It’s crazy as hell to think that but you’re right. As much as I wish we could go back to the 90s I’m grateful I experienced it vs the next generation who’s not gonna have a clue how golden that era was
If he wasn't hooked on drugs he would be standing with eminem in regards to money and status. I'm saying this as a person who was 18 when he hit the scene and was not much of a fan of his however I saw the impact he had on people of all races.
Jay from the street too but his style is more on that flashy shit not as grimy. Don't get it twisted tho Jay can put out some hard shit here n there. Feelin it and in my life time remix was ill
It doesn’t matter what X is rapping about, it always turns into a story you can picture in your mind. He truly was one of the greatest poets. I wish he’d put out a book like Pac did.
@@fartguy69 I meant like The Rose That Grew From Concrete poetry book. I feel like we need a book of all the Xisms he dropped randomly in interviews and stuff. So much philosophical meat to chew on with what he says.
His flow was like Scarface and I thought that’s who it was until I saw his face. His flow was like a preacher, and I’m dead I don’t know who he is but his flow is hella 🔥
Jay Z was very good, especially back then. He was a very good lyric writer and rhymer. DMX had the pronunciation and flow that just grabbed your attention though. The 3rd brother was ILL though, just couldn't hear him properly but the look on Xs face tells me he was spitting some fire.
Tabitha Horton it's a disguise because people see it as negative thing I have Incorporated the term crackhead as a positive thing and it has nothing to do with an drug addict addicted to crack cocaine but I do plan to explain it in one of my videos
@@coreysmith1338 uh yeah it was lol, watch the interview with dame dash and X ...big l was the one recording and dash even said, shit like this should stay between niggas like them, we were lucky we even got a glimpse
You obviously don't know addicts. If he didn't have any coke in his system he wouldn't be rappin. You can't just stop and be fine. I've been to detox four times for my drinking problem and the coke heads can barely move when they are coming off it. Give them about a week and they are alright and in another week they are functional again but it isn't something you just pick up and put down and expect to be functional.
+Hanz Flackshnack that ain't coke ur talking about opiets like heroin oxy or morphine ext ,,, cocaine doesn't have withdrawn it's a brain. drug u crave it that's all
Sammy Dasilva I am in fact talking about cocaine. You're correct that the physical withdrawals aren't like opiates. My roommate in detox had to sleep for about 16 hours a day. He only got up to eat or drink water. That's a fact
Came back after X recent death. The guy was a complete legend. Jay Z even knew in this video he can’t compete with that. X demons he never could overcome but at the same time it’s what provided he’s greatest outlet. RIP Earl, you will always be the GOAT in my eyes
When x started off with "yo, moves is made".I had chills. He really knows how to capture the moment And paint a picture with words and tonality. Nasty skills!
@@nolipoli430It’s always about his bih aah… That’s literally the reason for my dislike of Jayz. Just do petty like bruh you’re so overrated, fall back. Yea you’re rich asf but stay in ya lane! 🙄
X had that Pac energy where when he rapped, you felt him to your spine, and you did because he had the charisma, energy, and realness that's far beyond great lyricism alone.
"Lose your spade, Niggas get paid, That's just how it is, [When my time is up, imma be out but imma to live], I meet you day by day, Ain't nun sweet about it, Act like you don't know what I'm saying, You can read about it, Built for war like an armadillo, Smother yo ass with truth to the pill, Cuz my shit is real, Manic depression and my head hurt, Give me yo dough and yo hoe and here take these Foe, Hot things, I got things that makes niggas spin, Put niggas in the wind, Where you never see niggas again, I bless niggas with stitches, The thin type with a straight razor'll put pin stripes across your windpipe." -DMX
Just a couple of friends hanging out showing their rap skills. No hate in that room just respect for each other. May X rest in peace. His freestyle ability was something else.
I listen to this and have nothing but love to the great artist that they are. Then I think about the direction rap music is going and it saddens me. And it will only get worst because these new age rappers don't pay homage let alone acknowledge how great these rappers are and how they paved the way for this current generation
It's not really the rappers that are the problem with mainstream media. It's the companies that control what type of art is expressed on the radio. That's what is and has been going on.
its not MICROPHONE CHECK 1 2 by FRITZ DA CAT [it's almost identical] BUT if you hear well the drums are different and some of the patterns too, and guys i need too know like you WHAT IS THE NAME OF THIS BEAT hahaha... I'm going crazy looking for it also because that Fritz beat is nowhere to be found...
Dmx won this battle and he use those verses later on in a Drag-on song called ''Get it Right'' where Dmx was featured.That song was on Drag-on's underrated album ''Opposite of H2O''
Being fair jay was great in this had his signature flow, but dmx just had that extra factor, something that can't be learned,his voice alone was just inspiring
I remember they had concerts where there was Meth & Red, The Lox, X, Jay-Z and a couol couple others. Jay was last and before he went on, X was up. You'd here the church bells going, then a long growl and X would jump on there busting shit up. People went wild. At the end, X would be in tears doing a prayer with the crowd. How tf you follow that up? X blew the roof off and although J was good, he wasnt as good as X.
DMX hands down but the Muslim went hard
Blac Poet EXACTLY!!!
Fix for show
wtf is that really blaq poet?? no way dude
@@BrandonDeft idiot mad man
His name is hashim hakim, the beat was from his song th-cam.com/video/gIDDs-G_mKk/w-d-xo.html
This is the stuff people will be watching late at night in the year 2050 researching the OG's of rap. RIP DMX.
hope i live that long make sure you comment again in2050
Hi future
!!
It’s crazy as hell to think that but you’re right. As much as I wish we could go back to the 90s I’m grateful I experienced it vs the next generation who’s not gonna have a clue how golden that era was
@@iiiMUNiiiQUE facts I'm so glad I got to expirence the 90$ and the talent from back them
"A straight razor will put pinstripes across your windpipe."
Dmx killed with that line
DAAAAAMN
Had me way too hype 😤
Smother your ass and put 2 threw the pillow! ~ whoa
😳🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
One of my favorite lines of that freestyle!
X's flow, energy and style is and will always be legendary.
His energy consists of a quiet and a storm, it's the dynamics that makes it hit so hard. RIP
Movements
X is and will forever be one of the 🐐s 🙏🏼RIPower
If he wasn't hooked on drugs he would be standing with eminem in regards to money and status. I'm saying this as a person who was 18 when he hit the scene and was not much of a fan of his however I saw the impact he had on people of all races.
Word🗽🔥🔥💐💐⭐️🎧🎼🎼
Jay Z had that pretty boy upscale good rich flow, DMX had that real imbedded street flow, X delivery was to much it cancelled Jay Z out the frame
Jay from the street too but his style is more on that flashy shit not as grimy. Don't get it twisted tho Jay can put out some hard shit here n there. Feelin it and in my life time remix was ill
Actually those lyrics from DMX and Jay were from songs they did. It wasn’t a freestyle or a rap battle.
Pretty boy? Rich? Lmao he's a billionaire now but he wasn't back then
@@The808Mixmaster agree! X is gutta & Jay was on a biggie type of flow
"Throw the competition out and let the dough flow in" - Jay-Z. I see what he meant now after what happened with X at Defjam
That's man's voice and his words can not be reproduced. His words are lyrical even when he talks.
It doesn’t matter what X is rapping about, it always turns into a story you can picture in your mind. He truly was one of the greatest poets. I wish he’d put out a book like Pac did.
He did bro EARL the autobiography of DMX
@@fartguy69 I meant like The Rose That Grew From Concrete poetry book. I feel like we need a book of all the Xisms he dropped randomly in interviews and stuff. So much philosophical meat to chew on with what he says.
What happens when Oldman is preacher 🙏🏽 🗣 4real doe
Yes!!!
Facts
And a straight razor will put pin stripes across your wind pipes. Some people don't realize how ill DMX was
Daniel Retamal - Still Is- Praying for Him and His Family.
Yep, exactly!!:)
Okay, it still brings tears to eyes *I miss hip hop, where she at*
@@JerzCe73 ....she got turned out on the internet and committed suicide sometime about 10 years ago
@@averageamerican8737 Word!! RIP
"Put pinstripes...across your windpipe" *takes drag from cigarette*
RyMicTheKing yeah that nigga sound like henwas speaking from experience lmaaaaaaaooooo that shit had him stressin had to hit the blunt after lmao
Straight raw flow
He freestyle that he rock Jay z
@@jimmygunnz5651 lmao for real!
That’s a blunt not cigarette lol
Jay-Z vs. DMX in a rap battle...some nameless dude in a suit spits last and kills it.
@UC8Zwct_oziLWGIJu9_ycRhw No, it wasn't Scarface from Geto Boys.
Absolutely had the best flow
His flow was like Scarface and I thought that’s who it was until I saw his face. His flow was like a preacher, and I’m dead I don’t know who he is but his flow is hella 🔥
@@chitownkid84 That is exactly who I thought that it was! I was trying to peek around his head to see if it was indeed "Face." 😅
It's always the nameless guys who have some raps
Dmx’ s voice is so unique, no one will ever sound like him. Rip X
Muslim dude came through with the Scarface flow 😭🔥 legendary
Bro he came through killed dat shit
Thank you for recognizing the scarface flow!!!
Jay-Z and Scarface J need to jump on a track together 🔥🔥
Look at X smile he took it home
Who is he ?
"Act like you don't know what I'm saying... And read about it" is such a great line
Jay Z was very good, especially back then. He was a very good lyric writer and rhymer.
DMX had the pronunciation and flow that just grabbed your attention though.
The 3rd brother was ILL though, just couldn't hear him properly but the look on Xs face tells me he was spitting some fire.
It was. X’s flow and delivery that won it. His lines weren’t even that hot, but he made them hot, if that makes sense
@@williamdavid9272energy is what saved it with Tupac cadence in there also
@@williamdavid9272nah that last line was insane
Act like you dont know what Im saying, then you read about it
Tha man said this straight razor will put a pin stripe across your wind pipe. That was the finishing line.
Yosef Nasi he said a straight pin that will put pinstripes across your windpipe the hell you heard
719 YunGn - He clearly said "straight razor" what you listening to?
@@tydeprince719 YOU ARE A IDIOT...Listen to it again
A lot of dudes be talking about Dmx on drugs he fell off but you never hear nobody saying x can’t rhyme though
Or tried him like a dope head ..I think because they knew that Dog will bite lol. Love X
The white guy behind DMX actually kills me everytime his expression is priceless hahaha
Didn't even realise he was there till I read this comment 🤣🤣🤣🤣
DMX always said he won the battle between him and Jay Z and I will agree
Crack Head the anti-christ- Questionin Your Title Non Disrepect I Was Curious...
Tabitha Horton it's a disguise because people see it as negative thing I have Incorporated the term crackhead as a positive thing and it has nothing to do with an drug addict addicted to crack cocaine but I do plan to explain it in one of my videos
This is not a battle
@@coreysmith1338 uh yeah it was lol, watch the interview with dame dash and X ...big l was the one recording and dash even said, shit like this should stay between niggas like them, we were lucky we even got a glimpse
@@ctwishkeyprn2039 big L was recording this??
"....and a straight razor'll put pin stripes across your windpipe." R.I.P. Dark Man X
I just want to cry this is the dmx i will always have love for!!🙏🏽
Your beautiful
Take a good look because in about 10 years TH-cam videos will be our only source for actual Hip-Hop #hiphopiluv
That's if they dont get rid of youtube that is...
@@BrianAwesome You think TH-cam is going somewhere?
It's a complete monopoly, and has literally no competition for what it does...
i respect x cuz his flow was his own
Anthony Curanaj he bit some of pac style, just not as hard as ja rule. Dmx didn’t sound anything like that in older raps
Michael lane naa x and pac were both influenced heavy by Scarface
X always reminded me of Rakim
@@WattsUpTez10mm da hell you mean? He's raps have always been hard even when he wasn't signed lol
Dmx had that pain from a young age! Shits timeless
They all killed it 😂
DMX is a beast when he's off the pipe.
Right!
You obviously don't know addicts. If he didn't have any coke in his system he wouldn't be rappin. You can't just stop and be fine. I've been to detox four times for my drinking problem and the coke heads can barely move when they are coming off it. Give them about a week and they are alright and in another week they are functional again but it isn't something you just pick up and put down and expect to be functional.
+Hanz Flackshnack that ain't coke ur talking about opiets like heroin oxy or morphine ext ,,, cocaine doesn't have withdrawn it's a brain. drug u crave it that's all
Sammy Dasilva I am in fact talking about cocaine. You're correct that the physical withdrawals aren't like opiates. My roommate in detox had to sleep for about 16 hours a day. He only got up to eat or drink water. That's a fact
+Hanz Flackshnack I hear u ,, mentle stress can become physical to depression ,,
If you realize after jay z finished rap,no one took him on or applaud him,only until DMX lighten his spirit and told him that was a good rhyme
Keron Little lol that was real nigga shit right there
Jay Z is awful
I actually liked the verse jay spit
Vlad The Impaler yeah ......the full version lmaooooooo
I didn’t even notice that but real shit
The muslim guy killed it
I'm still waitinf on that body guard's mixtape.
No body guard. Rapper by the name HASHIM HAKIM
Back when rap was a man man's game!!
dmx all the way
Came back after X recent death. The guy was a complete legend. Jay Z even knew in this video he can’t compete with that. X demons he never could overcome but at the same time it’s what provided he’s greatest outlet. RIP Earl, you will always be the GOAT in my eyes
When x started off with "yo, moves is made".I had chills. He really knows how to capture the moment And paint a picture with words and tonality. Nasty skills!
That was Jay Electronicas Dad at the end 😂😂😂😂💪🏾💯
X had everyone gawking showing he is the victor.
WHATS THE INSTRUMENTAL BEAT? DAMANAAAMMMM, HELLA GOOD
you can see how DMX Won that shit cause his rhyme was soo long and complex that they edit his part you can see the cut at 0:57 dash just fades away.
Why did they do that?
@@The_Scouts_Code bc they didn't want jay look bad. It's so petty
@@nolipoli430It’s always about his bih aah… That’s literally the reason for my dislike of Jayz. Just do petty like bruh you’re so overrated, fall back. Yea you’re rich asf but stay in ya lane! 🙄
DMX def won this freestyle
🎼🎼💐💐🗽🔥🔥🎧⭐️
I like how X gave Props for to Jay for his freestyle
DMX just had that natural energy to make you a believer. I can't even compare the 2.
Crowd reactions are everything, my man at the end took the W home.
Can ww take a min to appreciate the camera man for capturing history right here....we didnt have cell phones on hamd 24/7 in these days
X had that Pac energy where when he rapped, you felt him to your spine, and you did because he had the charisma, energy, and realness that's far beyond great lyricism alone.
That was not a battle, that was hip hop unity
"Lose your spade,
Niggas get paid,
That's just how it is,
[When my time is up, imma be out but imma to live],
I meet you day by day, Ain't nun sweet about it,
Act like you don't know what I'm saying,
You can read about it,
Built for war like an armadillo,
Smother yo ass with truth to the pill,
Cuz my shit is real,
Manic depression and my head hurt,
Give me yo dough and yo hoe and here take these Foe,
Hot things, I got things that makes niggas spin,
Put niggas in the wind,
Where you never see niggas again,
I bless niggas with stitches,
The thin type with a straight razor'll put pin stripes across your windpipe."
-DMX
They actually cut DMXs verse short. Rocafella didn’t want to make jayz look bad
@@larrym8404 X was always way harder than Jay, let's be real
First line he says is “moves is made, Nigga get paid “ not lose your spade🤝 u welcome
it’s “smother your ass with two through the pillow” basically putting a pillow over someones head and shooting him twice lol, wtf is truth to the pill
@@slimpickins22000😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I'm praying for X
always
WHO PRODUCED THIS BEAT? CAN SOMEBODY EVEN TELL??? NEED THAT ONE IN MY LIBRARY!
DMX is different...Jay can't rap better than X... facts!
RIP dmx to one of the finest ever seen in the game
I wish the new generation still cared about the craft like this & still did shit like this.
Exactly
*Rip to a legend* 🙏🏾
Dmx freestyle and verses are really blessings from God. Just feeling and realism. HOV Same thing.
R.i.p X what's the name of the instrumental
Look at dmx face when buddy in the suit was killing it, he was like yo this dude got bars! Dmx the man rip
I've watched this 100 times. Jay and DMX... looks good to see them hanging out.
DMX's lines were funny as hell.
Yall hating on Jay, but X and Bowtie did BODY this!!!!
real freestyle no written off the top
Kevin Garth Writtens can be freestyles too as long as they are memorized and used in the right circumstances.
DMX said himself that he never freestyles, everything he does is written
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@@mr3366 but if Jay don't write how's it not a freestyle
You stupid asf DMX said he doesnt even like off the domes because you dont mean what you say. While i disagree i respect his opinions
This is from the Backstage DVD... pure classic💯🔥🔥🔥
They were all killing it
RIP 🙏 DMX much missed
DMX LIVING LEGEND
Living legends!! I can’t listen to these mumble rappers
Man x was the coldest mf back then...Never be another like him.
The brother was dope 💯. I do hear the style is heavily influenced by Scarface though which makes it extra dope!
RIP to one of the Greatest!
Top 5
0:38 KILL MODE!!!
Rest in peace DMX YOUR MY FAV RAPPER I LOVED YOUR MUSIC ruff Ryder's 4 Life
The white dude reaction on DMX last bar was everybody reaction when they heard him!
Just a couple of friends hanging out showing their rap skills. No hate in that room just respect for each other. May X rest in peace. His freestyle ability was something else.
this is not a battle its jayz and dmx freestyling but there not battling each other
Would still be landslide. X would've murdered him on that 1 v 1.
DMX is sick son......
Who that in orange Blazer? 🔥🔥
I NEED THE NAME OF THAT INSTRUMENTAL🤗
Fritz da Cat - Microphone check 1,2
Good luck finding the instrumental tho
I listen to this and have nothing but love to the great artist that they are. Then I think about the direction rap music is going and it saddens me. And it will only get worst because these new age rappers don't pay homage let alone acknowledge how great these rappers are and how they paved the way for this current generation
It's not really the rappers that are the problem with mainstream media. It's the companies that control what type of art is expressed on the radio. That's what is and has been going on.
Jay - Z didn't seem to like that once they cheered for DMX 1:15
Foh you reaching
@@sograteful4239 reaching what?
Daatr NOI dude was killin it lol... why his name aint in the title!
What's the name of that beat??
its not MICROPHONE CHECK 1 2 by FRITZ DA CAT [it's almost identical] BUT if you hear well the drums are different and some of the patterns too, and guys i need too know like you WHAT IS THE NAME OF THIS BEAT hahaha... I'm going crazy looking for it
also because that Fritz beat is nowhere to be found...
Rip DMX
Dmx won this battle and he use those verses later on in a Drag-on song called ''Get it Right'' where Dmx was featured.That song was on Drag-on's underrated album ''Opposite of H2O''
DMX all day
‘When my time is up, Imma be out, but imma try to live’….-X
Damn Dmx all day killed it
The razor pin stripe bar was sinister, that shit was so violent
Whats the name of the beat called???
Being fair jay was great in this had his signature flow, but dmx just had that extra factor, something that can't be learned,his voice alone was just inspiring
What song is tht there freestyling off
X is nothing but badass!!
That last brother is Hashim Hakim
Dmx made Jay look like he was in the presence of a real legend
I remember they had concerts where there was Meth & Red, The Lox, X, Jay-Z and a couol
couple others. Jay was last and before he went on, X was up. You'd here the church bells going, then a long growl and X would jump on there busting shit up. People went wild. At the end, X would be in tears doing a prayer with the crowd. How tf you follow that up? X blew the roof off and although J was good, he wasnt as good as X.
That boyyy D was somthin else. Flo was illmatic
Literally heard bout the last rapper yesterday! Solid work! 🙌
Jay Z feared that man X ..... seeing as though he blackballed his last album when J became President of Def Jam
100% Jay is a sucker
Nigga said str8 razor put a pinstripe across yo windpipe 🤯
😂😂😂😂
X wins
fatality
All respect to that 3rd dude rapping. I would've been too busy being starstruck to spit anything 😂
this is one of my favorite things in the world
I miss hearing ppl battle at school for lunch.
INSTRUMENTAL BEAT USED - "FRITZ DA CAT - MICROPHONE CHECK 1,2 WHAT IS THIS FEAT. BASSI MAESTRO & CDB"
Wrong. Fritz Da Cat came out in 99. This video is from 96 or 97. They are probably just using a beat with the same Isaac Hayes sample.
pookeyblow this was 99
pookeyblow this was 99 what u talking bout
DMX the fucking legend out rapped with that one line RIP ALL THE LOVE TO HIS FAMILY ALL THE WAY FROM THE UK🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
The good old days