Your Old Droog's First Freestyle & Interview w/ Rosenberg in Hot 97

Your Old Droog freestyles on Real Late.
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[@DiverseLA]

"These other rappers wanna be Gs but they ain't 'Stayin Alive.' " -- nice.

[@tochiRTA]

nice in cornyville

[@fromundachees]

tochiRTA na

[@jahbless2114]

+tochiRTA you obviously dont understand the double entendre

[@tochiRTA]

Jah Bless LOL. Like it isn't the most basic line in the world. be Gs, Bee Gees.... DUMB SHIT.

[@jahbless2114]

tochiRTA in the world? go listen to future and dumb thug

[@toneriggz]

Nas comparisons aside, he's got bars. I was at his debut show at Webster Hall, he did his thing. And he's a NYC rapper who sounds like he's from NYC.

[@tochiRTA]

so in other words, he's trash. Don't you NYC cats see how this is killing your scene? This is why other coasts are laughing at you now. You cosign the wackest niggas! (or wiggas in this case)

[@toneriggz]

tochiRTA Do you listen to any current NYC rappers?

[@tochiRTA]

Tone Riggz what do you mean by current? Ghostface is current. but not new. Are you asking if I like any new breed NYC rappers?

[@toneriggz]

tochiRTA Yes, cause Your Old Droog is a new artist. You're saying that he's the kind of artist killing the NYC scene, so which NYC artists are doing the scene justice?

[@tochiRTA]

Tone Riggz ASAP Rocky

[@LawPoppy]

The thing is lyrical rappers really don't get enough love

[@Floww23]

The thing is they pretty much do look at the album sells compared to the wack rappers' album sells you'll see what i'm talking about.

[@ThatCoolMario]

Thats why j cole just sold over 300'000 in just a week right?

[@Floww23]

Catya Fapen yes, wack rappers only be selling singles here and there that's why they don't stay around too long

[@yashflee]

***** everybody still does lol.

[@GRINDETHIKSMIXTAPESHOW]

***** rappers like chief dont last long at the end of the day rappers who really have skills are always going to be relevant especially the 90s emcees ... 20 years down the line ppl are going to remember real emcees like nas but who is going to remember a lot of these non lyrical rappers who do not even last that long

[@redhamuSLA]

Been listening to hip hop for 25+ years & dude is the real thing. Props.

[@Kdrobuilt]

This guy is the next best thing and he already knows it he has the mentality

[@kingc1452]

I doubt it. He really sounds like he's biting off of nas.. hard. The same way action bronson bit off of ghost face's style and how troy ave bit off of 50 cent. A poor mans replica will never be as good as the original. This guy needs to work harder on developing his own style.

[@kingc1452]

I doubt it. He really sounds like he's biting off of nas.. hard. The same way action bronson bit off of ghost face's style and how troy ave bit off of 50 cent. A poor mans replica will never be as good as the original. This guy needs to work harder on developing his own style.

[@Lolife86]

@@kingc1452 blablabla , say the man who's got a full playlist of other people telling jim how to do. You should stop biting people way to bussisness and get yours..THis is funnt it's all the time the people that do the worst things that trying to tell to people how to get straight. LOL it's same always the bad payers talking how to need to get your debt sorted , but they never sorted their ones.

[@Jamestech1001]

Game + Nas = Your Old Droog

[@brayangomez2746]

Yesss !!!

[@DCtheDemonChild]

Jamestech strictly vocally, but yes. I've thought the same thing

[@troybrahful]

i'm not the only one hearing game, cool

[@louballa142]

W.

[@DefSquadFan]

Jamestech Yep. Really sounds like Game in the interview. And people say game sounds like nas. Go listen to Game on Let Me Live.

[@urhrashop]

Watching this in 2019 feels surreal hes come so far

[@SayconTalks]

i just discovered him 🔥

[@BreezeFly1391]

GOT LITHUANIAN SHOOTERS LIKE SARUNAS MARCIULIONIS

[@jayblue202]

"Your sippin some right now, dark roast.. Pause.."

[@paulyphonic]

Droog is the truth with his! He respects this craft! HIP HOP needs more real MCs from this next generation!

[@Haztacokilla]

i could listen to this dude talk all day long

[@MickeyBlue1116]

Dude is a monster. Best emcee out right now

[@shaquillerobinson8922]

he's very nice and he deserve this recognition that he's getting now salute brother

[@pope8738]

I was watching Cormega and Corey Gunz on Drink Champs, heard DJ EFN say something about his album and features, then went to Spotify and searched it. The album popped up and I listened to one of the best put together hip hop albums of 2015-2016. How that album drop and I ddnt know about it. There was a Droog cut on the LP. I heard that and now Im here. Droog got barz.

[@mikeroman5872]

WHen he isad- Im Ukraninain but I used to pretend i wss puerto rican Then Roenberg- You could hav pulled it off.¨"lmao Droog- WHatchu mean, i did pull it off¨ lmao 15:00

[@huntermurray8942]

Ive watched this so many times lol, my man Droog kills it

[@Qonvex]

droog = friend. Your old friend.

[@EmceeDrew]

I feel like people only compare him to nas because they love comparing artists to other artists and nas is the closest one. I honestly don't hear the nas; I do hear some 90's golden era bars, though. That's all. He can spit, why does everyone always try to find a way to downplay someone's talent? I don't get it.

[@michaeltovar2511]

Drew Z like when people were comparing Bronson to Ghost

[@aaccount9153]

Michael Tovar Exactly.

[@shonenPUNK17]

Just like how they always compare navy blue & Mike to earl sweatshirt even though they clearly sound nothing like one another lol.

[@williamhesquire]

I hear the rasp, his style is different than nas, yet they both smooth murderers on the mic tho.

[@torringooley99]

I don't give a damn who he sound like...Dude can spit..for REAL

[@WSO83]

The new golden era of HipHop is being created in NY. Serious heat from the east coast

[@SirTizzy]

I don't hear NaS when I hear him

[@jonraymond]

That second one was off the chain. I wish he did beats like this more.

[@gerardshaw1549]

Been waitin on this. #YourOldDroog

[@chronicillz1879]

Droog means friend in russian, his name literally means your old friend

[@josbunit]

heavy

[@paranoidnegroid2181]

It's from a language called Russian-influenced language called Nadsat in A Clockwork Orange. It's a great book and I'd highly recommend it.

[@Lolife86]

@@paranoidnegroid2181 Nope Droog it's just Russian , nothing to do with clockwork orange. Even if in the book he made he made a influenced language. Droog is firend in RUssia.

[@apexdna]

@@paranoidnegroid2181 Droog = Друг = Friend

[@171TITO]

He don't sound like nas. He sound good though

[@DJblaze206]

He got bars and potential.

[@anthonygray1087]

Bring back that east coast real hiphop back

[@gundrzn]

Your Old Droog is MY favorite emcee.

[@KANYEWEST25]

One of the dopest artist in the gave who's like AI and underrated

[@RepresentRealHiphop]

2nd beat?

[@rocket141]

Your Old Droog a beast!

[@GolfWorld]

soooo dope

[@egbunaobi4237]

Knew the origins of the beats he flowed props for that alone

[@Metamophisis]

A dope emcee 🔥💣🧨🎧💎⛏🎤👀

[@LaCheleWallace]

He sounds like a mix of Nas and Game at times. He gets busy, but he's just another rapper as far as I'm concerned. I won't go rush out to buy his music. He's coo' though.

[@BigBangTheory92]

My sentiments exactly. NYC cats gotta understand it's all about transcending the game and moving forward if everybody comes back sounding like a boom bap rapper then the game will never grow. Dude gets down though but he doesn't make me feel like he's fresh.

[@jswerve386]

he sounds nothing like Game.. maybe a mixture of Nas and Jay Electronica.

[@SDG.12]

John M not his rap but his talking voice sound exactly like games. if i had my eyes closed i woulda thought it was game speaking at first.

[@JahRandom]

Woooo!! *stank faceeee!!!* "These other rappers wanna be G's but they ain't stayin alive" Good God Droog take it easy! You're killin em! Can't even count how many times I've listened to this freestyle...so good. I hope Droog gets the shine he deserves one day...

[@ricolyons2033]

Damn homie nasty straight barzzz

[@pachoota]

The game right fresh reinvented he looks like him too that puffy cheek softmouth white dude brooklyn raised

[@toongoon9778]

Rosenberg - "You're sippin some right now some dark roast, pause" hahaha

[@Knocr]

Real M.C

[@dinodino3649]

crazy dope

[@yosephFOOTYlife]

That paid in full joint man that's a classic

[@SayconTalks]

🙌🙌🙌😛😛😛😍😍😍Dzaaaam

[@HipHopBeatSource]

Dopest lyricist in the game currently.

[@djwarzone1]

I was one of the idiots thought it was Nas and a huge part was that Mini documentary type shit By Marco polo with all the evidence and suggestions n shit.then there was the fact dude was nowhere in sight with no pics, no videos and the name "Droog" Your Old Friend"! C'mon man! Either way I'm a huge fan and supporter of this guy now and I bought the EP and got that shit on heavy rotation right now.dude's wordplay is so crazy! Dude is something special in this RAP shit

[@osirisosiris4955]

Eastern Europe in the house!!! We some soldiers in the DNA and this man super nice!

[@rhorizon]

Chills

[@ReedMySole]

looking him up tonight

[@getmoorintuned7]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@OlChamberGenius]

We still can't say for sure that he isn't Nas

[@AAR0NWE1R]

Freestyle starts at 10:07

[@thespasmaniandevil]

"these rappers wanna be G's but they aint stayin alive" heat

[@ROBNY808]

Been DOPE!

[@toteknowledge]

this shit was FILTHY. Would commit a felony for a Roc, KA, & Old Droog collab

[@hxllzcxrtxz7883]

beat with the lets stay together sample at 3:30??

[@YuNGReMYReD24]

Ol boy sound like game and rap like nas... kinda trippy B

[@str8wstcst1]

"Frying bacon with Kareem goggles on" ! Truth dun!

[@ImanRobinHood]

learned all i need in one free style

[@johnEkwest]

What's that first Beat playing with the "Al Green - Let's Stay Together" Sample?

[@jimmycox5853]

this cats nice hes got that NY feel to his rhymes

[@jordaro2004]

He been nice.

[@AboveAverageAvenue]

Surprise Rosenberg didn't do his whole "after we played it on hot 97 it blew up" thing...

[@Floww23]

it's crazy how people forget that he sounds like THE GAME.

[@khaledgee]

puerto rico nas

[@oakboyh]

There was a murder once he started rapping

[@SDG.12]

you hyping...hold ya breaks b

[@oakboyh]

MURDA, i say!!!

[@JoshV_TX]

He's a cool dude. He reminds me of like Game mixed with Nas mixed with a little Fat Joe

[@nick_LDN]

First verse he spits sounds more like Rakim than anyone else!

[@Lazyazzdude101]

He sounds like Nas when he raps

[@Cologne2b]

oh really?

[@SDG.12]

says a cac

[@sYthyy]

his flow is very similar but his voie is way deeper. thats why ppl tought it was nas with his voice pitched down, since he already has a character with the voice pitched up

[@KinTuza]

John Romano That's cause he's an identity thief, a kareoke artist. He is biting Nas and everyone is making excuses for him, same way that Action Bronson came into the game sounding and flowing exactly like Ghostface Killah. But they're white, so it's alright.

[@EncoreRec]

And he sounds like Game when he speaks

[@BS23]

Fuckin dope.

[@frankbrenner4852]

Tamron Hall is gorgeous. Originally from Chicago, use to come into a bakery I worked at in 2005, and she was stunning...I think she's smashing that old white dude...Larry Odonnel on MSNBC.

[@Huumf]

What's that background beat at the start?

[@jordaro2004]

Busta Rhymes - Everything Remains Raw

[@RsVideoPresents]

"these fools wanna be G's but they ain't staying alive" COLD

[@djwarzone1]

Oh shit I didn't catch that. The Bee Gees haha Stayin Alive! Dude has punch after punch

[@jg-fs5ik]

homie said DO YOUR GOOGLES lmao shout out fredro starr

[@ZEPSSofritoPito]

Homie can SPIT

[@fromundachees]

yo DROOG, when you playin in Brooklyn homie? I wanna go to a local show

[@TuchNGoh]

He aint gonna answer lmfao. He already had 2 shows in willy b.

[@fromundachees]

yeah.. I'm from BK, I meant real local.. like Coney Island/Bensonhurst local.

[@TuchNGoh]

fromundachees You aint say that papa.

[@fromundachees]

Nicky Human it's all good.

[@Unwantedattention]

AS A RUSSO COMING HERE WHEN I WAS 4 AND TRYING TO CREATE MUSICAL CONTENT I LUVE YOUR OLD FRIEND (Thats what droog/drug Means)(IN RUSSIAN)

[@KingDennisJensen]

his voice reminds me of The Game.

[@rockrocker100]

whats the song near the end after the freestyle

[@kikirashad2843]

he sounds nice

[@jordaro2004]

He been nice.

[@TheMarijuanaMonk]

damn he sounds like Tupac and Birdman combined, crazy yo

[@baileyfamily220]

respect Droog for just knowing these beats!!! But this brother got bullets like Rambo...

[@Lakeone_]

The first beat sounded like he had it written and memorized xD second one sounded a lot more like a freestyle

[@guccigucci456]

What's the first song playing in the background.

[@briansuarez9438]

busta rhymes everything remains raw

[@ReisslandBoy3]

Whats that program peter is using on his laptop, Anybody now ???/

[@johnhozak3903]

serato

[@ReisslandBoy3]

thanks

[@AdamNystrom]

whats that fat joe song he freestyled on in this called?

[@nicholasvalles8658]

truuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

[@javfantv3722]

he needs to sit down with his parents/peoples and ask some questions about his up bringing/roots cuz he's going to get a lot of those questions in these interviews

[@danielm8322]

No oppression of Jews in the Soviet Union? LOL. There was systemic oppression of Jews from the government, never-mind dealing with everyday racism. Why do you even think the first who were able to leave the former USSR were only Jews and other minorities? Due to the oppression. In addition, he is Jewish!

[@GRINDETHIKSMIXTAPESHOW]

yo his raps is pretty tight i like 2 hear ny rappers that dont sound like they from the south dont get me wrong i like southern emcees but if i want to hear a southern nigga i would listen to some outkast , david banner , goodie mobb , big krit etc

[@bigben228]

He just sound like one of us lol. Yall hype the ny accent

[@VaeVictusFTW]

What is the instrumental he first used when Droog first started freestyling?

[@ambassadorkosh7824]

Fat joe - shit is real

[@VaeVictusFTW]

+Ambassador Kosh that's the second one lol

[@ambassadorkosh7824]

Oops my bad. The first one is CNN - T.O.N.Y

[@andyray3729]

He sounds like the game in this

[@pollytrix8403]

whats the name of that last beat?

[@gigac521]

sh*t is real - dj premier

[@NimbusFirecloud]

Droog is so good that fools brain go numb from that dope!!!

[@thedriftmc]

2022 and been listening since day one. Fahim complements this guy so well with his hooks; the perfect collab.

[@OGNICKMARSH]

Goddamn

[@marcuskimbrough1377]

Why did he say pause after dark roast?

[@soulseekjournal]

Dude is dope also shout out to the first ukrainia rapper NazareN

[@RiaG]

The word droog is from A Clockwork Orange.

[@JM-wu1yp]

Why Ebro not up there grilling Droog and being generally bitter in his demeanor? Old Droog would snuff Old Ebro.

[@adammartin3146]

Imagine LUM and Wiki got Secret Circle back together but replaced Antwon with YOD

[@sataniksomethingblahblah6350]

This would be so amazing

[@PRESTO-ERNESTO]

Real bars kids listen up

[@Fonzwav]

I feel bad I didnt right away get into all of YOD's stuff. 7 years later watching this interview in Africa and all I can say is.... He alright lol nah he's actually pretty cold