any of you for this.

[@dwayne8026]

I was scratching my head like didn't BIZ come out before G RAP

[@missayawk]

​@@dwayne8026 Me too, because I remember Shantè and Biz doing a few joints together " Def Fresh Crew" was one I remember on POP Art records.

[@gregsmith1342]

​@@dredocsdo your due diligence, and stop putting out incorrect content!

[@GRINDETHIKSMIXTAPESHOW]

Rest in Peace to Dj Polo

[@teddybrukshot1801]

Kool g rap the goat and will always be enovator of advancing of lyrcism and linguistics styles never heard! While including tricky metaphors and risky edgy rhymes

[@tonysmith5878]

SHANTE WOULD EVENTUALLY COME INTO THE PICTURE, AS A MORE BEASTY EMCEE THAN DIMPLES....REST IS HISTORY.

[@michaelgrant7530]

I'm crying right now

[@dredocs]

Wow i hope I helped bring back great memories

[@gregorygriffin6341]

Man...no joke, I was LITERALLY thinking about this last night. Who would be who if Juice Crew could be restructured as WU-TANG: *BIG DADDY KANE- Method Man *BIZ MARKIE- Old Dirty Bastard *KOOL G. RAP- Ghostface Killah *MASTA ACE- The GZA *CRAIG G.- Inspectah Deck *M.C. SHAN- Raekwon The Chef *TRADGEDY- Shyheim Tha Rugged Child *GRAND DADDY I.U.- Master Killah *ROXANNE SHANTE- ????? *MARLEY MARL- The RZA *'FLY TY' WILLIAMS- Power

[@dredocs]

That's pretty on point.

[@gregorygriffin6341]

@@dredocs Thank you!!

[@DJTawanda]

🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@Real_Raul]

Dose of Dope 👊🏼🕶️

[@dredocs]

Thank you fam

[@errolthomas9426]

The remix of Big Daddy Kane's The Lover In You is still fire

[@sincere73]

Good job,I enjoyed it.

[@dredocs]

Thank you

[@prayalways]

Okay now. !!!❤ 💯🎬🔥

[@TimothyNoble-x7l]

This's Fire 🔥🥵 Rap Music Songs From All Ogs Of The Rap Eta❤

[@fredicagoillanoise1309]

Other than the entire Cold Chillin/Prism/Bridge Records thing we disagree on, the documentary is dead on point and very informative. I gotta check out the rest of your docs. Great work if my opinion remotely means anything to you. PEACE

[@dredocs]

Your opinion definitely means a lot. Sorry if I offended you I really appreciate the feedback. You proved me wrong twice what can I say? 😆

[@peeweetv6095]

Do one on rap a lot or no limit records

[@dredocs]

I'm gonna do them in the future

[@sithlord926]

Diamond Shell was a slept on rapper too. His “The Grand Imperial Diamond Shell” album was dope.

[@davidbarbour8196]

Biz younger brother

[@terrenceliburd8655]

I knew guys in L. I. who knew him, talked him over the phone, he was moving out to Atlanta seemed like a cool dude.

[@Jj-lo3zx]

big up Troy n St. john’s ave … williams family , my cuz Rudy … this was Hip hop b4 puffy in NYC

[@DJTawanda]

🔥

[@ralphwashington3546]

Top tier content

[@dredocs]

Thank you

[@marcusbrothers5221]

456 is the album to get if you can only buy one Kool G Rap album. And you forgot to mention executioner style when naming standouts. But the whole album is dope

[@knucklegame5050]

Cold Chillin was the "Deathrow & Badboy" of the 80s. Big Facts. Just wish that "JuiceCrew flic The Vapors" wouldve came out. Theres Still a Movie Trailer of it on youtube. They should finish it and get it Out there, their story definitely Needs to be Told.

[@dredocs]

They have 1 of the most interesting stories that would be better than straight outta Compton

[@goodmanfilife]

Well.. 3 of these guys are deceased now (Biz, Mr. Cee, Polo).

[@knucklegame5050]

@@goodmanfilife 3 gone but theres LOTS MORE left

[@biged5149]

Left me lonely and I need love sounds nothing alike because left me lonely actually sounds like One Love by Whodini but The Original Rock the bells by LL produce by Rick Rubin was the actual best to Marley's Stracth and you can pull both of those records and hear it on KZbin and hear that it's the same beat so he's right about that.

[@dredocs]

Yeah it does sound like 1 love.

[@sirjer73]

ALSO remember LL had I want you of his debut album, Radio. The greatest slow jam ever in hip hop is Fairy tale lover by UTFO!!!

[@arthurrobinson4644]

I respect Kane and I love the juice crew.And a b d p situation was good for hip hop I guess but. Shan should've got way more support From his label mates man on a situation

[@marcusbrothers5221]

The radio rivalry was manufactured. Fly Ty Williams revealed this in several interviews.

[@dredocs]

Yeah it was red alert was even in some of their videos.

[@dennisspencer9806]

Craig G was down after Mc Shan . Shout was on Pop Art Records.

[@dredocs]

True he was 1 of Marleys 1st artist I messed up on that 1 good catch.

[@larcenyleader]

Mans had Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis and Donnie Simpson on a studio play black scene. That was amazing random as hell 😂

[@dredocs]

😂😂😂

[@rubengutierrez-w5s]

What's up? John "Boogie" Sledge. My St. Aug's classmate and son of the late Mr. Magic, RIP.

[@philliplyn2692]

🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲

[@heswift]

I grew up with Bob Lee’s daughter thru church lol. She’s a super dope singer

[@foggylungs]

The GZA song you mentioned is called Pass the Bone. Not Pass the Phone.

[@dredocs]

Thanks for the correction

[@kincamell2]

Masta Kiillah did a cover on Made in Brooklyn

[@blackwolverine1]

The Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis video clip here must've been a mistake. They are R&B not Rap.

[@dredocs]

I didn't find a clip of Marley producing so I just put in a random clip there.

[@jawazshabazz]

👏🏽

[@DuaneMiles-r7y]

This was hip hop was hip hop

[@DLCOrganization]

22:31 -- *WHOA!!! TIME OUT!!!* We're gonna need some examples of who covered "The Symphony, Part 1" in _RECENT_ years as Dre suggested.

[@goodmanfilife]

Nas - 'Affirmative Action' (remix) - feat. Foxy Brown, AZ, Cormega (1996) Frankie Cutlass - The Cypher Pt. 3 feat. Craig G., Roxanne Shante, Biz Markie, Big Daddy Kane (1997) Truck - 'Symphony 2000' - feat. Big Pun, KRS-One, Kool G. Rap (1999)

[@DLCOrganization]

Right on, @@goodmanfilife! In such a case, Dre should have said that there were 'EXTENSIONS of "The Symphony"', as opposed to _covers._

[@quranali3093]

😫🐓😫It Wouldn't have been a Proper Juice Crew Documentary if you didn't put The Clip of Shanté doin' The Wop "Like THAT" on Stage wit' Biz😫🐓😫

[@missayawk]

I know some ppl might think KRS ONE was a little extra with his lyrics on South Bronx and The Bridge Is Over , but y'all don't understand how disrespectful Mr. Magic was. I always say thank God MCs were of a different mindset back then. They were all about competition and being the dopest wordsmiths. Mr. Magic wasn't even a rapper and he was a huge instigator. Talking reckless about KRS, Red Alert and anybody down with BDP. This definitely could've been the first casualty in hip hop if dudes didn't try to take you out lyrically. If this was today I guarantee somebody's life would've been lost because of how sensitive everyone is. Respect to KRS and Shan for not taking it there and being true to the foundation of hip hop by keeping it lyrical and not being fed into the fire Mr. Magic was trying to spark. If you were around back then you know what I'm talking about. Also respect to all the rappers who had lyrical beefs but kept it lyrical and are still here today to talk about the past.

[@AYATOLLAHBEATS]

👍🏾🔊🎵🎼

[@AndreFord-c8f]

Cold chilling was definitely one of the hottest labels back in the 80's and the symphony was the dopest posse cut at that time but I have to disagree about the symphony being the "BEST" posse cut though. "The Grand Finale" by The D.O.C. ft. N.W.A. was one that I could argue that would go neck to neck with the symphony. But at the end of the day it's all opinion based. #ILOVETHISRAPSHIT

[@dredocs]

The grand finale was a beast.

[@geromepeterson5006]

Aye yo Dre it's the Formula and you correct

[@AndreFord-c8f]

@@geromepeterson5006 I'm confused, are you saying that the formula of the people on the song is what makes it one of the best posse cuts or are you confusing the song "The Formula" by the D.O.C. with, "The Grand finale" by the D.O.C. ft. N.W.A.?

[@AndreFord-c8f]

@@dredocs Yo are so correct my friend and I will take a point away from my hip hop card cause I should have known better......lol 😂

[@AndreFord-c8f]

@@dredocs I went back and corrected it.

[@rbiznezz2]

You have a few things wrong here (I’ve listened up to 11:36 so far), but good job overall. FYI Bridge Records was distributed by Pop Art. Essentially it was Pop Art Records so that was where Ty and them had problems when it came to Cold Chillin.

[@teddybrukshot1801]

Fucked up that Kool g rap never got dated he advanced to every era he was 3 eras ahead of his time and can still eat any valid MC In the game

[@dredocs]

G rap got the short end of the stick radio stations wouldn't play his music. He was banned from radio for violent music way before nwa came out.

[@goodmanfilife]

I think only 'Fast Life' received decent airplay.

[@officialknightowlz]

@@dredocs how way before NWA . This is all 86-92 the same years NWA was in motion. They didn’t play him or NWA or too short all 86-88 when they were white hot.

[@airfixx_8952]

@@officialknightowlz - I'm from the UK, but surely Express Yourself was a massive radio hit in the US? It charted over here which was no mean feat in those days....

[@officialknightowlz]

@@airfixx_8952 express yourself was a short lived single in the states. But it never charted and was only on video channels every blue moon. In the 80’s LA hardly ever got air play. I think that’s the reason people forget that Westcoast was out heavily in the golden era.

[@Daylight-nu3rt]

The disrespect of KRS1 is why he can never be one of the greats to me. He hated on Cold Chillin records by throw slugs at them, and lied on Shan just to jump start his career. He couldn't stand on his own, because he knew everyone wouldn't be immediately drawn to him. He said Roxanne was only good for steady 'xing. And I never heard not one artist from them say anything about him. He was hating back then.

[@RUBBERGUMSOUL]

Shouts my cuzzo Craig G.

[@solobeats1]

Don't forget the TCF Crew. Go to the horse's mouth was the shit. I personally feel that Whodini are parents of the "Juice Crew" here's why. Whodini did the Mr. Magic song, Magic put Marley on. Whodini used the Keystone Dancers, who became UTFO, who sparked Shante, who sparked the Juice Crew.

[@dredocs]

I didn't think of it that way but you're right i never heard it from that perspective

[@solobeats1]

@@dredocs Your content is dope.