This song is a PRIME example as to why 90’s era hip-hop will NEVER be equaled or surpassed.

Anyone who uses Roy Ayer’s samples always made a hit ❤

@mrg1534

5 ай бұрын

Indeed

This is one of the best hip hop songs created and not many know about it. The song is flawless after all these years.

@agamaz5650

5 жыл бұрын

the beat is extremely good

@Caliblack078

3 жыл бұрын

Grab a piece of time with this

@jedwalker4543

3 жыл бұрын

I found this song after some dude had it in the background of a skate demo tape back in early 2000s. Thank god for the Internet otherwise I’d never have found who the artist was.

@FebJones-tg1ce

3 жыл бұрын

I was listening to this when it first came out. In 94 I lived in NYC but I was listening to as much West Coast rap as I was East Coast. Cube with Lethal Injection and Death Certificate, Souls pf Mischief, Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre, Digital Underground, Ahmad, Ras Kass, The Alcoholics/Likwit Crew, Pharcyde, and Erule, of course. I couldn't find "Listen Up" on streaming sites like Spotify so I hit KZread up. YT never lets me down.

@killahhertzmusic1435

3 жыл бұрын

@@FebJones-tg1ce So much great music came out from all over the country nobody had it locked to me. Im from New York but listened to every thing. Mc Ren and Mc Eight are my favorites from the West Coast,

Erule’s flow is like water running down a river on a summer day in the morning. Best way I can describe it.

@powderedtoastfacekillah734

3 ай бұрын

Great comparison His lyrics definitely kinda spill all over the track. He just kinda effortlessly guides them where they need to go

Illmatic level.

@TheHumanBallsack

3 жыл бұрын

This lyricism surpasses even Illmatic. And the delivery and flow is nothing short of miraculous..

@OmegaRedLotus619

3 ай бұрын

Nah….as much as I love Nas he could never match this.

Easily one of the most unsung "classic" records of 90's hip-hop

@iantrujillo9444

5 жыл бұрын

Def was part of the landscape

@sauditate4562

3 жыл бұрын

Super Rare ..

@frank-xp6pj

3 жыл бұрын

I agree, even the most underrated tracks from the 90’s blows the majority of the so called popular songs today out the water.

@mk-ultramags1107

3 жыл бұрын

1995 'Kids', i was 11yrs old. Put me on to this

@felixicon

3 жыл бұрын

definitely. Being from LA was hella proud when I found out he was from the West

Erule flow up there with G-Rap & AZ...

Went to school with Erule. He was a real quite dude. Never knew he had skills like this. When this dropped it was like my man was grinding under the radar. FIYA! and still a hip hop classic! I have to find the flyer he gave me for " Listen up".

@catwhisperer310

4 ай бұрын

Westchester High Luv

@IHATEESCO

4 ай бұрын

because my uncle was in the streets when being a mc was a very rare thing not like what it is today...🐐

@charliegrs

Күн бұрын

Did he have any other songs? Hes a real ghost on the internet I cant find anything

No N-Words. No Cursing. No Bitches & Hoes. No Auto-Tunes. No Flashy Cars & Jewels. Just E-Rule & His DJ "Highly Skilled, Mostly Underrated"

@mindbully

4 ай бұрын

That was several LA rappers back then.

@Manny-nm8dh

3 ай бұрын

​@@mindbullyRass Kass for one.

@MrJames-eb6rp

2 ай бұрын

Facts.

Classic... I remeber DJ Premiere droppin' this on Gang Starr's"Hard To Earn" tour, then walkin' off stage.

@CoolOutSessions910

3 ай бұрын

That's dopeAf

I'm gonna venture to say this is one a the illest hip-hop joints of all time. The message is on point, the lyrics are wet and the production is skyfather status. Then again most gems from the 90s are this dope.

@brohypeify

3 жыл бұрын

#trueindeed

@mattmullaney9890

3 жыл бұрын

The scratches are ill as well

@mk-ultramags1107

3 жыл бұрын

Roy Ayer's "Everybody Loves The Sunshine" has been sampled like 150 times... And that's just tracks that were released on a label. Common, Dre, Joey Bada$$, Talib and so many more. But... THIS is the best of them. That's impressive

90s Hip-hop was brutal! You had to come with 🔥🔥🔥 all the time! This is (poetry in motion) 2023 who's with me! 💯💯

@Boldnblnt

Жыл бұрын

100 FAM

This song is one of the dopest tracks I've ever heard no cap

For a rapper from the west coast I always thought this song had such a east coast feel to it.. This song still gets play in my ride all day... classic song since day one..

@frank-xp6pj

Жыл бұрын

Yep we thought he was from NewYork city back in the 90’s & was shocked as hell to find out he was from LA.

@uniqueseward686

Жыл бұрын

Big time east coast flow this shit sooooooo tuff I’m playing it everyday since I heard it back then till now 2023

@NoNo-ng9sl

11 ай бұрын

Not the only one. The first verse sounds like something a 5% would rap. I listened to this song all through college in like 06. Crazy how it's now 17 years since I first heard it.

@thecrepesoul

9 ай бұрын

I didn't know he was from the Left until 96 or so. From the moment I heard him, I thought he was a Eastcoast kid.

@SoulOfTheSouth

8 ай бұрын

He’s from Chicago.

one of the earliest WEST COAST rappers on the 5% tip

@missayawk

7 жыл бұрын

I thought he was from Philly....I remember cats from Philly using the word " chumpie" back in the 80's/ 90's.Will Smith even said it a few times on Fresh Prince

@jaydavid2070

6 жыл бұрын

Born in Chicago, raised in L.A. Ladera era.

@seithseward9065

5 жыл бұрын

He is a 5% tho

@thedarksideoftheforce6658

5 жыл бұрын

@@jaydavid2070 facts jay

@wrathofthewitchqueen

5 жыл бұрын

This sounded more East Coast

My favorite song for 22 years!

@kenstoner882

8 жыл бұрын

Listen up!Check it! Erule's about to wreck it.

@warrencobb8176

6 жыл бұрын

Will u marry me!

@lynettec9807

5 жыл бұрын

@@warrencobb8176 Hell yeah!

@fourdevils694

5 жыл бұрын

Marry Me :)

@agamaz5650

5 жыл бұрын

@@fourdevils694 guys ask her for a meal first xdd

Banged it 22 years ago and in 2023 still banging and will continue!!!!!’

Roy Ayers everybody loves the sunshine )))) sick sick sick

The scratch solo at the end of this song is wonderful! Magnifique! Sigh, I miss when hiphop sounded like this..

First time I heard this is on stretch and bobbito radio show in ny

24 years old track still can't touch this

this takes me back, remember the movie Kids had this bumpin in the background while they had that party. Ahhh classic.

@brandonGCHACHU

7 жыл бұрын

hes a saver

@juliosifuentes6499

4 жыл бұрын

Taught me how to roll a blunt in the clutch.

@michaelsieberg4216

4 жыл бұрын

Rest in Paradise Harold & Casper😢

@elijahebbert6884

4 жыл бұрын

@king black same

@ThePeacePlant

4 жыл бұрын

One of my favorite movies of all time, but they had some great 90s hip-hop songs throughout the whole movie.

Thank god for youtube... HIphop is dead in my opinion but at least I can always go on here and watch these classics!

@bendervelosoc.r.f8456

8 жыл бұрын

+Jeff Roberts word!!!

@PaulieWalnuts_007

7 жыл бұрын

Mr. Jeff seriously though nothing but crap now a days not rap few keep it real

@kurtv7638

7 жыл бұрын

Mr. Jeff nah rap evolved. hip hop is bigger than rock now

@RevolutionFromBelow

6 жыл бұрын

As long as people bang and feel it, it's not dead. That simple. And people will always bang true greatness and finest music like that. That simple. And instead of moanin', rather seek and dig for all the real cats that make great music these days and really rep, and support them !

@sauceemupdonnell8492

6 жыл бұрын

Mr. Jeff l agree

Classic Hit. Timeless Hip Hop can never be forgotten.

some of my favorite scratches ever on this track!

@EffDinero8

9 жыл бұрын

King Born Allah on the cut...

I've searched for this song for 20 yrs and tonight randomly it popped up after playing a Pete Rock song!! I'm a hip hop junkie as well as my brother....I've tried to describe it to him, but finally tonight it was manifested. Inshallah 🤲🏽

I remember exactly where I was when I 1st heard this. 20 years later it still slapp.

@sofrshsocln4

9 жыл бұрын

Me too... But I heard it in a mix I knew it sampled Ayers Sunshine but could never find it couldn't remember title not artist... Totally made me stop with my eyes buggin like wtf IS THAT

@718jef

7 жыл бұрын

andre caldwell that's what I'm talkin bout. The type of joint so dope that it becomes a part of your life. You remember where you were when you heard it first. I miss THAT feeling in hip-hop.

@cobra4642

Жыл бұрын

Yeah 20 years later you got slapped with child support

@froz1

Жыл бұрын

I was 9 years old. It came on the TV at my neighbors house and we all stopped what we were doing to watch/listen.

Literally the perfect expression of hip hop

2015 AND STILL ROCKIN THIS JOINT......CLASSIC

Roy Ayers - Everybody Loves the Sunshine

As old as this joint is I'm still feeling it! And That DJ was nasty!

@dino4u71

3 жыл бұрын

This was such an underrated joint mad flavor it didn't matter what course you were from E rule delivered I remember bumping this in my Jeep when I was home in Connecticut and people were like who is that! This was so underrated shameful

This is, and I don't say this lightly, my favorite rap song ever. Maybe my favorite song ever. It is magic.

extremely underrated song damn the dj did some hot scratches on the song .lyrics was on point too .the song never got much airplay in nyc but nevertheless a hot Classic!!!!

I NEVER heard this song until today!

@brohypeify

5 жыл бұрын

I want you to know you finally heard one THE GREATEST pound for pound spit Hip Hop joints EVER!!! A song delivered by one of the pound for pound GREATEST, most lyrical, clean, clear and concise wordsmiths to EVER bless a microphone!!!! #EruleSupreme!

It didn't matter what coast you were from, Because the true hip hop heads knew that this was a hit! A very smooth cut!

This is how one "spits" lyrics.

golden age of hip-hop! the 90s

One of the best Hip Hop joints ever!!!

My first time hearing this November 22nd 2015 at 3:17 am and played it 5x in a row and will probably play it 1000000 more times tomorrow this is a great song.

@lynettec9807

8 жыл бұрын

👍

King born on them tables🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

@uniqueseward686

Жыл бұрын

Yep he a 5%er also…

Lyrics! Those scratches are on point!!!

what happened in the 90s with the hip hop movement was something absolutely special that will never be duplicated, and for those of us that appreciate this culture its an absolute shame that its gone and will never be back. Please spare me the whole 'its still alive its where you look shit', THIS, yes THIS kind of music will never be back people, thank youtube that we can hear and watch these type of videos.

@CAPS0L

4 жыл бұрын

TRANSLATION: I don't keep up with real hip hop any more

@odewnel23

3 жыл бұрын

This song brought me back to my junior year in high school. Classic forever!💯🔥

I was stationed in Hawaii when this came out. I miss real rap music like it is a long gone companion.

Music has really changed for the worst 90's hip-hop was the best kids today will never understand

@agamaz5650

6 жыл бұрын

19 here

@toxicvibes7952

6 жыл бұрын

23 here... I listen to everything, old or new but I'm starting to get into more 90's music.

@CrowdPleeza

5 жыл бұрын

I'm a bigger fan of the early 90's. The mid to late 90's is when things got too predictable for rap. Too much gangsta bandwagon after 93. The music was more varied in the early 90's.

Catching this song on the box in 94 was totally life changing. Been banging this cut regularly ever since. The roy ayers beat and the lyrics are dope. Ill always love this song.

TIMELESS REAL AUTHENTIC HIP HOP....

This type of hip hop will never be duplicated

Yes still in 2023 a big classic I 1st heard this beat I was in love with it and I think he is a 5%er from the west coast I think rza was in the cut back then with this…..

@Boldnblnt

Жыл бұрын

ALL FACTS EXCEPT THE RZA PART FAM.....UNDERRATED AS HELL

I remember Funk Flex used to play this every afternoon. Absolute classic. Timeless.

One of the best rap songs ever created.

IM GOING TO BUILD A TIME MACHINE SO I CAN GO BACK AND LIVE IN THE 90'S WITH THIS REAL MUSIC

I miss the 90s

seems like 94 was a good year for hip hop. My year of birth :D

@wwilliaml619

8 жыл бұрын

94 was on point my young brother! Still rocking hip hop! Keep representing 94 kid! Much respect due to you!

@alexsittig6326

4 жыл бұрын

It's debatable, but popular opinion including mine says '94 was the pinnacle of hip hop.

First heard this fantastic tune back watching the 1995 film Kids back in 2003.

One of the songs that solidified my love for Hip Hop! An exceptionally underrated classic… LISTEN!!!!!! (Not to mention my man is cutting up on the turntables 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥)

Listen to this man! Pure hip hop!

Revisiting this track lots lately, I was 14 when it came out and it got kinda buried amid so much other dope shit from this era. Facts though, its fucking obscene how good Erule was, his flow is outrageous.

i like some new stuff, but i always come back to the classics like this.

Listen up🙉, lend me your ear👂, stop✋ and stare👀

@tripledouble74

5 ай бұрын

Lateee!!!!

Jam.... 1994 summer. This kicks some serious a....... Timeless classic.

PURE LYRICS! No curses, crisp and Dope as Hell!

Had this song stuck in my head since I was little and never knew who this person was thanks KZread!

one of dopest joint ever nuff said!

Underated and the epitome of hip hop

Luv the Roy Ayer’s sunshine beat with E’s voice & flow,it’s mega kid

I remember this song having my full attention whenever it came on back in the day. Completely flawless.

21 years old but still dope

I miss this era

This song is the definition of...........FLOW!

This was amazing. Back in the day 90.1 KPFT in Htown played hiphop allnight. This station exposed me to the underground. If it was'nt for them I would've never heard Hieroglyphics, Goodie Mob, Voodo, Ras Kass, Volume 10. K-rino who I had no idea was from my city spit a freestyle. The Underground is still the best even in 2017.

There is not a better joint that has ever dropped than this one right here. 20 years later,still bang like the first day I heard it. Big up to my man E-Rule

2017 AND STILL ROCKIN THIS JOINT.... CLASSIC

I have to agree 👍 still to this day the songs still sounds good as if was made yesterday now that's real music it never play out it just sounds more and more better

King Born, Roy Ayers, and Erule . . . Did it. Timeless . . . This will be just as special as it was when it was released when the Earth witnesses it great shift to calm.

Heard it and I was here in the era it came out...80s/90s kids...peace out.... ☝🏾😎💯🔥

Man this was the biggest sleeper of that era.... straight project blowed type of vibe....still relevant to this day....classic...

Erule a real lyricist

Sooooooo refreshing... Everything was ultra dope back in the day - lyrics, production, video, and concepts. Deeply miss the era... Word.

I was there at Pallas when ERule was there. People never got to hear this labels full catalog because the executive that signed all the original artist like Giant Storm, Erule, The Bushwackers, The Aliens, and some others was cut out on the release after all the curating. Most of the artist didnt even get copies of their masters etc. Who ever get that catalog going to have some magnificent music.

@kuahmelallah

7 ай бұрын

Would that exec be Bilal?

@vbennettmedia

7 ай бұрын

@@kuahmelallah yeah he was the vice president. J was the pres. But Pallas was set to make waves.

@janga75

4 ай бұрын

Did fab5 Freddy own pallas?. What was his role

@vbennettmedia

4 ай бұрын

@@janga75 no, he was the second a&r that came in after J left.

@vbennettmedia

4 ай бұрын

@@janga75 matsuo the billionair japanese financer was the money

Found this song when I was like 12/13 I’m 26 now and I still come to listen to this

This was the last piece of the puzzle I needed to become the illest!!! And revive the Hip-Hop genre with positivity bars and schemes. 👑

Still have this 12” ❤️

here 12/29/23! remember when this 1st came out!

Wow ,Just found this gem ,I was instantly transported back to the nineties walking up the block on a beautiful sunny day . How times change .

@cobra4642

Жыл бұрын

Yeah and after you you walked up the block you got to your house and seen a bunch of dudes jumping out of your sister's window

2016 AND STILL ROCKIN THIS JOINT EVERY CHANCE I GET..........CLASSIC

I cant find words to describe this beat. Its so damn chilll.

Back on 2022. One of the best rap songs ever. Super underrated

One of my favorites since I was a kid

2020 AND EVEN THE CORONAVIRUS CANT STOP ME FROM BANGIN THIS .......IN THE HOUSE....QUARANTINED OF COURSE...SOCIAL DISTANCE

Instant serotonin

Am I the only one who feels sad when you think of nostalgia? I love boom bap and miss the 90's. Found this track on Kids.

To this day, still one of the dopest joints to ever drop! Will never get old! This ish is classic hip hop to the T. Lyrical genius. Facts!!!

2019 AND STILL BANGIN THIS JOINT....CLASSIC

Remember Stretch & Bob playing this...I think I caught it from like 6 bars in on tape...I have nothing but respect for this classic!! Wow!!

Classic! I still bump this from my childhood!!!

Good vibes from this song.

One of my favorite records of all time. Straight up hip hop.

I went to high school with him. Great music the 90's had.

One of my favorite rap songs of all time

I bumped this jam so much in 94. To the point that I forgot about it. I was reunited with the song again in 2016. 22 years after!!!