You can tell the love Scarface still have for Pac, the way he says ''I miss that dude man'', he gets emotional. Smile is one of my favorite songs, REST IN POWER PAC..2020 AND BEYOND

You can tell that shit was eating Scarface alive talking bout Pac. He was genuinely sad! RIP my brother you paved the way

@KunalSharma-so6jv

5 жыл бұрын

Chris W True man! Only thing held him from not crying on camera was his realness.

People really had love for Pac. Crazy how a person who wasn't around for very long touched so many lives.

@qsmooth7805

5 жыл бұрын

Leyfey Son Absolutely

@atonementatonement1886

4 жыл бұрын

Leyfey Son even for us ones that only met him through his music be blessed

@lazarsimovic4089

4 жыл бұрын

Not just that but in so many countries around the world damn near all of them im from serbia and there is so many people here that he touched but everywhere u go thers pac fans

@hajakabba6325

4 жыл бұрын

Because he had that spark about him, some of us have never met him but listening to his songs watching interviews and documentaries, it's feel like you know him, it's like he's speaking to you, for me I'm 16 and pac had thought me more than I have learn my whole school life

@lionheart4529

2 жыл бұрын

Pac didn’t sit on his @$$ like these other scrubs in the game, because he really stuck by the words of his song and he got around. R.I.P. MAKAVELI DA DON!!!

That's why they bought all the radio stations. Because they want to force certain music to the listeners. Back in the days if you went to different regions of the country and turned on the radio, You would hear artists from that region. Not anymore. Now every urban radio station keeps the same 15-20 songs in rotation and they are played everywhere across the country. They did that for control. And if you dislike what's being played, you're a "hater." They're trying to whitewash Hip-Hop. Over the next decade, you will see more and more white rappers coming out. Mark my words...

@dreadheadrastah

3 жыл бұрын

I’m starting to see it now look all the white rappers and nah Adam 22 all culture vultures lil xan getting money of it

@barshookshiphoptv3727

3 жыл бұрын

Jack Harlow don't get it twisted it's some black artists who are black but they have a white rapper undertone to them like Drake bitchass that corn ball don't represent nothing I'm from or going through none of that

@majormulatv

2 жыл бұрын

I'm coming with that real raw hip hop but I ain't rushing there's not enough lyrical rappers I see that's competition right now tho

He hit the nail on the head, protect the integrity of the craft.

I agree with Scarface. I'm white and I love Hip Hop. I appreciate the culture and I hate seeing it diluted by white businessmen dictating the future of a black platform. I'm 32 so hip hop has been influential in the sense that it's a genre that originated and blossomed during my formative years. I truly don't listen to any other genre of music. Hip Hop, conscious rap I should clarify, speaks to my soul, but I recognize that I am purely a fan. I can't stand current mainstream rap. Somewhere along the line, the message, the hunger, was misplaced, which gave way for many frauds. That's just my take

@sterlingturner4876

5 жыл бұрын

Respect bro

@Bookofhumanity

4 жыл бұрын

Respect brother

@BushyRoyal

4 жыл бұрын

Jews ain't white.

@serogolemogole2685

4 жыл бұрын

Moon Knight the people who took over Israel are not the biblical Hebrews to whom God gave the land of Canaan, they're just European converts to tulmadic Judaism who're now fronting as Jews

@kaylakoechig7906

4 жыл бұрын

Jewish people are not white. Look at the last names of every movie and record label owner. They have Jewish last names. They stand with Israel more than they will ever stand with America. Know the difference in cultures and races. Europe is white. The Middle East is where Jews originated from. They only have white skin because of mixing. For hundreds of years.

I think some of you misunderstood what Scarface was saying here. He is not saying white rappers SHOULD NOT be part of the hip hop culture, he is saying that they should not control the hip hop culture and manipulate it to make black people look stupid. All you people in the comments who said "I will never buy a white rappers record" and "All white rappers suck", you missed the fucking point. He doesn't like the fact that some white rappers have dominated the culture.

@SonOfTheHenry

9 жыл бұрын

I actually think he wasn't even talking about white rappers. He was talking about the white record label owners and such. The ones who know nothing about hip-hop. But idk I might have misinterpreted.

@Zee7585

9 жыл бұрын

T wrocks u are so right I thought I was the only one, am confuse with these comments. You know I trying to understand where these fools come out with Knocks being racist. Are ppl so dum they can't understand what he's talking bout. Right now am just shock yes smh lol I really ain't see how these ppl come to terms that he was talking like he was racist. U see that shit aluh b listening to stop it yea it messing with aluh brain lamo

@MiSs215Live

9 жыл бұрын

ZeeLove Connor Huh???

@dgswaggin101

9 жыл бұрын

No you missed the point. He was not saying that white rappers HAVE dominated the culture, have implies that they presently dominate the culture, which has not happened yet. He was saying that the white people who run the record companies, and own the majority of the business are trying to push black people out of rap and replace them with whites. The record companies are also trying to brainwash people into trying to live the lifestyle that these hot garbage spraying rappers on the radio rap about. This is why black rappers that actually have skill and rap with substance are not played like the garbage they consistently play on radio stations across the country. I don't think the average everyday white person is to blame for this, but I don't think the average everyday white person would mind, if only whites rapped either.

@johnbartley7101

9 жыл бұрын

What "white rappers" are controlling anything? Eminem, Rittz, seekret (can find him on Facebook), who? Please Lord, don't say Yella .....

This interview is still relevant

@AbrahamPalmer-wj5cb

2 ай бұрын

So much more now than ever before there is always been culture vultures of every era but now there are wayyyyy too many of them that purposely exploit black culture to the extreme at this point I'm so fed up with it and not enough people speaking about it.

@AbrahamPalmer-wj5cb

2 ай бұрын

So much now than ever before in hip hop history there are wayyyyy too many culture vultures that constantly exploit black culture to the fullest especially in current times.

@AbrahamPalmer-wj5cb

2 ай бұрын

So much now than ever before in music history

Pac: "White people! Don't be alarmed!" lmao

@ItsAnEndlessWorld

4 жыл бұрын

😂😂

@hajakabba6325

4 жыл бұрын

I love my fellow pac fans

@mrniceguy8027

3 жыл бұрын

We looking for Brad

The companies are to blame to a certain extent. No one forces these black artist to make a mockery of themselves and the entire culture though. These black artists willingly sign up and sell-out.

@upfulsoul826

10 жыл бұрын

memphisRebel88 The money is the coercion though. The rappers have no choice if they want to earn a decent living.

@hueykhalidX

10 жыл бұрын

Upful Soul BS. The "rappers" should be held accountable too. What's stopping these black "rappers" from pooling their money together and starting their own MAJOR record labels/distribution to compete with the old white guy's record label? You sound like the type that would sell out for money. In fact, you probably already have.

@upfulsoul826

10 жыл бұрын

memphisRebel88 True but the rappers are simply workers in this scenario. The bosses have the capital and control the whole system. All they care about are hits and not the impact of the music.

@hueykhalidX

10 жыл бұрын

Upful Soul Obviously you can't comprehend this simple concept. I'm done.

@hueykhalidX

10 жыл бұрын

Upful Soul Thank you for proving my point about the level of your "intelligence."

HE IS SPEAKING THE TRUTH!

I'm white and he's saying something I've been saying for years. This shit happens in every popular music genre. The people that created or really define and embody a particular genre, become irrelevant to the labels as the genre becomes commercialized. The music is marketed towards the high school age demographic. Here's the cycle as I see it, no matter the genre. Marketing towards the tone deaf- white- teenage masses, will eventually redefine anything getting radio play. The soul rock and roll of the late 50's and 60's... ruined by white folks. Country music is all about whether you're pretty or not. Talent is irrelevant. Can't sing? No matter. You're pretty, you'll be a star. Rap and hip-hop music are no different. Once rap became mainstream America, it was the beginning of the end. The lyricists from the late 80's and early 90's, can destroy most of these clowns today, rapping about their bling, money and cars. There is no content or wordplay for the most part. "Fuck your money! Fuck your cars! N____ spit some hot bars!", The villian

@psychedelicfright85

5 жыл бұрын

sad hvacman they barely even rap anymore. 1998 was the year that rap broke into the pop mainstream in a way it never had before. We can blame Atlanta mostly for that.

@mickelsmickle8668

5 жыл бұрын

Real talk

@ddesign63

5 жыл бұрын

Your comment is 💯. Look at R&R.., it almost doesn’t exist now.

@joshnippleton3449

5 жыл бұрын

@@psychedelicfright85 Leave Atlanta alone! Andre 3000 is from there and so is killer mike! Leave it alone! J.I.D is from there!

@whatwhat3432523

5 жыл бұрын

American society is all like that. Corrupt, superficial, cheap, individualistic, with a great lack of decent morals and ethical behavior. Coupled with a extreme distasteful type of religion. Glad I am just visiting once in a while.

Love this dude....most hypnotic voice in hip/hop of all time....sounds almost like he's preaching a sermon when he distributes his thoughts on a mic...a true rap Giant!!!

This is the realest interview I have seen this far.

same shit happened with jazz

@KingKarolus222

10 жыл бұрын

and blues!

@JanowiczJason

10 жыл бұрын

besides me now youre literally the only one commenting with yourself….

@JanowiczJason

10 жыл бұрын

Sol Ark Ohm pointing out obvious shit isn't trolling….

@itssoezy

10 жыл бұрын

And house

@davekeays

9 жыл бұрын

Sol Ark Ohm We don't need schools to study it. I don't have the skills it takes to rap although I might have 30 years ago so I don't even try- but rap and hip-hop still get in my music. I might improvise the Spanish guitar over a hip-hop or tribal house backtrack. Or improvise while reciting what I call "ghetto poetry". Later I tell people the lyrics were written by 2pac. People's favorites are "too many tears" and "staring thru my rear view".

He speaking the truth we got macklemore and iggy winning awards over some of the best songs. Knowing there song wasn't that great. Higher ups tryna make hip hop white man. Except Em he been here lol

@jonathanyu2655

9 жыл бұрын

terrell williamson In my opinion Kendrick should have won the Grammy for Best Rap album but that doesn't mean Macklemore put out a shit album. Macklemore put out a quality album and the people hating on him are the people that didn't give him a chance. No, not because he was white, but because they only listened to "Thrift Shop" and "Same Love" and thought that he was wack. Macklemore has put in his dues and so has Kendrick, why can't we just respect both of them? They will be leading the next generation as they both spread there messages and positivity through their lyrics.

@Rocket2Terrell

9 жыл бұрын

Yea I know macklemore song was good but the song that won over Kendricks was bull + you and I know that everyone voted for Kendrick. Even if macklemore song was great. P.s I like macklemore

@Mojacar86

9 жыл бұрын

I respect Scarface for what he has done and achieved but, I am starting to change my mind on what I think of him. First of all music is music, independently of what race creates it. It doesn't (or shouldnt) have a "race" trademark. It seems he is trying to look for an excuse for the likes of todays society. He could have just complained about how comercial music is prevailing over quality music and that's it. There are many talented artists that are playing on the street to survive that have more talent than the so-called superstars that cope todays music lists, win grammys and make millions just because they are trendy. But he had to bring out the black/white subject like it would make a bigger impression. Who cares if Rock'n Roll was invented by a black man or a white one? Is it good? Do you like it? You can have your own opinion but the fact that it was created by one race or another is irrelevant. Please we are in the 21st century and we must move on. Complaining about these things while binging out the subject of racism is just preventing us to solve the problem. Cheers.

@zorahaviland8057

9 жыл бұрын

Dani Perez Who cares about your opinion. You non blacks are too worried a culture that you didn't contribute to. Nobody wants to co op salsa music so its easy for you to say "oh it shouldn't matter" yeah, it doesn't matter to you because your culture is not ripped off at every turn and its certainly not as influential black american.

@Mojacar86

9 жыл бұрын

Zora Haviland It's an opinion. No one has to care about it. Your comment just shows what I just explained, but you have your head so deep up your ass you don't even realize. It's not about a race taking away from another. It's about single, individual rich idiots who represent nobody but themselves. Just because they are white doesn't mean they represent a race. Just because I am against some of the politics of Obama doest mean I am against all of the U.S. You have to stop living in the past and get over it. And by the way, learn to express yourself better mate, I hardly understood your comment. Cheers!

I can't believe the disrespect in the comments towards Scarface. This man is a living legend. And he's right, there's a lot of powerful white folks (lyor cohen, jimmy iovine & even rick Rubin) who leech off & monetize the plight and struggles of a foreign culture to them. Brad Jordan is one of the best storytellers in hip hop and his PAC story was sincere & funny as hell. Much respect to Face Mob!

@highrolla142

6 ай бұрын

You can't tell these ignorant ass mfs nothing they don't care about shit don't read any books they just on bullshit 24/7 365

Whites been took over rap music. Every form of music as far as rock, country, rap, etc. originates from rhythm and blues, which is black music. If you really go back you'll see how things like The Salsa which is considered an African love dance from Afro-Cubans. One of the most important instruments used in country music is the banjo and that instrument originated in west africa, the thing with black people is we always want to integrate with other races especially whites and that's when we lose our culture and financial stability. We did it with segregation. You don't see Asians trying to integrate Chinatown or Korea Town with other groups. That's their community and they've built it to much success. 99 percent of rappers are black and yet we own no labels, no distribution, nothing. you see what happened when Suge Jay da Prince, and Irv Gotti tried to create their own label and union for rappers, the Feds came in and put cases on Suge and Gotti, because whenever black threaten the status quo or economic order in America the powers to be will try to destroy you.

@azumanation

10 жыл бұрын

The reason why whites so called have taken over Hip Hop is because younger cats in this day & time refuse to make real Hip Hop! instead you make bullshit ass Rap music that make us look like fools.

@azumanation

10 жыл бұрын

***** Were not talking about Unsigned or Underground artist. we're talking about the mainstream artist which over the last 15yrs have destroyed the art form of Hip Hop with mediocre beats & dumb downed lyrics. see I am a first generation Hip Hopper. and over the last 35yrs I have seen this art form grow to the point that it once influenced the world in a positive & negative capacity. now it only influences the people of this planet in a negative capacity. I know many of the shorties that are rapping in today's mainstream rap industry can rap better than what they are presenting to the public. but so many of them want a bullshit record deal so bad (360 deal) that they will allow record execs to get in their heads & influence them to put out GARBAGE that is harmful to the young teens that listen to it. Hip Hop in the mainstream is dead. and the only way it's going to come back is that this new generation must learn the true history & culture of Hip Hop. and they must learn & respect that it is a black art form. they also must break away from these bullshit ass satanic record companies who can care less about art. because all these record companies care about is to make money & to indoctrinate the masses.

@azumanation

10 жыл бұрын

1217msAKing Yup I agree...

@joelsimpson123

10 жыл бұрын

What do you whote folk know about hip hop we knoew more we made it

@lv5millwright870

10 жыл бұрын

a banjo isnt in country music lmao!!!!!!

Great interview! Good job fellas

Bruh y'all gotta imagine, Hip Hop was never mainstream, so REAL HIP HOP prolly will never be mainstream. Hip Hop has always followed the underground. And underground is booming.

@rrsociety9967

4 жыл бұрын

Right time ti go back to underground music but they will slither in that soon enough as well

"uphold the integrity of the craft"!!!!!!! You're my favorite rapper, Scarface!

after tupac he is the one!!

im someone who just recently started to have a REALL appreciation for hip hop music and culture (i used to just like hip hop music and only really appreciated rock and metal) and i have to say that im really impressed by how insightful and artistic alot of these hip hop artists minds are

man that video was such a great video

Hiphop is going the way rock went with Elvis.

@intergalacticchicano

10 жыл бұрын

no it isn't there are still a lot of good black rappers out there but you have to look underground.

@namesecond4060

10 жыл бұрын

elvis was rock n roll not rock...

@mitesser80

10 жыл бұрын

James Harrison It's just Semantics. Rock is the shortened form of rock and roll, like R&B is rhythm and blues. Rock music is a genre of popular music that originated as "rock and roll".

@artform2008

10 жыл бұрын

James Harrison Elvis is not rock n roll Chuck Berry is rock n roll Robert Johnson is rock n roll Elvis is a thief.

@namesecond4060

10 жыл бұрын

Zakiyyah Hassan Hamza Shabazz lol how is elvis a thief?

We need to have a unified voice to back up these celebrities who actually talk what is REAL, because if we don't they end up like Katt Williams, Ol Dirty Bastard, Patrice O'neal, etc... When rappers do make quality music content we need to support them and TURN OFF any radio station or show that plays the degrading, belittling, demeaning music. Or else... it's all just talk and them putting their necks on the line for people who won't support them.

@zatterzay

5 жыл бұрын

Facts, They only become "Washed" Or to an extent of being called "Crazy", when society/fans/leaders do not back up the artist/entertainer s' words.

@francescapowell1538

5 жыл бұрын

You right.

@ras4782

4 жыл бұрын

❤

I agree so much....Peace and blessings. Couldn't have said it any better....

Something about this interview where a fellow artist worked with 2pac.. This has to be one of the more genuine interviews. Not saying other guys who knew Pac are faking it when describing their friendship with him, but the way Face recounts his times with him, the humor in some of it and the tone of his voice when he's like "I miss that dude.", there was definitely something deeper going on that for anyone who have had a close relationship with someone can relate to.

I've just pictured 2pac in that Hammer imitating cops, laughed my ass of lol. What a man Pac was!

I love scarfaces pac stories!! And I understand where hes coming from on forgetting where true hip hop started. I totally agree with how he feels I feel the same.

@klakklak9835

3 жыл бұрын

lol and your generation styled like my generation and culture and forgetting us bwahahahahahahahahahahaha

I love this interview

💯Facemob!! Truth!

Same with jazz and house music

@psychedelicfright85

5 жыл бұрын

michael morgan don't forget blues.

@blackrook29

5 жыл бұрын

what white people again is it, are you going to say the heart beat is white too music is music

@ricardohendricks3939

5 жыл бұрын

@@blackrook29 stfu

@Bookofhumanity

4 жыл бұрын

BlackRook29 ruckus

@ras4782

4 жыл бұрын

right

real talk

Awesome! Tell em Face! Been listening to ya'll since 93"

Fantastic and sadly still relevant interview by Scarface. Outstanding honesty and perspective.

True. Our music in general changed though, not just rap

I hear what he's saying, but it takes 2 to tango, one to offer a contract and a sell out to sign it! When I say sell out, I mean literally sell all your artistic rights over to someone with enough power to change what you do! So it's also down to the artists decision to hold back from that and stay true to the art of Hip Hop if the contract doesn't feel right for the elements..

@highrolla142

6 ай бұрын

s long as poor youth from the hood are creating they are gonna go for the easy money most will .

thank you bruh

Thats why I listen to all the old stuff when It was Real, what Happened on the streets, and the Musicians created their own Lyrics, and their own music. PROPER Talent.

one love for you and big man 2pac respect from croatia

there was an all black rock band from Detroit called "DEATH"

@ras4782

4 жыл бұрын

damn I never heard of them and that's my city

@firstborn7370

4 жыл бұрын

They were a black punk band inspired by the who a white mod band in parcular Pete townsands tequniqe of playing haha haha go figure that one

110% Facts.... Thank you

Normally I reserve my thoughts and comments on the matters Mr. Jordan touched on for person to person conversations but this touched me because many if not most individuals under 25 regard these statements as negative or "HATING" but if we ask ourselves why would a man responsible for the model that almost every popular hip-hop and or rap artist seems to want to follow or mold themselves after is so upset at its current state we almost always have to avoid saying that he has yet to find a proper torch bearer because its far more comforting to simply misunderstand that the same people who built the house would prefer to see left to someone who will cut the grass and prune the rose bushes. After all the very same metaphorical house is one which someone saw from afar for years and wondered how can I have that, and at some point decided to go all in to remove not only its architect but its caretakers and rightful owner redesign redecorate and remodel to their own liking while completely disregarding the fact that the very same house does not belong solely to its occupants so in a oh so sly and devious manner you hear chants or a chorus of my people, me and mine, do it for yall or what have you. Which is where the problem lies those that wish to see Face or his peers shuttled off to (insert nursing home name of your choice) so that he correction .... they will finally start to become a distant memory but what we forget is those (myself included) same people have spent more years numerous funds and incurred losses we dare not imagine to get the sound of the people where it is today .... so if Face say he mad at todays current state of "urban music" then damn it maybe its time to stop talking about who said blank is fire and start listening to someone who was there when the house was abandoned. Keep lyricism alive support real artist not the lame fucks who still shackling our minds with trash that only they wanna hear. How many times we gotta be spoon fed that B.S. line if they like cool if not fuck them I do this for the ones who know my struggle. Or better yet ask yourself who can better prepare you for the future your grandparents or your so called friends. Obviously granny don't know anything she can't work an ipod and grand-daddy still looking for the knob to turn the channel on his flat screen so clearly they don't know shit. But maybe they have more important lessons for us to learn that we might have to just hear them out on. After all its was more than luck that keep them alive so long much like how its no accident that when Mr. Jordan says its something going on with the industry we might not wanna just toss what insight he has for the behind the scenes moves to the way side. If he said I wanna stay on top and there's no room for this one or that one id think he was holding on to his youth instead he clearly states how he can see the death of his love because its not being tended to properly .... its now all about the money but its most definitely about the message

9 months before Macklemore won a Grammy for Best Rap Album over Kendrick Lamar.

@Kingsta2000

10 жыл бұрын

Preach....Just like with Blues, Jazz, R&B, and Rock & Roll the take over of our black music has begun.

@ScrewzLoose36509

10 жыл бұрын

Kendrick Lamar deserved that Grammy! That award was stolen from him.

@gustavusadolphus4118

10 жыл бұрын

Kingsta2000 it is ours now mohahaha

@Odysseus95

10 жыл бұрын

Awwwwww lmfao

U R Damn Right, Scarface.Real Talk.

Thank you for your honesty Face I love you and I support You . I am from Fort Worth Texas I love you and J Prince You the truth and Dont ever let these folks keep you from Telling the truth. Its the truth and thats all thats matters . Rather they want to accept it or not .

I love how they got ScHoolboy Q performing in the back lol

"A Band Called Death" Netflix the Documentary on the first Punk Rock group.

@Makadocious88

10 жыл бұрын

Great Fucking Documentary!!! Their Music was ahead of its time, btw 1st Punk Rock Group ever was from Peru, they called themselves Los Saicos (The Psychos) they were from the 60's era

@jamesyount7075

4 жыл бұрын

@@Makadocious88 mc5

He was bouta say "illuminati" but then decided, he would fuck up if he said that 1:24

Always come back to this... Scarface was right on the money

Face what up man I'm still laying low in H-Town I hear you dropping knowledge yeah it's hard & it aint fair no more, aint nothing changing the damn game is still the same!!!

He is not sayin that white should not be a part of hip hop culture. nor is he saying that white should not listen to hip hop. He IS saying that we have to preserve its genuine aspects so it doesn't become watered down and killed like the music industry did to rock n roll. The reason he made the comparison is because BOTH rap and rock n roll were created by blacks originally (even if there were other cultures around or involved), in order to keep the music of our culture alive we cant let the corporate greedy record company owners and managers control what the public hears bcecause if they do then that means that they controll the destiny of the music because they'll allow the wack music that some rappers make to be heard, but not push the positive music to the same american/worldwide crowd that listens to the genre. When elvis remade alot of the classic rock songs created by blacks they promoted him as the king of rock and roll. next thing you know the common black or white person in american younger than 30 doesnt even know that rock was actually created by blacks and that they got pushed out of their own music genre by the corporate greedy record companies. Do you notice a pattern?

@Jack1uptone

10 жыл бұрын

Co signing!

He said ''So fucking Jewish''.. hahaha.. so true.... DAMN IT FEELS GOOD TO BE A GANGSTA!!!

You can see the love and respect he has for Tupac, rightly so. Tupac was a genius and and honest man who spoke TRUTH

DeadoN faceMob

the problem isn't hip-hop going white, the problem is the increase of negligence towards hip-hop's roots, history, and pioneers. all this talk about skinny jeans, skirts, gays, whites, etc. affecting hip-hop for the worse is all bullshit. we can become more diverse without forgetting where we came from. however, this current era is just ignorant about the genre. i'm not saying that you have to know hip-hop like the back of your hand, but if we acknowledge the people/events/ideas/etc. that came before us, we can only grow as an intelligent culture. for example, it's safe to say that the 70's and 80's are forgotten decades of hip-hip. when the average head refers to the "old school," 99% of the time, they're talking about the 90's. and even though the 90's were only 24 years ago, the same, few names pop into conversation: eazy-e, 2pac, biggie, snoop, big l, nas, etc. all of them are dope MCs, but think about it: at the rate this is going, isn't it possible that other legends like large professor, spice 1, lord finesse, kool g, ras kass, canibus, jeru the damaja, scarface, and chubb rock will be forgotten in only decades? that thought is fucking scary, not to mention that we fail to recognize later MCs (very late 90's-early 00's) for being innovative as well. if we want hip-hop to stay authentic, we have to raise awareness of what is becoming forgotten. sure, times change. that's fine. but what isn't all good is the lack of true appreciation for the genre. everyone wants to make a dope beat and spit a nice rhyme, but very few want to take time to embrace the genre for what it is and actually spread that knowledge. i don't mind if the casual listener nods his head to a record without any knowledge of the hip-hop, but it's all a different story when we have heads who claim to be lovers of the art, dedicate themselves to it, yet contribute nothing significant because they refuse to do the easiest research.

He is so spot on with everything. Like him, I wasn't around when Rock n Roll first came about but I have seen it in Funk, soul, reggae, blues and jazz as well as hip hop. What annoyes me the most is when people who don't listen to these styles of music only get into it when a white pop artist takes to the Mic. I like to those who call Elvis the King to shut the fuck up. They invented Elvis Presley because they didn't want white kids especially girls to look up to black musicians like Chuck Berry and little Richard who were the true Kings of Rock n Roll. They invented it.

@klakklak9835

3 жыл бұрын

elvis looked up to black musicians he even said so

Man , Scarface is a fucking legend. I like how Wu-Tang Clan affiliated producer Bronze Nazareth sampled this interview for Canibus' latest album "Time Flies,Life Dies,Phoenix Rise". It is on the track "Give Me Not Control" .

Damn man I feel the sadness when he talked about pac they share same passion scarface is a legend

it's crazy I play real hip hop at work ..they say I'm old

Still one of the best to ever do it

One of the dopiest and realest interviews in hip hop , PERIOD ! ~ Nicc'Lo

"A OLD WISE G! Love, MUCH RESPECT Brother Scarface! So INTELLIGENT!!!" TD

its nothin like the ol skool hiphop

Man so true. If we can get these young kids (26-younger) to understand the music their hearing is junk. Yet it's being feed to them as good music. Sad.

@CozumelTy

10 жыл бұрын

What's funny is that our parents told us Hip-hop was junk. That's what happens every generation. The main problem with this generation though is that Hip-hop was the last truly creative form of music made. In the 80's hip-hop, in the 70's Disco, in the 60's R and B and Soul, in the 50's Doo Wop. And the list goes on. Since the 80's nothing new has happened. Music has almost completely stopped evolving. And what you are left with are watered down versions of cool stuff!

@fortknox3

10 жыл бұрын

mikey skinnyman hip-hop is american form of reggae music.. But you guys are missing the point., music hasn't stopped revolving, its being blocked, dummy down and feed as a new style of rap, country or hard rock. Radio station has become prostitute to billionaire owners. Same for TV (reality TV) anyone. 

@CozumelTy

10 жыл бұрын

I think people totally forget where Hip-Hop came from. Hip-Hop became music with a voice but it didn't start that way, it started as fun party music. Until the song the Message from Grand Master flash came out. Before that most of the songs were like what the Sugar Hill gang was putting out. Then it grew in to music with a voice! NWA, Public Enemy etc. But look at the roots. LL Cool J, Run-DMC, Beastie Boys, Sugar Hill Gang, Juice Crew, Kool Moe D. Party music, bragging and boasting. But original and creative. And UK garage, Grime, Dubstep? Those are not main stream forms of music. Hip-Hop is. So was Disco, Rock And Roll, Doo Wop, Jazz. Those all because main stream and at some point or another controlled the air waves. Since hip-hop show me anything else that has controlled the air-waves?

@fortknox3

10 жыл бұрын

The 2014 Billboard Music Awards shows Scarface was right.

I grew up on Scarface and even the pre-Scarface Geto (Ghetto) Boys album, "Grip it on Another Level". Bought every album Scarface was on, even bought every album I could find on the old Rap-A-Lot label, anybody remember "The Convicts"? If not search, "Wash your Ass" by them, laughed for a whole summer while listening to that back in the 90s. He definitely isn't saying whites shouldn't rap, he's simply saying, whites, blacks, whoever, should pay respect to the history of rap and not go making it look dumb. My only problem, like many others, was the comment about Eric Clapton. It's a problem for me because Clapton made entire tribute albums to Robert Johnson, he's probably one of the most respectful guitar player when it comes to paying respects to the legends of the blues. Which is exactly what he is saying rappers should be doing towards the legends of rap, but says, "Clapton isn't the blues". Keep in mind Mister, Mister Scarface, there's many of us that read interviews with you back in the early 90s. Ones where the interviewer talked about you jamming to Deep Purple and Led Zeppelin, two bands that are at best contemporaries of early Clapton. You wouldn't want people thinking you're a busta now would you B?

this is why i love the internet you can learn and choose what you listen to and real will always recognize real

FINALLY! Someone spoke the truth about the current state of hiphop. Word up scarface!

Scarface is absolutely right. We already lost Rock and some Blacks regard Hip Hop to the same standards as Church or the Bible so why let it be taken over or give up on the very thing you love.

@CommonlySane

10 жыл бұрын

What the fuck are you talking about? I never said that all so don't put words in my mouth. Seriously you jackass where in this comment did I even insinuate that?

@Baghuul

10 жыл бұрын

"we already lost Rock" who lost rock??

@CommonlySane

10 жыл бұрын

Blacks lost rock just like classical and jazz. Once Whites took over we felt it wasn't cool anymore or that it lost its appeal and we let them have it and the same thing is happening with Hip Hop only not so easily. Does that bring some clarity now?

@Baghuul

10 жыл бұрын

***** when you say classical, what kind of music is that?

@CommonlySane

10 жыл бұрын

Baghuul You know the kind of music that is credited with Beethoven,Bach or Mozart. It was originated by the Moors from Northern Africa if I remember correctly and the Moors were renowned travelers so upon travelling to Europe that's when Whites got into it.

LOVE this brothers frame of thought I look up to him even thought we maybe the same age MUCH LOVE FACE

At around 9:00 you can clearly hear schoolboyQ's 'Yay Yay' either playing loud or being recorded / performed in the background

Essentially Hip Hop/Rap is divided into 4 major signatures. Lyrics, Flow, Music, & Persona. Lyrics are simply the words written & spoken. Flow is the sound, tone, and inflection of the artist's voice. Music is the literal sounds of beats, tunes, instruments heard. Persona is the character, swag, & impression depicted by the artist whether true or false. Some artists simply have juvenile, silly, or trivial lyrics. And for the most part, this is what Nas meant when he said "Hip Hop is dead." Souljah Boy Tell 'Em has silly & borderline crap for lyrics. The music he uses/creates is decent to good. His flow is a matter of one's opinion. His persona is the reflection of a 90s kid growing up on Hip Hop fashion & behavior of the 2000s. Basically, no flavor, no originality. He represents one extreme of the spectrum. Eminem represents the opposition extreme of the spectrum. Lyrics are always well-crafted with attention to details, imagery, emotion, flavor. Flow is a multifaceted from rapid fire, evenly toned, slow paced and masterfully timed. His musical recipes are always taken from the Cookbook of High Quality. His persona is in one word--unique. No single artist is the father of his image, the genesis of his personality. Is Hip Hop white-ran now? Not quite, but it will be in 10-12 years. White music executives know they cannot, at the moment, infuse the game with an onslaught of talented "white boy rappers" lest they expose themselves to black community backlash as hijackers. The million dollar question is "WHY will Hip Hop eventually become evenly dominated by white males & females & white agendas?" Because the black artists are content with Souljah Boy-level lyrics, flow, & persona; whereas the white artists know the must adopt an Eminem-level lyricism, multi-dimensional flow, tailored musical compositions, and signature personae. The blacks believe, and rightly so, that most black listeners will openly accept bullshit lyrics as long as they have club poppin' beats. The whites believe, and rightly so, that blacks aren't the financial force that will make or break their careers, thus to not be deemed "whack" "intruder" & a "one-hit wonder" they must spend more time & effort tailor-making their game. The truth of why white female rapper V-Nasty isn't widely popular is not because her lyrics & flow are trash (they're actually witty & smooth) but rather because her music isn't signature, her persona is that of a 90s white girl mimicking the fashion & behavior of the allegedly "hip" Hip Hop 2000s era. She raps quite well (for a snowbunny) but her persona seems like a gimmick, an assumption of what a "thug" white girl would look like and act like. You will not see an infuse of white rappers like her & Lady Sov in the coming years--their types of images won't work with blacks or whites. As far as males, they can come in any appearance from geeky (AdRock) to thuggish (Paul Wall). But the common denominator the bulk of them WILL HAVE is spicy, fiery, story-telling lyricism. The black rapper can say (and be treated as lyrical) "My car goes bump / Gotta Bubba like Gump / See dem rims spin / Like a merry-go-around, yo / Bang goes my glock / my eye on the clock as I clock dem dollars / holla at ya boy, yo ...." But if a white rapper says that same bullshit he will get his ass laughed out of town. The white rappers must say AND WILL come hard "Last night met a genie with a bottle / no not Aguilera / Jenna, Katie, maybe Sarah / Yes, Crystal with Julia's smile / No not Julia Childs / A pretty woman with 7 digits to dial ...." {Examples ONLY} So in my opinion, much of black Hip Hop lyricism & personae are boo-boo. Perhaps the game needs an invasion of blue-eyed, pale-skinned Paul Walls, Ke$has, Eminems, Slugs, etc. to save the game because when Ludacris(s), Nelly(s), Nas(s), & Tech9(s) retire or dearly depart Hip Hop will be a realm of poop rappers.

@cbanks360

10 жыл бұрын

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@ShadowKingStudios

10 жыл бұрын

cbanks360 in comments or through my email?

@vinion2000

10 жыл бұрын

Da truth! I was telling some young hearts this thing. Glad to see I'm not getting senile.

"Pretty soon hip hop won't be so nice. No Ice Cube just vanilla ice." Ice Cube

@scarface382

3 жыл бұрын

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Breed, short, spice, rich. etc... Damn. All the shit I listened to growing up.

this is the absolute truth, not one lie was told during this whole video. long live real rap!

Real shit, preach that shit uncle face

Scarface is a talented and intelligent artist.. I think people would understand the situation in hip hop when they see the video by Rick Smith: European Confessions of A Moorish Legacy.

@jaccTrippa- keep dropping gems of knowledge regarding the true Moors. Many in different societies are not aware. What you stated had some devine truth.

Straight Truth No Buff Face has always been rapping from the heart. Real rap legend that knows the game better then anybody. Stand at Attention!

What he is saying is that hip hop was started by African American decedents who knew and know the struggle of our people culturally that is our way of expressing our desires to not have to deal with it. Just because you admire a style of music if you are a bystander and have no origin of the spirit that created it then stay on the side lines don’t polute it with your mix. Even if you embrace the style be honest enough to say I love it but that truth does not relate to my life. What scarface is saying is once we workd this music and got notoriety it then became a meal ticket to investors with no respect for truth and culture but those who worshiped a dollar and thats what messed up the music. When you have that going on then you have pollution because anybody could say something if they can afford it whether it uplifts or not.

Nigga keeping it real PIMP C said the same Shit!

shout out to you guys and Scarface salute everything you saying is right on the money I do agree ...

ScarFace hasn't aged yet. WoW! Love you man.

scarface know exactly what he talking about...

i could tell he had to hold in them tears. cant blame him we all miss pac

Real Talk!

It's the same message we are spreading within the HipHop movement in East Africa as well.

I'm white and I say Scarface is right!

Benzino is a horrible rapper in my opinion but you got to admit he was right back then when he was saying this was going to happen. He was owner of Source magazine even though he was rapping. He had a better insight on what was going to come in the future and what was going on with the media and the movement of music. But nobody listened......

@leonwelcome7025

9 жыл бұрын

Thats what people wernt understanding he was trying to help us save it.

@geraldmerritt5671

9 жыл бұрын

Yep they got so caught up with his beef with Eminem. Of course Eminem had all the support but Benzino was trying to get something across but people took it off as him being just out of line. But in reality he new what was going to come in the future and now when i watch there beef, i feel weird about it.

What he is saying is true but I feel like now with the internet the music labels and the industry has way less control of what people listen to, so maintaining the culture really depends on the people who listen, if you like something listen, if you don't ignore it.

Some people don't listen well face said the record owners are promoting these polarities.From someone who's been in the game this long to see it change it is safe to say he knows what he is talking about.

pac stories are so dope

The people who control the music industry and dumb down RAP to manipulate the new generation and to make black people sound stupid dont only control do that to RAP. The thing about Hip Hop is that it was so lyrical, poetical, and with such a deep cultural root into the black community and history that its sad to see it be destroyed. As a white Brasilian I didnt always have the access to the newest (more manipulated) Hip Hop comming up, so I had the pleasure of getting to know the music when it concored and revolutionized the world. Music is ment to be art, its ment to reflect something beautiful or horrible, the truth through someone elses eyes, and its not ment to exist exclusively to catch peoples attention. Van Gogh wasnt recognized in his life time, that doesnt make his style and his madness any less beautiful. The thing is new artists dont want to come up with art, they have nothing toexpress, they write to make money by writing about the things money can give you. This culture created by the new artists is so self destructive and so corruptable it honestly pisses the shit out of me. Well ill stop ranting. Hate if you will I really dont give a flying fuck. PS. stop saying hes being racists haha are you even listening to him? He is talking about the white men who control the music industry. The emphasis on them being white is because its not fair for them to have so much influence on the destiny of rap when they have no roots on its culture and no respect for the craft.

@poloregal

9 жыл бұрын

Respect. To see what I grew up on get fucked up, its a shame

Wow...Real talk

wow this is eye-opening

Hey Scarface looks like your doing really well for yourself. You know I don't know if you knew this or not but "white" Caucasian people have struggles as well, "white" people come from poverty as well roughly 26,223,200 "white" people live in poverty today. What I'm getting at is people like Scarface and other "rappers" or producers etc. Need to stop segregating. People wonder why racism still exist? It works both ways people. Sincerely, An all race loving person spread the love!

a band called DEATH

Ice cube said 25 years ago"no Ice Cube,just Vanilla ice "

A King in Hip Hop from Houston TX!!! Show him love now while hes alive yall!!!

@emoney8368

2 жыл бұрын

REAL RECOGNIZE REAL!!