Common ft. Talib Kweli, Sadat X & DJ Hi-Tek - 1-9-9-9 (Official Video)

Common - 1-9-9-9 (Official Video) from the album 'Soundbombing II' (1999) Rawkus Records
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Lyrics:
"Still gettin mine, in the" "ONE" "NINE" "NINE" "NINE"
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Yo, just relax, take it easy slow down
I had this, I had this friend of mine
Who just, you know, he was movin too fast, yaknawimsayin?
I told him to slow down, he said the sun don't chill
I said, I said still, I said still, you gotta
Just appreciate life, sit back, don't let it fly right past you
No matter what go on I'm still gettin mine
No matter the year, no matter the place, no matter the time
Check it, it's like I'm fightin for freedom, writin for freedom
These record company niggas I don't like when I see em
My ancestors, when I'm writin I see em, and talk wit em
Hopin in the promise land I can walk wit em
Shitted on, so many rappers it's like I'm in the stall wit em
Molest concepts, start rhythm, paid dues, bought wisdom
As legends fall my godmother answer heaven's call
Preachers' daughters get fucked in the reverand's hall
MC's reckless ?I ball? why y'all wanna go and do that?
Must've thought I was solo, the name just ain't the you-Ac
No mo', still together
Like in the ghetto photo wit one nigga in the chair
Holdin liquor in despair, gang signs in the air
I shine in spaces where time is just a glare
Hold the mic like a memory
Niggas say I'm nice wit metaphors but these are similes
Street ministry, my poetry's a penitentiary, track is visitation
Sentences is life, I'm like chief up in this demonstration
Still...
"Still gettin mine, in the" "ONE" "NINE" "NINE" "NINE"
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Check it out, everyday ha yeah
This how we gon' do it for y'all
Common Sense, Sadat X puttin something in your ear
Something for you to grab
For the whole world, yaknowimsayin, but it ain't free
It's a fee, check it out
You squirm wit this coughin, whippin cough
Six days of madness and you might throw me off
On this great ball of stress that they call the earth
I'ma show y'all in rhyme just how much shit I been through
And all the place I went to, always played the low
It's like a competition, this mission here I'm tellin you
Slip up and rhyme-ass niggas here is fellin you
Crash courses, slow down you can't learn that quick
'cause I'm the dead eye, wit the red eye, from Chi to L-I
I thought y'all knew, every year I grew, I'm still growin
And in a year or two I hope my girl'll be showin
A male seed, praise God I name him Moses
I lead people I want him to, that's why I chose this
Now is the glass half-full or half-empty
Common, why they tempt me?
The king of the simply, bore in mic
I always stay on top 'cause I give niggas what they like
I know y'all hate that why I feel I owe y'all everyday
If y'all hear it a thousand times, it's gon' be the same way
The 'Dat-Father, go farther, why bother
Now I'm a peaceful man, I don't want no stress
You know I'm still...
"Still gettin mine, in the" "ONE" "NINE" "NINE" "NINE"
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Yo yo, some get Range Rovers, some religion change-over
Angel on my main shoulder tellin me remain sober
Token nigga, game's over ain't no payola in freestyle
In battles, I'm warring/Warren like a G-Child
Searchin for the child in me, this style in me
This release is like the piece that's now in me
They tried to 'sassinate me god, like Martin on the bal-cony
Lyrically I put a hit on em, 'cause I'm the style-Nitty
Catch a flick at the Liquid Kitty
Tryin to get a chick to kick it wit me till the tilt
Told her my Chamber's like Wilt
Built wit her for a sec, let her know I had respect
Less than a hour she was givin me neck, yo I'm still gettin mine...
"Still gettin mine, in the" "ONE" "NINE" "NINE" "NINE"
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[@uproxx]

Was this your favorite track from Rawkus' Soundbombing 2?

[@maimelamodiba3159]

Mine has to be WWIII- Pharoahe Monch

[@andoldschool]

1999

[@jo0onvel]

gotta be that Diamond D

[@jsmak7617]

I love this one. Btw Hi-Tek on the cut killing it too. For me it's a toss up between this one and 7XL.

[@bigelakafatdaddychannel5002]

Any man by Eminem

[@J.5.M.]

Hi-tek is mad underrated as a producer

[@uptowngregory6947]

Thats cuz the world ain't never ready for the real, and positivity 💯

[@kelvinharris7338]

Factz!!

[@g0ldie89]

Sirenz80 all of those was hitters too 💪🏽

[@sumwonkool]

For real. One of the best nobody mentions

[@gato0082]

❣️📣👁️

[@JS-uq6of]

Who else here in 2024?

[@cuneyt7582]

OLD SCHOOL NEVER DIES!!!!!

[@claycarroll6711]

🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈

[@andrewmclean7863]

YES SIR!!!

[@xXRapPlaylistXx]

!!!❤🤙

[@burrri]

Aynn reyiz

[@garypascal2154]

Real talk yo.

[@elcesar999]

1999 WAS SO SPECIAL

[@cosmicdarkman8821]

Big Facts💯

[@99thJediWarrior]

All the real hip-hop heads, where you at?! Also, I love that Jeru was in the background with the others! Would've been cool if he spat a little knowledge himself on this track!

[@eightballer8]

Respect from Germany! Only for Real Ol Skool Headz! Much Luv!

[@thegroove2000]

MY ERA !!

[@willnzsurf]

...then I went straight to this lil gem... kzbin.info/www/bejne/fqTHZaONrK6iibM

[@timsohn7057]

🖐

[@GiveItUpDot]

@@bullydully7428 very distracting

[@walterharris6614]

The end of the GOAT era. The 90s.🤔😌🙏🏾💯💯

[@oneluv72]

"My ancestors, when I'm writin I see em, and talk wit em Hopin in the promise land I can walk wit em"....... POWERFUL BARS!! 👊🏽👊🏽👊🏽💯

[@Sincere4Eva]

They’ll never truly understand the importance of that bar.. 💯🫡

[@oneluv72]

@@Sincere4Eva absolutely 💯

[@doubles7533]

They don't make Hip-Hop like this anymore.

[@melvinroberts2285]

THEY JUST DID

[@antoniogoode4407]

That is a true Statement facts I miss the 90 and Early 2000 hip hop music era it was the best and the new shit out now is Garbage 🗑 and I still play my 90 hip hop music for life and to the day I Die 💯💯👍👍👍

[@rachelelizabeth3060]

For reals 😒

[@noshow.7760]

no SHeT .

[@successesjourney]

@@melvinroberts2285 kzbin.info/www/bejne/e6PanX2whKh8r6M

[@WILRENO]

When this track drop, Common was within my top ten mcs of all time. He is still mad lyrical.

[@Jimmy1982Playlists]

Fr! His last album, _A Beautiful Revolution Part II,_ is absolutely brilliant... he's still a beast!

[@tjmasterbarber2664]

Common was that guy

[@BarakYisrael]

One of my all time favs him, nas, ghostface. I mean there are many but i feel common is legit underrated and underestimated for his lyricism music and deep soul

[@JamalInshallah]

@@tjmasterbarber2664Still is ✊🏾

[@JamalInshallah]

Still is ✊🏾

[@lubsey]

Classic.....90's hip hop ....golden era.. WE spoiled...

[@domnikip.8521]

The 90s...when people had real parties, real get togethers, danced and talked and flirted ..

[@1BergerVongSchlauigkeitHer]

@Christian Barrett Yeah, and everyone is watching those videos on KZbin and enjoying the shit out of them.

[@kevindube7096]

@Christian Barrett the pendulum will swing back that way, even if it doesn’t reach it’s point of origin. Not there yet but I see less people stuck face down in their screens than even last year 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@mikemartinez7440]

Don't leave out the Ditch parties, LA SCHOOL DISTRICT CLASS OF 1997

[@idontlikesand1346]

Diy bass bins in the trunk lol

[@leahm7743]

What ever helps you sleep at night, old man.

[@anonymousbighomie2597]

Youngins don’t remember this was the main track on the first And1 mixtape. Knowledge and Understanding. Peace and Love.

[@cmore501]

Yes! This song and that And 1 tape was a wicked combination!

[@KamLife1]

Hell Yeah!!

[@NouNou25]

Was looking for this comment. That’s how I found this lol that skip tape, perfect combo.

[@tpatt513]

YESSIR

[@ProjectLivin1246]

@anonymous facts

[@younghoncho2523]

That beat is legendary✨🔥🔥🔥

[@jamalrobinson2159]

Hi Tek...9 COLD

[@kincamell]

"Some get Range Rovers, some religion change-over Angel on my main shoulder telling me remain sober Token n*gga, game's over ain't no payola in freestyle In battles, I'm warring like a G-Child "- Common

[@millamane5420]

Big up Sadat X !!!!!!!

[@juwanharris1334]

Harold Hunter (Rest In Power)

[@Vino_Czar]

🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@luiso.9103]

He’s in the beginning right ?

[@juwanharris1334]

@@luiso.9103 Yup

[@tyroneshoate2989]

@@luiso.9103 x

[@davidcohen493]

Shout out Soundbombing and Rawkus.

[@drcharlesbombay]

This whole track is great... Sadat is such a standout on everything he’s featured on... Edit: can’t help but think of Rafer Alston and that first And1 mixtape when I hear this!!!

[@criticalthought4910]

Yes!

[@FckPeace2]

Miss the 95 - 99 era luv hip hop music 🎶 forever peace to MOs Def & Kweli that Black ⭐️Star & Reflection Eternal & Sound Bomb peace to the founder Of Rawkus 💣 the riots apart - illadelph - slum village fantastic- common was everything 👳🏽‍♀️ kind of music will never be made again 🌎 🚀🛰🛸

[@thaxtonwaters8561]

91 - 99 were special times

[@gato0082]

For Real..... 👁️🙏🌫️🌫️🙏❣️📣👁️✝️👁️😒😟

[@jameskent2925]

"The Golden Era" of hip hop

[@donniebrasco1364]

Never say never. You never know. Social Media is not holy writ. Neither is the culture of negativity. It's not invincible it's flawed.

[@77Creation]

@@jameskent2925 It was a Hip Hop renaissance. The Golden Era started in 86 ended in 93.

[@jaimemartinez2528]

I love Soundbombing 2!! I played this album throughout my undergraduate studies. I miss Rawkus Records bringing that real NY Shit

[@thaxtonwaters8561]

This was ABSOLUTELY in my headphones freshman year walking across campus.

[@TheLevelsEdge]

Yes! C/O ‘99 HS

[@iwouldliketoorderanumber1b79]

But common was from Chicago, I liked the line I’m like chief up in this demonstration. Cheif was the guy you had to pay your dues to on the block, 10%.

[@hitek9too255]

Common and Hi-Tek from the Midwest, not NY.

[@djst9792]

one of the dopest hip hop records of all time ...real talk...Common set it off

[@teddystyles2307]

Sadat X murdered his verse! #StyleMCs

[@tremunique6149]

@@teddystyles2307 Sadat laid in2 it.👑💪🏾

[@Karl671]

Amen

[@KingJamesXXX]

I’m still listening too soundbombing 2. That’s real hip hop.

[@ADiaz-mc8qi]

I was born in 1999, damn I'm privileged to enjoy this shit today.

[@eightballer8]

Much Luv to All the OL SKOOL HEADZ!! Respect from Germany!

[@hooks36]

One of the hardest Hip-Hop tracks I’ve ever heard.

[@bryanthoyte9156]

When this video dropped..I truly 4got how much 4 granted we took Sadat x..this song WAS THE JOINT!!!

[@thearena4688]

My ring tone for the past 21 years

[@brownpunk1794]

Hip hop classic..they sure as shit dont make em like this no more..

[@greggy9786]

A time where all rappers were just lyrically giving the vibes.

[@jadasheekstyles2000]

AND 1 Mixtape Volume 1.....

[@D-BRAZY]

yeah shit wuz a classic mix tape and song

[@ANEisSANDOKID]

had to find this comment

[@ATMFX-uv3ox]

That's how I found out about this track bring back so memories

[@dc1128-]

That was the first time I heard this song and 21 years later, I'm still listening to it, and still watching the mixtape.

[@ElMoscas114]

I love this track. A classic.

[@mr219gip5210]

When Hip Hop made sense

[@lbukem4259]

Real hip hop. Intelligent lyrics and lyricists at the top of their game 👍

[@mrsoshadabaadman]

I first heard this song in 2002 as a kid in Pietermaritzburg Kwazulu Natal Scottville South Africa. It changed my life smoking shitty weed with my Nigerian homie who got the SB2 album mailed to him by his partner in the States.

[@grandregentthragg7896]

Seeing your comment in 2024 I hope you are doing well brother

[@DanFoolio]

🇿🇦

[@aliefeondar]

Awwwwwwww what a beat, what a flow. Long live oldskool.

[@daddysgirllilg9574]

What.........

[@nottheonefromearth]

Ìmagine hearing this for the first time. I just did. Common always with the top tier rap.

[@maryseo.]

Me too although I was a Big rawkus fan back then: talib, mos, co flow. Surprising but nice

[@joshruiz809]

Rap City when I first heard it. Went to FYE and copped the CD

[@quentinparker7404]

The Soundbombing albums are one of the greatest catalogues in Hip-Hop!🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@CeaserBTradeGang]

Facts !! True HipHop compilation !!

[@airfixx_8952]

Same the first one is ruined by the incessant Evil Dee shout-outs.......... Makes it a tough listen. SB2 is much better for that reason....... Love those OG Rawkus records though.... I have them all.

[@markmaguregui7286]

Still a Dope track, Hi-Tek went hard on that beat and all the hip hop artist in the video and Harold Hunter a Dope skater R.I.P.🔥🔥💯

[@antoinoparker4331]

This will never get old still getting it 2022

[@eli6488]

"game's over ain't no payola in freestyle"

[@DivisionStreetMusic]

This song brings me some of the most intense feelings of nostalgia.. About 14 years ago, myself and one of my best friends at the time (seems like another lifetime) used to play this song every single day. It was seriously some of the best days of my life.. I try not to listen to it as often as I want to, so that way I always encapsulate the feeling of that time in my life whenever I hear it.

[@marvinfrancis740]

Every time I hear this song I tear up because I miss those days

[@GoodRapMuzik]

¡REAL HIP HOP! 🙌🏻🎶🖤🔥

[@AndrewChiverCaesarGhost]

Hot track, just wish Talib had spit a verse

[@SamarIqbal1-2-1]

(spat)😊

[@abdben1101]

What about black thought ? He had some of the hardest barz in the rap game

[@mariohampton5350]

Love hip hop Black excellence

[@nerdbamarich2063]

First song off the And1 mixtape volume one... this song brings back so many memories...Really makes me sad wishing I could go back to that time in life..

[@AlanbongoJones]

Yesssssssssss man, shit gets me emotional , watched and 1 mixtape vol 1 yesterday morning and it literally took all my stress away for 20 str8 minutes. Never realized those tapes were only 18-20 mins long man, shit felt like forever as a kid, felt like the longest 20 mins as an adult too man. Thank you for this comment man.

[@nerdbamarich2063]

@@AlanbongoJones no doubt my brotha I know exactly how you feel and you're more than welcome. I actually met the guys from the And1 mixtape back in the day and got a chance to hang out with them at their hotel. You can't tell you how much I miss those days my man. Nostalgic things can definitely take your stress away. Always look at some of your favorite TV theme songs and anything that makes you happy to help relieve stress. There's a few articles online about it. Much love brotha✊🏾✊🏾

[@rangerwalker5369]

✊🏾 to those who are still getting theirs 25 years later in the 2024.

[@vesuvianvillain]

Still gettin more in the 2-0-2-4 🎙️

[@markcole4472]

I'm 50 now and when these cats come together and bless us all with spiritual ciphers it takes me back to my truth days when i needed there knowledge and support to help me with my life

[@jeterw75]

Conscious rap!! They don’t know about this no mo!!

[@VoidDweller86]

Listen to ( Yung Gritty - Letter to Lil Nas X ) I'm 35 years old from North Carolina by the way

[@SparkWater]

Sadat X rapping and Alamo walking with a bop is such a mood

[@shrimp_p4rm]

Can't help but sing along to Sadat's verse.

[@johnnyf1shtail]

I bought this on vinyl while i was studying in Cambridge back 1999

[@eternallyawake1312]

That bass hits with my heart

[@yovanni813]

Song blew my mind when I was a child now I’m 27 and mind still blown 🔥🔥

[@Yax71]

Real people do real things. Real beats is forever.

[@CHAMPDOGZ]

Classic Hip Hop, man rap will never be the same

[@stansmith8317]

"Its like I'm Fighting for freedom, Writing for freedom".........damn.........

[@matthewsteele7601]

AND 1 MIXTAPE BABY...SKIP TO MY LOU....THIS SONG MAKES ME WANNA GO HOOP SO BAD MAN🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@ALONSO_6363]

0:18 Sec the Eye killuminati

[@shottashabazz6721]

If you get knocked down Black Man. Get up. Dust yourself off and remember the world is yours to. RIP Harold Hunter.

[@DuckDodgers345]

Rawkus Records was a hip hop gem.

[@1savage325]

Talib is underrated af!!!!

[@mannygonzalez8358]

Had this in my portable cd player on the bus going to school ... rawkus sound bombing the freshest and im still getting mine

[@jessejames9854]

One of the illist tracks ever!! So underrated!!

[@daedalusadder2555]

i dunno what it is about this track... but every time I come back here I have to comment... this shit still give me the CHILLS - Hip Hop Holy Ghost

[@LinxoZulu]

This classic though, soundbombing era👌🏽✔️💯🔌💡⚡🔥🔥🔥🔥🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦

[@trentyates418]

I was born in 1-9-9-9, and I’m still banging this joint in 2-0-2-2.

[@garynichols9877]

Angel on my main shoulder telling me remain sober 💯

[@wsjmusic2732]

Common and Dat X two of the most unorthodox emcess ever . Boy I took this for granted ….

[@deeakayourfavoritealbinota7677]

Moving to Germany in March of 99 I had to stay up late for Yo MTV Raps and they played this joint every week. Will always be one my favorite songs. Classic to say the least

[@Skiridr22]

I keep these in my classical music section, I had to pull over on the highway the first time I heard this joint.

[@HeartsforJesus25]

ESPN 30 for 30 "The Greatest Mixtape Ever" brought me here. MEMORIES!!!

[@frontlineworthy8735]

You gotta Just appreciate life, sit back, don’t let it fly right past you. Talib Kweli dropping 💎

[@anthonyanderson8261]

This is one of the best hip hop songs of all time hands down; beat, flow, lyrics, multiple legends on the mic at the same time it’s everything you could want

[@TheTonesurge]

This is dope and takes me way back! One of my favorite concerts ever was Common and Talib at Amherst College in the early 2000s.

[@emceek1506]

" I miss the 90s" Me: I wish I was born in the 90s era... I was born in the wrong era😥💔

[@FckPeace2]

1990-1999 was everything every 2000-2006 was smooth

[@FckPeace2]

Emcee K is I can push the clock 🕰 Back id probably leave it like that ( havoc murder musiz voice )

[@YTOW85]

The 90s were the shiiiii!!!!

[@YTOW85]

@@FckPeace2 u right 07 n up were garbage years

[@dimitrilefebvre2880]

Me too 😢😢

[@mikeboucher9184]

Never realized That's Harold Hunter in the beginning till now. Rip Harold true NY Legend.

[@kistheindigohehe]

this is dope

[@chrisbrady9876]

Common went Bananas on this joint!!!!

[@BiGGCaiN24]

Classic music. Being a person from Cali, I miss this era of New York music, it was real hip hop

[@spirituallyconscious7774]

Common from Chicago

[@BiGGCaiN24]

@@spirituallyconscious7774 no shit

[@g-dub5272]

This track just hits your soul man

[@airfixx_8952]

This.... Blackstar's 'Respiration (Remix)'..... GangStarr 'Above The Clouds'...... Some cuts just hit different.

[@michaelclarkin8984]

21 years ago shhhiiiittt I’m getting old man

[@xXRapPlaylistXx]

Good old Times

[@agthaog1986]

damn i aint seen this since the Rapcity era... glad to have heard this atleast one last time God forbid

[@rastagideon8236]

Damn I miss this

[@mikesamsung8435]

Those days were the golden era

[@CDuff0119]

The soothing sounds of Sadat X son

[@ikephipps2696]

This is like such the epitome of a hip hop video

[@dionedwards8300]

I've heard this record before but must've only heard the instrumental. Didn't know this was Common ft. Talib Kweli, Sadat X, and DJ Hi Tek.

[@TrevyTheYellowistMan]

Common shat all over this beat easily my favorite verse on this. I remember first hearing this song on and1 vol.1 skip tape and fell in love instantly. Classic!

[@freezyinsidetheweezy8208]

same here, i heard it in the skip tape. imo the beat is perfectly alligned with skiptomylous handle

[@natejackson8213]

So dope

[@Blaqk_8298]

I wish we could go back to those days.

[@hip2thabone_da_sticky1]

(these)

[@TMoz311]

This was my senior year in high school anthem! Timberland boots and headphones 🎧#Classof1999

[@kalihoward]

🙌

[@murph9159]

Dang same here,mane... Was 18 years old. I miss it(the music etc) was the last year things were normal

[@kennethbosejr.4933]

[@josephquiles9379]

Same...class of 99 and those days were truly a special time and place in the universe. NYC 1999. Turning 18...

[@TMoz311]

@@josephquiles9379 💯

[@susanamendoza5371]

Cuantos años escuchando esto y hoy nuevamente lo veo old school rap 💯🔥🔥

[@trentyates418]

Hi tek is one of the most tightest beatmakers in rap.

[@jeffcrayton9596]

The whole Rawkus label/camp were extremely lyrical

[@wtiinvestments9085]

FOREVER 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 #GODHOP

[@Dsaliou78]

This Beat is insane 🔥 😳

[@juanpineiro4507]

It could be 2099 and I’m still bumping this

[@siraaabattery5939]

I’m hooked on this song now

[@marcuservin9990]

Revolutionary HipHop 🔥🔥👑