OLD SKOOL HIP HOP IS STILL THE BEST HIP HOP. R.I.P. ETTA JAMES
@astearns197513 жыл бұрын
People slept on Def Jef...this is the joint!
@richb54773 жыл бұрын
Can't even begin to explain how dope this joint is...
@zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz94 жыл бұрын
Loved this album. It was my older brother that introduced me to eric b & rakim, jungle bros, def jef etc. Man where has the time gone
@noid6720
2 жыл бұрын
Amen
@maze19146 жыл бұрын
Folks don't know how good we had it back then. A lot of variety for everyone
@rong805
5 жыл бұрын
Hell ya!! First saw this video on Pump it Up, Friday nights on channel 11, So Cal!! Along with King Sun!!
@pmg0316
5 жыл бұрын
William Thomas real rap🙌🏼
@DeejayTonyG8 жыл бұрын
Def Jef sick on the flow & Soul Brothers in sync with the Dance Moves & Etta James on the hook !!! This song and Black to the Future (remix) are the jams....
@soulbrotherlegendary
7 жыл бұрын
@Tony Gonzales BLESS UP SOLDIER!! #BoogieSkills I'm watching this like its the first time I've seen it.. I feel like dancing right now PEACE!!!
@sauditate4562
Жыл бұрын
WORD UP , YO
@user-zl6ck9wf7b
6 ай бұрын
@@soulbrotherlegendary you still dancing? I saw Craig e on a vid recently in Japan.
@soulbrotherlegendary
6 ай бұрын
@@user-zl6ck9wf7b Of Course...Taking it to the end or up to two hip and knee replacements whichever comes first lol.. but YES I still Boogie..working on some stuff now
@coreyr.492 жыл бұрын
Every time I’m having a “so-so” day I come back to this song/video. Pure mitigation #Classic
@infotecworld7 жыл бұрын
one of the hardest songs to dance to back in 89' ..UMC's too..
@efrainarreola3945
4 жыл бұрын
Yup! 89 dam,., them were some good old days .. No one now understands how this was the shit back then !!!
@absolutevidz3760
4 жыл бұрын
Blue 🧀
@mrthirsty83575 жыл бұрын
This joint still sounds hard!!!
@josephcole8001 Жыл бұрын
Def Jeff was very underrated!
@divinelove2492 жыл бұрын
Thank God for these precious archives of real hip hop.
@raybland79903 жыл бұрын
One of the most underrated rapper ever. Etta James❤️ is the lady in the video
@Aldromediatv
4 ай бұрын
jef is her nephew
@regalchess77417 жыл бұрын
Lyricism! Soul in the sound. Love this track.
@DavedBenefield4 жыл бұрын
This track still kills it.
@craigdavis54072 жыл бұрын
Def Jef is a Hip Hop Hidden Gems!!!
@Breakbeats92.57 жыл бұрын
Fun fact: Def Jeff and C.L. Smooth are cousins.
@celibatenlovinit1811
5 жыл бұрын
Music Power Word UP??
@damianedwards2327
5 жыл бұрын
i did not know that
@bigkeezo
5 жыл бұрын
Music Power Gasp 😯
@RoninAli1
5 жыл бұрын
Wow! BLOOD FLOW!
@ClearYourMindTravel2 жыл бұрын
Def Jef with the late great Etta James.
@bags7879 жыл бұрын
Def and the soul brothers was sick wit the dance moves back then
@xroadwalker
6 жыл бұрын
Mrbags Bloodshot ent yes..all in the same gang.. stand outs
@DrClawizdead5 жыл бұрын
Still the purest flow in hip hop.
@mfuji026 жыл бұрын
RIP ETTA JAMES
@bovinny
5 жыл бұрын
Knew I seen that
@marcuslee91322 жыл бұрын
I remember copping this on cassette as a kid...i was blown away with how good this guy was, truly ahead of his time...no surprise at all he went on to bigger and better things quick, I've seen him behind the scenes in alot of shit
@nerdtronic50005 ай бұрын
Masterpiece of Hip Hop.
@flipflop11002 жыл бұрын
He tried to keep up with what was going on at the time but was slept on....but this was one of his hardest tracks 🔥🔥🔥
@Theraiman6168 жыл бұрын
classic old school 89
@aztlanplay4 жыл бұрын
After watching this video today, after initially watching it in the 80s/90s, now I can see clearly why Def Jef didn't make it. It was because he was trying to free himself and his people from those who have monopolized the business to include stealing people's souls: those who will sell themselves to the devil to play their wack shish!
@lawman5.0716 жыл бұрын
he never got the attention for his rap that he should have 😕👍🏻
@waligibson5678
4 жыл бұрын
Is it me are does Def Jeff and The DOC look like they good be biological brother's? Just a passng observation !
@TDRock8
4 жыл бұрын
Def Jef went more behind the scenes. Very successful producer/arranger/etc. 👍🏾
@waligibson240
3 жыл бұрын
@@waligibson5678 Their definitely two peas from the same pod!
@waligibson240
3 жыл бұрын
@@waligibson5678 Straights facts the consciousness area.
@Cubanlink73
2 жыл бұрын
His second album cover 🔥🔥🔥
@jcunning174 жыл бұрын
The Soul Brothers!! One of the best dance crews around!
@wa.a.s.nfa.2786
4 жыл бұрын
I remember back in the day when the soul brother were doing their routines at Leimert Park to Baldwin Hills Mall and Fox Hills. When you had local dance crews hanging out battling and freestyling. It was a time of great creativity.
@PacificDark
4 жыл бұрын
@@wa.a.s.nfa.2786 I keep trying to tell people now back when I was growing up, if you couldn't dance, you were considered weak. Everyone battled. What happened to that part of hip hop. It's like the dance element died after Trouble T-Roy did.
@dwightmuldrow3941
3 жыл бұрын
PLAY THIS LADY IN A MOVIE BUT DON'T GIVE PROPS ON THIS SONG....OOPS BEFORE QUEEN HEFERS TIME
@nincal3 жыл бұрын
Pharaoh Said That brought me here !!!
@everyday55575 жыл бұрын
Pharoah said that brought me here.
@nujerusalemtv8093 жыл бұрын
I actually went to school with his little brother and still vividly remember when he told us Def Jeff was his Big Bro
@johnwalter58756 жыл бұрын
Classic Consciousness
@kyser3ify4 жыл бұрын
Pharaoh said that 1:17
@frankhernandez87025 жыл бұрын
CLASSIC!
@sandromauro30834 жыл бұрын
The REAL HIP-HOUSE!!! 😍🎧
@oldirtydasher5 жыл бұрын
Classic drop!!
@juanmondragon68992 жыл бұрын
Def Jeff n the Soul Brothers
@callumbrowns7 жыл бұрын
classic rap
@acemany1126 Жыл бұрын
Def Jef soooo def that most can't hear him.... 😂...his own fault for being def!!
@thedriftwood...ablackvansl74132 жыл бұрын
the soul brothers!... old school dance group holdin' down the background...
@TheOringinalBRadRaps10 жыл бұрын
I got the single on tape. This is the jam if you dance and like rap.
@MrReedEnt4 ай бұрын
88 Harlem Week vibes.
@charleswilson34094 жыл бұрын
Excellent memories!
@noid67202 жыл бұрын
What's crazy is that if here were from the east coast at that time he woulda been widely considered a legend... this might be the most underrated emcee ever bar none....
@noid6720
2 жыл бұрын
Damn I stand corrected he is from New York City . Heard the flow and thought how could he be from cali . I forgot how great this guy was !!!
@PacificDark4 жыл бұрын
Do it! Do it! Till your soul feels free.
@greghills36235 жыл бұрын
Chuck Brown & The Soul Searchers "Blow Your Whistle"
@antoniocotton8464 жыл бұрын
Real Hip Hop!
@pytro15 жыл бұрын
Who came here because of American Gods
@EchterBonito
5 жыл бұрын
pytro1 here!🤞🏻so good! 90‘s were the best
@PAPERSTACKINJAXON3 жыл бұрын
I remember this guy back in the day 😂
@jefferyrandall80302 жыл бұрын
This guy was one of the main reasons I stopped rappin'. My rap name was Def Jeff. I was so shocked to see "Def Jeff" on MTV one morning. I called my homeboy and was ready to find him and fight. Lol....Good times man. Good times.
@aaqilian5.085
7 ай бұрын
You sound like a violent scumbag. Must be that toxic ghetto shit, huh? Hopefully you grew up
@Andre-fd3cj2 жыл бұрын
perfect track...love it...def 👏
@pellendrone110 жыл бұрын
They sleep! yup. Del the funky homosapien mental fitness is hard too.
@curtisanderson29016 жыл бұрын
ETTA JAMES
@yavuzkoroglu77925 жыл бұрын
American Gods brought me here.
@houseoflevi6450
5 жыл бұрын
Me to buddy #Metoo haha
@Areyoudumb005 жыл бұрын
Classic
@Chriscool20210 ай бұрын
Classic 🔥🔥🔥
@marks.watson51472 жыл бұрын
Bump that JEF 🎉🎉🎉
@Doodlebugdude4 жыл бұрын
Damn! So glad I found this because of American Gods.
@PacificDark
4 жыл бұрын
This is on American Gods? Damn, I need to rewatch it. I loved the book.
@selease8 жыл бұрын
whew! was my jam then!
@celibatenlovinit18115 жыл бұрын
God offered the ride, and I rode...* sliiide
@peterstone25975 жыл бұрын
we can feel he listened the Grand Master Flash in his flow!
@patmackie34992 жыл бұрын
Bad ass tune still smashing it.1luv😎
@yasunobu46497 жыл бұрын
めっさかっこいい。
@Dynastyisp2 жыл бұрын
1:39 has a classic hard house sample
@prie716 жыл бұрын
Dope track..
@isaacstovall27844 жыл бұрын
Those market place shots are at USC.
@oldirtydasher
2 жыл бұрын
I thought UCLA at 1st, but you're probably right
@gary8020
Жыл бұрын
Yup👍🏿. Exposition park and the black expo….I was there in the scene where everyone was sitting in the circle on the grass at SC….DOPE TIMES👍🏿
@antoniogambardella7852 жыл бұрын
the classic
@gregc76994 жыл бұрын
So underrated justen to his flow omg!!!
@josal39103 жыл бұрын
American gods brought me here
@Micahi5godАй бұрын
👑
@johnwalter58754 жыл бұрын
wow.....here in 2019
@DOTHERIGHTTHING19897 жыл бұрын
Is that Etta James in the video?
@BenjaminDaniel
7 жыл бұрын
It is!
@Wataru25176 жыл бұрын
Fresh
@cagool2fray13 жыл бұрын
sisi c bon sa !!! yeahh !
@johnharreld65804 жыл бұрын
Yep...Yep...One Love Fam...
@sabercherfaouidz1403 Жыл бұрын
i came from hall of faim 2022 Eminem speech to know who's that Def Jef 😊
@jeffreyd5084 ай бұрын
Beethoven, Mozart, Beatles, Def Jef
@ron13523 жыл бұрын
Feel like I went to Hamilton High (L.A) with one of the dancers if that’s Stan back there.
@Quindollasign Жыл бұрын
Light skin Mac Dre
@saulberg52477 жыл бұрын
B side Etta over drums...yeah
@kwez2112 жыл бұрын
On the real tip
@johnnyjsoldskoolzone17223 жыл бұрын
This was good rap. Todays is Crap not Rap.
@birdbangbobaruni Жыл бұрын
Just cuz I came to Cali don’t mean I repaved cp3
@MGarza-ii2qq3 жыл бұрын
#bringbacktheculture
@steveor24262 жыл бұрын
Mack 10s older brother
@qtpy4205 жыл бұрын
Who is the gal at the beginning?
@paulturnet4572
4 жыл бұрын
Etta James, great R&B/Blues singer RIP .
@ClassyThugs4 жыл бұрын
I didn't know Dee ray rap
@ClassyThugs4 жыл бұрын
Deray davis
@JacksonRathbone095 жыл бұрын
Chamillionaire?
@androjikia8067 Жыл бұрын
me car andro tqveni deda movtyqn iovani wadit da michvlet
@pommesnurmitmayo22655 жыл бұрын
How is here because of "American Gods"?
@johntheprofessional50393 жыл бұрын
I can’t believe hip hop like this turned into trash lil Lil Nas X.
@davidfreeman74552 жыл бұрын
He was alright not the best,too much dancin like Mc Hammer
@stephencarlsbad2 жыл бұрын
The main knock on Def Jeff is that he carbon copied other main rappers styles. Here, he's stealing from big daddy kane and in "give it here" he's stealing from DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince.
@Jay-iu4st
2 жыл бұрын
Bad flow. Way too slow for this beat.
@Jay-iu4st2 жыл бұрын
Man. That's one way to rape the beat. The flow is way too slow.
@zquad58536 жыл бұрын
THESE RAPPERS OF THIS ERA WERE GREAT...BUT...VANILLA ICE BLEW THEM AWAY....FANS..MONEY..FAME..RECORD SALES..ETC...ICE WAS TALENTED SO MUCH INDEED THAT 2PAC STEPPED UP FOR HIM BECAUSE PEOPLE (BLACK PEOPLE) WERE NOT GIVING HIM A CHANCE...BUT HE TOOK HIS CHANCE ANYWAY AND BLEW AWAY THE RAPPERS OF THAT ERA...BLACK N WHITE WERE ALL WATHCIN N LOVIN HIS MUSIC........JUST REMEMBER THE ARTISTS OF OLD.
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OLD SKOOL HIP HOP IS STILL THE BEST HIP HOP. R.I.P. ETTA JAMES
People slept on Def Jef...this is the joint!
Can't even begin to explain how dope this joint is...
Loved this album. It was my older brother that introduced me to eric b & rakim, jungle bros, def jef etc. Man where has the time gone
@noid6720
2 жыл бұрын
Amen
Folks don't know how good we had it back then. A lot of variety for everyone
@rong805
5 жыл бұрын
Hell ya!! First saw this video on Pump it Up, Friday nights on channel 11, So Cal!! Along with King Sun!!
@pmg0316
5 жыл бұрын
William Thomas real rap🙌🏼
Def Jef sick on the flow & Soul Brothers in sync with the Dance Moves & Etta James on the hook !!! This song and Black to the Future (remix) are the jams....
@soulbrotherlegendary
7 жыл бұрын
@Tony Gonzales BLESS UP SOLDIER!! #BoogieSkills I'm watching this like its the first time I've seen it.. I feel like dancing right now PEACE!!!
@sauditate4562
Жыл бұрын
WORD UP , YO
@user-zl6ck9wf7b
6 ай бұрын
@@soulbrotherlegendary you still dancing? I saw Craig e on a vid recently in Japan.
@soulbrotherlegendary
6 ай бұрын
@@user-zl6ck9wf7b Of Course...Taking it to the end or up to two hip and knee replacements whichever comes first lol.. but YES I still Boogie..working on some stuff now
Every time I’m having a “so-so” day I come back to this song/video. Pure mitigation #Classic
one of the hardest songs to dance to back in 89' ..UMC's too..
@efrainarreola3945
4 жыл бұрын
Yup! 89 dam,., them were some good old days .. No one now understands how this was the shit back then !!!
@absolutevidz3760
4 жыл бұрын
Blue 🧀
This joint still sounds hard!!!
Def Jeff was very underrated!
Thank God for these precious archives of real hip hop.
One of the most underrated rapper ever. Etta James❤️ is the lady in the video
@Aldromediatv
4 ай бұрын
jef is her nephew
Lyricism! Soul in the sound. Love this track.
This track still kills it.
Def Jef is a Hip Hop Hidden Gems!!!
Fun fact: Def Jeff and C.L. Smooth are cousins.
@celibatenlovinit1811
5 жыл бұрын
Music Power Word UP??
@damianedwards2327
5 жыл бұрын
i did not know that
@bigkeezo
5 жыл бұрын
Music Power Gasp 😯
@RoninAli1
5 жыл бұрын
Wow! BLOOD FLOW!
Def Jef with the late great Etta James.
Def and the soul brothers was sick wit the dance moves back then
@xroadwalker
6 жыл бұрын
Mrbags Bloodshot ent yes..all in the same gang.. stand outs
Still the purest flow in hip hop.
RIP ETTA JAMES
@bovinny
5 жыл бұрын
Knew I seen that
I remember copping this on cassette as a kid...i was blown away with how good this guy was, truly ahead of his time...no surprise at all he went on to bigger and better things quick, I've seen him behind the scenes in alot of shit
Masterpiece of Hip Hop.
He tried to keep up with what was going on at the time but was slept on....but this was one of his hardest tracks 🔥🔥🔥
classic old school 89
After watching this video today, after initially watching it in the 80s/90s, now I can see clearly why Def Jef didn't make it. It was because he was trying to free himself and his people from those who have monopolized the business to include stealing people's souls: those who will sell themselves to the devil to play their wack shish!
he never got the attention for his rap that he should have 😕👍🏻
@waligibson5678
4 жыл бұрын
Is it me are does Def Jeff and The DOC look like they good be biological brother's? Just a passng observation !
@TDRock8
4 жыл бұрын
Def Jef went more behind the scenes. Very successful producer/arranger/etc. 👍🏾
@waligibson240
3 жыл бұрын
@@waligibson5678 Their definitely two peas from the same pod!
@waligibson240
3 жыл бұрын
@@waligibson5678 Straights facts the consciousness area.
@Cubanlink73
2 жыл бұрын
His second album cover 🔥🔥🔥
The Soul Brothers!! One of the best dance crews around!
@wa.a.s.nfa.2786
4 жыл бұрын
I remember back in the day when the soul brother were doing their routines at Leimert Park to Baldwin Hills Mall and Fox Hills. When you had local dance crews hanging out battling and freestyling. It was a time of great creativity.
@PacificDark
4 жыл бұрын
@@wa.a.s.nfa.2786 I keep trying to tell people now back when I was growing up, if you couldn't dance, you were considered weak. Everyone battled. What happened to that part of hip hop. It's like the dance element died after Trouble T-Roy did.
@dwightmuldrow3941
3 жыл бұрын
PLAY THIS LADY IN A MOVIE BUT DON'T GIVE PROPS ON THIS SONG....OOPS BEFORE QUEEN HEFERS TIME
Pharaoh Said That brought me here !!!
Pharoah said that brought me here.
I actually went to school with his little brother and still vividly remember when he told us Def Jeff was his Big Bro
Classic Consciousness
Pharaoh said that 1:17
CLASSIC!
The REAL HIP-HOUSE!!! 😍🎧
Classic drop!!
Def Jeff n the Soul Brothers
classic rap
Def Jef soooo def that most can't hear him.... 😂...his own fault for being def!!
the soul brothers!... old school dance group holdin' down the background...
I got the single on tape. This is the jam if you dance and like rap.
88 Harlem Week vibes.
Excellent memories!
What's crazy is that if here were from the east coast at that time he woulda been widely considered a legend... this might be the most underrated emcee ever bar none....
@noid6720
2 жыл бұрын
Damn I stand corrected he is from New York City . Heard the flow and thought how could he be from cali . I forgot how great this guy was !!!
Do it! Do it! Till your soul feels free.
Chuck Brown & The Soul Searchers "Blow Your Whistle"
Real Hip Hop!
Who came here because of American Gods
@EchterBonito
5 жыл бұрын
pytro1 here!🤞🏻so good! 90‘s were the best
I remember this guy back in the day 😂
This guy was one of the main reasons I stopped rappin'. My rap name was Def Jeff. I was so shocked to see "Def Jeff" on MTV one morning. I called my homeboy and was ready to find him and fight. Lol....Good times man. Good times.
@aaqilian5.085
7 ай бұрын
You sound like a violent scumbag. Must be that toxic ghetto shit, huh? Hopefully you grew up
perfect track...love it...def 👏
They sleep! yup. Del the funky homosapien mental fitness is hard too.
ETTA JAMES
American Gods brought me here.
@houseoflevi6450
5 жыл бұрын
Me to buddy #Metoo haha
Classic
Classic 🔥🔥🔥
Bump that JEF 🎉🎉🎉
Damn! So glad I found this because of American Gods.
@PacificDark
4 жыл бұрын
This is on American Gods? Damn, I need to rewatch it. I loved the book.
whew! was my jam then!
God offered the ride, and I rode...* sliiide
we can feel he listened the Grand Master Flash in his flow!
Bad ass tune still smashing it.1luv😎
めっさかっこいい。
1:39 has a classic hard house sample
Dope track..
Those market place shots are at USC.
@oldirtydasher
2 жыл бұрын
I thought UCLA at 1st, but you're probably right
@gary8020
Жыл бұрын
Yup👍🏿. Exposition park and the black expo….I was there in the scene where everyone was sitting in the circle on the grass at SC….DOPE TIMES👍🏿
the classic
So underrated justen to his flow omg!!!
American gods brought me here
👑
wow.....here in 2019
Is that Etta James in the video?
@BenjaminDaniel
7 жыл бұрын
It is!
Fresh
sisi c bon sa !!! yeahh !
Yep...Yep...One Love Fam...
i came from hall of faim 2022 Eminem speech to know who's that Def Jef 😊
Beethoven, Mozart, Beatles, Def Jef
Feel like I went to Hamilton High (L.A) with one of the dancers if that’s Stan back there.
Light skin Mac Dre
B side Etta over drums...yeah
On the real tip
This was good rap. Todays is Crap not Rap.
Just cuz I came to Cali don’t mean I repaved cp3
#bringbacktheculture
Mack 10s older brother
Who is the gal at the beginning?
@paulturnet4572
4 жыл бұрын
Etta James, great R&B/Blues singer RIP .
I didn't know Dee ray rap
Deray davis
Chamillionaire?
me car andro tqveni deda movtyqn iovani wadit da michvlet
How is here because of "American Gods"?
I can’t believe hip hop like this turned into trash lil Lil Nas X.
He was alright not the best,too much dancin like Mc Hammer
The main knock on Def Jeff is that he carbon copied other main rappers styles. Here, he's stealing from big daddy kane and in "give it here" he's stealing from DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince.
@Jay-iu4st
2 жыл бұрын
Bad flow. Way too slow for this beat.
Man. That's one way to rape the beat. The flow is way too slow.
THESE RAPPERS OF THIS ERA WERE GREAT...BUT...VANILLA ICE BLEW THEM AWAY....FANS..MONEY..FAME..RECORD SALES..ETC...ICE WAS TALENTED SO MUCH INDEED THAT 2PAC STEPPED UP FOR HIM BECAUSE PEOPLE (BLACK PEOPLE) WERE NOT GIVING HIM A CHANCE...BUT HE TOOK HIS CHANCE ANYWAY AND BLEW AWAY THE RAPPERS OF THAT ERA...BLACK N WHITE WERE ALL WATHCIN N LOVIN HIS MUSIC........JUST REMEMBER THE ARTISTS OF OLD.
THANK YOU FOR UPLOADING ❗️🎶🎵🎶💜💜💜 @WONRADIO1
Classic
American Gods brought me here