@Horrortelltales
Thank you Mos def, i passed calculus because of this tutorial math video.
@Carrythe2
"16 ounces to a pound, 20 more to a ki, a 5 minute sentence hearing and you're no longer free" is a great way of remembering that weight conversion. Seriously, it's helped me out many times.
@nathanjordan1782
I loved Mos Def as a kid because his rhythm and the beats were so good, but coming back to his music almost two decades later looking for some nostalgia, I’m realizing that by focusing on the hip-hop I was missing out on an incredible message and mission. I always thought he was underrated, but now I know for sure that he is.
@Cure4theCold
Damn, listening to this at 40 years old knowing it was probably written in his early 20s realizing how intelligent some of these rappers were at the time for their age. Wow
@eztrainz3489
This song is way out of it's time. Mos Def is one hell of a lyricist.
@TenshinhanIsKing
Mos Def one of my all time favs he is easily in my top ten and feel he's super underrated Him and Nas along with a few others are the only ones I listen to that stays true to hip hop Rap ain't dead it's just comatosed
@PatoNani18
Conscious Hip Hop at the highest possible level. World class rappers today may be more versatile and have more options to express themselves as artists but Hip Hip in its unpolishedness has reached its peak in the 90s with masterpieces like this.
@momoseck7094
"Numbers is hard and real and they never have feelings But you push too hard, even numbers got limits" Bars upon bars upon bars.Much respect Yasiin.
@Yah.get_it
“Young bloods can’t spell but they can rock you in PlayStation” man this aged so well
@jp-ul9ry
This track is genius on every level, lyrics, beat, delivery, subject, composition. Not many songs achieve this level of perfectly balanced. Mos def & primo is a perfect combo. Honestly primo makes the perfect tailor made beat for everyone, like an expensive suit. Straight nuclear fission 🔥
@ninjasrose1653
One of the best songs ever written. (Not just in Hip Hop.) Everything from the content, flow, cadence, wordplay, substance, sheer lyricism and delivery. Mos needs to drop an album or at least we need to see that Blackstar 2 album. Mos is undeniably top 10 ever!!!
@vonschuhart
I can't get over how sharp of a lyricist Mos Def really was in 1999. It's the level of quality where it actually makes you mad, not because you're jealous, but because you didn't even realize someone could be that good. It defies all logic.
@wizkaqueefa9003
This song deserves every one of those 20m views. Much respect to mos def top 10 lyricists of all time.
@Mbub7
No matter how much time passes, how many times music trends change or how the art itself evolves, this will forever be one of the best written songs ever.
@jamvan1000
Most Def is my favorite conscious rapper. He knows what he's talking about at a pretty deep level and it shows. I can take his political and social commentary more seriously than 99% of rappers.
@gamermk2
If you can state official statics and rhyme with a sick flow, you're a true HipHop G.
@webesorrytho
i think it's safe to say that this is one of the most quotable songs that has ever graced hip-hop.
@gophop
"... but you push too hard, even numbers got limits..." I was kind of impressed. Clever, clever.
@ShaunTheNavigator
One of the sickest and most intricate rhyme schemes of all time, period.
@distantandvague