MC Shan Left Me Lonely Country:US Released:1987 Genre:Hip Hop Featuring -- TJ Swan Mastered By -- Herb Powers Jr. Producer -- Marley Marl www.discogs.com/MC-Shan-Left-M...
That's true. But the big question I have is why? That dude couldn't sing a lick. So there was nobody in NYC's hip hop scene who could actually sing? At least Nate Dogg could sing a little bit.
It took courage to make a song making himself to be on the losing end of the stick. This song represents a real life situation that real life regular dudes might go through. Big respect to Shan and Swan for this song.
Y'all Hip Hop knowledge is weak!! The first Hip Hop love song was LL Cool J. I Can Give You More. It was on the Radio LP. But was the B-Side of I Can't Live Without My Radio in 1984. Before the album dropped.
Damn y’all was talking bout the simp stuff like that 8 years ago, but facts it would be simp stuff to clowns. The men know bout this this ain’t no simp song, this a real man’s song.
Yooo No disrespect but I hate when people say this sh-t, this kinda music might not be popular with the kids anymore but plenty of people are still making dope music like it! In fact MC SHAN just put out a new record called GRITTY and it’s DOPE AF! But nobody digs for new dope shit, they just complain about the mainstream shit !!
juice Crew 4 ever Baby, Big Daddy Kane , Roxanne Shante , Marly Mar , TJ swan , Biz Markie , MC Shan , Kool G Rap , DJ Red Alert DJ Polo , finesse and synquis etc.etc. This was the real rap era
The new generation is alot more smarter than the old generation because of technology, science, history, and modern medicine we're able to learn about everything you guys know and more.
Devin, the new technology is great. Believe me as a DJ I benefit from it well but what you fail to miss when something starts small and grows enormous like hip hop is the culture gets strained. You lose a lot because when its huge, everyone can join in and it waters down the art. nothing will ever top two turntables, a mic, and a crate of records. That Serato mess got wack DJ's sounding good and they think they are good but put them on some techniques and they are lost. Check out Cash Money at the DMC in 1988 on youtube. He is blending and mixing with records better than most of yall young heads on Serato.
Devin, if the new generation is smarter than the old generation, they sure as hell aren't acting like it. Even with all the advances you've named their mindset is worse than the older generation. Look at the music being made on all the wonder recording technology available. GARBAGE. As they said back then. You can kill that noise. #SMH
I was so young when this came out, but now im damn near 40 years old and i truly understand what he meant in this video. Chess/ relationships with women.....Deep
Y'all Hear The Stutter Hi Hats . Marley Is Truly A Gift To Hip Hop Music ... Way Ahead of his time . With The Drums And Sampling... Also This Being a PRODUCED Record No Samples .... ..
Why on earth would anyone feel the need to give tune from the golden era of hip hop a thumbs down? Thanks for the post. I haven't heard this tune in years!
I think it's mostly people searching this song specifically because they hate the singing part. I wouldn't downvote but I sure can understand why someone could dislike this song
The 1st Rap love song of 1987 I remember was Falling in love by The Fat Boys. I cannot remember if this song by MC Shan came out before or after I need love by LL Cool J in 87.
I remember coming home from elementary school in Brooklyn and instead of watching cartoons like the other kids I was watching videos like this on video music box Ralph McDaniels goated
I’m so sorry for your loss. I know this is an older comment but I came here because I was reminiscing about my older brother and when we were young. He used to play this a lot too. Here I am 46, and I still remember all the lyrics to this day. He passed January 2, 2022. RIP to my brother Daniel and yo your brother as well 🙏🏽
"I said, "Yo baby..." and she started to reach..." That line brings back funny memories of girls being ready to reach on you. Some crazy days back then.
Nas had this hit song by MC Shan ranked 3rd on his Top 25 Music Videos of all time. I distinctly remember seeing the countdown on BET in 2002. Nas had one song by Biggie Smalls and one song by Tupac Shakur. Marvin Gaye was on the countdown too.
Dude this is how I first saw this on that bet top 25 ur the only one that has mentioned that where artist would shares thier fav top 25 I seen the nas and chingy one is the ones I had recorded on vhs lol
I'm glad you enjoyed the countdown as well my brother. There were so many additional great Musicians on the countdown. A Tribe Called Quest, Dr. Dre, Outkast, etc.
@@chaiowinn2071 Yes sir, your memory is good. Nas did look like he was high as a kite. I missed the chance to record the countdown, so all I have is the memories and TH-cam to look up the videos I remember that were on the countdown. That's life, sometimes all we have is memories of certain music documentaries we loved.
ThIS IZ MY $HIT I USED 2 CARRY MY BIG BROTHER BOOMBOX IN 1987 HOLD ON I ÑEED SOME TISSUE A TEAR WENT DOWN MY CHEEK GOOD MEMORIES WITH YOU'RE HIGHSCHOOL CHICK IM 47 BORN IN 1971 IT DON'T GET ANY BETTER THAN THIS.
OMG CLASSIC I LOVE DIS SONG THIS IS THE SHYT RITE HERE I WAS 5 WHEN THIS VIDEO CAME OUT MUCH LOVE TO THIS EAST COAST BROTHA FROM ANOTHA BROTHA REPPIN THA WEST COAST
Who still here in 2024 😂
Right
Here from gtaV
🏆
Tj Swan was the 1ST "Hiphop Nate Dogg". FACTS
That's true. But the big question I have is why? That dude couldn't sing a lick. So there was nobody in NYC's hip hop scene who could actually sing? At least Nate Dogg could sing a little bit.
@@Mistachill He got it Off tho🤣🤣
These are the days we can never get back
So true.
TJ Swan is The Originator of Singing on Hip Hop Hooks. Salute Swan.
"singing" I don't really like auto tune that much but I'll take it any day over this guy trying to sing
Not one of his best ones.
@@monarch1651Back then TJ Swan was that guy…
Make The Music With Your Mouth Biz, Nobody Beats The Biz & Al Bee Square Mall was fire…
@@Nitty03RD that's not music that's a cat being tortured
Classic because it laid the ground for other artist!!!! 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
It took courage to make a song making himself to be on the losing end of the stick. This song represents a real life situation that real life regular dudes might go through. Big respect to Shan and Swan for this song.
100%
straight up
+Travels & Chases Yeah, I was in the Cleveland VA version of Creedmoor. Great song and video!
Travels & Chases ,real talk.
Thank you.
I’m 25 and this is dope to me.. this comment is in 2019 by the way
Nice! Glad u are enjoying it! Yeah rap was the sh*t then!! Up to the 90s. #MyGeneration
Sorry young dog but nope Shan was not good a the Tj Shawn the video speaks for itself 😂😂😂.
👍🏾👊🏾✌🏾🇳🇬🇺🇸
@John Pratt I'm 48 still can listen to this ✊🏾🙏🏾
Same Age As You. Always Been Bout The Classic Hip Hop Too John.
mc shan was dope...
pamela orr *is
Still is
and "on dope" as well
Very , smart and handsome I watch alot his videos on Instagram and you can tell he's been through alot and is very wise
@@sportinlife1 I thin it's just cause he's old cause my uncle was a crackhead turned dopehead and he acts way worse
This was the first love rap song 87... He killed it. We played that all the time...
What about Whodini's One Love in 86?
+E Oats LL cool J i need a love - 87
Whistle-Do We have a chance
Y'all Hip Hop knowledge is weak!! The first Hip Hop love song was LL Cool J. I Can Give You More. It was on the Radio LP. But was the B-Side of I Can't Live Without My Radio in 1984. Before the album dropped.
@@malcolmlittle9908 LL Cool J song "I want you" on his 1st album sound more like a love song than "I can give you more".
in today's climate, this song might seem like a "simp" joint but back in the day, for those who came up in this era, it was the jam
Damn y’all was talking bout the simp stuff like that 8 years ago, but facts it would be simp stuff to clowns. The men know bout this this ain’t no simp song, this a real man’s song.
@@rasheemthebestfirstone3274 facts and same I was like wtf 8yrs ago
@@rasheemthebestfirstone3274 What's a real man, lol?
@@DOTHERIGHTTHING1989 I mean he made the song about he felt no need for analysis just enjoy the song
bro i did not know simp was a word in 2013🫣
How many of y'all here cuz of drink champs??? ✋... lol...but real talk, Shan definitely a legend. props 2 the "father of Queens bridge"💯💯💯💯
TJ Swan singing hooks paving the way for Nate Dogg!!!
Paved the way for hip hop r&b marriage
YES !!!
@Corey Lawson who mjb
@@rasheemthebestfirstone3274 mary j blige lol
Mo b dick from no limit too!!
Love when an artists tells a story.
Yes!!! Sure don't get that now!! 🙄🙄🙄
First rapper that comes to mind is Slick Rick
A lost art
I'm so old school that was dope they dont make music like that no more
IKR UM 42 👍11/11/76
when the rap game gave contained substance in the music it produced... 11/23/2019
Hopefully substance comes back
Yooo No disrespect but I hate when people say this sh-t, this kinda music might not be popular with the kids anymore but plenty of people are still making dope music like it! In fact MC SHAN just put out a new record called GRITTY and it’s DOPE AF! But nobody digs for new dope shit, they just complain about the mainstream shit !!
Video music 🎶 box days. Miss the 80zz. Good times. 😎 Damn time flies !!!
juice Crew 4 ever Baby, Big Daddy Kane , Roxanne Shante , Marly Mar , TJ swan , Biz Markie , MC Shan , Kool G Rap , DJ Red Alert DJ Polo , finesse and synquis etc.etc. This was the real rap era
uhhh red alert and the rest were not part of juice crew they were the enemy ...they were kiss FM juice crew was WBLS FM
HARD AZ NAILZ Red alert wasn't part of the juice crew but the rest of them was
HARD AZ NAILZ Shan said in his vlad interview this is the original juice crew roster
paris castalano Shan said he was
paris castalano is the juice crew the hardest click ever?
what you young bucks know about this video.........this shit is classiccccccc....wow.....
The new generation is alot more smarter than the old generation because of technology, science, history, and modern medicine we're able to learn about everything you guys know and more.
+Devin please back in the day of two turntables a mic and some milk crates filled with albums was the best in hip hop
Devin, the new technology is great. Believe me as a DJ I benefit from it well but what you fail to miss when something starts small and grows enormous like hip hop is the culture gets strained. You lose a lot because when its huge, everyone can join in and it waters down the art. nothing will ever top two turntables, a mic, and a crate of records. That Serato mess got wack DJ's sounding good and they think they are good but put them on some techniques and they are lost. Check out Cash Money at the DMC in 1988 on youtube. He is blending and mixing with records better than most of yall young heads on Serato.
Devin, if the new generation is smarter than the old generation, they sure as hell aren't acting like it. Even with all the advances you've named their mindset is worse than the older generation. Look at the music being made on all the wonder recording technology available. GARBAGE. As they said back then. You can kill that noise. #SMH
Doesn't matter, PLEASE DO NOT make this out to be an example for ANYONE to listen to Lol
lipstick written on my bedroom mirror "classic"
classic yes...i love these girls
GTA 5 made me come. I am staying. 🙏
thats intense
I was so young when this came out, but now im damn near 40 years old and i truly understand what he meant in this video. Chess/ relationships with women.....Deep
Another classic Marley beat..Shan and Swan killed it
Marley Mar was a dope as producer. Thanks for everything you do for me and hip hop!!!!
Marley Mall hip hop MT RapMountRushmore....ya digg. One
Shan produced some tracks too
@@ELJEFE-xo7cm including Snow - Informer
GTA Online - Cayo Perico"s Heist update (Kult radio) brought me here.
3y later same dawg
That beat is dope and holds up against today's best.
That hook is sick! Great old school Jam.
We saw Shan rock this at Radio City last night. Queens legend.
Sick as fuck🥳!!
😱👍🥰💯
Hip Hop Classic!!!
The album version is so much iller…a classic….
best rap ballad ever.
Y'all Hear The Stutter Hi Hats . Marley Is Truly A Gift To Hip Hop Music ... Way Ahead of his time . With The Drums And Sampling... Also This Being a PRODUCED Record No Samples .... ..
Rebel Sports Radio ahead of its time
Why on earth would anyone feel the need to give tune from the golden era of hip hop a thumbs down? Thanks for the post. I haven't heard this tune in years!
I think it's mostly people searching this song specifically because they hate the singing part. I wouldn't downvote but I sure can understand why someone could dislike this song
Who saw the phat ass pic in the beginning 😂 long live. 👑Mc Shan
This is a classic! Good to see fans of Shan and the rest of the Juice Crew!
The 1st Rap love song of 1987 I remember was Falling in love by The Fat Boys. I cannot remember if this song by MC Shan came out before or after I need love by LL Cool J in 87.
Not only one of my favorite M.C Shan joints but one of my all-time favorite hip-hop classics
I remember coming home from elementary school in Brooklyn and instead of watching cartoons like the other kids I was watching videos like this on video music box Ralph McDaniels goated
That whole album was dope! Down By Law!💯
Damn she took the chain too. lol
All these years I never realized he ended up in the nut house and she left with Swan 😆
Love this song. My older brother used to sing this before he was killed. I used to wonder What Girl Ran with Another Man and left my brother lonely 😳
Sincere condolences🙏🏽
I’m so sorry for your loss. I know this is an older comment but I came here because I was reminiscing about my older brother and when we were young. He used to play this a lot too. Here I am 46, and I still remember all the lyrics to this day. He passed January 2, 2022. RIP to my brother Daniel and yo your brother as well 🙏🏽
My condolences 🙏🏽🙏🏽
My 🫂 Deepest Condolences
@@EmGutzy 🫂 My Deepest Condolences
The time when Black girls were the love interest in videos with Black men..wow,thats like never coming back!What happened to us??
Classic! peep at the end how his boy Swan was the one who his girl was diggin' the whole time... Lol...
Came here from GTA radio…Banger for sure
Haha same
This was great joint back in the days
This song came out 1987 before LL Cool j I need love came out 1988 ..
They both were in 1987.
Classic "Shan you know that your my one and only "
Wish you was my one and only
A relationship is basically a chess game. Mc shane dropping knowlege wisdom and understanding!!!!!!!
DAMMIT... SHE TOOK OFF WITH TJ SWAN
LOL
one of the golden voices of Hip Hop = Mc Shan
Despite his heartbreak he called her "a young lady" not B*tch! Miss these days. 😢
Jaming this in Houston
danny montiel same so
Me too!
Scarface 5th ward. Always shout out j prince
7 people got left lonely!!
lol
79 Now Homie. :D
VIDEO MUSIC BOXS FIRST MC SHAN.
One of Classic songs of 80’s Hip Hop 🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤
"I said, "Yo baby..." and she started to reach..."
That line brings back funny memories of girls being ready to reach on you. Some crazy days back then.
pour one for me .. Don't forget where you came from ... Classic Joint !
I'm the first of many, in the future , to say I'm first hearing this from GTA5
original juice crew
before their was t -pain, nate dogg, ja rule, akon, etc. their was the originator of the hook. t j swan. hands down the best
everyTIME that dude starts signing the course I start laughing so hard 😂😂😂😂😂
*Word!...That shit tickled the hell out of me!...Smh!*
TJ Swan... he's the same dude that sings "Make the music with your mouth Biz"
Fall back hater
Right 😂😂😂😂😂
Art wtf is he fer serious?
Legendary song 🔥
Happy Belated 55th Birthday to MC Shan 2020!!!!
Gta 5 new radio who else 😃
Damn - Shan was a great story teller like Pac
Time frame 40 seconds. Such detail to have the Queens bridge over his left shoulder. Wow!
The good ole days.
Nas had this hit song by MC Shan ranked 3rd on his Top 25 Music Videos of all time. I distinctly remember seeing the countdown on BET in 2002. Nas had one song by Biggie Smalls and one song by Tupac Shakur. Marvin Gaye was on the countdown too.
Dude this is how I first saw this on that bet top 25 ur the only one that has mentioned that where artist would shares thier fav top 25 I seen the nas and chingy one is the ones I had recorded on vhs lol
I'm glad you enjoyed the countdown as well my brother. There were so many additional great Musicians on the countdown. A Tribe Called Quest, Dr. Dre, Outkast, etc.
Man I remember his countdown I was in 10th grade Nas was high as hell too 😭😂
@@chaiowinn2071 Yes sir, your memory is good. Nas did look like he was high as a kite. I missed the chance to record the countdown, so all I have is the memories and TH-cam to look up the videos I remember that were on the countdown. That's life, sometimes all we have is memories of certain music documentaries we loved.
Left Me Lonely (Video 03)
Love the song when I was a teenager coming up. Mc shan is dope 🔥
Rap was hot. Old school was the absolute best.
2022 with it (this joint even made it on GTA radio)
💪🏽💯
GTA 5 brought me here 💯
My era was Dope 🔥💯🔥 QB’s Finest 💯
No intro hook- straight to the point!
She used to whisper in my ear 👂I’m her one & only!!!
Im listen It before listen It GTA V. Repect from Spain
K.U.L.T FM 99.1 4 life!
Biz markies right hand man on his 1st album.
Oh yeah!! That's right! 🔥🔥🔥 The Biz!! 👑🗽🗽
This track seems like it was the inspiration for Just A Friend, which dropped 2 years later.
87 was a very beautiful year I miss those days
Video music box brought me here
Listening on Christmas Eve 2019, she "left me lonely" is still poppin.
Left me lonely
Who else looked this song up after hearing it on the radio on gta V
Man we”ll never see these days again
I wish we could go back.
2015 n this still my favorite rap song EVER!!!!!!
one of best unknown
his singing was cute ❤ it sounded like a young man in love 😍🥰.
R.I.P Tj Swan
a young marley marl.one of my fav DJ's
I had this tape in 1987 when I was only 7 years old. Mom got it for me. I remember the song like it was yesterday. 2020.
I remember my sister used to play this song when it came out I was 6 years old
2023 still 🔥🔥🔥🔥‼️
Classic Record's 🗽
TJ Swan ruled so hard, 80s decade best styles and BEST times ever!!! Really.
Brings back memories.Classic💯
the original love and hip hop😂😂😂 #historical ❤.
ThIS IZ MY $HIT I USED 2 CARRY MY BIG BROTHER BOOMBOX IN 1987 HOLD ON I ÑEED SOME TISSUE A TEAR WENT DOWN MY CHEEK GOOD MEMORIES WITH YOU'RE HIGHSCHOOL CHICK IM 47 BORN IN 1971 IT DON'T GET ANY BETTER THAN THIS.
OMG CLASSIC I LOVE DIS SONG THIS IS THE SHYT RITE HERE I WAS 5 WHEN THIS VIDEO CAME OUT MUCH LOVE TO THIS EAST COAST BROTHA FROM ANOTHA BROTHA REPPIN THA WEST COAST
Bliz brought me here😂
This still a banger
In its purest form baby
John Pratt
Absolutely
I love the fact TJ Swan couldn't sing and still got on records. 😂
I feel like he had a major factor in why autotune was invented 😉
In the 80's many MC's had one love song on their record...great times
Thanks for posting, been looking for this song for years!!!
2020 and am playing this in uganda East Africa
Produced by Marley Marl one of greatest producers of all times one of the GOATS!!
Talk to Shan about him.