I cant even measure how this song touch my soul and my heart, my tears drop every goddamn time i listen to it. Look, im brazilian and i never ever travelled even out of the state which i was born due lack of money, but i still feel i'm a citizen of the world and i still travelling inside my goddamn room to different cultures through music, language, movies and research. Hope someday my dreams come true but until it, i'll still educating myself. Peace 4 y'll

@islamicsalami7208

7 ай бұрын

Keep this song in your heart, brotha'. You'll always be a travellin' man. Hope that things work out for you in life and that you get to check out life outside of your country. Music unites all of us, no matter where we are from, especially real hiphop like this. Best of luck, friend.

@neurops3139

4 ай бұрын

Bro, if you have something inside you know it's real, like music, like your art or anything, follow and persevate that real feeling. This music make me travel to my innerself and as time goes by I realizew that ME is unbreakable and eternal. Cheer`s from Rio de Janeiro.

@stevezio33

3 ай бұрын

Peace brotha!! Love from the U.S.

@ajamu4304

2 ай бұрын

Meu irmao nao desiste seus sonhos!

@qareemknight8074

Ай бұрын

You are a wonderful human being , Brother. May your wishes come true, citizen of the World. Continue yearning for Wisdom across the Bridge!!~SENANDA

2024 still playing this song,mos def got no idea what he created much love from Johannesburg in South Africa

@JayStiles-kt2pm

2 ай бұрын

Mos Def created a masterpiece here

@ChopAndBrew

2 ай бұрын

Feel ya.

@cosmic_sunflower3864

2 ай бұрын

❤

@princedecoded8766

Ай бұрын

SA enjoyed this track more than any other country out there

I grew up a block away from DJ Honda's studio in the 90s. First time I heard of Mos Def was from his street team promoting Black on Both Sides. Little did I know it was by the Rawkus Records office, where I eventually got to interview Talib Kweli for my college paper when he dropped Quality. Mad Skillz came thru while I was waiting in reception. Also saw Mos perform back to back nights at the Bowery Ballroom solo and with his band Blackjack Johnson. Q-Tip, Common and Pharoahe Monch were special guests. Some of my greatest memories. Sorry for all the name dropping.

@andrewdarrow4542

2 жыл бұрын

That’s so awesome, great for you for witnessing that.

@k03dz0n3

2 жыл бұрын

incredible experiences. thanks for sharing

@jordanprice9285

2 жыл бұрын

Don't ever apologize again for name dropping some rappers to explain such dope memories brotha! That's what's up 🙏🏽

@dougd5496

2 жыл бұрын

Brooo that's fucking sick. Wish I could have experienced that

@drb215

2 жыл бұрын

Nothing to be sorry about...how many people can say they met all these folks!!! Wish i was in your shoes, those days!!!

I wish my friends would understand just how deep and wonderful hip-hop is

@nonamedy

9 жыл бұрын

This music makes me feel in a way that I just can't explain... Love Rap and Hip Hop!!!

@vikingvic

9 жыл бұрын

Magahlia the beat flute sample brings me back to childhood summers. the whole song is about nostalgia and ....memories... and the lyrics are fairly good at times. positive...

@PhillipLee23

5 жыл бұрын

U need new friends

@antoniogoode4407

4 жыл бұрын

That is a true statement hip hop 90 era was fun and real I miss the 90 hip hop music era 💯💯

@daddydaughterpodcast

4 жыл бұрын

Yes brother, yes

I just want to say this; this song was made at a moment in time, pre 9/11, when it appeared that globalisation was a positive thing and the world was coming together. Hip Hop CULTURE was travelling to Berlin and Marseille, Tokyo and Stockholm, Jakarta and Marrakech...right on the cusp of being commodified beyond recognition. People connecting across borders was natural, and the new millennium promised a new dawn of intercultural peace and optimism... The song is haunting now, but still brings back happy, if a little naive...m e m o r i e s

@WhtMike2006

4 жыл бұрын

John Pitts I was around when it came out and I never considered that aspect of it. Beautiful perspective on a beautiful song.

@davidmitchell3997

4 жыл бұрын

John Pitts I wouldn't say this song is "haunting" instead it's timeless; better than the mumble pseudo rap bs that comes out nowadays. As for everything that happened after the 2000's (which despite 9/11 were still better times than the 2010's and so forth) was the result of the drastic major events that occurred mostly during the 1980's and 1990's (i.e. war on drugs, war on terror, violent radicalism, severe classim rise of LBGTQ, third wave feminism, etc.) and let's not forget all these "outbreaks" that had occurred since 2001 like SARS, West Nile, Swine Flu, Ebola, Zika and now Corona. So yeah once 9/11 happened, it slowly turned today's society into a nightmare for most and a complete joke towards the current generations (late millenials and Gen Z).

@elusivejahnell

4 жыл бұрын

@@davidmitchell3997 I wouldn't say it's 'timeless' at all. I think it sounds anachronistic in today's landscape. Classic, yes, but not timeless. It very much sounds like late 90s Hip-Hop. It's haunting because it represents a culture that, in my opinion, no longer exists. And even though I agree the 00s seemed better than the 10s, you can still look at 9/11 as the fracture that was unrepairable and connected to the failure of centrism. I absolutely agree that we're witnessing the ramifications of mistakes made in the 80s and 90s, and the arrogance of Fukuyama 'end of history' thinking. I'm nostalgic about the optimism in those decades, but certainly not romantic about what their legacy is. I also want to return to this word 'haunting' - I think this song, video and the era it represents is haunting because it embodies the notion of a future that never came to be.

@drewski818

4 жыл бұрын

Yezzir. Best comment here 💯💯💯💯💯💯

@milesfarr9037

3 жыл бұрын

Very energetic reply...on point

Dj Honda is so underrated

He closed a concert here in Atlanta with Travelin man. I swear I almost cried when he did the "I'm leaving" ending...cause I didn't want the show to end.

I want this to play at my funeral. This song has stuck with me since childhood and I'll never not have it in rotation.

@doncentral5516

4 жыл бұрын

@Butters S. HAHAHAHA

@manutdjkm

4 жыл бұрын

Rural Sweatshirt That’s too bad for you....It’s in 4K for me...if you know you know.

@thewyatt1001

3 жыл бұрын

Me to, my dad has jusy passed and i loved this song it would remind me of him all the time, especially cus he was always travelling on the highway. R.I.P GOD

@iAm_Fif3

3 жыл бұрын

They don't make em like this no more

@jtt1928

Жыл бұрын

@@thewyatt1001 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

90's Hip Hop is the Golden Era of Hip Hop

@RapperHolik

4 жыл бұрын

no question

@jeffreyallen2391

4 жыл бұрын

The best era

@mancaveedc7596

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah. Golden alright. The beginning of the end church going, God fearing, family men in exchange of ho chasing, mammon loving, drug slangin wannabes. Golden. Dont get me wrong. I always felt the same. But in retrospect, you can see it was all part of the plan to demoralize young men and women and destroy the african american community.

@Mama_Promise

2 жыл бұрын

@@mancaveedc7596 Yeah, almost like people began to realize religion is just a money hungry cult that preys on the weak, and desperate.

@tommy12sufc

2 жыл бұрын

@@mancaveedc7596 I bet your a right laugh at party’s

“Memories don't live like people do They always remember you Whether things are good or bad, its just the memories” Really hits me. My younger brother recently passed away and all I have left is MEMORIES.

@tomiel3080

2 жыл бұрын

i feel you 110%. my boyfriend just past 2wks ago.. i hope your days are as beautiful & bright; grieve as you must.

@bloodbrother1000

2 жыл бұрын

stay strong brother!

@bloodbrother1000

2 жыл бұрын

@@tomiel3080 stay strong!

@Slimpapa99

Жыл бұрын

So for your loss bro. I hope as u listen to this song time and time again, u relive the memories u shared with your lil bro.

@joeygrym_yo

Жыл бұрын

Keep his memory alive in your heart bro, I’m sorry for your loss.🙏🙏🙏

I don't know why, but this song teleports me back to being a kid in the 90's. This song touches soul.

This track takes me back to 1998 when I was a young innocent boy.

@mo2k638

6 ай бұрын

You’re a young innocent boy

the way Mos flows over the beat.. so smooth.

@lunathedontv2113

Жыл бұрын

One of a kind fr

Need a HD re-upload ASAP!

How I miss pre 9/11 New York City. This video really encapsulates it all. Very special time. Glad I lived through it. The towers are gone, The city is gentrified af, most of the real New Yorkers have left, but the music from old NYC will live on forever. Peace to Dj Honda and Mighty Mos, thank you. Timeless sun...

@garyreeve6793

4 ай бұрын

Haven't been the same since

Way back when, this song changed my life. This album was way ahead of its time. Dj Honda where you been?

"been a pleasure to know y'all" this song's going to be played at my funeral; beautiful stuff

This is the type of hip hop I love. I’ve re-discovered this song. Peace to the good brother Yasiin Bey, thank you for this gem.

The thing I love about Mos Def is that is that at times it feels like he isn't even rapping, like he doesn't have to, his words just flow. This song is epic thank you for the upload.

"This thing called rhyming no different from coal mining / we both on assignment to unearth a diamond." Beautiful - my favorite lyric. ever.

@lukefifty

3 жыл бұрын

When you're coal mining you're on assignment to unearth coal though. Diamond mining is where you're on assignment to unearth a diamond...

@ezrahaskard3527

3 жыл бұрын

@@lukefifty whatever man it’s clearly a metaphor no need to be literal

@JonahIsrael

3 жыл бұрын

Facts my brother!!!!

@thegoat5375

2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful ❤️🎁

@matteodilo2605

2 жыл бұрын

@@lukefifty p0

One of the best beats ever made

@16hundred

4 жыл бұрын

ES TE it was totally ahead of its time and still is tbh especially when Mac Miller remixed this its a masterpiece

@lucascelle1687

3 жыл бұрын

@@16hundred What song did Mac Miller remix this to?

@BrendanPramjee

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely! This is a classic ! Respect

@Jaezus

2 жыл бұрын

@@lucascelle1687 kzread.info/dash/bejne/nYd9p6ixp7zJido.html

@madmarshall32

2 жыл бұрын

This beat, with Cee-Lo and Da Rahnjaz. Inspiration... If u don't know, now u do

This is the version I want on Spotify/Apple Music

@islamicsalami7208

Жыл бұрын

Any idea where this version came from? It's so much better than the spotify version.

@Bot

Жыл бұрын

its the og and the ones on spotify/app music are the remastered version@@islamicsalami7208

@nathanmacedo881

7 ай бұрын

@@islamicsalami7208bro cap cap cap I love the I’m leaaaavin on the next planeeeee

@underboosted

3 ай бұрын

Check the DJ Honda "H II" album, track 19

@underboosted

3 ай бұрын

@@islamicsalami7208 Check the DJ Honda "H II" album, track 19

Mos Def has so much damn soul. The caribbean influence in his style has always been dope. Something thats sorely missing in hiphop now.

@rezboy327

8 жыл бұрын

Moving through. the seasons of life!

Played this at funeral of my childhood friend... RIP Ally

@azae00Vids

2 жыл бұрын

Condolences and stay blessed ❤️❤️

@midasfgm

Жыл бұрын

You're a good one!

Listening to this in 2022, and realizing how under appreciated Mos Def was/ is and the rappers who made GREAT music are. I truly miss real hip hop & real bars. Just a 40 year old who appreciates not hearing about killing, b!tch3s, h03s, etc.

DJ Honda you created a musical masterpiece. One of the greatest, most inspirational songs of all time.

This is 90's hip-hop personified.

Nothing screams more "NEW YORK" than this song and video clip. Love it. peace

This been the jam since '98. Timeless classic.

Mos Def carries so much feeling through his rhymes. I feel like I'm listening to a real artist and poet as he flows one line to the next. And you got to love DJ Honda throwing his talent into the song, it's a crazy beautiful thing. Keeping the true art of intelligent music alive.

@genieotl

10 ай бұрын

​@AKASHIXforreal forreal. Timeless.

@genieotl

10 ай бұрын

Well said.

This song is currently on repeat a lot lately 🔥

@LloydxMcfly

21 күн бұрын

factual

What happened to DJ Honda? He’s so talented. I remember in the late 90s, he was in lot of East coast hip hop artist’s songs and all of a sudden he just disappeared. He needs to make a comeback. He is hip hop.

@lunathedontv2113

Жыл бұрын

He is a traveling man, traveling through space and time… 😮 😂

@suiken3149

Жыл бұрын

He is staying in Japan, collabing with Japanese artists

I'M LEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAVIIIIIIIIIIIIN!

I still come back to this one...timeless classic!!!!

Dj honda for life🔥🔥🔥🙏🙏

DEFINITELY one of the best hiphop / rap tracks of all time.

REAL HIP HOP. I miss it. I’m a Golden Era baby.

2021 and this song is still traveling through space and time!!!

My son loves this. I can calm him down and mesmerize him with this...and one of my all time favorites!

This takes me back to my happy days 😢

@icfwu9774

4 жыл бұрын

When hip hop was real...

I'm a travellin man.. Moving through places space and time

@Robkinggozer

7 жыл бұрын

MH DOOM The villain took on many forms.

I feel this has to go down as one of the dopest rap songs. Mos Def was on point with the rhymes especially the first verse. Honda was on point with the beat!

Im sitting in my office humming. Started humming this song for some reason. Havent heard this song for maybe 25 years. Still the greatest. We were so fortunate and lucky to be young during this time. I know its a broken record but the 1990s were the absolute peak of our civilization. Everything was new. The future was right around the corner. 1999 and beyond. If we only knew what we were in for we may have had the chance to find a different future. They may take away our youth, our freedoms, tax us to death, etc, etc. But they cant take away our memories. If you were there you knew how cool it was to be there. Peace yall. Never stop dancing. See you at the old folks home soon.

Still sounds new everytime you listen to it, even after being released almost 30yrs back then

M-Def knows how to put words together, he's not just doing unbeatable rhymes, he also tells us deep stories, with a logic and a soul Cheers from France, real Hip Hop will always exist, but not on TV and other fucked up medias

@brianoconner4206

Жыл бұрын

@@unclegardener because many Em verses are pure freestyle.

Black Star fans stand up!!! What a golden time for hip hop... Mosdef just passively slaughtered this cut!!! And DJ Honda for the beat and production!!!

Its never gna be like this again, I know its constant elevation, but its bitter sweet. HipHop Culture, Infinite !

this is pure FLIPPING GOLD

Memories don't live like people do... timeless classic...

@ktlesito

4 ай бұрын

Memories don't live like people do-o They always remember you Whether things are good or bad, it's just the memories...

If I could only listen to 1 song for the rest of my life, it would be this.

@Stephen_412

Жыл бұрын

Dem dawg

@thomaskoroma8784

10 ай бұрын

I could tell you love hip hop❤

Ridin in my white ‘92 Honda Accord…. My first ride with factory system, DJ HONDA in the tape deck. Circa 1998. I bumped this tape non stop, funny I still know all the words. Even got the cassette in my graduation memory box.

My favorite song for 10 years now. All the way in Swaziland.

So much this! This remix is criminally underrated....still bumpin this in 2019 and still will be in 3019

One of my favorite songs of all time. Mos Def is a lyrical genius

One of the best songs ever in rap, from the greatest dj/producer rap album ever.

Still listening to this in 2020...time flies, yo🙌🏽

Memories 🗽🌇🌆🏙️🌃🌉🗽

That fact that this song strike so many different emotions is reason enough for this song to be a certified classic

This is a perfect song.

One of the best hip hop to ever be recorded

After a being a long .. long fan of hip hop. This is my top single of all time.

2022 🇿🇦 Track just popped in my head ..damn.

some good rhymes from back in the days.

this song hit a chord in my heart way back in the day when I heard it. almost as if I knew then what the song would mean to me in the future. one of the greatest pieces of music in my life

Great song, so smooth... Mos Def is one of the few artists who can really turn your life in the right direction with their music and that's exactly what he has done to me. I'm so grateful to him and the others (Black Thought, Common, Talib Kweli, Guru, ...) for this. Let's just hope that this kind of music will make a return someday in the future...

this song was on repeat when i went to Japan

1998... good times...

Right now I’m not doing well mentally, but everytime I listen to this song it brings me to happy memories I use to have. It’s been hard to get out of bed lately, and this song has made it easier to get up

Started listening to Mos Def in 2014 and the events that transpired from listening to his tunes have meant so much. Saw this guy and Bali later in 2014 and had the most incredible trip on Kuta beach which correlates so delightful in memory to keep myself centred during bad times. One of my favourite tracks eva

This is one of my fav tracks of all time. Havent heard it 20 years. 2003 Philly in my cassette to cd kit in my whoopdie. Time truly flies..

I wish people understood how wonderful Hip hop music is

This song is a timeless classic

Who is still here in 2019?

@huzaifa1629

4 жыл бұрын

joe mama

@ihaddox1199

4 жыл бұрын

why tf is this not on Spotify

@hohepahape8625

4 жыл бұрын

2020

@michaelsneed2995

4 жыл бұрын

2020 bro

@tommek7732

3 жыл бұрын

2020 💪🏽

Where did this type of hip hop go? 2014 and this is still the shit!

@midnighteye2737

9 жыл бұрын

Nowhere, stop listening to the radio and you'll find it.

@LookingForAName...

9 жыл бұрын

***** Do you have any recommendations of hip hop music with a similar vibe to this. Whether I look at mainstream or underground, old school or today's hip hop, I can't find a song similar to this one. The mixed influence coming from Japan and America make it truly unique.

@LookingForAName...

9 жыл бұрын

***** Yeah I love Apollo Brown. His work on Twelve Reasons to Die and Gas Mask blew me away. Do you have any specific recommendations?

@unclegardener

3 жыл бұрын

@@midnighteye2737 Everyone says this but they never ever recommend any suggestions

@midnighteye2737

3 жыл бұрын

@@unclegardener If you're on KZread and still complaining about how you can't find any good music, then blame your own laziness. I found good artists when KZread didn't even exist, there's no more excuses.

This reminds me of my school days in the 90s...when I was in my teens. Much love from SA (Brits Town) 😊

My Soul be wantin to race thru the clouds Everytime I hear dis .. "IM LEEAVVVIINNNNN" 🙌🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Wish spotify had this version

This is my favorite version of this song. Don't know why it's so hard to find on streaming services.

@FlareooGD

Жыл бұрын

It’s on Apple music

@FlareooGD

Жыл бұрын

And same I like this more than the remastered one

Man I miss you London! 🇬🇧

Ive been in love with this song for a while now, i wish more people knew of this song and its beautiful tone.

Classic This has 98 all over It. Best HipHop Dayz

how can 17 people dislike this?? this is one of the illest joints.thank u very much gentlemen

Please somebody remaster this in 4k. It would mean a lot.

2021 I am here. I miss good Hip Hop!

needs to be on SPOTIFY :((((((

I love Mos Def so much. His music is unlike anything else.

2024 still banging it hard and this is one of the songs that made me start writing lyrics

21 Jan 24 and just hearing this song for the first time...mad, mad respect....

my goodness this cut is timeless... memories don't leave like people do... so damn deep and true. Props to john denver.

man i miss hip hop.. i wish they never stopped making it...

Yo, take those vacations, pictures, walks, runs, videos, celebrate life cause tomorrow isn't guaranteed but the memories are ✌🏽

Back 19 years later….The song never leaves. You do. “I’m comin back to you.” ❤❤❤

This track is so criminally underrated

One of the best track on earth

Travelin Anthem ✈️

Whenever I forget this song.. its a welcomed reminder that pops it back into my mind.

This message is for the future... just Let you all know this is my favorite music... and its now 2020...

This will forever be a timeless classic

Man, some of those DJ Honda productions were unbelievable. Primo on juice.

2024 And Still Immortal 🎶❤️🎤👊🏻👏🙏 - Respect from Poland ❤️