Who is here 2024 ??

@neighborhoodturnt

2 ай бұрын

24 tin infinity!!

@sirrenakern7888

2 ай бұрын

Waddup

@miamorselena367

Ай бұрын

❤

@Hidden683

Ай бұрын

🤝

@methembesikhulu6621

Ай бұрын

🫡

I'm in love with this kind of music, seriously

@andybrar3599

4 жыл бұрын

elraboso yrp

@tomasj4343

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah buddy

@jarekzapzap6755

4 жыл бұрын

Same

@tobiasjeppesen9528

3 жыл бұрын

and we'll never break up. The love between this music and me will always hold up.

@inoxpong6973

3 жыл бұрын

Same here

WHO STILL BUMPING THIS 25 YEARS LATER 🔥

@Darkest_matter

5 ай бұрын

FUCK I FEEL OLD... and i was born after this song came out...

@jamalabdalrashid3516

28 күн бұрын

I do. Not old. Still alive. Clika. Shadow Blasta Family 🔥

@jamalabdalrashid3516

28 күн бұрын

Immortality never gets old

@davidmcgeady6778

5 күн бұрын

Me

Just sit back, close your eyes, and nod to this

@beatsbysteezbag2382

6 жыл бұрын

OE Beats thanks for showing me these guys bro shits flame

@rare1974

6 жыл бұрын

do you know the lyrics or where i can get it?

@rare1974

6 жыл бұрын

tried doing lyrics my self but here it is my mums was always selling dr g s, So i was able to roam and at the age of music:.12 i got into the dr I_I g scene, I'ma drop out of high school at the age of music:.15 then the age of music:.18 bless you both with the beautiful birth, but this birth had to be fed without a neglect and without a education you cant get no respect, searching for a appointment but wasn't nothing but a disappointment so you went off and got your own appointment on the streets you accumulated green for your seed and inherited material

@cryptanious4749

6 жыл бұрын

dope song! so tried doin lyrics myself too and.. quote: "cause recognition to godbodys on inner city streets that fell they hit the curb hard massively elevated to the top but started at the bottom maintain position well and even caught stardom became a victim to a substance that u pushed on block now ur life is off the hook and u mo hard rock she grew up without any godies(?) at home ur mums is always out dr_gs and u was able to roam at the age of thirteen u entered the dr_gscene and then dropped out of highschool at the age of fifteen at the age of eighteen plan that u seeding ur earth(?) al|ah blessed u both with a beautiful birth..." correct me if im wrong.. :)

@rare1974

6 жыл бұрын

Nice, i think you got it better then me you prob did and i don't know if you're wrong i tried to find the lyrics everywhere but i just cant find it. But you did it really good i could like hear the words properly from what you typed like it was more clear ya feel me?

the first verse is one of the hardest I have ever heard. respect from brazil!!

@pasthuman

10 ай бұрын

1 hundred percent!

2020 still here

@sebajun8601

4 жыл бұрын

Still alive.

@jali1

3 жыл бұрын

Hola amigo

@mcgnostic8544

3 жыл бұрын

Till infinity

@Pieruh

3 жыл бұрын

2021

@lorddrip2304

3 жыл бұрын

2021

RESPECT THIS DOPE FROM GREECE! I miss 2000s

@Thanos_Tag

3 жыл бұрын

eyyy

@turururu9774

3 жыл бұрын

dwse dikene moy mad vibez kavla

@futuretrunks6927

6 ай бұрын

I am Turkish, love and peace to Greece, you have good old-school rap as well

“God bless, I know your days filled with enough stress”

sometime im sad coz i grew up in the right time but the wrong country, so i wasnt able to listen to this divine sounds as i was young. but now i am listening to this and i remember my carefree times and its like it was yesterday. :) thx for this upload

@AziaticAmericas

3 жыл бұрын

The fact it reached you is the point of Hip Hop, Thank You 🙏 - NYC

@vintage_sole4065

2 жыл бұрын

Love from Bed Stuy Brooklyn 💙🙏🏻

Dude, I can play this song all day. The lyrics, the beat and man, that piano riff.

This might be. Lyrically. One of the best indie underground 90s rap songs I have ever heard. That is straight storytelling. Beautiful.

@colorojo145

Жыл бұрын

no indie

@chrisb6484

Жыл бұрын

Mick Jagger "the lead singer from The Rolling Stones",wrote this song! He was a huge hip hop head,he wrote "NY State of Mind,Dead Presidents, Notorious Thugs(Lazy Bone's verse) and he wrote Chief Kerf-Faneto!

@XXXTHREAT

Жыл бұрын

@@chrisb6484 is this a lie? How come he isn't credited then?

@aidanmurphy8069

Жыл бұрын

@@chrisb6484 that's just bullshit

@tacticalcaptain8279

3 ай бұрын

This sounds like Big Pun, he's a big fella (heh) in rap

Nothing is better than the original Old school hip hop ritual The street poetry verbals deep instrumentally Peace to the old schoolers for contributing knowledge in the game Ever since they're retirements shit's ain't the same🎤🎤🎤🎤😔😞😤😡

@journeybeyondthesea

5 жыл бұрын

MC Gnostic facts!

@pyrocrewnl8899

4 жыл бұрын

@@journeybeyondthesea old skool

@pyrocrewnl8899

4 жыл бұрын

Old skool not old school

@bigdesj

4 жыл бұрын

Up to us to change that

@mcgnostic8544

3 жыл бұрын

@@journeybeyondthesea shit’s garbage these days

If anyone else is wondering, the speech in the beginning was from Gil Scott-Heron in a poem he wrote called We Beg Your Pardon

@mdncthetruth2556

3 жыл бұрын

Cool man

This is how I look back on my teenage years and somehow a tear rolls down my face and in 2021 we will be present to reminisce about our childhood and the golden 90's. Yo, yo. Peace.

Respect all the way from Zimbabwe!

2030 here. Cuz this futuristic.

I was listening to this beautiful track all the time, accidentally listened to this while being stoned asf and i actually shed a tear

this song is just magical smh even thoe i wasn’t born in the 90s I feel like I grew up during that time because of this song

@cyrusbosire3437

2 жыл бұрын

play young zee, electric chair

I still remember the first time I heard this on new years eve 1999, still takes me back to that night

What a fucking dope flow !

Ima leave this here so when I’m older I’ll come back to this n see how much I’ve grown n learn since then

@Voltrical

Жыл бұрын

same 1/4/2023 11:18 AM

@shineeloverr

Жыл бұрын

me too 18/1/23 8:13pm

@proob9853

19 күн бұрын

A year has passed, and I hope you and the comments above me are doing well. 09/07/2024 05:18 AM

Thats what im talkin about,real hip hop how people today can live without it? Listenin to all this crap goin on radios worldwide everyday,thanx to this great underground rap uploader I can get to know all these great songs,dont stop what u doin

@rosen1970

5 жыл бұрын

Luca M. Word up!

@journeybeyondthesea

5 жыл бұрын

Luca M. Exactly! It’s so sad how real music is basically gone. Kendrick is the closest we can get now

@stevenrivers8386

4 жыл бұрын

Luca M. Digging in the crates of ep’s. Crates in music shops in brooklyn, ny. thats where ogdon is from.

@uhis1686

2 жыл бұрын

ay man that's why u don't listen to the radio. dig in the crates! or on the internet, new dudes comin up always

Thank you KZread algorithm for putting me on to some new bangers tonight you’ve served me well 💯 🙏

Just had to rewind this track several times...too good

This is my favorite song rn. It’s so beautiful and real. A lot of people in the hood can relate. Though I truly wonder what happened to this guy. I can’t find anything about him on the internet and I hope he’s okay. May Allah bless him. Ameen 😭🙌🏾❤️

@richardwere4487

5 жыл бұрын

This is as good as Big Squig's song Keep It Going...mad crazy

@griotnews7346

4 жыл бұрын

who are you looking for?

@griotnews7346

4 жыл бұрын

who are you looking for? I can help

@champpit1

3 жыл бұрын

@@richardwere4487 indeed! CLASSIC SONG!

@Razah.

3 жыл бұрын

@@griotnews7346 she looking for the artist who is rapping in the song, she hoping he is okay

One of the absolute best songs I’ve ever heard, pure soul and energy❤

@MikeForceMagnetic

7 ай бұрын

Thank you for the love

2024 still here

@w33dguy

4 ай бұрын

still here

@bgodssoldier1

4 ай бұрын

Here

@KOD2001

3 ай бұрын

Here

@quareme_9443

3 ай бұрын

I’m back listening

Lyrics: Man promoted for the job he did on the streets of the H2O where the pushers sell the drugs that the government allows into their country and then they do time. Get caught with a nigga bag brother man get caught with a nigga bag says the lady on your way to get yo hair fixed. You'll do Big Ben, Big Ben is time. Yo This recognition to God Bodies on inner city streets that fell and hit the curb hard massively. Elevated to the top but started at the bottom Maintained position while an even core starvin Became a victim to a substance that you pushed on block Now your life is off the hook and you mo hot rocks You grew up without any guidence at home Ya moms is always so drunk so you were able to roam At the age of 13 you entered the drug scene And then dropped outta high school at the age of 15 At the age of 18 planting your seed in ya earth Allah blessed you both with a beautiful birth But this birth had to be fair without a neglect And without an education you can't get no respect Searchin for employment nothin but disappointment So you went for nothin and got your own employment On the streets you accumalating green for your seed And inherited material for nessecity needs Blew the spot had workers at a normal shore block From north main to south main The h2o was mad hot You even shorted brothers for their tatts and their crops Even words you said prices was high on the stock But on the L you was puffin up fools and fell into relm later on it would be easy to tell The truth no doubt it was all going down the hill Empire you had grew was on its way to the ground Cause of a night you introduced ya mouth piece to the pipe And took your life into a relm where it was hard to see light yo From riches to rags From dime pieces to crabs from Puffin lot smokin to coppin crack on the ave This change of life be a reflection of a physical that fell and the man owed to the depths of hell Once a playa but now you stand all played out The latest dope crackhead dealer the rumors be about God bless I know your days are filled with enough stress But on your journey never ceases to hold down your backs I'm writin rhymes for the ghetto dwellers buildin the cellers Fat concepts as steps for the story tellers Preparin rhymes narcrotic on the block mad hot Watch your back black or get back to the plot What you thought it couldn't happen ya better rise up Fore the undertaker be sizin ya up But really it doesn't matter when ya from son You could be a big dick nigga still get done See ya round my way Niggas act mad trife Playin Russian Roulette with the next mans life Games a situation similar to Vietnam Not a day goes by where the night seems calm I used to lay in my rest with a bag of boodabless Gettin set, not a times occuppy with stress Shit is a mess I used to run games but niggas that change like the weather Now I sit strange brothers love faka than pleatha But I still got love for my niggas no doubt no doubt Even though I can't figure out these actions out So watch the love son watch the love (bruh) for you and ya crew Be rest and above Now my man wanna front big town on the regula Out in public place talkin on the cellula You gotta dip let us put ya whip on the jewels flyin in now she took you on a trip The same elsewhere but you couldn't see clear Now the next man's pushin up from the rear He got ya jewels He got ya dip pushed in ya whip but You couldn't see nothin So you got stripped of material things mad cash You kept the stash and was blottin on the table where Ya ass will crash or be ass out A no name heard with no clout You're a pussy for the loot Yes we'll see what it's about Yo From riches to rags From dime pieces to crabs from Puffin lot smokin to coppin crack on the ave This change of life be a reflection of a physical that fell and the man owed to the depths of hell Once a playa but now you stand all played out The latest dope crackhead dealer the rumors be about God bless I know your days are filled with enough stress But on your journey never ceases to hold down your backs Man promoted for the job he did on the streets of the H2O where the pushers sell the drugs that the government allows into their country and then they do time. Get caught with a nigga bag brother man get caught with a nigga bag says the lady on your way to get yo hair fixed. You'll do Big Ben, Big Ben is time. Please correct me if I need it. It took me an hour to do this.

@chris88cvgt1

5 жыл бұрын

I was also trying to figure out the lyrics as well. My interpretation of the first three parts was about 90 percent the same as yours. Good job!

@griotnews7346

4 жыл бұрын

Mike force?

@ned272

4 жыл бұрын

*so you went for 'delf' and got ya own employment*

@MikeForceMagnetic

3 жыл бұрын

I appreciate this love you guys wow we did this records years ago

@MikeForceMagnetic

3 жыл бұрын

GRIOT NEWS 7 that’s me my brotha

Ahh man...that beat has got me zonin'

This is real hip hop. Morden mainstream hip hop lost its contacts with the culture, the realness, the roots. I listen to this underground artists who didnt get big money from this, i feel a passion, a devotion to hip hop, a mystic vibe, i dont get from almost any of these artists who got millionaires. This is what hip hops about

@isaacfoster1377

3 жыл бұрын

Making music for the soul not for the green ( depending on what kind)

@samsneed7172

2 жыл бұрын

100%

@xkxngx8936

2 жыл бұрын

Please dont be that type of hip hop head…YES this song is a godsend YES this is better than about 80% of the current music but your limiting yourself if your saying this is raps peak or that this type of vibe is non existent in todays music. Cmon now

@bonystickmanking1250

2 жыл бұрын

@@xkxngx8936 hip hop has lost a lot of it's soul

@cebido53

Жыл бұрын

@@xkxngx8936 He's right with everything though. If you ask most modern rappers why they got into Rap nowadays, they'll tell you they do it to get rich. It's just not the same. The culture doesnt exist anymore

I love hip hop for real. What a gift, the storytelling is impeccable when done by a true lyricist.

Timeless masterpiece

From when music had better days, I miss it

Good combination on flowing so smoothly with the beat a lot like lord finesse

This is on Spotify! Search for "Riches to Rags - Chill".

Essa vibe fria do hip-hop de nova york dos anos 90 é muito reconfortante, muito foda

For anyone looking for the sample, it is The Isley Brothers - Love Put Me On The Corner

@DonnieDarko1

3 жыл бұрын

👊

This track is so hard!

Lyrics of this song are so real!

i grew up on 90s rap and this morning i heard this dope track for the first time!! powerful bars!!

Brooo I’ve been looking for this song for so long and I FINALY decided to check KZread, this needs to be on Spotify

God bless I know your days are filled with much stress 🙏🏾

This song been stuck in my head for a week now🔥🔥🔥

On repeat every fckn time, salute from Greece

@vaioskoutis7998

2 жыл бұрын

etsiiiiii kai ego ta idia ma G

Beautiful beat.

still hard! Love from the UK.

This is fire so happy to discover it again

Best upload ever.. I love it and hear it every day. =)

2023 still vibing

this is amazing

I feel blessed hearing this

@urbi187

4 жыл бұрын

me 2, so dope... so real..

@DonnieDarko1

3 жыл бұрын

🙏❤👊

I don't know why I haven't known about this before :| What a GEM💠

hardest underground rap song ever

Who is here in 2023?

@curtisbelcher7352

5 ай бұрын

How about 2024 💯

@sonja6065

5 ай бұрын

​@@curtisbelcher7352me

@Panf_Graffiti

5 ай бұрын

Me bro i am 15 years old and this is the only type of music to escape from reality. I also do graffiti with this music

@fpineros9189

5 ай бұрын

2024

@Mihammedmihammed

5 ай бұрын

2024

Paris in love with that 🙏💪🏿 force et robustesse les amateurs de good vibes

This song always reminds me of my brother

I thank god that you exist bro! Thank you for your work❤💯

i keep thinking of that ODB "who da fuck wanna be a mc, if you cant get paid to be a mc". never heard these dudes before but man...seem like another diamond in the ruff that the rest dont give a damn about. i know people who would rather search for trash than quality just so they can get a lil self esteem pick-me up. fucking disgrace. THESE are the people that deserve our respect, admiration, and attention.

@ugnemikla2897

4 жыл бұрын

👏👏👏 perfectly said

This is one of my latest finds, wow 25 years too late ;) this may be one of the most o.g rap songs in the world. Respect!!!!!

@jolafrite260

Жыл бұрын

later better than never ;)

Damn 💎

Never should have got rid of this record. Been waiting on a repress somewhere for ages now. Giddy Up.

@griotnews7346

4 жыл бұрын

I have origanal vinyls

@l-17

3 жыл бұрын

@@griotnews7346 do you still have? Whats your relation to mad vibes? Love

Yo my boy just sent me this ... wow I’m amazed at the love for this record I produced and wrote it along with my brother ... we went through a lot turmoil in the streets and every lyric is true all facts

@kevinjohn5765

3 жыл бұрын

U trippin bruv!!!

@aj187redrum

3 жыл бұрын

Yo bro could you send me the full lyrics of the song? i would love to translate it to spanish so more people could understand about real hip hop! Much props for this track tho

@stevenrivers8386

2 жыл бұрын

Really?

@Paz-jv3rj

Жыл бұрын

Masterpiece my good sir

@HouseOfDues

7 ай бұрын

🔥🔥🔥Bro, I remember when you guys first dropped this. I had the Vinyl🙏🏽💪🏽

Lyrics: [Intro: Gil Scott-Heron] Being promoted for the job he did on the streets of [the H2O] where the pushers sell the drugs that the government allows in the country, and then they do time Get caught with a nickel bag, brotherman. Get caught with a nickel bag, sisterlady on your way to get your hair fixed You'll do Big Ben, and Big Ben is time.” [Verse 1] Yo, this recognition to God bodies on inner-city streets That fell and hit the curb hard massively Elevated to the top but started at the bottom Maintain position well and even caught stardom Became a victim to a substance that you pushed on the block Now your life is off the hook and you mo hot rocks You grew up without any guidance at home Your moms was always out drunk so you was able to roam At the age of 13 you entered the drug scene And then dropped out of high school at the age of 15 At the age of 18, planted the seed in your Earth Allah blessed you both with a beautiful birth But this birth had to be fed without a neglect And without an education you can’t get no respect Searching for employment was nothing but disappointment So you went for nothing and get your own employment On the streets you accumulated grief in your seed And inherited material for necessity needs Blew the spot, had workers out on almost all blocks From North Main to South Main, the H20 was mad hot You even shorted brothers for their cheddar and their crops And even worse you said prices was high on the stock But on the L you was puffin' enough woolies then fell Into a realm when later on it would be easy to tell The truth, no doubt, it was all going down The empire you had built was on its way to the ground 'Cause overnight you introduced your mouthpiece to the pipe And took your life into a realm where it was hard to see light, yo [Chrorus] From riches to rags, from dime pieces to crabs From puffing lot smoking to copping crack on the ave This change in life be a reflection of a physical that fell In the manhole to the depths of hell Once a player, but now you stand all played out The latest dope crackhead dealer the rumors be about God bless, I know your days are filled with ’nough stress But on your journey never cease to hold it down your best [Verse 2] I'm writin' rhymes for the ghetto-dwellers, buildin' and sellers Phat concepts and steps for the storytellers Preparing rhymes like product on the block, mad hot Watch you back black or get bagged in the plot What you thought it couldn't happen? Better wise up 'fore the undertaker be at ya sizin' you up It really doesn't matter where you’re from son You could be a big dick nigga still get done See around my way niggas act mad trife Playin’ Russian roulette with the next man's life Games and situations similar to Vietnam Not a day goes by when the night seems calm I used to lay at my rest with a bag of Buddha bless gettin’ set Now the times occupied with stress, shit is a mess I used to run games but niggas done changed, like the weather Now shit's strange 'cause the love's faker than pleather But I still got love for my niggas no doubt Even though I can’t figure these actions out So watch the love son, watch the love For you and your crew B, restin' above (no doubt) Now my man wanna front, big time on the regular Out in public places talkin' on the cellular You gotta tip, better sport your whip While the [?] now she took you on a trip to St. Elsewhere 'Cause you couldn't see clear Now the next man's pushin' up from the rear He got your jewels, he got your dip, pushin' your whip But you couldn't see nothin' so you got stripped Of material things, mad cash, she kept the stash And was plottin' on the day your ass would crash And be ass out, a no-name herb with no clout Yo the pussy for the loot that's what she was about [Chrorus] From riches to rags, from dime pieces to crabs From puffing lot smoking to copping crack on the ave This change in life be a reflection of a physical that fell In the manhole to the depths of hell Once a player, but now you stand all played out The latest dope crackhead dealer the rumors be about God bless, I know your days are filled with 'nough stress But on your journey never cease to hold it down your best [Outro: Gil Scott-Heron] Being promoted for the job he did on the streets of [the H2O] where the pushers sell the drugs that the government allows in the country, and then they do time Get caught with a nickel bag, brotherman. Get caught with a nickel bag, sisterlady on your way to get your hair fixed You'll do Big Ben, and Big Ben is time.”

REAL HIP HOP IN IT'S PUREST FORM!!

@Sneider2mil4___

6 ай бұрын

🔥🔥🇵🇪

that fat kick and that mother loving snare tho and real bars , this is hip hop .

classique thks ninja peace from france

@mateoblanquer6943

4 жыл бұрын

🇫🇷❤️

Who’s here in 2022? Found a “90s underground hip hop- rare tracks” playlist which included this song. I love this kind of music. Wish it was on iTunes.

the second track on this 12" is also very dope!!

for you and your crew be resting above

First dude reminds me of Phife, cool flow

@TheHumanBallsack

6 жыл бұрын

KUUB Very Phife like

I keep coming back to this for years now, AMAZING track, thank you Mad Vibes!

Bruh OG why u such a goon . Every track I search up you uploaded it. Fucking Mad Respects For real.

The mad vibes art of músic hip hop to 1990 greatt!! From Mallorca

Good jams

Reminds me of the wire. Reminds me of struggle, in a dying city. Reminds me of rain when u had no good shoes and those puddles would make ur feet wet forever. Makes me sad

Love it!

22/08/2023 my bruddas are on point hat to hat ..

Such a good song

big up from Mozambique, this is dope......fo real ,,,,one love

Respect from Slovakia too good rap i love it

Pure Gem!👊💯🔥💎

You don't deserve the sense of hearing if you disliked this song

without 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 nothing will ever get you high

@0liverr94

7 жыл бұрын

max dietrich you can eat the buds I used to and know other people who do. I have been wanting to quit smoking so much, and cook with it. Eating weed is bad for your stomach I heard though if you're eating the straight buds and picking off of it. To be honest I would rather Eat weed than eat certain types of plants and vegetables.

@williambison9772

5 жыл бұрын

you know you can snort coke right lol!!!!!

@nightofthunder5509

4 жыл бұрын

@@0liverr94 Canna butter and vaping are what you need

Dope track too

2023 still killin'☝

DOPE DOPE DOPE

One of the best yet

2020 :)

That first verse is classic!

big, BIG TUNE !!!!!! Thanks a lot.....

The art of making a good music

2021 and still rocking and bobbing my head. Let's goooo

Dope upload thanks brotha!

One of the best. Always hold it down your best

You listen to this and truly realise how far the rap and hip hop game has fallen 😢

@ianclinthorne9968

Жыл бұрын

It is fucking tragic man

@pasthuman

10 ай бұрын

​@@ianclinthorne9968Indeed!

Loved it🔥

OGDonNinja i love u man, thank you really

crazy good.

love this shit in 2018 too

I like coming back to read new comments, welcome y’all. You have good taste in music