When you hear the names Guru and Premier you pay respect

@cim8097

3 жыл бұрын

Word is born

@ajamocampbell9143

3 жыл бұрын

Facts

@djjunerockles4730

3 жыл бұрын

Yes Indeed

@kevinjemison2563

2 жыл бұрын

RESPECT!

@incrediblez394

2 жыл бұрын

Correct. Great duo.

I don’t care what anybody says, this is one of the greatest hip ho tunes ever be created. It’s got the funk, soul, sound, feel, lyrics, story and moral the lot, the epitome of 90s hip hop.

@Mxllaxx

2 жыл бұрын

Periodt❗️❗️❗️

@vikctorrkreedd6418

Жыл бұрын

True.

@christianmccollum1028

Жыл бұрын

Listen to KoolG Rap & DJ Polo's "Streets Of New York" It follows the same criteria.

@MrLionheart1974

Жыл бұрын

Agreed🙏🏾👌🏾🤘🏾

@waynellewellyn

Жыл бұрын

Even TODAY it's relevant.

Skillful story telling, that is what hip hop today lacks!

@jamesmallory4542

Жыл бұрын

THANK YOU!!

Guru is one of the best rappers in the music history

It's almost heartbreaking seeing what has happened to Rap music and the culture.

@djscottymaxx

2 жыл бұрын

Back when this song was big (still is in my book), rap still had meaning and told a story unlike today all they rap about is their dicks, pussies, and how much money they steal, complete trash like you know "Cash me outside girl" 🤦‍♂️😂

@brentjames2425

2 жыл бұрын

No cursing sagging

@eomyenom1

2 жыл бұрын

It’s by design

@PERKIODURKIO

Жыл бұрын

You just have to look harder for it, but it’s there. Go listen to ROME STREETZ - Snow Beach, you might like it

@togonumber

Жыл бұрын

yes.....true

0:35 Those Patrick Ewings kicks are Sick!

@aa-.-477

3 жыл бұрын

said same thing

@ziggyzeke6256

3 жыл бұрын

Catch the Wave Those were the da good ole dayz, I was in my early 20's.

@JRally6

3 жыл бұрын

Hard AF...good eye

@FARGO823

3 жыл бұрын

And Spanish boy next to him had the white fire red 5’s too.. with the NC State hoodie on

@astout94

3 жыл бұрын

Yea I had the black and the blue ones bitd.

The lyrics of this song are still relevant. Timeless music.

@ronaldgravely6697

3 жыл бұрын

Indeed they are homie

@mochafiend1

2 жыл бұрын

Loving those lyrics entirely, especially at the very end. It’s true about what he said.

@stephancobb13

Жыл бұрын

yes sir!!!!.....and people get jealous too. i think thats whats going on with some of these rappers that r gettin killed......like Young Dolph n others.

@replicacity92

Жыл бұрын

In the black community it will always be relevant

Gangstar, DJ Premier actually were responsible for bringing me into Rap. Still listening in 24(71yrs old). ❤💯👊

@rayray7906

6 күн бұрын

I love it❤️

They deserve to be in Rock N Roll Hall Of Fame

@amnesh

9 ай бұрын

They are, in the hearts of the true hip hop fan. Nothing the white man can approve for hip hop has credibility. He’ll never feel the soul of a people!!!

@11kful

25 күн бұрын

They're not Rock & Roll!!!! Strictly HIP HOP!!!!!

For years since i was a kid i thought it said "stick up kid this is how he died" the whole time but its "the stick up kids out to tax." mindblown.

I'll still be playing this in 2064 when I'm 85.

@ws6513

4 жыл бұрын

Just drop it in the bag 😁

@rossross9281

4 жыл бұрын

I’ll be 84 and annoying my grandkids with this shit. Just imagine what hip hop will sound like then. It’s already terrible now! I checked out in the early 2000s except for a few quality artists.

@scinnyc

4 жыл бұрын

*If you miss that creative 90s sound then ✔ out my tracks...I specialize in making old school-style hip hop...!!!👍🏾🎤🎧📀🎶🔥*

@deepee563

3 жыл бұрын

Lol that's wassup.. I'll be 84 listening to it too lol

@tbreave43

3 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

I heard this track by mistake a few weeks ago. I have no clue how this dude was never mentioned as one of the illest MC’s. His voice and his bars are sick. No lie he is right up there with Nas at this time and era, IMO

@claing-nd9tb

10 ай бұрын

If you were in your teens in the late 90's on the east coast and listened to hip hop you definitelly would have known gangstar...they had some big hits that played on mainstream radio. search some of their other hits from the era like; "take it personal", "mass appeal", "dwyck"

@rossdawson5575

8 ай бұрын

That’s Gangsta , they made on off the best album off the 90s

@I-SelfLordAndMaster

6 ай бұрын

Because the whitewashing of Hip Hop puts Eminem before REAL

@1117AJ

6 ай бұрын

Honestly most true Hip Hop heads definitely have him as one of the best to do it.

@CITIZENYOST

2 ай бұрын

Guru is at the top of the underrated list

The way Premo sampled Nice & Smooth. CLASSIC!!!

As a 14 year old kid all I wanted to do is get a rep by robbing a chain….not by starting a family or owning a business and house but by doing something negative….and this was the thinking of 7 out of 10 people I grew up with 💯 …… the power of music 💯

@lyndawilliams4570

Жыл бұрын

Please tell me you ended up owning a house, starting a business or a family…🙏🏽

@leeryan925

Жыл бұрын

@@lyndawilliams4570 Not before I went through a bunch of shit….But I made it thanks for asking 🙏🏽

@lyndawilliams4570

Жыл бұрын

@@leeryan925 praise the Lord! Glad to hear it 💐👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

@wilsonstrong5597

Жыл бұрын

🏅

@brickfacem109r9

Жыл бұрын

Good to hear you straightened up and was flying right. I was in 22 or 23 when this joint dropped, hanging with dudes that stole at least 3 cars and motorcycles every weekend. They robbed the pancake house and jewelry store. We werecat the club one night and they all put there chains around my neck while th fought a group of other guys. I put my back against the wall cuz I was standing there looking like Slick Rick with a neck full of dookie gold chains. I finally decided to distance myself from those dudes.

The true art of storytelling to perfection RIP Guru and

@ozgreen2843

6 ай бұрын

GURU wrote this after he was robbed

@user-lw5pj1yr8p

5 ай бұрын

you cant spell art of storytelling without slick rick

Without a doubt one of the best hip hop songs ever made

@HOTJEMZ26

3 жыл бұрын

Sure is and biggie sampled this for gimmie the loot

@HOTJEMZ26

3 жыл бұрын

👍 it's the part where he says "while he stickin you takin all your money"

@joshmarlowe46

3 жыл бұрын

Mo bee sampled it for big

@PERKIODURKIO

Жыл бұрын

Fact

@Dumbfk88

Жыл бұрын

Facts 💯

Guru easily the greatest Boston born rapper.

They tried to tell us 20+ years ago and it's still happening.

Priemer is the best DJ of all time

@JacobTanks

4 жыл бұрын

Demetrius Trotman, Nah dude, Nobody does it like Primo. 🙃

@jamelrivera9417

3 жыл бұрын

@Demetrius Trotman How could you even compare Premo to Jazzy Jeff. Jazzy Jeff couldn't see Premo with a telescopic lens.

@FF-oo8nz

2 жыл бұрын

Hes up there alongside RZA and Dre dor sure

One of the best beats in hip-hop. Big up to Premo, TEXAS' own!

@oraclejmt

Жыл бұрын

Incredibly talented area regarding hiphop through times. Six Two, The D.O.C. Premo and others. Mad props

Miss the 90s,if I’d knew the world would turn out like this I wouldn’t have left it

@calderondennis

3 жыл бұрын

That's dark

@oochiewally2783

3 жыл бұрын

The game doesn't change only the playas

@quentelhill5074

2 жыл бұрын

Music these days are still good

@jasonthompson1463

Жыл бұрын

Can we take a vacation back to the 90s? I will be glad to give up my cell and the interent.

Hebrews 12:14 Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:

This couldn’t be reenacted as 1990 today. Everything is 1990, it’s amazing

Not just this song that whole album was 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

This was a real profession back in the days...we used to come up town to see PAPI..HAD to watch for police and stick up kids

👑🔥🔥🔥👑 DJ Premier is a legend. Guru lives forever.

If you were young a gunning in the 90's this was ya anthem... 💪🏽👑👍🏽🙌🏾💯🙏🏽

True Crooklyn classic! that story was so relevant to the time and place, little dudes was hungry always lookin for a come up to be the next street legend. It never ends well.

@brentjames2576

3 жыл бұрын

Straight from Brooklyn also known as crooklyn

@garythesaint9267

3 жыл бұрын

Real talk Broadway junction was ot to play will Cat got rob in the junction with police downstairs. East New York Bed Stuy and Brownsville deadly combo

@toemaytoe-toemahtoe7689

Жыл бұрын

Premo is from Houston, Texas and Guru is from Roxbury, Massachusetts though

@anwarphilip7460

Жыл бұрын

Around that time in NYC, A LOT of muggings (many turned up fatal casualties)...NOTORIOUS 80S AND 90S...

Effortless bomb-ass beats. Guru dropping science like it was easy or something!

@brentjames2576

3 жыл бұрын

Dj premier turntable artist

@rickhuck64

3 жыл бұрын

This rap speaks volumes, pay attention to the lyrics. What he rapping about is what happened to Nipsey Hussle.

@mochafiend1

2 жыл бұрын

Maybe now, some of these guys know how dangerous it is, of trying to take what isn’t yours. What people do to others, is gonna be done to them.

Are you serious right now. I had no idea this had a video!! RIP GURU

This is real music

Power rise of Kanaan brought me back here. But I was alive when this jont 1st dropped. We were living in S.E. DC shit was a warzone low key got flashbacks. Lol

'And this is how the story goes...'!

Miss Guru Everday!!! But His Music Lives Forever!!!R.I.P 🙏🙏

When they told stories in their raps which takes more skill than nowadays

No matter who you are you can be touched. 💯

How does this not have more views

🔥🌊🐬💦💧 FIRE 🔥🐬 WATER! Classic shit!

RIP GURU 🙏🏿🙏🏿

today on what’ve been his 59th birthday, we lost Keith Edward Elam on April the 19th 2009... Many Happy Returns Guru

@G-TEE

4 жыл бұрын

April 19, 2010

Even though there are a lot of Gang Starr songs that are bangers, this will always be my favorite!

Them Patrick Ewings are everything!!!

Golden era of Hip Hop💯

THIS WHAT WE CALL REAL RAPP MUSIC

@hustler3of4culture3

Жыл бұрын

Indeed

1991 15 years old- Southwest Philly was a stickupville University.All my Southwest Philly Niggas whom Unfortunately passed away 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

Rip Guru…. On of the best

I was 12 when this was on Yo MTV Raps, and would to get excited every time I was the only white person in my school to love this music. Every one else was listening to Vanilla Ice and Metallica. I like that stuff too, but this music will always be something that shaped my childhood.

@jamelrivera9417

3 жыл бұрын

Congratulations, you're invited to the BBQ my dude.

@johnnycage5649

3 жыл бұрын

Bring your family well make sure you have food to take home too

@BadTV1993

2 жыл бұрын

I listened to this and groups like Whitesnake and Rush etc as well & i was a lil black kid...am I invited to the POTLUCK? lol you had good taste and a lil soul I see

@Kalashnikingz47

2 жыл бұрын

I was 8 or 9 when this was on channel 19b the jukebox. Crack had hit D.C. and turned the place into a warzone! P.G. county Md along the border wasn't any better. Very scary times, heard this on Power rise of Kanaan and got flashbacks of hearing my next door neighbor brother getting murdered at her houseparty while I was laying in bed one night. P.S. got hipped to metallica in the military. I run on the treadmill to for whom the bells toll.

@mhalstad34

2 жыл бұрын

@@Kalashnikingz47 Sounds like we’re from different worlds, but you’ve got good taste in music. I was poor but safe for the most part. Glad you made it through.

GANGSTARR, PETE ROCK & CL SMOOTH. Both had awesome flows.

Premo brought me here. Now the song is even more hotter because he confirmed it’s a true story. These guys were dope!

This song is so raw! Timeless Classic! Salute to Gang Starr! True Legends Premier and Guru (RIP)!

A ton of brothers in the west slept on Gangstar... I didn't...🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

The step outta the cut...Guru& Premier yo!

When hip hop was a respectable genre. They were talented artists

This is rap ....gold 💯🧏

Hip Hop at its finest ✊🏿

@Mxllaxx

2 жыл бұрын

Just quality content💯

I played this tape until it broke 💯 R.I.P. Guru

Classic Brooklyn Hip Hop ......

Damn I use to listen to this on my Walkman on my way to High School 1990. R.I.P Guru 🙏🏿

Back Back 😎🔙 Music Show ZzzzzzZoom 💯

Classic 70's 80's & 90's Hip Hop era always had a message in their music. This new generation have no clue what it takes to be a real Lyricists.

Raising kanan brought me here. 💥🔥🔥🔥🔥#BANGER

its was the best time my live...Old Shool never die

R.I.P. ICON

This is the era when rap was recognizable and understandable....the messages that the 80s/90s rappers gave stuck to yo' conscience whetha' you was bout that life or not....wat we got today?....airhead lyrics wit mild to medium tempo that you couldn't groove to if you wanted to....lol #HipHopIsDead!💔

This song along with the Message by GMF are 2 of the most timeless hip hop songs ever made. It was happening then and it’s still happening now. Proof the streets never change. RIP Guru🎉

Boston and Houston meeting in Upstate New York(Syracuse university) to be one of the best rap groups

@brentjames2576

3 жыл бұрын

585 always

Absolute masterpiece/masterclass of a hip-hop/rap song with a meaningful message! Guru and DJ Premier were a hip-hop/rap music dynamic duo! Memories of me as a little kid growing up into a young teenager 1990s, watching/listening to this music video of a rhythmic opus/poem on Video Music Box, Ch.31 afterschool! God bless the soul and rest in glory to the late, great; Guru! God had to add him to his ultimate music and real dude collection in heaven!

🦍😤🦍😤🦍😤 2023 Still hard as ever!!

@poundtrader1414

Жыл бұрын

facts

Legendary joint right here. This was my era

R.i.p. Guru

OLD SCHOOL HIP-HOP RAP GANG STARR JUST TO GOT RAP MUSIC 🎶

1990? This was so ahead of its time... I thought this kind of vibe didn't appear until after ATCQ's Low End Theory in '91

I found GangStarr just a little late, but they are definitely an important part of hip-hop culture. Rest in peace Guru, your legacy is well respected. Peace.

@Hakimworldwide

9 ай бұрын

2021 and you say "just a little"? lol just kidding its never too late for timeless music!

90s HIP-HOP legend

Story telling era in hip hop

This is the realest scenario i have ever heard next to Slick Rick Children's Story back in the day when i lived in Brooklyn. Respecto and rip Guru. I currently live in Milwaukee. Another wild city 93 miles north of Chicago. Turn the pandemic page comrades.....

Gaslit flamethrowing lyrical respect!!! Jazzmatazz last poet....

Did Vevo begin to publish this kind of good old school stuff just to get a rep??

@michaelwilliams5454

4 жыл бұрын

Haha

@repo136

3 жыл бұрын

"old school"??

The best B side ever in rap.

2023 he's underrated Guru was the man

So y'all are just gonna act like you don't see Phife Dawg in the video. 👀 RIP to Phife and Guru.

I LOVE GANGSTARR❤

Let this video be a life lessons to all of us you live by the gun you die by it nothing good ever comes being a drug dealer/gangster all is going to take you 1of the 2 place the grave or prison there's no happy endings in this game. FYI in this video most of those guys you see in there were real drug dealers now that's crazy. Rest in peace to Guru he was a very talented man it's a shame that he made some very bad decisions with the guy which is what cost of his life.

4-17-24 We need videos like these . If not, it is up to me and you to pass it on to the youth. Gangstarr is underrated. 💯 😊 😎 🎶 🎯

This is a vivid picture. Nuff said

This and Code Of The Streets. Str8 anthems.

R.I.P. Guru (1961-2010) Made Laval, Québec (Canada)

@Hot80s

3 жыл бұрын

Fool it's Brooklyn.

Still listen to this, still better than most rap now, RIP GURU, GANGSTAR FOREVER BROOKLYN

Thrasher skate and destroy psx brought me here. Best hip-hop soundtrack from a game!!

There will never be a time when I will stop liking this song. The video on the other hand..

and this is how the history goes

This songs reality plays till this day as a hit in every ways.

One of the greatest classics ever

O my god I can't listen to this. This brings back to many memories of close friends that I lost along the way.

Couldn't wait to see this video after school...B Girl for life.

The lyrics and story telling in this video is the bomb plain and simple. I remember this song from back in the day but it's not a song that I became to familiar with. Listening to it whilst watching the video (for the very first time) really drives home just how good a story teller Guru is.

Knew every word to this since i was about 9, Thrasher going next level with the soundtrack

That flow... Guru and Primo #1!

Masterpiece . Audio AND Visual

From Paris 2024 👍😍😍