Raekwon is a great storyteller whether he’s rapping or just speaking.

@jahsonwill7018

2 жыл бұрын

Slang is crazy

@tattoorobertjackson

2 жыл бұрын

True

@jasondawson92

2 жыл бұрын

Knowledge God

@fantaztikbeatz

2 жыл бұрын

no doubt

@adamgordon2572

2 жыл бұрын

He invented his own slang 🔥🔥

Rae is perhaps the most technical writer all time. His bars are infinitely complex, palindrome schemes, heavy slang, fresh images. To me, Rae is one of the illest to ever do it.

@estilud6640

2 жыл бұрын

+1

@vvs7205

2 жыл бұрын

NOBODY GONNA ARGUE THAT

@jeffspiccoli2681

2 жыл бұрын

Big Rae fan but not going to go that far

@NINJA_INVESTORS

2 жыл бұрын

Nahh... Top 10 definitely

@bluu_ice6554

2 жыл бұрын

@@jeffspiccoli2681 you sleep

I met Rae a couple of times back in the 90's he was in the mall no security by himself. Real dude I remember we was kicking it about Gortex boots polo pull overs and the purple tape. Glad he around in good health 🙏🏽 🙌🏾

@mrleemejor

2 жыл бұрын

yeah, super down to earth

@johnniemorgan8653

2 жыл бұрын

I ran up on Rae in Harlem early 90'z he was like I i'am real in the streets knuckles up Tim's n acg'z 10toes down n ready for wat ever n we still here belove'it💪💪

@whitemagik3355

2 жыл бұрын

🧢🧢🧢

@wholesalebuyerdeals

2 жыл бұрын

Ahh, Gortex 🥾 are still fly, I had the trezetas

@Bronxbred

2 жыл бұрын

I ran into Rae twice shopping in Manhattan around Broadway and 4th and 8th street. Both times he was by himself chilling and buying leathers and sneakers. Didn't want to bother him but I did speak both times and he was gracious. Give you a pound and let you know he appreciates the support of him and the Clan. Humble brother.

“I was a fien for cracks and weed, the combination made my eyes bleed” Wu was one of the only ones to keep it real about trying it when it first came out. In ‘85 a lot of young people was smoking woolies when it first came out because it wasn’t a lot of crack heads yet to let you know how bad it could get. They thought it was just another form of coke

@judtinjust3851

2 жыл бұрын

Yea like molly n perks n everything we take now

@kylesmall6064

2 жыл бұрын

True, Sadat X from Brand Nubian said the same thing. He said many people were using crack because the high was insane. He went on to say once people were becoming smoked out fiends like Pookie from New Jack City that people starting backing off of it.

@BuddaGheeski

2 жыл бұрын

"No question I would speed for cracks & weed. The combination made my eyes bleed" lol

@realityme

2 жыл бұрын

Most of the rappers back then rapped about smoking dust and putting coke in their weed. And pretty much all of them tell stories of how they smoked "base" as teenagers. Like Chef said, crack didnt have the stigma on it that it has today. Rae and them are in their early and mid 50s. Crack was cool just like these kids today pop pills and drink lean.

@BURRITOBOY

2 жыл бұрын

C.R.E.A.M.

"it's almost like the news was promoting it" The news was promoting it until it hit the suburbs

"No question, I would speed for cracks and weed. The combination made my eyes bleed."

@reginaldseawright220

2 жыл бұрын

Knowledge being born

@RedRedMCmusic

2 жыл бұрын

its crazy hearing him in this interview when you would hear certain sentences and the other side of my brain hears him rapping

@Daland21648

2 жыл бұрын

First thing that came to my mind hearing him say that

@zooyhnahte

2 жыл бұрын

@@reginaldseawright220 1 being 9

@fantaztikbeatz

2 жыл бұрын

word

This is one of those Vlad interviews that I'll be watching every part. Then watching the whole thing in its entirety again

Raekowon one of the greatest of all time this guy a legend for real

@Detroit_Siggy.

2 жыл бұрын

G O A T

I wish Outkast and Raekwon did a collab album....there styles went great together

@l.davenport694

2 жыл бұрын

Well they do have a song together🤷🏾‍♂️💯

@oxymaiz5662

2 жыл бұрын

Have you not heard skew it on the bar-b

@ricortiz2720

2 жыл бұрын

Really?

@averydarkguy5296

2 жыл бұрын

@@oxymaiz5662 do you not read....I said there styles " went" great together meaning I know they had a track but a collab album would of been dope....you cats don't read

@phenton91

2 жыл бұрын

@@averydarkguy5296 reading comprehension be fucking these people up. Album vs single track

Raekwon in my top 10 of all time. I just got his autobiography too. He’s one of the realest ever and so is Wu-Tang as a whole group. 💯♥️

@virallife2538

2 жыл бұрын

Where did u get it?

When he said "age 14" i was ready to hear him rap the classic "can it all be so simple"

Vlad don't dare interrupt Raekwon when he's speaking lol

@blaccface5037

2 жыл бұрын

7⁷⁷⁷

We need to give Raekwon his flowers while hes still here 💯💯❤

Only built for Cuban Linx still goes hard today 💪🏾💎

@LetsGo_FBA

2 жыл бұрын

Facts 💯💯

@royboykins2326

2 жыл бұрын

One of the best hip hop albums of all time

C.R.E.A.M will forever be one of the best & pure hip hop songs. Undeniable classic.

Raekwon makes everything sound cool even crack

@ForEducationalPurposesOnly

2 жыл бұрын

lmao

@BrandonTheGreatest

2 жыл бұрын

😂

@matanisha73

2 жыл бұрын

Right 😀😂🤣

@benjamintribe4652

2 жыл бұрын

Fasho!!!👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾😆😂🤣💯

@PsycheDolo

2 жыл бұрын

😭😭

Keeping it really real, Rae!

Sneakers came to mind while watching the video. Raekwon music is a soundtrac to his life, dope catalog.

@galedribble9535

2 жыл бұрын

“Ima addict for sneakers…” great song off Immobilarity

I AM so glad I had several times to hang with and party with Raekwon. He showed love every time..

Raekwon looks 10 years younger n healthy as ever w that weight loss 🦾🦾

" Danm sun ... You bleeding sun bad sun .."

@bam3863

2 жыл бұрын

Haha

@paystyles5429

2 жыл бұрын

All So simple

Rae...one of my favorite storytelling MC's.

Dam rae at 14? I thought i had a ruff upbringing watching that shit tear my mother and father down but never did i use it myself at that age it literally never crossed my mind

@Metamophisis

2 жыл бұрын

I feel you my dad was a Vietnam Vet he messed with opium over there weed in the states cocaine and crack

@ForEducationalPurposesOnly

2 жыл бұрын

well he said it was before everyone new the effects of it long term

@honestlyspeaking905

2 жыл бұрын

@@ForEducationalPurposesOnly yea i heard that and i feel em but i to grew up in the same era im not knocking him im just saying its wild to be thinking to try that at that age, don't get me wrong i wasn't a saint as a teenager i definitely had my share of wild shit but crack/dope/hard has always been what it is i don't remember it ever being seen as anything other then destructible or the poor mans drug powdered cocaine was the rich man high

It's almost like the news promoted it! Profound Raekwon chef. I been there living wit fiends pumpin I can say I never indulged

He described his style as "Ferocious". I couldn't of said it better.

Rae and ghostface vs kiss and sp

@dennismoorer6343

2 жыл бұрын

That's the one

@ratedrva757

2 жыл бұрын

@always theone go listen to wu-block

@CarlosGonzalez-qd6fh

2 жыл бұрын

@@ratedrva757 Wu Block Was Trash 🗑️

Wu-Tang are legends, bless them all

@d-staxworldwidestax7112

2 жыл бұрын

Was Raekwon one of the Wu-Tang Clan members?

@phenton91

2 жыл бұрын

@@d-staxworldwidestax7112 lmmfao

HBCU Love! Respect goes out to Chef! Thank you Chef! Thank you Wu! Your music made my teenage years that much better!

Rae lost so much weight, he actually looks younger than 20 years ago. Good for him

Vlad is on a role with these interviews. Im waiting on like 4 full interviews to drop

Morgan Freeman saved his life..he confronted him about it I saw it.

@solaceininsanity

2 жыл бұрын

LMFAO chill

@Rolo555

2 жыл бұрын

He told Raekwon Crack kills his brain cells.

@bigcarm1474

2 жыл бұрын

LMAOOOOO…Sing !!!!

@rawdollarkarbone

2 жыл бұрын

Go ahead jump!!!

@sleepsounds7193

2 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣u smoke crack don’t ya

Vladimir gotta interview ghost now!!

This going to be a 2-hour interview. Rae loves to talk. It took him 15 minutes to answer my question.

@horatioh2020

2 жыл бұрын

Rae had to Break it down for the Knuckle Heads who think as a Impoverished Child you make the Choice of "Jumping" into the Crack Game and Not Because you were a Product of your Environment Where The Government flooded Black Communities with Crack

@TonyMontana-mv9ez

2 жыл бұрын

@@horatioh2020 no I mean in general. He loves to talk. I ask him what he likes to grill. He went back all the way to his childhood. Then he saw I was from Miami he talked about he loves Miami. He recorded Cuban links in Miami.

@Omowalemayasa

2 жыл бұрын

NYC shit. Lol

@ninamariemelina1673

2 жыл бұрын

Lol all earth signs like to talk when they get comfortable with u and trust u

I grew up in the Tidewater VA area and Raekwon is telling the 100% truth after 1985/86 SHIT went down hill quick and to this day that area has never recovered NEVER!!

@carltonr.7404

2 жыл бұрын

yep, i'm from 757. My father used to tell me how most of the projects that people were scared to go when I was growing up were actually good neighborhoods before crack

@wshh8486

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah we know

Really interesting to hear him say it was almost like the news was promoting it.

Love how he low-key saying verses from his songs🔥🔥🔥

Man it's crazy how any us that grew up in that era can relate to these stories. I guess every hood really is the same.

@Northphilly-wu4oq

2 жыл бұрын

Facts im from Philadelphia, i was 6 in 1988 89 living in the projects the crack epidemic was crazy

Poor baby at least he was honest 😌💔

Fire 🔥 interview and it's just get started.smh Thanks Vlad

Lot of people dont speak on this but I remember, smoking (we call it premo's) people would smoke weed mix with crack/cocaine at the park like it wasn't nothing.

Man I can relate to rae alot I had similar situation with my dad growing up him being a functional user always had cars and look fresh but was slaming and getting high he got deported when I was 7 then my mom started using kicked me out at 16 and chose her boyfriend over me so I was staying at my grandmas at she had a curfew of 9 but I choose to sleep at the park to slang all night to the tweakers...

@johndavis9321

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you got through all that bro

@gabrielpinheiro3703

2 жыл бұрын

@@johndavis9321 thanks man life is good now nothing to be mad at anymore

@johndavis9321

2 жыл бұрын

@@gabrielpinheiro3703 💯 that’s what’s up fam

@_D.2912

2 жыл бұрын

God bless you man

thanks for the part 2 Glad, even YOU KNEW you was dtm wit that 2:00 joint🤣🤣

Vlad you the 🐐 for this one. That bag must have been heavy to get Rae. Good shit regardless

1/2 of my favorite hip hop duo!!!

Raekwon looking like Offset in 20 years😅

@1youarewrong

2 жыл бұрын

🤣

@sonnyjones313

2 жыл бұрын

😂

@jkl1672

2 жыл бұрын

Fatboy sse

@jaye5926

2 жыл бұрын

no resemblance @ all...🙄

@rakimthagreat732

2 жыл бұрын

This may go unnoticed but I’m a up and coming 17 Y/O rapper out of Cleveland Ohio tryna make a name for my self to put my family on im not the best right now but best believe I’m working 📈📈

“Started smokin woolies at 16” CREAM song.

Raekwon looking like Beans 😂😂😂

@vvs7205

2 жыл бұрын

Werrd...I hope he ain't sick

@donteaustin499

2 жыл бұрын

@@vvs7205 facts

@nycevolved8833

2 жыл бұрын

They made a song together too lol!!

@vvs5130

2 жыл бұрын

@@chrisdacrisis4670 his face looks slim...but it could be from doze smoothie juice and eating right

Lex diamonds is the most underrated artist ever. His solo albums are way better than any of other Wu members, besides Ghostface’s Supreme Clientele. He gotta be in the top 10. So many artists have adopted his rhyme style and subject matter. He is one best street/ conscience story tellers in the game. He kills ppl on the features and is original with the content and delivery. God MC

@Dante.Martin

2 жыл бұрын

Don't sleep on ol dirty 1st solo!!!

@keiththomas111

2 жыл бұрын

IRON MAN IS CUBAN 2

I can't help but hear The Purple Tape as he speaks; his voice is distinctive like that.

If you want more detail, the Purple Tape is the full narrative of the time which Rae is talking about!

almost finished with the book, its really good

Keep this going

Yall slept on that only built 4 Cuban links part 2 ....that joint had hits on it

@t.thompson8985

2 жыл бұрын

I didn't. It was a banger. I listen to 10 Bricks at least once a week

@averydarkguy5296

2 жыл бұрын

@@t.thompson8985 Rae is a beast on that album

@gooserich3970

2 жыл бұрын

Classic

@ep282

2 жыл бұрын

Catalina is one of Rae's best songs

@DonYoGi8331

2 жыл бұрын

It was aite, this comin from a day one Wu fan.

Can't wait for the 3rd season of wu

LMFAOO he said "beaming" 😅😅old school NYC slang

Raekwon the chef !!!!🤟🤘bless the mic with the gods

Love that flow Rae

Finally Raekwon interview

I still smoke my crack but just on Weekends and Days off.

@brickcity1711

2 жыл бұрын

Lol

@PraiseGod111

2 жыл бұрын

It don’t work like that 😂

@butchalini725

2 жыл бұрын

Right! 😂😂

@melvinfleck

2 жыл бұрын

Naaa it works like that fir some mfrs... don't ask me how but I believe anything I see with my eyes and I seen it LOL

@alljerseysmatter.

2 жыл бұрын

@@PraiseGod111 Yes It does Crack Is GREAT

Raekwon got that voice

Raekwon should be on everyone's Top 20 rappers of all-time list. One of the best to touch the mic from one of the best groups ever if not the best group in Hip Hop history. Much respect to this man!

Watching this episode with raekwon then going for another hiatus lool!!!!!!!!!

“Its this new epidemic… It’s almost like the news is promoting this shit” mmm sounds real familiar

@zooyhnahte

2 жыл бұрын

Hell yeah. We need more muhfuckaz coming around and pushing that to the mainstream 💪

I used to be a Fien for cracks and weeds the combination made my eyes bleed 🩸 Raekwon The CHEF-

Possibly the greatest poet I’ve ever heard💯

S/o to raekwon ct love always 💯💯💯💯

This book is amazing

“Sorta like the news was promoting it” message!!!!

I remember going to see wu tang in San Bernardino right before the W album. That was like a rock show, 40k people in the crowd. Best show I been to except seeing them at the Flimore

Legend

Barz on top of Barz! Legendary

Gd job Vlad..letting the guests talk, this interview was more interesting cus u can see how he thinks just by allowing him to talk and not influencing anything by saying what u think they wanna hear

@beeboo2523

2 жыл бұрын

*grunt*

Vlad really do a great job with his research

I feel that bro I got kicked out as a teenager and my aunt took me in the same way wit the same stipulations but I didn’t want to be at 9pm🤦🏾‍♂️ Shit was just starting to pop off at 10pm lol

Tha Chef.... A living legend Mi Guy)))

Raekwon is definitely my favorite in the group

@lilguyy72

2 жыл бұрын

Ol Dirty. But it's hard not to like any of the Wu

@kiho847

2 жыл бұрын

@@lilguyy72 rip but he was mad annoying

@lilguyy72

2 жыл бұрын

@@kiho847 he didn't live long enough to be annoying 🤪

Every time Vlad says something that happens in the book, Raekwon counters and says that’s not really what happened. Well, was it in the book or not??

Rae looks like he's about to go set his tree stand lol Wu's been putting out music for 30 yrs. Good job Vlad!

@medina4421

2 жыл бұрын

Lmao

Combination made my eye's bleed crazy I can relate to chef's situation as a kid crazy

Homie who acted as Bro in the Hulu joint I felt did a great job, Rae the Chef so underrated when New Yorkers speak on NY MC’s

Dude he speaks lyrically wow he has a flow to just his regular speak

Much love Chef...Wu-Tang Forever.

i was in a wu music video..the video called shadowboxin..I have also met dmx at a liquor store in harlem when his 2nd album came out..dmx was extremely cool..he was in the liquor store buying liquor with no security..he was with 1 guy..I have also seen big pun, fat joe & terror squad at the puerto rican day parade..they was in one of the floaters..I also seen aventura the spanish singers at the dominican day parade..I also met snoop the female from the show the wire..she was buying food at a popeyes restaurant with a female. I also met the roots. i also met channel live which was a rap group that was down with krs one. I also met spliff start (he is busta rhymes hype man). Anyway being in the wu video was so dope..I got to stand next to rza and method man and they gave use green rain coats and they put on us green wu tang bandanas for the video..they had females tie the bandanas on our heads..it was 100s of people in that video and we were all dressed the same with the green rain coats and the green bandanas. 1 more thing, a female that lived in my building, she was in the wu video ice cream.

MUCH RESPECT LORD CHEF!!!

💪🏽💪🏽

All the flowers 💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾

Awesome

When he's talking he sounds like he does when he's rhyming.

Big up to the God. Ive seen him and GFK rocckk the stage a few times. Legendary stage presence.

C’mon Vlad! You heard the Purple tape. I felt like I just heard it in short story format. Lol

Damn, doe, mans was puffin' crack. Chilllll, lol.

So you got wit a sick tight click and went all out!

Rae solid

We even wanna try it out oooowweeee! Crack!!! We hear its the shit!!😂😂

Rae look like a southern hunter 😆

I don't know if you remey me rae but, I remember you 160 Park Hill. It's me Farin Mind. Still alive. I remember you as Choice. I respect you alot bruh.

The Chef!! Wu for life

He not lying when crack first hit before people knew how bad it would get all the cool kids were doing it..my uncle prom and old school pics he was the flyest smoothest cat with all the girls..then my mom said yea everyone in that picture either strung out or dead

Raekwon interviews are op

Ain't nothing wrong with that clean glass 😂🤣🥳😂🥂